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Chapter 210: Death Cycle (VIII)

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TL: Resonance

    好不容易进入人类基地，尚可打开房间中装备的电脑，打算好好搜集一下这个世界的信息，比如人类目前建立的所有幸存者基地的位置分布以及各地知名的佣兵团和异能者等等。

Shang Ke finally had the chance to enter the human base. He switched on the computer found in the room and intends to search up information about this world. For example, the location distribution of all survivor bases established by mankind and the famous mercenary groups and ability users around.

    正看得专心，屏幕突然一黑，随即就见上面出现了道道裂纹，接着，桌子、茶杯、窗子上的玻璃……相继开裂，发出一连串滋滋啦啦的声音。

He was focused on looking up when the screen suddenly turned black. Then, cracks started appearing on the screen, followed by the table, cup, and the window… They cracked one after another, making a series of sizzling sounds.

    尚可猛地回头，身后的帝馗眼中寒光闪烁，血潮翻涌，皮肤上的粉底层层龟裂，就像即将碎裂的瓷器一般，看起来格外可怖。一股强大的力量从他身上散发出来，迅猛地向四周荡开。

Shang Ke looked back quickly. Behind him, Di Kui’s eyes flashed coldly and blood surged. Layers of crack appeared on the foundation on his skin just like a porcelain about to crack and looked terrible. A powerful force spread from his body towards the surrounding very quickly.

    糟了，这家伙又要暴走了！

Oh no, this fellow is about to flare up again!

    尚可想都没想，快速从腰间拿出一个奶瓶，准确塞进帝馗的嘴中。

Without even thinking about it, Shang Ke quickly took out a milk bottle from his waist and stuffed it accurately into Di Kui’s mouth.

    帝馗一动不动地咬着奶瓶，面无表情地盯着尚可。静默片刻后，他缓缓地、缓缓地吸了一口，然后，他眼中的血色逐渐隐没，四周的裂纹也停止了蔓延，恐怖的气息消匿于无形。

Di Kui bit onto the milk bottle without moving and stared at Shang Ke expressionlessly. After a moment of silence, he took a sip very, very slowly. Then, his bloodshot eyes gradually disappeared and the cracks on the surrounding also stopped spreading. The terrifying atmosphere disappeared into nothingness.

    尚可见他捧起奶瓶，忍不住大大松了一口气。虽然不明白他为什么会突然狂暴起来，但总算是及时压制住了。

Shang Ke saw him holding the milk bottle and couldn’t help but let out a large sigh of relief. He didn’t understand why Di Kui suddenly flared up, but he finally managed to suppress it in time.

    奶瓶出手，无敌魔头秒变纯真baby！

Once the milk bottle is out, the invincible demon instantly changes into an innocent baby!

    从此以后，奶瓶就是他随身必备的终究武器！

From now on, the milk bottle is his must-have ultimate weapon!

    帝馗一边抱着奶瓶喝奶，一边蹲在地上幽幽地望着尚可，看起来一脸凶相，却没有攻击的意思。

Di Kui held the milk bottle and drank milk while squatting on the floor and staring at Shang Ke fainty. He looked fierce, but didn’t have the intention to attack.

    尚可有点想笑，几丝笑意不自觉从眉眼间流泄而出，有如水波荡漾，光华乍现。

Shang Ke felt like laughing and a trace of smile formed on his brows unconsciously, the brilliance appearing suddenly like a ripple.

    下一秒，尚可感觉眼前一黑，整个人被压在墙上，嘴里随即传来一股香甜的奶味。

The next second, Shang Ke felt his front darken and he was pressed against the wall. Then, the sweet taste of milk came into his mouth.

    帝馗热烈地亲吻尚可，霸道地占有他的呼吸。

Di Kui kissed Shang Ke enthusiastically and took Shang Ke’s breath domineeringly.

    尚可被吻得头晕脑胀，唇舌酥麻，有点担心自己这次会不会因为窒息而亡。

Shang Ke was kissed to the point he felt dizzy and his tongue numb. He was worried that he would die due to suffocation this time.

