Manipulating the Dead, a Terrifying Scheme

The man in the straw hat, who was surrounded by a group of soldiers, finally slowly took off his hat, revealing a greenish-blue face.

That face was incredibly stiff and expressionless.

Upon seeing him finally reveal his face, the soldier who had initially blocked his way asked hesitantly, "It really is you. Weren't you dead? How come you're here?"

The reason he found this person strange was...

It was because he recognized the person wearing the straw hat.

This person was one of his former colleagues in the military.

It was a glimpse of a wound on the back of the other person's head that aroused his suspicion. The wound was caused by a sneak attack by thieves when he was dealing with a group of thieves not long ago.

The wound nearly pierced his entire skull, killing him instantly.

At this moment, the festering wound still remained on his chin.

Are you a human or a ghost?

The other soldiers also felt a chill run down their spines.

The scene before me felt incredibly bizarre.

After removing his straw hat, the man showed no intention of speaking, but instead walked forward. Then, something unexpected happened.

He walked towards a spear, letting it pierce his body, but his steps did not falter at all; he continued to walk forward.

Is this even human?

The soldiers were shocked and immediately raised their weapons to stab the man.

In the blink of an eye.

The man had more than a dozen holes in his body, but what flowed out was not blood, but thick green pus.

At this point, the man began to fight back. He grabbed a long spear and threw it, piercing through the shoulder of a soldier.

Now.

The people near the city gate had already dispersed in all directions.

An open space was left.

Fortunately, the man was only a bit strange, but he didn't possess much strength. Surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, he was quickly hacked into a pile of mangled flesh.

They also considered capturing him alive.

But the price paid was too high.

They discovered that as long as the other side was still capable of moving, they would not give up resisting, making it impossible to capture them alive.

In the end, at the cost of four casualties, that inhuman and ghostly thing was completely destroyed.

"You guard the city gate, I'll go and present these scraps of flesh to the general!"

"Good!"

Today's events were rather strange, especially since it coincided with the emperor's birthday. Fearing something might go wrong, they hurriedly took the meat back to their superiors for a decision.

The bustling scene in front of the city gate has returned.

There were still many people coming and going.

"Brother Ding, for some reason, I feel that some people have a similar aura to the guy we just killed."

One of the guards slowly spoke.

"You're being too sensitive. But that thing really was weird, neither human nor ghost. I still feel nauseous."

"It's not that I'm being sensitive, but I genuinely think some people's faces look stiff and even a bit bluish..."

Upon hearing this, even the soldier who hadn't been particularly concerned couldn't help but nervously glance around.

Amidst the noise.

Everything seemed normal.

But if you look closely, you can really sense that some people's movements are a bit... stiff!

Throughout the imperial city.

People with stiff postures like this often appear.

They all wore straw hats or face masks to cover their faces when they walked.

In a spacious courtyard, an old man with a charcoal-like face was distributing talismans. Around him, many people received the talismans and hurriedly left.

Anyone with a talisman only needs to flick it lightly, and many people with masked faces and stiff movements will follow behind them.

"Senior! According to the plan, our controlled zombies have already infiltrated various parts of the dynasty, but some are of too low rank and have probably already been exposed."

A young man respectfully reported.

The old man, his face ashen, chuckled dismissively, "It's alright. Even if they see through my ruse, it'll be too late. This entire imperial city is teeming with my treasures. I'm just waiting for Your Highness to rise up, then I'll wipe out all the powerful nobles and influential figures in the city. Those who surrender will serve us, while those who refuse to surrender will become food for my treasures..."

The "treasure" he was referring to was, of course, the zombies.

When they first saw these zombies, even the henchmen of the Carefree King were terrified.

Those methods were truly terrifying.

Manipulate the dead and turn them into fighting force.

The longer a corpse has been dead, or the stronger a person was in life, the stronger their corpse will be in combat after death.

The dark-faced old man before them was none other than the most capable and powerful subordinate of the Carefree King, known as the Old Man Ghost Cry.

The sinister methods used to manipulate the dead are so terrifying that even ghosts would cry out and flee in terror.

The Old Man Ghost Cry was only at the Ninth Rank of cultivation.

But his terrifying methods made him even more frightening than Grandmaster.

Over the years, the Old Man Ghost Cry has received a secret order from the Carefree King to commit evil deeds and wreak havoc everywhere. As a result, he has also collected many corpses and transformed them into zombies.

The imperial city has now been completely invaded by these zombies.

They were just waiting for the Carefree King's signal, and then they could wreak havoc in the imperial city!

On the emperor's birthday, all the powerful and influential people in the land would gather, making it much easier for the throne to be passed on.

At that time.

Once the Carefree King has personally killed the Celestial Person Song Huai, and then forced Emperor Wanling Zhao Jin of Ten Thousand Spirits to issue an edict of succession, the great task will be accomplished!

At that time, without the Celestial Person Song Huai, no one in the imperial city will be able to stop the Old Man Ghost Cry and the countless zombie army!