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Young Mistress Hua floated lightly towards the location outside Hua Family Town where the corpse energy was surging. She had no suspicions and thought she could just deal with it casually. In this chaotic world, it was normal for there to be more demons and monsters.

Just as she drifted to the edge of town, she saw a zombie standing in the moonlight, about to attack.

"You're Mrs. Hua?"

The zombie's voice sounded hoarse and had a somewhat strained quality.

"It's not corpse talk, it's not ghost talk, what are you?" Mrs. Hua asked in surprise.

The zombies at the third seven-year mark speak corpse language, those at the fifth seven-year mark speak ghost language, and after that, the zombies that can still exist become unable to speak because their seven souls dissipate.

She smiled with interest, pointed her finger, and countless white ribbons shot out out of thin air, binding the zombie standing there tightly.

"This is really interesting. Come back with me."

"Snapped!"

A very faint sound, yet it seemed to resonate deep within people's hearts, like the crackling of lightning.

Mrs. Hua was horrified.

Chapter 223 Hang in there a little longer...

"This is really interesting. Come back with me."

As Zhang Chengyi listened to the woman opposite him finish speaking, she pointed, and a large number of white ribbons fluttered in front of him, instantly covering him completely.

The corpse energy within his body remained completely still, just like when he was dead. His clothes were soft yet resilient, so relying solely on the corpse energy to drive his body to resist was utterly useless.

Waste and corpse odor.

He inwardly scorned the corpse energy, then increased the power of the heavenly lightning.

"Snapped!"

"Chucky!"

The sash wrapped around Zhang Chengyi seemed to have come into contact with sulfuric acid, turning into countless odorous gases.

"Achoo!" He couldn't help but sneeze; the smell was truly pungent.

After experiencing a classic three-part sequence of initial shock, retreat, and feigned composure, Mrs. Hua exclaimed, "Since we're kindred spirits, why hide your true colors!"

"What are you babbling about?" Zhang Chengyi exhaled a breath of corpse energy, dispelling the surrounding stench, and then said, "I'm asking you, are you Young Master Hua's wife?"

He genuinely couldn't recognize her, even though the vixen had described Hua Shao's appearance.

Zombies have different eyesight than humans, at least in this version. With a little concentration, the combined senses of sight, smell, and vision create an image in the mind of a human body covered with veins.

He was overly sensitive to blood, which made him truly face-blind; he could only recognize people by their scent and the smell of their blood.

Mrs. Hua composed herself and looked at the zombie suspiciously. Even if someone could release heavenly lightning through a zombie, it was unlikely to escape her senses. A thousand years of cultivation was no small feat.

"It is indeed I," she replied softly.

Zhang Chengyi had just recovered from the numbness of being struck by lightning and jumped over without hesitation.

If the other party doesn't make a move, then a good chat is not out of the question. But since you've already made a move against him, there's not much to say. Let's test the waters first before talking.

Mrs. Hua smiled, but a wary look flashed in her eyes. In the past, she would have definitely tried to get close and play around, but now that she knew the enemy might use mines, she would definitely keep her distance first.

"roar~"

Zhang Chengyi unhesitatingly spewed out corpse energy to block it.

Despite being entangled by the corpse's aura, Mrs. Hua dodged left and right, gradually closing the distance with the zombie, but she remained calm and even found it rather amusing.

Besides sunlight, magical artifacts, and lightning and fire, the simplest way to deal with zombies is to release their corpse energy. Without the corpse energy, the zombie becomes a corpse. Many zombies only release corpse energy when they have no other choice.

The zombie in front of us is spewing out corpse gas so casually, isn't that suicide?

This made Mrs. Hua even more certain that the zombies were puppets created and controlled by someone, and that there must be a sorcerer controlling them.

With this thought in mind, she quietly restrained her actions, deliberately moving slower to feign weakness, thinking that she could wear down the zombie and deliver a powerful blow when the mastermind finally appeared.

Why does it have so much corpse energy?

[They must have used some special corpse-refining technique. Too bad they underestimated my thousand years of cultivation.]

[It's been 15 minutes, why are you still criticizing?]

Just hold on a little longer, it definitely won't last.

Just hang in there a little longer...

[Hang in there—I can't hold on any longer!]

With her thousand years of cultivation, Young Mistress Hua managed to slowly dart around Huajiagou with the zombies manipulated by the cheat engine, taking half an hour. By the time she realized that she was the one who had been completely exhausted, it was too late.

