Chapter 2: Tomb Robbers
The sound of the system echoed in my ears, like thunder, deafening.
He had thought that being shot dead and his soul being reborn in an ancient corpse, even being inexplicably bound to a system, was already fantastic enough. But what Mo Bei hadn't expected was that something even more unbelievable was yet to come.
He has been dead for twenty years, and all the houses and properties he left behind are gone!
What should he do next?
Beside my ears, the system's voice continued——
There were 95 passengers and 9 crew members on board the plane. Besides you, two other passengers and one crew member were killed by the gunmen, and 12 other passengers were injured at the scene.
Mo Bei came back to his senses and asked in a hoarse voice: "...What happened next?"
Passengers and crew members later subdued the four assailants. The assailants were handed over to local police.
Because a public figure like you died, this incident caused a huge stir. It's a shame there's no death penalty abroad. Even at the urging of the victim's family, they were only sentenced to life imprisonment.
Hearing this, Mo Bei's face, which was stiff due to dehydration, tightened slightly.
"Where are my parents? And how are the fans doing?"
This was a heavy topic, but the AI before him clearly didn't understand the ways of the world. Seeing him ask, he didn't hide it—
Upon learning of your death, your parents were devastated. Your mother suffered a heart attack and passed out. Although she was promptly revived, her health deteriorated and she passed away within two years.
Your father didn't have any serious health problems, but three years ago he accidentally fell while climbing a mountain and hit his head, and died on the spot.
[Because your family has no other blood relatives who can inherit the estate, all the property, including the house, now belongs to the state.]
As for your fans, they were equally grief-stricken. Because your funeral was private, they spontaneously held memorial services after the incident. Even up until the past two years, some longtime fans still organized offline memorial events.
As he spoke, news from that year popped up on the screen.
Looking at the sad and crying faces in the picture, Mo Bei felt a sense of blockage in his chest, as his heart, which had long stopped beating, felt blocked.
Maybe it was because he learned of his parents’ death, or maybe it was because he saw the fans singing in tears.
In short, Mo Bei felt very uncomfortable.
Looking at the motionless zombie in front of it, the system, which had been left aside for a long time, couldn't help but speak -
【Why don’t you speak? 】
Mo Bei, whose sad mood was interrupted by the system: "..."
What can he say in this situation?
Although he had a bad feeling when he learned that his parents had been dead for 20 years, he still couldn't help but feel sad when he heard the news of his parents' death with his own ears.
As an only child, he has no other brothers or sisters. From childhood to adulthood, he has always been the most beloved child of his parents.
You get what you want.
Even when he had just graduated from elementary school and wanted to go abroad to be a trainee, his parents did not stop him.
They have always supported his dreams.
But now, the two people who loved him most in the world are gone.
His grandparents died when he was a teenager. Although his grandparents were still alive before the accident, they are probably no longer with us after so many years.
As for those distant relatives who I don’t interact with very often...it’s better not to mention them.
Thinking of this, Mo Bei sighed silently.
...Now he is really alone.
After finally calming down, Su Ji asked a few questions that concerned him the most at the moment:
"So, why did I become a zombie? Where is my original body?"
"Also, why was the coffin lid open when I woke up?"
[To correct, it's not that you become a zombie, but that your soul revives in this corpse. This is also known as "reincarnation."]
[This situation occurs simply because your soul happens to match the characteristics of this corpse.]
[As for your original body, it has been cremated. Your ashes are buried in the cemetery next to the funeral home at the foot of Yueming Mountain.]
[As for why the coffin is open, haven't you guessed the answer before? ]
Mo Bei: "..."
Holy crap, it was actually a tomb robber who dug him out?!
only……
"Why is my grave in Yuehai City? I'm from Yujiang, and according to custom, I should be buried back in my hometown."
Perhaps because he had accepted the reality of his own death, Mo Bei was surprisingly calm when facing these topics.
[Because the plane landed in Yuehai, and your agency also happened to be in Yuehai, your funeral arrangements were all handled in Yuehai.]
