(TL: Will be adding summaries from individual chapters as necessary. Because the author didn’t write them, they aren’t exactly translated either.)
Today, I made an astonishing discovery about Lixiang’s family: they aren’t just delusional people that have gotten a hereditary version of middle school syndrome. Lixiang’s mum is actually a magical girl (maybe)!
Right after Lixiang’s family promised to help me gather faith, Lixiang fired off some energy shots with her doll, Lina, and her mum actually blocked it by creating a light shield! Her dad just flicked the shots away. Apparently, that technique was called Annihilation Fist, and he was the one who taught her.
But that’s not all! Sister Bitong might be one as well! I had broached the subject of magic with Bitong shortly after that earth-shattering discovery, only to find that not only did she know of martial arts and spiritual energy, but she could summon a spiritual energy light shield with a simple wave of her hand as well! I had just seen this technique today, so I’m dead sure it was the same technique!
Maybe Bitong is not just a childhood friend who tries to get me to wear a skirt all the time? Maybe when night falls, she actually runs around in a skimpy superhero costume, wielding a magical staff of love to vanquish evil.
Turned out she just used a simple magic tool, magic as in street magic.
The spiritual energy light shield was a technique devised by a researcher years ago. She was able to use this technique because of a black wand-like device she kept up her sleeves. This ‘magic tool’, when first created, could only perform simple light tricks you would find in a magic performance, hence the name.
The current wand she was using was known as ‘Alala’s Magic Staff’. An experimental device that wasn’t sold to the public yet. It had the ability to coil around the user’s arm like a snake, and could be used hidden, though its effects were better when taken out.
She briefly demonstrated its capabilities. It was able to cast Spiritual Energy Light Shield, a skill that could block physical attacks; Spiritual Energy Blast, an airgun like attack that could topple a grown man; Spiritual Energy Flash, a flashbang-like attack.
By my estimates, the magnitude of these skills should only be effective against a normal person.
— Mo Ke’s Discoveries (Journal) #612 (chapter number)
My name is Mo Ke, 16 years old. Right now, I’m being pressed against the floor by a zombie… this is my story…
Three days ago, we completed the filming for Devil’s Evolution Catalog Season One.
Everyone was tired, and it was decided we should get some rest first. After all, we weren’t full time actors, and Aunty Qiao had her own plans as well. Thus, we decided on a three day holiday.
After a quick discussion, me, Bitong, Lixiang, and Jiao, decided on the city of Southern Plains for a quick holiday trip. We arrived in the city without incident, and spent the night in our hot spring inn.
Then… the world changed.
Several of the female staff members suddenly started biting the patrons. Any attempts at reasoning failed; their crazed eyes only showed bloodlust within them…
The first time I bumped into one such zombie was just about lunch time. It was the lady serving me lunch that experienced the change suddenly as she came up to my door. A loud crash and the sound of food splattering on the floor caught my attention first, followed by coughing that could be heard even through the door.
I opened my door to find a young serving lady, hand gripping down on her waist like it was injured, and coughing severely.
“What’s the matter, Ke?”
We had booked a suite for ourselves, with three rooms in total. Being near each other, the girls were naturally attracted to the commotion as well. They rushed out of their rooms to have a peek.
“I don’t know… but the service lady seems to be in pain.”
I quickly answered Bitong’s question before rushing forward to support the coughing lady. Yet just when I offered my hand, her coughing stopped abruptly. Instead, she reached for my outstretched arm, and tried to take a bite out of it!
A searing pain shot up my shoulder. I could tell I was injured, and instinctively shoved the culprit aside against the corridor wall.
“What the heck. Why did you bite me? Hey… are you listening? Are you all right?”
The service lady did not respond to my questions at all. Instead, she climbed to her feet and lunged right at me once more.
Not again… do you think I’m Tang San (Journey to the West)?
“RAWR!”
At the same time as she lunged, she roared like a wild beast.
My first thought was to dodge, but my actions meant that she had dove into the guest room behind me…
“AHHHH….”
Jiaojiao yelled in terror. Faced with a seemingly insane older lady, her instincts immediately told her to seek refuge behind Bitong.
“Grrrr!”
With three new targets in front, the service lady swapped targets without any hesitation!
“I’ll… handle this…”
Our resident middle-school syndrome girl took to the front and deployed the miniature doll version of herself in front of them. Even though she was shivering uncontrollably right now, she had no intention of backing down at all.
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, Lixiang never got the chance to show off her bravery, as I had taken the brief opening to grab hold of the service lady and toss her away!
With a swing of my arm, I dragged her off her feet and threw her out the door. It wasn’t a particularly heavy swing, because I wasn’t trying to harm her in the first place, but for an ordinary human, it was a pretty hefty throw. A normal human being would definitely be feeling the pain for a while. However, this crazed service lady didn’t seem to be normal at all.
She got up once more, barely a second later, and lunged right at me.
Crap. What is this lady even made of?!
I gave her a swift kick then slammed the door behind her. As a precaution, I had the door set to transparent mode so that I could watch her from our room. In this mode, the door also allowed more sounds in.
The service lady banged furiously at our door, in full view of us; clearly not an action a sane person would take.
“Hey! What’s going on out there? What’s with all the ruckus?!” A gruff voice called out through the corridor, instantly grabbing the attention of the service lady. She turned her head expressionlessly towards that direction then slowly dragged herself over.
A moment later…
“I told you to scram! You hear me?”
“Dear, I think there’s something wrong with this person… maybe we should just leave her…” A seductive female voice could be heard saying.
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