Chapter 11
"Clang!"
The cat-faced old lady jumped onto the dining table and stared at the zombies in front of her in disbelief.
Li Zhuiyuan took this opportunity to quickly spit out the dried fruit from his mouth, and couldn't help but press his forehead with both hands. The dried fruit in his mouth before was as if he was chewing aniseed in his mouth.
But now, he has found that he can't figure out the situation.
He could understand that the cat-faced old lady held a birthday party here, and he also tried to use the rules here to get through.
But what about this zombie that appears out of nowhere?
This is a special environment that is like a dream but not quite a dream. Shouldn't it be her home court?
Li Zhuiyuan didn't believe it. It was because the old lady felt it was too deserted to celebrate her birthday. She felt that hiring a children's troupe was not enough, so she invited a zombie to add to the fun.
At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan felt so stupid, like a poor student ranked at the bottom of the class.
The question the teacher was talking about was still vague, but the teacher said again, "Let's look at another question, which is a variant of this question. Let's talk about it together."
Li Zhuiyuan felt even more confused.
However, what Li Zhuiyuan didn't know was that the cat-faced old lady standing on the table with a solemn expression was more confused than him...even scared.
Because even if the other party stood there motionless, the evil aura emanating from his body already made her feel frightened.
White air kept coming out of the zombie's mouth and nose, and he seemed to be looking at the place curiously. Finally, he set his sights on the old cat demon lady.
Realizing that she was being targeted by this ferocious creature, the old lady trembled, her arms slightly retracted, her fingers bent downwards, and her whole body crouched slightly, as if to express her submission.
She had just become a corpse demon not long ago, and when suddenly faced with such a disgusting existence, she would naturally be frightened, and she would not even have the courage to resist.
"Why are you here with me? Where did I offend you?"
……
"Huh?"
Li Sanjiang, who was leading the zombie aerobics in the Forbidden City, scratched his head in confusion. He had just led the team to turn a corner. Originally, the team was three rows with three heads in each row, but why was there only two heads left in the last row?
"Why does this zombie seem to be missing one? Could it be that zombies are also tired and lazy?"
……
"Roar!"
The zombie stretched his arms forward and jumped up, heading towards the old lady.
How could it care about the old lady's show of weakness and flattery? It was a joke. It didn't even know why it was here!
Seeing this, the old lady could only bite the bullet and jump up too, waving her claws out.
There was a struggle between the two parties above the table, and finally they landed on the table at the same time. In an instant, the table shattered and flew in all directions.
Fortunately, Li Zhuiyuan had left the table in advance to avoid the risk. He immediately ran to Qin Li. Seeing that Qin Li was still watching the fight, he immediately grabbed her hand:
"Look, hurry up and hide!"
He pulled Qin Li to the corner. There happened to be a table in front of him, which could provide some sense of security.
After getting in and squatting down, Li Zhuiyuan observed the battle situation there through the gap.
The old lady turned sideways, avoiding the penetration of the zombie's fingers with her cat-like agility, and then she pulled her claws on the zombie's right arm.
"Wow!"
The zombie's clothes were torn apart, and five finger marks appeared on the originally black and pitted flesh, and pus continued to overflow from the wounds.
But soon, the zombie's arms swept across the old lady's body like a heavy whip.
"Bang!"
The old lady was flung out and hit the wall hard. After sliding down to the ground, she stared at her fingers blankly, and then looked up at the wounds on the zombies.
"Why, it's not as scary as I think it is?"
……
Li Sanjiang, who was lying on the bed on the second floor, had a scratch on his right arm and blood was flowing out.
"Hiss! It hurts!"
In the dream, Li Sanjiang, who was leading the zombie aerobics, was in pain and could not control his balance well. He fell directly to the left and fell to the ground. All the zombies behind him followed and lay down on the left side, neatly.
Li Sanjiang turned his head and looked at the three zombies in the first row behind him with some confusion:
"Which of you is attacking me?"
