Sickly Girl Doesn’t Die in Zombie Simulator 300

Chapter 300: Never Lose Money

After a bit of searching through the rubble, the young woman handed Lin Jiayao a framed photo with a house in the background.

It was a family photo of five people, and the background seemed to be the house Lin Jiayao had just destroyed.

Lin Jiayao held the photo, its glass cracked, and after a moment of silence, said,

“This one with the short black hair, that’s your younger sister, right?”

“Yes.” The young woman nodded.

After this brief exchange, the young woman, her face and hair covered in dust, seemed to relax slightly, stepping out from behind the B-rank Hunter to talk.

This distance was close enough for Lin Jiayao to instantly kill the young woman before the B-rank Hunter could react.

It seemed Lin Jiayao’s description of Kun City had completely disarmed her.

Noticing the tall, beautiful woman’s silence, the young woman said, “Let me introduce myself again. I’m Wu Yan, and the one behind me is my sister, Wu Yu.”

Lin Jiayao followed Wu Yan’s gesture and looked at the Hunter standing behind her.

“A…” Lin Jiayao started to say A4’s name, but then reconsidered. A4 was a bit too abstract; it wouldn’t be a good introduction.

What should she use, Alex? After all, A4 did have the appearance of a tall, blonde, mixed-race woman.

“Just call me A. It’s my codename in the organization.” Too lazy to come up with a new name, Lin Jiayao made one up on the spot.

“Miss A, can I ask you a question?” Wu Yan asked, her eyes flickering nervously, as if worried the other party wouldn’t answer.

“Go ahead.” Lin Jiayao nodded.

She had checked earlier. There were still two and a half hours until extraction, and half an hour until the Zombie Loot Box finished. Her mental power hadn’t recovered yet, so there was no harm in staying a bit longer.

Mainly, she wanted the flesh and blood of the Hunter zombie behind Wu Yan.

“I wanted to ask… if my sister evolves further, is there a chance she could recover?” Wu Yan asked with a hint of hope. “Kun City… there are stronger evolved beings than my sister there, right?”

It seemed she desperately wanted to find a way to restore her sister to her former self.

Seeing her persistence, Lin Jiayao considered her words carefully, then answered honestly:

“Evolving to A-rank, there is a chance of regaining sanity.”

“But it wouldn’t be the same person as before, but a new, sentient being… and it’s not guaranteed to be successful.”

After Lin Jiayao mentioned the amount of Blood Crystals required for A-rank evolution, Wu Yan’s eyes widened.

At least four hundred…

What kind of concept was that?

She had been wandering around this small county for so long, practically clearing out all the zombies, just to barely get her sister to her current state…

She couldn’t imagine what four hundred Blood Crystals even meant.

And even if her sister regained her sanity, she wouldn’t be the same sister as before…

Wu Yan lowered her head, her disappointment evident.

Lin Jiayao knew this painful realization would come eventually, but there was nothing she could do.

The things that happened in the apocalypse couldn’t be changed by human effort alone.

At least so far, Lin Jiayao hadn’t seen any evolutionary ability that could reverse the effects of blood crystals.

“Thank you… I’ve thought about it a lot, whether my sister would always be like this…” Wu Yan looked up at Lin Jiayao, a faint smile on her face.

Perhaps after all this time, she had already come to terms with it, but hearing it confirmed by an “authority” still brought a pang of sadness.

“It’s fine as long as she’s with me… I’ll work hard, I’ll stay with her until the day she evolves.”

Hearing Wu Yan’s words, Lin Jiayao took a deep breath.

Although she didn’t want to say this, it seemed that within a thousand-kilometer radius of Kun City, no one could take a single Blood Crystal from her.

And later, Lin Jiayao’s Blood Crystal collection speed would only increase. It was unlikely for any blood crystal, besides the zombies Lin Jiayao logged into, to accumulate enough to reach A-rank.

If it were the previous Lin Jiayao, she might have just lured Wu Yan to Kun City and brainwashed her with Worm’s Eye.

“By the time you reach Kun City, the camouflage device for your sister should be ready. You can have her wear it.” Lin Jiayao looked at Wu Yan and said slowly, “In exchange…”

“Do you want Blood Crystals? I still have a few…” Wu Yan said, turning to go back to the residential building to retrieve something.

But Lin Jiayao stopped her.

“In exchange, I need some of your sister’s blood.” Lin Jiayao held up two bags of Blood Crystal Serum from her Safehouse. “Of course, I’ll compensate you for the lost flesh and blood.”

“My ability is to devour and optimize the genes of blood crystals. Your sister’s evolution type is one I haven’t devoured yet, which is why I attacked earlier.”

