Chapter 60 (Final Chapter)

Upon hearing this, Ji Linyuan frowned. Indeed, if a zombie were to emerge, the first to suffer would be the nearby villagers.

"I'll call the first department and ask them to send people to investigate nationwide."

Shi Yuan nodded: "Let's deal with the zombies here first."

Her mind was focused on the zombies underground, and she didn't notice that the purple in Fengcheng's eyes deepened after overhearing their conversation.

Shi Yuan patted Shi Meili, and Shi Meili stretched out a thin branch that meandered into the ground.

The purple hue in Fengcheng's eyes grew stronger as he absorbed more and more ghostly energy, and finally, he realized that something was wrong.

"Shi Yuan! Quickly restrain me!" Feng Cheng's pupils flickered between black and purple, clearly indicating that two forces were clashing within his body.

With a wave of his hand, Ji Linyuan's peach-leaf whip swiftly bound Fengcheng into a bundle.

Logically speaking, Ji Linyuan is a normal person, and after Gu Linfeng left, he should have lost his ability to control Taoye.

However, before going to the Underworld, Gu Linfeng completely gave his body to Ji Linyuan. Under Ran Wen's guidance, Ji Linyuan made a contract with Gu Linfeng's body. This contract was different from the contract that Shi Yuan made with them.

They are bound by a soul contract, and as long as it remains unbroken, the contract will not dissipate even after Shi Yuan dies of old age as a human.

When she is reborn as a human, Huan Ni Ran and Wen Shi Mei Li will still be able to find Shi Yuan and continue their previous relationship.

Uh, isn't that how you use "rekindle the old flame"?

Never mind, that's the gist of it anyway.

However, because Shi Yuan was still young and had a deep connection with the Three-Life Flower of the Reincarnation Platform, they did not discuss this issue.

But I digress. Let's get back to Ji Linyuan's superpower. His contract is a driving contract. If he's gone, the contract will disappear, and the body left behind by Gu Linfeng will also be annihilated.

Of course, with Gu Linfeng gone, the body's abilities were certainly not as strong as before, which was another important reason why Ji Linyuan decided to step down from the Seventh Division.

Feng Cheng quickly broke free from the peach leaf whip and plunged into the mass grave. Shi Yuan frowned as he watched: "Has he absorbed too much ghost energy and become bewitched by it?"

"Shi Meili, pull him up."

The next second, Shi Meili's vines, which had reached deep into the ground, pulled Fengcheng out, binding him tightly.

"Fengcheng? Are you still conscious?" Shi Yuan stopped calling him "uncle" and nudged Fengcheng with Shi Meili, asking with a serious expression.

"Not quite lucid," Feng Cheng said with a wry smile. "I had no idea that there were actually some fully-fledged zombies hiding in this mass grave."

"I'm sorry, I'm leaving and I've caused you trouble."

"I was controlled because I inhaled the corpse energy of zombies. Before entering the underworld, I have to expel the corpse energy, otherwise, I will probably become a monster that is neither human nor ghost in my next life."

"Neither human nor ghost?" Shi Yuan's heart tightened. "How so?" she couldn't help but ask.

"It's neither human nor non-human, neither stiff nor rigid."

Shi Yuan suddenly shrank back: "What!" she exclaimed.

Ji Linyuan walked to her side, appearing protective: "What's wrong?"

Shi Yuan glanced at him subconsciously, her eyes filled with a fear he couldn't understand.

“Fengcheng, explain yourself clearly!” he said.

The purple aura began to spread in Fengcheng's eyes again, but fortunately he realized that he had been tricked and quickly suppressed it.

He said, "There are zombies that have become powerful under this mass grave. I accidentally inhaled their corpse energy. If I hadn't noticed, I would have entered the underworld in a state that is neither ghost nor zombie."

"Zombies are inherently Yin, and the corpse energy lurking within me, a ghost king with entirely Yin attributes, may not be able to distinguish me from the Reincarnation Platform and the Three-Life Flower."

"When I am successfully reincarnated, my body will contain the aura of death. If something happens, I will immediately become a monster that is neither human nor zombie."

Shi Yuan looked at Fengcheng, her mind racing.

