I've already become the Zombie King, and the zombie apocalypse only just broke out.

Zhang Xuan's dormant consciousness was awakened once again.

In a daze, it seemed as if he was having a dream.

I felt like a balloon, uncontrollably rising upwards.

The whole world was bathed in white light.

The white light made him feel extremely warm, as if his entire body was melting into this white world.

But at the very last moment, a golden light streaked across the white world.

Zhang Xuan's consciousness returned to his control.

Despite the complete darkness before him, Zhang Xuan could still feel his own body.

Strangely, he could clearly sense the changes within his body, yet he was unable to control it.

As the chill seeped into Zhang Xuan's body, every cell in his body seemed to cheer with joy.

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed.

"I succeeded. I have finally taken the first step in the process of refining a corpse."

"Just like in my previous life, this ancestral jade pendant preserved my soul."

"If my soul were to dissipate, leaving only my body, which is about to become a zombie, it would likely bring annihilation to the entire world!"

Once Zhang Xuan felt at ease, he began to sense the detailed changes within his body.

Zhang Xuan calmed down and quickly discovered that, apart from the cold air gathering around his body, there was nothing else.

Several peculiar auras gathered within his body.

Based on the location, Zhang Xuan quickly guessed that these auras were the Taishan Stone and other materials he had prepared.

But at that moment, Zhang Xuan was surprised to find that an extremely powerful energy was gathering in his body from the locations of his palms.

Zhang Xuan immediately realized what was happening.

"It's those two seals! The Imperial Seal of the State and that seal from an unknown place."

"These two energies, one vast and mighty, carrying an imperial aura of righteousness, must be the Imperial Seal of the State!"

"But the other aura is even more domineering. If the Imperial Seal of the State is the emperor of the mortal world, then this mysterious seal is like a demon god from the underworld. It is tyrannical and domineering!"

Zhang Xuan was startled.

"It seems this mysterious seal has an unusual origin!"

But apart from these, Zhang Xuan couldn't sense any other changes at all.

"Sigh! Never mind! According to the records of this Xuanmen Corpse Refining Technique, it will take at least two months for this Ancestral Zombie of Absolute Heaven to be basically formed."

"I'd better just wait patiently, since there's nothing I can do right now!"

The empty cave was completely silent.

Only a tall corpse lay in the center, bathed in moonlight.

If anyone were here, they would surely discover a strange scene.

When the bright moonlight fell on the corpse, it seemed to be absorbed by the body.

The entire corpse was visibly shriveling up.

Time passes minute by minute.

Soon the moon had completely disappeared.

Meanwhile, in the dense forests of the Taihang Mountains.

A group of four people were walking through this place.

It was the red-haired woman who led three burly men.

The three men were carrying various tools on their backs and holding machetes and Nepalese kukri knives in their hands.

His sharp gaze swept around.

The red-haired woman at the head of the group was carrying a samurai sword on her back.

His waist was bulging, clearly indicating that there was something there.

The next second, the red-haired woman frowned and raised her arm.

The three burly men behind him immediately stopped.

"This heavy rain couldn't have come at the worst possible time."

"It will be very difficult to find this kid."

“We split up. I’ve already placed a tracking device in his car. If he doesn’t return to the car, it means he’s still on this mountain!”

At the red-haired woman's command, the three burly men immediately dispersed.

Soon, the rain stopped, and the first rays of morning sunlight shone on the rain-soaked forest.

Meanwhile, at the mountaintop, in a hidden cave...

Zhang Xuan suddenly felt an extremely explosive energy gathering within his body.

Compared to the previous chill, this energy seemed to contain an extremely high temperature.

Every cell in the body rapidly shrivels up under the onslaught of this energy.

Sensing the changes in his body, Zhang Xuan was immediately startled.

"This...this is daytime? This must be sunlight!"

"Could it be that before this Ancestral Zombie was fully formed, it was also afraid of sunlight, just like ordinary zombies?"

Just as Zhang Xuan was getting anxious, he suddenly felt a strange change within his body.

All I could feel was that after each cell shriveled up to a certain extent, it suddenly stopped changing.

As the explosive energy continued to wash over the cells, a fundamental change occurred deep within each cell.

Zhang Xuan carefully sensed the changes in the cells, and suddenly a word appeared in his mind.

"It's density! It's density!"

"Although the number of each cell in my body has not changed, the density of the substances contained within them is increasing rapidly!"

"Just as recorded in the Xuanmen Corpse Refining Technique, the Absolute Heaven Ancestral Zombie can absorb energy of any attribute to enhance its body!"

"However, if one's cells are shriveled to this extent, one's body must also shrink significantly."

Unfortunately, Zhang Xuan cannot see his own corpse yet, otherwise he would surely have realized that his thinking was completely correct.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan's body had shrunk considerably.

It looks exactly like a dried-up corpse.

The muscle lines resembled deep ravines, making it look quite terrifying.

As time ticked by, Zhang Xuan felt the explosive energy growing increasingly turbulent.

It eventually reached an unprecedented peak.

Zhang Xuan thought to himself.

"It seems that it must be noon, the time of day when the sun is at its brightest."

But at that moment, Zhang Xuan suddenly felt subtle changes happening to his hands and feet.

To be precise, it's your own fingernails.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xuan immediately recalled the zombie images from Uncle Ying's movies.

Two sharp teeth, long and thin fingernails!

"Fine! As long as I can survive in this apocalypse, a little horror is fine!"

"After all, a real man relies on his strength, not his looks!"

At this moment, Zhang Xuan had no idea that the changes in his fingernails were completely different from the zombie image he was familiar with.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan's palm was flat on the ground, and the two seals were placed flat in his palm.

His fingernails turned black at an extremely fast speed.

Fingernails also evolved from flat shapes towards irregular cylindrical shapes.

The flesh on the fingertip was being eroded by the growing black nail.

In just a few minutes, Zhang Xuan's hands and feet underwent a dramatic transformation.

Although it is roughly shaped like a human hand, the fingernails look more like the claws of some kind of ferocious beast.

The black claws emitted wisps of black energy.

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