Little Pink Starfish

It must have been that my method of breaking through the void was wrong
But no one knew, this hero who was too handsome and descended from the sky, at this moment was speechless and choking up.
What was with me feeling like those zombies could be controlled by me! What was with me suddenly wanting to rush out and grab all the fresh flesh around me! What was with me even wanting to directly give a command for those zombies to dig out their own brains and give them to me to eat!

Gu Bai instantly understood.
He he he! Nima he he he wasn’t human!
Wolegecai, he actually wasn’t human! Not human!!!
I clearly had a heartbeat and was breathing—even if the heartbeat was slower and breathing was difficult, it was still a heartbeat and breathing dammit! Suddenly I wasn’t human, what did that even mean!
I didn’t want to be a zombie!

At this moment, Gu Bai discovered something even scarier than him possibly having to struggle to survive and eventually die in the mouth of a zombie, and that was—not even having the chance to struggle to survive.
Zombies were also dead people okay!
What was more tragic than me doing everything to avoid dying, only to die right at the beginning!

Gu Bai expressionlessly calmed down for three seconds, then found the identity of the zombie shell he had from the plot.
Although in the original story there were quite a few zombies who regained their sanity later, most of them were background characters and should have been hard to identify—but the point was, this shell actually wasn’t a random passerby.
Or rather, it was a zombie with quite a status……

As for how he recognized himself (his identity), that had to be mentioned from just now.

Yes! Just now! Exactly just now! When the ice power was released and all the zombies turned into ice blocks, that snow-white icy surface instantly reflected his appearance, didn’t it!
Who was that pale-faced, girly-looking guy in the ice!
Girly-looking was fine, but Nima there was even a tear mole at the corner of his eye!

Gu Bai took a deep breath.
——That’s right, it was zhi, not zhi! The author of the original wrote it wrong, but I, a principled stallion novel author, would absolutely never make such a low-level mistake, so I remembered it very clearly.

Speaking of which, what was the deal with a grown man having a tear mole! Anyone with that thing, whether male or female, as long as their features weren’t crooked, would look seductive when they smiled okay!
At this point, I had to say, thank goodness I had a paralyzed face!

The identity of this shell of Gu Bai, was really a zombie.
And, a very special zombie.

In the original, his appearance was described like this:

[Zhang Youqing had a slender build, a face as beautiful as a woman’s, and under those long, narrow eyes was a tear mole that added an indescribable charm. Even if his heart was cruel and his mind twisted, people still couldn’t help but be like moths to a flame, falling at his feet, kneeling and begging for his affection…… He rarely smiled, because no one deserved his smile, and even if he never smiled, there would still always be those who, even if they were shattered to pieces for him, were willing.]

Su, right? So su it was unbearable to look at.
And that was just the appearance.

As for this zombie’s personality and abilities, the author went all out too—for personality, it was just vaguely described as twisted and cruel, but what kind of twisted exactly?
First of all, he used whips, hehe. Then, when he was still human, he liked eating raw meat. As a zombie…… don’t mention it, it’s all tears if you talk too much.

And speaking of ability, he was an ice-type zombie. When zombies all over were only level one, he was level three. When zombies reached level two, he was level five. Zombies…… In short, apart from the zombie emperor at the top, the other zombies at most were equal to him in level. Most importantly! Maybe because of mutation, he regained his sanity from the start, and could use his ability to freeze the virus in his body, making himself exactly like a normal person within two hours, completely able to blend into the base! And he really did blend in!
From beginning to end in the original, he was the only one who could do that!

Currently, as a level five zombie, Zhang Youqing was already one of the top three ability users in S City Base okay. His disguise was also as a level five ice-type ability user.
He was very popular in S City, had many underlings, and a huge influence.

This time, Zhang Youqing had left the base probably to manage the zombie territory a bit, but not long after he came out, he got his shell taken over by Gu Bai, ended up collapsed on the roadside, and was saved by the protagonist shou Meng Qiao……

After Gu Bai finally accepted his new identity, he felt that his whole body didn’t feel quite right.
Living among people while hiding his identity as a high-level zombie was quite a tough life, but fortunately, he had strength and power, so it wasn’t too worrisome. The problem was, Zhang Youqing ultimately died tragically at the hands of Meng Qiao and his old gong, as one of the villain BOSSes! And a mid-to-late-stage big BOSS at that!

Why did he always transmigrate into cannon fodder!
And always the kind that’s overly su but with little screen time and dies miserably—either eaten or turned into ashes, pitiful villain cannon fodder!

