"Oh my, it has turned black. It's truly miraculous," Director Dong muttered to himself, looking at the five blackened glutinous rice grains. He then turned around and walked back towards us.

Seeing Director Dong approach with a furrowed brow, Chen Yuanshan became visibly nervous.

"These five grains of glutinous rice first emitted black smoke, and then they turned black," Director Dong replied to Chen Yuanshan.

"Ah," Chen Yuanshan sighed heavily, covering his forehead with his right hand in frustration.

My understanding of zombies is limited to what I've seen in movies. Since I've never encountered one in real life, I don't feel afraid yet. I am more curious about what zombies actually look like, wondering if they resemble the ones in the movies.

"Old Chen, what do you think about this?" Li Jianyuan asked Chen Yuanshan, appearing uncertain.

"Since we've encountered this situation, we can't just ignore it. I was prepared when I came. I have glutinous rice, black dog blood, and an ink line in the car," Chen Yuanshan replied to Li Jianyuan while looking at the stone coffin.

"Master, Senior Li, the coffin has started emitting corpse qi," Xu Yan pointed to the stone coffin, informing Chen Yuanshan and Li Jianyuan.

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Upon hearing Xu Yan's words, Chen Yuanshan and Li Jianyuan followed her gaze towards the stone coffin. They saw greenish corpse qi seeping out of the seams. If you didn't look closely, it was barely noticeable.

Chen Yuanshan and Li Jianyuan stared at the coffin emitting corpse qi, feeling anxious. There was nothing they could do at the moment; they could only watch helplessly.

"Xu Yan, go draw two restraining corpse talismans," Chen Yuanshan instructed Xu Yan.

"Okay, Master," Xu Yan agreed, pulling me away from the crowd.

"Brush, cinnabar, yellow talisman paper," Xu Yan reached out to me for these three items.

I nodded at Xu Yan and took out a brush, cinnabar, and yellow talisman paper from my bag, handing them to her.

After receiving these three items, Xu Yan looked around but couldn't find a suitable place to draw the talismans. So, I bent my waist at a ninety-degree angle, allowing Xu Yan to draw the talismans on my back.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Xu Yan placed the yellow talisman paper on my back. She then dipped the brush in cinnabar and started drawing.

In total, Xu Yan drew four talismans, each inscribed with the command, "Commander Bai Yi General, subdue here."

"I've drawn restraining corpse talismans. These talismans can be used to suppress corpses that have turned into zombies due to turbulent malevolent energy. They are particularly effective against fake corpses and low-level zombies but may not work against higher-level ones. I'll give you one; it might come in handy when needed," Xu Yan handed me one of the talismans casually.

I took the talisman from Xu Yan and tucked it into my pocket.

"Master, it's done," Xu Yan handed the three drawn talismans to Chen Yuanshan.

"Director Dong, can we talk privately for a moment?" Chen Yuanshan called out to Director Dong.

Director Dong, upon hearing Chen Yuanshan's request, walked away from the scene again.

"Did you see the green gas emanating from the coffin?" Chen Yuanshan pointed to the stone coffin and asked Director Dong.