SGT CH103: Swallowed Whole

◎ Despite his strenuous efforts to please him, he still failed to gain even a little of Mu Si’s affection. ◎

Mu Si offered himself up willingly, waiting to be consumed.

The pain he anticipated never came.

X held him tightly, feeding greedily, demanding his flavor. Yet it was like opening a jelly packet and only sipping the juice on the surface. He delayed tearing him apart and eating him.

Was it because he wanted to eat for a longer time?

X didn’t seem to dislike his taste; he simply wanted to prolong the enjoyment. One always wants to savor delicious food for longer.

But Mu Si’s body was burning hot.

He felt he had been infected by the zombie virus. The virus was spreading inside him, making his whole body feverish and his breathing difficult. It wouldn’t be long before he mutated into a zombie.

At X’s current eating speed, he would see Mu Si in his terrible, mutated state.

No, this couldn’t go on.

In a moment of separation, Mu Si pressed against X’s cold cheek. Trying to steady his overly hot breath, he whispered a plea:

“Can you go a little faster? I feel awful.”

His body was burning, his breath was scorching, and his brain was dizzy. These were all signs of infection by the zombie virus.

The hand X had on his lower back tightened.

Then, a sense of weightlessness took over.

X picked him up and carried him into the RV.

Why change locations?

Mu Si pressed against X, trying to squeeze some clarity out of his dizzy brain.

The RV had a counter and kitchenware. Was he still unable to escape being fried?

Mu Si buried his head in X’s chest, his body trembling with instinctive fear.

Sensing the emotions of the person in his arms, the crimson eyes filled with desire cooled a few degrees, replaced by complexity and deeply hidden pain.

He knew Mu Si didn’t like him that much.
He knew Mu Si had been deceiving him from start to finish.

Whenever Mu Si wanted something from him, he would become exceptionally proactive.

Back when he first awakened his ability, Mu Si, who used to just sleep purely under the covers with him, had groped his body in the night and offered himself to him. The initial confession and proposal to date were the same… A young master from a wealthy family seeking out a destitute student with nothing to his name—clearly, he just wanted to get some amusement out of him.

But he could never bear to disappoint him.

Whatever Mu Si wanted, he would help him achieve it, even if it meant falling into an abyss.

It was the same now.
Mu Si wanted him, so he offered himself up again.

X gently placed Mu Si on the bed and reached out to unbutton his clothes.

Mu Si felt his clothes being undone. It was like a food package being torn open. He closed his eyes in fear, but light still penetrated his eyelids.

There was a sound of something climbing and moving along the walls of the vehicle. It was the mutated plants. They covered the RV, blocking out all the light.

In the darkness, X covered his body.

Mu Si quietly gripped the hem of X’s shirt, ready to welcome the impending pain.

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On the road in the distance, the ability users sat in their cars.

Watching the mutated plants grow denser and cover a larger area, the ability users all fell into deep thought.

“Are we staying here tonight?”
“Yeah… let’s prepare early.”

Someone couldn’t help but say, “He really has some moves… He pushed the captain into a zombie horde, yet he can still coax the captain into keeping him by his side.”

“If this goes on, the captain will be killed by him sooner or later.”

“There are plenty of good-looking men and women in the base. Why is the captain so hung up on this dodder flower?”

“Because… he’s the best looking?”

There was no arguing with that. The beautiful dodder flower was truly beautiful.

everyone fell silent.

The sky grew dark, and the mutated plants continued to envelop the RV tightly, letting no wind through.

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Inside the RV, Mu Si looked at X on top of him, feeling a bit bewildered.

Wasn’t X going to tear him apart and eat him?
How did it turn into this kind of “swallowed whole”?

And why was the sensation warm?
At first, when he was taken in, it was clearly cold, making Mu Si shiver. But then it turned into a comfortable temperature.

X had used his ability to regulate his body temperature.

Why do such a thing? Wouldn’t it be fine to just eat him directly? Was this some strange pre-meal ritual? Did the Zombie Emperor possess X’s pre-death memories and a part of his undying humanity, leading to curiosity about this kind of thing?

Like a cat playing with a mouse before a meal.

Mu Si frowned tightly. The urgency in his heart and the heat of his body made him increasingly irritable. He even wanted to kick X off, but he shouldn’t do that.

It shouldn’t be like this…

Mu Si felt both angry and wronged. Did he have to be teased like this? To watch him, as food, be teased by the predator until he lost control and revealed an embarrassing state?

Mu Si couldn’t control his body, much less his reactions, which made him feel incredibly wretched. His gaze fell on X’s neatly dressed upper body, and he felt even worse.

X was fully dressed, while he had no cover at all. The stark contrast made Mu Si feel utterly humiliated.

“Have you played enough?” Mu Si asked, raising his hand to cover his face.

I must look terrible right now, Mu Si thought.

Hearing this, X, who was in motion, suddenly stiffened, and the light in his eyes dimmed.

Despite his strenuous efforts to please him, he still failed to gain even a little of Mu Si’s affection. Even though Mu Si had offered himself up voluntarily. But after just a short while, he was already annoyed.

X lowered his eyes. The hands behind his back tightened slightly, but he only said in a hoarse, low voice, “Sorry, it will be over soon.”

