INTRO Lu Chuan discovers that he becomes a zombie after transmigrating to this apocalypse world.Just when he couldn't bear the loneliness and wants to end it all, Lu unexpectedly finds a baby girl who is about to starve to death.From then on, he becomes a zombie babysitter and is no longer all alone, but he doesn't know the baby girl is actually a reborn Empress“This zombie seemed to not intend to eat me, but fed me milk powder, changed my diapers...”“Wait, it seems he is raising me as his daughter!”

Chapter 1: Zombies! Baby Girl!

PS: An alternate world, please do not compare it to reality...

Jianghai City.

A stench of rot pervades the streets, debris and abandoned vehicles are scattered everywhere, and garbage is wildly flying in the wind.

In a dim room, a zombie quietly stands by the window, its hollow eye sockets facing the devastated world outside.

Outside the window, a broken power line pole is tilted at the roadside, with wires tangled like messy hair strands.

The glass of formerly towering buildings is shattered, and the walls are covered with black stains and cracks, teetering on the brink of collapse.

The shop signs by the street are in disarray, the doors half-open, with goods inside already looted clean.

"When will this neither human nor ghost-like life finally end?!"

Lu Chuan looks at himself in the mirror, wanting to howl at the sky, but his already hoarse throat only emits unintelligible growls.

The figure in the mirror appears somewhat emaciated, the clothes are tattered but seem quite clean compared to the bloody, desolate surroundings.

However, the exposed skin has become extremely pale, with clear blue-black veins visible.

The most terrifying thing is, Lu Chuan’s head at this moment is practically skin and bones.

Even his originally thick black hair is starting to thin, and his teeth have become exceedingly sharp and much looser.

The black-and-white pupils have turned completely blood-red, though a hint of sorrow can still be vaguely seen in his eyes...

As Lu Chuan takes off his jacket, a hideous wound with flesh turned outward can be seen on his shoulder, as if bitten by some beast!

The blood at the wound has long dried, but the black hole remains unhealed.

If a normal person suffered such severe injuries, they would have died long ago.

But Lu Chuan remains as if nothing happened, because he is no longer human...

...

A month ago, while working overtime, Lu Chuan suddenly lost consciousness with everything turning black before him.

He thought he had died from overwork, but unexpectedly, he found himself on a strange street upon waking again.

Before Lu Chuan could be thankful for his rebirth, the next moment, the previously serene street suddenly burst into uproar.

Explosions followed one after another, plunging the entire city into chaos.

Having just crossed over to this world, Lu Chuan was caught off guard by the sudden change, forced to flee in panic with the crowd.

During the frantic escape, Lu Chuan noticed some zombies in the crowd, covered in blood, severely injured yet still biting the pedestrians.

For a moment, Lu Chuan felt his brain had short-circuited.

Having just crossed over, he even wondered if he was hallucinating or had accidentally stumbled onto a film set.

Zombies, which existed only in science fiction films, actually appeared in the real world?!

However, Lu Chuan quickly realized that this was no illusion.

Because while he was in a daze, a zombie jumped onto his back and viciously bit Lu Chuan’s shoulder.

In a mere instant, Lu Chuan felt a large chunk of flesh and blood being ripped from his shoulder.

The heart-wrenching pain caused Lu Chuan’s adrenaline to surge instantly, promptly grabbing the zombie on his back and slamming it hard to the ground, smashing its head to pieces.

However, the toxin quickly spread within Lu Chuan’s body, making him feel dizzy and light-headed, causing such severe pain that he nearly fainted.

Struggling to maintain consciousness, Lu Chuan walked into a small shop, clutching his wound.

Lying on the shop’s floor, Lu Chuan lost his consciousness again.

When he opened his eyes once more, the city had completely fallen, society paralyzed, and order collapsed.

Lu Chuan was also horrified to find that he, having just crossed over, had turned into a bloodthirsty zombie!

Despite the confusion it caused Lu Chuan, he clearly turned into a zombie, possessing bloodthirsty impulses without feeling pain from his wound.

But he still retained human consciousness!

Yet the bloodthirsty impulse and hunger kept pounding against Lu Chuan’s soul.

Fortunately, the place where he fainted was a shop, with plenty of food in the fridge.

For the past month, Lu Chuan has been living in the shop, alleviating his hunger by gnawing on the frozen meat in the fridge daily.

A month has passed, and Lu Chuan is now certain this world has completely fallen.

Otherwise, after so much time, the army should have entered the city to clean up the battlefield by now.

During this time, he only saw a few survivors who risked everything to search for food, most of whom ended up dead at the mouths of zombies.

Driven by hunger, Lu Chuan headed towards the fridge in the store.

However, upon opening it, a rancid stench assaulted his senses.

Even though he had already turned into a zombie himself, exuding a rotting odor, it didn’t stop him from despising such decaying food.

A week after the zombie outbreak, the city began experiencing widespread water and power outages.

Now, with time passing, the meat in the fridge had finally started to rot.

Over the past month, Lu Chuan had gnawed on quite a bit of frozen meat, leaving only some remnants at the bottom of the fridge.

Originally, Lu Chuan planned to look for food in a few days, but now he was forced to do so earlier.

He picked up a bloodstained shirt from the ground and put it on, then grabbed a crowbar and stuffed it into his backpack.

The crowbar wasn’t really for self-defense, but to make breaking locks easier.

After all, as a zombie, he wouldn’t be attacked by his fellow creatures on the street; humans would just turn around and run when they saw him.

Unlike other survivors, Lu Chuan, as a zombie, didn’t need to worry about safety while walking down the street.

Yet, to avoid being noticed as a conscious zombie by those with keen eyes, Lu Chuan pretended to limp, growling occasionally as he slowly walked down the street.

However, Lu Chuan deliberately avoided other zombies on the street, as after a month, their stench had become overwhelmingly strong, severely affecting his appetite...

Lu Chuan didn’t plan to go too far and decided to first search the residential area near the store.

Entering the district, Lu Chuan randomly slipped into a building.

On reaching the second floor, he found the front door open with bloodstains everywhere inside. Only a heavily gnawed, decomposed body lay inside, indicating the unfortunate fate of the home’s owner.

