Zombie Life Begins in Hongxi Village

Lin Yi took the painting, a satisfied smile on her face, and "sincerely" thanked Ksitigarbha.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he pointed to the scroll and casually asked:

"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, could you connect the elevator from the underworld to this small dimension?"

Ksitigarbha nodded: "Alright. But you don't need to go to such lengths."

The passage between the smaller plane and the Netherworld has been opened; you can come and go freely. Even the elevator can't keep up with your speed.

"It's okay, just install it for me." Lin Yi waved her hand dismissively.

"It's not like everyone else has it and I don't. Otherwise, I'd be like a nobody."

Ksitigarbha glanced at him and thought to himself, "Aren't you just the Grassroot King?"

The kings of the underworld are all carefully selected.

He was either an ancient god who survived from the previous era, or a virtuous person who had cultivated for countless years; only this one was an official position that he had asked for.

Besides, if you're only going to listen to orders and not directives, what's the point of having an elevator?

However, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva still granted Lin Yi's request.

He took the scroll again, summoned the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Token, and a beam of light shot out. Instantly, a silver elevator door appeared out of thin air in the square in front of the Underworld Palace.

The elevator doors gleamed silver, with intricate runes engraved on the door frame, and the floor numbers of the various levels of the Netherworld flashed on the digital display screen.

A short while later, the elevator doors disappeared again.

After the elevator was installed, Lin Yi once again transformed the painting into a tattoo of the Gates of Hell on her hand, and spoke slowly and deliberately:

"Ksitigarbha, now that the underworld is established, which region of reincarnation will I be in charge of?"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva remained silent for a moment.

"The districts were already divided up, but since you are the King of the Underworld, you really can't support many ghosts and gods without your own fiefdom."

Ksitigarbha thought for a moment and then slowly said, "How about this, I'll assign Hong Kong Island to you to manage."

"Although the place is a bit small, your underworld isn't that big either. If it were too big, you wouldn't be able to handle it. What do you think?"

Lin Yi gave Ksitigarbha a deep look.

Hong Kong Island—the main setting for the future Legend of the Zombie Island storyline, where Kuang Tianyou, Ma Xiaoling, and all the important pawns will gather.

Giving Hong Kong Island to him was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva clearly placed him in the place where cause and effect are most concentrated.

However, he did want this fiefdom.

Hong Kong Island is the place where the winds of change will converge in the coming decades, and the core storyline of the entire Legend of the Vampire unfolds there.

"Then let's do it this way," Lin Yi agreed.

"Alright, once you have all the spirits under your command, I'll have Acha take over from you." Ksitigarbha breathed a sigh of relief.

He was genuinely afraid that Lin Yi wouldn't agree.

Although Hong Kong Island is small, it will become a powder keg of entangled causes and effects in the future.

That's why he put Lin Yi there—he still had to plan his reincarnation, and at that time, probably only Lin Yi, who was outside the Three Books, could barely keep order in the entire underworld.

However, Lin Yi's attention was no longer on the jurisdiction.

He noticed the name Ksitigarbha had just mentioned and casually asked, "Who is Acha?"

"Acha is also Hades, the person in charge of the Southeast region. You met him at the elevator just now."

Ksitigarbha thought he was just curious, so he explained, "She is very senior and her strength ranks among the top of the twelve Hades Kings."

Hong Kong Island was originally under her jurisdiction; she will hand it over to you then.

really.

Lin Yi nodded silently in her heart.

The woman in the red dress wearing a silver mask at the elevator entrance was most likely Hades Acha from The Ferryman.

It seems the world is more complex than he anticipated, and the plot of Soul Ferry has also been incorporated.

But the deeper the better. If the water is too shallow, how can he catch fish and grow?

The elevator was installed, and the agreement with the jurisdiction was reached. Lin Yi felt it was getting late, and Yang Jian estimated that it was almost dawn, so he took his leave.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva personally escorted him to the elevator, his attitude even more enthusiastic than when they first met. When shaking hands, he specifically reminded him, "Contact me anytime if you need anything."

Lin Yi smiled and agreed, then turned and entered the elevator.

The moment the elevator doors closed, a meaningful smile appeared on both of their faces.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva thought that he had finally incorporated this variable into the underworld system, giving him another card to play when dealing with fate.

Lin Yi thought that he had obtained the official position, the small world, Hong Kong Island, and he had also discovered Ksitigarbha's hidden hand.

This trip to the underworld was a huge success.

After returning to the mortal realm, Lin Yi did not rush back to Yun County.

He first entered the Netherworld Minor Dimension, stood in front of the newly completed Underworld Palace, looked up at the three seal characters on the plaque, and felt great.

The original Hanging Coffin Mountain has been completely preserved. Right next to the City of the Wrongfully Dead, King Ai of Zhou and a group of zombies are still huddled in the cave.

