The roar of the Cold Moon caught the attention of the puppy. Perhaps the puppy had already regarded this place as its own territory. Now that it saw someone come here to provoke it, out of animal instinct, it had to bite the intruder to death.
The surface of the rock gradually twisted into a vortex shape, and a small hole appeared in the center of the vortex. In just an instant, the figure of the puppy protruded from the hole. The rock vortex also became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared under the puppy’s feet, and the rock returned to its original appearance.
“Oh, it’s hiding, hiding, melting its body into the rock. I have seen it in the vampire log before. It turns out to be like this.” Cold Moon slapped the blood bat pattern on his forehead. “As long as it hides, even if the whole rock is separated, it can’t find this dead dog.” Thinking of this, Cold Moon secretly made a decision. No matter what, he must kill the puppy tonight. In just over a month, it has become so smart and wise. If it is more than a few months, it will be even worse.
“Woof.” The puppy roared, pulling Cold Moon’s thoughts back. He began to look at the puppy. In just over a month, the puppy had not only evolved its intelligence, but also its body. The originally white dog hair became deep red, and the eyes were surrounded by a faint blood-red light like Cold Moon. The tail was straight and upright, like a flagpole pointing straight to the sky. There were two sharp fangs protruding from the dog’s mouth, and a pair of small bat-shaped wings grew on its back.
Looking at the monster in front of him, if it weren’t for the blood connection, Cold Moon really couldn’t be sure that it was the puppy raised by Cold Wind.
“Fuck, ivory actually grew in the dog’s mouth. Damn it, whoever says that ivory can’t be spit out of a dog’s mouth, I’ll bite him.” Cold Moon made a sound that was either a sigh or a howl.
Perhaps the puppy thought that Cold Moon’s howl was a declaration of war against it. The small wings waved, and the body was like a shell, with the “ivory” in the dog’s mouth as a weapon, directly stabbing towards Cold Moon.
Seeing the puppy shooting towards him, Cold Moon retreated backwards, turned over and kicked, kicked the puppy’s belly with one foot, and kicked the puppy directly into the air.
He disdainfully compared a middle finger to the puppy, meaning: You are far from fighting me.
Perhaps the puppy understood Cold Moon’s meaning, and the dog’s claws moved slightly, as if saying, if you have the ability, come up?
Cold Moon saw that the puppy stopped in mid-air and did not come down. He kicked the small rock under his feet to pieces, and his body rushed straight up like a shell. His right hand was clenched into a fist and hit the puppy. However, he ignored his own behind.
The rock where the puppy was hiding was shattered into many pieces, and each piece flew towards Cold Moon’s body in the air.
Cold Moon never thought that the puppy had this ability, so he was immediately hit by the stones without being prepared. His body fell straight down from the air and plunged into the wasteland, leaving a large pit in the ground, and his entire body was buried in it. The rocks that chased him also fell one after another. In just a moment, Cold Moon was buried alive by the puppy.
It’s not good to underestimate others. Cold Moon broke out of the rock and regretted that he shouldn’t have taken the puppy lightly. Although it was a dog, its strength was very powerful. In the novel, zombies have a kind of supernatural power. The supernatural power of this zombie dog is probably to control those rocks. What about me?
“Huh, dead dog, where did it go? Why can’t I feel its breath?” Cold Moon, who had just come out of the broken rock, looked around and couldn’t find the puppy’s trace, and even felt no breath.
Cold Moon closed his eyes, and the blood in his body flowed rapidly, hoping to find the puppy by the resonance of blood. However, he could only feel the same blood reaction in the far east. The puppy couldn’t run so fast. The reaction in the east should be Cold Wind’s.
“Damn it, don’t let me find you, otherwise, I will definitely stew you in a sand pot and eat you.” Cold Moon yelled a few times. He knew that the puppy should still be nearby, but he didn’t know what method it used to hide its breath, making him unable to feel it.
In fact, it’s very simple. Cold Moon just doesn’t know. The puppy only has a breath reaction when using blood energy, and Cold Moon can feel it. Now, the puppy feels threatened and has turned back into an ordinary puppy. Even if Cold Moon has the same blood, he cannot know where it is. It’s like a radar. It can immediately detect moving things, but it is powerless for things that don’t move.