Just as Lu Chuan was about to head to the kitchen, he suddenly heard the cry of a baby coming from next door.

...

At this moment, Ji Ruxue stared at the ceiling, feeling utterly hopeless.

In her previous life, she had battled across lands, overcoming numerous life and death tribulations to eventually attain the position of Empress.

But her power was still insufficient, and during an unending war,

Ji Ruxue, as the Empress of the human race, slew countless powerful alien beings, ultimately dying from exhaustion at the hands of the Star Sky Insect Race’s queen.

After falling, Ji Ruxue’s consciousness drifted into chaos. She didn’t know how much time had passed when she opened her eyes again, only to find herself not having perished in that epic battle.

Or rather, it seemed more accurate to say... she had been reborn.

Though unsure of how she survived after falling, Ji Ruxue felt no joy at all.

Because she soon discovered... she had been reborn as a baby!

The most critical point was that she returned to the early days of the apocalypse, fifty years ago.

Reborn, only to face a doomsday opening...

The zombie outbreak had already claimed her parents, who turned into zombies and died, leaving her locked in a bedroom by sheer luck.

But that wasn’t the main issue; the main problem was that she hadn’t eaten anything for two days.

The hunger in her body caused Ji Ruxue to feel dizzy, her stomach even cramping from the lack of food.

After being reborn as a baby, Ji Ruxue lost the boundless power she had in her previous life.

Forget about dealing with zombies; even moving around was extremely difficult for her now.

"I, a dignified Unparalleled Empress of the human race, am I really going to starve to death in a crib? This is simply too humiliating!!"

Looking at the ceiling, Ji Ruxue felt like crying, but had no tears.

At this moment, she regretted that such a disastrous rebirth made dying in battle seem far more preferable...

Click! Click!

Suddenly, someone furiously twisted the doorknob of the bedroom door, scaring Ji Ruxue into holding her breath.

But since the bedroom door was locked from the inside, after a while, the noise ceased, seemingly as if the zombie outside gave up.

Yet, just as Ji Ruxue breathed a sigh of relief, a loud bang resounded.

Bang!

The bedroom door was forcibly pried open from the outside.

Seeing the terrifyingly hideous zombie face at the door, Ji Ruxue felt utterly hopeless.

"Wan La!"

Chapter 2: Find Milk for the Little One!

After prying open the bedroom door, Lu Chuan found that the bedroom was different from the living room outside.

The living room had plenty of bloodstains, while this bedroom was extremely clean.

A wedding photo hung at the bedside, showing the couple smiling blissfully, profoundly contrasting the ruinous apocalypse outside the window.

A double bed sat in the middle of the bedroom, with a dressing table and bedside cabinet beside it, both covered in a layer of dust, evidence of a long absence of cleaning.

However, the edges of the tables, the wardrobe, and the bed were all wrapped in soft leather and cotton.

It was clear that the couple deeply loved their child, preemptively wrapping any sharp corners to prevent bumps.

In the room, numerous children’s toys and clothes could be seen, and on the bedside cabinet, there was milk that had already gone bad.

Beside the double bed was a wooden crib, from which the sound Lu Chuan just heard came from.

Approaching the crib slowly, Lu Chuan found that it contained a baby with skin as white as snow.

The baby’s lips were a delightful red, utterly charming, appearing to be only six or seven months old.

The infant’s pitch-black eyes were exceptionally bright, gazing intently at him.

However, Lu Chuan wasn’t sure if it was his imagination; he seemed to pick up on emotions of sorrow and helplessness from the infant’s eyes.

Even upon his arrival and the loud noise from breaking the door, the baby didn’t cry but lay quietly in the crib, watching him.

"Poor little one, to be born safely ought to be a stroke of luck, yet you are born into this apocalypse..."

Lu Chuan initially thought he was unlucky enough, but now it seemed the little one in the crib was even worse off.

At least, despite becoming a zombie, he still had self-care ability and wouldn’t be hunted down by zombies in the street.

But the little one before him could only lie in the crib, any slight noise bringing potentially countless zombies...

Lu Chuan could tell from the layout of the room that this was originally a very happy family of three.

The couple should have been quite young and deeply loved their child, but the apocalyptic incident came too abruptly.

The blood in the living room seemed to indicate that the child’s parents probably met with misfortune.

From the bloodstains outside, Lu Chuan could deduce that in their final moments, the young couple locked the bedroom door with their last ounce of will.

However, such a defenseless infant incapable of self-care stands no chance in a world devoured by zombies.

...

"Am I really going to die?!"

Ji Ruxue lay in the crib, momentarily feeling lost, unable to cry.

She never expected, having finally been reborn, to be greeted not by joyful parents but by terrifying, bloodthirsty zombies...

She wished deeply now that whoever pried open the door and came in would be a surviving human.

But the hideous visage and bloodthirsty eyes shattered her last glimmer of hope.

Ji Ruxue felt utterly hopeless.

In her previous life, she could destroy a Corpse Tide with mere gestures, yet she now lay immobilized in a crib.

Gazing at the new life with closed eyes, countless thoughts raced through Lu Chuan’s mind.

After hesitating for a moment, a resolute gleam flashed in his eyes; he decided to adopt the little one.

This decision seemed somewhat crazy, given that to bloodthirsty zombies, humans were nothing but food.

A zombie adopting a human infant sounded utterly fantastical.

But Lu Chuan didn’t see it that way; for some reason, despite being turned into a zombie, he retained his mind.

Perhaps it was fate intervening.

Importantly, Lu Chuan didn’t consider himself detached from worldly affairs.

Having arrived in this unfamiliar world, lacking understanding of the surroundings, he suddenly faced the apocalyptic crisis.

For the past month, his life was filled with falling lives, endless slaughter, and roars.

Raising his eyes, all he saw was ruin and devastation.

But the unexpected emergence of this life seemed like sunlight in a dark world.

Now he found himself alone in a city that had utterly fallen into apocalypse.

Living in this extremely unfamiliar world, Lu Chuan felt boundless loneliness.

Outside roamed zombies everywhere; despite being comparable in kind, lacking normal human thought made communication impossible.