Gu Bai, in an instant,
How about, he killed the main couple instead! Rebel! Anyway, there wasn’t even a Qiguan Rui character, right!
But……

Gu Bai wilted again.
He really couldn’t bring himself to be ungrateful.
Besides, almost every BOSS only wanted to kill the protagonist because they felt too pressured by him, and tried to nip him in the bud, only to get nipped instead.
How about he didn’t challenge the protagonist’s halo after all—come to think of it, even if it was a danmei novel’s protagonist, the halo still sparkled brightly, right.
Then, he could only try to raise the protagonist’s favorability, so the protagonist wouldn’t kill him……

Gu Bai expressionless.
No no no, with my experience as a city lord, I should go back and immediately raise my wu li stat!
Make myself unkillable by the protagonist! That was the key!
——Because he used to be constantly on edge facing a pervert like Qiguan Rui, in contrast this mentally normal protagonist didn’t seem so scary anymore.

“Gao……?”
“This one…… please……”
Several probing voices.

“Hey!”
Finally someone got impatient.

Gu Bai snapped out of it and turned to look.
Not far away, stood many seriously or lightly injured men and women, with a few leading them. The probing voices had come from them. Closer by stood protagonist Meng Qiao, and the impatient voice was from him.

Even though Gu Bai’s heart was overflowing with grief, his expression didn’t crack.
He opened his mouth with an especially noble air: “What?”

Meng Qiao awkwardly said: “You’re very strong.”
Gu Bai: “Minor skill.”
Meng Qiao: “Don’t get too cocky.”
Gu Bai: “Mn.”

Just a few lines of dialogue were enough to show the two had a good relationship.
And it also showed that even though Gu Bai was a gao ji, his attitude toward Meng Qiao didn’t change.

The others also noticed this. Seeing Meng Qiao invite gao ji into the car, a few wanted to cozy up too, but were afraid of gao ji‘s strength and didn’t dare approach, especially since gao ji hadn’t paid them any attention just now, they were even more afraid to act rashly.

At this point, many people were somewhat jealous of Meng Qiao in their hearts.
Such a powerful ability user, and only interacted with Meng Qiao! But they also understood—who told them to oppose saving that powerful ability user when Meng Qiao wanted to? Even though gao ji had been unconscious then, whether or not he heard their words, was hard to say.
If he did hear…… what if he got back at them later!

Naturally, these people were too guilty and chose to observe for now.
And Gu Bai? He got in the car with Meng Qiao, still the same as usual, maintaining his noble and cold aura—or rather, after discovering his own strength was still top-notch, he became even more noble and cold, leaning back with his eyes closed.

I’m just this badass! Come bite me if you can!
Zombies and whatnot, I’m not scared at all!

Later on, Gu Bai didn’t even bother with small zombie groups, just sat in the car using cultivation techniques from the demon emperor wu zun world to circulate his powers, and really ended up discovering something.
And whenever there were zombie groups of over a hundred or so, Gu Bai would get out of the car with great aloofness, release his powers with great aloofness, and turn the zombies into icy slag with great aloofness…… remaining cold and aloof throughout.

Along the way, everyone saw Gu Bai’s wu li stat firsthand, and held immense awe toward him.
Only the protagonist Meng Qiao could still maintain his stubborn yet soft-hearted attitude, and his relationship with Gu Bai grew increasingly harmonious.
——Of course, that harmony was from the perspective of the fellow survivors.
Because gao ji only talked to Meng Qiao and ignored everyone else okay! That was already pretty good! They couldn’t even latch onto his thigh!

And because of Gu Bai, their journey sped up a lot. Before long, the S City survivor base was already in sight.
Massive, towering walls had already been built there.

Everyone got off the car.
They had over a hundred people at the start of the trip, but after finishing the journey, only a little over forty were left, more than half gone. If Meng Qiao hadn’t saved Gu Bai midway, the outcome might’ve been like in the original, with only seven or eight people surviving in the end.
Now, things had turned out much better—the numbers had multiplied, and it was kind of a butterfly effect.

In front of the gate was a long line, a huge pile of tents. Those lining up were refugees who barely escaped, those inside tents were the most destitute of refugees.

When Gu Bai walked to the gate, the guarding ability user saw him and jolted: “Mr. Zhang? You’re back!”
Meng Qiao and the others were stunned.
Mr. Zhang?

Gu Bai expressionless—fortunately Zhang Youqing, though perverted, had facial nerve paralysis, so pretending wasn’t too stressful—spoke: “He comes in with me.”
Then he pulled Meng Qiao over.

The gatekeeper saw Meng Qiao’s handsome young face, went yooo in his heart, but stayed calm on the surface: “Since he’s a friend of Mr. Zhang, no need to queue. If he’s an ordinary person, he’ll need to be checked for zombie wounds; if he’s an ability user, just fill out a form. For Mr. Zhang’s sake, the entry fee will be waived.”

Meng Qiao: “……”
Woc, what exactly was this guy’s identity?

Gu Bai: “Mn.”
I really do have face! That’s right, Zhang Youqing’s face is now my face!
But should I just take over this survivor base and become the city lord again?