Volume 1 Chapter 13: Corpse Chasing

  Two people hid in the bushes and looked out to see a scene that they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

  There are three people, no, to be exact, two people walking in this direction. The other one, they're not sure if it's a person, has both hands stretched out, body stiff, and is hopping over with eyes wide open, unblinking, with an empty expression in his eyes.

  Xu Mo and Liu Qian looked at each other in shock, and simultaneously thought of the same thing: zombies.

  Yes, the scene of the 'person' looked exactly like a zombie in the legend. It was okay to hear about it usually, but now that they saw it with their own eyes, both of them felt a deep chill in their hearts.

  Two other men followed behind it, one of whom was carrying another on his shoulder.

  The person on his shoulder was wearing pajamas, leaning on his shoulder, seemingly unconscious, and the loose-fitting pajamas couldn't hide her slender figure, surprisingly a woman.

  Liu Qian glanced at the woman and said in a low, hateful tone: "It was that little girl who got caught."

  Xu Mo also recognized her, the woman's figure was slender and delicate, indeed it was Shen Bancheng's daughter he saw during the day, but she seemed fine, how could she be caught by someone?

  The man who was carrying the girl touched her buttocks with a lewd expression and sighed, "This little girl is so beautiful, but she's going to become someone's plaything, what a pity."

  Another man held a whip in his hand, driving the zombie forward and coldly scolding: "You dare to say such things? If Madam hears about it, do you still want to live?"

  That man's face seemed to change color and he smiled awkwardly: "You, Zhao, wouldn't betray me, would you?"

  Xu Mo and Liu Qian exchanged a glance. This Zhao brother was probably the one mentioned by Ma Wu on the phone.

  Two men overheard Ma Wu's phone call and thought that Zhao Dage was also a part-time worker, so he wouldn't come at such a late hour. After taking the things buried by Ma Wu, they didn't leave in advance, but unexpectedly ran into them.

  Another man said: "We must visit the wall with ears."

  That person seemed to be frightened by his own words and nervously looked around, "You're too cautious, how could there be anyone here?"

  Zhao said: "The power of a woman, can you imagine it?" Then he carefully looked up at the sky.

  He looked as if he was worried that someone in heaven was monitoring him, and didn't let out a sigh of relief until he found nothing.

  He glanced at the girl on that person's shoulder again, "This little girl is quite resourceful, she actually knew in advance that someone was going to harm her, and ran back from abroad, hiding in this remote place, thinking that others couldn't find her. But since Madam has taken a liking to her, where can she run to now? In the end, it's still us who will catch her."

  When he said this, there was a hint of fear in his tone, and even he himself couldn't help but feel a sense of dread when mentioning the power of that "madam".

  Xu Mo's heart skipped a beat. "Who is this 'Madam' after all, with such great power that even her subordinates are so terrified?"

  Another man heard this and immediately dared not speak again, thought for a moment, and changed the subject: "Is the place where Brother Zhao and Mr. Ma agreed to meet here?"

  Zhao Dage's cold eyes swept over the large stones, "Not bad, that guy with the surname Ma said he buried the stuff here, let's take it and leave."

  Xu Mo and Liu Qian both became tense, Zhao Ge and the man walked up, took out a small flashlight and shone it, and at a glance saw the hole dug by Liu Qian next to the stone and the empty bamboo tube.

  As Zhao Dage stopped, the zombie also stood still on the spot.

  The man who spoke first put the girl down on the ground, bent over to pick up the bamboo tube on the ground, took a look, and shouted loudly: "Things are not here, that surname Ma dares to cheat us!"

  "Call him and ask," Zhao said calmly.

  The man who spoke first immediately took out his phone, dialed a number, and the call was quickly connected. The man didn't wait for the other person to speak, but coldly said: "Very good, very good, Mr. Ma, you dare to deceive us?"

  Ma Wu's voice came out of the phone again, "Qian Ge, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

  "That's enough, you still dare to pretend to be confused, hum..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Da Ge had already taken the phone and asked Ma Wu: "Ma, where did you bury the thing?"

  "It's right at the place where you and I agreed to meet."

  "Very well," Zhao said with a cold smile, "then I'll ask you, where did the thing go?"

  "Is it gone?" Ma Wu was stunned for a moment, then continued: "Impossible, I buried it under that big stone, you can look again."

  "Zhao Dage didn't care at all and coldly said: 'You dare to deceive Madam, you know what the consequences will be.'"

  That big brother suddenly discovered something, and exclaimed: "There are cigarette butts on the ground, someone has been here." As he said that, he bent down to pick up the two cigarette butts and brought them in front of his eyes. Then he said: "It must be that someone discovered Ma's trail and rushed ahead of us to take the things away."

  Xu Mo and Liu Qian's faces changed color, those two cigarette butts were exactly what they had unintentionally left behind.

  Zhao said with a cold smile: "Surnamed Ma, if the things can't be found back, you know what the consequences will be. None of you will survive."

