Looking at the five chains in front of him, Lei Zhong thought for a while, then issued an instruction and sent three people to investigate ahead.
Each person climbs a chain and can look after each other and search by the light of the fire.
"Why, you don't believe me?"
Zhuowu glanced at him and said, "I have walked through this chain several times before, and there is nothing wrong with it."
Lei Zhong shook his head, "Mr. Zhuowu, it's not that I don't believe you, but you also said that the world is constantly changing, and we don't want to encounter unexpected situations."
When he said this, Zhuowu could only nod his head and said: "Okay, you said that, I have no reason not to believe you."
In this way, everyone calmed down and repaired on the cliff again.
Ma Xiaoyu even reached out and used the heat to warm up the fire.
"Maybe we should bring some wings or sausage."
Hearing what Yin Xiu said, Ma Xiaoyu immediately laughed, "I think roasting whole lamb is more appropriate."
"Are you going to have a party?"
"No," Ma Xiaoyu shook her head, "Believe it or not, I am so hungry right now that I can eat a whole roasted lamb."
"I believe!"
The group sat here for a long time, eating and drinking. When Luo Wei opened his pocket watch for the third time, he felt something was wrong.
After secretly approaching Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu, he whispered: "Two and a half hours have passed, and none of the explorers have returned."
Yin Xiu gently closed the pocket watch in Luo Wei's hand, "Your watch is malfunctioning."
Luo Wei sighed, "I hope so too, but this watch cost me three months' salary. I tried it, even if I soak it in water for several hours, it won't slow down for half a minute."
"Oh? So powerful?"
Yin Xiu took the pocket watch and looked at it for a while, then put it into his pocket.
"Then you mean, those three people might have encountered some trouble?"
"It's more bad than good." Luo Wei's voice increased.
"What do you think?" Yin Xiu turned to Ma Xiaoyu.
Ma Xiaoyu did not answer, but took out five copper coins from his pocket, shook them in his hand, spread out his hand, and poured the coins into his hand.
After lowering his head and muttering for a while, Ma Xiaoyu raised his head and said, "Big evil."
After she said this, the three of them all realized that the journey to the main altar would be more difficult and dangerous than imagined.
On Lei Zhong's side, someone finally couldn't hold himself back and stood up.
"Sir, the three of them have been setting off for a long time. No one has come back or sent out a signal as agreed. I guess it may be..."
"What did you guess!?"
Lei Zhong's eyes at this time were like those of a tiger about to eat people. He was so frightened that his men swallowed back everything they said and could only retreat in a hurry.
Then he looked at Zhuowu again, "You see, this is the consequence of trusting you."
"Do you believe that I am always like this, Mr. Lei?"
Zhuowu was a little helpless, "This is their chance, it's destined."
"Oh, another chance? Another so-called fate."
Lei Zhong suddenly laughed, "Then, let's see, Mr. Zhuowu, what is your own fate?"
"You want to kill me?" Zhuowu said calmly.
"No, I definitely won't kill you. If I kill you, how will we get to the main altar? I mean, we don't need any spies or pioneers anymore! It's just us. Wherever you tell us, we will go. Just go straight ahead.”
Zhuowu nodded, "This is the fastest."
"Then let's go now!"
Lei Zhong made a "please" gesture.
"You're welcome!"
Zhuowu nodded seriously, and then was the first to step on the chain. Lei Zhong saw this and followed closely.
"Shall we leave too?" Luo Wei asked.
"Of course, why don't we camp here?"
Yin Xiu patted the dirt on his body, pulled Ma Xiaoyu up again, and then started to walk to the outermost chain.
Regarding this, Luo Wei was a little worried, "Although I don't want to go with them, but if we go that way, if there is an enemy attack, wouldn't we be on the outside of them and become their shield?"
Yin Xiu sighed, "Yongtan, if the enemy attacks from the left, we will certainly become our shields, but if they attack from the right, won't those powerful masters also become our human shields? Just like if I punch you in the chest, my hand will hurt. Everything is relative.
There is a saying, blessing, blessing..."
"Blessings come from misfortunes, and misfortunes come from blessings." Ma Xiaoyu rolled her eyes to the sky.
