After hearing what I said, Liu Deshui's expression became more serious.
His brows were furrowed into a pimple.
After a moment, he said, "Your conjecture is also very possible. After all, throughout history, those who have been able to live forever have all lived in ****, which is not realistic. Even the oldest, Li Qingyuan, a traditional Chinese medicine scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, only lived to be 256 years old."
"But that happened during the Qing Dynasty after all. Whether it's true or not, I'm afraid it still needs to be verified. But then again, even if the King of Zhao really turned into a zombie king, he can't have his own consciousness. Unless his soul turned into a ghost and merged with his own body."
Liu Deshui's words made me even more certain that the Longevity Diagram did not exist at all.
Even if the "Eternal Life Map" that Hong Qingzong mentioned really exists, it probably has nothing to do with the so-called immortality in reality.
But now is not the time to think about these issues, because the dead zombies under the small mound have already taken action.
Those dead zombies came out of the cave and entered here. After stopping for a while, they made a low "uh uh" sound and quickly rushed to the top of the small mound.
They were very fast, and although their bodies were zombies, they didn't look stiff at all. In addition to their straight spines, their hands and feet seemed very flexible.
Even one of the dead zombies' heads turned 360 degrees.
Liu Deshui vaguely discovered some unusual movements on the small mound.
Xiao Li tugged at my sleeve and asked me in a chilly voice, "Brother Tianyi, why is there such a big noise over there? Did something happen?"
I lowered my voice, facing Xiao Li and Uncle Sun, and explained, "It seems that those dead zombies are chasing these ghoul rats. Now they have climbed up the small mound, the ghoul rats' nest. I don't know what they are going to do here. Most likely they are trying to catch the ghoul rats!"
"Catching cadaver rats? Why are those zombies catching rats? Are they hungry?"
Xiaoli asked me tremblingly.
She looked a little flustered, and she blinked her eyes trying to see through the darkness what was happening on the mound.
Before I could answer, Master Liu spoke.
Liu Deshui smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "Although zombies are interested in flesh and blood, there is no need for them to chase a group of cadaver rats. Because cadaver rats are scavengers. They carry the smell of corpses, which is almost the same as the smell of zombies. Therefore, under normal circumstances, zombies will not attack cadaver rats."
"They won't attack? But these zombies have already chased us here, and they're obviously going after those ghoul rats."
Xiao Li muttered something, not quite believing what Liu Deshui said.
I think Liu Deshui is right.
But why did the zombies chase us here? I'm afraid they have other purposes.
At this time, the dead zombies had already rushed up to the small mound or the lair of the ghouls.
In the lair of the ghouls, the zombies showed no mercy and started killing people.
They stretched their claws into the earth holes one by one and caught the cadaver rats one by one. Then they used their claws to dig into the bellies of the cadaver rats and kept digging out something.
I noticed that the body cavity of a rabbit-sized cadaver rat had been emptied, its intestines and stomach had been pulled out, and it was bloody.
Some of the cadaver rats had their limbs pulled out and were torn into pieces.
For a moment, the squeaking sound echoed in the lair of the cadaver rats. The sound was extremely harsh. Even the squeaking sound changed, carrying a feeling of sadness, pain, and anger.
Those dead zombies have no consciousness at all, they only know how to kill.
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They didn't even let go of the small cadaver rats.
A palm-sized ghoul rat was stuffed directly into the mouth of a dead soldier zombie. The long corpse teeth kept biting, and the flesh on the zombie's face kept falling down. The body was also covered with scarlet blood.
“Crack!”
The sound of bones breaking was unusually crisp, just like the sound you get when you order a plate of crispy bones at a barbecue restaurant, or the sound you get when you chew flesh and bones. Of course, this analogy is a bit disgusting.
Those dead zombies almost became cruel executioners, ruthlessly plundering the lives of those corpse-eating rats.
The corpse-eating rats were torn to pieces, blood splattered, and the entire small mound was dyed blood red.
Damn it, looking at this one-sided killing, I clenched my fists and was very angry. Although those cadaver rats are disgusting things, at this moment, they are weak and I still sympathize with them.
Liu Deshui also saw the scene clearly and his face turned gloomy.
I was annoyed, so I drew out the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword with one hand and prepared to go up the mound to help those corpse-eating rats.
But Liu Deshui stopped me and asked in a deep voice, "Where are you going?"
I said angrily, "Go and help. Those zombies are too ferocious. I can't stand it anymore."
Liu Deshui held my arm tightly and said urgently, "You can't go over there. Even if you have mercy on them, what can you do? If you go over there now, those zombies will not let you go. There are quite a few of them, and you are no match for them."
Yes, what can I do if I go over there? I can only deal with a few dead zombies.
Can I really deal with all those zombies? It seems unlikely. However, I can't do it by myself. I still have the fragments of the divine map and the red lacquer coffin.
With a raised eyebrow, I thought to myself, damn it, at worst I can give it a try and release the ancient human members from the fragments of the divine map.
