The Zombie Appears

Inside Uncle Nine's public mortuary, Qiusheng had just returned after killing Xiaoyu. He was now sitting around a table with Uncle Nine and the others, having dinner.

"Senior brother, I think I'd better set off on my own tomorrow. I've already spent far too long here in Ren Family Town."

"I'm worried something might happen back home if I delay any longer."

Taoist Four Eyes spoke as he drank with Uncle Nine.

"Junior brother, Jiale is watching the house by himself. What could happen? Stay here with me for another couple of days."

"I expect that zombie will come knocking within the next two days."

Seeing Taoist Four Eyes preparing to leave, Uncle Nine immediately tried to persuade him to stay.

But just as Uncle Nine finished speaking, Ren Wei stumbled into the public mortuary with two of his men.

As he ran, he shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Uncle Nine! Uncle Nine, this is bad! The zombie has appeared! Several people have already died in town. Hurry and take a look!"

At his cry, both Uncle Nine and Qiusheng's expressions changed. They immediately got to their feet and went to meet him.

"What happened? Tell me clearly."

"Uncle Nine, I was patrolling with my men today when we suddenly heard several screams from a street corner in Ren Family Town."

"So I took my men to investigate. We found several local hooligans, the ones who were always causing trouble in the streets, lying on the ground. They all had wounds at their throats, just like the one my uncle-in-law had when he died!"

"Hm?"

Hearing this, Uncle Nine immediately prepared to put on his Daoist robe and rush out.

Unexpectedly, Qiusheng suddenly spoke up.

"Master, stay here at the public mortuary. I can handle the bodies in town myself."

"I have a feeling that after sucking those people's blood, the zombie will come straight to our public mortuary."

Uncle Nine raised an eyebrow at Qiusheng's words but said nothing more. He went to the quiet room where he usually cultivated and brought out two Daoist robes and two fine Peach Wood Swords, handing them to Qiusheng and Taoist Four Eyes.

"Junior brother, Qiusheng has a point. But I'm still worried about sending him to Ren Family Town alone. Go with him. You can watch each other's backs."

Taoist Four Eyes did not hesitate. He stood up and went with Qiusheng, taking Ren Wei and the others with them toward Ren Family Town.

They moved quickly and reached town before long.

A crowd of security corps members had already gathered around the bodies bitten by the zombie.

Each man held a rifle, aiming it at the bodies as if facing a great enemy.

"Get the hell out of the way! Look at you cowards, scared stiff by a few corpses—holy crap! What the hell is that?"

Ren Wei arrived with Qiusheng and the others. Seeing his subordinates acting like a bunch of cowards, he stepped forward to show off—then kicked something and turned deathly pale.

His men saw their captain's ridiculous reaction and couldn't help bursting into laughter.

"Damn it, a bunch of drunks. They finish drinking and then toss their bottles everywhere. No wonder the zombie got them."

Looking at the bottle beneath his foot, Ren Wei pointed at the bodies and cursed.

Maybe he was just unlucky. The moment he finished cursing, the bodies that had been lying motionless on the ground suddenly stirred.

Before Ren Wei and the others' eyes, the corpses—which had been dead beyond any doubt—began to wobble as they tried to stand.

"Get out of the way!"

Qiusheng roared. A flash of cold steel swept through the air, cutting across the corpses as they rose and sending all their heads flying.

"G-good! What an incredible sword technique!"

Seeing Qiusheng take down the corpses with a single stroke, Ren Wei and the others immediately applauded.

Qiusheng and Taoist Four Eyes exchanged a glance, their expressions grim.

Even the four hundred Exorcism Points Qiusheng earned for killing four Walking Corpses could not dispel the unease in his heart.

Why? The reason was simple: the four bodies in front of him had turned far too quickly.

Normally, someone bitten by a zombie would take a full day to turn.

But these men had turned in less than half a day.

That could only mean one thing: the zombie that killed them had extremely potent corpse energy, far surpassing that of an ordinary Iron-Armored Zombie.

And what was above an Iron-Armored Zombie? A Bronze-Armored Zombie, just one rank below the Zombie King.

Without hesitation, after considering that frightening possibility, Qiusheng and Taoist Four Eyes immediately set off at full speed for the public mortuary.

Inside the public mortuary, after Qiusheng and Taoist Four Eyes left, Uncle Nine set up an altar in the courtyard and spread a thick layer of glutinous rice over the entire grounds. Then he waited quietly for the zombie to come.

"Roar!"

The zombie had yet to appear when a low growl suddenly sounded outside the public mortuary.

Uncle Nine's expression changed at the sound.

"Wencai, Tingting, stay inside the house. Don't come out!"

Uncle Nine shouted, keeping his eyes fixed on the public mortuary's entrance as he waited for the zombie to attack.

But although he could still hear the zombie's faint growls, he could not see it anywhere.

Just as he was wondering about this, a withered hand suddenly emerged from beneath his feet and reached for his ankle.

"Not good!"

Uncle Nine's heart lurched. He thrust his Peach Wood Sword straight down, but it struck like iron against iron and had no effect.

With the situation growing dangerous, Uncle Nine suddenly had an idea. He stomped hard with his free left foot, sending the glutinous rice on the ground flying into the zombie's hand.

"Zzz!"

The opposing properties of glutinous rice and corpse energy erupted at once. Seizing the opening, Uncle Nine pulled his right foot free from the zombie's grip.

The moment he broke free, Uncle Nine rolled across the ground and quickly fled from that spot.

Sure enough, the instant he rolled away, a zombie emerged. Its body had grown somewhat more withered, but the corpse energy around it had become even denser.

"Roar!"

The zombie burst out with a roar, and a piercing sizzling sound rang out across the glutinous rice around it.

"Zzz!"

Seeing this, Uncle Nine flicked his Peach Wood Sword upward. Glutinous rice filled the air, raining down on Ren Weiyong!