Cloud Raising Little Zombies: Chapter 9

ZOMBIE EMPEROR CULTIVATION

9. Zai! Who bullied you!

Xiao Ren’s face showed a hint of panic, and then he started to plead pitifully.

“I didn’t do it on purpose. Su Zi’an bumped into me, and my ability activated on him.

“I didn’t want Zi’an to get hurt either. I couldn’t control it; I was too scared at that moment. Wuwuwu, I’m sorry, Zi’an…

“Please give me a chance. I’m willing to kneel before Zi’an and apologize.”

【F*ck, what the hell is he saying? I’m going to die from excess anger!】

【I can barely tolerate that he transferred his wounds to someone else in a moment of panic, but what did he do afterward? He just ran away!】

【Exactly. He said he could heal others’ wounds, so why didn’t he heal him first?】

【There was a zombie besides that group of roommates and Su Zi’an at that time. Why didn’t he transfer the wounds to the zombie?】

【Taking my Zai’s brother away? No date.】

Xiao Ren “regretted” for a minute, seeing Ye You remain unmoved, the pain made him curse again.

“It wasn’t me who asked Su Zi’an to help me. He wanted to be kind, so he should bear the consequences himself!

“He’s just an ordinary person. I’m an ability user. My survival benefits humanity more. Shouldn’t he be the one to die?

“It’s almost dark. Zombies move very fast at night. If you save me, I can heal you. We can climb over the wall and leave together. If you don’t save me, after I die, you’ll have to face the whole school’s zombies!”

【When he said those first few sentences, I was so angry. Now I just want to laugh, what should I do?】

【A whole school’s worth of zombies sounds great. Let’s have a social gathering.】

【No doubt, my Zai Zai will be the brightest star at the gathering!】

【Well, I have to admit, this guy’s ability is strong. He’s survived this long without dying.】

Ye You also wanted to know the limits of Xiao Ren’s ability.

The mutated morning glories had trapped everyone in the school in a hallucination. Even if Xiao Ren awakened his ability just as the apocalypse began, he wouldn’t have had much chance to use it while being trapped.

But even as a newbie with a newly awakened ability, he was able to repeatedly heal his wounds and survive the bites of several zombies for this long.

Ability users, like zombies, probably had levels.

A newly awakened ability would be at the lowest level.

This ability to transfer wounds was so troublesome at its lowest level. If the ability were higher, how difficult would it be to handle?

After Xiao Ren’s arrogant and pitiful pleas, he continued to curse when the pleas proved useless.

Back and forth like this for several minutes, Xiao Ren’s shoulder wounds appeared but failed to heal immediately.

His already pale face lost all color.

He… couldn’t use his ability anymore.

“Do you need me to put you out of your misery?” Ye You took out the fruit knife he had brought from the dormitory building.

“No, save—save me ahhhhhh——”

Xiao Ren cried out in agony.

When he could still heal his wounds, Xiao Ren rarely cried out in pain, able to rant as if he wasn’t the one being bitten.

Now, with just one bite from the zombie, Xiao Ren lost his ability to form coherent sentences.

In less than half a minute, Xiao Ren seemed to truly realize that he was beyond saving. He looked towards Ye You with difficulty, his lips moving, but no sound came out.

Ye You understood his meaning; he was asking to be “killed.”

Ye You had no interest in witnessing Xiao Ren’s suffering.

He had only been watching coldly to find out the limits of Xiao Ren’s ability, and now he had his answer.

Ye You stepped forward, and the fruit knife, wrapped in his psychic energy, instantly pierced Xiao Ren’s brain.

Xiao Ren, lying on the ground, ceased to breathe.

“Roar——” Ye You let out a low growl.

The few zombies nearby, along with the nearly thousand zombies outside the forest, slowly retreated.

Ye You retrieved the crystal nucleus from Xiao Ren’s brain.

The grain-sized, ash-gray crystal nucleus looked much like the ones found in zombies’ brains.

【Wuwuwu, all mosaics, I want to see the crystal nucleus.】

【How many crystal nucleus does Zai Zai have now?】

【One from the Water Zombie, one from the mutated Paradise Blue, and now this one. Zai Zai has collected three grains of rice in one day, it’s really not easy.】

【What nonsense, though the mutated Paradise Blue is weak, its crystal nucleus is a whole red bean-sized!】

【Yes, a red bean-sized Paradise Blue is quite impressive.】

【“Look at this zombie cub in my arms” sent 1 box of macarons to streamer “Ye You”: Let me see how big Zai Zai’s new stockpile is~】

The screen was filled with comments clamoring to see the stockpile.

