28: Chapter 28 The Secret of Zombie Ranks

"The lowest level is the Purple Zombie. When a corpse just begins to mutate, its whole body turns purple, its movements are sluggish, like a puppet. The Purple Zombie has no consciousness at all, and even wild dogs outside can bully it."

"After a Purple Zombie absorbs the Yin energy of the earth's veins for several decades, it will grow white hair and promote to a White Zombie."

Leng Yue said, her gaze glancing at Frost Star who was rolling around on the bed.

"White Zombies are agile, their eyes can see, and their strength is comparable to an adult mad bull, but White Zombies fear sunlight and ordinary fire, leaving only beast-like bloodthirsty instincts."

"Frost Star was originally a top-quality White Zombie. The Yin energy inside that Mother-Child Linked Coffin was too heavy; before she had even grown full white hair, she retained a trace of her obsession and intelligence from when she was alive. This kind of mutation is truly one in ten thousand."

Lin Ye suddenly understood.

No wonder when this little girl Frost Star first came out of the coffin, her mind was full of 'cut into pieces and make into specimens' yandere thoughts; that was the product of the White Zombie's bloodthirsty instinct mixed with a young girl's obsession.

Leng Yue continued: "Above the White Zombie, the corpse aura turns from white to green, which is the Green Zombie."

"Green Zombies jump as if flying, ordinary swords and blades of the mortal world can hardly hurt them in the slightest. When ordinary Taoist priests encounter a Green Zombie, they have no choice but to flee for their lives."

"Further up, it is the mark of us truly stepping into the threshold of cultivation—the Woolly Zombie."

Leng Yue raised her jade hand, her fingertips lightly passing through the void.

"Woolly Zombies have copper skin and iron bones, their bodies grow corpse hair as hard as iron. At this realm, they are no longer afraid of ordinary fire and weak sunlight."

"Woolly Zombies can even spit out black gas, harming people from several feet away. The evil things detained by the Yinshan Sect are not even worthy of carrying the shoes of a Woolly Zombie."

Lin Ye smacked his lips.

If a Woolly Zombie is already this fierce, wouldn't the Flying Zombie above it be heaven-defying?

"After a Woolly Zombie undergoes a hundred years of lightning tribulation, sheds its hard hair, and restores its appearance from when it was alive, it can then cultivate into a Flying Zombie."

A trace of reminiscence flashed in the depths of Leng Yue's eyes.

"Flying Zombies can travel through the air and are proficient in magic. At this realm, the zombie regains the seven emotions and six desires of a human and its full consciousness."

"As for me..."

Leng Yue paused, and a trace of pride arose in those deep red eyes.

"I am not an ordinary Flying Zombie. A thousand years ago, in an Extreme Yin Corpse-Raising Land, I accidentally swallowed a drop of essence blood from an ancient fierce beast, the 'Red Hou'."

"The Red Lotus Karmic Fire burned away the mortal impurities in my body, allowing me to transform into an anomaly among zombies—the Red Hou."

"With the body of a Red Hou, its strength is already above all Flying Zombies. Today, in the underground of that mental hospital, after draining that Extreme Yin Spirit Spring, my source that had been dry for a thousand years finally recovered by twenty percent. My current realm has indeed stepped half a foot into the legendary realm of the 'Drought Demon'."

Lin Ye listened, his heart surging with excitement.

Drought Demon!

That is a peerless fierce beast in mythology that can cause a thousand miles of scorched earth!

Leng Yue has only recovered twenty percent of her source now, yet she can crush an A-rank Blood Corpse King with one slap.

Once she fully steps into the Drought Demon realm, who else in this world can stop their family of three?

"What about Frost Star?"

Lin Ye pointed at the little girl on the bed.

Hearing Lin Ye call her name, Frost Star immediately flipped over and climbed up.

Her silver-blue twin tails shimmered with a dim light under the lamp.

"Brother-in-law!"

Frost Star pounced into Lin Ye's arms and stretched out her little hand as if presenting a treasure.

Seeing that in her palm, a mass of deep blue frost vortex that looked like substance was condensing.

The extreme cold emanating from that vortex made even the air crackle as it froze.

Leng Yue looked at Frost Star, her tone rarely carrying a hint of praise:

"This girl is a lucky general. She swallowed the inner core of a hundred-year-old Yin Python and soaked in the Extreme Yin Spirit Spring; the poisonous miasma of the Yin Python and the cold energy of the Spirit Spring helped her forcibly wash away the White Zombie's corpse poison."

