[Hunter] How to kill a zombie

searched together. "

But after that, after all that is gone, she will live on, too.

At this moment, after “resurrection from the dead”, Zooey really realized and accepted this.

Humans, chimeric ants, none of that matters.

Everything she loves will eventually die.

She will witness the destruction and birth of the world.

wheat

Therefore, she chose to remain silent.

There are not many reasons, just because this is actually a very simple question: she is neither a human being nor a chimeric ant now, so why should she choose sides?

I represent myself, she thought somewhat amusedly, of a zombie.Probably the only self-aware zombie in existence, so her opinion is still valuable to herself.

From another perspective, it might even be the only important problem she has faced in more than a decade.When life and death were no longer the main issue in her thinking - identity became the most important issue.In what capacity is she standing here?who is she?If there is no Zoe Corleone as a human being, what is she now?

She thought: I am both human and not human.The survival and continuation of human concern is no longer her concern.Along the way, she always wondered, since death is no longer an option (but an established fact), how should she continue to exist?Things like this are always hard to take at first.You find yourself different from everyone else—in an unprecedented, all-encompassing way.The moral and social norms that apply to others no longer apply to you, but you have not yet adapted to seeing things from a new perspective.

That perspective may even require you to build from scratch, because what you learn from childhood is the norms and norms of others, and you have to learn to re-understand the world from the most basic place and create your own norms.

To her surprise, people in the profession known as "hunters" seemed to be pretty good at things like this.

Their own will is the only criterion for their actions.

It took her a long time to accept this.

But some things are subtle.Over time, when Zoe found that she could look at human beings from the perspective of food, what surprised her most was that she found that this had become the norm.For her, human beings are both food to eat and objects to talk to, and the two concepts coexist in her mind without conflicting with each other.Before she realized it, she had accepted this fact, as naturally as it should be.If it hadn't suddenly occurred to her one day, she might not even find that her thinking had been divorced from the moral concepts prescribed by people.

She also couldn't remember when she stopped struggling.Rather than giving up and accepting, it is better to say that this happened quietly.It's actually funny, she thought, when you're human, you don't try to emphasize that you're a person, you emphasize your name.You will separate yourself from the generalized "person" and emphasize individuality.Only when you are no longer a person—or rather, a “person” that exists in this world—for the first time, identities on other levels transcend names and become the center of doubt.

If I were Gregor, she thought, if I woke up one morning turned into a beetle, how long would it take me to get used to being a beetle?

But the answers to these questions are not that important to her now.Now she was Zoe Corleone, a zombie, and a collection of memories from many people.In fact, it is not so special as it seems - after all, in fact, we are all influenced by the people around us, and we all have something special about ourselves, don't we?

Facing Zoe's silence, Owlyapf showed an expected expression.He sighed with a complicated complexion, warned her again not to do things that crossed the line, and then left.

Pufu found other chess players as Wang asked, and this country seems to have a unique board game called "junyi", and it has always maintained its leading position in the World Series.The champion chess player - who happens to be blind.It perfectly meets the requirements of the king of ants.

The girl's name is Wheat, and she looks not much older than Zoe on the outside. When walking, she uses a cane to explore the road ahead bit by bit.She is wearing an old skirt and her disheveled hair is tied into two ponytails. When people see such a wheat, they may think: Is this little girl really a world champion?But Zooey caught Wang's expression out of the corner of her eye. He didn't underestimate the opponent because of his opponent's appearance. On the contrary, his expression didn't change, as usual.

The Commander-in-Chief's Mansion of East Goduo Kingdom is more like a palace than a mansion.Mai Mai greeted Wang in a panic, as if she couldn't speak well, but Wang just told her to sit down and stop talking nonsense, and continued to study the rulebook by himself.

"Eh? The voice is completely different from the commander in chief..." Mai murmured.

"That guy is dead, and now I'm the king."

