Zombie Life Begins in Hongxi Village

"General!" Wang Daniu and Ma Dayong finally couldn't help but run forward. "Are you alright?"

Lin Yi withdrew his fist and waved at him. "It's alright. Let the brothers pack up their tools and head back to town."

Back at the haunted house, Lin Yi had the engineers assemble outside the courtyard.

Lin Yi nodded and asked Wang Daniu to bring out the silver dollars he had prepared in advance—the silver dollars he had taken from Master Miao came in handy.

"Each of you who came this time will receive ten silver dollars. Come and collect your money now, then have lunch, and after lunch, you'll return to Yun County."

The courtyard was quiet for a moment, then erupted in cheers.

Shouts of "Long live the Commander!" rose and fell, and several young soldiers were so excited that they threw their hats into the air.

What does ten silver dollars mean? Their monthly salary was only four and a half dollars, so ten silver dollars was equivalent to more than two months' wages.

Moreover, all they did this time was dig a few holes, plant a few trees, and move some stones. They didn't even fight a battle, yet they received more than two months' worth of pay for nothing—such a good thing would have been unthinkable in Long Nanguang's time.

Some residents of the hanging coffin town were drawn over by the cheers.

When the engineers received their piles of silver dollars, their eyes widened in amazement.

Some of the bolder ones went up to the soldiers and asked if Marshal Lin was still recruiting. After receiving the reply that he was not recruiting for the time being, they retreated with disappointment on their faces, which made the soldiers feel a sense of superiority.

Mao Shanjian and his daughter and disciples were also waiting at the door.

Lin Yi called them into the main hall and gave them a few instructions.

Mao Shanjian brought his belongings with him; several large boxes were piled up at the entrance of the haunted house, filled with talismans, cinnabar, ritual implements, and various Maoshan scriptures.

They were going to Yun County with the car; since they had become Marshal Lin's advisors, they naturally had to move there.

"Master Jian, I'm entrusting the matter of the Seven Star Awakening Talisman to you." Lin Yi escorted Maoshan Jian to the car and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, Commander, I'll take care of it." Mao Shanjian patted his chest and assured him, his tone even more respectful than before.

If before he was only guessing that Lin Yi was a reincarnation of a deity, after seeing Lin Yi being enveloped by the essence of the earth veins and absorbing it cleanly without changing his expression on the Hanging Coffin Mountain, he was almost certain.

That's the essence of the earth's veins, not spring water. Even an ordinary feng shui master would have to use their powers to neutralize it if they got even a trace of it, but this general was standing inside as if he were soaking in a hot spring.

Not to mention that after absorbing it, he could create a sonic boom by simply clenching his fist.

This is something no human could do. He'll never encounter another person with such a powerful backer in his life; he has to cling to him no matter what.

After seeing Mao Shanjian and the engineering company off, Lin Yi teleported to the sea.

He hovered above the sea, looking down at the deep blue water below.

After achieving perfect bloodline, he wanted to test his current limits.

The pupils were covered in emerald green, and fangs protruded from the upper jaw—

The moment he completed the zombie transformation, a terrifying aura swept outwards from him in all directions.

The sea surface was pressed into a huge depression several meters in diameter, and the surrounding seawater was blown outward by the wind pressure, forming a ring of giant waves.

He looked down at his hands.

The zombie form's power increased a thousandfold from its normal state, reaching over 200,000 tons.

The blue whale that just swam by in the sea weighed about 200 tons. With the force of 200,000 tons, you could scoop it up with one hand and toss it around like a baseball.

A heavy aircraft carrier has a displacement of approximately 80,000 to 100,000 tons, and he currently has the strength to lift two aircraft carriers with one hand as dumbbells.

As for the physical body that bears this power, its defense has reached an extremely terrifying level—it can be said to be invincible.

But that wasn't what excited him the most. With his bloodline reaching perfection, his perception had expanded many times over.

He closed his eyes, and his senses expanded in all directions—the teleportation distance increased from 100 li to 500 kilometers, a tenfold increase.

He can now teleport directly from Yun County to Guangxi with a single teleportation, making cross-province travel as easy as taking a walk.

At the moment his bloodline reached perfection, his consciousness touched something deeper.

A deeper layer of the zombie form seems to conceal a second form.

That shape was blurry and distant, like a veil separated by water, its outline vaguely perceptible but untouchable.

But just sensing the outline sent chills down his spine—

It was a power density that even he himself found unsettling, completely different from his current zombie form.

If his current transformed power is 200,000 tons, then the power of that form is at least ten times that number.

Battle rune form?

This form represents the true pinnacle of the second-generation zombies, comparable to gods in the world.

Lin Yi has only just reached the threshold of the battle rune form at the peak of his bloodline, but reaching it doesn't mean he can actually enter it.

He could sense that the door was deep within his bloodline, but he couldn't push it open no matter what he did.

He stood in mid-air for a long time before finally retracting his zombie form, and his pupils returned to their normal black color.

