Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

In front of the Happy Restaurant.

Jiang Ming asked Ji Zi first.

"So, shall I investigate on the left side today as I did last night?"

"Oh? You're so active, could it be that you discovered something last night?"

Ji Zi looked at Jiang Ming with a smile.

"...Haha, you think too much. I just want to solve it quickly and go back to bed. After all, I really don't have the habit of staying up late."

Jiang Ming wanted to laugh it off and get away with it.

"Hmph, I guess I'll let you go for now. I have to continue investigating the rumors about the 'White Ghost'."

Ji Zi snorted softly, tilted her head slightly, narrowed her amber eyes and looked at Jiang Ming, opened her thin lips slightly, and said.

"But...if you're hiding something, hehe, you know what I mean, right?"

"Of course, if anything happens, please notify me immediately and I will rush to your side as quickly as possible. Be careful."

Rather than Ji Zi's warning, Jiang Ming was more concerned about her safety.

"Know...Know. I'm much more capable than you think."

After making this somewhat arrogant statement, Ji Zi walked away on her own without waiting for Jiang Ming to respond. Jiang Ming shrugged helplessly and walked slowly along the route he remembered.

The moonlight was as cold and bleak as ever, making people feel a little chilly. Perhaps it was a psychological effect. The distorted light and shadow seemed particularly strange and terrifying tonight. The faint noise from the nearby streets made the air in the alley seem more peaceful than that of the human world.

To be honest, Jiang Ming didn't like such a quiet scene. It was like walking alone on the road at night. He would unconsciously think of something scary in his mind, and then think: as long as he runs to the street light opposite, the ghosts will disappear... or something like that.

So childish...

But he also doesn't like an overly noisy atmosphere, like when he was in junior high school, after a thrilling English class, his classmates were making a lot of noise during the break.

If we talk about Jiang Ming’s favorite place, it would of course be Mei’s fragrant arms!

......

After a long time, Jiang Ming came to the alley where he met the girl last night. After searching carefully without success, Jiang Ming thought that she was not here today. But even when he was about to leave, he suddenly looked at the wall behind him, and standing on the wall was the lovely vampire lady.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally the girl jumped off the wall, looked up at Jiang Ming and spoke first.

"Are you... coming to see me?"

"of course."

Yuexia's scarlet eyes were fixed on Jiang Ming. When she approached, Jiang Ming felt her breathing was a little rapid. Yuexia confirmed it after sniffing carefully with her little nose.

"Hmm... yes, that's the taste..."

"So you identify people by smell?"

"Answer my question, human."

Yuexia ignored his question and turned to ask him instead.

"You obviously already knew my identity, but why did you save me last night?"

The puppet-like expression and vague sense of oppression repeatedly emphasized to Jiang Ming that the girl was not a human.

"What's wrong with this?"

"Of course!"

The girl suddenly became very excited, but she quickly calmed down and began to murmur.

"But I am...I am..."

The girl seemed to hate her identity, but had to accept it.

"vampire?"

Jiang Ming helped the girl say what she wanted to say.

"......"

The girl lowered her head sadly. Jiang Ming couldn't bear to see her like this. He sighed softly, put his hand on the girl's head and stroked it gently, and said, "What if I say I don't care about your identity?"

"?!"

The girl looked up in surprise at the boy who was so close to her, but quickly took a few steps back, suppressing the impulse in her heart.

"Don't...don't come near me..."

The girl seemed to be disgusted by others getting so close to her, and recalled what Jiang Ming had just said...

"...I can't understand it, just because of this? Humans... shouldn't be such naive creatures, but you don't smell like a lie..."

As he muttered to himself, the oppressive feeling surrounding Jiang Ming faded away little by little, although to him it was the same whether he had this oppressive feeling or not.

"Can you smell a lie?"

This time it was Jiang Ming's turn to be surprised.

"Without even tasting someone else's sweat?"

"...You are not in a position to ask questions here, human."

She didn't know how to answer Jiang Ming's question. It seemed that she was born with the ability to detect lies.

"You said...you don't care about my identity?"

"Of course, I know that everything you do is not what you want to do. Maybe...something is controlling you. For example, right now, you...are actually suppressing the urge to suck blood."

Jiang Ming had already noticed that Yuexia had been suppressing the urge to suck blood ever since she appeared in front of him.

"I......"

"How about it, do you want to give it a try?"

Jiang Ming asked a question that Yuexia had never expected.

"try what?"

"Blood sucking, don't you want to try it?"

As he spoke, Jiang Ming slowly approached the moon.

"No...don't come over here!"

