Seeing the hideous copper-green wound on Archie's arm, the other three gasped.
As we all know, zombies carry corpse poison. If people are scratched or bitten by zombies, they will slowly turn into zombies.
Zhuang Yan's forehead was covered with sweat, and he controlled his voice: "You were scratched by a zombie!"
Aqi was shocked and scared, his eyes were wet: "I, I didn't notice... I don't want to die!"
Aqi is not a newcomer. He knows that in his situation, he will most likely be abandoned. To put it bluntly, he is now a mutating monster, a dangerous factor. They will definitely be afraid of him and stay away from him...
Yueya patted Aqi's shoulder without any concern, "My friend, you think too much. You are not going to die so soon in your current condition."
Aqi looked at the hand on his shoulder, his voice trembling a little: "Aren't you afraid of me? And what does it mean to not die so soon..."
Yueya has already answered his first question with his actions and attitude. As for the second question...
Yue Ya said seriously: "Although you have begun to transform into a zombie, the speed is not very fast. You can still be saved."
A glimmer of hope flashed in Aqi's eyes: "How to save him?"
Zhuang Yan looked at Yue Ya: "Can your resurrection technique cure the corpse poison?"
Yue Ya shook his head: "Resurrection is not a panacea. This kind of corpse poison can only be cured by finding the corresponding antidote in the dungeon."
Zhuang Yan was silent for a moment: "Then we can only cut off this hand to prevent the corpse poison from spreading to other places."
Archie was shocked: "So violent?"
Zhuang Yan explained: "Don't think too much, Yueya's resurrection technique can make you grow a new arm."
He remembered that Yue Ya had used this trick to save someone. Before the injured person felt any pain, a new arm had grown out, and there were no after-effects.
Aqi's face looked better. He mustered up the courage to stretch out his arms and said fearlessly, "Please, Brother Yue, chop me off! I would rather turn to ashes than become an ugly monster."
Yueya said, "Take off your shirt first, so I can see where the poison has spread."
The players were casual. Archie took off his shirt and said with a forehead full of sweat: "I feel like I have lost the feeling in this hand. It's hard."
Zhuang Yan comforted him: "This is a normal symptom of corpse transformation. Fortunately, the wound is on the arm. If it was on the face, the hard part you feel now would be your head."
Archie: “…” Not comforted at all.
After seeing Aqi's injuries, everyone fell silent. Aqi's skin was pale, and one could clearly see that his arms were covered with many green blood vessels, which were almost reaching his collarbone and neck. This was a sign of the spread of corpse poison.
"The corpse poison has already spread to the shoulder. Cutting off the arm will not help." Yue Ya frowned and looked at Yun Yu: "Seal it first, don't let the corpse poison spread too fast."
Before entering the dungeon, they had a brief meeting and were familiar with each other's abilities. Yue Ya knew that Yun Yu could do this.
Archie: "How?"
A thin needle pierced into Aqi's shoulder. He took a breath and looked up. The bright-looking female player was holding several silver needles between her fingers. She opened her red lips and said, "It will be a little painful, bear with it."
A flash of silver light, Aqi's shoulder had been pierced into a hedgehog, it was indeed painful, but after the pain, his body temperature began to warm up, and it was not as uncomfortable as before. Those ugly green blood vessels did not climb up again, and the corpse poison was temporarily sealed by these silver needles.
Aqi saved half his life, and realized belatedly that he was sweating all over: "Thank you everyone."
"You're welcome," Yun Yu shrugged, "I'll need your help in the future."
Aqi nodded hurriedly: "As long as you can use me, I will definitely not refuse."
Zhuang Yan's ears twitched, he looked downstairs, and hissed, "Yue Ya, the two zombie balls are making louder noises."
The two zombies probably broke free from the innermost layer of vines, and their movement space became larger, so they began to rush around in an attempt to break out of the encirclement.
Yue Ya clapped his hands, and the vines began to shrink, wrapping into a solid ball again, and reinforced it again, making it twice as big as the original one.
Everyone's anxious hearts returned to their stomachs.
Yue Ya sorted out his thoughts and said, "We now have two tasks. The first is to find the coffin of the zombie king and get the third thing left by the Taoist's junior brother. Then we can find the Taoist to draw the spell and restrain the zombies. The second is to find a way to cure the zombie poison before Aqi completely turns into a zombie."
Everyone nodded in agreement. Archie bit his tongue and said, "If you can't find a solution, please give me a quick death."
Zhuang Yan patted his shoulder and said, "I don't have time to mourn you. Hurry up and find the coffin of the Zombie King. According to the pattern of zombies appearing, will the coffin of the Zombie King be hidden in the tatami in other rooms? Let's check one by one?"
"The workload is a bit large, and..." Yun Yu lowered his voice and said, "The guests in other rooms don't know what it is, so even if we want to check, we can't check it now.
"Ordinary zombies are active from 2am to 4am, and the Zombie King rests from midnight to 6am, so the Zombie King might be online after 6am. It sounds like 4am to 6am is a safe time, right? But based on the nature of this inn, I think it will keep us awake all night."
