Sickly Girl Doesn’t Die in Zombie Simulator 225p1

Chapter 225: Super Rich! p1

On the coast, 1.9km from the Matsuoka Ward Civic Shelter Extraction Point in Takaishi City, a giant sat by the shore, half its body covered in purple skin, the other half in amethyst crystal.

A girl in a bloodstained miko outfit sat on the giant’s shoulder, leaning against its neck, watching the sunrise over the coast, her cheeks flushed, lost in thought.

Ino… brought me here to watch this beautiful sunrise…?

“Such a beautiful sunrise… Ino~” The girl tentatively rested her head against the giant’s neck. Meeting no resistance, she snuggled closer.

What Kisaragi Mika didn’t know was that while she thought she was with “Ino,” the real “Ino” was far away in Kun City, enjoying a cold bath.

In the swimming pool of the Kun City villa area, Lin Jiayao and her sister were soaking in the water, cleaning themselves.

Huayibai stood nearby, submerged up to her neck, her dress floating around her like a mushroom cap.

To ensure Huayibai’s safety and receive information immediately, Lin Jiayao had her sister bring Huayibai along.

She just didn’t know why her sister kept averting her gaze while they bathed, her mouth opening and closing as if she wanted to say something.

“Just ask if you have something to say, Sister.” Lin Jiayao, sitting in the shallow end, looked at her sister and spoke directly.

“Ah… it’s nothing… just…”

Her sister edged closer, her cheeks slightly flushed. She stammered,

“It’s just… um… about before… the… the laying eggs…”

“You want to learn too?” Lin Jiayao asked curiously.

Seeing her sister’s face flush crimson and her speech become incoherent, Lin Jiayao reached out to the edge of the pool, a red mycelium tendril extending from her palm and mimicking the shape of a small snake.

Explaining with words would be too difficult; it was easier to just demonstrate.

The little mycelium snake coiled on the stone slab beside the pool. Smaller mycelium snakes emerged from its body, then burrowed back in, the process as smooth and natural as breathing.

Lin Xiwan stared at the little snake for a few seconds, then asked, dumbfounded, “That’s… ‘laying eggs’?”

“Yes.” Lin Jiayao nodded, oblivious to the mental turmoil her earlier words had caused her sister. She simply smiled and said, “I was speechless too when I saw it.”

“Ah… haha…”

Her sister let out an awkward laugh, then walked over to Lin Jiayao, and pinched her cheeks.

“You did that on purpose, didn’t you, Yao!!!”

Lin Xiwan had fallen for her sister’s teasing countless times, always trusting her too easily.

And, without fail, she had fallen for it again this time, even lying in bed afterwards, overthinking it.

“Mmm… no, I didn’t…” Lin Jiayao raised her hands in surrender. She had been completely focused on Huayibai’s devouring process and had completely forgotten about that incident.

“Really?” Hearing her sister’s explanation, Lin Xiwan loosened her grip. She hadn’t pinched hard, just gently held her sister’s cheeks.

Her sister’s face was so beautiful; she couldn’t ruin it… This slightly flushed state was just right.

“Really…” Lin Jiayao sighed, rubbing her cheeks.

Unbeknownst to her, this action, in her sister’s eyes, was like a kitten washing its face with its paws, instantly shattering all of Lin Xiwan’s defenses.

When Lin Jiayao looked at her sister again, Lin Xiwan had submerged half her face in the water, her eyes narrowed in a blissful smile.

As if she had just witnessed a visual feast.

“Sister…” Lin Jiayao lowered her hands and said calmly, “Control your expressions.”

“Mmm~”

Seemingly sensing a distant vibration, Lin Jiayao turned her head and saw a swarm of small, fluorescent green bugs flying towards them.

These little bugs were carrying clothes wrapped in plastic bags. After piling the clothes by the pool, the bugs dispersed.

“We’re done washing, and the clothes are here…” Lin Jiayao pointed to the pile of clothes.

She paused, then looked at Huayibai with surprise, and quickly said to her sister:

“Carry Huayibai and me back to the room later.”

After saying that, Lin Jiayao closed her eyes and switched her consciousness to Ino.

What was going on? It hadn’t even been an hour since Lin Jiayao ran to the Extraction Point, why was she back so soon?

Ino, far away in Japan, under Lin Jiayao’s control, slowly turned her head and looked to her right.

She could see a white line forming on the horizon where the sea met the sky, under the sunlight.

