42 Chapter 42 (Two in One)
◎You can’t touch the fox’s tail casually! Even if you pay more, you can’t! ◎
"C-COS?"
Angie repeated dully.
Looking closely, the pale and stiff face, with only two eyes exposed behind the mask, really looks a bit like special effects makeup.
There was no large-scale comic convention, so a lot of COSers came out to play during this music festival. They COSed all kinds of things, including Fury, a masked mecha, a magic princess, a Taoist priest, a pumpkin witch... I met quite a few of them in this short period of time.
Cosplaying a zombie is a bit unconventional, but it seems to be okay. It's just that the person who accompanied the cosplayer as a prop put in a lot of effort. Look at the grass and dirt on his body, it looks like he really crawled all the way here.
Ye Ping'an immediately held down the green-faced man who was struggling to push forward. Yu San, who was being dragged on the ground, was dizzy and just realized that the zombies had stopped.
“Hehe——”
The zombie growled and trembled all over. The claws that had torn Yu San's arm moved, and the already gray and stiff arm felt a piercing pain.
Yu San cursed the zombies in his heart, and also cursed the lunatic in front of him who came from nowhere.
COS zombies? The Bureau of Investigation has been keeping this a secret for so long that they still haven't figured out the situation.
How blind must one be to treat these menacing zombies as mere playthings? Frightened, the crowd will flee. Hard-to-move vendor stalls might be able to stop them, but zombies are powerful enough to crash through a ship's hold, and ordinary stalls can only hold them back. Anyone who dares to stop a zombie will inevitably be bitten and scratched, and once infected by the eerie aura, they will become a new zombie.
Yu San hurried to get up, lest the zombies start running wildly and drag him face down on the ground.
As soon as Yu San moved, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Wait? Why aren't the zombies running yet?
Yu San raised his head with difficulty and saw the arm sandwiched between the barbecue stall and the zombies.
The muscles in his arms were neat and slender, but the veins were bulging without any force.
The zombie had a food hygiene mask stuck to its face, and her head was propped up against it, shaking its head comically. The spectators around her who were screaming in fear hadn't reacted yet, while some were already laughing.
Just press it?!
Yu San listened in astonishment to the disgusted criticism coming from above, and he couldn't figure out what was going on no matter how hard he tried.
The female voice sounded very young, just like the young boss you can see everywhere.
If he'd been caught by the captain of Jiang City or the consultant from the Investigation Bureau, he'd have accepted it. But how could this inexplicably appearing female boss be able to easily subdue the zombies? Even the ship had to rely on the E-level weird item [Giant Ghost Hand]!
No, that's not right...
Yu San was very familiar with the zombies' physical reactions, and the surprise that just appeared turned into greater fear.
The zombies weren't trying to rush forward and bite living creatures, but were blocked. Instead, they were—
He tried to retreat and escape, but was grabbed by the head!
It was drawn here by instinct, but then instinctively woke up and wanted to run away. But the powerful strength of the zombies was like a toy in the hands of the young boss.
There is no way to advance or retreat, and I have become a fish on the chopping board of others.
Yu San recalled Jiang Shi’s inexplicable disappearance and the failed plan to revive the gods.
Could she be the mysterious expert from the Investigation Bureau? Whose expert would be like this?!
Trap! This is a trap! Yu San was horrified.
The Bureau of Investigation is luring them, and they are using the chaos as a cover to enter Lin Province. Little do they know that there is a hidden enemy behind them, and the zombies have been accidentally lured down. This mysterious master is lying in wait here!
The white deer misleads people!
After investigating Jiang City for so long and trying to figure out the situation, he ended up walking into a trap.
Yu San clutched the bell, gripping the edge of the grill with difficulty, and shook the bell in his palm upwards.
As long as he was confused for a moment, he could let the zombies scratch this master who was always doing bad things. He had already been scratched, and dragging it down would also mean death, so it was not bad to have a master buried with him!
bell~
The ringing sound was faint amidst the music, and only the people around were dazed for a moment.
"Hey, what are you grabbing with your dirty hands?"
