Lin Tian lay on the ground, completely stiff and unable to move, yet his consciousness was extremely clear. He could distinctly feel an internal cold wreaking havoc in his body. As for when this cold had entered his body, he couldn't recall at all.
Concerns about death had ceased to occupy Lin Tian's mind, as the "Green Robed Fairy" had already descended from the sky and was standing right beside him. He moved his eyeballs, sizing her up. Her perfect face was as delicate as jade, and under her long lashes, her black pupils were like deep pools. One glance at them nearly swept Lin Tian's consciousness away.
To maintain his lucidity, Lin Tian had to focus his attention on her. Through her thin, green gauze dress, he could see that she wore an ancient style dress that perfectly outlined her curves.
The "Green Robed Fairy" suddenly bent over and lay on top of Lin Tian, startling him so much that his heart skipped a beat. Surely he hadn't encountered a psycho? But a soft feeling transmitted from his body, and Lin Tian felt her weight on him, an unfamiliar and irresistible sensation causing his heart to miss a beat. After all, he was a virgin, and even after two years with Qi Jing, he hadn't even kissed her.
The "Fairy" sniffed around on Lin Tian's body, and when she saw a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, a flash of excitement passed through her eyes.
Finished. He really had encountered a psycho. That look of excitement was unmistakable, and Lin Tian inwardly cried out in despair. The "Fairy" paid no heed to Lin Tian's thoughts and suddenly extended her tempting tongue. She carefully licked the blood from the corner of his mouth and didn't even let the blood inside go to waste.
Lin Tian's body stiffened further, and he had a strange reaction to her actions. The fairy seemed not to notice his oddness. She lifted her little face with a happy smile and then suddenly said, "Hehe, you really are a Taiyin Body. I smelled it from far away. But it seems like the Taiyin Xuan Qi inside you is about to dissipate."
Her voice was ethereal, but the content gave Lin Tian a fright. Taiyin Body? Taiyin Xuan Qi? What were these things? They were all so confusing. You're the one who's about to dissipate! Lin Tian glared at her.
"Hmm, I'll help you out," the fairy said thoughtfully, "After all, you are a Taiyin Body, destined to be a zombie."
As she spoke, she opened her mouth to reveal two sharp zombie teeth. Lin Tian's mind jolted like he had been electrocuted, remembering the bus driver's words—green robe, red hair, missing female corpse—the description matched perfectly with the person before him!
Damn, he had encountered a female zombie! Lin Tian roared in his mind, but it was too late. The female zombie's fangs had already touched the major artery in his neck, and a tingling sensation spread through him as he felt the zombie teeth pierce his arterial blood vessel.
Blood gushed forth and was absorbed by the female zombie. In just a few breaths, all the blood in Lin Tian's body had been drained, and his heartbeat and breathing ceased. However, Lin Tian did not die; instead, everything before him turned pitch black, and his eyes void of light.
After absorbing all of Lin Tian's blood, the female zombie's originally dark pupils turned blood red, and she trembled, unfolding a pair of huge golden wings behind her.
The red light in the female zombie's eyes flickered a few times, and she injected the absorbed blood back into Lin Tian's veins. As the blood increased, Lin Tian's heartbeat and breathing returned, and he regained his sight.
With the influx of blood, the internal cold was slowly absorbed. Lin Tian closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes had turned blue. He clenched his fists, pushed the female zombie away, and jumped up, reaching the height of a two-story building. With a "boom", Lin Tian landed heavily on the ground, causing the grass to fly in all directions.
"Damn, what's going on? Where did this strength come from, and how can I see so far, especially at night!" Lin Tian was completely baffled, exclaiming repeatedly. He turned around, and suddenly caught sight of the female zombie next to him, and was shocked once again.
"You, why do you have wings, you're not human!"
"Heehee, you're so funny, of course I'm not human, I'm a zombie, and now you're a zombie too. How about it, do they look good? I have to thank your Taiyin Xuan Qi for these golden wings," the female zombie said in the tone of a young girl. She then twirled in front of Lin Tian, showing off the golden wings on her back.
"You're lying, if I'm a zombie why do I have a heartbeat, and why am I breathing? Aren't zombies supposed to be stiff-limbed and walking corpses in the legends?" Lin Tian was completely unable to accept the fact that he had become a zombie.
"So dumb, you are now a Level 4 Blue-eyed Zombie, if we couldn't do these small things how would we zombies walk among humans. The zombies you're talking about are those worthless ones below Level 6, how could they compare to our noble high-level zombies! If you don't believe me, try holding your breath and stopping your heart to see," she said impatiently, dissatisfied with Lin Tian comparing herself to lower-level zombies, her little mouth prattling on.
Lin Tian did as she suggested and stopped breathing. Thirty seconds passed, then a minute, and finally ten minutes. He didn't feel any suffocation. Next, he thought about stopping his heart beating. He touched his chest and found that it was true, there was no heartbeat or pulse in his neck.
This situation was very peculiar; Lin Tian wasn't breathing, had no heartbeat, yet felt no discomfort. He appeared no different from a normal person, and his mind wasn't filled with any grotesque thoughts, no different from before. Lin Tian felt uneasy, yet somewhere deep in his soul, he also felt a thrill.
"I really am a zombie." Lin Tian helplessly accepted reality.
"Don't be unhappy, wait until the day you see people who can also be incredibly strong, fly and escape through the earth, and even match up to zombies, then you'll think this isn't so strange. The world isn't as simple as you think," the girlish zombie sometimes spoke naively and sometimes said cryptic things, but Lin Tian was in no mood to decipher her words.
"By the way, I don't yet know your name, Ms. Zombie. Zombies should have names, right?" Lin Tian didn't think about anything else, what happened had happened, and mulling over it was useless. He thought about the zombies' super strength, and it didn't seem too bad.
The girlish zombie looked puzzled, as if trying to recall something, and only after a while did she say, "I can't remember, it seems like I have slept for a very, very long time, and when I woke up I had forgotten everything."
You've been asleep for five thousand years, no wonder it's been a long time, Lin Tian thought sardonically. Then an idea struck him and he said to her, "How about I give you a name? You're clad in green robes, like a Turquoise Pool fairy. How about Qingyao?"
"Qingyao?" She repeated the name Qingyao thoughtfully several times, her lips gradually curving into a joyful smile.
"Alright, from now on I'll be called Qingyao," the girl said happily, the red in her eyes receded, revealing captivating, extraordinary colors.