Chapter 28: My Girlfriend Is the Undead Savior
Before arriving here, I had mentally prepared myself for danger and anticipated various possible scenarios.
I thought that even if I couldn’t achieve complete safety, I could at least avoid the worst-case scenario. But now… I was too naive.
This was no longer a danger that humans could contend with. It could be described as a ‘calamity’ or a ‘disaster.’
There was no glimmer of hope.
All I saw was an overwhelming expanse of white and a ground covered in black. The white consisted of translucent ghosts floating in the low sky, along with naked skeletons. The black was, as I had said, zombies and ghouls.
These monsters, collectively known as ‘undead’ or ‘spirits,’ were slowly closing in from all directions at a peculiar speed.
As they approached a certain distance, I could see their titles.
The types were basically the same as Li Nai described: I could see four types: [Zombie], [Ghoul], [Skeleton], and [Ghost].
Their names were all invisible, just like the ghouls I saw in the graveyard before.
I racked my brain, but I couldn’t come up with any way to survive this situation.
I would die. I would absolutely die.
The moment I was engulfed by the horde, I would be torn to shreds. Becoming one of them might even be the best outcome. More likely, I would be gnawed to the bone by these ravenous creatures, and my soul would be devoured by the ghosts in the sky.
I stood still, my gaze no longer fixed on the undead but calmly staring into space.
I took no action because, deep down, I had accepted the inevitable fact of my impending death.
For something whose outcome was already known, I wouldn’t engage in futile resistance; it was meaningless.
Having given up struggling, my mind became empty, achieving a state of transcendence beyond life and death.
Since I was about to die, I had nothing left to cling to. Let me cast aside my ‘heart’ as well…
My right hand was clenched, the sweat in my palm making my clasped hands sticky.
That hand was small, and I held it in my palm, but I let go unconsciously.
However, she didn’t let go of my hand. Instead, she tightened her grip, intertwining our fingers, ready to face death together with me.
My hollowed-out heart was suddenly refilled, and I realized how shameless I was!
I had thought about abandoning the person beside me and seeking my own release!
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Ruansui was still here! I had already given up! What kind of joke was that? Even if it was a desperate situation with no hope of survival, I should have struggled!
“Jun Jun… Are we going to die?”
“Perhaps. We might.”
The undead’s encirclement was almost at its limit, about three hundred meters away.
“If it were the other me, she might actually laugh… but I can’t laugh at all.”
If it were Lianbing, she would definitely laugh without a second thought. And it would be an even more fervent, enthusiastic smile than the one I saw before.
After all, this was the place she had always wanted to come to, like a dreamland for her.
Let alone standing still like me. The moment these undead appeared, she would have unhesitatingly approached them, and I wouldn’t have been able to stop her.
“I’m so unwilling, Jun Jun… I still wanted to create beautiful memories with you. I didn’t expect to encounter this situation on the very first day I met you. Could it be that I’m a jinx girlfriend? I’m sorry for dragging you down…”
“Don’t say that. It’s not your fault.”
“Don’t say anymore. Come here.”
I pulled Ruansui’s hand and drew her into my arms. Just as she held my hand tightly, I hugged her just as tightly.
Even if we were swallowed up later, I would shield you with my body, allowing you to live a few seconds longer than me.
“Be happy. Come on, give me a smile.”
“How can I smile in this situation…”
“This is a rare opportunity.”
‘Die together’? So, I should thank God for giving us this chance? At least we won’t suffer the pain of separation.
“…Thinking about it that way, it’s true. Being able to die in your arms, Jun Jun, is indeed the greatest happiness.”
Ah, what am I saying? I can actually say such embarrassing things.
But if it could make Ruansui smile again, it would be worth it.
Those romance novels I read to recommend to my mom weren’t wasted now: “Go on.”
They had arrived, and we were about to be attacked.
Without thinking, I pushed Ruansui to the ground and covered her with my body.
“Ahh! …! !”
Then I stole her lips.
Since I couldn’t lose my virginity before dying, at least I should have a kiss of farewell.
Kissing in such an unromantic place must be a hardship for you.
Perhaps she sensed my feelings through our physical contact, and Ruansui parted her lips. She then used her tongue to guide mine into her mouth, fully accepting my final act of willfulness.
A sweet and sour taste, a wet and sticky sensation, a soft and smooth entwining, indescribably wondrous.
She didn’t resist my plundering at all. Instead, she tried her best to reciprocate my actions. But it wasn’t that she was enduring it to accommodate me; it was because she was genuinely happy to dedicate herself to me.
