Investigation Completed

"Since you can't save them, control them first." Lin Changqing thought for a moment and let Little Bell control the eleven zombies that were undergoing the final transformation.

With the experience of controlling the first zombie, Little Bell quickly controlled the eleven zombies that had yet to wake up.

Lin Changqing didn't touch anything in the stone room. He only left some zombies guarding the door of the stone room and continued to search the cave with Feng Chengwu.

After a series of searches, Lin Changqing discovered that the scale of this underground cave was very large. The forks extended in all directions, so there was no time to search them one by one.

"Captain Feng, this underground cave is too big. There's no need to explore anymore. Let's guard the area we've already explored and report the situation as soon as possible. What do you think?" Lin Changqing gave Feng Chengwu a look, hinting that the person behind him was the one who didn't want to explore.

Feng Chengwu naturally had no objections and immediately agreed. Lin Changqing left the zombies controlled by Little Bell at various intersections in the cave to effectively control the entire explored cave area. He then asked Shuling to secretly destroy all the evil techniques set up by the evil cultivator.

Lin Changqing personally sent Feng Chengwu to the exit of the cave before saying, "Captain Feng, that senior wants me to stay for the time being. Lead the team back and report the situation. Those missing villagers have already been refined into living zombies. They can be considered to have been killed by evil cultivators. You can simply tell the villagers that they're no longer around. Otherwise, the family will be even sadder."

Lin Changqing and Feng Chengwu communicated with each other before asking tentatively, "Captain Feng, do you know Commander Nie?"

"Commander Nie? Of course I know him. Commander Nie is our immediate superior and our chief instructor. He used to teach us often. However, Commander Nie has rarely appeared in recent years. Brother Lin and Commander Nie are old acquaintances?" Feng Chengwu had seen the power behind Lin Changqing, so he answered all his questions and told him everything he knew.

"We met when I was young. Commander Nie is my benefactor. When this case is over, I want to visit Commander Nie and fulfill my wish. Captain Feng, if you can see Commander Nie, please pass on a message. Tell him that the beggar with a high fever that Ninth Miss and Uncle Nie saved on the snowy street has already grown up."

Lin Changqing didn't say much. This sentence was enough. Regarding his situation, the Feng Family would naturally ask Feng Chengwu in detail.

Feng Chengwu now firmly believed in Lin Changqing's fictional background. Naturally, he would make up stories in the limited information that Lin Changqing revealed. In order to show his importance, it was not impossible to exaggerate.

"Brother Lin, don't worry. I'll definitely deliver the message." Feng Chengwu promised.

Lin Changqing watched Feng Chengwu leave before returning to the cave.

Lin Changqing returned to the stone room in the depths of the cave where the zombies were being refined. He placed his pet [Thorn Vine] outside the stone room, and Viney began to grow savagely.

Large amounts of thorny vines and green leaves spread out in all directions, beginning to gather and absorb the spiritual energy and Yin energy energy in the cave. The spiritual energy and Yin energy in the cave were all gathering in the direction of the stone room. A cold wind blew, and it was very strange.

Lin Changqing took Little Bell from his waist and threw it into the stone room. The [Requiem Bell] hung in the middle of the stone room and absorbed the Yin energy gathered by the [Thorn Vine] at an extremely fast speed.

The eleven living zombies lying in the stone pit were also quickly absorbing Yin energy and transforming with the help of Little Bell.

Lin Changqing felt that Little Bell's absorption of Yin energy didn't affect its communication, so he asked it through telepathy, "Little Bell, can you take away these twelve living zombies' soul space?"

"Master, my soul space can only collect souls, not physical bodies! I can't put these twelve living zombies into my soul space, but I can control them remotely through my soul mark like a clone."

Lin Changqing was a little disappointed that he couldn't take these twelve powerful zombies away. He could only place his hopes on the spatial bag in his arms. When Little Bell mentioned souls, Lin Changqing thought of the malicious ghost that chased after him last night. "Little Bell, are there any signs of malicious ghosts in this cave?"

"Master, there are no traces of malicious ghosts at the moment. This should be a place for refining corpses."

"That's strange. Could it be that another force is controlling the malicious ghosts? Or could the malicious ghosts be elsewhere?"

Little Bell's main purpose was to collect ghosts. He didn't expect it to be a bunch of zombies. The malicious ghost was nowhere to be seen, which made Lin Changqing secretly vigilant.

However, he did not dwell too much on it. He planned to report the terrifying conclusion of the investigation of the evil cultivator refining live zombies and plotting to cause chaos in the county to the officials so that they could continue to be involved in the follow-up of this case.

It would be best if the Lu family could be implicated.

Of course, this case still needed the Feng family as an important pusher. If Lin Changqing relied on himself, he reckoned that if he handed the results of the investigation to Fan Le'an, Fan Le'an would not report his findings to the authorities.

Now, there was a force secretly refining zombies in the Feng family's territory. Coupled with the malicious ghosts that Lin Changqing had reported and seen with his own eyes, if the Feng family did not do it themselves or get the government to step up their involvement, they would definitely not be able to eat or sleep in peace.

More importantly, what kind of faction was Lin Changqing's fake benefactor? What was his purpose in supporting Lin Changqing? How strong was he? These questions were enough to give anyone who received this news a headache for a period of time.

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At this moment, the underground cave was already under Lin Changqing's control. While waiting for the zombies to absorb the Yin energy, he and all his pets used the spiritual energy gathered by the [Thorn Vine] to cultivate the [Myriad Spirit Technique].

The sky gradually darkened. The zombies that Lin Changqing had left at the entrance of the cave did not notice the Feng family.

Lin Changqing knew that the Feng family wouldn't send anyone else today.

The danger at night was even higher. Lin Changqing had already treated the underground cave as a temporary stronghold, so he was prepared to guard this underground cave and see if anyone came to find trouble with him.

At night, the zombies controlled by Little Bell became more active and faithfully guarded the various passageways of the cave.

Time passed unknowingly as he cultivated. Perhaps this power in the cave was already the most terrifying existence in the vicinity, and nothing disturbed Lin Changqing and the others. The faction that was secretly controlling the zombies and malicious ghosts did not take any further action.

At midnight, when the Yin energy was at its peak, the eleven zombies opened their eyes almost at the same time with the help of Little Bell.

The twelve living zombies' initial combat strength was even stronger than a Qi Refinement Realm martial artist. Moreover, they could continuously absorb resentment to grow. The danger was very great.

Fortunately, these twelve zombies were controlled by Little Bell.

Little Bell's soul control talent was abnormally powerful. It could already successfully hide a living zombie's soul and disguise it as an ordinary zombie. It then used the ready-made materials in the stone room to refine the skin color of the living zombies and put on the tattered clothes that the zombies had pulled from the corpses.

Twelve ordinary zombies were born.