After waiting for a long time and seeing no response around, Cold Moon knew that it was useless to wait any longer, so he left quickly. People will feel bored after waiting for a long time, but animals, they don’t even know what “bored” is.
He galloped all the way back to the city, and during the period, he did not feel the breath of the zombie dog, as if it had disappeared from the world.
The restless cold moon raced across the rooftops of the city buildings. The little dog had run off. Judging from the evolutionary intelligence of dogs, it wouldn't be long before they evolved to be on par with humans. When that time came, a dog demon would emerge—a virtually immortal, incredibly resilient zombie. Inevitably, any attitude towards it might provoke future retaliation. It seemed imperative to rapidly grow in strength; otherwise, eternal life would remain just a dream, and carelessness could lead to someone else terminating it. Killing someone is easy the first time, but it becomes increasingly challenging thereafter, especially when facing retaliation from all sides. This aspect, Cold Moon could ascertain based on its own personality.
Cold Moon leaped from a seven-story building and landed in a dim alley. Returning to a human form, they strolled out of the alley into a nearby barbershop. Despite being past 4 a.m., the barbershop was open, indicating it wasn't a regular establishment. As one might imagine, this barbershop offered a variety of services, provided you were willing to pay. However, Cold Moon's sole purpose was to get a haircut. Long hair was too troublesome, having interfered countless times during battles.
"Hey handsome, hair wash or massage? If it's a massage, come with me," a sultry lady, around twenty-three or twenty-four, clad in revealing attire, greeted with a beaming smile.
Gazing at the veins on the lady's neck, Cold Moon inexplicably felt an urge to drink blood.
Taking deep breaths to control the impulse, they sat in front of the mirror, dropping a crumpled 100-dollar bill on the dressing table. Coldly, they said, "Haircut, make it short."
The sultry lady, finding the extremely cute guy in front of her just asking for a haircut, felt an unexpected twinge of disappointment. Perhaps, she would have preferred to provide other services or a massage for the handsome lad. Yet, upon seeing the cash, the disappointment vanished instantly. Money always held its power.
Moving behind Cold Moon, the lady lifted his long hair, expressing, "Such beautiful long hair, it's a shame to cut it. Are you sure about this?"
"Don't babble. Just do what you're told." Cold Moon's mood was extremely irritable now. He didn't know how much longer he could contain himself. If this woman kept on with her nonsense, he might just drink her blood.
Witnessing Cold Moon's unwelcoming glare and frigid tone, the sultry lady ceased talking. She picked up the scissors and began cutting Cold Moon's hair.
The snipping sounds echoed a few times, and the lady held the cut hair in her hand. As soon as the hair left Cold Moon's body, it swiftly decomposed and dissipated. In no time, the lady's hand was left empty, devoid of a single strand. Yet, the cut hair on Cold Moon's head had somehow reverted to its original form.
The sultry lady's mouth fell open, eyes wide, the hand holding the cut hair froze in shock. She wanted to scream but, due to extreme terror, nothing came out.
After discovering that his zombie side was found, Cold Moon immediately roared, revealing two fangs, and bit the carotid artery of the enchanting woman at lightning speed.
As he continued to suck the enchanting woman’s blood, Cold Moon’s forehead began to wrinkle.
After reluctantly finishing sucking the blood, Cold Moon spit out two mouthfuls of saliva and complained in his heart: “Damn it, it’s so bitter. What kind of human blood is this? It smells very fragrant, but it tastes no different from skincare products. There is no bloody smell at all. It must be because this damn woman has applied too much makeup.” Cold Moon often applies skincare products, and occasionally accidentally applies them to his mouth. The taste of the blood he sucked now is the same as the skincare product he tasted back then.
He grabbed the rolling shutter door of the shop in the air, then carefully observed the small shop on the first floor of the bustling area to make sure there was no one around, so as not to be wanted for being discovered after killing someone.
