In the past, whenever he had this desire, he would choose to avoid humans.
He would eat the crystal cores from the heads of other zombies to maintain the energy he needed. But the experimenter refused to give him the crystal cores, only giving him bloodied living people.
They are taming him, like training a dog.
Besides domesticating him, they also tried to use him to transform humans, for example, turning living people into sentient zombies.
Zombies are neither dead nor alive, and in some ways, their lifespan is much longer than that of humans.
Sun Mo could hardly remember how long he had been tortured. He only knew that he wanted to die completely, but he just couldn't.
As Yu An listened to him recount everything that had happened, the anger in his eyes remained undiminished.
Chiu Chiu, who was eating cookies, also stopped what she was doing.
"Brother Sun."
Chiu Chiu stretched out her little hand and gave him a cookie: "Here, have some, it's sweet."
Sweet cookies are not food for mutants or zombies. But Chiu Chiu doesn't mind these tasty cookies.
Sun Mo didn't take the biscuit; he just put Qiuqiu on his lap.
Chiu Chiu was conflicted; all he wanted was a hug from his older brother.
However, seeing how sad his brother Sun was, he let his brother Sun hug him for the time being.
Brother Sun's face was expressionless, but Qiuqiu and Yu'an both knew that he was very sad.
"Yu An, I don't know what to do anymore." Sun Mo held Qiu Qiu in his arms, resting his chin on Qiu Qiu's shoulder. The cub's scent brought him a little peace.
Yu An didn't know how to make a choice for him.
Sun Mo is now considered the zombie king of this area, and all his decisions affect the numerous zombies below.
"It's okay."
Yu An leaned closer to him, patted his arm, and said seriously, "We'll think about it slowly, there's no rush now."
As he spoke, he didn't forget to clarify an important matter: "By the way, there are no such vicious experimenters in Base 5. Don't listen to Zhu Ling's nonsense."
“I came from Base 5, and I’m here to find someone.”
After chatting with Sun Mo for a long time, he didn't forget the important matter: "There are two other people with Zhu Ling, one is my friend, and the other is a young girl."
"These are their photos. Have you seen them?"
Yu An handed the photo to Sun Mo, who then handed it to Huang Mao, who walked in.
Huang Mao yelled at Sun Mo twice, and then Sun Mo replied, "This little girl is here. She has superpowers, but she was injured when she fell, so we locked her up."
Those with superpowers have all been bitten by zombies, so they can no longer be eaten by zombies.
But that doesn't mean the zombies can't kill them.
The more likely reason Sun Mo spared the little girl is that he didn't intend to kill her.
They found Xiaoxiao, and most importantly, Pei Si. Yu An pointed to Pei Si's photo and continued, "What about this person? Zhu Ling and Xiaoxiao are both here, is he here too?"
"He's not in now."
Sun Mo recognized the person in the photo. His eyes flickered, but he didn't go into too much detail: "He was carried off by a wild animal."
Yu An: "???"
Yu An was completely stunned.
He exclaimed in disbelief, "What did you say?! Pei Si was carried off by a wild animal!"
How could someone as big as Pei Si be carried away by a wild beast?
Sun Mo met his shocked gaze and nodded affirmatively: "We witnessed it with our own eyes, he really was carried away. There are many forests and wild animals here, so it's not too surprising that a human is carried away."
It took Yu An several minutes to process the fact that Pei Si had been carried away by a wild animal—such an absurd thing had really happened.
He looked up and stared straight at Sun Mo: "Where was he carried off from? What kind of wild animal carried him off?"
Sun Mo hesitated for a moment.
He and Yu An got along very well from their first meeting.
He and Yu An share the same identity, but they have different circumstances. However, Yu An is a very meaningful friend to him.
He didn't want him to get involved in danger, but he couldn't bring himself to lie.
After a moment's hesitation, Sun Mo spoke up: "He was carried off by a tiger, a very ferocious tiger."
Upon hearing the word "tiger," Yu An's ears twitched. He couldn't help but think of his own tiger cub, a fluffy, solid little creature.
But it's not vicious, and it certainly won't carry people away.
"The place where it was carried away is near our exit, there's a very hidden exit here."
Sun Mo told him the location and even drew a picture of the tiger that Pei Si had taken away on the ground.
Yu An and Qiu Qiu looked down together.
I watched for a few seconds.
