Chapter 236 : Can't List Them All, The Names Simply Can't Be Listed All

"You can't just shrink back and pretend nothing happened..."

"Lying right when we meet, I suspect you're not a good person!!"

"My beautiful lady! No!"

Lin Li dragged the bag and quickly stepped forward, arriving beside the head.

However, on the way over, Lin Li's attention was actually also on the second floor. One must always be on guard against others.

Who knew if this head was like the Nine-Turn Large Intestine, intentionally dropped to tempt him.

But the other party made no extra movements, staying put and not even leaning out.

Perhaps she felt embarrassed.

So he got the head. Fortunately, the beautiful lady's lower and upper jaw were still there.

As long as the mouth was still there, it was fine.

Dotingly patting the beautiful lady's skull, Lin Li tossed it into the bag, dragged it into the building, and began looking for the stairs.

After finding them, he started going up, but halfway up, Lin Li stopped and called out: "Hello, I'm coming up?"

"Okay."

Only after getting permission did Lin Li officially drag the beautiful lady up to the second floor.

The masked survivor was still standing by the wall, very close to the edge, with vigilance in her eyes, seemingly ready to escape through the huge gap in the wall at the slightest sign of trouble.

Lin Li simply stopped approaching.

"Hello, my name is Bai Bufan." To show his sincerity, Lin Li introduced himself first.

"Su Dan." The other party nodded.

A steel rod was tossed over, and Lin Li's empty right hand caught it steadily.

"This steel rod is yours too, returning it to you," Su Dan said.

"That won't be necessary, I have a new one, it's a gift for you." Lin Li shook his head and tossed the steel rod back, while gesturing to the weapons at his waist.

Then there was another brief silence.

"I think we both have a lot of questions for each other. Let me tell you a secret of mine first, this is indeed necessary to clarify beforehand.

—I am not from your world, I come from another world."

Lin Li's opening statement was a bombshell.

After all, Lin Li felt there was absolutely no need to hide this.

Su Dan had seen him disappear with her own eyes, and Lin Li felt he couldn't play the role of a native; he would only be full of loopholes, so it was better to tell the truth.

This would also make it much easier to ask for information about this world later.

"Not from our world..." Su Dan's murmuring voice sounded a bit surprised, but she accepted it quickly, perhaps because only this could explain the bizarre scenes she had witnessed:

"So... you also speak Gai?"

"Gai? Pretty much, we call it Chinese, but we also have other languages, like... How are you?" Lin Li shrugged and said.

Su Dan: "..."

"I'm fine, thank you. And you?" she replied.

"Fuck."

"Um... maybe it's more appropriate for me to say 'fuck' here?"

"FUCK."

Lin Li couldn't hold it in anymore. Damn it, where the hell am I? Is this still another world? This is clearly just going home.

"What do you call this planet? Earth, Blue Star?" Lin Li continued to ask.

"Mingyuan."

"Not bad, that sounds a bit more badass than ours." Lin Li expressed high approval of this.

"...I feel like yours sounds better." Su Dan shook her head.

Then Lin Li asked Su Dan some questions about the background of this planet.

It was equivalent to a parallel world. Although the languages were indeed basically the same, with Earth's major mainstream languages existing in different federal nations here, the history of the planet from the past to the present was completely unrelated.

Su Dan's description of Mingyuan Star's history found basically no counterpart in Lin Li's mind. The city beneath their feet was called Yunguang, belonging to the Yunshang Federation with a population of seventy million.

Because of this, many idioms involving historical allusions in the language were completely incomprehensible to both sides.

As their understanding of each other's backgrounds deepened, both of them lowered their guard a bit. They tacitly placed their weapons on the ground and moved closer to facilitate communication.

"No Genshin Impact, no Kobe. A meme kid like me would definitely have a hard time living in this world," Lin Li said with a heavy voice.

"Genshin Impact... what is that? A supernatural deity?" Su Dan was very confused.

Lin Li's eyes slowly shifted to Su Dan. You asked for this.

Broadcaster voice, activated. Chanting, begin:

"Genshin Impact is a brand new open-world adventure game independently developed by miHoYo... You will play as a mysterious character named 'Traveler'... At the same time, gradually uncover the truth of 'Genshin Impact'."