Mo Bei tilted his head when he heard this, still a little confused.
Even with these two pre-conditions, it wouldn't prevent him from being buried in Yujiang. Yujiang and Yuehai aren't far apart, and his parents probably wouldn't choose to handle the burial nearby for fear of trouble. After all, ashes can be placed in a box and taken away.
However, he was not someone who liked to dwell on the past. Although he was puzzled by his parents' choice at the time, he did not ask too many questions.
After all, the person has been burned to ashes, so what's the point of burying him anywhere?
Moreover, he was now "resurrected from the dead." Although it was not truly alive, it was still quite different from his understanding of death.
Thinking of this, Mo Bei sighed silently.
Now he can be said to be truly penniless. He has no house, no car, no money, and he is not even a human being.
But no matter how difficult the situation was, he had to find a way to get through it.
Even in the past, he overcame many difficulties to reach the top of the industry.
In order to become human again, he must return to the spotlight of the stage.
If he wants to return to the entertainment industry, he must first make himself look like a normal living person.
Thinking about it, Mo Bei asked the system: "You just said that I can retract my fangs now, right?"
[Yes. Not only the fangs, but also the hair can be retracted.]
"How?"
Close your eyes and feel the energy stored in your body, allowing it to fill your entire body.
Under the guidance of the system, Mo Bei followed suit. After a while, the fangs exposed outside his lips and the long hair draped over his back slowly retracted.
After touching his mouth and confirming that the fangs were gone, Mo Bei breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to ask the system for the specific route down the mountain, a sudden noise came from the distant woods. It seemed that a group of people were approaching.
In order to avoid being discovered, Mo Bei had to swallow his words and hide quietly behind a big tree.
Then a gruff voice was heard from a distance—
"Right...right here! We found the body here last night!"
Another voice chimed in, "Yeah! That corpse was terrifying! It had a mouth full of sharp teeth, just like a zombie from a movie! The third brother wanted to move it out, but the corpse actually moved!"
The two of them didn't know who they brought over, and they kept explaining to each other.
"Is this the reason why you ran back halfway last night?"
The third person who spoke was a little older, and from the tone of his voice he seemed to be their leader.
Taking advantage of the cover of the surrounding bushes, Mo Bei peeked out quietly and saw three men standing beside a pile of graves not far away.
These people ranged in age from 30 to 40. They were of varying heights, statures, and shapes. Their appearance and clothing were unremarkable. If Mo Bei hadn't known they were tomb robbers, he would have mistaken them for just a bunch of honest farmers.
"Wait, where's the body?"
The fat man, who was complaining to the boss, suddenly glanced at the coffin. Seeing that it was empty, his jaw dropped.
"No... Gone? How could it be gone?"
When the boss-like man saw this, his face suddenly turned gloomy.
"You two take me for fools, for making up such a lie to deceive me?"
He suddenly pulled out a hatchet and pointed it at the fat man's face, "Tell me the truth, you have already taken the treasure for yourself, right?"
"Where are the things hidden? Tell me!"
Behind the tree, Mo Bei opened his eyes wide in surprise.
Wow, goodness. Infighting already starting?
"It's unfair, Brother Wang!"
The fat man seemed to have not expected the boss's sudden attack, and was sweating profusely in anxiety.
Seeing the boss getting angry, another person beside him hurriedly explained -
"Brother Wang, there's no treasure at all. There's only a corpse in the coffin. Otherwise, we wouldn't have come back without taking anything!"
“That’s right!”
"That's right!" The fat man said with a pale face, as if he suddenly thought of something, "The corpse must have escaped on its own! It must be like this!"
"Er Pang is right! Brother Wang, what we said is true!"
Listening to the younger brother's explanation, the man called Brother Wang felt a buzzing pain in his head.
They had been scouting the mountain for more than half a month, and after finally determining the location of the ancient tomb on the mountain, they were thinking of making a big move.
If he hadn't suddenly gotten sick last night, he would have followed them up the mountain and wouldn't have let these two guys take advantage of him.
