He Bing took a step back, stretched out his right hand, and flicked his five fingers lightly. Suddenly, a fist-sized stone appeared out of thin air. As He Bing flicked his five fingers, the stone scattered a lot of debris, and finally formed an earth cone with a pointed front and a pointed back!

Whoosh~ The earth spike shot towards the zombie in front of him like an arrow, and pierced its head with a "bang". The strong momentum directly pushed the zombie's upper body backwards, and the whole person flew into the air, smashing a wooden table behind him, rolling on the ground twice, struggling to get up.

At this moment, a muffled sound suddenly came from the corpse's head, as if something suddenly exploded. The corpse's body shook violently, lost all its strength, and fell to the ground again, without any movement. After a while, the smelly brain matter and black blood that had already rotted slowly flowed out of the corpse's seven orifices.

He Bing frowned slightly and whispered, "These zombies have mutated and are as powerful as the peak of level one. We must completely destroy their brain tissue to kill them!"

"Just chop off the head!" Zhang Chao said, holding a steel knife.

He Bing nodded.

Ordinary zombies are level zero monsters, and an ordinary adult man can kill one or two with some tools, but the zombie in front of him has obviously evolved a lot. Not only has its movement speed increased, its hands have also evolved into sharp claws, and its physical fitness has also greatly improved, now comparable to a level one peak apostle.

This is not good news for Xu Feng and his team.

The next moment, there was a burst of hurried footsteps coming from all around, accompanied by heavy breathing sounds. In the dense grass, five zombies rushed towards them quickly.

The skin of these five zombies had a iron-blue luster, their eyes were red, and they moved swiftly, waving their sharp claws and rushing towards the few people frantically.

Boom, boom~ Xu Feng took out two soul fire talismans first, aimed at the heads of the two zombies and threw them over. The soul fire talismans flew in the air at an extremely fast speed, and these zombies did not make any move to dodge. The paper talismans stuck to the zombies' heads and exploded immediately.

The heads of the two zombies exploded like watermelons, and broken bones and blood splattered all over the ground.

There was a hint of surprise in He Bing's eyes. The paper talisman thrown by Xu Feng not only had a slightly faster flying speed, but also seemed to have become more powerful.

Xu Feng killed two of them right away, and He Bing used the Earth Cone Technique again to kill one. The remaining two all pounced on Qiao Yushan. Qiao Yushan was so scared that her face turned pale, and her right hand trembled as she reached for the cloth bag at her waist, but after searching for a long time, her hand could not reach into the bag.

Whoosh~ Seeing that a zombie was about to rush to Qiao Yushan, Wei Jian on the side raised his crossbow and shot at the zombie's head. The crossbow arrow entered the zombie's temple and came out from the other temple. A handful of dirty blood was brought out, and the zombie's body fell out in the direction of the crossbow arrow.

The other wandering corpse was beheaded by Zhang Chao who rushed over. The head rolled into the grass. The headless corpse shook a few times, lost balance and lay down.

He Bing glanced at the pale-faced Qiao Yushan and shook his head secretly. After this operation, if Qiao Yushan did not change, he planned to apply to his superiors to transfer Qiao Yushan from the combat unit. Although Qiao Yushan's career was more suitable for the combat unit, her personality was not suitable for staying on the front line.

Although most of the secret realm apostles are combat professionals, there are also many who are not suitable for combat but can do well in other positions.

"Captain, these zombies are mutating too fast..." Zhang Chao covered his mouth and nose, squatted down and carefully examined the body of a zombie. He couldn't help but frowned and said, "These are just ordinary zombies, and their strength is almost the same as that of level one elite monsters. Do you think there will be a zombie king among these zombies?"

His words made everyone's heart shudder. When the number of monsters in a certain area reaches a certain level, a leader-level BOSS will indeed appear. However, it takes a long time for a zombie king to appear among a group of ordinary level-0 zombies. But now in the Dead Man's Ditch, ordinary level-0 zombies can mutate into level-1 peak monsters in just one night. It is not impossible that a leader-level BOSS will suddenly appear among them.

"Everyone be careful. If you find anything unusual, evacuate immediately!" He Bing said in a deep voice.

…

A winding path led directly to the valley in the distance. Two apostles of the secret realm were walking hurriedly on the path, carrying baskets on their backs.

"Why did the City Defense Office suddenly block off the Dead Man's Ditch? And they even built such a high wall. Did some monster appear in the Dead Man's Ditch?" Cui Zhidong asked worriedly.

"Lao Cui, what are you afraid of? That's the Dead Man's Ditch. Isn't it normal to have monsters there?" Another burly man said nonchalantly, "If there really are monsters, we must hurry up and pick more purple jade grapes. Maybe the people from the City Defense Office came here just for the purple jade grapes."

Hearing his companion say this, Cui Zhidong's heart sank. In fact, this thought had already appeared in his mind when he saw the City Defense Office seal the entrance and exit of the Dead Man's Ditch.

As a winemaker, winemaking skills are important, but what is more important is the materials used to make wine. It is not just a saying that a good wife cannot cook without rice. Without high-quality winemaking materials, no matter how good Cui Zhidong's winemaking skills are, it will be of no avail.

Ziyu Wine is a new product developed by him. It is also because of his self-created winemaking recipe of Ziyu Wine that Cui Zhidong’s winemaking skills have made a breakthrough from perfect to expert level, making him a true professional winemaker.

Originally, he planned to use this formula to improve his winemaking skills, but if the purple jade grapes were gone, then this winemaking formula that he had worked so hard to innovate would become a piece of waste paper.

"What a pity! Purple Jade Grapes can only grow in the Dead Man's Valley. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to risk our lives to come here every time!" Cui Zhidong sighed.

"Haha, there is a way to get a transplant. It just depends on how determined you are!" The burly companion looked at Cui Zhidong with disdain and said disdainfully.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Cui Zhidong's body trembled slightly. He didn't respond and continued walking forward with his head down.

Cui Zhidong knew what companion meant. The reason why the Dead Man's Valley could allow purple jade grapes to grow was because there was a lot of negative energy and many dead bodies. If they really wanted to transplant purple jade grapes at all costs, they only needed to kill more people to artificially create an environment for the growth of purple jade grapes.

But for Cui Zhidong, how could he do such a cruel thing?

The two of them quickly entered the Dead Man's Ditch. Cui Zhidong looked up at the sky, frowned, and thought to himself: "The yin energy in the Dead Man's Ditch seems to have become much weaker..."

"Wait a minute, listen, is there someone fighting ahead?" Dong Ning stretched out his hand to stop Cui Zhidong, with a serious face, and asked in a low voice.

"Someone is fighting?" Cui Zhidong's expression froze, and he also calmed down and listened carefully. After a moment, his face changed, and he nodded slightly and said, "Someone is indeed fighting!"

"Do you think they are from the City Defense Office, preparing to dig up that purple jade grape vine?" Dong Ning asked in a low voice with a hint of blood in his eyes and a gloomy face.

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(End of this chapter)