Chapter 8
After Ye Xuan fell asleep, that sweet fragrance lingered at the tip of Xia Chenxi’s nose the entire time, constantly tempting him to bite him.
If not for Ye Xuan’s slap, he might really have bitten through Ye Xuan’s neck.
Ye Xuan covered his wound and touched a sticky liquid. The pain was intense. Xia Chenxi had really bitten him like he wanted him dead.
Xia Chenxi’s chest rose and fell unevenly, and the desire for Ye Xuan in his heart was still stirring restlessly.
He wanted to bite Ye Xuan. He wanted to bite his neck.
The thought of the pleasure of blood gushing out made Xia Chenxi tremble all over. He covered his mouth and stumbled outside the door.
After that night, his urge to bite Ye Xuan had already weakened a lot. Just in case, he had even worn the bite guard for an extra day.
The bite guard had pressed so painfully against his jaw that it was unbearably uncomfortable. After confirming that his urge to bite people had completely disappeared, he had taken it off.
How could it suddenly…
Xia Chenxi crouched in the corner outside and bit down on his own hand. The taste of blood instantly filled his entire mouth.
Still not enough. He still wanted…
No.
Xia Chenxi bit down even harder, trying to use the pain to numb his nerves.
Ye Xuan covered his neck and ran out of the storeroom. The sky was still rather dark, and he could not see where Xia Chenxi had run off to, so he used his other hand to turn on his phone flashlight and search for him.
Very soon, he found Xia Chenxi sitting in a corner, biting his own forearm.
With the naked eye, it was obvious Xia Chenxi was biting himself very hard. The veins on his temples bulged, and blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth.
Actually, he really did not need to go this far. Ye Xuan sighed and crouched down in front of Xia Chenxi.
“Xia Chenxi, bite me.” His own neck hurt terribly right now anyway. He might as well let Xia Chenxi bite him to death, then be reborn and prevent it in advance.
Xia Chenxi let out a pained groan, but still kept biting his own hand.
If this continued, even if Xia Chenxi did not bite himself to death, he would die from blood loss.
“I said, Xia Chenxi, bite me.”
Ye Xuan brushed aside Xia Chenxi’s bangs, which were damp with sweat. Those eyes, struggling and full of pain, met Ye Xuan’s. It was as if a wild beast were trapped inside them.
“Stop struggling. Can’t you just bite me?” Why was he so stubborn?
Xia Chenxi finally loosened his mouth. His mouth was full of blood, and the flesh on his arm had been bitten to pieces, so deep the bone could be seen.
“Stop meddling in other people’s business. Get lost.”
Xia Chenxi pushed Ye Xuan away. Ye Xuan was caught off guard and crashed into a shelf. The shelf was made of iron, and Xia Chenxi’s strength was great, so the impact hurt Ye Xuan badly. It felt as if his spine had been smashed apart.
His neck already hurt, and now Xia Chenxi had pushed him like this. Ye Xuan became angry too.
“If I tell you to bite, then bite. You think you’re the only one who can get angry?”
He stretched his neck to Xia Chenxi’s mouth, but Xia Chenxi pushed his face away.
“You want to die that badly?”
“I’ve already been bitten by you anyway. Rather than turning into one of those walking-dead zombies outside, you might as well bite me to death and give me release.”
Xia Chenxi panted heavily and glared at Ye Xuan.
“Stop looking. If you keep looking, it’ll be too late. Hurry up and bite.”
Xia Chenxi opened his mouth and bit down on the other side of Ye Xuan’s neck. His words were muffled as he said, “You asked for this.”
In that instant, the pain in Ye Xuan’s neck swept through his entire body. The pain from hitting the iron shelf just now was not even worth mentioning.
After biting for three seconds, Xia Chenxi retreated to the side.
“I can’t do it.”
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Ye Xuan was dumbfounded. Now he could not do it? Then what were the two bite marks on his neck supposed to count as? What was the pain in his back supposed to count as?
Proof that he could take it?
“Xia Chenxi, I despise you.”
