[The boss said it was a puppet???]
[I just felt that there was something wrong with Lady Zhao's movement speed, she was elusive, but I didn't dare to think about it! ]
[Recall Yue Xiuming's experience. The boss's guess makes sense! ]
[But the problem is that the boss doesn't know what Yue Xiuming has experienced, how dare he make such a guess? ]
Lu Wen heard this as if it were thunder, and froze in place. A few seconds later, something suddenly dawned on him.
Yue Xiuming ran so fast just now and shouted for help. There must be something chasing him from behind.
At first Lu Wen thought it was a Boss zombie, but now looking at Madam Zhao who appeared in front of them, he understood everything - it was Madam Zhao who was chasing Yue Xiuming.
How could Yue Xiuming be so scared of a weak woman who couldn't even tie a chicken?
Lu Wen recalled that not long ago, Xie Chi asked Zhang Linu in a seemingly meaningless way: "Can only women be made into puppets?"
Zhang Linu's answer was this: "The white handkerchief said that women are hundreds of times more cruel than men. Only they can endure the excruciating pain of being skinned and successfully transform themselves into immortal puppets."
Xingbai and Chuntao, just because they were despised for their illnesses and disfigurements, had already taken the initiative to come to the door, endured being skinned alive, and were successfully made into puppets, not to mention... Madam Zhao.
A woman who loves her husband so morbidly, and has been planning for years to use a zombie to revive her husband, even poisoning her husband and killing children to get their blood for the revival, what else can she not do? What else can she not endure?
What she wanted was not just a few decades of companionship, but... forever.
As a human being, she will inevitably experience aging and death, which Zhao Niangzi cannot bear, so the only way for her and her husband to stay together forever seems obvious - she makes herself a puppet.
As long as she could endure the pain of being skinned alive, she could be with her husband forever. This was a fatal temptation for Madam Zhao and she could not possibly refuse.
So from the beginning of the film, Madam Zhao was not a human being.
She had already made herself into a puppet, and was looking forward to her husband successfully coming back to life through zombies, so that they could live together as a zombie and a puppet.
Therefore, even if Yue Xiuming went to the Zhao family, he would not be able to destroy Madam Zhao's plan, because once he took action, he would be immediately killed by Madam Zhao, a puppet disguised as a human.
Lu Wen thought about the whole thing and the consequences clearly. His blood ran cold. He looked at Xie Chi and said in a trembling voice, "Zhang Linu is dead. Who is her puppeteer? Where is he?!"
Lu Wen's mind went blank. In an instant, he thought about every person he had come into contact with after entering the film, but to no avail.
There is simply no suitable puppeteer.
Who is it?!
Yan Jing was also confused and panicked. He himself was invulnerable and was not afraid of Madam Zhao, but he was afraid that the immortal puppet would harm Brother Xie and Lu Wen.
At this time, Madam Zhao had walked closer from the alley entrance, and Xie Chi saw Madam Zhao's face clearly for the first time.
She was gentle, beautiful, dignified and calm. Holding an oil-paper umbrella, she was incredibly beautiful.
"Xie Chi, let's go quickly and catch the puppeteer!" Lu Wen pulled Xie Chi and shouted anxiously.
Xie Chi shook his head lightly and said calmly: "No need."
He met Lady Zhao's eyes and chuckled, "She is her own puppeteer."
Lu Wen looked as if he was struck by lightning, his face full of disbelief.
【Fuck!!!】
【what's the situation???】
Madam Zhao smiled lightly, but her eyes were cold: "Smart people don't live long."
Xie Chi shrugged lightly: "I think you may be too confident."
Madam Zhao showed a mocking expression, and her cold gaze passed over Xie Chi's shoulder and looked behind him for no reason.
Xie Chi tilted his head and said to Lu Wen without warning, "You go and drag Madam Zhao away, Yan Jing and I will take care of the zombies."
"Zombies?" Lu Wen was stunned.
The next second, behind the three people, there were sudden "bang", "bang", and "bang" sounds.
Lu Wen's expression suddenly changed.
There was no emotion in Xie Chi's eyes. It was obvious what Madam Zhao was waiting for, and they had no way to avoid it.
In the darkness behind, a gray face gradually emerged, and the zombie's fangs flashed white in the night.
The three were attacked from both sides, and the atmosphere was tense. Lu Wen slowly moved his steps, put his back on Xie Chi's shoulder, and handed him his peach wood sword without saying anything.
Xie Chi didn't answer and frowned: "I don't need it."
Lu Wen spoke quickly: "The peach wood sword is useless to Madam Zhao! You take it!"