The three zombies did not answer, but turned their heads and looked back. All the zombies behind them also turned their heads and looked back.
"Damn it, does it hurt this much to be injured in this dream?"
Li Sanjiang didn't bother to bandage and treat the wound, he immediately got up and continued jumping.
He knew that he could not give these zombies time to think clearly. Even if he just rested for a while, these zombies might swarm over and tear him apart.
"Come on, keep dancing!"
……
"Roar!"
In the banquet hall, the zombie jumped towards the old lady again.
This time, the old lady didn't push it herself, but glanced around. The green light in her eyes flickered, and the paper figures who were standing dullly around them all rushed towards the zombie.
Some hugged the zombie's legs, some pulled the zombie's arms, and some even jumped on the zombie's head.
The zombies started waving their arms and opening their mouths to bite. Each time, they could tear several paper figures into pieces, but they really couldn't bear the thought that the grandfather's family ran a paper factory.
Taking advantage of the paper man's opportunity to block the zombie, the old lady began to move around. Finally, after spotting an opportunity, she rushed forward behind the zombie, stretched out her claws, and grabbed the zombie's back. .
"Wow!"
This time, most of the official uniform on the zombie's back was torn into strips of cloth, and pus flowed out from under the wounds created by the ten claw marks.
……
On the bed in the bedroom on the second floor, Li Sanjiang's body straightened up, and then the mat under him gradually oozed blood.
"Fuck, it hurts!"
In the dream, as soon as Li Sanjiang took off, he let out a scream and fell forward to the ground.
Behind him, all the zombies jumped up collectively, and then lay down neatly on the ground like frogs landing on the ground.
"Ah..."
Li Sanjiang felt the pain in his back so much that he could hardly speak, but he couldn't see it, so he could only subconsciously stretch out his right hand to touch his back.
All zombies behind them support their bodies with their left arms and raise their right arms diagonally.
Li Sanjiang stretched his hand back and his eyes widened when he saw the blood on his hand.
It shouldn’t be!
It was so dangerous in the dream yesterday, and I could jump up and down to avoid being chased by these zombies without getting hurt. Why is it that now that I have thought of a good way, it becomes more and more miserable?
When he fell asleep today and found that he was in a dream, and it was still in the Forbidden City environment last night, he immediately shook off the orange cat on his lap and ran quickly to the central doorway.
After the heavy sound of opening the door ended and the sound of "Bang! Bang! Bang!" came from inside, he forced himself to calm down, mustered up the courage, and was the first to start jumping as the team approached.
In this way, he successfully became the leader.
Why did such a clever plan fail to produce good results?
At this time, Li Sanjiang discovered that the zombies lying behind him were making vague moves to deceive, and the team began to fall into chaos.
As soon as he gritted his teeth, his back hurt so much that he couldn't get up. He could only stand on tiptoes, stretch his arms forward, and start crawling on the ground.
When the zombies in the first row behind saw the leader moving, they followed suit. Those behind followed suit, and soon the team that had been loosely nesting became uniform again.
In the Forbidden City, a group of zombies wearing Manchu official robes were crawling along with the guy in front wearing ripped white pants.
Li Sanjiang was scolding as he climbed, feeling aggrieved in his heart. This crawling was much more tiring than running. If I had known earlier, why not play hide and seek like yesterday?
He is getting older, and in reality he is living a life of little wine and meat. Anyway, he is too old to think about taking care of his body. His life span is over and he just needs to be buried. Now, he is doing exercises in his dreams!
But now he really can't crawl anymore. His arms and back are injured. If he dares to stand up and play hide-and-seek again, he won't be able to play with the guys behind him.
"Xiao Yuanhou, when will your luck turn around? Your master, I really can't hold it anymore...ah!"
Li Sanjiang screamed again, turned around and found that five more holes had appeared in his injured right arm, and blood was flowing out of the holes rapidly.
