Those Walking Corpses were incredibly persistent. Although the distance between them and the group gradually widened, they never gave up, chasing everyone toward the Salt Flats. As the distance continued to grow, the group's spirits stabilized as well. While running, Wang Da Ge moved closer to Tu Si Ye and asked, "Fourth Master, what the hell are these things? Their bodies are rotting, yet they're still alive?"
"You've got something wrong with your eyes. Go find a doctor and have them checked. Which of your eyes saw Living Persons among them?" Tu Si Ye rolled his eyes at Wang Da Ge's question and answered irritably.
"Not Living Persons? Then they're dead? Why can dead people still chase us?"
"These should be zombies, right? I've read descriptions of them in some ancient books. After a living person dies, their Three Souls and Seven Spirits are reincarnated, while the body rots and returns to dust. However, some people who died unjustly carried such deep resentment that their souls could not be reincarnated after death. They lingered within their bodies, and after the bodies absorbed the essence of the stars and moon, they could remain unrotted. They would then emerge at night to harm people. Such things were called zombies. These things that crawled out of the lake are exactly like the ones described in the books." Elder Afanti gasped as he spoke.
"Zombies? Then how do we deal with them? They're already dead—do we kill them again?" a young man in the group asked with a strange look on his face.
"...Fourth Master, you're pretty knowledgeable. Can you deal with these things?" After hearing his companion's question, Wang Da Ge pondered for a moment before looking hopefully at Tu Si Ye. As far as he was concerned, the Old Man had spent