Infected by the virus, Lu Chuan became a zombie, yet he never considered himself a bloodthirsty monster; he still viewed himself as human.

Living alone in a city engulfed by zombies, being not quite human nor ghost-like as a zombie.

During this time, various negative emotions continuously haunted his mind, even giving rise to thoughts of suicide.

Living here, waking each day facing endless death.

But this new life appearing before him was like a flare igniting in the endless dark night.

Under the light of this flame, Lu Chuan suddenly found new direction, feeling warmth and hope missing for long.

At least, in the midst of this ruined apocalypse, he finally had a companion...

"Terrible! Could this little one starve to death?!"

The rotten stench filled her nose, inducing a gagging impulse in her.

Having not eaten for a long time and overcome by immense fear, Ji Ruxue felt a sense of dizziness, with her vision growing blurry.

Forget it...

Death it is.

After all, it’s not her first time.

Being reborn as an infant in the apocalypse, such a disastrous beginning might as well end in an early relief.

"This time, it’s truly over..."

Under the physiological fear and hunger, Ji Ruxue fainted.

Gazing at the unperturbed little one, Lu Chuan was also filled with confusion.

"Do I look so terrifying? Wouldn’t want to scare you to death!"

Lu Chuan hurriedly came to the crib’s side, making a quick check of breath, and only felt relieved upon finding the baby was still breathing.

Watching the breathing young life in the crib, myriad emotions flashed through Lu Chuan’s blood-red eyes.

"Perhaps this little one was not meant to perish, but shouldn’t have been born into such a terrifying apocalypse..."

"This little one seems to have been hungry for a long time already."

Seeing the baby so famished it couldn’t even cry, Lu Chuan felt a subtle tinge of compassion.

In some sense, he and the baby were no different.

Both mysteriously arrived in this unfamiliar world, only to encounter the apocalyptic zombie crisis with such misfortune...

At this instant, Lu Chuan felt a connection born of shared misfortune.

Chapter 3: Are You Planning to Raise Me Before Eating Me?

After much hesitation, Lu Chuan made a bold decision.

He decided to adopt the baby.

Only when the little one fainted did he realize.

The little one probably hasn’t eaten for a long time.

The zombie apocalypse has been raging for over a month. Judging by the bloodstains outside, the original owner has been dead for at least two days.

"I must get some milk for this little guy first."

This baby, only seven or eight months old, is too young, and other foods can’t be digested; only some formula milk will do.

The milk powder can on the bedside table is already empty; he has to go out to find some.

With this new hope of life, Lu Chuan suddenly felt his month-long despair lifting, reigniting his spirits.

For the first time in a month, his blood-red eyes showed a vision of a hopeful future.

Lu Chuan silently left the bedroom and re-sealed the door he had pried open.

He then moved the heavy sofa in the living room in front of the door to securely block the bedroom entrance.

At least, before he returns, it could temporarily hinder zombie movements.

Other zombies don’t have his wit; they only act on instinct and would likely be stalled by the sofa for a long time.

Lu Chuan entered the kitchen but was disappointed to find no food there.

It’s understandable, it’s been a month, and the food would surely have been eaten.

Perhaps the parents of the little one went out to get food and met their fate.

With no options left, Lu Chuan could only check the upper floors.

On reaching the third floor, perhaps in their desperate escape, the security door was left open.

The dim hallway was strewn with blood, drying over time into black-brown patches coagulated on the surrounding walls and ground.

The floor was littered with visible pieces of broken limbs and human organs.

Clearly, when the zombie crisis broke out, the apartment door couldn’t be closed in time, and as zombies flooded in, these fleeing people were all attacked.

Corpses that were eaten down to mere skeletons and even torn apart human remains lay scattered.

Even with the unit door wide open, the stench of decay permeated inside.

Though Lu Chuan detested this smell, being a zombie for some time now, he could adapt to such harsh environments.

If it were his former self, he’d probably have run out and vomited uncontrollably.

Roar! Roar!

Ascending a few steps, Lu Chuan spotted a zombie slumped in the hallway corner.

This zombie had its chest and stomach wide open, its guts long gouged out, limbs gnawed away, leaving it to sit slumped despite being transformed.

Looking up from the stairs, Lu Chuan could hear a rustling sound and low zombie growls from above.

Most of the zombies in this hallway had incomplete bodies, either slumped on the floor or crawling continuously on the staircase.

Any humans faced with this hellish scene would be horrified, but Lu Chuan had become accustomed to it.

He ignored the zombies entirely and began to loot boldly.

Lu Chuan entered a house and headed straight for the kitchen; after all, in this apocalypse, money had no use, especially considering he was a zombie.

But formula milk was scarce, and Lu Chuan checked several places without finding any.

Instead, he found some meat in the kitchen that was not completely rotten.

However, due to the widespread power outage, there wasn’t much.

Bam!

Reaching the fifth floor, Lu Chuan smashed the door lock with a pry bar and pried open a security door, and was stunned by the scene inside the room.

He saw a female zombie in a white dress long stained red with blood.

Upon hearing the noise, she quickly ran towards the door but hesitated upon seeing a fellow zombie outside.

Inside, Lu Chuan observed bloodstains on the living room floor and a human skeleton barely a meter long.

Apparently, after the zombie outbreak, the female owner turned into a zombie, and her beloved child became food swallowed into her belly...

Lu Chuan stood motionless, engulfed in silence, thinking about the little one he encountered earlier.

If that baby hadn’t been locked in the bedroom, it would likely face the same fate.

Perhaps it’s a silver lining amidst the misfortune; the little one was born in this apocalypse but at least met a zombie, himself, who doesn’t eat humans.

Going to the kitchen, Lu Chuan finally found two sealed cans of formula milk and two pounds of unspoiled meat.

The household must have turned into zombies early in the apocalypse, so the food remained.

Packing these into his backpack, Lu Chuan glanced at the zombie still pacing in the doorway.

After a moment of silence, Lu Chuan approached the zombie’s back.

Thwack!

With a decisive thrust, the pry bar pierced the zombie’s skull, granting it a release.

...

