Scum Gong Walks the Career Line in the Crematorium

TL: Moonlit

The scar-faced man took a sharp breath, as everyone could see the current situation, but no one dared to speak openly.

It had only been the third month since the apocalypse began, and the government still held some credibility with the common people.
Even the wealthy individuals didn’t dare to act too blatantly.
Everything was done covertly.
However, those who were more perceptive could feel that the country was gradually sinking in an unstoppable manner.

If the military were more ruthless and abandoned all civilians, focusing solely on opposing the united aristocratic families, there might still be a glimmer of hope.
However, they couldn’t do that, as the people were their foundation.

This was also the reason for the increasing passivity of the official forces.

During this period, everyone saw the patrols of the volunteer guards both inside and outside the city, but nobody knew that the military had dispatched numerous personnel to clear the zombies around the city and help ordinary people.

Since the volunteer guards were too conspicuous, everyone naturally attributed the calmness around the imperial city to their efforts.

“Not bad,” the scar-faced man laughed heartily and said slowly.

They exchanged glances and saw determination in each other’s eyes.

By the time Lin Hanchuan left, he had already obtained the badge of the volunteer army’s squad leader.
After reuniting with Wei Zheng and the others, Lin Hanchuan learned that Wei Zheng had managed to exchange for a three-layer residential unit using resources.
Each room could accommodate three to four people, which was just enough for the twenty-plus individuals.

Cheng Jizhou was unhappy that Lin Hanchuan didn’t take him along when he left.
He sulked and followed the others, not wanting to be held or entertained.

The others had grown accustomed to this behavior.
This kid was quite clingy, but at the same time, it was difficult to get close to him.
He allowed only one person to carry him and get close to him, and despite the others’ efforts, they could only sneak in a head pat when he wasn’t paying attention.

Lin Hanchuan was busy thinking about matters and didn’t notice Cheng Jizhou’s annoyance, so Cheng Jizhou became even angrier.

Lin Hanchuan and Cheng Jizhou shared a room, while Wei Zheng and Lu Mao stayed in the adjacent room.
The two-bedroom, one-living-room unit was just enough for them.
After cleaning up the place and Wei Zheng had rested, they gathered together.

Cheng Jizhou watched as Lin Hanchuan sat on the sofa in the living room, studying the strange patterns.
The anger gradually dissipated.
He knew that as long as he still looked like a child, Lin Hanchuan would never treat him with the respect an adult deserved, nor would he take him everywhere.

Because he was a fragile child.

Emotions that had been building up within him reached their peak at this moment.
Cheng Jizhou’s sky-blue eyes were completely covered by a blood-red color.
During this period, the zombie virus continued to consume his body, but he had grown used to it.
He could even gradually control the energy within his body.

Cheng Jizhou’s body still retained the appearance of a normal human with breathing and heartbeats.
This was because his body unconsciously simulated the previous state, just muscle memory.
Now he deliberately controlled the zombie virus to circulate within his body, causing his heart to stop beating and his lungs to stop functioning, ceasing his breathing.

Unknowingly, Cheng Jizhou felt that he had finally passed through the most difficult period and completely transformed into another kind of creature.

He curiously extended his hand and looked at his small and adorable fingertips.
With a thought, his transparent-colored nails instantly swelled and turned into a faint black color.

With this fingertip, he gently scratched the sofa, leaving a mark on the wooden surface.

Cheng Jizhou glanced at Lin Hanchuan, who was still immersed in his own world, and quietly left the room.

Lin Hanchuan remained completely unaware of Cheng Jizhou’s departure.
He was discussing matters regarding formations with 001: [Was my failure last time due to the incorrect sequence I drew the formation?]

The strokes and writing sequence of a formation were crucial.
After numerous failures, even Agent 001 was getting impatient.
However, Lin Hanchuan remained as calm as ever.

[Chuanchuan, even though you understand formations, this complex formation would take decades for you to master just by trying one stroke at a time.] 001 advised earnestly.
[Even without the spatial ability, you can still live well.
Studying this has no practical use.]

[“Both those with abilities and strong individuals can live well, but ordinary people cannot,”] Lin Hanchuan started drawing with ink on the notebook.
From the first stroke to the last, his movements were incredibly smooth, without any breaks.
[“Ordinary people may not have abilities, but if they possess a small space, their chances of survival increase.”]

This was also the reason why Lin Hanchuan refused to give up his research.

Providing food to the survivors outside the city was just a drop in the ocean.
They needed to have the ability to survive on their own.

[“Why do you care about these things when you’re not the savior?”] 001 muttered rebelliously in a low voice.

