"We can't chase after them." Faced with Shen Er's probing, Chen Qing shook his head directly.
"Why?" Chen Ying asked anxiously. She had already realized that if these zombies were allowed to escape and spread their poison to the countryside, the consequences would be dire!
"Does Your Excellency require our assistance?" Shen Er asked with a smile.
"We really can't chase them." Chen Qing shook his head. "Even if we kill them all, more will come."
Chen Ying was taken aback, not understanding. Shen Er, however, reacted quickly, immediately understanding. "Does Your Excellency mean that more will come after we kill them all?"
Chen Qing glanced at the two of them and sighed inwardly. To be honest, Shen Er was the type he liked best—quick-witted, deep, and ruthless in action. He was perfectly capable of handling things on his own, unlike Chen Ying, who looked so naive that she hadn't even realized what was happening yet, like a child who had never seen the world.
However, Shen Er is too deeply tied to the Shen Family and too cunning, leaving him with almost no room for further development. Chen Ying, on the other hand, has a clean background; even her backer Mu Hongqing, is a lone official. To be honest, he had considered making a vow with this young girl and then setting his sights on that education official.
"Why is that?" Chen Ying was still confused.
Second Master Shen, however, seemed to be deep in thought, saying, "The magic array only released some living corpses because of its limited capacity. If this magic array is sophisticated enough to detect the annihilation of these living corpses, then it can determine which area was annihilated quickly enough. I see!"
The more Second Master Shen thought about it, the clearer it became. "That's why this magic array divides the seven continents of Jiangnan into different parts, in order to determine which side has stronger resistance, so as to release more living corpses to the side with stronger resistance and relieve its own pressure."
" Second Master Shen understands quickly," Chen Qing said with a smile.
He was secretly astonished. This Shen Lao'er had analyzed so much from just this little bit of information. He was truly remarkable. Putting aside everything else, his thinking ability alone was beyond what ordinary ancient people could match.
"But if that's all the ability they have, I'm afraid it won't cause any great calamity, right?" Shen Yiyun frowned.
Chen Qing pursed her lips slightly upon hearing this. " Mr. Shen Er will find out later."
The intensity is low now simply because it's in the early stages.
As more and more zombies break free from the control of the white mist, they will evolve into more and more powerful zombie forms. In addition to the command type, there will also be the combat type. Over time, ordinary zombies will also become stronger and stronger. If left to develop, zombies that have evolved more than ten times can rival First Rank bloodline martial artists!
While ten evolutions may sound like a lot, they actually happen very quickly—sometimes a few months, sometimes as early as the first month!
That's what makes the guy sealed in the mist so troublesome!
If you're not careful, the enemy can amass an incredibly powerful army of undead. The idea is simple: it's based on the characteristics of zombies in apocalyptic scenarios.
The zombie strategy may be old-fashioned, but it's effective enough.
When this monster first appeared in the game, out of the 57 servers, only three servers could barely put up a fight, while the players in the remaining servers were almost completely wiped out!
"Please move to the city; I will explain to the Second Master later."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yiyun nodded, and with a gentle flick of his hand, a black arm grabbed the tightly bound Shen Laojiu, and together with Murong Yunji, they leaped onto the city wall.
Chen Qing then looked at Chen Ying beside him and said, "Wife, would you like to give your husband a ride?"
Chen Ying was taken aback. This guy was so capable, did he really need her to mentor him?
But she didn't say anything, after all, she was still a little guilty. She gently supported Chen Qing, and with Windwalking Technique spell, she carried him to the top of the city wall.
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Meanwhile, on the first night, zombies appeared on land in several states in Jiangnan. Compared to Chen Qing's smooth sailing, the other regions with heavy troops performed worse than Liuzhou.
The chaos caused by tens of thousands of zombies was far more serious than imagined, because not everyone knew the characteristics of these zombies as well as Chen Qing. Several nights, the soldiers stationed at the docks by the Zhou family were attacked one after another, and the situation was extremely chaotic. These zombies felt no pain, were not afraid of knife wounds, and could not die unless their heads were completely cut off. For a time, even the regular elite troops were caught in a fierce battle.
Worse still, many soldiers who were bitten were sent directly into the city for treatment, unknowingly spreading the cadaver poison into the densely populated urban area without any prior intelligence.
At this moment, the Shen Family family members gathered in the Liuzhou government office, all watching Chen Qing describe the current situation on the map of Jiangnan that he had drawn.
