The coffin lid was slowly pushed aside.
From within the coffin, a pale hand emerged, covered in corpse spots. It was gaunt, almost skin and bone, with visible veins that had turned black. The hand looked nothing like that of a living person, but rather that of the dead.
Then, with the pale, dead hand gripping the lid, the entire coffin was pushed open, revealing the scene inside.
It was a zombie.
To be precise, it was a zombie that had only been turned for less than a year. Just half a month ago, after sneaking into a village and killing someone, the zombie was evading ghost hunters when it accidentally discovered this coffin on a mountain.
This coffin had been buried fifty years ago, and its occupant was also a zombie. After fifty years of lying dormant and cultivating, its strength was immense, and the coffin itself had been tainted by its corpse energy, making it highly beneficial for a zombie to lie within.
For this reason, the zombie claimed the coffin for itself, intending to cultivate within it. To avoid the original occupant returning and discovering its coffin had been taken, and to prevent any trouble, it specifically moved the coffin into a rarely visited dry well.
Its plan was to cultivate until it reached the Red Robe Ghost level before emerging. After all, the coffin's corpse energy was enough to support its advancement to that stage, and it intended to make full use of it.
However…
After lying dormant for half a month, on this day, it suddenly felt the warmth of sunlight. It knew that the place it had chosen should have no sunlight, nor should there be the occasional sounds of beasts or birds.
In an instant, it awoke from its cultivation, pushed open the coffin, and intended to investigate.
Then…
Looking at the lush, towering trees surrounding it, and the nearby stream, the zombie was dumbfounded by the primitive atmosphere.
At first, it thought it was dreaming.
Until it heard a faint hissing sound. The zombie looked down and saw a snake slithering towards it. Perhaps sensing its movement, the snake flicked its tongue and opened its mouth, biting towards the zombie's hand.
Feeling the snake venom inject into it.
Although the zombie would not be killed by snake venom, through the venom, it knew it wasn't dreaming and that everything before it was real.
In an instant, the half-raised zombie looked around once more, frozen on the coffin.
[Ding! Zombie is bewildered. What's going on? Where is this? How did I get here? Wasn't I in the dry well?]
[Host gains System Points +10]
"Is this the mountain of that village??"
The zombie tilted its head, scratching its scalp, and got out of the coffin in a daze. Its gaze fell upon the nearest large tree.
The tree was enormous, with a trunk that required several people to embrace and a height that suggested at least a hundred years of history. Crucially, it wasn't the only one; such large trees surrounded it.
Seeing this, it was certain that this was definitely not the village. It remembered clearly that the dry well where it placed the coffin was near the foot of the mountain. However, the environment here was nothing like a mountainside; it looked like a forest.
[Ding! Zombie is puzzled. Damn it, could someone have moved my coffin here? But that's not right, I wouldn't have been unable to sense it.]
[Host gains System Points +20]
Although the zombie had entered a dormant state for cultivation.
It knew itself that it could still sense external movements, especially moving such a large coffin out of a narrow dry well. Even if it were dead asleep after taking sleeping pills, it would have sensed it.
Driven by curiosity.
The zombie climbed onto the large tree in front of it, wanting to get a better view from above and see where it was.
But upon seeing this, the zombie was completely stunned.
[Ding! Zombie is shocked by the endless forest. Holy crap, where the hell is this? Such a huge forest? Did I get moved to the Greater Khingan Range in Northeast China? That doesn't seem right either, there are no mountains here.]
[Host gains System Points +25]
The system prompt sounded.
Standing atop the tree, the zombie fell into deep self-doubt:
"I remember I used to sleepwalk when I was alive. Could I have sleepwalked? Did I sleepwalk and drag the coffin here? But there isn't such a large forest in Rongcheng City either. Hmm? What is that?"
As it was thinking.
The zombie seemed to sense something and looked down towards the coffin, where a faint light was flickering.
Immediately, it jumped down from the tree and saw a stone glowing beside its coffin. The stone appeared ordinary, about the size of a notebook, but its peculiarity was that it emitted light.
[Ding! Zombie is surprised. A glowing stone?]
[Host gains System Points +10]
The zombie reached out and picked up the stone, exclaiming in surprise:
"Hmm? There are words?"
It saw that after it picked up the stone, the stone seemed to sense its presence and displayed text:
[Greetings, Brave Hero. I am Little Stone, and I am happy to serve you.]
[I know you must be very confused. Where is this place? Actually, Little Stone brought you here. As for where this is, I can tell you clearly, this is no longer the world you were in.]
[This is the 'Fantasy Forest' of the continent of Noahdis.]
[As for why I brought you here, it's like this: our world is about to perish, and I had no choice but to bring you over. I hope you can save our world, Brave Hero!]
Looking at the text on the stone.
The zombie was stunned.
[Ding! Zombie is dumbfounded. What the hell? I was just lying in a coffin... and I transmigrated?]
[Host gains System Points +30]
However.
Despite being stunned, the zombie didn't fully believe the stone's content. Just as it was about to ponder, it noticed more text appearing on the stone:
[Brave Hero, I know the information I've given you is a lot, but please believe me, all of this is true. Please save our world.]
[As long as you save our world, Brave Hero, I will send you back.]
[As for how to save our world, Brave Hero, don't rush. You are still a bit weak now and unable to save it. You need to become stronger to have a chance to save our world.]
[Therefore, to help Brave Hero improve his strength, Little Stone has taken the liberty to bring you to this 'Fantasy Forest'.]
[The Fantasy Forest is a dangerous place on our continent of Noahdis, with many powerful creatures such as dragons, griffins, hellhounds, and more. It is therefore loved by many powerful adventurers who come here to train, hunt powerful creatures, and obtain resources to improve their strength.]
[However, Little Stone accidentally made a coordinate error when bringing you from your world, and has brought you into the depths of the 'Fantasy Forest'. That is a place even Sword Saints and Dragon Knights dare not easily enter. Brave Hero, you must be careful.]
As the text on the stone reached this point.
The zombie sneered and raised the stone in its hand, about to smash it on the ground:
"You think a talking electronic toy disguised as a stone can fool me? You think I'll believe you? 'Fantasy Forest,' 'dragons'? I'll smash you right now and see what integrated circuits you're made of..."
"Roar!!!!!!!!!!"
A earth-shattering roar interrupted the zombie's actions.
At this moment, the ground trembled, and the roar echoed through the heavens. The sound was so loud that it deafened the ears, causing the zombie to tremble violently.
The zombie's corpse-spotted face changed. It felt... from the direction of the roar, an unprecedented, at least Ghost King-level terrifying aura, sweeping towards it like a storm.
The next second.
The zombie's entire face froze in shock. It looked at the trees in that direction swaying violently. Immediately after, a massive shadow covered the sky, blocking out the sun, and a strong wind began to blow.
Seeing this, it looked up at the sky and was so horrified that it stammered:
"Holy crap?! Dra-dragon, dra-dragon... long long long!!"
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