CHAPTER 136: CHAPTER 8: THE DRAMA QUEEN SISTER REFUSES TO BE CANNON FODDER (PART 8)

Little Buding looked a bit panicked at the scene, while Jiang Lai continued to bounce pebbles off that second-generation zombie, each one precisely avoiding its head and hitting other parts of its body.

Seeing the zombie getting closer and closer, Little Buding could almost make out the little white wriggling cuties on its body, yet Jiang Lai remained unhurried, picking up another pebble and bouncing it onto its teeth.

The first time she shattered its jaw.

The second time she knocked out half of its teeth.

The third time she knocked out the remaining half.

Now this zombie wished it had an extra pair of legs as it charged towards Jiang Lai on all fours, roaring all the way, the rage in its ashen eyes nearly blazing, just listening to the rising Death Value was enough to know how angry it was now.

"Death Value: +10

Death Value: +15

Death Value: +20

..."

"Jiang Lai, Jiang Lai... that’s enough, don’t actually get yourself killed, it looks like it’s about to explode with rage."

Jiang Lai’s superpower needed a certain range to be effective, and as the distance grew shorter, she might soon have to bounce a pebble off its forehead.

She seemed to have lost her head, lost in the constantly rising Death Value, and even as the stench was nearly reaching her nose, she fearlessly backed away while shooting.

"Death Value: +35."

Hearing the total Death Value finally reach a hundred, Jiang Lai quickly retracted her hand and, in the process of running back, used fifty points to exchange for a Spiritual Manipulation skill.

The next second, the zombie, with its bloody mouth wide open, froze right in front of Jiang Lai, Little Buding’s heart nearly stopped. Hearing the sound of points being exchanged, his heart had just settled down when the zombie suddenly lunged forward again, its black claws grabbing Jiang Lai’s arm, as if it was about to tear it off in the next second, but then it froze again.

Little Buding gasped sharply, staring intently at Jiang Lai, sincerely admiring her courage and reflexes.

Then Jiang Lai, using her newly acquired Spiritual Ability, probed countless times on the edge of death.

"Death Value: +20

Death Value: +30

Death Value: +15

...

Death Value: +1

Death Value: +1

...

Death Value: +0.5"

In the end, the repeatedly frozen and released zombie was thoroughly in despair, from previous impotent rage to now cold indifference, even if Jiang Lai let it go again, it wouldn’t attack her anymore.

Surrendered.

It was tortured into submission.

So no matter how Jiang Lai tormented it, it wouldn’t gain much Death Value anymore.

She sighed, looked at the one hundred and thirty-plus Death Value points she had accumulated, and shook her head slightly in dissatisfaction.

"Forget it, thanks, buddy."

Having said that, Jiang Lai casually flicked a pebble onto its head, and the zombie, with no desire to resist, had its skull cracked open just like that.

The group of ordinary zombies behind was extremely slow, with no thoughts, only knowing to eat meat, so Jiang Lai didn’t waste time on them, picking up a bag full of pebbles and sending them all flying.

When Jiang Chao came to take over the shift in the second half of the night, he saw a pitch-black pile of corpses not far away.

He gasped in sheer fright and amazement.

"Did you handle all this?"

Jiang Lai stretched lazily and yawned while leaning against him.

"Brother, I’m suddenly so hungry."

Jiang Chao knew she had used too much superpower and her body couldn’t keep up, so he went into the tent to get her some canned food and cookies.

"Eat up and then go get some sleep."

Jiang Lai, however, leaned next to him, looking up at the stars in the sky.

"Brother, you look a lot like someone I know."

"Oh, who?"

"Someone you don’t know."

Jiang Lai squinted, a slender figure unconsciously surfacing in her mind.

"Who are you thinking about?"

Little Buding could feel what she was feeling, and unless shielded, he could even see what was in Jiang Lai’s mind.

For example, the pale, slender man in her mind right now was quite unusual.

Jiang Lai, this romantic rogue, an absolute heartbreaker, yet she still harbored a man in her heart.

"My brother."

Jiang Lai didn’t hide it, leaning on Jiang Chao’s shoulder with a gentle look in her eyes.

"He’s a lot like my brother."

"Wasn’t your brother long...

Jiang Lai’s file showed she still had a father alive, but her mother and brother had died when she was very young.

Who would’ve thought she’d still miss them so much.

Thought Jiang Lai was heartless, loving no one.

No wonder Jiang Lai was so polite to Jiang Chao, she really did see him as a brother.

"The world is all fake, just a plot in a novel, you don’t have to take it seriously."

"I know, shut up."

With that, Jiang Lai leaned against Jiang Chao and fell asleep.

In her dream, she returned to that cool summer, lying on her brother’s lap, listening to the cicadas, and enjoying the summer breeze.

----

The next morning, Jiang Lai didn’t see that little girl, so she asked Jiang Chao, and Jiang Chao said he saw Gu Han Yan take her to wash up.

There was a restroom on the car, yet Gu Han Yan took her to a nearby creek.

A little later when they returned, the little girl was holding Gu Han Yan’s hand, but when she saw Jiang Lai, she didn’t hesitate to run over.

"Who let you take her away without permission?"

Gu Han Yan’s face remained unchanged, her tone light.

"Who are you to her? What does my actions have to do with you?"

"Since I picked her up, I’ve become her sister."

The original owner’s temperament was bad, so Jiang Lai didn’t hold back, squatting down to see the little girl with a lollipop in her mouth, she directly pulled another one out of her pocket.

"Want this?"

The little girl nodded, without hesitation, she spat out the one in her mouth and took the one Jiang Lai handed over.

No way, the points-redeemed one was much better than those near-expiry ones scavenged outside.

"Don’t eat anything of unknown origin, remember?"

"Got it."

The little girl obediently nodded, Jiang Lai smugly smiled at Gu Han Yan, looking every bit like a petty person flaunting power in her eyes.

Gu Han Yan’s face was taut, and despite feeling extremely unwilling and regretful inside, she could only silently bear it in her heart.

Absolutely must not let Jiang Lai discover the child’s true identity.

Otherwise, with Jiang Lai’s greedy and selfish nature, she would definitely use the child’s superpower recklessly for her own gain.

Gu Han Yan watched as Jiang Lai took the child away, her heart sinking, as if it was gripped painfully by a hand.

If she had been sitting in front at that time, the child should have been discovered by her.

Jiang Lai got this opportunity on the cheap.

"What are you thinking about?"

Duan Xu suddenly spoke from behind, Gu Han Yan slightly snapped back to reality, looking at Jiang Lai’s back, she said in a deep voice.

"Leaving the child in her care is very dangerous."

Duan Xu chuckled, unimpressed.

"If she wants to take care of her, let her, as long as we don’t get involved, it’s none of our business whether the child lives or dies."