Lu Wen was stunned. It seemed that Xie Chi asked him for a sword...? What did he want a sword for?
A possibility flashed through Lu Wen's mind, but he didn't catch it.
There was a hint of teasing in Xie Xinglan's eyes, and he moved his index finger inward, urging him to hurry up.
"Give me."
Lu Wen didn't expect that he would dare to speak. He was so scared that his heart almost stopped. He quickly glanced at the zombie not far behind him and said anxiously: "I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you, don't talk anymore!"
After saying that, he held his breath again and without hesitation thrust the precious sword into Xie Chi's hand.
Although the other people were busy with their own business, jealousy still flashed in their eyes. The only prop here that could possibly cause harm to zombies, Lu Wen gave it to Xie Chi as if it was a game.
[Is it suicidal to still speak at this time? 】
[Why does he need a sword? To defend himself? This is too selfish. ]
[One dares to lend and the other dares to give. I surrender. Lu Wen must be possessed by a ghost. ]
[Don’t you think... there is another possibility? This brother just jumped down from the second floor. ]
[I thought he was too gentle before , so he wasn't my type. But now, his eyes are so cute and aggressive. 】
Xie Chi was a little worried and asked in his heart: "Is it easy to change weapons?"
He was not very clear about his boyfriend's exact fighting ability. After all, in the world he was in before, there were very few opportunities to use force. When Xie Xinglan saved him when they were young, he used a knife. Last time he fought with the female boss, he used a dagger. He didn't know if it would work if he changed to an ancient sword this time.
Xie Xinglan weighed the sword twice and said with a deep smile, "No problem."
Xie Chi was instantly relieved. His brother was narcissistic, but he never promised anything he was not sure of. If he said there was no problem, then there was absolutely no problem.
Xie Xinglan just breathed, and the zombies sensed the human presence, left the dead actor, and jumped towards him. The "bang", "bang", and "bang" sounds of the zombies hitting the ground hit everyone's heart one after another.
Xie Xinglan's original intention was to lure the zombies over. Now that his goal had been achieved, he smiled with satisfaction, his eyes slightly lit with the desire to defeat the powerful opponent, and he raised his sword to attack.
"Xie Chi!" Lu Wen's eyes were bloodshot. On his retina, a tall and sinister zombie pounced on the thin Xie Chi.
In a flash, Lu Wen had no time to think about why Xie Chi dared to come forward. Because of his bloodline, he was very resistant to beatings, so he was about to rush over to save Xie Chi, but Xie Xinglan gave him an ignorant look.
Xie Xinglan frowned and said, "Go away."
After saying that, he rushed towards the zombie, leaving Lu Wen standing there in a daze, unable to believe his ears.
Xie Chi, tell him to stay aside.
【what's the situation?】
[I was quite nervous at first, but he told Lu Wen to stay aside. Hahahaha. Shit, didn’t Lu Wen say this to him before?]
【Lu Wen: I have come to this day too. 】
【Lu Wen’s expression made me laugh to death.】
[Does he think he can beat the zombies? ]
[Fuck, I feel like this might be a hidden boss, after all, he has never made a move.]
[Fuck, look at this!!!]
Lu Wen seemed to realize something, his expression became stiffer than ever, and he raised his head slowly and mechanically. The weak man whom he had always wanted to protect did not lose the upper hand in the brief fight with the zombie, and even killed the zombie by surprise with his quick, fierce and accurate move. The zombie retreated twice and screamed angrily.
Although he was using a peach wood sword from the Qing Dynasty, his movements were not at all slow. Lu Wen had been practicing swordplay for so long after obtaining this weapon, but he still couldn't use it skillfully. However, Xie Chi had already mastered the moves... to perfection.
There was a loud bang in Lu Wen's head.
Xie Chi is better at fighting than him.
This realization made Lu Wen's eyes dizzy and his ears buzz.
He suddenly remembered that Xie Chi seemed to have been denying that he was weak, and that he had been prejudiced and wanted to help him with everything...