Seeing a hand with muddy fingers reaching out from the stall, Ye Ping'an frowned and pulled out a barbecue skewer from the trash can and knocked it over.
Bang!
The back of my hand was hit, and there was a burning pain.
Yu San's mind was stuck for a moment.
The tricks had no effect at all? Even if they didn't, a fight had already broken out. Why was this mysterious master still clinging to his barbecue stall owner persona?!
"Pay first if you want to eat something, and don't touch anything without paying!" Ye Ping'an said righteously.
"Ugh..." The creature devoured the little life force he had left, and Yu San's hands and feet twitched as he collapsed to the ground. His corpse-like state prevented him from uttering a full cry of pain; it sounded like a thick lump of phlegm blocking his throat.
Ye Pingan:?
"Huh? Someone passed out while dancing to the music?"
"Boss Ye! He seems to be having a seizure?!"
"Could it be that there's a real zombie outbreak from the poisoning? Have you called the police? Where's the emergency number 120?"
The spectators around them quickly made way.
"You haven't even eaten my meal yet, and you're already trying to scam me?" Ye Ping'an's face darkened, and he slapped the still-moving green-faced man on the head. "What are you moving about! I think you two are psychos who have escaped! Call the police, you must call the police!"
She had just heard Captain Yan introduce a part-time job where she could earn money by catching one person, and then someone came to her house to deliver the money.
Regardless of whether they were crazy or not, she thought these two were pretty crazy. She might as well just tie them up and hand them over to the police. Even if they didn't have the 100,000 yuan of a big criminal, they would at least have a few hundred yuan, right?
Yu San collapsed on the ground with his limbs twitching. He saw the stall owner coming out holding a rope.
His consciousness, gradually eroded by the strange aura, should have numbed and dissipated, but at this moment, it began to tremble with fear. Not only him, but also the E-level strange bell in his hand, which was about to be revived, was trembling, and the zombies from the restricted area were also shaking.
It seemed as if what he was facing was not a human, but some kind of terrifying existence in human form.
What is that?
A bluish-gray color quickly covered Yu San's crooked face. He cursed in his heart in despair: Bai Lu killed someone!!!
"Make way, make way, I am here to exorcise the demons and monsters."
Several figures chasing from the woods approached quickly, wearing colorful Taoist robes, looking exactly like those in movie or TV dramas.
A team of plainclothes officers formed a human wall to block off a path from the crowd.
Yao Qing wiped his sweat nervously.
The deputy captain led people to cooperate in capturing the strange things on the boat. She had never encountered such a sudden strange scene. Fortunately, she had learned it in the training and brought all the cover-up props prepared in the car, so she could handle it.
"Boss Ye?" Yao Qing was a little surprised to see the barbecue stall at the end of the road, but it seemed normal after thinking about it.
The restraint net covered the "two people". As soon as they were freed from Ye Ping'an's hands, the zombies began to struggle again.
It was bound with extremely elastic restraints and quickly put on a stretcher and dragged away. From the time they caught up to the time they took it away, it took no more than a minute.
Yao Qing stayed behind to clean up. "I'm from the organizing staff. I'm sorry one of our performers had a seizure and needs treatment immediately. Sorry to bother everyone, could we please buy everyone some drinks?"
The shocked audience was amused. "What? It's really a cosplay? It's quite realistic..."
"No wonder there's so much noise, it turns out it's a staged performance."
"Hilarious! Didn't he just have a seizure and still want to eat Boss Ye's barbecue? Boss Ye, my barbecue!!!"
“…”
As the topic was diverted, the people who were stopped at a distance were still cheering and jumping along with the music, while those who were closer were just curious about what was going on.
Yao Qing breathed a sigh of relief, sent a simple message to report the situation, and requested the information department to help guide online public opinion.
Whether it was a sudden accident that caused a stampede or the discovery of a strange truth that caused panic, it was not good news. Fortunately, we arrived in time.
Bai Xuan held the hedgehog in her arms, listened for a while, and then let out a sigh, "There's no smell nearby."
She relaxed and leaned on Yao Qing's shoulder, unable to hold back her dry heaves.
