"Ah! My stomach!"
Zhu Bobo screamed as she blew up the zombie's head.
But there was a large hole in her stomach, and where she had been bitten was right in her lower abdomen.
She felt her uterus and pelvis had been gnawed away, and blood immediately gushed out.
Zhu Bobo had entered the community at level three and had only wandered outside for a month or two.
She had long forgotten what it felt like to be outside.
She had also forgotten what it felt like to be injured.
The intense pain that struck her now made her feel like she wouldn't survive.
She writhed on the ground in agony, screaming.
"It hurts, it hurts so much! Save me, Xiao Yu, save me quickly!"
Xiao Yu watched her with cold eyes.
In Xiao Yu's vision, Zhu Bobo's lower abdomen was gone.
Her legs were also badly mangled, with only a portion still attached.
With such a gruesome injury, survival was impossible unless she had blue enhancements.
Unfortunately, Zhu Bobo had always looked down on those who provided support.
She had no regard for Lu Tian and Hai Changfeng, or even Wang Shurui and Huang Hun.
Therefore, she hadn't even bothered to carry the life-sustaining candy distributed by Hai Changfeng.
She regretted it now, her hands scrabbling aimlessly, trying to find something to stop the bleeding.
"Heal me, heal me! Why aren't you healing?"
"Xiao Yu, hurry and take me back. If it's you, you can get us back in ten minutes, right?"
"I can still hold on. I should be able to last for half an hour."
"What are you standing around for, you idiot? Hurry up!"
Zhu Bobo roared, and with a surge of effort, blood spurted from her abdomen.
A large amount of blood also spewed from her mouth.
Her body convulsed, and Xiao Yu turned its head aside in disgust.
Zhu Bobo's face contorted, and two of her teeth were chipped.
"You bastard, I told you to take me back, don't you understand a word I'm saying?"
"You beast, when I recover, I'll skin you alive and flay your tendons!"
"Beast! Take me away!"
Electricity crackled around Zhu Bobo's body.
The electric current caused her muscles to contract, reducing blood flow.
However, the pain did not diminish.
Xiao Yu arched its neck, watching Zhu Bobo in this state, truly unsure what to do.
If it didn't eat her, she could live for a long time.
If it stayed out for so long without returning, it would seem negligent and unprofessional, possibly incurring the master's displeasure.
But if it ate her...
Tsk, tsk, tsk, the current state was rather unappetizing.
Would eating her lead to indigestion?
Suddenly, Zhu Bobo unleashed a bolt of lightning at Xiao Yu, cursing loudly, "Damn beast! I'll kill you!"
Her face was completely distorted, and she summoned all her strength to call forth lightning to strike him.
Xiao Yu was helpless.
Such lightning was completely useless against it, not even tickling it.
Xiao Yu opened its mouth and spat out a stream of purple venom.
"Ah! My face!"
Zhu Bobo screamed and twisted her body, writhing on the ground like a snake.
Soon, the screams vanished, leaving only a wisp of hair on the ground.
Xiao Yu slithered past and dissolved the remaining remains with more venom.
The night was deep, and Xiao Yu walked back, cleaning up the remnants in the forest.
A cluster of 'flower rolls' was digesting a corpse.
Xiao Yu glanced at it, then turned and left.
No need for it to act, saving it trouble.
Returning to the community, Xiao Yu silently attached itself to Fu Yunting's neck.
Fu Yunting smelled the blood and picked up a glass of cool water, "Come in and wash."
Xiao Yu hissed and slipped inside, churning around a few times.
Fu Yunting changed the water for it and squeezed a little strawberry juice into it.
This was a sensation Xiao Yu enjoyed.
An Nuan smiled, "Next time, shall I try blueberry juice for you? Orange juice is also an option, you might like it."
Xiao Yu lifted its head from the water, and a strawberry plopped down from above.
CoCo tossed a few strawberries into the glass.
"Eat more, eat more! CoCo has lots of strawberries!"
Xiao Yu emerged from the strawberries and nudged CoCo's beak with its own.
Xiao Yu: Are you trying to drown me? You little dummy!
"CoCo is not stupid, CoCo is a phoenix! Phoenixes are super smart!"
An Nuan thought for a moment and asked curiously, "Are phoenixes really that smart? I seem to recall Xuanwu being wise, Dragons divine, and White Tigers fierce. Phoenixes... seem to be about longevity, right?"
"Don't you think turtles live the longest?"
"That might be true, but phoenixes can be reborn from ashes, so they do live quite long."
Fu Yunting gently rubbed CoCo's head with his finger.
"Then you'll have to live a long life, try to live longer than me!"
CoCo didn't quite understand.
It was the first time it had encountered someone who wished another to live longer than themselves.
But since everyone wished it, it would try its best to live long.
CoCo landed on Juanjuan's head and pecked at its ear, "Live long, live long, live long together!"
Juanjuan twitched its ear in annoyance, flipped over to expose its belly, and pulled the silly CoCo into its embrace with a yawn.
After eating, it was time for sleep~~
An Nuan gently placed her feet on Juanjuan's belly.
"It's so warm!"
"We're moving the day after tomorrow. Let's get a fireplace, a small cabin-style one. In winter, we can gather around the fireplace and drink tea."
"Okay, I'll tell Chen Yun tomorrow to help us build one."
An Nuan stretched her neck back and kissed Fu Yunting's lips.
Full and satisfied, people become lazy.
While everyone outside was cheerfully celebrating, the room was exceptionally quiet.
An Nuan nuzzled his cheek with her forehead. Fu Yunting tightened his arm, pulling her into his embrace.
A bunch of animals gathered around, making Fu Yunting chuckle.
"Others have children and grandchildren filling their halls; we have animals filling ours."
"It's quite nice, warm in winter and cool in summer, ah~~"
An Nuan yawned, her eyes blinking with drowsiness.
Perhaps it was from eating too much, or perhaps she was tired today, but her body felt exceptionally weary.
Fu Yunting's voice reached An Nuan's ears, "If you're sleepy, just sleep. I'll carry you back to your room later."
"Mmm, you've worked hard. I'll take a good bath tomorrow..."
An Nuan could no longer stay awake. She closed her eyes, breathing in Fu Yunting's unique scent, and soon drifted into dreamland.
The clamor outside seemed to aid her sleep.
An Nuan's breathing grew steady.
Hai Changfeng walked in, picked up a nearby blanket, and covered her with it.
He squatted down and said in a low voice, "Young Master Fu, Mrs. Nuan seems to be prone to drowsiness lately and sleeps very deeply."
"Perhaps she's tired."
"There have been many things happening recently, and we still need to prepare for the upgrade and community matters. We should focus on cultivating more confidantes soon; too many people are troublesome."
Hai Changfeng nodded.
He was now primarily managing community affairs.
Zhai Yan was responsible for external matters, mainly dealing with zombies and異種 (yi zhong - foreign species/anomalies).
Zhai Yan handled all sorts of dangerous and chaotic situations.
He was more tired than Hai Changfeng himself.
Hai Changfeng said, "It would be great if we had a management team outside as well, especially if it was self-organized. Like fan groups following celebrities, self-motivated and orderly, with someone to organize and lead."