Wei Xun’s body shivered because it was frigid, and not only because of his title “Cold Blooded”. He was strung like a piece of dry bacon on the sickle-like forelimb of the zombified flying fox king. It was extremely windy at the height he was hanging from.
Fortunately, the zombified flying fox king was not aware that he was moving——ever since Wei Xun had gently pierced the demonic mosquito mouthpiece into his forelimb, the zombified flying fox king appeared to be completely unaware of Wei Xun’s presence. The person he wished to kill had disappeared without a trace. The zombified flying fox king rummaged in the stream suspiciously and maniacally, smelled everywhere and bellowed fiercely, but strangely turned a blind eye to Wei Xun, who was close at hand.
[Ignore One’s Existence: The Valentine family’s mosquitos can’t even be detected by [words you are not able to learn of] when sucking blood.]
[Greed: The Valentine family’s mosquitoes only absorb the best blood and turn it into their own strength.]
These two lines detailing the value of the prop were not revealed to him by Travel Services, but were summarized by Wei Xun based on the characteristics of the demonic mosquito mouthpiece. He also had certain advantages when his body was out of control and entirely dominated by his mutation impulses. The rate of his body’s mutation grew considerably, and peculiar information he had never known before surged into his consciousness. Wei Xun’s instincts informed him that knowing this information was extremely harmful. He wasn’t supposed to know this information. If he learned more, his head would burst before he totally mutated.
Though he had a lot of new knowledge in his mind, he had to deliberately ignore it. Wei Xun found it hard to not think about it. Fortunately, he was now in a crisis. The contract between the golden mosquito and Wei Xun enabled Wei Xun to safely learn about the information related to it.
The Valentine family’s demonic mosquito dwelt on the third floor of [words you are not able to learn of] (Wei Xun had a hunch that if he knew about the words, his head would explode). Countless years ago, the Valentine family’s demonic mosquito was the weakest and lowest-ranking demonic mosquito. The leader of the demonic mosquito was lucky because it absorbed the blood of [words you are not able to learn of] and survived.
Since then, this demonic mosquito group has risen in rank, been bestowed a name, and its mouthpiece has developed unique abilities.
Wei Xun almost fainted after reading this information for a short while. But this did not prevent him from using the demonic mosquito mouthpiece to scheme against the zombified flying fox king.
Although there was a more secure approach , the thrill of taking a risk and the desire for stimulation were carved in Wei Xun’s personality and he couldn’t change it. When the demonic mosquito mouthpiece was jabbed into the forelimb of the zombified flying fox king, Wei Xun’s countdown to death, which had been falling rapidly, suddenly stopped. After a brief pause, his countdown to death began to rise for the first time.
The demonic mosquito mouthpiece would suck the blood which contained the most nutrients, or rather, the richest energy source. Currently, Wei Xun’s biggest crisis was the zombified flying fox king. A large amount of toxins, which couldn’t be cleansed, were deposited in his body.
He felt his physical immobility lessen after sucking blood through the demonic mosquito mouthpiece. Unfortunately, the demonic mosquito mouthpiece was too thin and couldn’t absorb energy out like a water pump. Absorbing the energy would take a long time.
After resting for half an hour, he was certain that the paralysis would not impede him from moving. Wei Xun swung his waist with great force, hugging the sickle-like forelimb of the zombified flying fox king and hanging on to it like a sloth. Then he moved stealthily, pulling himself free from the forelimb of the zombified flying fox king.
His entire chest had been pierced by the forelimb, and blood began to flow out as soon as he freed himself. Fortunately, Wei Xun had swapped 1500 points for an intermediate restorative agent in time to heal his ruptured chest. He paid another 200 points to increase the time in his countdown to death.
Wei Xun’s predicament was finally over. His sanity was no longer influenced by the lack of SAN. He had pulled up the plunging countdown to death. He was continuously relieved of the intractable poison in his body by taking blood from the zombified flying fox king. Wei Xun even felt a smidgeon of relief.
The influx of a large amount of pure energy felt really enjoyable.
