The Mad Scientist’s Domesticated Little Zombie 44

Chapter 44: I Knew You’ve Wanted to Be a Zombie for a Long Time…

“If you want to show off, then produce another achievement.”

“Name it after the two of you, and put it into use when you get married. From then on, your anniversary will be the new birthday of humanity. The purchase fee will be your wedding gift. Even in the history books, your two names will be carved together. If anyone dares to say anything bad about you or not bless you, they will be treated as traitors.”

Song Jing said with a wooden face, his tone sarcastic, and the more he said, the more outrageous it became. But the more he said, the more serious Shi Changyuan’s expression became, as if he were really considering the feasibility of this.

Then, as expected, Song Jing heard a sentence.

“Good idea.”

“Brother-in-law is so thoughtful.”

Song Jing: …If he weren’t asking for a favor, he really wanted to sweep this guy out the door.

“Does Professor Shi mean that you already have an idea?”

Song Jing, still with a wooden face, asked without much hope.

After all, when he had mentioned this a day ago, the other person had flipped out. He didn’t believe that such a big change could happen in just one day—

“I do.”

Shi Changyuan nodded. “And the success rate is much higher than your plan.”

The military’s plan was to hope that he could develop a weak ability that could completely resist the virus and also partially strengthen ordinary people.

These two requirements were essentially an enhanced version of the combination of the serum and the ability-enhancing potion, and there was already a successful basis for it.

“There’s not just one way for ordinary humans to get a ticket to the new world. I’m thinking, it’s better to guide than to block.”

“As long as all humans become high-tier zombies and re-establish a social system, what’s the difference between zombies and humans? And there won’t be any racial conflicts.”

If humans and zombies stood on opposite sides, then this apocalypse would never end.

When Song Jing learned of Shi Changyuan’s plan, his heart skipped a beat. He could only say that there was indeed a thin line between a genius and a madman.

“You’re being too bold.”

“If I’m not bold, how can I be in a relationship with a zombie?” Shi Changyuan smiled. “Don’t worry, if this thing is developed, I will be the first test subject.”

Song Jing’s eyes darkened, his thoughts unknown. “This matter, I have to report it to the higher-ups.”

“You can report it. The higher-ups won’t come to a conclusion without arguing for ten days to half a month. When the result comes out, you can come and find me at the research institute.”

With that, Shi Changyuan took Lingling and swiped some ingredients from the military’s back kitchen, and brought them back to City B.

“Are you serious? You’re going to turn all humans into zombies?”

After they left the camp, the little zombie dared to ask. After all, it was a bit too arrogant to make such a grand pronouncement on human territory. A smart zombie would definitely not do that.

But Shi Changyuan dared.

“Doesn’t Lingling want to rule the world? If the whole world is full of zombies, and Lingling is the Zombie Emperor, doesn’t that count as ruling the world?”

The little zombie followed Shi Changyuan’s train of thought, thought for a moment, and nodded. “It does.”

“Then that’s it.”

Shi Changyuan smiled and started the vehicle. “I told you, Lingling can have whatever you want.”

Hearing this, the great Zombie Emperor, who had thought he wouldn’t be able to rule the world, his eyes instantly lit up.

“Yay!!!”

“I told you that if you were a zombie, you would definitely be a very powerful big zombie. You kid, you’ve really wanted to join our zombie camp for a long time!”

The great Zombie Emperor lifted his head proudly and began to extol the virtues of the zombie race.

“Let me tell you, our zombie genes are good. We’re all strong and healthy, and our genes are the most, most, most amazing.”

“Your human genes are really weak. All kinds of bacteria, fungi, and viruses, the moment they enter your body, you get sick. How can our genes be like that? Do these things dare to provoke us?”

“We’ll eat them all!”

These words immediately aroused Shi Changyuan’s curiosity. He almost instantly thought of the “Sanctuary” laboratory back then, and how it had step by step gone down the crazy path of “immortality.”

“Then does Lingling mean that ability users or high-tier zombies who have been infected with the zombie virus will never get sick?”

The little zombie nodded, hands on his hips. “Of course!”

“Then what about a human’s own mutated cells?”

“What are ‘own mutated cells’?”

Lin Ling didn’t quite understand this. He looked up at Shi Changyuan, waiting for an explanation, and Shi Changyuan didn’t keep him in suspense, but said it bluntly.

“Cancer cells.”

But this seemed to be a blind spot in the little zombie’s knowledge. He scratched his head, trying to understand.

“Cancer cells? Our zombie-gene-modified bloodline shouldn’t have this kind of low-level genetic error. Even if it does, it shouldn’t be more dominant than our cells.”

“If that doesn’t work, we can just cut off the occupied area. Anyway, a high-tier zombie’s self-healing ability is strong enough.”

So that’s how it is.

Shi Changyuan smiled with understanding. Perhaps the research institute’s research direction at the beginning was about conquering cancer, but there were always people with ill intentions, who were extremely greedy.

Because of the long incubation period, there were no results in the cancer research, and they hadn’t seen the side effects of zombification, so they had crooked ideas.

“Besides good genes, what else?”

The moment Shi Changyuan asked, the little zombie was like a bean, spilling everything out.