    意识朦胧间，忽然听到布料撕裂的声音，随即感觉腹部被什么硬物击打了一下，传来一阵麻痛的感觉。

While he was feeling dazed, he suddenly heard the sound of fabric tearing. Then, he felt that his abdomen was hit by something hard, causing it to feel numb.

    帝馗稍稍退开，目光灼灼地望着怀里的人。

Di Kui stepped back slightly and looked at the person in his embrace with fervent eyes.

    尚可一边急促的喘息着，一边朝腹部看去，然后惊悚地发现帝馗腿间某物竟然将裤子戳出了一个破洞，直直挺立在空气中，狰狞地对着他。

Shang Ke panted while looking towards his abdomen. Then, he was horrified to see that a certain object between Di Kui’s legs had actually poked a hole through the pants. It stood upright in the air and faced him ferociously.

    尚可只觉得背脊一寒，冷汗噌噌往下流。

Shang Ke felt a chill up his back and cold sweat started flowing.

    这东西不是男人最脆弱的部分吗？眼前这根，明显已经进化成生化武器了好吗！

Wasn’t this thing a man’s most vulnerable part? The one before him has clearly evolved into a biochemical weapon!

    帝馗低头看了看，皱眉道：“裤子破了。”

Di Kui lowered his head to look and frowned, “The pants tore.”

    能不破吗？别说裤子了，就算是钢板也得破！

How can it not tear? Forget pants, even a steel plate would be torn!

    尚可不着痕迹地和他拉开距离。刚才幸好有裤子替他挡了一“刀”，不然他的肚子现在就不只是一点麻痛了。

Shang Ke distanced himself from Di Kui without a trace. Fortunately, the pants helped him block a “stab” earlier. Otherwise, his stomach wouldn’t be feeling just numbness now.

    正在这时，外面响起一片噪杂的人声。许多人惊惶地从房间中跑出来，相互打听刚才发生的异变。

At this moment, numerous voices sounded outside. Many people ran out of their room in a panic and asked each other about what just happened.

    帝馗的力量波及了整座基地，虽然只有短短几秒，却让所有人心中生出了一种难以言喻的绝望和恐惧，能够瞬间爆发出如此强大的威势，实力至少也在九级以上。

Di Kui’s power spread throughout the whole base. Although it lasted only for a few seconds, an indescribable despair and fear was born in everyone’s hearts. The person’s strength is at least level nine or above to be able to flare up such a powerful force in an instant.

    这座小基地出现了九级强者？

A level nine powerhouse has appeared in this small base?

    某栋大楼的房间中，一名黑发男子突然睁开眼，定定地望着前面的墙面，锐利的目光仿佛能够穿透墙壁，看清外面的一切。

In a room in a certain building, a black-haired man suddenly opened his eyes and stared fixedly at the wall in front of him. His sharp eyes seemed like they could see through the wall and see everything outside.

    窗外的灯光，在他俊逸的侧脸上留下一片阴影，两道金色光芒在墨色的瞳孔中隐隐闪烁。

The light shining in from outside the findown cast a shadow on his handsome side profile. Two golden rays of light flickered in his black eyes.

    “霍轩。”门外传来一个男人的声音，随即是一阵有节奏的敲门声。

“Huo Xuan.” A man’s voice sounded from outside the door followed by rhythmic knocking on the door.

    黑发男子余光一扫，原本紧闭的房门轻轻一响，悄然开启。

The black-haired man’s eyes swept to the door and the door which was originally shut tight quietly opened with a soft creak.

    “霍轩，刚才是怎么回事？你知道吗？”推门而入的是一名三十上下的长发男子，他面貌清俊，双眼细长，透着一种雅致超然。此时若有其他佣兵在场，必然能够马上认出他的身份，霍轩战团的第一高手，世界仅有了三名九级异能者之一——风君左弦。

“Huo Xuan, what was that just now? Do you know?” The person who came in was a long haired man around 30 years old. He has a handsome face and long slender eyes, looking elegant and outstanding. If there are other mercenaries present now, they would be able to recognize him immediately. He was the number one ace of Huo Xuan’s team and one of the three level nine ability users existing in this world—Wind Lord Zuo Xian.

