T/N: Migrated chapters 1-82 over from ScribbleHub, so there might be some chapters not linking right / minor inconsistencies in formatting. Drop a comment if you notice anything.
-komorebi
[Aug 2023] T/N: Going through and correcting some grammar, spelling, and language issues. Huge thank you to the original readers who had to suffer through my mistakes. 😅
“Fang Hao, Fang Hao! Hold on, don’t sleep, don’t sleep!” He Zizhong shook his hands violently. He twisted the bandages a few more times, but no matter how many more loops he wrapped, He Zizhong couldn’t stop the big hole in Fang Hao’s chest from bleeding out.
Why? Why! If Fang Hao hadn’t exhausted his healing powers to heal his broken leg, he wouldn’t have exhausted his mental strength and be unable to save himself…
For three months, Fang Hao was the only one who had been with him since his lover betrayed him. Being chased by someone, betrayed by a lover, or being robbed by a loved one can be ignored for the time being. But now, after Fang Hao blocked a blow for himself, he was bleeding and He Zizhong couldn’t stop it!
Bracelet…If his bracelet wasn’t stolen by that bastard, there would still be plenty of medicine available!
Damn it! They’ve already stolen their only reliance, so why didn’t they give up, and continued to force them to death?!
The gaze of Fang Hao, who was in the middle of his arms, began to fade. The severe pain in his chest made him almost unable to make a sound, but his eyes were very bright with anticipation, a smile, and even a hint of happiness. There was no despair of his impending death.
Seeing that he seemed to want to say something, He Zizhong hurried leaned down to his mouth.
“City… Seventh middle school… Six… years ago… playground, hibiscus tree…con, confession… senior…” The voice became weaker and weaker until it disappeared completely, his hand struggling to lift up. The moment he touched He Zizhong’s cheeks, it fell down weightlessly.
He Zizhong felt that the person in his arms was light, and there was no more movement.
Dead. Fang Hao is dead.
This young man who had escaped from the same community as his companion since the end of the world had just died.
He Zizhong has seen many dead people after the last days. Most of them are mutilated and terrifying in shape. What’s more disgusting are the various zombies with intestines mopping the floor and brains. Some people are more lucky and haven’t become zombies, but they have been chewed into bones.
But looking at the young man two years younger than him in his arms, He Zizhong was terrified and at a loss for the first time.
Senior, Senior He…
“Roar…” He Zizhong didn’t notice a deep roar from around. He stared at the smiling face in his arms, still remembering that when he saw Fang Hao for the first time in the community, he had a quiet and white face with bright eyes. Those eyes were big and bright. Coupled with the left dimple that popped up with a smile, he left a lot of impressions on him—for a boy, he looks a little too delicate, and he also has a sense of familiarity that makes his heart beat.
A sharp pain came from his shoulder, He Zizhong turned his head blankly, an ugly head was chewing on his shoulder excitedly.
Anger emerged spontaneously, and He Zizhong angrily punched the zombie.
He Zizhong is an ordinary person. After the end of the world, he did not acquire supernatural abilities like those darlings of heaven. Not only that, he would have a low-grade fever for about two hours almost every night. Nighttime was the most dangerous time, and he was also at his weakest.
More helplessly, his physical strength would be still very poor even ten hours after the high fever.
He knew that this was also the most important reason why that man betrayed him.
He stole his own bracelet and went to a stronger power. In addition to the other’s excellent appearance and powerful abilities, He Zizhong’s physique, which was weaker than ordinary people, was the most important factor.
After he came back to his senses, he was so shocked by the scene in front of him that He Zizhong forgot to lower his fist. What did he see? The zombie who he hit had its face shrunk, and it spun upside down and flew out!
Was it a physical enhancement ability?!
Look down at his faintly golden fist, no. No power-type ability he’s seen in the past six months has a golden fist.
Another zombie roared and rushed over, and He Zizhong subconsciously tightened his whole body. A gust of wind swept in all directions centered on his body, and several zombies running towards him were blown into the warehouse wall by the gale.
