Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 31 Characteristics of Zombie Levels
Chen Miao closed the book without immediately checking his findings.

Walking to his desk, Chen Miao opened the surveillance footage on his computer. He wanted to know what had happened here before he arrived.

He couldn't believe everything Zhong Cai said!

The footage from the camera in front of the cold storage was displayed.

Time rewinds to the moment Chen Miao woke up. Play!

Not long after, Chen Miao clicked pause.

In the scene, Zhong Fa, carrying a lotus lantern, is running towards the cold storage.

"Is it really him? He actually came in person this time!"

Chen Miao was shocked by Zhong Fa's actions, but also relieved.

With this video recording, Zhong Fa can't escape responsibility!
As the video continued, Chen Miao saw Zhong Fa smash the lotus lantern on the ground, and flames erupted.

This is the point in time when he saw the flames rushing towards him.

"Ok?"

Chen Miao seemed to have noticed something and rewound the screen.

The video rewinds to the moment when Zhong Fa smashed the lotus lantern on the ground.

The firelight illuminated Zhong Fa's appearance clearly, especially his chest area.

"he got hurt?"

Chen Miao's eyes lit up as an idea popped into his head and kept lingering in his mind.

Soon, Chen Miao made up his mind!
Chen Miao got up and walked to the freezer room. Through the broken door, he said to Tang Rui inside, "Brother Tang, the police will be here soon. If they ask me where I went, tell them I went to a shop called Duan Yin Yang on the pedestrian street in the north of the city."

Tang Rui was startled by Chen Miao's sudden words. He stammered, "Chen Miao, don't go! There are zombies!"

Seeing Tang Rui's panicked expression, Chen Miao felt helpless.

Walking to the desk, Chen Miao wrote down the address of Zhong Fa's shop on a piece of paper and threw it at Tang Rui's feet.

Ignoring Tang Rui's calls, he took the peach wood sword and left.

As Chen Miao passed by the East Gate, he noticed that no one was in the guardhouse.

Thinking of something, Chen Miao immediately called his uncle.

He hadn't originally planned to tell his uncle about this; the fewer people who knew, the better. But now, it seemed that was no longer an option.

This concerns the life and death of the funeral home. If the gatekeeper, Old Wu, were to reveal this, even if the Emergency Management Bureau had a backup plan, it would be difficult to stop the spread of the 'rumors'!

"Hey, Sanshui, why are you calling so late? Did something happen?"

When you reach middle age, what you fear most is receiving a phone call from your family in the middle of the night.

“Uncle, something happened at the funeral home. The security guard, Old Wu, has left his post and disappeared. He may have gone home. You’d better find him and tell him not to talk nonsense.”

"Also, the police station should contact you later. Just do whatever they say and cooperate with them. If Lao Wu doesn't listen to you, hand him over to the police. The same applies to Tang Rui!"

"Things are a bit complicated. I'll explain the details to you later, Uncle. Don't let too many people know about this, the fewer the better!"

There was only a two or three-second pause on the other end of the phone before Chen Miao heard his uncle's strong and resonant voice.

"Understood, I'll get started right away."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Miao went to the parking lot and drove the official car that his uncle had arranged for him.

There were hardly any cars in Tianmen County at dawn, but some breakfast stalls had already started preparing.

After the autopilot was activated, Chen Miao took his hands off the steering wheel.

Chen Miao opened the book and looked at the author information section.

Name: Chen Miao

【Age: 24】

[Occupation: Funeral Director]

[Virtue in secret: Seven coins]

[Current Status: Ice Heart, Telepathic Connection]

The amount of Yin De (a form of yin virtue) increased from two coins to seven coins. Without hesitation, Chen Miao directly exchanged it for eight incense sticks.

With the incense sticks in hand, Chen Miao finally felt a little more at ease.

After putting the incense sticks into his inventory, Chen Miao took out two uncarved peach wood plaques from his inventory and replaced the damaged peach charm on his keychain.

If the peach charm hadn't worked, no one knows what Chen Miao's situation would be now. Although the peach charm could only be used once, it was still incredibly precious.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Miao took a handful of the [century-old peach wood dregs] and put it in his pocket.

If wooden signs are useful, can these dregs also be used as something like 'quicklime' in martial arts movies?
If a conflict were to break out with Zhong later, he wouldn't mind using all of these methods.

After all that was prepared, Chen Miao turned his attention to the other two gains from this trip.

[Wang Dong's memory fragments], this thing should be the same as the one Old Wang had last time.

Chen Miao didn't know how long it would take to process this memory fragment, so he didn't touch it.