Climbing was no longer possible now, so I could only press my body on the ground with my left side, my right arm hanging down on my body, my left arm constantly pulling forward on the ground, and my legs exerting force along the way.
All the zombies behind him also changed their movements and began to crawl tactically. ……
In the hall, the zombie was angry because the old lady's five fingers had just pierced his right arm, leaving a deep bloody hole.
It is a proud existence, but it has been defeated time and time again in a place like this. How can it not be extremely angry?
However, the old lady stepped back again and distanced herself. At the same time, she ordered the paper cats and dogs to rush forward to fill their positions and continue to entangle the zombies.
She herself looked down at her nails again. After several consecutive sneak attacks were effective, the natural fear in her heart had completely disappeared.
No matter how terrible a thing is, as long as it can hurt it, bleed, or be killed, nature is no longer so awe-inspiring.
Li Zhuiyuan, who was hiding in the corner, frowned slightly. From the looks of it, this zombie that appeared out of nowhere seemed no match for the old lady.
What should I do next?
Turning to look at Qin Li beside her, she actually lowered her head, as if she had no interest in what was happening outside and was still in a daze.
For a moment, Li Zhuiyuan felt a little envious.
He squeezed Qin Li's hand, and Qin Li raised her head and looked at him.
"After the group of servants outside the door also come in later, we will find an opportunity to rush out. Run as far as we can, and never stop. Do you understand?"
As soon as the banquet started, Li Zhuiyuan wanted to run out of the gate, but a group of servants stood outside and blocked the road with kicks, making him unable to get out.
But according to the current situation, the old lady is obviously using the paper figures to delay consumption of zombies. When the paper figures inside are almost consumed, the batch outside will definitely be called in.
When the time comes, just run away, he doesn't believe it, this dream has no boundaries.
As for the option of running to the second floor, Li Zhuiyuan rejected it directly. Although the stairs appeared again now, what could he do if he ran to the second floor? Jump off the building?
Qin Li looked at Li Zhuiyuan and said nothing.
"Do you understand?"
Qin Li lowered his head.
Okay, just assume she understands.
Just when Li Zhuiyuan turned around and planned to continue observing the situation ahead, he happened to meet the eyes of the cat-faced old lady looking here.
Li Zhuiyuan was shocked, and the cat-faced old lady even smiled at him.
"Roar!"
The zombie roared again, attracting the cat-faced old lady's eyes back from Li Zhuiyuan.
"Haha... It's useless for you to scream any more. I really thought you were something special. It turns out that it's only these two moments... huh?"
The old lady's eyes widened, and she saw a strong black gas starting to emit from the zombie's wounds, which was evil spirit.
After being contaminated by these evil spirits, the paper figures wrapped around it all leached black, lost their human appearance one by one, and collectively turned back into scraps of paper and sawdust.
The group of servants outside also rushed in at this time. The zombie turned around, opened its mouth, and sprayed out a large amount of black mist. The paper figures around and further away all fell to the ground before they could rush forward.
For a time, the entire banquet hall became much emptier.
The zombie raised its arms again and leaped towards the old lady. At this time, the zombie energy boiling around it and the evil spirit surrounded it.
Without the help of the paper man, the old lady could only go forward.
Li Zhuiyuan grabbed Qin Li's hand: "Now, run!"
He and Qin Li emerged from the corner and rushed to the door.
"Ahhhh!!!"
The scream of the old lady was heard in the ears, and then the zombie was seen grabbing the old lady's neck and smashing it to the front, blocking the direction of the door.
The zombie's evil spirit lingered on the old lady's body, causing a burning sensation. The old lady was able to get up close and sneak attacks before, but now she was suffering from pain when she got close.
Li Zhuiyuan had to stop, and Qin Li beside him also stopped.
The zombie, who had pinned the old woman down, turned his head and looked at the two children.
There was a greedy look in its cloudy eyes, and it could detect that these two were not paper figures, exuding an alluring aura of blood.
