I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

Deep within the fog-shrouded plaza, after clearing the area, the group carefully searched it and confirmed that there were no remaining zombies.

The fourteen zombies that were dealt with in the previous battle were the entire number that had recently wandered into this square.

According to Yuan Heng, this square is closest to the entrance.

If the zombies here are not cleaned up regularly, they will accumulate to a certain number and eventually attack the sealed entrance outside the sinkhole area, posing a threat.

In addition to the square, the surrounding streets and alleys also need to be swept.

"Click!"

Xu Lindong picked up a few pieces of firewood scattered on the ground and then looked at a wood-chopping knife lying next to him.

Just now, there must have been a zombie chopping wood here with a machete.

He sensed that this firewood was unusual.

Because it has been in the field for a long time, the firewood has accumulated some extraordinary power.

So after he used the smoke from the stove to locate the area, he immediately came to collect the firewood, intending to take it with him.

"And this wood-chopping knife..."

Xu Lindong reached out and picked up the woodcutter's knife to examine it closely. The blade was chipped in many places and rusted, and it was no longer sharp.

Holding it in my hand, I only felt a slight chill; there was no special extraordinary energy involved.

"It looks like just an ordinary old-fashioned machete..."

Xu Lindong looked at it for a moment, then casually tied the machete and the firewood he had picked up together and hung them on the outside of his backpack.

This weight is nothing to him.

Later, we'll find a secluded spot to set up a stove, burn the firewood to ash, and see if we can make some really good stove ash.

"Hey, you want this piece of junk too?"

Ding Jian leaned closer and looked at the firewood on Xu Lindong's back with some surprise.

"Burning it into ash and charcoal might be useful to me."

Xu Lindong grinned, his gaze sweeping over the buildings shrouded in mist.

He felt that coming to the sinkhole site in the ancient town was the right decision.

There might be a century-old stove in the ancient town. If you can scrape off a lot of stove ash, this trip will be worthwhile.

Moreover, the original Qin Qiong portrait door god scroll that can be exchanged in the shop comes from somewhere in this ancient town.

If we can find the door with the door god sticker, perhaps we can make a rubbing of the door god sticker ourselves.

Once you comprehend the Kitchen God's non-combat core ability, "Reporting Blessings," which is the legendary act of tattling, you will be able to digest the extraordinary substances within your body, and then comprehend the authority of the Door Gods, thereby advancing to the position of Door God.

Before coming here, he had already searched for some information again.

It is known that Qin Qiong's door god scroll is one of the most powerful types of door god scrolls.

Most of the original documents can be made into multiple copies.

He has also found out the conditions for making rubbings, but each case needs to be analyzed individually.

He wouldn't act rashly if he couldn't make a rubbing.

"We've confirmed there are no zombies here. Now, let's split up and clean up according to the routes provided by the recorders."

At this moment, Yuan Heng strode over from the other side, looked at his watch, and said seriously.

"Everyone must complete the basic objective: kill four zombies. Every 24 hours, you can gather in this plaza and then go to the entrance to resupply."

"If we complete the mission ahead of schedule, or in five days, we can leave here."

"Let's go! Hurry up!"

Lei Chong was the first to leave, heading straight for the alleyway shrouded in mist.

His main purpose for this trip was to hunt zombies and improve his ranking on the God Ranking before advancing to Sequence Nine, so as to obtain more resources.

Xu Lindong looked at the pile of burning zombie corpses not far away, then turned to Yuan Heng and asked:

"Captain Yuan, where did these zombies come from? Their clothes seem to be from many years ago, and they're even wearing thick-soled black cloth shoes. Is it possible that these zombies can never be completely eradicated?"

Yuan Heng frowned and sighed:

"This is what makes the sinkhole so troublesome."

As you should know, the core of the sinkhole is connected to another world... and different sinkholes connect to different areas of the other world.

As long as it's sealed off, theoretically there's not much danger.

"But the erosion of the invaded area by the power of the sinkhole will gradually transform everything here into something mystical..."

He paused, then pointed to the burning zombie:

"Just like these zombies, even if we kill them and burn them to ashes now, they will still revive in the sinkhole area after a while."

The cleaning task can only slow down their growth and respawn rate; it cannot completely eliminate them.

"I see."

Xu Lindong nodded slightly. "What if we take them out of the sinkhole area before killing them?"

"It's useless. In the past, those extraordinary individuals from the Buddhist and Taoist paths of Thousand Buddha Mountain tried together with the Department of Divine Wonders. Even if they took out hundreds or thousands of zombies to be exorcised, a large number of identical ones would still emerge from the sinkhole after a while."