Looking at the corpse lying on the ground, Cold Moon was in trouble. What should he do? Although he felt that he had a very strong power, he could not destroy a corpse without leaving any traces. “Forget it, let it be. Leave the corpse here. Even if the police find out that I am the murderer, they can’t do anything to me.” Cold Moon finally made a decision, pulled down the rolling shutter door, and left.
He jumped onto a high-rise building and flew on top of various buildings, quickly returning to the dormitory where Cold Wind was sleeping. He looked at Cold Wind lying on the bed, saw that everything was normal, turned around and walked to another room to sleep.
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“Tonight is really unlucky. I lost the dog, couldn’t get a haircut, and killed someone in the end. I sucked her blood, but the taste of the blood was so bad. I won’t suck it again in the future, unless the blood becomes good to drink.” Lying on the bed, Cold Moon calculated in his mind: “Should I hide like a puppy for a few years? After hiding for a few years, my strength will become stronger. At that time, even if I suck human blood, I can destroy the corpse, unlike today’s big mistake. After I wake up, I will find a place to hide. Oh, go to the place where zombies are discovered. That place can produce zombies, and the feng shui must be very good, or there must be something special. It’s better to go there.” Cold Moon made up his mind and started to sleep. He fell asleep in a few minutes.
This time, Cold Moon guessed right. The black soil next to the tomb was called dark blood black soil, which was the only place where zombies could be brewed. Hiding there was of great help to zombies. It could make impure zombie blood evolve into pure zombie blood, just like the ancestor of zombies. Similarly, the evolution time is very long. Cold Moon has been hiding for tens of thousands of years. During this period, no matter what method or prohibition Cold Wind used to quickly become a dead spirit immortal, he could not wake him up or separate him from the dark blood black soil.
After sleeping for a day and night, Cold Moon turned over and got out of bed. He didn’t even have time to eat breakfast. He quickly turned on the TV and wanted to see if there was any report of a murder case that happened yesterday morning. Unfortunately, he sat in front of the TV for a whole morning, and there was no special report on the TV.
After having a simple lunch at a restaurant outside, Cold Moon bought today’s newspaper at a newsstand on the street. After reading it, there was still no report of a murder case. Maybe they haven’t found out yet? Cold Moon secretly estimated.
It wasn’t until after dinner that the news released yesterday’s murder case. The victim died of massive blood loss, and the only wound on the body was two small holes in the neck. For a while, it caused enthusiastic attention from the people of the city. Is it the work of a vampire? The reporter on TV put a big question mark. The police estimated that the case was caused by a perverted vampire fan or zombie fan. Most zombie fans and vampire fans who believe that there are zombies or vampires in the world sneered at the police’s statement, thinking that zombies or vampires have already visited their city. Therefore, they always wander in dark alleys or corners at night, hoping that their idols will come out and bite them, bringing them powerful eternal life.
Seeing that the streets and alleys were talking about it, Cold Moon was scared. Zombie fans and vampire fans lamented on the street every day: Hey, if a zombie bites me, it would be great; Hey, if a vampire comes to give me the first embrace, it would be cool. Feeling unhappy, Cold Moon bought a few boxes of instant noodles and milk, and prepared to sleep in the dormitory for more than ten or twenty days to avoid the limelight.
In the days of waking up, eating, pulling, and sleeping, time passed quickly, and twenty-four days passed in a blink of an eye. And Cold Wind also woke up on the twenty-sixth day.
After waking up, Cold Wind saw the newspaper covering his head and was a little angry. When he saw his indescribable face in the mirror, he immediately broke through the sky with anger. “Damn brother, I told you before going to sleep, don’t tease me, you actually splashed blood on my face.” Cold Wind cursed, inserted his hand into the blood that had already dried up and split into small pieces on his face. He smelled it in front of his nose, “What kind of blood is this? It seems to be human blood, or dead blood. I don’t know how Moon did it.” Cold Wind was suspicious and didn’t know that this was his own blood. He rushed to Cold Moon’s room, jumped onto Cold Moon’s bed, lifted the quilt with one foot, and kicked him off the bed.
Cold Moon, who was walking hand in hand with a girl in a dream, was suddenly awakened by violent means. He thought the police had found him and roared with his head up in a daze, immediately turning into a zombie state. With eyes flashing with blood, he looked around and prepared to give them a fatal blow after seeing the enemy clearly.
