Sickly Girl Doesn’t Die in Zombie Simulator 278p1

Chapter 278: Not In Heat p1

Lin Xiwan had definitely experienced the most bizarre night of her recent life, the kind of thing she wouldn’t have believed if her past self had told her. But now, it had happened.

Her sister, usually calm, reliable, and reserved, had undergone a complete 180-degree transformation tonight.

Lin Xiwan had been sleeping peacefully, holding her sister, when she was suddenly awakened by her sister’s movements.

Initially, Lin Xiwan just thought her sister needed to use the bathroom, so she didn’t think much of it, simply releasing her sister and rubbing her eyes, preparing to accompany her.

But as she sat up, she noticed something was wrong with her sister.

Lin Jiayao was propping herself up with her left elbow, her left hand trembling slightly as it supported her head. Her right hand was reaching towards the strange, somewhat creepy new chair in the corner, as if trying to summon it.

But the chair fell apart halfway, and her sister seemed to lack even the energy to control the insect chair.

She must have been fighting some powerful blood crystal in her dream, Lin Xiwan thought instantly, which is why she’s so weak.

Seeing her sister struggling to support herself, Lin Xiwan felt a pang of distress and reached out to hug her, wanting her to lean against her.

But the moment she touched her sister’s shoulder, Lin Jiayao reacted strongly.

She abruptly looked up, and Lin Xiwan froze, startled by the expression on her sister’s face.

Her sister’s cheeks were flushed with a rare blush, her hair slightly disheveled, partially obscuring her eyes, but Lin Xiwan could still see the vacant look in them.

It was as if she was looking through Lin Xiwan, at something behind her.

Her lips were tightly pressed together, as if suppressing something, and she looked very uncomfortable.

“Yao?” Lin Xiwan whispered, but her sister’s eyes remained unfocused, a bad feeling creeping into Lin Xiwan’s heart.

Her sister didn’t respond. Lin Xiwan, having no other choice, carefully lifted her sister and settled her against the pillows, her back resting against the headboard.

“Huayibai? Huayibai?” Lin Xiwan whispered, wanting to ask Huayibai what was wrong with her sister.

Since Huayibai’s clone often mingled with the zombies in her sister’s dreams, she should know more than Lin Xiwan.

She heard a rustling sound from where her sister was sitting, and a faint cry for help.

Lifting her sister’s hips slightly, Lin Xiwan pulled out the tiny Huayibai, who had been squashed beneath her.

“Sorry, Huayibai, I forgot you were sleeping under Yao’s pillow,” Lin Xiwan said apologetically, rubbing Huayibai’s head. “Huayibai, do you know what’s wrong with Yao? Why is she… like this?”

Lin Xiwan didn’t know how to describe her sister’s current state, but it looked like she had been drugged with some kind of aphrodisiac.

Could there really be such a zombie?

And one that could transmit its effects remotely?

That was too ridiculous.

Huayibai, sitting in Lin Xiwan’s lap, also looked at her mommy curiously and tentatively called out, “Mommy?”

Huayibai was certain her mommy heard her, but she remained motionless, eyes closed, breathing rapidly, her hands clutching the pillowcase, giving no response.

“Out…”

Just as they were at a loss, they heard a faint whisper from Lin Jiayao.

“What?”

Lin Xiwan leaned closer, trying to hear more clearly.

“Out…”

Finally understanding, Lin Xiwan nodded, despite her worry.

She trusted her sister’s judgment. If she wanted them to leave, it must be for a good reason.

Her sister’s decisions were usually correct.

“Huayibai, let’s go outside… Where’s that little snake with wings?” Lin Xiwan carefully placed Huayibai on her chest, then looked around for the little blue serpent.

If her sister wanted them to leave, it must include both Huayibai and the Blue Serpent.

She quickly found it.

The half-meter-long little blue serpent was hanging from the vine curtains, blending in with the vines, seemingly cosplaying as one.

Just as Lin Xiwan was about to get up and retrieve the Blue Serpent, she felt a pair of weak arms wrap around her neck.