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This was the reason for the zombified flying fox king’s frustration——but something more terrifying happened thereafter.
It suddenly realized that it was becoming weaker!
The innate instincts of a monster were extremely acute. The zombified flying fox king should have been aware of its strength gradually fading from the beginning but it had disregarded this sensation. By the time it realized what it was, it was too late.
Wah——”
The zombified flying fox king fled through the mountains and forests, wailing and shrieking. Its mutated wing membrane and massive bulk prevented it from jumping and gliding among the branches like the other zombified flying fox kings. It could only run and roll in panic, but no matter what it tried, it couldn’t get rid of the unseen and terrible enemy.
Another old tree was toppled under the strength of the zombified flying fox king. Its trunk, which wasn’t considered particularly heavy, pressed against the zombified flying king’s body. But this time, it was like the straw that broke the camel’s back—the massive body of the zombified flying fox king trembled and then collapsed.
[Beep, you have plundered all the vital blood of the zombified flying fox king]
When the zombified flying fox king collapsed, Wei Xun took advantage of the opportunity to jump onto the tree on the opposite side to avoid being pressed down by its massive body. He was now full. The vital blood from the zombified flying fox king was too pure for him. He had been “full” five minutes before the zombified flying fox king collapsed, but Wei Xun was a voracious little devil who wanted to devour it all. This was why he kept sucking on its blood till now.
He had a greater sensation of hunger even after feeling full. His deformed body continued to scream “hungry.” It desired more homologous and potent energy. Although the zombified flying fox king was magnificent, his body had lost its appetite for it.
After thinking about it for a while, Wei Xun realized where he may obtain its so-called “homologous” energy from. He coldly suppressed the urge.
His body wanted him to suck Wu Laoliu. But his body would have to wait until the next life to do that.
Compared to everything that was happening, Wei Xun was more interested in the Travel Services’ prompt in his mind.
[Your esteemed self will be able to mutate into a zombified flying fox king with a success rate of 50%]
“Mutate into a zombified flying fox king……under normal circumstances or under a state where my SAN is dropping continuously? And how much does the SAN value need to drop before I mutate into that?”
Wei Xun spoke to himself in a low voice, and only he could hear what he was saying. He headed over to the zombified flying fox king. This monstrous beast was not completely dead, and he wanted to end its life.
He had no idea he’d be in for such a surprise in the end. There was no doubt about the zombified flying fox king’s ferocity. Its robust exoskeleton, impenetrable large body the size of an armored tank, sharp sickle-like forelimbs or toxic blood that could softly volatilize into the air when it was harmed to immobilize the enemy; all of these promised to be highly beneficial.
Although Wei Xun could stand his own against it after mutating, he had not completely mutated and turned into a monster. And it was wise to be cautious while his SAN value and countdown to death were both low.
In contrast, the possibility for him to be able to mutate to the zombified flying fox king was very interesting. In Wei Xun’s opinion, the probability of 50% was quite high!
“Next time, I’ll suck on a zombified flying fox king that knows how to fly.”
Wei Xun began to think about the next target he could target. Everyone wished that they could fly. Wei Xun hadn’t tried to fly himself.
The demonic mosquito mouthpiece’s strength was so strong it was beyond his comprehension. Yet, something that could “plunder all vital blood” had to be rare. Wei Xun had mutated so much that he could almost kill the zombified flying fox king. If he came across a stronger creature and swallowed its vital blood which would be laden with far more energy, he may explode.
“Goodbye.”
Wei Xun was polite. With his sharp claws, he stripped off the exoskeleton which was in his way from the chest of the zombified flying fox king and gouged out its heart.
The zombified flying fox king convulsed, spasmed, and the grayish-brown blood flowing out of it made a sizzling sound. Its whole body, like the little mermaid under the sun, turned into foam and dissipated.
The zombified flying fox king was completely killed by Wei Xun.
[Beep, random task completed!]
