Chapter 025: A Catastrophe in the Human World

Wang Bo thought about this and said, “This zombie king is something else.”

Black Impermanence nodded and said, “That’s right, the zombie king is indeed formidable, and the Thousand-Change Puppet Thread he developed is even more so. This corpse poison is highly infectious and can infect others endlessly. With this corpse poison, the Undying Zombie King once stirred up a monstrous catastrophe in the human world.”

White Impermanence continued, “In that catastrophe, the human world was laid waste for a thousand li, with no trace of human life. Whether Taoist masters, Buddhist holy monks, or Confucian scholars, all were transformed into zombies in that calamity.”

“Not only humans, but even the demon race could not escape. Countless demon experts were turned into zombies, becoming subordinates of the Undying Zombie King.”

“In that catastrophe, at least one-tenth of the living beings in the human world were transformed into zombies.”

“By the time the Heavenly Court and the Underworld discovered this crisis, the human world was already in dire straits. Its fall was only a matter of time.”

Wang Bo asked, “So the Heavenly Court and the Underworld intervened?”

Black Impermanence said, “We naturally would not allow a zombie king to turn the human world into a zombie nation. So the Heavenly Court dispatched a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, and the Underworld gathered a million ghostly souls, intending to eradicate the calamity.”

“But what we didn’t expect was that the Thousand-Change Puppet Thread could infect not only humans and demons but also heavenly soldiers and ghostly souls. In that war, we failed.”

Wang Bo couldn’t help but gasp. Damn, the Heavenly Court and the Underworld joined forces and still lost to the zombie king. This zombie king was impressive.

He had to admit that he was drawn in by this story and couldn’t help asking, “What happened then?”

White Impermanence said, “After losing that war, we understood that without developing an antidote for the Thousand-Change Puppet Thread, even if we fought another war, we would likely lose.”

“So the Heavenly Court and the Underworld joined forces, spent a great deal of time studying the Thousand-Change Puppet Thread, and finally discovered a problem.”

“The Thousand-Change Puppet Thread is highly variable; each time it invades a person’s body, it undergoes corresponding changes. Although both heavenly soldiers and humans were infected with the Thousand-Change Puppet Thread, the threads inside their bodies were nearly different.”

“It was impossible to develop a single antidote to cure all those poisoned by the corpse toxin.”

“Although the people of the Heavenly Court and the Underworld could devise corresponding detoxification methods based on these changes, doing so required a great deal of time.”

Wang Bo realized, “The human world was at war, and you didn’t have that kind of time.”

Black Impermanence nodded, “Yes, we didn’t have that time. So we came up with a plan.”

“What plan?” Wang Bo asked curiously.

“We planned to find the zombie king, suppress him, first eliminate the chief culprit causing chaos in the world, then gather all the poisoned individuals and slowly study the detoxification plan.”

Wang Bo thought for a moment and clapped his hands, “Good plan.”

“It was indeed a good plan.”

“Did you succeed?”

“Yes, we succeeded.”

The zombie king was the root cause; once he was dealt with, the remaining zombies were just puppets, nothing significant.

In Wang Bo’s view, the Heavenly Court and the Underworld should have implemented such a policy from the start.

Instead of gathering heavenly soldiers and ghostly souls to wipe out the zombie army.

Not only did they lose soldiers and generals in vain, but they also lost the dignity of the Heavenly Court and the Underworld.

But Wang Bo also knew that he was looking at it from the victor’s perspective, perhaps being a bit presumptuous; the situation back then might have been far more complicated than he imagined.

“In any case, you succeeded, the zombie king was suppressed, and the Thousand-Change Puppet Thread was neutralized, right?”

Faced with Wang Bo’s question, Black Impermanence nodded, “That’s exactly right. We won, but after this great war, the human world, the Heavenly Court, and the Underworld all suffered heavy losses.”

Wang Bo said, “If I’m not mistaken, the zombie king was suppressed in the Underworld, right?”

White Impermanence said, “In the deepest part of the Eighteenth Hell, a place that can be called the Nineteenth Hell! Once imprisoned there, no god or Buddha can escape.”

Hearing this, Wang Bo couldn’t help but smile bitterly, “But in this mutation, the Underworld projected into this new human world, you appeared, and the zombie king also appeared.”

White Impermanence looked earnestly at Wang Bo and said slowly, “Please, sir, release us.”

“Why should I?”

“We are willing to assist you, sir, in destroying the zombie king’s projection in this world.”

“You want to help me deal with the zombie king?”

Black Impermanence said seriously, “Sir, do not underestimate the zombie king. This man is cunning and unfathomable, and the Thousand-Change Puppet Thread is extremely formidable. Once he succeeds in turning this human world into a zombie nation, when the Underworld devours the human world, the Underworld will gain hundreds of millions of zombie soldiers.”

“These zombie soldiers will surely break through the Eighteenth Hell, enter the Nineteenth Hell, rescue the zombie king, and then the entire Underworld will suffer. Right?” Wang Bo said.

Black Impermanence was silent, knowing that Wang Bo was absolutely right.

Wang Bo said with a smile, “I have an idea. You tell me the locations of the Underworld’s projections in this world, and I will destroy those projections. Then the Underworld won’t devour the human world, the zombie king won’t be rescued, and the Underworld won’t suffer. What do you think of my proposal?”

White Impermanence had a different view, “The zombie king is also a projection. If you don’t kill the zombie king, the Underworld will eventually devour the human world.”

“Then we’ll kill the zombie king in the end. What do you think?”

White Impermanence smiled even more charmingly, “That would be good, but destroying the Underworld’s projections takes time. By then, the human world will likely have already fallen. Even if the human world is devastated, you wouldn’t care, would you, sir?”

Wang Bo: …

He was certainly not that cold-blooded.

After being outmaneuvered by White Impermanence, Wang Bo thought for a moment and said slowly, “How about this: I help the Underworld resolve its crisis, and you help me resolve the human world’s crisis. We’ll be even. How about that?”

White Impermanence said, “Sir, are you trying to bargain with us? But your calculations are off. Even if all the humans in this world turn into a zombie army and enter the Underworld, they may not be able to rescue the zombie king. After all, the humans here are just ordinary people.”

“Given the Underworld’s strength, it can suppress hundreds of millions of zombie soldiers. Although it will consume some vitality, it will certainly not lose.”

“So, sir, if we continue to drag this out, the Underworld will indeed suffer a loss of vitality, but the human world you protect will surely be reduced to ruins and cease to exist.”