Carrying coffins, fighting fox spirits, and beating zombies... It seemed like Xie Chi had originally planned to do it all by himself, but he intervened and Xie Chi had no choice but to acquiesce.
I have also repeatedly threatened to cover him and protect him...
Lu Wen thought of what he had said, and his face gradually turned red. He wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into. After a few breaths, his face was as red as a cooked lobster, and it was still steaming.
The person who wanted to be protected ended up being protected by him...
It's so embarrassing. They are a happy couple and don't need my help at all.
He finally convinced himself tonight that it was okay to be in a relationship with a dual personality, but less than a minute later, he had to force himself to accept that the main personality and the secondary personality were a couple.
Lu Wen had never seen a dual personality in his life, let alone a main and secondary personality falling in love in the same body.
He had to slowly digest this, and now he had discovered a cruel truth...
——Xie Chi is extremely powerful, he just looks weak.
Not only was Xie Chi far more intelligent than him, but even his martial arts, which he was so proud of, was nothing in front of him. Xie Chi didn't point it out clearly because he was embarrassed to give him face.
Before, Lu Wen secretly thought that he and Xie Chi were a good match, one was a scholar while the other was a warrior. But now that he thinks about it, he just wants to be an ostrich.
No one is worthy of Xie Chi, so it is normal for him to digest the two personalities internally.
[Hahahaha, I seem to know what Lu Wen is thinking. ]
【Lu Wen: Doubt about life.】
【Flags cannot be set randomly. 】
[I'm protecting you, hahaha, so I'm just asking if you're embarrassed or not. ]
[The little brother is really humble and considerate, he has been cooperating with the performance and has a really good temper. ]
[I was touched by his eyes that said, "Who cares if you're an enemy? Just do it and it's done." I felt especially safe.]
[Hahahahaha, I'm particularly curious about how the big boss feels when he is threatened by a rookie to protect him. ]
Zhou Tong's eyes were also filled with shock. He had only watched the scene where Xie Chi beat Zhou Wen, and knew that he was very skilled, but that was totally different from what he saw before his eyes.
What I see in front of me is... zombies, or... zombies that came out of the same coffin with my son.
Yue Xiuming's face was filled with disbelief. He suddenly turned his head to look at the red-eared Lu Wen beside him. In the last mediocre zombie movie, he was lucky. Although Lu Wen's skills were okay, he managed to survive only because of his thick blood. In the end, the boss zombie was not killed by the peach wood sword, but instead spontaneously combusted in the sunlight. But now...
The one in front of me is clearly... a little stronger than the previous one.
It's a bit dreamy. Maybe he has made a mistake. This guy is neither a newcomer nor a cannon fodder.
Xie Chi remained calm and quickly reminded, "Brother, don't stab the heart."
Xie Xinglan paused the tip of his sword for a moment, thinking, "Okay!" He nimbly avoided the zombie's attack and turned to stab the zombie's limbs.
Due to the constraints of the plot, their goal is only to subdue the zombies, not to kill them with the peach wood sword. Whether the peach wood sword can kill the zombie in front of them is another matter. The problem now is that they can't even try. They have to send the zombies to the employer's home in Huai'ao Town, and there can't be any mistakes with this zombie.
Without the zombies, the filming of the movie would fail, a cost they could not afford.
The zombie has acquired supreme Yin energy, and the damage from the exquisite peach wood sword is just a tickle to him. However, despite being stabbed frequently, the zombie is still very manic.
The sword was so long that he could hardly even touch the man's sleeve.
Xie Xinglan had no time to be distracted, Xie Chi said: "Glutinous rice."
Xie Xinglan understood and stepped back a few steps. With a "swish" sound, he slashed the rice bag with his sword and grabbed a handful. After a moment's pause, the zombie pounced on him. Xie Xinglan dodged it with a dizzying roll. The zombie missed and was about to jump up, but Xie Xinglan took the opportunity to pounce on it and knocked it to the ground, holding it down with his long legs.
"Brother, hand!" Xie Chi said anxiously.
