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Chapter 23 - Yun Cheng, The Evolution of the Zombie

"Bang!"

Yun Che directly jumped down from the second floor, the long blade in his hand hummed, and the crowd surrounding Yun Cheng fearfully made way for him. Instinct told them that this' Yun Cheng 'seemed to be very terrifying, and when Yun Che met the pair of bloodshot eyes, his feet staggered, and his legs couldn't help but tremble, unable to continue walking.

"Big bro …"

As if sensing his arrival, his grey-white eyes started to tear up and his mouth continued to emit strange sounds from time to time.

"Xiao Cheng …"

Is he going to become a Zombie again?

Yun Che took a deep breath and desperately ordered his trembling body to calm down. In his mind, he recalled Yun Cheng who had become a Zombie in his previous life and Yun Cheng who was about to become a Zombie now, a stream of blood flowed down the corner of his mouth. The hand holding the long blade tightened and the veins on the back of his hand throbbed.

"Heh heh heh... Brother..."

It could be seen that Yun Cheng was still struggling. He was not willing to give up. He had not even seen his loved ones.

"Xiao Cheng!"

He already couldn't see him, but he could hear him. He knew that his brother was here, and subconsciously, he didn't want his brother to see his current appearance as neither a human nor a ghost, but Yun Che held his face and forcefully lifted his head: "Sorry, I'm late. Don't be afraid, with brother here, don't be afraid …"

Facing that green and white face and those grey eyes, Yun Che gritted his teeth and said word by word. The Both arms that was holding him couldn't help but tremble violently.

"Big bro …"

Yun Cheng didn't want to admit defeat, but his body was like a battle between gods. It was torturing the only reason he had left, and being able to utter one word was already his limit.

"Don't talk, believe me!"

Killing intent seemed to materialize and instantly spread throughout the entire gymnasium, causing many people to retreat in fright. Only Leng Yehan and Lu Haixuan, who had no qualms about leaning over, stomped on the floor with one foot, borrowing the momentum to carry Yun Cheng to jump onto the second floor. Leng Yehan and Lu Haixuan both followed, and when everyone came back to their senses, all they saw was a deep pit in the ground.

"Xiao Cheng …"

Seeing Yun Che put Yun Cheng on the ground, Yun Yao rushed up to him in tears and hugged him. Her most outstanding brother … Why did he do this? Why?

"Elder sister …"

Hearing her voice, Yun Cheng became excited, but all that came out was a weird cry. Yun Yao immediately hugged him tightly, "Yes, sister is here. Xiao Cheng, be obedient. Don't say anymore. Please, don't say anymore …"

Each and every one of their strange cries was like torture to them. Yun Yao, who had finally become stronger, once again cried to the point of tears.

"Yun Che, Xiao Cheng, he …"

Leng Yehan, who had followed him, looked worriedly at Yun Cheng. He had never seen Yun Che, but she often heard Yun Cheng mention that he had twin brothers. From the looks of it, they knew that he was Yun Cheng's brother, Yun Che.

Yun Che took out a bottle of water from his backpack, pinched Yun Cheng's chin, and forced the water into his mouth. In his previous life, he had stayed in the apocalypse for four years, but he had never heard of anyone in the Security Base who had found a way to suppress the Zombie virus. Right now, he could only try his best to stay alive and hope that the spring water that could cleanse his bones would be able to wash away the Zombie virus.

"Heh heh."

"Bang! Bang!"

The moment the spring water entered his throat, Yun Cheng screamed and pushed away Yun Yao and Yun Che. His pale white face turned cold, and his grey eyes were flashing red from time to time. His nails, which were sharp due to the mutation, became sharper, and his even teeth became sharper, especially his two canine teeth, which were growing slowly like a vampire.

Not only did the spring water not purge the Zombie virus from his body, it even accelerated his evolution. Yun Che's heart thumped, could it be that his brother can't escape the fate of becoming a Zombie?

"Xiao Cheng …"

Yun Yao and Leng Yehan rushed over excitedly. Luckily, Zhou Zeyu and Lu Haixuan held them back first. Seeing this situation, how could they not feel uncomfortable, but … how could it be useful?

"Let go of me, Xiao Cheng, Xiao Cheng …"

Seeing her little brother mutate faster and faster, Yun Yao struggled excitedly as she was held by Zhou Zeyu, and her hands lost all reason to beat his chest, but Zhou Zeyu did not seem to feel anything, afraid that she would break free, so he just opened up his Both arms and hugged her: "Don't be like this, Sis, don't be like this, we don't even want to …"

Other than that, Zhou Zeyu didn't know how to comfort her.

"Ye Han!"

