Chapter 039 Zombie Lover (22)
The change came too quickly, catching them off guard.
The cold dark red blood at the zombie's brow quickly solidified, and at the same time, a strange red light flashed in his eyes.
The soul of Wen Lang, the lover of Lady Zhao, has completely disintegrated. Now it is a fox spirit that lives in the sea of zombie spirits and controls the zombie bodies.
The spirit of the fox spirit and the body of the zombie completely merged into one.
Xie Xinglan's hand holding the sword was shaking slightly. He had an injury on his shoulder, so the strength in his hand was a little weaker.
In the battle with the 2.0 zombies just now, the wound on his shoulder that had barely scabbed over had broken open again. This time, a steady stream of blood gushed out from his shoulder, staining half of his clothes. Mixing with the rain, it was another kind of stimulation.
The zombie lowered its head stiffly and looked at Xie Xinglan. Hatred flashed across its eyes, and it let out a soul-shattering zombie cry.
"It's all your fault! Yu Lang is dead! Yu Lang's soul is gone! I'm going to kill you!"
Xie Chi translated it, covered his ears tightly, met her resentful gaze, and calmly began to speak zombie language: "It was Madam Zhao who killed your husband's soul. It has nothing to do with us."
"Nothing to do with it?" The zombie's laughter was creepy, and the red light in his eyes became brighter. "I tried my best to release Yu Lang. If you hadn't subdued him and sent him to the Zhao family, how could his soul be dug out by Madam Zhao?!"
"You are the cause of all this! I can't kill Madam Zhao, but can't I kill you? You destroyed my only chance to reunite with Yu Lang! You must die!"
The zombies went crazy and their screams were dizzying.
Negotiation was useless, Xie Chi said anxiously: "Brother, let's go!"
After the brief confrontation just now, Xie Chi had already clearly assessed the fighting power of both sides - his brother was definitely no match for this zombie.
"good."
The zombie saw their intention and jumped towards Xie Xinglan. His movements were almost only afterimages. Xie Xinglan anticipated it and raised his sword to block it completely, but he was still knocked seven or eight meters away by the residual force.
His shoulder hit the wall, and his internal organs were shaken. Xie Xinglan's Adam's apple rolled up and down and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The gap between the human soul and spirit is fully revealed.
Xie Chi felt a pain in his heart: "Brother!"
Yan Jing's eyes were about to burst: "@...#&!"
[Oh my god, it only takes one hit! Compared to ending one, ending two is simply hell mode! ]
[Isn't this normal? Wen Lang has tuberculosis, so his soul must be very weak. How can it compare with the spirit of the demon condensed after self-immolation? ]
[Let me count, is this Zombie 3.0? ]
[What the hell is this? Wouldn't Xie Chi be killed with just a few moves?! ]
[Damn, I got the calculation result. The zombies have 130,000 combat power against Xie Chi's 15,000 and the living zombies 30,000! Fuck you. ]
[130,000? ? ? Fuck, isn't this going to kill Xie Chi? ? ? I can still fight with 20,000 or 30,000 more, but what's the point of fighting with 100,000 or so more? ! ]
[What's going on? Are you openly trying to kill Xie Chi? ]
[I haven’t met him either! ]
[Is the living zombie so weak? ! ]
[Maybe the movie suppressed the intensity? Or maybe he was just a half-finished product that was quickly refined.]
[How come the boss only has 15,000? 】
[The boss is injured! ]
"It's okay." Xie Xinglan comforted Xie Chi. His hand gripping the hilt of the sword turned slightly white due to excessive force. He stood up with the sword and tried to hold his breath, but the zombie still grabbed at him.
——Holding your breath is no longer useful against zombies.
While zombies possess spirits, they also possess the excellent eyesight of fairies. The methods that apply to ordinary zombies will not have any effect on them.
Xie Xinglan quickly retreated, narrowly avoiding the attack, and glanced at Yan Jing, "Let's go!"
He rang the bell twice, covered the wound on his shoulder, and ran towards the alley, with the sound of wind and rain in his ears.
[A movie that could be over at any time...]
[So exciting. ]
Yan Jing wanted to keep up, but his legs kept shaking and he moved extremely slowly. As the zombies got closer, his knees actually bent a little bit.
As a human, Xie Chi didn't feel it. He was the only one who knew how strong this zombie was. He even... felt like kneeling down. That was the genetic fear between the same species. He and Xie Chi were no match for it.
Despair filled Yan Jing's eyes. He looked back at Xie Chi, who was walking heavily due to his injury, and suddenly hope rose in his heart. As long as it was Xie Chi, anything was possible, even though he was seriously injured now.
