Is this what a zombie is?

74. The Nine Princes' Struggle for the Throne

"The Green Zombie Tai Sui!"

Upon hearing these four words, Nangong Erya's face became noticeably serious, and her eyes turned solemn.

This title carries considerable weight. Throughout history, those who have been given the title of Tai Sui have all been beings capable of unleashing catastrophic disasters.

There are only four recorded instances.

Li Lianying was the last one, and also the source of the zombie riot at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Although he only intervened once, it took the Four Spirits Clan several decades to completely quell the zombie riot at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

As a member of the new generation, Nangong Erya was not involved, but she knew how troublesome this matter was.

After handing over the intelligence, Attorney Luo did not linger any longer and turned to leave.

"You think you can just leave? It's not that easy."

Nangong Erya flashed and instantly blocked his way, her aura suddenly surging.

Attorney Luo stopped and smiled calmly, "Since I dare to wait for you here, I am naturally confident that you cannot keep me."

"Is that so?" Nangong Erya's lips curled into a smile, her eyes filled with burning fighting spirit. "We have to give it a try. How will we know the outcome if we don't try?"

Before she finished speaking, a cluster of blazing orange-red flames suddenly ignited on her fair right palm.

The moment the flames appeared, the surrounding air began to distort. She struck out with her palm, and a fiery serpent roared as it lunged at Lawyer Luo.

Faced with the terrifying flames that could melt gold and iron, Attorney Luo stood with his hands in his pockets, neither dodging nor avoiding them.

Why not avoid it?

Because they were not afraid, they even strode forward into the flames.

A bizarre scene unfolded.

The raging flames, when they came within an inch of Lawyer Luo, seemed to have struck an invisible, absolute barrier, vanishing without a trace without causing any ripples.

Not to mention hurting Attorney Luo, they couldn't even curl the loose threads on his clothes with ironing.

Seeing this, Nangong Erya did not panic. As a genius of the younger generation of the Nangong family, her combat intelligence was naturally top-notch.

When her first attack failed, she realized that what her opponent possessed was not some powerful defensive ability, but a higher level of rule-based power.

"I see, a rule-based spirit rune?"

She clasped her hands together and activated the flames again, but this time, the flames were not used for attack, but for control and restraint.

Flame Lawyer was suddenly engulfed by four walls of scorching fire that rapidly closed inward, forming an impenetrable cage of flames that attempted to trap him completely.

"Tsk!"

Lawyer Luo couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. He truly deserved to be able to control the Southern Bright Fire. With just one test, he had guessed the details of his spiritual patterns.

As expected, it's still best not to have too much contact with the Four Spirits Clan. The more contact you have, the easier it is to expose your own weaknesses.

"Luo Zhen, come back!"

Just as the fire prison was about to close completely, Luo Zhen, having received the order, merged into Lawyer Luo's shadow.

The next second, Attorney Luo, like ink merging into water, silently sank into the shadows.

The fire prison closed, but it only trapped a desolate void.

"I'm entrusting Li Lianying's matter to you." Attorney Luo's light, airy voice came from all directions, tinged with a hint of amusement. "I hope you won't disappoint me."

Nangong Erya suddenly threw a punch, and the violent flames blasted the tiles on the ground away, leaving a charred crater.

Her delicate face was full of displeasure at being made a fool of.

Attorney Luo's last words sounded somewhat harsh to her, like a blatant provocation.

She took a deep breath, calmed her surging fighting spirit, and gripped the USB drive tightly in her hand.

never mind!

Li Lianying, the Green Zombie Tai Sui, this should allow her to loosen up her muscles and bones.

The atmosphere in the conference room of the Special Events Security Bureau headquarters was extremely tense.

Nangong Erya has returned and handed over the USB drive.

At this moment, she and two other people are watching the projected holographic image together.

One of them was Wang Riyue, the director of the Security Bureau.

The other person wore gold-rimmed glasses and had a refined demeanor.

He was none other than Dongfang Liang, the head of the intelligence department of the Dongfang family, a family renowned for its wisdom and array formations among the Four Spirits Clan.

The holographic image playing was the surveillance footage of Ai Yi being kidnapped.

After the video finished playing, a brief silence fell over the conference room.

"It's him." Dongfang Liang's tone was calm and certain. "Although his appearance has changed, that cold and decaying aura, and his ability to manipulate zombie bacteria to affect reality... there's no mistake, it's Li Lianying."

As the Minister of Intelligence, and with the accumulated knowledge and experience of the Four Spirits Family, he knew almost everything that was happening in China, and his mind was filled with a vast amount of top-secret files.

Why would an old monster who has been lying dormant for over a hundred years suddenly risk exposure and blatantly abduct an ordinary, unremarkable person in the city center?

Director Wang Riyue frowned; this didn't make sense.

For someone of Li Lianying's stature, keeping a low profile and remaining hidden is the first rule of survival.

Such unusual behavior must be hiding a huge scheme.

"Because this young man is not ordinary." Dongfang Liang tapped a few times on the virtual keyboard, and an encrypted file was retrieved and projected in front of everyone.

"According to the calculation based on his birth date and time..." Dongfang Liang's gaze swept over the basic information, "He possesses the destiny of the Purple Star Emperor, which in ancient times meant he was born to be an emperor."

"But that's not all." Dongfang Liang's expression remained unchanged as he pulled up another file containing photos of eight babies.

"In the month leading up to Ai Yi's abduction, eight newborn boys went missing in the city and surrounding areas. The police had been investigating the case as a routine human trafficking case, but had no leads."

"Based on the information we have now, the disappearance of these eight people should also be related to Li Lianying."

Is there any necessary connection between the two?

Nangong Erya expressed her confusion.

"The birth dates and times of these eight babies vary. Some are destined for a short life, some have the Seven Killings and Broken Army stars, some will bring misfortune to both parents, and some will bring misfortune to their children. But they all have one thing in common: they are all destined to be emperors. However, compared to Ai Yi's, their imperial destiny is one or two levels lower."

One baby was destined to be an emperor, and eight babies were destined to be emperors of lesser order.

Two seemingly unrelated cases are connected by an invisible thread in Dongfang Liang's narration, pointing to a chilling truth.

Nangong Erya's heart skipped a beat; she had already vaguely guessed what was going on.

"Nine Princes Struggle for the Throne"

Dongfang Liang nodded. "If nothing unexpected happens, this should be Li Lianying's goal."