Capítulo 14: Distance Makes The Heart Fonder
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Su Jin brought Lu Hao to the refinery and took out a Marrow Cleansing Pill. As she gave it to him, she told him about its functions.
She had read the books about the pills by now. The writings stated that one could reduce the pain felt when consuming the pill by having soaking oneself in water as one ate it. Back then, Su Jin had just swallowed the pill whole, and she could still remember the agony she suffered sharply.
What Su Jin did not know was that the pain she suffered had already been greatly diluted by her healing vine's power.
Su Jin and Lu Hao went to the stream in the dimension, and she used her mind to summon a large wooden bucket. She then filled the bucket with water and asked Lu Hao to sit inside it.
Lu Hao looked at Su Jin, his gaze flickering back and forth slightly.
Su Jin, "?"
"Right, I'll strip now." With those words, Lu Hao began to take off his shirt in front of Su Jin, who hurriedly turned around in shock.
Su Jin waited until she heard the sound of Lu Hao getting into the water before she finally turned around again and offered the pill to Lu Hao, who was in the bucket. Her face was bright red.
Lu Hao ate the pill without hesitation.
Less than half a minute later, Lu Hao's handsome face began to twitch. It felt as though all of his joints were being smashed to pieces. Had his beloved Lil Jin suffered this pain alone? The thought made his heart hurt too.
Su Jin looked at him anxiously. To the two of them right now, every second was pure agony.
"How are you feeling, Lu Hao? Can you hang in there?" Su Jin asked anxiously.
"I'm fine. It's much better now."
About half an hour later, Lu Hao finally felt the pain fade. He opened his eyes and saw that Su Jin was next to him, looking at him worriedly. There was a warm rush over his heart, and he really wanted to hug her right now.
The next second, though, he smelled the foul odor. The clear stream water in the wooden bucket had turned brown-black...
"Um, Lil Jin, I'm fine now. But I need to go out and take a bath," Lu Hao said awkwardly.
"Sure. Try saying in your mind that you want to go back outside, and then focus."
Lu Hao nodded then disappeared from before Su Jin's eyes. In order to prevent any awkwardness, Su Jin did not leave immediately. First, she acted on an idea and poured the dirty water Lu Hao had left behind into fields…
Hehe, she was going to turn all the filth in this dimension into fertilizer for the fields! That was what the old farmers did, right? It was killing two birds with one stone!
If the fields could think for themselves, they would be rendered speechless. They were spiritual fields, for goodness' sake! They absorbed the spiritual energy in the air to produce priceless treasures! Why was their current owner so stupid?
Still, Su Jin's little idea did keep the dimension clean, because the fields indeed had cleansing effects. The only problem was that the 'nutrients' would have no effect on any crops there.
Su Jin did not know that she had stumbled onto the right course of action, of course. She was thinking about how she had to discuss their next plans with Lu Hao once she left the dimension. Also, they had to get rid of the zombie Lu Hao's team had apprehended ASAP, or things could get very nasty.
Hence, Su Jin teleported herself out of the dimension with a turn of her thoughts.
Lp was standing shirtless in their bedroom, wiping his hair. When Su Jin reappeared, she just happened to land next to him.
…
The atmosphere was getting a little hot and heavy. Although Lu Hao had jumped slightly when Su Jin popped out of nowhere, he did not show his surprise on his face. Instead, he just looked at the dazed and pulled her onto his lap with his large hand, offering her the towel. "Could you help me dry my hair?"
"..."
Lu Hao had a crew cut, so there was nothing much to dry. Even so, Su Jin obliged, blushing.
After Lu Hao took the Marrow Cleansing Pill, he felt as though his entire body had been reconstructed. His spirits were high as well. In Su Jin's eyes, Lu Hao had become much more handsome and energetic. Her red face turned scarlet.
Uh oh, what should she do? She suddenly found Lu Hao super hot! He was fresh from the shower and emanating testosterone everywhere. Su Jin felt as though she was going to melt into him any time now.
Their gazes met, and their close proximity meant that Lu Hao's hands began to wander again. Su Jin's smooth skin, her hourglass figure, every part of her was tempting his newly-invigorated instincts. Was it because distance made the heart fonder? Right now, all Lu Hao knew was that he desired Su Jin so much that it hurt. He almost wanted to gobble her up, piece by piece, so that she could never leave him again. Never again…
Once more, he assaulted her lips. Su Jin nearly gasped. Was he born in the Year of the Dog or something? Dogs were great at tracking and finding things, though, and he was hopeless with directions. As her thoughts wandered, Su Jin's eyes began to lose their focus. He advanced on her like a storm, but as she withstood his kisses in his arms, she felt like a tiny boat that had finally found a safe harbor.
