Overnight.

An unidentified and strange fire destroys the cemetery in Wheat City.

It was as if the fire was burning from under the ground.

The soil lost its moisture and turned into clumps of soil, with yellowed and withered grass mixed in, and wisps of green smoke slowly rising from between the land.

The most striking thing is that a large pit has collapsed in the corner of the cemetery, and the burial chamber that originally stood on it has collapsed and shattered with the pit, blocking the entrance to what appears to be a tunnel.

The security team soon cordoned off the entire cemetery.

Sheriff Lake trampled on the still warm ground, crouching on the edge of the pit to observe.

"Sir, do you think this is the rumored hideout for monsters?"

Lykmor rubbed his chin and didn't answer his men's questions.

"Remove the rubble and let a few brave people go down and search the pit."

With that, Lake stood up and walked out of the cemetery, and he saw a familiar figure in the crowd of onlookers, thought for a moment, and decided to quietly follow.

……

Ground.

Long blond hair.

In front of the mirror.

Han Qingluo looked at the shaved head, and his mood was very complicated.

She reached out and touched her rough head, and there was a smooth spot on the back of her head, where she knew there would never be hair again.

She pursed her lips and took out a men's hat and put it on, put on a man's clothes, and walked out of the small room.

"How? Isn't it handsome! ”

Han Qingluo reluctantly pulled out a smile, stretched out his arms, and turned his body slowly, asking Jue to evaluate his new look.

"Handsome than me!"

Listening to Jue's serious praise that she was more handsome than herself, Han Qingluo laughed comfortingly, and said casually: "It's okay if you don't have it, this thing is hair, it's very troublesome when you fight!" ”

Knock knock!

At that moment, there was a knock on the door.

Jue turned and opened the door.

It was Galo, who had returned with news, and he said as he walked: "The cemetery has been completely destroyed, and it is estimated that the 'ghosts' in Maicheng have been eliminated. It's a pity that because of last night's accident, the only prisoner died, so we still have no information about the enemy. ”

Han Qingluo put away the sadness of losing his hair on his face, and his expression was serious: "Next, let's continue to investigate from the villages near Maicheng, with this experience, I believe that we will quickly investigate the forces and purposes behind it." ”

It was then that Galo noticed the change in her, she was dressed in men's clothes and had the heroic air of a boy, and her hair was a thing of the past, replaced by a hat.

"You're so handsome!" Galo showed an appreciative gaze, "Walking down the street, there must be a noble lady who has a secret promise to you!" ”

Han Qingluo was amused by Jia Luo's naughty words, and laughed out loud: "I love to hear what you say!" ”

Just when the atmosphere of the room is good.

There was another knock on the door.

Open the door.

But it was the sheriff who parted ways with them a few days ago, Lake.

"Lord Garo, Mr. Jue, two young ladies, good morning!"

Jue and Han Qingluo looked at Jia Luo, and Jia Luo showed an expression of "I don't know" to escape.

"Lord Lake, why did you suddenly find us?"

"When you meet an old acquaintance, you must politely say hello." Lake walked into the room and looked inside the room, "I don't know when you came to Maicheng, why don't you inform me, I can hold a banquet for you!" ”

"That's not necessary, we have our own business."

Jue's tone was cold, and he directly gave the order to evict the guest.

Lake pretended not to hear it, and said casually: "I don't know, have you heard about the fire in the cemetery last night!" ”

"Yes, didn't you just see me watching, so you followed?" Garlo crossed his hands in front of his chest and raised his eyebrows at Lake, who was pretending to be stupid, "Do you think the disappearance has anything to do with us?" ”

Lake was guessed about the matter, his expression was stunned, and he smiled curtly: "How is it possible, I ......"

"Admit it, we won't blame you, we were present at the place of the two crimes, and it's normal for you to be suspicious."

At this time, Han Qingluo stood up and gave Lake a step down.

"You ......"

Han Qingluo's change made Lake stretch out his finger and point at her suspiciously, and after looking at it for a long time, he couldn't say the next word.

"We're not all noble ladies!"

Han Qingluo woke up Lake with a word: "Oh, you are the blonde lady?" Why this dress? ”

Her anomaly made Lake suspect that the disappearance of the population was inextricably linked to them, otherwise why would they appear in the place where the incident occurred, and how could a good woman wear men's clothes?

But he was still polite: "No, we are friends, how can we doubt you." ”

Looking at the hypocritical Lake, the three of them glanced at each other and reached a consensus, since they were suspected, it was better to have one more enemy than one more ally.

"I have something I want to tell Lord Lake." Garol pulled Lake to sit down, "Actually, we all have a common purpose. ”

Lake looked at Galo with a mysterious look: "What purpose." ”

"The disappearance of the person you want to investigate has something to do with the murderer we want to investigate!"

"You guys really have a problem!"

