Chapter 32: I’m Splitting
My body… can’t move…
In the brief moment when this body’s owner had lost focus, Lin Jiayao had briefly taken control to observe herself and her surroundings.
But when the owner regained her senses, Lin Jiayao lost control.
What was going on? What kind of zombie had she logged into?
A Mimic?
But why didn’t she have any information about Mimic abilities?
Before, when she had become Mask or the initial Biter, whether before or after evolution, she had instinctively known certain information, like how to use her abilities.
But this time, it was strangely different.
She couldn’t control this body, not even struggle.
Could it be that Mimics had no intelligence? No instincts?
What exactly were Mimics…?
“Chizuru, why are you spacing out again?” The woman next to Chizuru seemed concerned. “Are you feeling unwell?”
“No, I’m fine, Kumiko,” Lin Jiayao said, smiling. “But I do feel a little dizzy…”
“Should I take you to the medical department? It doesn’t cost any blood crystals anyway.” The woman, Kumiko, took Lin Jiayao’s hand.
Lin Jiayao couldn’t control anything; she could only passively experience the world through the eyes of this Japanese woman named “Kuriyama Chizuru.”
And she could not only feel touch, smell, and taste, but also access Chizuru’s memories.
As if she were Chizuru herself.
No… no… something wasn’t right…
Right, the system! The extraction point!
Check the location and time.
Lin Jiayao used the corner of Chizuru’s eyes to locate the extraction point on her right.
「Extraction Time 9:58:57」
【Extraction Point: 590m】
Ten hours?!
It was just past noon now. Ten hours later would be almost bedtime!
And she couldn’t control this body. Even with another 24 hours, Lin Jiayao didn’t think she could reach the nearby extraction point.
“Oh right! Where’s your bento?! Didn’t you say you were bringing it to that Chinese Awakened today?” Kumiko suddenly looked at Lin Jiayao’s empty hands in shock and pinched her nose playfully.
“Wait here. I’ll go back to the dorm and get it for you.” Kumiko then ran off in the direction of the dormitory.
“Kumiko…”
“Wait for me! I’ll be quick!”
As Kumiko ran, Lin Jiayao’s body turned to watch her go.
The direction Kumiko was running was the location marked as the extraction point.
The extraction point… was the employee dormitory?
Kuriyama Chizuru’s dormitory?
Did this mean she had to do nothing and just wait here for ten hours until Chizuru returned to the dormitory to sleep?
No way. Time was precious. Ten hours was enough for Lin Jiayao to control Mask and extract five times or more.
If she had a choice, she would rather find a way to “kill” this body to avoid wasting time.
“Let’s see if there’s a way to remove this movement restriction…”
Lin Jiayao suddenly thought of the only thing she could control: the safehouse.
And there was nothing in her safehouse except 250g of blood crystals; the other 250g were in Mask’s mouth.
“Kumiko is so kind…”
Lin Jiayao started pacing, smiling sweetly, like a lovestruck teenager—though she was almost 30.
The feeling made her scalp crawl.
Because Chizuru’s thoughts were also flowing into Lin Jiayao’s mind, forcing her to see the Awakened in Chizuru’s thoughts.
“Men are disgusting!!!”
Lin Jiayao was going crazy. She took 10g of blood crystals from the safehouse and transferred them to Chizuru’s mouth.
If she evolved, she should be able to control this body, right?
The moment the blood crystal appeared in her mouth, Chizuru was startled.
She moved her tongue around, puzzled by the cold object.
But in the next second, a thin strand, like red mucus, extended from deep within her throat, grabbed the blood crystal, and pulled it down.
Lin Jiayao briefly felt an intense craving, as if the body had automatically absorbed the blood crystal upon contact.
“What’s… happening to me… I feel dizzy…”
“Cough… cough…”
Lin Jiayao felt a wave of dizziness, and her throat and lungs itched intensely.
As if something was crawling inside her throat.
This was the sensation Chizuru was experiencing.
“Cough… cough… cough, cough!”
Chizuru’s coughing intensified, her vision blurring.
“Chizuru, what’s wrong?” In the distance, Kumiko ran towards her, a pink lunchbox in hand.
“I… cough… can’t breathe…” Chizuru gasped, her face red, clearly in distress.
Seeing this, Kumiko rushed to her side and patted her back with concern. “I’ll take you to the medical department.”
Suddenly, Chizuru felt a strange itch in her nose and sneezed violently.
“Achoo—”
The sneeze put Lin Jiayao’s entire world into slow motion.
She clearly saw countless scarlet particles, smaller than dust motes but emitting a faint red light, expelled from Chizuru’s sneeze.
And Lin Jiayao’s consciousness, along with these countless red lights, was torn into countless fragments, each with independent senses.
Most of the particles drifted away with the wind, fading as they fell to the ground, and Lin Jiayao lost control of them.
But a small portion, along with Kumiko’s breath, entered her body.
“Buzz—”
“Kumiko~ come to mommy~”
“Good girl~ Kumiko!”
“Another A! Wonderful!”
“Likes girls… sigh… I’m too old to understand you youngsters…”
“Kumiko, run!!!”
“Do you speak Chinese, miss? Don’t worry, we’ll protect you…”
“…”
A flood of Kumiko’s memories surged into Lin Jiayao’s mind, almost overwhelming her.
And Lin Jiayao’s perspective was completely split between two people.
Kumiko and Chizuru seemed oblivious to the scarlet particles.
“Sorry, Kumiko, I sprayed saliva on your face…” Lin Jiayao said apologetically, looking at Kumiko.
“It’s okay, everyone sneezes.” Kumiko smiled and extended the lunchbox. “Here’s your bento.”
Lin Jiayao and Lin Jiayao looked at each other and smiled.
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