At first, she could easily escape with her thousand years of cultivation, but she was reluctant to leave Huajia Town and wanted to win by stalling. As a result, she was slowly dying, but she was dragged out until she ran out of supplies by a zombie who was much weaker than her.

"Whoosh!" The corpse energy surged, tightly surrounding Young Madam Hua, whose magic power and physical strength were both depleted.

Zhang Chengyi said in a strong voice, "Keep running." He didn't care; he could run for half an hour, or even half a year, without any problem.

He doesn't care about being bored when he's competing.

Mrs. Hua gave him a deep look and asked, "Who exactly are you?"

This person still firmly believes that there is someone behind the zombie, and thinks that if the other party can make a zombie release so much corpse energy and not die, then the other party may be more powerful than her, and since they are willing to play with her, they must have some desire.

"boom!"

Zhang Chengyi ignored everything else, went up and slapped the still arrogant young mistress of the house to the ground, then slapped her a few more times.

Dawn was approaching, and the slightly whitening sky already made him feel uncomfortable all over. If the sun came out, it would probably be unbearable.

"Awooo~" the rooster crowed.

The corpse energy began to settle down without hesitation, and its activation was extremely slow, just like a corporate slave who had worked two sleepless nights and was lifeless, ready to strike and die suddenly at any moment to show the boss.

Waste and corpse odor.

Zhang Chengyi cursed again, then grabbed the unconscious Young Madam Hua and jumped three feet high, disappearing into the mountains.

He dared not gamble that if he were exposed to the sun, he would end up like a zombie in many movies and TV shows.

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At noon, in a cave in Huajiagou.

"Hey~"

Even though Mrs. Hua had been awake for a while, she still pretended to make strange noises.

"Snap!" Before she could even open her eyes, she felt a jolt of electricity surge through the hand that was holding her, leaving her body numb and tingling.

"Ha~" X2

The young mistress and the charming Zhang Chengyi both exhaled a breath of hot air with a slightly burnt smell.

"Stop whining once you're awake."

Zhang Chengyi adapted faster, after all, he had shocked himself many times. After saying that, he chuckled and said, "I almost forgot you don't have a penis."

"?"

Mrs. Hua opened her eyes, looked at me with a face full of resentment, and said, "You still refuse to come out and see me?"

"idolt."

Zhang Chengyi, when dealing with this stubborn fellow who refused to listen to others, succinctly stated, "Tell me what era this is."

Mrs. Hua hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Snapped!"

"Ha~" X2

"Just answer my questions honestly. If you say anything unnecessary, I'll shock you with a stunt every time you say it," Zhang Chengyi warned.

Hua Shao's wife trembled all over. As an animal transformed through the practice of evil magic, and having gone through countless hardships to become a demon and then cultivate into human form, she was almost reverted to her original form by the lightning.

This is no joke. Aside from illusions, it is extremely difficult for monsters to cultivate human form. Once they are forced back to their original form, all their hard work over thousands of years will be destroyed in an instant.

She dared not probe further and cautiously said, "Ming, Da Ming."

Who is the emperor now?

"Are there any famous humans among them?"

What are you?

How much do you know about the Black Mountain Demon?

What's with the zombies?

Why does the body weaken as the corpse energy strengthens?

Time flew by as the two inhuman beings exchanged questions and answers.

Chapter 224 Soul and Spirit

[It really is a Chinese Ghost Story!]

Zhang Chengyi stood in the cave, holding Hua Shao's hand with a thoughtful expression.

The combination of terms like "chaotic world," "Black Mountain Demon," "Lanruo Temple," and "Tree Demon Granny" should be enough to confirm it's a story.

Moreover, it's almost certain that the film will be the one starring Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong, since the Black Mountain Demon is the monster from that version.

As for whether it's a game version...

Zhang Chengyi could confidently say that it was unlikely, because he had never played the game "A Chinese Ghost Story".

But A Chinese Ghost Story seems to have no upper limit; in fact, you could say it's a bit disappointing.

Even the City of the Wrongfully Dead in the Underworld could be occupied by a monster, and the key point is that the Black Mountain Demon's strength is just so-so. Yan Chixia, who doesn't seem to have much of an impact, was able to rush in and save people.

In terms of power system, it feels even inferior to Inuyasha.

However, since we're already here, let's make the best of it. It seems there's not much development value, so let's just play around with it as we please.

"Could you... let me go first?" Mrs. Hua said uncomfortably.