The 1995 Zombie Incident

  I looked up and down at Ge Fei for a long time: "Are you so confident? What if you're kidnapped, this clue will be cut off again."

  "What's the point of even trying anymore? This old corpse must have some ulterior motive!" Ge Fei looked at me with a "you're an idiot" expression, saying it with great disdain.

  I gave him a white eye and said irritably, "What conspiracy? Does he still want to become the Demon Lord and rule the Six Realms like the Evil Sword Immortal in The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3?"

  "It's impossible to rule over all six realms, but ruling the zombie realm is possible." Ge Fei revealed that kind of smile that sent chills down people's spines again.

  Seeing him smile like this, I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine.

  "The taste of zombies!" I was secretly shivering with fear when Ge Fei suddenly spoke seriously.

  I was already timid and scared, grabbing onto him with a start, frantically looking around: "Where is the zombie?"

  "Follow me closely, and whatever you do, don't let go of my hand later, got it?" Ge Fei didn't answer my question, but instead pulled me towards the alley where he had thrown away the ice sculpture earlier.

  My hand was tightly grasped by him, and I was also holding his hand tightly. Although I usually love to bicker with him, even making fun of him a lifelong hobby, but I'm also very clear that Ge Fei is not the kind of person who would make this kind of joke. What if I didn't follow him, maybe halfway through, a zombie would jump out and bite me to death.

  Ge Fei's speed was surprisingly fast, and I followed him with an inexplicable quickness, that pace, light and easy as if gliding in mid-air.

  Although we ran very fast, He Yichu was even faster than both of us. When we arrived at the alley, we saw a figure flash by, and then Fang Xian suddenly disappeared. To be precise, he was taken away by He Yichu.

  Ge Fei stared at the empty alley in astonishment: "His speed is actually so fast..."

  "Could it be that all these years... Fang Zhiyuan has been controlled by He Yichu, so... He Yichu told Lao Yezi that he had never seen Fang Zhiyuan before..., was afraid of being discovered, but what is he afraid of?" I stared at the empty alley, still in shock, and spoke out my confusion.

  If Hei Yizhen is really a zombie, what is he afraid of Fang Lao? Why hide it, if he's not a zombie, how can he have such speed, and he... This mystery is too much for me to digest at once.

  Ge Fei didn't deny my words this time, his eyebrows furrowed as he stared at the empty alleyway where not even a ghostly figure was present: "I remember that earlier He Yi Chu seemed to have brushed against your clothes. If that's the case, then your body must still have his scent on it."

  "There's a zombie smell on you! Ge Fei wants to find He Yi Chu by the smell? I looked at Ge Fei suspiciously: "You want to find He Yi Chu by the smell?"

  "It's just like this." Ge Fei said with a worried tone, as if it was an unavoidable situation.

  I looked at him with a skeptical face: "Can you smell it?" I remembered that Ge Fei's sense of smell wasn't very good before, but now it seemed to have become sensitive, and he could even smell the zombies' stench, just like a dog... Uh, of course, I didn't mean to scold him, but rather sincerely praised his keen sense of smell.

  Just as I was praising his sense of smell in my heart, he shook his head and said: "I can't track it too far, but Xue Lang can."

  "Uh... So Xue Lang is a dog." I blurted out, and then regretted it, dryly laughing twice, awkwardly smiling: "I mean to say... he has a keen sense of smell, heh heh."

  I find that in front of Ge Fei, I always speak without reserve. It was like this before, and I thought it would change after five years, but five years later, it seems to be the same.

  Ge Fei looked at me speechlessly, then took out his phone to contact Xue Lang. I didn't understand, wasn't that ring of his pretty powerful? Why use a phone?! After being puzzled for a while, I thought he was afraid of wasting spiritual power and not being able to deal with the zombies.

  Xue Lang arrived soon after. Xue Lang changed into a new set of clothes today, wearing a snow-white shirt that made him look eerie and ghostly. He walked around me in a circle, his expressionless face saying, "He should still be in Chengdu."

  "Can you find him?" Ge Fei's face was also pale at this moment.

  Xue Lang also seemed uncertain, furrowing his brow and saying: "This... I don't know either, I'll try my best, but... I think there are a few places where it might be easier to find him."

  "You wouldn't want to say... Qingcheng Mountain or the Ten Tombs, would you?" I suddenly remembered that in 1995, Chengdu had a zombie incident. It was said that three ancient corpses from the Qing dynasty were dug up from either the Jiulong Cave on Qingcheng Mountain, near Wuhou Temple, or the Ten Tombs. Later, the three corpses vanished into thin air, and then five zombies appeared, specializing in biting people's heads.

  Xue Lang didn't respond, but his reaction was enough to prove that he and I were on the same page. Ge Fei's face turned very ugly, and even his voice became heavy: "If... it doesn't work out, we must find him quickly..."

  Ge Fei's face was very heavy, and I was even more so. I stuttered and opened my mouth: "I heard... those five corpses were finally 'killed' by the police with guns. How could He Wei Chu be one of the survivors, but... how did He Wei Chu know Fang Zhi Ling thirty years ago?" As I said this, I became confused again.