Chapter 51
"Grandpa, do you know me?" Shi Buyi held the little girl's hand tightly, trying hard to remember the old man from his memory, but to no avail.
"Of course, of course, I..." The old man happily stepped forward, wanting to hold Shi Buxi's hand. When he saw Shi Buxi's fair wrist, his eyes narrowed, revealing timidity. He took two steps back, his eyes falling on the little girl in his arms, "What's wrong with Xiao Yishui? This hand, this..."
"I seem to have scared her. Is there a doctor here?" Shi Buyi asked.
"Yes, yes. Follow me." The old man quickly turned and led Shi Buxi towards the small courtyard beside Taiyuan Temple. Along the way, groups of zombies looked at this human curiously. I heard earlier that His Majesty brought back a human. Is this the one?
"Old Kang, who is this?" a middle-aged man with thin ears asked from a distance.
"It's the little queen, it's the little queen." Old man Kang nodded to the man a little stiffly, happily.
At these words, the surrounding zombies, with their blank eyes, erupted in excitement. They eagerly pressed forward, yet seemed afraid to frighten the human child. Instead, they stood there helplessly, staring at him with excited eyes. Some of the bolder ones took a few steps forward, but didn't dare approach, their eyes only slightly misty.
They look so excited.
[Is the Little Queen so famous here? 】
[I felt like they were looking at Xiaoxi like a piece of meat.]
[No, that's not right. I feel like they are looking at the savior.]
The audience whispered to each other, all puzzled by this unusual phenomenon.
Shi Buxi followed the old man to the courtyard and stepped inside. He could see that it was a quadrangle-style house. Inside, zombies were lying or sitting in groups of three or four, and they were all stunned when they saw strangers. Then, his keen hearing picked up the sound of his fellow zombies discussing outside the courtyard. They were all stunned, and then ecstasy surged in their hearts.
[Oh, that's scary. They're all staring at the kids.]
[Isn't he going to pounce on me?]
"No, they're just happy." Old Man Kang replied with a smile. Then he turned to look at the other zombies and said, "Be a little reserved. Don't be afraid of the little queen."
"Wow!"
Old man Kang’s words made the zombies in the yard exclaim in surprise. It turned out to be the little queen.
"Why are you yelling? Aren't you afraid of your jaw dropping?" A young voice came from the main room. A man in a white coat walked out. When he saw Shi Buxi, he was slightly startled. Then he smiled and said, "Are you the little queen that His Majesty brought back?"
"Hello, I think I scared her and her arm fell off. Can it be healed?" Shi Buyi greeted the man, a little surprised that the man was human.
"Of course, come in!" The doctor nodded, looked at the old man, and reminded him, "Old Kang, stop weaving. If your finger falls off again, I won't reattach it for you."
"It's okay, it's okay, haha!" Old Man Kang laughed twice and said to Shi Buxi, "Little Queen, please go in!"
Shi Buxi responded and carried the little girl into the main room.
The main room was quite large, about 100 square meters, with several nurses walking around. It was filled with beds, and upon them lay zombies with severed limbs and arms and legs. One of them looked very familiar.
[Ah, that zombie is the one that's walking around holding its legs.]
【Why do they all have broken arms and legs? 】
"Because their bodies are rotting." The doctor glanced at the camera and didn't seem surprised. He took Shi Buxi into the small room on the left and asked him to put the little girl on the bed. When he saw the talismans on the girl's arms and back, he was stunned. "What is this?"
The doctor was very surprised. In the past, if zombies’ broken limbs were not treated in time, their limbs would usually rot quickly. But looking at Xiao Yiren’s arm, not only had the bleeding stopped, but the broken part still looked very fresh.
"The rotten atmosphere is foul. Their bodies must be caused by evil spirits." Shi Buyi replied. He had not studied zombies, but he had studied zombies. In a sense, the two paths lead to the same goal.
"Interesting. Let me take a look at her hand first, and then we can talk about it. Maybe we can find a way to save them." The doctor was very excited. He took out a potion from the refrigerator, injected it into the little girl's shoulder and broken arm, and then carefully sewed them up.