"That, that's really rude! Please forgive me! I... I don't know anything about society at all! I can't even speak well—"

"Shut up, you will be distracted." The ant king was unmoved, "If you talk nonsense, I will kill you."

Zooey looked at Pufu, who was reading a book.If she read it correctly, it was one of the books she recommended to Wang a few days ago.This chess player named Mai Mai was beyond her expectation, she has an indescribable temperament... Maybe she is the breakthrough point?Just when Zooey was carefully reviewing the plan that gradually formed in her mind, she saw wheat out of the corner of her eye.

Eh?

How did this girl fall?

Wang also seemed to be aware of the problem, looking up from the rulebook in surprise.

"It seems that she is holding her breath to the point of losing consciousness." Pufu walked over, "Because the king told her to shut up, she never opened her mouth to breathe again."

"Ha..." Wang seemed surprised by Mai Mai's unprecedented move.

"It makes sense, this child's nose is blocked, and he can't breathe if he closes his mouth." Zooey said with emotion.

"What a rare idiot," Wang said.

"Anyway, let's save people first, Pufu." Zoe said.

"why me?"

"I can't give people artificial respiration." Zoe pointed to herself, "I'm a zombie, Peter and Yupi are on guard—ah, do you want the king to do it himself? If the king doesn't mind, I wouldn't say anything."

Pufu was helpless, but he had no choice.In short, they rescued the girl named Maimai first. She didn't think it was an amazing move at all. She scratched her head and said cheerfully. She was like this when she was a child. She couldn't do anything well. Sorry for the trouble, but luckily I can show military equipment, otherwise I would be a big waste.

Zooey couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

Then he successfully received a faint stare from Pufu.

So she thought, even if this girl named Mai could not help her, she would definitely not let her die here.

Four-dimensional apartment

If you want to ask why the Ant King, as a complete novice, can fight against all kinds of chess players without defeat, in fact, besides "smartness", there is another very important factor, that is "deterrence".

Inhuman appearance, powerful strength, and a group of strange creatures wandering around.At some point, the presidential palace became a habitat for aliens.All this added up to, almost no chess player can maintain peace of mind.And it is always easy for people to make mistakes at such moments.

Wheat is not disturbed by such things.After a few days of observation, Zooey dared to say that even if she was not blind, she would never be shaken by foreign objects in the chess game.After several innings, it wasn't wheat whose breathing was disturbed.

Instead, it was the king who played against her.

Wang made a bet: if Mai lost the next round, she would have to remove her left arm.But Mai Mai hesitated, saying that she didn't know whether she should sacrifice what she had been betting on all along, that is, her life.

"Once the master of military ceremonies is defeated, he is only a mortal."

She said that if she lost, she would be just a liability and garbage.She was worried, although she wanted to sacrifice her life, did she feel that it would be offensive to sacrifice garbage?

After hearing this, Wang paused, let out a few laughs, and then——

Removed one of his arms.

Pufu anxiously asked Wang to stop the game and repair the wound.Wang insisted on continuing.Under the compromise, Pufu had to ask Pido, who was on guard, to help the king who was playing the chess game repair his arm, and Yupi did the guarding work.

Zoe left the hall halfway. According to Peter, it will take at least two to three hours to completely repair the king's arm, and he will not pose too much threat to Wheat during this period.Moreover, Zooey now understands that for Xiaomai, life is just an appendage of the chessboard.

She lives and dies for chess.

Zooey was still in a daze when she walked down the stairs, and the scene in front of her was far beyond her expectations.Regarding Wang and Xiaomai, she suddenly felt that she was the one who didn't understand anything and wanted to be affectionate—such as protecting Xiaomai.

That girl didn't need protection, she was much stronger than Zoe in many ways.

Fragile... yet strong.

As they passed the second floor, she greeted Yupi.Pufu and Pido were too busy dealing with Wang's affairs to take care of her.However, not long after she descended the last step, she felt a huge pull and a hand wrapped around her