"And we should thank him too, for bringing us so many good crystal cores."
Su Ling finished speaking and stopped. Everything that needed to be said had been said, and it was up to Jiang Jiang to relay the message.
Su Ling's words, though irritating, were also the truth.
The Zombie King had made such a grand display for little Jiang.
All those zombies had undergone multiple mutations and upgrades after the apocalypse, and the quality of the crystal cores in their heads was even better than before.
Although Su Ling and the others had worked hard killing zombies, they felt a sense of accomplishment when collecting crystal cores.
Holding those beautiful and radiant crystal cores in their hands, their weight was incredibly pleasing.
Jiang Jiang was also well-behaved. He relayed Su Ling's instructions word for word to the Zombie King.
Although the Zombie King felt that Su Ling and her companions were bullying him, what they said was factual. He himself had come to deliver himself up for little Jiang, bringing them practice targets and crystal cores to satiate them.
After hearing Su Ling's words relayed by Jiang Jiang, the Zombie King looked at little Jiang in Jiang Jiang's arms.
Little Jiang's small cleaver had already fallen to the ground. It seemed tired and was yawning in Jiang Jiang's arms.
Seeing this, the Zombie King understood that little Jiang liked Jiang Jiang and the others very much.
However, survivors and zombies were fundamentally irreconcilable.
Little Jiang was still young and had not yet grown. Su Ling and the others treated him as a plaything and kept him around because he was obedient and very useful. Therefore, Su Ling and the others would not harm him.
But the Zombie King was like a human; the young Zombie King would grow up.
As the young Zombie King grew, he would become bloodthirsty. Once little Jiang grew up and became disobedient, Su Ling and the others would definitely kill little Jiang for their own benefit. By then, it would be too late, even if he came to take little Jiang away.
To survivors, zombies were bloodthirsty and cruel.
If they were obedient, they would be kept as pets. If they were disobedient, it was not a problem to kill them at will.
Therefore, the Zombie King would not overlook the long-term implications due to the harmonious interactions between Jiang Jiang and little Jiang.
The Zombie King was different from ordinary zombies. Although he had turned into a zombie, his human thoughts and intelligence were completely intact. He was, in a sense, like Su Ling and the others, a survivor.
However, he happened to be the Zombie King.
He could command zombies and make them obey him, using them for his purposes.
The Zombie King looked at Su Ling, then at Shang Qi, and said, "I can see that you are truly good to my brother. However, I cannot leave him with you. Even if you are truly good to him, and he truly likes you and doesn't want to leave with me, I must take him away. He must leave with me."
As soon as the Zombie King spoke, Su Ling and Shang Qi were stunned.
They had assumed the Zombie King could not speak, only roar, and had not expected him to be able to talk.
Seeing Su Ling and Shang Qi looking at him, the Zombie King smiled and said, "There's no difference between me and you. The only difference is these eyes, and that you are survivors, while I am the Zombie King."
"I understand what you say, and I can also speak. I just didn't want to speak earlier, so I played along with you."
Su Ling looked at the Zombie King, putting down her hand that was propping up her chin. "Tell me, why must you take little Jiang away without respecting his wishes? You are his brother, it's true, and he might remember you, but whether he still has feelings for you is unknown."
The Zombie King did not prevaricate. He directly explained, "He is still young, and he will grow up."