Ji Ruxue, who had fainted, felt a sweet aroma wafting into her mouth in a daze.

The rich milk fragrance intoxicated Ji Ruxue momentarily.

Meanwhile, her long-hungry body instinctively sucked in response to this sweetness it missed.

With a bit of energy replenished, Ji Ruxue managed to open her eyes with difficulty.

She was amazed to find she hadn’t died in a zombie’s mouth.

Even more shockingly, a grotesque horrific zombie was feeding her with a spoon!

Am I dreaming?!

Or is it just a hunger-induced hallucination?!

Ji Ruxue’s bright eyes were filled with astonishment as she skeptically gazed at the zombie seemingly acting as a wet nurse.

In Ji Ruxue’s past life memories, zombies were mere mindless Bloodthirsty Monsters.

After the zombie crisis broke out, many of Ji Ruxue’s friends and companions fell prey to zombies.

Even Ji Ruxue herself dealt with several companions bitten by zombies and driven insane.

So at the moment of seeing a zombie, Ji Ruxue knew her end was looming.

This ruthless horde of Bloodthirsty Monsters wouldn’t spare her just because she’s a baby.

Yet she never expected that instead of being devoured, this zombie was feeding her?

Could it be that the zombie plans to raise her then eat her?!

Seeing the little baby’s eyes reopen, Lu Chuan felt relieved.

Noticing the bright eyes of the baby fixated on him, Lu Chuan curled his lips, managing a not-so-scary smile.

Little one, from now on, in this apocalypse.

I will be your family.

Chapter 4: From Now On, I’m No Longer Alone! Perhaps something happened to the parents, and it’s been a long time since the little one had any food, so her appetite was substantial.

Lu Chuan finished feeding the milk powder from the bowl but found that the little one was still looking at him with big clear eyes, clearly not satisfied.

"No way, how can such a small body drink so much?"

Lu Chuan said subconsciously.

But he forgot that he was now a zombie and couldn’t speak, only able to make a few indistinct low growls.

This startled Ji Ruxue.

"Oh no, this guy really plans to fatten me up before he starts!"

Ji Ruxue, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, became tense again upon hearing the zombie’s low growl.

Just as she was prepared to be attacked, she discovered that the zombie turned and left.

Soon after, Ji Ruxue heard the sound of stirring again, and after a while, Lu Chuan brought over another bowl of milk.

Ji Ruxue was a bit dumbfounded, as this was the first time she had encountered such a bizarre situation.

Although there was still some apprehension and concern in her heart, her body instinctively began to suck.

In this way, Lu Chuan made three bowls of milk powder before finally satisfying her.

Looking at the milk stains at the corner of the little one’s mouth, Lu Chuan could feel the unfulfilled desire in her eyes.

"This little one eats really well, doesn’t she?"

Although Lu Chuan had never been married or raised children, he knew that such a young infant should not be able to consume so much.

"It seems if I plan to adopt this little one, the pressure on me would be quite significant in the future..."

Lu Chuan couldn’t help but sigh internally.

He finally understood why in his previous life so many of his colleagues worked so hard, just to earn money for milk powder.

Raising children is not easy at all.

But fortunately, since it’s already the apocalypse, he could go anywhere for free supplies, so he wasn’t worried about having sufficient economic ability.

It seems that when searching other places for supplies in the future, he needs to bring more milk powder, as this little one might eat even more.

Fortunately, milk powder is mostly sealed, so it has a relatively long storage time.

After being fed, Ji Ruxue lay comfortably in the crib, looking thoroughly content.

After having been hungry for so long, drinking milk now was like nectar and ambrosia to Ji Ruxue.

Ji Ruxue curiously looked at Lu Chuan; she had never seen such a strange thing before.

A zombie, supposed to be bloodthirsty and devour flesh everywhere, actually resisted the urge to attack her.

That alone was odd enough.

Yet it even made milk powder and fed it to her with a spoon; this was simply too absurd!

In her past life, Ji Ruxue personally experienced the entire outbreak of the apocalypse, successfully surviving to the end after overcoming numerous hardships, eventually achieving the Emperor Realm.

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As an Unparalleled Empress, what kinds of zombies hadn’t she encountered?

It could even be said that she lost count of the number of zombies that perished at her hands.

Though these zombies later evolved continuously, gradually developing intelligence after evolution.

But that was not something that could happen now.

At least the zombie before her emitted a very low aura, clearly just a newly transformed, low-strength, first-level zombie.

Such zombies were everywhere, a result of being infected by the zombie virus.

Zombies of this level could definitely not awaken intelligence, just a group of bloodthirsty monsters following instincts.

Ji Ruxue looked at the zombie before her, truly puzzled by the situation.

Nevertheless, Ji Ruxue had faced various life-and-death crises in her past life, and after the initial panic, she gradually calmed down.

After all, for whatever reason, this zombie hadn’t planned to eat her for the time being, so there was no need to worry excessively.

Even if the zombie really intended to attack her, she had at least filled her belly before her death, dying with a full stomach.

At least she wouldn’t starve to death in the crib, not soiling the reputation of her life as an empress.

However, after filling her stomach, a wave of drowsiness hit Ji Ruxue.

After days of hunger and fear, her nerves had been extremely tense; now, having eaten, those nerves finally relaxed.

Ji Ruxue’s eyes gradually closed, and she couldn’t help but deeply fall asleep.

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After all, she was still just an infant, and managing to hold on until now was already her limit.

"Eating and then sleeping, it’s good to be young."

Looking at the adorable little one in his arms, Lu Chuan silently sighed in his heart.

Having personally fed this baby, saving her young life, Lu Chuan felt an inexplicable sense of achievement.

Looking at the tranquil and beautiful baby lying quietly in the crib, Lu Chuan felt extremely warm inside.

In this devastated and desolate city, it had been a while since he had seen a living person, let alone such a fragile life.

In the face of disaster, the arrival of a newborn might be a very troublesome matter, but at the same time, it also represents a continuation of new hope.

Hearing the baby’s gradually steady breathing, Lu Chuan couldn’t help but smile.

