At this moment, Ye Xiang and Wu Jun also walked in.

"What were you guys talking about just now?" Wu Jun hurriedly asked, "I seemed to hear something... about zombies?"

Ye Xiang also had a skeptical expression, "What's going on exactly? I heard it too, you mentioned zombies or something. Did... I mishear it?"

Su Han, who played Lu Zenan, was obviously an impatient person. He hurriedly spoke, "Have you guys heard of the Ouyang family in Hong Kong? It seems to be a group of frauds who claim to be able to make spirit-communicating ceramics and even... raise zombies!"

"What?"

"What's going on? Raising zombies? Are you telling ghost stories?"

Yu Chen sighed and began to explain everything about the Ouyang family.

"I have always been interested in unsolved mysteries and mysterious phenomena. I have read a lot about similar world mysteries, such as UFOs, Easter Island statues, vampire and werewolf legends. Hong Kong itself has many haunted places. One of the most famous is the legend of the Ouyang family's zombies."

"We have never heard of it." Wu Jun scratched his head, "What Ouyang family?"

"It's normal that you guys don't know. Mainland China doesn't publish a lot of things about these supernatural things. Because I am particularly interested in this, I specifically searched for information about it on the internet. Although the Ouyang family is not my main focus, I have come across a few introductions. The records of the Ouyang family can be traced back to the late Qing Dynasty during the Guangxu period. At that time, foreign powers invaded China, and the Chinese land was in ruins, with people suffering. It is said that because of this, many dead bodies turned into zombies and attacked the living. The Ouyang family started at that time, capturing zombies through various means and raising them. Of course, most of these rumors are baseless, and their authenticity is very low. I was just treating it as folklore when I read it."

"Are you kidding? What's the use of raising zombies?"

"There is a saying that zombies can seize the heavens and the earth, they are not part of the five elements and do not go through reincarnation. So the Ouyang family wants to obtain the blood of zombies to enhance their spiritual power and supernatural abilities. Some people say that the blood porcelain they make is made from the blood of zombies. From the 1980s to the 1990s, it was also a prosperous period of development in Hong Kong, especially in Hong Kong movies, many of which were based on the Ouyang family and caused a lot of interest among the Hong Kong people. So some production teams of supernatural programs, like the magazine I saw, were lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview the Ouyang family and film their blood porcelain. I also recognized that porcelain because I happened to see that magazine."

After Yu Chen finished speaking, everyone looked confused.

"Although it sounds unbelievable..." Ye Xiang murmured, "But if it's about zombies, it can also explain why they need to send food to the room and keep it locked. Could it be that the underground room, the prison, really has a zombie? This possibility is indeed hard to exclude. So, if we forcefully open that room and release the zombie, the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Ye Xiang noticed that his lines were obviously increasing. It seemed that because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted from a supporting role to the second male lead! Moreover, the original second male lead, Hang Qingshu, was already dead! However, for Ye Xiang, this might not be a good thing, because it meant that the dangers he would face would also increase accordingly!

"What a joke!" Wu Jun suddenly punched the door and roared, "You're even bringing up zombies! Do you guys believe in such nonsense?"

"I believe." Ye Xiang said with a calm tone, "Everything that happened last night is hard to explain with common sense."

"Don't talk nonsense! Are you saying that Hang Qingshu was killed by a zombie?"

Hang Qingshu... no, it should be Hou Tianbai. Only he knew how he died. Or rather, Wu Jun should know, after all, he was the one who was supposed to die yesterday!

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"I'm starting to have some doubts too." Yu Chen's gaze showed a wavering expression, "Maybe... the legend of the Ouyang family is not groundless. There are indeed rumors that some descendants of this family move around coastal cities in mainland China, searching for corpses that can turn into zombies. Let's make a hypothesis..."

"Hypothesis, the owner of this house is a descendant of the Ouyang family. He successfully turned a corpse into a zombie and sealed it here. This zombie still has many uncertain factors. So, they need us to come to this closed villa to conduct experiments. In other words... if the zombie breaks through that door and rushes out, it would be us who die. They won't suffer any losses. You know, zombies need to suck human blood..."

"What a joke!" Wu Jun roared, "Hang Qingshu was sucked blood by a zombie? Does he have any bite marks from a zombie?"

"It's hard for us to determine anything related to zombies. But last night, you guys were inexplicably moved from the living room to your own rooms, and what appeared in front of us was not an ordinary human. No... my mind seems a bit confused. If that's the case, why didn't they kill all of us... and there are no signs of the door being damaged."

At this moment, Ye Xiang suddenly walked up to Yu Chen and pointed a finger at him, "Then let's conduct an experiment."

"Experiment?"

"At lunchtime... let's serve raw meat as lunch! Let's see if the other side eats it or not! If it's a zombie... it's impossible for them to only eat cooked meat, right?"

