Vicious Plan

In the blink of an eye.

Another four days passed.

Half of the 20-day limit for this Secret Realm had already gone by.

And in these four days, Chen Ye and Tang Zichen had only encountered one zombie.

This indicated that zombies preferred to hide in the mountains and forests.

They didn't seem to like coming to the riverbank...

Morning.

Chen Ye and Tang Zichen ate breakfast (fish) and gathered to discuss their strategy.

"Today is already the 11th day. In the past 10 days, we've killed a total of 8 Jumping Corpse monsters, and that includes the Black guy we met on the first day," Chen Ye said.

Actually.

This achievement was already very good for an ordinary team.

However, both Chen Ye and Tang Zichen were a bit dissatisfied.

Chen Ye, in particular, was very unhappy.

Having only killed 8 zombies, even if each gave the full 6 potential points, that was only 48 points in total. Splitting it evenly with Tang Zichen, each person only got 24 points.

It wasn't even enough to fill his teeth.

He could gain more attribute points just by training for two days.

Even though Tang Zichen had been the one killing zombies for these ten days, with Chen Ye acting as a hands-off manager, essentially getting potential points for free...

"Class monitor, I think we need to change our strategy,"

Chen Ye said, "If we continue to rely on luck to find Jumping Corpse monsters, I'm afraid we won't be able to kill many by the time the period ends."

Tang Zichen heard this and asked curiously, "Didn't you already try using fresh blood to lure the Jumping Corpse monsters last time? Do you have another method?"

Yes.

Back on the evening of the third day, Chen Ye had tried cutting himself to draw blood and attract zombies.

Unfortunately, that plan hadn't worked.

Chen Ye guessed it was probably because there was too much blood smell in the Secret Realm.

After all, people had been dying almost every day since the Secret Realm opened.

"Actually, I do have another idea..."

Chen Ye hesitated for a moment and said, "But this plan might be considered unethical..."

Tang Zichen frowned upon hearing this, as if she had thought of something, and then asked:

"Are you suggesting we capture other people we encounter, then have a Jumping Corpse monster bite them, turning them all into monsters, and then kill them one by one, using this method to obtain a large amount of potential points?"

Chen Ye was stunned.

Afterward, he quickly realized that someone must have done this before.

Otherwise, Tang Zichen wouldn't have guessed what he was planning based on just the phrase "unethical."

"Someone did that?"

"Yes!"

"Then what happened to that person?"

"Very badly. His family became outcasts, and he was eventually tortured and killed by his enemies for revenge. His actions caused the country to compensate a large amount of death benefits, and as for himself, he was publicly executed!"

Chen Ye: "..."

That outcome was indeed a bit too tragic!

"That incident caused a huge stir back then, because the casualties among the new students from the same year as that person were extremely heavy."

Tang Zichen recalled, "That person's talent was S3. He contacted several S-class talent users, and in the Secret Realm, they carried out a sinister plan of raising gu with people."

"The plan was very successful at first. No team could resist them. As long as they encountered them, they would basically be captured... It's said that those few people harmed hundreds of people!"

"Later, the Jumping Corpse monsters they controlled, after consuming too much human blood, then... evolved!"

Hearing this, Chen Ye was slightly taken aback.

He hadn't expected the zombies in the Secret Realm to evolve!

Well, zombies in movies could indeed evolve...

But why didn't Old Liu tell them such important information?

"The evolved Jumping Corpse monsters became very terrifying, their combat power increased more than tenfold, and alloy weapons completely lost their effectiveness against it."

Tang Zichen continued, "That person and his companions could no longer control the Jumping Corpse monsters. They were even hunted by the Jumping Corpse monsters in turn, and the plan spiraled out of control..."

"Although it's unclear how that person escaped, the evolved Jumping Corpse monsters went on a rampage in the Secret Realm, slaughtering many new students."

"By the end of the 20 days, less than one in ten new students who managed to survive came out alive, and they were severely mentally traumatized. Many of them ended up in psychiatric hospitals from then on."

"Survivors spoke out about that person's actions, causing a huge stir."

"When the higher-ups of the Esper Associations from various countries received the news, they were extremely enraged. With the cooperation of their governments, they pressured the perpetrator's country, demanding the killer be handed over and compensation for the damages."

"It's said that the situation was on the verge of spiraling out of control, and the consequence of that would likely have been the destruction of the perpetrator's country by those powerful individuals..."

After Tang Zichen finished speaking, she looked calmly at Chen Ye.

Chen Ye felt ashamed.

He had originally planned to specifically target foreigners, as long as he didn't harm his own countrymen.

He hadn't expected that someone had already done something similar and met such a tragic end.

Thinking about it carefully.

The risks of this plan were indeed very high!

Although Chen Ye was confident he could control the zombies even after they evolved once, if anyone discovered and leaked his secret, his fate would likely be the same as that person.

At that time, experts from all over the world would exert pressure. Even though Xia Country was a major power, it wouldn't be able to withstand such pressure.

His father, Chairman Chen, would absolutely not be able to protect him!

If it were three years later, Chen Ye would still be confident in fighting his way out.

But now, with his current strength, facing such a situation, he could only submit to execution.

The consequences were indeed too severe.

To risk so much for a mere few potential points from a Secret Realm was not worth it at all!!

"I seem to recall there was no news about this incident online, and the contents of the Secret Realm are not allowed to be transmitted online..."

Chen Ye asked the girl, "So, how did you know about this?"

"Teacher Liu told me," Tang Zichen replied calmly. "He believes I have the capability to execute such a plan, so he told me in advance to prevent me from making mistakes."

"That kind of plan has now become a universally recognized taboo among nations; no one dares to touch it."

After Chen Ye heard this.

He felt very helpless.

Since the plan he had just considered was too risky and couldn't be executed, He also didn't know how to find a large number of zombies.

Those zombie-themed movies and TV shows only mentioned many of the zombies' weaknesses, but not how to attract a large number of them!

Although some zombies could be lured by specific conditions, Such as certain music, or direct relatives...

But these types of zombies were only a minority.

In a Secret Realm, they had no reference value.

Without a large number of zombies to farm potential points, this trip would have been in vain for Chen Ye.

At the same time.

In a forest several hundred meters away from Chen Ye and Tang Zichen, more than a hundred people had already gathered.

These people had different skin tones and seemed to come from different countries.

However, their target was the same!

To assassinate Tang Zichen!!