…
The sun went down behind the horizon, the last twilight rays shining through the curtains and onto the bed in the room. Su Jin opened her eyes wearily. She had taken the Marrow Cleansing Pill and strengthened her body, but even she felt absolutely worn out right now. Lu Hao was like a tireless beast, taking her for one round after another. He had seemed determined to suck her dry.
They only got married last month, and as far as she remembered, they had not gone that crazy even on their wedding night. Could it be the effects of the Marrow Cleansing Pill? If she had known this would happen, Su Jin wailed inwardly, she would not have given it to him so soon.
Next to her, Lu Hao had already gotten up. He planned to go back to the station and check on the suspect they thought could be a zombie. His comrades did not know about any of this yet, so he was worried that the suspect would hurt them.
A fair lily-white arm was draped over the side of the bed. Lu Hao looked at Su Jin, who was lying in bed, with pure affection in his eyes. Right now, he was brimming with energy, as though he could easily run another ten kilometers with weights.
"Wait for me at home, Lil Jin. I'm just dropping by to see my team." Lu Hao rubbed Su Jin's long hair.
"Lu Hao, I want to go with you." Su Jin took his large hand and rested her face in it sweetly.
"No, you should stay here and rest. I'll take you there tomorrow if you want."
Eventually, she wheedled and whined until even the 'cold-hearted' Lu Hao gave in. Fine, she could come along if she wanted. He liked her clingy side too.
Su Jin happily changed into her clothes and put on her shoes. It was not that she wanted to cling to Lu Hao, but she was extremely curious to know if that suspect was truly a zombie. She wished he was not, but her gut feeling told her that he had to be!
The pendant around her neck had disappeared, replaced by a green leaf tattoo the size of a fingernail right under her collarbone. It was very hard to see unless someone knew what they were looking for.
An identical green leaf marking had appeared on the underside of Lu Hao's wrist too, but Lu Hao was quite tanned so it was quite difficult to notice. The two of them understood that the marking represented the dimension. All the better, since they no longer had to worry about losing the pendant now.
Yin Chengtian saw Captain Lu walking in, hand in hand with a beautiful woman, and was so shocked that he nearly dropped his mug. Thank goodness he reacted quickly enough, or he would have embarrassed himself in front of the captain.
Was the captain here to show off his love? Yin Chengtian thought to himself exasperatedly.
Shi Jin, who was on duty with Yin Chengtian, was equally surprised. Was this gentle, caring man really their captain? Also, why was the captain suddenly more handsome than before?
"C-Cap'n! Why are you here this late at night?" Yin Chengtian asked, trying to butter him up. The captain had not seen him scrolling through his phone just now, did he?"
"I'm here to check on the suspect, Li Wei. This is my wife, Su Jin." Lu Hao introduced them briefly.
"Nice to meet you, Sis-in-law!" Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin immediately greeted Su Jin in unison. Whoaaa, the captain's wife was crazy beautiful! She was much prettier than their squad idol, Liao Yifan.
Lu Hao then introduced Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin to Su Jin, Once they exchanged greetings, they went into the holding cells to see the suspect they were here for.
Li Wei's condition was delicate, so he was being held in a separate cell on his own.
The motion-sensor lights came on in the corridor automatically. They were off office hours, so the lights in the cells were not on. The corridor lights shone into the dark cell, and they could vaguely see a silhouette inside. His back was facing them, so the four of them could not see his face clearly.
Yin Chengtian yelled the suspect's name a few times, but the latter did not react. He opened the cell door and was about to walk in when Su Jin stopped him.
Su Jin asked Lu Hao, "Do you have a gun?"
Lu Hao nodded and pulled the gun out of its holster, but he did not give it to Su Jin. Instead, he said, "All of you, wait here. I'll go in."
Su Jin knew that Lu Hao would never let her go in on her own, so she stood on the tips of her toes and whispered the traits of a zombie into his ear. If anything seemed wrong, she told him to aim for the head.
Lu Hao nodded and pushed open the door, going in. The first thing he did when he went in was to turn on the room lights, then he headed toward Li Wei, who was facing away from him.
Li Wei moved slightly, as though he heard something. Lu Hao approached him and finally saw his face. Ugly did not even begin to cover it. His eyeballs were completely white, his face was falling off, while black and green veins cross-crossed his cheek. He threw his mouth wide open and tried to lunge at Lu Hao.
However, he was cuffed and locked to a chair right now, so he could not move. All he could do was try and stretch his neck and head as far as he could go.
"Li Wei" had well and truly become a zombie. He had exactly the same zombie traits Su Jin had warned Lu Hao about outside the cell. That meant the apocalypse Su Jin had told him about was real!
Capítulo 15: Infection
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Sis, Sis, what's going on? What did you tell the captain just now?" Yin Chengtian ran up to Su Jin and asked her as soon as Lu Hao went inside the cell.
