Chapter 099 Zombie Shadow Guard (7)
It was already late at night, and the lights were off in the living room on the first floor. The servants lived in another courtyard, and there were only the two of them in this building.
The city lights shine through the window, bringing a little brightness.
The person in his arms finally calmed down, his fangs and nails retracted, but his face was still too pale.
His eyes were still a little cloudy. He slowly raised his head, stared at Tao Xing for a while, then raised his hand tremblingly, as if he wanted to touch his face.
"Master... is he really alive again?" he murmured.
"Yes, I am a living person." Tao Xing said seriously.
The eyes flickered for a moment, the turbidity gradually faded, and the raised hand stopped halfway, as if it was suddenly burned by the air, and it was suddenly retracted, stumbling back: "I have offended you, and I deserve to die."
Tao Xing looked at him quietly, her eyes full of tenderness: "The reason why you lost control... is it related to me?"
Shen Shang raised his eyes quickly, then immediately lowered his head: "I don't know."
"Last time in the teahouse, it was because I was alone with Boss Wang. This time, it was because he heard that I was dead." Tao Xing leaned closer to him, "Shan Shang, do you... have any other thoughts about me?"
The man who kowtowed was full of panic, and his voice was trembling: "I dare not, I dare not, I have no improper thoughts about my master."
Tao Xing said gently: "If I tell you, you can think about it?"
The man in front of him almost fell to the ground: "I dare not, absolutely... I dare not offend the emperor."
"You..." His reaction was too strong and his tone was too firm. Tao Xing was no longer sure about her guess. "But, you lost control twice because of me, wasn't it?"
Shen Shang's face was on the ground, and his voice was a bit dull and wet: "Last time, the master left my sight and I was worried about danger. This time, I learned that the master was dead and that the burial was ineffective. I was out of control and brought trouble to the master. I deserve to die. I will definitely restrain myself in the future."
Tao Xing was slightly startled: "Why do you want to be my funeral guide?"
"It's... a subordinate chosen by the Imperial Astronomical Department."
"Are you serious?" Tao Xing frowned, "Were you chosen?"
The man was trembling all over: "I dare not deceive my master."
Tao Xing held him back and said, "Look up and talk to me."
Shen Shang looked up in astonishment and said word by word: "I... dare not... deceive my master."
In the dim room, the light was faint, and the pale face and red eyes were all in shadow. Tao Xing looked at his face, was silent for a while, and said: "I lost a bead on my sword tassel. Do you know where it went?"
"I don't know." The bloodless lips opened slightly.
"If I say, I suspect you took it, and I want to search you, would you be willing?"
Shen Shang trembled and lowered his eyes: "Master, please search."
Tao Xing grabbed his collar, forcing him to raise his head. Then, she unbuttoned his clothes with her fingers and lightly tapped his Adam's apple with her fingertips.
The shadow guard's eyes were filled with panic, as if every inch and every cell in his body was trembling, but he dared not move.
The night is too quiet.
"Forget it." Tao Xing withdrew his hand and turned around in the darkness, "I believe it."
He stepped onto the stairs, paused, and looked back: "No one can live forever. Whether I die or not, there is no need to panic."
After saying that, he went upstairs.
In the dim hall, Shen Shang's face was as pale as paper.
After that, Tao Xing spent most of his time in the company.
Canshang was still following behind him, speaking even less than before.
A few days later, the manager asked: "Boss Wang wants to see you again. He said that regardless of feelings, he hopes you will not be stingy with money."
Tao Xing took the information and looked at it: "How well do you understand it?"
Last time he said he suspected Boss Wang's business was not clean, and the manager said he would ask someone to find out. This time, the other party quickly replied: "The person I asked said... it's a bit difficult to check, and there will be results in the next two days."
As he was talking, the secretary knocked on the door and walked in: "Boss Wang said someone will be here soon and wants to see President Tao."
"He came uninvited. Would you like to meet him, Mr. Tao?" asked the manager.
Tao Xing pondered for a moment and said, "Well, let's meet. It's a good opportunity to cancel all the projects we have been discussing and book a seat."
In the evening, the two parties sat in the luxurious banquet hall of the nearest high-end hotel.
Boss Wang was still dressed in a Tang suit, stringing beads, and arrived earlier than them. When he saw them come in, he stood up and said with a smile: "Boss Tao, why are you doing this? You have no interest in me, and I won't force you, so why are you canceling the cooperation?"
"My energy is really limited." Tao Xing said, "I am already very busy with the current projects in the company, so I will not consider developing new projects for the time being."
The other party smiled slightly and said, "This is a win-win situation. President Tao, are you really not considering it?" As he spoke, the food was served one after another. He glanced at it and told his assistant, "Tell Lao Chen in particular that I am entertaining an important guest today, and everything must be the best."
