Bai Yu suddenly had a bad feeling. "Why do I feel like they're different from before? They seem to be more intelligent."

Yun Jian replied, "Your feeling is correct."

As soon as she finished speaking, the charred corpses began picking up dry branches and stones.

Then they separated, creating a scene of a charred corpse facing off against a person.

Yun Jian shook the energy storage ball in her hand, then shook the knife in her hand as a threat; if it dared to extend the branch, she would cut it off with the knife.

The charred corpse seemed to understand her meaning, and remained in a stalemate with her, not making any rash moves.

Until Mu Yuan's exclamation came from the side.

Yun Jian glanced over there out of the corner of her eye and saw Mu Yuan clutching his wrist, looking pained, while his energy storage ball fell to the ground again.

Bai Yu explained the situation to Yun Jian, "Damn it, this bastard has actually learned to use feints. Mu Yuan's wrist was smashed by this charred corpse in front of me with a stone."

Yun Jian wanted to go and help, but the charred corpse in front of her suddenly attacked her.

It wasn't fatal, just enough to stop her from going to provide support.

Yun Jian understood; they were trying to defeat them one by one, and Mu Yuan, the weakest of them all, was their weakest point.

Something's not right, something's very wrong!

When she was fighting these charred corpses, they weren't very intelligent and could only dodge. But now, their intelligence seems to have taken a qualitative leap. They not only know how to use tools, but they can also use tricks against her.

This change is outrageous!

Seeing that Mu Yuan was about to collapse and that he had already used up all his skills and had no way to save his life, Yun Jian simply used a hook to pull him to her side.

The charred corpse that attacked Mu Yuan missed its target and roared angrily.

Instead of following Mu Yuan, it flapped its wings and jumped in front of Bai Yu.

Bai Yu screamed in fright. He only had one energy storage ball, which was no match for the two highly intelligent charred corpses. So he simply burrowed into the ground.

Worried that Mu Yuan would cause trouble for Yun Jian, she reached out and pulled Mu Yuan down as well.

Without Mu Yuan holding him back, Yun Jian was able to fight without restraint.

She has quite a few energy storage balls on her, especially the kind that last for three seconds. After she used them up last time, she had someone retrieve them, and now she can take them out to harass the other party.

As a result, with a large energy storage ball in one hand and a small energy storage ball in the other, the charred corpses dared not approach her at all.

The key point is that she's fast.

Sometimes, it's not that they're chasing Yunjian, but rather that Yunjian is chasing and hitting them with the energy storage ball.

They will have a hard time escaping.

After finally managing to survive on one large energy storage sphere, the charred corpses saw her pull out a second, then a third...

Seeing this, the charred corpses gave up the fight and, with no will to live, spread their wings and fled.

Yun Jian: "..."

She was even thinking of killing one or two of them.

Seeing that she looked like she hadn't had enough, Xiao Zhen couldn't help but rub her forehead and comfort her, "It's okay, Sister Yun. There are so many charred corpses, you can encounter them again next time."

Yun Jian nodded and sent a message to Bai Yu, asking him to bring Mu Yuan out.

[Pfft... That's hilarious! Everyone else gets chased and beaten by charred corpses, but in Yun Jian's case, it's her chasing and beating up the charred corpses.]

[Charred Corpse: Don't come any closer!]

Others who escape from charred corpses feel like they've escaped death, but when it comes to Yun Jian, she'd rather shout: "Hey, don't go!"

A short while later, Bai Yu led Mu Yuan out of the ground.

However, Bai Yu's mouth never stopped: "See? I told you not to come out with me, but you didn't listen! Look at you, you can't even hold the energy storage ball, and you can't drive away the charred corpse. I even had to take my time to save you!"

Mu Yuan glanced at Bai Yu cautiously and couldn't help but retort, "It's obvious that you couldn't handle the charred corpse yourself, so you burrowed underground to escape and just took me with you."

Bai Yu's face darkened. "You're still talking back! Think about it yourself. Before the people from Tengyun Pavilion arrived, didn't you fail to catch the energy storage ball? After the people from Tengyun Pavilion left, didn't you still fail to catch the energy storage ball? What excuse do you have?"

Mu Yuan lowered his head and finally stopped arguing back.

"I've only just begun. I'll definitely do better in the future."

Bai Yu scoffed, clearly not believing it.

Yun Jian glanced at Bai Yu, "Alright, let's stop talking about him. Didn't you become the second weak point of the charred corpse because you were too weak? It's already pretty good that he was able to use his skills at the crucial moment. Let him train some more!"

Bai Yu: "..."

He pouted and gave a disdainful snort.

Yun Jian then carefully recalled the changes in the charred corpse.

She frowned and discussed with Bai Yu, "The changes in the charred corpse must be related to the gunpowder ash. Could it be that the gunpowder ash is the key to the charred corpse's increased intelligence? And our previous guess that the changes in the charred corpse's intelligence were caused by the side effects of the corpse-inducing water was actually wrong?"

Bai Yu was taken aback, and followed her words, saying, "Very likely! The original lair of Tengyun Pavilion was next to a nitrate mine, obviously to facilitate the production of explosives. Their lair must have stored explosives. When the charred corpses broke in and wreaked havoc, they absorbed the explosives, which is why their intelligence increased. This is why, during that period, players found that intelligent charred corpses appeared near the lair of Tengyun Pavilion!"

That makes sense.

"Damn, these charred corpses are really weird. Of all the things to eat, they had to eat explosives!" Bai Yu exclaimed.

Yun Jian thought for a moment and realized that it might be time for the nitrate ore in their possession to come in handy.

After pondering for a while, Bai Yu blurted out, "Luckily, we've already seized another nitrate mine. Otherwise, those bastards from Tengyun Pavilion would definitely have wanted to use all their explosives to feed the charred corpses."

“No, we should also feed the charred corpses,” Yun Jian interjected at the opportune moment.

Bai Yu was taken aback, puzzled: "Why?"

He had just experienced how difficult it was to deal with those charred corpses once they became more intelligent.

"Because only with sufficient intelligence can we negotiate with it."

Bai Yu thought about it and agreed.

This method is a bit dangerous.

But who cares? Yun Jian has never failed.

After packing up their remaining equipment, the group continued their journey towards the edge of the map.

Yun Jian activated the backpack sharing function, had Lao Si take the energy storage ball to fully charge it and then put it back. During this time, she mentioned her speculation to Lao Si and asked him to pass it on to Liang Song and the others.

The game map isn't actually that big, but it's not that small either. From the Cloud Alliance camp to the nearest edge, it would take an average person about two days.

Because Yunjian was fast, even with Bai Yu, Xiao Zhen, and Mu Yuan involved, it only took them one day.

When the time came, Bai Yu leaned against a tree and started vomiting violently again.

"Every time you lead me around like this, it's when I most want to die."

Mu Yuan could barely stand, "I get carsick..."

Xiao Zhen glanced coldly at the two of them and said to Yun Jian, "Sister Yun, you go in and take a look. I'll keep an eye on these two burdens."