This life for Lin Yan was very easy. After all, she had a powerful husband, a group of ambitious juniors, and friends to confide in. She didn't have to worry or strive for anything, living as if on vacation.
Xing Shao Jun retired at a very young age. It was not a good thing to have too much merit, so he handed over his military power at forty. He didn't care who the emperor gave the military power to and simply resigned from his official post to return home.
Later, he let his son inherit his noble title, and he completely became an old Duke. Lin Yan also became a Lady Dowager because of this.
However, neither of them particularly liked this title, so they took some trusted confidants and went out to travel.
The Emperor, who was about the same age as him, looked at Xing Shao Jun's apparent lack of ambition with some exasperation. After all, he didn't have any intention of discarding useful tools once they were no longer needed.
Xing Shao Jun was a very clear-headed and talented man. With him around, the surrounding countries dared not encroach on their borders.
He had even planned for him to contribute for a few more years, but Xing Shao Jun had gone ahead and resigned, taking his wife out to travel.
Thinking about how he himself woke up earlier than the chickens and slept later than the dogs, while still having to review a pile of memorials, he envied Xing Shao Jun immensely.
But what could he do? A large country rested upon his shoulders, and he couldn't relax.
Lin Yan and Xing Shao Jun traveled all over the country.
Lin Yan and Xing Shao Jun lived to over eighty years old before passing away. Before their death, Xing Shao Jun, with great reluctance, made a pact with Lin Yan for their next life and instructed his descendants to take good care of Lin Yan after his passing.
But he did not expect that the moment he departed, Lin Yan also lay beside him, her breath ceased.
When Lin Yan opened her eyes again, she saw a person with half a damaged face lunging at her. Realizing the danger, Lin Yan quickly dodged.
"Host, be careful! The one in front of you is a zombie. You must not be bitten. Once bitten, you will be infected and turn into a zombie!" the system's voice was extremely urgent.
However, this body's reaction speed couldn't keep up with Lin Yan's. Although her body dodged, her sleeve was still torn.
Fortunately, her arm was not injured. While dodging, Lin Yan scanned her surroundings out of the corner of her eye, thinking about how to escape this thing.
"Host, there is a two-story house at six o'clock. There are no zombies there. You can hide there!"
Hearing the system's anxious voice, Lin Yan quickly moved in that direction, cautiously avoiding contact with the zombie.
However, this body was truly too weak. After running such a short distance, she felt as if her throat was burning.
She probably didn't pass the university physical fitness test, otherwise she wouldn't be unable to withstand even this amount of exercise.
But fortunately, the zombie behind her was not very agile. Although Lin Yan's body was not in good condition, her soul was trained in martial arts.
While her dodges were not as agile, she could still avoid vital areas.
Although Lin Yan looked very disheveled, she was not injured.
With only a little distance left, Lin Yan desperately wanted to speed up, run into the house, and close the door. But this body had reached its limit.
Just as she ran into the house and was about to close the door, the zombie caught up. Due to her inability to dodge in time, Lin Yan's arm was scratched by the zombie's claws.
Although Lin Yan quickly withdrew her hand and closed the door, a wound appeared on her arm. The wound was tinged with an ominous black.
"Host, zombies carry the zombie virus. Once bitten or scratched, infection is inevitable," the system's voice was very anxious, but it was just data and could not help Lin Yan.
"Host, quickly exchange for the zombie virus antidote. I've already found it for you."
"No rush," Lin Yan took a scalpel from her system backpack, cut away the blackened flesh on her arm, and then poured alcohol on it.
The pain made Lin Yan extremely clear-headed, but it also caused her hand holding the scalpel to tremble. She placed the scalpel beside the bottle of alcohol she had taken out earlier.
She then scooped a bowl of spiritual spring water and poured it onto the wound. The biting pain made cold sweat pour down Lin Yan's head. The spiritual spring water on the wound hurt even more than the alcohol.
After that, Lin Yan scooped another bowl of spiritual spring water and drank it.
"Host, aren't you going to use the zombie virus antidote?" The system felt very distressed seeing Lin Yan in so much pain.
Although its system didn't have emotions, why did it feel heartache when it saw its host in such pain?
"Not for now," but after saying that, Lin Yan still bought the antidote. "If I can't hold on, use it on me before I fully become a zombie. If I get through it, then you don't need it."
Lin Yan spoke with difficulty, clearly enduring intense pain. She put the scalpel and the alcohol bottle on the ground back into the system backpack and then struggled to walk upstairs in the house.
She had noticed earlier that the zombie's joints were not very flexible, so it shouldn't be able to go upstairs for the time being. It should be relatively safer upstairs.
Lin Yan painstakingly moved herself to a room upstairs, then locked the door from the inside, and finally collapsed onto the bedroom bed.
"System, help me keep watch. Wake me up immediately if anything happens!" She drank several more bowls of spiritual spring water.
"Okay, Host."
The system replied quickly, but Lin Yan had already fallen into a coma before she could hear its response.
The system monitored the external environment. Because Lin Yan was on the second floor, her scent did not reach downstairs, so the zombie lingering at the door began to leave.
The system also scanned the surrounding area within a kilometer and found that there were very few living people. Therefore, as long as those zombies didn't come over, Lin Yan would be safe.
This was the first time Lin Yan had assigned it a task, and it had to complete it diligently.
This was also the first time the host had relied on it. It suddenly felt very important. The host, who was so capable, trusted it so much, it was truly touched.
Lin Yan on the bed was completely still. Black liquid slowly flowed from the wound on her arm, and at the same time, Lin Yan's skin began to sweat profusely.
At first, the sweat was transparent, but then it began to turn gray, and then black.
The system knew this was the effect of the spiritual spring water cleansing the body, but it didn't know if this spiritual spring water was effective against the zombie virus.
The system monitored the external situation while also monitoring Lin Yan's physical condition, preparing to use the antidote on Lin Yan as soon as she began to zombify.
The black sweat had not been expelled for a long time, but Lin Yan's body temperature began to rise. The system quickly scanned Lin Yan's body again in detail.
However, the result it obtained surprised it immensely.
"Host, this is..."