Then, he explained to the person in front of him, "Oh, I didn't tell Mr. Tao that this hotel is mine, so I have to treat you to dinner today."
Tao Xing raised her eyebrows lightly: "That's a coincidence, but I came to meet with Boss Wang today to apologize, and on the other hand, I also hope that we can sign the contract termination in person, so there's no need to rush to eat."
Although cooperation on major projects has not started yet, some things are already being negotiated. In order to completely sever ties, it is necessary to formally terminate the association with those projects.
Boss Wang tried to persuade him a few more times, but seeing that Tao Xing was determined, he had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, let's part ways in peace. Let's toast to Mr. Tao, and then we'll sign."
The cup was raised and, as usual, taken by the person next to him. Shen Shang knocked on the side of the cup, and a drop of wine fell on the back of his hand. The same process was followed, and he put it under his nose and smelled it.
After smelling it, his eyes moved slightly and he was in a daze holding the cup.
"What's wrong?" Tao Xing asked.
"Nothing." Shen Shang raised his eyes and handed the cup over, "You can drink it."
Tao Xing took the cup and drank it all. Then, after some polite greetings, both parties signed the termination agreement. Boss Wang was quite decisive and didn't say much. After signing, he handed it to Tao Xing.
Tao Xing picked up the pen, lowered his brows and looked at the document. He paused for a moment, then put down his pen and signed his name.
"Okay, that's all for today, Mr. Tao, see you later." Boss Wang extended his hand.
Tao Xing shook hands with him and said, "See you later."
The other party smiled and said, "Boss Tao, do you think we will never see each other again?"
"No." Tao Xing had already pulled his hand away. "Didn't I say we'd see each other later?"
"Haha." Boss Wang laughed. "See you next time. I wonder if Mr. Tao will give me another look."
Tao Xing smiled slightly, turned and left.
In the corridor, someone passed by him, opened the door behind him and walked in.
Tao Xing paused slightly and looked back.
"Host, what are you looking at?" 080 asked curiously.
"That person is dead." Tao Xing said.
"What?"
"It is certain that Boss Wang knows how to control corpses, but I didn't expect that he would dare to let the corpses walk around in broad daylight." Tao Xing shook his head and turned forward.
When he got home, he stood in the hall, spread his hands and looked down.
Cang Shang was half a meter behind him. Normally, if he didn't speak, Cang Shang would remain silent, really like a shadow beside him. But when there was danger, he would immediately walk to the front.
They just stood there quietly, and the hall was silent.
080 said: "What's wrong with the host?"
"The man surnamed Wang cast a curse on me." Tao Xing twisted her fingers, "It was cast when I signed. As soon as I signed, the curse took effect."
He discovered it at that time, but if he didn't sign it, the termination letter would be invalid. After a little thought, he decided to put Tao first and quickly cut off ties with the company.
080 heard this and said anxiously: "Ah, the company is safe, but what are you going to do? What kind of curse did he cast?"
"It's a death curse." Tao Xing said, "He controls corpses. How can he control them if I don't die? He can't just kill me openly. This guy, after failing to confess his love, became malicious and wanted to turn me into a puppet."
"Host……"
"It's okay, I can break it." Tao Xing had trained in the previous world and was very familiar with these strange and bizarre spells. "The death curse will have a trigger. Once the trigger is triggered, I will die. To break the death curse, I just need to find the trigger and deal with it. But I haven't figured out where the trigger is. Forget it, it's not difficult to break it by force. At most, it will cost me some energy."
He clenched his hands and was about to go upstairs when he heard his cell phone ring. It was the company manager calling to say that there was news on the matter he had asked him to investigate.
Boss Wang is a cautious person, so it is extremely difficult to investigate him. The person they are looking for is an expert in the industry, and they can only vaguely find out that the other party may be involved in illegal activities such as organ trafficking and smuggling of contraband, and may also use Xuanmen sorcery to commit fraud and develop believers, but these are all speculations and there is no evidence. His illegal activities are all carried out in a secret place, very covert, and no one can find it.
The manager said, with a wave of fear: "Fortunately, you had foresight and refused to cooperate with him, otherwise our Tao Group would have fallen into a big trouble. That person said that Boss Wang was very dangerous anyway, so you must not provoke him."
"This guy really has all five poisons." Tao Xing said, "Okay, I know..."
When he looked up, he paused.
"Mr. Tao..." The person on the other end of the phone was surprised, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, I get it." Tao Xing quickly hung up the phone and grabbed the hand of the person in front of him.
Shen Shang suddenly became alienated again.
He bared his teeth, let out a low growl, and stared at Tao Xing with his cloudy eyes.
Tao Xing quickly hugged him into her arms and held him down: "What's the reason this time?"