"Is it useful?" Shi Buyi asked.
"This potion has a muscle-growing effect, quickly restoring flesh to its normal form and facilitating regeneration. However, the side effect is significant; it will shorten their lifespan," the doctor replied. However, the biggest problem wasn't their lifespan. "Even if they sacrifice their lifespan, their arms and legs will just as easily fall off if they're not careful next time, like a clay doll."
The doctor quickly sutured the little girl and applied medicine. Just as he was about to bandage her, he noticed the talisman on her arm and asked, "Are you going to keep this forever?"
"Keep it for now!" Shi Buyi said.
The doctor nodded, wrapped the little girl in gauze, and asked the nurse to push her out. After washing his hands, he said to Shi Buxi, "Let's go for a walk outside together?"
Shi Buxi nodded. He had a lot of questions he wanted to ask, and he should have asked Zong Zhengqing, but he was not conscious now, so it was difficult to ask clearly.
The two came out of the yard. There were more and more zombies surrounding them outside. Most of them had dazed eyes and looked like they were having a seizure.
"I've heard of your legend," the doctor took Shi Buxi to the steps and sat down, looking at the smoke-filled mountain below.
"What legend?" Shi Buxi sat down beside him and asked curiously.
"You were taken away by an immortal. When you return, the zombies here will be reborn." The doctor scratched his head, not knowing what was going on. He chuckled and said, "I always thought it was just their fantasy."
"Have you been here all the time?" Shi Buyi asked.
"No. Thirty years ago, my father was the late emperor's personal physician. He and I made an emergency landing here after our spaceship crashed, and that's when I met the empress. Ten years ago, my father passed away, and I took over his position." The doctor paused, then added, "And so did the nurses."
Shi Buxi nodded and asked, "Do you know where the Fangya zombie went?"
"You're asking His Majesty?" The doctor ignored the shock of the audience in the livestream and continued, "I don't know. He sent you back, told them not to disturb you, and then left."
"By the way, before leaving, he asked us to do one thing, which was to decorate this mountain." The doctor looked at Shi Buyi teasingly and did not keep him in suspense.
"Why?" Shi Buyi asked blankly.
"Marriage." The doctor smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes. "I hope you refuse."
Shi Buxi hadn't expected to hear these words. He hadn't listened to Zong Zhengqing's talk of marrying him, and hadn't objected, simply trying to comfort his sick son. But now the doctor was asking him to refuse, and for some reason, he felt unhappy.
"I'm not suggesting that you get married, but he is not conscious now. If he were conscious, I don't think he would do this." After the doctor said this, he stood up and motioned Shi Buxi to follow him.
The two walked all the way to the back of Taiyuan Temple. A banyan tree, like a giant umbrella, was in full bloom, its branches festooned with various lucky bags, wishing papers, and lanterns. Each one contained the zombies' wishes.
[I stink so much, I hope the new year will take the stink away]
I hope my arm doesn’t fall off again. The doctor said it can’t be reattached if it does.
[I really want to go to the battlefield one more time before I die.]
[I hope to become a soldier of the late emperor and empress again after my death.]
[Hope the little queen comes back soon.]
[God, please bring the little queen back!]
Wishes dangled beneath the tree, like the restless hearts of the zombies living on this mountain. Waiting helplessly for death was terrifying.
Can't they move out of here?
【Would it be better to move away from here? 】
The audience in the live broadcast room was about to cry.
"It's useless. We've already done experiments on it." The doctor took Shi Buxi to the fallen branch. There was a wind bell tied to it, and a wishing paper was tied under the bell. "Take a look."
Shi Buxi looked at the paper, feeling a little panicked. After a moment's hesitation, he shook his head, turned his back, and said, "I won't let anything happen to him."
The doctor was a little surprised, but soon felt relieved.
"Medical, medical, life, life..." From a distance, a zombie that looked like a young man was running towards them, which made people scared, for fear that his hands and legs would suddenly fall off.