Yuan Heng shook his head, "There's no way we can kill all these monstrous things!"

"It sounds like a monster spawn point in a game, you can't clear it no matter how many monsters you kill."

Xu Lindong found it strange and asked, "What if we take them out and don't kill them, but just trap them?"

Will sinkholes never appear again?

"It's okay to be sleepy..."

Yuan Heng clapped his hands, "Keeping them trapped outside in large numbers can indeed temporarily prevent them from appearing in the sinkhole area."

"But soon, sinkholes will invade the places that trap them in strange ways, forming new sinkhole invasion zones. Thousand Buddha Mountain almost fell into this situation before!"

This is called the "extraordinary aggregation effect".

The monsters you brought out are also part of the sinkhole's power, so the sinkhole will naturally be drawn there... forming a new sinkhole.

"Understood."

Xu Lindong asked no further questions.

He knew he had been making assumptions.

The extraordinary aggregation effect—I learned about it when I was in college.

Extraordinary materials like old stove ash cannot be piled up on a large scale, otherwise they may attract divine objects or sinkholes from the Heavenly Path.

Therefore, the monsters inside the sinkhole cannot be brought out in large numbers.

Otherwise, it will only lead to new sinkhole invasion areas or uncontrolled expansion of the field.

But then a bold idea suddenly popped into his head.

"If... a large number of zombies from the sinkhole area were imprisoned in the Tower of Babel... the Tower of Babel wouldn't be invaded by the sinkhole area, would it?"

Yuan Heng patted Xu Lindong on the shoulder and urged him:

"Stop overthinking it, hurry up and finish the cleaning."

"Mm." Xu Lindong nodded.

"Hey, Brother Xu, what do you think? How about we team up? All the loot, including kills, will be split 40/60, you get 60% and I get 40%."

At this moment, Ding Jian, with a smile on his face, leaned closer and asked.

Xu Lindong shook his head and said:

"If we're just dealing with these zombies, we don't need to team up for now. Let's split up."

Ding Jian was helpless upon hearing this; he opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

Thinking of Xu Lindong's strength in single-handedly killing zombies, he swallowed his words.

He only managed to get rid of his own zombie thanks to Xu Lindong's help.

Since Xu Lindong was unwilling to form a team, he had no choice but to give up and nod helplessly.

"Alright, then be careful."

"Um."

Xu Lindong glanced at the route on his watch, chose a direction, and left alone.

Two veteran kitchen staff members and two newcomers watched him walk away from a distance.

Some people had originally wanted to suggest forming a team, but now it was not appropriate to bring it up again.

The two newcomers both turned their attention to Ding Jian.

But Ding Jian didn't even glance at the two men, and walked straight to a senior kitchen official opposite him, saying:

"Hey Luo, wanna team up? We'll split the loot and kills 40/60, you get 40% and I get 60%."

Old Luo, who had been smiling, immediately darkened his expression upon hearing this: "Ding Jian, you just told Xu Lindong that it would be a 40/60 split, with him getting 60% and you getting 40%. How come it's become 40% for me?"

Ding Jian scoffed: "Old Luo, why did you only give him 40% when you only gave him 60%? Don't you know why?"

If you can also unleash a blazing fire and go head-to-head with zombies, I'll give you 60%.

Among extraordinary individuals, age and seniority are never considered; only strength matters.

"Alright, just tell me if you're willing or not."

Old Luo's face darkened, but considering Xu Lindong's fierce performance just now, he could only grit his teeth and admit it.

It's because I'm not as good as others.

If you ask him to learn how to make a stove fire like that, he's afraid he'll explode on his own while it's going to explode.

……

"Tap, tap."

Deep in the fog-shrouded alley, Xu Lindong walked in alone with his bag on his back, then took it off.

Then he took out two fanny packs and tied them around his waist.

His waist pouch was filled with homemade stove ash, which he could easily access during battle.

He planned to use the method of suppressing the zombie with stove ash to capture it alive for research, rather than killing it directly.

Ideally, we could send a zombie through the tunnel entrance of the Tower of Babel and lock it up, then see if we could figure out anything from it.

Furthermore, now that he has left the main force behind, it will be easier for him to break through and advance to the level of a "Zombie" at the tenth level of the Underground Sequence.

To advance to the level of a zombie, one must first come into contact with, observe, and study zombies to understand their power.

This is also a prerequisite for promotion; it's not that you can get promoted without any effort just because you have the right spirit and energy.

Previously, Xu Lindong had dealt with many evil spirits from the underground world, and had actually accumulated a lot of experience.

After becoming a zombie, you won't be afraid of being scratched or bitten anymore...

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