Chapter 496: The Price - What to Do When I Suddenly Ascend

"Ten bottles."

At this moment, Lao Shen had just landed, spoke up, "You don't need to worry about us. In fact, we are in very good condition right now."

"Ah?"

Luo Shiping was taken aback. "So, you're zombies now?"

"Yes, zombies."

Lao Wang continued, "But we are different from the zombies in movies and TV shows. We have our own thoughts and even memories from the past."

"We can walk, not just jump, and we are not afraid of the sun. We can even control our desire to drink blood."

"Although... seeing your necks really makes my heart flutter."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their necks.

After all, it's hard to ignore a zombie saying such things in front of you.

"Well!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Shiping sighed deeply.

The Seventh Vice Minister, Lin·Purple Firmament, and others remained silent. In fact, at this moment, they were also unsure of how to deal with the four zombies and were at a loss for what to do.

Fortunately, their friend Luo Shiping was there, so having them chat would allow us to get a better understanding of their current situation.

"It's my fault, I didn't stop you then."

Why should I blame you?

Lao Shen smiled and said, "Actually, we really don't blame you. You're in a much better state than ever before!"

"What?"

Luo Shiping was puzzled.

Lao Shen didn't speak immediately, but walked to the side and suddenly punched down.

Boom!

The ground exploded, instantly creating a crater more than one meter in diameter and two to three meters deep!

"Holy crap?!"

Luo Shiping exclaimed in surprise.

"Strength..."

Lao Shen's voice seemed to carry a hint of groan. "This is what we long for. We don't have the qualifications to Entering Dao path of cultivation and immortality."

"But as it turns out, we can have that power too!"

"That's why we risked entering the cave. Now, we've successfully gained power, and we're faster at cultivating than ordinary people, and stronger than many others!"

"Isn't this exactly what we've been hoping for?"

This scene and these words filled Liu Gang with a sense of fear.

Lao Shen's punch just now was clearly not at full strength, but even so, its destructive power was still stronger than Liu Gang's.

Combined with what just happened, the fact that the opponent was able to fly in the air even when unconscious means that all four of them are already at or above the Foundation Establishment Stage.

After all, only after reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage can one take to the air and fly on their own!

In other words, they turned into zombies overnight and gained combat power and abilities at the Foundation Establishment Stage or above.

It's much better than me studying the Hundred Battles Sutra for a month straight?!

You should know that the Hundred Battles Sutra is a method for quick success!

What does that mean for them? A meteoric rise to power?!

Luo Shiping was shocked but unaware of these things. His face showed a conflicted expression. "That's true, but you... have become zombies."

"From this day forward, I will no longer be human..."

What's the difference?

Lao Wang chuckled, "We can run, jump, walk, and talk; even our normal physiological functions are still intact."

"We have our original memories, we can think, everything is the same as before, oh no, that's not right..."

"We are stronger now; our bodies are invulnerable to blades and spears."

"And to some extent, zombies are almost immortal..."

"For us, this is not a bad thing at all; on the contrary, it's what we've always hoped for, hasn't it?"

"..."

Luo Shiping was completely dumbfounded.

I even suddenly had this thought: being a zombie might not be so bad!

The Seventh Vice Minister took a deep breath.

He knew he couldn't listen any longer, otherwise many people would probably not want to be human and would want to become zombies instead.

"Let me introduce myself. Seventh Vice Minister of the Resident Happiness Living Department."

The Seventh Vice Minister stepped forward and looked at the four... zombies. "There are some questions I want to hear from you."

"Come with us. This is not the place to talk."

The four exchanged glances and did not refuse.

More than half an hour later.

Inside the armored vehicle at the foot of the mountain, there were only four zombies: the Seventh Vice Minister, Lin Fan, Liu Gang, and Lao Wang.

With the car doors closed and other people at least fifty meters away, it was possible to ensure that conversations would not be overheard.

"Seventh Vice Minister, please speak frankly. We will tell you everything we know without reservation."

"First, I want to know the weaknesses of zombies."

The Seventh Vice Minister was very direct, immediately asking about weaknesses, "I heard everything you just said. Indeed, it seems that becoming a zombie is an advantage, but I don't believe there are such perfect creatures in the world."

"There are definitely weaknesses and shortcomings."

"Yes!"

Lao Shen nodded in agreement. "The moment we became zombies, we learned a lot of things, everything about zombies, as if we were born with it."

"The benefits we just mentioned are real, but they can only be achieved in a theoretical state."

"The drawback is that our souls will be forever imprisoned within our physical bodies. If our physical bodies are destroyed, then no matter how strong we are, we will die completely. But it's different for cultivators. As long as their souls are not destroyed, even if their physical bodies are completely destroyed, they will not die."

"Secondly, zombies also need to cultivate in order to gradually become stronger."

"Then you..."

Liu Gang interrupted Lao Shen, as he was extremely concerned about strength.

