Since the first day of the disaster, the dense fog that appears at midnight every day is both a phenomenon of "reiki revival" and a kind of protection for the surviving humans.

In the thick fog, the living corpses are as sluggish as dying old men, and pose no threat to humanity. Because of this, many people have survived.

If there is no midnight fog, the number of survivors will probably be reduced by ninety.

And now, the midnight fog is beginning to thin out, and the ability of living corpses to move at night is gradually increasing, which is obviously not good news for the surviving humans.

Wang Zheng pondered for a while, and decided to ask the expert: "Lao Sai, Lao Xi, can you control the living corpse?" ”

The siege of the living corpses ten days ago was manipulated by the otherworldly spellcaster "Death Mist".

That "Death Mist" is not a legendary mage, just a high-level archmage. The only special thing is that it is a kind of "essence creature" with a relatively special life form and an energy void in nature.

Like the Dead Mist, Sainz and Heathcot are both high-level spellcasters, and are also employed by the Purple Sun Church. So Wang Zheng wanted to ask if Lao Sai and Lao Xi could also control the living corpse like a dead mist.

If the two of them can control the living corpses, not only will the tens of thousands of living corpses hidden in the dense forests around the base be easy to solve, but the millions of living corpses in the urban area will also have a relatively easy way to solve them - it can completely allow the two of them to control tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of living corpses at a time, and use the organized sea of living corpses to clean up the unorganized sea of living corpses in the urban area.

In other words, even with Wang Zheng's current strength, it is almost an impossible task to solve the living corpses in the city. He just doesn't fear the sea of living corpses anymore.

"Your Excellency, Legion Commander."

Sainz bowed slightly, and said, "The living corpse you are talking about, in the terminology of our spellcasters, is called a mutant ghoul, which is a branch variant of the undead such as 'ghoul'. They crave flesh and blood, but they don't necessarily need to eat, they just need to instinctively take in 'negative energy' to survive.

"As undead who rely on negative energy to survive, mutant ghouls are afraid of fire and even more afraid of 'positive energy'. And in the sunshine, there is naturally positive energy. So mutant ghouls will not appear during the day when there is sunlight, and will only be active at night when negative energy is active.

"Because it belongs to the mutant undead, as long as you have a certain amount of research on undead magic, you can basically manipulate a certain number of mutant ghouls. However, even a high-level professional necromancer can't control the number of mutant ghouls at a time, and it is impossible for them to exceed a thousand ......."

"Wait!" Wang Zheng made a gesture of pause: "You just said that a professional necromancer, even a high-level mage, can't control more than a thousand mutant ghouls at a time?" ”

"Yes." Sainz nodded firmly.

Wang Zheng asked Heath Scott again: "Old Xi, do you think so too?" ”

Heathcot said seriously, "It's not that we think so, but it's true - there are two ways for necromancers to control the undead. One is to use spells to temporarily awaken dead corpses, or summon undead spirits.

"The second method is to use the high-level undead that you have created yourself and have intelligence as the node, and control the low-level undead through the high-level undead. The necromancer himself only needs to give orders to the high-ranking undead.

"But even if there are high-level undead as control nodes, the necromancer only needs to bear the mental pressure of controlling the high-level undead, and a high-level necromancer with strong spiritual power can only control about a thousand undead at a time.

"Legend has it that the legendary necromancer Phil Riggs, who once single-handedly destroyed a small country, can manipulate only about 10,000 undead at the same time.

Speaking of which, laymen have always had a certain misunderstanding about necromancers, thinking that necromancers will only manipulate all kinds of undead and use undead against enemies. But this is not right.

"Necromancy is diverse, versatile, and powerful. Manipulating the undead is just the most well-known spell in necromancer magic. But in fact, a professional necromancer, even without a single undead, can use all kinds of necromancy to easily destroy enemies. ”

Wang Zheng listened carefully to Heathcot's popular science, and then asked:

"Even a legendary-level necromancer can only control about 10,000 undead legions, so why did a mage named Death Mist be able to manipulate more than 100,000 mutant ghouls at the same time to attack my territory ten days ago?"

"Manipulating more than 100,000 mutant ghouls at once?" Heathcot was stunned: "How is this possible?" ”

Sainz also shook his head repeatedly: "This is absolutely impossible. Legendary necromancers can't manipulate so many undead. That death mist, I have also heard of his reputation, he is indeed a high-level mage with good magical attainments, but the direction he specializes in is not necromancy at all. Even if he dabbled in necromancy, he could manipulate more than a thousand mutant ghouls at a time, which was already the limit. ”

Wang Zheng frowned and said, "However, what I said is indeed the truth. Dead Mist did bring more than 100,000 mutant ghouls to attack my base. ”

"Uh......"

Sainz and Heathcot looked at each other and said slowly:

"Then there is only one explanation: the gods have a way to control mutant ghouls. After all, the ghoul voodoo was developed by the gods. The gods must know all about the characteristics of mutant ghouls and know how to control them. Before the Death Mist came to Blue Star, it should have been taught by Purple Sun how to control the mutant ghouls. ”

Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows: "The two of you are also employed by the Purple Sun Church, so you have not been taught the control method of mutant ghouls?" ”

Sainz and Heathcote shook their heads: "No." Our mission is to guard the Black Tower, not to run errands in the Blue Star, so ......"

Wang Zheng waved his hand meaningfully: "Then how many living corpses can you two control?" ”

"This ......" Sainz hesitated for a moment, "I haven't tried it, and I can't be sure." After all, I've only done a little research into necromancy. ”

Heathcot said, "I should be able to control four or five hundred mutant ghouls." I specialize in spells, and there are many curses in spells, which have a lot in common with necromancy, so I have studied necromancy more deeply. ”

The corners of Wang Zheng's mouth twitched slightly: "I can only say that few is better than nothing." ”

Originally, he thought that two high-level spellcasters might be able to help deal with the millions of living corpses in the city. Unexpectedly, the manipulation of hundreds of thousands of living corpses by the death fog was not a normal operation at all, but a fairy hanging.

"The matter of cleaning up the living corpses in the urban area can only be discussed in the long run. For now, let's deal with the living corpses around the base first. Well, it's time to summon the fourth and fifth heroes. Let them participate in the operation of cleaning up the living corpses, and familiarize themselves with the atmosphere of the end times as soon as possible......"