Chapter 194 Heading to Rong City

After Zhou Ze and his group left,

the old doctor first helped his assistant nurse to the bed and told her to rest well. The nurse wasn't in good spirits and was likely to develop a fever, but it wasn't a big problem.

Then, he moved a stool and sat down at the entrance of the clinic.

He took out a Yuxi cigarette, lit it, and exhaled a smoke ring.

His granddaughter liked watching American dramas, and he wasn't an old fossil. Last summer, he even watched a lot of American dramas with his granddaughter when she came home for vacation. He always felt that many plots in American dramas were too unrealistic.

But today, he felt like he had experienced a scene from a TV series.

He shook his head and narrowed his eyes.

He didn't call the police.

After finishing his cigarette, he went back inside, made a cup of tea, and looked at the two stacks of money on the table: one stack of RMB, and one stack of ghost money.

He didn't know why, but he casually threw the RMB into the drawer, but he specially took out an envelope, neatly placed the ghost money inside, and then locked it in the small safe under his desk.

He found his own behavior a bit funny.

After doing all this, he sat down in his chair, picked up the teacup with a slightly trembling hand, and took a sip.

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"Gao De Map is continuously navigating for you. I am Lin Chi-ling. Please be careful not to drive while fatigued."

"What, going to Rong City?"

Lawyer An shouted in shock.

"Yes, isn't the Funan River in Rong City?" Zhou Ze said as if it was only natural.

He was going to the Funan River in Rong City to find traces of that existence.

"No, boss, what are you going to do there? Is it to fulfill a promise worth a thousand gold?"

Lawyer An really didn't know what to say. Looking at the people in the car now, calling them a motley crew would be an overstatement. They were truly a bunch of stragglers.

"Just go take a look, make a circle, and then come back. If I can't find anything, then forget it. Since I'm already out, I might as well take care of everything. After I get back to Tong City, I really don't want to come out again for a while."

Zhou Ze stretched his hand out the car window and flicked off the cigarette ash.

This was a van. He was sitting in the passenger seat, Hei Xiaoniu and Xu Qinglang were lying in the back seat, and Lawyer An was sitting in the middle.

Lawyer An somewhat understood his boss's thinking. Anyway, Yunnan and Sichuan were close, so he would just go to Rong City and go through the motions. It didn't matter if he didn't find anything; he would just make a show of it.

But that was the problem.

It was very difficult to find him.

But what if he really found him?

What kind of sparks would fly when the previous generation of gatekeepers met the current generation?

This wasn't just sparks; it was cremation!

Lawyer An didn't believe that Zhou Ze, as a gatekeeper, wasn't clear about the intricacies involved. Therefore, Lawyer An felt extremely puzzled by his boss's decision.

Knowing there was a tiger in the mountain, he insisted on going?

That wasn't his boss's style.

His boss was clearly the type who, knowing there was a tiger in the mountain, would just not go!

Zhou Ze stretched and subconsciously looked down at his chest.

He said, "I've made up my mind."

Okay, that meant there was nothing to discuss.

The leader had already issued his final instructions.

Lawyer An sighed, but there was a glimmer of light in his eyes. He looked at Zhou Ze and immediately thought of a possibility. Could it be?

So, that was why his boss, knowing the danger, wanted to actively look for him?

However, since his boss hadn't made it clear, Lawyer An didn't want to ask too many questions. He just wanted to latch onto the boss to get promoted; he had no interest in becoming a Huo Guang.

The flower fox marten had been quietly lying on Zhou Ze's shoulder.

After getting over the initial panic and bewilderment, it calmed down quickly.

Moreover, it seemed to like sleeping next to Zhou Ze.

So, in the car, it just lay there motionless, sleeping.

Yingying was focused on driving. After the boss said the destination, she immediately took out her mobile phone to navigate, unlike Lawyer An, who was so long-winded.

Lawyer An thought for a few moments and said, "So, are we really going to look for him?"

Lawyer An had to confirm again.

"Since we're going, it wouldn't be good to be too perfunctory. Let's look around a little and try our luck," Zhou Ze said.

Lawyer An nodded, picked up the mineral water beside him, twisted open the cap, and took a sip. "Funan River, right? I have an impression."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

"The Funan River isn't actually called the Funan River. It's called the Jinjiang River. It's the two rivers that flow through Rong City, called the Fu River and the Nan River. They merge again at the First Ring Road.

"The name Funan River only appeared in 1992, when the Rong City government named it, but it was changed back to Jinjiang River in the 2000s.

"So, it was only called Funan River for a very short time. However, that's just the official version. The locals have their own names for it, but they're not written down or used in official language.

"Speaking of the Funan River, I have to mention one thing, and that thing is naturally connected to the person you want to find, boss."

"What thing?" Zhou Ze asked.

"The zombie incident, of course."

Zhou Ze said "Oh."

Obviously, he had heard of it.

In the early years when the internet was just becoming popular, various classic horror stories from all over the country were prevalent online. They had a very strong suspenseful flavor and transcended regional boundaries, becoming famous throughout the country.

This zombie incident was one of them.

"There are many versions of the zombie incident circulating online. It can be said that there are various opinions, but one thing that can be confirmed is that it caused a lot of panic in Rong City at the time."