Ye You had no choice.

He had spread the crystal nucleus in his palm, but the screen showed his whole hand as mosaics.

He probably needed to wash the blood off the crystal nucleus before the entities behind the screen could see it clearly.

It was already dark, with the red blood moon hanging in the sky.

Ye You got up and walked towards the dormitory where Su Zi’an was.

The school was very quiet at night, and Ye You noticed that his rate of corruption at night had dropped to 1% per day.

This value would likely decrease further as he leveled up.

However, his left hand could no longer heal.

Back in the dormitory, Ye You first checked Su Zi’an’s bedside.

Su Zi’an was still alive.

Under the moonlight, Su Zi’an’s forehead was covered in sweat.

He seemed to have a high fever, his body burning as if it had been sunbathing all day.

Seeing that Su Zi’an wouldn’t wake up anytime soon, Ye You went to the washroom and turned on the faucet.

A bit of cloudy water flowed out, but after a few seconds, the water became clear.

Ye You washed his hands and the crystal nucleus under the running water.

Once clean, Ye You went to the well-lit balcony and, using the moonlight, displayed the crystal nucleus under the screen.

【2333 ¹, as expected, it’s another grain of rice.】

【So little, is Zai Zai getting enough to eat?】

Seeing the comments scrolling by, Ye You felt a bit hungry himself.

He returned to the dormitory, sat on the bed opposite Su Zi’an, took out the crystal nucleus from his pocket, and laid them out in his palm, contemplating which one to eat.

【Zai Zai has it so hard, living carefully and sparingly.】

【Sigh, in this apocalypse, even zombies have a tough time.】

【Struggling to make ends meet, streamer, love you, please have some candied hawthorn.】

【Please give Zai Zai some cotton candy.】

【Please give Zai Zai a lollipop.】

Gifts of various types started appearing on the screen, and Ye You selected his dinner for the day.

The green crystal nucleus from the mutated morning glory was the largest of all the crystal nucleus.

He wanted to see the difference between the rice grain-sized crystal nucleus and the red bean-sized one.

Perhaps it could help with hunger?

Ye You put the crystal nucleus in his mouth and tasted a faint floral fragrance.

Before the floral scent could fully spread, the crystal nucleus turned into energy and was absorbed into Ye You’s body.

A sense of fullness emerged again in his mind, and Ye You released his mental power, with the light flickering in his crimson eyes.

He “saw” that the rice grain-sized colorless crystal nucleus in his mind had somehow become red bean-sized, while the green crystal nucleus was also gradually enlarging.

So it only made the crystal nucleus in his mind grow bigger?

Ye You thought he might gain an additional crystal nucleus in his mind.

Under the moonlight, countless plants in the school began to grow wildly.

Flowers, grasses, and trees sprouted new branches, and even seeds underground started to germinate and grow, with green spreading from every corner.

All the flowers bloomed towards the same direction, and trees grew new branches in that direction as well.

It was as if they were making a pilgrimage.

·….

Blue Star, June 27, 2033, 12:00 PM.

Chi Xin woke up and got out of bed. She grabbed a piece of bread and opened the video editing software.

She initially planned to make the next video about dark-themed games.

While organizing and editing materials last night, Chi Xin felt something was missing.

But after watching Ye You’s live stream, she had a new idea.

In her mind, the image of Ye You standing among the rose bushes naturally appeared.

A pale-skinned young man with crimson eyes, handsome to the point of being almost demonic, yet with an innocent look that was hard to discern as good or evil.

Chi Xin created a new file and imported the recording from last night into the editing software.

The first scene was of the pale young man sitting at a table, looking up at the camera, his crimson eyes sending chills down the spine.

Three hours later, Chi Xin uploaded the new video to the small video site.

【Ye You】This is the zombie’s beauty ceiling

Infinite World · Apocalypse Beta Version

Material Source: JJ Live Ye You

Having finished the video, Chi Xin eagerly opened the JJ Live webpage.

Noticing that Ye You was still live, Chi Xin quickly clicked on it.

After a brief moment of darkness, Ye You’s pale and handsome face appeared on the screen.

Chi Xin unconsciously smiled like an aunt.

The next moment, Chi Xin noticed something was wrong.

Ye You was still wearing the clothes that had been torn by the rose vines this morning.

The clothes had grass and mosaics on them, and even a sleeve was missing. The injuries on his arms were covered with mosaics too…

【Zai!】

【Who bullied you?!】

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Translator Notes

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