You Are No Longer Human

(恭喜'丶缠绵'成为本书的盟主!)

Mumei had no idea how easily her words could be misunderstood by those unaware of the truth.

No, even those who knew that Mumei needed to suck blood to survive would likely fail to understand, and would instead recognize that humans and Kabaneri were indeed not the same existence, right?

In such circumstances, people would instinctively fear Mumei and Ikoma.

Thus, gaining others' trust was an extremely difficult task for Mumei and Ikoma.

By the same logic, Ikoma, who had yet to fully accept that his way of existence had been altered, could not understand Mumei's act of drinking blood either.

Therefore, Ikoma's expression as he looked at Mumei was very grim.

Mumei, on the other hand, seemed utterly unable to grasp what was going on in Ikoma's mind, and said as if it were only natural: "You'd better drink a little too, or you won't last long, you know?"

Hearing this, Ikoma replied almost without thinking: "I will never drink blood!"

"Is that so?" Mumei glanced at Ikoma, speaking somewhat casually: "But if a Kabaneri doesn't drink blood within a certain time, they'll not only lose their strength, but gradually turn into a Kabane, you know?"

"Wha... what?!" Ikoma was struck with immense shock.

Seeing Ikoma's dazed expression, Fang Li sighed and said: "Ikoma, you'd better abandon those naive thoughts and face reality."

With that, Fang Li stared intently at Ikoma and said word by word: "After all, you're no longer human now."

Ikoma's expression shifted violently.

In the end, Ikoma drooped his head dejectedly and could no longer speak.

A heavy atmosphere spread around them.

Mumei, however, seemed to feel nothing at all, continuing to lick her fingers stained with Fang Li's blood, looking like a cute girl licking sweet honey.

Unfortunately, what Mumei licked was not honey, but blood, which added a sense of evil and gore to the girl's cuteness.

Fang Li let the heavy atmosphere linger in the air, watching the silent Ikoma without speaking, and instead took out a potion bottle, a water bottle, and a pack of biscuits from his leg pouch.

Then, Fang Li first poured some of the potion, which was only half full, onto the wound on his arm.

"Sizzle..."

A sound like skin being pressed against a hot iron block rang out.

It was the sound of the wound on Fang Li's arm smoking.

Pouring out half of the remaining Wound Recovery Potion, the wound on Fang Li's arm absorbed the liquid directly, emitting steam-like smoke, and rapidly healed at a visible rate.

Before long, the wound on Fang Li's arm had completely disappeared.

Mumei saw this and froze.

Ikoma saw this and was stunned as well.

Ignoring his dumbfounded companions, Fang Li put the Wound Recovery Potion, now only a quarter full, back into his leg pouch, then opened the cap of the Water Bottle, unwrapped an Energy Compression Biscuit, and began munching on it while drinking water.

Like Mumei, Fang Li had not eaten since last night.

After such intense fighting and slaughter, Fang Li had rested enough, but his stomach was unbearably hungry.

Now that Aragane Station had fallen, the food and water loaded on the Iron Fortress were certainly limited. Feeding a large crowd of people was no simple task.

It was easy to imagine that with such scarce food and water, others would not be willing to provide for Fang Li and his group.

Fortunately, Fang Li had exchanged for food and water just in case before starting his Instance World journey.

The Water Bottle could hold ten liters of water, enough for Fang Li to use for a while.

There were ten Energy Compression Biscuits in total, each providing a day's nutrition for the user, so Fang Li wouldn't have to worry about food for ten days.

Moreover, since Mumei and Ikoma were not human and didn't need human food, Fang Li naturally didn't have to humble himself to beg others for food and water.

After finishing a biscuit and drinking a few mouthfuls of water, his stomach finally felt warm, and his body gradually regained strength. Only then did Fang Li put the biscuit and water bottle back into his leg pouch and look at Mumei and Ikoma again.

When he did, he saw two Kabaneri with blank expressions.

"Uh..." Fang Li said somewhat speechlessly: "What kind of expressions are those?"

Mumei and Ikoma exchanged a glance, then one looked at Fang Li with curiosity, while the other looked at him as if he were a monster even more incredible than themselves.

"...You surprised me." Mumei said bluntly. "This is the first time I've seen a human with recovery power stronger than a Kabaneri's."

Aside from possessing physical abilities comparable to a Kabane, Kabaneri were almost identical to Kabane in other respects.

For example, needing blood to survive.

For example, their hearts glowing and becoming a weak point, yet protected by a steel-like membrane.

And for example, their powerful recovery.

An injury like Fang Li's just now would take a human several days to fully recover, but a Kabaneri would be completely healed in a few minutes.

Yet Fang Li had instantly healed that level of wound.

"Was it because of that potion just now?" Ikoma muttered, dumbfounded. "What was that? I've never heard of anything like it."

"Hey." Mumei directly addressed Fang Li: "Let me see..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Mumei's expression suddenly changed.

Seeing this, Ikoma frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Mumei ignored Ikoma, as if she had confirmed something, her expression turning serious.

"Hey! What's wrong with you?" Ikoma raised his voice. "Don't tell me you want to suck blood again..."

"Kabane!" Mumei directly cut off Ikoma's words, speaking as if to herself. "There's the presence of Kabane ahead!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Mumei rushed straight to the door leading to the car ahead and reached out to open it.

However, at that moment, a hand suddenly pressed down on Mumei's shoulder.

Mumei was slightly startled and turned her head to look beside her.

There, Fang Li firmly held Mumei's shoulder, gazing at her pretty face, and said this.

"You can't go out."

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