Perhaps it was precisely because this world didn't have Genshin Impact that it turned out like this.

Terrifying when you think about it. miHoYo has never denied that it saved the world.

Su Dan: "?"

"So it's a game? Then... this game... must be very fun to play." But seeing Lin Li's enthusiastic expression, she said politely.

"So what year is it here according to your calendar?" Lin Li returned to the main topic.

"1435."

"How did Mingyuan Star become like this? Can you tell me about these zombies? And a very important point, does their bite turn living people into zombies too?"

Lin Li looked at the ruins outside and asked.

Hearing this, Su Dan's gaze also turned to the world outside the building. Her eyes no longer held the helpless look of watching an idiot, but rather a hint of sadness:

"How did it become like this? Two years ago, the zombie disease broke out without warning. Without contact, without being bitten, a large number of people turned into zombies for no reason and began indiscriminately attacking all living people. To this day, I still don't know the reason.

"Creatures killed by them have a high probability of 'resurrecting' as zombies. But as long as the person doesn't die, the injured area, although it will become inflamed or even ulcerate, won't affect their mind, nor will they turn into a zombie. It can be cured.

"If you're just bitten, there's no need to worry."

Only two years?

"In two years, could zombies turn a city into ruins like this?" Lin Li was a bit puzzled.

"Yunguang City was one of the first places where the zombie virus appeared. It was bombed and purged, which is the main reason it became like this," Su Dan said concisely.

"Then what about the cities outside now?"

"I don't know. I know nothing about the outside world. I've never left Yunguang," Su Dan shook her head.

"Never left? Didn't you come back later? Then during the bombing?" Lin Li was a bit confused.

"They didn't notify any of us survivors," Su Dan raised her middle finger towards the sky.

An existence even more beastly than the Ren'ai Men's Hospital had appeared. Pol Pot would think the Yunshang capital was a bit too urbanized. Lin Li clicked his tongue.

Seeing that Lin Li's questioning had temporarily come to an end, Su Dan took the initiative to ask:

"So how did you come to our place from your world?"

"A special ability I awakened not long ago allows me to travel relatively freely between the two worlds. Actually, the time I met you can be considered my first time here. You were the first survivor I saw, so when I saw you, I thought you were going to attack me. Feeling something was wrong, I immediately slipped away."

Lin Li responded to sincerity with sincerity.

Although last time was the second time, the first time he only stayed for a minute, so it didn't count.

"By the way, I want to ask, how long ago did you see me last time?" Lin Li asked.

"A few hours ago? I don't know the exact details, anyway, not long," Su Dan replied.

"Understood," Lin Li nodded.

Although he had guessed it before, it was now confirmed that it indeed hadn't been long since his last visit.

The time flow between Earth and this world seemed to depend on which world he was in, otherwise it wouldn't make sense for time to inexplicably increase.

"So, have people in your world also started awakening abilities?" Seeing that Lin Li didn't speak again, Su Dan continued to ask.

"Not at all. I personally believe, and it's an undeniable fact, that in my world, besides me, everyone else is an ordinary person without supernatural abilities. I should be the only one who can travel between the two worlds.

"But I noticed you used the word 'also' just now, Miss Su Dan. Does that mean you guys have started awakening abilities?"

Lin Li asked in return.

Su Dan didn't answer immediately. Instead, under Lin Li's shocked gaze, she turned around, crouched slightly, and jumped towards the opposite building, landing on it before jumping back.

If Zhan Bo had her ability, iPartment would have two fewer episodes.

There was almost no sound when she took off and landed, and her speed and height in the air seriously violated the laws of mechanics.

If Newton became a zombie here, the first thing he would do is hunt down Su Dan.

"This is my ability. It makes me as light as a swallow when jumping. I can jump very high and far, and I can also descend in a posture close to gliding," Su Dan explained.

Lin Li: "I understand, Golden Gun Boy + Blade Girl."

(Translator's Note: Characters from the mobile game GunZ).

Su Dan: "?"

Lin Li realized that this was probably the key to how she was able to approach him silently last time.

"How can one awaken an ability?" Lin Li rubbed his hands together like a fly, his eyes full of anticipation.

Coach, I want to learn this.

"Is there some core in the zombie's head or heart that you have to kill them, dig it out, and eat or absorb it?"