The incident happened suddenly, and she had to rely on her breath to track the zombies that appeared. Her short legs couldn't run fast, so she had to rely on human power. But... no one said that being carried on someone's back would be so bumpy!
Ye Pingan laughed and shook the Coke bottle in his hand, "You guys bought all the drinks at my stall, do you want some for yourself?"
Water droplets formed on the surface of the iced beverage bottles, sparkling in the light of the light show in the distance.
Bai Xuan covered her face in embarrassment. Yao Qing scanned the code to pay, took the two bottles of drinks, walked over to Ye Ping'an and lowered his voice, "Thank you for your help this time, Boss Ye. I'll report the bonus as agreed upon when I get back to the deputy team leader."
That's great. She didn't need to tell me, the police bonus came automatically, and the new part-time job was quite convenient.
Ye Pingan was delighted, then remembered something and said solemnly, "Oh, by the way, those two psychopaths messed up my stall. Remember to ask for money for me when you go back to interrogate them."
Bonuses are bonuses, and compensation is compensation!
Yao Qing almost choked.
Seeing Ye Ping'an's serious face, she thought it was something serious!
"Ahem... ahem, sure, sure." Yao Qing waved goodbye, carrying Bai Xuan on his back. "We're going to reunite with the team. Is Boss Ye coming?"
"What am I going there for? Do you want to order some barbecue skewers to take back? Or buy some drinks?" Ye Ping'an took every opportunity to sell his products.
The diners in line nodded vigorously, "Yes, Boss Ye is going to grill skewers for us!"
Yao Qing quickly left the crowd. Xiao Kui limped to his feet, holding his butt. He held the skewer of meat that was given to him, staring blankly for a long time without taking a bite.
The diners who hadn't yet had their turn stared at him jealously, "Boss Xiao, what are you thinking? Were you scared just now? If you don't want to help or eat the barbecue, then let us do it!"
Xiao Kui murmured, "I just... seemed to see someone I know."
A person COSing as a zombie suddenly appeared, half of his face covered by a mask. He felt that he looked familiar, like a group of security guards that the group had replaced before.
But how is that possible?
Seeing someone about to come up and squeeze him out, Xiao Kui came to his senses. The little fat boy nimbly took a seat next to the barbecue stall. "Come on, come on, put me down! I finally get to eat barbecue!"
There were crowds of people along the river and the mountains, and the actor's sudden illness was just a small episode in the bustle.
People get stepped on, things are lost... There are always emergencies in the crowd, and people quickly forget about nearby accidents.
Only the media that smelled the hot spots quickly released news.
《Surprise! Even when sick, I still don’t forget to eat!》
What is the charm of the small restaurant that became popular in the university town in January?
For You, I'm Willing to Become a Zombie—Approach the Hot BBQ Stall!
Music Festival is Not as Good as Eating
Is the chef's arbitrary customization a PUA for diners?
…
Just as he had brought his men to control the boat carrying the corpses, Lao Li received a hot news report forwarded by the information department. As he read the news, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"What the hell is going on?"
Unexpectedly, the zombie incident did not become the focus of attention, but the self-media's pursuit of hot topics focused on Boss Ye.
"Push down the PUA and other things. Don't let the media throw mud at you. Don't let them bother Boss Ye. As for the attention... let it be."
Ye Ping'an loves making money and doing business, and the Bureau of Investigation can't stop her from becoming famous. Although such a high profile is a bit unconventional for a ghost control, Ye Ping'an herself is unconventional enough.
Old Li walked into the cabin and saw the zombies lying on the ground, growling and twisting, waiting for the investigators to come with tools to restrain them and take them away one by one.
There was a large hole in the cabin's roof, and traces of ghost claws were still visible everywhere. But even more obvious were the marks where the zombies and the unconscious man below had fallen down and crashed back into the cabin.
"So powerful." Old Li was puzzled. "The stronger the monster, the more it consumes energy and the easier it is to weaken. How did Consultant Tushan do it? Oh, and has anyone seen where the consultant went?"
