The scalpel vibrated between two fingers, moonlight sliding along the coiling dragon on the gold hairpin. Lin Wan's neck prickled—this matched the burial relic from the zombie's memories!
"How does being my corpse array core feel?" A shadowy figure chuckled, icy fingers brushing her golden tattoos. "Still as delectable as ever, junior sister."
Golden tattoos flared like lava! Her left hand shot toward his throat. "I'M NOBODY'S SISTER!"
Skin contact unleashed a memory tsunami:
- A boy placing the hairpin in a girl's bun at a rain-lashed temple: "This wards off all evil..."
- The same hairpin stabbing a bride's chest: "Being my array core is your destiny!"
The E-Pixiu cub ballooned in size! Its tail lashed like steel whip while blue energy erupted from its maw: "ZZZT—!"
"Dare you, beast?!" The shadow flicked the hairpin into a seal—golden chains materialized—
Only for the pixiu to gulp them down with a neon-blue burp.
Lights blazed. The shadow resolved into Chief Medical Examiner Zhou Yongnian, his lab coat stained with Lin Wan's blood.
"Pity..." He wiped black blood from golden-tattoo burns. "Three more hours, and the core would've stabilized."
Her phone glowed on the tray: [03:59:02]
Lin Wan snatched the zombie's arm! Under UV light, lividity formed a blueprint—Zhou family mansion, with a blood dot marking the study.
"Last week's Zhou massacre..." She uploaded lividity photos to work chat. "The voodoo doll in YOUR study has your birth date!"
Sirens wailed outside. Zhou ripped his collar open—identical birth date scar: Xin Mao, Gui Si, Yi Wei
"We three...are bound till death." He smashed through the window, last words trailing: "The Corpse King awaits you..."