After turning to the "Miscellaneous Skills List" in the book, Chen Miao saw the newly appeared "Zhong Family Corpse-Transporting Secret Records"!
The list of miscellaneous skills consists of only three items, two of which are related to the Zhong family!

As Chen Miao stroked the "Zhong Family Corpse-Transporting Secrets," a wealth of information instantly flooded his mind.

Corpse raising, corpse refining, and corpse control; methods for making and using lotus lanterns and corpse-controlling bells; taboos of corpse driving; miscellaneous discussions on corpse driving; zombie level classification, etc...

The information flooded into Chen Miao's mind all at once, leaving him stunned for a full half minute.

After regaining his senses, Chen Miao warned himself that he must never look at this information during battle again.

After sorting through his memories, Chen Miao frowned.

The "Zhong Family Corpse-Driving Secrets" provides a description of the different levels of zombies.

In "The Secret Records of Zhong's Corpse Transport", zombies are divided into four levels: white zombie, black zombie, jumping zombie, and flying zombie.

[White zombie]:
The lowest rank, characterized by white hair on its body, slow movement, and strength comparable to that of an average male.

It fears sunlight, fire, rooster crows, black dog blood, glutinous rice, and all things of the yang nature. It can be killed by dismembering with ordinary swords or by suppressing it with special means such as talismans or peach wood swords.

[Black Zombie]:
After absorbing blood, a white zombie can transform into a black zombie if there is sufficient yin energy.

Its most distinctive features are black hair on its body, harder skin than white skin, faster movement at night, ability to tear livestock apart, and resistance to injury from ordinary swords and knives.

Its weakness is also its fear of sunlight and other yang-attribute items, which can be suppressed using special methods such as peach wood swords and talismans.

[Jumping zombie]:
Black zombies feed on human blood and are rich in yin energy, which can transform them into jumping zombies.

Its most distinctive features are its elongated fangs, razor-like nails, and a black keratinous layer on its body. It can jump a height and distance of about one to three zhang (approximately 33-6 meters) and possesses immense strength.

The nails and teeth of the zombie are infected with corpse poison. Those infected with corpse poison need to be treated in time, otherwise the corpse poison will attack the heart and will inevitably turn into a walking corpse within three days, and will not be able to avoid it after death.

It has some resistance to items with Yang attributes such as sunlight. A peach wood sword that is over thirty years old is difficult to damage it, while a hundred-year-old peach wood sword can break its keratin. A peach wood sword struck by lightning can destroy it! If the talisman is of insufficient quality, it is at risk of being damaged.

[Flying Zombie]:
It is a form of the Jumping Zombie, with unknown advancement conditions and appearance characteristics.

It is said that it can fly through the air and suck blood and flesh from a distance.

Those who see them are unlikely to survive.

……

Following the four types of zombies, the authors added a sentence.

"There seems to be a legendary existence after the Flying Zombie, but it has never been seen, so it cannot be included in the zombie ranking. If an outstanding one emerges later, this secret record can be completed."

What caught Chen Miao's attention was the "jumping zombie".

The zombie that appeared in the cold storage today had keratin, nails, and fangs.

Except for the jump distance and height being slightly less than the specifications for jumping zombies described in "The Secret Records of Zhong's Corpse-Driving", everything else is exactly the same.

Just now, without Zhong Cai's help, even if he had managed to deal with the jumping zombie, he would have been seriously injured if not killed.

Chen Miao hesitated.

Should we go find Zhong Fa?
Even if Zhong Fa, who can create jumping zombies, is injured, would he really be easy to deal with?

Looking at the book in his hand and recalling the events that had occurred at the funeral home in recent days, Chen Miao's eyes gradually hardened.

go with!
I have to go today!

The sentence left in the cold storage ensured that even if he couldn't deal with Zhong Fa, he could still keep Zhong Fa in check until the special person Zhong Cai mentioned arrived.

In addition, according to "The Secret Records of Zhong's Corpse Driving", the jumping zombie is not a common item, and Zhong Fa may only have this one.

So, Zhong Fa, who had just lost his jumping ability, was naturally at his weakest.

If we don't go tonight, and Zhong Fa trains another one, whether Chen Miao can handle it is one thing, but being unable to defend against it is another!

Chen Miao wasn't sure if he was always so lucky—just when he woke up, just when he discovered the books had changed, and just when he met a helper like Zhong Cai!
If a similar event were to happen again, would he be able to get through it?
So this time, I absolutely have to go!
With that in mind, Chen Miao continued to analyze the contents of "The Secret Records of Zhong's Corpse Transport".

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you fight without danger!
What's more, he also has the "Notes on Becoming a God in the Mortal World," which allows him to foresee the future!
We cannot lose this battle!
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(End of this chapter)