The zombie king kneeling on the ground could not comprehend how the Zombie Emperor, infinitely stronger than herself, could be the subordinate of this detestable human. The mere pressure from Ding Teng’s rank forced her to kneel before a human.
Qin Shilei jokingly said, "Brother Ding, this female zombie king is quite attractive. Perhaps you should consider taking her as a concubine?"
Ding Teng glanced at the female zombie on the ground, stroked his chin, and replied, "It is all up to Master's command."
"..."
Qin Shilei was rendered speechless.
He secretly wondered, "Can a zombie's body even get married?"
Suppressing his urge to ask the question burning in his mind, he chuckled again, "Then, should we hold a feast to celebrate Brother Ding's second spring?"
Ding Teng said with a cold expression, "That is unnecessary."
With that, he condensed a Seed of the Zombie Emperor and directly implanted it into the female zombie king's body.
Qin Shilei was once again stunned by this action.
Implanting the Seed of the Zombie Emperor was equivalent to creating a clone of himself.
Was Ding Teng planning to play with himself?
This middle-aged uncle was truly adept at playing games.
Qin Shilei took out a pet bag and handed it to him, "Brother Ding, please take this pet bag."
Perhaps having become a contracted spirit, Ding Teng could now use most equipment, including the pet bag.
Even though he was a glutton, Qin Shilei also gave the other party a spatial ring filled with all sorts of meat.
Ding Teng took the pet bag and immediately collected all the high-level zombies nearby.
The female zombie named Zhuang Xiaofu followed Ding Teng’s every step.
Ding Teng asked with a headache, "Brother Qin, what should we do with these zombies? Should we travel two thousand li again to abandon them at the southwestern border?"
Qin Shilei also found this troublesome.
To the east or south lay the vast ocean, while the north and west were too distant.
He pondered for a moment and replied, "With you and Zhuang Xiaofu, you can control almost forty to fifty million zombies. Head directly north and take them all to the great grasslands. Those areas are uninhabited and ideal for establishing your zombie empire.
Of course, those zombies near the western border should be driven west."
Ding Teng agreed without objection and began directing the zombie army northward.
Now that the other party's loyalty had reached its maximum, Qin Shilei confidently allowed him to drive the zombies within the territory alone, while he, along with the glutton, assisted in clearing out the bugs within the country.
Another month passed quickly.
City of Hope, Prince Qin'an's Manor, the rear garden.
Zhang Xiaoli took down a transparent ice crystal, half the height of a person, from the body of Yang Liu.
This ice crystal was precisely the Ice Origin Stone. After absorbing the spiritual energy from the outside world for a month, it had finally recovered to its half-human height.
Yang Liu was the mutated willow tree that Zhang Xiaoli had subdued.
Nourished by a massive amount of insect corpses, Yang Liu had also successfully advanced to Golden One Star.
By chance, Qin Shilei discovered that placing the Ice Origin Stone on Yang Liu not only prevented it from secretly absorbing the stone's spiritual energy but also accelerated its recovery.
He then left the Ice Origin Stone directly on the Yang Liu tree.
After Yang Liu wrapped the Ice Origin Stone entirely with its branches, outsiders would not know that such a precious Ice Origin Stone was on the tree.
In this way, the Ice Origin Stone could be safely left in the outside world to absorb spiritual energy and return to its full state.
Qin Shilei took the Ice Origin Stone and sat down cross-legged, beginning to absorb the spiritual energy within.
When the Ice Origin Stone shrank back to the size of a fist, Qin Shilei's cultivation had successfully advanced to Golden Six Stars.
He again placed the Ice Origin Stone back on the Yang Liu tree to hide it.
The two of them walked hand in hand back to the front hall.
As soon as they sat down, Zhang Cheng also entered from outside.
"Dad, you look so troubled. Did they discover a large number of bugs somewhere again, requiring Brother Qin to handle it?"
Zhang Xiaoli poured her father a cup of tea and asked.
Zhang Cheng gulped down the entire cup of tea quickly before slowly saying, "Most of the dense bugs and zombies in the country have been resolved.
I am now worried that we won't find bugs and zombies to kill in the future, and how we will earn core crystals to upgrade."
Qin Shilei smiled faintly, "You don't need to worry about this. The scattered bugs and zombies in the country are enough for everyone to kill for another month or two.
There are countless exotic beasts in the forests, though hunting those hidden beasts is not easy.
Regarding this, I have already made plans. I will, at the appropriate time, allow a small number of Golden exotic beasts from the other side of the spatial rift to come through."
Zhang Xiaoli said with even more longing, "Actually, I am even more eager to lead everyone into the other world and slaughter those bugs until they are scared out of their wits."
"Haha!" Qin Shilei agreed, "That day will come."
Zhang Cheng then said, "What I came to talk about today is another matter. Several thousand people from our Prince Qin'an Manor have gone missing in batches near Lingquan City. Should we investigate the area?"
Qin Shilei frowned and said, "Haven't I already designated Lingquan City as a restricted zone? How are people still going there and disappearing?"
Zhang Cheng replied, "They didn't disappear in Lingquan City. The first group of missing people were two hundred kilometers away from Lingquan City, and the last group were even five hundred kilometers away.
Originally, we assumed these people were killed by exotic beasts. However, after intelligence personnel compiled and summarized the information, they felt it was all related to Lingquan City, which is why I came to tell you about it."
Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and replied, "Then I will go to Lingquan City to take a look."
From the demon he encountered in Lingquan City last time, he understood that there must be a spatial rift leading to the abyss world near Lingquan City, or directly within Lingquan City.
Thinking that a projected clone of an abyssal lord had almost trapped him in Lingquan City forever, Qin Shilei not only refrained from investigating the spatial rift in Lingquan City again during this period but also declared it a restricted zone.
He did not expect people to still go missing nearby.
Now that the restricted zone was expanding, he had to go and investigate.
Zhang Xiaoli asked, "Brother Qin, please let me accompany you."
Qin Shilei shook his head, "You should stay in the City of Hope. Lingquan City is too dangerous, I will go alone. Don't worry, your husband will be fine."
Zhang Xiaoli, considering the danger of her husband's trip, no longer cared about her father's presence. She stepped forward and hugged Qin Shilei, whispering, "Brother Qin, please be careful and ensure your safe return."
Qin Shilei patted her back and comforted her, "Don't worry, I will return safely."
After a brief moment of shared sentiment, Qin Shilei mounted the Golden Winged Thunder Roc and flew towards Lingquan City.
In less than an hour, the extremely fast Golden Winged Thunder Roc arrived at a city hundreds of kilometers away from Lingquan City.
This city was also protected by tall city walls.
To gather information, Qin Shilei flew directly into the city.
He did not notice that the words "Litian City" were written above the city gate.