Chapter 238: Endless, the names simply cannot be listed

This isn't something you can just pretend didn't happen by shrinking back.

You lied to me right after we met—I suspect you're not a good person!!

My beautiful lady! No!

Lin Li dragged the bag forward quickly and arrived 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 knows if this head is like the Nine-Turn Large Intestine, and she deliberately dropped it by accident to tempt me.

But the other party made no extra movements, was honest and proper, and didn't even stick out their body.

Maybe they just felt embarrassed.

So I got the head, and luckily, the beautiful lady's upper and lower jaws are still there.

As long as the mouth is still there, it's fine.

After affectionately patting the beautiful lady's skull, Lin Li threw it into the bag and dragged it into the building, beginning to search for the stairs upstairs.

After finding it, he started climbing, but only got halfway up when Lin Li stopped and spoke: "Hello, I'm up here?"

"Good."

With permission, Lin Li then formally dragged the beautiful lady up to the second floor.

The masked survivor still stood by the wall, very close to the edge, their eyes still wary, as if planning to leave through the large gap in the wall at the slightest sign of trouble.

Lin Li simply stopped approaching.

"Hello, I'm Bai Bufan." To show sincerity, Lin Li introduced himself first.

"Sultan." The other party nodded.

A steel rod was thrown over, and Lin Li caught it steadily with his empty right hand.

"This steel rod is also yours—I'm returning it to you." Sultan said.

"No need for that—I have a new one, I gave it to you." Lin Li shook his head, threw the rod back, and simultaneously gestured to the weapon at his waist.

Then followed a brief silence.

"I think we both have many doubts between us—I'll start by sharing one of my secrets, which indeed needs to be clarified beforehand.

——I'm not from this world; I came from another world."

Lin Li's opening statement was like a bombshell.

After all, Lin Li felt there was no need to conceal this at all.

Sultan watched me disappear with her own eyes, and I also feel I can't pretend to be a native—I'd only show flaws, so it's better to speak honestly.

This way, future questions about this world's information will also be much simpler.

"Not from this world……" Sultan murmured, her voice sounding somewhat surprised, but she accepted it quickly—perhaps because only then could she explain those strange scenes she'd seen:

"So……do you also speak Geawen?"

"Geawen? Roughly, we call it Chinese, though we also have other languages, like……howareyou?" Lin Li shrugged and said.

Sultan: "..."

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

"Damn."

"Hmm……maybe saying fuck now would be more fitting?"

"Fuck."

Lin Li couldn't hold back—damn it, where the hell did I end up? Is this still another world? This clearly feels like I've come home.

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

"Mingyuan."

"Fine, this sounds way cooler than ours." Lin Li expressed strong approval.

"……Actually, I think yours sounds better." Sultan shook her head.

Afterwards, Lin Li asked Sultan some more questions about this planet's background.

It's equivalent to a parallel world—although language-wise they're basically mutually intelligible, Earth's several major languages exist here in different federal nations, but the planet's past and present history has nothing in common.

Sultan's description of Mingyuan history basically finds no match in Lin Li's mind; the city beneath his feet is called Yun Guang, belonging to the Yun Shang State with a population of seventy million.

Therefore, many idioms involving allusions in the language are completely incomprehensible to both sides.

As their mutual understanding deepened, both lowered their guard somewhat, weapons were placed tacitly on the ground, and the distance decreased slightly for easier communication.

"No Genshin Impact, no Kobe, I'm such a meme-loving kid—I'd definitely have a hard time surviving in this world." Lin Li's voice was heavy.

"Genshin Impact……what is that? A supernatural deity?" Sultan was very puzzled.

Lin Li's eyes slowly moved toward Sultan—this is you who asked.

Announcer tone, 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 the "Traveler"……while gradually uncovering the truth of "Genshin Impact."

Perhaps it's precisely because this world lacks Genshin Impact that it became like this.

Thinking deeply, it's terrifying—miHoYo has never denied that it saved the world.

Sultan: "?"

