The middle-aged man, who was fighting the strange creature, heard the sound, slashed with his sword, forced back the frozen corpse, and looked at the crowd.
He froze for a moment, disbelief flashing in his resolute eyes.
"Qingxin, Little Li, Little Bear!"
Upon hearing this familiar title, Li Xiaoru and the others became excited.
There's no mistake, this person is the captain who went missing many years ago!
"Captain, be careful!" Luo Qingxin suddenly exclaimed, her figure disappearing from the spot.
It turned out that the frozen corpse had strangely attacked the middle-aged man when he was distracted.
The withered, cold hand viciously clawed at the middle-aged man's heart.
At this moment, Luo Qingxin appeared in the field, raised her hand and struck the frozen corpse's palm with an ice spike, causing it to pause slightly.
The middle-aged man, worthy of being a fifth-tier expert, reacted immediately. His longsword suddenly burst forth with a dazzling white light, piercing through the frozen corpse with a single strike.
Upon seeing this scene, Fang Xiu couldn't help but curl a sinister smile into his lips.
The middle-aged man was clearly stronger than the frozen corpse, but he deliberately chose not to deal with it sooner or later, waiting for everyone to appear before killing the frozen corpse with one blow.
It seems they deliberately waited for everyone to arrive, creating a chance encounter.
Moreover, during the last rollback, Zombie Wei Xin said that there were also people from the headquarters in White Stone Town, and they would be very happy to see you.
It now seems that Wei Xin was referring to the middle-aged man.
Was it the previous captain?
That's interesting.
After dealing with the frozen corpse, the group began to talk.
"Is it really you, Captain?" Luo Qingxin asked, her voice tinged with excitement.
The middle-aged man smiled slightly, a smile that exuded the unique charm of a mature man.
"Qingxin, Xiaoxiong, Xiaolizi, it's been nine years since I last saw you, you've all grown up!"
Li Xiaoru and the others immediately became excited.
"Captain, it really is you! That's wonderful! You disappeared from the outside world for nine years. We all thought you were dead. We never expected to find you at the burial ground!"
“This is not the place to talk. The strangeness here is endless. If you stay here for too long, your spirituality will be exhausted sooner or later. Come with me.”
Li Xiaoru and the others nodded, and then began to greet Fang Xiu.
"Brother Xiu, this is Lu Ziming, the former captain of headquarters!"
"Okay, let's go."
Fang Xiu did not raise any questions, but followed Lu Ziming's steps. He was eager to see what the other party was up to.
Judging from the behavior of Li Xiaoru and others, Lu Ziming may have been a good person before, but after staying in this godforsaken place for three years, things are hard to say.
The group followed Lu Ziming, and with a fifth-level expert leading the way, their journey was much easier.
However, what is puzzling is that Lu Ziming did not head towards Baishi Town, but instead went in the opposite direction.
Soon, a steep mountain range appeared before them.
"Let's go up the mountain!"
"Captain, where are we going? This doesn't seem to be the road to town."
A hint of doubt flashed in Li Xiaoru's eyes. As time passed, his excitement at seeing Lu Ziming subsided slightly, and his intelligence once again took over.
Without turning his head, Lu Ziming explained, "To enter Baishi Town, you must go in the opposite direction. If you go in the opposite direction, you will never get there in your lifetime."
Everyone was shocked.
"No wonder we couldn't reach the town even after walking for so long."
Soon, the group reached the top of the mountain.
After going up the mountain, the number of those snakes and insects suddenly decreased, as if there were something they feared on the mountain and dared not approach.
On the mountain road.
As Lu Ziming led the way, he explained, "This place is called Brain Mountain, the territory of the Brain Monster. Snakes, insects, and other strange creatures dare not approach it."
What is brain trickery?
"Brain monsters are a group of bizarre creatures that eat brains, and they only like to eat the brains of smart people."
Yang Ming was instantly horrified: "Then am I in danger?!"
His words immediately drew eye-rolls from everyone.
"If you had any brains at all, you would never have said that."
"The Brain Demon opened your skull, shook its head in disappointment, and left."
Yang Ming was displeased: "What do you mean by this? Who are you looking down on? I'm just too lazy to use my brain usually."
Looking at the noisy crowd, Lu Ziming smiled and said, "You guys have a really good relationship. It seems that headquarters has gained quite a few promising young people."
"Oh right, Captain, I forgot to introduce you. This is Yang Ming and Xiao Chuxia, both of whom are new to headquarters. And this one..." Li Xiaoru paused slightly when introducing Fang Xiu, as if he was choosing his words.
"This is Brother Xiu, Fang Xiu, the current captain of headquarters."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ziming's gaze immediately shifted to Fang Xiu, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.
Fang Xiu met his gaze calmly without saying a word.
"The current captain? Brother Fang, if my senses are not mistaken, you seem to be only at the third rank?" After saying this, Lu Ziming seemed to realize that something was amiss, and quickly explained, "I'm not questioning your ability, I'm just a little curious, how can you become the captain with only the strength of the third rank?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Ming became excited.
"You're asking this because you don't know Brother Hugh. Who is our Brother Hugh? He's a very famous fortune teller..."
"Just lucky," Fang Xiu interrupted calmly.
Lu Ziming smiled slightly: "It seems that Captain Fang is still a bit wary of me, but that's only natural. After all, I've been missing for nine years, and things have changed a lot in those nine years."
"Get to know me gradually; you'll naturally understand my character over time. You're new to the burial site, and you certainly won't be able to leave anytime soon."
"Oh? You mean you know how to leave the burial site?"
Lu Ziming nodded: "Actually, the method of leaving the burial site is known to everyone in Baishi Town, but no one has been able to do it yet. However, with your help this time, the time to leave will be shortened considerably."
"What method is it?" Yang Ming asked impatiently. He couldn't wait a moment longer because he only had a pack of cigarettes with him, and those cigarettes already smelled of corpse fluid.
"One hundred million ghost money."
"Another ghost money? Is ghost money a cure-all here? Can I buy cigarettes with it?"
Lu Ziming looked thoughtful: "From what you're saying, it seems you know about the existence of ghost money? Have you encountered other people before?"
"We encountered the zombie Wei Xin before."
“Wei Xin?” Lu Ziming’s expression was somewhat solemn: “You didn’t do business with him, did you? Wei Xin is a dishonest person. He has done things like deceiving newcomers before, tricking them into owing huge debts and working for him.”
Yang Ming chuckled: "With Brother Xiu around, who can he fool? Instead, he got swindled out of 10,000 ghost coins by Brother Xiu."
Lu Ziming looked surprised: "Brother Fang, I think I understand why you were able to become the captain."
Fang Xiu ignored him.
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