Lu Wen insisted, and Xie Chi could only look at him deeply and took the sword.
Xie Chi clenched his sword and whispered, "Hold on. I just want you to hold on. Everything is based on saving my life."
Lu Wen smiled confidently, as if he was listening to Xie Chi's instructions: "Absolutely no problem!"
[Isn't this too selfish? He is so strong and has a zombie, but these two are going to fight a zombie, leaving Lu Wen alone to deal with Zhao Niangzi, who is of unknown level.]
[Are you going to ignore Lu Wen? ]
[Why did Lu Wen agree? This is obviously unreasonable! Don't trust people so much. This is stupid! ]
Xie Chi raised his hand, rang the bell lightly, and said, "Quick battle, quick decision!"
Yan Jing was trembling with fear at first, but when he heard the bell, his body instantly straightened up, and he jumped up quickly to meet the zombie.
[Wow, the combat power! ! New mode! ! ]
In the cinema outside the horror movie, the audience exclaimed in unison, their eyes full of wonder.
The numerical values ​​of both teams appeared on the larger, more spacious and clearer screen.
The upper left corner of the screen shows that the Boss zombie's combat power is 43769, and in the upper right corner of the screen, the living zombie's combat power is 36158, and Xie Chi's is 803.
"Boss, why 803?? You must have made a mistake?"
"What kind of misunderstanding? Xie Chi 803, then I am 0?"
The next second, the ghosts watched with their own eyes as Xie Chi's combat power soared to over 20,000.
"I said it was a backend bug , now it must be real data."
"It's a new model, so please be understanding. Mistakes are inevitable."
"Fuck, Madam Zhao, she only has 30,000! Lu Wen only has 10,000! What the hell!"
"We are crushing them here. The living zombies are over 30,000 and the boss is over 20,000, totaling over 50,000. They are stronger than zombies, but if you look at their overall strength, the zombies plus Lady Zhao are over 70,000, which is more ."
"Boss, are you trying to do Tian Ji's horse race? Resolve this quickly and then go help Lu Wen deal with Lady Zhao?"
"I don't understand."
"Zombies are afraid of the peach wood sword. The peach wood sword can kill them, but how can Madam Zhao kill them? Does she still have a thread to pull them?"
"The boss will definitely pass it, but at this rate, Lu Wen may not be able to do it."
In the horror movie, Xie Xinglan was multitasking, shaking the bell to control Yan Jing to attack according to Xie Chi's instructions, while stabbing the zombies with his sword.
Knowing that the situation on Lu Wen's side must be very bad, Xie Xinglan didn't even bother to hold his breath and decided to end the battle quickly.
He only attacked and did not defend, exposing all his flaws to the zombies. There was a cunning flash in the zombies' eyes. Whenever they wanted to attack him, Xie Xinglan would shake the bell, and the next second, Yan Jing would pounce over to block him.
Xie Xinglan took the opportunity to stab the zombie with the peach wood sword. The zombie was defeated step by step, and red light flashed where he was stabbed by the peach wood sword. He seemed to be in great pain and let out a piercing scream that could pierce a person's eardrum.
【Hahahaha, make full use of your invulnerability.】
[This is so useful! I want to raise a zombie too. ]
The zombies seemed to see through their plan of a quick victory, and no longer rushed forward recklessly. Instead, they hid and waited for Madam Zhao to kill Lu Wen and join them so that they could capture the two of them together.
He jumped so fast, as if he was trying to lead the two away and give Madam Zhao time to kill Lu Wen. Yan Jing was still able to catch up, but Xie Xinglan ran at full speed but was still left behind.
Xie Xinglan's expression changed slightly. Yan Jing couldn't defeat the zombies alone, so he had to catch up.
He thought for a moment and rang the bell twice. Yan Jing heard the noise, jumped back quickly, carried Xie Xinglan on his shoulder, and ran after him madly.
Xie Chi: “…”
The distance is still getting farther and farther.
Yan Jing: “!@…#…#?”
Xie Chi: "He said he can't catch up, this is his fastest speed! He asked you what to do!"
Xie Chi couldn't help much with the fight, so he could only be a translator.
Xie Xinglan cursed softly, glanced at the zombies' route, looked around, and saw the tall roofs nearby, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
He rang the bell a few more times, and Yan Jing instantly understood what he meant. He put Xie Xinglan down and half-crouched. Xie Xinglan sprinted and stepped on Yan Jing's shoulder. Yan Jing jumped like a zombie and sent Xie Xinglan onto the roof, then he followed the instructions to chase the zombies.