This is how Xie Chi saved his life against all odds.
From a red-robed ghost to a zombie lover, Xie Chi has always been a miracle maker. No matter how powerful the enemy in front of him is, he always finds a way to defeat him in the end.
He believed in Xie Chi more than he believed in himself.
Xie Chi must be alive.
This is Yan Jingxin’s belief.
Yan Jing raised his head and bravely looked at the eerie and terrifying zombie in front of him.
He was saved by Xie Chi, and now is the time for him to repay Xie Chi.
Xie Xinglan stopped and looked at Yan Jing.
"@#$!...!" Yan Jing slowly raised his knees, tried to stand up straight, turned around and yelled at Xie Chi.
"He told you to leave, and he dragged you." Xie Chi said, "Brother, let's go!"
The short Yan Jing blocked the zombies' path. For the first time, he could face the enemy bravely without having to listen to the bell.
The zombie raised its hand to grab him, but Yan Jing jumped like a zombie, grabbed the zombie's hand, and clung to him tightly, letting the zombie throw him around like crazy.
Xie Xinglan was not pretentious and nodded at him: "Wait for me!"
After a quick run, Xie Xinglan disappeared in the dark alley. Behind him was the sound of Yan Jing slamming heavily against the wall, again and again.
There was a constant crashing sound and nearby houses collapsed.
There were people screaming all around: "Zombies!"
"Help!!!"
Xie Chi: "Brother, give me some time!"
"clear."
"Don't get caught! You can be repelled, but you can't be caught."
Zombies are stronger than living zombies. If a living zombie bites Yue Xiuming, Yue Xiuming will immediately turn into a zombie, not to mention the current zombies. As long as the zombies catch Xie Xinglan, he will immediately turn into a zombie.
"Know."
The zombies behind him finally defeated Yan Jing and chased after him. With just a light jump, he jumped over two houses.
The zombie didn't care about where it landed. When it landed on the roof of a house, there was a sound of the house collapsing. Countless people died tragically before they could even scream in fear. More and more people poured into the streets. When they saw the zombies, they were scared out of their wits and ran for their lives everywhere. The scene was extremely chaotic.
The originally spacious road in front of him suddenly became crowded because of the townspeople fleeing in all directions. Xie Xinglan's running speed also dropped significantly, and he had to concentrate on preventing people from bumping into him.
The zombies behind him continued to jump at the same speed, occasionally trampling a few people to death, or biting a few people generously.
Just as Xie Chi expected, those who were bitten by the zombies immediately turned into zombies and began to chase Xie Xinglan together with the Boss Zombie.
After a while, there were already more than a dozen zombies chasing Xie Xinglan, and the Boss zombie was in the front, closest to him.
Xie Chi's mind was moving rapidly.
There must be a way out! There must be.
If the zombies were only slightly stronger than the two of them, then they would have won by fighting, wisdom, and endurance. But since the zombies were so much stronger than them and were completely crushing them, it meant that there must be some key information hidden in the copy that could help them defeat the zombies.
Xie Chi quickly recalled the scenes from the beginning to the end of the movie, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.
He knows!
The zombie behind him trampled another person to death and reached out to grab Xie Xinglan. Xie Xinglan had anticipated this and lunged forward, barely dodging it, but was still knocked out.
Just as he was about to hit the ground hard, Xie Xinglan rolled over to absorb the force, got up and ran away. Yan Jing caught up with him from behind and entangled the zombie again.
Xie Chi said anxiously: "Ladies' Building! Brother, go to the Ladies' Building! Go find Taoist Master Lianxi!"
"good."
The road ahead was blocked by seven or eight zombies. They smelled the human presence here and ran over excitedly, with the Boss zombie chasing them relentlessly from behind.
Xie Xinglan looked around, rushed into the house next to him, waited for the right moment, broke the window and climbed out, successfully reaching the other end of the street.
After hiding here and there for five minutes, the magnificent and prosperous Ladies' Building was finally within reach. Just as Xie Xinglan was about to rush in, the Boss zombie jumped over from behind a house and grabbed Xie Xinglan. Xie Xinglan gritted his teeth and without any hesitation, threw the exquisite peach wood sword in his hand into the air.
The zombies paused for a few seconds, and Xie Xinglan successfully rushed into the Ladies' Building.
The peach wood sword was used up and lost.
Xie Xinglan took a quick look around the Ladies' Building and saw Taoist Master Lianxi.
Taoist Master Lianxi was lying on the table, sleeping and snoring.
Xie Xinglan rushed over and kicked him off the table. Amid the cries of pain from Taoist Lianxi, he pulled him under the table and hid himself under it. The next second, the huge Ladies' Building collapsed without any warning, and the red painted beams and roof fell down one after another.
