He has been around for more than half his life and has never seen any big storms. He never imagined that one day he would actually fall for the word "rest assured"...
He vowed that if he could escape alive this time, he would go to the temple and burn incense once he heard this word.
He was desperate, but the short man was still persisting. Although the latter could not see any way out, he was unwilling to give up.
He thought about it carefully and thought that the two of them were not worthy of death. As a serious department that adheres to rules, the Anti-Prohibition Bureau would definitely not kill them.
There is hope as long as there is life.
So he patted Scarface on the shoulder and said firmly: "Don't worry..."
Scarface trembled all over and covered his ears in pain.
"Please! I can't hear, I can't hear anything!"
"..."
Lu Zhan ignored the inexplicable two people. He asked others to keep an eye on them, and then walked to Bai Mo.
First, he looked at the female corpse carefully for a moment, then a certain thought emerged in his mind, and then he looked down at Bai Mo.
Bai Mo picked up the fallen yellow talisman from the ground and asked curiously: "What is this?"
He remembered that this piece of paper had just fallen from the head of the humanoid air conditioner, and that a similar thing was posted on the door of his cemetery room.
"I see."
Before Lu Zhan could explain, Bai Mo murmured, "This should be the trademark of a certain air conditioner, so are the papers on my door posted by those who sell air conditioners..."
Lu Zhan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He even had a strange idea. Is the city prison plan a bit redundant? Why did he feel that S-Gravekeeper could fool him...
However, in order to avoid a long night and many dreams, he still straightened his expression and said seriously: "Mr. Bai, many things here may be used as evidence and cannot be touched casually."
When Bai Mo heard this, he seemed to have forgotten a little, so he quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Lu, I..."
Lu Zhan smiled slightly: "It's okay. Thank you for providing us with clues. If you encounter anything else in the future, you must contact us as soon as possible."
"Definitely, keep in touch."
Lu Zhan nodded with satisfaction. After thinking about it for a while, he felt something was wrong——
No, what is regular contact?
I co-authored a taboo sequence with you and still have to fight crime every day?
Thank you for not committing any crime!
"By the way, officer," Bai Mo reminded, not paying attention to Lu Zhan's expression, "I'd like to ask you to worry about retrieving the body."
"Don't worry, we will try our best."
Lu Zhan replied, suddenly feeling something in his heart, but when he turned around, he found nothing.
"Strange, why did it feel like someone was looking at me just now?"
He shook his head and didn't notice at all. The scarred face covered his face in pain, looking like he was hopeless.
…
Seeing Bai Mo's figure go away, Lu Zhan breathed a sigh of relief.
He put the talisman back on the female corpse's head, then walked to the translucent coffin and looked at the corpse inside quietly.
Inside the coffin was a handsome young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, with a pale face and a peaceful expression, as if he was asleep.
"Xiaowen died...why didn't anyone notify me?"
He turned his back to everyone, his voice was very low, his expression was calm, his fists were clenched and unclenched, and he seemed a little at a loss.
No one answered.
"Seal the coffin, send a few people to guard it, and don't disturb the body inside. Also... take off the sign outside and send it to my car. I should be able to sell it for a few bucks later."
After a while, Lu Zhan put away all his emotions and put on a relaxed smile.
"The Huangquan signboard is probably becoming less and less valuable, and the words 'Huangquan Extradition' are almost getting ruined."
He shook his head and waved to the others, and everyone left the coffin shop with Scarface and the two, intending to take them back for interrogation.
Seeing that Lu Zhan had no intention of taking action against the female corpse, the short man breathed a sigh of relief.
The streets of Lanbei Street were deserted, the doors on both sides were closed, and the air was eerily quiet. Everything seemed to be the same as when everyone first came in.
But Lu Zhan suddenly stopped. He felt something unusual——
"Bang!"
As if to confirm his conjecture, a huge gunshot sounded from afar. When he turned around suddenly, he saw blood pouring from Scarface's chest, and it looked like he would not live long.
"I fucking... knew..."
Scarface seemed to have anticipated this scene a long time ago. Before he died, he stared at the short man with his lips moving. Before he could say anything, his eyes gradually dimmed and he fell to the ground.
He is dead.
"It's a sniper! Stay hidden!"
Lu Zhan's face was as dark as water. He quickly found a bunker and shouted behind him, "Protect the prisoner, the other party is probably coming for them!"
If it wasn't for their brains, few people would take action against the ban, not to mention this sniper's first shot at Scarface, his purpose was almost obvious.
The short man wasn't stupid either. He rolled on the spot and hid behind a big tree, and quickly made secret gestures to sense the presence of zombies.
In the sealed coffin shop, a piece of talisman fell lightly, and the female corpse in costume opened her eyes and suddenly broke out of the door.