    “高手，西北三百米。”霍轩站起身，缓步走到窗边，没有理会玻璃上的裂纹，只是平静地凝视着窗外的灯火。

“An expert, 300 meters northwest.” Huo Xuan stood up and walked slowly towards the window. He ignored the cracks on the window glass and stared calmly at the lights outside the window.

    “高手？怎样的高手？”能被世界第一强者称为“高手”的人，至少也在八级以上。而身为九级异能者的左弦，刚才竟然也被这股力量所压制，其实力可见一斑。

“Expert? What kind of expert?” Someone who could be labeled as “expert” by the world’s strongest person would at least be level eight and above. Zuo Xian, who was a level nine ability user, was also suppressed by the force just now. That person’s strength was evident.

    “不逊于我。”霍轩如此回答。

“Not inferior to me.” Huo Xuan answered.

    尽管心中已有猜测，但听到霍轩亲口承认，左弦的脸上还是浮现出惊异之色。

Although Zuo Xian already had a guess in his heart, his face still showed a surprised expression when he heard Huo Xuan admitting it himself.

    “需要我去拜会一下吗？”左弦问道。

“Do you need me to pay a visit?” Zuo Xian asked.

    “不必了。”霍轩微微眯起眼，“那人的力量充满了死亡的气息，暂时还是不要接触的好。”

“No need.” Huo Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, “That person’s power was full of death, it’s better not to come into contact with that person for now.”

    左弦点点头，不再讨论那位“高手”，问道：“我们这次出动了2位八级和1位九级异能者，还有你这位强者坐镇，难道还对付不了一只将级丧尸？何必再另外招人？”

Zuo Xian nodded his head and no longer talked about that “expert”. He asked, “We dispatched 2 level eight and 1 level nine ability users this time and also have you, the strongest person, commanding. Isn’t this enough for dealing with one general level zombie? Why do we still need to recruit people?”

    “不是一只。”霍轩回答，“是两只，两只将级丧尸以及……”

“Not one.” Huo Xuan answered, “It’s two. Two general level zombies and…”

    “以及什么？”左弦追问。

“And what?” Zuo Xian questioned closely.

    霍轩沉默片刻，说道：“但愿是我多虑了。总之，多招募一些高手总是好的。”

Huo Xuan was silent for a moment before saying, “Hopefully I’m just thinking too much. Anyway, it’s always good to recruit more experts.”

    第二天，尚可四肢健全地从房间中走出来，身后跟着换了一套宽松运动装的帝馗。

The next day, Shang Ke walked out of the room with all four limbs intact, with Di Kui who changed into a set of loose sportswear following behind him.

    某只丧尸王硬挺了一个晚上，脾气时好时坏，为了避免惨剧发生，尚可预备了几十瓶牛奶，只要察觉不对劲，立刻将奶瓶塞进他嘴里。

A certain zombie king was stiff for the entire night, his mood sometimes good and sometimes bad. To prevent a tragedy from happening, Shang Ke prepared many bottles of milk. As long as he noticed something wrong, he immediately stuffed a milk bottle into Di Kui’s mouth.

    靠着牛奶的浇灌，帝馗“生长”得很好，一夜相安无事，尚可总算活着出来了。

Di Kui “grew” well relying on milk for watering. The night passed in peace and Shang Ke made it out alive.

    万幸丧尸王不知道什么叫“交配”！

Fortunately, the zombie king doesn’t know what “copulation” is!

    “尚可？”刚走出宿舍楼，忽听到身后有人叫他的名字。尚可回过头，发现来人竟然是曾经差点因为几串烤鱼被帝馗杀死的宋斌几人。

“Shang Ke?” He had just walked out of the dormitory when he heard someone calling his name from behind. Shang Ke looked back and saw that the person was actually Song Bin and his team who were once almost killed by Di Kui due to a few roasted fish.

    “真巧，又遇到了。”宋斌先与尚可打了个招呼，然后将视线转向他身边的男人，“这位是？”

“What a coincidence, we meet again.” Song Bin greeted Shang Ke first, then looked at the man beside him, “This is?”