"Why are you so curious, Lil Tian? That's between the captain and his wife, don't be so nosy!" Shi Jin always thought that this comrade of his was too much of a busybody. He could be worse than a girl sometimes.
Su Jin was amused. She knew that both of them were Lu Hao's trusted aides, so she did not try to hide it from them. "We just wanted to confirm something. Some people have been contracting an infectious disease lately, and I bumped into someone like that at G Province, so I came back in a hurry. If someone infected bites or scratches you, the consequences could be… uh… very bad."
She did not tell them everything, though. After all, this was not public knowledge yet.
"Sis, I was thinking… Are you talking about the zombies I saw in a movie today?" Yin Chengtian murmured thoughtfully.
"No way! Besides…" Shi Jin wanted to roast Yin Chengtian some more, but then he saw that Captain Lu was waving at the three of them to come in, so he hastily shut up.
Su Jin was the first to go in. Lu Hao's expression was solemn as he nodded at her, and Su Jin immediately understood. It seemed like her worst fears had come true.
Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin saw "Li Wei" in the chair and then exchanged a look of disbelief. Yin Chengtian even stammered when he spoke.
"C-Captain, is this really f*cking Li Wei?"
Lu Hao gave him a sideways look. Only then did Shi Jin belatedly realize he had forgotten to mind his language. The captain usually closed one eye to it, but today was probably different because the captain's wife was here.
Shi Jin was secretly glad he had not continued that sentence just now. He was going to say that zombies were not all that scary, and that he could take ten of them at once.
Looking at "Li Wei" in his chair now, though, Shi Jin suddenly felt like taking everything back. That thing was so freaking disgusting that he would not touch it with a ten-foot pole.
"This man has exactly the same symptoms as the man I encountered in G Province earlier. That one had bitten off half of a nurse's face, so I'd stay away from him if I were you."
She and Lu Hao had not come here for the zombie before them. They were here for Lu Hao's team's sake. If any of them were injured by the zombie, then…
"B-But aren't you scared at all, Sis?" Yin Chengtian gulped. The zombie's face was a terror to behold, much worse than the stuff they saw in the movies. Why was the captain's wife not afraid in the slightest?
"Because I saw something like this before in G Province," Su Jin said, feigning calm.
"Captain, I suddenly remembered something. Earlier this afternoon, when Lin Zhi was putting the leg cuffs on Li Wei, Li Wei scratched his hand. It was a really deep wound, too." Shi Jin immediately reported what he remembered to Lu Hao.
"What did you say?" Lu Hao looked at Shi Jin and pressed him. "What happened after that?"
"After that, he went to the infirmary and did some basic disinfecting and bandaging. Then he went home," Shi Jin replied honestly.
"Yin Chengtian, Shi Jin!"
"Yes, sir!" The two men instantly snapped to attention.
"Go to Lin Zhi's home at once and check on his current condition. Also, make sure that his family is safe." Lu Hao's tone turned pained when he said that last part. These men had gone through life and death with him, and he sincerely hoped that Lin Zhi was fine.
"Yes, sir!"
Su Jin gave Lu Hao a complicated look. This was exactly what she was most worried about. She knew how important Lu Hao's men were to him. That was why the first thing he did upon hearing the news was to come here and warn them. However, the Lin Zhi they were talking about was probably already…
They did not say anything more on the way to Lin Zhi's house. Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin knew where he stayed, because they would also go to his place for food during their days off. Lin Zhi's mother was great at authentic local cuisine, and she enjoyed having them over too, constantly saying that it was better with more people in the house.
Yin Chengtian suddenly felt the urge to cry as he drove. Brother, please be okay!
By now, night had fallen. Lin Zhi stayed in an old-school apartment area. It had only been two years since he graduated from the police academy, and he had not earned enough money to buy a new house or find a wife yet, so he stayed here with his mother.
The apartment blocks here were only six floors tall, and Lin Zhi stayed on the third floor. On their way up, the four of them even encountered two children hopping down the stairs. Old men and women were talking leisurely walks downstairs, and the air was filled with the delicious aroma of food. It was precisely dinner time.
Shi Jin knocked on the door and shouted, "Lin Zhi, Lin Zhi! It's Big Jin here."
They waited for a few seconds, but there was no reply.
Yin Chengtian remembered something and whispered it to the others. Apparently, Lin Zhi was constantly forgetting his keys, so he liked to put a spare in one of the shoes on the rack at the door. Shi Jin and Yin Chengtian quickly began rummaging through Lin Zhi's shoes.
Su Jin turned on the torch on her phone to help them see better.
"Found it!" Yin Chengtian said excitedly.
Lu Hao took the key and used the light from Su Jin's phone to insert it into the lock. It turned. He then looked at the three of them behind him and made a motion with his hand. Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin nodded.
Su Jin had no idea what he meant.
Well, she just had to follow them, right?