Nothing's happened recently.
The body in my arms was trembling but didn't calm down. It was still struggling, not very violently, but clearly different from before.
This time, he seemed very uneasy and restless. He kept squirming against Tao Xing, clenching and unclenching his hands.
"Host, does he want to bite someone again?" 080 asked.
The mutated zombie just wants to bite people, but this one is loyal to the host and never had this idea even when he was out of control. But this time, he seems to have this idea.
"Host, you have to be careful." The system reminded, "It's best to stay away from him."
Tao Xing frowned: "He must be feeling very uncomfortable, right?"
“It should be.”
Tao Xing hugged him tighter, thinking carefully, and his expression suddenly changed: "He is the instigator."
Boss Wang put a curse on that glass of wine. It is harmless to the living, but it will have an effect on the dead.
Shen Shang hesitated at the time, probably because he felt that there was something strange about the wine, but he also knew that Tao Xing would be fine after drinking it.
But the moment he heard it, he was already under the curse.
The curse triggers alienation, and there should be something else. This something else is the key to triggering the death curse.
"The key to triggering the death curse is that he has to bite me, right?" Tao Xing pondered, "As long as he bites me, I will die, but... that's not right. Wang knows that he is a zombie. If I am bitten by a zombie, I will become a zombie sooner or later. He can't control zombies. He didn't bite me, but..."
"Host, why are you analyzing this? The most important thing for you now is to stay away from him as soon as possible." 080 said anxiously, "He is completely irrational this time."
"If the curse doesn't work, he will feel very uncomfortable." Tao Xing said, "If it's something else, it can be removed, but if it's forced to work on him, he will be like this forever, without reason, forever alienated. The key is... he feels very uncomfortable."
"But once the curse is in place, you will trigger the death curse and die, and we don't even know what the curse is. Even if it doesn't bite you, what if it beats you..."
Tao Xing: “…”
"Don't we have the Death Escape Return Technique?" Tao Xing rolled his eyes, "Why not... go and see where Wang's lair is. If we destroy his lair, it will be considered as getting rid of the evil."
"Host, are you going to..." 080 said in surprise.
"I'll play along and pretend to be dead." Tao Xing said, "I'm going to trigger the death curse."
But what exactly is the trigger?
The body in his arms kept squirming, and low growls and whimpers came from its bared mouth. The finger bones crackled, and its cold skin pressed against Tao Xing's neck.
Being too close, Tao Xing suddenly felt something strange in his body.
He was slightly surprised: "Found it."
“What is…” Before 080 could finish his question, he was suddenly pushed into the depths of his consciousness.
Tao Xing pulled the man in her arms up, looked at his pale face, then cupped the back of his head and kissed him.
The person who was kissed was still struggling restlessly at first, but after a moment, he suddenly froze, his eyes instantly filled with blood, as if his soul had been taken away, and he no longer moved.
The world was silent and all things disappeared.
After an unknown amount of time, the warm lips finally left. The stiffly standing shadow guard's eyes moved, staring blankly at the person in front of him, and then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Tao Xing wiped the corner of her lips.
There was a spot of blood on the fingertip.
He pinched away the blood, smiled, then leaned over and carried Shen Shang to the bed.
Then he turned around and fell down suddenly.
He is dead.
Then, his eyes suddenly opened again, and the fallen body stood up from the ground, his eyes straight, and he walked forward stiffly.
At this time, the real Tao Xing was following the corpse.
The Death Escape and Return Technique allowed him to return, but he did not intend to enter the body now, otherwise the corpse would come alive again.
He used his real body from the main world and followed the corpse to see where that man named Wang would take him.
According to the rules, the real body of the fast traveler cannot appear in the small world. The same person and two bodies in the same time and space will cause chaos. However, in this world, he also has an invisibility skill.
He took advantage of the invisibility trick to hide his true self. No one could see him anyway, so it was not easy to get confused.
However, he also had some doubts: "Is this body the original owner's or mine now?"
"The souls of the original owners will be properly placed. This body has been infected by your soul, and it is considered your corpse. In fact, in every world, when you finally leave, what you leave behind is considered your own corpse. By the way, since you are not returning to the original owner now, a rejection buffer period will occur, and you will need 24 hours to return."
"I understand." Tao Xing nodded and felt strange looking at his own corpse.
But this world has been weird for a long time. Didn’t he even visit his own tomb?
The corpse took strange steps, controlled by an invisible force, and walked through many twists and turns until it reached a deserted unfinished building.
Tao Xing carefully observed the route along the way and deliberately avoided surveillance.
An unlicensed car stopped in front of the building. The corpse opened the door and got in.
Tao Xing also got into the car and saw that the person driving the car in front had stiff limbs and gray arms, and was also dead.
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