Although his smile looked rather terrifying now, it was the first time since coming to this strange world, amongst the zombie outbreak, that Lu Chuan felt the long-lost quiet and beauty.

From now on, in this zombie-overrun city, he wouldn’t be alone anymore.

"Little one, you and I are both in unfortunate situations, arriving in this strange world only to face a zombie crisis."

"Don’t worry, I will take good care of you."

Lu Chuan thought with emotion.

But Lu Chuan was very aware that in this extremely resource-scarce post-apocalyptic world, raising a baby wasn’t going to be easy.

Especially with his identity as a zombie.

If the baby were born in a human Survivor Base, it would be another story, but being with him, there’s no telling what dangers she might encounter in the future.

Nonetheless, Lu Chuan was now very determined, no matter what, he would do everything in his power.

For the past month, Lu Chuan had been living in a daze.

Every day was like neither human nor ghost, continuously facing death and desolation, having long since grown tired of this strange world with nothing to linger for.

This little one was not just a newly born life, but the appearance of this baby was also Lu Chuan’s belief and motivation to continue living in this strange zombie world.

If Ji Ruxue hadn’t fallen asleep at this moment, she would definitely notice the human-like emotions in the blood-red eyes of the zombie before her, with a very resolute gaze.

Chapter 5: Could This Zombie Still Retain Human Consciousness?

Ji Ruxue slept soundly, a sweetness enveloping her, marking the first time since her rebirth that she felt truly at ease amidst the daily terror.

Her tense spirit finally found release after drinking three bowls of milk powder.

Ji Ruxue didn’t know why, considering there was a bloodthirsty zombie right beside her, yet she slept peacefully.

She couldn’t even tell how long this nap had lasted.

Ji Ruxue slowly opened her sleep-dazed eyes, feeling like she was floating in mid-air.

It turned out that the zombie had picked her up.

The successive actions of this zombie left Ji Ruxue increasingly baffled, but she was more concerned about where this zombie intended to carry her.

Lu Chuan held the infant in his arms and left the room.

This little baby, just a few months old, would surely perish if left alone in the apocalyptic world, so Lu Chuan decided to take her with him.

Lu Chuan had fainted at the onset of the zombie outbreak near an old residential area, which had seven floors and no elevator.

Lu Chuan continued to climb the stairs, holding Ji Ruxue, and upon reaching the third floor, he decided it still wasn’t safe enough, choosing to move to the seventh floor.

The night before, Lu Chuan had already cleared out the remaining zombies from the stairway.

Perhaps due to being an old neighborhood, there were not too many zombies lingering inside.

Additionally, most of these zombies had undergone mutations through gnawing, leaving most of them missing parts.

Zombies typically don’t attack each other unless competing over food.

Currently, Lu Chuan as a zombie possessing human thoughts moved among them seamlessly.

Others could only flee in panic upon seeing zombies, but Lu Chuan could swagger through them.

Zombies, having died once, lack the concept of pain.

And unless their head is destroyed, it’s difficult to kill nearly immortal beings.

Lu Chuan had seen zombies with broken bones still squirming on the ground, constantly banging on doors, attempting to devour the humans inside.

The human body actually holds enormous potential; however, humans typically inhibit their power out of self-preservation.

For example, humans have great strength but won’t exert it fully, as even if they hurt the opponent, their arm may break.

But bloodthirsty zombies lack this restraint, making them stronger than humans.

Yet, the major difference between humans and other animals is that humans employ tools.

Though Lu Chuan is a zombie, he refuses to use his mouth to tear apart foul, rotten corpses...

With a metal crowbar scavenged from a store, Lu Chuan transformed into a stealthy backstabber.

Holding the crowbar, Lu Chuan took out the zombies one by one with headshots, easily eliminating them all.

If he didn’t first deal with these zombies, he wouldn’t dare to parade around with the little one.

Though zombies were transformed from the dead, akin to moving corpses...

These zombies, however, are exceptionally sensitive to the scent of the living.

With the zombie outbreak having occurred a month ago, survivors have either hidden away or have been eaten by zombies.

These ravenous zombies haven’t tasted fresh humans for a long time.

If they were to catch the little one’s scent, there would be no path but death.

Upon reaching the seventh floor, Lu Chuan placed Ji Ruxue in the bedroom he had already cleaned up.

Being the top floor, it largely blocked the transmission of scents and sounds, offering a safe place for now.

Previously, Lu Chuan grew accustomed to the post-apocalyptic decay, residing in the store where he had fainted.

After waking, he would gnaw on raw meat, idly sitting by the window watching zombies search for survivors.

Now, seeing the little one, Lu Chuan felt new life infusing shades into his own.

In front of this baby, Lu Chuan didn’t want to maintain his zombie side, instinctively trying to reclaim his humanity.

Lu Chuan planned on turning this room into their future home, aiming to restore a human lifestyle.

The dust-covered room had been cleaned beforehand by him.

After a month of desolation, Lu Chuan wiped his body with bottled water, changing into relatively clean clothes.

Besides somewhat grimacing scars and wounds unlikely to heal, he almost looked like a normal human overall.

Most notably, he found in the room’s bedroom an assortment of baby clothes, diapers, bottles, toys, and books.

Most likely, the previous residents had children, and when the zombie outbreak occurred, they fled frantically.

Lu Chuan stood in front of the window, gazing at the devastation outside, stretching leisurely.

Perhaps due to the baby, Lu Chuan felt a surge of motivation and hope, despite the ruined world.

Most importantly, his movements seemed frequent over the past couple of days.

Initially upon becoming a zombie, Lu Chuan’s limbs were very stiff, as zombies come from deceased humans.

But now, as time passed, Lu Chuan felt his movements becoming more coordinated.

While still not as free-moving as before, he could accomplish some simple human actions now.

"Do all zombies transition like me over time, or is it due to my increased activity?"

Feeling the changes within him, Lu Chuan was puzzled.

Yet Lu Chuan didn’t dwell on it; his thoughts remained on the little baby.

Picking up the diapers found in the wardrobe, Lu Chuan prepared to change Ji Ruxue.

"Absorbent and dry, diapers are truly one of humanity’s great inventions!"

