When Gao He and Song Xiaocheng walked into the underground garage with a piece of mille-feuille ghee beef patty and tofu brain spicy soup that exuded an appetizing sesame oil and the aroma of oily spicy seeds, it was already six o'clock in the morning.

"Song Xiaocheng, if you want to continue to do things with us in the future, I have a small request. ”

"What do you want?

"No! stop casually involving the security officers!"

Indeed, Song Xiaocheng was answering all kinds of questions with Xiao Li before dawn, and he also wrote a lot of notes by hand - of course, not including how he himself froze the living corpse with a little trick. And the funeral home people couldn't come to pull the body until ten o'clock in the morning, so Song Xiaocheng finally got his hands on it and carried the body back to the morgue with Xiao Li, and it wasn't until more than five o'clock that Gao He drove the car to pick him up.

"So what were you both doing all night?

"He didn't do much. You'll soon find out. ”

Gao He slammed the iron door with his fist a few times, and the door was opened almost immediately. Cui Wei stared at his bloodshot eyes, and took the beef patty and tofu brain in Song Xiaocheng's hand with his hand holding half of the cigarette butt.

For a former office worker like Song Xiaocheng, there are three happiest times of the day: breakfast in the office, lunch in the office, and coming home from work in the evening. Although he hasn't been to work for two days, uncovering the lid of the lunch box he brought back all the way is still a good thing enough to make him happy.

"Tsk!

While smacking his tongue and admiring the bowl of meatball spicy soup in front of him—the potato cubes stewed until they melted slightly, the oily spicy seeds that have not yet spread out and are delicately colored, and the beef balls that are plump and round and wrapped in crystal soup—Song Xiaocheng can't even wait for half a second to hold the spoon.

However, Cui Wei and Gao He didn't seem to be in a hurry to eat, their lunch boxes were still on the table, wrapped in plastic bags, and Cui Wei hadn't even opened his own beef patty.

Song Xiaocheng just lowered his head and feasted, but he didn't see Cui Wei walking to the corner, and pulled open a burlap bag, and a violent stench quickly spread in the office. Song Xiaocheng was still looking down and smelling the spicy soup in the spoon, when he suddenly smelled a stench of vomiting, and quickly frowned and looked up.

In the sack in the corner of the wall was a corpse covered in black and dark blood.

"What the hell!"

Song Xiaocheng, who was shocked, squirted out the traditional dirty word that it is best not to appear in public, and while covering his nose with his hand, he threw down the spoon and stood up.

"Dead. Cui Wei said.

"Well, that's right. ”

Gao He pinched the half-eaten beef patty with his left hand, pinched the cheeks of the dead corpse with his right hand, pinched the corpse's mouth, probed his nose and sniffed it, just watching from the sidelines, Song Xiaocheng felt that he was about to vomit.

"Nonsense! I'm going to die! What's wrong with you two? How did you get this thing back!"

"Xiaocheng, this is an important clue!" Gao He finally let go of the dead body's jaw, stood up, picked up a piece of waste paper and wiped his hands.

"Can't you wait until you're done with breakfast before tossing it?"

"You can eat breakfast every day, how often do you see this thing? ”

"Eat breakfast because it's delicious, what the hell can you tell by looking at this thing!"

"Did you have a brain problem or something? What dead body have you ever seen that would die!"

"Hmm...... Huh?" Song Xiaocheng paused, thinking about it like this, what Gao He said seemed to make a lot of sense, but ......, "I think it should have been killed by you, right?"

"It's not. Cui Wei suddenly said in a deep voice, "I just suppressed it and brought it back." ”

"Yes, we didn't even have any physical contact at that time. "On the way back, it was still struggling in the bag. By the time we got to the office, it wasn't moving. ”

"What do you mean......"

"Xiaocheng, when Cui Wei and I went to chase this one, what happened to you at the door of the morgue?"

"Four more dead bodies came out of the morgue, I dragged one of them, and the other two chased after you both, and I had a lot of effort......"

"The other two?"

"Oh, one is missing, I told you then. ”

"Oh, yes...... Right. But there's nothing else chasing us. Huh? Do you ......?"

Gao He suddenly gasped and looked at Cui Wei, who also nodded thoughtfully.

"What's wrong?" Song Xiaocheng asked.

"After the two of us put this one up, a figure ran over from a distance, I thought it was you, but I didn't think too much about it when I called you and didn't agree. It seems that they should be the two dead bodies that escaped!"

"They didn't attack you?"

"No!" Gao He quickly denied.

"It's weird, the one I dragged on looked like he wanted to bite me to death, I thought you two must be in a tough fight. ”

"But no! Look, Song Xiaocheng, have you found a problem?"

"What's the problem?" Song Xiaocheng asked casually, and immediately understood what Gao He meant, "Oh, yes! After all the corpses came out of the morgue, they were all running in the same direction! The one brought back was already dead, and the one I froze was not alive, which means ......"

"Those two bodies you saw weren't here to chase the two of us. ”

"Are they running for their lives?!"

After coming to this conclusion, even Song Xiaocheng himself was taken aback. What exactly is the person who is already dead going to run from?

"That's right. To be more accurate, they should be trying to survive. ”

"However, one of the corpses was missing, and the corpse did not jump over the wall. Song Xiaocheng remembered the scene not long ago, and felt that the current conclusion was still a little flawed.