Her appearance changed the fate of many people, such as Shi Ling, the original Shi Yuan, and the Wu, Xie, and Kang families.

And then there's Fengcheng, the Ghost King, right before our eyes.

Without her as a variable, Sheng Yunhua of Fengcheng and Master Ji might have perished at Jingshan, and then the Ghost Realm would have occupied Jingshan, or even used Jingshan as a center to wreak havoc in the northern city.

Of course, the seventh location will definitely take action to suppress it.

Given the strength of the Seventh Division, the Ghost Realm will definitely be suppressed in the end.

Otherwise, if such a large ghost king were to cause trouble in the northern city, the story would definitely not omit a single word about it.

Because this is always the highlight moment when the female protagonist solves problems and gains opportunities.

Therefore, the inevitable fate of the Ghost Realm is suppression.

Shi Yuan looked at the mass grave, then at the mountains not far away.

During their casual conversation, Ran Wen told her that all the mountains and waterways in the world are interconnected, meaning that Jingshan Mountain is connected to the surrounding mountains.

Based on her limited understanding of the Ghost Realm, she knew it was a place where trouble was always brewing and where harming others was not beneficial to itself.

If it was suppressed in Jingshan, and then by some chance discovered the secret of the mountain's connection, it would make contact with the zombies here.

Or perhaps, Guijian was beaten half to death, but the zombies who had already become powerful here found him by following the mountain range and then actively supplied him with corpse energy!

hiss!

She wasn't there back then, which means that the Underworld likely didn't have the Reincarnation Platform or the Three-Life Flower.

Shi Yuan asked Feng Cheng, "If the Underworld didn't have a Reincarnation Platform and the Three-Life Flower, what would you become if you were reincarnated in your current state?"

“Neither ghost nor zombie.” Feng Cheng paused for a moment, seemingly knowing what Shi Yuan wanted to ask. After hesitating for a moment, he said directly, “Using a secret method, a human woman can become pregnant with a being that is neither human, ghost, nor zombie.”

Shi Yuan gasped, "Zombies!"

Ji Linyuan and Feng Cheng both looked at Shi Yuan in shock, wondering why she was so agitated.

Feng Cheng thought for a moment and agreed with Shi Yuan's statement: "That's one way to describe it."

Shi Yuan's face was very pale. She suddenly realized something: this story unfolds against the real backdrop of the Flower Country in the 1970s.

Once the author finishes writing and no longer provides further descriptions of the characters and plot, the book will automatically develop its own sequel.

The book's background is the same as reality, meaning it also carries the same potential threat of triggering an apocalypse!

Shi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, she had noticed in time.

She looked at Fengcheng. As long as the corpse energy in Fengcheng's body was removed and the zombies were eliminated, the crisis of the apocalypse could be resolved.

etc!

Sheng Yunhua was able to maintain her vitality because Fengcheng continuously supplied her with ghostly energy.

"Fengcheng, after you absorbed the ghost energy here, did you transfer any ghost energy to Aunt Yun?"

Feng Cheng was taken aback, then subconsciously replied, "Of course!"

"Damn it!" he exclaimed. "Yunhua has no cultivation level, so she can't possibly suppress the corpse energy like I can. What should we do?"

Shi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's alright. I sent Huan Ni and Ran Wen with us. If anything happens to Aunt Yun, they'll bring her back."

"Do you know how to remove the corpse energy?" Shi Yuan asked.

Feng Cheng nodded and then shook his head: "Legend has it that only the ancient Yin Ginseng can completely separate the ghost energy."

He gave a bitter smile: "But after the catastrophe, almost all the ancient creatures were wiped out."

"In the end, Yunhua and I waited in vain."

"Never mind, we can't become sinners in this world."

Shi Yuan tried to interject, but Feng Cheng interrupted him: "I, the little ghost king, have survived for so long thanks to a tremendous stroke of luck, and I have also met a woman I deeply love and tasted the flavor of love. It's not a loss."

"Actually..." Shi Yuan started to say but was interrupted by Feng Cheng: "In the past, how could someone like me dare to dream of walking openly between heaven and earth and having a woman who loves me wholeheartedly?"

"Ran Wen, she..."

