Zuo Zhengzong, male, 45 years old, a cremator and an enthusiast of metaphysics.
When he was a child, he wanted to become a Transcendent and constantly worked towards it, studying a large number of publicly available Transcendent systems.
In the past, he had considered becoming a wild Vampire, but at that time, the Blood Clan publicly executed several arrested foreign wild Vampires. After seeing that, he felt the risk was too great and chose to give up.
From the age of 20 to 35, he was fanatically obsessed with forbidden fruit.
He even spent a lot of money pursuing his dream, but the results were all an illusion, a complete waste.
To pay off his loans, he had no choice but to work honestly for the next ten years, but he never gave up researching how to become a Transcendent.
Finally, he really came up with a 'perfect plan'.
That was to become a zombie.
Of course, he didn't want to become a mindless zombie.
He wanted to become the First self-aware zombie in the world.
In many ancient texts, he found a way to compensate: First, purchase a Soul Sealing Talisman to firmly fix his soul to his physical body, then prepare a coffin with a zombie-sealing effect. After being infected with corpse poison, he would find a corpse-nurturing ground, lie in the coffin, and sink into the corpse-nurturing ground.
Because the soul would be fixed to the physical body, when the body turned into a zombie, the soul would also mutate into a malevolent spirit.
When a zombie became strong enough, it would develop a slight self-awareness, and even become increasingly intelligent. At that time, he would seize the opportunity to devour the consciousness generated by the zombie body, possess himself, and perfectly integrate with the zombie body.
In this way, when he emerged from the corpse-nurturing ground, he would become the world's only conscious, perfect zombie.
The plan was beautiful.
He had even spent a year's salary to purchase a genuine Soul Sealing Talisman.
As long as he obtained a zombie tooth containing corpse poison, he would begin to execute his plan. However, as an ordinary person, he simply couldn't find a channel to purchase a zombie tooth, so he was stuck at this step.
That day, he rode his bicycle home after work.
Recently, there had been quite a few bodies to process, requiring him to work overtime until seven or eight every day.
However, overtime came with overtime pay, and he was very happy to work more overtime. With money, he could continue to pursue his dream.
“Who the hell is so unethical?”
Zuo Zhengzong returned home and then saw a basketball-sized hole in the corner of his front door.
He quickly walked forward, took out his key to open the door, and after turning on the lights, he saw a rabbit constantly hopping in the corner of the wall. He frowned, took out his self-defense threaded steel rod, and cautiously approached.
“Hey!”
With one strike, the recoil made his hand tingle slightly.
He realized this was a Transcendent creature and immediately gritted his teeth, wildly swinging the rod. After he was half-dead from exhaustion and the rabbit no longer moved, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
After resting for a while, just as he was about to examine what exactly this rabbit was, Yu Xian happened to arrive.
“Be careful, that's a zombie rabbit. Let me handle it,” Yu Xian quickly said, stopping him.
Zuo Zhengzong was First surprised, then delighted, then turned around and angrily said, “Who are you? Why are you trespassing in my home? Get out quickly, or I'll call the police.”
“I am the police. I am currently on night patrol, and all Transcendent creatures are my responsibility to handle!” Yu Xian took out his identification and said to Zuo Zhengzong.
Zuo Zhengzong stared intently at the identification in Yu Xian's hand and had no choice but to suppress the unwillingness in his heart, moving aside to make way.
“Thank you for your cooperation, and... next time you encounter such a situation, it's best to call the police First and let the Battle Cop handle it. Your actions are very dangerous; it would be troublesome if you were bitten,” Yu Xian breathed a slight sigh of relief, stepped forward to bind the zombie rabbit with silver thread, and said to Zuo Zhengzong before leaving.
Zuo Zhengzong could only smile perfunctorily until he watched Yu Xian leave.
He turned around, his smile instantly vanishing, his expression becoming extremely gloomy. That was the zombie he had been yearning for; this was definitely the closest he had ever been to becoming a Transcendent.
Returning inside, he looked at the spot where the zombie rabbit had fallen. Suddenly, he saw something, immediately went forward and squatted down, carefully picking up a bone fragment smaller than a grain of rice.
This must be a bone fragment that broke off the zombie rabbit when he hit it with the iron rod!
He looked at this fragment, and a look of ecstasy gradually appeared on his face.
According to the Transcendent Alliance's research report, since the birth of corpse qi, its scale has only increased, not decreased. This is the famous “Corpse Qi Expansion Theory.”
Even a tiny bit of corpse qi can create a zombie. As a zombie becomes stronger, more corpse qi will be produced within its body. When a zombie is eliminated, this corpse qi will not disappear but will dissipate into nature.
Therefore, corpse qi will only increase, eventually dragging all of humanity into the world of the dead.
When Zuo Zhengzong finished reading this theory, he felt as if the whole world was about to collapse.
He was even depressed for a long time because of it.
Finally, he saw the wisdom left by ancient sages online: If you can't beat them, join them.
He suddenly felt as if his Du and Ren meridians had been opened. Since this world would sooner or later belong to the dead, wouldn't it be better for him to become one of the dead in advance?
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Yu Xian was walking on the road, and the man just now had a very strong smell of corpse stench on him, which made him a little suspicious.
He took out his phone and logged into the Security Bureau's APP. Based on the house number, he quickly found the other party's identity. He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, realizing he had thought too much.
It was completely normal for a cremator to have a peculiar smell on him.
Yu Xian quickly returned to the road. Seeing that Zhang Shou was still looking for the burrow, he First put away the zombie rabbit, then stood at the edge of the bushes and asked Zhang Shou, “Old Zhang, did you find it?”
“No, this is too strange. Where did they come from?” Zhang Shou stood up with a puzzled expression and asked Yu Xian.
Yu Xian smiled and said, “This is one of the world's three unsolved mysteries. If I could answer it, I'd be famous.”
In the Transcendent world, there are always many unsolved mysteries, and the sudden appearance of animals is one of them.
Some people believe that the world has a BUG, while others believe it is the effect of some forbidden fruit.
In any case, everyone discussed it, still not knowing how these animals suddenly appeared.
The two returned to the car, and Zhang Shou continued to drive.
Along the way, Transcendent animals would appear from time to time. Yu Xian and Zhang Shou stopped and went, and slowly the car drove to the east of the city.
Compared to other urban areas, the east of the city was undoubtedly much livelier. Many people were still walking on the streets after eleven o'clock, and all the shops were open.
This was a sight not seen in other urban areas.
“Xian Yu, look, Hu Tu'er,” Zhang Shou whispered at this moment.
Yu Xian was originally knitting a sweater. Hearing Zhang Shou's words, he looked up out the car window and indeed saw Hu Tu'er mingling with several young men. She smiled from time to time, charming the young men immensely.
“As expected of a fox spirit, she's really impressive,” Zhang Shou sighed.
Yu Xian twitched his nose, found nothing, and then said indifferently, “Let's go, continue patrolling.”
Actually, the East City District didn't need them to patrol at all. The Transcendent residents here, the strongest of whom even reached Eagle Rank, would be capable of solving it themselves if a Transcendent animal appeared.
However, due to their duty, Yu Xian and Zhang Shou still honestly drove around on patrol.