“Do you want to bite me?” Cold Wind said coldly.
“Brother, you’re awake, haha.” Cold Moon jumped up and hugged Cold Wind.
Cold Wind dodged, dragging a long afterimage, and retreated to the side, anxiously said: “Don’t be cheesy, two men, what are you hugging for?”
Seeing that his elder brother didn’t like his hug, Cold Moon stopped and flew to Cold Wind’s side, waving his hands excitedly, and said: “Brother, turn into a zombie and let me see what changes you have.”
Cold Wind opened his mouth, and four sharp fangs grew out, two long and two short, with his eyeballs shining with golden light.
“Brother, why do you have four teeth?” Cold Moon said strangely, using his fingernails to pry Cold Wind’s teeth. In front of Cold Wind’s two sharp fangs, there were two short but slightly longer pointed teeth than ordinary teeth.
“Don’t move.” Cold Wind slapped Cold Moon’s hand that was about to reach into his mouth, and his mouth closed immediately.
“Huh, your eyeballs are golden. Are there golden-eyed zombies? I haven’t heard of it.” Cold Moon, who was just wondering about Cold Wind’s teeth, strangely found that Cold Wind’s eyes were golden when Cold Wind closed his mouth.
“I don’t know. It doesn’t seem to be a zombie. Compared to you, I look more like a vampire in Western legends. Let’s not talk about this. I slept for a few days, and how did you spray blood on my face? Didn’t I tell you not to tease me? Are you itching your butt?”
“What, the blood flowed when you died. I was too lazy to wipe it off, so I left it like that. I don’t have time to spray blood on your face. Besides, I just killed someone. The newspaper and the streets and alleys are all saying that there are zombies. If I suck again, it will cause a big fuss. If our existence is discovered, I can still deal with Garbage bolted rifle, but if planes and cannons come, I will die even if I have an undying body.” After a bunch of words, seeing that Cold Wind was still looking at him, Cold Moon said, “You slept for 26 days. I was telling the truth.”
Although he was strange about why he would bleed after he died, he thought it was nothing wrong. Anyway, he had already woken up, and he didn’t die after waking up. Moreover, on the surface, he and Cold Moon have very different appearances. Cold Moon has a mark, he doesn’t; Cold Moon’s hair changes length and color, he doesn’t; Cold Wind has four teeth, Cold Moon only has two; Cold Wind’s eyes shine with golden light, while Cold Moon’s eyes shine with blood.
“Oh, I see. I’ll take a shower first, and then we’ll go eat together.” Cold Wind finished speaking and walked directly towards the bathroom.
“Brother, are you going to suck blood? Nowadays, sucking blood indiscriminately will cause trouble.” Cold Moon followed quickly.
After a few jumps to the bathroom, Cold Wind leaned against the door and sneered coldly: “What’s wrong, are you scared? Weren’t you always the first to rush in when you fought before? And every time I had to risk my life to pull you back.”
“That was before. I thought life was meaningless, so I could play with my life. Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I don’t want to take risks.”
“Okay, take a shower and go to the restaurant to eat. I can’t stand being hungry for so many days.”
“Then you go, bring me something back. I killed someone, and they’re investigating it. Besides, my hair is too conspicuous. People point and stare at me when I walk down the street.”
“Why don’t you cut it? Fool.” Cold Wind’s right mouth corner lifted up, revealing his signature playful smile.
“I killed because of my hair. My hair grows back immediately after I cut it, and the hair that falls off my head immediately disintegrates. The hairdresser saw it, so I had to kill her to silence her. I didn’t mean to kill her.”
“Oh, I see. How does the blood taste?” Cold Wind smiled.
“Like makeup. I won’t suck blood anymore. If I have to, I’ll suck dog blood. At least dogs don’t use makeup. Speaking of dogs, I can’t kill our dead dog. It ran away from me. And its intelligence is surprisingly high. I think it won’t be long before it has thoughts like humans.”
Cold Wind, who was originally going to close the bathroom door to take a shower, became interested when he heard Cold Moon’s words and asked, “How is that possible?”