Chiu Chiu clung to Sun Mo's arm, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion: "This is Meow Meow."
He recognized it; it wasn't a tiger, it was a meow.
Yu An: "..."
Yu An examined the pattern on the ground for a long time before finally having to admit with despair that Qiu Qiu was right. The pattern on the ground looked exactly like a little kitten.
Sun Mo silently hugged Qiu Qiu without saying a word.
He has been working very hard to recreate the appearance of A05.
However, there are advantages to Yu An not recognizing him.
A05 is an extremely dangerous mutant. He has no extra kindness towards humans. Although he tries to win over the zombie king, he is neither polite nor courteous.
Sun Mo had heard of these A-sequence aberrations; they were all incredibly arrogant. They were so powerful that they wouldn't treat anyone with any affability.
Sun Mo thought about A05, then looked at the obediently sitting little chick. In comparison, the chick was simply too cute.
He didn't ask what kind of aberration Chuchu was, because it didn't seem to be a very strong aberration.
"If you want to see where he was taken away, I can take you there."
"Okay, let's go take a look."
With Sun Mo leading the way, those zombies who had previously lunged at Yu An are now extremely polite to him.
They arrived at the place where Pei Si had been carried away, but there was nothing there.
So much time has passed; even if the big tiger eats him up piece by piece, it should have devoured Pei Si completely by now.
Yu An squatted on the ground, unable to contain his frustration. He had searched all the way here for Pei Sidu; he was just one step away from finding her!
Xiaoxiao didn't die, and Zhu Ling didn't die.
Why should Pei Si get into trouble?!
Yu An felt increasingly uncomfortable, and Sun Mo, standing beside him, didn't know what to say.
After a long while, Yu An stood up unwillingly.
He really didn't make any new discoveries. After all, a tiger that has already carried someone wouldn't just stand there and wait foolishly after it's done carrying them.
"Yu An, come back with me."
The night was now completely dark. Sun Mo still remembered that Yu An loved to sleep. They used to sleep in the same room and spend the night together.
Yu An slept soundly and even snored softly.
Yu An had no choice but to follow Sun Mo.
He harbored a deep grudge against the tiger: "A tiger that eats people is a bad tiger! If it really eats Pei Si, it's finished."
Yu An still held onto a sliver of hope, having yet to see Pei Si's body or even her remains after being eaten.
Sun Mo listened to him talk about the tiger, but didn't respond.
Even though Chuchu clearly didn't remember the tiger cub, when he heard his older brother scolding the tiger, he looked up and nodded several times.
"Big brother," Chiu Chiu said, "I don't want the tiger, I want the meow."
Yu An loves all things fluffy, and of course, the fluffiest kittens are his absolute favorite.
However, his cubs didn't include kittens, only tiger cubs. The tiger cubs were just as furry, and their bellies would show when they were petted.
Chiu Chiu didn't remember much, but Yu An remembered it for him—
One time, Chiu Chiu was beaten up by Ba Zai and cried, even though Ba Zai wasn't around. Chiu Chiu wanted to go find her good friend C66, a little spider that could spin webs.
But no one opened the door for him.
Finally, Chiu Chiu squatted in the corner, tears streaming down her face.
There was a blanket in the corner, and A05 happened to be resting there with her eyes closed. Chiu Chiu hadn't interacted with A05 before; these top-ranked kids were all rather unfriendly.
But Chuchu, who was beaten and cried, was very sad at the time.
He looked at A05, his voice choked with emotion, and asked softly, "Can I touch you?"
A05 glanced at him but ignored him.
Seeing that A0 was ignoring him, Chuchu became even more heartbroken: "I want a little kitten."
He didn't want the big tiger, and the big tiger ignored him.
Just as the heartbroken little chick was crying so hard it was about to collapse, A05 flicked its tail and tossed its fluffy tail into his hand.
Chiu Chiu sniffed, her crying subsiding: "I still want Meow Meow."
A05 seemed to have gotten tired of crying, so it lifted its eyelids and spoke in a steady voice: "Meow."
That meow wasn't cute at all.
But Chiu Chiu stopped crying and smiled, happily hugging the fluffy tail in her hands.
This is what Yu An saw in the surveillance footage.
Chiu Chiu and A05 got along harmoniously for a short while, but later A05 became more accustomed to being alone and never paid any more attention to Chiu Chiu and the other little mutants.