Horror Restaurant

Normally, after a person turns into a zombie, most of their organs stop functioning.

Therefore, zombies have no other physiological needs besides eating.

They don't need to sleep, excrete, and their hair and skin stop growing, gradually falling off, shrinking, and rotting.

It was the same for Jiang Zhaosu at first, but after eating, these conditions would improve.

Especially after eating that fetal mutated species, every time Jiang Zhaosu ate, the energy she obtained from the flesh and blood greatly increased, and her appearance was almost indistinguishable from a normal person.

But growing taller was still a bit of a fantasy for zombies.

Jiang Zhaosu opened her eyes in confusion and looked at Qi Xing.

Qi Xing gestured with his hand at his chest, "Your head used to only reach here. These past two days when I held you, I felt you've grown a bit taller."

Huh??

Jiang Zhaosu raised her hand and touched the top of her head.

Qi Xing was very tall, Jiang Zhaosu estimated he was at least 1.85 meters. Jiang Zhaosu herself, at most, was 1.55 meters. So usually, Qi Xing held her like he was holding a child, easily lifting her with one arm.

Seeing that Qi Xing didn't seem to be teasing her, Jiang Zhaosu got out of bed, ran to the full-length mirror in the bedroom, and beckoned to Qi Xing, "Awooo..."

Come here!

Qi Xing also walked over and stood behind her.

Because Qi Xing only wore dark clothes, his physique didn't look strong from the outside; he even looked a bit thin. Coupled with his clear, handsome features, he always gave people a sense of frailty and being easy to bully.

But even so, as soon as Qi Xing stood there, his tall and slender figure made the petite Jiang Zhaosu look like a yellow thermos, as if he could lift her by the collar with one hand.

Jiang Zhaosu looked at herself in the mirror, her limbs as thin as four matchsticks, and a wave of sadness rose in her heart.

No wonder Qi Xing thought she was fourteen.

Many fourteen-year-olds are taller than her now.

She really looked like a refugee child!

Jiang Zhaosu couldn't help but puff out her chest, trying her best to appear taller and stronger.

But even so, she only barely reached Qi Xing's chest, not even his shoulders.

Qi Xing pressed her head with his hand and drew a line on his chest, "Remember this. Let's measure again in a while."

Jiang Zhaosu: "..."

She didn't want to measure anymore; it was too much of a blow to her zombie pride.

Forget it, good things come in small packages.

These big, clumsy guys wouldn't understand this hard truth!!!

The blow from measuring her height made Jiang Zhaosu's mood plummet, filled with grief and indignation.

She secretly vowed to eat well, supplement her nutrition, and grow into the world's strongest zombie as soon as possible!

So, after Qi Xing rested, Jiang Zhaosu, who didn't need to sleep, quietly slipped out of the door, planning to hunt on her own.

In the evening, because of that mutated species, Qi Xing hadn't taken her to search for supplies within the hotel.

Qi Xing said that the mutated species manager's level was comparable to his, and it would take some effort to deal with.

The mutated species manager hadn't shown any aggression towards them yet, but if they did anything that violated the hotel's rules, it was unknown.

Since that was the case, they might as well treat it as normal accommodation, rest here for one night, and leave as soon as it was dawn tomorrow.

There were plenty of supplies in the city anyway; there was no need to take this risk.

Jiang Zhaosu strongly agreed with Qi Xing's approach of playing it safe.

She came out in the middle of the night because she no longer smelled the aura of that mutated species.

Zombies were generally active late at night, and that mutated species might have gone elsewhere to forage.

Now that Jiang Zhaosu's strength was growing, she no longer needed to fear ordinary humans and zombies; the other zombies in the hotel were not a threat.

She followed the scent of blood and flesh in the air and actually found her way to the kitchen of this five-star hotel.

Upon opening the kitchen door, Jiang Zhaosu was shocked by the scene before her.

The kitchen of this five-star hotel was piled high with human limbs and internal organs!

The kitchen floor was covered with corpses of various heights, weights, and builds. Only the shells remained; the internal organs had been dug out, hands and feet were chopped off and thrown on the cutting board, and bloody organs and intestines were piled in the sink.

After the baptism of these past few days, Jiang Zhaosu had become immune to the nausea caused by corpses, leaving only stunned disbelief.

Is this the kitchen of a hotel in a big city?

It doesn't look very hygienic either.

Jiang Zhaosu stepped inside and found that these corpses were actually very fresh, with some blood still not having drained completely.

She picked up a bloody thigh from the counter and poked it with her finger, finding that the skin of the thigh was still quite elastic, and the aura it emitted was very similar to the human aura she had smelled in the evening.

Perhaps the owner of this thigh was still alive in the evening.

Since it was already dead, Jiang Zhaosu could only silently wish these corpses "rest in peace" in her heart, and then began to feast.

Perhaps it was because she had been consuming Crystal Cores, but lately, her appetite had become very unstable. Sometimes she could eat more than three times her body weight in one meal, and other times she could go for days without eating.

So, when there was food, Jiang Zhaosu would choose to eat as much as she could.