The zombie's hand, which was not restrained, stabbed towards his back, but Xie Xinglan did not panic. He stabbed out with the sword in his backhand. The zombie's hand hit the wall and retracted. At the moment of stagnation, Xie Xinglan smiled a little bit viciously, loosened his sword and strangled the zombie's neck, and covered the zombie's eyes with a handful of glutinous rice.
The zombie suddenly twitched all over and screamed. The glutinous rice turned black in an instant, and black smoke began to come out of the zombie's sunken eye sockets. A hissing sound of burning was heard.
Everything happened in just a few breaths.
【Fuck!!!】
【I’m so impressed by his handsomeness, ahhhhhhhh, fuck, so cool. 】
【Hahahahaha, have you ever seen cannon fodder save the day? Exciting.】
[Are the current level of Xiao Ming so awesome? Or am I wrong, but this face is so unfamiliar, I have watched a lot of movies. ]
[This guy is definitely not a newbie. I suspect some big shot has changed his face and is here to bully the newbies. This makes sense.]
[I agree. I'm really curious about his vest. No wonder his exploration speed is so high. I saw the signs before. Come on and praise me.]
[The case is solved. The case is solved.]
Everyone who had been in a daze the whole time finally came to their senses. Lu Wen and Yue Xiuming picked up the corpse rope on the ground and came up to help tie up the zombies.
There was deep fear in Zhou Tong's eyes, he never expected Xie Chi to be so strong, 230 was really no water at all, his top priority was to get rid of the corpse poison in himself, he couldn't do anything about what happened to Xie Chi.
He couldn't let anyone else know he was injured.
Zhou Tong stood up with difficulty, holding on to the wall. His face was pale due to his injuries and the loss of blood and essence. His eyes flashed slightly, and he took advantage of the chaos to quietly leave the backyard and go to the room.
He had to change his clothes to cover the wound.
The helpless actress was about to cry: "Why doesn't the ink fountain work? What should we do? We still have to continue transporting zombies..."
She thought that the coffin would be safe as long as the ink line was drawn on it, but the ink line was of no use at all. The zombies escaped anyway. How could they transport the zombies to the employer's house...?
Even if they are temporarily contained now, it will only last for a short while, and the zombies will surely recover again later...
The actress's legs went weak just thinking about it.
Xie Xinglan was unable to make a move, so he called out to Yan Jing: "Chicken blood!"
Yan Jing was stunned for two seconds, and then something suddenly dawned on him.
There was something wrong with the chicken blood! It wasn't his illusion! Chicken blood was obviously fishy, ​​but what he smelled that day was salty and fishy, ​​which was most likely... human blood.
The moment he figured it out, Yan Jing's scalp felt numb.
It doesn’t matter what kind of blood it is, and it doesn’t matter whether it is mixed in or directly replaced. Anyway, it is not pure chicken blood, and the ink fountain is completely ineffective.
Yan Jing felt extremely ashamed that the blood had been leaked out without him noticing. When Zhu Man asked him to help kill a chicken and get its blood, he had completely lost his vigilance and just handed the chicken to her.
Yan Jing tried to make amends by immediately helping Taoist Xuan Cheng up and shouting to the waiter to kill a live chicken so that Taoist Xuan Cheng could remake the inkstone to subdue the zombies.
[It's really human blood for chicken blood! 】
[Why did the fox spirit replace the chicken blood? 】
The zombie's eyes were temporarily injured and he couldn't see everyone, so the danger was reduced. He was restrained by Lu Wen. Although Yue Xiuming felt pain, he still generously pasted several talismans on the zombie's face. The talisman was a one-time consumable item. It was an item Yue Xiuming obtained in the last dungeon. There were only more than ten in total. One less was needed.
Since he was no longer needed here, Xie Xinglan let go and stood up. Xie Chi suddenly thought to himself, "Brother, look around to see if there is a red-haired fox."
Xie Xinglan: "Okay."
The fox that Xie Chi mentioned was hiding in the gap under the toilet in the yard, secretly watching everything happening outside.