“Yao?”

Lin Xiwan looked down and saw her sister, who was sitting up, her hands pulling Lin Xiwan towards her.

Although the force was weak, her sister’s hands trembling with the effort, Lin Xiwan didn’t move.

Confused, Lin Xiwan hesitantly leaned closer. Looking at her sister’s face, so close now, her eyes hazy, Lin Xiwan felt her heart racing.

She could even feel her sister’s warm breath on her face, the faint scent of soap lingering after her bath.

“What’s this?” Lin Xiwan held herself up with one hand on the mattress, held up a finger before her sister’s face, and asked, trying to ignore her pounding heart.

Lin Jiayao didn’t respond, but leaned forward, opening her mouth as if to suck on Lin Xiwan’s finger.

It seemed her sister had completely lost her ability to think…

Lin Xiwan covered her sister’s mouth with her hand, gently unwrapped her sister’s arms from her neck, and then, quickly retracting her hands, pulled the quilt over her sister’s head.

Then, she got out of bed, went to the vine curtains, pulled off the Blue Serpent, and, carrying Huayibai, went out to the side courtyard.

“Huayibai, you and Blue Serpent wait for me outside.” Placing Huayibai and the Blue Serpent in the courtyard, Lin Xiwan returned to the room.

Her sister was still wriggling under the covers. Lin Xiwan lifted the quilt, and her sister lunged towards her again.

She caught her sister’s hands, pinned them to her chest, then pulled the quilt over her sister, wrapping her tightly.

Then, she pulled off a vine, wrapped it around the quilt, and tied it tightly, like wrapping a zongzi. (TN: Zongzi are glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves.)

Looking at her sister, now bundled up with only her head exposed, Lin Xiwan thought for a moment, then went outside and brought back a piece of uneaten lettuce. Gently prying open her sister’s mouth, she placed the lettuce inside, so she wouldn’t bite her own lips or tongue.

After doing all this, Lin Xiwan wiped the sweat from her forehead, calmed herself, and looked at her sister again.

Now, bound and restrained, her sister lay motionless on the bed. After struggling for a few minutes, she closed her eyes and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Seeing her sister finally calm down, Lin Xiwan breathed a sigh of relief, her racing heart returning to normal.

She admitted that for a moment, seeing her sister like that, her resolve had wavered.

But her love for her sister prevented her from taking advantage of her sister’s vulnerable state.

If she wanted to kiss, hug, or cuddle her sister, she could do so openly when her sister was awake. There was no need to do it while her sister was unconscious.

It was a good thing she had held back.

Even if she hadn’t done anything, she wouldn’t have been able to forgive herself if she had given in to those impulses.

Tiptoeing closer, Lin Xiwan confirmed that her sister’s breathing was even and that she was simply asleep. She gently removed the lettuce from her sister’s mouth and wiped the drool from her lips.

Having only been nibbled on, the lettuce was still perfectly safe, and she couldn’t just throw it away. She might as well eat it herself.

Taking a bite of the lettuce, Lin Xiwan walked towards the vine curtains.

She didn’t know that while she was inside tending to her sister, a strange conversation was taking place outside.

“Sister Blue Serpent,” little Huayibai, sitting on a stone stool in the courtyard, looked at the vine curtains and asked the small blue serpent beside her curiously, “What are Mommy and Sister Xi doing inside?”

Little children, shouldn’t, ask so many questions.

The little blue serpent coiled its body, slightly narrowed its eyes, and the blue light on its forehead flickered before dimming, as if it was about to fall asleep.

“Mommy…” Huayibai suddenly thought of something, her eyes widening in disbelief. “Mommy isn’t going to give birth to a little mushroom sister for Huayibai, is she?”

Definitely not.

The Blue Serpent opened its right eye, looked at Huayibai, and explained:

Just laying eggs, not giving birth.

“Oh… so it’s just laying eggs,” Huayibai said in realization, nodding. “That’s good.”

Huayibai didn’t want a mushroom sister to compete with her for Mommy’s attention.

