It was a very chaotic scene, which made Zhou Ze a little helpless. The villagers simply ignored the food and instead swarmed towards Zhou Ze again.
Zhou Ze's nails tore the villagers in front of him to pieces again and again, but they would quickly gather together again. This was a killing with no end in sight, a typical case of an ant biting an elephant to death.
There must be something supporting this place, making it a barrier-like cycle that keeps going back and forth. These evil spirits don't actually look as strong as real evil spirits, but the most perverted thing about them is that they can re-condense after death.
The little monkey grabbed Zhou Ze's shoulders and watched Zhou Ze kill his way out. It wanted to help, but it was unable to do so. If it were the old him, he would cooperate with Zhou Ze, the two of them could rush out, but now, it could only tremble in fear and pray that Zhou Ze would not run out of strength so quickly.
It knew that if Zhou Ze was finished, it would definitely be finished too.
It was eaten by humans in the previous life. Will it be eaten by ghosts again in this life
It doesn't want this kind of Grand Slam.
These villagers seemed to be planning to block Zhou Ze's way out of the ancestral hall. They rushed forward fearlessly just to stop Zhou Ze for a few seconds. And they were successful. Zhou Ze was not far from the entrance of the ancestral hall. As long as he could rush out, it would be much easier to find a way to escape. But now, he could only be blocked in this narrow area, which was very uncomfortable.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!!!”
The little monkey's tail was grabbed by a villager. The little monkey let out a scream and felt like it was going to be eaten.
Zhou Ze turned around, and his fingernails brought a black mist that instantly tore the villager into pieces, and caught the little monkey back. However, this made Zhou Ze a little far away from the door again.
The villagers worked together and continued to put pressure on him, making Zhou Ze's breakthroughs in vain. At the moment, Zhou Ze was suppressed in the deepest part of the ancestral hall, at the altar where the spirit tablets were placed.
“Hu…Hu…Hu…Hu…”
Zhou Ze was indeed a little tired after panting again and again, but these villagers did not give him any chance to relax.
"Crash"
A crisp sound,
Zhou Ze simply swept away all the tablets on the altar. He hoped that the villagers would protect their ancestral tablets and leave some space for himself.
But unfortunately, the villagers had no feelings about the ancestral tablets. They just let them fall to the ground and remained indifferent. They continued to rush towards Zhou Ze.
For the first time, Zhou Ze felt a little wronged.
First of all, I really want to help others, and my conscience hurts!
You said you are very hungry, I can see that, but the rice and food are right in front of you, why don’t you eat it, but instead eat me
It's unreasonable!
If you are unreasonable, don't blame me for being unreasonable too!
The anger in Zhou Ze's heart was aroused. People's kindness and compassion are limited. Zhou Ze rushed forward. This time, he did not take the initiative to run outside, but killed the dead souls he caught. At the same time, as the irritability and anger in his heart continued to accumulate, Zhou Ze's skin began to slowly turn a bronze color.
Obviously, the invasion of fatigue and anger has begun to slowly awaken another side of Zhou Ze.
"boom!"
Zhou Ze grabbed the two ghosts with both hands and threw them to the ground.
"boom!"
The dead souls exploded, and no one knew where they would go to reunite and come back. At the same time, another hole was smashed into the ground, and white rice began to splash and fall everywhere.
Suddenly, Zhou Ze stood up and felt a little confused, because the villagers who had rushed towards him like crazy and shouted that they were hungry all of a sudden squatted down and started picking up the rice grains on the ground, not even letting go of the rice grains in the cracks.
Then,
The previous stage darling spotlight gatherer—Ze,
Suddenly no one paid any attention.
This is a huge gap.
Zhou Ze was at a loss as to what to do. He could only say that these villagers seemed to be sick and so hungry that they guarded the large amount of food in the ancestral hall without touching it.
Are you all misers
Fortunately, Zhou Ze knew that this was not the time to be serious, so he rushed out of the ancestral hall with the little monkey. This time, no one stopped him. After running to the other side of the field again, the bronze luster that had just appeared on Zhou Ze's body began to slowly fade.
Zhou Ze also breathed a sigh of relief. If he could avoid going into that state, he would rather not. The key point was that after it was over, not only would his soul be in pain, but the paralysis of his body and the long-term inconvenience in his life made Zhou Ze very resistant.
He grabbed the monkey, which was still clinging to his shoulder and looked a little frightened, and threw it to the ground.
"Find a way out."
Zhou Ze didn't want to delay here until the villagers picked up all the rice grains and then came over to besiege him.
