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Upon hearing these words, Lu Yan finally showed some interest.

He commanded the god within the Soul Banner to temporarily close the space rift, and then stored the Soul Banner as he slowly descended from the sky.

On the ground, the elite scavenger team gazed at Lu Yan with reverence, not daring to breathe heavily.

Even the young transcendent who had previously doubted the legends of the Underworld found himself utterly devoid of any rebellious thoughts at this moment.

Before witnessing Lu Yan's arrival, they could still attribute the cleansing of the ruined city to certain transcendent teams with special abilities.

But after seeing Lu Yan in action, they completely discarded their previous thoughts, with only one notion remaining in their hearts.

The Underworld has truly descended!

Thousands of Yin Soldiers swept through millions of zombies, including a ninth-tier Corpse King.

Such a grand scene completely exceeded their understanding of the extraordinary system, and it felt more fitting to call it the Mythical Underworld.

As Lu Yan descended, everyone finally got a clear view of him.

Under the Profound Robe, his handsome face appeared somewhat pale, with eyes as deep as an abyss.

At times, he seemed as warm and gentle as the sun, making one feel close, while at other times, countless ghost soldiers and spirits appeared amidst black mist around him, embodying the unassailable majesty of a Divine Monarch of the Underworld.

These two conflicting feelings were fully embodied in Lu Yan, yet carried a bizarre sense of harmony, deepening the awe in people's hearts.

"Do you have news of a massive zombie horde?"

Lu Yan's voice slowly echoed, carrying an inherent authority that made it difficult for anyone to think of refusing.

Guo Ze took a step forward, bowed to Lu Yan, and said:

"Reporting to the Supreme God, I do have information about a massive zombie horde."

An interest rose in Lu Yan's eyes.

The so-called zombie horde refers to a phenomenon where a large number of zombies gather into a wave to attack nearby settlements.

In the apocalypse version, zombies not only exist in cities; there are also numerous zombies in the wilderness, but they are too scattered and far less threatening than the ones gathered in cities.

Even Lu Yan wouldn't spend effort clearing zombies in the wilderness.

However, whenever a zombie horde erupts, hundreds of Corpse Kings appear in the wilderness, gathering wandering zombies to launch an attack on surviving human settlements.

Once the number reaches a large scale, zombies from surrounding city clusters will also join the horde, forming a mighty zombie army.

To meet the standard of a massive zombie horde, at least three million zombies must be gathered, and sometimes even ten million.

By then, the wilderness will be covered with zombies, presenting an excellent hunting opportunity for Lu Yan.

By this time, three months had passed since Lu Yan entered the apocalypse version.

Benefiting from the pressure brought by the long-life version, Lu Yan had nearly not wasted a single second during this time, crazily harvesting zombies in various city clusters.

Since the Soul Banner was upgraded from a top-grade magical artifact to a magic treasure, speed was no longer the limiting factor for Lu Yan in harvesting zombies.

With the full power of the Soul Banner, a small town with tens of thousands of people can be cleared in ten minutes if it's night.

Even small cities with hundreds of thousands of people, if zombies are relatively scattered, only require a few hours of carpet cleaning.

Compared to clearing zombies, the real problem for Lu Yan was how to locate city ruins and towns with zombies.

The apocalyptic wasteland is not like the urban version of the Eastern Federation and the United States, where cities are far apart, necessitating Lu Yan to search for the next city cluster after cleansing a city and its surrounding towns.

Moreover, the god of the Abyss's space control is not almighty; the maximum transmission distance for space rifts is fifty kilometers. Beyond that, deploying Yin Soldiers becomes more difficult.

Upon reaching a city, Lu Yan would first choose the place with the most zombie gatherings to begin cultivation.

This is because the more zombies there are, the more Moonlight Spiritual Qi can be absorbed at night, indulging in a copious intake of Moonlight Spiritual Qi.

After the god of the Abyss and the Yin Soldiers clear out all zombies in the surrounding area, the entire city gets its final cleanup before moving on to the next city.

Using this speed for cleansing, Lu Yan cleared over thirty million zombies in the past three months, covering more than fifty city clusters.

There were as many as three large city clusters with populations exceeding a million, while small cities with tens of thousands of people were too numerous to count, with Lu Yan spending most of his time traveling from one city cluster to the next.

Such speed is terrifying. If those demon masters of the Xianxia version knew Lu Yan could harvest over thirty million wandering souls in just three months, and rather than incurring divine retribution, he even received rewards from the Celestial Dao, they would surely be so jealous that they would descend into madness.

Although thirty million-plus wandering souls are indeed vast in number, it's still not enough for Lu Yan.

On the one hand, the quality of zombie wandering souls is too poor; on the other hand, to cope with the crisis from the long-life version knocking at the door next time, Lu Yan needs to stir the entire apocalypse version within these six months to hope to withstand the crisis.

The last time Lu Yan slew over a hundred thousand zombies in the apocalypse version, it barely reached a 0.2% version change value.

