The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 604

Chapter 604: Chapter 604: Liora Gold—One Worth Four

"Something’s not right."

Uncle Hua suddenly said, "Just now, we couldn’t leave the village entrance, and those zombies also couldn’t get out, so the outside should still be safe."

"Only temporarily safe."

Scarlett Jennings said,

"Because the living corpses haven’t been fully refined yet, the corpse poison isn’t strong. Half-living corpses are like the villagers we just saw; during the day, they still appear as normal people and only turn into living corpses under specific circumstances.

In this case, if we let them out, as long as the country and the Mystical Sect cooperate well, they can quickly bring the situation under control."

As for what specific circumstances, it’s probably related to the daylight.

At night, the shadow energy is heavy, activating the corpse poison to turn them into living corpses, but during the day, the positive energy flourishes, allowing them to maintain their human form.

But judging by the reaction of those people just now, it seems they’re not far from becoming complete living corpses.

Because one standard for completely turning into a living corpse is when a human begins to crave the flesh of their kind.

When they start losing human rationality, they become complete living corpses.

And by then, the masterminds will definitely open the village barrier and let these living corpses out...

"We can’t just wait for the Mystical Sect to find something amiss and send someone over; that would be too late."

Scarlett Jennings said, "To stop the Myriad Corpses Formation, the best way is to find the mastermind behind it and deal with them first."

Stella Gibson obviously understood this point,

"But we’re trapped here ourselves, how can we find that person?"

Scarlett Jennings wasn’t clear about the specific array of the Myriad Corpses Formation, but it didn’t stop her from making bold assumptions,

"For a typical array, the practitioner is either at the center or at the edge of the array, they won’t be too far away."

To raise these living corpses, they would inevitably observe their changes nearby.

And to ensure the Undying Bone absorbs the filth from all the living corpses, no place is better than the center of the array.

Plus, the black mist appears directly within the barrier.

In conclusion, the mastermind should also be within the barrier and is very likely in the center of the village.

After listening to Scarlett Jennings’ analysis, Stella Gibson’s eyes lit up, and she almost immediately thought of a place,

"The house surrounded by those villagers just now!" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Right in the village center, with villagers "guarding" it, no place could be more suspicious.

"Besides this, we also need to set up another isolation array in the village to prevent them from suddenly removing the barrier and letting the half-living corpses out."

Even if they’re immature half-living corpses, releasing them would cause considerable trouble.

As long as we ensure the villagers remain within the barrier, we’ll only have to deal with the few hundred living corpses in the village.

Stella Gibson naturally understood this, but—

"There are only seven... six of us, setting up an array to isolate the entire village would take at least a week’s preparation."

Not to mention the massive amount of spiritual power a large-scale array would consume.

Even draining all six of us wouldn’t be enough.

"It would be great if Ashton Todd were here. He’s familiar with this area, and having one more person would mean one more helping hand."

Scarlett Jennings thought so too, not just for the extra help, but also because of another plan.

But thinking about it now is pointless.

"We can have Gregory Xander and the others set up an array in a house first and then lure the villagers inside."

This way, the spiritual power required would be much less.

They could manage it.

"That’s also a plan, but we need to meet up with Brother Jingze first."

Scarlett Jennings shook her head,

"Going out to find them could attract attention, just relay the message, and we’ll split into two groups and act simultaneously."

Stella Gibson heard that she intended to face the mastermind alone and immediately objected.

"How can this be?! You..."

However, she was interrupted by Uncle Hua decisively.

"I don’t need anyone to stay and protect me!"

He said with a serious look on his face,

"You young girls need to handle serious matters; although I can’t help, I also won’t drag you down. Take her with you, I have so many protective items you’ve left, I can manage alone."

As he spoke, regardless of Scarlett Jennings and the others’ reactions, he suddenly walked to a standing cabinet in the house, opened the door, and climbed inside.

"Before you return, I’ll stay in this cabinet. If you’re still worried, just add another layer of that barrier inside the cabinet for me."

Uncle Hua was determined not to have anyone left to protect him, and Scarlett Jennings could only comply. But before she left, she did add an extra layer of barrier to the cabinet, as he wished.

After doing all this, she received feedback from the little paper figures.

They found Gregory Xander and the others; they should have received her message by now.

Scarlett Jennings and Stella Gibson waited a bit longer, confirmed that Gregory Xander and the others were starting to draw the living corpses away, then immediately left the house, heading quickly towards the house the villagers were previously surrounding.

With a Clear Breeze Charm, they quickly arrived in front of the house and, as soon as they got close, noticed the barrier erected around the house.

She was about to use the Peach Wood Sword to break the barrier when she suddenly paused.

Feeling the familiar spiritual power aura within the barrier, her eyes flashed, and she instead used a Formation Breaking Talisman to open a gap in the barrier, then quickly took Stella Gibson inside.

The moment they entered the house.

Suddenly, two huge ghostly figures charged violently towards them.

However, just as they were about to reach them, one of the ghostly figures saw clearly who had arrived, abruptly halted, and instead slapped the other ghostly figure away with a backhand.

Turning its head, it charged at Scarlett Jennings again, but this time it reverted to a familiar, delicate Big Ghost, whimpering,

"Scarlett! You’ve finally come to save me, boo-hoo-hoo!"