    尚可迟疑了一下，回答：“我朋友，王馗。”

Shang Ke hesitated for a moment before answering, “My friend, Wang Kui.[1]”

    帝馗瞥了他一眼，没有反驳，两道淡漠的目光漫不经心地扫过宋斌几人。

Di Kui gave him a glance but didn’t refute. His indifferent eyes glanced at Song Bin and his team casually.

    宋斌的小手指不自然地颤抖起来，一股森冷的寒意直窜心头，脸上不由得微微变色。反倒是他身后几人没有什么特别的反应。

Song Bin’s pinky finger trembled unnaturally. A ghastly chill went straight up his heart and his face changed slightly involuntarily. On the contrary, the few people behind him didn’t have any special reactions.

    实力越强，越容易对强者产生感应。宋斌身为八级异能者，依然无可避免地对帝馗产生了畏惧，心中的震惊自不必多说。

The stronger one is, the easier it is for one to sense someone strong. As a level eight ability user, Song Bin still inevitably felt fear when facing Di Kui. It was needless to mention the shock in his heart.

    “你好，我叫宋斌，很高兴认识你。”宋斌稳住心神，朝帝馗伸出手。

“Hello, my name is Song Bin. Nice to meet you.” Song Bin calmed himself and stretched out his hand towards Di Kui.

    帝馗盯着他伸出的手，一脸沉凝。

Di Kui stared at his outstretched hand with a grave look.

    尚可敢肯定，这家伙现在正在考虑是将这只手掰断好，还是直接捏碎好！

Shang Ke was sure that this fellow was currently considering whether to break this hand or crumble it directly!

    “抱歉，我这位朋友不善与人交往，失礼之处还请见谅。”尚可代替帝馗握住了宋斌的手。

“Sorry, my friend is not good at interacting with people. Please forgive any impoliteness.” Shang Ke shook Song Bin’s hand in Di Kui’s place.

    宋斌是八级异能者，又是霍轩的兄弟，无论放在哪里，都是一号响当当的人物。帝馗可以目中无人，但尚可不想因为一点小事无故树敌。

Song Bin was a level eight ability user and also Huo Xuan’s brother. No matter where he was, he was someone people would talk about. Di Kui could be supercilious, but Shang Ke didn’t want to make enemies for no reason because of some small matter.

    尚可这一握，稍稍缓解了宋斌的尴尬，却惹得帝馗十分不快。

Shang Ke’s handshake slightly eased Song Bin’s embarrassment, but made Di Kui very unhappy.

    不待尚可将手放下来，帝馗一把抓住他的手腕，随即便听到“咔吧”一声脆响。

Before Shang Ke put down his hand, Di Kui grabbed his wrist. Subsequently, a crisp cracking sound could be heard.

    声音并不大，但以宋斌的耳力，自然是听到了。他看了看尚可惨白的脸色，又看了看那只被帝馗紧紧抓住的手腕，迟疑地问：“你……还好吗？”

The sound wasn’t loud, but Song Bin naturally heard it with his hearing ability. He looked at Shang Ke’s pale white face, then looked at the wrist that was grabbed tightly by Di Kui and asked hesitantly, “You… Are you okay?”

    尚可真是欲哭无泪，早知道就不手贱了，别人的手没事，自己的手反倒被掰断了！还讲不讲道理！

Shang Ke was crying without tears. If he knew this would happen, he wouldn’t have done that. The other person’s hand was fine, but his own hand was broken. Are we still trying to be reasonable!

    更悲剧的是，帝馗的指甲刺破了尚可的皮肤，鲜红的血液流淌而出，美味的气息迅速在空气中扩散。

The more tragic fact was that Di Kui’s nail had pierced Shang Ke’s skin. Bright red blood started flowing out and the delicious scent spread quickly in the air.

    尚可正要回话，便听到基地外传来丧尸的嘶吼声，由远及近，积少成多，最后汇聚成一股巨浪，此起彼伏地向基地所在的位置疯涌而来。

Shang Ke was about to reply when he heard the sound of zombies roaring coming from outside the base. It sounded from far to near and from less to more. Finally, they gathered into a huge wave and were rushing madly towards the direction of the base one after another.

