Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 460 The Night Continues
3:11 a.m.

In a deserted spot on Jiangwen Street, Lu Chongming and the zombie girl were thrown to the ground together, and Zuixing landed lightly and folded her wings.

Lu Chongming's chest wound healed quickly. Zuixing shook his hand and said, "The blood actually tastes quite clean. Generally speaking, people your age in Dadu are already quite tainted."

Lu Chongming stood up warily, looking at Zui Xing: "Let's skip this kind of animalistic praise. Why don't you just kill me?"

"Huh? I can't kill you, so why would I bother hitting the sandbag?" Zui Xing said, puzzled.

Lu Chongming touched his chest, his mind actually preoccupied with the matter of the infinite energy core.

Zui Xing continued, "With this level of vitality, even if I twist your head off, that thing inside your body can restore you to your original state."

"But you can also spend some time and resources to find the source of my life force, and once you dig it out, I'll just be an ordinary person."

“Ordinary…?” Zui Xing looked at Lu Chongming with amusement.

"what happened?"

“It’s nothing.” Zui Xing turned his head away. “I told you, there’s no need to waste this effort. I didn’t sense any greed for me in you, and my killing intent isn’t strong either. Although we’re both law enforcement agencies dealing with situations, the situation on this street is different from others. The people here are a mixed bunch. You’re different from the previous person, so I’m not going to waste so much time just to kill you.”

"I don't know why, but thank you anyway... Ah!" Lu Chongming was halfway through his thanks when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm. The zombie girl had somehow gotten close to him and then opened her mouth with glowing eyes to bite his arm.

"Stinky zombie! Let go!" Lu Chongming tried to pry open the zombie girl's face, but the zombie's strength was evident to all, and he couldn't pry her mouth open with his strength alone.

"I told you, your life force is extremely abundant and inexhaustible, and the quality of your flesh and blood is also extremely high. Even a picky vampire like me can accept it, so this zombie 'puppy' whose actions are driven by instinct is naturally even more irresistible," Zui Xing said sarcastically.

As Lu Chongming continued trying to get the zombie girl to relent, he said, "I came here to find her."

“You don’t seem like her original owner.” Zui Xing’s smile faded.

"No, I was just asked by her original owner to come and find her," Lu Chongming explained.

"I see..." Zuixing was taken aback for a moment. "I can hand her over to you, but I want to watch you hand her over. At least let me see how the original owner is doing."

“Uh, I personally don’t recommend this. Her affiliation is rather complicated, and the person who takes her in… is quite dangerous.” Lu Chongming offered this reminder because Zuixing was easy to talk to.

"Let me see it. I don't care about the danger. I'm just curious who would be willing to raise a brainless vampire monster." Zui Xing remained stubborn.

Then there's no way.

"Could you please get her to soften her stance a little..." Lu Chongming had a headache, or more accurately, his hands hurt even more.

"Why don't you just give it to her directly? Anyway, you can have more children, so your body won't be affected by the poison in her body." Zui Xing smiled again.

"My God, why am I being tormented by these strange things even though I've come all the way to Jiangwen Street!" Lu Chongming shouted to the sky.

His fate, besides job instability, might also involve getting entangled with all sorts of strange and unusual things.

……

After much commotion, Lu Chongming finally sacrificed himself to feed the zombies.

The zombie girl was happily nibbling on Lu Chongming's arm, her cheeks puffing out. Lu Chongming looked at this monster with the appearance of a young girl with lingering fear, and couldn't help but empathize with Toast.

As we all know, having regenerative abilities means you can get hurt without restraint. Since you can regenerate almost unconditionally, it's somewhat comical to see it used to feed others, but rather creepy to see it used on yourself.

Of course, Lu Chongming wouldn't dwell on these things too much. He needed to change his mindset quickly, otherwise he wouldn't be able to climb up the ranks in Jiangwen Street.

While Zuixing despised the zombie girl for being as unintelligent as a dog, he also categorized her as one of his own. Seeing that the zombie girl had bitten Lu Chongming's hand and her face was covered in blood, he took out a handkerchief to help wipe it off, just like a mother taking care of her daughter.

Lu Chongming took out his phone and called Zheng Fan.

"Mr. Illusion, I've found the zombie."

“Call her Zombie Girl. Simply calling her Zombie would clash with the nickname I gave Little Zombie,” Zheng Fan solemnly corrected the issue of the name.

