“Back then, the virus was rampant and the human species was close to its demise. There were still many who pressed on with finding a cure for the virus, but in the end, they did not discover a realf antidote.” He sighed, his face darkening. “Initially, one vaccine could indeed suppress the virus. But as time went by, the virus mutated within the infected person’s body, evolving. It transformed into a more deadly virus that killed at a faster rate. The infected victims would turn entirely blue and lose all sanity, turning into an unfeeling monster that could only kill.”
“Zombies!” Yao Si exclaimed.
“You can say that.” He nodded. “But when the news spread, many had already been infected. What’s worse was that anyone who got bitten by someone like that would die, including bloodlings.”
“Then… what happened next?”
“In order to control the situation, bloodlings had to step in. The entire race was mobilized to eradicate the source, but there were too many people that had been injected with the vaccine. With their sanity eradicated, they could no longer feel pain and could only go forward attacking others. We… lost a lot of people at that time.” He sighed once more. “Once an entire generation was killed, another generation would be sent over and then another, and another…”
“You…” Her heart clenched.
“Afterwards… we realized that at the rate we were perishing, we would end up extinct before the humans. Hence, we converted the remaining humans into bloodlings.” Mu Xuan caressed her head for reassurance. “At that time, I entered hibernation due to an incident. When I finally woke up, the first thirty generations were no longer around, and the number of bloodlings remaining was small. I was in the last batch that was sent to battle.”
“Were you alright, did you come back…”
He stilled, the corners of his eyes lifting slightly. “Silly!”
“…” Yao Si sunk into embarrassment when she realized what she had asked. Her question was indeed silly. If he hadn’t come back, how could he be here with her?
“I joined the war with the last batch, clearing the planet for three whole months. At the very end, I was bitten by an infected, but at that critical moment, my ancestral bloodline was miraculously awakened, allowing me to survive the ordeal,” he explained briefly as though it wasn’t anything important. Unlike him though, Yao Si was tense and bunched up. “After I awakened, I realized that my blood was able to suppress the virus, transforming the entire crisis around.”
“…”
So his blood was the only cure for Luo Ying?
“But it was a pity that due to that I lost the ability to convert humans into bloodlings. But thankfully, I have you!” He leaned closer, and her figure seemed to take over his entire vision as though… she was the only one left on Earth.
Before she could stop it, her heart skipped a beat.
The situation was getting out of hand—the virus had originated from Earth? But didn’t it disappear along with Earth a few million years ago? The day she had woken up from her hibernation, Earth was already gone. It gave her a tingling suspicion that someone was plotting something big.
However, besides the words of Yuan Han, that weirdo, there weren’t any other clues. And even that guy was missing. The Elder Council was left in a frenzy due to the virus, and even Mu Xuan had to personally tend to the matter, but there didn’t seem to be any improvement. They were out in the open while the enemies lurked in the dark. Such a helpless situation was starting to unnerve her.
“Your Highness!” Luo Ying, who rarely came by, glanced at Yao Si bashfully. She opened her mouth but then stopped herself, two visible red marks tainting her cheeks. “I was wondering… are you free next weekend?”
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Vampire[ C O M P L E T E ] What would you do if your planet ceased to exist after a nap? Once upon a time, there was a princess... Scrap that. Once upon a time, there was a hermit called Yao Si. She was an orphaned hikikomori who lived a peaceful and mund...