Mommy was already small; hugging just her was enough.

If there was another sister, then only one little mushroom could be hugged.

“Wait, Sister Blue Serpent, fungi don’t lay eggs, do they?” Huayibai suddenly realized something and looked at the Blue Serpent again.

“Then it must be mating season. It’s normal for creatures to have a mating season.” The Blue Serpent flicked its tail and closed its eyes again, seemingly not wanting to continue talking to the wingless Huayibai.

Just then, the vine curtains were lifted again, and Huayibai, standing up from the stone stool, saw Sister Xi emerge.

Through the gaps in the vines, Huayibai could also see Mommy lying on the bed, wrapped like a zongzi.

“Huayibai,” Lin Xiwan said as she walked towards the stone stool, “Let’s sleep upstairs tonight. We’ll let Yao sleep alone downstairs.”

“Why?” Huayibai, finally seeing Lin Xiwan, immediately asked the question the Blue Serpent hadn’t answered. “Is it because Mommy is in mating season?”

“Pfft—cough, cough…” Lin Xiwan, who was eating the lettuce, choked upon hearing Huayibai’s words. Trying not to disturb her sister, she suppressed her cough.

Her face flushed, she patted her chest, swallowed the remaining lettuce, and then looked at Huayibai.

“What mating season? Who told you that?” Lin Xiwan asked curiously. “Didn’t you go to high school with Yao? What did you even learn?”

Mentioning studying seemed to trigger Huayibai’s pride.

She puffed out her small chest and patted it. “Huayibai learned a lot! Huayibai got perfect scores in biology, Chinese, and Japanese!”

“What about the other subjects?”

“Failed.”

“…”

Lin Xiwan took a deep breath, deciding not to argue with Huayibai and avoid being dragged into a topic she was familiar with and then being defeated.

“It’s not mating season, just mental exhaustion. She’ll be fine after some sleep.” Lin Xiwan sighed, then explained, “Anyway, you shouldn’t go into the room tonight.”

“What about you, Sister Xi?” Huayibai immediately caught the key point in Lin Xiwan’s words and asked back.

“I have to watch over her, in case something happens.”

“Oh…”

Huayibai nodded, seemingly accepting Lin Xiwan’s explanation.

She couldn’t sleep with Mommy tonight.

But it didn’t matter.

Fortunately, there were other mommies to cuddle with.

Huayibai, controlling her body in America, hugged the little golden mommy tighter, nuzzled against her, and then peacefully entered dormancy.

As the first rays of dawn broke through, the sky turning from black to deep blue, Lin Jiayao finally slowly opened her eyes.

“Mmm…”

Her eyelids felt incredibly heavy, and a dull ache spread throughout her body, making her groan involuntarily.

She had fallen asleep? For how long?

There was still an A-rank empty shell in New Delhi that hadn’t been logged into. If she waited too long, other blood crystals might enter New Delhi.

Lin Jiayao was about to rub her eyes when she realized her hands were bound, unable to lift them.

“Hmm?”

She looked down and saw that her body was wrapped tightly in the quilt, bound by vines.

Instantly, the memories of last night came flooding back. She remembered what had happened.

After controlling Goldie’s second form, forcibly dragging out the opponent’s second form and cutting it down with all her might, Lin Jiayao’s mental power had been depleted.

In this state, Lin Jiayao hadn’t been able to kill the descended body in time and use suicide to sever the connection between her mind and the descended body, which caused her mind, along with the descended body, to be affected by the pheromones and her mind to be polluted.

Now, that mental pollution in Lin Jiayao’s mind had been removed by Hunting Rhythm regulating her recovered mental power, but thinking about the effect of that mental pollution, Lin Jiayao couldn’t help but feel a lingering fear.

She… didn’t do anything last night, did she? Where was her sister? Where was Huayibai? Were they okay?

Because her mind was muddled, like she was hungover, Lin Jiayao couldn’t remember what happened last night.