She saw the zombie being subdued, its sharp claws anxiously scratching the leaf-covered ground over and over again. She stared at Xie Chi, her eyes flashing with immense hatred and indignation.
In the past twenty years, she wanted to release Yu Lang every day. She also wanted to secretly dig out the coffin, but she was a fairy with low spiritual power. The Taoist priest had cast a spell on the coffin when it was buried, so she couldn't get close to it. Mianshan was a desolate mountain, and ordinary people would never set foot there late at night. Only Taoist priests with deep Taoist skills came here, so she didn't even have the chance to persuade people to help her open the coffin.
She waited and planned for twenty years before finally getting the only chance, but it was easily ruined by this man. He also hurt Yu Lang's eyes.
Now they are numerous and powerful, and she would just die if she goes up. She doesn't know how long she will have to wait for the next opportunity. She even suspects that there will never be another chance.
She had been hanging out with this group of stinky Taoist priests for the past two days and found out the reason why they dug up Yu Lang's coffin. But Yu Lang was obviously an orphan, so how could he have any relatives?
Relatives helping to move graves? Nonsense.
So why did the so-called employer dig up Yu Lang's body?
The fox was extremely anxious, and a tear quietly flowed from its deep yellow eyes.
Could it be that the employer wanted to burn Yu Lang to eliminate future troubles? She had been waiting for twenty years for this outcome?
With murderous intent in her eyes, the vixen heard Xie Chi's approaching footsteps, but she subconsciously shuddered and hid herself deeper, fearing that she would be discovered by him and die. This man had a peach wood sword in his hand that was extremely lethal to her.
She looked back at Yu Lang who was suppressed by everyone, choked slightly, and finally made up her mind. She walked out of the inn yard through the gap under the toilet with heavy steps and rushed into the mountains.
She couldn't be impulsive. Yu Lang had been suppressed by that man. If she went up, she would be committing suicide. She had to stay alive. As long as she was alive, there would still be a chance. She could wait. It didn't matter how many years she had to wait, as long as God gave her another chance.
[Wow, in this close-up, the vixen is crying, what’s going on? ]
[She just looked at the zombies for a long time. Is it related to the zombies? She felt deeply affectionate for some reason.]
【A fox spirit doesn’t have any emotions. 】
Xie Xinglan didn't find the fox Xiaochi mentioned, but he remembered another thing. He narrowed his eyes and scanned the courtyard, and suddenly said, "Xiaochi, Zhou Tong is missing."
Xie Chi was slightly surprised: "How could it be?"
When it comes to major plot points, Zhou Tong will never run away and give up such an important plot exploration.
Xie Chi hesitated for two seconds, and said in a slightly deeper voice: "I understand."
Zhou Tong's behavior was abnormal. Something must have happened that he didn't know about. He would have to pay more attention to it when he had time.
After the ink fountain was made, everyone worked together to tie the zombie into the coffin with a corpse rope, and Lu Wen helped to carefully re-draw the ink line.
Xie Xinglan leaned to one side, staring at the coffin thoughtfully, and frowned for a while before saying, "Xiao Chi, to be honest, I think this zombie..."
Xie Chi rarely encountered Xie Xinglan's hesitation to speak, so he was a little curious: "What's wrong with this zombie?"
Xie Xinglan coughed twice: "He is a little weak."
"..." Xie Chi said in his heart, Dark Night Force King.
Xie Xinglan suddenly realized something in Xie Chi's intriguing silence. He knew that he was reminiscing about his dark history, and immediately emphasized: "Xiao Chi, I'm serious."
Xie Chi was stunned for two seconds, and then an idea flashed in his mind.
His thinking is too limited.
If he jumped out and watched, he would realize that a normal horror movie usually has some small tricks at the beginning to tease the audience, and then a big move is made at four-fifths of the way or at the end to catch the audience off guard. But now his brother easily subdued this obvious horror movie boss zombie, which is really too unreasonable.
