The entire hall was shrouded in silence, and everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Song Xiaocheng deadly. Except for the lean dry little old man, standing next to the sofa where the two Song Xiaocheng were lying, they were staring at Lin Yu deadly.

For a moment, Song Xiaocheng didn't know if he should take the initiative to break the silence and continue. It's just that when I saw the little old man, Teacher Zeng, staring at Lin Yu, his eyes seemed to reveal great surprise, but Lin Yu was at a loss at this time.

Teacher Zeng's expression not only made Song Xiaocheng feel strange, but even his own subordinates—the tall zombie who had been helping Song Xiaocheng, and the female zombie Lily who smeared Song Xiaocheng with slimy medicine—were a little frightened, and Lily even stood up and avoided Song Xiaocheng's side.

"You...... Who are you?" the little old man's eyes flickered back and forth between Song Xiaocheng and Lin Yu, and he muttered softly.

Song Xiaocheng also felt that things seemed to be getting more and more complicated at this time, could it be that this little old man saw something in himself? If he was really a little different and surprised this Teacher Zeng, then what was the reason for his fear of Lin Yu?

"I want to know first, who are you?"

Although it is indeed a bit impolite for the guests to come to question the identity of the host, Song Xiaocheng has never been a person subject to secular etiquette after all.

Teacher Zeng turned his eyes, stared at Song Xiaocheng, and swallowed his saliva with difficulty.

"These zombies are all my students and assistants, my name is Zeng Yi, and they all call me Teacher Zeng. We call ourselves 'Mind Society'. I'm not a fellow party or subordinate of the Flame Brotherhood, and my students aren't puppets of Hiratsuka and Oni, let alone any other maggots. They see us as enemies and traitors, and we live only to see the truth and the minds of all beings. ”

The little old man shook his slightly curled pale lips and whiskers, and introduced himself in more detail. Its gaze was genuine and respectful, in stark contrast to its previous arrogance and conceit. The sudden change in the old man's attitude made Song Xiaocheng a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Oh......" Song Xiaocheng nodded, but he didn't know what to do for a while. After a quick tossing and turning in his mind, he decided to be concise and to the truth, and he also reported his name.

"My name is Song Xiaocheng, and this is my girlfriend, Lin Yu. The other day, I heard a friend mention the 'Great Rune' and was curious, so I asked around. A friend told me that there was a teacher Zeng who might know something, so I came to you. ”

Teacher Zeng lowered his gaze, turned around and waved his hand to the others:

"Let's all get busy. Lily, you and Silly should go and get busy. ”

The old man's voice suddenly seemed a little vicissitudes, and there was a helpless compromise on his face. But the zombie girl and the tall zombie turned and walked away.

"Before Hiratsuka and the Oni's army of the living dead were rampant in the city, he was already trying to ask me about the Great Rune. After everyone's attention was removed from them, Teacher Zeng sat down next to Song Xiaocheng and continued to help Song Xiaocheng smear the bruises on his body with his full arm.

"I don't know where you two come from, who you are doing, and what secrets are hidden behind them. But I guess since you're able to get in here and survive the FB-3000's firepower, you're not a general. At least not at the level of the Flame Brotherhood......"

"You also know about the Flame Explosion Brotherhood?" Song Xiaocheng couldn't help but ask. As for whether he himself is "unscathed" now, he doesn't want to dig too deep. However, the Western Hotel is at least ten kilometers away from the Flame Brotherhood's war warehouse, not to mention several zombie-infested neighborhoods in between.

"Of course I know! That goatee wants to burn my old bones with a fire!" Mr. Zeng said indignantly, while tapping his left rib with the iron finger of his left hand, making a "dong dong" sound, "They are in a race with Hiratsuka and the ghost, and the competition is to see who can kill me first!"

"Why does Harlow want you to die? Also, who the hell is Hiratsuka and the oni?"

There is no doubt that the goatee mentioned by the little old man must be Harlow of the Flame Brotherhood, but who are Hiratsuka and Oni?

"Young man, do you know where these zombies came from?"

"You know, it was made by a bald freak in the cemetery of Qinglong Yuan. I watched him perform an evil ritual, he must know some kind of necromancy!"

"Oh! Necromancy, young man, you know so much!" the little old man smiled, and Song Xiaocheng couldn't tell whether it was a contemptuous sarcasm or an approving smile.

