231: Arrest Lu Yuchen?

The wind, carrying the scent of blood, stung the female captain's cheeks.

Yet, she felt nothing.

In her mind, at this moment, only one thought echoed frantically.

Flying Sword… flames… and that voice, as if from the Nine Heavens…

A Transcendent!

This was definitely a Transcendent of legend!

She forcibly suppressed the turbulent waves in her heart.

“Junior, Captain of the Dragon Tooth Special Forces, Xia Wanqing, greets Senior!”

“Junior dares to ask, Senior, to show yourself! Junior… has an urgent matter to inquire about!”

She knew very well that this, perhaps, was her, and even the entire Great Xia's, only chance to touch upon the “truth”!

Deep in the mountains, there was a profound silence.

After a long while, that calm voice, with a hint of confusion, spoke again.

“Oh? What is it?”

“Senior!” Xia Wanqing was overjoyed when the other party responded, and she voiced the question in her heart.

“May I ask, Senior, what exactly has happened in this world…? Why have monsters like zombies suddenly appeared?!”

“And how… should we deal with them?!”

Her words were sincere and heartfelt, filled with confusion and… fear of the unknown.

But to Lu Yuchen's ears, it was just bewilderment.

How the hell would I know!

He had thought that the officials on Earth had long since detected the Spiritual Qi, and might even have secretly established an organization similar to “relevant departments.”

But now it seemed…

These people… seemed to know nothing?

I've only been back a few days myself, and I'm still completely lost!

However, one must maintain one's mystique.

He cleared his throat, his voice still as profound and unfathomable.

“The secrets of the heavens cannot be revealed.”

“You all need only wait and see.”

After speaking, he left directly.

…

Half an hour later.

“Rumble…”

A huge roar.

A military helicopter slowly landed in the valley.

Xia Wanqing, leading the surviving girl, boarded the helicopter.

On the helicopter, she looked at the rapidly receding mountains outside the window, her eyes flickering with complex emotions.

She knew that from today onwards, this world was about to change; Transcendent had appeared!

…

At the same time.

In Beijing, within the Council Chamber.

The atmosphere was so heavy it could almost drip.

The footage, sent back by Xia Wanqing, which could only be described as a miracle, had been replayed no less than a hundred times.

Eight white-haired, high-ranking Elders looked at each other.

“Let's all speak.”

The Grand Elder was the first to speak, his voice hoarse, “What do you all think of this matter?”

“What else is there to think?” A hot-tempered Elder slammed the table, his face full of excitement, “A Transcendent! This is definitely a Transcendent!”

“Flying Sword, divine fire, words becoming law! Who could achieve such means besides a Transcendent?!”

“Indeed.” Another Elder, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, nodded, his eyes sparkling with wisdom, “It's just that we don't know what this Transcendent's attitude towards our Great Xia is. Is he a friend or a foe?”

“In my opinion, the most urgent task is to find this Transcendent as soon as possible! We must establish contact with him at all costs!”

“I agree!”

Everyone discussed animatedly, their words filled with awe and longing for that unknown power.

Just then, an Elder who had been silent, but whose eyes held a hint of gloom, suddenly spoke.

“A Transcendent?”

He sneered, his voice filled with an undeniable dominance.

“Such power, beyond our control, is ultimately a hidden danger to our Great Xia!”

“I suggest immediately mobilizing the army to cordon off the entire Shennongjia! Use satellites for a carpet search! Once his whereabouts are discovered, immediately… capture him!”

“If necessary, we can even use… nuclear weapons!”

“Nonsense!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Grand Elder sharply interrupted, “Do you know what you're saying?!”

“That's a Transcendent! Didn't you just see it? What are you going to use to capture him? Are you going to sacrifice the lives of our hundreds of thousands of soldiers?!”

“This matter is absolutely unfeasible!”

“In my opinion, it's better to wait and see first.” Another more stable Elder echoed, “At least for now, that Transcendent bears us no ill will.”

Finally, with the Grand Elder's decisive word, the matter was temporarily shelved.

The file concerning the “Shennongjia Zombie Incident” and the “Mysterious Transcendent” was classified as top secret and sealed away.

After the other seven Elders had all left, the Grand Elder remained alone in the empty conference room.

He looked at the constantly looping footage on the screen of the white zombie being beheaded by a single sword, and a complex emotion flickered in his cloudy old eyes.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh.

“The storm is brewing…”

…

The scene suddenly shifted.

Deeper within Shennongjia.

A mass burial ground where Yin Qi gathered.

Lu Yuchen's figure quietly appeared.

He looked at the huge tomb, already dug open, and the scattered, long-decayed coffins on the ground, his brows tightly furrowed.

“This is the place.”

He could clearly feel that the source of the corpse Qi was here.

Only…

Where were the people?

Just as he was wondering.

“Jie jie jie…”

A strange laugh sounded from behind him.

A figure, fast as lightning, clawed fiercely at his back!

The sharp claws, black as ink, carried a sharp shriek that tore through the air!

It was actually a… jumping zombie that had gained sentience!

Lu Yuchen didn't even bother to turn his head.

He just waved his hand casually.

“Bang!”

A muffled thud.

The jumping zombie hadn't even touched Lu Yuchen's clothes before it was sent flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground.

“How is this possible?!”

The jumping zombie let out a shriek, its crimson eyes filled with disbelief!

It was about to escape by burrowing underground.

But, it was too late!

Lu Yuchen's figure had already appeared before it, one foot lightly stepping on its chest.

“Don't be in such a hurry to leave.”

Lu Yuchen's face showed a “kind” smile.

“I have many more questions I want to ask you here.”

The jumping zombie looked at the man before him, who seemed harmless but filled him with endless fear, and shivered, instinctively wanting to beg for mercy.

However, what greeted him was not Lu Yuchen's questions.

But a… fist the size of a sandbag.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

A series of dull explosions, accompanied by the crisp sound of bones breaking, and… the wails of the zombie, played out a unique symphony above the mass burial ground.

…

Half an hour later.

The jumping zombie, which had been relatively intact, was now bruised and swollen, with countless broken bones, lying on the ground like a pile of mud.

Its eyes, which had originally held a hint of ferocity, now only contained endless fear.

“Se… Senior, spare me! Spare me!”

It begged for mercy indistinctly, “You… whatever you want to know, this Junior… this Junior will tell you everything, holding nothing back!”

“Wouldn't it have been easier to just do that from the start?” Lu Yuchen clapped the dust from his hands, looking rather bored.

After a round of severe interrogation, the jumping zombie revealed everything it knew.

It turned out that it didn't know how it had come into being.

Half a year ago, when it awoke from its coffin, it was already in this state.

It only knew that a strange energy (Spiritual Qi) had appeared between heaven and earth.

And it, by chance, was buried in this extremely Yin place.

Under a series of coincidences, it successfully underwent corpse transformation and became a zombie.

As for anything else, it knew nothing.

“So that's how it is.”

Lu Yuchen understood after listening.

It seemed that the Spiritual Qi recovery on Earth and the Tianwu World… had no direct connection.

“Alright, you can be on your way.”

Lu Yuchen waved his hand.

A wisp of golden flame erupted from his fingertip, instantly incinerating the jumping zombie completely.

Having done all this, he did not linger for another moment; his figure flickered and he had already vanished from the spot.