I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 849 - 845: The Forgotten Name

Chapter 849: Chapter 845: The Forgotten Name

""You don’t need to worry about that. Just hurry up and tell me so I can help you get it done quicker.""

"It seems I was right. In that case, joining the Peace Party shouldn’t be too difficult, right?""

"Hmm?""

Henian was taken aback. Just moments ago, he had been imagining that this girl would bring him some exceptionally troublesome matter. He had not expected something so simple. Simplicity was one thing, but what caught him off guard was why Li Qingtian wanted to join the Peace Party?"

That really was puzzling."

"You want to join the Peace Party? Why?""

Henian couldn’t figure it out. It was too sudden for Li Qingtian to do such a thing."

"I’m just looking for a truth.""

"A truth? What truth?" Henian was a bit baffled."

"You don’t need to know that.""

"Fine, it’s not that difficult anyway. I’ll take you to register in a bit. But let me tell you, I won’t be giving you any special treatment. If you want to get ahead, you’ll need to rely on yourself.""

"That is completely fine.""

"Alright, then. Come find me at three o’clock this afternoon." With that, Henian was about to leave. But after taking a few steps, he noticed that Li Qingtian hadn’t moved and was quietly watching him."

He turned around, furrowing his brows, and asked, "Is there anything else?""

"May I ask, am I a member of the Peace Party now?""

"You could say... yes, I suppose." Henian paused for a moment and nodded uncertainly."

"Then can I enter inside?""

"You want to go inside?" Henian became vigilant. This girl might appear gentle on the outside, but only Henian knew what kind of person she was; she was no easy foe."

It was odd enough for such a person to suddenly want to join the Peace Party. Moreover, it seemed that all her actions were just to get into the Central United District. What was she up to?"

"Indeed, you can enter. However, it seems you’re quite keen to get inside. Did you join the Peace Party just for this?""

Li Qingtian didn’t say a word, only nodded. Her action didn’t make it any clearer to Henian what her true intentions were."

"What are you trying to do?""

"As I said, I’m only searching for a truth. You don’t need to make it so simple.""

"Li Qingtian, you should know that I am now a person of the Peace Party. As long as I’m not clear on your stance towards the Peace Party, I won’t easily allow you to achieve your secret objectives.""

"Ah..." Li Qingtian sighed, speaking in a distant tone, "Okay, I’m just looking for someone.""

"Who?""

"Li Henian.""

"You’re looking for the Marshal?""

"Yeah, your Marshal. His name is Li Henian. Actually... I’m not sure if he’s the one I’m looking for. It might just be a coincidence of names.""

"Oh, really? But the Marshal wouldn’t likely know you.""

"If possible, I’d need you to write down his name for me.""

"That’s simple."

Having seen Tang Ye’s signed name before, Hatred knew exactly what those three characters were.

Li Qingtian stretched out her hand and said, "Write it on my hand. If that person’s name is really what I think it is, I won’t remember it wrong."

"Alright then."

Hatred began to write a few characters on the palm of Li Qingtian’s hand, and as each stroke took shape, Li Qingtian’s expression grew increasingly peculiar.

Finally, after Hatred finished writing, he asked, "Is that right?"

Li Qingtian remained silent, the name felt so familiar; each stroke seemed to be etched upon her own heart. There was no mistake, it was Li Henian! The Li of Muzili, the crane of ’xianhe,’ the year of ’guonian’!

At first, she thought she might have misheard, that it wasn’t Li Henian at all—perhaps it was just someone with the same surname. It could have been Li Henian, Li Henian, Li Henian, or even Li Henian with various pronunciations!

As a widow hearing and seeing the name of a dearly departed again, her feelings at this moment were undoubtedly strange. She desperately hoped and wished that the owner of this name was not an imposter, that everything was real, that he hadn’t died, and that her loved one was still alive, only unbeknownst to her.

However, she had personally buried his corpse. Everything was a lie, and if possible, she wished she could forget those scenes.

After repeated confirmation, the name was indeed Li Henian’s. So who could be using her brother’s name?

Looking at Li Qingtian, who was stunned, Hatred didn’t know whether he should say what came next, but after a moment, he decided to reveal a fact.

"It seems you know Li Henian, and you share the surname Li. Could it be that Li Henian is your... relative?"

Li Qingtian nodded her head, but then quickly shook it, confusing Hatred completely.

What exactly was she trying to express?

Li Qingtian’s eyes were filled with a shade of reminiscence, as if she was recalling pleasant memories from the past.

"Maybe the Marshal’s name is fake," Hatred said slowly, "he doesn’t seem to go by that na—" His words abruptly snapped Li Qingtian out of her reverie, shattering the illusions in her mind.

"Not that name? Then what is the Marshal’s real name?"

Hatred was about to reply instinctively—after all, the name was easy to remember, once heard it wouldn’t be forgotten by anyone with a good memory—but just as he was about to speak, he suddenly found himself at a loss for words.

The name resonated in his mind, but it was blurred to oblivion, two words infinitely obscured. His subconscious knew the name well, but he didn’t know how to voice it.

It was like waking up from a dream that felt very familiar, as if he had experienced it on some other night, but he couldn’t pinpoint the exact evening.

"His name is... His name is... What was it again?"

Hatred realized he had forgotten the name. Shouldn’t he know Li Henian’s real name? He strained to remember that first moment he met Tang Ye, the name he had given, but after a long while, all he knew was that the name had two characters, and every time he tried to say it out loud, he felt he would just say ’Li Henian.’

The name seemed distant in his mind, yet also tantalizingly close.

Seeing Hatred unable to answer for so long, Li Qingtian furrowed her brows, feeling as though this damned man was messing with her.

"What is the name, in the end?"

"I... I seem to have forgotten?"

Hatred was completely baffled, inexplicably forgetting the name as he did. But thinking harder about it, the first time he met Tang Ye, the guy was completely zombified, not able to turn into a human like now.

Back then, Tang Ye possessed intelligence and could deceive just like a human; it can’t be ruled out that the name he provided then was also fake. Perhaps Li Henian was his real name, or maybe both names he used were false.

"That’s enough, if you’ve forgotten, I don’t expect you to remember. Take me to find... Li Henian," Li Qingtian said, pausing slightly on those three words.

"The Marshal has already gone out, you won’t be able to find him now."