Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 11

"Bang!"

The cat-faced old lady jumped onto the dining table and stared at the zombie in front of her with disbelief.

Li Zhuiyuan took this opportunity to spit out the dried fruit in his mouth. He couldn't help but press his forehead with both hands. The dried fruit in his mouth was like his mouth filled with star anise and he was chewing it.

And now, he found that he had no way of figuring out the situation.

He could understand that the old lady with the cat face was holding a birthday party here, and he also tried to take advantage of the rules here to get away with it.

But what about these zombies that appeared out of nowhere?

This is a special environment that is like a dream but not really a dream. Shouldn’t this be her home ground?
Li Zhuiyuan didn't believe it. He thought that the old lady felt that her birthday party was too lonely and that inviting a troupe of children's actors was not enough, so she invited a zombie to liven up the atmosphere.

At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan felt so stupid, like a poor student at the bottom of the class.

I was still confused by the question the teacher was explaining, but then the teacher said, "Let's look at another question, which is a variation of this one. Let's explain them together."

Li Zhuiyuan felt even more confused.

However, what Li Zhuiyuan didn't know was that the cat-faced old lady standing on the table with a serious look on her face was even more confused than he was...even frightened.

Because even if the other person just stood there motionless, the evil aura emanating from him was enough to make her feel frightened.

White gas kept coming out of the zombie's mouth and nose. He seemed to be looking around curiously. Finally, his eyes fell on the old cat demon.

Realizing that she was being stared at by this huge and ferocious creature, the old woman shuddered, shrank her arms slightly, bent her fingers, and crawled slightly, as if to show submission.

She had only just become a corpse demon not long ago, and when she was suddenly faced with such an abominable existence, she would naturally be afraid and would not even have the courage to resist.

"Why are you here with me? How have I offended you?"

……

"what?"

Li Sanjiang, who was leading the zombies in aerobics in the Forbidden City, scratched his head in confusion. He had just led the team to turn a corner. Originally, the team had three rows, with three zombies in each row, but how come there were only two zombies left in the last row?
"Why does it seem like one of the zombies is missing? Could it be that zombies get tired and are taking it easy?"

……

"Roar!"

The zombie stretched out his arms, leaped up, and pounced on the old woman.

Why would it care about the old lady's show of weakness and flattery? What a joke! It doesn't even know why it is here!
Seeing this, the old lady had no choice but to jump up and wave her claws.

There was a struggle between the two sides above the table, and finally they fell onto the table at the same time. In an instant, the table broke into pieces and flew in all directions.

Fortunately, Li Zhuiyuan had left the table in advance and avoided the risk. He immediately ran to Qin Li and saw that Qin Li was still watching the fight. He immediately grabbed her hand:

"Still looking? Hide now!"

He pulled Qin Li to the corner, where there was a table in front of them, which provided some sense of security.

After crawling in and squatting, Li Zhuiyuan observed the battle situation there through the gap.

The old lady just turned sideways and avoided the penetration of the zombie's ten fingers with her cat-like agility. Then she scratched the zombie's right arm with one claw.

"Wow!"

The zombie's clothes were torn open, revealing five finger marks on the originally dark and bumpy flesh inside, and pus kept oozing out of the wounds.

But soon, the zombie swept its arms across, like a heavy whip, and hit the old woman.

"boom!"

The old woman was thrown out and hit the wall heavily. After sliding down to the ground, she stared at her fingers in a daze, then looked up at the wounds on the zombie's body.

"Why, it's not as scary as I feel?"

……

Li Sanjiang was lying on the bed on the second floor. There was a scratch on his right arm and blood was flowing out.

"Hey! It hurts!"

In the dream, Li Sanjiang, who was leading the zombies in aerobics, lost his balance due to the pain and fell to the left. All the zombies behind him followed him and lay down to the left in a neat row.

Li Sanjiang turned his head with some confusion and looked at the three zombies in the first row behind him:

"Which one of you is attacking me?"

The three zombies did not answer, but turned their heads to look back, and all the zombies behind them followed suit.

"Damn, does it hurt so much to get hurt in a dream?"

Li Sanjiang didn't bother to bandage his wound, he immediately got up and continued jumping.

He knew that he could not give these zombies time to think clearly. Even if he just rested for a while, these zombies might swarm over and tear him to pieces.

"Come on, keep dancing!"

……

"Roar!"

In the banquet hall, the zombie jumped towards the old lady again.

This time the old lady didn't go up herself, but looked around. A green light flashed in her eyes, and the paper figures that were originally standing stiffly around her all rushed towards the zombie.

Some hugged the zombies' legs, some pulled the zombies' arms, and some even jumped on the zombies' heads.

The zombie began to wave its arms and bite, tearing several paper figures into pieces each time, but it couldn't resist the fact that my great-grandfather's family ran a paper-making factory.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the paper man was blocking the zombie, the old lady began to move around. Finally, after seeing an opportunity, she pounced behind the zombie and grabbed the zombie's back with both claws.

"Wow!"

This time, most of the official uniform on the zombie's back was torn into strips, and pus was oozing out from the wounds created by the ten claw marks.

