When I heard these three words, an idea suddenly flashed in my mind, and I remembered a book I had read before. It was "Zi Buyu" written by Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty. It is said that Zi Buyu has strange powers and confuses the gods, so this book

The book, like Pu Songling's "Liao Zhai", records many things about ghosts, foxes and fairies, and living zombies are mentioned more than once in the book. I thought it was a lie, but I didn't expect that such a thing actually existed.

I remember there was such a story recorded in it.

There was a wealthy scholar whose father married a second wife who was very partial. She loved her younger brother very much, but treated the scholar very harshly. One winter, the scholar's father died of illness. The stepmother, together with people from the same clan, planned to frame him.

The scholar not only divided the scholar's share of the property, but also drove the scholar out.

The scholar was so grieved that he was about to go to his father's grave to cry. When he passed by a barren mountain at night, he remembered the harmony of his family when his biological mother was still alive. He couldn't help feeling sad, so he sat on a big rock and cried.

While crying, someone suddenly said: "You scholar, a manly man, why do you cry so often?" Then, a young woman came out of the darkness. The woman was very beautiful, and her movements were gentle and gentle, just like the scholar.

We sat on the stone and started chatting.

The scholar told the woman his experience, and the woman said: "Since you have no home to go to now, why not come to live in my house for a while. My father is an official. If I write a letter, I will surely rectify your injustice."

Take back the family property." The scholar was very grateful and stayed in the woman's home.

This woman's house is relatively remote, and there are no outsiders. There is only one ugly girl. The woman said that she is weak, so her father specially chose a secluded place for her to cultivate herself. He also told the scholar not to bring friends or the like into the house to avoid disturbing him.

Rest by yourself.

The scholar wrote them down one by one, and then settled down in the house with peace of mind. The two of them, a man and a woman, naturally fell in love for a long time. After half a year, they were inseparable and committed to each other for life. One day, the woman suddenly said to the scholar: "My father has already passed away."

I'll help you find out the unjust case. You can go back and come see me when you have time."

The scholar swore at that time that when he wanted to return home, he would marry the girl back home in a glorious manner. After he got home, there was indeed a Qingtian man who cleared his grievances. The scholar successfully took over the family business, so he went to the future.

I thanked my father-in-law at his house and explained the reason. My father-in-law was shocked and said, "What? My daughter died of illness a year ago. How can I have a private life-long marriage with you?"

The scholar's whole body felt like he was struck by lightning. How is this possible?

He asked his father-in-law, how did you know about my family's unjust case when your daughter had died of illness?

The father-in-law replied that it was his daughter who was telling her a dream, but he didn't believe it at first, so he sent someone to investigate. Unexpectedly, the facts of the case were exactly the same as what his daughter said.

The two were suspicious, so the scholar led the way, and the father-in-law led the officers, soldiers and Taoist priests. They went to the woman's mansion. When they arrived, there was no trace of the former deep mansion, leaving only a grave.

When the father-in-law saw it, he cried loudly: "Oh my daughter." But in order to find out the truth of the matter, he still opened the grave and dug up the coffin. As soon as the coffin was opened, wasn't the woman inside the person the scholar met? Her face was lifelike.

Suddenly, the woman opened her eyes from the coffin and said to the scholar: "Didn't I say that I need to rest? Why did you bring someone here?" After saying that, the bones suddenly turned into a pool of blood.

The author commented at the end of the story: A dead body is still alive because its spirit has not gone away, so it is a living zombie.

After the ghost's presentation, Xu Dachang looked frightened and asked nervously: "What is a living zombie? The zombies on TV don't look like this."

Immediately afterwards, Ghost Chen simply explained the entire incident.

From the moment he rescued the big man in the desert, the ghost mirror had already reacted. However, living zombies were extremely rare, so Ghost Chen did not think in this direction at the time. He just felt confused, so he left the big man alone.

A mind.

Until Ma Xuan's death, all the blood in Ma Xuan's body disappeared. It was obviously sucked dry by something. Until then, Ghost Chen had already become suspicious, but he had never encountered a living zombie.

, you can’t just kill the big man based on suspicion, right?

So, he decided to wait and see.

Next, the big man started to approach me and showed great interest in the smoke. Ghost Chen explained that living zombies are not zombies in the real sense. They just decompose at a slower rate. In fact, the inside of the body is still there.

Slowly decaying, the big man started smoking because he wanted to use the smell of smoke to cover up the rancid smell gradually emanating from his body. The same was true for the toilet water later.

