Descending upon the terrifying heavens as a superman

Chapter 79

"Damn it, it's still alive, how many people has it sucked dry—"

Zhang Yue took a deep breath, dropped the shotgun in his hand, opened the cell door, and went to the side of the evil cultivator Ajiu.

Just now, he fired several shots in one go at the Maoshan Heavy Strike Physical Exorcism Artifact.

But after Dong Shu merged with the twins Li Gui, he seemed to have become smarter. Knowing that Zhang Yue was not someone to be trifled with, he actually smashed through the window and jumped out after being shot.

Even worse—it seems to have evolved into a jumping zombie, or rather, a mutated jumping zombie, directly resembling an alien, climbing up building walls and running away—

Yuan Zonglin wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He was finally alive. "Daoist Master—"

Unfortunately, Zhang Yue ignored him and went to the evil cultivator Ajiu to check on his condition.

Ah Jiu's neck was bitten, and most of her blood was sucked out by the other party. Dong Shu also inflicted fatal injuries on her body.

Although he is not dead yet, he will be soon. This is only because he has been using Yin energy to prolong his life for many years, which is why he has not kicked the bucket immediately.

It seems that a dying man's words are kind; with a forlorn expression, A-Jiu confessed everything to Zhang Yue, "Uncle Dong—I practiced—"

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"I know."

"Yang Feng's husband was manipulated by me to harm the twins —"

"So, the twin demons were also my doing—"

Zhang Yue nodded. "I guessed it too."

Ah Jiu smiled weakly, "I have late-stage lung cancer. Everything I've done is just to prolong my life—"

"I understand, it's about using yin to continue yang."

"I had suspected before that once they were combined, their power might slip out of my control, which is why I hesitated—it seems I was right."

A gust of cold wind swept by, sending a chill through everyone without warning. Outside the cell, several tall, slender underworld officials appeared out of nowhere.

They stared at Ajiu expressionlessly; clearly, Ajiu hadn't been able to fool them this time.

Or rather, it wasn't a secret from the beginning; it's just that according to their procedures, as long as A-Jiu's soul hasn't left her body, they can't take action.

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble." After saying this, A-Jiu slowly closed his eyes. Although the Yin energy could prolong his life, it could not ultimately save his injuries.

People tend to speak kindly when they are about to die. Perhaps wanting to suffer less in hell, Ah Jiu confessed everything before finally passing away.

"You should tell Yang Feng about the apology—"

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he immediately took out a piece of plastic wrap, wrapped Ajiu's soul that had just left her body, and then stuck it on with a yellow talisman.

The tall underworld officials who were about to steal Ajiu's soul suddenly turned grim.

The surrounding air began to condense, and an extremely cold and malicious aura began to envelop Zhang Yue.

According to the rules of the underworld, they are absolutely forbidden from harming the living; otherwise, they would have already attacked Ah Jiu.

Why should I be afraid of Ji'er?

"Officers—" Zhang Yue said, clasping his hands in a fist salute, "Please hold your hands for a moment. I need to take him back to apologize to a woman who was driven insane by this man, whose family was destroyed and who died because of her."

"After he apologizes in person, I will break the seal and release his soul. It will only take a few hours."

The several tall underworld officials neither spoke nor responded; they simply watched Zhang Yue quietly.

Hmph! Just a few cowardly bullies, Zhang Yue thought with a sneer.

Ignoring them, I packed up my things and got up.

"Wait, wait a minute—" After what had just happened, Yuan Zonglin seemed to understand something. He hurriedly and with difficulty got up, and with the help of the young police officer A-Feng, he called out to Zhang Yue.

"Master Zhang, right? Thank you for what happened just now. It was our mistake; we arrested the wrong person."

Zhang Yue waved his hand, "You're welcome. Just don't bother us while we're catching zombies."

Yuan Zonglin hurriedly said, "No, absolutely not. I don't know how we can help? Is there anything we can do to help?"

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Zhang Yue said, "I need to go and discuss a solution with my senior brother. You can't help me."

Yuan Zonglin said, "How about this, I'll have Ah Feng accompany you. If you and that Taoist priest need anything, you can contact us—"

Zhang Yue glanced at the young police officer, recalling Uncle Dong's agile movements as he climbed the building earlier, and said, "Alright, come along—"

Having a police officer accompany them is for convenience when catching zombies.

[This station reports that a large-scale terrorist attack occurred last night at a bar on XXX Street. Because the bar's private rooms were well soundproofed, people inside did not notice the terrorist attack in time. The police have already intervened. On television, a female reporter is conducting an interview at a bar, and the scene has been cordoned off.]

