The old man took a few steps back, holding the knife tightly in his hand, and stood very steady.

The few steps he took back were just a distance from the other party, a shocking wound on his neck, and blood continued to flow out.

But it was just flowing, and he didn't even have the time to cover the ruptured veins.

No. 71's brows furrowed, of course she knew how deep her knife was, the other party's arteries must have been cut, and if the thick arteries were ruptured, the amount of blood would definitely not flow as slowly as now, and the huge pressure was enough to turn a person into a fountain of blood.

"You...... Is it a dead body? "Number 71 could hardly believe what he was seeing.

"Hehe, it's ridiculous, isn't it?" The old man actually laughed: "Of course I am a dead body, and besides, I have been a dead body for 8 years. ”

Number 71's hand gripping the dagger tighter. 8 years? This number made her feel ridiculous for a while, if it was really that long, then could this guy have been disguised as a human and lurking around people? And what about the tasks he had done before? Is it just for this day to wipe out their own team?

It's not scientific, he can't predict the future, and after so many years, if he really wants to betray humans, there should be a lot of chances, but as far as No. 71 knows, this old man has completed impossible tasks many times, and his performance is completely on the side of humans.

"You look surprised." The old man suddenly spoke, "Why, does it feel strange that I have been able to hide in the human community for so many years...... Actually, that's what I thought at first.

Eight years ago, during a mission where my team was caught up in a dead body, we were still on the principle of mission primacy, and we were going to drop a decoy to lure the dead away so that the others could move on...... And that bait is me.

The tactic was successful, and I led away a large number of dead bodies, but it turned out to be obvious, I died...... According to the hunter's thinking, my death is worth it.

But to my surprise, within minutes of my death, I was resurrected.

Maybe the dead manipulator found out he had been tricked and wanted to resurrect more dead bodies on the spot so that he could continue to hunt down my teammates, or something else, anyway, I was resurrected.

The reason why I use the word "resurrection" is because when I woke up, I didn't even realize that I had become a dead body.

I don't know if you can understand it, but I mean, when I stand up, I still have my own mind, I can still control my body, and I can even feel the pain in my body. The whole process was as if I was in a coma for a while and then woke up.

After that, I tried to find my teammates, but I couldn't find them, so I had no choice but to change the target and find the person who made the dead body.

You know, if the average dead body has a purpose to hunt down humans, then there must be a dead summoner behind them who controls them.

I finally found the guy and chopped off his head, knowing that before he died, he was still looking at me in amazement, as if wondering why I was dead and still had my own mind.

Oh yes, it wasn't until then that I finally realized that something was wrong with me, I tried to put my hands on my chest, I could even feel my heart beating, but it seemed to be just a habitual beat, I tried not to breathe anymore, and sure enough, after half an hour, I was still standing, but my heart was getting weaker and weaker, and my brain was a little drowsy.

I was panicked and couldn't believe I was dead, because I didn't feel like a dead person at all, except that I didn't need my heartbeat or breath, I didn't feel any different from a living person.

In hindsight, I wondered why I was the way I was, and I ended up attributing it to ...... The interval between life and death is too short.

You must know that the process of ischemia to necrosis of the human brain takes more than ten minutes, and the brain of ordinary people will atrophy rapidly after death until it becomes a useless pulp, at this time, they will be resurrected, and they will become dead bodies that will only wander around blindly according to instinct.

But I'm different, my brain was resurrected before I had time to die, and the moment I opened my eyes, my brain was even thinking about the moment before I died, and my heart was still following the habits of life, continuing to beat, and the blood was still being sent to my whole body.

For the next few days, I stayed that way, catching up with my group and returning to the gathering place together. After that, I gradually got used to the body, but the feeling of death began to emerge over time, such as my heart gradually stopped beating, sometimes, if I fell asleep, I even forgot to breathe, and several times when I woke up, I felt that I was no longer myself, memory loss, muddy, black skin, and even corpse spots.

But I eventually overcame these difficulties, because I learned to make my heart beat, as long as I kept thinking, 'Don't stop, don't stop, my heart really didn't stop', my body was still running normally under the blood supply, like a machine, although I knew that I could turn into a normal dead body if I wanted to.

So that's it, I've been doing this kind of thing, eating, drinking, doing tasks, but I don't sleep anymore because I can't let myself be in an unconscious state, which accelerates the aging of my brain. ”

Speaking of this, the old man suddenly fell silent, he looked at No. 71, and asked as if a little mockingly: "So, my heart is still beating now, I still know my name, I can do everything that human beings can do, so do you think, am I still alive?" ”

Number 71 didn't answer the question, she didn't know the answer, but she didn't want to think about it either, she remained motionless and maintained a fighting posture.

Because she knew that this battle was no longer a battle of the same level, and the other party was a dead body, that is, even if she pierced his heart, so many parties would not die.

She's a hunter, she just needs to complete the mission.

However, the old man's next sentence suddenly made No. 71 unable to stabilize his mind anymore.

"Oh, by the way, there's one thing, have you ever thought about it.

That's ...... After so many years of the appearance of dead bodies, do you think that I will be the first person in this situation to me?

Hehe.

I've lived for more than 70 years......

Demon Fox.

That is, your mentor...... I had the privilege of meeting her since I was younger.

She doesn't seem to have changed in all these years. ”