A sound came from the entrance.
“Move this away. Team One, stay alert.”
Very soon, the truck blocking the entrance was moved away. Light shone in from the doorway, and a group of people dressed in black combat uniforms rushed in and surrounded Ye Xuan and Xia Chenxi.
Ye Xuan raised his hands.
The team leader glanced at Ye Xuan, then at Xia Chenxi, who was half-kneeling on the ground, and ordered people to restrain both of them.
A person wearing a white protective suit squeezed out from the crowd with a case in hand.
“Aiya, can you people consider me a little? Why are you walking so fast?”
When that person saw the bloody bite marks on Ye Xuan’s neck and Xia Chenxi’s sorry state, he smiled teasingly.
“You two young lads really are full of youthful vigor, huh?”
“Xie Yan, cut the nonsense,” the team leader reminded the man in the protective suit.
“Got it, got it. Look at that stiff face of yours.”
Xie Yan took out an instrument and drew a little blood from Ye Xuan and Xia Chenxi’s hands respectively, then placed the samples into the instrument.
While waiting for the results, Xie Yan asked Ye Xuan and Xia Chenxi, “What year are you two in?”
“Freshman year.” Seeing that Xia Chenxi looked like he had no intention of dealing with the person in front of him, Ye Xuan was afraid Xia Chenxi might offend these people, so he answered for him. “He is too.”
“Friends?”
Were they?
Maybe Xia Chenxi did not think so.
Ye Xuan coughed and explained, “Roommates.”
“Oh, roommates. How’s your relationship normally?”
How was it? Barely acquaintances?
“Uh…”
“What does that have to do with you?” Xia Chenxi spoke. His eyes, which had been crimson just now, had returned to normal. He glanced at Xie Yan.
“You brat, I can’t even ask?”
The indicator light on the instrument turned green. Xie Yan lowered his head to check the results.
“Mm, histone activity is high. It’s just that the R Virus in the body is a bit unstable… very likely an ability user…”
“Hm?”
Xie Yan, who had still been grinning just now, raised his head and turned toward Ye Xuan. Pointing at Xia Chenxi, he asked in an extremely urgent tone, “Aside from this person, who else bit you?”
Ye Xuan was stunned. Aside from Xia Chenxi, no one else had bitten him at all.
“No one.”
“Really no one?” Xie Yan grabbed Ye Xuan by the collar. “Don’t lie. This is very important to me.”
“Really no one.” Ever since the zombie outbreak, he had stayed in the dorm.
Ye Xuan spoke sincerely. Xie Yan stared at him for a while before letting go of his collar and scratching his own head through the protective suit.
“Strange. Strange.”
“What’s going on?” The team leader frowned and asked Xie Yan.
“He has two kinds of R Virus in his body. Normally speaking, it’s already very difficult for one person to receive one kind of R Virus, survive, and maintain sanity. But his body can actually tolerate two kinds of R Virus.”
Xie Yan checked the instrument again and exclaimed, “No, that’s not right. One of the R Viruses in your body is devouring the other.”
Ye Xuan could understand the literal meaning. Judging from this person’s tone, the fact that the two viruses in his body were fighting each other seemed to be something unbelievable.
Logically speaking, in his situation, should he not have turned into a zombie long ago? Ye Xuan considered whether he should confess everything about his rebirth, but when he looked at the fierce-looking team leader beside him and the somewhat crazy Xie Yan, he swallowed the words back down.
“Before the zombie outbreak, he was bitten by someone.” Xia Chenxi, who had been silent all this time, spoke. “I saw it with my own eyes. That person turned into a zombie right in front of me.”
Ye Xuan suddenly turned his head. Why was Xia Chenxi only saying something this important now?
“What did you say? He was bitten before?” Xie Yan was shocked for a moment, then smiled in understanding. “As expected.”
“What exactly are you talking about?”
Ye Xuan felt as if he had been kept completely in the dark. The two of them were speaking in riddles right in front of him. A burst of intense pain suddenly came from his neck and kept spreading. His vision went black, and he passed out.