"It's still a bit of a regret. More than 20 years ago, Yunhua could have been reincarnated as an innocent person."

"She was waiting for me, which is why she kept putting it off."

"The matter of Yin ginseng..."

"Yes, without the Yin Ginseng, Yunhua and I would have simply vanished into nothingness."

"No, listen to me..."

"Shi Yuan, I need your help." Feng Cheng was completely absorbed in his own world and couldn't hear Shi Yuan at all.

He looked at Shi Yuan and said earnestly, "In order to avoid future troubles, Yunhua and I estimate that in the end we won't be able to leave anything behind."

"Please build us a cenotaph, with the inscription 'Tomb of the Virtuous Couple Sheng Yunhua of Fengcheng' on the tombstone. Also, if possible, please use a tombstone of good quality."

"I said!" Shi Yuan sighed, rubbing his forehead, "Fengcheng!"

"Ran Wen is the ginseng of darkness! You most likely won't need to dissipate or erect a cenotaph!"

"Do what you planned before, and do it again today!"

"What? What did you say? Yin Ginseng? Who are you calling Yin Ginseng!" Feng Cheng didn't hear anything; he only heard the three words "Yin Ginseng"!

Shi Yuan sighed, resigned herself to her fate, repeated herself, and then said, "So, can you hang in there a little longer?"

"Good! Of course, good!" At this moment, Feng Cheng no longer had the cold indifference and aloofness that Shi Yuan had shown when they first met. He looked like a simpleton.

Well, that person has a very high level of moral awareness. They would rather sacrifice themselves and their loved ones than cause trouble for the world. That's quite good.

She would grant any requests they made when they were reincarnated, as long as she could.

A short while later, Hanhan, no, Fengcheng spoke again: "Why haven't Yunhua and the others returned yet? Could something have happened to them?"

Shi Yuan glanced at him: "With Ran Wen around, what could possibly happen?"

“That’s true.” Feng Cheng silently shut his mouth, resisting the corpse energy in his body, and taking the opportunity to refine his reincarnation plan with Sheng Yunhua.

After waiting a while, they heard the sound of a car engine.

"Is it Yunhua and the others who are back!" Feng Cheng's face lit up with joy, but he was out of breath. His eyes turned purple again, and he began to struggle. So Shi Meili tied him up even tighter.

Shi Yuan was speechless. Where did this love-obsessed ghost king come from?

The car stopped, and Ran Wen got out of the driver's seat. As soon as she saw Shi Yuan, she said, "Your feeling was right. Sheng Yunhua's body has been injected with corpse energy."

"Good heavens, it almost turned into a zombie at the Sheng family's place just now!"

Shi Yuan hurriedly asked, "Are the Sheng family members alright?" Back then, when Shi Ling took Shi Yuan away from Beicheng, the Sheng family had helped, and Shi Yuan had always remembered this favor.

After Shi Ling returned to Beicheng, the two families resumed their interactions. The elders of the Sheng family were all very kind, and Shi Yuan didn't want them to be frightened.

“It’s alright, I intervened in time. Sheng Yunhua has a strong will, and her mind was only brought under control after she said goodbye.” She tilted her head slightly. “She’s in the car, and Huan Ni is watching her.”

Shi Yuan recounted the situation in Fengcheng and Sheng Yunhua, then asked, "Ran Wen, do you have a solution?"

Although she had heard from Fengcheng that Yin Ginseng could completely separate ghost energy, she still wanted to ask Ran Wen in person, and more importantly, "Will it have any effect on you?"

Ran Wen shook his head: "It's just separating the ghost energy, it won't affect me. But Feng Cheng and Sheng Yunhua will be very weak after the ghost energy is separated, and they will have to be sent to the Underworld to be reincarnated immediately."

"No problem." She now has a strange connection with the Reincarnation Platform and the Three-Life Flower, and can be sent down without waiting for night, so she can be reincarnated on the spot.

"Alright, I'll help them separate the ghostly energy first." After Ran Wen finished speaking, he raised his hand and two ginseng tendrils separated from his fingertips. One flew towards Feng Cheng and grabbed his head, while the other flew towards Sheng Yunhua, who was being helped off the car by Shi Yuan, and grabbed her heart meridian.