The battle rune form requires a specific opportunity; it cannot be rushed.

"The power of zombies comes from love, not numbers—"

With love, even a fourth-generation zombie like Kim Mirae can defeat a second-generation one.

He recalled the plot of the original drama and couldn't help but shake his head.

He tried thinking about his parents, but nothing changed except making him feel depressed.

He also tried thinking about Ren Tingting and Michelle. He liked them, but he was still miles away from "going all out for love".

Perhaps he lacks the talent, or perhaps he isn't extreme enough.

Like a certain family with conjunctivitis, everyone knows that the kaleidoscope can only be awakened through extreme emotions, but how many can actually do it?

Some people can unlock the Kaleidoscope after the death of a close friend, while others only unlock the One Tomoe after the death of their parents!

Did Xu Fu, who lived for over two thousand years, never experience love? Situ Fenren was a famous romantic, but he only reached the Battle Mark form and couldn't even defeat Domoto Shizuka, a third-generation zombie.

Rather than relying on illusory love to improve strength, it's more practical to rely on one's own vampiric evolution and cheat rewards.

Although we haven't compared them, his current "stats" definitely surpass those of a normal second-generation zombie.

What's more, he also has blue teardrops. Who knows, if he lives to the 1990s, the Contract Zombie storyline might reward him with red-eyed bloodline.

That night, Lin Yi had just closed her eyes in bed when the blue teardrop arrived as expected.

It hovered in the endless void, emitting a soft blue light, and a stream of information flowed into his consciousness.

Complete the Maoshan Academy storyline.

He executed Charlie Cao, subdued the Golden Corpse King Zhou Ai, subdued Maoshan Jian, killed the Ghost General and his son, and completely changed the feng shui pattern of the Hanging Coffin Town.

Plot disruption level: S-rank. Rewards: Qiankun Ring space expanded to 100,000 cubic meters, one drop of drought demon's essence blood, ability: Aerial Fire, Ghost Painting Cave space expanded (replica of the original Hanging Coffin Town).

Lin Yi suddenly opened her eyes.

Ren Tingting turned over, mumbled something, and went back to sleep.

He stared at the top of the mosquito net, his mind rapidly scanning the rewards.

S-rank. The last time, the Seven Heroes of Ghost Chase was A+, and the time before that, the Man-Eating Ghost was also A+. Only Mr. Zombie is A.

This time, we jumped directly to S-level, and the quality of the rewards is significantly higher than that of A-level.

But why are half of them related to fire?

The Qiankun Ring expanded from 100 cubic meters to 100,000 cubic meters, a full thousand times larger—what does 100,000 cubic meters mean?

A standard football field has an area of ​​about 7,000 square meters, and 100,000 cubic meters can hold a space that is more than ten stories high.

The ghost-painted cave space has also expanded, directly replicating the entire terrain and landform of the Hanging Coffin Town—

It's not the small space with just one house like before, but a complete replica of the entire Hanging Coffin Town and the surrounding Hanging Coffin Cliffs, and it's in the state before the feng shui was changed.

Living people can enter, and so can zombies, but the yin energy is heavier than before.

Originally, the Ghost Painting Space was only moderately powerful as a storage device, but now, after expanding and replicating the Hanging Coffin Town, it has become a true cave space.

Most importantly, this thing is bound to him; it can be attached to his skin like a tattoo, so he doesn't have to hold it all the time.

Drought demon essence and blood.

One of the legendary four progenitors of zombies.

Hanba was a blue-clad celestial maiden under the Yellow Emperor. Originally named Nüba, she exhausted her divine power to disperse the wind and rain during the ancient Battle of Zhuolu, helping the Yellow Emperor defeat Chiyou.

After the war, his divine power was exhausted and he was unable to return to the heavens. He stayed on the earth for a long time, and the divine power in his body transformed into a scorching drought, which burned the land for thousands of miles wherever it went.

She is a progenitor-level being who naturally transformed after her divine status fell.

The information flow from this drop of essence blood conveyed only one sentence—

"The blood of the drought demon burns the heavens and scorches the earth; with fire as a catalyst, it can forge a body from the barren land."

Lin Yi did not extract it for the time being, leaving it in the blue teardrop.

Now is not the time to extract it; it would be bad if Ren Tingting got burned by the blood containing fire.

Fire in the air—

One of the three aspects of Samadhi True Fire.

Samadhi Fire is divided into wood fire, stone fire, and air fire. Air fire is the lightest and most domineering of the Samadhi Fire. It is formless and intangible, requires no fuel, and is generated out of thin air. It is used to burn spiritual energy, souls, and intangible things.

Lin Yi raised her right hand, and with a thought, a colorless and transparent flame spontaneously ignited in her palm.

Flames have no color; their presence can only be determined by the distorted ripples created when the air is burned.

He turned his palm over, and the fire in the air hung quietly above his palm, burning without temperature or sound, like a fire that did not exist.

"Alright! Now we have the tools to destroy the evidence!"