Chapter 2 Onset of Illness

  "Sun Shu continued: 'It's that young widow in the village, she really doesn't look bad. I've had my eye on her for a long time, but I didn't dare say anything, afraid she wouldn't agree. I don't want to take this regret to my grave.'"

  Nima, at this critical moment, you're still thinking about women. Look at yourself, Wang Chu despises you.

  I'm already struggling to save myself, my own life is almost slipping away, and you're still worrying about that other thing, let's talk about it after we make it out alive.

  Young people's endurance is naturally stronger than that of older people, which is also a natural law. Before long, Sun Shu fell behind.

  The old lady behind seemed to be a shadow, closely following the two without leaving, but her speed was completely in sync with the rhythm of the two princes, sometimes fast and sometimes slow. Her face was full of sinister smiles, and the sinister smile also carried a hint of sarcasm.

  Wang Chu looked at Wang Nainai chasing after him, speeding up and slowing down, but couldn't catch up. In his heart, he cursed: "Damn it, can this zombie get tired?"

  "Damn it, are they messing with us? On purpose not catching up to us, intentionally trying to exhaust us to death?! Hurrying ducks onto a shelf!!" Sun Shu also found it strange.

  They scolded each other but neither of them stopped in their tracks.

  Wang Chu thought about his escape strategy.

  An idea flashed through his mind, to push Sun Shu a push, let Wang Nainai catch him, and he might have escaped, but this seemed too damaging, even the dead could come back to life, what was impossible, with gods watching from above.

  "Uncle Sun, look quickly, a boat! We're saved!" Wang Cun exclaimed excitedly as he saw a small boat moored on the lake shore ahead.

  "Can the little rabbit boat save us? Has he gone mad, talking nonsense?" Sun Shu muttered to himself in dismay.

  Wang Cun saw Sun Shu teasing him and said, "You old thing, have you forgotten? Old Lady Wang was most afraid of water when she was alive, what can she do to us now that we're on the boat?"

  Sun Shu seemed to agree with Wang Zhu's idea after being reminded by him.

  Behind that, Grandma Wang's rugged and weathered old face suddenly turned ferocious, but the speed seemed to remain unchanged.

  Finally, Wang Chu and Sun Shu managed to climb onto the small boat that they thought could save their lives. The two of them let out a long sigh, feeling as if a heavy burden had been lifted off their shoulders. But before they could even catch their breath...

  "Uncle, hurry up and hold on!"

  Only to see Grandma Wang's speed suddenly go wild, the two people on the boat took a breath of cool air, was this still humanly possible?

  The two of them hastily picked up the oars and rowed with all their might, sending the small boat to the middle of the river in one breath.

  "Now I can rest assured." Sun Shu said with a sigh of relief.

  The two of them thought they had escaped, and with a self-satisfied expression, they stood stiffly on the shore, making faces at Grandma Wang, twisting their hips, stretching out their hands to beckon her, and provoking her by saying: "Come on! You come!"

  It won't be long before both of them will realize that this is a completely life-risking behavior.

  Just then, Wang Nainai on the shore suddenly stopped being angry and started smiling, her smile eerie and terrifying, baring her teeth. She suddenly levitated into the air, as if she had completely ignored the Earth's gravity.

  "My goodness, it's still flying!" The two people on the boat were shocked by this frightening scene, their faces turned green, and their chins almost dropped to their knees.

  "Heh heh heh..." The two of them seemed to have heard Grandma Wang's gloomy laughter.

  The boat was less than fifty meters away from the shore, and Wang Nainai was about to board it, both of them were flustered.

  "Little rabbit, what a terrible idea you've come up with, it's all over now, all over!"

  "You're complaining about nothing, I had no idea she was so fierce. Do you want to be someone's midnight snack? If not, then hurry up and jump into the water!" Wang Cang said as he jumped into the river with a splash, sending water flying everywhere.

  But Sun Shu seemed to have not reacted yet

  Only heard a sharp and piercing ghost cry like cold wind passing through the hall

  Immediately afterwards, a muffled hum was heard, and the bottom of the boat seeped out bright red. The king knew that Sun Shu had been nailed to the deck by the terrifying fingernails, straight into his heart, without even having the chance to cry out.

  At this moment, Wang Nainai stood on the deck with her waist bent, a pair of deep and pupil-less eyes staring straight at the crown of Wang Chu's head exposed in the water, and said "Hehehe, are you ready?"

  "Could it be that she wants to come down and take me with her? Is she no longer afraid of water? But then, why would a dead person be afraid of water?"

  The prince's mind is now full of

  The miserable look of Sun Shu's death made him **painful**

  The Queen on the boat saw the Crown Prince struggling painfully on the water surface, seemingly with a terrifyingly satisfied smile at the corner of her mouth, as if waiting for the Crown Prince to figure out how to escape.

  Wang Cun couldn't believe that the originally kind-hearted Wang Nainai, who had treated him like her own grandson, would become so ferocious after turning into a zombie.

  The intense struggle for survival left Wang Chu on the verge of death, but his physical strength was depleted too quickly, and the 50-meter distance to the opposite shore seemed as vast as an ocean.

  On the boat, Grandma Wang was rubbing her frighteningly long fingernails, making a sharp and ear-piercing scraping sound.

  Suddenly, Grandma Wang on the boat stopped rubbing her fingernails and made a downward jumping motion with her teeth bared, scaring Prince Wang into shouting hoarsely with his rough throat.

  Just then a faint crowing of a cock made Wang Zhuo feel less lonely, he knew that perhaps there was hope.