The investigator who boarded the boat first shook his head. "It was just like that when we arrived. We only heard a loud bang. The consultant confirmed our arrival and then left. He seemed to be heading up the mountain. He left in a hurry and didn't allow us to follow."
Old Li pinched his brows and gripped the scissors in his arms. "Never mind, the consultant has his reasons. The boxes from the nearby city have arrived. Continue to detain the zombies. I'll hold them back. If we can catch up on this batch of zombies, we can ask the consultant to return them to Restricted Area No. 2 for destruction. If these things get out, they'll be a source of worry every day they stay here. This way, it's safer."
Old Li didn't know what major incidents had happened before because of the zombies.
But the archives only record: If you encounter strange creatures such as zombies or walking corpses, do not study or test them privately, and immediately send them back to restricted area No. 2 for destruction.
Burning or dismembering alone cannot completely eliminate the zombie infection; corpse transformation is essentially a form of erosion caused by a strange aura. The fact that it was recorded in this way in the archives is itself a serious reminder.
The boat had sailed away from the crowds, stopping at a sparsely populated riverbank. Like sealed monsters, the zombies were trapped in boxes that had been urgently delivered.
The hoarse sounds finally died down, as if a corpse had entered a coffin and begun to sleep.
As night fell, the music outside the boat became melodious and slow.
Near the campsite on the hill, the lively revelry continued, but it was no longer as crowded as before. Some audience members went to sleep in their tents, some tired and whispered to friends, and some waved glow sticks and hummed along to slow folk songs.
Some people, their enthusiasm fading, finally remembered to eat. Having heard about a delicious barbecue place, they hurried over, only to find the stall with its sign folded away.
"Boss Ye! Am I late? I see there are still so many, why aren't they selling them?"
Ye Ping'an slowly turned the barbecue skewers, sprinkled the seasoning on them, and wrapped them in a tinfoil bag. He said confidently, "This is for me to eat."
"Ah, we're really late." The customer said with a frown, "Will you still come to sell barbecue tomorrow?"
"No." Ye Ping'an shook his head and pointed to the business card in front of the stall. "Welcome to the Xile Restaurant. It's in the university town!"
The music festival lasted more than just one night, but experiencing it was enough. She also wanted to open a shop. Selling barbecue all the time, making little money and not being able to stop, was really not a good choice.
Xiao Kui said goodbye to her absentmindedly. Ye Ping'an put away the barbecue grill, picked up a bag of barbecue, leaned against a tree, and looked at the performance floats returning from the parade.
Only by watching the floats before leaving can you feel that the experience has a beginning and an end.
As the music played, Ye Ping'an took a bite of the sizzling chicken wings that were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and looked at the dense payment records on his mobile phone, smiling with his eyes narrowed.
Click.
The sound of branches being trampled came from the woods, intermittently and getting closer and closer.
Huh? Could it be that a wild rabbit on the mountain smelled the scent and fell into the trap?
Ye Ping'an swallowed hard, followed the sound and took a few steps. Suddenly, he saw a pair of vertical pupils with faint reflective light.
Faint starlight shone through the gaps between the branches. The white-haired young man leaned against the tree trunk, his expression forbearing and indifferent, keeping everyone at a distance.
The dark eyes were faintly tinged with emerald green, and the unusual vertical pupils broke his cold temperament, making him charming and eye-catching.
Very beautiful.
But Ye Ping'an's attention was all focused on the big fluffy tail behind him.
The fluffy tail is more than one meter tall, swaying gracefully, the fur slightly shining in the starlight, and the nine tail tips clustered into a snow-white piece, more beautiful than a peacock's open tail.
Wow, what a real prop!
It looks and feels much better than her stuffed toy. I wonder where the tail is tied. I wonder if she can touch it.
After suppressing a boatload of zombies, Tu Shansui felt his body was losing control. He hurriedly tried to avoid the crowd, but unexpectedly bumped into someone.
Tu Shan Sui tried his best to suppress his tail, pretending to be calm, and looked at the person who came.
Every time I do this, people always become quiet and walk away!
But the approaching figure not only did not retreat, but walked even closer with shining eyes.
