Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

[If you see something you shouldn't, your eyes will be gouged out.]

Those who say things they shouldn't have should have their tongues cut out.

Therefore, you should all pretend you don't see it.

Shh...don't open your mouth.

Liars should swallow gold needles.

Shen Yisui's feet suddenly lost their footing, and his body abruptly flipped over, as if he were standing in a vast expanse of empty clouds. He couldn't grasp anything else with his hands, and after only a couple of half-hearted clenchings, he stood still and began to cough uncontrollably.

A pure purple sphere floated down from the sky, rotating as it scanned its surroundings. Its color changed continuously before settling on orange.

Name: Shen Yisui.

[Age: 19. 】

[Status: Shot in the heart, ruptured skull, chest cavity pierced by an ice shard; no vital signs remaining.]

[Character Role: Cannon fodder, cannon fodder, cannon fodder. Contributes nothing to the protagonist, is cannon fodder number N who will die on their own, and has been tested to fit the supporting character role.]

[Mission Difficulty: Six Stars]

Gouqie Toushi played the contents of his orange card in real time. Since Shen Yisui was blind and could not see the surrounding scenery, Gouqie Toushi could only read it to him with difficulty.

Shen Yisui stood in this small space isolated from the outside world. His body still looked as it did when he died, with a large empty space in the center of his chest cavity and a red hole from a gunshot wound on his forehead. Blood was still dripping from that hole when he spoke, clinging to life.

"...My main mission is to help you be reborn and change your fate, Shen Yisui. I will help you return to the point in the past when it was most advantageous for your development. Are you ready?"

Shen Yisui's expression did not change after hearing this. He held the whistle in his hand and nodded politely, saying, "Okay, I'm ready."

eking out a living: "!"

The creature coughed and carefully examined Shen Yisui. It found that the child had a decent appearance. Although he was not particularly eye-catching, he had a round face and his eyes, though blind, had a slightly upturned curve, revealing a hint of naivety.

Shen Yu said his younger brother was well-behaved, and now it seems that it really is true.

This was the first time that the host it was trying to survive had been so troublesome and had so few problems. It covered up the content about Shen Yu and deliberately chose a time after Shen Yu's death.

"Okay, then we'll..."

"Wait a minute." Shen Yisui suddenly interrupted the desperate struggle for survival. His fingertips trembled as he asked, "When are you going to teleport me back?"

He glanced at the small orange card in his hand, barely clinging to life: "Seven months ago."

Shen Yisui secretly calculated the time, then asked, "Can we go a little further?"

Two months before that, seven months later, was the time when Shen Yu and the Zombie King perished together.

Knowing what Shen Yisui was planning, it withdrew its data card and said decisively, "No, my energy is insufficient to travel that far."

Shen Yu was a person who always wanted to die in the apocalypse. Even if Shen Yisui went back to the past now, he could not change Shen Yu's fate.

Because Shen Yu's death was not murder, but suicide. No one can change his trajectory unless the soul within him is willing to forget the past.

Not wanting to undermine Shen Yisui's confidence, it said, "Don't think about other things. You need to think about yourself. Seven months ago was the most favorable time for your development. Do you really want to be ripped into such a huge hole?"

Shen Yi lowered his eyelashes as he recalled what had happened seven months ago, confirming that he had not yet met Cheng Jingyi, much less... done those unspeakable things with him.

He said, "Alright, let's go back to seven months ago then."

"Alright!" Upon hearing the reply, Gouqie Tousi jumped up in the air. Seven months would consume very little of its energy, and it was happy to teleport Shen Yisui there.

Shen Yisui stood still. After saying "living a life of ignominy," the vitality within his body became even more abundant. The holes and wounds healed, and the new flesh covered all the hidden pain.

The mechanical voice, a sound of barely surviving, rang in Shen Yisui's ears.

"Please note that we are currently returning to April 26th, 210 days before your death... Alert! Suspicious object detected! Alert! Suspicious target detected! Defense system activated, launch counterattack!"

Shen Yisui was unaware of his surroundings. All he could see was darkness. He felt the space around him suddenly tremble violently, enveloping him and tossing him around in a chaotic manner.

Shen Yisui's wounds had not fully healed. As he rolled around, he grabbed the body that was barely clinging to life, only to hear the alarm on its body getting sharper and sharper.

"...What's wrong? What happened!" Shen Yisui's face was deathly pale. The wound on his chest had reopened, and the previous cold air was growing back and pouring in frantically.

