บท 26: Zombie Queen has the Biggest Thigh of All (2)
The child in question that Lei Han would pick up was currently only seven years old. Because of his young age, after his parents had died from zombies, no one was willing to help him as he would only be a burden. As a result, he had to fend for himself. In the original timeline, although he hated zombies and would constantly massacre them, he also had a distrust of humans and would never go out of his way to help them.
But, in this current timeline, because Lei Han would rescue him from zombies and proceed to take care of him, he would treat the male lead like an elder brother and mentally depend on him. Yin Mei, of course, could not have this happening.
Actually, only those in the future would know this, but children were this zombie world's most precious resources. It may be because children were more susceptible to the evolution that humans received, as those under ten at the time of the apocalypse and those born during the apocalypse all had extremely strong and unique abilities. As for this child (whose name was Qin Shuang), he had the ability to manipulate blood. By hardening it, he was able to use it as any weapon that he could imagine, and in the future, he would often use it like strings, initially earning him the title of the Red Spider.
In addition, his power actually mutated later on and let him actually heal his own wounds by drinking the blood of others. Even wounds from zombies that would normally become infected could be healed without any worry of the zombie virus later. But, this was also the reason that many people feared him in the former timeline, as they then started to call him the Vampire King.
Yin Mei personally felt these names were a little too edgy for her, but his ability was definitely top class. One of them alone was enough to make people green with envy, but he actually possessed both of them? Wasn't that a little bit cheating?
But many kids in the apocalypse would have given birth to such fearsome powers, if only they had been able to survive the initial years. But the amount who could survive were really too little. Yin Mei even had half a mind to just gather around all the children she could find and form an apocalypse orphanage special forces team child version!
Actually, that wasn't too bad of an idea?
Once this idea entered her head, it didn't leave. After all, no matter what, as long as the child was younger than 10 years of age when the apocalypse started, it was guaranteed that they would have a very good ability. Plus, children tended to be very adaptable in comparison to adults. Yin Mei felt that it was a pretty good idea, aside from the fact that she would have to babysit a bunch of kids for several years in the apocalypse.
Three days later, the group took camp in an abandoned parking lot. The leader started organizing a group to go refresh supplies, as well as another group to clear out the parking lot of zombies. "Eh? Hey, isn't that a kid?" One of the three girls of the group (which included Yin Mei) said, looking down from the third level they were on to the street, where a young child was running from several zombies, occasionally turning around to shoot at them.
"He's here," Yin Mei mumbled. It was the perfect chance to save him before Lei Han even had the chance to realize his identity.
"What?" The girl who had spoken turned around, but Yin Mei had already disappeared from her side, going through her backpack for bullets. "Wait, Lu Mei, you can't be thinking of rescuing that kid right?" Her voice grew colder, drawing the attention of the others.
"There's no way we can afford to take care of a brat!" A man said, glaring at Yin Mei.
But she didn't pay attention to them, checking the bullets in her gun before standing up. "That's fine, since I'll take care of him. If he's trouble, just cut him off later. I'll even personally obtain the supplied to feed him." Yin Mei said, as she began to walk away.
The girl, whose name was An Yu, furrowed her brow. "Why in the world would you bother to spend so much effort on a brat?"
Lei Han also wanted to know the answer to this question. His eyes narrowed, looking at Yin Mei. He felt like she hadn't done such a thing in the past, but since it had been ten years, he couldn't be quite sure. But with Lu Mei's personality, he felt this was very out of character for her.
"Because the children are the future," Yin Mei said softly, a wicked grin on her face. Though she was dirty and covered in dust and blood, not having taken a shower in at least a week or two, she still looked pretty. Just, the gun that she hefted in her hand made any other guys think twice. It was still the start of the apocalypse, so most people still had some semblance of morals left. But Lei Han predicted it wouldn't be long before someone tried raping one of their group's female members. Aside from the pretty Lu Mei, An Yu was also a ravishing beauty, with a great body and foreign features, her blond hair and blue eyes making her look like a doll (just that her personality was so fierce that it deterred the other guys).