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Occasionally, a few survivors would go insane, shouting things like "vampire" or "zombie"—

"This is to replenish blood—"

In the hospital, Uncle You sighed as he watched TV, "I never thought even the Flying Tigers couldn't handle it—"

Uncle You has also been released.

Zhang Yue gave a mocking laugh. "Flying Tigers? Uncle Dong isn't some brainless zombie. Now that he's under the leadership of twins, if he sees modern heavy firepower, he'll just climb over the wall and run. How are the Flying Tigers going to catch him?"

Thanks to the horrific incident and surveillance footage in the police station, the Hong Kong Island police are now aware of the existence of this inhuman entity.

Last night, after Uncle Dong was injured by Zhang Yue's Maoshan physical exorcism artifact, he went outside to replenish his health and mana, and this bar was the place he chose.

With so many private rooms inside, it's a natural blood replenishment center.

By the time the Flying Tigers arrived after the survivors outside called the police, Uncle Dong had already eaten and drunk his fill and fully recovered.

Then the Flying Tigers unleashed a barrage of attacks, but Uncle Dong wasn't stupid; he quickly climbed over the wall and escaped.

Just like in the original story, after being possessed by the twins, Uncle Dong is no longer a jumping zombie that hops around on the ground, but a mutated zombie that can scale walls and climb skyscrapers at will.

It's not that modern weapons can't beat it. In the police station, the officers use .38 pistols, which are small-caliber handguns, but the Flying Tigers use rifles, large-caliber weapons, as well as other large-caliber sniper rifles, shotguns, and the like. That would be enough to give Uncle Dong a hard time.

Uncle Dong was just too agile; the Flying Tigers couldn't catch him at all.

"Now, it seems to be treating this city as a free upgrade package—"

Zhang Yue stroked his chin and pondered, "If it continues to suck people's blood so recklessly, it probably won't be long before it experiences a leap in strength—"

"At that point—we might not even be able to beat it—"

The police officer, Ah Feng, who was being filmed, had two black eyes. "Two Taoist priests, can you think of a solution? So many people have died in just one night. In a few days—I'm afraid even more people will die."

"There are ways to solve this, but the problem is it wants to escape—"

This is what gives Zhang Yue the biggest headache. Hong Kong Island is such a terrible place, with densely packed buildings and a large population. Zombies are indeed afraid of sunlight, but they don't turn to ash immediately when exposed to sunlight.

What if it senses it's outmatched and runs away into another building in the sunlight once it's found?

The densely packed public housing and the impoverished people are its lifeline.

So the hardest part is how to trap it.

If it were in the Republican era world like Uncle Nine's, it would be too simple. Just find the zombie's hiding place during the day and do it. In just a few minutes under the sun, you can wear it down to death.

"Actually, it's not that there's no way—"

Uncle You stared intently at Zhang Yue, "Using the Five Elements Compass passed down from our ancestor, once it's activated, it forms a grand array of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Once all five arrays are completed, it will never be able to escape again—"

"But there are two conditions: one is that after the barrier is drawn, someone must hold it back and prevent it from escaping before the Five Elements Grand Array is activated."

"The second requirement is that someone must be inside the core of the formation—"

"The stronger the zombie, the higher the skill level required of the person in charge of the formation."

"If the strength is insufficient, it may be necessary to sacrifice his lifespan and essence to maintain the formation."

Zhang Yue pondered for a moment, "With our combined strength, I'm the most suitable person to control the compass and act as the array's core, but—"

"Brother You, can you hold it off?"

Uncle Dong has absorbed so many people, making him even stronger than in the original story. Uncle You, an old man in his fifties whose qi and blood are declining, would probably be doomed if he were to act as the core of the formation to drive the Five Elements Compass. Therefore, only Zhang Yue could be chosen.

"Once a firearm is used, if it is hit by a bullet from Maoshan, it will likely instinctively run away again —"

Uncle You casually replied, "Then let's not use firearms. I'm not familiar with those things anyway."

"With the ink line, the peach wood sword, and the Maoshan talismans you gave me, that's enough—"

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Zhang Yue nodded. "Okay, but—we need something else to make it willingly come here and not run away."

Uncle You thought for a moment and said, "At A-Jiu's house, there's still some of Uncle Dong's corpse oil—how about we use it?"

Zhang Yue shook his head. "It's no use. That thing only has its smell, it's not very attractive to it. My idea is to use Xiaobai."

"Little White is a child born in an unlucky year, month, day, and hour. There is no other child born like him on the entire island of Hong Kong. His attraction is like a child facing a cake."

"No way." Uncle You shook his head. "Ah Feng has just recovered. If something happens to Xiao Bai, wouldn't that be forcing her to die?"

"I agree!"

The door was pushed open, and two figures, one large and one small, walked in. The larger one was Yang Feng, and the smaller one was Xiao Bai.