Ryker was about to get up from his chair, but was gently patted by Galo and sat back with a heavy ass. He stared at a pair of frightened eyes, reminiscing about the strange scene just now.

"Hear us out!" Galo put away his smile, "The zombies found in the village are caused by 'ghosts', that is, the murderers we want to investigate. We set the cemetery fire last night, but it was to destroy the zombies created by the 'ghosts' under the cemetery. ”

"What proof is there?"

Lake pretended to be calm, thinking about how to escape, and it seemed that he was already in the wolf's den.

"You can go to the crypt under the big pit in the cemetery."

Lake thought to himself: they really have a secret that no one knows, some "ghost", maybe they just made it up to coax him.

In order to escape, he immediately replied "yes" to Galo's words, and Galo let go of the hand that was pressing on his shoulder.

Lake stood up and rubbed his aching shoulders: "Come with me, if the truth is what you say, I will dispel my suspicions about you!" ”

Following behind Lake, Jue whispered to Galo, "Are you sure this guy will choose to believe us?" ”

"Absolutely, the evidence is in the crypt of the cemetery." "Moreover, the blood guards lurking in the shadows will come to pick us up when the situation is not right, don't worry!" ”

Although Jia Luo said this, Jue still didn't trust this Lake, and told Han Qingluo to be careful, so that Lilian could deliberately predict Lake's actions.

Come to the cemetery.

The members of the security team who cleaned the pit had already cleared most of the rubble, and the entrance to a crypt was revealed.

Ryker told the party to withdraw from the pit and asked them to bring a few oil lamps and go into the crypt with Galo.

This time, Lake did not implement any lady's preferential treatment, let Jia Luo and Jue go in first, Han Qingluo walked in front of him with Lilian, and he also deliberately carried an arquebus, walking at the back.

The dark acupuncture tunnel was lit by four faint lights.

It was narrow enough for one person to walk through, and everyone had to bend over to barely get through.

With the help of the light, you can also faintly see the traces of the fire bleaching on the rock wall.

However, the mud wall of this acupoint has dried out after being roasted by a large fire, and it can still be supported without collapsing, and it is also quite stable.

"Try not to touch the dirt on both sides, it may collapse." There was a reminder from Jue in front.

After hearing this, everyone carefully tightened their arms, fearing that they would collapse as he said and be buried alive.

"Lord Lake isn't a gentleman enough this time!" Han Qingluo lifted the oil lamp and sneered at Lake, who was holding a gun behind him, "Follow the lady with a gun like this." ”

"In order to prevent your so-called 'ghosts' from appearing, I must take precautions."

The first time Lake went down to this kind of crypt, he was also a little surprised, and he also wondered why they knew that there was a crypt under the cemetery, maybe the identities of the four of them were also fake, and it was necessary to investigate thoroughly.

After a while, the narrow acupuncture points gradually became wider.

At the end of the acupuncture tunnel, a staircase descends.

Jue and Jia Luo stopped, and Han Qingluo and Lilian who followed behind also stopped.

The position was loose, and Lake squeezed from the end to the front. When he looked ahead, he didn't see anything, and raised his gun to face them: "Hurry down, what are you doing here?" ”

"Further down is a field of charred zombie corpses, are you sure you can stand it?"

Garlo raised an eyebrow and looked at Lake, his tone full of sarcasm.

"You go first, hurry! Isn't it to clear the name? ”

Lake stepped back behind Han Qingluo and Lilian, and the musket leaned menacingly towards them.

Jia Luo stopped Jue, who was about to move, and whispered: "Don't be impulsive, if he can't get out, we definitely won't be able to get out." Besides, I'm under the control of the six precepts, don't expose my identity together! ”

Jue shook off his hand and snorted coldly: "That's your business, I'm not subject to this control, if this guy dares to do anything out of the ordinary, I want his dog life first!" ”

"Hey, what are you two muttering, hurry up! There are my people guarding it, and if you have any wrong with me, you must also worry about these two lovely ladies! ”

"Despicable fellow!"

As soon as Lake's words fell, Han Qingluo sneered, "If you actually use a woman to threaten others, I'll just say, your identity as a sheriff must be through the back door, incompetent!" ”

"The population is missing, you have major suspicions, don't blame me for being rude, when all suspicions are cleared, it's not too late for me to set up a banquet for you to apologize, now be honest with me!"

Lake unceremoniously pressed the muzzle of his gun against Han Qingluo's waist and shouted "go".

Under the persuasion of Galo, Jue temporarily gave up the urge to kill Lake in seconds, and was the first to step down the stairs with the oil lamp.

As you descend the stairs, the scorching smell grows stronger.

Under the light, the sides of the staircase were littered with corpses, all scorched by the fire, in a strange form of struggle.

Because their owners were all wiped out last night, without the control of their masters, they can only be a walking corpse with no consciousness, let the fire consume it, struggling in place and gradually turning into a charred corpse.