"Don't run, what's the matter?" the doctor raised his voice helplessly.
"Burned, they, were barbecuing and burned themselves." The young man stammered.
"Aren't you drinking nutritional supplements?" The doctor gritted his teeth and walked towards him quickly.
"Here, here, little, queen, barbecue." As soon as the young man finished speaking, the doctor and the little queen walked past him like the wind.
The young man was confused: I ran so fast to report the news, did the little queen see me?
The doctor and Shi Buxi hurried to the scene, where a foul, repulsive smell of burnt, rotting flesh assaulted their noses. The doctor, accustomed to it, immediately held his breath. The doctor, unprepared, paled instantly, his stomach churning, and he nearly vomited.
The zombies watching felt guilty and helpless, and they stepped back silently and stood aside, not daring to speak.
"We need to get a stretcher." The doctor frowned. Zombies don't feel pain, so they didn't notice the fire when it started. By the time they did, the skin burning from the corner of their clothes was almost cooked.
"Let me do it." Shi Buyi took out a talisman, chanted a spell, and quickly stuck it on the burned man's shoulder. The wound that was still bleeding began to heal quickly.
The zombies and audience around were stunned. It was so amazing.
"The stretcher is here, I have to go treat his wound. If you want to know more about this place, let them take you to see General Sang." The doctor said quickly, helped the nurse move the wounded to the stretcher, and left quickly.
General Sang?
A tall man with a broken arm appeared in Shi Buxi's mind, and he seemed to know who he was.
Taiyuan Temple occupies a vast area halfway up the mountain. Later, because the zombies used this place as their base camp, they added many houses along the mountainside. On a clear day, looking from above, it looks like a mountain made of houses.
Following his resurfacing memories, Shi Buxi crossed the square and turned into a small alley, soon coming across a house with "Le Tao Ju" written on it. At the door, a man with a missing arm, seemingly only in his forties, lay in a triangular chair, seemingly relaxing.
"I didn't expect that His Majesty really found you." The man opened his eyes and smiled at the child who had grown up after not seeing him for more than ten years.
"General Sang." Shi Buyi walked up to him, feeling worried. "Your breath is very weak."
"Everyone here is waiting to die." General Sang pulled back a small stool and said, "Sit down."
"How many zombies are there here?" Shi Buyi asked.
"About 15,000 people," General Sang replied.
"What about the sober ones?"
“There are less than a thousand left.”
Shi Buxi fell silent. He hadn't expected the situation to get this serious. And that Zong Zhengqing...
"Don't worry, His Majesty's mental strength is very high. Although he is not conscious now, he still has at least ten years to live." General Sang was afraid that the child would be sad when he came back, so he couldn't help but comfort him.
Shi Buxi's heart tightened, and he asked, "Can you tell me about the history of this place?"
"Actually, I just heard it from the old people, and I can't be sure of its authenticity." General Sang frowned, trying to clear his confused mind and recall the old man's mutterings from long ago.
Regarding the Kunlun Mountain zombies, the old folks said that the zombies were originally irrational, but one day, a group of them broke into Kunlun Mountain. After wandering there for an unknown amount of time, some of them gradually regained their sanity. However, when they tried to find humans, they discovered that the humans had already boarded spaceships and left the blue planet.
They also discovered that if they left Kunlun for too long, they would revert to zombie form. So they settled in Kunlun Mountain and multiplied. However, after some time, even while they were in Kunlun, the duration of their illnesses became increasingly prolonged, continuing to this day.
General Sang said, looking at the camera that had been filming, "This little thing..."
Shi Buxi looked up, waved at the camera, waited for it to fly over, and then forced it to shut down.
Zuo Yue: “…”
"Xiao Xi, please leave here!" General Sang said bluntly when he saw the machine was turned off.
"Why?" Shi Buyi was puzzled.