Existing entirely for me with all her body, spirit, and heart— a ‘[Jun Cheng Type Girlfriend]’. She was ‘a girlfriend born for me, fitting my ideal image.’ For the first time, I deeply understood this.
Her expression, which shifted from surprise to shyness and then to enjoyment, filled my heart once more.
Although leaving such a last will and testament is a bit inappropriate, please listen to me…
Gentlemen! My girlfriend is truly the best in the world!!!
Well, with this, I can die without regrets.
…What? Why… why haven’t they attacked yet?
I had almost kissed Ruansui to the point of breathlessness, but the undead still hadn’t attacked.
They should have reached us by now, even if they were crawling!
And then… an awkward silence again… Huh? Why did I say…
What happened that caused the undead to not attack us?
I pulled away from her lips, wiped Ruansui’s cheek, and slowly turned my head to look around.
I met its eyes.
No, that’s not right. It wasn’t really meeting its eyes. My gaze passed right through.
Because I saw empty eye sockets, devoid of eyeballs.
This skull was just lying there, staring at me, and then smiling.
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Smiling?
Why do I think a skull is smiling?
Not just this one skull, but other zombie heads missing their jaws, zombies with their eyeballs flipped to show the whites, showing their teeth, and ghosts maintaining their deathlike poses.
They were all looking at me, and then smiling.
A smile of madness, like that deformed moon hanging in this sky.
Sensing that things had become strange, I rubbed my face against Ruansui’s and called out to her ear.
…Ruansui, hey, Ruansui!
“Guh heh heh… I love you the most…”
But Ruansui, dazed from my kiss, might have had her brain melted.
A string of crystal-clear saliva trailed from her mouth. Her cheeks were so hot they seemed to be steaming. Although her eyes were open, they had lost focus. Her body had become limp from lack of strength.
She had completely turned into an idiot…
But this foolish expression was also rather cute.
If I took a picture of this expression and showed it to Lianbing… well, she’d kill me.
Uh, no. Now is not the time to be fascinated by my girlfriend’s various new expressions.
What’s the deal with this horde of monsters?
They surrounded us but did nothing?
Did they just watch us kiss for a while?!
Wait, being watched by tens of thousands of undead while kissing… No, no, no! What kind of bizarre event is this! Is it really that malicious?!
And they were smiling. So this was that kind of meaningful, lewd smile?!
“Get lost, you’re in the way.”
An ancient voice sounded from outside. The undead surrounding Ruansui and me dispersed at once. I slowly got up and hugged Ruansui tighter.
The voice came from another skull, but unlike the others, it wore a crown, and the blue light in its eye sockets shone with a deeper glow. Its body wasn’t naked but draped in a long robe, and the exposed chest bones burned with a vigorous flame.
[Skeleton King (Awakened)]
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“Offer the highest respect to our savior.”
The clattering sound echoed in front of me and then spread outwards like ripples. It was the sound of skeletons kneeling.
Not just skeletons, but the zombies and ghouls also bowed down, not daring to even look up. The ghosts also prostrated themselves on the ground. Since they had no physical form, they enveloped the kneeling skeletons, making it look as if the bodies were translucent.
All the undead knelt down, prostrating themselves on the ground, creating a spectacular scene.
“We deeply apologize. The welcoming party for you is so humble, consisting only of a mob that hasn’t even awakened self-awareness. It truly embarrasses you.”
Is this spectacle considered humble?
“No, well… I think this level is already exaggerated enough…”
“What business is it of yours?”
His attitude towards me wasn’t very friendly. Does that mean the object of their worship isn’t me, but Ruansui?
Why Ruansui?
Ruansui, having snapped back to reality, was also very confused by the current situation. She looked at the surrounding undead with a distressed expression and shrunk further into my arms.
“We are ‘the Forgotten Ones,’ who have abandoned our names and died, yet still remain in this world.”
The nameless Skeleton King spoke.
“Our existence is meaningless. We cling to the present world, unable to leave. We harbor resentment toward the past, unable to ascend. Our bodies linger in the void, rejected by all sides, unable to find release… We never imagined there would be someone like you, who exists for us.”
After saying this, he took off his robe and spread it before Ruansui’s eyes, then slowly knelt down in the same posture as the other skeletons.
“You are the savior who will lead us out of chaos and give us meaning.”
The nameless Skeleton King removed the crown from his head and offered it with both hands.
It wasn’t an oath of allegiance, but a solemn act of worship.
— She was their only faith.
