Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

”What about my heart?” Xiaoyun pushed Tianci to explain more about it.

”You have a very kind heart... if it wasn’t for you, I don’t think I would have seen the light of day again.”

”How’s that kind, though? I’m just doing what I feel is right.” Xiaoyun didn’t think of himself as a kind person.

”What you feel is right is kindness in my eyes. I’m sure they think the same thing, too...”

The room fell silent again as the two had nothing else to discuss.

Soon, Xiaoyun was getting a little sleepy.

”Xiaoyun... The ground must be very rough. Do you want to sleep on the bed? I-I don’t mind it.” Tianci nervously suggested.

”It’s fine... I still want to wake up alive tomorrow.” Xiaoyun thought back to his promise made.

After a while, Xiaoyun finally fell asleep.

But Tianci still couldn’t fall asleep at all. She just couldn’t get used to the soft mattress compared to the hard concrete ledge in prison.

”Xiaoyun... are you asleep?”

With no response from Xiaoyun, Tianci closed her eyes and tried to force herself to sleep.

Suddenly, Tianci could feel her body shaking a little.

”Xia——”

Before Tianci could call Xiaoyun, she lost control of her entire body in seconds.

As Tianci got up from the bed and stood before Xiaoyun, the moonlight shone through the window onto Tianci.

If Xiaoyun were awake, he would see Tianci’s eye look the same as the one in prison, with a dark red iris and blood red surrounding it.

”You’re the one that’s trying to change me...” Tianci mumbled as she bent down a little to observe Xiaoyun’s face.

”I’m perfect. Why would anyone want to change me? This is what I always desired.” Tianci mumbled again as she stood back up.

”Where’s my tools?” Tianci looked around the room, but she couldn’t find anything sharp.

With Tianci opening drawers and looking for tools, Xiaoyun was awakened by the noise.

”Hm? Tianci, what are you looking for?” Xiaoyun asked as he saw Tianci digging through the drawers.

”N-Nothing, I’m just looking for water. Yeah, water.”

Xiaoyun noticed Tianci was refusing to face him, and her voice sounded a much higher pitch than usual.

”Tianci... are you okay?”

”Yeah, I’m fine. I’m going to sleep now.” Tianci replied with her eyes closed as she moved toward the bed.

Xiaoyun got even more suspicious but decided not to speak up about it.

”Hm, how can I experiment on him? If he’s stronger than me, his blood must be even more tasty... but I must be more careful.”

Tianci thought as she looked down to the side of the bed to make sure Xiaoyun was sleeping again.

Tianci slowly got up from the bed again and left the guest room. Then, she walked straight to the kitchen in complete darkness.

”Where did that woman put the knives?” Tianci started looking around the kitchen.

Suddenly, the light was turned on.

Tianci had to cover her eyes as the bright light almost flash banged her.

”Tianci, what are you doing this late?” Xiaoyun asked as he stood next to the light switch.

”I-I was just a little hungry,” Tianci replied.

”Tianci... can you lower your hand?”

”I... can’t do that.”

”Why not?” Xiaoyun had a bad feeling.

”If I lower my hand, can you promise you won’t hurt me?” Tianci’s voice suddenly changed back to normal.

”Um... of course. Why would I hurt you?”

After hearing Xiaoyun’s reassurance, Tianci slowly lowered her hands.

”Tianci, you...” Seeing Tianci’s eyes completely red, Xiaoyun immediately raised his guard.

”Please, I just want to live.” Tianci walked closer with her hand on the side.

”You’re not Tianci. Who are you exactly?” Xiaoyun asked as he created a baton behind his back.

”I’m the real Tianci. The other me is a soft and useless person.” Tianci moved a little closer.

”Stop right there,” Xiaoyun warned.

”Can I get a hug? Please.” Tianci begged as she stopped just a few steps away from Xiaoyun.

Thinking for a bit, Xiaoyun agreed to a hug.

Tianci suddenly pulled out a knife that she had found earlier as the two were just about to hug.

Xiaoyun knew the fake Tianci was about to do something suspicious and pushed the knife to the side with the baton he had been hiding the whole time.

With a lunge forward, Xiaoyun grabbed onto Tianci’s arm and started imagining her in the past, when Tianci was still normal.

Tianci’s eyes started returning to normal, but just as she was about to return fully, she stabs Xiaoyun’s stomach.

”Fuck!” Xiaoyun let go of Tianci, and his hand immediately held the stab wound on his stomach.

