Simultaneous travel: City, infinite evolution

Chapter 159 The Emergence of the Copper-Armored Corpse

"Oh." The two hurriedly went to find something.

Find a rooster, cut its throat and bleed it.

Uncle Nine inserted his finger into a bowl of rice, placed a grain of glutinous rice on it, and lit it on the candle.

With a flick of the finger, a burning grain of rice fell into the bowl of chicken blood, and the whole bowl burst into flames.

Uncle Nine poured the black ink into the bowl of chicken blood and stirred it with his finger over the fire.

Then cover it with the Bagua mirror, and with a quick flick of the wrist, turn the bowl upside down.

Pour the mixture from the bowl little by little into the inkwell.

The white line in the ink fountain, soaked in the mixed liquid, turned black.

Then Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai pulled out the ink line and flicked it onto the coffin.

"The entire coffin needs to be bounced," Uncle Nine instructed, still worried.

"Oh," Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai replied blankly.

"People are divided into good people and bad people, and corpses are divided into dead corpses and zombies." Uncle Nine taught while lighting incense.

"Old Master Ren's corpse is one that is about to turn into a zombie."

"How can a corpse turn into a zombie?" Qiu Sheng asked while working.

“Yes, how can a person turn into a bad person?” Wencai agreed.

"A person becomes a bad person because he is not ambitious enough."

"The corpse turned into a zombie because he had an extra breath." Uncle Nine took the opportunity to lecture him.

"What do you mean by 'having an extra breath'?" Qiu Sheng asked.

"If a person is angry, holds their breath, or feels resentful before they die, there will be a breath stuck in their throat after they die," Uncle Nine explained.

"Then die without breathing," Wen Cai summarized simply.

Qiu Sheng added: "That's why I say that one should strive to be a good person. The most important thing when a person dies is to stop breathing. If one dies with breath, it will harm both oneself and others."

"Just play it when I tell you to, stop complaining." Uncle Nine scolded him and then turned and left.

The two men used ink lines, crisscrossing them on the coffin, leaving black ink lines that intersected in a grid pattern.

Soon, the entire coffin popped out into individual compartments.

"All right."

The two finished work and went home, bickering and teasing each other.

But they didn't realize that there were no bullets under the coffin.

This ink line has a chip.

The ground below was already so cold that patches of white frost had formed.

This is caused by the malevolent energy of the zombie.

The two were playfully fighting, and ended up hitting Uncle Nine.

Despite it being late at night, Qiu Sheng rode his bicycle back home and burned a large bundle of incense on his bike for protection.

He blew on the lit incense and sprayed his saliva onto it.

This is undoubtedly a taboo.

Legend has it that incense is for ghosts to eat, and blowing on it is like spitting saliva onto the ghosts' food.

Incense, having acquired a certain amount of human energy, often attracts negative attention.

Although it was just feudal superstition, Qiu Sheng did indeed attract some trouble.

Qiu Sheng rode his bicycle into a grove of trees.

They ran right into the ghost bride being carried in her sedan chair.

Four little devils were carrying a red sedan chair.

The little devil had two big red dots on his cheeks, red lipstick on his lips, and a pale face.

He wore a servant's hat and had a whip sticking out from behind him.

Inside the sedan chair, a beautiful woman dressed in a bright red bridal robe was combing her long hair with a tender expression, holding a small lady's fan.

Seeing Qiu Sheng riding his bicycle, she leaped out of the red sedan chair.

With a precision even greater than a basketball shot, she flew behind Qiu Sheng and sat on the back of his bicycle.

She waved her red handkerchief at the little devils with a charming smile.

The little devils then carried the sedan chair and disappeared.

The naive Qiu Sheng, with his mortal eyes, was unaware that a beautiful female ghost was sitting behind him.

Unfortunately, when she arrived at the small temple of the Earth God, the female ghost tripped over a tree branch and fell to the ground.

It was clearly the local earth god who was behind this.

The female ghost was so frightened by the sight of the Earth God's statue that she ran away immediately.

