"I feel like I’ve been talking to a wall, those people you see during the day, they are the ones who ca in before. Did you get it? After so ti, they forget lots of things, including themselves, and then they beco those people. You can say they are still human yet not quite human, to be honest, I don’t even know how to define them now."
"I know. Where are the people you rember, who ca in before ? What’s their condition now? ...Maybe you don’t quite understand , should I repeat myself?"
"No need, I got what you said. The one before you also turned into a zombie, and now they’ve just beco a regular person."
"What level were they?"
"Is there still a level system?" The woman questioned, seemingly hearing about levels among zombies for the first ti.
"Uh..." Tang Ye was also stunned montarily. Right, among zombies, there’s no discussion about levels; it all depends on who is stronger. But in the Royal Court, people like Ah Fu discuss levels just like humans do.
"Okay, so was the zombie before strong?"
"Of course, strong. That guy could lift a mountain in one go."
"Lifting mountains..." Tang Ye started pondering. With such strength, it must be within the Level 8 category. Of course, it also depends on the size of this so-called mountain. If it’s just a small hill, perhaps a Level 6 zombie could just manage it.
"That guy’s also a zombie, didn’t he eat you?" it wasn’t long before Tang Ye asked again. If this woman is talking about a Level 8 zombie, although Level 8s can communicate, being communicative doesn’t an all zombies are friendly. Tang Ye knew this very well; otherwise, his zombie nest wouldn’t have so many high-level zombies being used as calorie sources.
"Of course he ate , the first ti I t him I was eaten right there and then, I know you’re probably puzzled why I’m still standing here. You can try it yourself, eat soone randomly, and a few days later you’ll see them again, though usually, you won’t see them a second ti. You can’t die here."
"Can’t die a second ti, huh..." Tang Ye silently noted that down, but thinking about it... if what the woman said was true, not being able to die but eventually turning into one of them here seemingly wasn’t much different from dying?
"Hey hey hey, answer , are you good at fighting?"
The woman in front of him asked again since Tang Ye hadn’t spoken for a while.
Tang Ye answered dismissively, "Not bad," then continued to ask, "How long had it been after that fellow before turned into one of those people until you t ?"
"Ah, you newcors just talk a lot. Alright, I see you’re not much of a tough guy. I’ll satisfy your curiosity then. First off, I’m not sure whether ti here is directly parallel to reality, and I don’t make a habit of keeping track of ti. After the zombie before you forgot everything, I don’t know how much ti had passed, it could be several years in reality, or just a few days, that’s my answer. Now tell , any other questions? Once I’ve answered, you’ll have to honestly answer mine, don’t play tricks."
"Fine, let’s assu that was our earlier deal."
"Are you doing business among zombies or sothing? All this talk about deals... Okay, fine, hurry up and ask."
"In the past couple of days, besides , have you seen any other newcors?"
"No, just you."
"How can you be sure, I’ve been here for two days now, surely you can’t know imdiately if a newcor arrives sowhere?"
"I don’t know, that guy’s appetite keeps growing, only picks the fattest to eat, doesn’t care for the skinny ones. So, usually those who can make it are so big demons, and every ti they co, it’s a huge commotion. But you are an exception, so quiet. If I hadn’t seen you here, I wouldn’t even know soone new had co."
"That guy?" Tang Ye sharply sensed that this woman’s "that guy" wasn’t the fellow who ca in before him but the creator of this world. Moreover, the woman’s words made sense, if it were Ah Fu and his group who entered, realizing that this place was just like the pre-apocalyptic world, they would definitely cause a huge fuss.
"The thing that pulled you in here, you must know what that thing is, right?"
"You don’t know?"
"I also don’t know how to refer to that thing, it’s quite weird."
"How weird?"
"You ask , I also couldn’t tell you."
"So, is everyone here soone who ca in before?"
"Mostly."
"Mostly?"
"A small part isn’t, just a very very tiny part."
"So, you’re saying they eventually beco those ordinary people I t, then why haven’t you turned into one?"
"?..." The woman paused, seemingly organizing her words to explain, after a while, she said, "Actually... I also don’t know, maybe I have so kind of privilege. Have you seen Spirited Away?"
"I have."
"The longer you stay here, the more and more of your own mories you will forget, it’s unavoidable, but no matter what you forget, don’t forget your own na. If you ever find yourself unable to rember what your na is, the consequence will be just like those people you’ve t. When you arrived, you might recognize so people and know their nas..."
Tang Ye imdiately thought of Lu Xin, this guy was the only person whose na he knew since coming here, but then he critically thought about it: his own na seed to beco blurry, and he furrowed his brow, unsure from when his own na had beco unrecallable, not since he ca here, but from a much earlier ti. Was his na not Li Henian?
"But I have to tell you, the real nas of those people you know might not be those nas, their identities change depending on who they are dealing with, kind of like extras; those who get face ti will have different nas depending on the show they act in."
"I see, when did you co in then?"
The woman thought for a mont and said, "Do you know about the global black rain that happened once in the real world? After that rain, many people turned into zombies."
Tang Ye nodded, she was referring to the ti when the apocalypse began.
"I know."
"I ca here a few months after the black rain, how long has it been outside?"
"It’s been over ten years now, wait... it has been only a few months and this place was already here?"
"Yeah, my situation might be different from yours."
"What’s different?"
"You guys were probably pulled in by force, unexpectedly and unwillingly, but I ca here voluntarily."
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