I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1445 - 1440: The Tomb Keeper

Chapter 1445: Chapter 1440: The Tomb Keeper

The reason Tang Ye uses the term "half appropriate" is that when combining these twenty guiding regulations, aside from hotels and hostels, the remaining places people can choose to stay overnight are only graveyards and Martyrs’ Cemeteries, with the priority given to Martyrs’ Cemeteries. Although this may provide some comfort to those with a fragile mindset, does it also imply that choosing ordinary graveyards could also lead to strange occurrences, robbing people of their lives?

Another point was not to choose graveyards with uncertain conditions; this directly indicates that choosing to stay overnight in a cemetery is also life-threatening, it’s just that the risks at a Martyrs’ Cemetery are less likely to occur.

"Does Xi River City even have a Martyrs’ Cemetery?"

Tang Ye had not been at Cloud Gorge Base for very long. Although he knew of Xi River City, he hadn’t learned much about it, nor had he heard of any Martyrs’ Cemeteries there.

However, some things cannot be known just by guessing. Tang Ye simply turned on his phone, opened the navigation app, searched for "cemetery," and several results appeared, with Martyrs’ Cemetery of Xi River City right at the top of the list.

"There really is one!" Tang Ye was surprised.

[Penguin Maps will continue to navigate for you. Destination Martyrs’ Cemetery of Xi River City, turn left in six hundred meters... Detecting that you are currently speeding...]

After the location of the Martyrs’ Cemetery was marked on the navigation app, Tang Ye speedily set out towards the destination to see if there were any anomalies with the people staying overnight there.

Initially, Tang Ye had only this thought in mind, but soon after, he returned to the hotel entrance, looked at the gate, and touched his forehead, frowning.

"Strange..." He muttered, and as he walked toward the hotel’s main door, that strange feeling suddenly disappeared, and everything returned to normal.

He didn’t know whether he had grown larger or the surrounding buildings had shrunk. When he had set out for the Martyrs’ Cemetery, he noticed the buildings around him seemed several times smaller, and that’s why he returned to the hotel entrance to check.

He always felt that the size of the hotel building when viewed from outside couldn’t possibly accommodate its vast interior space, yet once he entered, the ratio of his body size to the surrounding buildings returned to a normal 1:1.

"What’s up with these tricks?" Tang Ye frowned, but to this point, he hadn’t witnessed anything he considered terrifying.

And none of this seemed life-threatening yet.

After standing at the hotel entrance for a while, Tang Ye gave up on exploring what was causing this feeling and no longer dwelt on it, heading back towards the Martyrs’ Cemetery.

During his swift journey, he couldn’t help but praise the Nightmare Zombie King. Apart from some places in this world being unreasonable, in terms of realism, if someone was confusedly dragged in here, given the same parents and acquaintances, it might take a while for anyone to realize this world was completely different from their original one.

Tang Ye could feel the cold wind gusting from the shade while flying, chilling to the bone—why he felt cold was unknown, but it was this sensation that felt like returning to his human days.

The points on the mobile navigation swiftly passed through streets. About half a minute later, Tang Ye landed on the rooftop of a tall building, squinting his eyes at something in the distance.

It seemed he saw something unusual, but honestly, it wasn’t anything strange—under the cover of night, he saw the long-missed lights.

[2.2 kilometers from your destination, a traffic light camera ahead...]

Tang Ye turned off the navigation, with the displayed destination also in front of him, seemingly about two kilometers away.

"So that’s the Martyrs’ Cemetery, and those lights are coming from it?"

Since his view was partially blocked by other tall buildings, Tang Ye couldn’t see clearly what the Martyrs’ Cemeteries looked like. What surprised him was that the lights were on, suggesting that unlike those who follow the regulations, some people might be experiencing nothing unusual like him.

Tang Ye looked at the distant lights, which were exceptionally bright against the night sky but seemed minute within the vast darkness. His figure swayed briefly on the spot and then vanished, reappearing just before he was standing at the entrance of the Martyrs’ Cemetery.

Not far beyond the retracting doors, there was a small house with a blue roof. Through the window, it was clear that the lights were on inside, contrasting with other locations engulfed in darkness. The Martyrs’ Cemetery was quiet, but the ground lights installed there dispelled the darkness. In the distance stood a twenty-meter-tall memorial tower, its base light illuminating the tower, which allowed those in the cemetery to feel no fear, only reverence.

Behind the memorial tower were the tombstones of the martyrs. Tang Ye could clearly see each soldier’s name and their stories from their lifetimes. However, what was strange was that next to these tombstones, people were lying down, almost one person next to every tombstone, and outside the cemetery, Tang Ye noticed the entire available space occupied.

"These people..." Tang Ye of course knew who the people lying next to these soldiers’ tombstones were—they had no other lodging choices and had chosen this place. What was strange was that these people were lying between the tombstones as if the spaces were beds, and each person could only choose one.

"Can a tombstone really protect a person? I hope the regulations are not without reason."

After scanning around, he didn’t see anything unusual. With too many people around, even as a Level 9 zombie, Tang Ye couldn’t instantly ascertain everyone’s condition.

Tang Ye walked toward the small house, the first building he had seen with the lights on after the forbidden time, making him curious about who lived inside.

Approaching the house, Tang Ye saw "Cemetery Caretaker" written on it. He didn’t knock but instead walked to the window and looked inside. From inside the house, he could faintly hear the sound of a television playing the news, spoken in standard Mandarin. But what time was it for the news to be broadcast at this hour?

Through the glass, the first thing Tang Ye saw was the back of a television set, but of course, this couldn’t block his entire view. On the sofa in front of the TV sat an old man, holding a polished cane, weakly watching the content on the screen, his eyes occasionally closing but then reopening shortly after. There was a heavy sense of dusk about him, as if he might leave at any moment, but these details also suggested that he hadn’t fallen asleep.

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