Xie Xinglan struggled to hold up a thick and huge beam, and the back of his hand was immediately hit by falling stones, leaving blood all over. He groaned, pushed away the stone, and pulled Taoist Lianxi to hide in the space under the beam, gasping for breath.
A steady stream of stones and wooden planks fell down, and the fragile wooden table where they had been hiding was smashed to pieces in an instant.
Taoist Master Lianxi stared at everything that was happening before his eyes, still in shock, and swallowed hard.
If Xie Chi had pulled him a second later, their ending would have been the same as that table.
“Xie Chi, this, this, this…” Taoist Master Lianxi felt unwell and his lips trembled.
"Shut up."
Xie Xinglan was pale from the huge physical exertion. The two of them hid under a solid beam. He looked around calmly, pulled up the broken wooden boards and stones in front of him to block them and block out all the light.
From the outside, no one would know that there were two people hiding here.
There are townspeople everywhere outside, and the crowd is chaotic. The zombies cannot use their sense of smell to find them hiding here. As long as they can avoid the Boss zombie's sight, it will take time for the Boss zombie to find them.
Of course, this time will not be long, because there are still many small zombies to help search, and as the zombies bite people, there will be more and more zombies, and their situation will become more and more difficult.
Xie Chi came back and asked Taoist Lianxi.
"Let me ask you..." Xie Chi panted, slightly bent his long legs, tore a strip of cloth from his trouser leg, and used it to patch up the bloody hole on the back of his hand.
Feeling the same pain as Xie Xinglan, he realized how painful it was. Xie Chi clenched his teeth and breathed heavily: "How do I use the technique of borrowing magic?"
This is the solution that Xie Chi found to break the impasse.
This is also the only information that has been revealed in the movie but has not been used yet.
Taoist Master Lianxi finally came back from a series of events, with a wary look in his eyes: "What do you want this for?!"
"There are zombies outside. Zombies that can destroy the entire Huai'ao Town."
Taoist Master Lianxi finally understood what had happened: "How could this happen?!"
Xie Chi said weakly: "The one from the coffin with the father and son escaped and merged with his spirit."
When Taoist Master Lianxi heard about the spirit, his face turned pale: "It's over! It's really over..."
He kept muttering this, obviously knowing how powerful the spirit zombie was.
Xie Chi's heart sank suddenly.
Taoist Master Lianxi was wasting precious time. Xie Xinglan suddenly attacked and grabbed Taoist Master Lianxi's neck: "I just want to ask you, how to use the art of borrowing magic?! I don't keep useless people!"
His voice was low and his eyes were sinister and fierce. Taoist Lianxi's heart was shaken and he finally woke up. He began to try to recall the distant art of borrowing magic. The more he thought about it, the paler his face became, and he was extremely anxious:
"No, it's impossible! I know you want to defeat the zombies by borrowing magic, but we can't borrow enough magic. There are only two of us left. If we want to defeat the zombie outside, we need at least five people to borrow magic, and that's a very demanding condition..."
"I just ask you if the two of you can do it?!" Xie Xinglan said viciously.
"You... don't get excited, I... let me think about it." Taoist Master Lianxi finally calmed down and racked his brains to think of a solution.
Taoist Master Lianxi is not afraid of death. What he fears is that zombies will harm the townspeople. So even if there is a one in ten thousand chance, he will eradicate the zombies to do justice to his master in the afterlife.
While waiting, Xie Chi felt Xie Xinglan's great fatigue and said softly, "Brother, go and rest for a while. I'm not afraid of pain."
Xie Chi paused: "I'm more afraid that you will be hurt."
"Xiaochi——"
Xie Xinglan's heart trembled, and just as he was about to say something, Xie Chi rushed out and took over his body again.
Taoist Master Lianxi pondered for about half a minute, then suddenly woke up and began to touch his body.
"What are you looking for?" Xie Chi asked coldly.
Taoist Master Lianxi searched around but couldn't find it, his face pale: "Did you see my gossip?"
"No." Xie Chi frowned. "Why are you looking for gossip? I have gossip. Can I refine it?"
He was about to take out the exquisite Bagua that Taoist Lianxi had given him before. Taoist Lianxi shook his head repeatedly, sweating profusely, "No, this Bagua won't work. The structure is different. Only my Bagua can work with the art of borrowing magic."
Xie Chixin asked: "What about your gossip?"
Taoist Master Lianxi closed his eyes and recalled for a second, then his face lost all color: "It's over! I remember now! When you pulled me, the Bagua fell from my arms to the ground! I had just woken up and didn't react, so I didn't pick it up..."
