Chapter 1814: Chapter 1807: Take Good Care of My Sister
As the girl spoke, Xu Haishui appeared behind her with a serious expression.
"When did you discover me?"
"When you chose to follow me."
The girl answered quickly, but her response made Xu Haishui bristle instantly. Such powerful perception, even zombies of the same level couldn’t be this sensitive, right?
This girl is not simple!
Beneath the harmless appearance was a killing intent that could take life at any moment!
Xu Haishui instinctively took a step back. In that brief moment, he thought about just turning and running, but reason immediately made him deny this thought!
He couldn’t run!
Not running offered a glimmer of hope; running meant inevitable doom!
What he was facing was a Level 9 Repose!
"Who exactly are you?"
"Why don’t you tell me your guess first?"
Xu Haishui furrowed his brows then relaxed them again, thought for a moment, and unsurely asked, "The previous ruler of Cloud Gorge Base?"
"Guess again?" The girl seemed somewhat amused, but after she spoke these three words, Xu Haishui could confirm her identity.
"You don’t need to tease me like this. Being so close to the Order might only be you."
"Hehe." The girl smirked, propped herself up with her hands, and sat on the lid of a nearby trash can. Meanwhile, she said to Xu Haishui, "You should have more important matters, right? If you have something to discuss with me, just say it now, no need to waste time."
As soon as she finished, Xu Haishui no longer concealed and directly tore his clothes to reveal half of his upper body. But what he exposed was a blur of flesh in different skin tones as if various skin diseases had dyed it.
Silver, black, and iron-blue skin spread across his body like eczema.
At the same time, every inch of flesh twisted together and was still slightly wriggling!
Countless flesh nodules swayed densely like rice in the wind. If anyone with trypophobia saw this scene, they would likely faint on the spot.
The girl was taken aback, then looked at him with a strange expression, shaking her head, "I’m sorry, I’m not a doctor. I can’t treat diseases, especially not zombie diseases."
"Don’t play dumb. I can feel it; you have something like mine on you. I can feel it, you can too!" As soon as the girl’s voice fell, Xu Haishui suddenly became furious. The intense emotion made his head split in half with a "rip", and the flesh on his face wriggled and coiled like thousands of maggots, resembling turbulent sea waves, unfathomably encompassing him. Yet his pitch-black eyes remained fixed on her!
Glaring at her relentlessly!
Clearly, his vitality was abundant, but every unintentional movement carried a severe sense of dissonance, as if someone was competing with him for control over his body.
They stared at each other for an indefinite period until the girl suddenly said, "I sympathize with your plight, but I’m powerless." Speaking, the girl jumped off the trash can, taking a step to leave.
"You can’t go; I need to know what might become of my body if this continues?" Xu Haishui’s voice trembled, containing rare strands of fear, thoroughly aware of his body’s state. The different flesh molecules couldn’t accommodate each other, rejecting one another every second!
Hence, his body continually changed; the flesh molecules belonging to the silver-armored corpse underwent inevitable mutation under tremendous influence!
Being in such a state for too long, he realized he was evolving into some unknown species or stepping toward the abyss of death! His dominance over low-level kind dwindled each day!
He had always perceived the world through "mind", but now he had to use human eyes to see the surface of everything!
He was afraid because he could no longer perceive the imprints of Ah Fu, Gong Xiao, and Li Henian in his mind; he didn’t know if they had discovered his "disappearing", fearing as the path ahead was shrouded in darkness, obscuring everything, harboring the same fear as humans of the unknown!
What terrified him most was the imminent loss of trust from others!
Previously, he had no concept of death, but now, he had a reason to stay in this world!
He reached out to grab this girl, wanting to stop her from leaving, but as soon as he extended his hand, the next second, he felt as if he floated, his neck gripped by her!
And pinned against the wall.
Looking down.
It was the girl’s unfriendly gaze.
"I’m in a bad mood right now; you’d better soften your tone. Seeking me holds no purpose! Whether you threaten me or beg me, I cannot change your fate! Also, I have neither the mind nor the obligation to worry about your matters. Blame yourself for eating recklessly."
The girl’s imposing air suddenly unfolded, making the air feel thick at this moment!
The trash can where she sat, the fallen leaves blown by the wind, the clothes drying on wires above the alley, the ants climbing the tips of weed blades... everything around harbored intense malice toward him in this instant!
This was because his energy was locked onto by hers; in his perception, time seemed to stretch several times over!
This was a suppression caused by a higher-level kin!
This made him forget his instincts as a zombie!
Every cell in his body trembled, warning him!
This was the breath of death!
If his body was compared to an alley, then his cells were like people encountering some terrifying presence!
These "people", driven by fear, desperately fled deeper into the alley.
Cells curled up in fear caused extreme deformation in his body!
The body became bizarre and disastrous!
Meanwhile, time lost significance in his perception, so he didn’t know how long had passed until the girl finally released him. He heard a scoff from her, then could only watch helplessly as she disappeared from his sight.
Xu Haishui was like a boneless octopus, almost melting onto the ground. After a long while, he barely returned to normal human form.
Standing in place, he didn’t make any other moves, just staring blankly at the mottled old wall before him.
Until a patrol squad passed through the alley, he then walked out like nothing had happened, carrying his belongings through the grass towards the distance.
"Sugiyama Ryoko."
"Xu-kun? Where are you now? I’ll send someone to pick you up right away."
"No need, I have other matters to attend to."
"What matter?"
"The members of Sakura Way haven’t been exposed, have they?"
"Not yet."
"Help me investigate someone."
"Whom? Please tell."
"A person from eight or nine years ago, named Ning Tianlang, and his daughter. Not too detailed, just some basic information."
"I’ll try. Where are you heading now?"
"I have to investigate something as well... Oh, by the way, people from the Royal Court are coming..."
"Why did you suddenly mention this, Xu-kun? Aren’t you part of the Royal Court..."
"The situation in the Royal Court is different from what you might think, plus I have a favor to ask you."
"...Sure."
"Please take good care of my sister."