"Yes, that's what it means."
Yin Xiu nodded and said: "Let's go with them. If they play some conspiracy, what should we, gentlemen and noble people, be caught off guard by their vicious tricks?" So it’s better to go separately. You two have always been very lucky. I believe there will be no restrictions on our trip! "
Ma Xiaoyu glanced at him and said, "I don't know whether we are lucky or not, but your luck has always been bad."
"I know this, so I have to rely on you two even more."
Yin Xiu smiled and walked up first, with Ma Xiaoyu in the middle and Luo Wei at the back.
In this way, Lei Zhong and his party were divided into two teams, occupying one or two chains on the right side respectively, while Yin Xiu and the others were on the leftmost one. Both sides were separated by two chains and kept pace.
After stepping on the chain, Yin Xiucai felt the warmth coming from the soles of his feet. If the three of them were not wearing thick leather boots, the temperature they felt at this time would have been higher.
As for those Ouchi masters wearing cloth shoes, they may not be so lucky. There are obvious beads of sweat dripping from their heads at this moment.
If you stand on the iron chain, you will feel the hot air blowing. If you fall, you will be instantly engulfed by the sea of fire below, leaving no trace behind.
Somehow, even Yin Xiu thought of the scene of roasting a whole lamb.
He quickly recited the Pure Heart Mantra silently to disperse the distracting thoughts in his mind.
Although the chain under their feet is not suitable for ordinary people to walk, it is not difficult for people with skills to walk. Even Fang Yin can move forward staggeringly and quickly with the care of the front and rear, and Not too far behind.
There must have been some kind of change ahead that they didn't know about, so when everyone was marching, they no longer had the relatively relaxed look they had before. They all said nothing and just walked silently and on guard.
As they moved forward, the sound of wind blowing in their ears and the scorching waves became more and more obvious.
Even the chain in the distance gradually twisted and deformed in the heat wave, like a snake or a piece of cloth stirred by the wind. It was very awkward and made people doubt whether there was a straight path ahead.
Based on the time spent by the previous spies on their journey, everyone felt that it would take an hour to reach the location where the previous spies had lost their news.
But soon, they found the three people who were missing before.
In other words, it was the three spies who were running towards the queue at the rear.
Lei Zhong just wanted to raise his hand to stop them, but found that after the three spies saw the team, their speed of action suddenly accelerated, their hands fell behind their bodies, and they hurried ’s definitely not joy or excitement, but some kind of strange excitement!
Lei Zhong waved his hand, and someone immediately jumped out from the back of the team and ran towards one of them.
The man who rushed out had skillful, steady and vigorous steps on the iron rope. He was obviously a master of Qinggong. He arrived in front of the spy in an instant.
But he was fast, and the spy was even faster.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the spy rushed forward and hugged the man.
Everyone's breathing suddenly stagnated, and everything was so quiet that only the sound of flames could be heard.
Then, a creepy chewing sound sounded quietly, the body of the Qinggong master trembled from time to time, and blood kept dripping from his body onto the chain.
Tick tock, tick tock...
"It's a zombie!"
Seeing that there was also a spy running towards the rope where he was, Ma Xiaoyu immediately reached forward and took out the three-color ruler from his clothes.
【Zombie! ? 】
Although it was incredible, when the other party came closer, the wisps of black air almost completely covered the other party's body. At the same time, there was also a stench that hit his face.
It was definitely a zombie. Although it was very bizarre, the three spies who ran out before had all turned into zombies.
Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu threw the talisman almost at the same time.
"Tai Shang Lao Jun is in a hurry like a decree, decree!"
"The Dragon God ordered, Zhu Rong, the God of Fire, used his method to kill evil spirits!"
The two talismans hit the zombie together, and two fires of different colors immediately exploded in the zombie's chest.
The zombie was hit and was about to fall off the iron rope. It was only because it stood extremely stiff that it fell.
When Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu saw this, they immediately stepped forward.
The iron rope could only accommodate one person, so Yin Xiu was in front, so Ma Xiaoyu used her strength to jump and stand on Yin Xiu's shoulders.
Yin Xiu stretched out his swords and controlled the zombie's stabbing arms, while Ma Xiaoyu went straight to the middle and stabbed the zombie's heart with his magic ruler.
