The corpse was a thirty-year-old man wearing a white T-shirt, with his eyes wide open in an expression of utter incredulity.

  But that's not what shocked me, this corpse was dry and withered, as if all the blood had been drained from it, and its neck had two small holes, as if bitten by a pair of sharp fangs.

  Hong Zhuo's expression was similar to mine, he furrowed his brow and said seriously: "Zombie?"

  "Zombie?" I was stunned, no way, I said in a low voice: "I'm so lucky? Now all I need is zombie blood, didn't expect to run into one."

  "Good luck? I doubt it." Hong Zhuo smiled wryly and was about to continue speaking when those police officers walked over.

  Hong Zhuo saw those people coming over and quickly squatted down, using his right hand to pinch a small piece of flesh on the neck of this corpse, next to the two small holes.

  The fat policeman was puffing on a cigarette and didn't notice Hong Zhuo's action, then rushed to ask us: "How is it? Have you found out anything?"

  Hong Zhuo put his right hand into his pocket and nodded, saying: "The deceased's body is completely dry of blood. Preliminary observation suggests that the cause of death should be bleeding to death."

  "What's the point of saying that? We can all see it, but this guy doesn't have any wounds on his body, how did he die from bleeding?" The fat policeman asked us.

  Hong Zhuo shook his head and said: "Not very clear, this still needs a professional forensic doctor to identify."

  "Alright, alright, you're just a nobody trying to get in on the action." The fat policeman, seeing that Hong Zhuo and I didn't have anything to do with the police, scolded angrily.

  If I scold him a couple of times normally, isn't he just a police officer? They all rely on our taxes to get paid, what's with the pretentiousness every day.

  But now I'm full of doubts in my heart, so I didn't say anything. Hong Zhuo and I turned around and walked out of the room. As soon as we went out, I was about to speak, but Hong Zhuo said: "Let's talk again at my place."

  After we went back to the house, I sat down on the bed with a plop and said: "Brother Hong, let's make plans for our next move."

  "What's the plan?" Hong Zhuo turned his head and asked me.

  "So how are we going to catch that zombie?" I said: "I'm just short of zombie blood, I feel like my right hand is almost useless, if we don't act soon, I'll have to amputate it."

  "It's not as simple as you think." Hong Zhuo squatted down and said, "Because of your reason, I've been looking into a lot of things about zombies recently, and found that zombies aren't as simple as we thought before."

  "How can I put it, zombies are very powerful." Hong Zhuo said seriously: "It's a mutant that jumped out of the six paths."

  "But we can't let this opportunity slip away either." I was getting a bit anxious, the recent situation with my right hand had already made me less optimistic than before.

  Hong Zhuo thought for a moment and said: "Don't rush, now it's just that a dead body has been found, and it can't be determined whether it's a zombie or not. Let me take a look first."

  Hong Zhuo finished speaking and took out the piece of minced meat from his pocket, then flipped through the medical book while fiddling with it on the side.

  He took a bowl, filled it with some water, and then threw the small piece of meat into the bowl. Then he took out yellow paper, a brush, and cinnabar, drew a talisman, lit it with a lighter, and threw it into the water. Soon, many green particles floated up on the surface of the water.

  "What is this?" I asked strangely beside him.

  "Corpse poison." Hong Zhuo looked at the floating particles with a serious face, then ran out of the house. I was still wondering what he was running out for, when in no time, he came back carrying a small black cat.

  "Where did you get the cat?" I looked at the little black cat in his arms.

  Hong Zhuo casually said: "The woman next door raised it, and it was stolen."

  After finishing speaking, press the kitten's head, wanting it to lick the floating poison on the bowl.

  The little cat suddenly struggled with all its might and let out a loud cry, but was still given some poisonous medicine by Hong Zhuo.

  "It'll be clear whether it's zombie venom or not soon, I have a rope under my bed, take it out and tie up this cat." Hong Zhuo's hand holding the cat drank the zombie venom, then closed its eyes without any movement.

  I also vaguely guessed Hong Zhuo's idea, so I used a rope to tie this little cat to the corner of the table in Hong Zhuo's house.

  Then I lit a cigarette and sat on the bed, asking Hong Zhuo, who was holding a medical book: "If it's a zombie, this cat will also become a zombie, right?"

  "Wrong." Hong Zhuo shook his head and said, "If it's not wrong, this cat would turn into a corpse demon, but not a zombie. Medical books have recorded that for a zombie to turn another person into a zombie, it needs the zombie's essence blood."

  "Is there a difference?" I shrugged and asked, "Aren't zombies just like ordinary corpses, only more terrifying?"

  "No, you won't understand even if I explain it to you. Let's just wait and see what happens later." Hong Zhuo said, putting down the medical book, his two eyes staring intently at the little cat, with a fervent gaze, as if he had found something interesting.

  This little cat would twitch from time to time, and we watched for almost an hour, I was getting a bit sleepy.

  "Meow!" The little black cat suddenly opened its eyes and let out a loud screech at me and Hong Zhuo, struggling with all its might.

  The little cat's eyes had turned into white eyeballs without pupils, looking quite eerie. And when it struggled, the whole table shook as if it was about to collapse at any moment.

  Hong Zhuoyi took a look and immediately said: "Alright, Xiao Feng, hurry up and kill it. If we let it escape, it'll be troublesome!"

  I also understand that this cat has gone bad, if it runs out, and its body is small, it's hard to catch.

  I didn't bring any tools either, so I quickly drew a six-ding-six-jia-evil-warding talisman with the yellow paper and cinnabar from Hong Zhuo's house, and slapped it at the little cat with one palm.

  "The essence of Yangming, the divine majesty is hidden in the heart, gathering and capturing the dark demons, hiding and concealing human form, the spiritual talisman is one way, revering the magic without a trace, dare to disobey, the heavenly army will ascend, decree!"

  I snapped a photo of this little cat, no, I should say the corpse cat's body, and the Six Ding Six Jia Exorcism Symbol emitted a faint yellow glow. This corpse cat was affected by my symbol, its whole body began to tremble, and slowly turned into some black powder, disappearing completely.

  "Fortunately, nothing happened." Hong Zhuo, who was standing aside and saw the kitten die, also looked worried and said: "But this also confirms that these poisonous corpses are indeed zombies. This is going to be a problem."

  I was both delighted and worried when I heard Hong Zhuo's words, delighted because I finally encountered a zombie, and I had hope that I wouldn't have to amputate my limbs. But what worried me was that I had encountered ghosts before, I had encountered monsters before, and I had even encountered corpse demons before, but the only thing I hadn't encountered before was a zombie.

  After all, I don't understand what's going on with zombies, and I'm still a bit worried.

  "No! That corpse earlier!" I suddenly shouted. This cat has turned into a corpse, so what about the one that Hong Zhuo and I saw earlier?