The cultivators participating in the raid were in shock. Not just the ones on the scene but those who were both watching and streaming were in awe by the current development.
Zombies were emerging out of the Pillar Base Camp's grounds and if not for the Pandawans' pleas to not touch anything else, the Pandarens would instinctively do two things. Either run or fight the zombies before they fully emerge from the ground.
But now that they were asked to stay still, they could see how creepy the zombies were from the viewer's perspective. As the zombies crawled out from the ground, their howling made it as if they had been craving for something, urging them to fulfil it as soon as possible.
There was no mistake, the humans were delicious to look at, and even had a scent that made the zombies drool a lot. But the commands of the Half Ghoul Lord were absolute.
To feast on the Demon Rats instead.