Chapter 55: Juncheng An has finally returned
Bringing a dead person back to life is difficult, but there are many ways to bring someone back from the brink of death, just like a certain young man surnamed Li who saved his wife with 36 puppet worms. There are indeed many imperfect resurrection methods.
As for me, I had already anticipated this outcome, which is why I discussed philosophical questions with Miss Soul Messenger just now…
However, I didn’t gain any enlightenment in the end.
Overall, this is a good thing for me. I don’t have to risk becoming a skeleton and can be as good as an ordinary person. If there’s any difference… looking at Li Nai, it’s just that my heart doesn’t beat and my body temperature is a bit cold, which are insignificant matters.
“Ah, by the way, will I lose my memory after becoming a zombie? Li Nai forgot everything about her life before she died.”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry, I’m here, of course I won’t let you become a brainless, mutated undead. Besides, the Eight Trigram Mirror in your head…”
“Eight Trigram Mirror? Do you mean the Yata no Kagami?”
“So that thing is called the Eight Trigram Demon-Mirror. It was renamed Yata no Kagami after that bird-person brought it to the island country over a thousand years ago. Later, during the fifth Godly War, that bird-person with the worst temper turned against himself, leading to complete failure. Not only did he lose his territory, but he was also sealed. As a result, this mirror was brought back. I remember it was taken by a reptilian, and I didn’t expect it to fall into your hands again.”
The bird-person refers to Amaterasu? And reptilians… doesn’t that mean mythical creatures like dragons… What is the Godly War?
I feel like it’s better not to know, but my curiosity… I should still ask.
“Godly War? What is that?”
“Ah, it’s nothing, you don’t need to know. It was just a pointless activity by gods fighting for faith and territory.”
“We’ll talk about it if there’s a chance. Let’s look at them first. I have a feeling that mutated undead will cause trouble again, hehe~”
I suspect this loli Yama King is just here for the show, but she can only watch anyway.
Looking down, Li Nai had already told Lianbing about her intention to turn me into a zombie.
Lianbing frowned, as if considering the drawbacks, and then asked.
“You said to turn him into a zombie… but becoming a zombie doesn’t guarantee awakening, does it? Isn’t it more likely that he’ll become an irrational walking corpse like those P’s outside?”
“Yes, but Grandma said that people with strong spirits have a high chance of awakening. And with Juncheng’s strong spiritual power, even if he becomes a zombie, he will definitely awaken quickly. After awakening, he will be almost no different from an ordinary person, just like me!”
“But with the virus, you won’t be able to do things like kissing, right…”
That’s right. It’s contagious… After all, the horror of the Zombie Virus is that you can get infected with just one bite…
…Wait, does this mean becoming a zombie equals being a virgin for life!
Well, although it’s hard to accept, compared to becoming a skeleton or dying completely, I can endure it!
“Actually, the infectivity of the virus can be controlled. You see, I usually go to a human school. Unexpected things might happen. So, to prevent such accidents, we have developed a medicine that can temporarily suppress the infectivity of the zombie virus. I take one before I eat.”
There’s something so convenient?
What Li Nai almost let slip was that it was researched by the organization. So that’s it. Considering Li Nai operates above ground, it’s better to wait for…
If it’s the organization, they might really be able to research such a medicine. Could it be that Eddie created it?
“Most importantly, if Juncheng becomes a zombie, he will also become an undead! And with your current abilities, Lianbing, you can control Juncheng however you want!”
“Hey, hey, what about my personal freedom?”
“See, I told you you’d be kept! Ah, but with your girlfriend’s personality, you’re probably going to be trained into a sadist, hehehe~” No, no, no, Lianbing wouldn’t do that to me… I, I must believe my girlfriend, but what is this bad feeling?
Lianbing was finally persuaded. After putting down my body, she looked at Li Nai and said.
“Alright. What do you want to do?”
“It’s very simple, just let me bite him. As long as he’s infected with the Zombie Virus, he’ll come back to life.”
Saying that, Li Nai confidently stepped forward.
Finally, when the two got close, Li Nai didn’t say anything else. She directly picked up my hand and bit it like gnawing on a chicken foot.
Uh… Can you bite a little lighter? You’re almost biting through… It hurts just looking at it.
