A crescent moon hung high overhead, and the overlapping shadows of the surrounding trees swayed in the wind.

As I walked through the dense forest, I frowned immediately after hearing Xu Le's words.

They were walking together just now.

But at this moment, she came to meet us alone.

She also said that we should never turn around when we hear someone calling our name.

This reminds me of those dead chickens that just invited us to have tea.

Xu Le heard the footsteps behind him stop, and remained standing without turning around: "A person has three lamps, one on each shoulder and one on the top of the head. Turning around once will extinguish one of them! Walking into a limb is very sensitive for people with weak yang energy! I know what you're worried about, but I still don't know your names. Do you think the person who calls out your names would be our companion?"

I felt a little relieved when I heard Xu Le say that: "If you just leave like this, how will the others find us?"

“They went into the woods to set up other things. We will use some special methods to keep the zombies in one area.”

Xu Le kept walking: "I did this not to let the zombies escape, but to make it harder for other teams to find you. I was worried that you would encounter the zombies and be attacked by them, so I came here in advance to take you away from this dangerous area."

My purpose in coming here was to assist Xu Le and confirm that her identity was correct, so I did not interfere in the decision-making process.

Led by Xu Le, we quickly found a small river in the mountains.

After we crossed the river, Xu Le turned around and asked us, "Did you all bring any changes of clothes? If not, I'll have Uncle Kang and the others bring some over."

I shook my head: "No need, we all brought windproof jackets to keep warm."

Xu Le couldn't shower with a group of men, so he walked in another direction and said, "Okay, you guys shower here, I'll go somewhere else. We'll meet here in ten minutes."

A few minutes later, as soon as I got out of the water, a flashlight beam shone on me.

When I saw the young woman rushing over, I immediately covered my crotch: "Hey, turn your body around!"

"You can't turn back before crossing the river. Didn't Xu Le tell you that rule?"

The young woman shone her flashlight on me and replied confidently, "I've seen it all, I'm not embarrassed at all, but you're the one who's shy!"

I avoided the young woman's gaze, picked up the windbreaker from the shore, and put it on: "Have you taken care of everything?"

"Just put a few lifelike paper effigies in the mountains to confuse the zombies; it's a very simple job."

The young woman sat on a nearby rock and lit a cigarette: "Hasn't the others arrived yet?"

I pointed upstream: "Xu Le went over there, and Uncle Kang went to find a place to use the restroom."

The young woman smiled and said, "Then there's no problem. When I rushed over, I saw the paper figure left by Xiao Zhou, so it seems everyone is alright."

The monkey, shivering from the cold water, dressed and asked the young woman, "According to you, the zombies have already started moving around in the mountains?"

"We can awaken the zombies, but we can't control them."

The young woman pursed her lips and said, "The zombies that are awakened in different ways have different attack and hunting methods. When we use a black cat as the array core, the awakened zombies move quickly, but their perception is a bit poor. This makes them less likely to attack people on their own initiative, and also less likely to be captured."

The monkey gathered some dry firewood nearby: "Will the zombies you make go around grabbing people and sucking their blood, just like in the movies?"

"Walking zombies do indeed suck blood, but that's just a killing instinct. Their main way of surviving is by absorbing the spiritual energy of a place. As for the purpose of sucking blood, there is no definitive conclusion yet. However, my master told me that walking zombies seem to be able to speed up the absorption of spiritual energy by sucking human blood."

The young woman shrugged and said, "Most of us disciples who came to participate in the Five Immortals' Succession Competition are newcomers. I don't know much either. However, before we set off, my master repeatedly told me that if we encountered a zombie, we must not be reckless. That thing is beyond human strength to defeat."

I helped the monkey build a campfire: "If we used some modern equipment, could we deal with that kind of thing?"

"I heard that there was a zombie incident in Liaoning in 1983. After attacking the villagers, the zombie went into the deep mountains. The local militia was organized to go into the mountains to capture it. It is said that many shots were fired but the thing could not be killed. In the end, it was caught by a trap and then killed with a grenade."

The young woman warmed her hands by the campfire: "These days, even weasels that ask for titles are rare, let alone zombies. This is actually the first time I've ever seen one."

While I was talking to the young woman, Xu Le returned with Uncle Kang and the young man named Xiao Zhou. He asked the young woman, "Sister Hua, did you encounter any problems over there?"

"Everything is normal."

Sister Hua waved her hand: "That zombie has been led in the opposite direction. Can we rest tonight?"

"According to the competition rules, we can't leave this forest until sunrise tomorrow. Let's camp here tonight. To prevent that zombie from wandering into this area, we need to take turns keeping watch. This bell has the zombie's scent on it. If it gets close, the bell will ring."

Xu Le hung a bell on a tree branch and then looked at me: "Tomorrow morning, we'll set off for Arxan in Xing'an League. Please arrange the transportation."

"Don't worry, everything is ready."

I placed the kettle by the campfire to heat it up: "I was just chatting with Sister Hua, and I heard that zombies are really hard to deal with. Should I bring more people to help?"

"No need. Although walking corpses are difficult to deal with, there are ways to solve them if you find the trick! Raising corpses and changing their appearance is against the laws of nature, so after catching a walking corpse, you must rebury it and not destroy the body."

Xu Le explained, "We have already devised a plan. After arriving at our destination, we will first look for traces of the zombies, then set a trap to capture them alive. I have a way to turn them back into corpses."

I knew that the method to deal with the walking zombie was a closely guarded secret, so I didn't ask any further questions: "Alright, then I'll have someone prepare some rope throwers or similar tools so that we can be more flexible when capturing it."

"Compared to the zombie we're trying to catch, we have an even bigger problem."

Xu Le looked at the campfire with some worry in his eyes and said, "I received news that the Huang family is also part of the team that is going to Xing'an Alliance this time, in addition to us."