Oh no! I've been reincarnated as a corpse!

The zombie was clutching a bloody, mangled mass in its hand, its original shape unrecognizable. It was slowly walking along, gnawing on it as if it were eating a small snack it carried with it.

Fresh blood dripped from the corner of its mouth as it chewed loudly.

It seemed to sense something, and slowly raised its head to look at Lu You.

A noticeable fluctuation appeared in his murky, grayish-white pupils, as if a pebble had suddenly been thrown into two lifeless pools.

The two zombies stood a few steps apart, staring at each other.

Gray mist flowed slowly between them, and malevolent energy swirled around them.

The air became eerily quiet for a moment, with only the occasional cracking sound of bones rubbing together as the skeletal monster roamed in the distance.

In the silence, Lu You revealed what he considered a harmless smile.

He waved to the zombie in a friendly manner and said in a cordial tone, "Hey bro? Eating?"

The zombie was silent for a moment, then opened its mouth and uttered a muffled sound: "Father!"

Lu You's smile froze on the spot.

"??????"

He wondered if he had misheard.

He carefully examined the living corpse in front of him.

The other person's voice was very unclear, and their pronunciation was completely distorted.

Maybe it's saying a different word, but it sounds a bit like the word "father"?

"fall"?

"迭"?

"dish"?

So what exactly is it saying?

Lu You coughed lightly and tentatively asked, "Brother, what are you talking about? Are you a native of this place? Have you always lived in this Yin Realm?"

The zombie silently swayed its body twice and took two steps forward.

It stretched out its hand, which was clutching flesh and blood, and whose fingernails were covered in blood, and handed the half-eaten piece of meat to Lu You.

"Father, eat!" the zombie mumbled again.

Lu You smelled the aroma of flesh and blood, and his throat involuntarily bobbed.

But when he saw the jagged teeth marks and sticky saliva on the piece of meat, a sudden feeling of unease surged up, forcing him to take two steps back.

But this time he heard it clearly.

This guy is really calling me "Dad".

It's not "die" or "die," it's just the perfect pronunciation—Die.

no……

Who calls someone "Dad" on the first meeting?

How presumptuous of me!

Lu Youren was completely numb.

He chuckled dryly and waved his hand, "You've mistaken me for someone else, brother. I'm not your father; your father is probably somewhere else."

The zombie stared at Lu You silently for a long time without saying a word or moving.

It held up the half-eaten piece of meat, its cloudy, grayish-white eyes staring straight at Lu You, like a sculpture that had been paused.

Lu You felt a little uneasy under their gaze.

Did it crash?

Just as he was considering whether to take the opportunity to escape, the zombie's mouth opened again.

"father!"

Lu You: "..."

This poor kid, why won't he listen to reason?

"I'm really not your father! Do we look alike? Our genes don't match at all!"

Lu You considered himself very handsome, while the zombie looked like an ordinary person.

"father!"

"...Brother, can you talk about something else? Like, tell me about the Underworld? You seem like a native, you've been here for quite a while, haven't you? You should know a thing or two about where it's safe and dangerous, where the good stuff is, right?"

The zombie remained silent for a long while.

Lu You thought it was organizing its thoughts, and a hint of anticipation appeared in her eyes.

Then it opened.

"father!"

Lu You: "..."

Looking at the living corpse in front of him that could only call him "Dad," he felt a wave of exhaustion and completely gave up on trying to communicate with it.

Forget it, why bother arguing with an idiot?

Judging from its appearance, its intelligence is probably only equivalent to that of a two- or three-year-old human child, or even less.

Two- or three-year-old children can at least say "no" and "mine," but this child's vocabulary consists of only one word.

Since the zombie didn't attack him, Lu You didn't bother to do anything.

After all, we are all the same kind of people, and it's not easy to find someone in this dark realm who doesn't attack us.

He turned around, intending to walk around the zombie and continue forward.

However, after taking only a few steps, he heard footsteps behind him.

Lu You turned his head and saw that the zombie was swaying behind him, keeping a distance of about three or four steps.

When it saw him turn around, it stopped, its cloudy eyes still holding a hint of innocence.