Xie Chi's face turned pale: "We are going out to find that gossip?!"
"Yes!" Taoist Master Lianxi was as anxious as a grasshopper on a hot pot, "The method of borrowing magic must be that Bagua!"
Suddenly, the sound of zombies jumping was heard not far in front of him. Xie Chi's face suddenly changed. He covered Taoist Lianxi's mouth with one hand and held his breath.
After more than ten seconds, the beating sound stopped. Xie Chi and Taoist Lianxi held their breath for another half a minute, and only breathed a sigh of relief when the beating sound completely disappeared. Fortunately, it was just a small zombie.
The situation is getting worse and worse, danger is approaching little by little, and death may come at any time.
Xie Chi asked: "Suppose there is gossip, what should we do?"
Taoist Master Lianxi was infected by Xie Chi's calmness and spoke quickly: "The art of borrowing magic is to borrow the magic of the five elements of heaven and earth. Everything in the world can be classified into the five elements - gold, wood, water, fire and earth."
"The eight trigrams have eight sides, corresponding to Qian, Dui, Kun, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Kan and Li. Qian and Dui represent gold in the five elements, Kun and Gen represent earth, Zhen and Xun represent wood, Kan represents water and Li represents fire. The eight trigrams, when split separately, represent all five elements."
Xie Chi had some knowledge of the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams, and he memorized it quickly: "And then?"
Taoist Master Lianxi: "There are five elements on the eight sides of the Bagua, so we can borrow the power of the five elements through the Bagua."
"Then why must your Bagua be used?" Xie Chi took out his Bagua, which also had eight sides.
Taoist Master Lianxi: "The eight trigrams that can borrow the five elements must have a protrusion connected to the groove of the eight trigrams on the sides of Qian Dui (metal), Kun Gen (earth), Zhen Xun (wood), Kan (water), and Li (fire)."
"Anyone who wants to borrow the power of the five elements needs to press their fingers on the ridges and let blood flow into the Bagua grooves. If the person meets the requirements, the side of the Bagua will light up with the unique color of the five elements, which means that the person has borrowed the power."
"Then why must there be five people? You said the conditions are harsh, how harsh are they?" The more Xie Chi listened, the tighter his brows furrowed.
"Everything has five elements. Humans belong to everything, so they also have five elements. For example, I am an earth element person, with earth element temperament - I respect gods and Buddhas, treat people honestly, and am magnanimous."
"When I was young and hot-headed, I used forbidden techniques without my master's knowledge. I was lucky enough to learn the earth-moving technique."
Taoist Master Lianxi stared at Xie Chi and looked at him carefully. "Judging from your appearance, you are most likely a wood element. People of the wood element have slender bones, soft voices, and elegant appearances. But in terms of personality, you are definitely a water element. You are flexible and cunning, but generally speaking, a person can only occupy one element, or at most two elements."
"Why?"
"Because the five elements counteract each other! For example, water counteracts fire. It is impossible for one person to have these two extreme characteristics, so we are destined to not be able to borrow enough magic..."
Taoist Master Lianxi's face was gloomy. "As long as you are a water element, you can't be a fire element. I am an earth element. Even if I borrow the earth element's method and add one or two of your elements, we will never be able to make up the five elements. What's more, you may not be recognized by the element you belong to."
Taoist Master Lianxi buried his face in his hands and said dejectedly: "In fact, I have tried to summon the Earth Element countless times, but in my seventy years of life, I have only succeeded once."
Xie Chi's heart trembled, and his hands clenched involuntarily: "Is it not possible for you and I to have two or three lines?"
"No." Taoist Master Lianxi was on the verge of despair. "Wood represents life. With the help of the wood element, the wounds on people's bodies will heal themselves continuously during the battle. The five elements are interdependent. Water generates wood. The stronger the water, the better the effect of wood and the better the self-healing effect. In addition to promoting the growth of wood, water also has a barrier effect and can form a protective layer in the human body. Earth generates gold. Gold gathers the energy of killing. The stronger the gold, the stronger the will to kill and fight, and the greater the damage."
"If we are extremely lucky and borrow wood, water, and earth, it can only guarantee that the two of us will be safe for the time being. We have the self-healing power of wood and the barrier of water, but we... can't attack at all. We are missing the most important line."
Xie Chi finally understood. He and Taoist Lianxi were most likely two assistants. They were lucky enough to borrow the magic, which could only ensure their temporary survival, but could not defeat the zombies. Once the magic of the five elements disappeared, they would only have death to wait for.
Taoist Master Lianxi's face turned pale: "The fire master is destroyed and growing fiercely. Only by borrowing fire can we defeat the zombie."
