Zombie Life Begins in Hongxi Village

At the same time, a pitch-black vortex appeared out of nowhere above Hongxi Village, like an eye torn open in the night sky.

The next moment, Arrow, wearing only a single layer of clothing, fell from the vortex, along with the chestnut horse he was riding.

"Bang--!"

With a dull, deafening thud, the horse crashed to the ground, instantly turning into a pile of minced meat.

The arrow, though cushioned by hitting the horse carcass, still caused serious injury and left the rider unconscious.

Ah Xiu was doing needlework by the light of an oil lamp when she heard that muffled sound.

"Who? Who's outside?" Ah Xiu was startled, her voice trembling slightly.

She mustered her courage, held up the kerosene lamp, and carefully opened the door and went out.

The dim light flickered in the night breeze. When she saw the scene outside, she gasped sharply, almost dropping the kerosene lamp from her hand.

The lights cast a shocking red glow.

Blood, flesh, and bits of meat were scattered all over the ground, as if someone had smashed a livestock to pieces.

She suppressed the churning in her stomach and took two more steps forward.

The edge of the light illuminated a human figure.

The man was half-submerged in blood and filth, dressed in tattered clothes, wearing only a single garment stained dark red, his face covered in mud and blood, and he remained motionless.

Ah Xiu's heart was pounding in her throat, and her legs were weak, but she didn't run away.

She carried the lamp and moved over step by step.

When the light shone on the outline of that face, she froze completely.

His jaw was sharply defined, his nose was straight, and his lips were tightly closed.

Even though her face was covered in blood and mud, she still recognized the face etched into her bones at a glance.

"Guohua...is that you? Guohua!"

Ignoring the blood and mud on the ground, Ah Xiu rushed over in three quick steps, knelt beside Arrow, and tremblingly reached out to check his breath.

There was still breath, but it was very weak.

Ah Xiu's tears welled up instantly.

"Guohua, don't scare me... You can't be hurt..."

She cried out and gritted her teeth, using all her strength to pull the arrow out of the bloodstains, then half-carried and half-dragged it into the house.

She filled two basins with water, bolted the door shut, lit an oil lamp, and placed the person on the bed.

The clothes were stuck to my body and couldn't be taken off; I could only cut them open with scissors.

She suppressed her embarrassment and carefully wiped away the mud and blood, revealing the firm muscles beneath.

She saw the scars on his body, especially the old knife scar on his arm. The last bit of uncertainty in her heart vanished in the face of that scar.

That is Guohua, there's no mistake.

……

At dawn the next day, Arrow struggled in his nightmare, his whole body aching as if he had been run over.

He couldn't remember who he was or where he came from.

He tried to move his fingers and slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing I saw was a pretty face, asleep on the edge of the bed, with dried tear stains still on her eyes.

The light from outside slanted in and fell on half of her face.

Arrow felt something jolt violently in his chest.

He opened his mouth, his throat as dry as a cracked riverbed.

"water……"

His voice was so hoarse it was unrecognizable.

Ah Xiu suddenly woke up, met his eyes, and felt as if her whole being had been illuminated. She then quickly picked up a bowl of water and fed it to him.

"Guohua, you're finally awake!"

Arrow stared at her blankly.

"Where is this? Who are you? Am I called Guohua?"

"It's me, Ah Xiu, Guo Hua, don't you remember me?" Ah Xiu's eyes reddened again, and she held his hand tightly, tears welling up in her eyes.

"This is Hongxi Village. I've been waiting for you. You're finally back."

Arrow was somewhat afraid to look into her bloodshot eyes.

"I...I don't remember," he said. "I can't recall anything."

Ah-Xiu didn't let go, smiling through her tears: "It's okay, it's good that you're back. You can think about it slowly if you forget."

Just then, the door was pushed open.

An older woman walked in carrying a large, rough porcelain bowl filled with golden chicken soup, which smelled delicious.

"Ah Xiu, I made chicken soup to help Captain Kuang recover."

The middle-aged woman walked in with a smile. Seeing that Arrow was awake, her face lit up with joy. "Oh, Captain Kuang is awake? That's wonderful!"

Arrow glanced at Ah Xiu, whose face was streaked with tears, and then at the enthusiastic old lady, feeling even more confused.

"So... my name is Kuang Guohua?"

He muttered to himself in a low voice, as if asking someone else, or perhaps asking himself.

"Look at what you're saying, who else could you be but Kuang Guohua?"

As she spoke, she pointed to an old scar on Arrow's arm: "Look, this knife wound on your arm, I'm the one who stitched it up for you back then. Don't you remember?"

Arrow looked down at the hideous scar on his arm, and the last trace of doubt in his heart vanished. It seems I really am Kuang Guohua.

"You can't let Ah Xiu down!" Aunt Wu said earnestly. "This girl has her eye on you. For the past six months, she's gone to the village entrance every day to see if you've come back, rain or shine. She's practically turned into a waiting-for-husband stone. Now that you're back, you have to treat her well."

