Chapter 11
The low-level zombies behind Xing Nuo, still suppressed by the lingering mental power of the zombie teacher, cowered on the ground, trembling.
The two little ones, not even as tall as a human’s thigh, ran unimpeded through the ruined city.
Xing Nuo walked steadily, his curls bouncing with each step, revealing his smooth, fair forehead.
His face was slightly pale, with an unnatural flush.
The little zombie beside him wasn’t so fortunate. It stumbled even while walking, let alone running.
Every few steps, it would trip and fall, landing on its knees with a thud.
Its knees were scraped and bleeding.
Its face was bruised and scratched, its chin a mangled mess, covered in dirt, like a pitiful, dusty little puppy.
Seeing the little zombie fall again, its clothes torn and dirty, Xing Nuo stopped, panting.
“Wittle zombie…okay?”
Xing Nuo reached out to help the little zombie up, but he wasn’t strong enough. He pulled and pulled, but the little zombie remained on the ground.
Exhausted, Xing Nuo sat down with a thump.
His face was streaked with dirt, his curls dusted with grime, his bunny slippers filthy.
Xing Nuo wiped the sweat from his face and looked up at the ruined buildings in the distance.
The sky was darkening, a gloomy gray, the air thick with the smell of decay.
Xing Nuo missed his dad and brother again.
The little zombie also got up and sat beside Xing Nuo, tilting its head to look at him.
“Xing Nuo.”
Xing Nuo’s curls swayed in the wind, his small chest rising and falling as he panted. He responded with a soft “Mm-hmm.”
Suddenly, without warning, Xing Nuo collapsed.
The little zombie’s vacant, dark eyes widened, and it held Xing Nuo’s small body, its face filled with panic.
“Xing Nuo!”
It shook Xing Nuo, whose entire body was burning hot, its stiff face showing a rare expression of anxiety.
Imitating humans, the little zombie reached out and touched Xing Nuo’s forehead.
The heat radiating from Xing Nuo’s forehead startled the little zombie, whose skin was ice-cold, and it quickly withdrew its hand.
Xing Nuo had developed a high fever.
Having spent a day in the zombie lair, a simple fever was the least of the problems Xing Nuo could have faced. He had held on for a long time.
The little zombie anxiously chewed its finger, repeatedly touching Xing Nuo’s forehead, its mind frantically searching for a solution.
The moment he sensed his little brother’s life force disappear, Shen Baizhou, who was copying his homework, abruptly looked up.
He flashed to the living room, only to find it empty, the TV screen displaying the bloody, ruined city.
His little brother had been taken.
Shen Baizhou’s eyes narrowed into reptilian slits, his hands and feet transforming into thick, slippery tentacles, thrashing behind him, smashing the coffee table and cabinets.
His ferocious instincts surged, but he remembered he was in the human world and restrained himself.
With his incredibly sensitive sense of smell, Shen Baizhou quickly tracked his little brother’s scent to the ruined city.
A city where humans and zombies clashed.
Shen Baizhou followed without hesitation, his terrifying aura unrestrained, making the zombies in the city tremble and cower in fear.
Every living creature in the city instinctively hid.
The zombie boss patrolling the city, sensing Shen Baizhou’s terrifying presence, turned to flee.
But before it could take two steps, a venomous tentacle wrapped around it, pulling it towards Shen Baizhou.
The zombie dangled upside down, its eyes bulging, barely able to growl.
Shen Baizhou’s true form was revealed, a massive body towering over the buildings, looking down at the insignificant zombie.
The sky over the city darkened as Shen Baizhou held the zombie like an ant, his gaze sweeping over the small city.
“Where’s my brother?”
His voice was hoarse and grating, like a siren from the abyss, each word causing splitting headaches.
Black blood oozed from the small boss zombie, its mouth agape as it struggled to answer.
“Don’t…know!”
How would I know where your brother is?!
Shen Baizhou didn’t care. His mental power pressed down on the city, meticulously searching for his brother’s scent.
In an instant, he found his target.
Shen Baizhou flung the zombie aside, a tentacle shooting towards his target.
The little zombie, who had been trying to hide Xing Nuo in a building, was sent flying by Shen Baizhou’s tentacle.
It crashed to the ground, the sound of cracking bones echoing.
But it still got up, running to shield Xing Nuo, baring its fangs at the monstrous tentacle.
