The old corpse-herder's words were like a fuse, igniting the hearts of many.
"I'll go with you."
"Are you guys all playing out some melodramatic scene? Damn it, alright, count me in."
Many hesitated for a moment before choosing to follow Lin Gushi and the others.
Some of those who had initially followed Hu Da to hide stopped in their tracks, looking back at Lin Gushi and his group. Then, with a sigh or a gritted teeth, they turned and walked back.
At the same time.
Wunian clasped his hands together. Disregarding the words of the Maoshan sorcerer, he also came to Lin Gushi's side.
Seeing this.
The Maoshan sorcerer was about to respond. Wunian, knowing his thoughts, clasped his hands first and said,
"Amitabha, Zhang Wei recognizes this humble monk as his brother. If I leave at this moment, I will surely regret it in the future. I do not wish to regret it. I believe Zhang Chao would make the same decision if he were here, to not abandon his brother. Amitabha."
As he spoke,
Wunian took out all the magical artifacts he could from his backpack, preparing for a desperate struggle.
"Then it's up to you. Hold on, we'll find Hill and be right back to rendezvous with you."
The personnel who were going to search for Hill said.
The corpse fisher nodded:
"You need to hurry. We can't hold on for much longer."
...
On the other side.
In the underground cave at the bottom of the lake.
Zhang Wei was unaware of what was happening outside. He was calming Wan Taisui, signaling it not to be nervous. However, Wan Taisui did not quiet down. It seemed to not understand his words or gestures, having no prior experience communicating with humans and thus unable to comprehend human expressions.
In response,
Zhang Wei did not panic. He reached inside his clothes, took out a Snickers chocolate bar from a zippered pocket in his inner lining, broke it open, and took out the chocolate. He broke it in half, showing it to Wan Taisui.
Immediately after,
He took one half of the Snickers chocolate into his mouth and ate it, while offering the other half to Wan Taisui, indicating:
"Eat this, it's not poisonous, it's very tasty. Look at me."
Zhang Wei said, quickly chewing and swallowing the chocolate.
[Ding! Wan Taisui is curious]
[Host gains System Points +5000]
Unlike before, Wan Taisui was no longer panicked. Attracted by Zhang Wei's actions, although it couldn't understand human speech, it understood the basic concept of humans eating. After all, animals and zombies also eat with their mouths.
Furthermore,
Through its keen sense of smell, Wan Taisui detected the aroma of the Snickers chocolate. Its gluttonous nature was awakened, and it stopped its panicked cries, its attention completely drawn to the chocolate.
Soon,
As Zhang Wei continued to hold the chocolate in front of the cage and made no move to harm Wan Taisui.
Wan Taisui couldn't help but raise its intelligent head, staring intently at Zhang Wei, tilting its head slightly as if confused. This human seemed different from those it had encountered before, not harming it.
Finally,
Attracted by the chocolate's aroma and Zhang Wei's unwavering, non-hostile demeanor, Wan Taisui slowly extended its tentacle-like appendage and reached for the Snickers chocolate.
As the Snickers chocolate melted into its tentacles.
[Ding! Wan Taisui... Delicious!! Delicious!!]
[Host gains System Points +5100]
Wan Taisui began to gesticulate, showing its joy at tasting delicious food.
[Ding! Wan Taisui... Humans are scary, but their food is truly delicious, with flavors I could never find at home. I want more.]
[Host gains System Points +5200]
Thinking this,
Wan Taisui's intelligent head tilted slightly, and it looked towards Zhang Wei, who was watching it.
Zhang Wei smiled at this, took a step back to avoid startling Wan Taisui again, deliberately maintaining a distance to put it at ease, and then took another Snickers chocolate bar from his zippered pocket. This time, he handed the entire bar to Wan Taisui.
[Ding! Wan Taisui... Wow! There's even more of this delicious food!]
[Host gains System Points +5300]
...
At the same time.
At the bottom of the lake.
The Fengmen Zombie was searching for the source of the sound. Zhang Wei's previous actions had caused Wan Taisui to cry out repeatedly. Although the cries had stopped now, the Fengmen Zombie, using the intermittent cries from before, finally located the sound source.
His gaze fell upon a pile of large stones at the bottom of the lake. Using the brute strength of his Iron Light Zombie form, he slowly moved a large stone aside.
The next moment.
An opening wrapped in a yellow talisman appeared before the Fengmen Zombie:
"So it was hidden here. No wonder it disappeared. But what's with this talisman?"
The Fengmen Zombie was surprised but didn't delay. He directly reached out to touch the yellow talisman, intending to break through it and enter the opening.
Unexpectedly.
The yellow talisman was not as difficult to deal with as he imagined. It felt like paper and opened as soon as he touched it.
[Ding! Fengmen Zombie... Is this talisman seal just for show, or has it lost its efficacy due to age? No matter, I'm going in. Zhang Wei, hold on, your great-grandfather is here.]
[Host gains System Points +500]
Immediately after,
The Fengmen Zombie jumped out of the pool in the underground cave. Upon entering, he had no time to marvel at the hidden space and quickly scanned his surroundings, shouting,
"Zhang Wei!! I've come to save you... Huh????"
[Ding! Fengmen Zombie is dumbfounded]
[Host gains System Points +600]
Before his eyes...
There was no sign of the danger Zhang Wei was in, nor the most desperate sight of Zhang Wei's corpse. Instead, Zhang Wei was holding a humanoid figure and feeding it, as if feeding an infant, with Zhang Wei even saying,
"Eat slowly."
Speaking of which,
Zhang Wei looked up and waved at the Fengmen Zombie who had just entered, saying,
"Yo, Great-Grandfather, you're here."
Through the yellow talisman sealing the pool, Zhang Wei already knew that the Fengmen Zombie had come to save him.
However,
The Fengmen Zombie was unaware of this and had no extra thoughts to ponder it. He stared dumbfounded at the scene before him and exclaimed,
"Zhang Wei, you're okay? Wait, who are you holding... Wan Taisui?!"
In his shock,
The Fengmen Zombie finally regained his senses, his eyes bulging almost out of their sockets as he recognized Wan Taisui in his arms.
[Ding! Fengmen Zombie... Wan Taisui, oh my god, that's Wan Taisui!!! Haha, my descendant has found Wan Taisui! But what is going on here?]
[Host gains System Points +700]
At this moment,
The Fengmen Zombie's emotions were indescribable: excitement, shock, confusion, bewilderment, disbelief...
Simultaneously,
The Fengmen Zombie's exclamation startled Wan Taisui, who was beside him. However, it did not show the same fear as when it encountered Zhang Wei. Upon seeing that the Fengmen Zombie was also a zombie, Wan Taisui tilted its head in confusion, seemingly fearing humans but not zombies.
Its action.
Zhang Wei noticed this.
At the same time.
The Fengmen Zombie did not have Zhang Wei's experience and was unaware of Wan Taisui's behavior. But as Wan Taisui tilted its head towards him, he was also drawn to it. After all, it was Wan Taisui's gaze, and he couldn't help but look.
And with that look.
A look of astonishment appeared on the Fengmen Zombie's face:
"No, this Wan Taisui... is a zombie?!"
...