"So it's a game? Then……this game……should be very fun, right." Seeing Lin Li's enthusiastic expression, she politely said.

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

"1435 year."

"How did Mingyuan become like this? Could you introduce these zombies to me? This is important—does their biting turn living people into zombies too?"

Lin Li looked toward the broken walls outside and asked.

Upon hearing this, Sultan's gaze also turned to the world outside the building, her eyes no longer helplessly looking at fools, but rather somewhat dim:

"How did it come to this? Two years ago, the zombie syndrome broke out without any warning — no contact, no biting — large numbers of people turned into zombies for no reason at all and began attacking all living things indiscriminately, and to this day I still don't know the cause."

"Creatures killed by them have a high probability of 'reviving' as zombies, but as long as a person doesn't die, the injured parts, although they may become inflamed or even ulcerate, won't affect the mind, nor will they turn into zombies — they can be healed."

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

Just two years?

"Can zombies turn a city into ruins like this in just two years?" Lin Li was somewhat puzzled.

"Yunguang City was one of the earliest places where the zombie virus appeared; it was bombed and purged — that's the main reason it became like this." Su Dan put it concisely.

"Then what are the cities outside like now?"

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

"Never left? Weren't you the one who came back later? What about when the bombing happened?" Lin Li was somewhat puzzled.

"They didn't notify us survivors at all." Su Dan raised her middle finger toward the sky.

An existence even more bestial than the Benevolent Men's Hospital appeared; Bo'erbute felt Yunshang Capital was a bit too urbanized, and Lin Li clicked his tongue.

Seeing Lin Li's questioning come to a temporary halt, Su Dan took the initiative to ask:

"So how did you come from your world to here?"

"Not long ago I awakened a special ability that lets me travel back and forth between the two worlds relatively freely; actually, the time we met counts as my first time coming here — you're the first survivor I've seen, so when I saw you I thought you were going to attack me, felt something was off, and immediately slipped away."

Lin Li responded to sincerity with sincerity.

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

"By the way, I want to ask — how long ago was it when you saw me last time?" Lin Li asked.

"A few hours ago? I don't know the details; anyway, it wasn't long." Su Dan answered.

"Understood." Lin Li nodded.

Although there had been guesses before, now it was confirmed that it really hadn't been long since my last 'trip'.

The time flow between Earth and this world seems to depend on which world I'm in; otherwise there's no reason for time to inexplicably gain extra chunks.

"So, has your world also started awakening abilities?" Seeing Lin Li fall silent, Su Dan continued asking.

"No; I personally believe, and it's a fact barring accidents, that apart from me, my world is still entirely ordinary people with no supernatural abilities — and the only one who can enter and exit both worlds should also be just me."

"But I noticed you just used the word 'also', Miss Su Dan — meaning you people have started awakening abilities, right?"

Lin Li countered.

Su Dan didn't answer immediately; instead, under Lin Li's shocked gaze, she turned, crouched slightly, then leaped toward the opposite building, landed on it, and leaped back.

If Zhan Bo had her ability, Love Apartment would've filmed two fewer seasons.

Both takeoff and landing made almost no sound, and her speed and height in midair seriously violated mechanics.

Newton would turn into a zombie here, and the first thing he'd do is hunt down Su Dan.

"This is my ability — it lets me become light as a swallow when leaping, jump very high and far, and descend in a near-gliding posture." Su Dan explained.

Lin Li: "I get it — Golden Spear Little Handsome + Blade Baby."

Su Dan: "?"

Lin Li realized this was probably the key to how she had approached him silently last time.

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

Coach, I want to learn this.

"Is there some core in zombie heads or hearts — kill them, dig it out, eat or absorb it?"

Lin Li glanced at his own snakeskin bag as he spoke. Su Dan shook her head: "Awakening — just like the inexplicable outbreak of the zombie syndrome, it's the same. My ability also appeared abruptly a year and a half ago, so I don't know how to trigger it either. From what I've heard from others, as long as you've killed zombies, there's a chance it'll appear; the more you kill, the higher the probability, but it's not guaranteed."