"Does Your Excellency mean that these living corpses were deliberately released?" Wei Gongcheng asked in astonishment.
"Didn't you say before that the purpose of this white mist formation was to suppress these monsters?"
"We can't suppress them anymore," Chen Qing said with a bitter smile. "I don't know which damned person caused a loophole in the seal, but the monsters inside must have escaped a few days ago. According to General Yuchi, all seventeen kingdoms of the West Sea have been wiped out, which means that the living corpses we are seeing now are tens of millions of people from the seventeen kingdoms of the West Sea!"
Tens of millions!!
The people in the mansion were shocked to hear this, but Shen Yiyun's eyes flashed with a strange light, because he remembered that his Shen Family had gone to the West Sea a few days ago.
"Why didn't Yuchi Feihong come out with us?" Murong Yunji asked curiously.
Chen Qing: " Yuchi Feihong has evolved a black mist around his body, allowing him to walk freely in broad daylight. This black mist can also bring other living corpses out with him. The white mist contains countless layers; the entire formation is divided into nine layers, inner and outer. The outer layer imprisons the lowest-level living corpses. Yuchi Feihong is an anomaly, exceeding the formation's calculations, and can freely enter and exit the outer layer of the white mist. Once he's inside, he can't easily come out; otherwise, given the scale of his black mist, a million living corpses would emerge with it!"
"I see." Murong Yunji nodded. No wonder there were so many living corpses following under the ship; it turned out that Yuchi Feihong's black mist could block out the sunlight.
"The outer layer holds low-level living corpses, so what's held in the inner layer?" Shen Yiyun pressed.
"Naturally, they are high-level zombies!" Chen Qing said quietly, "These zombies devour each other on the outer perimeter, growing stronger like Gu worms. Once they evolve to a certain level, they can penetrate to the next level of the formation, where even higher-level worms are imprisoned. When the two combine, they become a new existence."
"Insects?" Shen Yiyun's eyes narrowed.
"That's right, insects!" Chen Qing nodded. "These clouds and mist imprison the most terrifying poisonous insects in the world. They're so terrifying that this formation has to constantly suppress and break down their components. So, what this formation is actually suppressing are tens of thousands of insects!"
"Thousands upon thousands of insects?" A bad feeling rose in Shen Yiyun's mind. "Decomposed?"
"Yes," Chen Qing nodded again, "Because that worm was too terrifying, it had to be decomposed, which resulted in the formation actually being made from worms that had been decomposed several times. These worms inherited parts of the poisonous worm's abilities and would choose excellent hosts to grow. The formation has existed for an immeasurable number of years and already has many ancient living corpses that have inherited the worms. The one that Yuchi mentioned that wiped out the seventeen kingdoms of the West Sea was most likely just one of them!"
One of them could wipe out all seventeen kingdoms of the West Sea?
Shen Yiyun and Murong Yunji both frowned, feeling that the other party was exaggerating a bit. If that were the case, releasing a thousand poisonous insects at once would surely turn the world upside down!
"Then shouldn't the formation isolate the living corpses?" Murong Yunji sensed something was amiss and asked, "Why should excellent living corpses be allowed to merge with the insects you're talking about?"
"It's intentional," Chen Qing explained patiently. "Besides creating a blockade, the mist also creates illusions. After these insects obtain excellent hosts, they will fight each other in the deepest layers of the formation, arranged by the formation. It will precisely calculate the strength between the insects, choosing worthy opponents to meet. When the battle is nearly over, it will use methods to destroy both of their bodies, leaving the insects severely injured. They will either die directly or hide and fall into a deep slumber. Over time, the power of these insects will gradually weaken until they are completely suppressed!"
"So intricate?" Murong Yunji became even more curious. "Is it being manipulated?"
"No." Chen Qing shook his head. "That's why loopholes appear. Some insects that find the pattern will know how to accumulate strength and hide deep within the formation."
Hearing this, Shen Yiyun's unease grew stronger, and she asked softly, "What if someone could control the insects?"
"Control the insects?" Chen Qing was taken aback, then said, "If someone could control these insects to act in unison and prevent them from killing each other, the problem would be very serious!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yiyun stood up abruptly and looked behind her, then turned to Murong Yunji with a strange expression. "Sister-in-law, where is Laojiu?"
Murong Yunji was startled. Turning around, she was immediately shocked. The Laojiu, whom she had just bound with her Wind Lock, had vanished without a trace!