This distant white line, upon reaching here, would likely create a huge wave or a tsunami… This was highly unusual in such calm weather.

Unless there was a massive object moving in the sea.

“Ino? What’s happening?” Kisaragi Mika, sitting on Lin Jiayao’s shoulder, stood up, holding onto Lin Jiayao’s neck, and asked nervously.

She had also noticed the approaching tsunami, her muscles tensing.

“Don’t worry.” Lin Jiayao reassured the girl on her shoulder and slowly stood up on the shore.

She could sense a powerful blood crystal energy approaching, but even before it arrived, Ino’s Super Vision allowed Lin Jiayao to see a fungal version of the Living Weapon.

It was Huayibai.

She was floating on the distant water, seemingly riding something, her legs firmly gripping the object below, waving at Lin Jiayao.

Soon, as the white line and Huayibai approached, Lin Jiayao saw a massive, pale blue serpent head emerge from the sea.

Its huge fangs were almost as long as Ino… Just the sight of its head was enough to inspire awe and fear.

No… this wasn’t its complete form, this shouldn’t be its complete form…

Compared to the behemoth A4 saw in its vision after devouring the small snake, this seemed to be only half the size.

But it was still sufficiently awe-inspiring. Kisaragi Mika, standing on Lin Jiayao’s shoulder, almost went weak in the knees, barely managing to stay upright by clinging to Lin Jiayao’s neck.

“Whoosh—”

Suddenly, the girl on Lin Jiayao’s shoulder leaped forward, hovering in front of Lin Jiayao, and shouted, “Ino! You run! Leave this to me, mmmph—”

Before the girl could finish her heroic declaration, Lin Jiayao grabbed her and pulled her back.

“It’s okay, she’s one of us,” Lin Jiayao explained.

Huayibai seemed happy, not distressed, which meant the Giant Blue Serpent hadn’t attacked her or caused her any harm. The serpent bringing such a massive body here must have another purpose.

Soon, the giant serpent stopped in the sea about a kilometer away from Lin Jiayao, seemingly reluctant to come ashore.

Ten-meter-high waves crashed against Lin Jiayao’s legs, demolishing the buildings behind her.

On top of the giant serpent’s head, the fungal Living Weapon had formed a miniature Huayibai on its hand.

Unlike Huayibai’s other white-haired girl forms, this one had three pairs of enormous insect wings on its back, more than twice its size.

Huayibai flapped her insect wings and flew towards Lin Jiayao, landing on her ear and stopping the vibration of her wings.

“Mommy, Mommy~ Little Snake and I brought back the things you wanted~” Huayibai shouted into Lin Jiayao’s ear.

Then, Lin Jiayao saw the giant serpent lift its massive tail out of the sea.

Coiled around its tail was a large chunk of flesh and blood covered in black armor, several times larger than the serpent’s head.

Several creatures similar in shape to the Living Weapon were embedded in the black armor. The giant serpent turned its body and flung the mass towards the shore.

“Boom—!”

The huge chunk of flesh and blood, like a massive ship crashing ashore at full speed, parted the water and slammed into the beach, demolishing a large area of buildings, crushing countless zombies, and finally coming to rest like a small mountain amidst the ruins.

This mountain of corpses… was all for her???

“Mommy, Little Snake and I are going to get the rest, you wait here…”

“Wait? There’s more?”

Lin Jiayao instinctively interrupted, not even noticing Huayibai’s change in how she addressed the Blue Serpent.

The giant serpent paused in the distance, seemingly waiting for Huayibai to finish speaking with Lin Jiayao.

“Yes,” Huayibai flew to Lin Jiayao, hovered in front of her nose, nodded, and asked curiously, “Didn’t Mommy say so?”

What did she say?

Lin Jiayao questioned herself.

If she remembered correctly, she had asked Huayibai to pry off a piece with the Living Weapon, and then ask if she could have another…

She didn’t say anything about letting the giant serpent pry it off?!

Damn it, it seemed she hadn’t specified the subject when it came to the prying.

Lin Jiayao’s original expectation was for Huayibai to bring back a piece of flesh and blood over a hundred meters long, slightly larger than the Living Weapon. Getting more would be a huge victory.

But this chunk of corpse already far exceeded her expectations.

And now she was being told there was more?

“How much did you ask for?” Lin Jiayao turned her right eye and looked at Huayibai hovering before her nose.

“All of it.” Huayibai puffed out her chest, beaming with pride.

Good heavens…

One dared to ask, and the other dared to give.

