Chapter 82: 082 Shizu

With this painting, Zhang Bei could be considered to understand how these neither-human-nor-ghost things appeared.

These were all dead people who had come back to life due to some mysterious power.

It was just that this power affected their consciousness, leaving them to only spew mist here all day long.

Now, there were still two mysteries left unsolved.

First: Why did the things he killed end up on these pillars?

Second: Where was that mysterious object?

As long as these two mysteries were solved, he believed this mission would basically be complete.

His gaze moved to the last item in the small box.

If his guess was correct, this key should be the key to finding that mysterious object.

He put the key away and turned to walk out of the stone house.

Suddenly, Zhang Bei's gaze froze on the stone pillars before him.

Ye Fan: 【Holy crap, are there a few missing from there?】

Wu Yingcai: 【Holy crap, there really are!】

Niu Xuanming: 【Can these things even resurrect?】

Zhang Bei narrowed his eyes and walked around carefully.

There were indeed a few missing from the furthest tree.

Looking at the marks of them breaking free, it was clear they had fallen off themselves.

Following the tracks on the ground, he walked deeper into the forest.

The visible mist became dense once again.

After walking for another hour, Zhang Bei stopped his forward pace.

Appearing before him was a black altar, and on top of the altar sat a coffin.

Countless white-haired zombies knelt on the ground, worshipping the coffin.

The small hole on the coffin that was spewing energy looked very much like the key in his hand.

The entire coffin was dark black, and a strange energy fluctuation radiated from within it.

These white-haired zombies in the midst of worship suddenly stopped their movements and focused on absorbing this energy.

Hiding behind a tree, Zhang Bei also felt this strange energy.

Unlike common energy, this energy was full of brutality, yet mixed with the aura of life.

He tried absorbing a wisp, and a bloodthirsty sensation instantly rushed into his brain.

But the life force existing in this energy also allowed Zhang Bei to recover some of his stamina.

He reached out to take out the key, stood up, and walked forward.

The white-haired zombies kneeling on the ground instantly discovered Zhang Bei's figure.

Countless white-haired zombies let out hisses and rushed over.

Zhang Bei's figure flashed, and he stood directly on the altar, inserting the key into the coffin.

He gave it a light twist.

"Click."

The sound of a mechanism activating rang out, and the lid of the coffin slowly opened outward.

He casually killed a white-haired zombie rushing from behind with a single slash.

His gaze was fixed directly on the entire coffin.

Soon, something like a seal appeared before his eyes.

The strange energy was radiating from this.

With the appearance of the seal, the energy spewed out even more violently, and countless white-haired zombies stopped their lunging movements.

Under the erosion of the strange energy, the white fur gradually turned black.

Two fangs also grew out from their mouths.

Looking at the scene before him, Zhang Bei's pupils constricted.

He finally knew what these things were!

Those that die but do not rot are Zombies, with levels divided into White, Black, Green, and Red.

Above that, there were even creatures like Hanba!

And the countless White Zombies before him had already turned into Black Zombies, with a few already transforming toward Green Zombies.

At this point, everything was explained—why these things wouldn't die.

Why mist would radiate from their bodies.

That was simply Death Qi concentrated to a certain degree!

As Zhang Bei took the seal into his hand, the notification from his watch arrived instantly.

【Congratulations to player Zhang Bei for completing the mission: Dark Mystery.】

【Do you wish to start the advanced mission?】

【Note: The difficulty of the advanced mission is doubled, and the rewards are doubled!】

Zhang Bei frowned instantly; he hadn't expected this mission to not be over yet.

And up to now, he hadn't encountered any real difficulties throughout the entire mission.

It clearly didn't match the difficulty of a Level 26 mission.

If he completed the mission now, the rewards would likely be pitifully small.

Without further hesitation, he chose to confirm.

The watch's consecutive notifications arrived again.

【Dark Mystery Two: Kill the Zombie Shizu!】

【The current location of the Zombie Shizu has been marked.】

A semi-transparent light screen appeared before his eyes, with a clearly visible red dot on it.

Ignoring this group of zombies still in the process of evolution, he put away the seal and ran toward the red dot.

If this group of zombies could evolve, then the Shizu must be able to as well.

With the difficulty of a Level 26 mission doubled, the difficulty of dealing with this thing could be imagined.

Following the mark on the map, Zhang Bei soon arrived at a stone forest.

In the very center of this stone forest, countless black-haired zombies were kneeling on the ground.

What they were worshipping was Zhang Bei's target at this moment.

The Zombie Shizu!

The Shizu's entire body was red, and fresh blood still hung from its two fangs.

It was absorbing energy amidst the worship of the black-haired zombies.

As this energy entered its body, the red fur on its body was constantly falling off.

It was clearly on the verge of evolution.

Zhang Bei didn't intend to keep waiting; if he really let this thing evolve successfully,

he feared he would be the one suffering.

His Tachi slashed onto the Shizu's body in an instant.

Black blood sprayed out in an instant.

However, under the effect of the strange energy, a wound of this degree recovered as good as new in the blink of an eye.

The Shizu let out a roar, its blood-red eyes staring fixedly at Zhang Bei.

Its black fingernails stabbed toward Zhang Bei.

The Tachi blocked it halfway in the blink of an eye, and the sound of metal clashing rang out.

Zhang Bei's figure retreated two steps in succession.

Feeling his arm go somewhat numb, he frowned.

In terms of pure strength, he had already lost; the Zombie Shizu's strength was surprisingly great.

Its fingernails were also incomparably hard.

The Tachi only left a white mark when it slashed onto them.

He took a deep breath, and black-red energy surged through his entire body instantly.

Black wings spread out in the blink of an eye.

Just as he was preparing to launch an attack, a surging energy came from behind.

"Heretic, die!"

Zhang Bei's expression tightened, and he instantly hid behind the Shizu.

The white Jian Qi struck the Shizu's body.

Black blood sprayed out in all directions.

In the sky, a Four-Winged Angel floated slowly in mid-air.

Unlike the one Zhang Bei had corrupted, this one clearly looked much more mature.

Zhang Bei raised an eyebrow and stood behind the Zombie Shizu.

"Didn't you see I have a helper? You still dare to come?"

Only then did the Angel shift her gaze to the Zombie Shizu.

The strange energy instantly made her frown.

"Disgusting thing, die!"

As the words fell, another white Jian Qi slashed down.

The Zombie Shizu's intelligence was not high to begin with, and after being attacked inexplicably twice, it finally became angry.

Ignoring Zhang Bei standing to the side, it jumped onto a tree and stared directly at the Angel before it. ===== CHAPTER 83 =====