Lin Hanchuan smiled and said, [“I am not the savior, but I want to contribute in my own humble way.”]

As a fellow human being, how could he remain indifferent?

001 fell silent.

After so many failures, Lin Hanchuan hadn’t gained nothing.
He had drawn the formation too many times, and he could gradually sense that this mysterious formation seemed to have some rules he couldn’t fully understand.

Lin Hanchuan quickly drew another formation.
At first sight, he knew it wasn’t the right one.

Feeling a strange sensation, Lin Hanchuan stared at the complete formation for a long time.
Suddenly, he took another blank sheet of paper, closed his eyes, and started drawing purely based on the movements of his muscles.

Drawing thousands of times without using his eyes, Lin Hanchuan’s hand seemed to have a mind of its own, freely depicting on the white paper without any pause.

When he opened his eyes again, Lin Hanchuan seemed thoughtful.
He returned to the room and took out a crystal nucleus he had exchanged from 001, then began to carve the formation on it with a specialized knife.

The first time, his hand trembled slightly and he failed.
The second time, the last stroke couldn’t connect to the first one, and he failed again.
The third time… until the seventh time, he finally completed it in one go, carving the formation onto the crystal nucleus.

In the past, after carving, there was no abnormality.
The crystal nucleus remained just a crystal nucleus, albeit a fancy-looking one.
But this time, Lin Hanchuan could sense that something had changed inside the crystal nucleus, as if a seed was sprouting, and the sharp claws of a zombie were tearing through a piece of cloth.

[“Chuanchuan, you actually… truly…”] 001 was dumbfounded.
It could detect the energy inside the crystal nucleus and was the first to notice the change.
[“You succeeded!”]

[“Chuanchuan, you did it!”]

[“You’re amazing, to achieve success like this!”]

[“Oh my, when I encounter other systems in the future, I must tell them how amazing my host is!”]

As the creator of this miracle, Lin Hanchuan wasn’t as excited as 001.
He simply smiled, holding the crystal nucleus in his hand.
With a thought, an irregular black space appeared in front of him.

The space was very small, not even one-thousandth the size of Rong Ziping’s space.
It was pitch black, and Lin Hanchuan could barely see the size of it by the light from outside.

It was about one square meter, enough to hold ordinary items.
Lin Hanchuan’s heart finally relaxed, and a smile of relief appeared on his face.

Only then did Lin Hanchuan realize that it was already dawn outside.
He had spent over ten hours from yesterday afternoon until now.

Before his smile could fully bloom, Lin Hanchuan’s heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he called out, “Zhou Zhou?”

The usually responsive child was nowhere to be seen.

“Zhou Zhou?” Lin Hanchuan quickly walked out of the room and absentmindedly put the carved spatial nucleus into his pocket, searching throughout the room.

Finding no one in sight, just as he was about to go to Wei Zheng and Lu Mao’s room to check, there was a knock on the room door.
Lin Hanchuan’s footsteps paused, and he changed direction to open the door.
“Don’t wander off in the future…”

Before he finished his sentence, Lin Hanchuan was stunned.

Standing at the door was not the person he had imagined, but a stranger—a young man.

The young man was also of mixed blood, about half a head shorter than the current Lin Hanchuan.
He had black hair, but his eyes were clear blue.
His appearance was exquisite, and each feature seemed to have been meticulously sculpted by a skilled artisan, perfectly charming.
However, beyond his extraordinary looks, the young man exuded a cold and distant aura, keeping people at a distance.

Such a stunning mixed-blood individual, even Lin Hanchuan, had never seen someone like this before.

The perfectly sculpted mixed-blood smiled, revealing neat and white teeth.
“Hello, I am Zhou Zhou’s older brother.
Thank you for bringing him back.”

With this introduction, Lin Hanchuan noticed that the young man’s facial features indeed resembled Zhou Zhou.
However, while little Zhou Zhou appeared cute and delicate, seemingly harmless, this person had a more aggressive and hostile air.

“Hello, may I ask where Zhou Zhou is now?” Lin Hanchuan’s forehead subconsciously wrinkled.
If he really was Zhou Zhou’s brother, why had Zhou Zhou never mentioned him and left without a word? “Can I see Zhou Zhou?”

“We both came back from abroad not long ago, and then the apocalypse happened, and we got separated.” The man seemed unconcerned about Lin Hanchuan’s alertness and continued to smile.
“You can call me Chow1this was already in English even in the raws.”

Lin Hanchuan’s pupils suddenly contracted.
Chow, the Zombie Emperor from the original text, the biggest boss that the protagonist and a few other ability users teamed up to kill.

1this was already in English even in the raws