Lu You: "?"

He silently quickened his pace and started jogging.

The footsteps behind him quickened.

Lu You turned his head and found that the zombie had also started running.

Even when jogging, Lu You's speed is considered very fast for someone at the first realm level.

The zombie was clearly not very fast, and it was struggling to keep up with Lu You's pace.

Even so, the zombie followed silently, its murky eyes fixed on Lu You's back.

Lu You felt that she was frightened.

He used every ounce of strength he had, his legs propelling him forward, and he transformed into a blurry afterimage, hurtling wildly into the distance.

He kicked out shallow pits in the grayish-white soil beneath his feet, and the malevolent energy he exuded was carried by his movements, leaving a long grayish-black trail behind him.

Even with all its might, the zombie couldn't catch up with him; it was left behind in just a few breaths.

Lu You dared not be careless at all. He ran for a long time, deliberately changing his direction several times along the way, until he was sure that even if the zombie had four legs, it would be impossible for it to catch up. Only then did he stop.

He stood in the gray fog, turned around and looked in the direction he had come from, and listened intently for a while.

Apart from the occasional sound of skeletal monsters wandering in the distance, there was no other movement.

The zombie didn't catch up.

Lu You patted his chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

To be honest, it was a bit outrageous that the zombie called him "father" as soon as they met.

He didn't understand what went wrong either.

Could it be that this zombie has such low intelligence that it automatically triggers some kind of kinship recognition mechanism when it sees another of its kind?

Just like a newly hatched chick will mistake the first moving object it sees for its mother?

Anyway, when he was observing that zombie earlier, he felt that its intelligence was indeed quite low.

The vocabulary only has one word, "father"... oh no, there's also "eat".

Their behavior pattern is also very simple; they basically act on instinct.

He doesn't even seem to belong to the same species as a living corpse that retains its complete consciousness.

He stopped thinking about it and turned to look at his surroundings.

Having run a long way, Lu You now had no idea where she was.

The underworld was gray and white everywhere; the ground was gray and white, the sky was gray and white, and there wasn't a single landmark to refer to.

The occasional boulders and skeletons all look almost identical, making it impossible to distinguish one from another.

This place is practically a natural maze.

He thought for a while, then randomly chose a direction, intending to take it one step at a time.

Anyway, his purpose in coming here today was to scout out the area and understand the environment and monster distribution of the Yin Domain.

I'll go wherever I end up.

This time, Lu You hadn't walked far when he noticed that the Yin energy fluctuations ahead were exceptionally strong.

Lu You was a little curious, so she took a step and walked in that direction.

As he approached the area with the densest yin energy, he saw a tombstone.

The tombstone is over three meters tall, completely black, with no words or carvings on its surface, and is as smooth as if it were polished from a single piece of obsidian.

Behind the tombstone was a huge mound, the soil of which was also black, contrasting sharply with the surrounding gray-white ground.

The dense, yin energy was emanating continuously from this burial mound.

Lu You stopped in her tracks, somewhat surprised and uncertain, and did not continue to approach.

The thing inside seems very powerful.

Is it some kind of powerful corpse demon?

Or is he a corpse cultivator like him?

Or is it some other kind of malevolent monster?

Just as Lu You was pondering, the yin energy suddenly fluctuated violently, as if a boulder had been thrown into a calm lake.

Immediately afterwards, a white figure floated out from the tombstone.

The white figure had disheveled hair, with long, black hair hanging down and obscuring most of her face.

Its body has a semi-transparent, ethereal quality, like a human figure formed from mist. Through its body, one can vaguely see the tombstone and burial mound behind it.

As soon as it appeared, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply.

Centered on its two feet, a layer of black frost rapidly spread in all directions on the ground, making a soft crackling sound.

The grayish-white soil beneath Lu You's feet was instantly covered by black ice, and a bone-chilling coldness crept up from the soles of his feet.

Immediately afterwards, an undisguised malice swept over the white figure, like countless cold needles piercing the skin.

That malice was pure and intense, devoid of any reason or emotion, containing only the most primal rejection and hatred of all living things.

