Deep in the Living

Chapter 710 Yin and Yang
Red-roomed room.

Roddy sat down for a short rest on an ebony chair with intricate carvings.

Lady Linglong was tidying up her special red bed, seemingly planning to make two separate quilts.

While tidying up, she explained the matter of the zombie to Roddy.

"The essence of 'transforming into a zombie' is to transform the human body, but your physical body is not a human body... it is a so-called hellish demon."

This may be why the process of "resolving stagnation" remains superficial and doesn't change your essence.

In other words, you only absorbed the advantages of the zombie, but did not inherit the corresponding disadvantages... Of course, advantages and disadvantages are interdependent and must coexist to reach a higher level.

But you never intended to become a zombie, so things are fine as they are.

Roddy was also examining his own physical condition and giving a corresponding characteristic assessment: "Do the characteristics of a zombie include zombie skin, enhanced strength, and absorption of yin energy?"

"No...it only has one characteristic, [Yin]."

"Negative?"

"All things in the universe are composed of yin and yang, but the proportions of different things are different. For example, if a person is cold, it means that yin energy is too heavy. If a person eats too much fried food and gets internal heat, it means that yang energy is too heavy."

Zombies are inherently yin beings.

The entire process of "transforming rigidity" is a process of completely breaking the individual's Yin-Yang balance and fixing it to "Yin" for a long period of time.

"Whether it's the crow's blood I instructed the maid to prepare for you when you first arrived at the manor, or the black wooden coffin in the side room and the yin soil filling it, they are all yin substances. Once you accept these things, the balance within your body will gradually shift towards 'yin'."

"Madam, shouldn't your wax oil be classified as 'yang'?"

"That's right, I am a very special type of zombie."

Generally speaking, zombies, being the epitome of yin, are extremely averse to yang, such as daylight, high temperatures, and fire.

This is also why very few people are able to inherit the corpse-refining business. And it's why the master took me as his wife immediately after learning of my talent in this area.

I am one of the few zombies who has achieved "yin-yang balance".

The maids working at the corpse-refining shop are essentially corpses I resurrected using wax.

"Yin-Yang balance? Then I'm similar? My Hellish trait is also predominantly Yang, but it can still neutralize zombies?"

"Your body is not biased towards yang, but rather is extremely yang."

Although I possessed attributes related to candles before becoming a zombie, I didn't have the extreme yang energy you have. Moreover, as a woman, I naturally have a certain proportion of yin energy within me.

To be honest, someone of your utmost yang nature would be extremely averse to the Jiang family mansion, and would feel very uncomfortable even just being near it.

Any evil influences that affect you will be burned away by hell, making it impossible to achieve liberation from the dead.

However, you successfully completed the transformation, easily achieving the existing yin-yang balance. I really don't understand... How did you do it?

Roddy himself didn't know the reason. He had only tried soaking in the pool of corpse oil out of curiosity, and he did not experience the "rejection" that the lady had mentioned.

Perhaps it was because he had been in contact with zombies before, but he felt no aversion to the eerie atmosphere of the Jiang mansion.

Roddy tried to analyze various possibilities. "Madam, you said that as a woman, you have a certain proportion of yin in your body, so the subsequent acceptance will be smoother."

"Yes, but you are a man."

"That's not what I meant... I meant I don't know if my 'this' counts as yin."

Pituitary mapping,

Movie set design

Instead of expressing the characteristics of the Hell Demon, Roddy fully activated his pituitary gland, and the scene of Crystal Lake was quickly set up. The two appeared directly by the lake, with a cold moon hanging in the night sky.

The pale moonlight gently shone on the two of them.
It was sinister and deadly.

Lady Linglong's expression changed drastically. "You... it's not a transformation at all! You had already achieved a balance of Yin and Yang before you came to the Jiang residence."

Your corner system is yin, your hell system is yang!
Your previous plant development has always been about balancing the two!

"Yes!"

Roddy also realized that he had been working hard to make the two systems compatible for a long time, and finally achieved a balance when the plant matured, forming a special plant that belonged to him.

The lady continued to explain: "Right now, you are working to neutralize the zombies and make this balance more stable, so that the other side of hell can't gain any advantage!"

No wonder! You have a dual system; only a pure human could have this.

"Madam, you haven't explained the characteristics of zombies yet... How is the attribute [Yin] expressed?"

"As long as you are in a place with heavy yin energy, your physical body will be strengthened in all aspects, including the physical hardness, strength, regeneration, etc. that you mentioned before."

If one is in an extremely sunny place, this characteristic will be greatly weakened, with almost no improvement.

However, since you can construct a "realm," you can enjoy this advantage at any time, and it seems there are quite a few corpses buried beneath your lake.

