The non-human race always exerts a fatal attraction on humans.
They couldn’t see the ‘king’s’ appearance, but most of the people in the town of Ramaghi had already imagined a good appearance for him, even though they only saw it vaguely. With just one glance, those who were hesitant or resolute in their opposition suddenly fell silent.
Zong Yuan also followed the crowd in looking at him. The mummy’s gaze met his, and the strands of hair hidden under the hat swayed slightly, a strong satisfaction rising within.
Just like this, just like this, keep looking at me.
The leader said, “King, the companion you desire, I haven’t found.”
The mummy nodded. He took a step forward, and the lower part of his black robe was exposed to the sunlight.
Very confidently, he extended his hand. The black robe on his hand swayed, revealing a small corner of white fabric. “Hus——companion, come out.”
His voice scattered from the front door. All the men in front could hear it clearly. Who is the companion? People looked at each other. For more than ten seconds, no one went forward. “Could it be that we have to go by ourselves?”
Whoever reaches first counts?
Some people started to get restless, their steps slowly moving forward.
A large group of toxic creatures emerged from the ground. They purposefully chose humans as their targets. In the blink of an eye, a poisonous thing appeared in front of the entire town of Ramaghi. Now, even if they wanted to move, they didn’t dare.
Inhaling sharply.
Can this person command these scorpions and spiders?! What does he want to do?!
The mummy’s hand was still raised, his index finger slightly hooked. “Come over.”
In this situation, where everyone is being stared at by poisonous creatures, who would dare to approach?
Larry, tense, stared at the little snake in front of him. Suddenly, a figure passed by him, and Larry raised his head in surprise, “Zong?!”
Zong Yuan, without glancing at anyone or anything, walked past those who were watching him and the poisonous creatures. Everyone had a small object in front of them, except him. Wasn’t it obvious?
The mummy was openly forcing him.
The mummy looked satisfied as Zong Yuan approached step by step, slowing down his momentum. “Partner.”
Zong Yuan stood on the steps, his height overwhelming the mummy. He inserted his hands into his pockets, staring directly at the mummy. “Who the hell is your partner?”
The mummy frowned, forcefully pulling Zong Yuan’s hand out, and then holding it tightly. His voice was serious and deliberate, “It’s you, no one else.”
“…”
Zong Yuan looked at his hand being pulled out, raising an eyebrow. “Isn’t this unreasonable?”
Whether it was humans or animals, their eyes were fixed on them. Zong Yuan turned around, pressing the mummy against a pillar. With his right hand supporting the pillar, he blocked countless inquisitive gazes. “Hey, you, mummy, you should go find a mummy to date.”
Zong Yuan spoke by the mummy’s ear, his warm breath running into the black robe. The mummy’s emerald eyes lowered. “Human, shut up.”
If he hadn’t seen the other side of him, the noble and indifferent appearance, he might have believed this dignified and unaffected demeanor.
Zong Yuan sighed, “What should I do? I’m not interested in mummies.”
The mummy remained silent. Zong Yuan unconsciously frowned, “0046, did I say something excessive?”
According to 0046’s experience, if Zong Yuan had this special feeling for someone, there was basically no escape. 0046 sympathetically looked at Zong Yuan and said, “It’s okay, just continue.”
The mummy spoke hoarsely, “There’s medicine.”
There are aphrodisiac snakes, scorpions, and spiders, so there’s no need to worry.
The people of the town of Ramaghi clearly saw Zong Yuan walk over and press the king down. Irene’s breath paused, unable to endure any longer. “Zong!!!”
In front of her, there was also something staring at her like a tiger, but she couldn’t bear it any longer.
Zong was rescued by her brother from the desert, whom she had been taking care of. Zong woke up, and the first person he saw was her. She had also seen Zong’s distressed appearance. Wasn’t this the will of heaven? Zong should belong to her. How could she willingly yield to others?
