Twin female zombies come to the door: My lord, please have mercy!

Looking at the three options, option B perfectly matched his current mindset of not wanting to exert any effort.

He turned around and snapped his fingers at Frostnova and Ayogu in the car.

"Since Fatty isn't here, let's do it ourselves today and take out the folding chairs and sunshade from the car."

"Froststar, bring out that chilled watermelon you left in the fridge all day last night. Let's sunbathe here."

Ayougu stared wide-eyed at Lin Ye as if he were a madman.

"Manager, are you out of your mind? Eating watermelon by this deadly swamp full of corpses? Aren't you afraid of inhaling the poisonous miasma and getting diarrhea?!"

Lin Ye pulled a canvas folding chair out of the trunk and set it up on the flat open ground at the edge of the cliff.

Then, a huge black parasol was erected to block the dappled sunlight from overhead.

Lin Ye lay comfortably on the folding chair and casually took the half-cut, bright red, icy watermelon that Shuangxing handed him.

"If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up; our free road pavers have delivered themselves right to our doorstep."

Lin Ye took a big bite of watermelon, the sweet and cool juice bursting in his mouth, and he looked incredibly pleased.

Less than fifty meters away, from the thick fog and bushes, came the sound of rustling footsteps.

Lei Erye, along with Dazhuang, Haozi, and the mute, carrying heavy waterproof backpacks, trudged out of the dense thicket of thorns.

The four men's faces were covered in dark brown mud, and they were panting heavily from exhaustion.

They set off before dawn, intending to reach the Ten Thousand People Swamp before Lin Ye, planning to make a grand entrance when Lin Ye was at his wit's end.

He showcased his unique "mud-digging technique" to gain absolute dominance in the upcoming collaboration.

When they pushed aside the last bush and saw the scene before them, the four of them froze on the spot.

Lin Ye lay comfortably under the parasol, munching on a watermelon.

This looks like a rich young master taking his family on a vacation in the deep mountains and forests!

Master Lei swallowed hard.

He stared intently at Lin Ye with his single eye, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace, and walked forward with stiff steps.

"Young man, what a coincidence! I never expected to run into you in this deep mountain forest."

Master Lei rubbed the dirt off his hands, trying to get closer to him.

"This swamp, with its ten thousand inhabitants, is bottomless; anyone who touches it will die instantly."

"My name is Lei Er. My three brothers and I are mud-diggers from this Xishan area. We have an ancestral skill of avoiding mud and separating water. I wonder if the master would be interested..."

Lin Ye didn't even lift his eyelids, casually spitting out a black watermelon seed.

"Not interested."

Lin Ye interrupted him, pointing to the remaining watermelon on the table.

"Want some watermelon? It's 50,000 yuan a slice, no bargaining."

Master Lei's face instantly turned bright red.

"Brother, let's not beat around the bush."

Master Lei lowered his voice, his tone tinged with urgency.

"You have the Zhou Emperor's key to ward off evil spirits in your bag, and we brothers have the skills to navigate this quagmire. Cooperation is the only way to survive. You alone..."

Lin Ye precisely tossed the leftover watermelon rind into the trash bag and grabbed a tissue to wipe his hands.

He pointed to the rat standing behind Master Lei.

The rat's right arm had completely turned into a grayish-white, hardened, soil-like skin; the mud disease was frantically eroding its vitality.

"cooperate?"

Lin Ye sneered.

"Hey Lei, you want to talk to me about cooperation? I'm afraid your little brother won't make it through the night."

Lin Ye stood up from the folding chair.

The aura of the Pure Yang Dao Body erupted at this moment.

The extremely strong and yang energy transformed into an invisible pressure, directly approaching the faces of the four people.

His eyes were cold as ice, exuding an absolute arrogance that suggested he controlled everything.

"You've been following me all this way, simply wanting to borrow the bronze box I have to enter the demon's lair and find the antidote. And now you want to talk to me about an equal deal?"

Lin Ye took a half-step forward.

"Which do you value more, your lives or the key in my hand?"

Cold sweat poured down Lei Erye's forehead.

"thump."

His knees buckled, and he immediately knelt down before Lin Ye.

"Young brother! Please have mercy and save my brother's life!"

Master Lei slammed his head heavily against the gravel ground.

"We brothers will pave a muddy path for you in this swamp of thousands, without asking for any reward!"

