The Grand Elder rushed into the meeting room.
At first glance, he saw the heart on the conference table, still beating wildly.
Drenched in blood, it contracted and expanded, each beat sending ripples through the pool of blood on the table.
The Grand Elder's pupils contracted sharply again.
"A Zombie King Heart?"
"Where did that bastard He Jie get something like this?"
This is bad.
Even the knowledgeable and experienced Grand Elder Liu Yijun paled at that moment.
The Zombie King Heart...
An ordinary zombie only needed to swallow this heart to immediately gain the potential to become a Zombie King.
That was a qualitative leap, an ascension to a higher level of life.
And now, that heart had been punctured.
The treasure's innate concealment had dissipated.
Now, to the senses of every zombie, this Zombie King Heart was like a blazing sun, radiating an irresistible attraction.
It was a desire etched into the zombies' instincts...
To become king.
The zombie horde went mad.
The other elders entered the meeting room right behind him. At the sight of the beating heart, their faces all darkened like the bottoms of pots.
The Grand Elder was still the quickest to recover.
"Quick, return to your seats! Use the Council of Elders' authority and restore the Shield first!"
The seven elders immediately returned to their seats, their fingers tapping frantically on the light screens.
But soon, everyone's movements froze.
They couldn't operate it.
Even Liu Yijun, the Grand Elder himself, could not close the Light Gate and restore the Shield.
The Third Elder's authority had been overridden by the City Lord Token and no longer worked.
Their only hope was the Council of Elders.
They had to gather the Nine Great Elders and hold a vote to see whether they could counterbalance the