  He remembered the plot of the movie, where once the rooster crows, all lonely ghosts and wild devils would leave.

  But whether this monster in front of him would behave like it did in the movies, Wang Cang had no idea at all.

  Wang Cun stared blankly at Wang Nainai in front of him, but half a minute passed, and it seemed that she had no intention of retreating. She just stood on the small boat, listening to the sound of chickens chirping. The water slowly seeped into the cabin from the bottom of the boat, and the small boat also seemed to be sinking gradually.

  Escaping is an instinct of living things. Wang Zhu took advantage of this opportunity and suddenly plunged into the lake, escaping Grandma Wang's line of sight.

  After Wang Nainai found that Wang Chuxu was gone, she sniffed her nose, looked around, and after half a day of searching, there was no discovery. The terrifying scream shook the water surface, stirring up waves, and suddenly rose into the air, drifting towards the direction of the chaotic tomb ridge.

  After Grandma Wang left, the empty and desolate water surface had only a lonely boat. The red sun rising slowly in the east added some ripples to the crimson water surface.

  A half-submerged boat floated quietly on the crimson lake surface, when suddenly a skull emerged from the bottom of the boat and broke through the water's surface, splashing blood everywhere.

  He used his last bit of strength to climb onto the half-submerged boat, paralyzed and lying quietly at the bow, with rapid breathing causing his chest to heave constantly. The weak morning sunlight made him feel a wave of warmth.

  "Nima, you almost suffocated me to death." The taste of escaping from the jaws of death made Wang Zhi feel that the world was so beautiful. Death was so frightening, life was so joyful.

  After a night of turmoil, Wang Cang's physical strength was exhausted, his eyes gradually blurred, and he fell into a daze. What puzzled him most in his heart was how Queen Wang had turned into a fierce zombie.

  Grandma Wang's only relative before her death was named Li Yu, who is her own granddaughter. Grandma Wang had always been very healthy, but last night she passed away peacefully in bed. Li Yu couldn't be found anywhere in the city at that time. According to reason, this should be considered a natural death and a happy occasion, but many people in Dashan Village are superstitious and say that on the seventh day after a person's death, called "Tou Qi", the ghost of the deceased will return home to see their relatives. If they can't find their relatives, the ghost will wander around looking for them, which would be unlucky for anyone who encounters it. There is an abandoned house in the north of the village, so the villagers decided to move Grandma Wang's body there to wait for Li Yu to return and hold a funeral. However, by evening, Li Yu still hadn't arrived, and someone had to keep watch at night. After some discussion, the villagers decided to let four men - Sun Dage, Sun Shu, Li Dage, and Ma Dage - take turns keeping watch.

  "Xiao Cang, wake up quickly!" The village chief hastily called out to Wang Cang, who was still dreaming on the kang.

  At this time, a middle-aged man named Li Mao came in from outside the door. He was the team leader of the production team and had a careless personality. He often lost things and did them sloppily, but he was still practical. Whenever there were important tasks in the village, he would take the lead immediately. People who didn't know him well would think that this man might be mentally ill.

  "Village head, we've searched the whole village and can't find those three people. What's going on with these big living things..."

  Just as he said this, he noticed the crown prince lying on the kang.

  "Oh my goodness! My mother, I'm scared to death. These two were fighting last night, look at his white shirt all stained red now. Who knows if that Sun Big Beard used some hidden weapon to stab a hole in his chest? And what about those three others..."

  "What the hell's wrong with you, scaring people to death! Don't spout nonsense, would Xiao Cun do such a thing?!" The village chief suddenly pulled out a large wooden stick from his waist and gave Li Mao's plump buttocks a whack.

  "Village chief, why are you hitting me? I'm... or else we'll report to the police!" Li Mao felt a bit embarrassed and came up with an idea to ease the tension.

  "Don't be kidding, it's not that simple"

  The village chief lit a cigarette and took two puffs, then suddenly changed the subject: "I think this matter should be reported to the police first, you go take care of it."

  Suddenly, he heard a rapid breathing sound coming from behind him. He turned his head and was shocked to see that Wang Cang's face had suddenly turned deathly pale, with his eyes rolled back, and his body twisting left and right in extreme pain. He strode towards Wang Cang and reached out to touch his forehead.

  Li Mao, who was standing beside him, was frightened by this scene and didn't know what to do.

  "This... this... isn't it because you stayed up all night and got dazed?"

  He thought this situation was similar to a sheep having an epileptic seizure, but he had only seen it in movies.

  Then he learned from the village chief and stretched out his hand to touch Wang Cang's forehead, and suddenly his arm trembled.

  "How can you be colder than a dead person and still be alive?"

  "Knowing he can't survive, why didn't you hurry up and call the doctor?" The village chief was anxious and glared at Li Maocui.

  Just as Li Maogang was about to leave, Wang Chu's condition seemed to have become more serious.

  "Li Mao, quickly... hurry back, it's too late, hold him steady"

  The village head saw Wang Cun start to convulse, seemingly biting his tongue, and was shocked into a cold sweat. Looking around everywhere, he didn't find anything that could be stuffed into Wang Cun's mouth.

  In a state of panic, the village chief grabbed Li Mao's hand and stuffed it into Wang Cun's mouth. Before he could even react, Li Mao felt a sharp pain in his hand and let out a blood-curdling scream like a slaughtered pig. Instinctively, he tried to withdraw his hand, but the village chief held it firmly in place: "Aiyoh, Village Chief, what are you doing?! You little rabbit, you're going to bite Grandpa to death!"