Even if at the end of the movie, the zombie "accidentally" runs out again, and the brother subdues it again, isn't that the end of it? After all, if he can be subdued the first time, he can definitely be subdued the second time. If this is really the ending, this movie is definitely not worthy of its merits. This is a typical case of premature ejaculation.
Even the shoddy main plot of "The Grim Reaper" knows that going down the well is the climax of the plot, and it is placed at the end. Although the climax is very unoriginal and the routine is a bit copied from the part in "The Ring" where the heroine goes down the well to find Sadako's body, but at least there is a climax, so it can get a passing score.
If the routine of "Vampire Lovers" is that the zombies run out for some reason, are subdued by them, then run out again for some reason, and are subdued again, then the audience will definitely not buy it because it is boring and lengthy and lacks variety.
So things are not that simple. The escaped vixen, the employer who has not yet met, and the mysterious man who specially planted the trees there to change the feng shui seem to have become the biggest variables in the horror film. Which one of them plays a crucial role in the advancement of the plot? There is currently insufficient information to know, but he can predict the direction of the horror film to a certain extent through conventional thinking.
This zombie has the incredible setting of having a father and son in the same coffin and gathering yin energy, so he won't just be cannon fodder.
It took so much time to render this setting, there must be some secret behind it.
From the perspective of film production, he can indeed gain a lot of things that he cannot get from the perspective of a participant.
Xie Xinglan suddenly chuckled twice: "Of course, it may also be that I am too strong."
When Xie Chi heard this, he thought he had returned to the beginning. When Xie Xinglan first appeared, he was cool and arrogant, narcissistic to the point of being outrageous, and liked to say dirty words. He was evil and crazy, for sure. After all, the character he created for himself was very... fantasy.
Over the years, he gradually restrained himself, became more like a human being, and learned to be gentle. Although he is still the same at heart, he rarely shows off.
This happened suddenly, and Xie Chi felt a little nostalgic.
Xie Xinglan laughed deeply: "So I'm so strong, Xiao Chi, do you want to call me husband?"
His voice was slightly hoarse, but it carried a certain irresistible allure.
"..."Suddenly shameless, it turned out that she was waiting for him here.
Xie Chi tried, but unfortunately the familiar word rolled around his lips and slipped back, unable to utter it. A suspicious blush appeared on Xie Chi's fair face, and he said expressionlessly: "No."
Xie Xinglan actually understood his Xiao Chi, they were too familiar with each other. Although they had been together for only three years, they had been with each other for twelve years. Xiao Chi had called him brother for so many years, and even after they were together, that special name was somewhat embarrassing and taboo for him. It felt like things between them had changed all of a sudden, and it was a drastic change.
But he just wanted to hear it. He was not satisfied with Xiao Chi only calling him brother. He had finally coaxed the child he had been thinking about for so long, and he was not satisfied with just hearing him calling him brother as he did in the past. The more time went by, the more dissatisfied he became.
Xie Xinglan lit a cigarette, took a puff, and thought that if he had a body, he could kiss, hug, and coax her into a state of confusion and passion. Now that he was pursuing a platonic relationship, Xiao Chi was particularly disobedient.
Lu Wen finished inking the whole bullet, and the crisis was completely resolved.
Just when Xie Xinglan was about to say something coaxing, he saw Yan Jing and Lu Wen coming over here, and thought to himself, "Xiao Chi, it's your turn."
Lu Wen saw the man who was lazily leaning against the wall stand up the next second and smile like a spring breeze.
This is Xie Chi, not his boyfriend. After Lu Wen figured it out, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Xie Chi is gentle, sincere and kind. It is much better to face him than his boyfriend.
So the one with stronger fighting ability is his boyfriend. He even said in front of Xie Chi’s boyfriend that he would protect Xie Chi…
It's so embarrassing.
Fortunately, Xie Chi didn’t know that his boyfriend had looked for her.
Xie Chi tried hard to put the previous conversation out of his mind. He came back to his senses and saw that Lu Wen's face was a little red. He secretly sighed and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, thank you for lending me the sword."
