Fairy Tail: I Am the God

"It's got a hidden meaning," Kidd thought to himself.

However, what shocked him the most was the woman in white's words, "I've always remembered."

Could the "always" mentioned here mean starting from the very beginning of her mutation?

In addition, she inadvertently revealed the situation here, as well as her own evolutionary process.

In order to preserve the remains, in order to find companions, and in order to be understood by others, so that they would no longer be alone.

At first glance, you might feel something like this—well, it's surprisingly touching, she's just a lonely zombie after all.

"Feeling what? This is clearly an attempt to find accomplices! What do you mean by doing the same things as before? You're just referring to what happened in the warehouse!"

Kidd felt a chill run down his spine, but carefully said aloud, "I don't quite understand. Could you explain it in more detail?"

He chose to say this after careful consideration.

A zombie's thoughts are ultimately quite direct and simple, which also means that she might suddenly turn on you at any time.

After all, her goal was to devour Kid; chatting was just pre-meal entertainment.

Therefore, any question asked rashly could lead to the interruption of entertainment and the early start of dinner.

But if she was allowed to continue on her own, he was completely lost!

Therefore, the best approach is to entice, showing interest without pressuring too much.

The woman in white immediately stopped speaking. She remained silent for a moment, then, under Kidd's tense gaze, spoke again: "Let's begin here..."

"Hmm, initial setup done. It really is true that one method leads to all methods."

In the silent room, a female zombie in white, standing sideways, stroked the face of a female corpse and slowly recounted a true story that took place about a year ago.

It was this event that led to her being who she is today, and to the Lawson company that stands here now.

.....

"Aaaaaah! Please! Let me go! I'm not infected, I really am not infected!"

"I didn't... Please, aren't we colleagues?!"

In the dimly lit warehouse, two employees were struggling and crying loudly.

Around them were six or seven employees who held them firmly to the ground and then tied them up with ropes from the warehouse.

The others remained seated in the corner, watching them silently.

"Help me, help me!"

As they were being dragged toward the stairs, one of the employees desperately grabbed the iron railing and frantically yelled at the two women not far away.

The two women clung tightly to each other, avoiding the employees' gaze, and trembled with fear.

"I'm not infected! I just have a fever, I'm just sick! Why won't you believe me? I beg you, believe me! I'm not one of those monsters outside, I really am... You'll all die a horrible death! And you all, why didn't you help me when I was dying!"

The employee, who was yelling frantically, suddenly let out a scream. Two men kicked him hard and then dragged him up again.

One of them suddenly turned around and yelled at the employees who were avoiding his gaze, "What are you doing? Come and help!"

"That's right, everyone agreed on this, so why did they all back down at the last minute! You all heard what he said, even if you don't take action, you can't change anything!"

Another person shouted as well.

The warehouse was completely silent; apart from the two employees identified as infected, no one else spoke.

The first man to shout kicked the railing with a loud crash, which made most people involuntarily shudder.

The two women trembled and sobbed.

"If we're going to do it, let's do it together! Otherwise, once the rescue arrives, who knows if you'll try to pin the blame on us? Don't tell me it's a secret, I don't believe you!"

Their appearance clearly indicates they're about to mutate. None of you want to die, right? Compared to those two, aren't all of our lives more important?

The man roared.

Chapter 646 Human Hearts, Cannibalism

"Han Tao, you're talking nonsense! You'll get what's coming to you... Ah!" The employee had only cried out twice when he was stomped on hard again.

"If we don't act now, and they mutate, everyone here will really suffer a terrible death!" the man added.

The men exchanged glances, gritted their teeth, and stood up.

At the same time, the employee tumbled down the stairs, while another employee, who was already tied to the stairs, broke down in tears.

Screams... cries...

These commotions seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back for these people. Almost immediately, someone shouted and rushed forward.

The splattered blood quickly stained the area around the stairs red, and the faces of the two women were also splattered with blood. Almost everyone had the same expression: madness and fear.

