Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Pei Du avoided looking at the wound on Sheng Shixian's right leg and asked, "Sheng Shixian, can you recognize who I am?"

Sheng Shixian was handcuffed, and he tightened his arm muscles, still feeling uncomfortable being carried on Pei Du's back like this.

Upon hearing this, he lowered his eyelashes. Pei Du's lower half of his face was completely covered by a mask, and he could only see Pei Du's clearly defined earlobes under the old lamplight.

Sheng Shixian's mind went blank. His lips were tied with a tie, and he could only mumble a vague "uh".

Pei Du hadn't expected Sheng Shixian to answer; he only asked the question to confirm whether his tie was tight enough.

Sheng Shixian didn't hear Pei Du's voice, so he raised his voice and made a "hmm" sound.

He wanted to speak, and he also wanted Pei Du to loosen his tie for him.

Pei Du turned his head and lifted Sheng Shixian's thigh, pushing him up onto his back. He still ignored him and said, "Stop drooling. Your drool is all over my neck."

Sheng Shixian: "..."

His Adam's apple bobbed, and he simply turned his head away and stopped moving.

It lingered beside Pei Du, its blue light soft and illuminating the dim road ahead.

The number on the blue plate has decreased by seven days.

*

Pei Du carried Sheng Shixian back to his house.

Outside hospitals have strict screening procedures for foreign species. Not to mention Sheng Shixian, even Pei Du, who was bitten, could be implicated and arrested.

He casually tossed Sheng Shixian onto the sofa. Sheng Shixian groaned, his dark eyes unfocused, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

Pei Du looked at his right leg. The blood at the knee of Sheng Shixian's pants had dried, and some of the fabric was clinging to the inside of the wound, mixed with the rotten flesh.

"Where are you?" Pei Du took out his phone, found the previous number, tapped the screen with his finger and dialed it.

"On the way." The person on the other end answered quickly, and the car horn sounded intermittently. His tone was quite complaining. "Don't you want to look at the time? It's already one in the morning. You'd better have some serious illness to treat."

Pei Du looked at his wrist and said, "I've been bitten by a monster. Come here quickly."

"What the hell?!" Qi Sheng's voice rose sharply, "You're not going to mutate, are you? That'll cost extra. I risked my life to treat you..."

"Stop nagging and hurry up." Pei Du smirked, then hung up the phone, completely cutting off Qi Sheng's noise.

Sheng Shixian collapsed onto the sofa, his face deathly pale. Pei Du glanced at him, walked over, and untied and tore off the tie that was tied around his mouth.

"Don't bite." Pei Du stared intently at him, slowly taking back his tie. "If you bite again, I'll tie you up for another day."

Sheng Shixian's jaw muscles ached and stung. He had just loosened his tie and was about to raise his head and bare his teeth when he heard Pei Du's words. He stiffly lowered his head again.

Pei Du took out two tissues and sat opposite Sheng Shixian, quickly wiping away the water stains that had accumulated at the corners of Sheng Shixian's mouth.

"Do you know who I am?" Pei Du asked again.

Sheng Shixian buried half his face in the sofa, his eyes turning to Pei Du. Pei Du had taken off his mask as soon as he entered, revealing his features, which were not very sharp.

He was clean, with no blood or wounds on his face. His features were particularly indifferent, carrying a hint of coldness and feigned gentleness.

Sheng Shixian stared at him for a few seconds and then hummed in agreement.

Pei Du laughed: "Then tell me, what's my name?"

Sheng Shixian: "..."

He didn't speak.

He couldn't tell.

Pei Du knew he was pretending to know what he didn't. He had seen Sheng Shixian's lips trembling slightly with nervousness, and softened his tone to ask again, "And what about you? You may not know who I am, but you must know who you are, right?"

Sheng Shixian pondered for a longer time this time. Under Pei Du's probing gaze, he forced himself to speak: "...province, city, county."

