Lin Qiao had never watched any zombie movies before, nor did she know anything about zombies. She had no idea how to deal with them, or how the protagonists in zombie movies managed to control the zombies in the end.
"Hey, how did the protagonists in zombie movies... manage to survive in the end?" Lin Qiao's voice began to tremble slightly.
Zou Lvrui replied blankly, "I... I never watch horror movies when I watch movies..."
Lin Qiao heaved a sigh.
It seemed that Meng Erliu, as a person from the 21st century, had this one and only advantage.
... Her knowledge covered areas that neither Lin Qiao nor Zou Lvrui knew about.
Lin Qiao and Zou Lvrui came to the border of the black market, where there was a city wall.
The black market was a well - regulated area. Usually, those who wanted to come to the black market to buy or sell things had to go through strict inspections and could only enter during the stipulated time. It was just like a small but fully - functioning town.
The people inside lived a prosperous life, and they were all cultivators. People outside all wanted to get in, whether it was to buy pills or instruments. In Yangzhou City, the black market was a place that people yearned for, but those with thin wallets dared not enter.
Around the black market, there was a tall and big city wall on which people could patrol and check. Usually, there were soldiers guarding it, but today there was not a single person.
Zou Lvrui was a Foundation - Building stage cultivator, which was a bit better than ordinary non - cultivating people, but she couldn't even fly with a sword yet.
As a Qi - Refining stage cultivator above the ordinary level, Lin Qiao steadily carried Zou Lvrui and flew onto the city wall.
When they flew onto the city wall, they found that there was a large barrier around the black market. It was black - red, like burning diamonds, magnificent and gorgeous.
This was the color of Luo Nanchen's spiritual power.
Lin Qiao's heart sank again. Where was Luo Nanchen now? Was he in danger?
For the first time, she missed him so much...
On the city wall, Zou Lvrui looked at the scene below and felt a bit dizzy for a moment. "Damn it..."
Right below the barrier, there was a group of zombies. Their faces were rotten, and their whole bodies seemed to be burned. They could no longer be called human beings. They were attacking the barrier.
Although it was a bit different from the scenes in the zombie movies Lin Qiao had seen before, the intense sense of being under siege still shocked her.
She was not only shocked but also scared.
Every attack from the zombies caused damage to the barrier, which would then dim. But the next moment, the barrier would be filled with black - red light again!
The whole barrier looked gorgeous and spectacular because of this light. It was as if the entire black market was shrouded in this light and also became spectacular.
Lin Qiao knew that this was Luo Nanchen injecting spiritual power into the barrier again.
However, Luo Nanchen's spiritual power would also be exhausted one day. He was not a god.
"No, I have to do something..."
Zou Lvrui hadn't recovered from the dizziness yet. Her head was still spinning. "Huh? What did you say?"
Lin Qiao raised her voice. "I said we have to do something. We can't just sit here and wait for death!"
Zou Lvrui replied, "Okay, I'll follow your lead. But how?"
"Go to Endian Cheng Giant Forest and find your notebook."
"Isn't it dangerous if we go down now? We'll be eaten by the zombies!"
"I've observed. Zombies can't fly."
"But I can't fly either!"
"..."
Lin Qiao thought that what Meng Erliu had created should be based on the zombie form in the 21st century, although she hadn't seen them in the cave in Endian Cheng Giant Forest before.
The ones she had seen should be the ones that hadn't been successfully created.
In the 21st century, zombies were usually caused by the failure of virus or chemical agent experiments, which led to the zombie transformation and then the infection.
... This infection referred to the zombies biting people.
The zombies here should not be caused by viruses or chemical agents. She didn't know what new thing Meng Erliu had researched to cause such a large - scale zombie transformation.
Anyway, it mustn't be a good thing.
It was also possible that it was related to the cliff in the cave.
The cliff was full of magma below, and she had almost fallen into it.
This time when they went, even if they couldn't find Zou Lvrui's laptop, at least studying the magma should be useful.
Lin Qiao said to Zou Lvrui, "I'll summon my sword. Sit tight."
Zou Lvrui said, "Of course I'll sit tight. If I fall, it'll be the end of me..."
Lin Qiao flew with the sword at a medium height.
Along the way, there were collapsed houses everywhere, and zombies were wandering around expressionlessly. They all looked dull and listless.
In fact, most of them had burned and rotten flesh on their faces. One couldn't even tell their expressions, let alone their looks.
Some of them noticed Lin Qiao flying in the sky. They jumped up stiffly to grab her, but after jumping a few times, they couldn't reach her, and some of their burned skin fell off.
This made Zou Lvrui feel extremely nauseous.
"Damn it, this is so disgusting!"
Lin Qiao kept flying expressionlessly. She didn't see this scene, but she could still retort.
"Actually, I think these are not as scary as human pigs."
The original owner's ending was to be turned into a human pig by Luo Nanchen and then drowned in a pond.
Zou Lvrui: "..."
Zou Lvrui: "Sorry, I forgot that you were originally the most tragic character in the whole story..."
When they came to the sky near Endian Cheng Giant Forest, Lin Qiao's sword suddenly trembled uncontrollably twice, and then fell vertically out of control like a crazy thing!
"Ah—"
The two of them fell on the grass inside Endian Cheng Giant Forest.
Lin Qiao immediately got up, grabbed Zou Lvrui, and tried to fly again.
However, this time, the sword couldn't rise no matter what.
It even seemed to want to shrink and go back into the storage ring.
Lin Qiao was full of questions. "Damn it, what do you mean? Do you want to trade in the old for a new one?"
Zou Lvrui patted Lin Qiao's shoulder. "It should be a setting issue. Flying with a sword is not allowed above Endian Cheng Giant Forest. Otherwise, anyone could come here to find treasures."
Lin Qiao said, "Since you didn't write this part of the plot, I won't scold you for now."
Zou Lvrui: "Thank you so much..."
Just as Lin Qiao put away the sword, she suddenly thought of a very serious problem. "If these zombies were really created by Meng Erliu, then Endian Cheng Giant Forest should be the zombies' den. There should also be zombies here—"
Before she finished speaking, the grass around them swayed, and footsteps sounded.
In an instant, a sense of horror rushed into their minds, and they felt a chill down their backs.
Zou Lvrui quickly grabbed Lin Qiao's arm. "Damn it, stop talking. I'm getting goosebumps."
Suddenly, a person walked out from the side!