The mummy looked over, his clothes and hat sliding over Zong Yuan’s cheek. He spoke in a cold tone, “That human, damn it.”
The small grains of sand rose in a whirlwind style at his feet. Zong Yuan, unhappy, turned his face, “Hey, I’m the one talking to you now. Where are you looking?”
The whirlwind shattered with this sentence, and the yellow sand scattered. It seemed like there were feathers scratching at the mummy’s throat. He barely maintained his expression, suppressing the joy and excitement inside. “Human—”
Zong Yuan continued to turn his face, interrupting him, “My name is Zong Yuan.”
The mummy knew, feeling the warmth in the hand held by Zong Yuan. He could also sense his breath. “My name is Abel Alfred Ignatz Abe.”
“Oh,” Zong Yuan didn’t remember a single word. He asked indifferently, his eyes oddly serious, “Little mummy, have I met you before?”
Zong Yuan’s side was never short of beauties, and the mummy’s appearance wasn’t considered the first among them. However, his emotions became strangely peculiar when facing the mummy.
Unable to scold or criticize, yet possessing a peculiar possessiveness towards him.
‘You haven’t seen me, and I haven’t seen you.’
The mummy thought so, but he calmly said, “We were partners before.”
He was very serious, showing no trace of lying. Zong Yuan squinted at him, unsure whether he could detect any signs. “Before?”
The mummy nodded coldly and gracefully, confident and calm. Anyone else would have believed it already! Zong Yuan tapped 0046, “Have I really only been here for a few days?”
0046 was startled by the mummy’s words and blurted out, “Could he also have memories now?”
That shouldn’t be possible!
Upon hearing this, Zong Yuan frowned. Did he really date this mummy before? So the content he forgot was related to the mummy?
The mummy thought about the garbage he picked up in the desert—a human book. He tried to recall its contents, cleverly weaving a story involving himself and Zong. “My father didn’t agree to us being together, so I went to the evil devil Siba… I couldn’t speak, and you thought I was mute… In the end, I turned into sand and returned to the earth.”
The mummy’s voice narrated the story like recounting history, coming through the long ages. Each word was imbued with the special pronunciation of ancient times.
After finishing, he looked at Zong Yuan expectantly. Zong Yuan felt something was off from the moment he spoke, and as he heard the middle part, his mouth twitched continuously. “Little mermaid, little mummy?”
Turned into sand, couldn’t speak, and I still haven’t recognized him… Isn’t this blatant plagiarism? Would’t Andersen crawl out of the earth to beat you up?
The mummy’s mouth twitched downward. “Who is the little mermaid?”
Having lived for too long, the mummy only vaguely remembered the plot and never bothered to consider that the main character of the story was a mermaid. He had no idea the story was a tragedy. Zong Yuan patted the hand of the mummy in his hand, half amused and half helpless, asking, “Does it hurt when you walk on the sand?”
The mummy first shook his head, then nodded. He spoke firmly, “The demon deprived me of the right to walk. Every step I take, I feel a heavy pain.”
“That must be tough for you,” Zong Yuan sighed.
Even though he knew this story wasn’t right, when he heard him say it, Zong Yuan still felt a twinge of heartache. He caught onto this hint of heartache, thinking, ‘What kind of story did I have with this mummy? How else could I develop feelings I’ve never had for anyone, especially in a situation where I’ve completely forgotten everything?’
The mummy remembered what he said earlier, “Who is the little mermaid?”
Having never seen the sea, Zong Yuan said, “It’s a fish I really don’t like—Wait a minute!!!”
0046 sneered, “See, even when told you’ve lost your memory, you still don’t believe it.”
Just as Zong Yuan thought about the image of fish, he surprisingly felt no disgust or rejection!
How could that be possible?
The mummy furrowed his brow, inexplicably unhappy. He whispered, “If you like fish, you can’t dislike fish.”
After some thought, he added, “Except for the little mermaid.”
