Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 422 The Beasts of War

"Report, the cleaning here is complete," a corpse reported to Jiang Si.

In fact, Jiang Si was not the leader of this team, not even temporarily. She was just an unofficial member who was only responsible for fighting and had no command authority.

But now the corpses instinctively report to Jiang Si.

"Well, thank you for your hard work. That concludes our assistance for now." Jiang Si naturally wouldn't refuse their politeness, even though she was initially quite uncomfortable with others treating her with such respect.

Suddenly, a black sparrow flew in from afar. In this world of corpses, animals do exist, but they haven't turned into zombies.

However, black sparrows are certainly not a special breed here.

"You know what? I was just watching the drama unfold at Zhou Lanshan's battlefield when I saw a corpse on one of the spirits suddenly get possessed by an illusion. The spirits thought one of their experts had suddenly become powerful, but then the illusion wiped out a whole group of spirits." The black sparrow chirped as it landed on Jiang Si's shoulder.

What happened after this hallucination?

"Mistaken for a spirit, he was blasted to smithereens by a spirit bomb."

"Uh……"

"The battlefield is such a chaotic and dangerous place. I really miss it, though I've never participated in such a large-scale war operation." Zheng recalled the days when he used to spend holidays in local conflict zones when he had nothing to do.

Seeing his classmates' posts on social media about how wonderful and fulfilling their holidays were, while he couldn't share his own, Zheng Fan felt heartbroken.

Seeing that Zheng Fan had inexplicably entered into his memories, Jiang Si said, "I don't have any particular feelings."

“After all, you come from a violent world,” Zheng Fan said.

“Actually, the violent world is mostly about large-scale brawls and shootouts. Because of the low level of organization, even large conflicts rarely reach the level of war,” Jiang Si explained. “I’m just used to this kind of atmosphere, and it’s a bit of a nostalgic feeling.”

Missing home on the battlefield, huh? Oh, that's quite normal.

It could be said that the wartime environment made him nostalgic for his equally chaotic hometown.

"Speaking of which, your strength has improved rapidly recently. You can now easily defeat the Frankenstein you were a month ago." Zheng Fan sized up Jiang Si, who now exuded a chilling aura.

Jiang Si Nuan Nuan is really amazing; this military uniform gives Zheng Fan a different visual experience.

The astringent flavor alone is rather bland; you need a touch of this skewer-like taste to really get the kick out.

"Although killing spirits is even less interesting than killing corpses, it's probably because of the war activities that it touches on the underlying logic of violence." Jiang Si had long since noticed the exaggerated speed of his improvement since he started running around on the battlefield.

This year was a remarkable one for Jiang Si.

She experienced three periods of significant growth in power.

The first time was when she met Zheng Fan. After that, she felt that some kind of bottleneck in her life had been broken by Zheng Fan. Although it wasn't like she leveled up on the spot, as long as she kept working hard, the process of becoming stronger never stopped.

The second is zombieization, a direct transformation of life form, and the instantaneous increase in strength goes without saying.

The third time was in the Undying City to fill in the gaps in his knowledge... no, this was like going to university. His understanding of spiritual elements, or rather, his deeper understanding of the soul and spirit, along with the broadening of his horizons, opened up Jiang Si's mind, while his zombie abilities and his true nature were enhanced and stabilized.

Now, December has passed, and in January of the new year, her murderous side has begun to surge because of this war.

However, Jiang Si didn't quite feel the impact of this growth for the time being.

The main reason is that killing spirits is just too boring.

It wasn't that the battles were boring; after all, powerful spirits did exist, and on several occasions, Jiang Si was forced to seek help from Zheng Fan.

That's the kind of boring thing that stimulates a killer's instincts. If killing a killer is like a normal meal of three dishes, a soup, a meat dish, and two vegetable dishes, then killing a corpse is like plain rice with Lao Gan Ma chili sauce, and killing a spirit is like drinking plain porridge without any toppings.

If Jiang Si had actually been involved in a war between normal humans, she would probably have racked up tons of experience points by now.

Even so, because the Undying King relentlessly pushed forward the war, and the intensity of the war remained high, Jiang Si, in his zombie body, also participated tirelessly and at a high intensity, relying on sheer volume to win, and still received a massive amount of feedback, allowing him to progress rapidly.

"Ha, a world war between ghosts and zombies, even death itself is fighting against each other, this world is truly amazing," Zheng Fan couldn't help but laugh.

"It doesn't matter, as long as it helps. I still have to finish my thesis." Jiang Si's head ached just thinking about it.

Even when helping with the war, I can't stop writing papers.

According to Mr. Immortal Wang, "It is only natural to write a report and organize your thoughts after completing the practice, so that the article can be more convincing."

By this standard, Jiang Si's practice is truly extravagant.

However, Jiang Si soon lost the opportunity to write the report.

“Miss Jiang Si, the King requests that you accompany us to the Zhou Lanshan battlefield,” a corpse said, panting as it approached Jiang Si.

"Huh?" We just mentioned the battlefield of Zhou Lanshan.

Although she knew that the front line was the most intense battlefield, it was only relatively so. If she got there, the fighting would probably be over by then.

She glanced at the black sparrow beside her.

Zheng Fan thought for a moment and understood, "The fact that it attaches so much importance to this means that something important is going to happen in Zhou Lanshan. Given Zhou Lanshan's strategic position, once it is breached, the Undying City will be able to directly attack the spirit body's stronghold. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it is the last line of defense for the spirit body."

“Is it important?” Although Jiang Si knew how to fight, she didn’t have much of a knack for it. Zheng Fan even suspected that she hadn’t even looked at a map of this area.

"It takes quite a while to fly back to the Undead City from here in a small corpse airship. The long battle lines of the Undead City army will lead to logistical shortages. Although the corpse troops do not need food and spirits can sustain them through combat, some weapons and equipment are more troublesome. There is also the crucial issue of embalming for the corpses. In war, severe injuries can easily accelerate decomposition, and Frankenstein, which has the most advanced embalming technology, is now quite far from here."

Zheng Fan helped analyze it.

The Undead City has many corpses with strong equipment, but after fighting their way here non-stop, even the corpses should be at their limit. The spirits might take advantage of the terrain to launch a counterattack.

The world of corpses has long since lost the concept of nations, but its area is by no means small. One after another, doomsday shelter-like settlements have branched out from the city, while the army of the Undead City, from the Undead City to Zhou Lanshan, has been advancing triumphantly and has been rapidly incorporating these scattered cities one by one.

They're all corpses, which is much more useful than cattle and horses.

"A great battle?" Jiang Si finally managed to utter only these two words.

"……Yes."

"Then let's go," Jiang Si said, raising an eyebrow. "It's better to finish quickly."

Although being in the midst of war helped her advance quickly, she had no regrets.

After all, it's really painful to be busy with work while also trying to squeeze out toothpaste and type.

As for whether or not they would lose, Jiang Si hadn't considered it at all.

With Mr. Devil around, Jiang Si won't lose.

With Mr. Wang around, even the corpse won't lose.

Although the world of corpses doesn't yet have the concept of nations, Jiang Si feels that that time is probably not far off.

This battle between spirit corpses was probably just a training exercise for the Undying King.

(End of this chapter)