Lu Chuan, holding the diaper, smiled and proceeded to change Ji Ruxue.

Though complex actions eluded him, simple acts were still achievable.

Ji Ruxue felt a tingling sensation across her scalp; being fed like a baby was odd enough, but changing diapers?!

Feeding might be a biological instinct, yet these baby diapers are a human invention, not executed purely by instinct alone.

An overwhelming thought invaded Ji Ruxue’s mind.

"Could it be that this zombie retained human consciousness?!"

Chapter 6: From Now On, You Are This Emperor’s Zombie Dad!

Once this unfathomable idea took root, it began to spread uncontrollably.

Ji Ruxue couldn’t help but recall the first time she encountered this zombie.

Unlike other zombies who only knew to crazily bang on doors or scratch at them with their fingers.

Ji Ruxue remembered that when she first saw this zombie, it actually reached for the door handle, meaning the zombie originally knew how to open doors!

Because the bedroom was locked, it used a crowbar to pry open the lock!

Previously, Ji Ruxue had been too hungry and terrified to notice this detail.

Now, looking back, she realized how peculiar it was; since when do zombies use crowbars?

In Ji Ruxue’s memory, ordinary first-tier zombies, after being bitten and transformed, were like beasts with only a bloodthirsty instinct, completely lacking the concept of using tools.

Let alone using a crowbar to pry open a door after failing to unlock it.

Moreover, instead of devouring her outright, the zombie actually made formula milk and fed her — this was simply against all logic.

Ji Ruxue had seen that even the warriors with the strongest will, once infected by the virus and turned into zombies, could only become bloodthirsty beasts.

As a former empress of humanity, Ji Ruxue had encountered countless zombies.

But she had never heard of zombies that could pry open doors and feed milk to a baby.

Today, it even changed her diaper; is there anything more outrageous than that?!

These abnormal occurrences made Ji Ruxue more convinced of her hypothesis.

This peculiar zombie before her must have retained its prior human consciousness!

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have survived till now and would have been torn to pieces long ago.

At this moment, Ji Ruxue felt extremely excited, as if she had discovered a new world.

In her past life, she had seen it all and encountered numerous powerful zombies and other creatures.

But this was the first time she had encountered something transformed by the zombie virus yet able to retain human consciousness.

Only human will could suppress such bloodthirsty instincts.

But, wait a moment...

The zombie in front of her, no matter how you look at it... doesn’t seem like a female...

Was I, the empress, changed by a male?!

Ji Ruxue widened her eyes, finally reacting to the situation.

Realizing that she had been fully exposed just now, her emotions became very agitated.

In her past life, she had never even touched a man’s hand.

Even in the apocalypse, Ji Ruxue had never had any intimate contact with the opposite sex.

Who would have thought her lifelong purity would be ruined over a diaper?

For a moment, Ji Ruxue felt like crying but had no tears, lamenting that she seemed to have encountered every misfortune imaginable after being reborn.

But after a moment, Ji Ruxue’s expression returned to normal.

Oh well, oh well...

In the battle against the Insect Race queen, I should have perished; to be reborn now is a blessing.

Besides, my life was saved by the other party, and just being alive now is already very fortunate.

After figuring this out, Ji Ruxue no longer fussed over it, especially since she was currently just an infant, not the revered empress of her past life.

Looking at Lu Chuan, who was earnestly changing her diaper, Ji Ruxue felt touched.

In the apocalypse, humanity and morality had already completely collapsed.

The notion of order had long ceased to exist.

Struggling to survive in the apocalypse, Ji Ruxue had long witnessed just how depraved humanity could become?

For those surviving in the apocalypse, staying alive was paramount; to survive, they would do anything.

Betraying friends and family, feeding those around them to zombies.

Theft, prostitution, deceit, and trickery were commonplace in the apocalypse.

In her past life, Ji Ruxue had experienced many losses, and it was only after such experiences that she gradually adapted to the harsh world of the apocalypse.

Yet the zombie so focused on changing her diaper made Ji Ruxue feel a sense of humanity from before the apocalypse.

Could this zombie see her as his daughter?

Thinking of this, Ji Ruxue’s heart skipped a beat, and her mind involuntarily concocted a tragic story.

Perhaps this zombie had a beloved daughter before the apocalypse, but in the end times, human lives were as fragile as weeds.

In the face of wave-like bloodthirsty zombies, only one in ten humans survived.

Especially in the initial outbreak, for ordinary urban humans, the hope of survival was almost nonexistent.

Most likely, this zombie’s daughter had died following the apocalypse, yet he still longed for his daughter in his mind.

It was this family bond that transcended life and death that made this supposed bloodthirsty zombie treat her as his daughter.

That is why, upon seeing her, it exhibited tenderness different from other zombies.

Everything this zombie did for her was something he had once done for his daughter.

Even after turning into a zombie, he couldn’t let go of his daughter...

Watching Lu Chuan, already turned into a zombie, with his extremely rigid limbs, clumsily changing her diaper.

Ji Ruxue felt a mix of empathy and pity for him.

Imagine a human originally with a happy family suddenly faced with the apocalypse.

Everything familiar around him had changed, and he even became a bloodthirsty zombie, losing his beloved family.

The saddest part was that even after losing everything, this zombie still retained human consciousness; though he was dead, he had to painfully continue living.

He continued to live alone in this devastated city long ruined.

Wandering desolately among the zombies without a single true companion.

Because he had human consciousness, he couldn’t live a bloodthirsty, muddled life like other zombies every day.

Yet, having become a zombie, he could no longer integrate into human groups.

He could only watch the fellow human beings he once knew all aim their weapons at him, their eyes full of loathing and hatred.

Whether zombie or human, there was no place for him.

It was as if he were the loneliest person, drifting outside this world.

This world was vast and expansive, yet he couldn’t have a single companion to walk with him.

The experience of walking alone in this world was a fate worse than death.

Ji Ruxue looked at the zombie in front of her and sighed internally.

Before becoming the human empress, she too was just a pure-hearted and kind girl, with her own soft spots within.

If you take me as your daughter, then I, the empress, declare.

From now on, you are the empress’s zombie father. Chapter 7: Blood Moon Night, Global Evolution!

