Chapter 73 The Third Item: Copper Coin Dream Catcher
Jiang Lexin's face looked a little ugly when he saw the grave being dug up and the zombies inside disappearing.
It's just one step away.
Jiang Lexin clenched his hands into fists at his sides.
Even if the world is about to be destroyed, he must fulfill his master's last wish.
Chen Li stood beside the grave mound and looked inside.
The soil is loose and the excavated areas have not been backfilled.
The cinnabar mixed in the soil is still there, so it should be able to last for a while, so it is impossible that the zombies in the grave escaped by themselves.
The footprints on the ground had been almost washed away by the rain, and there were no more clues.
"Someone must have dug up the zombie before us."
Logically speaking, if an average person passes by and encounters a grave mound and reads the warning on the tombstone clearly, it would be too late for them to run away.
The only ones who would stop to deal with the zombies are the corpse drivers.
Catman A obviously thought of this as well.
"Could it be that the person who dug up the zombie was one of your companions?"
Jiang Lexin shook her head blankly.
Seeing his anxious look, Bian Ling asked, "So who is the zombie buried in this grave? Is it important to you?"
"Of course it's important! Leading this zombie back home is not only the master's last wish, but also because..."
He sighed, "The one buried here is my senior sister."
"My senior sister grew up with me. She was picked up by our master at the foot of the mountain. She didn't want to be a corpse driver. Not long after she left our master's sect after growing up, we heard the bad news. My master rushed to collect her body, but encountered an accident on the way, so he buried her here first."
In recent years, the Crucible Faction and the Homecoming Faction have been fighting openly and secretly, and the master has never been able to find the time to bring back the senior sister.
Jiang Lexin didn't explain too much, "Anyway, let's go down the mountain first!"
If the person who dug out the senior sister is also a corpse driver, he will most likely take the zombies down the mountain first.
Several people followed Jiang Lexin and went down the mountain, taking one deep step and one shallow step.
In the evening, Jiang Lexin brought everyone to an inn.
The post station was located in a very desolate place at the foot of the mountain, and there were no other shops nearby.
Dark green lanterns hung high at the entrance of the inn, and the whole place looked dead.
"Why are you hanging lanterns of this color? It's unlucky, as if it's haunted."
Catman A patted Bian Ling and asked, "Did you have any strange sixth sense this time?"
Bian Ling shook her head, "No, this place should be fine."
"Then come in!"
Catman A urgently needed to take a bath and sleep in a warm and dry bed until dawn.
Before entering the room again, Cat Man A repeatedly asked Jiang Lexin: "How much does it cost to stay in this place for one night?"
Jiang Lexin pointed to the green lantern hanging next to the sign and explained:
"Generally, the inns with green lights are specially prepared for corpse drivers. Not only do they have clean and comfortable rooms, but they also have places to accommodate zombies. It doesn't cost money for corpse drivers to stay here."
He took off the wooden sign from his waist that represented his identity as a corpse driver and said, "This is all I need."
"That's you! What about us? What should we do?"
Jiang Lexin no longer concealed her thoughts at this moment.
"I think the corpse chaser who dug my senior sister out of the mountain is probably here too. You guys can follow me in later. Once the innkeeper has checked my identity, he won't check those who come with me again."
Inns like this usually have a special rest area and a place specifically for housing zombies.
"The condition for me to bring you in is that you help me find my senior sister."
We were already at the door of the inn. How could we, who had been sleeping in the open air all the way, endure this?
Catman A agreed on the spot.
This delivery mission does not include a monster box, and there is no mention of side effects in the delivery information.
But we still can't take it lightly, after all, many couriers have died before.
Jiang Lexin wanted to wait until late at night when everyone was asleep before taking action.
This means they can still get a few hours of sleep.
Catman A was very sleepy. He didn't get much sleep last night.
Chen Li suggested that everyone take turns sleeping for a while and that someone should stay behind to keep watch.
Bian Ling gathered everyone together and roughly arranged the time periods for each person to keep watch.
Shen Li was placed in the first round.
He pushed the door open and entered his room, looking around carefully first.
The furniture was all made of wood. There was a bed and a table in the small bedroom, and between the bed and the table was a screen with painted bamboo.
It's such a small room and a screen takes up space.
Shen Li's first reaction was that the arrangement of the furniture in this inn was very sloppy.
It seems like they put out whatever is available.
He had been to Cat Man A and Jiang Lexin’s rooms before, and they didn’t have screens.
The furniture in each room is different.
Chen Li took out a tinderbox and lit a candle.
There was finally light in the room.
Chen Li didn't have much luggage, so he didn't need to spend too much time packing.
The soundproofing of the room is not very good. The person living on Shen Li’s left is Bian Ling, and the person living on his right is the man with glasses.
The man with glasses was covered in dirt. He kicked away the chair and asked the waiter in the inn to boil water for him to take a bath.
As for Bian Ling, she was talking about something with Catman A before resting. Her voice could be heard from time to time, but her specific words could not be heard clearly.
