Apocalypse: I became rich by selling zombie live broadcasts

Chapter 53 Marked
Shi Nianzhen was quickly reassembling the zombies that he had not yet had time to store in his portable warehouse, no matter how many pieces they were broken into.

Soon, they surrounded them.

The two sides confront each other.

The seabed fell into an eerie silence.

Shi Nianzhen glanced around and looked at Bei Mian, "They are all looking at you. They are coming for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the zombies roared and rushed towards Bei Mian. Their target was very clear, and none of them rushed towards Shi Nianzhen's force field.

Bei Mian's face looked extremely bad.

With a wave of her left and right hands, currents in different directions surged around her body, blowing all the approaching zombies into pieces and keeping them away from her.

"Someone is controlling these zombies." Shi Nianzhen said.

She looked around, searching within her field of vision, using her mental power to try to capture any strange aura nearby.

But there was no one else except the zombies and the two of them.

"I know who it is." Bei Mian said.

"Who?" Shi Nianzhen asked.

"Hela, Lord of the Underworld." Bei Mian's face darkened, and her thin lips were pursed almost invisible, showing how bad her mood was.

The Lord of the Underworld sounds like the boss of the undead camp.

Have aliens begun to occupy the blue planet?
The end of the world is difficult to deal with already, and when aliens get involved, the situation becomes even more complicated. How much living space is left for humans?
Shi Nian was really depressed, but he didn't show it on his face.

She blinked and said slowly, "Oh, the Lord of the Underworld. Sounds like a myth. Are you crazy?"

"...I know this sounds unbelievable, but..." Bei Mian stared at the zombies that kept rushing up and were strangled by the water with heavy eyes, as if he was struggling with something.

Shi Nianzhen glanced at her, took out his phone, and tapped the screen with his finger.

"Is Hela, the Lord of the Underworld, the boss of the Undead faction?"

Sent to the Lord of the Abyss.

The message was replied immediately: "No, it's just a lord from the world of the dead. Did you offend her?"

Shi Nianzhen told him about the zombies resurrecting and attacking Beimian.

The Lord of the Abyss: "Oh, that's not you. That's the Undead Restoration Technique. Zombies are subjects of death. The spell that repairs the dead can naturally repair zombies."

Shi Nianzhen: "Is this a spell cast from across the world? How do I solve it?"

Lord of the Abyss: "No, the range of this spell is not that wide. It can't be across the world. The caster must be nearby. It must be a dead person being controlled across the world."

Shi Nianzhen felt relieved and looked around, especially outside the zombies.

Got nothing.

Bei Mian should be better at finding things in the sea than she is. Just as she was about to remind Bei Mian, the Lord of the Abyss sent another message, which immediately grabbed her attention.

Lord of the Abyss: "The Undead World basically does not actively expand outward. I have never heard of the Undead faction participating in the apocalypse to grab territory."

"There's no need to chase across worlds. Just wait a while, and any living creature will die and reach the world of the dead. Only a fool would waste so much energy chasing after them. This is strange. Something about Bei Mian has attracted the Lord of the Underworld."

Shi Nianzhen: "Wait, what does it mean to fight for territory in the end times?"

Lord of the Abyss: "The universe assumes that the end of the world is a no-man's land, and any faction can seize it."

Shi Nianzhen: "Will we be invaded and lose our freedom?"

Lord of the Abyss: "Not all of them."

"If the apocalypse ends and you haven't chosen a faction, you will automatically be classified as neutral. At that time, if any faction seizes it, it will be attacked by other factions."

Shi Nianzhen frowned: "What will happen if it is occupied by the Undead Camp?"

The Lord of the Abyss said simply: "Death."

"Except for the embodiment of the law of death—the God of Death—other undead creatures cannot reach the other side where the living reside. The undead camp is a place of death."

"Similarly, as long as you don't go to the world of the dead, the undead camp has nothing to fear."

After reading the last message, Shi Nianzhen felt a little relieved.

It’s good that you can’t come. If you can’t come, you will only have to deal with zombies and dead people.

Shi Nianzhen looked towards Bei Mian.

How did Beimian get involved with the world of the dead?

Considering Bei Mian's style of fighting with her as soon as they meet, it doesn't seem too surprising.

Well, if Bei Mian is really a freelancer, then try to recruit her. If she refuses, then send Bei Mian to the world of the dead in advance, so as not to drag Blue Star into becoming the target of the world of the dead.

It was just right, she could also try to see if her newfound skills could increase her lethality.

Having made up his mind, Shi Nianzhen asked curiously, "How did you provoke such a difficult zombie?"

"I'm telling you the truth."

Bei Mian seemed to have suddenly made up his mind. While the water was suppressing the zombies, he turned around and said to Shi Nianzhen:

"I have acquired a profession - a singer."

"Its professional skills have some magical effects that are activated when singing."

"After you hid that day, I hummed a few lines, right there on the reef..." Bei Mian said this, touched his nose uncomfortably, and glanced at Shi Nianzhen.