He diligently studied the Hundred Battles Sutra" for a month to achieve rapid success, yet he couldn't compare to them being bitten by a zombie and standing for a whole night?!

He found it hard to accept.

"We have this kind of strength right after we turned into zombies because the being that turned us into zombies is extremely powerful."

"She is Red-Eyed Zombie, also known as a First Generation zombie, a progenitor of zombies."

"Since she bit us herself, we are naturally different from others. From the beginning, we have thought, everything that normal people have, and the strength of someone around the Foundation Establishment Stage."

Several people pointed to their eyes.

The green vertical pupils looked extremely eerie.

"We are Green Eyes, which means we are Second Generation Zombie. But if we bite others and infect them, they will become third-generation zombies. Third Generation Zombie have Yellow Eyes and can retain their previous memories. However, since they have just begun the transformation and have not yet cultivated, their strength is at most around the Qi Refining Stage."

"The fourth generation has Blue Eyes. When it first transforms, its memories are difficult to preserve completely. By the fifth generation... if it was bitten when it was in the early transformation period of the fourth generation and had little strength, then it is Black-Eyed Zombie."

"Even in this generation, they're no longer considered zombies; they're just stiff corpses."

"Let alone retaining memories and possessing all the abilities of a normal human, they can't even keep their bodies from decaying. They are more like walking corpses than zombies."

"Moreover, the cultivation of zombies is extremely difficult."

"The path of a progenitor-level zombie is limitless, and they can continue to cultivate. However, the talent and 'peak' of each subsequent generation of zombies will be limited. Unless they can break through the limitations of their own bloodline and advance to a higher 'level,' they will be unable to improve once they reach the peak."

"These are all the weaknesses of zombies."

As Lao Shen spoke, his expression remained calm, and he even grinned, revealing his two fangs.

"We were lucky to encounter the first generation of zombies, the progenitor level of zombies, which is why we were able to have all of this overnight."

"I can feel it..."

"We are stronger than this strong man."

The four of them looked at Liu Gang, making the latter's scalp tingle.

"But!"

"That's only for now. In the later stages, he will definitely grow faster than us, unless we keep sucking the blood of cultivators."

"You guys can give it a try!"

Liu Gang felt a chill run down his spine, but he wasn't particularly terrified.

Your level of understanding is higher than mine?!

At most, they are only at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even if a zombie has a powerful physical body, it cannot withstand many powerful Hot Weapons!

They had already taken this into account; the Hundred Battles Sutra contained a detailed description of Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, so he was fearless.

Are they no match for him?

There are weapons too!

Even weapons couldn't defeat them?

Don't we have another big shot here?

"Don't be nervous."

Lao Wang smiled and said, "We're just giving an example."

"This joke is not funny at all."

Liu Gang snorted coldly.

The Seventh Vice Minister gestured for Liu Gang to calm down before turning to the others. "We have a general understanding of some things about zombies."

"Now I want to know, what are your plans next?"

"First, I would like to state the position of the Resident Happiness Living Department."

"Originally, our way of dealing with zombies was to exterminate them completely."

"But you will retain your original memories, as well as your wisdom and thoughts, making you more like humans than zombies."

"Therefore, I prefer to call you members of the ' Superpower User ' group."

"But you should also know the requirements and standards that our Resident Happiness Living Department has for ' Superpower User '."

So... give me your answers!

The Seventh Vice Minister ' meaning was very clear.

You are intelligent, not the kind of zombies that only know how to suck blood, so I won't have you wiped out directly.

But you also need to give me an explanation, or rather, give me your own choice!

In fact, the Seventh Vice Minister were still somewhat regretful at this moment...

Overnight, four Foundation Establishment Stage zombies regained their original intelligence!

He even wondered if he could let them give all the confidants of the Resident Happiness Living Department a taste of it, wouldn't that be... faster than cultivating the Hundred Battles Sutra?

However, the fact that zombies cultivate extremely slowly, unless they have the blood of immortal cultivators, forced the Seventh Vice Minister to abandon this concern.

Besides, the zombies they bit were third-generation zombies.

That wouldn't be very appealing.

From that moment on, he began to think about how to deal with the four zombies.

Kill them outright?

Something seems a bit off, after all, they didn't do anything wrong.

Letting it go unchecked? That's impossible, so we have to get an explanation from them, or at least a promise.

We understand your concerns.

Lao Shen chuckled and said, "What we can promise is that we will absolutely not bite people randomly or suck their blood."

"At the same time, we must respect our laws. If anyone violates them, we will deal with them as we see fit."

Upon hearing this, the Seventh Vice Minister nodded slightly, indicating his satisfaction.

However, Lin·Purple Firmament raised her eyebrows slightly.

"There's one more thing, did you forget to mention it, or do you just not want to say it?"

Her question immediately put the Seventh Vice Minister on high alert, "Mister Lin, what are they hiding?"

"As far as I know."

"The zombie that bit you is your 'ancestor,' the source of your power. Unless you can become stronger than her, you can only obey her and cannot disobey her!"