"I was one of those two women, and looking back now, I don't really understand those human behaviors."

But I still remember what I was thinking at the time. I was scared, doubted whether I had done something wrong, and worried whether that human had really been infected.

But that thought quickly disappeared. I kept telling myself that he must have been infected, and that sacrificing him for the sake of the majority was the right thing to do.

Everyone else must think the same way!

Just like everyone believes there will be a rescue, because once you lose faith, you really don't know how you'll get through tomorrow.

"Thinking about it this way, humans are really complicated." The woman in white paused for a moment before saying.

Kidd listened with a heavy heart.

For zombies, competition among their own kind is simply a form of evolution.

Hearing a zombie recount so calmly what had happened to a group of humans still filled him with a sense of sorrow and helplessness.

but.

Hearing this, Kidd finally understood the true meaning of "doing it together".

The reason why the woman in white still remembers this so vividly, and even... it has influenced her behavior, is probably because of this profound memory.

"However, this is just the beginning..."

In the confined environment and with the endless, hopeless wait, the survivors of Lawson Company descended into madness from oppression, and then, after the madness, into fear.

No one dared to approach the stairs. The gruesome body was thrown to the second floor, and another employee, who was tied to the handrail, gradually weakened amidst screams and died two days later.

The remaining people endured their suffering by trying to console themselves, but several days passed and rescue still hadn't arrived.

"The little food and water we collected in the staff canteen at the beginning wouldn't last long at all."

In order to buy time, each person was given a very small share, so once the food ran out, they quickly became unbearably hungry.

At this point, some people began to doubt the existence of a rescue operation, and others started suggesting that they should escape to find food.

What no one expected was that the large number of people gathered here had already attracted a large number of zombies.

The zombies can't find us, but they can sense us. They've blocked the entire building; we can't get out at all.

The woman in white gave another strange laugh: "Back then, I was terrified. I was afraid of being eaten by zombies, and I was also afraid of starving to death."

The girl I was with was originally in the same department as me. We were both very timid, so we always leaned on each other for comfort.

Perhaps most human girls are like this: although they are fragile, they can endure and persevere if they have someone to rely on or someone to motivate them.

At that point, no matter how much you persist, it seems meaningless.

I didn't expect her to break down before me, crying and saying that we would become like those two corpses, lying there silently, slowly rotting away.

Do you know what it feels like to wait for death? And that feeling of fear?

By the way, you don't know, and I'm not really sure myself, sometimes when I think back on it, I get this strange feeling, like I'm looking at another version of myself, just like now.

She continued, still looking down at the female corpse.

Kidd didn't respond; he was still looking for an opportunity to delay until Mofan and Kaneki Ken arrived.

"What I didn't expect was that her crying actually brought about some changes. At that point, no one cared whether what we were doing was terrifying, because nothing is more terrifying than death. To survive, there's nothing wrong with doing anything."

Amid the girl's cries, a trembling voice suddenly rang out.

“Yes, aren’t there still corpses?” No one spoke, but someone looked up at him.

The man smirked and continued, "Rather than letting them rot like this... I mean, aren't they even human anymore? They're zombies! Zombies can eat people, so why can't we? Even if we get infected, it's still better than what we're like now..."

He spoke louder and louder, but his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"are you crazy!"

Someone shouted.

"I'm crazy? Haha, think about it, huh? Do you want to rot? We were wrong from the start. We should have tried to escape a few days ago, when there weren't so many zombies."

Even if we wanted to escape, we're too weak. If we had any strength left, we could leave this hellhole. Anywhere would be better than starving to death here!

The man started crying as he spoke, but the madness in his voice grew stronger and stronger.

Seeing that no one spoke, he actually struggled to his feet, his eyes flashing with ferocity, and said, "I don't care about you guys anymore. I don't want to die like that. You all heard that guy's screams earlier. I don't want to die like that. I want to live. I must live!"

Everyone watched as he staggered toward the stairs, his muttering echoing in everyone's ears.

I want to live, I don't want to die!