Chapter 19 Is This Where It Is?

“Right here?”

Zhou Ze subconsciously lowered his head to look at the ground.

To be honest,

he still felt it was somewhat unreal.

He originally thought it would take a long time and a lot of effort to find this thing, but in a single day, starting with a hot pot meal, everything had been dug up.

In fact, even if he hadn't done anything today, Lawyer An would have been able to find this place.

Lawyer An stepped on the ground and clicked his tongue, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Perhaps it was because he had been having such bad luck in Yunnan that all the bad luck had been used up there, and after coming to Sichuan, his fortunes had turned around for the better, and his luck had suddenly returned.

The man wrapped his blanket tighter around himself and got off the chair. The way he walked was also very strange, really using both his hands and feet to walk. When Lawyer An had lifted his blanket earlier, Zhou Ze had also seen the man’s body.

Perhaps,

his torso had really atrophied to the point where it couldn't support walking. But the way he looked really resembled a spider.

Zhou Ze knew how domineering corpse poison could be, but he didn't think it could turn a person into this. Most of the time, it just devoured a person’s flesh and soul together.

Very direct, very straightforward, very fierce.

It wouldn't lead to such convoluted paths and changes.

“Come with me.”

The man turned his head, waved his hand, and signaled for the people behind him to follow. He seemed very eager.

“Isn't this too smooth?” Lawyer An walked to Zhou Ze's side and asked.

“Been through too many hard times?” Zhou Ze retorted.

“Alright, you're the boss, you can stay calm.”

The group followed the “spider” into the second building of the sanatorium. Sichuan was mountainous, and the sanatorium was built against a valley, with the layout of the walls and buildings taking this into account.

This second building was completely attached to one side of a mountain wall. After everyone entered, the “spider” took out a set of keys and opened the safe door of a room inside.

The safe door was slowly pushed open,

revealing a tomb raider's tunnel inside.

To think they would hide the tunnel in this way; it was truly unexpected.

“I guarded it, I watched it, not because I'm so kind and afraid that others would suffer misfortune if they went in, but purely because I was unwilling.

“First, I wanted to know what exactly was inside, what exactly turned us into this.

“Second, I still had a glimmer of hope in my heart, hoping to find a way to treat myself here.”

At this point, the “spider” turned his head, a strange and sinister smile on his long face, looking at Zhou Ze;

He could tell that Zhou Ze was the real leader of this group.

“Those are my thoughts. I have nothing to hide from you, and I don't plan to do anything detrimental to you. I don't have the ability, and it's not necessary.

“In fact, I know my current physical condition. I won't live much longer. If it were twenty years ago, if I had found a way to treat me, maybe I would have had a chance to return to normal and resume my life.

“But now, it's too late.

“Now,

“I only have one thought in my heart, and that is to see what exactly is in here!

“I want to see, before I die,

“the real culprit that caused me so many years of suffering,

“And,

“it's also the real culprit behind the zombie incidents you asked about earlier!”

“Heh.”

Lawyer An smiled.

To be honest,

he had seen so many conspiracies and tricks that he wasn't used to such honesty.

Zhou Ze nodded, walked to the “spider” in front of him, and looked at him:

“I can't cure your problem, but I can promise to make your departure more comfortable.”

“A more comfortable departure?” The “spider” was a little confused.

He really didn't know about Hell, or the existence of the Netherworld. In fact, he initially thought of Zhou Ze and the others as specialists sent by the state.

Like some China Dragon Group, Special Forces King, or Bureau of Special Phenomenon Investigation or something. In any case, the wisdom of the working people had indeed created many cool-sounding organization names.

Even if Zhou Ze pointed at himself and said that he and his group were from the Vatican, the “spider” might have believed him.

“A more comfortable departure?” The spider hesitated for a moment and said, “I just hope you'll spare the other people. They were all poor people on the verge of death. After being infected by me, they actually became even more pitiful.”

“Then you shouldn't have infected them in the first place.”

“They begged me, begged me bitterly. I had no choice.

“Besides, I also had selfish motives. Who would really sit there and wait for death until the last moment?

“I need subordinates, I need helpers. What if, what if I could really see hope?”

“Do you want to go down together?” Zhou Ze pointed at the “spider.”

“Hehe, if you need a stepping stone, I'm willing to go down and take another look.”

“Then please.”

After Zhou Ze finished speaking, he turned his head and signaled Lawyer An, Yingying, and the little boy behind him to be on guard.

According to the "spider's" earlier account,

there were strange fumes inside.

