Manual assimilation was a bothersome affair. Tang Ye had undergone the same procedure back in Jinhe City, and it took him over a month to assimilate a hundred Silver Armor Evil Spirit Zombies.
If Gong Xiao were a human, Tang Ye would need only to cut a wound in her with his nails. Then he could sit back and wait for her to morph into a Silver Armor Zombie.
In Tang Ye’s eyes, his assimilated Silver Armor Zombies also had levels of perfection. A perfect Silver Armor Zombie would possess the same black fog attack as him, while an imperfect one would just have its skin turned silver, only enhancing its defense.
In dealing with a living being, Tang Ye could infuse more of his body’s mutated anti-life substance, increasing the chances of owning the black fog ability, which was easy to do.
But when faced with a zombie, Tang Ye needed to manually assimilate it. There were times when making a perfect Silver Armor Zombie was nearly impossible, irrespective of the amount of mutated anti-life substance he injected into it.
Assimilating any zombie was a hassle for Tang Ye, let alone generating a perfect Silver Armor Zombie. You could tell from his frenzy in Jinhe City when assimilating the Evil Spirit Zombies. After a month, the number of perfect Silver Armor Zombies he had manually produced could be counted on one hand, and some of them were produced by sheer luck, indicating just how difficult it was to generate a perfect Silver Armor Zombie.
Gong Xiao was a Level 5 zombie, whose body naturally carried a substantial amount of anti-life substance. Assimilating her took even more time, making her conversion into a perfect Silver Armor Zombie quite a headache for Tang Ye.
Tang Ye could have taken shortcuts, but his obsessive-compulsive disorder wouldn’t let him. Since he allowed Gong Xiao to possess Yinxiang’s perfect appearance, how could he let her be imperfect in other ways?
Tang Ye felt it unjust for him to even think about it. Having assimilated Gong Xiao, she would be utterly loyal to him, and Tang Ye was confident in his control over Silver Armor Zombies.
Because there was an indelible connection, like that between several auxiliary computers and a main computer. Tang Ye was the main computer, and the Silver Armor Zombies he infected were sub-brains. The main brain could control all sub-brain programs, but if the main brain stopped operating, all sub-brains would cease to function.
So Tang Ye didn’t care. Regardless of how much effort he invested into Gong Xiao, it would all eventually serve him still as long as he is not preparing her for someone else.
Anyway, he wouldn’t be at a loss in this situation.
Additionally, the reason Tang Ye assimilated Gong Xiao was because he could only arbitrarily change the appearance of Silver Armor Zombies he infected or assimilated. Given that the assimilation process and Gong Xiao’s facial reconstruction to resemble Yinxiang would take a long time, he asked everyone to leave, forbidding them from entering without his command.
As Tang Ye continued to inject mutated anti-life matter into Gong Xiao, her iron-grey skin started to bulge here and there, and her voice weakened. Her facial features twisted.
Tang Ye, unable to ascertain how much time had passed, felt it was enough and laid down the immobile Gong Xiao. She was like a soul-deprived person, soft all over. The moment Tang Ye let go of her, she immediately collapsed to the ground, twisted and curled up, like a repeatedly abused stretch of clay.
Tang Ye glanced at her and then sat down somewhere, closing his eyes and focusing on the mutated anti-life matter he had injected into Gong Xiao.
What he had done was practically stuffing one of his clones into Gong Xiao, causing her body to swell while draining most energy in his.
Nevertheless, Tang Ye didn’t care much. Even though he didn’t have much energy left, if he used it sparingly, it could still last him bouncing around for about a month.
Tang Ye’s mental actions sped up, and the mutated anti-life substance he injected into Gong Xiao spread throughout her body with his mental directions. Countless mutated anti-life substances devoured normal anti-life substances, then divided, becoming an endless cycle of devouring and dividing.
Time passed slowly. Gong Xiao, slumped on the ground, started to show signs of change as her face was peppered with silver dots. The dots grew, colouring her iron-grey skin silver...
Meanwhile, outside the factory, many were curious about what was happening inside. Tang Ye’s words deterred them from entering, so they could do nothing but wait. The advanced zombies, appearing like they were immobilized by acupunctural techniques, were particularly unbearable. Although they couldn’t move, their horrifying appearances and tremendous height constantly reminded everyone of their ferocity!
With Tang Ye still absent despite a long wait, the bikers started to murmur. Some even looked at the curled-up Bai Xinran suspiciously against the wall. But remembering that Bai Xinran was Tang Ye’s ’sister’, they had to suppress their thoughts—for the pleasure might be temporary, but the consequence could be a gruesome death.
Obviously, no one wanted to trade their life for a fleeting moment of pleasure—it was clearly a bad deal.
Chen Zhouquan also showed an odd expression. He took Chen Zhou’an to a quiet corner. A few days ago, Tang Ye had warned the Chen brothers not to disclose that he was a zombie. Recalling Tang Ye’s formidable might, the Chen brothers only whispered among themselves whenever they discussed him, careful not to let others know.
As for the other bikers, they had always thought Tang Ye was a mutated new human, so they had no suspicion about him being a zombie.
"What’s up?" Chen Zhou’an looked at Chen Zhouquan, increasingly puzzled by his lewd expression.
"Heh, big bro. What do you think the Zombie King and the female zombie are doing? They haven’t come out for quite some time."
Chen Zhouquan’s face turned more lecherous, as if he was imagining unspeakable things happening between Tang Ye and Gong Xiao. After all, they were the only two here who knew Tang Ye was a zombie, and a Zombie King at that.
It was rare to encounter a sentient zombie, and even rarer a female one. Naturally, some fascinating thoughts would pop up. On top of it, Tang Ye drove everyone away, leaving himself alone with Gong Xiao. Plus, he instructed that no one was allowed to enter without his command which just begged suspicion.
"Don’t talk nonsense. Some things are better left unspoken. Watch your life."
Chen Zhou’an also showed a malicious grin, but he then warned Chen Zhouquan. He put on a serious face and blended in with the crowd, pulling some bikers to play poker, as if nothing had happened.
Meanwhile, the thoroughly absorbed Tang Ye was busy assimilating Gong Xiao, oblivious to what the Chen brothers were discussing outside.