Searching for the best path, starting from Renjia Town

Chapter 45 Teng Teng Town

Tengteng Town was only about a hundred miles away from the Marshal's Mansion. The three of them set out on bicycles early in the morning and arrived there after noon.

Zhe Gu originally planned to go alone, but Li Kunshan suggested that he also wanted to go and take a look. Uncle Jiu said that everything was up to him, so Zhe Gu did not refuse.

Who knew that Nianying would also follow, and Zhegu was worried about the danger. But then she thought, since she and Li Kunshan had already left, if the zombies came back, the Marshal's Mansion might not be safer than Tengteng Town, so she decided to take them along.

"This is Tenten Town. It feels deserted."

A dilapidated gatehouse with a crooked plaque with the words "Teng Teng Town" written on it.

Looking inside from the gatehouse, the street was deserted. In broad daylight, there was not a single person in sight.

"The town is now full of zombies. It must be deserted."

Zhe Gu said this and walked inside.

We need to go in and see the specific situation.

Nianying was a little scared and followed Zhe Gu closely. Li Kunshan looked calm, but secretly hid the peach wood sword in his sleeve.

“It’s so broken.”

From the outside, you can only see a corner of it. When you really come in, you will find that the whole town is actually in ruins.

The signs on the buildings on both sides and the shelves scattered on the street show that this town was once very lively, but now it has become a dead town.

Many doors and windows were broken, and there were weeds and garbage everywhere that had not been cleared. The whole town looked like it had been abandoned.

"Ah~!"

As she was looking around, Nian Ying suddenly cried out in surprise.

Turning my head, I saw a human skeleton lying on the side of the road.

"Eh, that's miserable."

Zhe Gu walked over and couldn't help but curl her lips.

In addition to this skeleton, there are some other scattered bones and skulls nearby.

These were not naturally decayed bones, but rather bits of blackened and smelly flesh still remaining on them, as if they had not been eaten clean.

Obviously, these people were eaten after death, and they were gnawed alive into skeletons!
As for who was biting it, it was probably not a beast, but a zombie!

"Lots of coffins."

When the doors were opened, coffins could be seen in many rooms.

"Can't open."

Li Kunshan walked up to a coffin, reached out and pushed it, but the lid didn't move at all.

Just like the situation in the Long Family Ancestral Hall, it was daytime now and the coffin was sucked in by the corpse qi.

Li Kunshan then tried a few more, and they were all the same.

In other words, there is a zombie in each of these coffins!
Along the way, I saw at least seventy or eighty coffins, if not a hundred. Doesn't that mean there were seventy or eighty zombies?

"Yeah, a lot."

Zhe Gu took a quick look with a serious expression.

Faced with so many zombies, even as the 35th generation descendant of Maoshan, she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine.

In addition, there was another thing that concerned her.

Although zombies sleep in coffins, they cannot build coffins for themselves. They can only be built by living people.

It seems that not everyone in this town turned into zombies all at once, but rather transformed gradually.

If that's the case, things would be much more complicated.

How could the people in a town slowly turn into zombies? During this process, why was no wizard called in to subdue them? Although some people may have escaped from the town, it eventually turned into a zombie town.

What is the reason behind this?

"Master, do you want to split the coffin open?"

Nianying hid behind Zhegu and asked in a low voice.

If so many zombies came out at night, it would be difficult to deal with them.

But if we take advantage of the daytime and break the coffins open one by one and release them piecemeal, it would be much easier.

"How long will it take?"

Zhe Gu waved her hand and had no intention of doing so.

Besides, they didn't come here to kill zombies, but to investigate whether there was any connection between the zombies in Tengteng Town and those that appeared in the Marshal's Mansion.

If we kill all the zombies during the day, how can we check them?
It won’t be too late to eliminate these zombies after things are clear.

"Oh."

After listening to Zhe Gu's explanation, Nian Ying nodded.

As they talked, they continued walking inside and came to a large house.

The courtyard gate also opened, revealing a hall filled with corpses. Zhe Gu and Li Kunshan exchanged glances and hurried over. Nian Ying, terrified, followed, clutching Zhe Gu's clothes tightly.

They were covered with white cloth, but when the cloth was removed, there were indeed corpses.

"Just died?"

Unlike the gnawed skeletons on the street, these corpses had their blood sucked out, but their flesh was intact.

Judging from its freshness, it must have been bitten to death last night.

"What are you doing?"

There were five bodies in total, and Zhe Gu couldn't help but frown.

Leftovers?

There are so many zombies in Tengteng Town, and this little meat may not be enough for them to share. In that case, why didn't they eat it, but left it here?

"Could it be!"

After a little thought, Zhe Gu suddenly thought of it.

Could it be that they are adding partners!
Once infected with corpse poison, one will transform into a zombie after death.

In other words, these five corpses will turn into zombies at night.

In fact, the surface of these corpses has begun to turn purple, which is a sign of impending transformation.

The zombies killed these people but did not eat them. They left them here, probably waiting for them to turn into zombies.

In other words, these zombies are actually expanding their ranks!

What are they going to do?
"Thank goodness we're here."

Realizing this, Zhe Gu's expression became more serious.

If we let it go, who knows how many zombies will appear. By then, not only Tengteng Town but also the surrounding towns will suffer.

Regardless of whether the zombies in the Marshal's Mansion have anything to do with this place, we cannot leave it alone.

"Look somewhere else."

Like the other zombies, in order not to alert the enemy, the three did not deal with the five corpses.

Then, he checked other places in Tengteng Town.

After a walk around, I had a pretty good understanding of the terrain, and it was getting late.

"Let's go out first."

After Zhe Gu said this, the three of them left Tengteng Town.

Find a clean place, eat something, and wait quietly.

More than an hour later, it was completely dark.

Bang~bang~!

Tengteng Town was shrouded in darkness, and the air was filled with the black smell of corpses. At the same time, sounds like knocking on the door were heard one after another. It was the awakened zombies banging on the coffins.

Bang~!

With a muffled sound, the coffin lid opened and the zombie inside stood up.

Soon, zombies jumped out from the houses and finally gathered on the street.

As if they had some discipline, they waited until all the zombies were present before jumping in one direction.

"Master, they're gone."

On the wall outside the town, Nian Ying whispered as she watched the scene nervously.

What are these zombies going to do?
"Follow!"

Aunt Zhe's face was gloomy and she said in a low voice.

The three of them walked into the town again and followed the zombie group.

I had applied corpse oil on my body in advance to block out the smell of living people, so I wasn't afraid of being discovered by these zombies with sensitive noses.

"Why did you break up?"

Soon, the zombies left the town and reached a fork in the road, where they split into two teams.

Zhe Gu frowned, this was a bit troublesome.

"Chase separately."

Li Kunshan said this and followed the team on the left.

“…Be careful!”

Zhe Gu originally wanted to stop him, but then she remembered Uncle Jiu's words. Besides, Li Kunshan had already caught up with him, so she could only whisper a warning.

Seeing that the other group of zombies was about to go away, he didn't dare to delay and hurried to catch up.

(End of this chapter)