"How was I supposed to know zombies would show up? Anyway, it did happen, and it chased me around the dorm until I was out of breath. But luckily, the Evil Repelling Talisman you gave me worked wonders; it knocked it right down," Qian Wang said with a hint of self-satisfaction, perhaps because he thought he could also subdue zombies now.
However, I didn't see it that way. Zombies aren't categorized as ghostly entities, so Evil Repelling Talismans are practically useless against them. If Qian Wang had thrown a Corpse Suppressing Talisman instead, there might have been a chance. This means that the zombie Qian Wang knocked down could have just been a hallucination, similar to something like hitting a ghost wall.