My back was soaked with sweat as the pair of strange eyes gazed at me. I hurried to grab the broom and give his face a drubbing.

The zombie stretched out his arms in the air to catch my broom. Just then, I noticed how his fingernails were long and curved like sharp hooks. It was often said that even after death, hair and fingernails still continued to grow; it looks like it was true.

We were still lucky that the corpse had turned into a zombie only recently, a few years ago at most. If it were hundreds of years old or a thousand years old, I’m afraid we would all be doomed.

I called Li Mazi while I moved around the room, asking him to help me lure the zombie to the bedroom. We could lock him there.

“How can I lure it?”

“Find a knife and cut your finger. Drip the blood and make a trail...