Before long, each of the two ginseng roots pulled out a nearly transparent clump of soul. Shi Yuan immediately drew out the Soul Jade and used it to bridge the gap between Fengcheng and Sheng Yunhua, sending them to the Underworld.

The remaining two wisps of purplish-black corpse energy, having found no one to parasitize, darted into the underground of the mass grave with a "whoosh." Shi Yuan touched Shi Meili, who understood and followed suit, disappearing into the ground.

Ran Wen was afraid that Shi Meili wouldn't be able to deal with the underground zombies, so with a flick of her finger, two ginseng roots also went underground.

Shi Yuan was a little nervous. With a light flick of his fingertips, a series of explosive talismans had already formed a talisman array, just waiting for the zombie to emerge from the ground so he could explode it directly!

She has lived here for more than five years. Whether this world is real or fictional, the people living in it are all made of flesh and blood.

The apocalypse is too devastating. If possible, let this world continue to function peacefully, and let the people of this world live peacefully.

No one will wake up to a drastic change or despair, nor will anyone wake up to lose consciousness and become a zombie that only knows how to eat human brains.

"Shi Yuan! Make your move!" Ran Wen shouted softly. Shi Yuan twisted his wrist and flicked his fingertips. The explosive talisman array rushed towards the inhuman monster and detonated instantly.

Then came the zombie's piercing roar, sharp and harsh, like metal scraping against glass and being dragged along with heavy objects. It was so jarring that most people would probably feel dizzy and disoriented for a long time.

Fortunately, Shi Yuan was no ordinary person. She had heard this kind of voice many times in the apocalypse, and felt nothing but disgust.

Using the sound to pinpoint the location, Shi Yuan threw several more talisman arrays over. After the crackling sounds subsided, only a pile of ashes remained where the zombie had been.

Shi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, finally eliminating the hidden danger here.

But the Flower Kingdom is so vast, and there are so many mass graves. It's not like Fengcheng is the only place where ghosts roam; the risks still exist.

Therefore, the first task after the integration was to clean up the mass graves in the Flower Kingdom, and then issue a document to all countries through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to carry out a cleanup operation so that all the souls could rest in peace.

She might not be able to help other countries, but in the Flower Kingdom, if assistance is needed during the cleanup of mass graves, whether it's people or talismans, she will provide unconditional support.

Oh, and there's Huan Ni Ran, Wen He, and Shi Mei Li. They'll provide support, since they need to support Shi Yuan, and subsidies are very important.

From then on, Shi Yuan truly let go.

Whether it's the end of the world or a story, whatever the ending, it all came to a close with her.

She took a few items with some history from Ji Linyuan and placed them in the shop. Although Huan Ni felt a pang of regret, she still took out a few spiritual treasures from the storage world and gave them to Shi Yuan as the shop's prized possessions.

This moved Shi Yuan to tears, and he hugged Huan Ni and gave her a good rub and caress, making Huan Ni's fur all puffed up.

"Alright, alright, stop being so lovey-dovey! Didn't you say you were going to install a color TV for us? Hurry up!" Huan Ni, her hair standing on end, struggled to "rescue" herself from Shi Yuan's embrace. "Hurry up, color TVs aren't easy to get these days!"

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a knock on the courtyard gate.

"It's me."

"Ji Linyuan?" Shi Yuan went to open the door. "Weren't you busy with the auction? What brings you here?"

This time, Ji Linyuan didn't come empty-handed. He was carrying a cardboard box and said with a smile, "Although it's convenient to buy things now, imported color TVs are still hard to get. I asked someone for help and waited a long time before I finally got one."

Huan Ni flew out and exclaimed, "Wow! How did you know we wanted to buy a color TV?"

Ji Linyuan walked in naturally, put down the color TV and started unpacking it: "Having a TV in the store will make it more lively, and it won't be boring while I'm here."

He smiled and asked Shi Yuan, "Where is the television set placed?"

Shi Yuan pointed to the specially made TV cabinet.

"This place is good." Ji Linyuan put the TV on the roof and then went up to the roof to install the antenna.

Huan Ni flew up and down, looking at the strange sights: "Hey, I can see it! I can see it!"