Liu Deshui is an upright ghost-catching Taoist priest. Even if he knows the secret of the fragments of the divine map, it doesn't matter. He won't harm me.
Once I have made up my mind, I am ready to take action.
But at this moment, a mournful cry suddenly came from the cadaver rat's nest.
The cry sounded very much like a person's cry, but it was very shrill and it was hard to hear what was being shouted.
I was surprised and when I looked over, I saw a shadow appearing at the highest point of the hillock.
The shadow was a little skinny, with a hunched back, and looked very much like a human.
But how could a person appear on top of a ghoul rat's nest? It was unlikely.
I stared at it, and a light flashed in my eyes, and I found that the "figure" was not a human, but a huge cadaver rat.
The corpse-eating rat was as tall as an adult, with its claws on the ground, holding on tightly.
Its mouth was pointed and pouted, like a monkey's mouth. Its face was covered with long, white whiskers, and its hair was not red, but bright red, like burning charcoal.
How terrifying! Could it be that the corpse-eating rat has become a spirit? !
After the cadaver rat appeared, it let out a mournful cry, and in the nests around its body, cadaver rats suddenly appeared.
The cadaver rats lay on the edge of the nest, crawling on their paws, with their heads facing the huge cadaver rat, as if the cadaver rat was the king among them.
Moreover, I noticed that the huge cadaver rat actually had a round white bead in its mouth.
The bead was about the size of a ping-pong ball, but it emitted a bright white soft light.
"Is that guy a ghoul rat? He looks like the ruler of ghoul rats... The thing in his mouth seems to be, seems to be a corpse pill."
Liu Deshui said in shock.
Obviously Liu
Deshui also didn't know what the huge corpse-eating rat looked like.
However, I did learn about the corpse pill mentioned by Liu Deshui in the Yin-Yang Soul Crossing Notes.
Corpse pills are different from ghost pills. Corpse pills can only be born in the body of the king among zombies.
Moreover, the corpse pill is where the Zombie King stores the corpse qi. With the corpse pill, the Zombie King can control the corpse qi, practice, and change his physique, allowing him to survive longer in the world.
After the giant cadaver rat appeared with the corpse pill in its mouth, the dead zombies under the small mounds seemed to have sensed something and actually raised their heads to face the direction of the giant cadaver rat.
"Uh uh uh!"
With muffled cries, the dead zombies ignored everything, threw away the ghouls in their hands, and rushed to the top of the small mound.
There is no doubt that these dead zombies are coming for the "corpse pill".
When the huge ghoul rat saw the dead zombies rushing towards it, it actually narrowed its eyes and plucked its long white beard with its claws in a very humane manner.
He looked like an old man who had experienced many years, examining a group of children. His eyes were very human and seemed very deep.
It’s become a spirit, it’s really become a spirit!
Damn, that giant cadaver rat is really an outlier.
Seeing that the dead zombies were about to rush to the top of the small mound, the huge cadaver rat actually roared in a low voice, like a tiger, with its green eyes filled with cold light.
Its growl sounded like an order, making it seem inviolable.
After the roar, the top of the small hill began to move continuously.
No, not wriggling! It was around those dead zombies, the hidden ghouls were crawling in the soil and feces.
Immediately afterwards, the small mound seemed to soften all of a sudden, and the legs and feet of many dead zombies sank directly into the mud.
Soon, before the dead zombies could rush to the top of the ghoul rat's nest and touch the huge ghoul rat, all the dead zombies stopped.
It’s not that they wanted to stop, but those brainless zombies had half of their bodies stuck in the mud.
"Uh uh uh!"
The roars of the dead zombies became louder.
But it was useless. They desperately scratched the nearby soil and the feces of the cadaver rats, but they still couldn't get rid of their bodies. Just like a person falling into an unfathomable swamp, the more the dead zombies struggled, the more they sank.
Soon, when the dead zombies were completely unable to move, the huge corpse-eating rat gave orders again.
Then, all the cadaver rats that were digging in the soft soil underground suddenly came out of the ground.
For a moment, the entire nest of the cadaver rats was covered with green eyes, as if countless fireflies appeared there.
I made a rough estimate and there might be several thousand cadaver rats in that hole.
This number is really huge.
Immediately afterwards, the corpse rats made a "squeaking" sound and then rushed towards the fallen dead zombies in groups to bite them.
With almost no resistance, the dead zombies had their rotten flesh constantly torn apart by the ghoul rats.
Pieces of rotten flesh and bones were torn from the bodies of the dead zombies.
Even the heads of the dead zombies were not abandoned by the ghoul rats. They bit off the necks of the dead zombies and directly pulled the heads into the soil of their nest to enjoy.
"These guys are too crazy! That big cadaver rat is also scary. Tianyi, let's go quickly and can't stay here. Otherwise, it might be difficult to get away later."
Liu Deshui urged.
However, I noticed that the giant cadaver rat's gaze had shifted and was staring at us. It seemed that it had already discovered that we were hiding here.
(to be continued)
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