His body was so stiff that it was like a rock, he couldn't even feel the tiniest bit of pain when he bit his teeth into pieces. Seeing this scene, Lu Haixuan couldn't help but feel even worse, he had only known them for a short day, but he had experienced too many things in a single day. Seeing that Yun Cheng had become a monster, Leng Yehan's heart felt like someone was cutting his flesh with a blunt knife.

"Heh heh … big sis … painful …"

Yun Cheng grabbed onto his collar painfully, cutting his skin with his sharp nails. Every part of his writhing body described his pain, his gray eyes gradually lost their red, and the skin on his face, which was covered in the shadow of death, was gradually replaced by a pale, bloodless face. His pale skin was as pale as a sheet, and his purplish lips also slowly turned red, not the healthy red of an ordinary person, but the red of a blood color.

Pale skin, blood-like lips, sharp fangs …

Level ten Zombie?!

When he died in his previous life, he had only seen the highest level Zombie s that had Level seven. The Level seven Zombie's eyes were blue, and its intelligence was similar to a child around ten years old, so he was already able to use the Special ability skillfully. According to the speculations of the scientists, the highest level Zombie could reach the Level ten, and at that time, regardless of whether it was their intelligence and appearance, they would be similar to humans.

Xiao Cheng becoming a Zombie was already an irrevocable fact, but the extremes were always reversed, who said that becoming a Zombie was definitely a dead end?

Thinking up to here, Yun Che smiled abnormally. Ignoring the bewilderment and horror of the crowd, he once again squatted down and pressed down on Yun Cheng's shoulders.

"Roar …"

At this moment, Yun Cheng had already lost his mind. His crimson eyes were filled with a murderous light, and his sharp fangs were dripping saliva. The Yun Che near him was like a piece of good meat.

"Xiao Che … Xiao Cheng …"

Seeing this, Yun Yao cried even louder, but Yun Che ignored her. He grabbed Yun Cheng's hands and pressed them on his head, and with his other hand, he took out a few Zombie s from his pocket and threw them into Yun Cheng's mouth without thinking.

"Crack, crack, crack."

What was even more strange was that the pair of scarlet eyes that were filled with a murderous light and bloodthirsty desire actually gradually calmed down. The pair of eyes were filled with an unknown blankness and cuteness, as if his body was also leaning towards Yun Che. His blood-red lips unceasingly moved, as if he was talking about something, but also seemed to be asking for something.

When he could no longer feel even the slightest bit of struggle, Yun Che took out another crystal nucleus, looked into his blank eyes, and pulled his right hand to place the crystal nucleus on his hand, then pulled his left hand to pick up a crystal nucleus and put it into his mouth. Yun Cheng's expression was still stiff, but like what Yun Che taught him just now, he picked up a bean-sized crystal nucleus and gave it to his mouth, and chewed it like he was eating sugar beans.

He couldn't give up now. Even if his brother's life had to start over again, and he could even go to the unknown and dangerous future, he would still accompany him and protect him. This was his responsibility as an elder brother, and it would also become one of the driving forces for him to continue fighting in the apocalypse.

"Xiao Che?"

"Yun Che?"

Yun Yao and the rest could not believe what they had just witnessed. What had Yun Che done? Why did the manic Yun Cheng obediently calm down and still … obediently eat his sugar beans? Although it was a bit inappropriate, why did they feel that Yun Cheng was now so cute?

"Zombie can evolve, and the appearance and fighting strength of Zombie will be different at every level. The key to making Zombie level up is the energy, which can be flesh and blood, or this, the crystal nucleus will grow out from the Zombie's brain."

Yun Che took out another crystal nucleus and faced them with his puzzled eyes and continued: "When the Zombie reaches a certain level, it will gain intelligence, and its appearance will gradually become more and more human-like. Just look at Xiao Cheng, other than his pale face, red lips and sharp fangs, how does he look like a Zombie?"

Eh … Isn't this a bit too much?

Everyone felt their heads go black, but at the same time, they knew that now was not the time to complain. They pushed away Song Zeyu, who was hugging him tightly all this time, and Yun Yao shakily walked forward: "Are you saying that Xiao Cheng has become a high-level Zombie?"

Isn't that still the Zombie?

He glanced at his little brother who was quietly eating the crystal nucleus, tears once again welled up in his eyes. His little brother, how did he become like this?

"No, according to my estimation, he just looks like a high level Zombie. In reality, his level is still very low, and he still needs a large amount of energy to level up."

Right now, his lightning attribute Special ability was only at the second level. Even after using it multiple times, the air Special ability had only recently stepped across from the zero level to the one level just now. Any of the three or four levels of Zombie could instantly kill him, let alone the Level ten?

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