Suddenly, the zombie wailed, black air spurted out of its mouth, and finally lost its breath and fell down from the iron rope.
Both of them couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Then Ma Xiaoyu remembered something and immediately jumped off Yin Xiu's shoulders, landed firmly behind him, and at the same time pressed the ruler against his back.
"What's wrong?" Yin Xiu asked confused.
"Just now, you didn't look up, did you?" Ma Xiaoyu's tone was full of sharp edges.
Yin Xiu was stunned for a moment, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and then said: "Who do you think I am! Such a big zombie is right in front of you. I am a demon-slayer and a defender, so how can I have time to look up?"
"It seems so."
Ma Xiaoyu's ruler moved away for a moment, "Fortunately, the color I wore today is not very obvious."
"Yes, pink is indeed not that conspicuous."
"..."
Ma Xiaoyu pushed the ruler up again, putting a little more force on his hand.
Just when the two of them were arguing about the color, Lei Zhong was already in danger.
Yin Xiu and the others eliminated one zombie, but the other two zombies came one behind the other and began to besiege Lei Zhong and the others.
The Qinggong master who was bitten to death at the beginning did not fall into the sea of fire. Instead, he stood up unsteadily and looked at Yin Xiu and the others.
"This is so weird! No matter how fast it is, the corpse will have to lie down for at least a day before it transforms into a corpse. How come it got up so quickly?"
When Yin Xiu sighed like this, Luo Wei immediately shuddered.
Because the corpse transformation in the morgue was the first time he and Yin Xiu met, and it was also the first time he encountered such a terrifying thing.
A perfectly good corpse suddenly came to life. It was extremely bloodthirsty and extremely powerful. It would scare anyone who saw it.
In fact, corpse transformation is not that simple.
There is a saying in Zhiyi novels that if a cat jumps on a dead person, the body will mutate.
But that kind of mutation is generally considered to be the soul of the cat taking over the body of the ancestor, rather than the so-called necromorphosis, that is, turning into a zombie.
Therefore, before the ancestors are buried, relatives should always be arranged to keep vigil all night without taking a step away from the corpse so that they can take care of it.
But zombies are completely different from the kind of mutations caused by spirits stealing the body.
In order to turn the ancestors into zombies, they must first have a dark place to raise corpses so that the corpses will not rot and the bones will be immortal.
In many cases, it even depends on the time of burial and the fate of the ancestors.
Even if all the spells and time are gathered together, zombies often cannot be raised.
Of course, except for those evil heretics, no one wants to be buried first and then become a zombie.
“When I was in Malaysia, I heard that some local chieftains knew the magic of raising corpses, but it would take three months no matter how fast, and it would also need to be done with the head and other rituals.
The zombies raised with a lot of resources are just monsters with stiff limbs and fear of sunlight. Even a young man can resist it alone.
The three spies before were all living people. I can't figure out why they turned into zombies.
And even if they are flying zombies like the Zombie King, it is impossible for them to turn into zombies with just one bite, right? "
"Maybe there is another possibility."
Yin Xiu suddenly said: "That is the Infernal World, which is the best place to raise corpses. In other words, it is scary enough for someone to mutate these corpses with a little magic.
Those spies had only been dead for about an hour before they changed. Although the zombies bitten by them were weaker, they could get up at an astonishing speed, just like [zombie].
So the most likely thing at the moment is that the Infinite World is far from a simple underground cave, although its existence itself is not simple. "
Ma Xiaoyu nodded, "This is the only way to deduce who set up such a murderous intention underground. I always feel that a bunch of Qi Refiners who don't even know how to use magic can't do this. "
After Yin Xiu thought for a moment, he finally said: "I thought of someone."
"What do I think?" Ma Xiaoyu asked.
Luo Wei also came up, "Although I have only a partial understanding of what I heard and don't understand the technique, maybe it's the same as my reasoning."
"Then how about I count to three and we tell it together?" Yin Xiu said with a smile.
"What age are you still playing such an old-fashioned game?"
"Can you be more serious! The zombie has already crawled over!"
"One, two..."
"Mom!!!" (End of Chapter)