"How can it not be related?!" Feng Yi almost jumped up. "This is a matter of life and death for you. Who is she? Tell me, if you can't do it, I'll help you."

"Feng Yi, I forbid you to interfere in this matter. If you dare to hurt her, I will not let you off." Su Xi's tone was warning and full of threat.

"Xi, have you forgotten what you said? You said that if one day you meet someone who truly likes you, you will not hesitate to help them." Feng Yi was a little anxious and frowned. "The zombie curse is no joke. No matter how powerful you are, you won't last a hundred years."

How could Su Xi forget? It remembered everything clearly. That's why it let her go so easily.

It didn't spend much time with her, and although it liked her a lot, it wasn't to the point where it wouldn't hurt her at all.

Rather than hurting her and regretting it later, it's better to let her go first and deal with it later.

“You know, in all these years, I’ve never been truly liked by anyone,” Su Xi said.

"Of course I know, otherwise you wouldn't still be under the curse after all these years." Feng Yi was very unhappy. If it knew who it was, it would definitely dig out her heart.

“Every time someone says they like me, I reveal my true form to them. Then they get very scared and try every possible way to get rid of me.” Su Xi said this calmly, as if she wasn’t talking about something she had experienced herself.

“I know that you turned those people into zombies later, and those with superpowers even took their crystal cores first.” Feng Yi advised, “Since you know how difficult it is to meet someone who truly likes you, you should seize the opportunity. Let me take a drop of your heart’s blood, just prick her finger and put a drop in, it’s not like I’m killing her.”

“Taking a drop of heart’s blood would cost that person a hundred years of life. What if she doesn’t have a hundred years of life?” Su Xi asked rhetorically.

Feng Yi said, "Then just die right now. Xi, I remember you once said that nothing is more important than yourself. If you don't cherish yourself, who will? Now is the time to cherish yourself."

“I did say that.” Su Xi frowned, her delicate brows furrowing.

"But now you're wavering!" Feng Yi was on the verge of collapse. "You absolutely cannot give up on yourself. If you do, Bai Weiqingzun will have an opportunity to take advantage of you. The king of our zombie world can only be you!"

Su Xi's brows relaxed, and she laughed, "That's probably just your opinion. The remaining old fogies would love for me to die."

Feng Yi chuckled, caught off guard by the remark, "Although they are all over fifty, they still have youthful faces. The thing they hate most is being called old. Only you, who call them 'old things' without any restraint, do not dare to utter a word."

Su Xi lowered her head and smiled.

Feng Yi continued, "Although they have some opinions about you, you are the person they respect the most, and they have never disobeyed your orders."

Su Xi was well aware that the buildings on both sides of the road were good proof. She had once stood on a pile of ruins and said that she didn't want to see too many broken things. So the zombie king ordered his men not to demolish these buildings except when fighting.

“Feng Yi, we are no longer human, you can never remember that.”

"You always distinguish between zombies and humans so clearly. Don't you remember that zombies originally came from humans? Many years ago, we were all human."

"But we are not human now."

"Isn't the one you like a person too?"

"You're quite the talent to be able to bring the topic back after it's gone so far off track."

"Only a human could stay by your side for so long?" Feng Yi said smugly.

Su Xi was too lazy to talk about it anymore and got straight to the point, "Give the order to temporarily halt the operation of turning the four cities into zombie cities. The mutated beast tribe has been making moves recently, and my guess is right, there should be a beast 'tide' soon."

Feng Yi bowed his head respectfully, "Yes."

"If there's nothing else, you can go now."

"Xi, you must consider my words. Hesitation will only lead to chaos."

"Alright, alright, I got it." Su Xi waved her hand dismissively, as if shooing away a fly.

Feng Yi bowed to it, gave it a deep look, and then turned and left.

Su Xi's delicate eyebrows furrowed into mountain peaks, and a rare look of bewilderment appeared in her captivating eyes.

...

For the next three months, Su Xi did not see Qiao Qiu. She would not sit idly by and wait for her to die. Since she could not go in herself, she ordered the people who were undercover in Nancheng to keep a close eye on her movements.

Not long after, Su Xi heard rumors in the southern city that Princess Feng Yin had returned from her outing, so she immediately went to the forbidden room.

Two days later, it was heard that the young master of Luo Mu in the North City had come to the South City to propose marriage. It was said that he had met Princess Feng Yin twice and was very fond of her, and would not marry anyone but her in this life.

However, Princess Fengyin was in seclusion at this time.

Moreover, before she went into seclusion, she told her father, the city lord, that whatever it was about her, they had to wait until she came out of seclusion before discussing it, otherwise she shouldn't blame him for turning his back on her.

The city lord felt that his precious daughter did not like Luo Mu, so he tried his best to play coy with her and refused to give her a direct answer.

Then the young masters of the West City and East City also arrived. Everyone gathered together, and they came to propose marriage.

The city lord was so busy he barely had time to rest.

Princess Fengyin is still in seclusion.

While things were getting lively in Nancheng, Su Xi had no time to pay attention to what was going on with Qiao Qiu.

Because the beast tide has arrived.

...

Under a gray sky, two armies faced each other. On one side were mutated birds and beasts, mostly enormous, huddled together in a chaotic mass. On the other side, smaller in size than the birds and beasts, was an army of zombies. There were many zombies, but they were well-trained and stood in perfect formation.

Standing at the forefront of the mutated beast army was a mutated lion, enormous in size, its golden fur standing out starkly against the gray plains. It glanced at the delicate-looking child at the head of the zombie army, chuckled, and spoke in human language, "Hahahaha, Zombie King, ten years have passed, and you're still just a child."

Su Xi's lips curled into a smile, and a cold, deep blue light flashed in her large eyes. "So what if he's a kid?"

"You boast about how powerful you are, but I think you're nothing special. You can't even break a zombie curse," the Beast King said disdainfully.

"Undo the zombie curse?" Su Xi scoffed. "I'm just being kind by not undoing it because I'm afraid you'll lose even more miserably."

"What did you say?!" The Beast King's anger was ignited.

Su Xi tilted his head. "I don't want to repeat myself. If you want to fight, we're not afraid. If you want to surrender, it's not too late."

The Beast King roared, "Zombie King, don't push your luck!"

Su Xi chuckled softly, her adorable little face looking utterly innocent. "After your defeat last time, it seems you listened to me quite well. You've learned human culture quite well."