"Hmm. Gao He nodded and took another bite of the beef patty, "Tell me about the lost corpse, right?"

"He doesn't seem to be like the other corpses......" Song Xiaocheng struggled to recall.

"How is it different?"

"It doesn't seem to be any different, it's just that I've been covering myself with some rags. ”

"Blocking your body with rags?" Gao He looked confused, vaguely feeling that something was not right, but after hesitating, he couldn't seem to think of what was wrong.

"Xiaocheng, are you familiar with the hospital?"

If you want to say that it is cooked, it is actually not cooked. But as a dedicated social animal, in the past few years, Song Xiaocheng has walked through the corners of X City.

"It's okay. ”

"Do you know what's beyond the walls of that hospital?" asked Gao He.

"Qinglong Plateau is a piece of earth. When I was a child, it was all wheat, and it was slowly abandoned in the past few years. ”

"Oh, it's the countryside over there?"

"Well, it's an urban village, but it hasn't been renovated yet. ”

Gao He turned around, slowly calculating in his mind. He was silent for a long time, and he didn't speak, only occasionally taking a bite of the beef patty that was already a little cold. Seeing this, Song Xiaocheng walked back to the table, picked up the bowl of Hu spicy soup he had just drunk, and walked out the door.

"I'll drink the soup first, and I'll talk about it later!"

"Hey, wait a minute!" Gao He stopped Song Xiaocheng, "Where are you going in a while?"

"I ...... What's next for you two?"

Gao He looked at Cui Wei for a moment and said:

"We're here to catch up on sleep. You'd better hurry up and get some sleep. ”

Song Xiaocheng heard that this sentence obviously had a deep meaning:

"The implication is ......"

"We're going to have to squat in the morgue for a few more days. ”

......

Qinglong Plateau is a legend of the city of X.

I don't know how long ago, there was a folk legend: there was a green dragon south of X City, huge and lying like a mountain. One day, Qinglong was thirsty, so he leaned out and drank water in the North River north of X City. The arrogant Qinglong thought that he would be able to drink the water of the North River, but he finally died by the river.

After the death of the green dragon, the body of the green dragon changed into dust, which is the land of X city today, the tail of the green dragon turned into a mountain range, which is the south mountain of X city today, and the waist of the green dragon is broad and strong, turning into a fertile land, which is the current green dragon plateau.

For thousands of years, the fertile farmland of Qinglong Plateau has fed countless people in the old X City, until now, the fertile land has become a wasteland, and the chest-high Qianqian weeds are full of wildness and unknown.

On the Qinglong Plateau of Pingchuan, you can see two round mounds in the distance. As the locals know, it was not an ordinary mound, but two burial mounds. It's just that for a place like City X, the specifications of these two small mounds are really not enough to attract attention. Two tombs were excavated decades ago.

But now, the tombs hidden under the weeds and tangled roots are not deserted.

"And Oni-sama, the seventeen corpses from last night have been disposed of, and they are ready to be transformed. ”

"Very good, thanks. You are very efficient. Also, I still have to warn you, pay attention to your words, it's ghouls. They're my favorite work! Besides, I need an explanation. ”

The voice of the "Waki-sama" was sharp and piercing like a fingernail cutting through a stone slab, and it seemed to match the damp and moldy atmosphere of the tomb.

"...... with the oni-sama"

The person being questioned appeared so flustered that his voice trembled a little and his pitch sharpened.

"Why? Thanks, why were there only seventeen last night?"

"My lord, we were blocked last night......"

"It was blocked. "So, who did it? What kind of human dares to stop my ghouls?"

"Yes...... It's three human ......"

"Three humans? Can three humans stop my three ghouls? Thanks, I warn you, don't tease me!"

And the ghost-sama's scathing voice sounded full of intimidation, which undoubtedly made that "Xie" even more nervous and scared.

"I ...... But the three humans only stopped two corpses...... Ghouls!I mean......"

"Thanks, how would you feel if I told you that I saw three sparrows kill three eagles this morning?"

"I ...... What?"

Xie's voice seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

"I'm asking you!"

"I'm sorry!!I'm ...... I'm going to be shocked!"

"So, if I told you that it was actually three sparrows that killed two eagles, would your sense of shock be reduced by the change in numbers??"

"No! no...... I'm sorry with Oni-sama...... I'm really sorry!" The man named Xie cried and chirped, in stark contrast to the screeching noise made by the oni-sama.

"So, Xie, what kind of human is it that is stopping my ghouls?!"

"Yes...... I do not know...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... I'm sorry! I'm ...... Please don't kill me...... Please......"

"Quiet!!"

The voice of the ghost reverberated strongly in the tomb, and at the same time there were two violent smashing sounds, "Tonight, just tonight." Thanks, I'm sorry for you too. Oh my friend, I'm really sorry for you. But, tonight, I want you to make amends for your mistakes. Got it?"

"I ...... Make up for my mistakes?"

"Do you know what to do?

Xie didn't speak, just let out a hoarse sob.

"Bring me more corpses, thanks. Go where you found the corpses and wake up more corpses!"

With that, Kazuki-sama stood up and stood under a thief cave next to the tomb, standing in the blinding sunlight.

"The time to take over the world is approaching. I need more ghouls!"