Eyes Pierced, Heart Dead

After time flowed on into the latter half of the night, the pharmacy doors finally opened.

Amid a haze of rising steam, Old Physician Wang slowly emerged, carefully carrying a bowl of thick, ink-black medicinal liquid with a pungent odor.

Carrying the bowl of medicine, he headed under the crowd's escort toward a side courtyard behind World-Saving Hall, its gates tightly secured with iron bolts.

Within that not-too-large courtyard, nearly twenty zombies were imprisoned, each one tightly bound to wooden posts with iron chains.

These zombies were, for the most part, relatives of the refugees at World-Saving Hall.

But now, their skin was deathly pale, their forms twisted, sharp fangs filling their mouths and crimson eyes glaring.

Beastly growls constantly rumbled from their throats as they struggled, making their chains rattle and clatter.

Compared to humans, they resembled evil ghosts far more.

Creeeak—

The side courtyard gate slowly opened.

Standing outside and looking at the horde of zombies in the small yard, everyone's hearts rose into their throats.

Although Old Physician Wang was nervous as well—so nervous that his hands trembled and his breathing came ragged—his gaze was full of determination. "This old man's medicine will definitely work!"

"Ah Niu, come over and hold down your daughter."

After taking a deep breath, Physician Wang called over a man and motioned for him to enter the side room and restrain a girl zombie that was snarling madly.

He held down her vicious head as it thrashed wildly from side to side.

Then Old Physician Wang used a bamboo tube to pry open her mouth and forcibly poured in that bowl of medicine that carried everyone's hopes.

Silence.

A deathly silence filled the entire place.

Nearly a hundred pairs of eyes stared fixedly at the zombie girl who had been given the