Yin Mei continued, going down the levels one by one. They had taken care of all the zombies on the way up, so there wasn't anything to shoot just yet.
The group watched from the fourth floor, curious. They saw the kid hide behind some cover and continue shooting at the zombies, but it looked like the recoil was too strong for him and he was unable to properly hit their heads.
It was at this time that Yin Mei rushed out, grabbing the kid in her arms while shooting at the zombies. Because she was in a hurry, she was also unable to obtain a proper head shot, and the zombies followed her into the parking lot. The group shook their heads.
Inside the parking lot, Yin Mei was dragging Qin Shuang by his hand up the stairs, already feeling out of breath, her muscles burning. "F*ck, this goddamn weak *ss body," she cursed, feeling that she was actually very privileged in her first world, possessing the high quality body of a rich cultivator that practically never got tired. "Dammit, if that b*tch didn't kill me, I wouldn't have to suffer like this," Yin Mei continued pouring out all manners of curses as she continued forcing herself to move, though her words confused the young boy that she was dragging along. He wondered what she meant by having been killed? Wasn't she still alive in front of her? Or was his understanding of being killed different from hers?
They made it to the third floor before Yin Mei had to stop and rest. She couldn't bring it to the fourth floor, where the group was, as they would definitely blame and ridicule her for being unable to take care of the zombies herself and instead dragging them over to them. She had to take care of them here. Yin Mei looked around and found a suitable hiding place, stuffing the brat into a small hole formed by a broken piece of concrete and a corner. Too bad he hadn't awakened his ability yet. Well, even if he did, if he didn't know how to use it, it still wouldn't help.
Yin Mei stood in the middle of the parking lot, raising her gun up at the stairwell. The zombies then rushed out and she began firing. Because of her silencer, the sound of her gun wasn't too loud. People preferred using guns or sniper rifles with silencers because they wouldn't attract extra zombies.
She fired several times, bringing down one of the zombies, but the other one was too fast for her. Who the f*ck said zombies were slow? The way that zombies mutated depended on the person, and as a result, later on humans would call zombies mutants instead. They evolved just like humans had evolved, and many had the same or even greater speed than when they were human. Sadly, it was predicted that once zombies had evolved past a certain point, it would be hard pressed to cure them at all, especially since it was difficult to obtain the experimental data of such high leveled zombies.
Anyways, that was something to think about at a later time. Currently, Yin Mei had been pinned down by the zombie onto the ground, the only thing between its disgusting rotting, virus filled mouth being her gun. Perhaps because this zombie had evolved to become faster, its strength wasn't as great as a normal zombie and even Yin Mei with her weak young miss body was just barely able to fend it off. Yin Mei grit her teeth, looking around and spotting a nearby iron pipe that had broken off from somewhere, lying on the ground.
"F*ck, you, son of a b*tch!" Yin Mei said, using all her strength to kick the zombie in the stomach and away from her. He flew back, and Yin Mei scrambled to turn around and grab the iron rod. "F*ck you, f*ck you, f*ck you!" She continued cursing, sounding nothing like the polite rich young miss that Lu Mei had been.
She grabbed the iron rod, and just as the zombie was about to leap at her again, turned around and swung it with all her might, hitting him right in the skull. Because she didn't have enough strength, it was only enough to temporarily incapacitate the zombie, who fell onto her. She freaked, quickly kicking him away as she got up, putting her gun into her holster and grabbing the iron rod with both hands. She then proceeded to use the iron rod like a bat, continuously swinging down, again and again, brain matter spluttering onto her clothes and thoroughly disgusting her.
Only after she was sure he was dead did she stab the iron rod into its body, clutching onto it as she collapsed onto her knees, panting heavily while trying to catch her breath. Her body burned. It burned, every single muscle, like it was on fire.
"B-big sister," a cautious voice came from beside her, and she looked toward it. The seven year old Qin Shuang had a very cute appearance, one that made others want to dote on him. Too bad that this was the apocalypse, and no one had the time to take care of others save themselves. He still had an expression of innocence, and Yin Mei guessed his parents definitely had only died recently. He had yet to experience being shunned excessively by other humans.
