Wang Qing said, "That Bu Ting is very scheming. I don't know how he gained Pang Gufang's trust and established the Great Dream Village here."

"After the Great Dream Village was built, Bu Ting also revealed his true colors and directly imprisoned Pang Gufang."

"Bu Ting involved Ying Gou because he wanted to ensure that Ying Gou successfully cultivated the body of a Corpse God."

"Bu Ting said, 'I failed to stop Pang Gufang from scheming against Hanba and Houqing, so I must protect Ying Gou and Jiang Chen. Otherwise, I will have no face to meet the Emperor.'"

"So that's how it is!" Only then did I say to myself, "Is there something wrong with Pang Gufang's head? Wouldn't it be good for the four great zombies to become Corpse Gods?"

"Every time a zombie advances, its strength increases geometrically. Who wouldn't want outstanding subordinates?"

"It's different!" Old Liu shook his head and said, "The reason why strategists choose a lord is also because people are different!"

"Some superiors can control outstanding subordinates, and all the great talents of the ages can be used by them. Some people don't need outstanding subordinates; they only need those who can obey orders."

"A strategist's scheming is actually observing the lord he has chosen!"

Old Liu said, "In Pang Gufang's view, the Emperor is unparalleled, so the Emperor does not need those outstanding subordinates. He only needs machines that obey orders."

I still couldn't understand Pang Gufang's psychology, so I could only put her thoughts aside for now: "Why didn't Bu Ting kill you?"

Wang Qing said, "That's because Bu Ting didn't think it was necessary to kill me."

"I am controlled by Pang Gufang because she placed a restriction on my soul. As long as I leave her for more than two and a half kilometers, I will be reduced to ashes. Bu Ting is not afraid of me running away either."

"Bu Ting's Nine-Man Prison must be an odd number. There is no need for him to bring me in, and it is good to keep me to guard the Great Dream Village."

I nodded and said, "Then later, why did you cooperate with Zhu Zining?"

"Just pretending!" Wang Qing said, "Zhu Zining knew that I wanted to leave the Great Dream Village. Therefore, she was willing to provide me with assistance, allowing me to excavate Tongyang Wood and release Ying Gou first."

I said in a deep voice, "What does Zhu Zining want Ying Gou for?"

Wang Qing replied, "Zhu Zining has always wanted to control the four great zombies. Therefore, she doesn't care about Bu Ting and Pang Gufang; she only wants Ying Gou."

"As long as I can pull up Ying Gou's coffin, she can take care of the rest."

"I know that Zhu Zining is not sincerely cooperating with me. She is just using me to excavate Ying Gou's corpse. However, in order to survive, I can only deal with her."

"She wants Ying Gou's corpse, and I want to get Pang Gufang out. Only when Pang Gufang comes out can I leave the Great Dream Village alive."

"I have been asking her for things and people through the Tongyang carriage, in order to accumulate strength so that I can escape from her when necessary."

I looked at her for a long time before saying, "What about the ranking of the four villages?"

Wang Qing said, "It's just to select the stronger zombies to go to the underground cave."

"People only explode with amazing power when they have a strong desire to survive. I am just exploiting their psychology. That's about it!"

Wang Qing's statement is credible. People in the Great Dream Village who want to go out must frantically accumulate tongshen money, and the tongshen money will be taken away by others for various reasons.

When they become penniless, they have to frantically mine and accumulate again.

This puts them in a vicious cycle, and they can never get out of the Great Dream Village.

I was silent for a moment before asking, "Did my master... Qu Mo, ever come to the Great Dream Village?"

"He has!" Wang Qing said, "Zhu Zining specifically told me not to see Qu Mo, and especially not to help him forget love. Otherwise, she would rather risk not getting Ying Gou's corpse and kill me."

"I didn't dare to see Qu Mo. He stayed outside the Great Dream Village for more than a month, and after several attempts to enter the Great Dream Village failed, he left."

My master has been here?

Zhu Zining didn't want him to forget love?

I can't quite see the relationship between my master and Zhu Zining or Zhu Ziyan.

My master never mentioned his past to me. What is his attitude towards Zhu Zining or Zhu Ziyan?

I have no way of knowing, but I always feel that the grievances between them may not be so easily settled.

I subconsciously asked, "Can your Forget Love secret technique really make people forget love?"

Wang Qing smiled bitterly, "How can there be any Forget Love secret technique in this world? It's just using a method similar to hypnosis to erase people's memories and then re-implant a part of the memory."

"Many warlocks can use this method. However, not many people will trust a warlock unreservedly and let him reset their memories."

"True forgetting of love, unless one realizes it oneself, no one can help another person forget love."

I nodded and said, "To what extent has the corpse qi underground cave been mined?"

"About three-quarters of it has been opened!" Wang Qing said, "The further back the corpse qi underground cave goes, the more difficult it is to mine. I lost a lot of manpower to mine three-quarters of it."

"Understood!" I said lightly, "Send her on her way."