This time, they failed to achieve their goal with Qiu Sheng.

the next day.

Uncle Jiu and Chen Hong and others arrived at Ren Fa's house.

Ren Fa and Uncle Jiu went upstairs to talk.

Chen Hong and the other two stayed downstairs, where Ren Tingting and Awei were also there.

Ah Wei, that toad, also coveted Ren Tingting, and started arguing with Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai.

Wencai took a hair from Awei and went outside to cast a spell to prank Awei.

Wencai wrapped his hair in a talisman and swallowed it.

This way, Wencai and Awei's movements will be synchronized.

So Wencai started slapping himself in the face, and Awei followed suit and slapped himself in the face as well.

"Cousin, why are you slapping yourself?" Ren Tingting was confused and annoyed by Awei's nagging.

She just wanted to seize this opportunity to chat with Chen Hong a bit more.

But she was harassed by this vulgar and lewd cousin, and she hated him to death.

Unexpectedly, Awei suddenly grabbed his hand, stuck out his tongue in a lewd manner, and tried to lick his arm.

"Ah!" Ren Tingting screamed in terror, "Chen Hong, save me!"

Chen Hong immediately recognized that Wen Cai and his gang were behind it, and sighed helplessly, "Sigh..."

Then he pried open Awei's fingers and punched him.

The fist lightly struck Awei's eye, shattering his glasses and sending him flying.

My eyes have become covered in dark circles.

Ren Tingting hid behind Chen Hong in terror, clinging tightly to his arm and pressing her whole body against him.

The feel of the water balloon cotton was quite enjoyable for Chen Hong.

The scale of the event was indeed quite large.

Awei angrily pointed at Chen Hong: "You outsider, what right do you have to be here? Get out!"

Before Chen Hong could speak, Wen Cai began slapping himself repeatedly in the face, then removing his armor to reveal himself.

"Ah!"

Ren Tingting screamed, hid tightly behind Chen Hong, hugged him tightly with both hands, and jumped up suddenly.

He hung up there like a koala.

Chen Hong sighed helplessly.

Awei made a complete fool of himself, baring his teeth and claws as he reached out to grab Ren Tingting.

Ren Tingting shouted again, "Chen Hong, quick! Protect me!"

Chen Hong kicked out, and Awei flew out.

Uncle Jiu and Ren Fa upstairs heard the noise and came out to see what was going on, only to witness this unsightly scene.

The two hurried downstairs. Ren Fa, his face full of disappointment, pointed helplessly at Awei, "You! You!"

"Uncle, I'd like to have some tea."

Awei said to Ren Fa with a crying face.

Uncle Nine had already sensed something was wrong and rushed out the door, blasting the talisman out of Wen Cai's stomach.

Realizing he was in the wrong, Uncle Jiu quickly pulled away his two troublemaking apprentices, Wencai and Qiusheng.

“Nephew, it’s a misfortune for our family. I’m so sorry to have made you laugh at us.”

Master Ren gave Chen Hong an awkward smile.

Chen Hong just smiled and said, "It's okay. Every family has its own problems. I understand, I understand."

Ren Fa felt ashamed and humiliated, and forced a smile.

"My daughter has been frightened. I would be grateful if you could comfort her."

"I'm going to take care of something."

"Of course, of course, please."

"please!"

Chen Hong led Ren Tingting upstairs to the living room.

Ren Fa glared at Awei with a grim expression. "Put on your clothes and come with me."

Awei followed Ren Fa dejectedly, looking like a wilted eggplant.

He glanced back upstairs, his face full of resentment.

Today, he really lost face; he made a complete fool of himself.

Chen Hong and Ren Tingting were alone, and Chen Hong comforted her.

Still shaken, Ren Tingting clung tightly to Chen Hong's arm and talked to him at length.

They wouldn't let him leave no matter what, insisting that he stay for dinner.

Master Ren, going along with the flow, persuaded Chen Hong to stay the night.

That night, Old Master Ren's corpse miraculously rose from the dead, broke the inkwell seal on the coffin, and escaped.

