Feng Qingqing transformed from a human into a snake right before everyone's eyes. The last time the people of the Sunrise Base saw a scene like 'Lady White' taking her true form in public was in a TV drama before the apocalypse.
Some of the people present were afraid of snakes, and even those who weren't had somewhat of a phobia of giant creatures. What made it even more terrifying was that after this snake transformed, its face still faintly resembled Feng Qingqing's.
When Lady White transformed into a white snake back then, her snake body certainly didn't have a human face!
Hearing Shangguan Xu vomiting louder and louder, some people also started to dry heave. Before long, the sound of retching echoed all over the scene.
Two young people who lived opposite Feng Qingqing and Shangguan Xu were standing in the crowd, and the girl suddenly realized something.
"I was wondering why every time I came home and the door opposite was open, I would smell a huge fishy stench. It turns out Feng Qingqing is a snake!" The girl's face turned green as she spoke. She wasn't afraid of snakes, nor did she find them disgusting; before the apocalypse, she had even eaten snake meat with her elders.
But no matter how much she didn't hate them, the thought of living in the same building, on the same floor, and right across the hall from a snake monster for so long truly made her skin crawl!
Every time she mentioned the fishy smell coming from across the hall, her boyfriend would say it must be her imagination, either just briefly comforting her or impatiently scolding her.
Thinking of this, the girl pinched the soft flesh on her boyfriend's waist and twisted it hard. Her boyfriend grimaced in pain but didn't dare say a word.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have remembered. Now that you say it, I recall that whenever I met Feng Qingqing in the past, she always had a strong perfume scent on her. On the rare occasions when the perfume wasn't as strong, there was a faint fishy smell. With the terrible air quality in the apocalypse, I never thought much of it."
"Tell me about it. Who would have thought a snake could turn into a monster!"
Someone let their imagination run wild: "If a snake can turn into a human, is it possible that this is actually some kind of spiritual energy revival?"
Before the apocalypse, many people read novels. Once this idea was brought up, everyone couldn't help but follow his train of thought.
"That's right, that's right! Didn't someone say there's no making without breaking? It must be because there were too many things in our previous world that needed to be discarded, so it was broken first to be rebuilt!"
"Makes sense, makes sense! Otherwise, why would plants and animals mutate? And some of us even awakened superpowers. Most of these powers are elements like metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, ice, and lightning. Think about it, aren't these things that only appear in cultivation novels?"
"Exactly! Thinking about it that way, wouldn't the mutated plants and animals correspond to the demon race?"
"Then those zombies are the devils?" Everyone chimed in, instantly giving this apocalyptic world a whole new script.
Just as everyone was fleshing out this script more completely, no one noticed that the sky above had become much bluer, and the ever-present smell of decay seemed to have dissipated a bit at this moment.
However, because the change was so slight, no one realized it.
Only the Transmigrator Group Chat System was entangled by the Heavenly Dao consciousness of the apocalyptic zombie world. It insisted that the Group Chat System open the channel between its world and the cultivation world, throwing a tantrum if it didn't.
The Group Chat System had a massive headache. In its entire system life, the only other person who had pestered it to the point of annoyance was Lin Zhongxun. Last time, it couldn't withstand Lin Zhongxun's relentless pestering, and all its energy was drained by him, forcing it into a twenty-year slumber.
If it opened the channel between the cultivation world and the apocalyptic zombie world this time, who knew what kind of punishment it would suffer. It definitely wasn't going to do it!
But remembering that Lin Zhongxun had once shattered the void to come to this world, it meant the channel to this world had been forcibly broken open once before. And as far as it knew, the world Lin Zhongxun was currently in was also a cultivation world...
The Group Chat System kicked away the consciousness of the apocalyptic zombie world and began stealthily altering one or two seemingly insignificant but crucial lines of code.
The standoff between humans and the snake continued. The humans didn't act rashly, and the snake made no unnecessary movements either.
Because it had been sprinkled with realgar powder again today, Feng Qingqing's already unhealed body ached even more. The only reason it wasn't going berserk right now was entirely due to its sheer willpower.
Being able to rise to become Subject Number One among thousands of test subjects in the Qingfeng Biological Research Institute, it still had some brains before it met Shangguan Xu.
It knew that if a real fight broke out, it had the advantage of its long body and immense crushing strength. Even if it was injured and in agonizing pain, it would be very easy for it to take the lives of these people.
But these people had realgar powder on them! Feng Qingqing had suffered greatly from realgar powder. In the past, it feared nothing in heaven or on earth, but now it had developed a deep fear of realgar powder.
It had only come back because it thought the realgar powder was gone. If it had known these people still had realgar powder in their hands, it wouldn't have returned even if beaten to death!
It glanced at Shangguan Xu again. Shangguan Xu was still dry heaving, which made Feng Qingqing feel very hurt. It wanted to get angry and kill all these humans who were irritating it.
But it was also extremely afraid of the small paper packets held by Liu Xu and the others. Its body was currently riddled with wounds, all caused by that inconspicuous realgar powder!
"I know you can still understand human speech. If you don't want to perish together with us, then please leave the Sunrise Base immediately and retreat deep into the mountains. You are not allowed to appear within thirty kilometers of the base." The base commander finally spoke. His prestige was very high, and the moment he voiced his words, the originally noisy scene instantly quieted down.
Feng Qingqing looked at the base commander, and then its gaze fell upon Shangguan Xu. The meaning it wanted to convey was very simple: it could leave, but Shangguan Xu had to go with it.
The base commander turned to look at Shangguan Xu, and the ordinary people in the base also turned their heads to look.
Shangguan Xu had been dry heaving, but now he couldn't heave anymore. He looked up at the snake bearing Feng Qingqing's face, and that feeling of disgust surged in his heart again.