A4’s devouring ability wasn’t a secret that Lin Jiayao couldn’t reveal.

It was better to be upfront.

I’ll help your sister return to her human form and provide you with a safe haven where you don’t have to fight, in exchange for a bit of your sister’s flesh and blood, that’s all.

As Lin Jiayao expected, mentioning her sister’s flesh and blood made Wu Yan instantly tense.

The previously relaxed atmosphere became strained.

After all, Wu Yan hadn’t seen any direct evidence of Kun City’s existence, and she couldn’t rule out the possibility of being deceived.

Lin Jiayao could see her nervousness, but she remained silent, giving the other party a choice.

Trade blood for peace, or fight. It was up to her.

Suddenly, Lin Jiayao thought of someone.

Sharma.

The half-zombified Sharma had been able to return to her human form with a large amount of Blood Crystal Serum.

This B-rank blood crystal controlled by a C-rank, perhaps it had slowly transformed after reaching B-rank, and wasn’t a zombie from the beginning?

“Can I use my blood instead…?” Wu Yan asked, still clinging to hope, looking at the unreadable expression on Lin Jiayao’s face.

“When did your sister become like this?” Lin Jiayao asked, looking at Wu Yan.

Hearing Lin Jiayao ask a seemingly unrelated question, Wu Yan’s eyes lit up, as if grasping at a lifeline. She quickly said:

“My sister was an Awakened like me. I gave her most of my Blood Crystals, but after she became stronger than me, her body started to change, and there was no way to reverse it…”

As expected.

No wonder the C-rank Wu Yan could control the B-rank Wu Yu.

Perhaps her sister could be saved.

Then this would be much simpler.

Lin Jiayao raised her hand and tossed the two bags of Blood Crystal Serum towards Wu Yan.

“Feed it to your sister,” Lin Jiayao said, her tone more a command than a suggestion.

Wu Yan caught the Blood Crystal Serum and curiously examined the standardized, transparent “blood bags.”

Even through the packaging, she could feel every cell in her body craving the liquid inside… This was definitely something good.

She glanced at Miss A before her, then back at her sister, and slowly nodded.

She had a feeling that perhaps…

“A-Yu.”

Wu Yan turned and, tearing open a bag of Blood Crystal Serum, beckoned to her sister.

The tall, B-rank Hunter obediently crouched down at Wu Yan’s gesture, opening its maw, filled with sharp teeth, the black bone spurs on its arms retracting slightly.

Wu Yan poured the entire bag of Blood Crystal Serum into the Hunter’s mouth.

The Hunter’s almost black muscles visibly turned scarlet as it absorbed the serum.

After the second bag was poured in, patches of broken skin seemed to be regenerating on the scarlet muscles.

Although it looked even more grotesque, Wu Yan was shocked by this change, and gradually became excited.

“M-Miss A, my sister, she…” Wu Yan quickly turned to Lin Jiayao, stammering, “She seems to have returned to her state from two weeks ago…”

Her sister’s zombification had been a slow process, but it had never reversed like this before. No wonder Wu Yan was so excited.

As expected…

Lin Jiayao nodded slightly.

That Hunter was indeed a zombifying B-rank Awakened, and the zombification wasn’t complete.

At least, compared to that terrifying, highly corrosive B-rank at the foot of Corpse Immortal Temple, she seemed more rational, just more monstrous in appearance.

She could be saved, but it would require a massive amount of Blood Crystal Serum, no less than what it took to create a B-rank.

But knowing this, the rest would be easy.

A slow smile spread across Lin Jiayao’s face.

“It seems the special Blood Crystal Serum from Kun City is very effective for your sister,” Lin Jiayao said, her voice softening, a hint of regret in her tone, “Unfortunately, I didn’t bring much this time.”

“If you want more Blood Crystal Serum, then come to Kun City. If we can replace all the ‘zombie blood’ in your sister’s body with pure Blood Crystal Serum, she should be able to fully revert back to human form.”

Lin Jiayao’s voice was filled with a mixture of regret, sympathy, and gentleness, a performance worthy of an Oscar.

And Wu Yan completely believed her.

“Kun… Kun City, where is it?” Wu Yan hurried to Lin Jiayao, then, realizing her forwardness, took a step back, placing her hand on her chest. “I’ll go right now.”

“Do you have a map?” Lin Jiayao smiled faintly, looking at Wu Yan. “I’ll mark a relatively safe route for you.”

“Oh, and I have one more bag left. I can give your sister a little more, so her zombification doesn’t worsen on the way…”

Hearing Lin Jiayao’s words, Wu Yan’s mind was overwhelmed by the excitement that her sister could recover.