At least he had to let Mu Si find release, or he would feel uncomfortable.

Under X’s superb technique and desperate, almost masochistic actions, Mu Si soon finished.

Mu Si bit his lip and turned his head away, burying his face in the pillow. To be done like this by a zombie before being eaten was too humiliating.

The Zombie Emperor moved off him, and the rustling sound of dressing came to his ears. His upper body had been dressed the whole time, so tidying up was quick.

“It will be uncomfortable like this. I’ll take you to wash,” X said.

After washing, I can be eaten, right?

Mu Si sat up with his head bowed, allowing X to carry him away.

Mu Si thought he would be placed on the counter to wash, but X carried him into the bathroom. True, he was a person after all; he was too big to fit in the vegetable sink.

The RV’s bathroom was small, with only a narrow shower stall. Standing with two people was a bit crowded; parts of their bodies inevitably touched.

X took down the showerhead, adjusted the water temperature, and carefully washed Mu Si, avoiding his hair. He seemed not to notice the water splashing onto his own clothes.

Mu Si stared at his toes the whole time, emptying his mind.

Until he was wrapped in a towel again by X and carried out. He was placed on the sofa by the dining table, and X left his side.

The longer he waited for death, the harder it was to bear. When Mu Si looked back and saw X still tidying up the bed, he couldn’t help but urge him:

“Can you hurry up?”
Hurry up and eat me.
“I don’t want to turn into a zombie.”

Especially in front of X.
Mu Si pursed his lips, looking slightly anxious.

X sped up and finished tidying the bed, changing all the sheets and bedding, then turned to pick up Mu Si.

“Don’t be afraid. You won’t turn into a zombie.”

X picked up Mu Si, placed him on the bed, and whispered a comfort.

“How is that possible?” Mu Si didn’t believe it, frowning irritably. “We had so much bodily fluid contact. I was infected long ago.”

And his body had been burning before. Now it had cooled down a bit. Mu Si touched his cheek with the back of his hand; it really wasn’t as hot as before. Did this mean he was losing his body temperature? But he still had consciousness.

“I used my ability to separate it,” X said.

Mu Si hadn’t come into contact with his bodily fluids.

“Only I unilaterally contacted your…”

A double layer of isolation using water and space abilities, plus the healing ability running constantly. All to ensure Mu Si wasn’t infected by him.

“Separated?” Mu Si was puzzled. “I clearly felt a lot of water.”

X suddenly lost his voice, looking away in shame. It took a long while before he said hoarsely, “It was the water ability.”

Although some of it was his, he had used space to isolate it and then wrapped it in water elements. What Mu Si actually came into contact with was pure water elements heated by him, and mutated plant juices used for lubrication.

X was afraid Mu Si wouldn’t be satisfied with the experience. After all, he was a zombie now; he couldn’t compare to a living person. So, he tried his best to use his abilities to simulate and replicate the state of their intimacy from before.

He not only raised the body temperature at the point of contact but also secretly fed Mu Si some pure water when he noticed Mu Si was thirsty from losing too much fluid. Every move was just to give Mu Si a better experience.

Mu Si was even more confused, not understanding why X did so many superfluous things.

But he quickly sobered up. Why else could it be? Of course, it was to prevent him from turning into a zombie while being teased, becoming “tasteless.”

He had worried for nothing for so long.

“You certainly went to great lengths just to eat me,” Mu Si scoffed.

X couldn’t deny it. He could only hang his head and say dryly, “Sorry.”

If you were really sorry, you wouldn’t tease me like that.

Mu Si was a little angry. But looking at X’s face, thinking that he was about to be eaten and would never see X again, the anger couldn’t burn.

Forget it.

He sighed, threw off the towel wrapped around him, and exposed his neck to X while lying on his back. Like a broken jar smashed to pieces, he urged:

“If you’re going to eat, hurry up and eat.”

X’s pupils shrank suddenly, not knowing where to look.

He knew Mu Si didn’t truly want to do this with him. But as soon as his gaze touched Mu Si’s lips, pressed into a vibrant red, he couldn’t look away.

This was Mu Si inviting him.

He just had to be more careful, more attentive in pleasing him…

He leaned down slowly, tentatively pressing his lips against Mu Si’s, so nervous that even his heart, which had long since lost sensation, seemed to tighten.

Mu Si kept his eyes open, feeling a bit helpless inside.

Why start from here again?
And so slow… when will he finish eating me?

“Are you going to eat or not? Is it fun to do this?”

Teasing him again and again.
Mu Si couldn’t help but push him away.

X stumbled back a step, his footing slightly unsteady.

He could see that Mu Si’s resistance to him was deeper than when they were together before. Even if he was deceiving him back then, he was never impatient when they were intimate. But now, he was full of an urgency like he was rushing to complete a task.

X lowered his eyes, his gaze hollow.

“Go to sleep… If you don’t want to, we won’t do it.”

He paused, then added:

“No matter when, I will protect you. You don’t… you don’t have to do things you don’t want to do because of that.”

Protect?

Mu Si sat on the bed in a daze, listening to X’s footsteps gradually fading away. He blinked slowly, beginning to feel confused.

The Zombie Emperor said to him… protect?