This wouldn’t do. One shouldn’t accept gifts without reason. Lin Jiayao didn’t think that saving a blood crystal’s life warranted such unconditional generosity.

Most humans couldn’t even be this grateful, let alone a blood crystal evolved from a wild creature.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Jiayao picked up Kisaragi Mika from her shoulder, placed her on the ground, said, “Wait for me,” and then, letting Huayibai continue to hover before her nose, walked towards the giant serpent.

Kisaragi Mika was still stunned by the terrifying mountain of flesh. Any single “Living Weapon” detached from it would be comparable to the one they had just fought.

And even that one had taken all their effort to injure…

At this moment, Kisaragi Mika truly felt the insurmountable gap between them.

And now, the giant serpent that dragged this mountain-like corpse over seemed to have some kind of “relationship” with Ino and Her daughter…

As expected of Lord Ino…

While Kisaragi Mika was lost in thought, watching Ino’s back, Lin Jiayao had already reached the giant serpent.

This was still the shallow sea area, the water not even reaching Lin Jiayao’s head. Lin Jiayao looked up at the giant serpent before her.

The giant serpent slowly lowered its head and gently touched Lin Jiayao’s head with its snout. A blue dot lit up on Lin Jiayao’s forehead.

What’s wrong? I haven’t finished moving everything yet.

The voice of the… Giant Blue Serpent echoed in Lin Jiayao’s mind. Compared to before, the voice was clearer, more articulate.

“Are you planning… to bring all of it over?” Lin Jiayao asked mentally.

Not all.

The giant serpent shook its head and continued.

I’ve already eaten half. The other half is for you.

It had already eaten half? It had planned to leave half for Lin Jiayao before Huayibai even asked?

Lin Jiayao’s initial suspicion dissipated.

She had thought Huayibai had taken the entire corpse before the serpent could even eat.

“Wait a minute, let me think…” Lin Jiayao raised her hand, lowered her head, and her mind raced.

One plus one equals two, two plus two equals four…

No, no, half an A-rank corpse, half an A-rank corpse…

Very quickly, Lin Jiayao came to a conclusion.

She couldn’t carry half an A-rank corpse!

Even if she extracted in multiple rounds, carrying a chunk of flesh and blood back to the settlement space each time, cutting it up, putting it in the Item Storage Box, and then making it into compressed cans for A4… each round trip would be two logins…

Not to mention how long it would take, just the number of logins alone, to move everything, would take more than twenty days of non-stop work, turning her into a dried husk.

It would take too long, and Lin Jiayao didn’t necessarily have that much time. The seabed zombies had almost reached Guangnan Province.

If she could exchange all this flesh and blood for something more portable…

Blood Crystals.

An A-rank’s death would definitely precipitate a huge amount of Blood Crystals, right?

She could bring a pile of corpses back for A4 to try its devouring ability, and then fill the warehouse with Blood Crystals…

Now she had a 20×20 super-large warehouse, and a 10×20 super-large Blood Crystal Box…

If she could get some A-rank Blood Crystals and take them away in batches, then it would be a complete win. She would get both the blood and the Blood Crystals.

If there were new things in the system Hideout that could be evolved, then she could max them out in one go, giving herself a super boost!

“I might not be able to carry all these corpses.” Lin Jiayao looked up at the giant serpent and said truthfully.

Can’t carry?

The blue serpent closed its eyes and thought for a moment, then said again.

Eat directly?

“No, that’s not what I mean,” Lin Jiayao waved her hand and stated her intention, “I mean, if it’s smaller items, I can take them… like Blood Crystals.”

Blood Crystals?

“The red, shiny stones that precipitate after it dies.”

Lin Jiayao explained.

Seabed zombies also had Blood Crystals. After she explained this way, the giant serpent in front of her should understand what she was saying.

Oh… you want those? Those are harder to eat, so I didn’t eat them. Do you want to eat them?

Compared to flesh and blood, were Blood Crystals harder to eat?

“Yes, how many are left?” Lin Jiayao asked.

Ino could eat as much of these corpses as she could, and the rest could be brought back to A4. As for the Blood Crystals left by the A-rank corpse, Lin Jiayao would gladly accept them.

It just so happened that the big serpent didn’t like to eat Blood Crystals, so it was a win-win situation.

Only a few left… about…

As the giant serpent spoke, it opened its mouth and spat out a large group of little blue serpents. Like a school of small fish, they swam around Lin Jiayao before returning to the blue serpent’s body.

About this much left.

A good “this much”…

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