"Yes, the 'victims' I killed are all down there."

"The Great Yin Land, very good! You're practically a born zombie... Oh no!"

The lady suddenly remembered something and looked troubled.

"What's wrong?" "Your body, this innate yin-yang balance, is much better than I expected. That old geezer certainly didn't expect you to be such a good prospect. Once he finds out, he might go back on his word."

I have to say, my mouth is watering just looking at it.

Lady Linglong gently wiped her chin with the back of her hand, quickly removing the stringy saliva.

"Is Master Jiang also a zombie with balanced Yin and Yang?"

"Nonsense! Although that old codger is despicable, his talent as a zombie surpasses that of all living beings."

When he first arrived in the corner, he built the Jiang family from scratch, and from the very beginning, he established a rule that he would only accept monsters of Chinese blood. Because of his arrogance, many monsters came to cause trouble for him in the early days, but they were all killed.

As you've probably seen, thunderclouds will form as soon as he sets off.

Only an element of utmost yang, like thunder, can suppress his yin, achieving a perfect balance.

Luo Di also asked a question that had been bothering him, "Even someone as powerful as Master Jiang had an accident in the dungeon?"

"I don't know, and nobody knows what he went through down there."

Uncle Neck, the butlers and I initially thought he would be able to escape the dungeon and go to the deeper levels, but who knew he would fail.

Moreover, he never talked about this with anyone. After his physical body was destroyed, his personality changed drastically, and the operating mode of the Jiang family also changed.

A large number of household stewards were transferred out to find new people, and the resources accumulated by the Jiang family over the decades were also used to prolong his life.

To put it bluntly... many times I've been waiting for his death, then the Jiang family mansion would cease to exist, and I could finally break free of my constraints and go out to see the world.

"But you've been helping all along, haven't you, Madam?"

"It was Uncle Neck who saved me when I first came to this corner... However, given the current state of the Jiang family, this Human Body Expo is unlikely to end well."

"At that time, I will probably be buried along with everyone else."

The lady couldn't help but look out the window, her eyes losing their luster, and the atmosphere became heavy.

Just then, Roddy suddenly pulled out a small object from his body—a special pendant wrapped in a small iron maiden.

"Would you like to see something interesting, madam?"

"what?"

"Relic."

"I know that, it's one of the privileges of humankind."

Corner agents can kill mature monsters and turn their pituitary glands into relics, which greatly enhances their abilities.

"If you have this, why didn't you use it when you were dealing with Mr. Rose?"

“My belongings are a bit special; I only recently acquired them, and they are still growing.”

As Roddy peeled away the outer shell of the Iron Maiden, the fleshy red egg was revealed.

hum!
As if sensing immense danger, the lady instantly transformed from an elegant sitting posture into a ferocious expression, crawling onto the corner of the roof, her fangs, typical of zombies, now protruding beneath the red cloth.

"What are you doing, Roddy! This thing looks like it's going to eat me up."

“Indeed, it needs to eat, and it eats monsters. But I have already found it some food, so you don’t need to worry, madam.”

Roddy reached out and summoned a massive iron maiden from the ground.

Imprisoned here is the stitched monster that Mr. Rose brought to attack the Jiang residence, which is effective against zombies.

"Few people know about this thing. I only showed it to you because I completely trust you, Madam... Let's see how this thing devours others together."

"Um……"

Although the lady trusted Roddy just the same, she still rejected this thing from the depths of her soul.

She slowly climbed down from the ceiling, came behind Roddy, gently placed her soft, waxy right hand on Roddy's shoulder, and then quietly peeked out from behind the red cloth covering her head.

Roddy gently twisted open the hand-shaped cap on top of the egg with his fingers.

An air inlet-shaped opening is visible.
Upon seeing this message, the lady felt as if her soul was being drawn in, and she quickly hid completely behind Roddy.

Wait until the suction effect decreases before slowly poking your head out.

The sight before her made her lift the red cloth and widen her eyes.

Mist seeped from the holes, and this living mist acted like arms, stitching the monster to pieces, skinning and removing its bones!
Even though the monster's body contained various non-ferrous metals, they were dismantled by the mist and absorbed into it without reservation.

Pfft!
follow closely,

The lady heard a heartbeat; it seemed the creature was quite satisfied with its food.

Just as Roddy was about to screw the metal back on and reseal the relic pendant... *poof!* A small cloud of mist suddenly shot out from the vent at the top and quickly entered Roddy's nostrils.

This is not a fog of war invasion, but an information medium.

Information about the stitched-together monster was proactively conveyed to its master, Roddy.

"Hmm! Human transmutation!"

(End of this chapter)