“Alas, I didn’t expect to become a zombie.”
When I walked out of the Investigation Department’s Class 6 building at that time, I had a premonition that I might be in trouble. Thinking back now, it was probably the Yata no Kagami giving me a warning.
But in the end, I still came over like an idiot… Just like in “Train to Busan,” how about it, did I finally become a zombie? Alive?
“Well then, Ba, it’s almost time to say goodbye.”
“No, it’s not time to say goodbye yet.”
“Huh?”
What happened again?
I looked down again, Li Nai had bitten my hand several times, but my body remained still.
The fact that I’m still here is proof of failure.
Could it be that I just happen to have antibodies to the Zombie Virus, a protagonist’s halo with an extremely low probability?
“Eh? This…”
“What’s wrong? Can’t you do it? Since that’s the case…”
“No, it’s fine, it’s just that the virus isn’t enough. Juncheng seems to have used some special medicine before, and his body has strong antiviral properties.”
Special medicine… I did use…
“Ghoul saliva.”
Right! It was so quick to heal when I was injured before because Xue helped me lick my wounds!
“How do you know?”
“Nonsense, that’s a specialty of the underworld. Do you think any ghoul’s saliva has this effect? Only Kaoru Tsukiyose, who is already a great ghoul, has it. Humans who received her power also have it. And she even ate mermaid meat, so the effect is even more significant.”
“You seem to know quite a lot, Ba…”
“Hehe, to you living people, the dead don’t speak. But in front of me, even the dead have to confess!”
So that’s it. All the dead are her source of information. The amount of information is indeed incomparable.
“Just once, Lianbing, you won’t mind, will you? Think of it as artificial respiration.”
“Okay, you’re lucky! Idiot partner!”
Li Nai cupped my cheeks with both hands, then kissed my lips.
It was probably to directly infuse saliva to get more Zombie Virus into my body.
Looking at others kissing ‘me’ from a third-person perspective is truly a strange experience.
— “Whoa~ Whoa ahhhh~”
The pure-hearted Soul Messenger covered her eyes with her hands, but couldn’t resist her curiosity and peeked through her fingers. And the Yama King above my head let out a ‘woohoo’ laugh like an old woman, and her small hands played with my lips.
However, I still had no reaction.
Li Nai continued to kiss me for several minutes, and finally ran out of saliva. She got up and stuck out her tongue, saying helplessly.
“It seems the saliva isn’t enough… Alas, there’s nothing I can do, what a loss.”
If saliva isn’t enough, other bodily fluids can be used. The first thing that comes to mind is probably blood.
As expected, Li Nai took out an ice knife and cut her wrist, feeding me the flowing blood.
“It’s almost time to get up, I don’t have much blood left…”
Yet I still showed no signs of getting up.
“How many medicines did you use, you guy! So stubborn!”
…During my hospital stay, almost every day…
Did my immune system become so powerful unconsciously? It can even resist the Zombie Virus.
Finally, even her blood ran dry, but my body still didn’t react. Li Nai’s stubborn personality showed again, and she said aggressively.
“I don’t believe it! Watch me!”
Then she took off her underwear.
Um, um, um, um?
“Oh oh~ This is interesting now? It seems someone will take your virginity first?”
“I say, you’re not going to…”
Lianbing also thought of the same thing as me.
That is, rape a corpse.
“No, no, no! I won’t do anything like R-rated things in front of you! I mean, since there’s not enough blood, I have to find other bodily fluids.”
“…I don’t feel anything yet. Uh, wait a moment, I’ll go drink some water.”
“Stop it! Lianbing! Make that idiot stop! I don’t want to be resurrected that way! It’s…”
Taking off her underwear, other bodily fluids, drinking water…
These words are enough to make me imagine what she’s going to do. This idiotic, brainless, amoral bastard…
Actually wants me to drink urine!
What a joke!
“Hahahaha, this child has a peculiar way of thinking. I like it! I’ll see if I can recruit her as a Soul Messenger next time~”
“This is unavoidable, Lianbing, but since no one is watching, you’ll have to endure it for a bit.”
Someone is watching! The person involved is right here! Have you really thrown your dignity to the dogs!
“Hehe, I’ll keep your soul here, so of course you won’t wake up~”
“What! You did it!”
You are the culprit!