In Shen Baizhou’s eyes, this small, humanoid creature, neither human nor zombie, wasn’t worth his time.
His gaze softened as it landed on Xing Nuo lying on the ground.
Found him!
In a flash, the massive monster vanished, replaced by the silver-haired, teenage Shen Baizhou.
Afraid of scaring his little brother, Shen Baizhou approached in his human form.
Kicking aside the small zombie that tried to interfere, Shen Baizhou didn’t even spare it a glance and gently picked up the feverish human cub.
Shen Baizhou touched Xing Nuo’s head, feeling the intense heat, and his eyes widened in panic.
His little brother was burning up, like a small furnace.
Humans were so fragile. Would he die from such a high fever?
Shen Baizhou anxiously turned to leave, carrying his little brother back to the castle.
He kicked away the small zombie that lunged at him and vanished from the dungeon world.
The small zombie, its body almost falling apart from the kick, lay on the ground, unable to get up.
After Shen Baizhou’s departure, the terrifying pressure that had enveloped the dungeon slowly dissipated.
In an underground human base.
Several players huddled together, cautiously listening to the sounds outside, exchanging glances.
Lowering their voices, they began to discuss:
“What happened? Why did the system suddenly announce that the dungeon level has increased?”
“An S+ level dungeon? I’ve been in so many dungeons, but I’ve never dared to challenge one of those!”
A veteran player, his forehead covered in sweat, wiped his brow and whispered:
“There’s only one possibility. An S+ level boss just came to this dungeon! That’s why the level increased!”
Dungeon levels weren’t fixed; they could increase due to unexpected events or special circumstances.
But an increase to S+ level was a first for the veteran player!
A newbie player’s face paled, cold sweat dripping down his face, his body trembling uncontrollably.
“What kind of monster could exert such terrifying pressure?”
This was just a D-level survival dungeon. What would attract such a powerful monster?
The players couldn’t understand and didn’t dare to go outside to investigate.
Fortunately, after the monster’s appearance, the low-level zombies in the city cowered in fear, not daring to come out.
Even the highest-level zombie had been nearly killed by Shen Baizhou, let alone the others.
Thanks to this, the players safely survived the three days.
As soon as the time was up, they quickly submitted their mission and fled the dungeon.
In the dimly lit basement of the castle.
A blood-red pool, bubbling with crimson air, held the curly-haired little cub in its center.
Changing the pool’s color slightly affected its potency, but since Xing Nuo was unconscious with a high fever, the frightening blood-red color didn’t matter.
Xing Nuo’s face was pale, his small hands limp in the water, his curls plastered to his forehead.
He lay unconscious in the pool.
The surrounding blood-red liquid seemed to have a life of its own, swirling around Xing Nuo, its vibrant color filling one’s vision, making his paleness even more stark.
Shen Wen’s face was grim as he stared at the bubbling water, his expression sinister.
“I just went out to buy a nightlight, and he ends up like this.”
Shen Baizhou, standing beside him, shook his head, sneaking a glance at the furious Shen Wen, not daring to speak.
Although he had quickly found his little brother, the flow of time in the dungeon was different from the real world. By the time he arrived, a whole day had passed there.
“Who dared to pull Xing Nuo into a dungeon?”
Shen Wen had left his monster scent and unique monster markings on Xing Nuo.
Although the horror bosses in the Infinite Flow dungeons operated independently and often disliked each other,
none of them would be foolish enough to drag a human cub with Shen Wen’s scent into a dungeon!
Offending Shen Wen, with his vindictive nature, was equivalent to offending Shen Baizhou and Shen Yan as well.
These two top-tier horror monsters he had created were naturally on his side, fiercely protective of their family.
“Tell Shen Yan to investigate this thoroughly. He has many monsters under his command. Find out which idiot did this.”
Shen Baizhou, consumed by guilt, his silver-white hair falling over his eyes, hiding his remorseful gaze, nodded.
He immediately turned to find Shen Yan.
He also made another trip to the zombie dungeon.
Finding the zombies that carried his little brother’s scent, Shen Baizhou unleashed his fury, beating them to near-death.
However, despite searching the entire dungeon, he couldn’t find the black-haired little zombie he had kicked earlier.
Ml? (￣▽￣)~*
i was wondering what happened until i realized that he was probably taken as a player.