"Ji Linyuan, hurry up and turn the antenna back on, it's all static!"

"Okay, okay, stop!" Huan Ni chattered and instructed Ji Linyuan. Ji Linyuan patiently shook the antenna until the TV picture quality stabilized before jumping down from the roof.

Shi Yuan handed him a cup of tea, and they stood in the courtyard watching Huan Ni Ran and Shi Mei Li quietly squeeze in front of the TV to watch a TV series.

"Thank you," Shi Yuan said.

"No need. Without your help last time, I might have missed several good items. This is a thank you gift."

Shi Yuan chuckled: "The famous founder of the black market needs my expertise? You're being too modest."

"Of course we need it. I just need to grasp the general direction. As for the specifics, I can make mistakes sometimes."

After saying that, he took out an exquisite invitation from his pocket: "Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, the 'Qin Shi' auction house will hold its opening auction. We sincerely invite Comrade Shi Yuan to attend."

"Qin Shi?" Shi Yuan took the invitation. "This is the name of the auction."

“Yes,” Ji Linyuan said with a smile, “It fits the theme of this time perfectly, antiques.”

“During the previous campaign to eliminate feudal superstition and the Four Olds, many ancient artifacts were destroyed due to misinterpretations.”

"My purpose in this auction is to vindicate these antiques; they represent history, not decay."

"Afterwards, I will open a channel where ordinary people can have their antiques appraised or sell them directly."

Looking at Ji Linyuan, who was talking eloquently in the sunlight, Shi Yuan felt that he had a calmness that came from experiencing many things, as well as a kind of prosperity like "all trees in spring". She smiled and said, "I have prepared the talismans. You can take them back later?"

"Of course, your talisman is the grand finale."

Shi Yuan nodded without any modesty: "I'll be there on time tomorrow."

Thank you for your support.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Ji Linyuan's "Qin Shi" was very successful. After several auctions, even ordinary people knew that old objects could be very valuable. At the appraisal center opened by "Qin Shi", people often lined up carefully with old objects in their hands, waiting to have them appraised.

Some people will sell directly to "Qin Shi", some will cherish it after learning its value and take it home to collect, and some will think it is a rare commodity and wait for the right opportunity to sell it.

Thanks to "Qin Shi", Shi Yuan's talismans are priced very high. Although her small shop is not bustling with customers, it is not as deserted as she had imagined.

Within a small circle, her shop is very well-known.

Of course, some people come for the goods, and some come for the people.

Shi Yuan's ability to communicate with the Underworld was not kept secret from the Seventh Division.

After the integration of several special departments, the archives of the Seventh Division were naturally transferred to the First Division, which is now under the jurisdiction of the military.

A few months after leaving his job, Shi Yuan met the first person in charge of the department, who is now the head of the military, in his small shop.

Shi Yuan was stunned. She couldn't understand why such an important person would come to her small shop.

Buying talismans?

No way, no way!

Every month, she would give away a few talismans to the First Division at half price, both to maintain the relationship and because she genuinely hoped the talismans could help them.

Therefore, the first place should not lack talismans. Of course, even if it were lacking, it shouldn't be the person in charge who should be responsible for purchasing them.

"Please have a seat, would you like some tea?" Since the visitor was a guest, Shi Yuan quickly adjusted her mindset after the initial shock and greeted the person.

The visitor glanced around the small shop without making a sound, then sat down and said with a smile, "That's fine, tea will do."

He had a typical military style. After drinking tea, he got straight to the point: "Shi Yuan, I've come here today to invite you to become an advisor to the First Division in my capacity as the head of the First Division."

"Your treatment will be the same as when you were in the Seventh Division."

He placed a bright red letter of appointment on the coffee table.

"Don't be so quick to refuse."

"This position only requires you to do one thing."

"What?"

"If you encounter the spirits of soldiers in the future, you will be able to guide them to be reincarnated in the underworld."

“You don’t need to hire me specifically for this. As a citizen of the Flower Kingdom, I will definitely guide the spirits of heroes into the Underworld when such a thing happens.”

Hearing Shi Yuan say this, the director was obviously very pleased, but he still pushed the letter of appointment in front of Shi Yuan and said with a smile, "I still hope you can consider it."