"Was it really a zombie incident?" Zhou Ze was a little skeptical.

Zombies, like Yingying beside him, like the little boy, were actually as low-key as possible.

Didn't the bald monk who just died yesterday get struck by lightning because he was jumping around too happily?

Which zombie would dare to make a lot of noise, with legends about him spreading throughout the city? That would really be enough to get struck by lightning a hundred times or more.

"I don't know. My main area of activity, whether in life or after death, has nothing to do with Rong City.

"Boss, zombies, we're really not strangers to them."

There were three people sitting in the car now.

Out of the six people in the van, 50% were zombies. This was more than just being familiar with them.

"Actually, it's hard to be sure about this kind of rumor. I remember when I was alive, there were rumors in China that the Soviets needed men's testicles to make atomic bombs.

"That caused even more widespread panic. Even entire villages would gather together to sleep on a large bed at night, and they would even arrange for special people to keep watch."

"It wasn't zombies, but it's called the zombie incident?"

Zhou Ze narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, boss, think of Mu Chengen," Lawyer An interjected. "If it really was a zombie outbreak, it definitely wouldn't have anything to do with him. He's not that stupid, and he's not that inexperienced.

"But Mu Chengen most likely became a souled zombie because he obtained his inheritance.

"So, back then, were there other people who, by chance, obtained his inheritance,

"and then, one by one, they didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth and started causing trouble, causing incidents?"

For Lawyer An, it was better if they couldn't find that person. But under that premise, finding that person's inheritance would be the best possible outcome!

"Inheritance?" Zhou Ze rubbed his brow.

"Anyway, we'll see after we get to Rong City. Oh, right, I remember that the old Daoist used to stay in Rong City for a long time. We could have him..."

Lawyer An stopped talking as he spoke.

Flying from Tong City to Rong City was much more convenient than flying to Lijiang.

But as soon as he said this suggestion, Lawyer An wanted to slap himself.

Wasn't it exciting enough to be messing around in Yunnan?

Did he want to find more excitement?

"Let's not call him. The bookstore's renovation is also very important."

"Yes, boss, you're right. I wasn't thinking clearly enough.

"After we get to Rong City, let's seek help from the local ghost messengers. Rong City is a big city with a large population, so there should be a lot of ghost messenger positions. Maybe we can find an old ghost messenger who's been on duty for a long time."

"Yeah."

Zhou Ze threw out his cigarette butt, changed his position, and started sleeping.

Lawyer An continued, "After we get back, let's try to get her to help us plant for a few days. We don't need the original, but we at least have to find a way to grow this arm back.

"Otherwise, I won't be able to be a missionary without an arm."

Zhou Ze nodded with his eyes closed, agreeing.

Yingying continued to drive attentively.

When it was late at night, Hei Xiaoniu and Xu Qinglang woke up one after another. The two weren't in good condition, but their lives weren't in danger. They just needed rest.

But the problem was that in the second half of the night, on a provincial highway in the mountains, the van suddenly stalled.

It seemed that there was a problem with the engine. In short, it wouldn't start.

It was only 200 kilometers from here to Rong City, which wasn't really far, but it wasn't realistic to walk there on foot.

Lawyer An suggested abandoning the car and then "borrowing" a passing car to go to Rong City.

Zhou Ze agreed.

After all, it wasn't a good idea to be delayed in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night.

Just then, not long after, a medium-sized truck drove over.

Before Lawyer An could step forward to stop the car, the truck actually slowed down and stopped slowly.

A middle-aged bald driver poked his head out, looked at Zhou Ze and the others by the side of the road, and asked, "Do you need a ride?"

Unexpectedly, they would encounter a kind person here who would take the initiative to ask if they needed a ride.

As for whether this person had ulterior motives, that wasn't something Zhou Ze and the others needed to worry about.

If this driver had other intentions, then he had really won the lottery.

After sitting in the empty truck bed in the back, Zhou Ze suddenly felt a little pity for the driver.

Generally, long-distance truck drivers were a little superstitious and had some taboos.

But this guy was good. He directly picked up three zombies in the middle of the night.

In fact, if he hadn't taken the initiative to stop and offer a ride, he might have already been "robbed" by a bunch of zombies and ghosts.

Who knew that before Boss Zhou could finish sympathizing with him, the driver, after seeing that everyone had gotten into the car, didn't return to the cab, but came to the back to give Lawyer An and Zhou Ze cigarettes.

He said with emotion, "Are you guys from a disabled acrobatic troupe?

"Sigh, everyone's having a hard time.

"You guys, you're all great. I admire you!"

"..." Zhou Ze.

"..." Lawyer An.

There was no way around it.

Zhou Ze and Lawyer An only had one arm left.

Xu Qinglang was still very weak, and Hei Xiaoniu was crawling.

Wasn't that a disabled acrobatic troupe?

The driver looked at Yingying next to him with a smile, as if he was thinking of his own daughter. He said with some pity, "Sigh,

"this beautiful little girl must be a deaf-mute girl, right?

"Usually, deaf-mute girls are beautiful. What's that saying? When God closes a door, he also closes a window."

"..." Yingying.