Because after the zombie outbreak, the owner of this house probably escaped with their family.

So, even though the door was left open, there were no bloodstains inside, just some dust, making it look renewed after a simple cleaning.

After tidying up the room, Lu Chuan was very satisfied with the new home for himself and the little one.

The location here is high enough to easily overlook the environment of the district and effectively isolate the spread of smells and sounds, avoiding the anxiety of living on lower floors.

Now that the room is tidied up, the next thing to consider is food storage.

Previously, Lu Chuan had been gnawing on the leftover frozen meat from the stores, but that wouldn’t suffice now.

The little one is still so young, many things need to be considered, and the temporary batch of formula he brought back is definitely not enough for the little one.

The little one can drink three big bowls at a time; the appetite is exceptional.

Not to mention, once the little one is weaned, they will need other food to eat.

Lu Chuan made up his mind to store more food in his little nest.

Looking outside, it was still daytime, so Lu Chuan lay down on the sofa.

After all, he was now a zombie. Although the zombies all over the streets ignored him, Lu Chuan was more worried about those survivors hiding in the shadows.

Zombies have no thoughts, they only know to devour living humans, and as a same kind, they won’t attack him.

Now, with a world full of bloodthirsty zombies, it’s actually the safest for Lu Chuan.

If he were to go out looking for supplies during the day and was spotted by a lurking survivor, it might raise some suspicion.

Despite dressing up as much like a human as possible, the zombies’ attitude towards him would still attract the attention of those mindful people.

Humans now can only hide like rats, fleeing frantically from these bloodthirsty zombies.

But if he were comfortably carrying supplies along the streets, it would certainly give away clues.

Merely attracting attention is one thing, the fear is exposing his own nest and the little one as well.

In a post-apocalyptic world, humans aren’t much safer than zombies...

Soon, the sun set, and the entire city plunged into darkness.

Due to widespread water and power outages, the once vibrant modern city now presented a scene of deathly silence, punctuated by the occasional zombie roar in the dark night.

For other survivors, the arrival of night is undoubtedly despairing.

Because human vision at night drastically decreases.

To find direction and supplies in this unlit city, one must rely on flashlights or night vision devices.

But zombies aren’t entirely restricted in this way, even in the night Lu Chuan could move freely.

Changing clothes, putting on a backpack, and picking up his crowbar specifically for lock-picking, Lu Chuan was ready to set out.

This night serves as the best cover for him.

However, before leaving, Lu Chuan closed the bedroom door and dragged a large cabinet to block the staircase entrance on the seventh floor, preventing other zombies from breaking into the room.

These mindless zombies find it difficult to perform smart actions.

Using the cabinet to block the stairway, even if zombies enter the corridor, they’ll eventually be obstructed.

Furthermore, the zombies in this building have been completely cleaned out; new ones usually won’t bother climbing stairs.

The little one is still young, not likely to cause too much noise in the room.

However, Lu Chuan did this partly to guard against zombies, and also to prevent humans.

Since becoming a zombie, Lu Chuan has spent the last month living in a store, witnessing many post-apocalyptic calamities through the window.

At the beginning of the apocalypse, most people could still maintain calm and kindness amidst the crisis.

But as deaths increased and food shortages intensified, the dark side of human nature began to reveal itself.

Moreover, those kindest and most willing to help usually died early at the hands of zombies.

Lu Chuan remembers that within days of the crisis, one could often hear women’s cries in the streets.

The sound was enough for him to know what was happening, and as weeks passed, the city began experiencing water and power cuts.

Some even initiated flesh trade, just for a bite to eat.

Pushing one’s companion towards zombies for one’s own escape became a commonplace occurrence in the apocalypse.

Lu Chuan even witnessed survivors who, driven mad by hunger, turned on their partners.

Though he had become a zombie, Lu Chuan restrained himself from hunting humans despite the bloodlust.

But some still alive began to kill and eat their own companions...

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These people have lost their basic humanity, unworthy of being called humans, even sparing no child. If the little one were discovered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

They’d do anything for a bite.

Lu Chuan resided in an old district called Sunshine District, where each building has a big iron security gate on the first floor.

Lu Chuan closed the iron gate on the first floor and used a rope to tightly bind it before leaving in peace.

The area was mainly residential, and even though households might not have abundant reserves, there was still substantial stock combined.

Packing a substantial amount of food into a hiking backpack, Lu Chuan conveniently hugged the remaining directly in his arms.

If some survivor with night vision goggles were present, they would witness a bizarre scene.

On the dark and quiet street, a bloodthirsty zombie was lurking, carrying a large pile of formula milk...

Suddenly, Lu Chuan sensed something amiss. He looked up sharply and realized that, somehow, the originally dim moon had turned into a Blood Moon!

The moon in the sky seemed freshly stained with blood, appearing eerie in the quiet night.

...

Sunshine District, Building 7, Room 702.

Bedroom, on the bed.

After waking up, Ji Ruxue found the room empty.

"Zombie dad, what are you doing out at night?"

"I really want to pee..."

Well, there are diapers, what a great invention.

At this moment, Ji Ruxue noticed through the partially drawn window that the Blood Moon outside looked incredibly bizarre!

"Blood Moon?!"

"Is it already the night of the Blood Moon?!"

"It seems the era of global evolution is about to begin!"

Chapter 8: My Brain Itches, Evolution Begins!

On the street, Lu Chuan stared at the Blood Moon overhead, feeling a bit bewildered.

Ji Ruxue, the reborn empress, had experienced the end times and knew much about the Blood Moon.

But Lu Chuan had come from another peaceful world and had no idea what this meant.

Nevertheless, Lu Chuan quickly found a corner and set down the baby formula he was holding.

Opening the can of formula, Lu Chuan was relieved to find the formula inside remained white.

"Thank goodness, that gave me a fright. I thought I had contracted pink eye."

"My eyes are fine, does that mean the moon really turned blood-colored?!"

This sudden change left Lu Chuan somewhat amazed, but he quickly picked up the supplies and continued toward home.

In this odd world, even a zombie apocalypse can occur, so the moon turning blood-red doesn’t seem impossible.

