C83 (1/2)

”Faang Wei, believe me, eating human flesh is not as scary as you think it is.” ”But you don't like it, so I really did my best. I don't want to become a person that you hate, so I worked hard to stop it, and even if I was hungry and sad, I still tried my best to do it, but I'm really afraid that I wouldn't be able to do it.”

”It's alright,” Faang Wei sighed inwardly. Shang Que was a zombie, in the eyes of a zombie, humans and dogs were the same as pigs and beasts, and they were eating human flesh, but actually, they were eating other meat as well. However, in his heart, Faang Wei could not accept this.

He knew that Shang Que was treating him well, but every time he thought about how he saw Shang Que drinking human blood in this underground room, he felt a sense of disgust.

He knew that he wasn't loathing Shang Que, but's act of sucking in human blood.

However … Is there a difference?

”Wait, we will definitely get out,” Faang Wei released Shang Que and started to look for the right tool, trying to open the iron door once again.

However, aside from the coffins and the countless ancient corpses in the room, he found nothing.

”There must be a way.” Although Faang Wei was anxious, he tried his best to calm himself down. The light in the fighting room became dimmer and dimmer, as if it was a sign that the chances of Faang Wei and Faang Wei surviving were getting dimmer and dimmer.

”Faang Wei, do you know?” Shang Que squatted on the ground, his eyes revealed a look of fear, as if he had thought of something, ”I'm different from you guys, I … ”I grew up eating human flesh …”

”What …” Faang Wei's entire body shivered, he looked at Shang Que in disbelief, and said: ”Could it be, could it be, that you're not a zombie? Aren't you a zombie after death? ”

”How many times have you asked me how old I am? I have never told you about my life or death, but today, I will tell you.” Shang Que's expression became more and more flustered, ”I was born before the liberation, and I don't even know the exact age, but I only know that from the moment I started being sensible, I followed my parents and fled the wastelands. From north to south, as long as there's food, we'll head there.”

Although Faang Wei had not gone through an era of extreme cold and hunger, he still knew from the mouths of the older generation and from various books, that years had been difficult times. He also knew that many people did not die from Japanese Army's slaughtering knives, but rather from famine.

”It's different from other kids, I've been raising it since I was young, and I've also had a lot of meat to eat. At first, I didn't understand why it was like this, until I watched my father carry a dead body home …” After saying that, Shang Que's eyes revealed a look of fear, as though this matter was branded deeply into his mind, ”Only then did I know that the reason I grew up like this was not because our family was rich, but because my father fed me human flesh in order to support me.”

”What …” Faang Wei felt his stomach churning. Although he knew that during the times of war and chaos in China, there would always be the scene of people eating people, but all of this would only stay in the books. Faang Wei had no concept of what it was, but from what Shang Que said just now, the meaning was completely different.

Shang Que did not stop there. It was as if after he started the conversation, he revealed all the secrets that he had buried in his heart. He raised his head, and looked at Faang Wei with blurry eyes, and suddenly laughed: ”Do you think it's easy to obtain human flesh?”

”At that time, human meat was publicly sold in the market, and a corpse could even be sold for an ocean. When I was young, many people starved to death, so my father could still help me get it. ”Sometimes, my father and I can't even touch a single person for ten to fifteen days. Even if we did, we'd still be afraid of being killed …”

”At that time, I was only seven years old. The people in the village either fled the village or starved to death. My mother died before I could even begin to understand, or even … I suspect that my mother was killed by my father and then, we ate together. ”

”What?” Hearing that, Faang Wei's entire body shook, and he said loudly: ”Your father actually... Is there still humanity? ”

”Suddenly,” Shang Que lifted his head and said, ”You are not allowed to slander my father, my father … ”My dad …” As he said till here, Shang Que couldn't help but sob.

Faang Wei knew that he had never experienced that era, so it was indeed a little inappropriate for him to guess who the person at that time was with his current heart. However, he didn't know how to comfort Shang Que right now either.

Shang Que cried for a while before continuing, ”Do you know how I survived?