Chapter 56 Is there a ghost here?
At lower levels, zombies only have the instinct to eat and have no intelligence. As their level increases, they gradually develop some intelligence, but it is still far inferior to that of humans.
Among the zombies, strength reigns supreme, and higher-ranking zombies can command lower-ranking zombies.
With his mental abilities, Gu Qituo already possessed an intelligence that could rival that of humans when he was at the fifth level.
From then on, he used his psychic abilities to control low-level zombies, hunting down lone human hunters and devouring their flesh and blood.
They besiege zombies of the same level as themselves and absorb their crystal cores.
He made rapid progress and eventually broke through to the S-level.
At that time, in the vast zombie hunting grounds, there were three zombie kings, including him, who had successfully evolved to S-rank.
Through observation, Gu Qituo discovered that Xin Huo, the Corpse King living on Fairy Island, had a relatively high intelligence.
However, she wasn't ruthless enough. She never actively hunted humans who entered the zombie hunting grounds, nor did she actively devour the high-ranking zombies there, unless they deliberately provoked her.
Gu Qituo sometimes couldn't understand how she broke through to S-class.
However, he was also sensible enough not to provoke her. Later, by chance, he discovered this ancient tomb and obtained a super energy stone from it, which enabled him to break through to SS level in one fell swoop.
He then subdued Snow, the zombie king with the lowest intelligence among the three zombie kings, by force.
However, he still dared not easily touch Xin Huo, because she controlled a nest of giant spiders, and any low-level zombies that approached would be trapped in the spider webs.
As for him, an SS-rank, apart from mental manipulation, his combat strength is actually inferior to Xin Huo, an S-rank, because he had personally witnessed her beating up the Corpse King Snow, who was of the same rank.
The reason he dared to launch a large-scale zombie horde this time was because after breaking through to SS level, he was able to implant mental commands into the minds of zombies below the seventh rank.
Once this mental command is implanted, it can last for more than four hours. During this time, he does not need to control it constantly; it will automatically carry out his command and lead the low-level zombies to attack human cities.
He hadn't originally planned to make a move at this critical juncture, but he happened to discover that a powerful human had arrived on Fairy Island.
He guessed they were looking for him, the one who started the zombie horde, so he deliberately provoked them, hoping they would fight Xin Huo.
Once they've fought to the bitter end, he might be able to take advantage of the situation, devour the powerful human, and subdue the severely injured Xin Huo.
But he never expected that this human would be so cunning. After locking onto his location, the human teleported directly to his lair without saying a word and froze him without warning.
The best way for a mental combatant to fight is to command their subordinates to attack in groups while they take the opportunity to launch a mental attack on the enemy.
As a result, his opponent attacked him at close range, causing him to lose the initiative, and then shamelessly poisoned him.
The zombies are immune to all poisons, so humans never use poison when dealing with them. As a result, this super zombie king completely ignored toxins.
While the effects of Qiansi's toxins on Guqi Tuo are far less than those on a human being, in a battle between experts, even a slight reduction in his combat power would be sufficient.
Gu Qituo's greatest strength in advancing to SS rank is his ability to assess situations. When he realized he was at a disadvantage, he immediately roared and summoned Snow, who had been hypnotized and put into a deep sleep, along with 49 high-ranking zombies ranging from sixth to eighth rank.
This was his trump card to save his life, because controlling an S-class and dozens of high-level zombies for a long time was very mentally taxing.
Out of personal motives and his assessment of human combat strength, he did not send out all these trump cards to attack human cities; otherwise, the city lord would not have been able to wait for reinforcements to arrive.
Gu Qituo didn't simply want to take over Lin Dong City. He planned to use it as a base to send out low-level zombies to infect ordinary people.
Once more than half of the planet's population has been infected, he is confident that he can lead his army of zombies to completely conquer the planet and become its supreme ruler.
Xiao Bai and Bo Yiyan discovered that just as they had gained a slight advantage, a large group of high-level zombies rushed out of the ancient tomb, led by an S-rank fire-type zombie.
"This fight's off, let's get out of here!" Bo said.
Xiao Bai grabbed his wrist and decisively chose to teleport.
They were in the middle of a chaotic battle, surrounded by layers upon layers of zombies, and had no time to choose a direction.
Xiao Bai had no choice but to choose the huge coffin, because there were no zombies there.
The next second, the two of them were standing on that strange square coffin.
"Don't blame us, don't blame us. We were being chased by zombies, we didn't mean to disrespect you!" Bo Yiyan quickly muttered to the coffin.
Standing on the coffin, Xiao Bai noticed that his field of vision had opened up. Just as he was about to find an exit to teleport out, he discovered a strange phenomenon.
The zombies that were attacking them stopped when they were about three meters away from the coffin, as if there was something in front of them that frightened them.
"Hahahaha! You dare touch this coffin? You're all dead!" Gu Qituo sneered, perched atop the roof chandelier.
"I'm not afraid of you stinking corpses, do you think you can scare people with your ghostly act?" Bo said disdainfully.
As he spoke, he squatted down and deliberately reached out to tug at the gold-inlaid jade pull ring on the coffin lid, and even tapped the coffin lid a few times with the pull ring.
"Hmm, not bad, not bad. That voice is clear and melodious, quite pleasant to listen to." Bo Yiyan looked at Gu Qituo provocatively.
Enraged, Snow opened his mouth and breathed several fireballs at the coffin, but the fireballs mysteriously went out when they got within three meters of the coffin.
Bo Yiyan couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine, and the pores on his body instantly stood on end.
Xiao Bai had already locked onto the direction of the exit and teleported away with him.
However, the two seemed to have hit an invisible wall, and were bounced back, falling onto the coffin.
"Xiao Bai, is there really a ghost here?" Bo Yiyan asked nervously.
"You're not afraid of walking corpses, so why would you be afraid of ghosts?" Xiaobai said disdainfully.
“Aside from being ugly and smelly, walking corpses are real. Ghosts are invisible and intangible, so how can you not be afraid?” Bo Yi said.
"From what I can tell, there's just an energy barrier here, its purpose being to prevent outsiders from disturbing the peace of the deceased," Xiaobai said.
"But we can get in but not get out, how do you explain that?"
"Perhaps when I teleported just now, I happened to bump into a spatial node and ended up here by accident," Xiaobai said.
“Alright, in that case, let’s try to find out if there’s a switch or something to control this barrier here,” Bo said.
In this space, there was only a coffin, and the rest was just air and the ground, so the two of them could only look for the switch on the coffin.
There was only a gold-inlaid jade pull ring on the coffin, so Bo Yiyan had to reach out and pull it again, while also making Qian Si release countless vines to find a way out.
Soon, Qiansi sent back information that the vines were also blocked by the wall. However, after repeated attempts, it turned out that the barrier was hemispherical, covering a 3.33-meter radius around the coffin.
Well, it seems like even the top of our heads is blocked, and we can't get out at all.
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