The young woman smiled brightly and stared at him unabashedly.
Tushan Sui's pupils dilated, his fluffy tail trembled and exploded into a ball, then stopped stiffly in mid-air.
The fluffy fox ears among the white hair popped out uncontrollably, trembled, and then folded into airplane ears.
Instinct urged his body to move, but he couldn't move.
The world seemed to have gone silent, and blood was surging through his body. Tu Shansui's mind was blank, and he could only hear his own accelerated breathing and the rapid beating of his heart that was about to burst out of his throat.
Another customized animated COS prop?
However, I don’t know how to make the cosplay of the nine-tailed fox look like the real thing. The legendary nine tails have become one forked tail.
Ye Ping'an's hands were ready to move, "Hello, can I..." touch it?
"Stop!" Tu Shansui saw her getting closer and closer, and without bothering to think about why his tried-and-true method didn't work, he hurriedly shouted to stop her.
The cold voice had no effect on Ye Pingan. She smiled very sincerely, "Don't be afraid, I'm a serious person. I just want to ask about your props..."
Tu Shansui suddenly realized that she was looking behind him.
Oh no, the tail has popped up again! It can’t be seen by ordinary people!
"Don't, don't come over!" Tu Shansui pulled up his stiff legs and retreated in panic.
thump!
Tu Shansui stumbled, missed a step, and fell down the hillside. The pain and itchiness from his tail washed over his body, colliding with the dizziness from the fall.
"Am I that scary?"
Ye Pingan twitched his lips and quickly chased after him, "Handsome guy, are you okay?"
If anything goes wrong after the fall, she will be wronged!
The slope of the hill was not steep. Ye Ping'an took two steps at a time and saw a small hill of fallen leaves under the tree trunk.
The pile of fallen leaves was obviously too small to accommodate an adult.
"Huh? Where are the people?"
Ye Pingan looked around and sighed, "Even if you don't want to, you shouldn't run away so fast, right? Where is the morality, where is the bottom line, where is the phone number for the plush props!"
The pile of fallen leaves moved, revealing a bit of fluffy down.
Um?
Ye Ping'an's eyes lit up and he used a branch to push away some fallen leaves.
A fox fell into the fallen leaves, knocked unconscious, but still trying to get up. Its eyes were half-closed, dazed and fuzzy at the corners of its eyes, like eyeliner. Its snow-white fur was slightly shiny, making it look cool, elegant, and quite beautiful.
The white fox is much thinner than the snow fox that takes photos with people in the scenic area. It is slender and skinny. It took it a long time to climb out of the tree root and leaf pit that is not high enough for humans.
A girl who was COSing as a nine-tailed fox ran away, but she ended up running into a real furry one!
"Let's discuss it. I'll rescue you and let me touch you?"
As Ye Ping'an approached, the white fox's fur stood up and its body stiffened instinctively.
Dead leaves fluttered above his head. Tu Shansui heard a voice and opened his eyes dazedly from his dizziness. He saw a much taller woman reaching out her hand to him.
He was suddenly transformed back to his original form, his head still dizzy, and the pain and itchiness all over his body made him unable to react.
Did she mean... to rescue him?
"Huh? Not hiding from me?" Ye Ping'an stretched out her hand tentatively. She hadn't expected that she, who had no luck with animals, would be able to touch anything furry, but she unexpectedly discovered that the fox didn't hide.
The emerald green eyes reflected her shadow, and Ye Ping'an's eyes lit up, "You really don't hide? I'm coming?"
"I'm really coming, huh?"
His hand slowly dropped down, and with lightning speed, he reached the big tail that he had been coveting for a long time.
The soft fur feels like fine silk, making all stuffed toys look pale in comparison.
The pain and itchiness all over his body turned into another strange feeling, and Tu Shansui suddenly widened his eyes.
What is she doing? ! ! !
Let go! Let go! Foxes only touch their tails for their future mates!
"Woo-ooh, ah-ah-ah..." The white fox opened its mouth and let out a series of screams, its round green eyes looking even more beautiful.
