Chapter 94 Zombie Shadow Guard (2)
Tao Xing held the person in his arms and got into the car. He drove himself and took them back to the private villa, the original owner's home, which could be found with a simple search.
That person has always been very obedient. No matter what he does, he always looks submissive.
After entering and bringing the man into the room, he now had time to take a closer look at the man.
He took off the mask again, lifted off his helmet and threw it aside heavily, stirring up a thick cloud of dust. The man's long hair fell, with a few strands hanging in front of his forehead. He stood there quietly, not moving at all.
Tao Xing's hand stroked his hair, then dropped to his collar, and with a flick of her finger, she unbuttoned his armor.
The heavy armor fell to the ground with a thud, and the man's eyes moved.
He was wearing a white undershirt underneath, which was stained with red marks from the rust, like dried blood.
Tao Xing pulled up his hand and slowly lifted her sleeves. Her pale palm was covered with calluses, and her fingertips had long, sharp nails that looked sharper than her teeth.
The man's eyes followed his movements and trembled slightly: "Master, I..."
At the same time, 080 reminded: "Host, be careful not to be scratched or bitten by him. His nails and teeth are toxins. If the toxins enter your blood, you will become a zombie."
Tao Xing asked: "Why does he call me master?"
The system had said that this time, the identity of the mission target would be informed in advance, but in the chaos just now, there was no time to tell. Now, 080 hurriedly said, "He is the one who will be buried with you."
"I know." What else could he not guess? He must be the missing corpse in the sacrificial coffin in front of the emperor's coffin in the imperial mausoleum. "I asked him what his original identity was. Who was he in that ancient world?"
080: "He is your shadow guard."
Tao Xing's expression changed: "I have never seen him!"
"Shadow Guards... they are called 'Shadow' because they work for you in the dark. Let alone him. Host, have you ever seen other Shadow Guards?"
Tao Xing narrowed his eyes slightly: "I have 120 shadow guards, but I only know Lingyi."
"Yeah, you only know their leader."
Tao Xing was stunned for a moment, and did not ask the system again. He looked at the person in front of him and asked, "What's your name?"
The man leaned forward and said, "Master, I am Seventeen."
Seventeen, that should be his number in the Shadow Guard. Tao Xing had no impression of it at all, so he continued, "I want to ask you your original name."
The man said, "After entering the palace, I no longer have a real name, only a number. I... don't remember it."
"When did you enter the palace? How old were you?"
"She entered the palace in the first year of Xing, when she was five years old."
"When did he die?"
The man raised his head, a little confused, then lowered his eyebrows to look at his sharp nails. His red eyes flashed, and a touch of sadness passed through them. He thought carefully: "Twenty-second year, July 7th."
"He died on the same day as me." Tao Xing sighed. He had no impression of the evil system of burying people alive with their dead. He had never heard of or seen such a system. If he had paid attention at that time, he would have definitely put an end to it.
The man said, "The master is not dead."
"Um?"
"Isn't the master standing in front of the subordinate? The subordinate is a dead person, but the master is a living person."
"This..." This is not easy to explain.
"There is no body in the master's coffin. Long live the master and he will never die." The man said again.
"How could there really be Wansui?" Tao Xing shook his head, pulled the man up, and asked the system again, "Isn't he there? Why do you say he is not in that world?"
080 said: "The target of the mission is non-human. At that time, he was a human, so the system could not detect it."
Tao Xing clenched his fists slightly.
Such a person had been by his side for twenty-two years, and was then chosen to be buried with him, dying on the same day.
But he never knew he existed.
You can’t blame the system. Didn’t he himself sense it too?
080 said: "The professional requirement of a shadow guard is not to expose himself. If he doesn't intend for you to find him, then you will never find him."
Tao Xing took a deep breath and looked at the person in front of him: "Whether you are dead or alive, just stay with me, okay?"
The man who had just been helped up knelt down and kowtowed again: "Yes, I came here to find the master. It is my responsibility to serve the master."
The latter sentence sounded familiar. Tao Xing was in a trance for a moment, then pulled him up again: "But I don't want to call you Seventeen. Can you give me another name?"
The man pondered for a moment and said, "My coffin in the tomb is placed according to the position of the stars. There are two characters on the coffin, 'Shang'. If the master does not mind, you can call me Shen Shang."
"Can and Shang, OK." Tao Xing smiled. If Can and Shang did not meet, why would these two words be written on the coffin?
Someone knocked on the door, and the servant outside said, "Sir, dinner is ready. Can I bring it in?"
Tao Xing stepped forward and said, "No, I'll go downstairs and eat."
After the people outside left, Tao Xing turned back and sized up the person in front of him: "If you look like this, you'll be surrounded by people when you go out."
"Host, zombies' teeth cannot be pulled out, and their nails cannot be cut." 080 saw what he was thinking and said first, "Those are not naturally grown by them. They are produced by zombie toxins. If they are pulled out, they will not be able to maintain their current appearance, and they will become rotten bones."