The short man had given up all hope, but now his face was filled with joy: "Hey, is there a reaction?"
Noticing the movement behind him, Lu Zhan's expression changed drastically, and he quickly scolded: "Are you looking for death? You can't use extraordinary abilities in City Three!"
The gravekeeper may not have gone far!
The short man sneered. He couldn't care less about these rules when it was a matter of life and death: "I'm almost dying, why should I abide by your rules?"
"I just want to..."
"Bang!"
Before he could finish speaking, the deafening gunshot sounded again. He lowered his head and stared blankly at his holed chest.
The gunfire came from behind everyone!
...There is more than one person on the other side, and there is a sniper behind the street!
The short man fell to the ground with a bang, and used all his strength to fight, leaving the zombies waiting in place.
The female corpse, which was rushing towards her, felt something, but instead of stopping, her eyes instantly turned red, and she turned around and jumped in the direction of the gunshot.
Seeing the two prisoners die in front of him, Lu Zhan felt a violent emotion in his heart, but he always remained rational and did not let his subordinates show their heads to check.
Lembei Street was deserted, and everyone would be exposed to sniper rifles if they moved. Although the other party might not continue to shoot, he could not take the lives of his men as a joke.
Holding his breath and concentrating, he dodged several times and came to the short man's side, loudly saying: "Tell me, what do you know!"
The short man seemed to have some kind of terrible means. He was still breathing even though his chest was pierced, but it looked like he wouldn't survive for long.
This was obviously not expected by the sniper, so he did not fire the second shot in time.
What's more, the other party is currently being chased by a female corpse.
"Scar told me that he was looking for a suitable body for a big shot in a group."
"Group...Xinhai Group?" Lu Zhan frowned slightly and asked, "Which big shot?"
"I didn't dare to ask more, and he didn't dare to say more."
"And what else do you know?"
"All he wants are young corpses... The man should be young, and he might be planning for a young man."
Lu Zhan didn't expect that the other party would be so cooperative. He looked at the bloody hole in the other party's chest and knew that this guy was hopeless.
"Lu Lie," the short man said weakly, not caring about his own body, "I want to ask you a favor."
Lu Zhan was silent for a moment and said calmly: "Say."
"I know that I deserved my crime, and I deserved to die...but my zombie is innocent, and I hope that after my death, the Forbidden Bureau can treat her well."
"The zombie was made from my wife... I was a coward and couldn't let her live a good life in life, so I had to make her into a zombie, open a coffin shop for her to enjoy, and use the money from reselling the corpse.
Nurturing her..."
"She is very timid. She has never hurt anyone before or after her life. The blood she drank was all injected by me and bought from the black market. I beg you, please don't send her to explore the restricted area."
In addition to the ruthless nature of the Forbidden Bureau, they will often make every possible use of extremely vicious criminals or uncontrollable creatures, sending them to the most dangerous restricted areas to explore their way.
"It's okay to let her look after the house and nurse the home. She's very obedient. I'm begging you, Captain Lu!"
Lu Zhan's face was expressionless: "The zombie will go crazy without its owner, unless you use your hard work to get her a new owner."
"My heart's blood..." the short man murmured, "It's okay, I'm almost dead, I can just take the blood from my heart."
"Your fate does not deserve sympathy, but for the sake of intelligence, I promise you."
"Thanks……"
The short man believed in Lu Zhan's promise. He forced a smile and lay on the ground half dead.
The air at the scene became quiet, and no one said a word, listening to the continuous gunshots and roars in the distance——
The female corpse is fighting with the sniper.
I don’t know how long it took, but there was a sudden movement in the distance.
A female corpse covered in blood jumped over, her costume was torn, her body was full of bullet marks, and one arm twisted backwards in a weird way, making her look quite ferocious.
Zombies are all ferocious, and everyone is secretly on guard, but they see that the female corpse doesn't even look at them, and jumps directly to the short man, motionless.
"What happened today? My spells always fail. Didn't I tell you to stay where you are..."
The short man looked hard at the female corpse, and many past events suddenly appeared in his mind.
When he was young, he was used to being unmotivated, and he still liked to gamble. From childhood to big gambling, he always wanted to win a lot of money and travel around the entire safe zone.
At that time, the female corpse was just his girlfriend, pulling his ears every day to tell him to stop gambling, but he still went his own way, and he didn't wake up until he lost and owed a huge debt.
But it was too late to regret it by then. He was penniless, and all his relatives and friends were avoiding him. When he thought about the gloomy life that would follow, he almost understood himself.
It was raining that day, and he was beaten up by the debt collectors. He was lying on the street corner like a dead dog, with no one paying attention to him for a long time.
In the heavy rain, his girlfriend didn't know how she found him. She was soaked all over, so she just stood in the rain and asked him if he was awake.