Lin Li said this while glancing at his snakeskin bag.

Su Dan shook her head: "Awakening, just like the inexplicable outbreak of the zombie disease, is also like that.

"My ability also appeared abruptly a year and a half ago, so I don't know how to awaken it. I heard from others that as long as you've killed zombies, there's a chance it will appear. The more you kill, the greater the chance, but it's not guaranteed."

"Wait, with humans able to awaken abilities, how come these zombies haven't been dealt with yet? Although it's easy for me to say this standing here, I think that based on the zombies I've seen, they aren't strong," Lin Li was a bit puzzled.

These zombies had to kill humans to infect them, and they had absolutely no intelligence, only instinct. Although the technology tree of this world was different, they also had achievements in firearms. How could it have turned out like this?

"To kill a zombie, you must completely destroy its brain and heart. Firearms aren't easy to kill them with unless there's covering fire. Secondly, and most importantly, just as humans have awakened individuals, zombies also have mutants.

"Their mutation directions are equally diverse, and mutants are harder to kill while retaining intelligence. Some can even read the memories of their host when they were alive, making them very difficult to deal with. Otherwise, Yunshang wouldn't have resorted to destroying the city to handle it.

"I initially thought you were also a type of mutant. After all, you can make zombies not attack you, and you were even... even..."

Describing this, Su Dan's exposed brows furrowed deeply, seemingly thinking about how to describe it: "...even digging around in their crotches."

Lin Li: "..."

"But I don't know much either. We lost contact with the outside world a long time ago. Perhaps the outside world has already solved this crisis, and Yunguang City has just been completely abandoned," Su Dan gave up describing and added.

"Are there mutants in Yunguang City?" Lin Li dropped his previous casual demeanor and looked serious.

Lin Li accepted the mutant setting very quickly. To be precise, Lin Li would find it strange if this setting didn't exist.

But, [Breath of Demons] itself didn't absolutely make demons recognize his identity. Although it was currently 100% effective on every zombie he had seen, once it was an intelligent mutant, even if its IQ wasn't high, there was probably a high probability it would see through the title's disguise.

This was quite important for Lin Li's safety.

"I could still see them when I came out a year ago, but now there are basically none. As for the reason, I don't know," Su Dan shook her head.

Lin Li breathed a sigh of relief.

That was good.

"So how do you make zombies not attack you, and even dig around in their own crotches in front of you?" Su Dan's eyes couldn't hide her curiosity.

"Just say they're in heat. Let's be a bit more elegant, thank you," Lin Li corrected her first, then explained:

"Both of these can be considered my abilities. I think you must have observed me. Actually, the premise for zombies not attacking me is when they are within three meters of me. When they see me from a distance, they still want to tear me apart."

"You really have a lot of abilities."

"After all, I'm the only ability user in our world, so it's normal to have a few more," Lin Li laughed it off.

"In that case, I understand.

"I previously thought there was something magical in that zombie's head, which is why I took her away to study it. It turns out it's just your pure fetish."

Su Dan gave Lin Li a thumbs up.

Lin Li: "?"

"Wait a minute!"

"No, how did you deduce that this is my fetish?" The dispute over fetishes has always been like this and must be treated with the utmost seriousness, so Lin Li immediately questioned her.

Lin Li's nickname was Pinocchio, and his surname Pi had always been very normal! Don't slander him.

"But if that's just an ordinary zombie head, why would you do that, call her beautiful lady, and say so many sweet nothings to her?" Su Dan frowned, asking in confusion.

Lin Li: "..."

Ask the system.

But Lin Li didn't really want to talk about the system part, so he explained:

"You can understand it as, in order to obtain these abilities you see, I need to pay a price. Many times, I have no choice."

Hearing this, Su Dan looked at Lin Li with a very strange expression and muttered softly: "You're not that elegant either..."

Lin Li: "?"

Then Lin Li gradually understood everything—he shouldn't use idioms when he had nothing better to do.

Lin Li explained:

"Miss Su Dan, 'shen bu you ji' (having no choice) is an idiom in our world. It's easy to understand literally, meaning one's actions cannot be controlled by oneself. As for 'ba' (an exclamation particle), it's a modal particle. Please make sure to read them separately! Absolutely do not understand it as 'shen bu you ji ba' (body controlled by the penis), that's a completely different meaning."