She quickly turned and ran into the house, rummaging through things. Soon, she returned to Lin Jiayao, holding a box and a globe.

Wu Yan opened the box, knelt before Lin Jiayao, and, holding out the iron box containing four Blood Crystals and some fragments, said with tears in her eyes:

“These are all for you, please save my sister, Miss A…”

“There’s no need for that.” Lin Jiayao said, and with a flip of her hand, a bag of Blood Crystal Serum appeared. She took three Blood Crystals from the box. “Keep the rest for the journey, in case of danger.”

Just collecting the cost, that wasn’t too much, was it?

She hadn’t lost a single Blood Crystal in this exchange.

At this time, Wu Yan was completely moved by Lin Jiayao’s “generosity”. Coupled with her previous excitement, tears streamed down her face.

“Have your sister come over,” Lin Jiayao said, nodding slightly.

“A-Yu, come quickly.” Wu Yan stood up, patted the wound on her knee from kneeling on the rubble, and beckoned to the scarlet Hunter.

The Hunter obediently walked over and stopped before Lin Jiayao.

“I’ll help her with a blood transfusion. Don’t worry, it won’t hurt.” Lin Jiayao’s hands wriggled, covered in mycelium, forming two thick, fungal transfusion tubes.

Lin Jiayao was an expert at blood transfusions.

Injecting Blood Crystal Serum into one side while simultaneously extracting some of the other party’s blood crystal liquid and dissolved muscle to devour, it was very simple.

Lin Jiayao crushed the bag of Blood Crystal Serum within the mycelium tube, then wrapped her tentacle-like hands around the Hunter’s arms, piercing them.

Wu Yan watched, her heart in her throat. She quickly turned and hugged the Hunter’s leg, whispering reassurances.

She knew her zombifying sister had a volatile temper and was afraid she would lash out.

But to her surprise, her sister didn’t attack.

In fact, compared to before, her sister seemed to have shrunk slightly, and the tattered skin on her body seemed to be regenerating.

Lin Jiayao understood the “Hunter’s” condition better than Wu Yan.

It was absorbing the Blood Crystal Serum, rapidly repairing its body.

Perhaps its body and mind wouldn’t fully recover to their peak state—meaning its intelligence might decrease—but its recovery was certain.

After the Blood Crystal Serum was injected, Lin Jiayao didn’t stop extracting flesh and blood.

Soon, after almost draining the flesh and blood from the Hunter’s entire arm, Lin Jiayao finally stopped.

The muscles on A4’s body pulsed, wriggling like snakes beneath its skin.

Faintly, black patterns appeared on A4’s skin.

“Shing—”

A bone spur, like a mantis blade, sprang from A4’s arm. The bone within was no longer white with black patterns, but completely black, covered with blood-red mycelium.

This was a bit of a copyright infringement. (TN: Referring to the similar abilities of other characters)

Before the other party could react, Lin Jiayao retracted the bone blade and released her hands.

The blood crystal tubes hidden behind her were rapidly dissolving, a large amount of blood crystal liquid being absorbed by her bones.

Finally, she was absorbing blood crystal liquid again, no longer needing external storage… As expected, devouring more diverse genes allowed A4 to hold more Blood Crystals, pushing it closer to the A-rank evolution threshold.

“It’s done,” Lin Jiayao looked up slightly, looked at Wu Yu’s now more alert, scarlet eyes, smiled, and clapped her hands. “She’s recovering well. She just needs more Blood Crystal Serum to fully recover. Go to Kun City. You can earn Blood Crystal Serum by completing missions there.”

“I have things to do, I’ll be leaving now.”

Lin Jiayao carved a route on the globe with a bone spur, then turned and walked towards the Extraction Point.

Behind her, she could still hear Wu Yan’s repeated thanks and the sounds of them packing.

It seemed that her sister’s transformation had made Wu Yan unable to stay here any longer. She wanted to immediately take her sister and set off for the mysterious Kun City.

At this time, Lin Jiayao was switching her consciousness back to her main body, to have the Black Stem Fungus modify the Painted Skin Corpse Lock.

She already had the design for Wu Yan’s sister’s Painted Skin Corpse Lock; Lin Jiayao would keep her promise.

But besides the one for Wu Yu, Lin Jiayao also needed to customize a few more locks.

She still had a creamy yellow spore that hadn’t hatched yet, and there was also the Blue Serpent at home. She might also need them for the Eyeball Cube or the white fire-extinguishing fungus.

Since she could now obtain Blood Crystals from the Simulator, she might as well get some skin suits for the non-human beings at home.

