Every time Mu Yuan looked over, Xiao Zhen would glare at him.
He wanted to talk to Bai Yu, but Bai Yu ignored him and sometimes even made sarcastic remarks.
Mu Yuan was driven to the brink of mental collapse.
Finally, she could only look helplessly at Yun Jian and subconsciously plead, "Brother Yun, please don't be like this! I just want to know more about this world!"
Yun Jian's expressionless face immediately darkened upon hearing his words.
They walked faster.
Bai Yu, with a sour face, couldn't stand it anymore. "Can you please stop talking so harshly?"
Mu Yuan was taken aback, then pointed to himself, "Huh? Did I?"
Bai Yu slapped his head. "Yes, and it makes people want to punch someone. Please, we're going out to fight charred corpses, not to go sightseeing. Can you be serious for once?"
After saying that, he muttered to himself, "I should have never saved this Jiaziyin yesterday. She's so annoying."
Mu Yuan seemed a little skeptical. He originally wanted to go to Xiao Zhen to verify it, but when he saw Xiao Zhen's expression, he timidly shrank back.
He could only talk to himself, seemingly trying to figure out whether there was a clip or not.
Suddenly, Bai Yu shouted in his direction, "Don't stand there! There are charred corpses approaching. Prepare to fight!"
"Oh, oh?"
Mu Yuan looked around blankly and indeed smelled a faint burnt smell.
Yun Jian tossed him a charged ball: "Use this to deal with the charred corpses later. Bai Yu, you demonstrate to him how to use it."
"Isn't this something anyone with hands can do?"
Yun Jian stared at him intently, and Bai Yu then changed his mind, "Alright."
As the shrieking sound grew closer, the charred corpse gradually came into view. Yun Jian held a power-storing ball in one hand and a knife in the other, while also having to occasionally glance at Mu Yuan's side.
These charred corpses were intelligent and knew that the electric storage ball was their nemesis, so they patiently dealt with the group rather than directly confronting them.
Suddenly, Yun heard a loud "bang".
After forcing a charred corpse aside, she immediately turned to look and saw that the energy storage ball had fallen to the ground over Mu Yuan's side, and Mu Yuan's hand was still trembling slightly.
The charred corpse in front of him seemed to be laughing triumphantly. It paused for a moment before swooping down, heading straight for Mu Yuan's face.
Mu Yuan, danger!
Yun Jian didn't say anything to warn him. She just rushed towards Mu Yuan's direction. Fortunately, just as the charred corpse was about to touch Mu Yuan, it froze as if it had been frozen in place.
Taking advantage of the brief moment, Mu Yuan quickly squatted down, picked up the energy storage ball, shouted, and held it above his head.
The moment this action was completed, the charred corpse regained its mobility.
However, as soon as it moved, a charged ball slammed into it.
After Yun Jian arrived, he casually added another energy storage ball to the charred corpse.
The charred corpse was quickly rendered delirious by the electric shock. Just when Yun Jian thought he was about to finish off the charred corpse, it suddenly retreated rapidly and was then sucked into a small gourd.
Yunjian quickly chased after them and stopped the two who were about to leave.
"Who are you people? What are you doing collecting charred corpses?"
The two people opposite her chuckled when they saw it was her. "What a small world! I never expected to run into Alliance Leader Yun while hunting. But thanks to Alliance Leader Yun's help, we were able to catch one so easily."
Yun Jian squinted at the two men. Judging from their tone and behavior, it wasn't hard to guess their identities.
It is Tengyun Pavilion.
Yun Jian stared at the gourds in their hands, "What are you doing catching charred corpses?"
One of them chuckled upon hearing this, then gave Yun Jian a rather provocative look. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Cheng Cheng. Last time, Alliance Leader Yun tricked me with that corpse-attracting water, so I'm planning to develop a new product. I'll have to get back at him for what I got last time, won't I?"
Upon hearing Cheng Cheng's name, Yun Jian's eyes narrowed.
This person is indeed capable, but he is also indeed malicious.
She thought for a moment and asked, "Since you've been researching for so long, have you figured out how the charred corpse came to be?"
Hearing this, Cheng Cheng was slightly smug. "Of course. Speaking of which, the appearance of charred corpses is all thanks to me. Remember that plague? Because the medicine I sold was wrong, living people became culture dishes for the fungi and insects. And when they were stimulated by high temperatures, they turned into what they are now!"
