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