My Cell Prison-Chapter 1182 - 1181: Zombie Transformation

"Corpse Element?"

The Village Chief had just mentioned this term... Apparently, he planned to extract this substance using my and the doctor’s corpses.

The method of extraction should rely on the steam technology here.

Unexpectedly, my syringe could bypass complicated technical means, directly extracting it,

Presumably, the syringe considered the "Corpse Element" useful for my current corpse body, which is why it isolated the Corpse Element during extraction; otherwise, it would have been left in the corpse as waste."

Han Dong temporarily put away the syringe, not rushing to inject the Corpse Element... Instead, he cast his gaze in a certain direction and whispered softly,

"How long do you plan on hiding?"

As soon as Han Dong asked this, a shadow immediately emerged.

It was the male servant of the Village Chief’s household who had been responsible for leading the way.

The paper lantern in his hand trembled with his body, the Village Chief, who he had believed impossible to confront, had been killed in an instant.

"Don’t kill me! I was just... passing by."

This excuse was the worst Han Dong had ever heard, but he still gave the man a chance.

"Why wouldn’t I kill you, having seen all this?"

"Because... by killing the Village Chief, you’re the new Village Chief.

I was actually the steward for the former Village Chief. I will serve you to my fullest ability, sparing you from worrying about any affairs.

By the way, I can also handle the Dragon Boat ritual!"

Han Dong had already seen this man’s worth; now knowing nothing about the village, having such a fellow as an assistant wasn’t a bad thing.

"Oh! That reason is much better... Take us to the Village Chief’s house. We have many things to ask you. No sleep for you tonight."

"Yes, Lord... Village Chief!"

To kill the original Village Chief and become the new one was actually an official rule.

When the news of the original Village Chief, Iron Corpse-Chen Dongshan’s death spread, the entire village erupted, some villagers even took the initiative to offer their scarce Corpse Element as a token of gratitude.

After all, the original Village Chief did not view the villagers as people, virtually squeezing out everyone’s Corpse Element.

As for taking over as Village Chief, Han Dong left everything to the doctor.

The doctor, being one of the former Huang Family’s four elders, was better suited for the role of Village Chief.

At the same time, the doctor’s brain was also better suited for storing a vast amount of world information; when Han Dong finished his business, he could get detailed information from the doctor... saving a lot of time.

For now, Han Dong needed to conduct experiments on his own body.

Because of the syringe’s convenience.

The Corpse Element extracted from the former Village Chief’s body was stored separately in a syringe.

The color was dark, presenting a ferromagnetic state, resembling a liquid yet like iron filings arranged in order under a magnetic field’s influence.

Name: "Corpse Element"

(*Unique substance that can be extracted from the corpses of the current world, with significant quality differences. Injecting low-quality Corpse Element can only grant lower-level power, mixed with a lot of impurities and difficult to achieve "Zombie Transformation" and subsequent advancements.

The System will provide absorption recommendations when you collect Corpse Element.)

Category and Quality: Heavy Iron, Inferior ’Zombie Oil’ (the individual is currently just a common Corpse Handler and can absorb ’Zombie Oil’ to meet the "Zombie Transformation" standards)

Effect: Advance the progress of Zombie Transformation, greatly increase the hardness of the corpse body.

"Corpse Element... Interesting!

But, there are more secrets involved here.

My mind is merely analyzing based on the attributes of the Corpse Element alone; who knows, Tomb World might correspond to something related to corpse cultivation.

When the Dragon Boat arrives, I should know more information.

Since brain detection is working, there shouldn’t be an issue... Besides, this body isn’t mine.

How should I inject this thing? If the corpse has no circulatory system, conventional intravenous injections probably won’t work."

As Han Dong posed this question, the laboratory AI System immediately provided the answer:

"Injection into the heart. Though the corpse lacks the blood circulation of a living body, it still uses the heart as the main system, which can encompass control of the "Corpse Qi" throughout the body... it’s also an organ key to individual evolution."

"The heart? Well then... Let’s do this."

Han Dong directly plunged the syringe into the withered heart corresponding to the corpse, slowly pushing the ferromagnetic substance into it.

In all reason, the corpse, which should have no sense of touch, experienced discomfort as the syringe was pressed.

Cold and heavy.

As if pouring thick metal liquid into the heart, gradually, a corresponding heaviness enveloped every part of the body.

"The sense of touch is returning? The body is becoming more perfect... Is this the so-called Zombie Transformation?"

While the heart wasn’t comfortable,

I could feel a constant surge of power throughout the body,

Layer upon layer, akin to steel, replaced the original skin tissue; the skin looked like the texture of old tree bark,

Nails were growing thicker, black smoke constantly emitting,

And the body surfaced with lots of strange white hair,

The most significant change was the weight... The body weight had increased by more than tenfold.

What Han Dong didn’t know was that as he was undergoing Zombie Transformation in the Basement, the entire Village Chief’s mansion was emitting thick, black smoke.

The original Village Chief was only a step away from a true Zombie Transformation; now, Han Dong had intercepted him midway, using the syringe to extract all of the ’Zombie Oil’ for his own use.

In one fell swoop, he broke through the shackles of the regular corpse, becoming the lowest level of "Zombie."

Such a transformation was also what the Village Chief referred to as a ticket... Reaching such a level, one might even board the Dragon Boat.

Han Dong spent a full hour acclimating to the transformation.

He opened his eyes and revealed an excited smile, one sweep of his hand leaving claw marks several inches deep in the stone wall beside him.

"Quite good indeed! Zombie Transformation... Could this system, as the doctor said, lead to the manor?

Ghouls, theoretically, are also ’corpses’; if they could undergo Zombie Transformation, they would break the shackles of the Demon and grow with a new system... Perhaps they could be mixed with the Demon Attribute to form a new species.

No rush, let’s take a good look at this world first.

I can sense that the desolate mountains and village I am currently in might not even amount to the tip of the iceberg... The severe lack of control must have a reason."

As Han Dong walked out of the Basement and went back to the mansion,

He discovered that all the servants in the village’s mansion were in a kneeling posture, even the villagers on the streets outside were doing the same.

"Congratulations, young master, on achieving Zombie Transformation. In two days, we will welcome the Dragon Boat!

By then, those people of higher status will surely be very satisfied, and they will grant our village more technology and qualifications due to your accomplishments."

"Oh... Is Zombie Transformation rare?"

"For our kind of remote and small Floating Island, it’s too rare... It’s already not easy to have one Zombie Transformation in a hundred years, given our resources scarcity, and the lack of any support from ’Corpse Collection’."

"Fine then... I’m looking forward to the arrival of the Dragon Boat."

For a moment, Han Dong developed a profound interest in this Uncontrolled World.