He said he woke up.
The girl looked at him and suddenly smiled and said it would be fine if she woke up, it would be okay, let's go home.
The two got married, and the wife used all her savings to help them go through a very difficult period. Life was very hard, and they didn't know how they persisted, and they didn't want to recall that time.
But he could never forget the words that his wife often said during that time.
"Don't worry, it's okay, everything will be fine."
He really quit gambling. Not only did he slowly pay off all his debts, he also accidentally discovered and learned a method of spiritual practice - the method of controlling corpses.
He became an extraordinary person that everyone admired.
There are not many practitioners who control corpses, but they can do a lot. Many big companies have offered him an olive branch and recruited him with generous terms.
At that time, extraordinary celebrities were very popular, and extraordinary people with special characteristics could make countless money just by setting up a personal profile.
He is not tall but good-looking, and he also masters the rare and mysterious method of controlling corpses. The company hopes that he can package himself well, and it is best to cut off the past to avoid leaving a dark history.
But he refused all invitations without hesitation because his wife never trusted these so-called big companies.
Of course, the main reason for his refusal was that what these companies said was to cut off the past... including abandoning his current wife.
He didn't like to stay in one place for too long, so he planned to find a serious job using his corpse control method, and when he earned enough money, he would take his wife to travel around.
However, before he could tell his plan to his wife, she died of illness.
She was only in her early thirties when she died. She had endured nothing but hardships in her previous good years, and finally reached the time when she could enjoy happiness, but she passed away like this.
He felt it was unfair and it was him who deserved to die.
My wife was beautiful when she was alive, but she rarely bought cosmetics. When she did, she picked the cheapest ones.
She liked old-time operas, but she had never heard them live. It was obvious that there was a theater just outside her home, and it didn't cost much money.
After his wife died, it was logical that he could apply for a job in a big company, but he didn't go.
He accidentally remembered a sentence in the zombie control method - zombies have spirits.
If nurtured properly, it is possible for zombies to come back to life.
So he hesitated for a long time and chose to turn his wife into a zombie.
He opened a coffin shop on Lanbei Street, guarding the red coffin all day long, buying a complete set of costumes for his wife, changing one set every day, burning the best paper money, and using the most expensive cosmetics.
It's like making up for past regrets.
However, perhaps because of the lack of nagging from living people, in order to raise zombies, he actually embarked on the detour of trading corpses.
Many things have their own destiny.
Now the retribution has come, he is going to die.
The failed first half of his life appeared in front of his eyes like a fleeting glance. The short man looked around and found that the one he was most sorry for was indeed his wife who died early.
Looking at the gray face of the female corpse, he silently said sorry.
But the female corpse was obviously unable to respond to his feelings. She just stood motionless beside him with a dull expression.
He looked at the other party with nostalgia, only regretting that he could not wait until the day when his wife came back to life. All kinds of emotions surged in his heart, but when they came to his mouth, only five words were left.
"Don't worry, it's okay."
He believed Lu Zhan's promise that if the body was preserved long enough, his wife might really be able to survive.
He hid a lot of money in their home. If his wife is resurrected, he can spend a long life enjoying happiness...
His thoughts stayed at this moment, his head tilted, and he suddenly lost his breath.
The female corpse remained motionless, frozen in place, with no emotion or anger on her face, like a machine that had lost its operator.
However, everyone was stunned. This scene was actually very unreasonable——
As Lu Zhan said, in most cases, zombies who lose their owners will go crazy, but this female corpse did not.
Lu Zhan watched quietly. Behind him, a group of police officers seemed to have forgotten the sniper hiding in the dark and stared closely at the female body.
Suddenly, they saw the female corpse moving.
I saw the female corpse jumping on the spot a few times, seeming to adjust her body shape, then straightened up and fell to the ground, lying next to the short man.
She had no expression on her face, turned to look at the short man, and closed her scarlet eyes.
The hand covered with sharp nails touched the blood-stained hand, and on the ring finger, two simple rings seemed to flash.
"Army, this..."
Everyone opened their mouths, they had never seen anything like this before.
"It seems I can't keep my promise..." Lu Zhan muttered to himself.
This female corpse has obviously regained its consciousness and does not want to be separated from her owner... no, from her husband.
He has never seen anything like this either.
If this female corpse is given time, she might really come back to life one day, but...
Lu Zhan looked at the female corpse lying quietly next to the short man.
"Forget it," he said after a moment of silence, shaking his head slightly, "if it's safe later, you can find a place to light a fire and cremate them both."
"By the way, remember to burn it thoroughly."
…
Not long after, Lanbei Street burst into flames, and the black smoke was absorbed by some kind of barrier.
The two corpses lay motionless among the dancing flames, falling into a deep sleep.