“Yeah, I didn’t believe it either, but when I was fighting with the dog, it buried me alive with rocks. When I got out of the rocks, the dog’s breath was gone, and it hasn’t appeared since.” Cold Moon squeezed his hands, thinking of being played by the dog, he was angry.
“Oh, let’s not worry about the dog for now. I’ll take a shower first, and we’ll talk after I’m done.” Cold Wind said, closing the bathroom door with a “bang”.
Cold Moon jumped onto the sofa in the living room, thinking that although the murder case had passed 25 days, it was still the most popular topic among people on the streets and alleys because of the strange death of the victim and the police’s lack of clues.
“It seems that this era is not suitable for the survival of mutants. Damn it, it was fine, but I ended up with such a hairstyle that people point and stare at me when I walk down the street. Maybe I should hide for a few hundred years. According to the current rate of technological progress, humans will be able to break out of the earth and go to the universe in a few hundred years. At that time, there will be all kinds of extraterrestrial creatures, and I won’t be considered strange anymore. Moreover, I killed someone now, and the police will find me sooner or later. My brother has already woken up, and I have nothing to do. I’ll hide. When I wake up again after I’m strong enough to not be afraid of atomic bombs, I can do whatever I want.” Cold Moon sat on the sofa and began to daydream.
Cold Wind walked out of the bathroom after taking a shower. He had already fully felt the perfection and strength of his body when he was taking a shower just now. Now he saw Cold Moon sitting on the sofa in a daze, and his mood was so good that he walked over and touched Cold Moon’s head, smiling and asking, “What are you thinking about? You’re so absorbed in thought that you didn’t even notice me coming out.”
Cold Moon came to his senses and didn’t mind Cold Wind touching his head. “Brother, I’ve decided to hide for a few hundred years. I killed someone, and the police will find me sooner or later. Besides, living in this era is meaningless.”
“Hide? You’re not injured, why hide? Just because you killed someone?” Cold Wind frowned, and the hand that was stroking Cold Moon’s hair stopped, staring at Cold Moon.
“No, I don’t like this world. Living in this era is meaningless. I regret becoming a zombie now.” Cold Moon pouted, feeling extremely depressed.
Cold Wind continued to stroke Cold Moon’s hair lovingly and said, “Okay, when are you going to wake up? I’ll wake you up then.”
“Um…” Cold Moon hesitated for a moment and said, “When the world becomes colorful or when the blood becomes fresh.”
“Well, let’s celebrate our eternal life in a hotel. It can also be considered as a farewell party for your hiding.” Cold Wind said.
“Okay.”
The two brothers went to the largest hotel in the city to eat and drink. Afterwards, they both stood on the rooftop of the hotel.
“Moon, where are you going to hide? Have you chosen a place?” After a moment of silence, Cold Wind asked Cold Moon.
“Let’s go to the black soil where zombies were discovered. Since it can produce zombies, I believe it’s also very good for hiding.” Cold Moon said, leading the way towards the forest. Cold Wind followed closely behind.
It only took half an hour for the two brothers to arrive at the tomb. Looking at the tomb in front of them, the two brothers had mixed feelings. It was the zombie in this tomb that brought endless changes to their fate.
They stood quietly, Cold Wind looking at his brother, seemed to have a lot to say, but couldn’t say anything; similarly, Cold Moon was the same.
Finally, Cold Moon took a few steps and stood in the center of the black soil, saying, “Brother, I’m hiding.”
“Well, see you when you wake up. By then, the world may be different, and it will definitely be colorful.” Cold Wind nodded gently.
“Goodbye.” Cold Moon finished speaking and sank into the ground, merging into the black soil.
“Goodbye,” said Cold Wind. He watched as Cold Moon sank into the ground, then returned to the city. As for other things, he wasn’t too worried. After all, neither he nor his brother were liked by their family, and even if one of them disappeared, it wouldn’t cause much of a stir. The only thing he cared about was when his brother would wake up. Unfortunately, he couldn’t imagine that two brothers who had such good feelings for each other would be separated for tens of thousands of years."