……

On the bed in the bedroom on the second floor, Li Sanjiang's body straightened up, and then the mat under him began to soak with blood.

"Fuck, that hurts!"

In the dream, Li Sanjiang just started to jump when he let out a scream and fell forward to the ground.

Behind him, all the zombies jumped up collectively, and then fell to the ground neatly like frogs landing on the ground.

"what……"

Li Sanjiang felt the pain in his back was so severe that he could hardly speak, but he couldn't see anything, so he could only subconsciously stretch out his right hand and touch his back.

All the zombies behind him supported their bodies with their left arms and raised their right arms diagonally to the side.

Li Sanjiang stretched his hand back and saw the blood on it, his eyes widened.

It shouldn’t be!

Yesterday’s dream was so dangerous, I could jump up and down to avoid the pursuit of these zombies and still remain unharmed. Why is it that after I came up with a good idea today, things became worse and worse?

When he fell asleep today and found himself dreaming about the same Forbidden City environment as last night, he immediately threw the orange cat off his legs and ran quickly to the central doorway.

After the heavy sound of the door opening ended and the sounds of "bang! bang! bang!" came from inside, he forced himself to calm down, mustered up his courage, and was the first to jump after the team approached.

In this way, he successfully became a pacesetter.

It was such a clever plan, why didn't it bring good results?

At this time, Li Sanjiang discovered that the zombies lying behind him seemed to be about to get up, and the team began to become chaotic.

He gritted his teeth. His back was aching so much that he couldn't get up. He could only stand on tiptoe, stretch his arms forward, and start crawling on the ground.

When the zombies in the first row saw the leader move, they followed, and the ones behind followed suit. Soon, the team, which had been scattered, became neat and orderly again.

In the Forbidden City, a group of zombies dressed in Qing Dynasty official robes were crawling like turtles following the guy in the front wearing ripped white shorts.

Li Sanjiang cursed as he climbed, feeling so aggrieved. Climbing was much more tiring than running. If he had known this earlier, he would have played hide-and-seek like he did yesterday.
He is old, and in reality he lives a comfortable life of wine and meat. Anyway, he is too old to take care of his body, and he will be buried when his life is over. Now, he starts exercising in his dreams!
But now he had no choice but to crawl, because of the injuries on his arms and back. If he dared to stand up and play hide-and-seek again, he would not be able to beat the guys behind him.

"Little Marquis Yuan, when will your luck turn for the better? I, your great grandfather, can't hold on any longer... ah!"

Li Sanjiang screamed again and turned his head to see that his already injured right arm had five more holes, with blood rapidly flowing out of the holes.

Now he couldn't crawl anymore, so he could only keep the left side of his body on the ground, with his right arm hanging down on his body, and his left arm constantly pulling forward on the ground, while exerting force with his legs.

All the zombies behind him also changed their movements and began to crawl tactically. …

In the hall, the zombie was angry because the old woman's five fingers had just pierced into his right arm, leaving a deep bloody hole.

It is a proud creature, but it is humiliated again and again in a place like this. How could it not be extremely angry?
The old lady stepped back again, creating some distance, and at the same time ordered the paper cats and dogs to rush forward to fill the position and continue to entangle the zombies.

She looked down at her nails again. After several sneak attacks were effective, the natural fear in her heart had almost disappeared.

No matter how terrifying something is, as long as it can be hurt, as long as it can bleed and be killed, there is no need to be so fearful of it.

Li Zhuiyuan, who was hiding in the corner, frowned slightly. It seemed that this zombie that appeared out of nowhere was no match for the old lady.

What should I do next?
Turning his head to look at Qin Li beside him, she had her head half lowered, as if she had no interest in what was happening outside and was still in a daze.

For a moment, Li Zhuiyuan felt a little envious.

He squeezed Qin Li's hand, and Qin Li raised her head and looked at him.

"After the servants outside come in, we will find an opportunity to rush out. Run as far as you can and never stop. Do you understand?"

When the banquet started, Li Zhuiyuan wanted to run out through the main gate, but a group of servants were standing outside setting off firecrackers and blocking the way, so he could not go out.

But judging from the current situation, the old lady is obviously using the paper figures to delay and consume the zombies. When the paper figures inside are almost consumed, the ones outside will definitely be called in.

When the time comes, just run away. He doesn't believe that this dream has no limits.

As for the option of running to the second floor, Li Zhuiyuan directly rejected it. Although the stairs appeared again, what could he do if he ran to the second floor? Should he jump off the building?
Qin Li looked at Li Zhuiyuan and said nothing.

"Do you understand?"

Qin Li lowered his head.

Well, just assume that she understood.

Just as Li Zhuiyuan turned around and was about to continue observing the situation ahead, he happened to meet the gaze of the cat-faced old lady looking over here.

Li Zhuiyuan was startled, and the old lady with a cat face even smiled at him.

"Roar!"

The zombie roared again, drawing the cat-faced old woman's attention away from Li Zhuiyuan.

"Haha... There's no point in you yelling. I really thought you were some amazing person, but it turns out you only have these two tricks... Hmm?"

