In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

"Damn you, General Chen! Why did you suddenly come out here instead of just sleeping peacefully?!"

After listening to Master Xing's story, Shi Jian's face turned dark. Although he considered himself the best in Maoshan at that time, he still knew what he was doing when facing the ancestor of zombies.

"Lin Jiu and Simu are from my Maoshan. Now they are in Jiang Chen's hands. I can't just sit back and watch."

"Qianhe, send a message to the ancestral court, tell them that Jiang Chen has appeared, and ask our uncle-master to come out. This time, we will fight Jiang Chen to the death!"

The other surviving Taoist priests also responded and sent messages to the elders and masters of their respective sects, vowing to deal with Jiang Chen.

Ruyi waited in the inn for a whole day, but Uncle Jiu and the others didn't come back. She felt a little uneasy. Just as she was about to go to the cave to check the situation again, she met Taoist Qianhe who came back to rest and deliver the message.

"Ruyi, you're still alive!"

Taoist Qianhe opened his eyes wide. He had always thought that Ruyi was dead, especially when he entered the cave and encountered so many high-level zombies. He was even more convinced that Ruyi had died in the cave while trying to investigate the situation. Now, he was suddenly surprised to see her in the inn.

Seven days have passed since Ruyi last sent a message. I haven't seen Ruyi or heard any news about her in these seven days. It's no wonder that Taoist Qianhe thinks Ruyi has met with an accident.

"I thought you were killed by the zombies in the cave."

"I just passed the message to Uncle Jiu yesterday. Don't you know?" Ruyi frowned, a little surprised. As far as she knew, although the three brothers had been acting separately these days, they would meet at a fixed time every day to exchange the information they had discovered. Logically speaking, even if someone came from Maoshan, Uncle Jiu would not hide the news after receiving it.

"what news?"

"There are too many zombies in the cave, and the environment is not conducive to movement. I suggest everyone find a way to lure the zombies out and fight them first. Have you not received this information?"

"How could this happen?" Taoist Qianhe finally realized that everything was a mistake. His face was filled with regret. "If only I could have stopped Senior Brother at that time, it would have been better."

If he could stop Shi Jian, perhaps Uncle Jiu would have had time to inform everyone of the news that Ruyi had passed on. With the reminder, everyone would not be so passive after entering the cave. So many people died!

"We are too arrogant, it's all because of us!"

Seeing that Taoist Qianhe was full of regret and fatigue, he finally realized that things might have really gone according to the worst case scenario he had imagined.

"What happened to Master Qianhe?"

"Did you go into the cave without hearing the message? Where is Uncle Jiu, Taoist Simu, and those others who went with you? Why are you the only one back?" Ruyi would not believe that the group of people who came from Maoshan, including Uncle Jiu and Taoist Simu, were wiped out, leaving only Taoist Qianhe alone. With Taoist Qianhe's luck, if he really encountered that situation, he would probably be the first to sacrifice.

“We indeed entered the cave without hearing the Daoist friend’s message.”

"Although everyone was well prepared, the environment in the cave still limited us. We lost nearly half of our men before we escaped."

"Senior Brothers Lin and Simu were at the rear of the team, so they entered the cave after us. However, we didn't see them along the way. It wasn't until we escaped that we learned from Taoist Xing that they had been captured by the zombie ancestor, Jiang Chen!"

"Zombie Ancestor Jiang Chen? Is it really him?!" Ruyi had only suspected it before, but she had no evidence, so she couldn't say it directly. Now, after hearing Taoist Qianhe say Jiang Chen's name, Ruyi felt a sense of certainty in her heart. "It is indeed him."

Jiang Chen in "My Date with a Vampire" didn't seem that dangerous when he first appeared. His stance was relatively neutral and he was even influenced by Ma Dingdang, somewhat leaning towards humans. But Jiang Chen is Jiang Chen. He is too powerful, has no opponents and no one can restrain him. In fact, he is quite dangerous.

The reason why Ruyi was just suspicious at the beginning and was not sure that the manipulator behind this zombie gathering was Jiang Chen was based on the personality of the character Jiang Chen in "Zombie Covenant". Now it seems that some things really cannot be fully trusted in the plot.

"Why would he do this?"

Taoist Qianhe shook his head, his face looking sad. "We don't know the specifics, but Taoist Xing said that before he escaped, he heard Jiang Chen talking about doing some experiments to create companions."

"The companions of the zombie ancestor must be zombies of the same high level as Jiang Chen. A half-step unrotten bone has already appeared in that cave. We can't just watch him continue his experiments like this."

"Could it be that Uncle Jiu and the others were captured by Jiang Chen in order to create higher-level zombies?" What was this? A new zombie Taoist priest? Without the troublemakers Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai, Uncle Jiu was still going to become a zombie? And even drag Taoist Simu along with him?

Ruyi couldn't understand. The only things she knew about zombie upgrades were bloodsucking, absorbing Yin Qi to cultivate, and accumulating levels over time. She didn't know if low-level zombies devouring each other could produce a high-level zombie like raising a Gu, nor did she know if the zombie's level after transformation was related to its cultivation level before death.

But thinking of the royal zombies and the zombie king of Tengteng Town, Ruyi suddenly realized that the level of the zombies after they transform is related to their identities in life.

"Could it be that Jiang Chen thinks that after Uncle Jiu and the others become zombies, they can directly transform into high-level zombies in one step?"

"Forget it, it's useless to say all this now. Taoist Qianhe, please tell me the situation in the cave in detail. I want to go in and find Uncle Jiu and the others."

Regardless of whether Uncle Jiu and the others have turned into zombies yet, they should be rescued if possible. Ruyi had already experimented on Taoist Huang of Longhu Mountain last time. As long as the corpse poison has not taken over their hearts and completely turned them into zombies, they can be rescued by Ruyi.

"Ruyi, you..."

Taoist Qianhe wanted to stop Ruyi and told him that the senior brother and others were already preparing to rescue people, so Ruyi didn't need to worry. But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he saw the worry on Ruyi's face and swallowed them back.

"I, I came back to deliver a letter. When my letter arrives, I will go with you!"

"Wait for me a moment."

Taoist Master Qianhe had the best relationship with Uncle Jiu and Taoist Master Simu in Maoshan. Now the situation of Uncle Jiu and Taoist Master Simu is unclear. Waiting one more day will increase the danger. Although Taoist Master Qianhe listened to the arrangement of the eldest brother, he wanted to save people himself.

"No, Master Qianhe, you should stay here. I can go by myself."

It’s not that Ruyi looks down on Taoist Qianhe, but in the current situation, bringing Taoist Qianhe with him would be a burden, and it would be more convenient for her to go alone.