"Okay, anyway, the zombie girl is in my hands now... or rather, my hand is in her mouth," Lu Chongming said helplessly.

"Hahaha! I know what happened, just as I expected." Zheng Fan let out a wicked laugh.

The zombie girl even devoured the inferior flesh and blood of the old ancestor with great relish, let alone the superior flesh and blood of Lu Chongming now.

Lu Chongming was speechless.

"On another note, you're really efficient. I thought you wouldn't be able to give me any clues until dawn. I was even planning to have Xiao Zhao and the others assist you, but I didn't expect you to bring them back directly." Zheng Fan put away his laughter and got back to business.

"So what are Brother Zhao and the others doing right now?"

"When I play board games with you, a round of German board game takes quite a long time."

“I knew it…” Every time Zheng Fan went to Banmu Law Firm to find Xiao Zhao and the others under Cheng Fei’s skin, Lu Chongming never saw them do anything serious. They could play table tennis from morning till night!

"Your current condition must be rather bad, right? Are you being held hostage by something? Is it that tainted creature hunter or something else?" Zheng Fan immediately saw through Lu Chongming's condition.

Lu Chongming glanced at Zuixing, who was holding the zombie girl. The zombie girl sat obediently on Zuixing's lap, and after finishing sucking her thumb, she calmed down a bit and held her hands out in front of her.

The composition of this large and small image is quite pleasing to the eye.

"It wasn't exactly a kidnapping, just an agreement. And it wasn't any hunter; I didn't see him. I just bumped into a vampire with a zombie girl. The vampire was taking care of the zombie girl, and the zombie girl was quite obedient to her. She wanted to at least confirm the original owner before handing the zombie girl over to us." Lu Chongming carefully chose his words, not wanting to provoke the unpredictable Zheng Fan.

Lu Chongming has truly experienced how inefficient communication can be between humans, or rather, between intelligent life forms.

"The puppy met some kind people outside. I understand. The location is the same bar as before. Just bring them over." Zheng Fan had no objections.

As he said, if a pet runs away and is taken care of by a kind person, returning it to its owner and handing it over face-to-face is a normal requirement in his eyes.

Speaking of vampires?
I'll need a few photos later, and if possible, a few drops of blood for Binary Girl. She used to have a strong craving for vampires, those tainted creatures.

"Thank you." Lu Chongming breathed a sigh of relief.

After hanging up the phone, he said to Zuixing, "Okay, let's go."

Zuixing nodded, then asked curiously, "You call him Mr. Illusion, is he an illusion?"

"Yes, it's an illusion, a very powerful one."

Zui Xing couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Hahahaha, absurd! Illusions raising tainted creatures, Dadu really has everything!" Lu Chongming didn't know what was so funny about this, but: "Dadu really does have everything."

He actually agreed with that statement.

Zuixing grabbed Lu Chongming and the zombie girl, spread her wings, and flew towards the location Lu Chongming had reported. Unfortunately, the location she randomly chose was quite a distance from the bar, almost spanning the entire Jiangwen Street.

It takes a while to fly.

"Humanity."

"Just call me Lu Chongming."

"Lu Chongming, aren't you curious why I'm here? As someone from the Disposal Bureau, you don't seem to be hostile towards a tainted creature like me with such a bad record?"

With a cold wind blowing high in the sky, Lu Chongming replied, "I know your information, Miss Zui Xing. According to the investigation report submitted by the Tarkovsky Bureau afterward, although you are at the center of the vampire frenzy, you are not the real operator, are you?"

Zui Xing didn't say anything.

"A religious force used you as its public face, attracting fanatics while drawing fire from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. You yourself escaped during a raid by the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. These details were obtained from relevant religious figures and reported by Tarkovsky during his subsequent thorough investigation."

“But it’s meaningless,” Zui Xing said. “I don’t have much of a human morality. Wild, tainted creatures are always dangerous and uncontrollable, and the Bureau probably doesn’t care whether my existence is innocent or not. Besides, whether I did anything despicable in that religion or not can’t be easily determined from the report alone.”

"Indeed... But considering that you didn't easily get rid of me and that you care so much about the zombie girl, I trust my judgment."

Zui Xing looked ahead and clicked his tongue: "You're so annoying."

"Feel sorry."

The two stopped talking. Only the zombie girl curiously looked up at Zui Xing, then at Lu Chongming beside her. After struggling to think, she let out a "woof" and bit off a piece of meat from Lu Chongming's hand, her mouth puffed out as she chewed it with relish.