Brother Wang obviously didn't believe what Erpang and the others said. He insisted that they must have dug up something good last night and wanted to keep it for themselves, so they made up this lame lie to try to make him believe it.
But he is not a fool!
Having been in this business for so long, what hasn't he seen?
Zombies, are you kidding me?
In the distance, Mo Bei, who had been silently paying attention to the movements of the three people, suddenly seemed to think of something and quietly asked the system -
"What can I do to make the fangs reappear?"
[Do the opposite and allow the energy that fills your body to return to your Dantian.]
Mo Bei tried it, and the fangs that had been retracted grew out again.
[Host, are you planning to scare them? ]
"I'm helping others. These two people have clearly seen zombies, but Brother Wang doesn't believe it. Naturally, I have to help them."
【……】
System: I believed your lies.
Mo Bei naturally would not admit that he was actually interested in the things on the tomb robber.
Although they were a bit shabby, they had clothes, shoes and cell phones on them.
And these are what he needs most at the moment.
Although these guys dug the body out of the ground and avoided the problem of him having to dig his own grave after waking up, the act of tomb robbing itself is illegal.
Thinking about this, Mo Bei raised his hand to rub his stiff face, and then, imitating the horror movies he had seen before, crawled out of the bushes.
"Brother Wang, you must believe us! We really didn't lie!"
On the other side of the mass grave, the two fat men were still chattering away explaining to Brother Wang, but Brother Wang had clearly lost his patience.
Just as he bent down to pick up a big rock on the ground and was about to teach these traitors a lesson, he suddenly saw a face that was so pale that it was almost blue.
He was wearing tattered clothes of an indistinguishable color, with long hair like dead grass draped down his back. His face was sunken, and long fangs reached almost to his chin.
This is exactly the same zombie that Erpang and the others had described before!
Perhaps it was because Mo Bei's current image was too impactful that Brother Wang did not immediately suspect that the zombie in front of him might be a stooge hired by his accomplices.
He let out a short scream, and out of survival instinct he threw the stone in his hand and turned around and ran.
Across from them, the two people with their backs to Mo Bei didn't react at first. But soon they realized something and their backs stiffened.
They turned around in a daze, and then they saw a nightmare scene that they never wanted to see again in their lives.
Mo Bei didn't need to do anything at all, he saw the two of them roll their eyes and faint.
After tying the two fainted tomb robbers together with his own tattered clothes, Mo Bei wore the clothes and shoes he had stripped off from them, wrapped his skin tightly, and went down the mountain.
Of course, before leaving, he did not forget to mark the spot and called the police using the tomb robber's cell phone.
Luckily, not long after he left the graveyard, he saw a small electric scooter on the side of the mountain road.
Judging from the tools on the car and the mud spots on the body, this car should belong to the two tomb robbers. They didn't even have the car keys removed.
How could Mo Bei not accept the transportation that was delivered to his door?
So he stretched out his legs and sat on the electric scooter with his body stiff.
Logically speaking, a top idol like him would have a nanny car to pick him up when he goes out, and he should not ride such a common means of transportation.
Coincidentally, Mo Bei had previously participated in a reality show where he experienced the life of a food delivery driver for three days. It was during that time that he learned how to ride an electric scooter.
It was thanks to that experience that he was not in such a predicament when he encountered such a situation today.
Under the guidance of the system, Mo Bei found the way to the funeral home at the foot of the mountain.
Although the problems of clothing and transportation were temporarily solved, the troubles ahead were far more than that.
Before trying to return to the entertainment industry, he had to find a place to stay and change his image.
Not to mention the distant past, the skin of a living person would not be this color.
Through the tomb robber's cell phone, he clearly saw what he looked like now.
Unexpectedly, after the fangs were retracted, the facial features of this body were 90% similar to those of his previous self.
The only difference is that this face is filled with death.
To cover this up, makeup is necessary.
And just as the system said, the only place that could help him complete his disguise was the funeral home.
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