To be precise...

A silent, dark night, an empty city, beast-like roars, a blood-red round moon—this is the standard end-times setup, right?!

Lu Chuan felt no discomfort with the arrival of the Blood Moon, instead thinking it seemed as it should be.

After all, he had seen many similar scenarios in various sci-fi movies in his previous life.

Ignoring the changes in the sky, Lu Chuan transformed into a hamster, starting a frenzy of moving supplies that night.

Being a zombie meant he hardly felt fatigue, and his strength was significantly greater than before.

Thus, Lu Chuan brought back all the items a little guy might use, batch after batch.

Things like formula, bottles, and diapers were essential for a baby, and Lu Chuan packed up a heap of them each time.

Before long, the room was filled with supplies, hoarded by Lu Chuan.

Next, Lu Chuan began stockpiling various snacks and children’s toys, even grabbing children’s books.

Though it was said to be the apocalypse, Lu Chuan felt it was still important to teach the little one to read and talk.

After all, as the saying goes, one should never compromise on education.

Ji Ruxue saw the pile of ’Three Years of Exam Practice, Five Years of Mock Exams’ that Lu Chuan brought back, feeling her scalp tingle.

If I remember correctly... I’m not even a year old yet, right??

Starting with exam papers now, isn’t it a bit too soon?!

Besides, it’s the apocalypse and exams??!

But Lu Chuan didn’t care about these things; he just brought back anything he thought useful.

Even though the little one was still less than a year-old baby, Lu Chuan hauled back several sacks of fifty kilo rice.

Lu Chuan found that after becoming a zombie, his strength increased considerably, and his stamina improved, able to lift these fifty kilo sacks with one hand.

Rice is good, rice is filling—this was Lu Chuan’s most straightforward thought.

As for how to cook meals without water and electricity, and when the not-even-one-year-old might eat rice—these weren’t within his current consideration; these things would be useful someday...

Throughout this transport process, Lu Chuan felt no fatigue, but rather that life was full of hope.

He felt everything he did now was laying the foundation for a better new life, and once he started, he couldn’t stop.

This roughly hundred-square-meter house was already packed full by Lu Chuan.

Then on his fourth round of moving, Lu Chuan suddenly felt something wasn’t right with his body.

Lu Chuan quickly set down the supplies and leaned against the wall.

At this moment, Lu Chuan felt that his already-zombie body inexplicably sensed a scorching heat!

This odd phenomenon left Lu Chuan immensely shocked, aware that he was currently a zombie.

To be precise, a moving corpse.

His blood had long stopped flowing, turning into a sickly black-brown color.

The icy chill throughout his body made this strange searing feeling both unfamiliar and familiar to him!

At that instant, Lu Chuan suddenly felt a surge of emotion.

The scorching energy within made him feel as though he had returned to his living times!

However, immediately after, Lu Chuan noticed his brain itching intolerably, appearing as if it might explode!

Lu Chuan could only squat in the corner at this moment, clutching his head, his body trembling uncontrollably; he didn’t know what was happening.

"Damn it! Has my human consciousness experience card expired? Am I to become one of those bloodthirsty zombies?!"

This suddenly descending strange sensation made Lu Chuan somewhat panicked at that moment. He had just found the resolve to revitalize his life, discovered new hope and goals.

He had managed within this broken world to find a companion to live on with him, and Lu Chuan refused to let himself fade away like this.

At this moment, Lu Chuan clenched his teeth; his previously blood-red eyes now filled with determination.

Though Lu Chuan didn’t know what was happening to him or what he might become, he wanted to stay conscious.

Lu Chuan didn’t notice at this moment that the black veins on his body were gradually lightening and transitioning to a greenish color.

Meanwhile, the terrifying-looking wound on his shoulder, after a month, had eroded and dried, appearing filthy and disgusting.

But this gruesome wound astonishingly began to heal slowly.

Though it didn’t return to its original state, it looked less grotesque than before.

Lu Chuan’s nails also began to change gradually, and those sharp, loose teeth became a bit more aligned.

Because he had become a zombie, Lu Chuan’s once thick black hair had fallen out into sparseness.

Yet now, as Lu Chuan’s body kept trembling, his originally sparse hair grew thicker.

Though still far from its living appearance, it improved significantly from the zombie-like baldness!

At this moment, amid the silent night, sporadic zombie roars echoed!

Many zombies under the moon experienced the same as Lu Chuan, their bodies trembling.

Some survivors exposed to the moonlight experienced bodily heat, undergoing some changes under its glow.

Their internal blood flow sped up, organs pulsating more vigorously, muscles becoming more toned, bones seemingly tougher.

Sunshine District.

Ji Ruxue in the bedroom was also bathed in the blood-red moonlight from the window.

Her petite body started trembling slightly; Ji Ruxue felt her entire body heating up.

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The door creaks open with a metallic groan, and I lurch inside, my shoulder wound pulsing with old rot. The apartment stinks of dried blood and decay, but beneath it—something else. A whimper. Faint, desperate. I follow it to a bedroom, locked from the inside. With one swing of the crowbar, the lock shatters. Inside, the room is clean. Dusty toys, a crib, a wedding photo smiling from the wall. And there, staring up at me with pitch-black eyes, a baby girl. Her lips are cracked, her breath shallow. She hasn’t eaten in days. My fingers twitch. Not with hunger—with hesitation. I shouldn’t care. I’m a zombie. I should tear into her, feast on the last warmth in this dead city. But I don’t. Instead, I pick up the empty milk bottle on the nightstand. My throat growls, not in hunger, but in resolve. I need formula. I need diapers. I need to keep her alive. Because for the first time since I died, I feel something like purpose.

Outside, the wind howls through broken glass. Somewhere, a zombie screams. I look back at the baby. She blinks slowly, as if she understands. Maybe she does.

I turn toward the door. The streets are crawling with the undead and worse—survivors who’d kill a child for a can of beans. I tighten my grip on the crowbar. I’ll fight them all. For her.

But as I step into the hall, I freeze. The moon outside has turned red. Deep, bloody crimson. And I feel it—something stirring in my veins. Something waking up.