As soon as the words fell, Wu Ye Lin arrived beside Ye Feng and the other two.
"Ye Feng, Lei Jian told me about what happened last night. That killer called Wei Luo is indeed from the Wu Ye family, but he definitely wasn't sent by me to assassinate anyone!"
"In fact, I haven't seen this person in a long time, but for some reason, he insisted that I sent him..."
"Moreover, after last night's interrogation, Wei Luo didn't seem to be lying... There must be a misunderstanding. Ye Feng, don't worry, I'll find out!"
Wu Ye Lin quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Forget about that killer!"
Ye Feng was not very interested in this matter. He turned to ask Wu Ye Lin about something else. "Lin, has your grandfather returned?"
"This... not yet..."
Mentioning this, Wu Ye Lin also sighed with some helplessness. "Grandfather must be doing something very important... However, the official news about the auction has arrived. According to grandfather's wishes, it's set for tomorrow noon. Grandfather seemed to have made preparations long ago, and Uncle Liu formally notified us this morning!"
"Extended by one day... Hmm?"
Ye Feng had originally intended to ask Wu Ye Lan further about the strengthening fruit and inquire about other matters. Suddenly, a pale face appeared in his sight. It was Lei Jian.
At this moment, Lei Jian was being supported by two subordinates, hobbling towards them.
"Whoa, Lei Jian, what's wrong? You look seriously injured?"
Ye Feng quickly walked to the pale-faced Lei Jian and asked in confusion.
"Last night, I received news from my subordinates to investigate the expedition team attacked in the suburbs, and I ran into an ambush!"
"It was the same as Ye Feng's assassination yesterday. The opponent also used a breath-concealing talisman to hide their tracks and used arcane energy firearms. My brothers suffered heavy casualties!"
"And the trouble is, there was a mid-tier fifth-level zombie at the scene. Caught off guard, I..."
As he spoke, Lei Jian moved aside the simple bandage to reveal his bloody ribs.
Ye Feng averted his gaze and saw that a large piece of flesh had been bitten off from Lei Jian's ribs. The wound was large, and blood was constantly seeping out. Furthermore, the area around the wound had turned black, with spiderweb-like black lines spreading outwards from the wound.
"Lei Jian, you just said a mid-tier fifth-level zombie?"
At this moment, Wu Ye Lin frowned and spoke, "If it were a low-tier fifth-level, we would have a corresponding zombie virus neutralizer at home, but a mid-tier fifth-level... a low-tier fifth-level zombie virus neutralizer might only suppress it..."
"And in such a short time, finding a mid-tier fifth-level or higher zombie virus neutralizer probably won't be easy!"
Wu Ye Lin's expression was grim, and her demeanor was very serious.
"Young miss, a fourth-level zombie virus neutralizer is enough for me. I believe in my immune system. I ate 'red umbrella and white stem' at the age of three and survived!"
"If there's no improvement by this afternoon, I'll leave on my own. My life was a bonus, and I've had enough over the years!"
Lei Jian laughed heartily, appearing quite optimistic.
"A mid-tier fifth-level zombie... Lei Jian, your strength is already Gold Rank 1. This mid-tier fifth-level zombie doesn't have that power. If you're bitten without the corresponding antidote, you can only wait to be infected?"
At this moment, Ye Feng spoke.
"This... purely in terms of combat power, a mid-tier fifth-level zombie is at most Silver Rank High. But once bitten, even if you are Gold Rank 5 or above, without an antidote, you can only be infected and turn into a zombie..."
"Zombie virus is a peculiar thing. It cannot be simply measured by the strength level of an arcane practitioner. There have even been cases where Gold Rank 1 arcane practitioners were bitten by ordinary zombies and ended up becoming zombies..."
"Because of this characteristic, coupled with the surprisingly high defense of mid to high-tier zombies, zombie virus neutralizers, especially mid to high-tier ones, are extremely precious!"
Before Lei Jian could answer, Wu Ye Lin chimed in, then she looked at Lei Jian, "Lei Jian, let's go to the Wu Ye Adventurer's Guild!"
"Wait a moment!"
As Wu Ye Lin and Lei Jian were about to leave, Ye Feng stopped them.
"Lin, didn't you say you only have low-tier fifth-level zombie virus neutralizers?"
Under the gaze of Wu Ye Lin and Lei Jian, Ye Feng spoke, "I happen to have a mid-tier fifth-level zombie virus neutralizer!"
As his voice fell, a glow flashed in Ye Feng's hand, and a syringe appeared in his palm. He skillfully unwrapped it, filled it, and then injected it into Lei Jian's ribs.
"Lei Jian, bear with it. Your infection is quite severe. The blackened necrotic tissue needs to be removed for the virus neutralizer to have a better effect!"
After snapping out of her shock, Wu Ye Lin conjured an arcane energy water blade and began to cut away the rotten flesh from Lei Jian's ribs. Lei Jian broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, but his face showed more surprise and joy.
Soon, Ye Feng finished injecting Lei Jian with the mid-tier fifth-level zombie virus neutralizer, and Wu Ye Lin bandaged Lei Jian's wound.
"Ye Feng... I... I'm a rough man, and I don't know how to say anything sentimental!"
"And with my strength, I probably can't help you much. But if you need me, just say the word. I wouldn't even flinch if it meant jumping into a pot of boiling oil!"
Lei Jian looked at Ye Feng earnestly.
"Oh, take me to a place with mid-tier fifth-level zombies? Are there many zombies there?"
...
Soon, led by Lei Jian, Ye Feng and his group arrived at the place where Lei Jian was attacked and encountered zombies.
"Roar! ~ Heck!"
As soon as Ye Feng and his group arrived, a one-eyed, long-haired zombie rushed towards them. He immediately met it head-on, as this was a valuable source of points.
"Xiao Xiao, Ye Feng... seems to really like killing zombies, doesn't he?"
Wu Ye Lin watched Ye Feng fighting with the zombie, looking quite puzzled.
On their way here, she had noticed that whenever they encountered zombies, Ye Feng would go to kill them, sometimes even taking a longer detour to do so.
And from her observation, Ye Feng wasn't doing it out of hatred for zombies... nor was he bloodthirsty...
"It seems so..."
Xiao Xiao scratched her head, also looking confused. "But it's always good to kill monsters like zombies~"
"Chirp! ~ Roar! ~"
Just as Ye Feng killed a mid-tier fourth-level zombie, a muffled tiger roar suddenly sounded. It was a zombie tiger.
"Whoosh ~ Sizzle! ~"
Ye Feng's hand moved like a blade, and the zombie tiger was instantly killed.
"This zombie tiger, like those zombie crows before, doesn't give any usable points~"
After a while, not hearing the system's prompt, Ye Feng couldn't help but murmur to himself.
"Hey, Lei Jian, you just got injected with the zombie virus neutralizer, you should rest. A zombie bit off one of your ribs!"
Wu Ye Lin was surveying the scene and noticed that Lei Jian wasn't idle but was moving around and investigating. She reminded him.
"I'm fine!"
Lei Jian waved his hand gently. "Last night I hit more than one killer, and with the mid-tier fifth-level zombie present, they probably didn't have time to thoroughly clean up the scene!"
"Found something here!"
...
"Ye Feng, come here for a moment!"
At this moment, Qiao Ying, who was wandering around the scene, stopped and called out to Ye Feng.
...