Is this what a zombie is?

102. Why should I accept this?

"Squeak—"

The door was pushed open, and Jiang Chen excitedly stepped over the threshold. But the moment his entire body was outside the door, something unexpected happened.

Jiang Chen groaned, his already poor physical condition rapidly deteriorating.

He felt weak and sore all over, his limbs were limp like noodles, and he collapsed to the ground instantly.

That flesh and blood heart, at this moment, roared like a runaway engine, ramming wildly inside his body, beating madly like a biker gang member.

The truly terrifying part was yet to come: beneath his skin, it seemed as if countless worms were wriggling, tearing, and multiplying wildly.

The skin surface would suddenly turn a blood coral-like scarlet, then turn into the ghastly green of zombie fungus, the two colors intertwining wildly to form eerie patches.

The muscles in his left arm swelled up at a visible rate, forming an unsightly pustule. Jiang Chen didn't know what the fluid inside was, and he was afraid it would burst if it continued to swell.

On his right shoulder, flesh was torn apart, bone was pierced through, and a huge tumor grew.

The most terrifying change was on his face.

His left cheek looked like softened rubber, drooping down, and even his eyeballs were soft and limp like jelly.

Jiang Chen's vision was a little blurry, but he still saw it: the flesh on the drooping half of his face was rolled up and a mouth had grown out. The mouth opened and closed, making a shrill sound.

"Hehehe... Kid, I'm not that easy to kill."

Jiang Chen wasn't familiar with the voice, but he instantly recognized it as the Blood Coral Tai Sui.

This guy is really persistent; even a centipede that dies doesn't die easily.

"Smack!!!"

A crisp, loud slap rang out as Jiang Chen slapped himself hard across the left cheek with his backhand.

The excruciating pain from the slap confirmed to Jiang Chen that it was all real, and he wasn't dreaming.

Although Jiang Chen was hitting himself, the Blood Coral Tai Sui could still feel the pain. Do you know how much damage such a large bulge could do to an old monster that is over two thousand years old?

"You dare hit me?!"

"This is my body. What do I have to be afraid of? If you're not happy about it, then get out of my body."

"You wish!"

Jiang Chen's left hand uncontrollably gripped his own neck with great force, forcing him to use his right hand to pry it open.

A bizarre and brutal battle unfolds within his own body, a classic example of the interplay between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

The left hand represents the will of the Blood Coral Tai Sui, which wants to kill him; the right hand represents his own survival instinct, struggling in a desperate situation.

Muscles clashing against muscles, wills battling against wills.

His own body was the cruelest battlefield.

After Jiang Chen had finished his fussing, Shen's voice rang out again leisurely.

"I forgot to tell you something."

"The blood coral remnants and the zombie fungus mother in your body, although different in nature, both originated from the living flesh of the Grand Duke of Tai Sui."

"So as long as you are within the range of the aura of the Grand Duke Jupiter, they will not dare to act recklessly and can only behave as subservient grandsons."

"But once you leave this area, without the suppression of the Grand Duke's aura..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but the warning and threat were already quite clear.

You can leave if you want; she won't stop you. Go ahead and try, but you'll have to bear the consequences.

That's it!

Jiang Chen understood; there was no trap, it was an open conspiracy.

Given the current situation, he has absolutely no choice but to resort to this overt scheme.

After figuring it out, Jiang Chen gave up on continuing to struggle with his left hand and concentrated his strength on his legs.

Inch by inch, they moved backward with great difficulty.

The distance from the threshold to the inside of the bar is only a few meters.

But Jiang Chen felt as if an eternity had passed.

With every centimeter he moved, the feeling of suffocation intensified. The Blood Coral Grand Duke naturally knew that once he was suppressed again, his chances of turning the tables would be slim, so he would never let Jiang Chen go back.

But who is Jiang Chen? He is a ruthless wolf who is ruthless to others and even more ruthless to himself. With his unyielding ruthlessness, he managed to drag himself back into the bar.

As Jiang Chen's body completely retreated into the bar, the aura of Tai Sui enveloped him once again.

The changes in Jiang Chen were put on hold, and everything came to a stop.

The crimson and pale green faded, the pustules and blisters on the left arm quickly dried up and eventually turned into dead skin that peeled off; the tumor on the right shoulder also stopped growing, withered rapidly, and shrank back into the body along with the bone that had pierced through it, and the torn wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The left side of his face, which had slumped down, was restored to its original position, and his mouth slowly closed amidst unwilling twitches.

The left hand that was gripping his neck also lost all strength and fell limply to the ground.

Everything finally returned to calm.

"Cough...cough cough cough..."

Jiang Chen collapsed on the floor, panting heavily. He looked utterly disheveled, but he had managed to pull through.

The physical transformation ended there, but the consciousness of the Blood Coral Tai Sui was still struggling and refusing to fall asleep.

"Boy, one day I will take over this body. I won't kill you, I will make you wish you were dead."

Haha, should I thank you for sparing my life?

The Blood Coral Tai Sui seemed to sense something and suddenly erupted, controlling Jiang Chen's mouth to utter an unwilling question.

"Tai Sui!!!"

Why are you helping this kid?

"I am the first person, the first person to eat your live flesh and survive on my own, and I have made a great name for myself over the past two thousand years."

"But you, you've never even looked at me properly, why?"

"Who does this kid think he is? What gives him the right to receive your protection? What makes him so special?"

"I refuse to accept this!!!"

Resentment, hatred, bitterness, and even jealousy intertwined, making the Blood Coral Tai Sui's voice sound somewhat aggrieved.

It's like a child who longs for his father's approval but is constantly ignored.

In terms of bloodline, the two can indeed be considered father and son.

As Blood Coral Tai Sui questioned him, a figure slowly emerged from the basement of the bar. It was a silver-haired boy wearing a black and white checkered shirt.

He looked down at Jiang Chen, who was slumped on the ground in a sorry state. However, his pure black eyes were not looking at Jiang Chen, but staring at the unwilling and roaring soul inside Jiang Chen's body.

Its response was two rhetorical questions and a very simple statement.

"Who do you think you are?"

"Do I need to explain my actions to you?"

"You have no right to question me."