"She has now completely crossed the stages of the Green Zombie and the Woolly Zombie, opening up an unprecedented path of evolution."

"Her current realm can be tentatively called [Nether Corpse King]." Leng Yue gave the conclusion.

Lin Ye pinched Frost Star's smooth, tender cheek.

This girl's skin is as delicate as top-quality porcelain; there is not a trace of a zombie left.

Not only that, the originally violent corpse poison in her body is now completely under her control.

"Well done. In the future, if you encounter those fierce ghosts you can't beat, I'll leave them all to you as snacks."

Lin Ye praised with a smile.

Frost Star proudly lifted her chin, revealing two little tiger teeth: "Leave it to Frost Star! Frost Star will cut them all into pieces and make them into shaved ice!"

After understanding the combat power of the two heroines, the stone in Lin Ye's heart finally fell to the ground.

He stood up from the bed and picked up the scroll of the "Mysterious Grade Yin-Gathering Formation Map".

"You two rest in the room. I'm going to the backyard to set up the formation and improve our living environment."

Lin Ye pushed open the door leading to the backyard balcony and went down the external iron stairs to the patio.

The patio in the old city was very cramped, with high walls standing on all sides.

In the very center, where the black gloomy wood coffin was originally placed, there was still a large pit left at this moment.

Lin Ye turned on his tactical flashlight, followed the positions on the formation map, and began to look for the formation eyes to set up the array around the patio.

This Yin-Gathering Formation requires eight positions as base points to lock the spiritual energy in the center.

Lin Ye extracted the purchased water-ground cinnabar from the system space.

He bit his fingertip and mixed his Pure Yang blood into the cinnabar, acting as the top-quality pigment for drawing the formation.

He squatted on the ground, the purple-tipped brush in his hand moving like a swimming dragon, outlining complex formation patterns on the bluestone slabs.

East is Jia-Yi Wood, South is Bing-Ding Fire, West is Geng-Xin Metal, North is Ren-Gui Water...

Half an hour later, an octagonal formation disk covering the entire patio was finished.

The cinnabar lines faintly glimmered with a dark red light in the night.

Lin Ye wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.

Setting up the formation is very mentally exhausting; he now felt his head throbbing.

"The formation map is drawn; now it just needs the formation eye to be activated."

Lin Ye walked to the formation eye position in the center of the patio.

This formation eye requires a medium containing a special aura to act as the activation hub, thereby anchoring the ownership of the formation.

Just as he was thinking about what magic tool to use as a medium.

In his mind, that long-lost semi-transparent light screen popped up without warning.

"Ding! "My Lord, Please Behave Yourself" System prompt: Detected that the host is activating the [Mysterious Grade Yin-Gathering Formation Map]. The choice of the formation eye medium will directly determine the additional effect after the formation operates. Please make a choice within three minutes!"

Three options appeared on the light screen:

[Option A: Steady Faction — Insert that lightning-struck peach wood sword into the formation eye.]

[Reward: Formation stability +50%. Consequence: The peach wood sword is a pure Yang object for warding off evil; using it as the eye of a Yin formation will cause a strong repulsion. Leng Yue and Frost Star will feel chest tightness and shortness of breath, and their moods will be irritable inside the formation.]

[Option B: Showy Operation Faction — Take off this white T-shirt you have been wearing close to your body for a whole day, stained with sweat and Pure Yang aura, and bury it in the formation eye.]

[Reward: Unlock the hidden formation effect "Husband's Scent". Being in the formation is like being embraced by the host in all directions, Harem Harmony +5 permanently.]

[Option C: Heavy Bleeding Faction — Cut your wrist and pour a full bowl of Pure Yang Dao Body essence blood into the formation eye.]

[Reward: The formation undergoes a benign mutation, and the condensed Yin energy has a strong hallucinogenic and aphrodisiac effect. Consequence: You will fall into a coma on the spot due to excessive blood loss. After the two women inhale the mutated Yin energy, they will fall into complete madness. After you wake up, you will face unspeakable, tragic torture.]

Lin Ye looked at these three options, his mouth twitching wildly.

Option A is a direct pass; he spent a lot of effort setting up the formation just to make the two grandmothers live comfortably. Putting a peach wood sword in there isn't that just asking for trouble for himself?

Option C is even more lethal.

Pour a bowl of essence blood? With his current weak state, even two drops would be too much!

And that "unspeakable, tragic torture" makes one's lower back ache just looking at it; he cannot choose it even if it kills him.

"This damn system really feels uncomfortable if it doesn't stir up trouble for a day..."

Lin Ye sighed helplessly and clicked the second option with his mind.