Chapter 020 Zombie Lover (03)
Xie Chi asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"
"Yes." Yan Jing tried hard to recall what his grandfather had said: "Zombies are already evil creatures. If they are still in the same coffin with the child, their blood is connected, and they will help each other increase their magic power during the transformation process."
Xie Chi stared at the little corpse next to the zombie, thinking, and suddenly asked: "Are you sure they are helping each other?"
"Yes." Yan Jing was sure.
Xie Chi asked calmly: "Since they are mutually reinforcing, why did the big one become a zombie while the small one is still a good corpse?"
The little corpse was wrapped tightly, with only the head exposed, but the exposed part showed no signs of decay.
Yan Jing was surprised and said, "Ah? The little one is a good corpse? Brother Xie, are you sure?"
He couldn't help but muttered quietly: "This shouldn't be the case. If we were to encourage each other, we would have turned into zombies together a long time ago..."
Yan Jing didn't know either, but Xie Chi knew it in his mind.
He thought for a few seconds, walked back to the coffin, and casually took out his lighter to light a cigarette.
With a "click", the lighter was not held firmly and rolled into the coffin. It bounced twice and fell into the deepest part of the coffin.
[You're so scared that your hands are shaking like this? ? ]
[If you have this kind of mentality, don't come here. It's painful to watch. 】
Taoist Xuan Cheng frowned: "Adding to the chaos at this time!"
Yue Xiuming couldn't help cursing, "Hurry up and take it out! What if the lighter catches fire and the zombies get burned? Can you afford to fail the filming?!"
"Sorry." Xie Chi leaned forward to reach for the lighter, and in a flash, he lifted the sleeve of the little corpse and took a peek.
Xie Chi's pupils suddenly shrank.
The little corpse had...animal hair on its arms, reddish-gray hair, and it grew on the skin.
Xie Chi found a lighter, came out as if nothing had happened, and nodded slightly to everyone with a hint of apology.
[Fuck, did I see that shot correctly? ? The animal's fur, the color looks a bit like a fox or a weasel, oh my god. ]
[The little corpse is not a human? No, it is clearly a human head! ]
【Fuck, it’s really scary when you think about it.】
[Wait, this cannon fodder...? He did this on purpose?! To avoid being noticed by others?]
Xie Chi walked to the side, and the screen of his mobile phone suddenly lit up.
[Plot exploration degree +3. ]
Xie Chi curled his lips slightly and put his phone back in his pocket.
【? ? He was the first one to gain plot exploration in the entire film? ?】
[Who is he? I have no impression of him at all. Does anyone know him? Please tell me more! ]
[Did he fall in by chance? ? What a lucky guy. ]
Over there, Taoist Xuan Cheng ordered his men to close the coffin lid again and shouted, "Everyone gather here!"
After everyone gathered around him, Taoist Xuan Cheng glanced at the coffin behind him and said solemnly: "This corpse has become a zombie. If it were in the past, I should have cremated it on the spot before it woke up. But this corpse is the relative of the employer. I was entrusted by the employer to send it to the employer's home. I must not do this. So we can only make some preparations first, suppress it before it wakes up, and then send it to Huai'ao Town..."
The "Zombie Handbook" states that zombies are afraid of fire. Although they are invulnerable to swords and guns, they can be burned by fire.
Generally, if a corpse shows signs of transformation when it is buried, Taoist priests will recommend direct cremation rather than traditional burial. This is because the sky is yang and the earth is yin. If a coffin is buried in the earth, the corpse that shows signs of transformation will absorb the earth's yin energy over the years and can easily be transformed into a zombie.
But because the horror film is set in the late Qing Dynasty, people were very superstitious about cremation of corpses, so even if the corpse had already transformed when buried, very few people would choose to burn the body once and for all.
It is generally fine if the coffin containing a zombie is not unearthed. Once it is unearthed, the zombie will absorb the moon's yin energy and human vitality and will soon wake up, causing trouble to the world.
Of course, zombies do not have to be eliminated. They can be preserved as long as they are suppressed by some special means to prevent them from doing evil.
Yue Xiuming took the initiative to talk: "Master, what should we do?"
Taoist Xuancheng felt extremely guilty: "It was my negligence. I didn't expect this corpse to become a zombie, and I wasn't fully prepared. I have to stay here to guard the zombie to prevent any changes. Now I can only trouble you."
Taoist Xuancheng added: "We still have ink, and you guys have the glutinous rice. We can also find replacement bowls. Now we just need the chicken blood."
Taoist Xuancheng is going to make an inkstone.
The ink mixed with chicken blood and glutinous rice is strung on the coffin, which is very effective in preventing zombies from coming out of the coffin.