Upon hearing this, Arrow felt a surge of warmth in his heart and was deeply moved.

He looked at Ah Xiu's red and swollen eyes, grasped her hand in return, and said with a firm gaze, "Ah Xiu, don't worry. I, Kuang Guohua, will never let you down in this life!"

Ah Xiu had tears in her eyes, but a happy smile appeared on her face.

She nodded heavily, resting her head on the back of Arrow's hand, as if she wanted to pour out all the longing she had felt over the past six months.

Three days later, Arrow and Ah Xiu got married, and the villagers sincerely offered their blessings.

Hongxi Village was decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, and the sound of firecrackers was deafening. Everyone thought that this unfortunate girl had finally found her happiness.

However, at this moment, the wheel of fate took a cruel turn.

Just three days after their marriage, Madana followed a man who didn't look like Lao Ren, named "Jiang Chen," to the vicinity of Hongxi Village.

Just then, Arrow, who was out chopping wood, bumped into him and instinctively stopped "Jiang Chen," who clearly didn't look like a good person.

Then... Arrow, who hadn't had a few good days, was bitten by "Jiang Chen" and became a second-generation green-eyed zombie.

He also chose to flee Hongxi Village because he was afraid of hurting Ah Xiu.

Fortunately, his efforts over the past three days have enabled Ah Xiu to conceive successfully, preventing her from spending the rest of her life alone and helpless.

But Arrow also truly became Kuang Guohua's stand-in, while Ah Xiu mistook him for someone else without realizing it.

Their fates are controlled by a supreme being, and no one asks them whether they want to or not.

This is the tragedy of the weak.

……

Villas in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Island.

Lin Yi leaned back in her chair, idly twirling the pen in her hand.

He had no idea that no sooner had he abducted the real "Kuang Guohua" than an unlucky fellow from the Song Dynasty, "Arrow," took his place as "Kuang Guohua" in Hongxi Village.

The story reward he had been waiting for from "My Date with a Zombie" did not arrive, but the story reward from "Wild Zombie King" did.

He took in the Wild Zombie King and his wife, and also refined the little zombie into a clone, which indirectly saved Uncle Seven and his apprentices, as well as Toothless and a group of children.

This series of achievements ultimately earned him an S-level story reward.

"Nine Netherworld Coffin"

Lin Yi looked at the coffin floating above the Buddha Kingdom in his palm, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

This is a growing treasure of the Corpse Path. Its entire body is as black as ink jade, about nine feet nine inches long and three feet three inches wide, with slightly upturned corners, shaped like a lurking Nether Dragon.

It floated silently in mid-air, exuding an ancient and profound aura, as if it could even devour the surrounding light.

The Nine Netherworld Coffin can devour the flesh and soul of its own kind of zombies and humans, as well as the yin and moonlight energy to evolve, and at the same time, it can nourish the coffin owner.

When evolved to its extreme, it can even evolve into a realm of corpses, and at the same time, the coffin owner can also advance to the supreme level of the Luxurious Corpse.

After obtaining the Nine Netherworld Coffin, Lin Yi realized that the highest level of Yin-turbid zombies in this world was actually the Luxurious Corpse.

Shebishi is not the ancestral witch in the Primordial Era, but the source of the Earth Corpse lineage in this world.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Overseas Eastern Classic, states: "The corpse of Shebi is to the north. It has the body of a beast, the face of a human, and large ears, with two green snakes as earrings. It is in charge of corpse qi, corpse poison, and corpse transformation, and is the ancestor of earth corpses."

So it seems those hopping zombies must have had a wealthy past.

Perhaps in a certain era, it was also a being that controlled the winds and clouds, no weaker than the Drought Demon, Ying Gou, and other Corpse Ancestors.

Perhaps the so-called Four Great Corpse Ancestors are not Jiang Chen, Hanba, Ying Gou, and Hou Qing as mentioned online, but rather Jiang Chen, Hanba, Ying Gou, and Shebi Corpse.

Unfortunately, no matter how extraordinary they were, they were ultimately eliminated in the cataclysmic destruction, with only Jiang Chen, who was Pangu, escaping the cataclysm.

Do not!

Lin Yi recalled what Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had said about the No. 1 Underworld, which was the place where all the gods returned to their ancestral home. Only after they had completely returned would they know how many great gods existed there.

Getting back to the main point, the Nine Netherworld Coffin that the Blue Teardrop rewarded Lin Yi with is only the initial stage; it needs continuous nurturing to advance.

The first step is to cultivate yin soil. Feed ten walking corpses and bury them in yin land for seven days. Yin soil will grow at the bottom of the coffin and can absorb the earth's energy on its own.

At this time, the coffin can replenish the pure earth energy and increase the corpse energy of the coffin owner.

The second step requires opening the coffin on a full moon night, exposing it to the moon, dripping corpse blood into it, and "sunbathing" it for three hours.