Yuexia instantly looked frightened. She didn't want to hurt anyone else, so she took out a huge blood-red axe from somewhere. It looked a bit creepy, and she wanted to use it to scare Jiang Ming away.

"Well, that kind of thing can't scare me. Instead of this, why not suck some blood?"

Jiang Ming exposed his neck as he spoke, which looked so delicious to the hungry Yuexia. The next second he put down the axe and threw Jiang Ming to the ground. His sharp fangs instantly pierced Jiang Ming's skin and began to suck his blood. Jiang Ming then took the opportunity to hug Yuexia and caressed her while she was sucking his blood.

a long time.

Yuexia only realized belatedly what she had done, and her ruby ​​eyes were filled with regret.

"I finally met a human being who didn't reject me. What on earth did I do?"

Yuexia curled up helplessly in Jiang Ming's arms, tears as big as beans kept dripping down her face. In her opinion, he would definitely not survive after sucking so much blood.

"Don't be so emo at this late hour. Do you want to go to the Happy Meal with me for some ice cream and fries?"

Jiang Ming, who was supposed to be unconscious, suddenly spoke, which scared Yuexia. Her body trembled and she looked at the boy under her with disbelief.

"Why...why...why?"

Under the moon, I kept repeating why to myself.

"Why? Are you surprised? Although I have to admit that there was an element of betting involved, it was more of a plan."

Jiang Ming sat up slowly. While sucking blood under the moonlight, Jiang Ming felt as if a large number of super-small Honkai beasts had entered his body, as if they wanted to transform himself into a half-human, half-Honkai beast. However, if this level of power was effective against the Herrscher of Death, then that Herrscher would be really weak.

"Look, I'm dizzy?"

Jiang Ming asked with a smile.

"No...no."

"Look, I fell down?"

“…No.”

Yuexia answered Jiang Ming's questions truthfully.

"Haha, isn't that right? Your bloodsucking won't affect me. How about this? From now on, you just suck my blood and don't touch other girls. How about that?"

"..."

"Human, tell me your name."

"? My name is Jiang Ming."

"Can you... make a deal with me?"

"Of course, what do you think?"

Jiang Ming sat on the ground and looked up at the girl in front of him with interest.

"I will tell you the story of a girl who is related to the incident, but in return you have to help me... No, help her realize a wish."

"desire?"

"Yes, it's a wish, a vision, or something I want to touch with my own hands."

"This deal...can you accept it?"

After she finished speaking, Yuexia looked at the boy in front of her with some trepidation, afraid that he would reject her.

"Of course, I guess that's why I came here."

The boy smiled and agreed to the girl's request.

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Chapter 97 Dancing Under the Moon

March 2006, 8 24:1:21

The evening breeze blew towards him with a slight coolness, stirring up tiny particles on the surface of his skin. Jiang Ming took a deep breath as if somewhat relaxed, feeling immersed in this atmosphere without any of the stuffiness of late summer. He really liked the feeling of a cool breeze in the hot summer; it was very comfortable and short-lived.

Looking at the girl who was curious about everything around her, the boy's thoughts went back to a while ago...

......

"Let me tell you the name of the protagonist first. Her name is Theresa, and her wish is..."

After listening to Yuexia's wish, Jiang Ming took her to the top of a tall building. The white-haired girl beside him stood at the highest point of the rooftop, overlooking the night view of Canghai City, looking energetic.

Vampires seem to have exceptionally good eyesight and can see distant objects clearly.

"Jiang Ming, what's that huge roar painted on the sign?"

Yuexia pointed in the direction of a Houm pattern in the distance and asked.

Jiang Ming followed the moonlight's line of sight and explained for her.

"That's Hom's Happy Diner, a place to...fill your stomach, with ice cream, and grilled steak with black truffle chocolate, if you want..."

"What about that place, where there are a lot of lights?"

Without waiting for Jiang Ming to finish his words, Theresa pulled Jiang Ming's sleeve and pointed to another place and asked: "Over there, over there with the shining wheel..."

"That's the Ferris wheel at the Hoom Hoom Amusement Park. You can see the cruise ships on the sea while sitting on the Ferris wheel."

"What about that? That building is shining!"

The mood under the moon began to become excited.

"That's the game center. There are a lot of game consoles there. Kiana and Bronya often go there."

"Game console...what is that?"

"A game console is..."

The vampire, who was originally a bit dangerous, now had an innocent expression on the face of the young girl. However, in the depths of its sparkling eyes, Jiang Ming sensed something that was hard to let go.

Loneliness, solitude, despair... and a hint of unwillingness.

"Would you like me to take you to those places?"

Faced with Jiang Ming's proposal, Yuexia, who was originally expecting something, slowly shook her head and refused.