If it were before, this kind of line would never be spoken by Zhang Hua, who belonged to the role of an extra. However, Ye Xiang's position had already risen to the second male lead, so it was not surprising that he could come up with such a plan."Brilliant!" Su Han was the first to applaud, "Zombies feed on human blood, how could they possibly need cooked meat! What a great idea!"

"You guys are really going on about this zombie thing?" Wu Jun was increasingly dissatisfied, "Just because of these porcelain pieces, you're saying this place is inhabited by the Ouyang family?"

Yu Chen's fingers tapped on the table, suddenly saying, "Do you remember that A4 paper? The text on it... was written in traditional Chinese characters!"

Traditional Chinese characters!

This took everyone by surprise!

"That's right..."

"Mainlanders generally don't use traditional characters..."

"Now it seems that traditional characters are mainly used in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan."

Yu Chen crossed his arms over his chest and continued, "Of course, there are people who advocate for classical Chinese studies and are accustomed to using traditional characters. However, if the other party is the Ouyang family from Hong Kong, then the use of traditional characters makes perfect sense. Moreover, this villa has no windows at all, could it be considering that zombies are afraid of sunlight?"

With this, the hypothesis that the basement was holding a zombie seemed even more persuasive.

"Good!" Yu Chen seemed to have made up his mind, "Let's follow Zhang Hua's suggestion... let's test it out! For lunch, we'll send down raw meat!"

At this moment, Liu Ying and Zhao Xiaoya were on the other side of the villa.

"There's no reply to that letter, it seems we can't communicate with them, right?" Liu Ying sighed, "Did we phrase our words correctly? Could they have misunderstood us?"

"I don't think so." Zhao Xiaoya shook her head, "I was the one who put the letter in the elevator. I checked it, the content of the letter, the wording, there's no major problem."

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"Liu Ying, Zhao Xiaoya!" At this time, Yu Chen and the others came around the corner of the corridor, saying, "We've found some clues, let's gather in the living room."

After a while, when they gathered in the living room, Yu Chen repeated what he had said to Liu Ying and Zhao Xiaoya.

"Zombies?"

"Are you serious?"

Both women showed shocked expressions, and Ye Xiang admired their acting skills, which were becoming more and more refined. The quality of the new actors this time was quite good.

"Given the current situation, it's hard to explain with common sense. We can only do so."

At this point, Zhao Xiaoya spoke up, "If we confirm it's a zombie, what do we do?"

"If confirmed, we absolutely cannot open the room in the basement!"

Zhao Xiaoya continued to question, "If we don't open the room, will we be saved? We have to stay here until tomorrow night! How are we going to manage that long?"

Liu Ying also looked anxious, "Yes! What are we going to do? How are we going to survive these two days?"

Tomorrow, probably the fourth act of the movie, and the final act. How to survive then? Although it seemed that Ye Xiang had enough redemption tickets, it was definitely not enough to guarantee his life! Moreover, he would not forget that using cursed items always carried the risk of the curse reviving!

But for now, they could only go with the flow. Ye Xiang could only try to find a glimmer of hope by understanding the script as much as possible!

This time, there was no need to prepare lunch. There was plenty of raw meat in the freezer.

Yu Chen tore open the cling film of the meat chunks, put them in the microwave to defrost. After all, if the zombie only drank warm blood, it might not eat.

After defrosting, he took out the raw meat, put it on three plates, then put it in the elevator. Then, he pressed the button.

At this moment, everyone was silent.

If it were modern people accustomed to eating cooked meat, it would be hard to imagine them eating this raw meat!

During the waiting process, everyone sat down separately. Ye Xiang closed his eyes to rest, rubbing his temples. He already knew the result from the script, what he needed to consider now was the next step.

Soon, with a "ding", the food elevator came up.

When the elevator door opened, everyone gathered in the kitchen, all looking over.

Inside...

All the meat was eaten clean! Not even a bit of minced meat was left!

"This..." Yu Chen's face also began to change dramatically!

Time passed by every second in the oppressive silence, and everyone was not talking much.

This oppression, after a certain amount of time, naturally exceeded the critical point.

"Bang!"

Su Han slammed his fist down, almost knocking over the ashtray on the coffee table! He took the cigarette out of his mouth and said angrily, "Zombies! Are they really zombies?"

"Weren't you the one who brought up the zombie theory?" Yu Chen retorted.

"But... I didn't expect it to be true! No, something's not right, just this can't prove it's a zombie! Maybe what's locked downstairs is really a mental patient? If that's the case, eating raw meat isn't strange... Anyway, if it's really a zombie, and the one who killed Hang Qing Shu is also a zombie..."

Yu Chen propped his chin on his hands, resting on his knees, then he said something that felt incredibly terrifying.