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