Is this what a zombie is?

53. You must be like a cockroach, right?

"Stop calling, it's me!"

A weak but incredibly familiar voice rang out.

Ai Yi's scream stopped abruptly. By the dim light of the screen, he recognized Jiang Chen, who was lying on the ground looking utterly hopeless, Lawyer Luo, who was standing next to him with a sickle, and the black cat that was perched on Jiang Chen's head, wagging its tail with a look of disgust.

He didn't know Lawyer Luo, but he did know his own brother, and Cat Master's familiar eye-rolling disdain was just too familiar.

"call……"

Ai let out a long breath and slumped to the ground, patting his wildly beating chest.

"Dude, you can scare someone to death! What are you doing in the middle of the night? Is this some kind of performance art?"

He casually pressed the switch for the living room ceiling light.

"Clatter".

The dazzling crystal chandelier instantly illuminated the entire living room as bright as day.

The moment the lights came on, Ai Yi finally saw Jiang Chen's miserable state.

Jiang Chen's clothes were already tattered, and the most horrifying thing was his chest, where there was a terrifying hole the size of a bowl. Through this hole, he could even see the floor on the other side.

At the center of the hole, there were no bloodied internal organs, nor the heart that should have been there.

Only a ball of bright white, seemingly pure lightning-like liquid was slowly and rhythmically pulsating.

Ai Yi's mouth opened wider and wider, her jaw almost dropping in shock.

Holy crap!!!

At this moment, only this "Holy crap!" could express his feelings.

"You survived with such a huge hole in your chest? I knew you were from Guangdong, but I didn't expect you to be such a cockroach."

"You're amazing, you're incredible that you still survived!"

Ai gave a thumbs-up, her expression one of genuine admiration.

"Do you think I wanted to look like this?!"

Jiang Chen almost cursed, "You heartless bastard!"

However, as he became emotional, the plasma heart inside the hole in his chest cavity also went slightly out of control due to the emotional fluctuation, and a bright blue arc of electricity suddenly shot out.

Sizzle—smack!

The leaping arc of electricity struck the glass coffee table next to it, shattering the valuable table.

Startled, Ai jumped up from the ground again, frantically dodging the flying glass shards.

"Damn, bro, don't get excited, please don't get excited."

Jiang Chen, his face darkening, lay sprawled on the floor, utterly dejected, taking deep breaths to calm himself.

"Master Cat, can you give me an explanation?"

The cat rolled its eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. It flicked its tail in disgust and patted Jiang Chen's forehead with its paw.

"What can I explain? There are examples of people using the Resurrection Incense to prolong their lives or even be resurrected, but none of them are like yours."

"I'm not some kind of expert. I can't make things up for you if I don't know anything. How am I supposed to explain this to you?"

Cat Master's tone was filled with speechlessness and frustration, almost overflowing.

Jiang Chen sighed helplessly, "Fine, if I can't explain it, then so be it, but I can't keep doing this forever."

"Although having a plasma heart is a cool thing, it's not stable at all. It's like a bomb that could explode at any time and blow me to pieces."

"Hehe!" Even Cat Master couldn't help but laugh, denying Jiang Chen's statement, "Crushed to pieces? You're too naive. If I hadn't used my spiritual power to forcibly suppress it for you, you would have been like the Seven Soul Corpse, not even a trace left."

"Don't forget, the energy you released when you destroyed the Seven Soul Corpses was only a small part of this heart."

"Then, Master Cat, what should I do now?"

Cat Master was very satisfied with Jiang Chen's humble attitude in seeking advice, and after thinking for a moment, he said.

"You now have two paths in front of you."

"First, discharge the charge, releasing the excess charge that your body can handle until the plasma heart stabilizes."

"Second, maintain the status quo. I will help you suppress it for a period of time. During this time, you must cultivate desperately to expand your own 'capacitance' limit until you can completely control this power."

Just as Jiang Chen was pondering and weighing his options, the living room door was suddenly kicked open.

"Young Master!"

The housekeeper heard the earlier screams, and the villa's surveillance equipment and many electrical appliances were destroyed in an instant. He was worried that someone had broken in.

So he rushed in with two burly bodyguards, each carrying a powerful flashlight, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Three blinding beams of light locked onto Jiang Chen, Lawyer Luo, and the black cat perched on Jiang Chen's head in the living room.

"go out!"

Ai Yi's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable air of authority.

He stood in front of the butler, waving his hand to stop him from pressing the alarm.

"Don't worry, they're my friends, they've come to find me. Don't let a word of what happened tonight get out, understand?"

The butler put away his flashlight, nodded to indicate he understood, and then dismissed the bodyguards before respectfully inquiring, "Young Master, would you like anything prepared for our hospitality?"

Ai turned around and looked at Lawyer Luo and Jiang Chen.

Attorney Luo adjusted his sunglasses and uttered two words casually: "Whatever."

Jiang Chen pointed to his still drafty chest and asked, "Do you think I can still eat?"

The cat perched on his head gave Ai a look.

Ai Yi understood immediately and told the butler, "Go to the wine cellar and bring up a bottle of good wine."

"Young Master," the butler began to expose him without any mercy, "Master instructed that you are not allowed to drink alcohol. You don't know how to drink at all; you're just wasting your time."

Ai Yi's face flushed slightly. "Uncle Fu, you're being a bit too talkative. I don't understand what you're saying. Can't we at least serve it to our guests?"

"Yes, young master."

The butler bowed and withdrew, considerately closing the door behind him.

The living room fell silent again, and Ai Yi immediately asked impatiently.

"You've only been in there a few days. Did you get the Resurrection Incense? What happened to get yourself into this state?"

Jiang Chen briefly summarized the events of the past few days in a very calm tone, as if he were telling someone else's story.

"On my first day in prison, before I even ate, a gay guy targeted me. He tried to touch me and even verbally implied that I should give in to him. How could I stand for that? I used the lightning magic I had just learned and immediately straightened his arm."

"Pfft... Hahahaha..." Ai Yi slapped her thigh and laughed wildly without any sympathy, even laughing until tears streamed down her face. "I knew it, I knew you'd get the dumping, and then what?"

Jiang Chen ignored his mockery and continued to recount his most dangerous experiences in the calmest tone.

That very night, a giant cat came to my door, saying it wanted to play hide-and-seek with me.

The next day, they went to see Attorney Luo, and the two sides reached an agreement. That night, they exposed the mastermind, the sorcerer Chen Bo. Then came the ambush on Attorney Luo, the staged death, the feigned encounter with Chen Bo, and finally the bloody battle in the Pit of Ten Thousand Bones in the early hours of this night.

Jiang Chen didn't know how Lawyer Luo's strange mechanism allowed him to instantly kill an old monster who had lived for over a hundred years, but Cat Master provided some supplementary information.

Finally, he took a huge gamble, summoning three bolts of heavenly lightning to destroy the terrifying seven-soul corpse.