Shangguan Xu liked reptile pets; he had liked them since he was a child. When he was five years old, his grandmother took him to a pet shop, and he instantly fell in love with a snake that had somehow been caught by the owner and casually tossed into a glass tank.
He begged his grandmother to buy it and take it home, and then he took meticulous care of it. Later, as the snake grew bigger and bigger, his parents found an expert to examine it. It turned out to be a python, and one with a rather ordinary pattern at that.
His parents wanted to send the snake away, but Shangguan Xu couldn't bear to part with it. He was young at the time and didn't really know what a python meant; he only knew that the snake was his best playmate growing up.
He defended it to the death, and finally, the snake stayed, but it could only remain in a specific cage. This lasted until it grew larger and larger, so big that the previously custom-made cage could no longer hold it.
Therefore, his parents sent it away. Shangguan Xu was very sad and a bit heartbroken, but he also felt a sense of relief. It had grown simply too large; he even felt that if it just opened its mouth, it could swallow him whole.
When it was sent away, Shangguan Xu missed it at first, but later on, he never thought about it again. To him, that python was nothing more than an insignificant episode in his life.
He never even thought about seeing it again. He especially did not expect their reunion to be so explosive—it transformed from a human into a snake right in front of him!
When Shangguan Xu thought about the days and nights he had spent with it over the past half year or so, he felt sick to his stomach.
He did like keeping snakes, but he never imagined having unspeakable relations with one.
The scene was dead silent, and the people around Shangguan Xu scattered in an instant. In the entire Rising Sun Base, who did not know about the deep affection between Feng Qingqing and Shangguan Xu? Every day, they would put on a show of loving affection in front of everyone.
Feng Qingqing glanced at Shangguan Xu, swept her tail, and wrapped him up. Then, she took a deep look at the people of the Rising Sun Base, twisted her body, and quickly left.
Having mutated after the apocalypse, Feng Qingqing's body was long and thick; even the thinnest tip of her tail was comparable to an adult's waist.
Shangguan Xu was so frightened that he fainted. After they left, the crowd present started talking animatedly.
Jiang Ying was called away by Liu Xu, and the interdimensional live broadcast ended there.
Lin Xi tossed her phone aside to pour a glass of water. When she returned, she saw Chu Qianmo sending messages in the group chat.
Brother Dog Wife-Killing Daoist Chu Qianmo: This realgar powder is specially made to deal with demonic beasts that have developed sentience. Even a Nascent Soul stage giant snake would be in deep trouble if hit by this realgar powder twice in a short period of time, and that is even if they have magical powers.
That snake was sprinkled with realgar powder twice in a short time. It probably will not live much longer.
Chu Qianmo's words sparked a discussion in the group. Everyone knew what Feng Qingqing had done in her previous life. If she was going to die, no one would be sad.
Earth Girl Lin Xi: Group Chat System, what exactly is the situation in the apocalyptic zombie world? How could the original Jiang Ying still be reborn after Jiang Ying transmigrated?
She had been busy setting up the bed and breakfast and attending Da Mingbao's wedding, so she had not had the chance to ask this question ever since she found out Jiang Xiaoxin was a reincarnator.
Now she finally had the time.
System Message: Do you remember the previous Mary Sue world? The situation in this world is quite similar to that Mary Sue world.
Originally, this world was not apocalyptic; it was a romance world. Jiang Ying and the male lead Shangguan Xu fell in love in college, entered society, and after a lot of hard work, successfully got married. It was a story about one shining in politics and the other becoming a famous lawyer.
In short, this was an urban workplace world. However, some mutations occurred in this world. Feng Qingqing, who did not have much focus in the book, awakened her consciousness. After finding out that Shangguan Xu was the male lead, she had the idea of stealing him away.
That Qingfeng Biological Research Institute also existed in the original world, but after Feng Qingqing took over, she began researching gene fusion, which ultimately led to the virus leak that devastated the globe.
After her awakening, Feng Qingqing originally wanted to make achievements in biological research, bring them back to the country, enter politics, and finally become a powerful female politician to form a power couple with Shangguan Xu.
Lin Xi and the others were speechless for a long time. They could not quite understand the thought process of the awakened Feng Qingqing. There were countless paths to enter politics; if all else failed, she could just take the civil service exam after graduation. Why did she go so off track, thinking she had to rely on biological research to enter politics?
Could it be that she read too many novels and thought she could produce a research result that would shock the world, and then the country would treat her as a VIP and satisfy all her demands?
It was so absurd that they did not even know where to begin criticizing it.
Apocalyptic Zombie World Jiang Ying: Then will this world ever recover?
System Message: Who knows? Maybe the consciousness of this world has already found a way out for itself.
The group chat system went invisible after saying this, and no matter how much they called for it, it did not come out again.
The people in the group commented on the matter and then changed the subject to other things.
Not long after, just as Lin Xi finished drying her hair and was about to go to sleep, she glanced at the group chat.
Reborn Transmigrator Girl Gu Nuanyang: A war has broken out here. In just a short week, the Ping Kingdom has already conquered three cities in our country.
Just as her message popped up, another message appeared on the phone screen.
Long Aotian's Arch-Enemy Liu Zhong: Is it really that coincidental? Our country started conscription yesterday, planning to flank and occupy places called the Ping Kingdom and Daxun.
As soon as Liu Zhong said this, the people in the group were stunned.
Ancient World Xu Huanhuan: Such a coincidence? If I remember correctly, Reborn Transmigrator Girl Gu Nuanyang, the dynasty you transmigrated to is called Daxun? Did you not also mention earlier that the Ping Kingdom is attacking you right now?