It instinctively opened its mouth, spitting out black mist, and rushed over.
Li Zhuiyuan immediately pulled Qin Li and ran backwards, but the black mist came so fast and fierce, and soon forced the two of them into the wall.
Qin Li started to tremble, and Li Zhuiyuan felt it and squeezed her hand hard.
At this time, all he could give was this pale and useless comfort.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, the zombies screamed, and the black mist that was almost approaching Li Zhuiyuan began to flow backwards and recover quickly.
The view ahead suddenly became clear. It turned out that the old lady's ten fingers had penetrated into the zombie's neck.
"Hahahaha! I'll kill you, I'll kill you, I'll kill you!"
The old lady's fierce look was revealed, the fur on her body was now wilting, and her skin was even burnt black, but her whole person exuded a hint of madness.
The zombie roared crazily, stabbing down with both arms continuously, stabbing the old lady one after another, but the old lady just stuck on his neck and refused to let go.
……
"Fuck...him..."
Li Sanjiang held his neck in pain, it hurt.
What was more painful than the pain was that he could no longer breathe. He could find a way to endure the pain and bleeding, but if this feeling of suffocation continued, he felt that he would definitely die.
Behind him, all the zombies were grabbing their necks.
But after this posture lasted for a long time, one zombie lowered its hand, followed by the second and third zombies...
Gradually, some zombies began to stand up, their eyes turned from blank to fierce, looking at Li Sanjiang.
Li Sanjiang was still squeezing his neck, and his face was gradually turning green. He now wished that these zombies would pounce on him and tear him into pieces, because this would at least give him a good time and save him from suffocating to death.
……
In the banquet hall, the angry zombie raised his arms high again and hit the old lady on the head.
The old lady who had previously looked like she was going to die with the zombie simply let go at this moment, kicked upwards towards the zombie's abdomen, and slid her body downwards smoothly.
"Bang!"
The zombie's nails dug into the ground and got stuck for a moment, turning into an upright position like a push-up.
The cat-faced old lady stood up. Her body was swaying, her whole body was charred, and even the whiskers on her face were burned away, which showed the difference in her current condition.
However, she was still distracted at this moment and turned to look at Li Zhuiyuan and Qin Li who were standing against the wall.
"Xiao'er, haha, grandma can't beat it."
There was a permeating coldness in her call, and her eyes were full of resentment.
Just like when Li Zhuiyuan saw her for the first time in Cuicui's dream, she was lying on Niu Fu's back and looking at him with such eyes.
"Roar!"
The zombie finally pulled his fingers out of the ground. After turning his body half a circle, he stood up straight again.
Although it was in a very embarrassed state, with tattered clothes and pus overflowing, its ferocious aura was still there, and it was not comparable to the current old cat demon.
The zombie rushed towards the old lady again.
But at this moment, the old lady turned her body to one side and instead of meeting the zombie, she slid towards Li Zhuiyuan.
Upon seeing this, the zombie immediately turned around and continued to pounce on the old lady.
Li Zhuiyuan couldn't understand why the old lady would rather give up her entire back to the zombies than do it to herself first.
Could it be that before he died, he had to pull two more people to support him?
"My dear..."
The old lady stopped in front of Li Zhuiyuan, the smile on her face getting stronger and stronger.
She completely ignored the zombie that was about to approach her, and instead stretched out her already curled and split claws towards Li Zhuiyuan, with a faint and strange sheen lingering on them.
Li Zhuiyuan only felt that his body began to float, because he held Qin Li's hand tightly, and Qin Li floated with him.
This feeling was familiar to Li Zhuiyuan. He had had dreams before. This was the prelude to waking up from the dream and getting out of trouble!
At this time, Li Zhuiyuan felt that his vision began to blur, and the appearance of the old lady in front of him became no longer so real, but he could still hear the old lady's last voice in his ears:
"My dear...grandma will send you away first."
(End of chapter)