Yin Mei's breathing slowly calmed down and she got up, stepping on the zombie corpse and pulling out the iron rod. She wipe her sweat from her brow as Qin Shuang clutched at her shirt. She first checked herself and then him for any injuries. Clean from bite marks. Good. Though she knew that he couldn't have injuries, it was better safe than sorry. As for herself, she also looked fairly clean. If she ended up becoming a zombie because she had been bit, she swore that she would die from anger first before anything else.
Yin Mei placed her hand on the boy's head, not saying anything. She wouldn't reassure him with things like "it'll be alright now" or bullsh*t like that. She wasn't the type to make empty promises. His parents had died and the world had ended - who would believe in that sh*t now? She then, with a very disgusted expression, looked through the zombie brain splatter to find a tiny energy crystal. She went to the other zombie, and with another expression of absolute disgust, dissected his brain for his tiny energy crystal. She then finally turned his head into mush so Lei Han wouldn't notice if he came down and looked at the zombie corpses.
Looking at the two tiny energy crystals that weren't even the size of her pinky fingernail in her hand, she wondered if she really had to eat this. F*ck, this was just too unhygienic. She seriously wondered how she would be able to survive this. She cleaned off the crystals as best as she could, and popped one into her mouth. Oddly enough, it tasted like a piece of a sugar candy. She felt a tiny wave of energy go through her body, which gave the illusion of her feeling her fatigue going away a little bit and strengthening her body slightly. She gave the other one to Qin Shuang. "Eat it." She said, and then added on, "don't tell anyone about this. It's our secret, okay?"
Qin Shuang didn't quite understand, but seeing that Yin Mei had eaten it and nothing had happened, he braced himself and also put it into his mouth, pleasantly surprised at how good it tasted. Seeing that he had eaten it, Yin Mei felt a little more relaxed.
She grabbed Qin Shuang's hands and the two trudged up the stairs to the fourth floor, where the group had been waiting. They had heard the silenced gun shots go off, and then nothing. They had even opened a bet on whether or not Yin Mei had died or not, though they were betting their snacks instead of money.
Seeing Yin Mei walk up safe and sound with the kid, though obviously exhausted, some guys groaned, having lost the bet, while others grinned, holding their hands out to receive their prizes. Yin Mei rolled her eyes, walking over to her bag and ignoring them.
Seeing that Yin Mei was unbothered, they all shrugged and went back to work, ignoring the new addition to their group. Since Yin Mei had said that she would take care of him, then they just wouldn't bother with him as long as he didn't do anything detrimental to their group. As for rations, of course, not a single ration would be going to him, since Yin Mei had already said that she would personally take care of that.
On the other hand, Lei Han was staring at the young boy, finding him increasingly familiar. He felt confident that he had seen him before, but no matter, he just couldn't tell where.
"What's your name?" Yin Mei asked, as she took out an energy bar from her bag and handing it to the kid. She had raised her voice slightly, just enough so that she was confident that Lei Han could hear her.
"Qin Shuang," the boy said, taking the energy bar gratefully and ripping it open, devouring it like he had been starved for days. Which was probably true.
Yin Mei glanced over to Lei Han's face, which was one of shock and astonishment. She couldn't help but gloat a little inside seeing that. She definitely wouldn't let such a cute kid fall into this idiot's hands.
On the other hand, Lei Han actually felt a suspicious that Lu Mei had actually traveled back in time like he did. He recalled that she certainly had never rescued a boy during this time, and especially not the famed Vampire King! Could it be that she knew how powerful he would become in the future and so specially went out of her way to rescue him?
Lei Han was caught up in his thoughts and suspicions, while on the other hand, Yin Mei had directly gone to sleep, using her backpack as a pillow and her jacket as a blanket. It couldn't be helped, she was really just too exhausted from going up against that zombie. Qin Shuang also went to sleep, snuggling close up against the girl who had saved him.
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