After Turning Into a Zombie, I Deliver Takeout in the Wasteland

[Looking for advance readers for "Being a Zombie Is So Hard When I'm Pretending to Be Human"!]

Blurb:

On the first day of the apocalypse, Chu Siwen turned into a zombie.

She hadn't yet learned to control her body when her mom became an ability user and, in tears, fought her way out with her dad.

Locking Chu Siwen in the house to fend for herself was the last kindness they could offer her.

Chu Siwen: "..."

Mom, let me explain! I'm still conscious! I just can't control myself, ahhh!

She scratched at the wall. She wanted meat, she wanted blood.

The meat... no, the people running around downstairs smelled so good...

After scratching at the wall for a month, Chu Siwen finally clawed a hole through the reinforced concrete and made it outside.

Then she discovered that the terrifying apocalypse was no pressure at all for her.

Ordinary zombies ignored her. The Zombie King couldn't boss her around, and after discovering she had no crystal core, it couldn't be bothered to eat her.

She wouldn't rot, grow old, or get sick. When she ran into zombies or was alone, she was perfectly safe.

But when humans were nearby, they felt she was dangerous, and she felt they were dangerous too.

What if someone blows my head off?

What if I lose control and eat someone?

I want to be a good zombie with standards, sob!

So she avoided humans, finding bookstores where she could read comics and novels. When she'd finished one bookstore, she'd find another.

Life in the apocalypse was pretty carefree.

The problem was that if she didn't eat meat or drink blood, her mind gradually grew muddled. Each day, she spent less time lucid and more time shambling around like a corpse.

At last, on a dark and stormy night, she reached out her evil claws toward a lone survivor.

"Um, I'll find supplies and deliver them to you. Could you give me a little mosquito blood in return?"

Jiang Ye, who was scavenging alone: ?

-- [Advance readers wanted!] --

"Being a Zombie Is So Hard When I'm Pretending to Be Human"

Mu Zhi had always thought that if the apocalypse came, she wouldn't survive more than a few days.

But she hadn't expected to kick the bucket on the very first day. QAQ

Well, "kick the bucket" isn't quite right. She just turned into a zombie (? )

No breath, no heartbeat, a cold and deathly pale body.

Other than not rotting, she was exactly like a zombie.

Unable to take that final step and eat a person, she drooped her head and thought:

"Am I really going to become the first zombie in the world to starve herself to death? TAT"

Just then, a search team found her.

Seeing that there was no way to hide, the zombie hugged herself and cried:

"Forget it. If I die, I die. It's going to happen sooner or later."

The tall, long-legged team leader approached.

Mmm, so delicious, so delicious.

Wait, am I about to be killed?

The next second,

she was taken away as a survivor.

Mu Zhi: "???"

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Jiang Huizhou had become numb to the work of gathering supplies.

Until one day, he came across a strange survivor who looked a lot like a zombie.

Small and gloomy, curled up in a street corner.

Yet somehow, with the zombie horde surrounding his team, she created a safe zone around herself and gave them a chance to catch their breath.

Were the zombies actually afraid of this survivor?

Jiang Huizhou was shocked and grateful.

"Hello. Would you like to come with us?"

The other person looked at him as if to say, "What? You're not here to kill me?"

Jiang Huizhou was confused, unsure, and beginning to doubt himself.

"You're human... right?"

A moment earlier, Mu Zhi's expression had been out of control, fear mingled with relief, relief with delight, and delight with gratitude.

The next moment: "Yes, I am."

That's right, I'm just an ability user who happens to look like a zombie! (Absolutely certain)

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-- The daily life of zombie Mu Zhi pretending to be human.

Theme: Be happy every day.