I'm a zombie, what's the point of awakening the yellow-haired system?

"Master, please leave!" Nini struggled to get up.

But Zhang Chen stood there, still with that weird smile on his face. He was not taken away "forcibly" until the blood covered him.

"Master!" The fox sisters burst into tears, "It's all our fault for being useless and unable to protect the master..."

What they didn't know was that Zhang Chen took one last look at them before he left, with a hint of apology and calculation in his eyes. All of this was part of his plan.

After the people from the Blood Merchant Guild took Zhang Chen away, the fox sisters struggled to get up.

"Sister... Master..." Nana sobbed, her nine snow-white tails hanging weakly on the ground, "What should we do?"

Nini endured the pain, her fiery red fox fur was stained with blood: "Notify the others first! Go call the sisters of the water and fire elements!"

At this moment, Su Baizhi rushed over. Seeing the mess in the room, she covered her lips with her jade hand and said, "The Blood Merchants Guild... they finally took action."

“Sister Su!” Nana rushed over and hugged her legs, “It’s all our fault for being useless and failing to protect the Master!”

Su Baizhi seemed unusually calm: "Don't panic, Zhang Chen sent me a message before he was captured. He said... everything is under control."

"What do you mean?" Nini was stunned.

"The Blood Merchants Association is backed by the Blood Demon Sect, and their lair is in the Blood Demon Mountains." Su Baizhi said softly, "Zhang Chen was deliberately captured by them in order to find the core base of the Blood Demon Sect."

"But..." Nana said worriedly, "The people of the Blood Demon Sect like to use living people to refine blood pills. Master..."

"Don't worry." Su Baizhi smiled mysteriously, "Zhang Chen was well prepared. He moved not only the things in the storage space, but also a treasure that is related to the survival of the Blood Demon Sect."

Nini's eyes lit up: "No wonder the master has been collecting storage rings recently...it turns out it's for this."

"But we have to act quickly." Su Baizhi took out a communication jade slip, "I will contact the girls of the Fire and Water Departments and ask them to prepare for the response."

"Let's go too!" the fox sisters said in unison.

"You should take care of your injuries first." Su Baizhi fed them some healing pills, "We'll talk about it after your injuries are healed. Zhang Chen specifically told you to have a good rest before he left."

Zhang Chen was tied up and taken to a gloomy hall. People wearing bloody masks stood all around him. Everyone wore the same black robe, exuding a chilling aura.

This scene reminded him of the first time he wiped out the Blood Merchant Guild branch. The members of the Blood Merchant Guild at that time also looked like this, wearing masks, like puppets without souls, numbly executing the orders of their superiors. However, at that time, they all turned into cold corpses in the end.

"Kneel down!" A blood guard kicked Zhang Chen's knee hard.

Zhang Chen knelt down and pretended to be terrified. He looked up and saw a woman in a blood-red gauze dress looking down at him. She had long hair as bright as fire, delicate features with a bit of bewitching beauty, but her eyes were as cold as ice.

"Zhang Chen..." The red-haired woman opened her red lips slightly, but her voice was cold, "Do you know what crime you have committed?"

"Please spare my life, sir!" Zhang Chen immediately acted terrified, "I didn't know!"

"Don't know?" The woman sneered, waved her jade hand, and a blood shadow appeared in the air. It was a picture of a man before his death, with a sword piercing his heart.

"Blood Demon, one of the four guardians of our Blood Merchants Guild, died at your hands." The woman's voice suddenly became sharp, "You still dare to say you don't know?"

"This... this is a misunderstanding!" Zhang Chen crawled a few steps on his knees. "He was the first to attack that day. I was just protecting myself!"

"Self-protection?" The woman sneered, "From what I know, you have been eyeing the Blood Evil's storage ring for a long time, just waiting for an opportunity to take action."

“No, no, no…” Zhang Chen kowtowed repeatedly, “I am innocent! He clearly dropped the storage ring, and I didn’t even pick it up!”