Compared to coming home and seeing a meeting of animal friends, Lin Jiayao preferred to see them in human form, even if only partially.

Lin Jiayao gave A4 the command to run to the Extraction Point, and at the same time, she received some unexpected information from the Black Stem Fungus.

“Huayibai, what did the Black Stem say?” Lin Jiayao, sitting up in bed, asked Huayibai, who was sitting on her shoulder.

“She said the people on the mountain have all left,” Huayibai said, leaning against Lin Jiayao’s ear, “And she found a note, but she’s silly and doesn’t know what it says.”

The small Black Stem, with its kindergarten-level intelligence, obviously couldn’t recognize all the Chinese characters, only gesturing a few that it recognized.

“Of,” “-ed,” period, comma.

The small Black Stem didn’t have Huayibai’s mimicry ability and couldn’t write the words completely, so Lin Jiayao didn’t press further.

Even if she guessed, she could probably figure something out.

After Lin Jiayao announced the precautions for A-rank evolution in Kun City, most of the camps had probably started their journey to Kun City.

If she guessed correctly, the Corpse Immortal Temple, which she had encountered once, would also abandon their cultivation and head to Kun City, where a higher-level being had appeared.

If she waited a little longer, she would probably see the Corpse Immortal Temple come to her.

Not to mention, it would be much more convenient to buy skin suits in the future.

A4’s extraction wouldn’t be too dangerous, so Lin Jiayao simply waited for it to reach the Extraction Point.

Anyway, she could see if there was any danger, and the system would also give her a warning.

For the rest of the time, Lin Jiayao just needed to wait for A4 to automatically extract, and for the last twenty minutes of the Zombie Loot Box extraction to finish.

It was fully automated “leveling up”.

Lying on the mycelium blanket, just as Lin Jiayao was about to find something to do to relieve her boredom, she suddenly tilted her head.

Just now, through the green bugs’ vision, she seemed to see a rather large convoy of vehicles, struggling to make their way towards Kun City.

It seemed to be a military convoy.

People from Myanmar? Or Sharma, who would arrive later?

Sharma didn’t have any translation devices. If it was really a convoy from India, then Lin Jiayao had to go out and greet them, and then use Worm’s Eye to send them to learn Chinese.

Now the changes in the ash area were happening every day, with a large area being developed every day and planted with new vegetable seeds.

Compared to the farmland outside, housing seemed to be a bit tight. It was time for Lin Jiayao to open up more residential areas for the newcomers.

Right.

Lin Jiayao suddenly remembered that she hadn’t contacted the Northern Alliance for a long time. She seemed to have promised to bring them new Blood Crystal Combat Stimulants.

After dealing with the matters here, she would go to the north and take a look.

Lin Jiayao took Huayibai and the Blue Serpent, and sat back on the insect chair.

As for the small Black Stem in the cute maid outfit, Lin Jiayao left it at home to watch the house.

Before leaving, Lin Jiayao went upstairs to check on Kisaragi Mika.

Although Kisaragi Mika was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and sweating profusely, she didn’t seem to have any major problems.

Lin Jiayao found a vine, hung the remaining bag of Blood Crystal Serum, used the mycelium-mimicked tube as an IV tube, inserted it into Kisaragi Mika’s heart, and slowly injected the Blood Crystal Serum.

Being able to continuously fight and become stronger, without any worries about consumption, Kisaragi Mika should be very happy.

Lin Jiayao looked at Kisaragi Mika, who was lying on the bed receiving the “IV drip”, nodded with satisfaction, and then controlled the insect chair, heading towards the ash area.

Because, in the green bugs’ vision, she saw that the newly arrived convoy seemed to be stuck outside because of language problems.

The two groups of people looked at each other, both dumbfounded.

If she didn’t deal with it, there might be bloodshed because of the language barrier.

Meanwhile, on the highway at the border of the ash area, two groups of people were in a tense standoff.

On one side were the ash area combat members led by Lin Xiwan, and on the other side was a weak, white-skinned Indian beauty, leading a group of old, weak, women, and children, all women.

“Xiwan, what should we do now? They don’t seem to understand what we’re saying?” Wan Zi asked softly, “All the people in the camp who know foreign languages are here, and no one has learned their language.”

“It’s okay… if it doesn’t work…” Lin Xiwan had already started to think about calling her sister for help.

Now Lin Xiwan was considering whether she should ask her sister to take her into the dream world to learn eight languages. She really couldn’t understand why foreigners would come to them.

They didn’t seem to understand the Chinese broadcast either.

With a commotion behind the crowd, Lin Xiwan looked back and saw the familiar insect chair, and she slowly breathed a sigh of relief.