Tao Xing frowned slightly, but before he could say anything, he saw Shen Shang kneeling down again. Suddenly, a strange creaking sound came from his body, his eyes were filled with blood, his bones were twisting, and his pale skin was bulging and sunken.
As he twisted his body, his fangs slowly disappeared, his long nails slowly retracted, and his pale lips also showed a little blood color.
He put away his zombie features and became more human.
Apart from his still red eyes and pale skin, there was not much that was unusual about him.
"Is this... possible?" Tao Xing was shocked.
"A thousand-year-old zombie." 080 said, "It has some abilities."
After the transformation was completed, Shen Shang kowtowed again: "It is my fault for causing inconvenience to my master. I will always hide the strangeness and not let you see it."
"It's okay for me to see it, but just don't let anyone else see it. In a world like this, news spreads too fast, and I'm afraid you'll get caught." Tao Xing pulled him up again.
The hand that was held had no sharp nails, but the calluses from years of holding the sword were still very thick. The face had lost its paleness, and his thin lips were slightly pursed, giving him a somewhat cold look, while his slightly drooping eyebrows made him look very docile.
This must have been what he was like when he was alive.
Tao Xing smiled and said, "Go take a shower, change your clothes, and then come with me to eat." After saying that, thinking that a thousand-year-old zombie would not be able to use a faucet, she went over to run water for him and prepared everything he needed.
Cang Shang watched his movements in bewilderment until he was pushed into the bathtub. He seemed to have just come to his senses and tried to get up by splashing the water. However, his feet slipped and he could not get up. He had no choice but to kneel in the bathtub: "How dare you ask the master to do things for me? I deserve to die!"
He hadn't taken off his tattered white undershirt yet, mainly because Tao Xing didn't want to strip him naked right away. Now, his clothes were soaked by water and stuck tightly to his body. Tao Xing coughed lightly, "If you really don't dare, take a good shower and don't let me work in vain."
"But how can..."
"Clean yourself up." Tao Xing didn't listen to him anymore and closed the bathtub curtain. "If you don't know how to do it, just call me."
There was silence inside for a while, and then gradually the sound of water began to be heard.
In case he was confused, Tao Xing sat outside the curtain and did not leave. With nothing to do, he still had some questions: "How did you wake up?"
There was a loud sound of water inside. Looking at the shadow on the curtain, the man was about to kneel again. Tao Xing said, "Talk while you wash. This is an imperial decree."
Shen Shang sat back down and said, "I was awakened by an explosion. I opened my eyes and saw that my coffin lid was opened. I found that I could move, so I got up. The duty of a shadow guard is to protect the master. Since I can move, I will find you."
"How did you find me?"
"I saw you on those big frames that would change. I searched for the big frames all the way and ended up where you were."
The convention center is close to the suburbs, and the distance is not long. He did not appear in the public sight for too long. Although the armor was strange, he was wearing a mask and others could not see his face clearly, so it was not difficult to conceal his identity.
At this time, the assistant sent a message to report that the cause of the explosion in the convention center has been found out. It was a personal grudge among the merchants on the upper floor, which caused the wrath of a few desperate criminals. The criminals got the explosives from somewhere and said they wanted to take everyone to death together. Now the perpetrators have been arrested, the scene has been calmed down, and there are no casualties.
The industrial park project was suspended and will be resumed at another date. Some people also asked about the man in strange clothes who insisted on stepping into the dangerous place. Many people saw that he later got into Mr. Tao’s car.
Tao Xing asked his assistant to tell everyone that this was his friend, who was going to role-play to give him a surprise, but unexpectedly something went wrong at the scene, and his friend rushed in to save him.
In addition, since the investigators at the imperial mausoleum were still looking for bones, Shen Shang's outfit was too suspicious. Tao Xing also said that he was an avid archaeology enthusiast, and his friend knew his hobbies, so he dressed in an antique style.
After he replied, no one doubted it anymore. After all, no one would have thought that a corpse that had been dead for thousands of years could actually crawl up.
The heat turned into water droplets, condensed on the roof, and then dripped down. Tao Xing brushed away the coolness on the back of his hand and saw the curtain being drawn.
Shen Shang was wearing the white shirt and suit pants given to him by Tao Xing. He walked barefoot on the floor, and the water stains on his long hair wet the collar of his shirt.
Tao Xing looked at him for a while and couldn't help but smile. After a while, she came back to her senses and turned on the automatic hair-drying system.
The sudden sound startled Shan Shang. When he looked up, he saw his long hair blown by the wind and scattered over his shoulders.
After his hair was dried and he came out, Tao Xing brushed his hair and with a twist of her hand, she simply tied it into a low bun for him.
Shen Shang panicked and wanted to kneel down again.
Tao Xing stopped him first: "It's nothing to do, don't kneel again, this is an imperial decree."
