“AndwhidamIfagthistime?”
“gratutions,youngmaster.”
EntombedCorpse:ove,butbodyremainsintaillennia.
IspottedagroupofPaleCorpses—skinwhiteassnow,shamblingslowlyinthegloom.Notfarfromthem,aViridCorpsewanderedalone,andingakindofsilentauthority.heothersdaredapproachit.
Ibreathedasighofrelief.IfitwasjustaPaleCorpse,thatwasmanageable.
AsforthePaleCorpses,theywerenothreat.TheyevenfledwhenIapproached—andsiheyweresoslow,afewImmortalArtswouldeasilyreducethemtoashes.
Ichuckled.“Easyenough—justpunchthem,andtheygodht?”
“Ofcourse,butcurrentlytheonlyassigiszombieextermination.”
“That’sfiheway,whatexactlyisazombie?”
“Soundslikeawalkingdeadperson.”
“WhatIdonow?AmIeligibleformissions?”
“So,eightmaintypes:Pale-Violet,Pale,Virid,Furred,Flying,Wanderiombed,andUndecayedBone.FlyingCorpsesarethemostdangerous.”
FlyingCorpse:cultivatedforathousandyears,flies,immuoons,wieldsImmortalArts,unafraidofsunlight.
Inthechamber,Meng’ergreetedmewarmly.
UndecayedBone:boneremainsenergizedandintact;withenoughessensunandmoon,itbeenace.”
“Nothingdifficult.APaleCorpse.It’sappropriateforsomeoyourlevel.”
“You’reuimatingthehegeypesare:
WanderingCorpse:driftswithlunarenergyandseasons,hasnofixedhome.
Hemusthavenoticedmybewilderment.
Meng’ershookherhead.
PaleCorpse:white-skinned,sluggish,fearslight,fire,water,dogs,andhumans.
Thatsounded…arming.
Well…figuratively.They’realreadydead,afterall.
ViridCorpse:greenskinandcorpseaura,fastandaggressive,fearssunlightonly.
Thispcereekedofcorpseaura.Clearly,they’dchosenthissunlessforestasasanctuaryfromthelight.
Meng’erexpined:
agihatbeinganImmortalwasnottheend,butmerelyamilestone.
“AReanimatedCorpseisformedwhenabodyissaturatedinyinenergy,oftentriggeredbyafamilymemberiingwiththecorpseunderunusualcircumstaheyinturnstobalefulenergy,andthecorpseisrevivedintoareanimated,cursedexistence.”
“Alright,I’llhanow.”
BeforeIcouldpohatmysteriousstatement,hedismissedme—andIinstantlyreturhecultivationchamber.
FurredCorpse:fur-covered,iron-hardbody,agile,onlyslightlyafraidoffireorsunlight.
“Youcarryimmee.Imerelywishedtoprepareyouforwhatliesahead.”
Meng’ergavemethecoordinates,aoff.Unlikepreviousspatialjumps,thistimeItraveledonfoot.Thetargetsitewasaboutfivekilometerswestofthecultivationchamber,inanaforest.
Pale-VioletCorpse:retlydeceased,skintintedviolet.
ThetroublesomeohatViridCorpse.ReanimatedCorpsescarryCorpsePoison—whilePaleandPale-Violetdon’tbite,Viridonesdo.ItscultivationwasroughlyearlyFoundatioablishment—notimpossibletohaI’dobecarefulofthatpoison.
Thesunlightbarelyreachedthegroundhere.Mistliheair,andthesoilwasthickwithfallenleavesanddecayedbrahestofrotanddampnessfilledtheair.
Ismiled.Itseemedshealreadyknew.