"Natural disaster or man-made calamity?" Lin Tian frowned slightly. Natural disasters are indeed brutal, but sometimes man-made calamities are even more terrifying, just like the tragic story of the Holy Daughter of Sorlin Castle.

"Man-made calamity!" Charlotte said in a deep voice, and everyone in the living room frowned slightly.

"A strange disease suddenly broke out in a small village. People who contracted this disease would turn into zombies, mindless zombies. The outbreak of this disease was because an alchemist used the villagers for experiments."

"Once people turned into zombies, they would frenziedly attack other normal villagers. The villagers bitten would contract the disease and then become zombies. Soon, the small village turned into Hell. Amidst the chaos, Ai Wei's father protected her as a baby and fled."

"But unfortunately, her father was also bitten while protecting her, and it was only a matter of time before he turned into a zombie. The village was too remote, surrounded by wilderness, and the nearest village was too far away." Charlotte paused for a moment here.

Zhang Lingyu flashed a pained expression. She had encountered zombies before and knew their horror, not because zombies were powerful, but because they were mindless and aggressively dangerous. If Ai Wei's father became a zombie, his daughter, whom he protected, would surely be killed by him.

Lin Tian also thought of this possibility. Once people turn into zombies, they lose their consciousness; they cannot recognize their daughters whom they protected with their lives.

Although Ai Wei standing here unharmed indicated she survived the ordeal, how did she survive?

Charlotte continued, "Her father obviously realized this possibility. He knew he couldn't make it to the next village. If he turned into a zombie halfway, the first person he would kill would be his daughter. And if he left a few-month-old baby in the wilderness, Ai Wei would surely die. In that era, transportation was horse-drawn carriages, and communication relied on people delivering messages manually. Her father must have been desperate."

"Before he turned into a zombie, he did a few things: he cut off pieces of his flesh and tied them to tree branches, then tied the branches to himself, so his flesh hung just out of reach in front of him."

"He carried his daughter on his back and continued forward, keeping on until he became a zombie. After he turned into a zombie, he lost all consciousness. As a zombie, to eat the flesh dangling in front, he kept moving forward, like a donkey with a carrot hanging before it, except on his back he carried his life's entire reason."

"No one knew what happened during the journey after he turned into a zombie. Perhaps the baby cried out from hunger; perhaps when the baby's cries reached the zombie father, the father searched for the source of the sound. The fortunate thing was, he did not discover Ai Wei behind him."

"Thus, the zombie carried his daughter, whom he died to protect, forward until I happened to fly past and met this father and daughter. When I saw them, the baby had already lost its voice to cry."

"I brought them back, did everything I could, but only managed to restore a flicker of consciousness in her father. He told me the story in broken pieces and begged me to save his daughter. In the end, her father died, but Ai Wei survived. On the day she turned twenty, she asked me to turn her into a member of the Blood Clan for one purpose—revenge!" Charlotte's voice was calm, and when she finished, the living room became strangely silent.

Lin Tian exhaled slightly and asked, "Who was that alchemist?"

Charlotte gave Lin Tian a strange look and said lightly, "Later, I sent someone to investigate, and the alchemist who used the villagers for experiments in the small village was... Langde."

"Langde!" Lin Tian squinted his eyes, and his face instantly turned gloomy. The alchemist using innocent villagers as experiments was Langde, the elder of the Sinmore Clan.

"Lin Tian, is it the Langde you mentioned before?" Zhang Lingyu frowned and asked, to which Lin Tian nodded grimly.

"Why don't you go and kill Langde?" Lin Tian asked, frowning.

Charlotte's expression remained unchanged, and she sneered, "Do you think killing a Blood Clan elder is that easy? Langde changes his location every so often, making him hard to find. Moreover, the Blood Clan Alliance won't allow you to casually kill a Blood Clan elder. Most importantly, Ai Wei wants to personally slay her enemy."

"One day, I will personally kill him!" Ai Wei said coldly.

Lin Tian shook his head slightly, thinking to himself, with your current strength, killing a Blood Clan elder won't be easy.

"I've said everything. Are you satisfied now?" Charlotte said in a still unfriendly manner.

This attitude was far from Rossi's, but Lin Tian didn't require her to call him Master. If the formidable Zhang Lingyu and a few formidable Misses heard it, they would probably try to kill with their eyes.

"Ai Wei can follow you. The Blood Clans on the island can also follow you. I won't meddle with any of that. You can even continue being the lord of the Jimi Chi Clan," Lin Tian said.

"What are your conditions?" Charlotte said flatly. She wasn't naive enough to think that Lin Tian would show great mercy.

Lin Tian smiled and said, "It's easy to talk with smart people. My condition is simple, take me to the source of the underground barrier."

"You want to figure out this barrier? It seems you've already felt its presence. This is my biggest secret, not even the Blood Prince knows about it," Charlotte suddenly said very seriously.

Lin Tian didn't notice that Charlotte referred to it as "he" rather than "it."

"It seems my feeling was right. If I can figure out the barrier's source, I might consider helping you kill Langde as an outsider. Otherwise, as long as the Blood Clan Alliance exists, you can't kill him. Of course, you can refuse, but then I'll resort to force. I rarely use force unless necessary, even though I control you," Lin Tian said, soft and hard tactics combined, looking at Charlotte and Ai Wei.

Ai Wei lowered her head, not daring to speak. Though she knew Lin Tian was telling the truth, she couldn't decide on her own whether to take Lin Tian there, and she only knew a general location.

Lin Tian thought that this proud Lady Lord would refuse. Instead, she suddenly smiled and agreed, "Alright, I'll take you there, but just the two of us."

"No, Lin Tian!" Zhang Lingyu hurriedly stopped him and reminded, "Charlotte is full of tricks, and this barrier is too unbelievable. If you fall into her trap, there'll be trouble."

"Zhang Family girl, I've already been controlled by Lin Tian. What are you afraid of?" Charlotte said as if very compliant.

"The barrier's power is very likely from a Zombie Ancestor. No matter which Zombie Ancestor it is, it's beyond what we can handle. So think carefully," Zhang Lingyu ignored Charlotte and looked at Lin Tian, reminding him once more.

But as soon as she finished speaking, she regretted it because if a Zombie Ancestor appeared, Lin Tian would be more determined to venture there, as he would do anything to obtain zombie blood.

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