Shen Shang's eyes moved: "Yes."
"Let's go downstairs and eat."
Shen Shang stood up straight, touched his waist, then looked back into the house, looking for something.
Tao Xing saw his movements and asked: "Are you looking for your sword?"
The other nodded: "To protect the master, the sword cannot leave his body."
"There aren't that many dangers in this world."
This was the first time that Shen Shang didn't listen to him. He stood stiffly and clenched and unclenched his hands, as if he was very nervous.
When he was a shadow guard, he should have never left his sword. He might not feel safe without a sword, but if he went out with a sword like that, he would be questioned. Also, the sword was brought out from a tomb, and it would be easy to expose his identity if he carried it with him. Tao Xing thought for a moment and said, "Can I get you something else?"
Shen Shang immediately said, "Thank you, Master, for the sword."
"Um... don't thank me yet. It may not be a sword." Tao Xing looked around the room and saw a wooden ruler on the table. It was about the same length as the sword. The wood color had an ancient charm and there was a red tassel like a sword. He took the ruler and said, "Can you use this?"
Shen Shang took it with both hands: "Thank you, Master, for the ruler."
"Let's go eat."
Canshang turned the ruler around, held it in his hand, and followed him downstairs.
The food was already served in the restaurant. After Tao Xing sat down, she saw him standing beside her.
Tao Xing asked the system: "Does he need to eat?"
The system checked for a while and said, "Use it to eat."
There were many strange etiquettes in that dynasty. Tao Xing patted the table and said, "Sit down and eat with me. This is also an imperial decree."
But Shen Shang once again ignored him and stood straight with the wooden ruler tightly in his hand: "Please forgive me, Master. The duty of the shadow guard is to protect the Master's safety. When it comes to matters concerning the Master's safety, I must act according to my duty."
Tao Xing: "...I am not in danger now."
"The shadow guards must pay close attention during mealtimes."
"Host." 080 advised, "His problem can't be cured in a short time. You have to take your time. You might as well eat quickly. When you're done, he'll eat."
Well, Tao Xing shook his head helplessly, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a lotus root slice, and was about to put it into his mouth when he suddenly saw the person next to him quickly raise his hand and tap the chopsticks. The shadow guard's hand was very strong, and with just a tap, the lotus root slice fell off.
Tao Xing looked up.
Shen Shang picked up another pair of chopsticks, picked up the fallen lotus root slices, and put them into his mouth.
Tao Xing: “…”
Doesn’t he refuse to eat?
I haven't eaten for a thousand years, so I'm probably still hungry.
After eating the lotus root slices, Shen Shang nodded and said, "Master, please eat."
Tao Xing: "Sit down and eat."
"I dare not."
“…”
Tao Xing was full of questions.
He picked up another dish, and was stopped again. Shen Shang picked up the shredded meat he had just picked up and ate it. After waiting for a moment, he said, "Master, please eat."
Tao Xing stopped eating, put down his chopsticks and looked at him: "You are..."
"Test the food to make sure it's poisonous. This is the Shadow Guard's duty."
"Ah?" Tao Xing thought for a moment, "When I was the emperor, I don't think I ever saw you tasting food."
"Master, we have already tried it before you had your meal. Here... we didn't have enough time."
So is it true that they come and go without a trace? Tao Xing said, "The possibility of being poisoned here is very small, so there is no need to try."
"The safety of the master is the responsibility of the subordinates, and I cannot slack off in the slightest."
All right.
Go ahead and try it. At least you can have a few bites first. Tao Xing tapped the plate with her chopsticks: "I want to eat this."
Shen Shang put a piece of fish into his mouth and said, "You can eat it."
Tao Xing: “This.”
Shen Shang ate a piece of cake, his red eyes flashed: "You can eat it."
Tao Xing smiled. Over there, the cook was bringing a plate of food: "Sir, please try my newly made steak."
Just as he put it down, he heard a sudden gust of wind, saw a wooden ruler flash past his eyes, and heard a "swish" sound, and something was picked up from the plate and fell to the ground with a clang.
The wooden ruler froze, and Shen Shang pointed to the knife and fork on the ground: "Master, be careful, there is a weapon."
Then, he swung the wooden ruler and hit the ground, and the knife and fork were instantly deformed.
Aunt:"……"
Tao Xing: “…”
As expected of a shadow guard, he has great skills and can even use a ruler to perform the effect of a sword.
But my aunt just stood there in a daze, her face full of questions.
Tao Xing explained: "He doesn't like the taste of steak very much, so his reaction was a bit stressful. Bring it to me and let me eat it."
"Then I'll make him what he likes to eat." Auntie said as she pushed the plate in front of Tao Xing.
"Let's have some dessert." Tao Xing picked up the chopsticks and picked up the steak.
Just as he picked it up, he was stopped. He saw the merchant pick up the steak with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth: "You can eat it."
Aunt:"??"
Tao Xing: “Ahem.”
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