Wang Tao's knowledge of this inhibitor came entirely from its written description. He wanted to see its effects for himself.
If it could save Yellow Hair, that would naturally be even better.
And if it couldn't, he wouldn't lose anything anyway. He had twenty bottles of inhibitor, so he could spare one.
Holding the previous bottle of inhibitor, Wang Tao walked out.
In just that short time, only five points remained on Yellow Hair's green Health Bar.
Wang Tao wondered whether he would die first once his Health Bar hit zero, or... turn directly into a zombie?
Wang Tao crouched beside Yellow Hair. Looking at the black veins slowly appearing on his neck, Wang Tao guessed that once an infected person's Health Bar emptied, they would turn directly into a zombie.
"Are you still alive? Blink if you are."
Wang Tao asked Yellow Hair.
Yellow Hair raised his one good eye to look at Wang Tao. His gaze was somewhat unfocused, but he still blinked with difficulty.
Wang Tao took out an inhibitor and waved it before his eyes.
"This is an inhibitor, something the authorities developed to fight the Zombie Virus."
The moment those words came out, a glimmer of light clearly appeared in Yellow Hair's eyes.
"But it can't completely detoxify you. It can only suppress the Zombie Virus from taking effect. If I give you the inhibitor now, you won't mutate into a zombie, but no one knows when it might flare up again. You'll have to keep using inhibitors."
Yellow Hair was not disappointed at all. In his current condition, he asked for nothing else. If he could live even one more day, he would be secretly overjoyed.
"However, this inhibitor has serious side effects. And only people with strong physiques or strong mental will can use it. Otherwise, using it means death anyway. So, are you ready?"
Yellow Hair used all his remaining strength and began blinking frantically.
"Very good."
Wang Tao nodded.
The inhibitor could be injected or taken orally.
But before pouring the inhibitor into his mouth, Wang Tao added:
"Think of reasons why you can't die. For example, your parents are still waiting for you to save them. Or that woman who just got you killed is still alive and well..."
"Ugh—"
Yellow Hair's one eye instantly widened, filling with hatred.
Wang Tao stopped wasting words. He directly pinched Yellow Hair's mouth open and poured the entire bottle of inhibitor down his throat.
Gulp~ After Yellow Hair drank the inhibitor, his entire body began convulsing.
This didn't look like suppression at all. It looked more like he was about to turn into a zombie.
"Did it not work...?"
Wang Tao took a step back, gripping the Claw Hammer in his hand.
The moment Yellow Hair's Health Bar turned red, he would bring the hammer down without hesitation.
After another two minutes, Yellow Hair was down to one point of health. Wang Tao had already raised his hammer when, suddenly, Yellow Hair's body stopped shaking. The black veins on his neck slowly faded, and the green Health Bar above his head shot up to 20. However, his maximum health had dropped by 20 points.
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"Are you conscious?"
"...Mm."
Yellow Hair closed his eyes and gave a strained hum through his nose.
"What did it feel like just now?"
"Pain... My whole body hurt... It felt like my head was about to explode..."
"Very good. Welcome... back to life."
Wang Tao patted his shoulder, then went to fetch a Medical Kit.
He used some hemostatic agents, sedatives, and other medicine on him, then roughly and amateurishly bandaged his wounds.
Yellow Hair gritted his teeth throughout the process.
Once everything was done, Yellow Hair's Health Bar rose by another 10 points.
This military Medical Kit worked instantly!
"Thank you..."
Yellow Hair looked at Wang Tao with gratitude written all over his face.
"No need to thank me. I just wanted to test the inhibitor's effects. You were only a test subject."
"..."
The truth really did hurt.
But Yellow Hair was still grateful. Whatever this masked giant's purpose was, the fact remained that he had saved him. Especially after he had just been betrayed by someone close to him, only to be rescued by Wang Tao afterward—such gratitude was beyond words...
"Want a cigarette?"
Seeing Yellow Hair's eyes light up, Wang Tao took out a cigarette, roughly shoved it into his mouth, and lit it for him.
"Tell me about your situation. What exactly happened between you?"
Wang Tao was quite curious about their story. Before leaving, he didn't mind getting the full scoop.
After taking a hard drag, Yellow Hair's spirits improved considerably, and he finally explained:
"I... My name is Wu Fei..."
Ten minutes later, Wang Tao roughly understood the entire story.
Before the apocalypse, Wu Fei had been a worker at an electronics factory in the neighboring city. He had met Ou Yingying online, who also worked at an electronics factory.
To pursue Ou Yingying, he had spent a great deal of effort and money, only managing to win her over half a year ago.
Wu Fei had already given a lot while pursuing her. After getting together with her, he gave even more. He had treated Ou Yingying completely like a wife.
Yet even now, the two had only hugged and cuddled. They had not gone any further. Ou Yingying said she wanted to save the best thing for their wedding night. Rather than getting angry upon hearing that, Wu Fei had been delighted.
Because Ou Yingying had said "wedding night"! Didn't that mean she was willing to marry him? After the apocalypse descended, Wu Fei had lost contact with his parents. His hometown was over a thousand kilometers away, so there was nothing he could do.
Ou Yingying had rarely taken the initiative to call him, asking him for help.
Wu Fei agreed without a second word.
Driven by love, just to see Ou Yingying, he had even managed to cleverly kill a zombie! Afterward, the two depended on each other for survival, and Wu Fei gave most of the food to Ou Yingying. When the food ran out, Officer Han Rui arrived with her husband, Sun Wei Guang.
Officer Han Rui said they were heading to the Shui Ze University Survivor Base and asked whether they wanted to come along.
Staying here meant waiting to die, while following Han Rui meant food and protection... They had no choice.
Then they encountered several more people on the road, and everyone traveled together.
Along the way, they were extorted by a group of vicious survivors. If not for Han Rui, they might all have been fed to zombies...
What followed was what Wang Tao had seen. They arrived at the water plant.
Though there had been some bickering within the group, they had gotten along reasonably well.
But on the very first night, his girlfriend had been frightened by the zombies outside and screamed, drawing many zombies over. While they were escaping, one of their companions was bitten by a zombie.
Because of this, Sun Wei Guang had a major problem with Ou Yingying—not just Sun Wei Guang, either. Han Rui and the male college student, Li Cheng, had looked terrible too, though they didn't say much.
To defend his girlfriend, Wu Fei had even gotten into an argument with Sun Wei Guang.
After that, everyone stayed on the rooftop, all in foul moods.
While sleeping this morning, he heard some movement. He had just opened his eyes and climbed up, still not understanding what was happening, when Ou Yingying pushed him down.
Even now, he did not understand why Ou Yingying wanted to kill him—he hadn't seen the male college student fall to his death, and after falling himself, he had been terrified by the approaching zombies and never noticed there was a corpse behind him...
Wang Tao looked at him with some pity.
A simp licked himself clean until he had nothing left. You were both Yellow Hair, but this Yellow Hair really wasn't up to par! Since Wu Fei had satisfied his curiosity, Wang Tao naturally had to answer Wu Fei's doubts as well.
So Wang Tao showed Wu Fei the video he had recorded.
It was the unedited version, starting from when that cheating couple got together.
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