He spoke quickly, and Pei Du didn't hear him clearly: "What?"

Sheng Shixian's heart skipped a beat upon seeing this.

"Say it again, I didn't hear you clearly."

Sheng Shixian recalled what had happened before, his expression unchanged but his tone slightly altered: "Shen... corpse... transformation?"

Pei Du: "..."

Sheng Shixian didn't even know who he was.

When Pei Du called his name in the black market, Sheng Shixian remembered the part about his own name that Pei Du mentioned.

Unfortunately, he couldn't remember clearly, and his identity was exposed instantly as soon as he said it.

Those infected with the virus lose their humanity, and all their memories of being human are also lost.

Sheng Shixian falls into the middle category. He hasn't completely lost his humanity; he can understand human language and effectively control his own actions, but he has forgotten his past.

However, based on the development trend of the previous life, Sheng Shixian will most likely be able to remember everything again in the later stages.

Pei Du had originally planned to find some clues about the murderer from Sheng Shixian, but now it seems that all his efforts have been in vain.

"Alright, keep lying down, Shen Shibian." Pei Du sighed, absentmindedly following Sheng Shixian's words.

Even after becoming a mutant, Sheng Shixian's suspicion remained as strong as before. He probably lied because he was afraid that Pei Du would turn on him and kill him if he found out the truth.

Upon hearing this, Sheng Shixian relaxed a bit. The tense muscles in his neck relaxed, and he pursed his lips and stopped talking.

He simply stared at Pei Du with his dark eyes.

Pei Du said a few words to him and then ignored him. He went to his room, found a medicine box, and disinfected and applied medicine to his wound.

"You're not really infected, are you?" The creature, having moved from the living room to the upstairs, saw the scarlet flesh on Pei Du's hands and spoke in a childlike voice, "I can exchange ten points for an indestructible and poison-resistant body for you. Are you willing to trade?"

Pei Du looked up at it: "Free?"

"You're dreaming." Gouqie Toushi slapped the table and continued, "One-tenth of your yang energy is worth one point."

Pei Du: "...Yang energy?"

"Yes, it's also about vital energy. Aside from becoming weak, you won't be harmed anywhere else." The cowardly figure continued to tempt Pei Du, "Isn't this a good deal?"

One-tenth of the yang energy equals one point, and ten points equal all the yang energy in Pei Du's body.

Pei Du was speechless for a moment, then sneered, "You're dreaming too."

What nonsense are you spouting about, trying to survive? If he fails his mission, his soul will be completely obliterated, not to mention the yang energy within his body.

Even while clinging to life, he refused to give up easily: "Aren't you frigid? Giving me your yang energy won't cost you anything. Is there anyone you absolutely have to sleep with?"

“I am sexually frigid, not impotent. Having and being able to use something is a different concept from having but not being able to use it.” Pei Du put down the disinfectant, glanced at Gou Qiechoing, and continued in a calm tone, “Forgot, you are a machine; you can’t use it without it.”

To eke out a living: "!!!"

"I'm only one year old, how shameless of you to say these things to me!" Gouqie Tousheng screamed.

"Then censor it with mosaics." Pei Du remained unmoved.

The basketball player, still seething with anger, yelled, "You fucking shameless bastard! Beep—"

Pei Du raised an eyebrow: "Yes, the mosaic should be done like this, and the word 'f***er' should also be included. I'm a kid in my twenties, I can't stand foul language."

"Beep—Beep—Beep!!!"

Pei Du seemed not to hear him. He continued to wrap his injured wrist with gauze and said, "I won't get infected."

The one who was barely surviving snorted irritably, "How do you know? The toxin in the male lead's saliva is no ordinary substance. You might even grow scales and a tail in the future!... So you really don't want to switch with me?"

Pei Du's attitude was nonchalant: "Then I hope I can grow more gills."

To live a life of ignominy: "..."

"Not to drown."

To eke out a living: "Get out."