"Hold on to me!"

The creature, clinging to life, enveloped Shen Yisui with energy, its orange-yellow color intensifying as it rammed head-on into the various energy spikes that lunged forward.

The loud explosion irritated Shen Yisui's eardrums, causing his ears to ring for a long time, and his entire face became numb and lost sensation.

"Shen Yisui! Hold on to me tight—"

"Shen Yisui!"

"Shen Yisui!"

Shen Yisui hugged the round ball tightly in his arms. The surface of the ball was warm, and the temperature continued to rise over the next few seconds, suddenly becoming scalding hot, almost burning Shen Yisui's skin.

Shen Yisui frowned, the chill in his chest colliding with the external heat, almost tearing him to pieces.

"...It hurts too much." Shen Yisui opened his mouth, his arm weak, and apologized to the cowardly survivor, "I can't hold on anymore."

He let go of her hand after he finished speaking.

Startled, it swooped down and enveloped Shen Yisui with its energy, repeatedly saying, "You must be strong! You must be strong! Your body hasn't healed yet; if you fall, you're finished!"

“I know.” Shen Yisui sniffed, his eyes were moist, and his brows were tightly furrowed. “But my bones are going to break.”

The surging energy from all sides continuously impacted Shen Yisui's body. Sensing the rapid decline in Shen Yisui's life force, Kuqichi immediately changed direction and flew in the other direction.

"Then let's try a head-on confrontation—"

Another explosion rang in Shen Yisui's ears. Shen Yisui covered his left ear and suddenly felt himself being thrown away by a great force...

The surroundings seemed to quiet down. But it wasn't completely empty; after the silence, the voices of a few people could be heard.

"Shen Yisui".

Shen Yisui slowly opened his eyes. His body was in dull pain, and there were still unhealed wounds and cracks in his limbs and chest.

He heard a voice coming from the bedside and remained silent for a long while: "...Your Majesty."

Cheng Jingyi seemed not to hear Shen Yisui's voice. He said a few words to himself and then picked up Shen Yisui's limp arm.

Shen Yisui was still unaware of what point in time he had returned to. The system that had just spoken to him had long since disappeared without a trace. He could only guess at the time period they were in based on Cheng Jingyi's current speech.

Seven months ago, he hadn't met Cheng Jingyi yet, but now that Cheng Jingyi is by his side, it means he hasn't gone back to seven months ago.

...So what time period is it now?

Shen Yisui's mind was in a daze. The pain in his body had not yet subsided, and the smell of blood filled his chest cavity.

"Your Majesty, what did you just do?" Shen Yisui carefully opened his mouth to speak, but before he could finish, his tone suddenly changed.

His fingertips were enveloped in a warm mouth, and the soft, unidentified thing licked his fingertips before suddenly biting down hard into Shen Yisui's flesh.

The flesh on his hand was bitten off, and even the bones inside showed signs of cracking.

Shen Yisui hissed in pain, ignoring the unhealed cracks on his body, and suddenly stood up, grabbing Cheng Jingyi's hair and pulling it back: "Let go, what's wrong with you!"

"……Um?"

Cheng Jingyi leaned his head back, as if he was startled by Shen Yisui's actions. After a few seconds of stunned silence, he suddenly began to grind the two fingers that were being bitten hard with his back teeth.

The taste of blood exploded in his mouth, stimulating his taste buds and causing certain factors ingrained in his genes to awaken rapidly.

Shen Yisui couldn't see his surroundings. Hearing Cheng Jingyi's heavy breathing and his urge to bite again, he bent his knee and pressed it against Cheng Jingyi's lower abdomen without saying a word. Cheng Jingyi remained wary. He gripped Shen Yisui's thigh tightly and pulled him toward his side without giving a clear indication of his intentions.

Shen Yisui's lips lost their color. He groped for a glass bottle next to him, the veins on the back of his hand bulging. He smashed the bottle directly into Cheng Jingyi's skull.

"boom!"

The bottle shattered, sending shards flying everywhere.

Cheng Jingyi remained unmoved; such an attack wouldn't even damage his skin. He stared at Shen Yisui, his lips twitching slightly.

His teeth showed signs of loosening, and Shen Yi took the opportunity to grab his jaw, crushing him to death on the ground with two snapping sounds.