Looking down from above, Xie Xinglan had a panoramic view of the entire block. He locked his eyes on the zombie, walked in a straight line, ran on the rooftops, and kept leaping. Finally, he caught up with the zombie at the corner of the street. Xie Xinglan jumped down, blocked the zombie's way, and met it with a sword.
On the other side, Lu Wen spat out another mouthful of blood and climbed up again with difficulty. His body movement was very average, and Madam Zhao's moves were as fast as a ghost, so he could not resist at all.
Fortunately, due to his bloodline, he is very durable. Although he cannot resist and fight back against Madam Zhao, he can definitely resist for a while, or even hold her back.
Due to the heavy rain, reddish blood flowed from Lu Wen's body. His clothes were torn, and large patches of blue-green fish scales were exposed on his back.
Another blow, and Lu Wen was knocked down again, coughing up blood: "Xie Chi, hurry up..."
Madam Zhao never expected that this human being could be so resistant. Anxiety gradually appeared on her face. Just as she was about to pinch Lu Wen's neck, her pupils suddenly shrank and she felt a sharp pain in her heart for no reason.
"Wenlang!" She called out her husband's name.
Sensing that Wen Lang's life was in danger, Madam Zhao immediately gave up on Lu Wen and moved at lightning speed towards where the zombies were.
Lu Wen still remembered Xie Chi's instructions, and he held himself up, exerting his physical strength to the extreme. He threw Madam Zhao to the ground and started a fight, trying his best to buy time for Xie Chi.
On Xie Xinglan's side, Yan Jing, who arrived later, took the zombie by surprise and subdued it to the ground while it was off guard. The zombie became furious and jumped up instantly. The short Yan Jing was like a rag doll, hanging on the tall zombie.
Xie Xinglan seized the opportunity and rushed up from behind, replacing Yan Jing. He used his upper arm to dig into the zombie's neck to prevent him from biting him. With his legs hanging in the air, Xie Xinglan raised the peach wood sword in his right hand and stabbed the zombie in front of him, completely piercing the zombie's heart.
The orange-red light wandered within the zombie's body, but the zombie just howled in pain and did not die immediately.
Xie Xinglan's eyes darkened. How could this be?
Xie Chi paused for two seconds and said, "Brother, pierce the center of the eyebrows. That is where the human soul is. If the human soul dies, the zombie will be useless even if it doesn't die."
No matter how good Zhao Niangzi's husband was when he was alive, it has nothing to do with him. If you stand in his way, you must die.
Xie Xinglan understood and followed Xie Chi's instructions, stabbing the sword into the zombie's forehead.
The zombie was completely motionless, and the faint trace of humanity in its turbid and deathly eyes quietly dissipated.
"No!!!" Suddenly, not far away, came the heart-wrenching cry of Madam Zhao.
Xie Xinglan pursed his lips and was about to raise his sword to face Lady Zhao's crazy revenge, but Xie Chi smiled and said, "Brother, it's my turn."
Xie Xinglan was stunned, but without hesitation, he said, "Okay."
He has 100% trust in Xie Chi.
Lady Zhao dodged and pounced in front of the zombie like a ghost, her face full of tears. She hurriedly touched the zombie's face and said, "This is not real, no, it must not be, Wenlang, please open your eyes and look at me..."
Madam Zhao looked almost insane, her face wet with tears: "Please... please look at me..."
"Don't you love me? I don't want eternity anymore, I don't want it anymore, I really don't want it anymore, please, just open your eyes and look at me, I beg you..." Madam Zhao lay on the chest of the zombie, crying and wailing.
She closed her eyes in agony.
"Wen Lang, I regret it... If I could do it again, I wouldn't want forever. I really regret it. I should be content. I'm sorry, sorry, sorry. Please look at me..."
Madam Zhao was in a state of madness and kept repeating "I'm sorry".
She really regretted it. If she hadn't asked for eternity, perhaps Wenlang would still be alive and well, staying with her and playing the piano for her.
She was the one who poisoned Wen Lang to death for the sake of that unreachable eternity. For the sake of eternity, she completely gave up the present.
Wen Lang grew colder and colder in her arms, just like now, disintegrating and dying little by little.
Before Wenlang died, his eyes were full of disbelief, and his last words were, "Lan'er, you are wrong. Don't do that. Don't hurt others. I will hate you for being like that."
But she still insisted on doing it.
Wen Lang loved her kindness, but because of love, she turned into the vicious woman he hated the most.
"I don't want you to love me anymore. I don't want anything anymore. Can you just live... Can you just live?" Madam Zhao's eyes were blurred with tears and her heart was dead.
