Chapter 8: Chapter 8: My Brain Itches, Evolution Begins!
On the street, Lu Chuan stared at the Blood Moon overhead, feeling a bit bewildered.
Ji Ruxue, the reborn empress, had experienced the end times and knew much about the Blood Moon.
But Lu Chuan had come from another peaceful world and had no idea what this meant.
Nevertheless, Lu Chuan quickly found a corner and set down the baby formula he was holding.
Opening the can of formula, Lu Chuan was relieved to find the formula inside remained white.
"Thank goodness, that gave me a fright. I thought I had contracted pink eye."
"My eyes are fine, does that mean the moon really turned blood-colored?!"
This sudden change left Lu Chuan somewhat amazed, but he quickly picked up the supplies and continued toward home.
In this odd world, even a zombie apocalypse can occur, so the moon turning blood-red doesn’t seem impossible.
To be precise...
A silent, dark night, an empty city, beast-like roars, a blood-red round moon—this is the standard end-times setup, right?!
Lu Chuan felt no discomfort with the arrival of the Blood Moon, instead thinking it seemed as it should be.
After all, he had seen many similar scenarios in various sci-fi movies in his previous life.
Ignoring the changes in the sky, Lu Chuan transformed into a hamster, starting a frenzy of moving supplies that night.
Being a zombie meant he hardly felt fatigue, and his strength was significantly greater than before.
Thus, Lu Chuan brought back all the items a little guy might use, batch after batch.
Things like formula, bottles, and diapers were essential for a baby, and Lu Chuan packed up a heap of them each time.
Before long, the room was filled with supplies, hoarded by Lu Chuan.
Next, Lu Chuan began stockpiling various snacks and children’s toys, even grabbing children’s books.
Though it was said to be the apocalypse, Lu Chuan felt it was still important to teach the little one to read and talk.
After all, as the saying goes, one should never compromise on education.
Ji Ruxue saw the pile of ’Three Years of Exam Practice, Five Years of Mock Exams’ that Lu Chuan brought back, feeling her scalp tingle.
If I remember correctly... I’m not even a year old yet, right??
Starting with exam papers now, isn’t it a bit too soon?!
Besides, it’s the apocalypse and exams??!
But Lu Chuan didn’t care about these things; he just brought back anything he thought useful.
Even though the little one was still less than a year-old baby, Lu Chuan hauled back several sacks of fifty kilo rice.
Lu Chuan found that after becoming a zombie, his strength increased considerably, and his stamina improved, able to lift these fifty kilo sacks with one hand.
Rice is good, rice is filling—this was Lu Chuan’s most straightforward thought.
As for how to cook meals without water and electricity, and when the not-even-one-year-old might eat rice—these weren’t within his current consideration; these things would be useful someday...
Throughout this transport process, Lu Chuan felt no fatigue, but rather that life was full of hope.
He felt everything he did now was laying the foundation for a better new life, and once he started, he couldn’t stop.
This roughly hundred-square-meter house was already packed full by Lu Chuan.
Then on his fourth round of moving, Lu Chuan suddenly felt something wasn’t right with his body.
Lu Chuan quickly set down the supplies and leaned against the wall.
At this moment, Lu Chuan felt that his already-zombie body inexplicably sensed a scorching heat!
This odd phenomenon left Lu Chuan immensely shocked, aware that he was currently a zombie.
To be precise, a moving corpse.
His blood had long stopped flowing, turning into a sickly black-brown color.
The icy chill throughout his body made this strange searing feeling both unfamiliar and familiar to him!
At that instant, Lu Chuan suddenly felt a surge of emotion.
The scorching energy within made him feel as though he had returned to his living times!
However, immediately after, Lu Chuan noticed his brain itching intolerably, appearing as if it might explode!
Lu Chuan could only squat in the corner at this moment, clutching his head, his body trembling uncontrollably; he didn’t know what was happening.
"Damn it! Has my human consciousness experience card expired? Am I to become one of those bloodthirsty zombies?!"
This suddenly descending strange sensation made Lu Chuan somewhat panicked at that moment.
He had just found the resolve to revitalize his life, discovered new hope and goals.
He had managed within this broken world to find a companion to live on with him, and Lu Chuan refused to let himself fade away like this.
At this moment, Lu Chuan clenched his teeth; his previously blood-red eyes now filled with determination.
Though Lu Chuan didn’t know what was happening to him or what he might become, he wanted to stay conscious.
Lu Chuan didn’t notice at this moment that the black veins on his body were gradually lightening and transitioning to a greenish color.
Meanwhile, the terrifying-looking wound on his shoulder, after a month, had eroded and dried, appearing filthy and disgusting.
But this gruesome wound astonishingly began to heal slowly.
Though it didn’t return to its original state, it looked less grotesque than before.
Lu Chuan’s nails also began to change gradually, and those sharp, loose teeth became a bit more aligned.
Because he had become a zombie, Lu Chuan’s once thick black hair had fallen out into sparseness.
Yet now, as Lu Chuan’s body kept trembling, his originally sparse hair grew thicker.
Though still far from its living appearance, it improved significantly from the zombie-like baldness!
At this moment, amid the silent night, sporadic zombie roars echoed!
Many zombies under the moon experienced the same as Lu Chuan, their bodies trembling.
Some survivors exposed to the moonlight experienced bodily heat, undergoing some changes under its glow.
Their internal blood flow sped up, organs pulsating more vigorously, muscles becoming more toned, bones seemingly tougher.
Sunshine District.
Ji Ruxue in the bedroom was also bathed in the blood-red moonlight from the window.
Her petite body started trembling slightly; Ji Ruxue felt her entire body heating up.
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