Chapter 036: The Safest Plan

Feng Siniang drank cup after cup of fine wine, let out a satisfied burp, and exhaled a thick breath of alcohol as she said, “What do you want to know?”

“I want to know everything.”

“Quite greedy, aren’t you?” Feng Siniang cast a charming glance at Wang Bo, paused, then continued, “But since you saved my life, I’ll tell you everything I know. However, before we start, I must tell you that I don’t actually know much about that bastard Corpse King.”

Wang Bo made no comment.

Feng Siniang went on, “Believe it or not, I, Yan Shisan, and that Wu Ming—in the Corpse King’s eyes, we’re just convenient tools. His purpose in creating us was to have us infect others as quickly as possible and produce a large number of puppets. But not now.”

Wang Bo was taken aback. “Why not now?”

Feng Siniang shook her head. “I don’t know either. But it seems the Corpse King is wary of something. He hasn’t ordered us to act; instead, he’s told us to lie low and wait for his command.”

Wang Bo suddenly understood. The Corpse King was wary of the people from the Underworld.

Since his projection had come to this world, he naturally understood that the Yin gods of the Underworld would also project into this world. If he exposed himself now, he might be surrounded and wiped out by the Underworld’s forces.

After all, there was still a long time before the Underworld completely devoured this mortal realm, and anything could happen in the meantime.

Wang Bo put himself in the Corpse King’s shoes and wondered when he would strike.

After much thought, he could only think of one time.

That would be one year before the Underworld was about to devour the mortal realm. At that point, he would have all the dormant zombies spring into action, unleashing a zombie plague with all their might.

One year would be enough to infect the vast majority of people.

By then, even if the Yin gods of the Underworld wanted to intervene, they wouldn’t have enough time. After all, the Yin gods entering this world were not their true selves, but projections.

Wang Bo had dealt with these projections before. They were powerful, but he estimated that there was no way they could quell the zombie plague within a year.

Of course, if Wang Bo were the Corpse King, he might be even more cautious.

He would strike only three months before the Underworld devoured the mortal realm.

As for whether that time would be enough to infect the mortal realm, Wang Bo never doubted it.

Because he knew that the Thousand Change Puppet Thread had an incubation period. Ximen Chuixue was the best example. Wang Bo had examined Ximen Chuixue’s body and knew clearly that after his fight with Yan Shisan, he had been poisoned.

But the poison hadn’t taken effect immediately, infecting Ximen Chuixue; instead, it had lain dormant. This alone was enough to prove the advancement of the Thousand Change Puppet Thread.

If the incubation period of the Thousand Change Puppet Thread was long enough, Wang Bo could use this method to infect everyone on Earth bit by bit, and when the time was right, activate the Thousand Change Puppet Thread inside the humans.

At that point, heaven and earth would be turned upside down, and humans would become zombie puppets in a short time.

If things really developed to that point, even the Yin gods projected into the mortal realm, with all their supernatural abilities, would not be able to clean up these zombie puppets in a short time.

They could only watch helplessly as things developed to a point none of them wanted to see. When the Underworld devoured the mortal realm, billions of zombies would enter the Underworld, becoming a vast force.

Then, with Feng Siniang and the others secretly controlling this infected puppet army, there might be a real possibility of rescuing him from beneath the eighteenth level of hell.

That would be the safest plan.

But what Wang Bo didn’t understand was why Xie Wangsun had returned to the Divine Sword Manor. Because of Xie Wangsun’s appearance, the Corpse King’s existence and plan had been exposed.

The Corpse King shouldn’t be a brainless fool. Why would he expose himself like this?

Or had the Corpse King decided to advance his plan?

Wang Bo turned to Feng Siniang and asked, “Has the Corpse King contacted you before, ordering you to act?”

If so, it would mean the Corpse King wanted to act early for some reason.

Feng Siniang shook her head. “No, I’ve never received any orders from the Corpse King. I’m still in a dormant state.”

“Then why were you in such a hurry to enter the pass?” Wang Bo asked.

Feng Siniang said, “I’m going to kill someone.”

“Kill someone?” That caught Wang Bo off guard, but he didn’t ask who she was going to kill, because that wasn’t important. What was important was why Xie Wangsun had suddenly exposed himself.

Since the Corpse King hadn’t planned to act early, wouldn’t Xie Wangsun’s exposure cause the Corpse King’s plan to collapse?

After all, the Corpse King had more room to maneuver when he was in the shadows.

But because of Xie Wangsun’s appearance, the Corpse King was now exposed. Not only the Yin gods of the Underworld, but even Wang Bo was looking for him.

So in Wang Bo’s view, Xie Wangsun’s appearance was definitely a blunder.

From the Corpse King’s behavior, Wang Bo could see that the Corpse King didn’t seem like a brainless fool, but rather a cautious and steady overlord. Yet Wang Bo just couldn’t understand why such a person would suddenly expose himself. Was there some trap or conspiracy behind it?

Wang Bo couldn’t help frowning as he thought deeply.

But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn’t come up with a good reason, because the clues he had were too few.

“Is there anything else you want to know?” Feng Siniang asked.

Wang Bo pondered for a moment, then said, “Do you know where the Corpse King is now?”

Feng Siniang shook her head. “No.”

Wang Bo wasn’t too surprised. He changed the question. “Do you know how to contact him?”

Feng Siniang said, “When I was still a zombie, I could consume my own blood essence to send a message to the Corpse King. But you destroyed my original body, so now I have no way to contact him.”

Wang Bo let out an “Oh,” his eyes lighting up slightly. “Being able to contact him is good enough.”

Feng Siniang caught on. “You’re after Yan Shisan and Wu Ming.”

Wang Bo smiled but said nothing.

Feng Siniang asked curiously, “Who are you, and why are you looking for the Corpse King? Could it be that you’re the reason he’s wary? Are you his archenemy?”

Wang Bo said calmly, “In a sense, I am indeed his archenemy.”

The Corpse King wanted to infect the mortal realm, but Wang Bo wouldn’t allow it. From the very beginning, the two had been on opposite sides, with absolutely no possibility of compromise.

But from the current situation, it seemed the Corpse King was still unaware of Wang Bo’s existence.

This gave Wang Bo more room to maneuver. He decided to use Yan Shisan, or perhaps Wu Ming, to lure the Corpse King out and destroy him in one fell swoop.