A few years ago, when she had just married into the Zhao family, she wanted to be content with what she had and cherish every day that Wenlang was with her. But Wenlang's health was deteriorating day by day, and she saw it all. How could she be content with what she had?
Being contented is just empty talk. No one can be content in the face of cruel reality.
What's more, the Zhao family possesses tremendous power.
Her heart was bleeding day and night, and finally one day she went down the path of no return.
She couldn't bear Wenlang's death, so she could only let others die for Wenlang's life.
She even endured the excruciating pain of being skinned, made herself into a puppet, laid out everything, and laid out eternal hope, but it was shattered forever.
Madam Zhao turned her head mechanically, and when she saw Xie Chi watching coldly nearby, a little light finally appeared in her gray eyes: "I'm going to kill you!"
That attack consumed all her strength, but Xie Chi did not dodge. He just shook the bell lightly, and Yan Jing, who was invulnerable to swords and guns, blocked him.
Lady Zhao wiped away her tears, glanced at Yan Jing, and sneered, "I can't beat him, but you can't do anything to me either. I'm different from Zhang Linu's other puppets. I'm truly immortal, without the stupid flaw of pulling a silk thread. He can't be here forever. There will always be a day when you are alone or careless. When that happens, I will definitely kill you!"
Her voice was shrill, as if it came from hell, and every word she spoke was filled with the deepest curses.
"I can't afford to wait for Wen Lang, but I can wait for you. You can't escape in this life." She turned around dejectedly and was about to take the dead zombie away, but Xie Chi called her from behind.
Madam Zhao turned around and saw the young man in her pupils. He was well-dressed, had a gentle face, and looked thin and detached in the rain.
Xie Chi pushed up his glasses and said calmly, "Do you believe in the Azure Sky and the Yellow Spring?"
Madam Zhao's pupils shrank: "What do you mean?"
Xie Chi avoided answering and walked closer with one hand in his pocket. Yan Jing immediately raised his sleeve to shield him from the rain.
Xie Chi said: "You are a boring person. You always focus on the wrong things. When people are alive, you think about the unreachable forever. When people die, you think about revenge for them."
"Then...what should I think about?" Madam Zhao asked in a trembling voice.
Xie Chi smiled slightly and said word by word: "Death is forever."
Those words were full of hints, ominous yet beautiful.
Madam Zhao fell to the ground.
Just as Xie Chi was about to approach her, Yan Jing grabbed him, his face full of worry, and whispered, "@&*￥......!"
Xie Chi sneered and comforted him with his eyes: "It's okay."
Then, regardless of Yan Jing's obstruction, he walked to Madam Zhao and slowly squatted down.
His fragile neck, chest and abdomen were so close to her that Lady 's hands secretly curled into claws.
Xie Chi turned a blind eye, took out a clean handkerchief from his clothes, wiped the rain off her forehead, and said softly: "You are too late. He has crossed the Naihe Bridge, and you will never find him again."
The man's movements and tone were gentle, but the words he spoke shook Lady Zhao's soul and filled her with fear.
"No……"
She choked and a tear slowly slid down the corner of her eye.
The next second, Madam Zhao fell on the zombie's chest without any warning, lying on her side, completely motionless. In the last moment before her death, there was a satisfied smile on her lips.
A bloody hole gradually appeared on her forehead.
The immortal puppet destroyed its own intelligence and chose death.
Madam Zhao is her own puppeteer. She has no strings and no flaws. She relies on her own intelligence to control her own actions, just like ordinary people, but she possesses eternal life and unparalleled fighting power.
The only way to kill her is for her to destroy her own intelligence.
This is also her only flaw.
The human heart is the flaw.
…
[Big Brother, do you think this has helped these star-crossed lovers to be together? ]
[You were forced to commit suicide with just a few words. I was... scared. 】
【My heart feels heavy.】
[This ending is really... very beautiful. One is a zombie and will definitely harm people in the future, and the other has killed countless people. Now they die together. It is really a good ending. ]
[It’s still a zombie movie where good deeds will eventually be rewarded and evil deeds will be punished. ]
[Is it time to end the game? Both bosses are dead. ]
【I'll follow the boss and leave. 】
…
Xie Chi stood in the rain, deep in thought.
At this point, the Boss zombie is dead, and Madam Zhao is also dead. It seems that the horror movie has come to a perfect end.
But clearly... there is still a missing link.
Where did the escaped vixen go?
Her story with zombies is still confusing.
Lu Wen arrived late and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the dead zombies and Madam Zhao, fearing that he was useless and would ruin Xie Chi's plan.