I can’t bring myself to say that I was so angry that I vented my anger by singing.

"Anyway, I accidentally saved some souls. The Lord of the Underworld found those souls too clean. After questioning them, he discovered my profession and sent a dead man to recruit me."

"But only the dead can go to the world of the dead. I don't want to."

"Although life and death are the same, the world is finally coming to an end. I haven't enjoyed this apocalypse enough yet, so I don't want to end up on this dead end just yet."

"My fate is my own. It's my freedom to decide when to die. No one can force me. So I rejected her."

"..." Shi Nianzhen pursed her lips and looked at her.

You take it for granted and feel justified in doing so.

Bei Mian is thin and tall, like a bamboo pole, and his personality is also like the bamboo. He would rather break than bend when he is stubborn.

The Lord of the Underworld wanted her to die at three o'clock in the morning, but she insisted on living to 99.

Despite repeated attempts to attract her, she ignored them and even sank the dead body into the sea out of frustration.

In the end, it turned into zombies crossing the sea for hundreds of miles to kill her.

They also staged an endless cycle of killing her.

Bei Mian didn't bring any food when he came to see Shi Nianzhen, and all the marine life within a hundred miles were plucked clean by Shi Nianzhen.

I had a fight with Shi Nianzhen that day, and I didn't make up for the energy I lost. I continued to fight for five days and almost starved to death.

Shi Nian really didn't expect that after only five hours in the abyss, five days had passed on Blue Star and so many things had happened.

"Every time I kill them, my powers run out and I have no strength to leave. Now that you and I have joined forces, we will definitely be able to return to the shore."

Bei Mian looked at her eagerly.

Shi Nianzhen's mind raced, but he spoke slowly:

"But once you return to shore, you'll still be hunted. Besides, you won't have the home-field advantage you had in the sea, making it even harder to protect yourself. There are even more zombies on shore..."

“…But there’s food on the shore.”

Bei Mian frowned tightly, glanced at Shi Nianzhen, twisted his body twice, and pounced in front of Shi Nianzhen, as if he wanted to hug her thighs.

Unfortunately, he was kept outside by keeping a distance.

Stunned on the spot.

He looked pitiful as if he was locked outside the house.

"Anyway, save me!"

Bei Mian howled in a soprano voice like the cabbages in the field, and it was so soul-stirring and full of twists and turns.

Shi Nianzhen's heart moved, and he showed embarrassment on his face. He said, "I deeply sympathize with your situation, and I can't think of any other solution at the moment, but we can make a deal to get through this difficult time first."

Bei Mian pressed on, "What deal?" "Since you came after me, you must have known I was fishing in the ocean. Your water ability allows you to sense living things in the water."

"How about you help me catch ten sea creatures and I'll help you deal with this wave of zombies and leave this sea?"

Bei Mian frowned slightly and stared at her: "Then go to the next sea?"

"Yeah." Shi Nianzhen nodded.

"..." Bei Mian's face was blank, as if to say, whether in this sea or that sea, the situation has not changed.

"In short, let's deal with this wave first and get rid of these zombies. Then you can get some rest and then slowly think of a solution." Shi Nianzhen said.

Beimian had no better solution and could only agree.

With Shi Nianzhen joining in, these zombies were quickly torn into pieces and put into the portable warehouse.

Wait until the sea is cleaned up.

The warehouse for zombies is full.

Shi Nianzhen curled the corners of his lips and said to Bei Mian, "If these zombies were resurrected by someone else, then he must be nearby. Where did you sink the dead who recruited you?"

"Last time, it was a current that sent it into the trench. The end of the current was far beyond my perception." Bei Mian frowned.

"Which way?"

Bei Mian took the lead and the two of them searched all the way to the trench, but they didn't find any dead bodies.

"Strange, why isn't it there?" Shi Nianzhen looked at the pitch-black trench in front of him, "Could it be inside?"

"No one died, but there are a few marine creatures." Bei Mian's eyes lit up, and a stream of water came up with a string of five white and blue sea slugs.

In Shi Nianzhen's eyes, tiny words appeared:

(Congratulations, you've discovered a new species in the universe.)
(First-order evolved sea slug (mating), a nudibranch mollusk. Advantages include hermaphroditism, photosynthesis, and the presence of ectopic energy. It is edible.)
(The value is considerable, and it is recommended to purchase.)
"...You disturbed them." Shi Nianzhen said.

Bei Mian held the bunch of small creatures in front of his eyes and observed them curiously for a while. "I've heard that sea slugs are hermaphrodites and have sex in groups, but this is the first time I've seen it."

As soon as he finished speaking, it was as if he was finally interrupted.

The five sea slugs let go of each other.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, Bei Mian pushed it to Shi Nianzhen, "Okay, I'll pay half of your appearance fee first."

"..." Shi Nianzhen put the sea hare along with some sea water into a fish tank in his portable home.