Ye Ping'an picked up the fox. The fox looked thin, and his hands were buried in its fluffy fur when he picked it up.
"Okay, okay, I've rescued you now. Wow, your fur is so soft."
The white fox struggled to move its stiff limbs, flapping its four legs in the air, and its struggle seemed to be rolling back and forth in the arms, being held down and touched all over by a hand.
Almost all of his strength was used to drive the stone tablet. When Tu Shansui lost control and turned back into his original form, his strength was not as strong as that of an ordinary fox.
Damn scoundrel, how could you be so presumptuous!
Tu Shansui was panting and his heart was beating like a drum.
My heartbeat was strangely fast.
What's wrong with him?
Ye Pingan stroked the furry thing contentedly, his eyes narrowed in elation. "Today is truly a memorable day. It's my first time attending a music festival live, and my first time touching a furry thing. It's a shame my family isn't here."
Tu Shansui's struggle stopped for a moment.
This hateful woman, her family is gone too?
During the pause, he finally noticed something was wrong.
Wait... this aura?
The young woman carried a faint aroma of barbecue smoke, warm and fragrant, tinged only with the scent of zombies and other people. But apart from that, there was a faint scent, a vague and eerie aura that he had long missed.
Is it her?
But she is clearly a human being.
Noticing the fox stopped and raised its nose to sniff something, Ye Pingan followed his gaze and quickly took the barbecue bag beside him.
Ye Pingan said seriously, "This is my barbecue. Even if you tempt me with your beauty, I won't share my food with you unless you pay for it!"
Tu Shansui was stunned for a second.
Who, who seduced you!!!
Ye Ping'an pinched the white fox's tail, combed its fur, and picked off the messy grass leaves stuck in it. "I can tell from the looks of it that you look like a stray fox from the wild. You don't eat or sleep well, and your tail is forked. When you see other foxes in the future, you'll feel inferior because you're not as good-looking as them."
The white fox, which had just become quiet, fluttered up again and slapped Ye Ping'an on the back of his hand with one claw, leaving a red mark.
He? Not as pretty as other foxes?
No more tail pulling! You haven't even seen the tail of the Nine-Tailed Fox, the auspicious fox fairy? You mortal!
Ye Ping'an didn't take it seriously. He pressed the furry belly with his backhand and looked at the white fox lying on its back with a little surprise. "You have pink paws, so pretty."
Ye Ping'an's true intentions were exposed. "Little fox, you are not afraid of me. We are so destined to be together. Why don't you repay me for saving your life with your body? Come home with me. My name is Ye Ping'an, and I run a restaurant. You are so thin that you can even feel the bones. Go home and you will have meat to eat every day. Just let me touch you."
Using his five fingers as a comb, Ye Ping'an repeatedly combed the forked tail, pulling it from the base to the tip, as if he wanted to touch the fur that he had never been able to touch.
The white fox's ears were trembling, and the thick fur on its face covered its red skin.
What, what about promising yourself to me!
"Private individuals should be able to raise foxes, right?" Ye Ping'an held his cell phone and kebab bag in one hand and held the fox in the other.
She opened her phone screen to search, and suddenly felt something was wrong. "Huh? Why are your ears pink? I feel so hot..."
While the hand holding down the body relaxed, Tu Shansui suddenly jumped out of the arm and rushed out like lightning.
The nine-tailed white fox's back is still beautiful and elegant, but it looks like it is running away in panic.
"Eh? I really don't want to." Ye Pingan said regretfully, "Hey, I knew I don't have a connection with animals."
Hearing a sigh behind him, Tu Shansui stopped.
Ye Ping'an's eyes lit up, and he opened his arms to the white fox, "Come back? Can you touch it and eat a piece of meat?"
Tu Shansui: ...
Does he look like a fool?
You can't touch the fox's tail casually! Even if you pay more, it won't work! This is the dignity of the Tushan clan!
The white fox in the forest stopped and looked back, its green eyes looking at her deeply.
Ye Ping'an, he remembered it.
【Author’s words】
The stupid and cool vixen is online x
I have been struggling with the chapter break issue for a long time, today I am going to write a short chapter!!
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