"It's all the same," Su Dan nodded.

"It's not the same, right?"

"Okay."

"Miss Su Dan, if I may be so bold as to ask, how old are you?" Looking at this lady who seemed a bit dense, Lin Li asked curiously.

Su Dan was a bit confused: "What does 'bold' mean?"

Lin Li: "..."

He had just made a mistake and immediately made it again.

The word "bold" also seemed to come from an allusion, but Lin Li couldn't be blamed. It was a language habit, and he wouldn't think about these things when speaking.

"It means to offend," so Lin Li explained.

"You know it's offensive, yet you still ask?" Su Dan immediately pressed.

Lin Li: "?"

No?

Wait?

"Miss Su Dan, does your world have the word 'bold'?" Lin Li only wanted to ask this now.

"Yes, we do."

Lin Li: "..."

Fuck.

You motherfucker.

This wasn't being dense; this was being two-faced.

Women are never easy to deal with. Lin Li gave up.

He might as well not ask her age.

Su Dan was about 1.7 meters tall, otherwise Lin Li wouldn't have had a hard time distinguishing her gender at first. But now that he confirmed she was female, she appeared quite tall. Combined with her voice and her unabashed attitude when discussing sex-related topics, Lin Li estimated she was over twenty.

Old woman, instant pass.

"By the way, Miss Su Dan, are you surviving here alone? Are there other survivors here?" Lin Li asked.

"Of course not, we also have a camp. My ability is suitable for escaping and dodging. Zombies can't catch me and it's hard for them to hurt me. Every time we go out to gather supplies, I come out first to lure the zombies around the camp to remote areas, and then other ability users or ordinary people go out, reducing the occurrence of battles and losses."

Su Dan shook her head and explained.

"I see. So this 'remote' area, have you guys already scavenged it before?" Lin Li asked.

"Pretty much," Su Dan nodded.

No wonder Lin Li couldn't find anything when he searched; this area had been hollowed out long ago.

The commotion he saw while waiting for the sunrise earlier was probably caused by Su Dan.

"I see. Miss Su Dan, you definitely wouldn't have thought I was from another world at first, so why did you call out to me?"

"I originally wanted to ask where you came from. If you came from outside, I wanted to know the situation outside and what route you took to get in and out. If you were looking for a place to stay, I wanted to see if we could absorb you into our shelter.

"Because the few abilities you've shown, just the fact that you can make zombies lose their desire to attack, is far beyond what I can do and is very valuable and meaningful to the camp.

"But now that I know you're from another world, the idea of a place to stay must be a joke to you. I give up."

Su Dan spread her hands, her words holding no expectations.

Lin Li indeed had no need to rest for a long time in this world.

Even if he came back next week, only a few hours would have passed, even shorter than a night's sleep, yet he could recuperate for a week.

But a gathering place...

Lin Li's focus was on something else.

"Miss Su Dan, let me ask, is gold on your list of supplies to gather?" Lin Li asked sincerely and carefully.

"We gathered a little bit at first. After all, gold itself has quite excellent properties as a metal, and at the time we thought maybe the zombies would be wiped out soon.

"But later we found out that just staying alive was hard enough for everyone. We basically couldn't use the places that required those properties of gold, and carrying metal back was too physically exhausting, so we gave up.

"Do you need this?"

"How much is a little bit?" Lin Li narrowed his eyes.

"About a hundred catties, one box. No one really cares about the exact amount," Su Dan said casually.

A hundred catties.

One box.

Lin Li blinked.

Given that 1 plus 1 equals 2.

Then what does 100 multiplied by 500 multiplied by 612 equal?

It equals the wealthy Lin Li!

This was a fucking astronomical amount, more than enough to build a wall out of fleshlights, build a house out of fleshlights, make a bed out of fleshlights, or even make fleshlights out of fleshlights!

Who the fuck cares whose mold it is? He could use a different one every day without repeating, and he wouldn't even need to wash them after use!

Confirming this, Lin Li stood up, walked up to Su Dan, and shook her hand firmly:

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I am very interested in your gathering place or shelter. I believe that our cooperation will definitely make it bigger and stronger, and create new brilliance!"

Su Dan: "?"

(End of Chapter)