Feeling the intense pain in his head, the zombie was stunned. The seemingly weak and slow sheep, with a cane strike, it wasn't just a cane strike, it felt like a giant boulder crashing down, his head almost split open.
For a moment.
This vast grassland, with the old voice shouting "Beat you to death, beat you to death!", screams echoed one after another.
Looking closely.
It was an old sheep, half a person's height, holding a cane and hitting a fierce and ferocious-looking zombie. The cane fell, striking the zombie, and the zombie cried out in pain.
During this time.
The zombie tried to resist, reaching out to grab the old sheep. As soon as its hand extended, the old sheep, with quick eyes and hands, brought down its cane, smashing its hand. The zombie, in pain, retracted its hand, unable to get close to the old sheep.
Even when the zombie was enraged and charged forward to bite the old sheep, it would be met with a swinging cane, hitting it in the face.
With a bang.
The zombie was sent flying backward, its entire body like it had been hit by a truck. As it flew, several zombie teeth were knocked out.
It was at this moment.
After being sent flying and landing on the ground, the zombie lay there, covering its beaten face. Its previously fierce expression was replaced by fear and grievance.
[Ding! Zombie is terrified, Slow Sheep? Weak?]
[Host gains System Points +80]
Watching the Slow Sheep approach with its cane, it also patted its waist and said:
"Oh dear, I'm getting old and useless. After just a few movements, my old back is about to break. I'm over 100 years old, I really can't handle this. If only Happy Sheep were here, they could help me."
As soon as it spoke.
[Ding! Zombie is scared, Slow Sheep is going to call for backup? No, call for sheep? Run!!]
[Host gains System Points +90]
Accompanied by the system prompt.
Without a word, the zombie got up, took out its escape artifact again, and rushed towards Hohhot City with all its might.
The Slow Sheep's strength was unexpectedly high, it couldn't win, so it could only choose to escape, just like when it faced Elder Willow Tree before.
Then.
Driven by the escape artifact, the zombie shot out, its speed so fast that the naked eye could barely catch it.
The zombie looked back at the Slow Sheep, which was getting further and further away.
[Ding! Zombie breathes a sigh of relief, good thing I ran fast. What's the use of your Slow Sheep being strong, you can't chase... Holy crap, Slow Sheep, you damn...]
[Host gains System Points +100]
The fleeing zombie stared at the Slow Sheep behind it in shock.
The Slow Sheep behind, seeing it run, showed no panic at all. It stroked its beard and said:
"Running so fast, how can an old man like me keep up? But it's okay, I have a way."
As it said this.
The zombie saw the Slow Sheep raise its cane and shout:
"Come quickly!!! Snail."
The next moment.
A burst of light appeared beside the Slow Sheep. The light came and went quickly. When it looked again, a giant snail had appeared beside the Slow Sheep.
The zombie recognized the newcomer.
That was the Slow Sheep's mount.
Then the zombie saw the Slow Sheep get on the snail, raise its cane, point at the fleeing zombie, and signal the snail to chase it.
As soon as it spoke.
The zombie felt its vision blur. The snail, carrying the Slow Sheep, sped like lightning and caught up to it. Its speed was so fast that it caught up in just a few blinks of an eye.
[Ding! Zombie is stunned watching the snail keeping pace with it.]
[Host gains System Points +120]
Was this still the Slow Sheep's snail it knew? Wasn't it said that the Slow Sheep's snail was even slower than the Slow Sheep? Was this extreme slowness leading to an opposite effect?
At the same time.
The Slow Sheep, riding the snail, looked at the running zombie beside it, stroking its sheep beard, and repeatedly hitting the zombie's head with its cane, muttering:
"See if you run again, see if you run again..."
...
Xie Xiangming, a newly joined member of the Guard Department, became a ghost exorcist with excellent results in his pre-employment assessment. He was assigned to work at the Hohhot City Guard Department in Grassland Province.
Today was his first day at work.
For this reason.
Xie Xiangming got up early, went to the Hohhot City Guard Department's stationed area, and took on the task of routine patrol, starting to survey Hohhot City.
He patrolled from morning until almost noon.
Although he didn't encounter any supernatural events, Xie Xiangming's enthusiasm did not diminish in the slightest. He patrolled even more diligently, wanting to find some supernatural events to earn merit, to get promoted quickly, and to make a name for himself in the Guard Department.
Regarding this.
His colleague who accompanied him on patrol, and the captain of the Hohhot City Guard Department, saw his thoughts. However, they did not dislike it, because at Xie Xiangming's age, they also had ambitions and grand visions, wanting to achieve great things.
"Xiangming, no need to be so anxious, ghosts aren't that easy to encounter."
The captain said with a smile:
"Are you eager to encounter a fierce ghost and deal with it to gain some fame? At your age, I often had such fantasies, like encountering a powerful ghost, subduing it, spreading my name, and becoming as powerful as those famous ghost exorcists, like the ones who are very popular recently, Zhang Wei, Lu Lianfeng, and the like."
His thoughts being exposed, Xie Xiangming blushed and said:
"Not at all, Captain, don't talk nonsense. I just want to quickly achieve something, after all, everyone has high expectations of me... Cough, speaking of which, Captain, did you also want to be as famous as Zhang Wei and the others, to gain prestige?"
The captain patted his shoulder upon hearing this:
"Your little thoughts can't be hidden from us old hands. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. I did have that idea, but that was a long time ago, not anymore."
"Ah? Why not anymore?" Xie Xiangming asked.
"This, you'll understand when you truly encounter ghosts and deal with them more often. Ghosts aren't as easy to deal with as you imagine. Even if you have great talent and excellent assessment results, talent and strength don't mean you can deal with ghosts very well."
The captain continued with emotion:
"Ghosts are cunning, sinister, and full of tricks. Especially those powerful fierce ghosts, they have no mercy for us humans. Even if they were human in their past lives, after becoming fierce ghosts, their humanity has long been extinguished."
"When they confront us, they won't care about anything else. As long as they can kill us, they will resort to any means. But we can't. We need to protect innocent citizens, etc., and we easily become involuntary and fall into danger."
"Ghost exorcism is a very dangerous job. Every year, Guard Department exorcists die during ghost exorcism missions."
"When I was your age, I also fantasized about being famous, being awe-inspiring, and achieving a career. But after truly facing one ghost exorcism mission after another, and seeing too many dangerous ghosts, I realized that life is more important than fame."
"Or rather, I've seen too much and understand my own limitations. Fame isn't that easy to achieve, even with good talent. Those who can join the Guard Department, many of them have good talent, don't they? But why do only a few of them rise to prominence?"
"To put it nicely, I've come to terms with it. Instead of making a name for myself, it's better to quietly guard my corner of the world."
In his words.
The captain looked at Xie Xiangming. He could see that despite his lengthy explanation, Xie Xiangming hadn't taken much of it to heart. At this age, he was full of ambition and wouldn't listen to advice. He was the same back then. He could only say:
"Uncle has experienced a lot. When you experience more in the future, you'll understand. The water in this industry is too deep, and not everyone can handle it."
...