Zong Yuan’s chaotic thoughts halted. He chuckled, looking at the mummy. Bending slightly, he locked eyes with the mummy’s emerald eyes through his hair. “Alright, I don’t like the little mermaid. So, what about you, after turning into sand?”
The book didn’t mention what happened next.
The mummy thought for a moment, rejecting Zong Yuan’s question with a touch of elegance, “This isn’t something a human like you should know.”
Forced pretentiousness, hahaha.
Zong Yuan smiled, “Is that so? How about you say—”
“Zong!” Irene gathered her courage and called again, “Come over here!”
Zong Yuan’s demeanor with this king was too intimate! Didn’t Zong dislike this person?! Hating someone doesn’t manifest like this!
A woman’s sixth sense told Irene that this king was extremely dangerous. Whether it was out of selfishness or other reasons, Irene didn’t want to see Zong Yuan in danger.
Larry, alarmed, shouted, “Irene!”
He didn’t know why Irene chose this moment to speak up. There were still hundreds of poisonous creatures on the ground, not to mention the uncertainty about a water source. The lives of everyone in the entire town of Ramaghi were in the hands of this Skanda’s king. If they angered this king, would everyone be in mortal danger?
Moreover, Larry always felt that this mysterious king wouldn’t harm Zong Yuan.
The mummy had just forgotten about this woman, but she had come out on her own. Zong Yuan looked at the sudden change in the mummy’s demeanor. The mummy might not have the character of a king, but he did possess the dominance and ruthlessness of a tyrant. Zong Yuan pinched the hand he held, “Little mummy, getting angry makes people ugly.”
The mummy’s anger still surged. He threw out a sentence with flawless logic, “I’m not human.”
Helpless, Zong Yuan tried a different approach, “Irene is the sister of my friend. She’s not someone I like.”
The mummy’s anger shifted. He asked, “What do you like then?”
Bloodshot veins appeared around his eyes, creating a strange beauty with his emerald pupils and bloodshot eyes. Zong Yuan still remembered the mummy’s features, exceptionally clear. He said, “Say your name again?”
The mummy replied, “Abel Alfred Ignatz Abe.”
Zong Yuan released the mummy’s hand and stepped back. In the gradually dangerous aura of the mummy, Zong Yuan said slowly, “Someone like Abel Alfred Ignatz Abe?”
The mummy’s darkened aura came to a halt, and he stared intently at Zong Yuan. “Who?”
Zong Yuan walked down the stairs with his hands in his pockets. He walked a few meters, enduring the gaze of the mummy and others. Just as the mummy was about to lose patience, Zong Yuan turned his head and spoke with a handsome yet mischievous tone, “Ahem, just kidding.”
Mummy, “…”
Humans are really annoying.
Zong Yuan casually walked up to Larry. Larry’s face looked awful. Carefully and cautiously, he asked Zong Yuan, “Zong, will the king be angry?”
Zong Yuan shook his head, jokingly saying, “He’ll even treat you warmly.”
In the next moment after he finished speaking, the mummy turned and entered the room. Another person in black walked forward and said, “Now that we’ve found the king’s companion, you can stay at the oasis.”
He added, “Don’t approach here.”
“Skanda welcomes your arrival.”
They were taken to another place, across the lake. Skanda looked small, but strangely, despite the seemingly small lake, they walked a long time before reaching the other side.
With hope of surviving, the people of Ramaghi were quite relaxed. They came up one by one, patting Zong Yuan on the shoulder, expressing sympathy and admiration. Zong Yuan didn’t seem particularly happy or sad, making many people unsure of what he was thinking.
In reality, Zong Yuan was communicating with 0046 in his mind.
0046 said, “The documents from headquarters contain information about the host’s memory loss process. However, you haven’t experienced any of the methods mentioned above that lead to memory loss, and the content of your memory loss is too complete— you haven’t forgotten anything from the front, but you don’t remember anything from the back.”