"Once we're in the mountains, the four of us will serve you like slaves, as cannon fodder for mine clearance! We only ask that once you obtain the antidote, you grant us a single drop of insect blood to prolong our lives!"

When Dazhuang and the mute saw their leader kneel down, they also knelt down on the ground, their faces full of despair and pleading.

Lin Ye put away the coldness on his face.

He took a cigarette out of his pocket, lit it, and took a deep drag. The bluish-white smoke swirled around his fingertips, and his eyes were filled with the shrewd calculations of capitalists exploiting labor.

"make a deal."

Lin Ye exhaled a smoke ring and pointed to the two heavy military oxygen recirculators and several large bags of supplies in the trunk of the SUV.

"Put our backpacks and this gear on your shoulders, and lead the way later. Hurry up, don't keep me waiting too long."

Master Lei felt as if he had been granted a pardon and kowtowed repeatedly.

He quickly told his three men to get up.

Without saying a word, Dazhuang and the mute carried the military equipment, which weighed dozens of kilograms, on their shoulders. They were panting heavily from exhaustion, but dared not utter a single complaint.

"Fourth brother, get your tools out, get ready to insert the needle."

Master Lei pulled out a long, pure copper needle called the "Water-Dividing and Mud-Avoiding Needle" from his close-fitting cloth bag.

The copper needle is hollow inside and filled with high-purity realgar and quicklime, and its surface is engraved with waterproof grooves.

He walked to the edge of the cliff, took a deep breath, and began to practice his breath-holding and breathing techniques.

Master Lei gripped the copper needles with both hands, aimed them at the churning black mud below, and plunged the needles in hard.

"Click".

The mechanism at the bottom of the copper needle is activated.

The quicklime inside reacts violently with high temperature upon contact with water.

A muffled thud came from the bottom of the mud pit.

Within a radius of tens of meters, the black mud rapidly evaporated under the combined effects of high temperature and realgar, turning into hard, earthy rocks.

A grayish-white "mud path," barely wide enough for one person to pass through, was faintly visible in the poisonous fog.

"Master, the road is paved, but it only has half an incense stick's time to harden. We must get through as soon as possible."

Master Lei wiped the sweat from his forehead and turned around to call out.

Just as everyone was about to step onto the muddy path.

A piercing, muffled tearing sound suddenly came from the depths of the once calm black mud pit.

"Gurgle! Boom!"

A huge, blood-red bubble, five meters in diameter, burst open in the very center of the mud pit.

A massive amount of dark green earth-evil miasma, mixed with countless tiny white bone fragments, swept in with a howling, overwhelming force.

The poisonous gas was extremely powerful, instantly obscuring all visibility.

"Cough cough cough!"

Ayougu, standing on the outermost edge, inadvertently inhaled a mouthful of residual poison that had been dispersed by the wind.

The Miao girl's pretty face immediately turned black, and she clutched her chest, coughing violently, a trickle of black blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

"This poisonous miasma contains corpse poison! Hold your breath!"

Lin Ye's heart skipped a beat.

The sudden outbreak of poisonous gas was far beyond what was expected, and it was imperative to reinforce the protective barrier for everyone as quickly as possible.

He grabbed Leng Yue's wrist and, in one swift motion, flipped over and leaped onto the wide, sun-baked hood of the SUV.

Lin Ye sat down cross-legged and pulled Leng Yue into his arms.

The metal surface of the hood radiates an extremely high temperature, burning one's skin.

Without any hesitation, Leng Yue straddled Lin Ye's legs.

The intense heat of pure Yang and the extreme cold of drought demon collided violently on the hood of the off-road vehicle.

Yin and Yang complement each other, creating an endless cycle of life.

A circular aura, visible to the naked eye, interwoven with crimson and dark gold, rapidly spread outwards from the two of them.

The air shield enveloped the off-road vehicle, Froststar, Ayougu, and the four dumbfounded mud-covered men.

The dark green poisonous miasma slammed against the surface of the gas shield, making a "sizzling" corrosive sound. It was blocked by the combined forces of Yang Fire and Corpse Qi, and could not penetrate even a little bit.

Lin Ye held the woman in his arms tightly, veins bulging on his forehead.

Leng Yue pressed her cheek against Lin Ye's neck, her cool breath creating a wonderful resonance with his rapid heartbeat.

Her long, slender legs wrapped tightly around Lin Ye's waist, surrendering all her weight to him.