"Wait — if humans can awaken abilities, why haven't they dealt with these zombies by now? Although saying this sounds like standing and talking without a backache, I think judging from the zombies I've seen, they're not strong." Lin Li was somewhat puzzled.

These zombies must kill humans to infect them, and they have zero intelligence, only instinct; even though this world's tech tree is different, it has achievements in firearms — how did it end up like this?

"To kill a zombie, you must completely destroy its brain and heart; without suppressive fire coverage, guns aren't good at killing them. Second, and the main reason: humans have ability awakeners, but zombies likewise have mutants.

Their mutation directions are equally varied, and mutants are harder to kill while retaining intelligence — some can even read the host's pre-death memories — very hard to deal with; otherwise Yunshang wouldn't have resorted to city-destruction methods."

"At first I even thought you were a kind of mutant — after all, you can make zombies not attack you, and you even... on the side... on the side..."

Describing up to here, Su Dan's visible brows knitted tightly, as if pondering how to phrase it: "... on the side scratching your crotch."

Describing to this point, Sultan's eyebrows and eyes furrowed tightly, as if thinking how to describe: "... digging out the big crotch beside."

"But I don't know much either; we've long been cut off from the outside world — perhaps the outside world has already resolved this crisis, it's just that Yunguang City was completely abandoned, that's also possible." Su Dan gave up on describing it and added that.

"Are there mutants in Yunguang City?" Lin Li dropped his previous casualness, expression serious.

No mistakes, first-rate, every shot hits, all content in one look!

Lin Li accepted the mutant setting very quickly — if this setting didn't exist, he'd actually find it weird.

But 【Demon Breath】 itself isn't absolute recognition of one's identity by demons; although it's currently one hundred percent effective on every zombie seen, once it's an intelligent mutant, even with low IQ, there's probably a very high chance it'll see through the title's disguise.

But, 【Demon's Breath】 itself is not absolutely making demons acknowledge their own identity, although it is now 100% effective on every zombie seen, once it is an intelligent mutant, even if the IQ is not high, there is probably a high probability of seeing through the title's disguise.

"A year ago when I went out I could still see them; now there are basically none — as for the reason, I don't know." Su Dan shook her head.

"A year ago when I came out, I could still see them, but now basically none remain, as for the reason, I don't know." Sultan shook her head.

That's good then.

"So how did you make the zombies not attack you, even... scratch your crotch in front of you?" Su Dan's eyes couldn't hide her curiosity.

"Just say 'in heat' and be done with it — let's be a bit more refined, thanks." Lin Li corrected first, then explained:

"Both of these count as my abilities, I guess; I feel you must have observed me — actually, the premise for zombies not attacking me is being within three meters of me; when they see me from a distance, they still want to tear me apart."

"These two both count as one of my abilities, I think you should have observed me; actually, the premise that zombies don't attack me is being within three meters of me, when they see me from a distance, they still want to tear me apart."

"After all, I'm the only ability user in our world — having a few more is normal." Lin Li laughed it off.

"After all, I am the only ability user in our world, having more is also normal." Lin Li laughed out loud.

"In that case, I understand."

"I thought there was something magical inside that zombie's head, so I took it away to study it. Turns out it was just your personal kink."

Su Dan gave Lin Li a thumbs-up.

Lin Li: "?"

"Wait a minute!"

"No, how did you understand that this is my kink?" Disputes over kinks have always been like this; they must be treated with the utmost seriousness, so Lin Li immediately questioned her.

Lin Li's childhood name is Pinocchio; his surname Pin has always been perfectly normal! Don't slander me.

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

Lin Li: "..."

Ask the system.

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

"You can understand it as: in order to gain these abilities you see, I have to pay a price; a lot of the time I have no choice in the matter."

Hearing this, Su Dan's gaze at Lin Li became very strange; she muttered quietly, "You're not that refined either..."

Lin Li: "?"

Afterwards Lin Li gradually understood everything — he really shouldn't use idioms when there's no need.

