Only after the battle ended did Mo Wuge cautiously look over and ask from afar, "What happened?"

Dao Nan glanced at him and said, "See the prison over there? The corpses inside are zombies. This door here was damaged for some reason, and the zombies came out and attacked us. Two scouts died."

He then told the story of Mélorian, who had become a wandering ghost.

Hearing this, Mo Wuge's face darkened. He then said, "Dealing with zombies is the priest's specialty. Please wait here while I go to ask for help."

When Chen Jing saw Mo Wuge leave, he felt that there was something wrong with the captain. Even if he had come down with them, there wouldn't have been much danger, but he hid in the back. Wasn't that disheartening to everyone?

“It’s not a historical projection…” He Lili muttered to herself.

After a while, Chen Jing suddenly saw that some substances were slowly seeping into and gathering in Mei Luoliang's dantian, eventually forming a pill full of indentations.

"This...do humans leave behind demon cores when they die?" Dao Nan asked with surprise and doubt.

“Some say that when a person dies, they leave behind relics, golden pills, and the like. This is a characteristic of cultivators,” He Lili said. “First of all, he is not human, but a wandering soul. Secondly, this is not a golden pill; at most, it can be considered a pill at the Body Realm level, or a pill material at the Blood Realm level.”

"As expected..." Chen Jing looked at the pill that had appeared, confirming a previous guess.

"If I die, will something like this also appear?" Zhang Taoying covered her mouth and asked softly.

"You're a superhuman, right? Yes, you are." He Lili looked around and only said after noticing that the ordinary scouts who had come in earlier had all been killed by the zombies: "Sometimes, some people will kill superhumans and use the pills in their bodies to concoct the elixirs needed by cultivators."

"Therefore, this kind of thing must be kept secret, and we should try our best not to let ordinary people know about it."

Dao Nan said somewhat awkwardly, "I feel like I'm going to be silenced by you guys."

“You already know some common sense,” He Lili said. “Besides, Black Hand… didn’t the master promise you that you would become a warrior with extraordinary abilities in battle qi? Perhaps, this elixir from Merlot is meant for you.”

Looking at the strange pill seeping from Mei Luoliang's dantian, Chen Jing thought of the black pill he had eaten and felt a chill run down his spine, with an urge to vomit.

Dao Nan's expression was equally grim. Just as he was about to speak, heavy footsteps echoed from the back of the passage.

High Priest, Corpse Driver, the Spiritual Cultivator Li Si from the Dan Realm has arrived.