Living Dead!

Walking down the street, Siren was thrilled by the exaggerated numbers on her new song, but the next second, her song was taken down.

"Huh?"

"Why?"

"Why is my song gone?"

Just moments ago, Siren had been wondering what would happen with her next song, but her new release had vanished in an instant!

Why the hell had this happened?

"...Sigh, even if I asked, no one would tell me. I should just think about what to do with my next song."

Click.

Just then, a pair of handcuffs suddenly snapped around Siren's wrist.

"Don't release any more songs for now. We have a few questions for you."

For some reason, the people on the street suddenly scattered in all directions, while a group of fully armed Nine-Tailed Foxes surrounded her.

Siren froze at the sight.

"Huh?"

"No... why are you arresting me?"

"Because..."

Before one man could finish speaking, another walked over. "Because my ass. Put your earplugs in, now."

At once, everyone put on earplugs.

"Target Sequence 007, Siren, has been captured."

"Begin containment procedures immediately!"

Siren was taken away on the fourth day after her comeback.

Chen Ye sat in his room, drinking juice. "Didn't I tell her to report in every day? Why haven't I heard anything after three days?"

"That's strange. Don't tell me she got caught?"

"That was way too fast. It's only been a few days."

After finishing his juice, Chen Ye casually tossed the carton into the trash.

Just then, Chen Ye received an email.

He opened it and saw that the sender was 004, Queen Bee.

Dear Lord Aus, haven't you always been researching immortality? I have prepared a surprise for you, and I believe you will be pleased with it.

If you have time at noon today, please come to South Bay Port.

--004.

Some time earlier.

South Bay Port District, underground.

Figures hurried through the area. There were men and women among them, moving swiftly as though carrying or dragging something.

Just then, Queen Bee emerged from a room.

"Just these few?"

"Yes, Queen."

"They've rotted to this extent already."

"I don't know if it'll work. Forget it, let's try. If it succeeds, it can be a gift for that lord."

"If it doesn't, find somewhere to throw them away."

Looking at the several charred, rotting corpses before her, Queen Bee reached out and tore open one chest cavity, then removed a golden octagonal crystal from within.

Hmm...

"You, then."

Darkness.

A deep, deathly darkness like still water.

Was this what death felt like?

It wasn't as terrifying as he had imagined.

In any case, I was ready to meet the Creator. Whether He was ready to meet me was another matter.

Drip.

Drip.

Water?

Why was there water? Strange, shouldn't I already be dead? Why could I still hear water?

"Lord Aus, as you can see, his bodily functions have returned to normal. He is a living being."

"Isn't that remarkable?"

"Of course, if that were all, then it would not be worthy of being presented to you as a gift."

"Did you know? This man has been dead for nearly a month."

"Not only was his corpse severely decomposed, but it was also burned. If there were anyone in this world capable of bringing him back to life, I imagine it could only be a necromancer."

"Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a necromancer. I revived him."

"I turned him into a Guardian Bee, causing him to enter a pupal state directly. Not only did he grow new flesh and tissue, but all his vital signs returned!"

"It's just..."

"Just that he's like a vegetable and can't wake up?"

"Yes. As you can see, I restored his life, but I couldn't restore his will."

"And as long as his consciousness cannot be restored, this corpse is useless to me."

Queen Bee's control over people still relied on mental control. Even the newer consciousness replacement depended on the lifeform's own consciousness.

If the lifeform itself had no consciousness, then it was no different from a stone or a blade of grass. Queen Bee would be unable to control it.

Chen Ye crouched down. "You planned to offer it to me as material?"

"Yes. After all, Living Dead are relatively rare." Queen Bee smiled at the side.

Chen Ye thought about it. It truly was his first time seeing a Living Dead. Though he did not know what effects it might have, he would draw a tube of blood first.

He could study it carefully later.

Chen Ye waved his hand, and several puppets instantly appeared. They took out syringes and prepared to pierce the Living Dead's body to draw blood.

However, when the syringes went down, they could not pierce the Living Dead's skin at all.

This was probably because he had been transformed into a Guardian Bee. His skin was extremely tough, comparable to metal and stone.

Chen Ye waved his hand again, and a Silk Thread shot out, piercing the skin and leaving a tiny puncture wound in the Living Dead's flesh.

Seeing this, the puppets inserted their needles into the puncture wound and began drawing blood.

They did not stop until they had drawn four tubes.

"If you just leave him like this, he'll probably die within a few days. Take care of him. Don't let him die before I finish my experiments."

Hearing Chen Ye's words, Queen Bee bowed. "Yes, Lord Aus."

It had to be said that these people had become much more obedient lately. Even the Fishman and Raven said they had found quite a few rare materials and would bring them back to Chen Ye later.

See? This was what they should be doing.

Chen Ye could only say that the children had grown up and learned to repay their parents.

If this Living Dead material could truly produce something useful, then Queen Bee would have rendered great service this time.

After that, Queen Bee had the Living Dead carried into a room and ordered someone to inject him with glucose.

"My body... it itches..."

"Itches?"

"Strange, why do I feel itchy?"

"My senses... are gradually returning?"

In the darkness, specks of starlight gradually began to flicker.

He stretched out his hand with all his strength, desperately grasping for that light. Just as his fingers were about to touch it, the radiance instantly devoured the darkness!

Bang!

The Living Dead abruptly opened his eyes. He jolted upright, then looked around in confusion.

"Where... is this?"

Uh...

Damn it, what was going on?

Not only did his head hurt like hell, but his memories were like tangled earphone wires in a pocket—chaotic, impossible to make sense of, and there was also...

"Who am I?"

The man spoke blankly, his eyes filled with confusion.

He had forgotten many things.

Including who he was.

He sat up on the bed, but before he could get down, Queen Bee appeared before him.

"Oh? You actually woke up?"

"This really is unbelievable. Do you still remember who you are?"

The man shook his head in confusion.

Queen Bee grinned. "Ah, then this will be much easier."