The little monkey did not disappoint Zhou Ze. After running for a while and turning around a few times, it dived directly into the pile of thatch and disappeared.
This made Zhou Ze wonder whether he was raising a monkey or a dog.
Because when the monkey was turning on the ground, its nose was constantly sniffing the ground.
Zhou Ze also turned around a few times, but did not follow its example by putting his nose on the ground and then rushed into the thatched pile.
I just felt my whole body lighten.
Zhou Ze found himself on the street. At this time, most of the shops on this street were closed. It was obviously very late.
The old Taoist squatted on the side and touched the monkey that had come out earlier. Seeing Zhou Ze also came out, he immediately stood up and asked:
"Boss, are you okay?"
Zhou Ze shook his head.
There was a Nissan parked opposite, and Xu Qinglang was sitting inside. When Zhou Ze came out, he also got out of the car and asked:
"Is the matter resolved?"
"Where were you before? I couldn't get through to you when I called you."
"The signal in the library basement is not good. Let's get in the car first. I found some other clues here."
After getting in the car, Zhou Ze briefly recounted what happened inside.
Xu Qinglang nodded and said, "I went to the city library first and looked up some information. I found a local diary from the Republic of China period. Actually, it wasn't the Republic of China, as this was a Japanese-occupied area at the time.
It was a record book, kept by the local puppet government, which recorded the massacre of Sanxiang Village. According to the record, it was because the local villagers were found to have hidden the wounded of anti-Japanese armed elements, which led to the revenge raid by the Japanese.
"Get to the point." Zhou Ze reminded.
"Then, I checked the borrowing records of this book. It's a very obscure book that ordinary people wouldn't even notice. But in 2009, someone borrowed it. His name was Li Shi. I suspect that this person is the same person as the one who posted the message."
Zhou Ze nodded.
During that period, not many people really paid attention to what was happening in Sanxiang Village.
"I investigated Li Shi again and found that he died of a heart attack at the end of 2009. However, his clues were not broken because he was driving when he had the heart attack and his car crashed into a tree.
The place of death was on a road in a suburban forest.
It's very desolate there. It was very desolate in 2009 and it's still desolate now, but there is a sanatorium there, which is similar to a nursing home, but more advanced, and is a public-private partnership."
"So, you think Li Shi drove there before he died because he wanted to go to a nursing home?"
"Right, so I think there should be a clue hidden in the sanatorium, and he found it. In fact, I think this person entered Sanxiang Village for the second time. According to what you said, the villagers inside were so hungry that they were crazy and wanted to eat people. But in 2009, the problem should not have been so serious.
Then, he got some information in the village, but, except for you, everyone who could enter Sanxiang Village was dying."
Having said that, Xu Qinglang subconsciously looked at the old Taoist sitting in the back seat.
I felt very depressed at first.
The monkey smashed in.
The boss went in.
As a result, he couldn't get in no matter what, and he felt like a failure.
Then when Xu Qinglang came and told him that only those who were about to die had the opportunity to enter, the old Taoist laughed happily, and two snot bubbles popped out of his nose.
"Li Shi didn't have time to solve that problem. He died on the way."
Zhou Ze looked at Xu Qinglang who was talking while driving and asked, "So, we are going to the sanatorium now?"
Xu Qinglang nodded.
Half an hour later,
The car drove into the sanatorium. Because it was late at night, the sanatorium was closed, but Zhou Ze, Xu Qinglang and others still jumped over the wall and entered the office, and directly checked the customer information of the sanatorium.
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. If the problem in Sanxiang Village is not resolved, if a real evil spirit is released, the problems it will cause will be terrifying.
Zhou Ze, Lao Dao and Xu Qinglang were searching together, but this search was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Because no one knows.
The person the original poster was looking for nine years ago,
Is he dead now
After all, many people who enter nursing homes are elderly or people in poor health, and they may not be able to survive nine years.
Moreover, there is no specific information to search for, so you can only rely on your instincts.
This is no longer looking for a needle in a haystack, but fishing in the ocean.
However, the information of a patient made Zhou Ze's eyes slightly focused. He motioned Xu Qinglang and Laodao next to him to come over, then pointed at the person in the photo and said:
"Chen Guangnong, born in 1919."
"Fuck, boss, this guy is 99?" The old Taoist exclaimed, and then asked in confusion: "This... You can't be looking for the oldest person, right? I have several centenarians here."
Tongcheng is a town of longevity, and the number of centenarians ranks among the top cities in the country.
Zhou Ze shook his head and said, "This is different. I seem to have heard of this person. He was an official in Tongcheng for a period of time in his early years."