The coffin lid will condense into a moon mirror, which will automatically absorb and release moonlight.

At this stage, the Netherworld Coffin can replenish the essence of the moonlight, allowing the coffin owner to advance to the Purple Zombie realm, while also drawing upon the moonlight to temper the body.

The third level requires feeding thirty walking corpses and one hundred living souls, causing soul-devouring underworld patterns to appear on the coffin walls.

During this stage, the coffin nourishes its owner, enabling the owner to break through to the White Zombie Realm.

On the fourth level, feed three hundred walking corpses, or ten white zombies and one thousand living souls, and a three-zhang space will grow inside the coffin.

On the fifth level, feed one hundred white zombies or ten black zombies, and devour three thousand living souls. The coffin spirit is then formed and can protect its master on its own.

The sixth level is for feeding nine people born on yin years, yin months, and yin days, resulting in three thousand living souls. The yin soil at the bottom of the coffin generates yin veins, spreading like tree roots throughout the entire coffin, which can breathe yin energy on its own.

On the seventh level, a blood sacrifice of ten thousand people is performed, and the coffin is placed at the intersection of Yin and Yang, where the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends are fully consumed and tempered by thunder.

On the eighth level, a non-corrupting bone is sacrificed, and soil from the source of the Yin River or the edge of the underworld is used to feed the coffin. The bottom of the coffin is transformed, and the power of the underworld is poured in, forming a grotto-heaven.

The ninth level absorbs the profound Yin energy. Upon reaching the ninth level, the coffin transforms into the Corpse Realm, and the master becomes a corpse of unparalleled stature.

To be honest, the first seven levels of the Nine Netherworld Coffin are relatively easy to reach. The living soul and blood sacrifice can be achieved by enduring some hardship. However, the eighth level, the Undying Bone, and the ninth level, the Profound Yin Qi, are more troublesome.

He had only ever met Ji Quji, so was he going to sacrifice this elder of the underworld?

Forget it, this is just too undignified!

King Ai of Zhou, Ji Quji, who was in the underground palace of the Hanging Coffin Mountain in the underworld, suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold and couldn't help but shiver.

He looked around in confusion and asked the fat cat beside him, "Did you feel cold just now?"

The fat cat shook its head and honestly replied, "No."

King Ai of Zhou touched the back of his neck, looking utterly bewildered. Little did he know that his King of the Underworld had just considered feeding him to the coffin of the underworld.

……

For the time being, Lin Yi couldn't think of any other place where Unmelting Bones could be found, so she had to put it aside for now.

As for the Xuan Yin Qi, that's even more troublesome. Luo Hou has already been killed by him, so how to deal with the Xuan Yin Qi is a problem.

Lin Yi plans to go to the moon in a while. It would be best if he could find the Xuan Yin Qi there. Even if he can't find it, he can still visit Chang'e.

"Take my warrant and go to Ji Quji. Ask him to help you cultivate the Nine Netherworld Coffin. You should be fine up to the seventh level."

Lin Yi snapped out of his thoughts, looked at the small zombie clone floating in front of him, and said calmly, "Your public identity is my disciple. From now on, you will be called Lin Shi."

After saying that, he used his divine power to condense a token and handed it over.

"Okay, from now on I'll be called Lin Shi." Lin Shi took the token and answered in a childish voice before stepping into the gates of hell that Lin Yi had opened for him.

……

"Once Lin Shi advances to Shebi Shi, I will have truly gathered the bloodlines of the four great corpse ancestors, and then I will be a true god-like beast."

Lin Yi's eyes showed anticipation. "And Tingting, she's on the verge of a breakthrough. The battle to protect the big goose was so fierce, with hundreds of thousands of people dying on both sides. She should be able to break through in the next couple of days."

Once Ren Tingting returns from her breakthrough, he will drink her blood to explore the mysteries of the Ying Gou bloodline. At the same time, it will be time for him to officially take over Hong Kong Island.

With the offerings of incense, the gods will be able to accelerate their transformation into divine beings. Only after completing this transformation can they be considered true Netherworld Gods, at which point the strength of the Netherworld Underworld will experience a qualitative leap.

Speaking of transformation, Lin Yi thought of Ah Xing again. That guy was ultimately destined to be apart from the mute girl. She heard that he had been getting along very well with a woman who sang in Shanghai lately.

Since Lin Yi had nothing to do, she decided to go to Shanghai Nightlife to see what kind of woman could captivate Ah Xing.

"Prepare the car, we're going to Shanghai at night," Lin Yi instructed Cheng as she walked out of the study.

Night Shanghai was the domain of the Axe Gang, and also the largest money pit besides casinos.

The neon signs glowed with an ambiguous light in the night rain, and the young doorman at the entrance, dressed in a bright red uniform, looked quite festive.

As soon as Lin Yi's car came to a stop at the entrance, a waiter jogged over to open the door, bowing and scraping, addressing her as "boss."

He glanced at the other person indifferently, then stepped inside.