"That bald freak you see, his name is Hiratsuka Yoshi. You're right, he's capable of performing some kind of evil ritual. But that kind of ritual was not necromancy, and with his intelligence, it was impossible for him to understand the level of 'magic'. He's just a dog's leg. ”

"What do you mean ......?"

"That's right. The backer behind the bald freak, the master behind him, is Hiratsuka and Oni. ”

Song Xiaocheng felt a little uncomfortable. If the name "Hiratsuka Yoshi" is just substandard, then the name "Hiratsuka and Oni" is simply the name of a real Fuso person.

"That's right, you're not wrong at all, Hiratsuka and Oni are from Fuso, an island nation in the eastern ocean. As early as nearly a thousand years ago, he traveled to the East and came to Middle-earth to worship the then Emperor Dayan. At that time, he was still a young talent, so the emperor rewarded him and made him an official. In the end, he died of old age in the capital of Dayan. ”

"Dayan's national capital, isn't that X City?"

"That's right. He also corresponded with many famous people during his lifetime, and many people mourned after his death. The emperor buried him as a minister, and the tomb was in the western suburbs of the southern suburbs of Yandu at that time. Originally, his story could have come to an end like this, lying in history forever. But a thousand years later, he woke up again and led the army of the dead. ”

"But what did he have to do with you to kill you?"

"It's because of the 'Great Rune' you asked!"

Song Xiaocheng was taken aback. How many people are being killed for the sake of this great rune?

"What the hell is a great rune?"

Teacher Zeng sighed, put down the yellow-green mucus in his hand, and stood up. Although he was standing, he was not much taller than Song Xiaocheng, who was sitting up straight.

"Young man, I'll test you a question first. Do you know what the world is made of?"

"Uh...... Molecules and atoms?"

Song Xiaocheng mobilized all the strength of his poor science knowledge and reluctantly answered. Teacher Zeng smiled lightly and blinked meaningfully.

"yes, molecules and atoms. Until a month ago, I thought so. But after that big event, I saw the truth of the world. That night, our whole world was shaken, and all the laws that had been applied were turned upside down overnight. The composition of the world is no longer as simple as we once knew, but polluted by all kinds of impurities. ”

"Huh? miscellaneous...... Pollution?"

"Just like you, Song Xiaocheng. Humans were originally just simple carbon-based creatures, and their bodies were nothing more than a build-up of particles one after another. But after that fourth type of contact, a pure energy began to swim in your body. An energy that breaks the rules of physics in our world. ”

Song Xiaocheng felt nervous, it felt like someone had seen his underwear. I clenched my right fist and asked, "How do you know this?"

Teacher Zeng did not answer him directly.

"From that moment on, in addition to the material world composed of basic particles, our world began to wander around with all kinds of different energies - one is this pure power in your body, I believe you already know enough about yourself, I don't need to explain more. The second type I call 'the power of activation'. This energy has incredible active powers: it can make stones and trees speak, it can turn the mentally retarded and the brain-dead into genius scientists, and even - it can bring back to life the bones that have rotted for years. ”

"That's how zombies come about? If I'm endowed with ...... The person with the power of pure energy, then the Hiratsuka and the ghost are the people who have been endowed with the power of pollution?"

"Yes and no. Song Xiaocheng, Hiratsuka and the ghost's attainments in the power of activation are far less profound than those in your power of pure energy. The truly powerful power of activation should be enough to bring the dead back to life and live in this world in flesh and blood like the real living. Instead of Hiratsuka's crappy technique of trapping dead souls in rotting skins.

Obviously, he himself recognized his shortcomings and saw where he still needed to improve. "So when he created that imperfect creation, Hiratsuka Yoshi, he wanted to ask for my help." Hmph, but obviously, some people don't know how to politely ask for help!"

"He asked you to help him find the Great Rune so that he could perfect his power?"

"yes, it's a pity that great runes aren't like that! Great runes...... In the oldest civilizations on earth, there is a common record: in the ancient book of Genesis, the heavens and the earth were in chaos, until a sage came to the chaos and wedged three great runes: flow, life, and silence. Since then, the universe has been born, there is heaven and earth, and all things and life have been born. And the origin of the whole world is woven by the power of three great runes. ”

"That sounds ...... It's like a myth, huh?"

"That's right, this is a myth from beginning to end! Song Xiaocheng, I don't believe in any great runes in my heart. Even if I believe in magic, I can see through your internal organs, and I can see Igný's power flowing through it. But I don't believe in the slightest that anyone will create the whole world by themselves!"