Lu Wen covered his wound. Xie Chi walked over and frowned, "Is it serious?"
Lu Wen shook his head: "It's healing on its own, no big problem."
"How did Madam Zhao die?" Lu Wen didn't want to make Xie Chi and Yan Jing worry, so he changed the subject.
Xie Chi explained it briefly.
Lu Wen had a complicated expression and asked sincerely, "How did you guess that you could kill Madam Zhao in this way?"
Xie Chi said: "Zhang Linu is a man who strives for perfection. At the beginning, he made a perfect puppet, but he was not satisfied. He wanted to give the cold and rigid puppet a soul. In fact, this is what he has been doing. Following this development direction, his dream in the end must be to create a puppet that is no different from a real person. Puppets that are independent of the puppeteer are Zhang Linu's ultimate goal. Zhang Linu treats the puppets as his wives and children. Of course, he hopes that the puppets will one day be no different from humans."
"In fact, he did it. It can be said that Madam Zhao and he complement each other. Madam Zhao is his most perfect work of art."
Lu Wen suddenly realized and smiled comfortably: "Is it over?"
Yan Jing also grinned happily.
Xie Chi's face was slightly gloomy.
His cell phone suddenly rang. He thought it was a reminder that he had left, but when he opened it and saw the content on the screen, his expression changed slightly.
[Congratulations on reaching the first ending of "Zombie Lover": a love that transcends life and death; now it is detected that the conditions are met, do you want to challenge the second ending? ]
[If you choose No, you will leave the film immediately; if you choose Yes, you will stay and continue to complete the plot. ]
[If the challenge ends successfully, the actor will receive a reward of 300 points. ]
…
【Damn, it’s a double ending!!】
【Hurry up and sit down! Hurry up and sit down! ! 】
[Isn't ending 2 extremely difficult? Will Xie Chi stay? ]
…
Xie Chi looked at Lu Wen questioningly.
Lu Wen's phone also rang. He shook his head: "I haven't experienced this before."
Xie Chi nodded, and the image of a vixen flashed through his mind. Where did the vixen go?
Xie Chi walked aside and thought to himself: "Brother, I want to stay."
Xie Xinglan smiled deeply: "I'm here."
There weren't too many words, but it was enough. Xie Chi raised the corner of his mouth.
"I'll stay." He looked at Lu Wen, "Are you still staying?"
Lu Wen's body was covered with wounds, and the situation was obviously not optimistic.
Lu Wen thought for a few seconds and shook his head: "No, I'm not particularly anxious to earn points, and I do want to stay, but in my current situation, I will definitely only hinder you in the second ending. I'll go out first and wait for you outside."
Yan Jingze was grinning with joy, he could finally stop being a drag, although it was only temporary and he would have to recover after leaving the horror movie, but it was enough to make him happy for a long time.
Yan Jing was almost dancing with joy: "@#……!￥!"
Xie Chi: "Are you sure you want to stay?"
Yan Jing nodded wildly.
After the three of them had discussed it, Xie Chi and Yan Jing pressed yes, and Lu Wen pressed no.
As Lu Wen disappeared, a red light flashed across the sky and rushed towards this side at a rapid speed.
It was a fox, or rather, it was a burning red-haired fox.
In the blink of an eye, the fox spirit, which originally had a body, had been burned to the point of losing its fur. The closer she got to the zombies, the more severely she burned herself. A steady stream of flesh and skin dripped down, and when the scalding flesh touched the cold rain, it made a "sizzling" sound that made one's scalp numb, and bubbles gurgled up on the ground.
"Gada" was the sound of the fox spirit's charred bones falling one by one.
In a flash, the fox spirit had transformed from a fox into a remnant soul, falling towards the zombie's brow.
Xie Chi's phone rang——
【The second ending of "Zombie Lover" begins. 】
At the same time, the dead zombie suddenly opened his eyes, a red light flashed in his eyes, and his momentum reached an unprecedented peak, several times more than before.
He stood up, and just from the residual power, Xie Chi and Yan Jing were shocked and took several steps back.
Xie Xinglan held on to the wall and managed to stand firmly. There was a flash of deep fear in his eyes, but he did not have the slightest intention of retreating.
Xie Chi was silent for two seconds, then said anxiously: "Spirit replaces the soul!"
This is where the vixen comes in! She is the key to unlocking the second ending!
The fox spirit self-immolated, burning itself into condensed essence, which was injected into the body of the zombie, where the scattered human soul was replaced by a more condensed and more powerful essence.
The fragile human soul is completely incomparable to the spirit of a demon.
The zombies are back from the dead, and their strength is even higher!