This time he could be certain. The wind element, it was a wind element ability!
This…
He Zizhong suddenly laughed, tears coming out of his eyes, ignoring the pain on his shoulders as he held the dead young man in his arms tightly and trembled with laughter.
Ability? An ability that comes half a year later than others – even if the initial level is stronger, what use is it now?!
He was bitten! Even if a person with an ability is bitten, if they are not healed by a person with a healing power, they will eventually end up as a zombie!
The wind around him was getting stronger and stronger, and nearby zombies who smelled the scent roared, gathering more and more…
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“You say, why, can’t I get in yet?” A handsome man bent his waist down, holding the thin chin of the young man on the ground.
The man who fell on the ground looked like he was only in his early twenties. His figure was thin, half of his arm was exposed from the open shirt, and bloodlessly pale. The messy clothes and hair added an alluring breath to the young man. But, unfortunately, the heavy makeup on his face made it impossible to see his original appearance.
“Al, Allen, it’s really, really this bracelet…” The eyes darkened with eyeliner suddenly widened, and his pupils widened nervously. The young man quickly grabbed Allen’s hand, “He really died?! He can’t be still alive, can he?”
Allen’s eyes narrowed slightly, his cold gaze causing people to shiver: “Of course he’s dead! The corpse was completely torn to pieces by zombies, and even the zombies can’t be changed into…” Suddenly, his voice paused with a chill, “Could it be that he has a space ability, and it has nothing to do with this bracelet?”
“No! How could it be!” The young man’s voice sharpened, with a kind of neurotic hysteria. “Since the end of the world, I have lived there almost every day for the first three months! There are mountains and rivers where you can farm, and its not the same as people with the space ability at all! He told me personally he discovered that there was space in that bracelet before the end of the world!!”
“Who knows, maybe he’s just teasing you? Or maybe—you’re lying?” Allen straightened up, shook off his sleeves, and glared at the man. God knows if it’s this man who deliberately played him? If this person hadn’t vowed that he had entered the space, and the space of ordinary space ability users could not be entered, how could he believe his words?!
The young man began to tremble, maybe… maybe he really just said it casually? Perhaps the space he lived in for more than three months was in something else on his body and not the bracelet itself?!
No! No way! He had betrayed him, betrayed his ex-boyfriend, and defected to another man with his belongings. There was never a shortage of beautiful men and women around Allen. If he didn’t know the key news of the space, Allen would never look at him!
The man grabbed the bracelet, slashed his skin and flesh with a dagger, and sprinkled blood on the string of beads. But there was no reaction at all…
“Impossible, impossible! The method must be wrong, the method must be wrong!!”
Allen looked disappointedly at the almost crazy man. He had already pulled a space ability holder into his team, but it was because of this idiot that he made up his mind to kill him for his treasures. For this, he also lost an extremely rare healer!
And the waste had no real abilities. After removing his makeup, that face only scored six or seven points. Now he has caused him to lose two precious abilities one after another…
“Allen.” A flat-looking woman came in, glanced contemptuously at the man who was sitting on the ground with blood on his hands, and put it on Allen’s body, “I ran away from J city with my cousin before. When I came out, I saw him secretly dripping blood on this bracelet… Moreover, it was him who disappeared from their car every time who owns that space now, maybe…”
Alan raised his eyebrows. The three-dimensional facial features of his mixed race looked particularly handsome. He knew that this was probably just a little trick of this woman to instigate discord. However, this woman possesses rare wood powers, but the other person…
“Dai Jun, what do you say?”
When the young man heard this, he looked up in disbelief and glared at the woman: “Xu Lili!”
Xu Lili raised her eyebrows triumphantly and took Allen’s arm: “You have already caused my cousin to die. Back then, he reaaalllly liked you, so why don’t you go and accompany him.”
Allen kicked away the blood-stained bracelet, turned, and walked out. Two people standing in the corner of the room walked over in silence. Not long after, a shot was fired.
Ah, the feels when I reread this chapter.
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