"Hmph!" The woman suddenly stood up, her graceful figure looming under her gauze dress, "Xuesha is my most capable subordinate. You must pay for his death with your own life!"

"My Lord, please have mercy on me!" Zhang Chen burst into tears. "I am willing to join the Blood Merchants Association and serve you!"

"It's too late!" The woman interrupted with a wave of her hand, "Come here, lock him up in the blood prison and execute him at noon tomorrow!"

Two blood guards carried Zhang Chen and dragged him out. Zhang Chen struggled and cried, "Please spare my life, sir! I really know I am wrong!"

Only after he was dragged out of the hall did he raise his head slightly, a sneer on his lips. The blood prison... was exactly where he wanted to go.

After being thrown into the blood prison, Zhang Chen leaned against the cold wall, with a gleam of brilliance in his eyes. His fingers silently tapped in the air, and an almost imperceptible divine sense came out and began to explore the surrounding situation.

Bursts of shrill screams came from the depths of the blood prison, mixed with some strange spells. The air was filled with a thick smell of blood, which made people nauseous.

"How ironic..." Zhang Chen muttered to himself, "That idiot Xue Sha didn't even know what was hidden in his storage ring before he died."

At this moment, there was a slight noise coming from the cell next door. A weak female voice sounded: "You...you are Zhang Chen?"

Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes. Through the gap in the iron bars, he saw a ragged woman. Although she looked haggard, she still had her former beauty.

Chapter 634 Dark Gold Soul Devouring Locust

"It's me." Zhang Chen said calmly, "Who are you?"

"My name is Ye Shuang... I used to be an elder of the East Region Pill Pavilion." The woman smiled bitterly, "I was captured by the Blood Merchants Association three months ago. They extracted my blood essence every day to refine pills..."

A strange look flashed in Zhang Chen's eyes: "Elder of Dan Pavilion? Then you should know the Blood Demon Sect's blood pill secret technique?"

"I know a little bit." Ye Shuang lowered his voice, "The blood pills they refine with the essence and blood of living people can not only improve cultivation, but also control people's souls. Most of the masked people in the Blood Merchants Association are puppets controlled by the blood pills."

"So that's how it is..." Zhang Chen thought, "What's the origin of that red-haired woman?"

"Her name is Xue Lian, and she is the last disciple of the Blood Demon Sect's leader." Ye Shuang shuddered, "She has a cruel personality and loves to torture prisoners to death. Tomorrow you might..."

Zhang Chen showed a mysterious smile: "It doesn't matter, I'm waiting for tomorrow."

"You..." Ye Shuang was stunned, "Did you get caught on purpose?"

Zhang Chen did not answer, but closed his eyes and rested.

He could feel that the item in the Blood Evil Storage Ring was resonating with something deep in the Blood Prison...

While closing his eyes to rest, Zhang Chen's spiritual consciousness quietly probed into the storage ring.

In the deepest secret compartment, a thumb-sized blood-red poisonous insect was wriggling slightly.

This is the treasure he found in the Blood Evil Storage Ring - the Blood Demon Gu King.

The poisonous insect is blood red all over, with strange patterns on its back, like a blooming red spider lily.

Its tentacles kept trembling, as if sensing something. Every time it trembled, a faint smell of blood would leak out.

"What a good thing..." Zhang Chen raised his lips, "No wonder the Blood Demon hid you so deeply."

As far as he knew, the Blood Demon Gu King was the sacred object of the Blood Demon Sect and was stolen a thousand years ago. This kind of Gu worm could devour other blood Gu and control people enslaved by blood pills. At this moment, it was resonating with something deep in the blood prison.

Zhang Chen could feel that the direction that the Blood Demon Gu King's tentacles were pointing to should be the Blood Demon Sect's forbidden area - the Ten Thousand Gu Pond, where countless blood Gu were raised and used to refine blood pills.

