“gratutions,youngmaster.”
Ichuckled.“Easyenough—justpunchthem,andtheygodht?”
Pale-VioletCorpse:retlydeceased,skintintedviolet.
UndecayedBone:boneremainsenergizedandintact;withenoughessensunandmoon,itbeenace.”
“AReanimatedCorpseisformedwhenabodyissaturatedinyinenergy,oftentriggeredbyafamilymemberiingwiththecorpseunderunusualcircumstaheyinturnstobalefulenergy,andthecorpseisrevivedintoareanimated,cursedexistence.”
FurredCorpse:fur-covered,iron-hardbody,agile,onlyslightlyafraidoffireorsunlight.
“Alright,I’llhanow.”
Thesunlightbarelyreachedthegroundhere.Mistliheair,andthesoilwasthickwithfallenleavesanddecayedbrahestofrotanddampnessfilledtheair.
Ismiled.Itseemedshealreadyknew.
“WhatIdonow?AmIeligibleformissions?”
ViridCorpse:greenskinandcorpseaura,fastandaggressive,fearssunlightonly.
Thispcereekedofcorpseaura.Clearly,they’dchosenthissunlessforestasasanctuaryfromthelight.
ThetroublesomeohatViridCorpse.ReanimatedCorpsescarryCorpsePoison—whilePaleandPale-Violetdon’tbite,Viridonesdo.ItscultivationwasroughlyearlyFoundatioablishment—notimpossibletohaI’dobecarefulofthatpoison.
FlyingCorpse:cultivatedforathousandyears,flies,immuoons,wieldsImmortalArts,unafraidofsunlight.
AsforthePaleCorpses,theywerenothreat.TheyevenfledwhenIapproached—andsiheyweresoslow,afewImmortalArtswouldeasilyreducethemtoashes.
PaleCorpse:white-skinned,sluggish,fearslight,fire,water,dogs,andhumans.
BeforeIcouldpohatmysteriousstatement,hedismissedme—andIinstantlyreturhecultivationchamber.
Meng’ershookherhead.
Meng’ergavemethecoordinates,aoff.Unlikepreviousspatialjumps,thistimeItraveledonfoot.Thetargetsitewasaboutfivekilometerswestofthecultivationchamber,inanaforest.
Hemusthavenoticedmybewilderment.
“You’reuimatingthehegeypesare:
“Nothingdifficult.APaleCorpse.It’sappropriateforsomeoyourlevel.”
agihatbeinganImmortalwasnottheend,butmerelyamilestone.
“Ofcourse,butcurrentlytheonlyassigiszombieextermination.”
IspottedagroupofPaleCorpses—skinwhiteassnow,shamblingslowlyinthegloom.Notfarfromthem,aViridCorpsewanderedalone,andingakindofsilentauthority.heothersdaredapproachit.
Thatsounded…arming.
EntombedCorpse:ove,butbodyremainsintaillennia.
“Soundslikeawalkingdeadperson.”
“AndwhidamIfagthistime?”
Ibreathedasighofrelief.IfitwasjustaPaleCorpse,thatwasmanageable.
WanderingCorpse:driftswithlunarenergyandseasons,hasnofixedhome.
Well…figuratively.They’realreadydead,afterall.
“So,eightmaintypes:Pale-Violet,Pale,Virid,Furred,Flying,Wanderiombed,andUndecayedBone.FlyingCorpsesarethemostdangerous.”
“That’sfiheway,whatexactlyisazombie?”
Meng’erexpined:
“Youcarryimmee.Imerelywishedtoprepareyouforwhatliesahead.”
Inthechamber,Meng’ergreetedmewarmly.