“The most obvious, of course, is lifespan.”

“The lifespan of our zombie race should be two to three times that of you humans, because we consume less energy.”

Shi Changyuan nodded in agreement. “That is indeed a huge advantage.”

“Right, right.” The little zombie was very happy to be affirmed and summarized, “We eat less, can work, and live longer.”

Hearing this, Shi Changyuan suddenly changed his mind and said with a polite smile, “…When you put it all together, it doesn’t sound like an advantage anymore.”

The little zombie’s eyes widened in confusion. “It doesn’t sound like an advantage?”

“It sounds like a beast of burden.”

The great Zombie Emperor: Σ( ° △°|||)︴

“Th-Then we have other advantages!”

Lin Ling hurriedly tried to save the reputation of the zombie race. “Not to mention that some can differentiate into abilities, and our zombies all have very good personalities. We don’t have as many bad intentions as you humans.”

“That’s also debatable.”

Not having so many bad intentions is not necessarily a good thing. After all, having bad intentions is one thing, and being brainless is another.

He didn’t want to wake up one day to a world where the IQ had dropped by a hundred times.

But the little zombie in front of him had just the right amount of bad intentions, which was very cute.

Lin Ling had no idea what the evil human was really thinking. He only felt that the zombie genes were the best. If everyone were like the high-tier zombies in City B, there would be no opposition or conflict. Everyone could just wander around aimlessly.

Hmm… maybe they could even develop some new forms of entertainment.

For this earth-shattering plan, the zombie camp could just think about eating, drinking, and playing, but the human camp had to consider much more.

The people at the top, as Shi Changyuan had expected, were divided into several viewpoints and were arguing endlessly.

“Alright, we’re home.”

The road to the B02 area was familiar the second time around. They didn’t stay at Song Jing’s place for long. They left in the morning and were back by lunchtime.

The little zombie jumped out of the car at the courtyard gate and, as he turned his head, he saw Auntie Man, who had opened the door and was waiting for him at the main entrance.

“Auntie Man, why are you out here?”

Lin Ling was startled and quickly took Auntie Man’s hand and led her into the house. “There’s no navigation now. If you get lost in the city, it’ll be very hard to get back.”

“…Ling, Ling.”

Auntie Man smiled and called out his name.

“Is Auntie Man’s vocal cords recovering?!”

The little zombie’s eyes lit up. He quickly asked, “Can Auntie Man speak now?”

“…Y-Yes, but…”

It was a bit difficult.

Lin Ling automatically completed the last few words.

Auntie Man’s voice was still a bit hoarse, and the sound she made was not loud enough, a bit like the recovery period for vocal cords.

But once she recovered her speech and no longer made the zombie’s characteristic “ho ho” sound, she could completely and perfectly blend into the human crowd without being discovered.

“Congratulations.”

Shi Changyuan also said.

“…Thank, you.”

Auntie Man also nodded slightly at Shi Changyuan, as elegant and gentle as before.

Shi Changyuan looked at Auntie Man, who was almost no different from an ordinary person, thought for a moment, and asked, “I wonder if Auntie Man would be willing to go with us to the research institute at the fifth human base.”

“City B is still too lonely now.”

“…W-Why?”

“It’s like this. After Lingling accidentally left City B, he has been working at the research institute, has a place to live, and has made new friends.”

“Our new project is to end the apocalypse, so we have to go back to the laboratory. When the apocalypse is completely over and City B is rebuilt, we’ll come back.”

Shi Changyuan summarized it in a few words. Seeing Auntie Man hesitate, he blurted out a reason that a mother could not refuse.

“And your son will probably participate in this project. Don’t you want to reunite with General Song?”

Auntie Man really couldn’t refuse, but she still had her worries.

Her identity was now a zombie. She couldn’t control her craving for blood. It was fine just looking at people, but if someone got hurt and the smell of blood spread…

It would be a disaster.

She would rather not see Song Jing for the rest of her life than to tarnish the words “General Song.”

She wrote her concerns on a piece of paper. Her handwriting was slightly different from before, a factor of some small muscles not being fully under her control yet.

Lin Ling looked at the note and comforted her, “Don’t worry, Auntie Man. A high-tier zombie’s self-control is very strong. The body’s instincts are still below the brain’s commands.”

“If Auntie Man couldn’t control herself, you would have run out of this yard long ago.”

Those wandering zombies who had run away were the kind of zombies who had no brain and no self-control. Generally, as long as there was a little bit of self-awareness, the consciousness would override the instinct.

This was why a zombie’s brain was particularly important. Whether the brain had evolved or not was the dividing line between high-tier and low-tier.

“Then it’s happily decided.”

“We’ll stay here for a while longer, then we’ll go back to the research institute together.”

The little zombie’s eyes were sparkling, exceptionally excited.

Is this the feeling of not having to make a choice? It’s so good!

If it weren’t for the distance between the two places, he would really want to live in City B on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and at the research institute on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and go on a picnic with Shi Changyuan and stay in a tent on Sundays.

Lin Ling also gave Auntie Man a key to the main gate of City B and thoughtfully hung it on her wrist.

“When we get to the research institute, you’ll have another key.”

“Just like me.”