"You stinking zombie!" Lu Chongming cursed in pain.

……

hum-

The roar of engines, like the howl of a wild beast, ripped through the brief tranquility of the night sky.

Before Lu Chongming and Zuixing could even examine the source of the sound below, Zuixing's flight altitude suddenly plummeted, skimming close to the ground. After quickly dodging buildings along the way, they could barely reach the driveway, flying at a height of no more than five meters above the ground.

"What's wrong?" Lu Chongming noticed something was amiss and immediately asked.

"It feels like I'm bound by something, I can't fly high anymore!" After several more attempts, Zui Xing still couldn't fly back up to a higher altitude.

Restraint?

The engine noise grew louder, and Lu Chongming turned around abruptly. He saw an unremarkable local car with a mid-to-low-end brand. It looked sturdy and rounded, and was all black, but the headlights were so bright that Lu Chongming couldn't help but squint.

Its speed is even more exaggerated. The speed of the most stars is not slow, but the opponent is like a hunting beast, closely following behind her and ready to catch up at any time.

Lu Chongming caught a glimpse of the license plate on the opposite side of the road.

The owner of a car whose license plate number is so important that the authorities have to take notes is obvious.

"Cars like the wind!?"

The leader of the Roller Gang!

The black car caught up with Zui Xing and kept the same speed. The car window rolled down, revealing a face that didn't look particularly special. The man was wearing a leather jacket and gave the impression of a gangster. The phoenix tattoo on his neck was his most distinctive feature.

"You dare to lay a hand on my people? You're asking for trouble, Lu Chongming!" Che Rufeng shouted at Lu Chongming while driving with one hand on the door and the other on the other.

As soon as he finished speaking, the trunk of the ordinary, round black car suddenly opened.

Whizzing!

Several missiles flew towards Lu Chongming and his group, detonating directly due to their close proximity, instantly engulfing the road in red light and smoke.

Che Rufeng drove out first, and even though he was within the blast radius, his car was completely unharmed.

With a bit of dust on him, Zui Xing broke through the smoke and chased after them, exclaiming, "Damn humans really are the majority!"

"Zui Xing, stick close to him! You absolutely mustn't let him leave you behind!"

"What did you say?"

"It was his doing that you were restricted in your altitude! Although I can't say for sure what he did, he definitely had something in mind. We absolutely cannot let him pull off this car chase!" Lu Chongming said sternly.

Zui Xing didn't understand any of this, but she chose to listen to Lu Chongming and follow him.

Che Rufeng's loud laughter came from ahead.

"Hahaha, you're quite clever, Lu Chongming. Don't worry, I won't play any dirty tricks, I'll tell you straight. My 'Wild Racing System' has improved my driving skills to an unparalleled level, and it has also given me the technology to modify vehicles. Besides that, the biggest help is that it allows me to match people on the road and invite them into the 'game'!"

"Although recruiting others is mandatory, it's okay. The internal rules apply equally to all participants. It's a car chase racing game, simple and easy to understand, right!"

Lu Chongming stared at the other car's taillights; he sensed that things weren't so simple.

Normally, you can't attack in a car chase game with the Rolling Wheel Gang, but Che Rufeng broke that rule right from the start!
"You may have seen through the rules of the game under my command, but unfortunately, those are subsystems I distributed, a stripped-down version! My game has a much higher degree of freedom than their stripped-down version! Hahahaha! This is a complete item race! We can interfere with each other without any restraint!"

"The terrain is limited to the main lane, so naturally there's a height restriction. Don't try anything clever. The victory condition is when one side takes the lead and disappears from the trailing side's sight! Once this condition is met, the loser dies! And the kill will be credited to you and me, the two system owners! How about that? Pretty competitive, huh?"

After he finished speaking, several more missiles were launched from the vehicle positions.

The star suddenly emitted a red light to stop the missile, and then passed by.

"Hey hey hey, your vehicle lady is quite capable. Well then, let the game officially begin." Che Rufeng smiled as he looked in the rearview mirror, rolled up the window, and started accelerating.

Lu Chongming immediately asked, "Miss Zuixing, can your stagnation ability cover him?"

“The range is only fifty meters! He’s too far away!” Zuixing immediately replied. “The maximum duration of the stagnation is ten seconds. Even if we get an opportunity, we must be out of his sight within ten seconds!”

Upon hearing this, Lu Chongming shouted again, "That's enough for tonight!"

(End of this chapter)