"People lose their rationality and kindness when it comes to survival. They've been on the brink of death for too long, and you've always been their only hope." General Sang looked at the child, who had long been a legend, and then glanced at the zombies, both conscious and unconscious, who had secretly followed him. He whispered, "Did you look quiet when you came here?"
"Hmm!" Shi Buxi was a little confused, but didn't ask.
"Actually, somewhere else, they're preparing for your wedding with His Majesty." General Sang frowned slightly and continued, "His Majesty told me when he was conscious that if he ever brought you back, he wanted me to send you away."
"Why?"
"Maybe he doesn't believe that he has become a zombie."
Shi Buxi's heart sank slightly, and he felt a dull pain. He blinked and said in a hoarse voice, "Maybe I have..."
"Don't say it, haha, don't say it, I'm afraid I won't let you go. The process of waiting for death can turn a person into a devil." General Sang interrupted what Shi Buyi was about to say, "Maybe I should put it another way. Do you like him?"
Shi Buxi was stunned. Like it?
"You and he only spent time together as children and haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Do you have any feelings of love?" General Sang looked at the young man steadily.
"I..." Shi Buyi hesitated. Not counting the childhood when he lost his memories, he and Zong Zhengqing hadn't spent much time together, so there probably wasn't any affection between them. But when he first saw this man, his usually calm heart began to ache. He wasn't sure if this could be considered a form of emotion.
"Don't be led astray by His Majesty. Think carefully. His Majesty will be back from the mountain in about two hours. Give me an answer as soon as possible and I will send you away." General Sang stood up and walked into the house. His body swayed slightly, and it could be seen that there was something wrong with his body.
Shi Buxi hugged his knees with his hands and rested his chin on them, looking at the zombies who were peeking at him from a distance, and thought of General Sang's words.
Is General Sang afraid that the zombies will kill him because they cannot be rescued?
Shi Buxi closed his eyes and carefully recalled the knowledge he had learned.
[Master, Zhou Tian Xing Chen Dafa is very difficult.]
[It will get easier after you arrange it a few times.]
"Master, didn't you say this is the ancestral dragon vein? Is it okay for me to practice setting up the star formation here?"
[Heh, with your spiritual power, it's not even enough to tickle me.]
Shi Buxi's eyes snapped open. Yes, he and his master had set up the Great Zhoutian Star Array here. Could the zombies' return to human consciousness back then be related to this? Thinking of this, he stood up and walked to the center of the courtyard. He knelt on one knee, placed his hand on the ground, and closed his eyes, sensing the formation laid thousands of years ago.
Very faint, like the spiritual energy on Mount Kunlun.
Shi Buxi tried again to feel the existence of the dragon vein.
"Moo!"
The wailing roars of dragons echoed in Shi Buxi's consciousness. He seemed to see a wandering dragon trapped in an abyss, filth tightly wrapped around it, ready to be devoured at any moment. Even so, a faint holy silver light emanated from the wandering dragon, piercing the darkness and purifying the mountain spirits and trees.
Shi Buxi opened his eyes, his heart pounding. He knew that the image that had just appeared in his mind was not a real dragon trapped, but the spirit of the mountain crying for help.
The Great Zhoutian Xingchen Formation possesses the power to purify impurities. For thousands of years, the zombies outside have been nearly extinct, yet some capable individuals still survive here. Besides the uniqueness of this mountain itself, the formation is likely a factor. Now that Youlong is trapped, the only way to purify the entire mountain and the impurities of the zombies is to activate the formation again and unleash the dragon veins.
As long as the mountain can be saved, the zombies can also be saved.
Shi Buxi had a plan in mind and felt relieved. The most important thing now was Academician Liang and the others.
"How about it, have you thought it through?" General Sang walked out and was a little surprised to see Shi Buxi kneeling on the ground.
"I've made up my mind. I won't leave." Shi Buxi said firmly.
The boy's eyes were shining brightly, revealing a determination that made people feel at ease.
"Have you decided to marry His Majesty?" General Sang asked.
Shi Buxi's cheeks felt hot, he had forgotten this.
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