I've been revising an earlier contemporary romance novel for the past two weeks. I'll get it wrapped up quickly and come back. Sorry, everyone, this story will be on hold for about two weeks!!!
The apocalypse arrived. City transportation ground to a halt, and zombies spread across the world like a virus.
Regions across Huaguo fell one after another, and everyone was in danger. Looting supplies and people killing one another became commonplace.
As the last heir of Huaguo's Shaxi corpse-driving family, Liu Tangli smiled faintly. "Wait, did you just say corpses?"
Aren't zombies corpses too?
So the special medicine came from zombie soul pearls? The family techniques included a method for refining zombie soul pearls. Before long, Liu Tangli's abilities visibly improved.
Corpse-binding ropes went from mere cords to deadly weapons that could transform into blades and swords. She could use them as she pleased, whether to kill zombies or tie them up and haul them away.
Soul-calming bells: Shake them, and the three souls and seven spirits will follow me. Even the most disobedient zombies will line up obediently.
Soul-sealing nails: So hard they pierce bone, capable of punching through even the toughest zombie skull with a single blow.
Talisman paper: So many more varieties now! Immobilizing talismans, explosive talismans, guiding talismans, and all kinds of styles for you to choose from...
Taking care of a few little zombies was a piece of cake!
Along the way, she also picked up several companions: Lu Jin, who claimed to be a mercenary; the tsundere cutie Fu Mianmian; and the smiling tiger Ling Sheng.
When they first met, Liu Tangli pinned Lu Jin against the wall in one swift move. "Sneaking around and following me? Want to become my customer?"
The male lead replied calmly, "I can take you to Central City."
Central City was the heroine's destination.
They hit it off immediately. When she was short on cash, help came just in time; and when they met a wealthy woman who could handle a gun, they gained a highly capable male companion as a bonus.
They drove from the mountains of Shaxi to Central City, already fallen to the zombies, crossing the deadly highway checkpoint by checkpoint.
Liu Tangli never imagined that she would once drive corpses to lay them to rest, but now she was driving zombies around to uncover secrets.
Secrets connected to the Liu family, the real cause of the zombie outbreak, and perhaps the key to resolving the crisis...
She never imagined that a corpse driver who loved making money would become humanity's savior, either.
Even if the whole world turned into corpses, to her it would be no more than an expanded version of the world she'd known as a child.
Her grandfather's words rang in her mind: The duty of us corpse drivers is to bring peace to the souls of the dead, comfort to the living, and peace to the world.
When it was all over, Lu Jin was half-corpse, his clear eyes fixed only on her. She blew the night-travel whistle of a corpse driver and led him away.
She couldn't feel the love he said he had for her, but something inside her was beginning to thaw. Maybe one day she'd understand.
Theme: The true nature of disaster is not a virus, but the choices between good and evil that people make when faced with self-interest