  He didn't wait for Ma Wu's response and hung up the phone. He sniffed in the air, "There is still a smell of smoke, he shouldn't have gone far."

  "Let's go after them!" said Big Brother Qian.

  "Not needed!" Zhao Da Ge sneered and blew a whistle, a black shadow suddenly fell silently from the sky and circled in low altitude.

  Xu Mo and Liu Qian looked up, it was a black eagle, with wings spread wide, nearly two meters.

  "Haha!" Money Brother said: "How could I forget it? Zhao Brother, quickly let him find that person."

  Xu Mo and the other person secretly said it was not good, that black eagle seemed to be spiritual, without waiting for Zhao's instructions, it rushed towards the hiding place of the two people, flapping its wings, strong air pressing down, the fallen leaves on the ground were blown away.

  "He's hiding here!" Da Ge shouted loudly.

  Xu and Mo saw that they could no longer hide, so they stood up from the bush, picked up two wooden sticks from the ground, and held them in their hands.

  "It's actually two people." Da Ge looked at them with some unexpected surprise.

  Zhao stretched out his hand to his waist and touched something, and unexpectedly pulled out a pistol.

  Xu and Mo were about to confront each other, but when they saw the handgun, their souls flew away in fright. Liu Qian shouted loudly: "Quickly escape!"

  The two of them turned around and ran off in different directions without looking back.

  Zhao fired several shots at the legs of the two men, his handgun equipped with a silencer, making almost no sound. However, his aim was off and none of the shots hit their mark.

  Zhao Da Ge put away his pistol and said coldly, "Quickly chase after them, catch them alive. If they're killed, we won't be able to ask where the things are. One person chases one, I have a pistol, Ying follows you."

  As he spoke, he rushed towards Liu Qian, at the same time pointing to the eagle and ordering: "You two, go chase another one."

  The sentence behind, unexpectedly was said to the eagle, surprisingly, the eagle actually understood his words, spread its wings and flew into the air, pouncing towards Xu Mo.

  That money brother followed closely behind.

  The zombie moved clumsily and was useless for chasing people. Zhao didn't command it either, so it just stayed in place without moving.

  The eagle swooped down from the sky at an incredible speed! Xu Mo's body quickly shrunk, but he still couldn't avoid it and was scratched by its sharp talons on his right shoulder. The eagle's claws pierced through his jacket and dug into his skin, leaving a bloody gash on his shoulder, which throbbed with intense pain.

  "That money brother said fiercely: 'You can't escape, stop obediently and return the things. I'll let you die a quick death.'"

  Xu Mo didn't say a word, and with all his might, he rushed forward frantically. His heart was filled with conflicting thoughts: Should I shout loudly for help and call Shen Bancheng's people over? I have the things that Ma Wu stole on me. If Shen Bancheng's people find out, will they let me off? If I save Shen Bancheng's daughter, will they not hold it against me because of this matter?

  He has been through all sorts of hardships in recent years, and his heart has long since turned to iron and stone. How could he easily believe others? But in an instant, he made a decision, and without another word, he continued running forward.

  "While running, he pondered: 'If it were only this one person with the surname Qian, I wouldn't be afraid, but adding that eagle makes him definitely not an opponent, and this is still under the premise that the person with the surname Qian doesn't have guns or similar weapons in his hands.'"

  "This eagle is like a satellite, wherever it goes, it can follow, too much trouble, wanting to escape, at least solve it first."

  The black eagle swooped down from the air again, pouncing on Xu Mo's front, its talons outstretched to claw at his eyes. But Xu Mo was prepared and grabbed the eagle's two claws with both hands, pulling them downwards fiercely. His right foot flew up and kicked the eagle in the chest, sending it tumbling through the air with a loud thud.

  He was filled with hatred and launched a severe attack. The eagle let out a miserable cry, struggling with all its might, flapping its wings wildly, and pecking at Xu Mo with its beak.

  Don't worry about that surname Qian catching up, no time to entangle with it, hands down a loose, was actually struggling to get away.

  The black eagle suffered a loss and flew back up into the air, for the time being not daring to come down.

  Just at this moment of delay, the one surnamed Qian had caught up from behind, and somehow produced a dagger, holding it in his hand, stabbing straight at Xu Mo's back.

  Xu Mo rolled on the ground, dodging in a sorry state, and had already broken out in a cold sweat. He grabbed a stone from the ground with one hand and smashed it at Qian's face.

  That surname Qian dodged and yielded. Xu Mo took advantage of this opportunity to circle around the bushes, reopening the distance between them.

  An evil thought suddenly arose in his mind: if this Qian doesn't die, then I'll die. What method can be used to deal with him?

  At this time, the one surnamed Qian was also reminded by his previous actions and picked up a stone from the ground, throwing it at his back.

  Xu Mo watched the stone's trajectory, dodging it with ease. Suddenly, he remembered that frozen river and had an idea: I'll lure this Qian fellow there and let whatever is in the river take care of it.

  He didn't think twice and changed direction on a dime, running towards the riverbank.