They went straight to the Ren residence.

They headed towards Old Master Ren's room.

It turns out that the first thing a zombie does upon waking up is to follow its instinct and suck the blood of its offspring.

This is how evolution can be completed.

Ren Fa was doing his accounts when he saw the zombie and was immediately terrified.

"Help!..."

Seeing the zombie extend its sharp claws, about to grab his neck, Ren Fa screamed in terror.

"You beast, how dare you harm people!"

"Boom!"

Suddenly a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the room, followed by a loud clap of thunder.

Chen Hong arrived just in time and kicked the zombie away.

He stayed overnight to guard against the zombie.

Sure enough he came.

The zombie had a bronze-colored face, its whole body gleamed with bronze light, and its skin was covered with dense seal script that shimmered with light.

"【Bronze Armored Corpse】?"

"interesting!"

"Great Merciful Hands!"

Chen Hong unleashed a palm strike, sending a large golden palm print flying out and slamming into the jumping zombie, sending it flying.

The zombie flew out of the room and stuck to a large tree outside the door.

"【Palm Thunder】!"

Chen Hong unleashed a palm strike, unleashing a torrent of lightning.

The lightning struck the bronze-armored corpse, causing it to smoke and collapse to the ground.

"Ah! My dear nephew, my dear nephew, you've finally come to save me."

Ren Fa excitedly grabbed Chen Hong's arm, his face filled with terror.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ren. With me here, there won't be any problems. The zombies won't cause any major trouble."

Just as they were speaking, the bronze-armored corpse jumped up again.

Just as he was about to continue his attack, he began to drain Ren Fa's blood.

As if receiving some kind of command, it leaped over the walls of the Ren residence and disappeared.

Clearly, the people behind it felt that Chen Hong was too troublesome, so they made a strategic retreat.

Master Ren was still in shock when the people in the mansion heard the commotion and rushed over with torches.

Ren Tingting rushed over in a panic.

"Dad, Dad, are you alright? What happened?"

Mr. Ren held Ren Tingting's hand, feeling his legs still a little weak.

"Your dad was almost strangled to death by a zombie."

"What? Zombies? Where in this world do zombies come from?"

Ren Tingting felt like her worldview had been shattered; this was completely different from the education she had received in the provincial capital.

"Oh my, I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be fake?"

"Thanks to my nephew's timely rescue, otherwise I would have lost my life on the spot."

Although Ren Tingting was still a little confused, she quickly came to her senses when she saw her father's terrified expression.

"Anyway, thank you, Chen Hong, for saving my father's life."

"Come on, let's go inside."

"You all stay outside and keep watch. Increase patrols tonight and be on high alert."

"Yes, ma'am."

The servants responded and surrounded the room, while others patrolled the area with torches.

Chen Hong, Ren Tingting, and Ren Fa entered the house.

Ren Fa looked somewhat worried.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Ren Tingting asked with concern.

"Now that I've calmed down and thought about it, I realize that zombie...that zombie..."

"What happened to the zombie?" Ren Tingting asked anxiously. "Tell me quickly!"

"Sigh, I've noticed that the zombie is wearing the exact same clothes as your grandfather, and his build and appearance are quite similar."

Ren Fa slapped his thigh, his face full of worry.

"What?" Ren Tingting exclaimed in shock. "Dad, you mean..."

"I suspect... your grandfather has turned into a zombie."

Ren Tingting found it unbelievable, "A zombie turned into a zombie?"

“That’s right, your father guessed correctly.” Chen Hong nodded. “The one who fought that zombie just now was indeed your grandfather.”

"Moreover, he seems to be under control; he can't beat me and he tries to run away."

"There are many seal characters engraved on his body, which means he was probably refined using the art of corpse refining."

"What? You mean..." Ren Tingting guessed, "that someone is manipulating all of this behind the scenes?"

"That's right. The person behind this is either someone who has a grudge against you, or someone who simply wants to create a zombie servant. In this chaotic world, there is never a shortage of people who practice zombie creation."

(End of this chapter)