This data does not mean that the apocalypse version only has fifty million zombies, because the 0.2% version variation value also includes the effect of Lu Yan using the Zombie Wandering Soul to eliminate the impact of the apocalypse.

According to Lu Yan's exploration over these days, the population of the entire apocalypse version should be less than the urban version, but it is still at least two to three billion in scale.

Even if only half of them transformed into zombies, Lu Yan slaughtering more than 30 million zombies non-stop for three months is probably less than 3% of the total amount.

At this rate, trying to shake the apocalypse version is as hard as reaching the sky; more convenient means must be used to harvest zombies.

However, the apocalypse version does not have the kind of super-sized cities with a population exceeding ten million as in the previous life, so Lu Yan can only search through urban agglomerations one by one for cleanup, which is far from satisfying in terms of efficiency.

Precisely because of this, the large-scale zombie horde caught Lu Yan's interest.

After glancing at Guo Ze, Lu Yan straightforwardly said:

"Tell me the location of the large zombie horde, and I can fulfill one condition for you."

Hearing this, even Guo Ze couldn't help but swallow, showing a moved expression on his face.

He had already witnessed the terror of Lu Yan's Ghost Soldiers and Spirits. One condition from Lu Yan could completely exchange for a ruined city or support him to become the leader of a settlement.

Thinking of this, even Guo Ze couldn't help but show a look of greed in his eyes.

But then Guo Ze immediately suppressed his inner greed and solemnly said:

"Your grace, as far as I know, there is currently no area experiencing a large-scale zombie horde..."

Before the words were finished, a terrifying pressure suddenly descended, and even Guo Ze, who had reached the Extraordinary Fifth Tier comparable to the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, had no time to resist before both his knees slammed to the ground.

The more than a dozen team members behind Guo Ze also fell to their knees under the impact of this pressure wave, their faces flushed, nervously looking at Lu Yan.

"Do you think I'm joking with you?"

Lu Yan's calm voice sounded, and with each word, Guo Ze felt the pressure on his soul strengthen a bit more, making it seem as if his soul might collapse at any moment as Lu Yan spoke.

Guo Ze struggled to say, "Your grace... although there is currently no large-scale zombie horde outbreak, I have the ability to guide the birth of a large-scale zombie horde."

As soon as these words were spoken, the heavy pressure relaxed, and Guo Ze, seizing the opportunity to breathe, quickly explained:

"Your grace, this matter was not intentionally concealed by me, but was done out of urgency, please forgive me!"

Lu Yan glanced at Guo Ze.

"It won't happen again."

As the pressure dissipated, Guo Ze finally managed to stand up from the ground with difficulty.

"Tell me more about directing a large-scale zombie horde."

"Yes!" Guo Ze said, trying to adjust his physical state:

"The ability to guide large-scale zombie hordes comes from a Fifth Tier Transcendent named Li Kang in Gathering Point No. 73.

Li Kang was originally just an ordinary Transcendent, but during a ruin city exploration, he acquired a lot of precious resources. By trading the resources for a large amount of Sunstone, he successfully advanced to the fifth tier.

After his advancement, his Extraordinary Ability changed, allowing his Spiritual Link to mimic a powerful Corpse King to control ordinary zombies.

He once attempted to control ordinary wandering zombies in the wilderness, guiding them into a small-scale horde of thousands. According to him, if used properly, it could even create a super-sized horde; however, this method couldn't be used to attack zombies, so its value was limited."

"Li Kang?"

Upon hearing this name, a glimmer of differentiation flashed in Lu Yan's eyes.

Back in the last few hours of experiencing the apocalypse version for the first time, Lu Yan encountered a Transcendent named Li Kang while hunting the Giant Corpse King.

After saving Li Kang, the latter paid several Sunstones as reward, and Lu Yan gave him some remaining resources from his storage bag.

Unexpectedly, due to fate, Li Kang indeed achieved something with those resources.

Not knowing Lu Yan's thoughts, Guo Ze continued earnestly:

"If your grace truly has a need, I can spare no effort to help your grace stir up a super-sized zombie horde sweeping hundreds of kilometers around, allowing your grace's army to harvest souls at will."

Lu Yan cast a playful glance at Guo Ze.

"A large-scale zombie horde is not a toy. Aren't you afraid that trying to control such a horde with your abilities will end up playing with fire and getting burned?"

Lu Yan's words sent a tremor through Guo Ze's heart, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted:

"This is nothing more than betting everything on a gamble. Once your grace can vanquish a large-scale horde, there will no longer be any zombie threats around Gathering Point No. 73.

Your grace can display supreme divine power in front of tens of thousands of survivors, erasing the doomsday shadow hanging over everyone and bringing rebirth to the entire Gathering Point No. 73.

At that time, this place will become a true safe zone, and Gathering Point No. 73 can seize this opportunity to reestablish civilization atop the ruins of this apocalypse!"