“Stop messing around, let me go back quickly! If this continues, I’ll…”
The incident of drinking Li Nai’s ‘holy water’ will probably become a psychological shadow for me. Every time I drink water, brush my teeth, or kiss, I’ll remember it… Ugh! I don’t want that!
“Calm down, I have my reasons for keeping you. After you died 500 years ago, you asked me for a favor, hoping I would do it 500 years later.”
“What favor? Wait, 500 years ago? ! Foresight?”
“Ah, in your past ten lives, you were a scummy Taoist priest, also known as a charlatan. Somehow, you accidentally saw the destiny 500 years later. After you died, you came to ask me for a favor…”
A Taoist priest, and one who can tell fortunes… Yu Hui might know about my past lives. I’ll ask her next time.
“So, what is it?”
“To split your soul and give it to another soul.”
“Uh? What do you mean?”
“Oh, I just saved your lover for you, and you forgot already? How heartless.”
Damn it, am I an idiot! To only remember Kuuga now! It was it who pushed me from behind at that time!
Since I’m already dead, I should be able to see it, but it hasn’t appeared yet. That means…
“It was already very weak, and it’s so exhausted, it won’t last much longer.”
“King Yama, quickly save Kuuga!”
“Didn’t I just say it? Just call me Ba. Besides, I’m here to save this soul.”
At this moment, the Soul Messenger beside me timidly raised her hand and reminded me.
“Um, King Yama, illegally modifying souls is against the law…”
“If you say anything, I’ll deduct your salary.”
Deciding to help even at the risk…
Thinking about it now, although she doesn’t put on airs at all, and even asks me to call her by her name, she is the Yama King in front of me.
What did I do in my past life to be able to ask the Yama King for help?
“Let me tell you in advance, splitting your soul will make you forget a memory. This is considered a side effect.”
Memories are important, but Kuuga is more important.
It’s just a simple trade-off.
“You’re so quick to agree, but don’t worry, it won’t affect your original memories. Have you been remembering some things from your past lives recently? These memories that don’t belong to you have affected your personality. If this continues, you’ll become ‘split personality’ like the calamity below. I’ll deal with those memories.” So, you’ve also cleared a hidden danger for me?
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“Yeah, aren’t you going to thank me?”
Without thinking, I turned around, knelt down, and kowtowed to her.
“Uh, you don’t have to thank me that much… Ah! Get up quickly! Don’t kowtow randomly in the future! Remember, you are someone who is on par with the Yama King!”
“I dare not be so honored.”
After I stood up, the Yama King reached into my chest and took out a part of my soul.
In a daze, I felt something clinging to me…
It’s gone.
When I came back to my senses, she held a white soul in her hand. It was very weak, almost disappearing.
“It needs to sleep for a while to recover. Putting it back into your body, with the protection of that mirror, it will recover faster.”
“I understand.”
I took Kuuga’s soul from her hand and brought it back into my body.
“Well, this time I really have to say goodbye.”
“We’ll meet again soon.”
“Ba, saying that is really unlucky.”
“Haha, indeed, it’s worse than a nurse saying ‘welcome back’ when you’re discharged from the hospital.”
However, I’m glad to have met you again.
“Goodbye, Ba, and Miss Soul Messenger. I don’t even know your name.”
“Ah! My name is Qin Lianshe!”
“I’ll remember it. I hope you remember me too. My name is Juncheng An, ‘Jun’ from gentleman, and ‘Cheng’ from honest.”
“Hey, I already flipped through the Book of Life and Death the day you were born! How could I forget!”
That’s truly an honor.
My consciousness became blurry, similar to the feeling of death.
Looking at it this way, life and death are truly inseparable…
My consciousness blurred, and I closed my eyes. The sensations in my body gradually returned, but a lot was missing.
This is probably why I became a zombie.
Well then, let’s open my eyes.
Huh? It’s so dark?
Did I really open my eyes?
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Then someone’s voice rang out, and I felt something press down on my chest. My vision brightened.
Two thighs and an unmentionable area, yellow liquid flowed out, and my chest became wet…
The first thing I saw upon waking up was Li Nai’s skirt hem from under her underwear, and the embarrassing sight of a girl peeing herself.
…Is this a bonus for returning?
I can’t be happy at all.
