Chapter 58

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The invisible person ran away in a panic, and what they bumped into exposed their whereabouts. Under Li Xuanyuan’s rage, the vines soared and soon surrounded a struggling invisible figure.\n

The vines tightened instantly, making the invisible person scream in pain, and revealing their true face in front of them again.\n

“Who are you?!”\n

Jiang Tao asked angrily.\n

Li Xuanyuan held Hou Ying and roared violently, “LEAVE HER ALONE! HOU YING IS INJURED! THE KNIFE IS CONTAMINATED WITH ZOMBIE VIRUS!”\n</ins>\n\n“What?!”\n

Everyone exploded.\n

“Old uncle!”\n

Wang Hehe rushed forward and Hou Ying said anxiously, “Xuanyuan stop him, don’t let him get close to me.”\n

But Li Xuanyuan didn’t hear what he said, just shouted for Gongsun Jing to come over. She quickly evacuated the crowd and let Hou Ying lie on the table where they played cards. Seeing her trembling hands, Hou Ying frowned and said, “Wear isolation gloves before pulling out the knife.”\n

Gongsun Jing is at her wits’ end.\n

Liu Zhan grabbed her firmly, took a deep breath, and said, “Calm down, you must calm down, Gongsun! You have broken through level 4. There must be a way to deal with the zombie virus! Calm down!”\n

While they were talking, Hou Ying had pulled out the knife inserted in his shoulder. He’s so quick that Li Xuanyuan had no time to stop him.\n

“What are you doing?!”\n

Li Xuanyuan’s eyes flashed red in an instant.\n</ins>\n\nHou Ying threw the knife into the trash can, “Brother Tao, burn the trash can. Ah Zhan, please help Gongsun with my wound. Xuanyuan, go to the carriage and search whether she has brought anything else inside, it must be removed immediately. Ji Yao, don’t cry with Xiaohe and Xiaohai, go look at the little baby.” \n

When Gongsun Jing cut his clothes open, there’s no wounds except for the bloodstains.\n

Hou Ying felt it afterward and said, “No wonder I didn’t feel the pain, the wound was quite shallow.”\n

He also smiled half-heartedly, as if he was talking about the weather just now. Gongsun Jing treated his wound urgently, but even though she almost exhausted her ability, it had no effect. Starting from the wound, blue-black spots began to converge and slowly spread, turning into the size of freckles and then gradually turning into palm-sized green and black spots.\n

She tried everything to no avail.\n

Hou Ying stood up and said to Gongsun Jing who’s being supported by Liu Zhan, “Alright, don’t do this anymore.”\n

“Ah Zhan, come out with me and wash me clean. Brother Tao, go call Lao Er and the others back, I have something to say.”\n

Gongsun Jing reached out to catch him, “Impossible, Brother Hou, let me try again.”\n

“Don’t touch me!!” Hou Ying yelled out of control. He froze, then barely pulled out a smile, “Ah Zhan, hurry up.”\n

Liu Zhan was dull for a while before following Hou Ying through the train door.\n</ins>\n\n“IT’S YOU! IT’S YOU WHO HURT UNCLE HOU! I WILL KILL YOU!!”\n

Meng Hanghai, who had been holding back and crying quietly, suddenly broke out.\n

The invisible person is a woman, still wearing a white wedding dress with a white veil. She laughed and said, “Damn you!” The ambiguity between Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan angered her. Originally, she followed all the way from the hospital because she wanted to attack the only woman on the team. But when she saw Hou Ying’s dazzling and familiar look that she had used herself, she immediately changed her mind.\n

“WHY DO I HAVE NOTHING ANYMORE! BUT YOU GUYS ARE STILL SO COMFORTABLE! YOU ALL DESERVE TO DIE! DAMN YOU! HAHAHA—ah! What are you doing! Ah!!! Let me go! AH!!!”\n

Li Xuanyuan looked coldly at the woman shrunk by vines, with broken bones and flesh torn to shreds.\n

“IT’S YOU WHO HURT UNCLE HOU, IT’S YOU!”\n

Meng Hanghai repeated these words, and suddenly stared at the invisible woman. Then, the woman abruptly screamed, short and horrifying. But soon, she had no chance to scream. Before she died, she saw herself holding a bouquet of roses, wearing the most beautiful wedding dress, lifting the hem of her dress, and running to her bridegroom who watched her with a smile.\n

February 22.\n

That was the damn happiest day of her life, but on her wedding night, everything was ruined.\n

She is so unfortunate, but why can these people be so happy? Why… If this happiness doesn’t belong to her, then she’ll destroy it!\n

Flesh and blood were cut from her body. Cut again. Cut again.\n

Meng Hanghai repeated this action numbly.\n

No-one stopped him.\n

Like this angry child, they’re also distraught.\n

Hou Ying frowned when he came in and saw the bloody green vines and the constantly chopped pieces of meat, “Xiaohai, come here.”\n</ins>\n\nMeng Hanghai suddenly came back to his senses. He rushed towards Hou Ying, “Uncle Hou, the bad person is dead. You’ll be fine. She won’t hurt you again! You won’t die, will you?”\n

Hou Ying smiled and said, “Ah Zhan, clean up here. Let’s talk in another place.”\n

Wang Hehe held Hou Ying’s other hand tightly, Hou Ying did not refuse.\n

After being summoned by a whistle, Qiao Daye and the other two immediately knew that it’s not good. They dropped the materials they were collecting and hurried back at full speed. Dongfang Bai flew all the way with Su Fenghe, and before he landed to catch his breath, he was told that Hou Ying had been infected with the zombie virus.\n