The old lady's eyes widened. She saw thick black gas coming out of the zombie's wounds. It was evil spirit.

After being contaminated by the evil spirit, the paper people wrapped around it all turned black, lost their human appearance one by one, and collectively turned back into shredded paper and sawdust.

The group of servants outside also rushed in at this time. The zombie turned around, opened its mouth, and spewed out a large amount of black mist. The paper figures around and further away all fell to the ground before they could rush forward.

Suddenly, the entire hall became much emptier.

The zombie raised its arms again and leaped towards the old lady. At this time, its body was filled with boiling corpse qi and evil spirit.

Without the help of the paper man, the old lady could only face the challenge.

Li Zhuiyuan grabbed Qin Li's hand and said, "Now is the time, run!"

He and Qin Li came out from the corner and rushed to the door.

"Ahhhh!!!"

I heard the old lady's screams, and then I saw the zombie grabbing the old lady's neck and falling to the front, blocking the direction of the gate.

The evil spirit from the zombies lingered on the old woman, causing her to feel like she was burning. The old woman had been able to attack from close range before, but now she felt tortured when anyone got close to her.

Li Zhuiyuan had to stop, and Qin Li beside him also stopped.

The zombie, who had the old lady pinned under him, turned his head and looked at the two children.

A greedy look was revealed in its turbid eyes. It could sense that these two were not paper figures and they exuded an alluring smell of blood.

It instinctively opened its mouth, spewing out black mist and rushing over.

Li Zhuiyuan immediately pulled Qin Li back, but the black fog came so fast and fiercely that it soon forced the two of them into the wall.

Qin Li began to tremble, Li Zhuiyuan sensed it and squeezed her hand hard.

At this moment, all he could offer was this pale and useless comfort.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, the zombies cried out, and the black fog that was almost in front of Li Zhuiyuan began to flow back quickly.

The view in front suddenly became clear. It turned out that the old woman's ten fingers had pierced into the zombie's neck.

“Hahahahaha! I’m going to kill you, I’m going to kill you, I’m going to kill you!”

The old woman looked ferocious. The hair on her body had wilted and her skin was burnt black, but her whole body exuded a sense of madness.

The zombie roared madly and stabbed the old woman's body again and again with his arms, but the old woman just held on to his neck and refused to let go.

……

"Fuck...he..."

Li Sanjiang covered his neck in pain, it hurt so much.

What was more painful than the pain was that he could no longer breathe. He could endure the pain and bleeding, but if this feeling of suffocation continued, he felt that he would definitely die.

Behind him, all the zombies were grabbing his neck.

But after this posture lasted for a long time, one zombie put down its hand, followed by the second, the third...

Gradually, some zombies began to stand up, their eyes changing from confused to fierce as they looked at Li Sanjiang.

Li Sanjiang was still pinching his neck, his face gradually turning blue. He now wished that the zombies would pounce on him and tear him to pieces, because this would at least give him a quick death and save him from suffering from suffocation.

……

In the banquet hall, the angry zombie raised his arms high again and smashed them on the old lady's head.

The old lady, who had looked like she was determined to die with the zombie, simply let go at this moment, kicked the zombie's abdomen upwards, and slid smoothly downwards.

"boom!"

The zombie's nails dug into the ground and got stuck for a moment, turning into a straight-up push-up position.

The cat-faced old lady stood up, her body swaying, her entire body charred, even the whiskers on her face were burnt off, showing how bad her condition was.

However, she was able to be distracted at this moment and turned her head to look at Li Zhuiyuan and Qin Li who were standing against the wall.

"Little boy, haha, grandma can't beat it."

There was a chilling coldness in her voice and her eyes were filled with hatred.

Just like when Li Zhuiyuan first saw her in his dream at Cuicui's house, she was also lying on Niu Fu's back and looking at him with the same eyes.

"Roar!"

The zombie finally pulled his fingers out of the ground, turned his body half a circle on the spot, and then stood up straight again.

Although it was in a very miserable state, with torn clothes and pus overflowing, its fierce aura was still there, which was not comparable to that of the current old cat demon.

The zombie pounced on the old woman again.

At this moment, the old lady turned her body to the side and did not meet the zombie. Instead, she slid towards Li Zhuiyuan.

Seeing this, the zombie immediately turned around and continued to pounce on the old lady.

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't understand why the old lady would rather let the zombies put their entire back on her than to deal with herself first.

Does he want to take two more people with him before he dies?
"My little one..."

The old lady stopped in front of Li Zhuiyuan, and the creepy smile on her face became more and more intense.

She completely ignored the zombies approaching her, and instead stretched out her long-curled and cracked claws towards Li Zhuiyuan, with a faint strange glow lingering on her claws.

Li Zhuiyuan only felt that his body began to float up, and because he was holding Qin Li's hand tightly, Qin Li also floated up.

Li Zhuiyuan was not unfamiliar with this feeling, he had had dreams before. This was the prelude to waking up from the dream, to escaping from the predicament!
At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan felt that his vision began to blur, and the old lady's appearance in front of him became less real, but he could still hear the old lady's last voice in his ears:

"My dear... Grandma will take you away first."

(End of this chapter)