A lazy bum transmigrates and marries a eunuch – it's awesome!

Chapter 183 Gu Insect

The atmosphere of sadness is contagious; those who weren't scratched felt both relieved and saddened for their companions.

Everyone waited quietly, waiting for the mutation to happen or for everything to be alright.

One of the boys seemed quite bold. He didn't think that being caught would turn him into a man-eating monster, and he mustered up the courage to question Jiang Xinyu about why she had to isolate them.

His question was echoed by several other people.

Who wants to die when they can live? They were injured and instead of being bandaged, they gathered here with knives pointed at them. Anyone would be in that situation and feel resentful.

Just as Xiaodouzi was about to scold him, Jiang Xinyu stopped him.

"Didn't you see? I know how to deal with them because I recognize this kind of thing."

Jiang Xinyu sighed, "I once read a record in an ancient book that said these mindless creatures that only eat others based on instinct are called zombies."

Although they could move, they were probably already dead, lacking sight and pain, but with exceptionally keen hearing and smell.

They find their prey by smelling and hearing the scents and sounds of strangers. If they encounter a stranger, they can lure them away by holding their breath and making noise elsewhere.

They are strong and not afraid of pain; they can still move even if their hands and feet are cut off.

Remember this: the only way to kill them is to cut off their heads or smash their skulls.

The cadaveric poison that turned them into this state was found in their teeth and nails.

Don't despair, things might turn around.

Generally, if you are scratched by one of these zombies, you will mutate within half an hour. If you are healthy and haven't been infected, you'll be fine.

Jiang Xinyu's last sentence was a lie, but looking at those young and innocent faces, she still wanted to give them a glimmer of hope.

These zombies are very different from the zombies of the apocalypse. They are slower and not very strong, and most importantly, they are easier to chop down.

Perhaps the ancient version was a weaker version.

Perhaps the zombies here aren't infectious.

Even in such a difficult apocalypse, everyone is trying to live actively, and she simply couldn't bear to see these people so desperate.

The white lie did have some effect; those people were filled with hope when they heard that there was a possibility that they wouldn't mutate.

Some worship Buddha, some worship the Jade Emperor, and some even worship the fox spirit, the earth god, and the kitchen god that they worship in their own homes.

Jiang Xinyu didn't find them laughable; people always need something to rely on when they're in despair.

The so-called prayers to gods and Buddhas are about seeking peace of mind, but in reality, they are all gambling on luck.

The distant village echoed with the crowing of roosters, and the sky gradually began to lighten with the first light of dawn.

The boy who first questioned Jiang Xinyu asked in a hoarse voice if an hour had passed, and if they wouldn't have to die since they hadn't turned into monsters.

Jiang Xinyu seemed even more excited than them, her eyes even reddening and tears welling up.

She prayed as the injured man prayed; she really didn't want to see the end of the world here.

"Press your wound, does it hurt? Look at the color of the blood that's flowing out."

After Jiang Xinyu finished speaking, she took a torch and moved closer. Xiao Yuan tried to stop her, but Jiang Xinyu gently pushed him away.

"No one knows what mutation looks like better than me?"

rest assured!"

Xiao Yuan was worried, but seeing his wife's determined expression, he had no choice but to go with her.

At this moment, the young man squeezed out some more blood from the wound on his arm.

Jiang Xinyu examined the blood carefully and found that it wasn't black. She was even more certain after asking if it would cause pain.

The possibility that they are zombies after such a long period of time without mutating has been greatly reduced, but to be on the safe side, these people should still try not to mix with normal people.

At this point, Jiang Xinyu could no longer adhere to the strict separation between men and women. She checked everyone's wounds to make sure there was no necrotic black discoloration before announcing that these people could begin to recover normally.

Soon the doctor began to brew medicine, clean the wound, and bandage it. Jiang Xinyu also instructed that any fever or abnormal behavior must be reported immediately.

By the time they finished their work, it was already broad daylight. Jiang Xinyu, without taking a break, went with Xiao Yuan to examine the zombies.

Yesterday it was too dark to see anything and the situation was too chaotic. She should have tried to catch a live one for research.

In the torchlight, she saw with her own eyes that those people's eyes were grayish-white, and apart from being slightly weak, they were no different from those of the dead.

But the people they bit and scratched were definitely not mutated, so Jiang Xinyu was no longer sure.

Knowing the zombies were poisonous, none of the soldiers dared to touch them. The heads and bodies were separated, and the blood flowing out was dark brown, dead blood.

The biggest advantage Jiang Xinyu gained after retrieving her spatial storage was that her supplies were still there, including medical gloves and scalpels.

Seeing his wife put on a pair of gloves as thin as cicada wings and use a strange knife to cut up the corpse, Chief Supervisor Xiao couldn't help but shudder.

For some reason, in such a serious setting, the words "Complete Guide to Killing Husbands" popped into his mind.

It seems his wife was serious; this dismemberment technique clearly wasn't her first time.

Chief Supervisor Xiao is making a fuss over nothing. Although Jiang Xinyu has experienced this before, she is not exactly a seasoned veteran either.

It's just that the scalpels in ancient times weren't very effective, which makes her movements seem too smooth.

Based on the degree of decomposition of their internal organs, these people have not been dead for very long, but there is no doubt that they have been dead for more than a day.

I just don't know why these people can still move around even though they don't have lividity.

To check whether these so-called zombies had crystal cores, Jiang Xinyu dissected seven or eight heads in a row.

Watching the lady churn the little beans in her brain, they couldn't help but vomit. Several Eastern Depot agents also turned pale and tried to suppress their nausea.

Their supervisor has really heavy tastes. This lady is even more perverted than that old man Yan Hua, the Poison Hand.

But without a doubt, they all reached a consensus: this lady was absolutely not to be trifled with.

Xiao Yuan never expected his wife to be so fierce, and he forced himself to make a major decision despite feeling disgusted.

From now on, tofu will be permanently removed from the menu of the Imperial Eunuch's Office.

After Jiang Xinyu poured out the brain matter and examined it carefully, she did not find the crystal core, but she did find several black beetles the size of a fingernail.

However, the beetle was already dead by then, but its strange shape was something I had never seen before.

Xiao Yuan looked at the beetles and exclaimed in surprise.

"It's impossible for worms to get into a person's brain. And if someone dies and is thrown on the ground, it's impossible for all the worms that crawl into it to be the same kind."

Especially since these insects are all around the same size...

Could it be a Gu worm?

These people may not be the kind of zombies you know, but rather they may be controlled by Gu worms.

Although the blood is a putrid, dark brown color, it could also be due to poisoning and doesn't necessarily mean the person has been dead for a long time.

These people did not exhibit rigor mortis or livor mortis.

Jiang Xinyu nodded and directed the guards to continue collecting her heads.

All sixty-eight heads were moved over, and Jiang Xinyu simply pried them open one by one.

Watching the lady pry open her skull with a snap, as if she were opening a watermelon, everyone felt a tickle on their own heads.

Some people looked at Supervisor Xiao with considerable sympathy.

Their supervisor was known for his insidious, ruthless, and cruel methods. They had even sympathized with the young lady from the Jiang family, thinking she would be frightened to tears by the supervisor.

Now it seems, it's really hard to say who scared whom to tears.

Sure enough, two kinds of people can't sleep in the same bed. With a wife like that, I wonder if their chief eunuch can even run the household.

With a wife like that, would their chief eunuch still dare to take a concubine?

What if I try it and die?