Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou looked at the person leading the group; it was actually Head Constable Wang. Behind him was a person tied up securely, covered in white fur, indicating that if he wasn't treated soon, he might turn into a corpse.

After inquiring, Liu Ergou learned that the person was A'Kun, who used to be in the same team as Li Ergou, both under Head Constable Wang's leadership.

However, this guy didn't get along with Li Ergou, so they didn't interact much.

Seeing this, Li Ergou hesitated for a moment, thinking that this wasn't the time to dwell on personal grudges; one more person meant one more bit of strength.

He didn't have any real animosity towards A'Kun, certainly not enough to stand by and watch him die, so he said, "Brother Wang, I have an antidote for corpse poison here. Quickly distribute it to everyone and try to save as many people as possible."

At that moment, he took out some detoxifying pills and a few second-generation eggs and handed them to Head Constable Wang.

Head Constable Wang said with a face full of gratitude, "Ergou, I don't know what to say. I'll thank you on behalf of the brothers. Many constables were also grateful at this sight."

Li Ergou shook his head slightly and said, "It's a time like this; we should help each other. Let's go to the county office first. You take everyone to heal."

Head Constable Wang nodded, and everyone dispersed immediately.

After Li Ergou left, Head Constable Wang immediately gave the detoxifying pills to the injured and the eggs to those bitten by zombies.

After Brother Kun ate the egg, the effect was very obvious. Before long, the white fur all over his body receded, and the corpse spots on his face disappeared. When he heard that Li Ergou had saved him, he fell silent for a long time.

At that moment, Li Ergou had already arrived at the county office. People were coming and going, too busy to greet each other, hurrying back and forth.

Entering the county office, Li Ergou and Huang San went straight to the county lieutenant's office, not bothering with formalities and entering without knocking.

The county lieutenant was also swamped. Seeing Li Ergou and Huang San return, he seemed to see a savior and immediately greeted them, asking about the situation in Chicken Cry Town. Li Ergou and Huang San told him the truth, and the county lieutenant couldn't help but sigh.

Then, the county lieutenant told them about his trip to Fish City.

Through the county lieutenant's information, the two learned that not only Bitter Water County and Clear Water County had suffered from the zombie disaster, but the entire Fish City area had also experienced a massive zombie crisis. All the forces in Fish City had been mobilized.

Even the Treasure Mirror Prefecture had learned of this and was coordinating manpower from other large cities to come to help. The most important thing now was to capture the originator, the corpse demon.

Without eliminating the corpse demon, the zombie disaster would not stop. As for the various counties and towns below, they could only resist on their own for now.

To encourage everyone to actively participate in the battle and boost morale, a notice was issued stating that anyone who killed a white-haired zombie would be rewarded with ten taels of silver, a purple-haired zombie with fifty taels, and a green-scaled zombie with five hundred taels.

If anyone could kill the corpse demon, they would be directly rewarded with one hundred zhu of Daoist gold coins.

Li Ergou clicked his tongue. The reward for the corpse demon was really high. However, he knew how terrifying that thing was. Killing that guy was like jumping into a puddle to drown himself, saving himself from being bitten into a zombie.

However, Li Ergou was tempted by the reward for killing zombies. He still had a huge debt to repay. Wasn't this like having a pillow when he was sleepy? Those white-haired zombies didn't seem so scary anymore, as if they had all turned into pieces of silver.

Just as Li Ergou was pondering, the county lieutenant saw Li Ergou and Huang San's furrowed brows, thinking that the encouragement wasn't enough. After all, this was a matter of life and death.

He had to bring out the plan he had discussed with the county magistrate and the county clerk, "To encourage everyone to fight more enthusiastically, our county also plans to spend some money to subsidize everyone. For every white-haired zombie killed, there will be an additional one tael of silver, five taels for purple-haired zombies, and fifty taels for green-scaled zombies."

Although the county office's rewards weren't much, every little bit helps. With such constant surprises, Li Ergou was overjoyed. He immediately said, "Good, since the higher-ups are so supportive, I will definitely have my brothers fight hard to kill zombies. However, our county office is short-handed, but there are countless zombies. Can the county office relax some restrictions and allow us to recruit some extra personnel ourselves?"

The county lieutenant pondered for a moment and said, "That's possible. The imperial court has laws stipulating that county offices have the right to expand recruitment under special circumstances.

However, the number of extra personnel in each team cannot exceed one hundred. Actually, I suggest you go to Vermillion Bird Academy. There are many students there who cultivate martial arts and divine arts, and their combat power is quite good.

These young fellows are at an age of passion and enthusiasm. Not only is their combat power high, but their combat qualities are also good. They can be good extra personnel."

Li Ergou smiled and immediately thanked the county lieutenant before leaving with Huang San.

What he didn't know was that the news that Ergou's medicinal eggs could treat corpse poison had spread. The county town was full of people looking for connections to buy medicinal eggs. Now, a first-generation egg had been炒 (speculated) up to two taels of silver, and a second-generation egg had been炒 (speculated) up to ten taels of silver. The price was still soaring, and Liu Zhiyu was searching the world for Li Ergou.

At that moment, Li Ergou had dismissed everyone, telling them to go home and rest so they could go out of the city to resist the zombies tomorrow.

Returning to the Bitter Mountain Courtyard, he saw Black Beard, Black Cat, and Chicken King all looking at Bitter Mountain with vigilance. Mei'er was starting a fire in the yard to cook. When she saw Li Ergou return, she was immediately overjoyed.

Li Ergou asked these guys what was wrong. Mei'er told Li Ergou that wild animals that had turned into zombies were constantly coming down the mountain. Fortunately, they had all been killed by Chicken King and Black Cat.

Li Ergou was slightly surprised. Unexpectedly, at that moment, cracking sounds rang out from the mountain. In the blink of an eye, a huge black shadow ran down the mountain. The guy's skin was dark, and its bristles were standing up. It even broke several large trees along the way. It was a wild boar the size of a cow.

However, judging from the wild boar's dead fish-like eyes, it should be a zombified wild boar.

The wild boar was ferocious. With a thought, Li Ergou's Fish Scale Sword floated out. He snorted coldly and said, "I never thought that home would be the most dangerous place."

Unexpectedly, before Li Ergou could attack, he saw Chicken King cluck twice and rush up. The current Chicken King stood nearly two and a half meters tall, a veritable behemoth. Its thighs were as thick as giant trees, and its sharp claws could shatter gold and split rocks with ease.

Chicken King flapped its wings a few times, and a gale immediately swept across the ground, blowing up sand and stones. In the blink of an eye, the two behemoths collided.

A loud bang came, and Li Ergou was stunned in place. He really didn't expect it to be like this.