Zong Yuan nodded, “Show me those documents.”
In fact, 0046 hadn’t mentioned one thing yet. There was a private message from headquarters belonging to it. The general idea from headquarters was not to worry about the reasons; things would return to normal soon.
0046 didn’t have the authority to know the reason for Zong Yuan’s memory loss. It wanted to tell Zong Yuan about this message, but the creators of artificial intelligence always found a way to keep 0046 silent.
Fortunately, 0046 could sense that headquarters had never harbored any malice towards Zong Yuan. There was even a hint of favoritism, considering not every host’s identity in each world was so advantageous for completing the mission.
Memories are strange like that. You have no recollection whatsoever in your mind about these things, even if people around you tell you repeatedly, you won’t feel a thing.
Zong Yuan had previously held a skeptical attitude. Even when 0046 played the scenes it shared with him, it couldn’t dispel all his doubts. Zong Yuan just buried those suspicions deeper, not easily revealing them.
However, after facing the mummy, he began to believe.
Feelings can’t deceive people. Even if the mummy is a little trickster who told him a false story, he still let go of a lot of guard compared to before.
Irene caught up from behind. She didn’t see the glare her brother gave to her and looked at Zong Yuan with concern. “Zong, are you okay?”
Zong Yuan replied vaguely, “What could be wrong with me?”
Larry chimed in, taking the opportunity to admonish Irene for her previous actions, “Do you find the previous scene not exciting enough, Irene? My heart was almost scared out by you.”
Irene sighed, “I apologize, brother, but…”
But at that time, people tend to do impulsive things. Fortunately, no one was hurt because of her impulsiveness, and she herself survived. “Zong, he really… chose you?”
Zong Yuan responded vaguely.
Irene bit her lip, “But Zong, I feel he’s very dangerous, he’s not sui—” Suitable for you.
The black-clad person in front turned his head coldly, giving Irene a stern look. The people around Irene were startled and couldn’t help but complain, “Irene, shut up! Stop talking!”
“Now that things are settled, Zong hasn’t said anything yet, let’s just go with the flow for now.”
“…” Irene was pinched on the hand by Larry, and she gave up, “Okay.”
Reluctant.
Is it just because he has an oasis that he threatens others to become his lover?
Such love, how could it last!
The mummy returned to the room and, after a few minutes, took off the cloak on him. “Have they all left?”
A black-clad figure in the corner of the room replied, “Yes.”
The mummy spread the black robe on the ground and carefully sat on it— the white cloth strip on his buttocks was difficult to clean when dirty, and he had to spend a long time washing it each time, so he had always been careful.
His hands rested on the ground as he silently recited a spell, summoning some small creatures with delicate figures from the four corners of the room. Everything poisonous in the desert was present here, and these creatures obediently surrounded the mummy. The mummy nodded in satisfaction, going back and forth like a king inspecting his subjects.
He wanted to address the issue Zong Yuan had mentioned earlier.
The mummy said, “The venom with aphrodisiac function is on my right side.”
These not-so-cute creatures lined up cutely on the mummy’s right side.
The mummy touched the head of the snake at the front, “Are you powerful?”
The snake that he touched replied with hissing sounds. The mummy lowered his head, closed his eyes, thought for a moment, hesitated, “The toxicity is too strong… can he endure it?”
Three days and three nights, seven days and seven nights without stopping…
Can a human, this kind of creature, endure it?
In the corner, the black-clad person thought along with him. Chen Kuan advised, “King, when I was still sand, humans walked on me. For them, it seemed the longer the time, the happier they were.”
“Hmm?” The mummy looked at him. “Is that so?”
The black-clad person nodded affirmatively. “They were saying at the time that they must persevere, the time must be long, or they would lose a man’s dignity.”
The mummy pondered, nodding. He asked the group of poisonous creatures on his right side, “Who can make him endure for a month?”
A month is quite a long time.