Lu You's expression changed, and without thinking, he directly activated the Taiyin Huishuo Sha.

His figure vanished from the spot, along with all his aura, warmth, and presence, all of which were completely erased from the world at that moment.

Lu You's sudden disappearance clearly startled the white figure.

It slightly raised its head, revealing a pale female face beneath its loose black hair.

That face was unexpectedly beautiful.

Her features were so exquisite that it looked as if someone had drawn them stroke by stroke with the finest brush; the curves of her eyebrows and eyes were just right, and the lines of her lips were soft yet distinct.

But those pure black eyes, without a trace of white, held only an eternal, unyielding chill.

It wasn't anger, nor was it murderous intent; it was just pure, utterly cold, like two black ice crystals dug out of an abyss of extreme cold.

She slowly turned her head, scanning the surrounding gray mist.

Her black hair swayed gently with her movements, the ends brushing against the air and leaving fine streaks of frost.

Then she opened her mouth and let out a shriek.

An invisible ripple spread out from her mouth, sweeping outwards in all directions from her center.

Wherever the ripples passed, thick black frost appeared on the ground. Several skeletal monsters that happened to be passing by were hit by the ripples and instantly turned into lifelike ice sculptures, before shattering into ice shards with a crash.

The black frost spread for several kilometers before slowly subsiding.

The entire area had transformed into a black, icy world. The ground, boulders, and skeletons were all encased in a layer of black ice, reflecting an eerie glow in the gray fog.

The white female figure remained suspended silently in place, her black hair swaying gently in the cold wind.

She observed everything around her, her pure black eyes slowly sweeping over every inch of the frozen land.

Nothing was found.

She remained silent for a moment, then slowly turned around and floated back into the dark tombstone.

The moment the white figure disappeared into the tombstone, it was like a drop of water merging into the surface of water, leaving only a faint ripple that quickly subsided.

Not far from the tombstone, behind a huge rock covered in black frost.

Lu You huddled in the veil of the dark moonlight, her body shivering uncontrollably.

Although the dark, gloomy veil blocked most of the cold air, the chill was so terrifying that it still seeped in bit by bit.

He felt his joints stiffen, a thin layer of frost formed on his skin, and tiny ice crystals hung on his eyebrows and eyelashes.

Fortunately, the dark and gloomy weather was just right.

Without this treasure, he would probably be a frozen corpse by now.

Lu You didn't dare to linger for a moment and turned to leave.

That ghost-like thing from before was definitely no weaker than the Red Wolf.

The power of that shrill cry, the extent of that frost coverage, the pure chill that made one's heart tremble.

Definitely a master of the Three Realms!

Lu You walked along, her heart pounding with fear.

Is this Yin Realm really that dangerous?

You can just wander around and run into a master of the Three Realms?

Could it be that I accidentally ventured into the core area of ​​the Yin Realm?

There shouldn't be any beings of this level in the outer areas, otherwise all the cultivators who came in to hunt the Corpse Fiends would have been wiped out long ago.

Lu You was a little depressed.

He just came to scout out the place, how did he end up at the doorstep of a powerful figure from the Three Realms?

But then again.

Lu You suddenly thought of something, and a strange idea popped into her mind.

Why doesn't this big shot call himself "Dad"?

That first-level zombie called me "father" as soon as we met.

This powerful figure at the third realm is many times stronger, so why isn't he shouting?

If a powerful figure from the third realm were to call him "father," he might be willing to suffer a loss and reluctantly accept this "daughter."

Having a powerful figure from the Three Realms as your daughter is a source of great pride.

In the future, if I go out to fight, I can just shout "Daughter, go!" Just thinking about it is so cool.

Lu You inwardly complained with regret, but her feet didn't stop, and she quickly walked away in the direction she came from.

He definitely can't go any further.

Even with the Taiyin Huishuo Sha in place, he could still enter, but that would contradict his purpose in coming to the Yin Realm.

He's here to find a breakthrough point!

Deep within the Yin Realm, where could a powerful figure break through at any moment?

Don't you want to live a long life?