A fight?

Though she could control her power a little better now, she wouldn’t burn through half her Demonic Power with a single Demon Foot like before.

But there were way too many of them. This was completely unfair—she didn’t stand a chance!

At the sight of her, the zombie horde stirred.

They came from every direction, a tide sweeping over everything, leaving nowhere to escape.

If she had to fight them one-on-one, she wouldn’t fear a single zombie here. The destructive power of her Demon Foot spoke for itself. As long as they weren’t as absurdly huge as the zombie Mother Nest, she could kill them one by one—bring one, kill one; bring two, kill both!

But they were using a good old numbers game.

Fang Chang hugged Li Zirong tight and struck a pose like she could hold the pass against an entire army. In reality, she was stirring her instincts to create a space bubble, planning to hide inside until Li Zirong woke up.

She wasn’t that stubborn. She wasn’t about to do something she knew she couldn’t pull off.

If you can win, don’t waste time talking. If you can escape, don’t fight.

“I’m a quiet little cutie!”

Fang Chang had completely accepted that she was a girl!

But just as she was about to connect with the space bubble, the zombie Mother Nest mutant’s aura spread out. The next moment, every evolved zombie went berserk.

Their auras rose and fell, each radiating tremendous power. They pushed past the zombie horde that had been protecting them and charged forward one after another.

As for the ordinary zombies, under this pressure they trembled and stopped moving. They didn’t even dare lift a foot.

Now Fang Chang was really panicking.

It’d take her quite a while to connect with the space bubble!

But in the blink of an eye, several of the faster evolved zombies reached her.

They didn’t attack. Instead, they obediently stopped in front of Fang Chang, each radiating its own aura and showing off its strength with all kinds of attack-like poses.

Fang Chang: “……”

She understood what was going on!

She was the zombie Mother Nest!

A Mother Nest was supposed to produce offspring…

And producing offspring required mating…

All these evolved zombies, showing off their power like peacocks spreading their tails—they were all trying to woo her!

So had the Winged Zombie been trying to court her with its aura back then?

And before it could even get close to her, she’d blasted it into charcoal with a single Demon Foot.

A moment of silence for the Winged Zombie.

Then Fang Chang remembered how Li Zirong had described the little skirt set: “…It boosts your charm and attracts men with raging hormones…”

Attracts men with raging hormones…

Attracts…

She looked at Li Zirong’s peaceful sleeping face and immediately felt annoyed.

Huh!

Wait!

Fang Chang suddenly realized something.

The zombie at the very front had bones breaking through its skin, forming something like armor. But it had a pretty face, clean, pale-gold hair, a full chest, and a flat lower body. It was obviously female when it was alive!

Looking more closely, quite a few of the evolved zombies behind it had been female when they were alive.

“Has my charm reached the point where it works on both men and women?”

That thought didn’t last long. Fang Chang figured it out: the zombie Mother Nest’s reproductive state must be different, so gender didn’t matter much.

She could look into that later. Right now, she had to deal with the situation in front of her.

The zombies weren’t going to attack her anymore, but how was she supposed to shake them off and get back to the lab?

From the looks of it, these guys were going to stick to her like glue and never leave her side.

Maybe she could do what she used to do with the people who confessed to her?

She gave a light cough and imitated a girl turning someone down: “Sorry, I’m not interested in you.”

The words slipped out, and a powerful sense of satisfaction welled up in Fang Chang’s heart. After all this time, she could finally turn down someone’s confession herself!

That actually worked. All the lower-level evolved zombies wilted and moved aside. Only a few high-level ones, including some special types, held their ground.

They were like the rich, handsome zombies—the ones with plenty going for them, confidence, and patience.

Fang Chang pulled out the same killer line the class belle had used to reject him: “Sorry, I don’t like guys.”

Half the high-level evolved zombies were struck as if by lightning. They’d all been male when alive, and the crushing words left their faces ashen. One by one, they retreated to the side, sniffling.

But in turn, all the female zombies stepped forward. The closest one, the bone-armored evolved zombie, radiated an aura that was no weaker than the zombie Mother Nest’s.

Fang Chang sneered inwardly. This zombie clearly meant to win her over at any cost. Too bad—she still had one more killer line.

It wasn’t like these zombies would kill her, so she could say whatever she wanted.

“Sorry, I’m not into people who’ve mutated. It’s ugly!”

Every evolved zombie had mutated to some extent. That line was basically a rejection of every single one of them.

The female evolved zombies were struck as if by lightning too. One especially pretty, shapely zombie whose lower body had turned into a snake rolled on the ground, whimpering nonstop.

Only the strongest one, the bone-armored zombie, remained unmoved.

Fang Chang felt its aura growing stronger, even surpassing the zombie Mother Nest’s. She wasn’t so sure of herself anymore, but then she remembered who she was, lifted her chin, and waved a little hand.

“You! Those bones are so ugly! I don’t like them!”

At that, the bone-armored zombie actually smiled!

It was the first time Fang Chang had ever seen a zombie smile.

Evolved zombies were quite intelligent, but so far Fang Chang had mostly seen them looking heartbroken—just like she’d felt after being rejected again and again.

Fang Chang felt even less sure of herself and hurriedly hugged Li Zirong tighter.

“You… can’t just force me. You have to follow the rules, okay? Otherwise, I won’t go easy on you!”

The bone-armored zombie opened its mouth and spoke in a pleasant female voice.

“You don’t like this armor?”

Fang Chang answered with righteous conviction: “I really don’t!”

“All right.”

After Fang Chang confirmed it, the bone-armored zombie stretched out its body. Its bones liquefied and sank into her, and the rest of its mutations disappeared as well. Only a little energy remained, shaping itself into short clothes that covered the important parts. She no longer looked like a zombie at all.