“Heh…” Zhang Chen chuckled, “Xue Lian, ah Xue Lian, you don’t even know that you’ve let a wolf into your house.”

At this moment, the Blood Demon Gu King suddenly trembled violently. Its tentacles danced wildly, and the patterns on its body became more enchanting. Obviously, it sensed the breath of its own kind.

Zhang Chen frowned slightly. He found that the Blood Demon Gu King seemed to want to break free from his control.

This ancient poisonous insect is extremely intelligent. If not handled properly, it is likely to turn against its owner.

"Be good and listen..." Zhang Chen pinched his fingers and chanted a spell, and a beam of blood entered the body of the Gu worm. The restlessness of the Blood Demon Gu King gradually subsided.

"Master..." Ye Shuang suddenly said, "The aura on you..."

Zhang Chen immediately restrained his aura, but Ye Shuang still noticed something was wrong. As an elder of Dan Pavilion, she was very sensitive to all kinds of spiritual insects and beasts.

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask." Zhang Chen said calmly, "You'll know tomorrow."

Zhang Chen looked at the insect and couldn't help but sneer.

This tiny creature could actually drive the Blood Demon Sect crazy, and they even established an organization like the Blood Merchant Guild to find it.

"How ridiculous..." he said coldly, "Just a bug has turned so many monks into puppets."

The Blood Demon King was indeed not simple. It could secrete a special toxin that would stimulate the most primitive desires of human beings - greed, lust, and tyranny. The Blood Demon Sect took advantage of this and used blood pills to control those monks who were overwhelmed by desire.

Zhang Chen recalled the scene he saw in the memory fragments of the blood demon: determined monks became crazy after taking the blood pill. They put on bloody masks and became the running dogs of the Blood Merchants Association. And all this was because of this little poisonous insect.

"Human desires are truly terrifying..." Zhang Chen laughed at himself, "Even though they clearly knew that the blood pill had problems, they still flocked to it."

The Blood Demon Gu King squirmed in his consciousness, as if responding to his sarcasm. Its tentacles swayed gently, as if saying: It is not me who controls humans, but humans who choose to be controlled.

"You're right." Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes. "People's hearts are more poisonous than yours. The reason why the Blood Merchants Association has been able to develop to this point today is not just because of your poison, but more because of the greed in human nature."

He recalled the scenes in Xuesha's memory: someone took the initiative to swallow blood pills in order to improve his cultivation;

Some people willingly become blood slaves for the sake of wealth;

Some people even sacrificed their loved ones to the Blood Demon Sect for their own selfish desires...

“Heh…” Zhang Chen sneered, “The Blood Demon Sect claims to be fighting demons and defending morality, but in fact they are taking advantage of the dark side of human nature. And you,” he looked at the poisonous insect, “are just a tool they use to paralyze the world.”

The pattern on the Blood Demon Gu King flickered, as if agreeing with his words.

Yes, it is indeed powerful, but without the cooperation of humans, how can it create such a large organization as the Blood Merchant Guild?

"Since you like to control..." Zhang Chen sneered and took out several thousand storage rings, "Then let me show you what real control is."

He suddenly opened all the storage rings. In an instant, countless black shadows emerged from the ring. They were densely packed mutant locusts, each the size of a thumb, pitch black, with strange golden patterns flashing on their backs.

"Om-"

Thousands of locusts circled in the blood prison, making a creepy buzzing sound. Their compound eyes glowed with a faint green light, like countless pairs of prying eyes.

“This is…” Ye Shuang shrank into the corner in fear, “Dark Gold Soul Devouring Locust?!”

Zhang Chen nodded: "Yes, I spent a lot of effort to catch this. This kind of locust likes to devour insects with blood, especially..." He looked at the Blood Demon Gu King meaningfully, "Blood Gu insects."

The Blood Demon Gu King seemed to feel threatened and began to tremble wildly.