The reason why the big man came close to me is because living zombies have a way of confusing people, which is more effective on people with weak willpower. Moreover, living zombies suck blood, which can slow down the rate of decay.

, the greater the effect, so after the horse selection, the first target is naturally me.

I thought to myself that all this is under the control of Ghost Chen.

Why didn't he do it earlier? As a result, I am now mute.

Then, I pointed at the big man who was struggling slightly on the sand, and made random gestures to indicate to Ghost Chen what to do next.

The ghost said: "Burn it."

Dr. Yang took a deep breath and said, "You have a fever like this?"

Ghost Chen nodded noncommittally.

Immediately afterwards, we covered all the grass shuttlecocks that we had used as mats on the big man. The big man was still struggling, but he looked like a snake with its bones removed. He looked very pitiful. If he didn't think about Ma Xuan's death,

, without thinking about what happened to me tonight, I find it really difficult to start.

Immediately afterwards, Dr. Yang took some solid fuel, broke it into small pieces and sprinkled it on the big man.

The torch is in the hand of Ghost Chen. He has been staring at the big man with a very cold expression. Maybe it is not indifference, but a kind of calmness. This calm disguise prevents any of us from seeing what he is thinking in his heart.

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Professor Hao also looked very heavy. Now he can avenge his students, but I think that for this kind old professor, it will take a lot of psychological pressure to burn this zombie like a living person to death.

pressure.

Everyone is under pressure because he looks too much like a living person.

After a while, Ghost Chen held a torch and gradually approached the big man. The big man seemed to be still conscious and kept trying to shrink up, making a gurgling sound in his throat. Then, the fire started roaring with the help of solid fuel and hay.

After getting up, after a while, we could only see a human-shaped burning object, and throughout the process, he kept struggling, and even the gurgling sound did not stop.

I think it should be a kind of scream, a kind of scream belonging to a zombie.

The stench floated around us along with the black smoke. The night was still very dark at the moment. If possible, I really didn't want to stay here, but it was really not a wise decision to start again so late, so we could only stay where we were and watch.

Looking at the figure, it gradually burned into a handful of charred black things.

Immediately afterwards, everyone got into the tent again. This time there was one less person. Ghost Chen did not plan to sleep in the open air anymore. After entering the tent, he fell asleep directly. It seemed that everything just now did not have any impact on him.

I smiled bitterly, should such a person be called indifferent?

Brother Wang was obviously very sad. He patted my shoulder and said in a hoarse voice: "Go to sleep."

I subconsciously opened my mouth to ask Brother Wang what he thought, but when I opened my mouth, I felt a sharp pain in my throat, and I only made a hoarse ahh sound. For some reason, this ahhh sound seemed to be the same as a big man's grunting.

The voices blended into one, making me feel chilled all over.

A night of silence.

The next day, everyone continued on the road. Two days later, we arrived at the hinterland of Taklimakan. There was no longer a blade of grass, nor any trace of animals. The only feeling was the scorching sun, scorching sand, and eyes.

They were all shaken to tears.

Ghost Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "It's nearby."

Professor Hao said: "In this area, they should not be far from us, everyone, be careful." Everyone cheered up and held weapons in their hands, because what awaits us next is likely to be a fierce battle.

Because Dr. Yang and others have limited equipment, and their original inspection target this time was an exposed ruins, they did not bring many excavation tools. Therefore, we must regain our equipment.

I felt a little uneasy. To be honest, I had only seen this type of battle, which was similar to gangs grabbing territory, in TV series. Now that I had to experience it myself, it would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous.

Xu Dachang can't even hold a gun. I really doubt that he will be killed by Mao Laowu as soon as he appears.

Next, our team leader became Ghost Chen, who made arrangements for everyone. Professor Hao, Uncle, and Xu Dachang walked at the end, because these three people were not very powerful in combat. In comparison, Dr. Yang's marksmanship was pretty good.

In fact, regardless of the uncle's old arms and legs, he is very clever. But the current arrangement is obviously safer for the uncle, so naturally I won't point it out.

The one walking at the front was Ghost Chen, myself, Brother Wang, and Dr. Yang. The three of them followed behind them, walking forward in a spear-like formation. It could be seen that once Mao Laowu and others were attacked,

If Ghost Chen is caught, life will definitely be worse than death.

As we moved forward, there was a faint sound of camel bells in the wind.

The sound was relatively thin and needed to be distinguished carefully. Ghost Chen stopped the camel and listened. After a while, he gestured to us, turned the camel, and walked towards the left.

There was a sand dune there, and the sound seemed to come from behind the dune.
Chapter completed!