Lin Yi arrived at the Hanging Coffin Mountain and extracted all the essence and spirit of tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers stored in his natal corpse fire, transforming it into a dense torrent of energy that he directly poured into King Zhou Ai's body.

King Ai of Zhou lay on the ground, absorbing the immense and terrifying essence of life force in large gulps, letting out excited roars from his throat.

The aura of death emanating from its body grew stronger and stronger, and its dark yellow skin began to gleam with a metallic sheen. The entire body was lifted up by the aura of death and suspended in mid-air.

The surrounding zombies all crawled on the ground, unable to lift their heads due to the terrifying aura.

Finally, King Ai of Zhou let out a deafening roar, and his body suddenly spewed out a thick cloud of corpse gas.

The flying corpse is complete!

Driven by the corpse's aura, King Ai of Zhou excitedly streaked across the sky, his joyful roar echoing throughout the entire Hanging Coffin Mountain.

Even zombies dream of flying.

"Alright, stop flying! We're still far from it, come down now!" Lin Yi scolded impatiently.

King Ai of Zhou let out a pitiful whimper, fell from the sky, and obediently lay down in front of Lin Yi.

After advancing to the Flying Corpse level, its intelligence is no different from that of an ordinary person; it just cannot speak human language yet. Giving it time to learn to speak will not be a problem.

"Can I continue to inhale?" Lin Yi asked. King Zhou Ai nodded quickly, his eyes filled with longing.

Above the flying corpse is the incorruptible bone. It has just touched the threshold of the flying corpse and needs more energy to consolidate its realm and break through to a higher level.

"Then let's continue." Lin Yi poured the remaining essence and energy into King Zhou Ai's body.

This absorption was even more intense than before. The flying corpse's body could withstand a higher concentration of energy impact, and King Ai of Zhou's stiff body began to undergo a qualitative change under the tempering of his essence, energy, and spirit.

"boom!"

Its body suddenly exploded, turning into a thick cloud of black mist.

The black mist churned in the air for a moment before reforming into a pitch-black skull.

The skeleton's bones were as translucent as black jade.

Then flesh and blood began to grow back on the black jade skull—first fascia, then muscle, and finally skin.

Finally, a middle-aged man with bloodshot eyes and a dignified face emerged from the black mist, exuding an aura of extreme terror.

It does not dissolve.

The ultimate form of a normal zombie, comparable to the second-generation green-eyed zombie.

"Thank you for your kindness, Master!" King Ai of Zhou knelt respectfully at Lin Yi's feet, his voice deep and clear, already able to speak human language.

"Very well. But I prefer you to call me by my title—Pluto."

"Yes, Your Majesty." King Ai of Zhou readily agreed.

Lin Yi looked at King Ai of Zhou with admiration and directly bestowed upon him the title of "Corpse General" using the divine authority of the King of the Underworld.

"From now on, you will be my Corpse General, and all the zombies under your command will be under your leadership."

"Yes, Hades!"

The energy required for King Ai of Zhou to advance to the Undying Bone realm exceeded Lin Yi's expectations.

The spirit and morale of more than 80,000 Japanese soldiers were poured into it all at once, and it was just enough.

He had originally planned to train King Ai of Zhou and then have some left over for the water corpse A-Qiang, but now it seems he'll have to wait until next time.

However, having the power to not melt bones is still quite respectable in the underworld, at least enough to prevent one from feeling inferior in front of other underworld kings.

What Lin Yi didn't know was that he had spent a whole week in the Netherworld Minor Dimension.

In the past week, the outside world has been in an uproar over the disappearance of the Japanese troops in Guangdong.

More than 80,000 Japanese soldiers vanished overnight, a number that was enough to shock the entire high command of the invading Japanese army.

The Japanese troops in central and southern China were thrown into a panic, and some of their planned offensive operations were forced to be shelved.

The morale of the Chinese army soared as a result, and counter-offensives were launched in many places.

With Lin Yi's support, our army's strength increased significantly, and we took the opportunity to eliminate the puppet troops in northern Guangdong. Shaoguan, Guangzhou, and other areas were subsequently liberated.

When Lin Yi emerged from the Netherworld plane, Michelle was offering incense to the infant spirit.

When he finally showed up, she quickly went up to him and told him that several groups of people had come looking for him in the past few days.

The officers of the Independent Regiment came to ask for instructions every few days, saying that several surrounding counties had been occupied by an army from who-knows-where, and people were in a state of panic.

And that girl named Zuo Lan also came to see him several times.

After listening, Lin Yi had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

Zuo Lan came to him, probably to try and persuade him anyway.

As for the "armies" in the surrounding counties, they were mostly our army troops.

It seems history has been completely messed up!

He hesitated for a moment, then said to Michelle, "We may have to move."

"Where are we moving to?" Michelle asked.

Hong Kong Island.