No Time

I know that my brother looked at me very worriedly when he mentioned the zombie trials.

I wondered: Why only me? But it was evident that something must have happened to me in his past life that made him so worried. To be honest, I didn't want to go through this. I don't like pain, who does? Well, besides masochists of course.

But I had no choice. I believe that a zombie apocalypse is going to happen. There's too much proof for it to not. And if this would help save our butts in the future, there was no choice but to go through with it.

After Yu Ge's turn, it was Jing Ge's turn. But being the scaredy cat I was, I didn't want to be last.

It's like not wanting to take shots last because the more you put it behind, the scarier it seems to be.

I snatched Ge's zombie meat from his hands and made him take on a surprised expression. I ate it right in front of Yu Ge who was making a fearful expression.

Blech, it didn't taste as good as steak. But I could feel my skin convulse and hurried into the zombie trial room.

I'll tell you what, I fainted for most of the zombie trial and fortunately woke up at the end and held my hands up high. Previously, I had heard yells, screams, and groans for the whole hour that Yu Ge was in. I really admire him for staying awake through the torture. But really, how did he do it?

I couldn't move at all and my voice was only still there because I fainted directly and didn't get a chance to yell. Yu Ge could move, albeit by shuffling and struggling to not fall, but he could still move. I realized how weak I was. Maybe after the trial and gaining powers, I could be closer to him in strength? That was what I had thought before, but I really didn't know what to think now.

I rested for half an hour and felt strength, such powerful strength in my body. Deeply hidden in my bones, my pores, and every part of myself. So awesome! But still so painful...

I slowly walked and stumbled my way through to the button on the floor. What awaited me outside was a very worried Yu Ge and my consoling Jing Ge and Xiao Bing.

"Xiao Lai... Xiao Lai! Don't make me so worried! You know what could have happened! ...Ah, ah, ah... Don't do this to me... My heart can't take it..." Yu Ge hoarsely screamed and yelled at me with an angry but worried expression, something that I can't have remembered ever seeing. Then he started sobbing gratefully from the fact I was alive and stood up and tried to hug me and stopped right before he did.

"Ah... I forgot that you have to not touch anything. Here, go to the table. Ge prepared the mushroom, zombie core, and taser gun. Before touching the taser gun, I'll turn it on and you only touch the electricity," Yu Ge warned me and I shuffled forward to the table.

It felt weird as some weird feeling crept into me as I touched the mushroom and zombie core.

Yu Ge turned on the electricity and I was kind of scared. It hurt, but not even close to the zombie trial's torture and my hair stood up at its ends, but after the mysterious feeling swept over me again, the electricity actually felt warm and comfortable. How strange!

This time, Xiao Bing didn't make the same mistake and brought the tarantula cage and the kite.

The kite chirped at me and greeted me. I whistled lightly with my raspy voice and it flew over. Like Yu Ge had done before, I petted the trained bird's head as it landed on my shoulder. My shoulder seriously hurt... The kite, although small, had insanely sharp claws since I took care of its claws and sharpened them weekly. I maybe shouldn't have done that...

The tarantula was released from its small cage. My old tarantula had died, so Yu Ge bought a beautifully colored iridescent tarantula to replace it. My first spider was named Kong from how it frequently jumped on the glass surface of its cage and onto my palm. It did make me sad for a few days after Kong died. This new spider couldn't replace it.

"I'm going to give this spider to the zoo along with all the other zoo animals and some of our other ones as compensation," Yu Ge said. I wasn't surprised. The only animals that Yu Ge trained and bonded with were his raven and cat. Although the cat was for Xiao Bing, it only hung around Yu Ge, begging for it to be spoiled.

Xiao Bing wanted to look at Yu Ge and plead for him not to give the animals back, but she held back. I guess she realized that it was her fault and didn't want to cause any more trouble. Ha, to be real, when Jing Ge and I saw Yu Ge hugging Xiao Bing, I was mad. Yu Ge had this look of disappointment that quickly disappeared after their hug was over. This mistake of Xiao Bing was big and I had unconsciously formed a grudge. Hmph, let her see what a hacker can do and assign her more jobs than she can handle in a month!

I touched the furry spider that curiously wandered around the table. The power swept through me again and the spider acted more familiar with me all of a sudden. I put it back into the cage and sighed.

It was already the afternoon and time for lunch. Yu Ge and my stomachs felt queasy after eating zombie meat so we skipped eating the cooked meatballs and only ate salads. I used to find vegetables disgusting, but today, they seemed extremely delicious!

Next was Xiao Bing's trial. It went without any problems ad we quickly prepared for her to touch the wisteria branch and flame torch. Her skin burned and the smell of cooked meat filled the air until it gradually faded and fire began dancing in her hands.

Yu Ge healed her immediately with his water abilities which I found very interesting and amazing.

An owl, a gecko, and the cheetah were brought. The cheetah was knocked unconscious because it feared Yu Ge and wouldn't stop being so cautious of him.

In the end, Xiao Bing's trial went without a problem.

But Jing Ge's trial was a little different. He didn't end up as a zombie, don't worry. But it was still a little weird. Yu Ge said it was a very good thing.

After Jing Ge came out. He was a little too powerful. According to Yu Ge, Jing Ge had gotten two abnormal abilities. When he came out, we could feel an aura around him. It was powerful but not forceful. He looked more graceful than ever and looked very beautiful. Not his usual handsomeness, but a beauty that could lure in both genders all at once! And he smelled awfully nice too! something like flowers but not pungent but calming like tea fragrances. It was apparently an ability called Charm. It would unconsciously make people trust and admire you and ultimately draw them in. Even zombies wouldn't attack this type of person and only try to keep them. That sounded like zombies taking a king, but it actually turned out to be that zombies wouldn't kill the person but instead drag the person everywhere and keep the person until the person died of starvation.

Yu Ge said that Jing Ge got two abilities but I didn't know how so I asked.

His answer was: "If somebody gets two abnormal abilities, one acts up immediately. Usually, a person gets only one ability and has to figure out what it is. But if it's two, one immediately reveals itself and the other you still have to find out for later."

Huh, it turns out that Jing Ge is extremely lucky!

He also successfully touched all the things he needed to. The dirt mixed with sand, the lump of strongest metals mixed together, and the oxygen tank that released all kinds of harmful and harmless gases combined. We had to wear gas masks and Jing Ge was the only one who didn't as he took in all the harmful gases and dispelled them, making the air purer than ever.

Xiao Bing and I brought out Pico, Jing Ge's dove that he always fed too much and the baby wolf. He petted them and told us that he was finished.

He then commented, "Xiao Yu, ah, you're very impressive. I fainted after eating the zombie meat. It was very lucky of me to wake up before it ended. And I think Xiao Lai and Xiao Bing also had the same reaction as me."

Then we saw Yu Ge's disgruntled face.

"What's wrong, Yu Ge?" Xiao Bing asked.

"I didn't need to stay up but I completely forgot that." Hearing that, we had a good laugh for a while and put everything back to where they should belong before going out on my purple sportscar to a restaurant recommended by one of Ge's schoolmates. But really, Yu Ge, it's scary how you could deal with the pain so easily compared to us...

I was freaking tired! Everyone passed the zombie trial successfully! Let's celebrate!

But I didn't know that some troubles would come our way as soon as we reached the restaurant.