Qiao Daye, who came back one step earlier, looked as stupefied as the others. Su Fenghe’s face changed drastically, “Impossible! Aren’t you all together with Brother Hou? What happened?”\n

Jiang Tao was smoking and just opened his mouth to say something when Dongfang Bai over there had successfully finished his own reflex arc. Suddenly, he cried loudly.\n

Everyone was speechless. And in the wanton cry of Dongfang Bai, all the tears that they had endured for a long time fell down.\n

Hou Ying’s absolute decision-making position in the team made everyone rely on and respect him. At the same time, for those who struggled all the way to survive in the apocalypse, Hou Ying isn’t only the captain, but also a vital family member.\n

No one can bear such a change.\n

Hou Ying knocked out Wang Hehe and Meng Hanghai, and carefully placed them on the sleeping berth. Looking at the tears on Wang Hehe’s face, he reached out to wipe them off but found that his nails had turned black and sharp. He clenched his fist and hid the change of his nails, even though Li Xuanyuan and Ji Yao behind him could see it clearly.\n</ins>\n\n“Go out.”\n

Hou Ying sighed. The thought of facing death makes him very unreal. His body changes under the infection of the zombie virus, but his thinking is so clear, so clear that he feels sad.\n

Seeing him coming out, the mourning people hurriedly wiped their tears.\n

He laughed and sat down, “I, a half-hearted captain, have three things to say in the end. Don’t cry, it makes me upset.”\n

“The first thing, you have to be vigilant when you reach the Yellow River Base. Don’t easily believe the solicitation of others, and don’t expose your real strength. There are already a lot of level 2 ability users there, so just pretend to be level 2 ability users. You must also remember that ‘the big trees higher than the forest are always blown by the strong wind first’¹. Don’t be the first bird.”\n

His eyes slid across everyone’s face and finally fell on Liu Zhan. He said, “Ah Zhan, you will be the captain in the future. You’re smart and not as impulsive as them. You have to manage them. Of course, you also have to learn to exercise restraint yourself. Don’t just study anything that makes you curious.”\n

“En², Brother Hou, I will listen to you.” \n

Liu Zhan clenched his fist and said solemnly in a hoarse voice.\n

“Secondly, I still have a lot of energy in my body, but I haven’t found a way to transmit it to you after the conversion. It will be wasted. Wait for me to… Later, Gongsun, you and Ah Zhan will take out my glands. If it’s not infected by the virus, find a way to keep it, and when you meet a suitable person in the future, transplant it to them.”\n

“No!”\n

“NO!”\n

Li Xuanyuan and Liu Zhan roared the first time.\n

Gongsun Jing cried out, “Brother Hou, I can’t promise you. I can’t do it. I won’t do it!” \n

Several people were red-eyed. They didn’t understand why Hou Ying could calmly say to take out the glands in his brain. It’s cruel to Hou Ying himself, and more like torture to them.\n

Hou Ying sighed, “My ability is very special, at least it can be regarded as a life-saving magic weapon. It’s also the last thing that I can leave you. I don’t want anything left after I die. This is my wish. I hope you can fulfill it for me.”\n</ins>\n\nEveryone avoided his earnest gaze.\n

Ji Yao suffocated his cry and said, “Okay, I promise you.”\n

“Ji Yao!”\n

The crowd looked at him with condemnation. Ji Yao covered his face and cried, “Promise him, otherwise he will do it himself… Don’t make him suffer anymore.”\n

“Brother Hou…”\n

Everyone didn’t know what to do, so they had to compromise in the end.\n

Hou Ying smoked a cigarette and said, “The third thing is my selfishness. Xiaohe, I’ll leave him to you in the future. He’s smart but very emotional, and he’s one-track-minded. Help me watch him. Don’t let him do stupid things and let him live well.”\n

Of course, they agreed.\n

Hou Ying pressed the cigarette butt in the ashtray, stood up, and said, “I’ll be alone for a while… Haha, don’t worry, I won’t do anything stupid. Gongsun, get the anesthetic ready. I’ll call you when I think it’s almost time.”\n

They watched him push open the sleeper door and close it again.\n

Hou Ying was lying on the bed, his mind blank, not knowing what to think. The door of the room was pushed open. He opened his eyes and saw Li Xuanyuan come in, so he sat up.\n

Li Xuanyuan sat on the sleeping berth opposite him, and the two looked at each other for a while. Li Xuanyuan suddenly asked him, “If you know…you, do you regret it?”\n

If you know what? What do you regret?\n

The gentleness in Hou Ying’s eyes faded and his nature was revealed. He looked at Li Xuanyuan coldly, “This is what you want to ask?”\n

“Hou Ying, I…”\n

“I can answer you. If I had known that there’s a zombie virus on that knife, I would still do so. I don’t regret it. I’m even glad that the person who’s going to live in pain is not me. Are you satisfied with this answer?”\n

Hou Ying stared at him, “Xuanyuan, is it painful for you to be loved by me?”\n

Li Xuanyuan shook his head, before speaking for a while, “Hou Ying, what can I do for you?”\n

“…what?”\n

Hou Ying didn’t understand right away.\n

He looked at him seriously, “If you get me, will you have less regret?”\n

Hou Ying was stunned. He hesitated, “Xuanyuan, is that what I think it is? You…use your own body for compensation?”\n\n

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Translator’s Notes:\n

<ol>木秀于林，风必摧之 [mù xiù yú lín, fēng bì cuī zhī] – a metaphor for people with outstanding talents or morals, and they are easy to be jealous and blamed. 嗯 [ńg] – (in questions) eh; (showing surprise or disapproval) hey or what!; (expressing agreement or assent) m-hm or uh-huh.</ol>\n\n\n\n

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