Taoist Xuancheng suddenly looked at Xie Chi and Yan Jing who were closest to him and said, "How about this, you two go catch a pheasant."
Xie Chi opened his eyes, thinking he had heard wrongly: "..."
Yan Jing and Xie Chi's phones rang at the same time -
[The plot progress has been updated. Mission: Actors Yan Jing and Xie Chi catch a pheasant within one hour. If successful, each will be rewarded with 10 points. If unsuccessful, each will lose 30 points to exchange for the item Chicken Blood.]
Yan Jing was stunned for two seconds, then smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, I only have 52 points in total. I was deducted 50 points for being forced to buy those junk just now. Now I only have 2 points left. If I can't catch the chicken, I'm done for..."
Xie Chi: “…” He was a little suspicious whether his luck buff was actually helping him.
[They are both unlucky. These are all random tasks. Whoever is involved will suffer.]
[It always feels like it's not that simple? Why is there nothing missing except chicken blood? I guess it's related to the main plot. 】
Except for Lu Wen, everyone else looked gloating.
Taoist Xuancheng asked again: "Is there anyone who wants to go with them?"
Everyone shook their heads, they didn't want to take this mission, the cannon fodder thought that pheasants were hard to catch, Yue Xiuming and Zhou Tong didn't lack those 10 points, they didn't want to lose more than they gained.
Lu Wen had promised the two of them that he would take care of them, so he would not leave them alone. He came over with a peach wood sword in his hand and said in an unyielding tone, "Let's go. I'll go with you."
The moment he said this, Lu Wen's phone rang.
[Actor Lu Wen voluntarily joins the mission, and the rewards and punishments are the same as above. ]
Yue Xiuming sneered disdainfully: "He still has the leisure to care about others."
[Hey, Lu Wen’s character is really amazing, except for his face… otherwise I would be his fan. ]
[Lu Wen is a very reliable teammate, he is very single-minded, unlike Zhou Tong who would just throw him away after using him.]
The three men left the main group and walked towards the woods not far from the pit.
Yan Jing said with a bitter face as he walked: "Where can we go to catch wild chickens in the middle of the night?"
Xie Chi: “…”
Lu Wen glanced at him and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
[This statement is ambiguous. ]
[I feel like this point is definitely deducted. ]
Xie Chi sneered: "Don't look for the chicken, wait for the chicken to look for us."
Lu Wen turned around and looked at him unexpectedly: "What do you mean?"
Xie Chi took off a bag of glutinous rice from his waist, weighed it twice, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
Lu Wen understood what he meant and was surprised by Xie Chi again.
Xie Chi seemed to be different from the painter he imagined. Although he looked weak, he did not seem to be rigid and was not an idiot in life.
[Question: Besides curing zombies, what else can sticky rice do? ]
【Hanging chicken, hahahaha, why didn’t I think of that. 】
[His ability to adapt to changing circumstances is quite good, quite interesting.]
Xie Chi picked a flat piece of grass, untied the tie on the small bag, poured the glutinous rice inside into a long strip on the ground, then walked to the side, leaned lazily against a big tree and waited.
About ten minutes later, a wild rooster appeared at the end of the grassland. It looked around cautiously for a while, and after confirming that there was no danger, it happily began to peck at the glutinous rice in the grass.
Yan Jing was blind but had excellent hearing, so he suppressed his excitement and whispered, "Xie bro! You're amazing! How are we going to catch them now? I remember pheasants can fly..."
For such a small matter, Xie Chi consciously asked her boyfriend to help.
A few seconds later, Xie Xinglan, who was online, said lazily: "Xiao Chi, I am a little dissatisfied with you calling me boyfriend and brother recently."
Don't make the hint too obvious, it's blatant hooliganism, offering a chicken in exchange for a call of...husband.
Xie Chi was stunned for several seconds before he reacted.
In the three years they have been together, Xie Chi has never been forced to use such shameful words.
A faint blush appeared on Xie Chi's fair face. He cursed inwardly but did not lose his composure: "If my brother catches me... I will scream."
His voice gradually became lower and his face became hotter, but he had no expression on his face.
"Xie Chi?" Lu Wen found Xie Chi in a daze and called him softly. Seeing that he didn't respond, he locked his eyes on the chicken and gradually tightened his grip on the peach wood sword.
Xie Chi came back to his senses: "I have a way to catch chickens——"
Before he finished speaking, Lu Wen threw the peach wood sword out with confidence.
The next second, a tragic rooster cry resounded through the woods.
Xie Xinglan, who had just come out, glanced at the tragically dead chicken and narrowed his eyes dangerously.