"Cheng Jingyi, I'm not dead yet, and you want to eat me up?" Shen Yisui felt a dull pain in his fingertips. He shook his hand and, still angry, tightened his grip on Cheng Jingyi's neck. "Take another bite? Spit it out."

Cheng Jingyi lay stiffly on the ground. Before Shen Yisui could make a move, he swallowed the bits of meat in his mouth and said, "I ate it."

"You really are..." Shen Yisui didn't know how to continue. Cheng Jingyi was, after all, a zombie who liked to eat raw meat.

After evolving and developing self-awareness, he gradually broke away from his primitive state and began to have thoughts and decision-making power like ordinary people.

When Shen Yi first met him, Cheng Jingyi was already an extremely high-level autonomous being among the zombie horde. His high level and unparalleled mental strength made him a troublesome presence for the military.

...But why does he now have the urge to eat raw or rotten meat?

"I'm hungry," Cheng Jingyi suddenly said. "I want to eat."

Shen Yisui didn't lessen the pressure on his hand: "What do you want to eat?"

Cheng Jingyi: "You."

Shen Yisui handed him another bottle of wine: "What do you want to eat?"

Cheng Jingyi: "..."

The shards of glass landed on Cheng Jingyi's face. He was dazed for a moment before saying, "I want to eat...and rice."

His words were illogical, as if he were just giving a mechanical answer, completely unaware of their specific meaning.

Even if Shen Yisui was slow to notice, he noticed Cheng Jingyi's abnormal state. He pressed against Cheng Jingyi's abdomen and explored her body with his hands.

Cheng Jingyi's chest was always uneven, with more than a dozen raised, pure black scars left from past battles and escapes. Shen Yisui had never seen those scars before, but he had touched them and could vaguely make out their outlines.

Now, Cheng Jingyi has another hole in his abdomen. The bullet that entered his body contained a drug specifically designed to suppress the zombie's regenerative abilities. The skin around the hole is already rotting, and pus and blood have soaked through his short-sleeved shirt.

Shen Yisui's finger moved downwards, and just as he touched the edge of the wound, he heard Cheng Jingyi's throat fill with a threatening and intimidating low growl.

"You've been shot," Shen Yi said. "More than once... What happened?"

His fingertip hovered at the very edge of the blood hole, relying entirely on his senses to perceive Cheng Jingyi's condition. Cheng Jingyi suddenly let out a defiant sneer, his hands sharpening as he shoved Shen Yi aside and stumbled to the corner, pushing aside the rubble and hiding in the shadows.

Shen Yisui fell to the ground. He heard the sound of gravel hitting the ground not far away and belatedly realized that he was in a different place.

It wasn't in the previous zombie-infested area, nor in Cheng Jingyi's room. The bed in this room was only covered with a tattered cloth, without any blankets or quilts. The floor was covered with cracks, and when Shen Yisui reached out and touched the ground, his fingertips were immediately covered with a layer of dust.

...Where exactly is this place?

"Cough cough cough! Shen Yisui, we are currently in an abandoned building in the West District."

A familiar voice sounded from the side. A gentle breeze brushed against Shen Yi's face. He looked up and sensed the subtle energy floating in the air.

The creature, barely surviving, landed on Shen Yisui's shoulder. Its orange-yellow light was bright, and large swirling strands of English data surrounded its body, constantly changing and pulsating, eventually forming a protective shield.

Shen Yisui's nerves relaxed slightly after hearing its voice. He asked, "Where are we now? I hadn't seen Cheng Jingyi seven months ago. Is the timeline wrong?"

"Um... due to a sudden attack from an external factor, we did make a small mistake." He turned the ball around, trying to cover up his error.

Shen Yisui: "...So where is the time now?"

"After you died," Gouqie Tousi Sheng glanced at his data panel and added, "to be precise, it was eighteen hours after you died."

Shen Yisui: "..."

"Weren't you going to send me back to the past?"

"Well... that's the theory, but plans can't keep up with changes, and now there's been a slight deviation," Gouqietousheng said seriously. "It seems we'll have to temporarily change the rules."

Shen Yi paused for a moment: "You can change the rules?"

"Rules are rigid, but people are flexible," it said, typing furiously on its screen. "Due to a timing error, your task has also changed."

In the past, the concept of "living a life of ignominy" was used to guide supporting characters to survive, allowing them to find a chance to live before their own deaths. But now the situation has changed, and Shen Yisui's guide to "living a life of ignominy" has also changed.