The Truth About the Living Corpses
Inside the bunker, a terrifying uproar ensued.
A Hongyi Apostle reported the loss of a living corpse to his superior's boss. The Blue-Robed Apostle immediately flew into a rage, summoned all the White-Robed Apostle under his command, and gave them a severe reprimand.
On the contrary, the Hongyi Apostle exposed the matter was appreciated and was immediately put on a white robe, becoming the center of attention.
This incident caused a huge uproar in the bunker. Many of the lowest-ranking Hongyi Apostle seemed to be inspired by it and rallied, wanting to have the same opportunity to soar to the top as that person.
But lucky people are only a minority, and there aren't that many flaws in the bunker waiting for everyone to discover. After a brief period of hard work, the lowest-ranking Hongyi Apostle quickly realized this reality, and the diligence they had finally mustered turned into numbness in the blink of an eye.
They believed the sect leader possessed the ability to remove the Curse, but they didn't believe such a rare opportunity would fall into their laps.
The hall master was unaware of the apostles' changing thoughts, or rather, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
At that moment, he was flipping through the booklet handed to him by his subordinate, frowning at the glaring number. "Tell me, how could you have missed one?"
The sect leader had already warned us when he released the zombies that we must retrieve them all in the end, leaving none behind.
Because he knew very well that any healer could discover the secrets of the zombies, and once they did, they could easily find a way to break the curse.
The Blue-Robed Apostle below was frightened by the hall master's cold attitude, and knelt on the ground, trembling even more violently. "Reporting to the hall master, we did our best to recall all the living corpses that day, and we carefully collected all of them, even those outside the city. Perhaps, perhaps one of them was left behind somewhere after being killed?"
The undead are obedient; as long as they are still able to move, they will obey the leader's summons and return to the bunker. However, undead that have been killed are no longer capable of doing so and can only be retrieved by other undead or Hongyi Apostle.
The Blue-Robed Apostle made these guesses after noticing something was amiss.
"Since you know the truth, why don't you search inside and outside the city?" The hall master didn't want to hear his words; he only hoped that his living corpse wouldn't reveal his secret to outsiders.
Upon hearing this, the Blue-Robed Apostle immediately kowtowed and left the room, then quickly gathered more people to disguise themselves and go searching for the living corpse.
Little did they know that the secret that Sun-Chasing Hall Ri Tang was trying so hard to conceal had already been discovered by Liu Duanyue and the others.
Having operated in the Hidden Nether Realm for many years, Liu Duanyue had naturally accumulated a considerable network of connections. This time, he used these connections extensively to find a medical cultivator who was currently training in the Hidden Nether Realm and presented him with this living corpse.
The healer was quite capable; he made a discovery in just three days.
"These zombies' bodies are not decaying, and their hands and feet can still move, but their souls have long been drained out," the white-bearded healer bluntly stated his discovery.
The zombie was currently bound tightly to the bed by dozens of chains, and it continued to tremble as the healer spoke.
Hearing this, Liu Duanyue asked curiously, "Then why are they impervious to swords and spears, and even Law Technique? This doesn't seem like something ordinary zombies could do."
The Hidden Nether Realm has always dealt with corpses, and they know how to create powerful corpse puppets, but even corpse puppets aren't as terrifying as these living corpses.
If it weren't for Sang Ying's Swordsmanship, he probably would have perished among the zombies that day.
The healer stroked his beard and continued, "This is something I'm about to mention. I discovered a strange power within this living corpse. This power allows the corpse to remain uncorrupted even after losing its soul, and it's also the reason why they are impervious to swords and spears, as well as cultivators 'Technique Method!"
Standing behind Liu Duanyue, Sang Ying blinked, thinking to herself, "Just as I thought."
"This power seems to flow in the blood of the zombies. Can you see these red lines? These are the signs that the power is active!" The old healer pointed to the dense red lines on the zombies' bodies.
But as soon as these words were spoken, everyone present except for Sang Ying and the other three were shocked.
"What did the old man just say? What are these red markings?!" Liu Duanyue was the first to react and immediately asked.
The old healer sighed, "You're all surprised, aren't you? I only discovered this secret after examining this living corpse. It seems the Curse that Hidden Nether Realm for so many years isn't Curse at all, but rather a power flowing in your bloodlines!"
At that moment, Sang Ying saw Liu Duanyue's constantly changing expression.
"May I ask, sir, now that you know the cause of the red markings, do you have a way to save those who are 'Curse'?" Liu Duanyue asked after a moment of silence.
This time, however, the old healer's answer disappointed him, "This power is too mysterious; I still haven't figured out what it is. I'm afraid..."
The old doctor didn't need to say what happened next, but everyone understood.
"Fortunately, you've had some luck. After figuring out what makes the zombies so powerful, I've found a way to subdue them. The zombies aren't able to move because of the power in their blood, but because of a kind of Puppet Technique."
As the old healer spoke, he led everyone to look at the living corpse. He reached his hand to the living corpse's joints, and with a flick of his fingers, he picked out a thin, transparent thread.
"See that? That's puppet silk." The healer chuckled. "This person has exceptional Puppet Technique, and the puppet silk he uses is superb. If he had more strength, these zombies would probably have broken free of their chains and escaped. Therefore, to completely silence these puppets, we only need to find the person controlling them and cut their puppet silk. Then these zombies will be still."
Then the healer told everyone that if the soul had been separated from the body for no more than three days, with the help of the bloodline power, as long as the soul was found, the zombie could be turned back into a living person.
However, the living corpses in front of them had long since lost any chance of coming back to life.
The medical cultivator's discoveries were of great help to everyone, and in the end, Liu Duanyue personally escorted him out of the city lord's mansion and handed him over to the people protecting the medical cultivator.
The gates of the city lord's mansion closed again, and the atmosphere inside remained as somber as ever.
The healers had found a solution for them, but finding the person with the Puppet Technique wouldn't be easy. Even though they knew the location of the Sun-Chasing Hall, they dared not launch a direct attack for fear of alerting them. Furthermore, they didn't know how to enter the Sun-Chasing Hall's headquarters; they hadn't even found the way in.
Just as Liu Duanyue was about to let out her third sigh, Sang Ying finally spoke, "Perhaps, I have a way to find the entrance to the Alliance."
In an instant, everyone in the room turned to look at them.
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