At night, the soldier who spoke to us on the phone in the afternoon came to our door. Obviously, they intended to use this dental clinic as a temporary base.

The last soldier entered, and Chen Xu locked the door again.

I held a cup of freshly brewed milk tea and drank it slowly, enjoying the rich tea aroma that spread to my nose. I took a deep breath with contentment.

Wait a minute!

I looked up at the soldiers sitting on the sofa.

Amidst the scent of fresh meat filling the room, there was a faint smell of rotting flesh.

I lowered my eyelids and walked slowly to Chen Xu's side.

The leader of this group was talking to Chen Xu, and I carefully sniffed, only smelling the aroma of butter on Chen Xu.

It seems I have to get closer.

I alternated my feet and pretended to stumble, leaning towards the officer.

"Be careful." A pair of strong arms supported me.

The familiar scent of meat came, and I felt slightly relieved as I took a step back. Before I could steady myself, Chen Xu pulled me over and gave me a cold glance.

?

I inexplicably felt a sense of guilt as if I had been caught in an affair.

"One of the soldiers has been bitten." I whispered.

"How did you find out?" Officer Zhang's sharp gaze fell on me. He was truly dignified, as expected of a superior.

"I can... smell the difference between the scent of humans and zombies."

Chen Xu seemed to understand and eased his expression. I reached out and scratched the palm of his hand with my fingertips, which he tightly held in the end.

Officer Zhang immediately had the soldiers check each other for bite marks.

"It's useless. After turning into a human, any wounds on their bodies will immediately disappear," Chen Xu commented from the side.

"Then how about everyone coming forward for me to smell?"

All eyes turned to me.

I suddenly realized, a bit belatedly, that this suggestion seemed a bit perverse.

It seemed like I was on an irreversible path of imitating large canine species.

"No, next one."

In the end, I sat on the chair at the front desk and waited for the soldiers to come forward one by one for me to smell.

Due to Chen Xu's strong scent, I ordered him to sit far away. However, his gaze remained fixed on me.

I smiled at him in an ingratiating manner. He seemed to sigh gently and returned a helpless smile.

I focused my attention and continued... smelling the scents.

A smell of rotting flesh wafted over, but before I could expose it, the soldier in front suddenly yelled and grabbed another soldier, opening his mouth and biting his neck.

Chen Xu appeared by my side, I don't know when, firmly holding my hand and pulling me away a few steps.

People around immediately rushed forward and it took a lot of effort to separate the two.

After being pulled away, the soldier who bit someone stared fiercely at the bitten person and said, "If you hadn't pushed me out for your own safety, I wouldn't have been bitten. I'm not going to let it go, and neither should you."

Amidst the complicated gazes of others, the bitten person anxiously explained, "It was just an accident..."

But he didn't realize that his flushed cheeks and embarrassed expression had already revealed everything.

Finally, the two of them were tied to treatment chairs in separate rooms, and the doors were securely locked, waiting for the judgment of the rising sun the next day.

The next day, before dawn, two roars came from the locked room.

Not long after, the sound of wheels rubbing against the ground could be heard outside the door. It was the rescue team that Officer Zhang contacted last night.

I followed the soldiers and boarded the truck with Chen Xu. Before leaving, I glanced at the only locked door in the room. Someone had marked it with a marker pen that said "Zombie Inside."

"Don't think too much, let's go." Chen Xu whispered in my ear.

"Okay." I rubbed my arms and muttered softly, "After getting out, I need to take a good shower. It's been so many days, and my back is starting to itch."