System Glitch! I Accidentally Saved The Zombie Emperor
Chapter 43: It’s Not Too LateAfter Qiu Sixun finished bandaging Ye Xuan’s wounds, he handed the blood-covered bandage to Gu Zhenwei. "Zhenwei, go and burn it."
"Alright." Taking the blood-covered bandage, Gu Zhenwei walked out of the warehouse.
Qiu Sixun then turned to Ye Xuan.
Seeing that his face was paler than before, he let out a frustrated sigh and said, "Brother Xuan, you can’t move around for now. If your wounds open again, it will be hard for you to recover."
Hearing this, Ye Xuan looked away from Liu Yun’s sleeping face. Meeting Qiu Sixun’s worried eyes, he nodded. "I know."
After a brief pause, Qiu Sixun let out another sigh and added, "I’m going to see if I can find more medicine and replenish our medical supplies."
"Mhm."
Carrying the first-aid kit, Qiu Sixun looked at Lan Zuancheng. "Zuancheng, keep an eye on Brother Xuan. Don’t let him move around anymore."
Lan Zuancheng smiled at his words. "Got it."
Before leaving, Qiu Sixun gave Ye Xuan another warning look, then turned around and walked away.
After he left, Lan Zuancheng smiled at Ye Xuan and asked, "Brother Xuan, don’t you have anything you want to ask me?"
Ye Xuan’s expression changed slightly when he heard this. After a brief moment of silence, he finally parted his pale lips and asked, "What date is it now?"
Hearing his question, Lan Zuancheng fell silent for a few seconds before calmly replying, "Today is the 184th day since the descent of the Blood Moon."
Ye Xuan froze.
For a moment, he simply stared at Lan Zuancheng. Then delight and disbelief flashed across his eyes.
Ye Xuan’s knuckles cracked from how tightly he clenched his fists, and the corners of his lips curved upward slightly.
Noticing the slight change in his expression, Lan Zuancheng stared at him for a moment.
There was no fear in his eyes. Only quiet certainty.
After a brief silence, he finally asked, "Brother Xuan... are you still our Brother Xuan?"
The second he asked this, Ye Xuan’s body stiffened.
Of his three brothers, Lan Zuancheng was the most observant and intuitive.
When he woke up in the abandoned office earlier, Ye Xuan had already known that Lan Zuancheng suspected something was wrong with him. Now that he had asked directly, Ye Xuan suddenly found it difficult to explain.
Seeing that his brother had fallen silent, Lan Zuancheng patted his shoulder and said gently, "I already know the answer."
As he said this, Ye Xuan’s pupils contracted slightly. After a long moment of silence, he raised his eyes, only to be met with Lan Zuancheng’s gentle smile.
After decades of separation, he finally saw that gentle smile again. As he stared at Lan Zuancheng, old memories resurfaced in his mind.
In the seventh year after the descent of the Blood Moon, Ye Xuan was surrounded by the Human Race Alliance’s military forces.
Standing before him, a woman in a military uniform looked at him and coldly commanded, "Kill it!"
The moment her cold voice fell, countless bullets tore through the air.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The sharp gunfire echoed around him as bullets ripped through the air and shot toward his already battered body.
Just when Ye Xuan thought he was finally going to be freed from this dirty world, someone rushed forward.
"Brother Xuan!"
A second later, Ye Xuan was hugged tightly. The bullets that almost killed him were blocked by that person.
The familiar voice, the familiar scent, and the familiar warmth.
Ye Xuan raised his hands to hold on to that person, but he was too weak to raise his arms.
Lying on top of his body, Lan Zuancheng coughed up blood. His body was trembling, but his arms were still tightly wrapped around Ye Xuan.
"Brother Xuan..."
His voice was so weak that Ye Xuan almost couldn’t hear it.
"Brother, li—live... on..."
Ye Xuan desperately tried to hold him, but his body refused to obey him.
’Zuancheng...’
Seconds passed as warm blood soaked into his tattered clothes. And then the familiar warmth slowly disappeared.
At that moment, he lost his last brother. The only one who kept his humanity.
’Zuancheng!’
Hugging Lan Zuancheng’s bloody body, he cried, desperately waking up his brother.
"Roar!" Unfortunately, the zombie couldn’t speak or shed tears. What was coming out of his mouth was only a deafening roar.
Coming out of his memories, Ye Xuan looked down at his hands.
They were clean.
No blood.
No scars.
No familiar crimson stains covering his fingers.
For a long time, he stared at them in a daze.
’That’s right. They’re all still alive. I’m still human. It’s not too late.’
He repeated those words silently in his heart three times before raising his head. Looking at Lan Zuancheng, Ye Xuan made his decision.
"Zuancheng, I have something to tell you, Zhenwei, and Sixun."
Hearing this, surprise, delight, and relief flickered in Lan Zuancheng’s eyes. Nodding at Ye Xuan, he said, "Alright. I will go get them."
With that, he stood up and went to call his two brothers.
Left alone, Ye Xuan turned to the side.
Staring at Liu Yun’s sleeping face, he thought, ’It’s her. She is my only chance to find the answer to everything. But for now, I need to find out her identity and why she saved me.’
While he was thinking about how to get the information out of Liu Yun, Lan Zuancheng returned with Gu Zhenwei and Qiu Sixun.
Walking up to him, Gu Zhenwei said, "Brother Xuan, Brother Zuancheng said that you have something to tell us."
"Mhm." Ye Xuan gestured for them to sit down.
After the three of them sat around him, Ye Xuan lowered his voice and said, "Just now, Zuancheng asked me if I’m the same person you guys know."
The second Gu Zhenwei heard this, he glared at Lan Zuancheng. "Brother Zuancheng, what do you mean? Do you think Brother Xuan is a zombie?!"
Knowing that Gu Zhenwei had misunderstood Lan Zuancheng, Ye Xuan weakly raised his hand and patted his arm. "Don’t be angry. Zuancheng doesn’t have that intention."
Hearing this, Gu Zhenwei pouted but said nothing more.
Looking at Gu Zhenwei’s pouting face, Lan Zuancheng rubbed his brows helplessly. He sighed and thought, ’This kid... When will he ever learn to be patient?’
Ignoring the two of them, Qiu Sixun asked, "So, Brother Xuan, what is it that you want to tell us?"
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