Zhou Ze opened the webpage and started searching on it. Baidu Encyclopedia directly found out the detailed life story of Chen Guangnong.
"Is it an uprising?" Xu Qinglang noticed something.
According to records, this man was a battalion commander in the Huaihai Campaign during the Liberation War, led his troops in an uprising, and participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. He later returned to his hometown of Tongcheng and served as a local official for a period of time before retiring.
"I think it should be this person. The one Li Shi is looking for should be this person." Zhou Ze said.
A legendary person must have a legendary life that matches his or her own. This person's life is already wonderful enough.
Zhou Ze first found his ward, but what shocked Zhou Ze, Xu Qinglang and the old Taoist priest was that Chen Guangnong had fallen into a long coma a few years ago, similar to a vegetative state. Now, his body was just not dead yet.
"Fuck, how do I do this?" The old Taoist looked confused.
Zhou Ze opened the door of the ward and walked in. Xu Qinglang signaled the Taoist priest and Monkey to keep watch outside, and then he followed him in.
The atmosphere in the ward was somewhat depressing. This old man, who was only one year away from living to 100, had really entered the final stages of his life.
He was lying there, unconscious.
You say he is alive, but he is no different from being dead.
Zhou Ze sat down on a chair beside the bed and took a look at the data from various instruments around the old man. The old man's condition was not optimistic.
"Is there any way to wake him up?" Xu Qinglang asked.
He knew that Zhou Ze used to be a doctor.
Zhou Ze shook his head. If only the guy from Rongcheng hadn't been taken away by Tang Shi, it might be more convenient to ask him to come. That guy was said to be a psychologist, and his hypnosis skills were terrifying. He could even control the ghost messenger with hypnosis.
"Now, it seems there is only one way left." Zhou Ze said.
"What is the solution?"
"Kill him now, and then capture his ghost and interrogate him."
“… …”Xu Qinglang.
Zhou Ze shook his head, indicating that he was just joking. It was not easy for someone to live to be ninety-nine, and he couldn't just kill him because he wanted to ask a few questions for an uncertain reason.
And looking at his current condition, his life has been full of ups and downs and excitement, and he has been lying here for so many years. Maybe he has let go of everything. If I kill him, his soul may go straight to hell, and I won't even be able to ask him.
"There's a book in the drawer."
Xu Qinglang opened the drawer and said.
"What book?"
"An autobiography should be published at one's own expense with the help of descendants or others."
Xu Qinglang took out the book and flipped through it.
"Read his early life." Zhou Ze reminded.
"I know."
Soon, Xu Qinglang found a record and said, "Before the Anti-Japanese War, he served as a company commander in the Tongcheng Security Corps."
The security corps, which is the local armed force, is similar to what is shown in anti-Japanese war dramas and has basically no combat effectiveness.
"Did the Japanese encounter any resistance when they entered Tongcheng?" Zhou Ze asked.
"I checked, the Japanese Iizuka unit seems to be the 101st Division. I'm not sure about the details, but it is said that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese divisions after the 100th is not very high. This division seems to have been beaten badly in Jiangxi.
However, there was no regular Chinese army in Tongcheng at that time. It was entirely the local armed organizations in Tongcheng that resisted and fought against the devils. However, no matter how rookie the rookie division was, it was much stronger than the local armed security group, so Tongcheng fell quite quickly. "
"So, he participated in the resistance against the Japanese army in Tongcheng?"
"That should be the case. He probably didn't surrender as a traitor. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to become a battalion commander in the Nationalist Army."
Zhou Ze frowned.
The sleeping old man with age spots all over his body and all the villagers in Sanxiang Village made him feel very powerless, as if he had all the strength in his body but could only hit cotton with his fists.
Just now, Xu Qinglang and I stood here and talked for such a long time, but the old man just closed his eyes and did not react at all. It was obvious that he had really lost his perception of the outside world.
But Zhou Ze was a little unwilling to leave like this, so he bent down, leaned close to the old man's ear, and slowly asked:
"Old man, do you still remember... Sanxiang Village?"
Suddenly,
A miracle happened.
The old man's fingers suddenly trembled.
Then my eyelids began to tremble constantly.
He seemed to have heard something, or was stimulated. His lips opened slightly and he seemed to make a very small sound:
"Fellow...folks..."
"What did he say?" Xu Qinglang asked.
Zhou Ze shook his head, his voice was too soft.
Xu Qinglang pushed Zhou Ze away, put his ear next to the old man's mouth, and listened carefully.
After a while, Xu Qinglang stood up straight with a serious expression.
"What did he say?" Zhou Ze asked.
"He said... he wanted to kiss you?"