Lin Li explained:

"Miss Su Dan, 'shen bu you ji' is an idiom from our world; its literal meaning is also easy to understand — it means one's actions cannot be controlled by oneself. As for 'ba', it's a modal particle; please be sure to read them separately! Absolutely do not understand it as 'shen bu you ji ba', that is a completely different meaning."

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

"It's not the same."

"Fine."

"Miss Su Dan, pardon me for asking bluntly, how old are you?" Looking at this woman before him whose nerves seemed a bit thick, Lin Li asked curiously.

Su Dan looked a bit puzzled: "What does 'mao mei' mean?"

Lin Li: "..."

The mistake he just made, he immediately made again.

The word 'mao mei' seems to also originate from an allusion, but it can't be blamed on Lin Li either; it's a language habit — when speaking, one doesn't consider these things.

"It means 'to offend'." So Lin Li explained.

"You know it means to offend and you still ask?" Su Dan immediately pressed.

Lin Li: "?"

No?

Wait?

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

"Mm, it does."

Lin Li: "..."

Damn.

You motherf—.

This isn't being thick-skinned; it's being black-bellied.

No woman is easy to deal with; Lin Li conceded.

Might as well not ask about the age.

Su Dan is probably about 1.7 meters tall; otherwise Lin Li wouldn't have initially found it hard to distinguish her sex. But now that she's confirmed as female, she appears quite tall and slender. Coupled with her voice, and her uninhibited attitude when chatting about sex-related topics, Lin Li's guess is twenty-something.

Old woman, done for.

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

"Of course not. We still have a camp. My ability applies to escape and evasion; zombies can't catch up to me, and it's hard for them to hurt me. Every time we go out to gather supplies, I go out first, lure the zombies around the camp to a remote place, and then the other ability users or ordinary people go out, reducing the occurrence of combat and losses."

Su Dan shook her head, explaining.

"I see. So this 'remote' area — has it already been scavenged by you guys?" Lin Li asked.

"More or less." Su Dan nodded.

No wonder Lin Li found nothing when he searched; this whole area had been cleaned out long ago.

The anomaly seen while waiting for sunrise earlier should have been caused by Su Dan.

"Originally so. Miss Su Dan, at first you certainly wouldn't have thought I was someone from another world, so what was the reason you stopped me?"

"Originally I wanted to ask where you came from. If you're from outside, I want to know the situation outside, and what road you used to enter and exit. If you're looking for a foothold, by the way, see if you can be absorbed into our shelter."

"Because of the few abilities you've displayed, just the fact that zombies have no desire to attack you — for the camp, that alone far exceeds what I can do, and is very valuable and meaningful."

"Only now that I know you come from another world, the idea of a foothold is probably a joke for you. I give up."

Su Dan spread her hands; there wasn't much hope in her words.

In this world, Lin Li indeed has no need for long rest.

Even if he comes back next week, at most only a few hours will have passed — even shorter than the time to sleep a nap — yet he can 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 supply gathering list?" Lin Li asked sincerely and carefully.

"At first we collected a bit. After all, gold itself as a metal has some quite excellent properties, and at the time we thought maybe zombies would be eliminated soon."

"But later we found that just staying alive is hard enough for everyone; there's basically no use for those properties of gold. Hauling metal back consumes too much stamina, so we gave up."

"Do you need it?"

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

"About a hundred jin, one box, no one specifically in charge." Sultan said casually.

Hundred·jin.

One·box.

Lin Li blinked.

It is known that 1 plus 1 equals 2.

Then what is 100 times 500 times 612?

It equals the tycoon Lin Li!

This damn amount is more than enough to build walls with airplane cups, build houses with airplane cups, make beds with airplane cups, even make airplane cups with airplane cups!

Who the hell cares whose mold it is anyway—just swap it out daily, no need to wash after use!

Confirming this, Lin Li stood up, walked to Sultan, and shook his hand firmly:

"Pleased to meet you. I'm very interested in your gathering place or refuge. I believe our cooperation will surely thrive and create brilliance!"

Sultan: "?"

(End of chapter)