When they pushed the door and went in, the first thing they smelled was a foul odor. The lights were on, but there was no one there. Then they heard a sound from the bedroom inside, so they slowly walked inside.
The scene that met their eyes left them stunned. Yin Chengtian could not help it, turning his head to vomit onto the floor.
Lin Zhi was crouched down in front of someone lying on the floor. That someone was Lin Zhi's mother, who was clearly dead. Her stomach had been ripped open, and Lin Zhi was reaching into his disemboweled mother's abdomen to pull out what looked like her guts. He just kept stuffing them endlessly into his mouth.
Shi Jin puked too, while Yin Chengtian's eyes were already red. That cursed Li Wei!
By now, Lin Zhi had stopped eating. He had noticed Lu Hao and the other three, and live humans clearly held more appeal to him.
Lin Zhi's face was covered in blood, and his mind was clearly lost. His jaw wide open, he ran toward the four of them.
"Aim for the head, Lu Hao. Don't let him scratch you!" Su Jin shouted.
There was a gunshot, and Lin Zhi collapsed on cue. Lu Hao was helping Yin Chengtian stand and could not bring himself to look at the person on the floor. That was his comrade, his brother-in-arms, and yet Lin Zhi had died at his hands, not at the hands of any criminal.
Su Jin knew that Lu Hao must be feeling terrible right now. She had already decided just now to use her wood-type ability to finish Lin Zhi off if Lu Hao could not bring himself to do it. Now, he walked up to Lu Hao and patted his back. Lu Hao gripped her hand and told Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin, "Inform the others and tell them to come here for the evidence."
Yin Chengtian was trying to hold back his grief as he reached for his phone to call back to base, but just then Lin Zhi's mother crawled up from the ground. Her guts were still hanging out of her body, yet she still pounced right at Shi Jin, who was crouching on the ground! Shi Jin was holding a blanket and attempting to cover up Lin Zhi's corpse with it.
Yin Chengtian froze, and Lu Hao raised his gun to shoot, but it was clearly too late!
Just then, a green vine flashed past their eyes and wound itself around Shi Jin, yanking him back to the two of them!
Now that Shi Jin was safe, Yin Chengtian finally came back to his senses, and Lu Hao shot Lin Zhi's mother unerringly in the head. The woman crashed to the ground.
…
"Sis-in-law, is that some special ability you have?" Yin Chengtian asked Su Jin in surprise. Too many things had already happened tonight, and when he saw Su Jin's vine, it was as though he saw a door into a brand new world.
Su Jin put the vines away. Shi Jin looked down and saw the thing that had tied him up was gone. Did Sis-in-law save him just now?"
"Thanks for saving me, Sis. I-If you hadn't, I'd be…" Shi Jin was shaken just thinking about it. He would rather die than go like that.
"Don't tell anyone what you just saw, alright? It's a secret for now, understood?" Lu Hao commanded them.
"Yes, Captain!" They naturally knew what the captain meant to keep a secret. He did not need to worry. Their Sis-in-law was so strong, and more importantly, she was one of them. They were going to bring that secret to their grave if necessary!
Now that they had promised, Su Jin finally explained it to them. She just told them that she did not know she got this power either, but it suddenly emerged lately. She used it just now because it was an emergency.
Soon enough, special abilities would cease to be a secret. If she explained it this way, the two of them would just think that she awakened hers a bit earlier than usual. That was why she had to resort to this excuse.
Yin Chengtian eventually managed to call back to the station, and the personnel there said they would get there promptly.
By the time Lu Hao and Su Jin reached home, it was already eleven o'clock. Both of them were starving, so Su Jin just made boxes and boxes of food appear in her hands out of thin air. She put them all on the table in front of the living room couch.
…
Lu Hao looked at her wordlessly. What was that, her 4D pocket?
Su Jin whispered into his ear and told them that this was one of the dimension's other functions, food preservation. She had bought all of this food from her trip to G Province because she thought they looked good, and they were still warm even now.
Lu Hao looked at the table. There was roast goose, scallion pancakes, stinky tofu, braised beef slices, and some flatbreads wrapped around skewers…
So his wife was a big eater. Lu Hao laughed and shook his head.
Su Jin finally heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Lu Hao laugh. No one would feel good after killing their comrade with their own hands. Lu Hao should already be praised for how decisively he had shot Lin Zhi and settled things. As for the rest, she was content to let him slowly come to terms with it.
Although she had brought him a ton of snacks and no main dishes, Lu Hao still ended up feeling stuffed. Just as she said, the food was great, especially the roasted duck. It was still steaming when he opened the take-out box, too.
Now that his stomach was full, Lu Hao finally felt a little better. He imagined an apocalypse filled with monsters just like those, then he looked at Su Jin, who was still gnawing away at a goose drumstick. Before he knew it, he was smiling. Looked like he was going to have to train harder starting from tomorrow.
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