After feeling full, she would eat some Crystal Cores.

These damn Crystal Cores were more effective than digestive aids.

After each agonizing wave of burning heat, Jiang Zhaosu would feel an emptiness in her stomach, an unprecedented hunger, and then bury her head in eating.

She ate like this for nearly a whole night, devouring all the corpses in the entire kitchen.

It wasn't until she smelled the Mutated Species' aura that Jiang Zhaosu, who was a bit dazed from eating, snapped back to reality and immediately ran out of the kitchen.

Fearing that the Mutated Species would also detect her aura, Jiang Zhaosu deliberately summoned two Mutated Giant Rats to stay behind as decoys to confuse it.

She herself then scurried back to the thirteenth floor and headed straight for Qi Xing's room upon entering.

Qi Xing, who had been sleeping, woke up upon hearing her enter.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a Zombie standing blankly by his bed, its small face pale as a ghost and covered in blood. Any Common Person would likely have screamed in terror.

Fortunately, Qi Xing's courage was not ordinary.

Qi Xing showed no panic on his face, slowly sat up in bed, his voice still hoarse from just waking up, and gently asked her, "Mouth full of blood, where did Fugui go to eat alone last night?"

Jiang Zhaosu quickly and guiltily wiped her mouth with her hand.

"Kitchen, all, corpses."

After Jiang Zhaosu spoke, she paused.

She realized her speech was more fluent than before; she no longer needed to drag out her words to pronounce them clearly.

But there was no time to celebrate this now. Jiang Zhaosu anxiously said to Qi Xing, "Mutated Species, coming, up!"

Just moments ago, the small black dots of those two Mutated Giant Rats had exploded in her mind.

The Mutated Species' aura in the air grew heavier, clearly indicating it was ascending the building.

Jiang Zhaosu didn't know if the Mutated Giant Rats she left behind had managed to fool the Mutated Species.

Could this Mutated Species have discovered she was the one eating the corpses in the kitchen and specifically come to settle the score?

Qi Xing remained unhurried. "It's fine, dawn is almost here. As long as I can see clearly, I won't be afraid of it."

One of the main reasons Qi Xing didn't want to confront the Mutated Species head-on last night was that human night vision was not as good as a Zombie's.

Even for him, in the dark, it was easy to have inaccurate attacks and defensive gaps, making the effort thankless.

But during the day, these problems would be easily solved.

With Qi Xing's words, Jiang Zhaosu felt a little more at ease.

The Mutated Species was not ascending quickly, pausing for a few minutes on each floor.

Jiang Zhaosu carefully sniffed the aura downstairs and listened to the sounds below, while telling Qi Xing, "Zombies, all, out. Go downstairs."

The Zombies that were locked in the guest rooms at night had all been released by this Mutated Species.

Their auras were fading, all surging downstairs.

Before long, the Mutated Species Manager arrived at their door and rang the doorbell, "Guests... please come downstairs... for breakfast..."

"Okay, we'll be down in a moment."

Qi Xing, who was discussing with Jiang Zhaosu how to descend from the thirteenth-floor window, turned and answered loudly towards the door.

Their current location was too high from the ground, making the use of vines too energy-consuming, and climbing directly down from the window was too dangerous.

The Mutated Species Manager ignored his reply, like a rusty, crashed robot, and continued to mechanically repeat, "Guests... please come downstairs... for breakfast..."

After Qi Xing stopped responding, the Mutated Species Manager even broke down the door and entered their bedroom.

"Guests... please come downstairs... for breakfast..."

Looking at the severely deformed door that had been violently dismantled by the Mutated Species.

Qi Xing: "..."

Jiang Zhaosu: "..."

Was a free breakfast really that important?

Since the Mutated Species had invited them so sincerely, the person and the zombie could only obediently follow it downstairs.

On the way, Jiang Zhaosu quietly said to Qi Xing, "Second floor, there's a window."

Qi Xing immediately understood and nodded, "Okay."

They planned to immediately break through the window and escape as soon as they reached the restaurant on the second floor.

But as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the restaurant on the second floor, Qi Xing and Jiang Zhaosu were shocked by the horrifying scene before them, just like the scene they had seen in the kitchen the night before.

Nearly a hundred Zombies were gathered in the dining area on the second floor.

The vast majority of them were like the fat zombie walking in the corridor yesterday, with rotten faces and neat clothing.

Upon smelling the scent of human flesh on Qi Xing, these Zombies all turned their heads in their direction, their eyes glowing red, and saliva dripping from their mouths.

At this moment, the Mutated Species Manager in front of Jiang Zhaosu and Qi Xing also stopped. In a sorrowful tone, he said to the large group of Zombies in the restaurant, "Kitchen... has... rats... food... insufficient..."

"But... generous... guests... offered... pets..."

The Mutated Species Manager suddenly turned back, spreading his hands towards Qi Xing as if displaying a precious item. He joyfully introduced in an uplifted tone, "Fresh dish... raw human meat..."

Jiang Zhaosu: "..."

Qi Xing: "Grass."