Finally, the Zombie Alliance decided to dispatch one seventh-turn Immortal Zombie and two sixth-turn Immortal Zombies to find and assassinate this person, to uphold the Zombie Alliance's prestige. Of course, the main goal was to obtain the complete set of Gu recipes for the Crimson Fiend Divine Ship.
In fact, the Zombie Alliance had already acquired most of them, leaving only a few core Immortal Gu recipes and the secrets of how the Gu insects coordinate and operate.
With the three major matters—Flame Furnace, Earth Trench, and Crimson Fiend Divine Ship—settled, the atmosphere in the council hall relaxed.
Yin Liugong then tapped the table with his finger and said, "Now we begin discussing other tasks."
His finger tapped the table, making a thumping sound.
On the empty ground in front of the Immortal Zombies, the image changed again, transforming into four-sided pillars. On each side of the thick pillars, dense text was flowing.
"Do any of you still have tasks that have not been returned?" Yin Liugong asked.
Everyone looked at each other, but no one stepped forward.
Tasks could be returned at any time, not necessarily during the open council.
Although Gu Ye didn't want to do the task of guarding the Old Earthwood, the time limit had not yet expired, and returning the task early would deduct a considerable amount of contribution points.
"Very well, then report your tasks," said Yin Liugong.
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire council hall became lively. The sound suddenly became noisy. There were tasks related to Gu refinement recipes, collecting certain materials, identifying certain Gu insects, and gathering intelligence on certain aspects. All kinds, too numerous to list.
Fang Yuan also spoke, stating that he wanted to purchase a method to get rid of his Immortal Zombie identity and be reborn.
This action earned him many light laughs.
"Brother Sha, you haven't formally sworn yet. You don't have a Zombie Alliance token or any contribution points. How can you post a task?" Gu Ye reminded him from the side.
"That's right," Fang Yuan frowned.
"Don't worry. After the council, I'll take you to get your identity token. This token also records your contributions to the Zombie Alliance. Besides, what you want to purchase is the desire of all us Immortal Zombies. You don't need to specifically purchase it; just look at the top tasks." Gu Ye pointed at the ever-changing image in front of them.
Fang Yuan shifted his gaze and saw the very top of the task board. There were a few tasks. Among them, one had font larger than the others.
"Selling the Zombie Alliance's past generations. Research results on how to get rid of Immortal Zombie status and gain new life." Fang Yuan read out word by word.
"The prices are listed clearly inside, but even the cheapest result requires twenty contribution points to exchange." Gu Ye was especially familiar with this information.
In fact, every Immortal Zombie was extremely familiar with this task.
Why did many Immortal Zombies join the Zombie Alliance?
Wasn't it to seek a method to get rid of their Immortal Zombie identity and be reborn?
The original purpose of the Zombie Alliance seemed also to be to research how to revive Immortal Zombies.
"Elder Gu, has there ever been an Immortal Zombie in the Zombie Alliance who revives because of these results?" Fang Yuan asked again.
"According to rumors, there seems to have been." Gu Ye's tone was uncertain.
"There seems to have been?" Fang Yuan frowned.
"You should know that many of these research results require at least a thousand contribution points to exchange. And after you formally join the alliance, you have to sign a contract not to sell these research results yourself." Gu Ye said with a wry smile.
Seeing Fang Yuan's frown deepen, he continued, "Don't worry too much. At least I can guarantee that these research results are not fakes. I exchanged for one before, and it indeed was very useful. If you can obtain these results, you'll be standing on the foundation laid by past sages, saving yourself a lot of hard work."
Fang Yuan nodded.
The Zombie Alliance was well-versed in the psychology of its inner members. It used research results as sweeteners to motivate members to work hard. Almost every Immortal Zombie fell for it.
Even if an Immortal Zombie exchanged for many results, as long as they weren't reborn, they would continue to work for the Zombie Alliance.
The more clever point was that the Zombie Alliance kept a sliver of hope for the Immortal Zombies: if this research result doesn't work, perhaps the next one can help me escape this predicament.
Fang Yuan could tell with his butt that the prices inside were set high, requiring a massive amount of contribution points to exchange for most of the research results.
"But fortunately, that legacy in the Earth Trench was left by a powerful Immortal Zombie. It also contains a research result on Immortal Zombie rebirth. In my previous life, the Immortal Zombies of the Northern Plains benefited from it, and their combat power skyrocketed. For a time, the Northern Plains Zombie Alliance was closed off and even stronger than the Eastern Sea headquarters."
Fang Yuan's main purpose for infiltrating the Northern Plains Zombie Alliance was that legacy.
As for working step by step, using contribution points to exchange for research results from the Zombie Alliance tasks, Fang Yuan had little interest.
After all, it cost too much time and effort.
It took a while before the council hall gradually calmed down.
Each Immortal Zombie reported their tasks and offered their own contribution rewards. Everyone's eyes were glued to the image on the ground; some scanned continuously, some closed their eyes in thought.
Yin Liugong continued to host: "Now we begin distributing tasks. One by one, don't argue. First is feeding the Zombie Alliance's ancient wasteland beast, Half-Moon Qilin."
"I'll do it."
"I'll take this task."