Its tentacles danced violently, emitting a strong bloody smell, trying to scare away the locusts.

However, instead of retreating, the Dark Gold Soul-Eating Locust became even more excited.

They circled in the air, forming a huge vortex, emitting a hungry hum.

"Don't you like playing with control?"

Zhang Chen sneered, "Then I will let you have a taste of being controlled. These dark gold soul-devouring locusts are all carefully cultivated by me. They can not only devour your blood and energy, but also take your abilities for themselves."

The Blood Demon Gu King struggled violently, but under the suppression of Zhang Chen's magic power, he could not escape at all. The locusts had begun to slowly approach, greedily gazing at this ancient holy object.

"Master..." Ye Shuang said tremblingly, "If these locusts get out of control..."

"Don't worry." Zhang Chen interrupted her, "They are all my blood servants and will not harm innocent people. But those people from the Blood Demon Sect..." He showed a cruel smile, "They will soon taste the bitter fruit of their own deeds."

Chapter 635: Complete Disintegration of the Blood Merchants Association

The locust swarm circled in the air, forming a huge black vortex. The golden pattern of each locust was flickering, like stars in the night sky, strange and beautiful.

"Go..." Zhang Chen said softly, making hand gestures with his fingers.

Suddenly, the locust swarm split into two parts.

Some of them continued to circle in the blood prison, while others crawled out through the cracks in the walls and floor tiles.

The Blood Demon King struggled frantically, as if it had sensed something.

Zhang Chen could feel its fear - this ancient holy object that had controlled countless people now also felt the feeling of being controlled.

“Are you scared now?” Zhang Chen sneered, “Do you think that the Blood Lotus can control me by locking me up here? Little did you know that this Blood Prison has become the best battlefield.”

He could sense that the locusts that had escaped were spreading underground in the blood prison.

This was originally the place where the Blood Demon Sect raised the blood parasites, and there were countless insect tunnels underground. Now, these insect tunnels became the best marching passages for his locust army.

"Master," Ye Shuang suddenly whispered, "there's movement!"

Sure enough, there was a commotion in the distance, followed by screams. The blood slaves controlled by the blood pills had obviously discovered something unusual.

"It's begun..." Zhang Chen's eyes flashed with ruthlessness, "Let the Blood Demon Sect also have a taste of being eaten by bugs."

The Blood Demon Gu King's tentacles trembled violently, as if he wanted to convey some information. But it was too late, a large number of dark gold soul-eating locusts had already penetrated into every corner of the Blood Demon Sect through the underground worm tunnels.

The Blood Merchants Association collapsed, and countless people who were controlled woke up from the slavery of the blood pills. Zhang Chen stood on the ruins, looking at those bewildered people. They came from different worlds, some were casual cultivators in the world of cultivation, some were residents of the technological planet, and even some were survivors from the doomsday wasteland.

"It's time to send you home." Zhang Chen said softly.

The Blood Demon Gu King in his hand was already dying, and most of its power had been taken away by the Dark Gold Soul-Eating Locust.

Those locusts with glittering golden patterns had now multiplied to 100 million tons, densely covering the entire Blood Demon Sect.

Zhang Chen began to cast a spell, and space cracks tore open in the void. The innocent people who were controlled were teleported back to their own worlds. They would remember everything, but at least they were free.

"Wait!" Ye Shuang looked at the scene in disbelief, "You...you can travel through time and space? How is this possible!"

Zhang Chen turned and looked at her with a complicated look. Ye Shuang was indeed coerced, but during her time in the Blood Merchants Association, she also helped to refine the blood pill in order to survive.

"Some people should go home," Zhang Chen said calmly, "some people... should be responsible for their own choices."

Ye Shuang's face turned pale, and she finally understood what Zhang Chen meant. Those innocent people who were controlled by the poisonous insects could go home, but people like her who knew that the blood pills were evil and helped to make them had to stay and bear the consequences.