    看着宋斌几人匆匆离开的背影，尚可有点懵逼了：他只是握个手而已……

Shang Ke was dumbfounded as he watched the backs of Song Bin and his team leaving in a hurry: All I did was shake a hand…

    “丧尸来袭！”佣兵们争相告走，各自拿起武器，做好战斗准备。

“The zombies are attacking!” The mercenaries rushed to inform. They each took up their weapons and prepared for battle.

    人类基地时常受到丧尸的攻击，经验丰富的佣兵们并不惊慌。只是他们无论如何也不会想到，这次将要遭受的袭击，比以往任何一次都要猛烈。

Human bases are often attacked by zombies, the experienced mercenaries didn’t panic. However, they would never have expected that the attack they are receiving this time would be much fiercer than every attack they have experienced.

    “怎么回事？”半个小时后，佣兵们很快发现不对劲，“这些丧尸是从哪里冒出来的？数量怎么会这么多？”

“What’s going on?” The mercenaries soon realised that something was wrong half an hour later. “Where did these zombies come from? Why are there so many of them?”

    防御墙外，数之不尽的丧尸不断从四面八方聚拢过来。最初都是等级最低的灰眼丧尸，不久后，开始出现白眼丧尸，至于高级红眼丧尸和将级丧尸，一般用肉眼很难捕捉到。

Outside the defensive wall, countless numbers of zombies constantly gathered from all directions. At first, they were all the lowest level grey-eyed zombies. But after a while, white-eyed zombies started appearing. As for the high level red-eyed zombies and general level zombies, they are usually hard to find with naked eye.

    一时间，基地中人心惶惶。佣兵们不怕和丧尸战斗，但前提是，丧尸的数量和等级在他们可以承受的范围。

In an instant, the people in the base panicked. The mercenaries are not afraid to fight with zombies, provided that the number and level of zombies were in the range they could bear.

    二十对五十完全没问题，但五十对五百甚至是五千，除非他们全是七级以上的高手，否则恐怕都难逃一死。更何况只要被丧尸抓伤或咬伤，就有百分之五十的几率变成丧尸。即便是八级以上的异能者，也有百分之十的几率。

Twenty to fifty wasn’t an issue, but fifty to five hundred or even five thousand was hard to survive from unless they were all at least level seven and above experts. To add on, as you are scratched or bitten by a zombie, there is a 50% chance of becoming a zombie. Even ability users level eight and above have a 10% chance.

    尚可完全没想到只是握个手而已，居然就引来了这么大的麻烦。

Shang Ke had never expected that just a handshake would cause such a big trouble.

    帝馗显然没有压制丧尸的打算，任由他们围攻基地。尚可唯一能做的，就是待在房间，等伤口愈合。只要丧尸们闻不到鲜血的气味，应该就会慢慢散去。

Di Kui obviously had no intention to suppress the zombies and allowed them to attack the base. The only thing Shang Ke could do was stay in the room and wait for his wound to heal. As long as the zombies can’t smell the blood, they probably would disperse slowly.

    他的伤口并不大，相信用不了一两个小时即可痊愈。

His wound wasn’t big. He believed that it would fully heal in less than 1-2 hours.

    然而，就在尚可养伤之际，帝馗不见了，还拿走了一个装满牛奶的奶瓶！

However, while Shang Ke was healing, Di Kui disappeared. He even took away a bottle full of milk!

    尚可快速用绷带将伤口厚厚地缠了几层，又洒上浓烈的香水，确定不会有一丝鲜血的气味渗透出来后，便匆匆离开房间，寻找帝馗的踪影。

Shang Ke quickly wrapped the wound thickly in layers with a bandage and sprayed strong perfume on it. After confirming that there will not be any smell of blood permeating out, he quickly left the room and looked for the trace of Di Kui.

    他可不敢放任这么一尊杀神在人类基地中到处游荡。

He dare not let such a killing god wander around in the human base alone.

Footnotes:

[1] Wang Kui – The ‘Wang’ means king but is also a common surname.

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