Chapter 153 - Rationing the food
Dissecting the corpse only proved one thing—this wasn’t a normal mutation.
Qiu Yue carefully peeled back the layers of rotting flesh, his gloved fingers moving with practiced precision. What lay beneath was unlike anything he had seen before. Unlike regular human mutations, which followed a slow, progressive pattern, this zombie had undergone rapid mutation. Parts of its body had evolved grotesquely, while others remained strangely underdeveloped.
Most alarming was the brain.
It was unusually large, swollen to almost twice the size of a normal human brain. Thick black veins wrapped around it like a parasite, pulsing faintly as if the infection still lingered even in death. Qiu Yue clenched his jaw. He was so tempted to take a sample, to slice a piece of that abnormal tissue and examine it under a microscope. But he didn’t have the equipment for a sterile extraction, and contamination could ruin everything.
He exhaled sharply, forcing himself to step back. "Damn it."
Beside him, Hana was struggling. Her face had gone pale as she continued sketching, but her lines were clear, precise. Even through her nausea, she was managing to document every gruesome detail.
At one point, she had to climb onto the corpse, her shoes squelching in the decayed flesh. The sickening slush of it nearly made her lose whatever was left in her stomach.
"I hate you," she mumbled under her breath, voice trembling.
Qiu Yue smirked slightly, though his focus remained on the corpse. it was very hard to cut into the corpse. "You’re good at this."
"I don’t think I can ever look at meat the same way again," Hana groaned, trying not to gag. "Maybe I’ll become a vegetarian."
Qiu Yue glanced at her drawings—crisp, detailed, horrifyingly accurate. He nodded in approval. "You should consider medical illustration."