Zong should not feel like he’s losing his male dignity.
The mummy watched the spider coming out and instructed, “Don’t bite him.”
Spider: If I don’t bite, how can I poison him? QAQ
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No one can really explain what Skanda is.
As the people of Ramaghi, who had been walking around the not-so-large lake for the entire afternoon, curiously asked, “Is Skanda always this big?”
The black-clad person who led them there replied, “Skanda is everywhere.”
Zong Yuan originally thought that Skanda was just this oasis, at most including the surrounding desert. However, on that evening, Zong Yuan denied this idea.
In the center of the Skanda oasis, there was a lake. A small path flowed out of the bushes, and Zong Yuan followed the water flowing towards the lake. The farther he walked, the bushes around him turned into belly-button trees and bachelor trees that could grow in the desert, then into towering trees that required a considerable amount of water and couldn’t grow in the desert.
Before entering Skanda, it didn’t seem this big at all. However, Zong Yuan walked along the water for nearly an hour, and at a glance, it still looked lush and green.
It was like walking from the desert to a jungle.
He didn’t endlessly explore. After about an hour, he turned back. His water bottle was already filled, containing the cleanest source from the upstream creek.
Rarely having such a large water source, the people of Ramaghi seemed to have no thoughts of bathing.
Their attitude toward the water source was devout, especially towards the clean and clear Skanda lake.
When Zong Yuan returned to the lake, there was no one around.
After all, after such a long time of exertion, brushing shoulders with danger all day, and competing with the Grim Reaper for the duration of their lives, it was time to rest. The people of Ramaghi had already fallen asleep early. Zong Yuan stayed by the lake for a while and then saw the mummy approaching.
The mummy held a wooden basin and, still in a black robe, came here. He didn’t expect to encounter Zong Yuan here. His figure stiffened, and he sternly said, “Human, you should not linger outside.”
Zong Yuan grinned, leaning in. With each step, the mummy would take a step back. Zong Yuan teased him like playing with a little cat, “Little mummy, are you here to do laundry?”
He was very curious, “Aren’t you wrapped in a white cloth strip? Do you wash it naked when doing laundry? I’m curious about how the white cloth strip is wrapped in that position. Do you not wear underwear?”
The mummy’s hand holding the wooden basin made a “click” sound as he snapped off a piece of wood, and he said in a sinister tone, “Companion, don’t provoke me.”
Zong Yuan raised an eyebrow, using the same tone, calmly said, “Companion, let’s talk nicely.”
The mummy fell silent for a moment, the word “companion” from Zong Yuan felt comfortable, and he pretended not to care as he asked, “What is underwear?”
He was genuinely asking, but Zong Yuan was teased by it. He put down the water bottle, beckoning the mummy with his finger. The mummy obediently took two steps closer, and his emerald green eyes were all focused on Zong Yuan.
Zong Yuan smirked, pointing at the zipper of his pants, “It’s inside. Do you want to come and see for yourself?”
The mummy’s eyes moved from Zong Yuan’s face to the place he pointed at. His long eyelashes fluttered slightly, “I want.”
I want to see for myself.
… Just the look of the underwear.
Zong Yuan really didn’t expect him to agree!
This was being a bit cheeky, right? Zong Yuan maintained a serious expression, watching the mummy put down the wooden basin and help him pull down his zipper. The two of them then had a serious and rigorous discussion about the shape, wearing method, and comfort of underwear.
After the scientific discussion about underwear, Zong Yuan, in return, took a polite look at the mummy’s bandages.
0046 watched the two of them, vaguely seeing the early Zong Yuan.
Mischievous and loves being cheeky Zong Yuan.
…
Unfortunately, the one he played cheeky with was only more excited than him.
Author’s note:
The mummy: One month should not make Zong lose his dignity.
Zong Yuan: I beg you to let me lose it!
Translator’s corner:
This mummy is so cute HAHAHAHHAHAHHA