Although Zhou Ze didn't think those black fumes would have any special effect on him, it was always better to be careful.

The “spider” walked in front, using both his hands and feet, moving very quickly. Zhou Ze and the others were not slow either, keeping up behind him.

Soon,

as the flashlight on the phone lit up,

the red vermilion door appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was indeed a very large door,

giving one the feeling of a bank vault door.

However, it was not completely closed, leaving a gap in the middle.

“Many ancient tombs are like this. Because of the thickness of the door, it can't be closed completely, but there will be another closure on the outside. Whether this door needs to be closed is irrelevant.”

The "spider" subconsciously introduced, as if he had returned to twenty years ago when he was still an archaeology student.

But,

the classmates and mentors who had been by his side back then had long since changed.

Even he himself had been erased from existence long ago.

The “spider” put his eyes to the gap in the vermilion door, shining his flashlight inside.

He roared:

“Come out!

“I'm here again,

“Come out!”

Zhou Ze and the four stood behind him.

The “spider” needed to vent.

More than twenty years of cowardice, more than twenty years of longing,

needed an outlet.

Of course, this was also because he knew that his end was near, and he didn't care about the lives of Zhou Ze and the others.

Perhaps, in his opinion, if the black fog came again and "buried" himself and Zhou Ze and the others together, even if the scene of the zombie incident was reproduced, it would be a good ending.

“Hahaha, it's coming, it's coming, the black fog, it's coming, it's coming!!!!!!”

The "spider" shouted,

like a dog jumping on the ground.

Zhou Ze's eyes narrowed,

reached out and grabbed the "spider's" shoulder, and threw him backwards.

The spider fell to the ground with his limbs in the air, but still screamed happily:

“It's coming, the black fog, I see it again, it's coming, it's coming!

“We're all going to die, we're all going to die, everyone is going to die together, hahahaha!!!!!!”

The "spider" smiled happily,

turbid tears constantly dripping from the corners of his eyes,

Perhaps,

the end was a relief for him.

He seemed to have returned to more than twenty years ago, and went to his doom with his teachers and classmates.

The black fog did come out, reappearing after more than twenty years, bringing its terror, which had once enveloped the entire Rong City, and even now, it was still an enduring legend.

Zhou Ze opened his mouth,

took a breath,

“Huff!”

The black fog that emerged from the gap in the vermilion door was instantly sucked into Zhou Ze's mouth.

Then,

Zhou Ze turned around,

and yawned.

“How does it taste?” Lawyer An asked from the side.

“A bit like smoking a Marlboro ice blast.”

“So refreshing?”

“Want a puff?”

“No, no, no.”

“…………” Spider.

The spider on the side,

was petrified,

The nightmare he had been thinking about for more than twenty years,

was actually sucked into the mouth by the person in front of him?

And the person in front of him was acting like nothing had happened!

It was as if a belief had been crushed!

Moreover, he had been brewing his emotions for a long time,

now they were stuck in his heart, unable to be released or spat out, it was very uncomfortable!

“Yingying, push the door open.”

“Okay, Boss!”

Yingying stepped forward, supported the vermilion door with both hands, and began to exert force.

“Crack...crack...crack...”

The vermilion door was slowly pushed open,

and a musty breath permeated out.

Zhou Ze was about to stretch his legs and walk forward,

but Lawyer An stopped Zhou Ze, and asked with a smile: “Boss, are you confident?”

“Confident about what?”

“That, if we really encounter that gatekeeper inside, do you think you are confident now?”

Lawyer An's words were actually asking whether his guess about Ying Gou's awakening was accurate!

Zhou Ze reached out and patted Lawyer An on the shoulder,

and said indifferently:

“Then tell me, was he confident when he decided to rebel against Ying Gou back then?”

“Damn, Boss, you said that with such swagger!”

Saying that, Lawyer An handed his phone to the little boy next to him, and then looked at Zhou Ze and said: “Come on, Boss, I'll ask you again, and you answer me again, this classic scene must be recorded!”

The little boy took the phone, turned on the camera, and pointed it at Zhou Ze and Lawyer An, while also turning on the flashlight.

“That, if we really encounter that gatekeeper inside, do you think…”

“Idiot.”

“Hey, Boss, I haven't finished speaking yet.”

Then,

Lawyer An was stunned,

because he realized that Zhou Ze hadn't opened his mouth at all, and these words weren't said by the boss at all,

that voice,

came from the depths of the vermilion door!

“I think I was despised,” Lawyer An said.

Zhou Ze nodded,

took a step forward,

and shouted directly at the dark passage:

“I've come to see you.”