Chen Li opened the only window in the room and looked out.
It was completely dark outside, and outside the inn was a dense bamboo forest.
Dark clouds blocked the moonlight and a drizzle began to fall from the sky again.
Chen Li vaguely felt that this place was a little weird, and a sense of strangeness rose up, but he couldn't react for a while as to what was wrong.
A gust of wind blew over, and half of the window hit the wall heavily.
Chen Li leaned half of his body out of the window to close it.
etc!
This scene...seems familiar.
Shen Li finally realized something.
He quickly closed the window, picked up the candlestick on the table and walked towards the screen.
The picture on the screen gradually became brighter.
In the center of the screen, there is a painting of a bamboo forest.
In the small building on the other side, on the second floor, there is a little man in ink-and-wash style, with half of his body sticking out, pretending to close the window.
The person painted on the screen is dressed exactly like her!
Same clothes, same movements, same bamboo forest.
Is it a coincidence?
Shen Li put his hand close to the screen and touched it.
The scent above was clean and pure, without any trace of anything wrong.
He put down the candlestick and suddenly felt thirsty, so he poured a glass of water from the kettle on the table.
A few tea leaves floated in the small cup.
Shen Li stared at the teacup again and again.
Strange, I can’t see Ye Minglang?
Instead of rushing to drink the water, he reached out and poked the water surface.
Unable to cross.
Ye Minglang clearly said that if he was worried, he could see him through anything reflective.
But now, it seems as if the connection between the two of them has suddenly been cut off.
Chen Li suddenly stood up, picked up the bronze mirror beside him, and poked it with his finger.
It's just a mirror, and it can't be penetrated either.
Shen Li subconsciously touched the silver snake ring on his index finger.
Ye Minglang said that the silver snake was alive, but when Chen Li touched the ring now, he felt that it was a dead object.
It was cold and no different from any other ring.
Unable to cross through the medium, now even the Silver Snake Ring is dead.
Shen Li felt a strong sense of uneasiness.
He returned to the table, forced himself to calm down, and continued to look at the screen.
Sure enough, the picture on the screen changed again.
This time, the picture above seemed to have turned into Chen Li pouring tea for himself.
Shen Li grabbed the most important copper coin, quickly left the room, and came to the fence on the second floor.
The first floor, which was originally empty, was now crowded with all kinds of customers.
These "people" sat in their seats and ate voraciously, as if they had been hungry for a long time. They were just focused on eating and no one spoke.
As for the dishes on the table, they were all black and full of maggots.
There was even a bloody severed leg on one table, and the plate underneath was filled with the liver of an unknown creature.
Flies kept hovering around the edge of the plate.
The entire first floor was filled with the sound of diners wolfing down their food.
There was a foul odor in the air that made him want to sneeze.
Shen Li quickly covered his mouth and nose, slowed down his pace, and prepared to knock on the doors one by one, asking his teammates to evacuate.
The light in Bian Ling's room on the left has dimmed.
Just as Chen Li was about to push the door open, it opened automatically.
Catman A, who was not wearing a hat, poked his head out and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Chen Li standing outside.
Obviously, Cat Man A also noticed something was wrong, and woke up the sleeping Bian Ling before Shen Li did.
Catman A pulled Chen Li into the room, and the three of them lowered their voices and analyzed countermeasures in the dark.
"Bian Ling, your sixth sense doesn't work this time. This inn has such a big problem, but you didn't sense it?"
"But I really didn't feel anything this time!"
Bian Ling grabbed Catman A's arm and timidly huddled behind him to give herself courage: "But by the way, what strange thing did you encounter just now?"
If Cat Man A is really a cat, then he must be in a state of frightened fur at this moment.
"Copper coins! I kept hearing the sound of copper coins falling on the ground. I searched for a long time. Guess where I found the sound coming from?"
Cat Man A kept the secret and paused for a moment. In fact, he was trying to take a deep breath and calm himself.
"The sound came from under my bed!"
"Could it be a prank? Did you look carefully? What is under the bed?"
Bian Ling continued to ask questions.
Catman A's ears twitched. "I don't dare to look! What about you? What strange thing happened to you?"
Catman A asked Chen Li.
"The screen in my room is changing."
Although he was talking about something horrifying, Shen Li's voice sounded calm and indifferent.
"We can't stay here!" Catman A peeped out through the crack of the door. "Let's go meet up with the man with glasses. Don't talk once you get out of the door. I just saw a group of weirdos sitting on the first floor!"
Cat Man A gave repeated instructions.
The three of them sneaked out of the door and went straight to the room of the man with glasses.
The man with glasses soaked himself in the bathtub with his back to everyone, obviously still taking a bath.
Bian Ling quickly turned her back.
Catman A grabbed the glasses man's clothes and threw them on his head, "Don't wash it! Get up quickly, something's wrong!"
The man with glasses kept his head down, as if he didn't hear what they said.
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