[Task reward issuance——]
[Your esteemed self received: Pingping’s Diary]
[Your esteemed self received: Pingping’s Eyeball (Relative to the scene)]
[Your esteemed self received 500 points]
[New scenic spot, Flying Fox Mountain Forest, Progress——99.5%]
[Beep, you killed the zombified flying fox king. The zombified flying fox illustration book has been completely collected and a special chart sign has been activated]
[The zombified flying fox king, a Special-rank Two-star monster, is a flying fox raised by the corpse driver Pingping since childhood. Its body has the remnant soul of her elder brother, Ah Long. It is Pingping’s favorite flying fox and the flying fox that she was most on guard against after her death. It attacked Pingping, swallowed Pingping’s eyes, and was finally sealed in the couple tree by Pingping to guard the ghost baby graveyard forever.]
[Your esteemed self has used the New Scenic Spot Experience Ball, and an unanticipated threat has arisen. The annihilation of the zombified flying fox clan had awakened this threat. Be careful! Stop it from hatching or defeat and kill it, and your esteemed self will win the ultimate triumph and receive rewards from the Travel Services!]
[Beep, the monster, in the second scenic spot, the zombified flying fox king, has died early. The Travel Services is calculating……planning……Beep, the adjustment of Intoxicating Xiangxi tour’s attractions has been completed!]
Wei Xun didn’t manage to finish listening to the message of the Travel Services. The next second, he blacked out and fainted.
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[Fuck, fuck, what’s going on? Why did he faint!]
[Damn, this livestream really makes people’s blood pressure jump repeatedly. It’s too exciting, too exciting]
[What’s going on? Isn’t the zombified flying fox king dead yet!]
[What’s going on with III-9? Can anyone tell me what happened to him]
[No, I can’t understand what happened after the zombified flying fox couldn’t find him. How exactly did he counterattack against it]
Not everyone had seen III-9 stabbing the mouthpiece into the zombified flying fox king like Bai Xiaosheng. Even if they had, they didn’t have a legendary prop that could analyze props like Bai Xiaosheng’s magnifying glass.
At present, most of the audience were very confused. There were already seven or eight posts about how III-9 had killed the zombified flying fox king in the forum. In the virtual hall, Shi Xiao was also stunned. Because he had been overly nervous, his brain had become numb and his mind had drifted away. His senses finally returned to him when III-9 fainted.
“Mr. Bai, III-9 isn’t dead, right?!”
Shi Xiao’s heart clenched. This was something he was concerned about the most now.
“He isn’t, he defeated the zombified flying fox king.”
Bai Xiaosheng said, “His fainting may be caused by over-consumption and too much blood loss.”
“That’s good, that’s good.”
Shi Xiao just breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could recollect the battle between III-9 and the zombified flying fox king, he glanced at Bai Xiaosheng’s pocket watch. Shi Xiao suddenly remembered a more serious problem said anxiously asked:
“But if he faints now……how long will he be fainting for? He still has to explain the next attraction.”
It took more than an hour and a half for III-9 to be ambushed by the zombified flying fox king before it lost its target and eventually got annihilated by him. Now, it was almost five o’clock in the morning, Miao Fangfei and the others’ peach-wood talisman attraction had ended.
There were three closely connected attractions in the Baby Bamboo Miao Village scenic spot. After one attraction was completed, the tourists should start preparing for the next one immediately. They didn’t have any time to spare, but now III-9 was unconscious and no one knew when he would wake up. The audience could see the tourists looking for III-9 in the other livestream screen, but they couldn’t find him——How would they know that III-9 had killed the zombified flying fox king in advance!
T/N: I’m really sorry. I realized I made a mistake in translation in chapter 21.1, and I’ve edited it. In chapter 21.1, Old Chief Ma wasn’t bitten by a Jiangshi which led him to becoming black and stiff. He was bitten by a black zombie. I’ve just checked that it’s a reference to the 1984 Hongkong flick starring Stephen Chow, Black and White Zombie, (alt. title “the nuts”). I can’t find many search results for this movie in English, which was why I missed out on the reference. T.T
I went on to search for “black zombie” in Chinese and found that there was such a reference. The movie depicts two zombies from the black and white zombie tribe descendants.