"Let's split up," Shi Nianzhen said, looking at the pitch-black trench. "You've been in the water for a long time, so you go down and check. I'll go back and look through the mud and sand on the seabed."

"No!" Bei Mian raised his head coolly, "I won't leave you, I'm determined to follow you!"

This is a bag of grain, can you let her go?
impossible!
"...What do you want to do?" Shi Nianzhen asked.

"Let's go back and search the seabed together. If there's nothing, let's go down into the trench together."

"Okay." Shi Nian really didn't care. After all, she wasn't the one being hunted.

The return journey was slower than the outward journey, mainly due to Shi Nianzhen lifting up the settled corpses of marine life and mud and sand.

Hard work pays off.

Not long after returning, Shi Nianzhen, who had been staring at the bottom of the sea, suddenly saw the small firefly words in his eyes:

(The remains of the undead controlled by soul summoning can be kidnapped and sold to the deceased in the world of the dead, making a small profit.)
Kidnapping?

So you are such a treasure appraiser!
Shi Nianzhen was surprised and lifted up the sand on the seabed to dig out the deeply buried skeleton.

The skeleton tried to run away as soon as it came out, but was grabbed by the two of them at the same time. Under the combined force of the two, the skeleton screamed and was torn to pieces, with its skull split in two.

Before the faint will-o'-the-wisp in its eye sockets died out, the skull shouted:

"The Lord of the Underworld will not let you go."

Then it cracked and spewed out a gray mist, which polluted the surrounding sea in the blink of an eye, penetrated into Shi Nianzhen's force field, and sprayed her in the face.

"No, run!" Shi Nianzhen's face changed and he led the way out of the gray fog.

Beimian followed closely behind.

Seeing that the gray fog did not catch up, the two stopped in the distance and looked at the skeleton whose will-o'-the-wisp had gone out.

The firefly's small print changed:
(The remains of a completely dead human being are of little value.)
The gray fog seemed to be made up of tiny crystals, flashing tiny blue lights in the sea water. After a while, it flickered and disappeared.

Looking at the sea that had become clear again, the two looked at each other, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the other was fine.

Bei Mian sighed, "Finally solved."

"Let's go, leave first." Shi Nianzhen rushed straight to the sea.

She was a little worried that the gray fog would attract zombies or beings from the undead world, so as soon as she emerged from the sea, she grabbed Bei Mian and flew into the sky.

All the way south.

In Shi Nian's true understanding, the south is warmer, with more plankton, so there should be more mutated marine life.

In short, she flew more than a thousand kilometers in one breath before bringing Bei Mian to land on a small island with two coconut trees.

"It's time to get rid of the zombies."

Shi Nianzhen rested against a tree, buried her feet in the warm sand, and pushed Bei Mian who was also lying on the beach.

"Go and catch some marine life."

Bei Mian narrowed his eyes and turned to look at her, his tone drawn out, "We just landed, let me rest for a while, I've been flying for so long."

Shi Nianzhen had a blank expression on her face, showing no mercy. "It's not you who flew for half a day. You slept in the sky for six whole hours without waking up. Why are you taking a break? Go quickly."

"Otherwise, if the next wave of zombies comes and you haven't paid the balance from last time, I won't help you anymore."

Bei Mian glared at her.

Shi Nianzhen glared back at her.

The two stared at each other for a while, and Bei Mian was defeated.

"Alright, alright, you're so young and you're already so shameless."

Bei Mian stood up helplessly. Shi Nianzhen's desire for marine life actually made Bei Mian feel more at ease.

"But you are not allowed to run away alone." Bei Mian said.

"I'm so tired and don't have the strength to run. There are marine creatures waiting for you. Go quickly!" Shi Nianzhen urged.

Bei Mian jumped into the sea to look for marine life.

As soon as her figure disappeared, Shi Nianzhen started a live broadcast to sell zombies.

The warehouse is full. If we don’t sell it now, we won’t be able to store it any more.

"Good morning, noon and evening, my dears." Shi Nian recited the opening remarks skillfully.

As the number of viewers soared, the scenery in front of us was gradually covered by various barrages.

[Wow, Zhenzhen, it's been a long time since we last met. You've become more beautiful. Come and give me some kisses and hugs.]

【Hey, Zhenzhen, there's something wrong with you! 】

【Zhenzhen, you have been marked by the undead! 】

Shi Nianzhen was originally looking at the barrage with a smile on his face, but when he saw this, his expression suddenly changed.

"what?"

She looked at herself from her phone screen, down at herself, but no matter how she looked at herself, everything seemed normal.

[What cannot be seen with the naked eye is the mark of the hell where the dead await.]

[Ahhh, Zhenzhen has been targeted by the undead. Will she die?]

[Nonsense, everyone dies. It's just a matter of time.]

[It's over. I won't be able to see such a beautiful apocalypse anchor anymore.]

Shi Nianzhen immediately thought of the gray mist released by the skeleton before his death, and his face darkened.

(End of this chapter)