After saying that, Cheng Cheng looked at Yun Jianxiao and said, "Look how frank I am. Alliance Leader Yun, you're not still thinking of exposing me on the public screen, are you? But what's the use? Anyway, I'm already hated by everyone. Besides, they still need me to develop new medicines to help them fight against the charred corpses! With Le Wenfeng's dull brain, he could never figure out these things even if he spent his whole life thinking about it."
Cheng Cheng's tone was extremely contemptuous.
The other man, however, was getting impatient and whispered a rebuke, "Why are you telling her so much? She's got a lot of tricks up her sleeve. If you anger her, you don't even know if you'll make it back alive."
Cheng Cheng, however, was not afraid. "Would she dare to kill me? Unless she doesn't want to eliminate these charred corpses anymore."
After saying that, he looked at Yun Jian provocatively.
Yun Jian merely curled his lips into a smile, a sudden flash of cold light appearing in his hand as the tip of his blade pressed close to Cheng Cheng's face. "You think I dare? In my eyes, killing you is no different from killing a scoundrel!"
Cheng Cheng only had time to mutter a curse under his breath, "Madman!"
Then came the ear-piercing sound of metal clashing, as Yun Jian's knife was blocked by another man.
The other person grabbed Cheng Cheng and tried to leave, saying, "I told you not to talk so much. Do you think she's easy to talk to just because she's a woman? Foolish!"
The two retreated rapidly, but after retreating a hundred meters, they made a sharp turn and circled around to the charred corpse that Bai Yu and the others were dealing with. With a wave of their hands, some yellowish-gray stuff was scattered down.
Bai Yu and the others were busy dealing with the charred corpses and had no time to guard against this move.
By the time they had a chance to free themselves, the two had already run far away.
"Cough cough..."
Mu Yuan coughed, and Bai Yu quickly covered his mouth and nose, thinking it was something poisonous. But then he heard Mu Yuan cough and say, "What a strong smell of gunpowder!"
Bai Yu paused, then tried to loosen his grip. "It really is gunpowder!"
But this is strange. Since they had explosives, why didn't they just throw a bomb instead of scattering gunpowder ash?
As soon as Yun Jian entered, he heard Bai Yu's words.
Regardless of their intentions, it's always good to be on guard. She took Mu Yuan and told Bai Yu and Xiao Zhen to leave the area where the gunpowder ash was falling.
But to their surprise, the charred corpses that had been relentlessly pursuing them didn't follow. Instead, they danced and sang in the gunpowder ash, looking quite pleased with themselves.
What are these charred corpses doing? Is this gunpowder-like ash some new potion developed by Tengyun Pavilion?
I feel like these charred corpses are possessed.
[Seriously, if we encounter charred corpses and can't escape in time, could we scatter gunpowder ash to attract their attention?]
[I don't quite understand. That Cheng Cheng is a menace, why didn't Yun Jian just finish him off? He clearly had a chance just now; next time, he might not even be able to find anyone to kill him.]
[Because it's unrealistic. Yun Jian is alone, while Cheng Cheng has two, and they might even have anti-burning drugs on them. If the charred corpses are controlled, wouldn't Yun Jian be surrounded and attacked?]
In the game, Yun and the others escaped the pursuit of the charred corpses, but did not leave immediately.
Yun Jian carefully observed the reactions of the charred corpses. She saw that the corpses were trying to inhale the gunpowder ash in the air. After they finished, they looked very satisfied. When they opened their eyes again, Yun Jian wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that the expressions on the faces of the charred corpses were more vivid.
Mu Yuan gripped the energy storage sphere tightly. "When are we leaving?"
Bai Yu glared at him. "Shut up. I told you not to talk like that. Haven't you learned your lesson? We'll leave whenever Yun Jian says he wants to. We'll do whatever Yun Jian says, understand?"
Mu Yuan nodded blankly.
“I feel like we might have to wait a while.” Just as the two finished speaking, they heard Yun Jianyou’s voice.
Bai Yu looked ahead and saw that the charred corpses had recovered from their dazed state and were staring intently at them.
Yun Jian took out the energy storage ball.
The charred corpses grinned, looked around, and their gazes settled on a dead tree.
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