"Now that you've become an advisor to the First Bureau, the First Bureau can legitimately protect your little shop."

Shi Yuan then realized that Ji Linyuan and the First Division had shielded her from a lot of trouble without her knowledge.

Without further hesitation, she accepted the letter of appointment. The director was delighted and seemed eager to have a heart-to-heart talk with Shi Yuan, but his secret technique soon came in and whispered a few words in his ear.

The section chief, somewhat helplessly, stood up, shook hands with Shi Yuan, and said, "It seems we'll have to come back for tea another time. Comrade Shi Yuan, welcome to the First Section!"

"Thank you, Director!" Shi Yuan said sincerely.

After watching them leave, Ran Wen squinted and said, "I didn't expect anyone would set their sights on my little shop."

"Everyone in the world is driven by profit." Shi Yuan was quite open-minded. "I never thought that after all the twists and turns, I would become an advisor to the First Division again."

Huan Ni flew over and said, "I think it's fine. Life goes on as usual and we still get paid. Anyway, we have nothing to hide."

Without Shi Yuan, who knows what trouble those zombies might cause?

She deserves whatever amount of money she receives!

Shi Meili opened a few pretty little flowers and chimed in, "No guilty conscience, absolutely no guilty conscience!"

Shi Yuan chuckled, placed the letter of appointment on the coffee table, picked up her teacup, and took a sip of tea.

She's about to embark on a new chapter in her life!

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Author's Note: The story is now complete! Thank you all for your support along the way, muah~

There will be a bonus chapter tomorrow!

My next book is "Rebirth: I Opened a Convenience Store in the 1960s," please add it to your favorites!

The following is the copywriting.

Lu Yu is a real heiress, but she has been living away from home for over twenty years, and her family has a fake heiress.

In her past life, her family gave all their love of money and resources to the fake heiress, and gave Lu Yu the family heirloom jade pendant that symbolized the Lu family's identity.

Lu Yu: ...I should just change my name to Lu Wuyu (meaningless).

This was an era when people couldn't even get enough to eat!

But Lu Yu from his previous life couldn't let go of that; he was bound by blood ties his entire life, and even when he was battered and bruised, he couldn't leave.

Later, she became the control group for the fake heiress. The fake heiress became a winner in life, while she, with the jade pendant that she neither ate nor drank, worked hard to support herself and be filial to her family.

Whether they knew her or not, people spoke of the fake heiress Lu Mei with utmost respect and flattery, but when they mentioned Lu Yu, they would only say in a dismissive tone, "Oh, Commander Lu's own daughter."

Having died once and repaid his parents' debt of gratitude, Lu Yu finally understood.

People should live for themselves!

For some reason, after being reborn, the Lu family's heirloom jade pendant came along with me and unexpectedly activated the Multiverse Trading System!

In her past life, everything good that Lu Yu had ended up in Lu Mei's hands. In this life, she just wants to stay away from those people and things and live a good life!

After careful consideration, she took over the brigade's small shop, ostensibly selling needles and thread, but in reality becoming a middleman for the Multiverse Trading System.

Take all those powerful pills, whitening pills, marrow cleansing pills, and tendon-strengthening pills in one bite!

Zombie King's Crystal Core, leave behind light!

Buyer: Xiaoyu, could you give me some more of that liniment from last time? Oh, it's really good stuff. My old leg pain was cured after I drank it!

Buyer: Xiaoyu, give me one of those sugar balls you gave to Sister Dujuan too! Goodness! Sister Dujuan's belly, which had been flat for ten years, is now bulging! She's acting like a queen at home now!

Buyer: Comrade, give me a dagger that can cut through iron like mud too!

Buyer: Grain!

...

Buyer: Comrade, this is all I have, give me a life-saving elixir!

Lu Yu: ...I really don't have that! ...Even if I did, I couldn't just give it away!

As the interdimensional trading system continued to upgrade, Lu Yu acquired more and more items, and the Lu family also came knocking on his door.

...

Buyer: Comrade, I didn't bring enough money, what do you think?

Lu Yu: You know the Lu family of Beicheng, right?

Buyer nods

Lu Yu: Just beat up any member of the Lu family, and I'll give you a 20% discount!