”Phew, that was close...” Tianci sighed in relief as she watched Xiaoyun holding his wound.

”Tianci, why do you always want to hurt other people?” Xiaoyun asked calmly as if he was still perfectly fine.

”Me? Hurting other people? I’m just experimenting on them, and they just so happen to die after it.” Tianci licked the blood off the knife.

”Hm... this tastes so good! I haven’t tasted something so good for so long.”

”Did you just... licked blood?” Xiaoyun got a little confused.

”Yeah, blood is the most tasty thing in the world. What about it?” Tianci tilted her head as she stared at Xiaoyun, still bleeding out the whole time.

”Are you a vampire or something? Who the hell drinks blood and thinks it’s tasty? Also, when you say you experiment on others, you mean you drink their blood?” Xiaoyun threw multiple questions at Tianci at once.

”Vampire? I’m not afraid of the light or anything. I just find blood tasty. Also, don’t discredit my experiment. I checked every spot for which spot was the best to get blood and even tested what drug could make their blood tastier.

Anyway, do you have any last word?” Tianci held onto her knife tightly as she got ready to stab Xiaoyun again.

”I want to say that you are a——”

Before Xiaoyun finished his sentence, he lunged forward and knocked Tianci’s knife out of her hand.

By the time Tianci could react, Xiaoyun had pushed her onto the floor with both hands holding her arms against the floor.

”Y-You aren’t injured at all?” Tianci tried to resist but couldn’t move at all.

”What makes you think a simple stab wound on the stomach would knock me out completely?” Xiaoyun replied as he started imaging Tianci back to her original state.

”N-No stop, please. I don’t want to go back to that dark ro——” Before the fake Tianci could finish, her voice finally disappeared.

After restraining Tianci and imagining her return to normal for almost a minute, she turned back to the normal Tianci.

”I’m so sorry I couldn’t do anything. I-i didn’t mean to hurt——”

”It’s okay. I should have been more prepared.” Xiaoyun got back up and helped Tianci get back up as well.

”I-I should just end myself... I’m just a liability to you.” Tianci’s voice was getting gloomier and gloomier.

”Come on, I told you I won’t let that happen...” Xiaoyun lifted his shirt to check his wound, which had already fully healed.

”But there’s no gain for you to help me like this... it’s just going to keep happening, and I’m going to hurt other people out of my control.” Tianci pleaded.

”I don’t need to gain anything. I’m not going to give up on somebody just because it’s difficult... Anyway, I think I found a more permanent solution to your issue.”

Xiaoyun thought back to his conversation with the other Tianci earlier.

”Really? What is it?” Tianci’s curiously asked.

”It seems the other person in your body just likes to drink blood... you knew this the whole time, didn’t you?” Xiaoyun inquired about Tianci’s whole story.

”Yes... but I-I don’t know how to bring it up. I didn’t want to be all creepy about it. I——”

”It’s okay. Like, I really mean it. Just be honest with me, and I can find a solution for you.”

”Anyway, the next time you turn, I’ll talk to her and ask her just to drink my blood directly. The other Tianci won’t need to hurt other people for then.” Xiaoyun explained his plan.

”You sure? I have seen her almost drink an entire person’s blood dry.” Tianci nervously asked.

”Don’t worry about that. I can regenerate my blood faster than you think. Just look at my stab wound. It’s already gone.” Xiaoyun lifted his shirt to show the already healed skin.

”What? How did you heal so fast?” Tianci was in complete shock as she remembered the wound was deep inside Xiaoyun’s stomach.

”I told you I can revert things back to their original state. I can even create things out of thin air.” Xiaoyun explained.

”Oh, right... wait, what do you mean create thing out of thin air?”

”You forgot the baton that I used? I just made it right now. Here, catch.” Xiaoyun created a bottle of water and threw it to Tianci.

”How? This makes no sense.” Tianci was in disbelief as she opened the water bottle and drank it.

”Well, I don’t have much explanation for you... Also, I just turned you back to normal right now. Why didn’t you react much to that ability?”

”I don’t know, maybe because this just... feels magical.” Tianci didn’t know how to put it in words.

”Yeah, yeah, whatever. You react like the other six when they first learn about it.” Xiaoyun yawned as he stretched out his arms.

”Anyway, let’s go back to sleep now... I’m getting a little sleepy.” Xiaoyun returned to the guest room with Tianci following behind him.