She could only vaguely remember one scene, which was her hooking her arms around her sister’s neck and slowly pulling her towards her…

Slightly twisting her body, loosening the vine ropes, Lin Jiayao pulled out her hand, and the bone spurs on her arm extended, helping her cut the vines binding her.

Fortunately, they weren’t tied very tightly, otherwise Lin Jiayao wouldn’t have been able to pull out her hand.

Just as Lin Jiayao was about to sit up, she heard her sister’s voice beside her.

“Yao? You’re awake.”

Lin Jiayao followed the sound and saw her sister sitting by the bed, her head resting on the mattress, slowly getting up.

From the red marks on her arms, it could be seen that she had been lying by the bed all night, seemingly keeping watch over her.

Seeing her sister, Lin Jiayao didn’t get out of the quilt, but shrank back inside, only revealing her eyes, and looked at her sister with some trepidation.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Xiwan saw her sister’s state, asked with some confusion, “Are you still feeling unwell?”

After a while, Lin Jiayao, lying on her side, slowly pulled down the quilt covering her mouth and asked, “Last night… did I do anything?”

“No.” Lin Xiwan shook her head and said with a smile, “You suddenly woke up last night and called my name, and then you went back to sleep not long after I woke up… Were you sleepwalking?”

Sleep… walking?

So nothing happened last night?

Lin Jiayao slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

If something really happened, and her sister saw her in that state, then how could she face her sister in the future?

It was a good thing that nothing happened.

“Are you hungry?” Lin Xiwan sat up on the bed, reached out and rubbed Lin Jiayao’s cheek, and asked with a smile, “Do you want to eat breakfast?”

“Yes.” Lin Jiayao responded softly, and then saw her sister get up, stretch, open the door, and leave.

After her sister left the room, Lin Jiayao sat up, supporting herself on the mattress, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the A-rank in New Delhi was troublesome, it didn’t have any intelligence. Once dragged into a mental battle, Goldie could directly crush it with her overwhelming mental power.

But it still had a body in New Delhi, and Lin Jiayao had to deal with it quickly to avoid any accidents.

After all, it was an A-rank lifeform, and Lin Jiayao still had to be cautious.

Even without consciousness or a mind, just its instinctive counterattack might be enough for Lin Jiayao to suffer, just like Goldie’s innate Mental Armor.

After breakfast, she would try logging into New Delhi. While waiting for the login, Lin Jiayao tried her best to adjust her mental state to its best condition.

Just as Lin Jiayao was controlling the broken insect chair to reassemble, and by the way, activating the flapping-wing insect carrying the Black Stem egg on the border of China to take off again, the door was opened again.

But Lin Jiayao didn’t see who opened the door.

“Mommy?” A small voice came from the floor, it seemed to be Huayibai calling her.

Because Lin Jiayao was lying on the bed, she didn’t see Huayibai at first.

“Buzz—”

Vibrating her wings behind her, Huayibai directly flew to the bed and pounced towards Lin Jiayao.

“Huayibai.” Lin Jiayao also smiled and caught Huayibai with her palm, holding her and gently pinching her.

At the same time, Lin Jiayao also saw a small snake head poking out from beside the vine curtains, seemingly attracted by the vibrating wings.

Good heavens, it could even distinguish such small wing vibrations.

Lin Jiayao even suspected that the Blue Serpent had developed a method to identify the sounds of various wings flapping, otherwise, there was no way to explain why it could always accurately find where its favorite wings were.

Looking at Huayibai rolling around in her palm, Lin Jiayao suddenly thought of something and asked, “Huayibai, you were sleeping next to me last night, right?”

“Yes!” Huayibai sat up in Lin Jiayao’s palm, put her hands on Lin Jiayao’s palm, leaned forward slightly, and nodded vigorously. “But then Huayibai was driven out by Mommy to sleep outside.”

“Driven out by me?” Lin Jiayao blinked. She had no memory of this at all.

“Yes,” Huayibai explained, “After Mommy said it, Sister Xi took us out.”

It seemed… something happened last night that she couldn’t remember… and it seemed to have been hidden by her sister.