"Besides..."

"She must have some plans for you, right?"

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have spared your lives."

Lin·Purple Firmament's eyes gleamed as she stared at the four of them, as if to say that nothing could escape 'my' eyes.

She had little contact with zombies, but she still knew some basic facts about them.

If a zombie bites someone, will that person definitely turn into a zombie?

Yeah, right!

Unless it's a 'walking dead' that only has the ability to infect, truly powerful zombies can easily control whether or not to turn someone into a zombie after they bite them.

for example...

It sucked all its blood and even swallowed its soul. How can it become a zombie?

For a female zombie, a 'red-eyed first-generation' zombie, a single bite is all it takes to easily drain the blood, True Essence, soul, and everything else useful, not to mention Golden Core people!

If there was no ulterior motive, how could they have bitten four ordinary people and turned them into Second Generation Zombie?

It should be noted that if it were someone like Liu Gang who took a bite and then transformed, it would likely give Liu Gang combat power close to that of the Golden Core stage.

To replenish his own strength by absorbing blood?

Wouldn't it be more effective to just absorb the soul completely? How could there be any blood and the entire soul left behind?

In fact, the blood of an ordinary person wouldn't be of much benefit to that zombie; at most, it might just satisfy its craving...

And the taste wasn't even that great.

It's roughly like someone who's been starving for over a thousand years suddenly seeing rice and then... wanting to take a bite?

Although the rice didn't taste or feel very good, and it was even a bit spoiled.

Under normal circumstances, they probably wouldn't eat it; they'd just flip it over and kill it directly.

But she still inhaled it and turned them into zombies, which must have been part of a plan.

"..."

Hearing Lin·Purple Firmament's words, the Seventh Vice Minister frowned. "If it were their 'ancestor,' making them do some illegal things..."

"They will inevitably go back to do it; they can't resist." Lin·Purple Firmament replied calmly. "Otherwise, even if they are far away, that 'ancestor' could easily control their bloodline and even make them explode and die."

"That would be an unstable factor."

The Seventh Vice Minister gave the four zombies opposite him a deep look and pondered for a moment.

Originally, the Seventh Vice Minister thought that although these four guys had become zombies, they still had their own thoughts and memories. As long as they explained things clearly, they shouldn't cause any trouble.

But now they know that they will be completely controlled by that female zombie, and everything about that female zombie is currently a mystery.

Who knows if she might control these four guys to do something?

In other words, the four Second Generation Green Eyes zombies, who were originally thought to be controllable, were actually not controllable, and even if they didn't want to do it, they couldn't refuse.

This is not a good sign.

If that female zombie suddenly asks them to do something illegal, disorderly, or even crooked, they'll have no choice but to do it.

If we leave them to survive on their own, something bad might happen!

We must be more cautious in dealing with these four zombies.

Seeing this, the four men, including Lao Shen, understood and said, "What you said is indeed correct, but we already have a 'mission'."

"Oh?"

Lin·Purple Firmament raised an eyebrow. "What did she ask you to do?"

"Guard."

"Guard?"

Everyone was stunned.

"What are we protecting?"

Let zombies guard you?!

This thing, whether in legends or stories, seems to be a synonym for causing trouble and doing bad things.

What else can we protect?

"Protect... Lin Fan."

They spoke...

Lin·Purple Firmament was taken aback.

The Seventh Vice Minister' hearts pounded.

"This?"

Liu Gang's eyes widened as well.

Others might not know, but the three of them knew very well where the problem lay. First of all, although Lin Fan, this cultivator, had shown his back and side view many times, he had never revealed his name!

The official sources have never made it public.

So, how did these people know Lin Fan's name?

Moreover, protecting Lin Fan?!

Are you crazy?!

You zombies received orders from the 'Mother' to protect her?

Do you think you can beat him?

Liu Gang opened his mouth, his mind full of complaints, but ultimately he didn't say anything.

The Seventh Vice Minister also looked bewildered, and after a long while, he finally said, "You... how will you protect him? Why should you protect him?"

"Have no idea."

Lao Wang shrugged, then smiled wryly, "The thought had been in our minds the moment we turned into zombies."

"Protect Lin Fan."

"It's like the zeroth law in a robot's brain; with this law, you can break any other law."

"Normally, we can do our own thing, but once Lin Fan is in danger, our 'program' will be 'activated'. Even if it costs us our lives to keep Lin Fan alive for just one more second, we have to do it."

"It's ruthless, but perhaps this is our destiny..."

Lao Shen sighed, "The Wudang Sect Leader said that none of us have the talent to cultivate immortality, but we are unwilling to be ordinary, so we risked entering the cave."

"Now, we possess power that ordinary people cannot have, and the potential of the Second Generation Zombie will also be very high..."

"The price is that I was born to protect Lin Fan."

Their words caused the Seventh Vice Minister to frown deeply.

Lin·Purple Firmament, however, was shaken and unable to make sense of it!

The Price

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