At this moment, Yang Feng was no longer the crazy person she had been before. Although her face was haggard and gloomy, her mind had already returned to clarity.

After Zhang Yue brought Ajiu's soul to her and released it, allowing Ajiu to recount how she had killed her husband and the twins Li Gui, Afeng wailed and cried all night until she fainted.

Then the next day, Qingming Festival was restored.

Yang Feng gently patted Xiao Bai's head. "Xiao Bai agreed too."

Xiao Bai nodded.

Zhang Yue patted his head and asked, "Aren't you afraid?"

Xiaobai shook his head.

"Can I help?" It was Xiao Hao who spoke.

But Zhang Yue shook his head, "Forget about you. You have a huge hole in your stomach, and your wounds haven't healed yet. Going there would probably be no different from sending yourself to your death."

Xiao Hao said calmly, "I was supposed to die anyway—"

"Live if you can. There's nothing in life that you can't overcome."

Zhang Yue refused Xiao Hao's participation. Having already changed his inevitable fate, letting him go would be no different from deliberately sending him to his death.

"In that case, let's do it this way. When the time comes, Xiaobai will be by my side, and I can protect him."

"That's great! I wonder how the police can cooperate?" said the young officer, Ah Feng, with delight.

Zhang Yue said, "You don't need to cooperate. Just focus on dispersing the crowd."

"By the way, do you guys have any potassium diiodide bullets?

With Zhang Yue's Dragon-Seeking Technique and Uncle You's Five Elements Compass, the two easily located Uncle Dong's position.

Just as they thought, Uncle Dong hid in the public rental building during the day.

There aren't many other things on Hong Kong Island, but there are a lot of public rental housing units. It's just that the housing prices are so high that most people can't afford to buy one in their lifetime and can only live in public rental housing.

"Masters, thank you for your help. We have quietly begun to disperse the surrounding residents, and there are hardly any people left in the building now."

Yuan Zonglin, the captain of the Major Crimes Unit, hadn't slept for two days and two nights, and had dark circles under his eyes.

It's just that Uncle Dong has been too ruthless these past two days. Every night, he kills people and sucks blood everywhere, completely turning this modern metropolis into his hunting ground.

But it is fast, can climb buildings, and has an incredibly fast recovery ability. After being injured, it can grab a few people and suck their blood, and the wound will heal in no time.

The police were overwhelmed and, despite having firepower, were unable to catch it.

As for things like Gatling guns and RPG rocket launchers, they are simply unusable in densely populated residential buildings.

At this point, the police leadership finally admitted the existence of the zombies. Although they remained silent to the outside world, they had held countless internal meetings and finally issued an order to fully cooperate with Uncle You and Taoist Priest Zhang Yue to quell the storm as quickly as possible.

Zhang Yue and Uncle You nodded. "Don't worry, it definitely won't get away—"

Yuan Zonglin said happily, "I'm entrusting this to you two. Please make sure you eliminate the zombies and restore peace to the citizens."

Two adults and one child —

The three of them slowly walked into the building's corridor.

"Brother You, can you feel it?"

Zhang Yue and the others arrived at the third floor and pointed up, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be on the floor above."

Uncle You nodded. "Yes, I sense it. Let's begin setting up the formation."

"Alright, the two of them took out Maoshan talismans and pasted them on all four sides of the corridor. These are used to create a barrier in conjunction with the Five Elements Compass."

In the original story, Uncle You used a broom and Xiao Hao's blood to draw talismans on the ground, but now there's naturally no need to deliberately bleed to draw talismans.

After the yellow talisman was affixed, the two nodded, and Zhang Yue sat in the center with his hand on the Five Elements Compass.

Uncle You grabbed Xiao Bai's hand, made a cut, and then placed the ancestral tablet there.

When Xiaobai's pure Yin blood was spilled in the corridor, Uncle Dong seemed to sense something.

A dense aura of yin energy, mixed with malevolent energy and the stench of death, creating an extremely unsettling atmosphere, began to permeate the stairwell.

"At this moment, it would be perfect if the song 'Wild Horses in the Empty Mountains' were played again—"

Zhang Yue shouted to Uncle You, "It's here!"

Uncle You immediately put his hands together, making a Maoshan-style hand seal, and stomped his foot repeatedly to begin invoking the gods.

"Master, save me!"

With Uncle You's rhythmic stomping and low chanting, the temperature in the stairwell suddenly dropped to freezing.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The old, dim incandescent light bulbs overhead seemed unable to withstand some terrifying pressure, and one after another, they burst, starting from the end of the corridor.

Glass shards fell like raindrops, plunging the entire third floor into a deathly silence and darkness.

Only the Five Elements Compass in front of Zhang Yue emitted a faint, eerie light.

"hiss""