Dandy Pill God-Chapter 169: Patterns of Appearance

"Human-caused?"

Upon hearing Zhu Fei’s words, the expressions of Song Yan and the others changed in an instant, a chilling sense of foreboding rising in their hearts.

"Mr. Zhu, are you saying that there could be human involvement in this matter?"

Song Yan couldn’t bear to imagine if there really was a human factor involved in this affair—it would be an utterly terrifying prospect.

Who could master such evil, such insidious corpse control techniques?

Who would be so malicious as to reach out with their ruthless hand toward those innocent villagers incapable of fighting back?

Song Yan and the rest had never even considered this possibility before. Now, as they listened to Zhu Fei and contemplated the horrifying outcomes, they each felt a nameless terror creeping into their hearts.

"Hmm, Old Song, you all don’t need to worry too much; this is just my personal speculation."

Zhu Fei hadn’t expected that his casual remark would elicit such a huge reaction from everyone.

He comforted the people around him while continuing, "Regardless of whether the zombie is a result of human manipulation or something else, now that it has appeared, we cannot allow it to remain!"

By the end of his statement, Zhu Fei’s eyes were brimming with a thick killing intent.

Although normally indifferent by nature and not overly concerned with the lives of others, Zhu Fei felt compelled to intervene since the matter involved Song Yan and the others.

Moreover, a zombie—a mutated being—if left to exist in this world, would certainly be a threat.

Today, it might slaughter a whole village to absorb their life force and blood to strengthen itself.

In the future, there was no telling if it would target more people, perhaps even Zhu Fei or his friends.

It was well known that once zombies attained sentience, they would recall some of their past memories and actively seek out those with high vitality.

And, should that time come, if Zhu Fei’s cultivation had not broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, defeating it would become an unrealistic hope.

So, from any perspective, the zombie must be killed!

"Hmm, Mr. Zhu, you’re right. Regardless of whether it’s human-caused or not, we absolutely cannot let that zombie remain!"

Hearing Zhu Fei’s words, Song Yan and the others managed to snap back from their shock.

"Scorpion, bring up the information related to this matter for Mr. Zhu to see."

Song Yan first turned his head and instructed Scorpion, then refocused on Zhu Fei, his tone slightly grave, "As for the current situation, we have already sealed off the original site of the incident. In all places where the zombie has appeared, we have hands on guard now."

"However..."

As he said this, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of Song Yan’s mouth, and he shook his head, "But as you know, given the zombie’s power, our people wouldn’t dare make a move even if they encountered it."

"After all, its ferocity is well known by now; moreover, despite the search during this period, we have found no trace of it."

As Song Yan spoke, Scorpion had already handed a tablet computer to Zhu Fei.

"Brother Zhu Fei, these are photos taken by our people at the initial site of the incident."

Scorpion explained to Zhu Fei while swiftly swiping through the tablet with her hand.

As the two were sitting closely, Scorpion’s faint natural scent naturally drifted into Zhu Fei’s nostrils.

Looking at the gruesome and gloomy images on the tablet, at the pale and terrified eyes of the dead, at the mangled corpses, Zhu Fei’s heart suddenly felt an inexplicable heaviness.

The reason was simple. Judging from the photos at hand, the so-called zombie’s strength probably wasn’t inferior to that of a martial artist at the Initial Stage of the Power Realm.

If it continued to seek out targets during this time...

At that thought, Zhu Fei dared not continue.

He turned to Scorpion beside him and suddenly asked, "Scorpion, during this time, have you received any news about deaths that resemble work of this creature?"

Scorpion shook their head, their tone still slightly cold as they replied, "No, but according to the analysis I did with Yao Ji, it’s estimated that the zombie’s next move will probably happen soon."

After a brief pause, they continued, "It could be the night after tomorrow, or perhaps tomorrow night, but the highest probability points to tonight."

"Tonight?"

Upon hearing Scorpion’s words, not just Zhu Fei was taken aback, even Song Yan and the others were quite surprised.

"Little Tian, and Yao Ji, what is going on? Why haven’t you told us about this before?"

Song Yan looked at Scorpion and Yao Ji beside them, slightly frowning as he asked.

"Grandpa Song, it’s not like that,"

Scorpion quickly turned their head, seemingly coquettishly explaining to Song Yan, "This is a pattern we’ve just discovered not long ago."

After a short pause, Scorpion went on, "Based on the situation when our people were attacked by that zombie twice, we’ve noticed that the zombie appears around the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar each month."

"And the zombie always emerges at night; coincidentally, today is the lunar fifteenth, so we speculated that the probability of the zombie making an appearance tonight is around sixty percent."

After listening to Scorpion’s analysis, Zhu Fei’s expression instantly became very stern.

Lunar fifteenth, a night graced by moonlight, a gathering of sinister energy...

With this thought, Zhu Fei immediately nodded and said, "Scorpion is right, it’s indeed highly possible that the zombie will make an appearance tonight."

As he spoke, Zhu Fei looked again at Song Yan and said, "Old Song, please bother yourself to contact Hua Bao once more. If possible, I’ll also need some additional materials for handling the zombie’s body tonight."

"Those materials are..."

Continuing, Zhu Fei listed the names of all the materials he needed.

"Alright, I’ll contact Hua Bao,"

Hearing Zhu Fei’s request, Lei Ying took the initiative to undertake the task, promptly taking out his phone and calling Hua Bao right away.

...

Two hours later, when Hua Bao returned with a large bag of materials, Zhu Fei had already roughly outlined his action plan for that night to everyone present.

At this moment, the look in everyone’s eyes as they watched Zhu Fei was filled with respect.

Whether it was Zhu Fei’s methods when he was treating the three injured people just now, or his current understanding of zombies, everyone was keenly aware that there was probably more to Mr. Zhu than met the eye.

However, while they might think this, they wouldn’t say much out loud.

After all, which of them didn’t have their own secrets? Now that Mr. Zhu was so willing to help them, they were already very grateful.

It should be noted that Mr. Zhu held no formal responsibilities at the Sky Shadow branch. At most, they would resort to asking for his medical help only when they really had no other option.

"Boss Zhu Fei, here are the items you asked me to purchase. Look them over, is there anything missing or wrong?"

Seeing that Zhu Fei and the others had finished discussing their matters, Hua Bao finally handed the large bag of items to Zhu Fei and asked respectfully.

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