[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-519":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Zombie Apocalypse: I Have Safe Zone Superpower",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1241375,1668,"Chapter 519: Transformation","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-519",519,"\u003Cp>Then, without warning, she stepped forward and hugged him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body reacted instinctively, his hand beginning to rise as if to push her away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then... A voice. A memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words echoed in his mind like a lingering curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped. Slowly, he lowered his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy felt the hesitation. She looked up at him while still holding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened?\" she asked softly. \"Why are you acting so distant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas forced a bright smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s nothing,\" he replied. \"I’m just tired.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy narrowed her eyes, the dim yellow light of the apartment casting sharp shadows across her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re lying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was calm, yet there was a dangerous certainty in it, like the stillness before a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you forget the rule?\" she continued. \"If we have something to say, we say it. Otherwise, the other person gets punished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas could not help but chuckle, the sound low and tired, yet amused by her confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So Ivy does want to punish me?\" he teased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy’s eyes narrowed further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I absolutely want to punish you,\" she replied flatly. \"But before that, I’ll generously give you one last chance to come clean.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas sighed, running a hand through his hair as if trying to organize the chaos inside his mind. After a moment of silence, he walked toward the bed and sat down heavily. The mattress dipped under his weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy followed without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, without asking, she sat directly on his lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas blinked. Then he smiled. A real smile this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She really has changed,’ he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a time when she avoided him as if he were a plague, always keeping distance, always guarded. Yet recently she had begun acting... reckless. Comfortable. Almost foolishly affectionate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a slow breath, Silas spoke softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if Jade was telling the truth?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy frowned. \"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas’s gaze drifted somewhere far away, as if looking into a memory that did not belong to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if Jade is right?\" he murmured. \"What if you and Jade are the real soulmates... and not me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy’s brows knitted together. \"Why would you even think that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice dropped lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just... feel like in our past life, I died protecting you. And after I died... Jade stayed beside you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words felt wrong. Twisted. Like hearing someone describe a memory she had never lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stared at him. \"What are you talking about? When was Jade ever with me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas blinked as if waking from a trance. His eyes widened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... don’t know why I said that,\" he admitted. \"But it feels like when I died, he was the one who stayed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy looked at him in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her previous life, the military base had expanded into an enormous stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never even accumulated enough points to re-enter it. She knew General Frank had a son who was a diviner, and she knew that man had contributed greatly to the base, but that was all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had never crossed paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how could Jade have \"stayed beside her\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The idea was absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached up and began massaging Silas’s temples gently. \"Are you under too much stress? Did you imagine all this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas stiffened. \"I don’t know why I said it either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy paused, her expression darkening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone is manipulating us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas’s fists slowly clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized she was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why would those words come out of nowhere?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned forward and wrapped his arms around her, resting his head against her knees like someone exhausted beyond reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know what’s wrong with me,\" he muttered. \"Why did I even blurt that out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy stayed silent, her fingers moving slowly through his hair, grounding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t need to worry,\" she whispered. \"I’ll find whoever is doing this... and kill them with my own hands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word escaped Silas instantly, subconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy looked down at him. \"Why did you say that? First you talked about Jade, and now you’re stopping me from killing the manipulator?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas pressed a hand against his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if something inside him were being torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know,\" he admitted. \"But when you said you’d kill them... I felt pain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy narrowed her eyes suspiciously. \"Is this manipulator some kind of old lover? First love? Secret admirer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas blinked, then suddenly laughed, the tension easing just a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only have one first love,\" he replied. \"And she’s currently my wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy shook her head. \"This is serious. We really need to find whoever is interfering with us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas nodded, his expression turning solemn again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy let out a long breath of relief. \"Good. Then we start with whatever clues we have.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I agree.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they were about to begin planning, a knock sounded at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy slid off his lap and walked to the entrance. When she opened it, Helena stood outside, her face pale and strained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy frowned. \"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena’s hands trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zuzu... the zombie we placed under observation... he’s showing signs of transformation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy’s eyes sharpened. \"Into a human?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. He’s... evolving into something else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Ivy and Silas immediately became alert and followed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached the observation room, the air was thick with the smell of chemicals and something faintly feral. Machines beeped erratically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zuzu lay restrained, convulsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin flickered between gray decay and living human flesh, as if unable to decide what it wanted to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then patches began shifting again, forming strange textures that resembled animal hide rather than either state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy and Silas both felt a headache forming at the sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was administered to him?\" Ivy demanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas answered, \"A half-antidote designed for half-zombies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivy’s eyes narrowed. \"This is not an antidote reaction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silas understood that as well. While the antidote had been derived from Moona and Maxi’s seed and might not suit every subject, such an extreme mutation should have been impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They exchanged a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something was very wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>",1025,"2026-06-05T15:12:45.860Z",1,"novelbin.me","b1a191b2abd90852ac6d1c044787a2d65caceb823d8ecff5b508740d738c1b3e","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-520","zombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-chapter-518",706,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-i-have-safe-zone-superpower-cover.jpg"]