No mention of "protection".
Lu Wen was secretly grateful, his face turned even redder, he turned his face away slightly, and was stunned for a long time before taking the sword handed to him by Xie Chi, but he couldn't help but look at Xie Chi twice.
Lu Wen has always been able to let go. He had the courage to admit it before, and now he can completely take back his inappropriate thoughts. He is just a little curious about how the main and secondary personalities fall in love. Is it purely platonic?
"Brother Lu?" Xie Chi called him with a hint of doubt to bring him back to his senses.
Lu Wen said "hmm" and quickly changed the subject: "Did you find anything?"
Xie Chi sorted out his thoughts and said, "Brother Lu, do you still remember that vixen just now?"
Lu Wen and Yan Jing nodded.
Xie Chi continued, "The horror film is titled "Zombie Lover". It makes sense to interpret it as the lover of the zombie or the zombie being the lover. The vixen is very likely the lover of the male zombie. Because the father and son are in the same coffin, and the little corpse in the coffin has red and gray fur, the little corpse should be the son of the vixen and the zombie. The little corpse is half human and half demon, so it didn't turn into a zombie in the mutual help of the father and son in the same coffin. Because strictly speaking, it is not completely human, so it is barely reasonable that it will not turn into a zombie after the corpse changes."
"A human and a fox fell in love? And gave birth to offspring?" Yan Jing was shocked.
Xie Chi hummed, "There have always been more than just zombies in zombie movies, there are also ghosts and monsters. Because the background of horror movies is the late Qing Dynasty, it is not uncommon for humans and foxes to fall in love in strange novels and legends. The male zombie was the lover of the fox spirit before he died. He died unjustly and turned into a zombie. He was sealed in a coffin and buried. This also explains why the fox spirit hid among us, replaced the chicken blood, and destroyed the ink fountain. She wanted to let the zombie come out and reunite with him."
Lu Wen looked at him with confusion in his eyes: "Unfair?"
Xie Chi nodded and said, "The gossip showed that the fox's head was flattened, with brain matter flowing out and facial features crooked. It may have suffered great abuse. As for the male zombies, do you remember the Zombie Manual?"
Yan Jing beside him understood what he meant instantly: "The creation of zombies! If a person gets angry, holds his breath, or is sulking before he dies, he will most likely become a zombie after he dies. So, people who become zombies, before they die, are probably wronged or have unfulfilled wishes, and they contact the vixen and the little fox son who died in the coffin..."
Yan Jing paused and said, "I can imagine a scene of a couple being torn apart. This family of three died tragically."
[That’s it!!]
[His logic is so clear, I am even more certain that his face has been replaced.]
【Didn't you notice that he is a little different from before? 】
[The contrast is quite big, it's very interesting. ]
The moment Xie Chi finished speaking, the phone screen lit up.
[The major plot point has ended, the plot progress has been updated, and you have gained 13% of the plot exploration in the Modou Crisis. ]
Xie Chi calculated that, including the previous ones, he had already completed 21% of the main storyline.
Lu Wen and Yan Jing’s phones also lit up.
After reading it, Lu Wen said bluntly: "My total is 7%."
Yan Jing quickly held out his cell phone: "Help me check my eyes!"
Lu Wen said: "You 4%."
Xie Chi nodded to show that he understood.
The plot exploration degree in horror movies can be superimposed. If several people explore the same plot at the same time, they will all gain plot exploration degree, but the amount of plot exploration rewarded will vary depending on the depth of the exploration.
[The rankings are out! I said this guy is number one! 21, my god! He can fight and explore very fast, why don’t you pay attention to him? ]
[Except for the cannon fodder, Zhou Tong is at the bottom. This is really below par. What's going on? ]
[Zhou Tong is still concerned about the plot exploration, he is just planning how to survive. 】
Just when everyone had finished everything, the APP rang again.
[The plot progress has been updated, and the task has been started - find zombie tooth powder or zombie blood to help Taoist Xuancheng remove the corpse poison. ]