"You're right. There must be other monsters online. Yue Ya, what do you think? Should we seek wealth and honor at the risk of our own lives or..." Zhuang Yan asked Yue Ya for his opinion, but found that his expression was a little strange: "What's wrong with you?"
"Yun Yu said a key piece of information." Yue Ya seemed to be thinking about something.
Yun Yu herself didn't notice: "Is there?"
Zhuang Yan was so curious that he said, "Yueya, Brother Yue, please tell us about it."
[Everyone move the chairs, Brother Yue starts to highlight the key points! ]
[Hmm? Is there any detail we haven't discovered?]
[“Tell us about it!” Rewarded 100 Gem Rains]
"If the Zombie King's online time is from 6am to 12pm, we should have met him," Yue Ya narrowed his eyes, "Do you think the zombie's black nail art looks familiar?"
The players recalled what he had suggested and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Oh my god!" Zhuang Yan's eyes widened. "I remember now, the butler has the same manicure! I noticed it when I first met the butler, his nails were black and long... but then he always hid his hands with his sleeves, so I forgot about it."
"The butler is the Zombie King?!" Archie was shocked: "To infer based on the characteristics of the nails, this is too detailed. I never noticed this at all."
"It's not just the nails," Yue Ya said slowly, "Not long after the clock struck midnight, the housekeeper 'went off work', which just happened to correspond to the Zombie King's schedule."
"Really." Yun Yu glanced at the counter and said, "The female NPC who was changing shifts is also missing."
"Although we have locked on the housekeeper, we don't know which room he is in..." Zhuang Yan met Yue Ya's calm gaze and paused: "You didn't lock on the location too, did you?"
Yue Ya said calmly: "It's just a guess, it may not be correct."
Aqi was confused when he heard this. How did he lock the location? He suspected that he and Yue Ya were not playing the same game.
Zhuang Yan had worked with Yue Ya more than once, so he was no longer surprised. He stood up and made an inviting gesture: "Brother Yue, please lead the way."
[I said something was wrong with the butler! I didn't expect him to be a zombie, but he looks like a living person, and he doesn't even hop when he walks. Is this how the Zombie King cultivates himself?]
[Yuezai is awesome! It was launched so quickly, the dawn is just around the corner!]
[Zombie King actually works as a butler for the inn, and works 18 hours a day. It's too much. I really want to know how much the butler earns]
[I was still in shock, but when I saw the comments above, I burst into tears. I didn’t expect the Zombie King to be a social animal as well]
Two minutes later, Yue Ya brought them to the lounge area in the lobby.
Yun Yu: "Why are you here?"
Yueya raised her index finger and said, "Look."
Everyone followed his instructions and looked at the wall, and were shocked to find that the painting on the wall had changed at some point!
When they first entered the inn, they took a quick look at these paintings. Although they didn't remember the details, they remembered clearly that these paintings were all figures from behind. Now, these "people in the paintings" have all turned to the front, but they all have no facial features! Blood seeped out of the paper, leaving mottled marks on the wall, which was indescribably weird.
Yue Ya didn't seem to be afraid of these paintings. He walked a few steps forward, looked at them one by one, and finally stopped in front of a painting.
The man in the painting is wearing ancient official uniform and a conical hat. His hands are folded on his legs, and the long black nails on his fingers are very eye-catching.
Zhuang Yan said, "Tsk, this is the butler's portrait, I think I smell a zombie."
"It's him." Yue Ya looked carefully and found a bloody signature at the corner of the butler's portrait: Black Crow.
He guessed correctly that it was Black Crow who left the letter for him in the sleeping statue, and it was she who led him here. Even this signature seemed to be left for him on purpose.
Seeing that Yue Ya’s face was almost stuck to the drawing paper, Zhuang Yan reminded her, “Don’t get so close. There might be some traps.”
Yue Ya did not step back, but called him over to look at the signature on the painting.
Zhuang Yan certainly remembered Hei Ya. When he saw the signature, he suddenly realized something: "No wonder these paintings look familiar. They are the works of the 'artist' again."
Yue Ya nodded: "Black Crow's ability is to construct space in a painting. These paintings are no exception. What we want is in this painting."
Zhuang Yan said: "Then we have to go in."
Yunyu had heard them mention Black Crow. In fact, their purpose of entering this dungeon was to get the things that Black Crow left for Yue Ya, so she understood what they were saying.
Only Aqi was confused: "I don't understand what you are talking about, what is Black Crow, what is the space in the painting? How did you deduce it?"
This is a bit complicated to explain, Yue Ya only said: "We have encountered this kind of painting in a certain copy, and we know the routine."
Aqi nodded as if he understood: "Then let's go in now...inside the painting?"
Now is the Zombie King's rest time. The space in the painting is very safe. Yue Ya feels it is appropriate and tentatively touches the drawing paper.
[Congratulations on discovering the hidden painting. Trigger condition: a zombie tooth.]
Yue Ya: “…”
As expected of you, Dog Game.
After knowing the conditions, Zhuang Yan felt a little regretful: "It's not even 4am yet, and those two zombies are still alive and kicking. It's not easy for us to extract their teeth."
Yueya suddenly looked at Aqi and said, "Open your mouth so I can see your teeth."
Archie: “???”
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