Chapter XVII. Preparation
There is an official road in front of Shili Town, which was originally very lively, last night there was a zombie trouble, the villagers died, and they fled, and the huge town was quiet, and even the sound of chickens and dogs could not be heard.
It's sunny and sunny outside, but it's another feeling when you walk into the archway of Shili Town, I don't know if it's a psychological effect, or too many dead people are yin, and the town is cool and shady.
Shi Jian held the Wanyang copper coin sword in his right hand, and clasped the talisman in his left hand, his expression was solemn, his eyes were vigilant, and he walked cautiously along the street.
The street is paved with bluestone slabs, and on both sides of the street are low, old, wood-paneled shophouses, all with closed doors.
Ahead, a stall truck overturned in the middle of the street, black carbon blocks rolling everywhere, iron pots clapping to the ground, and some dried rice porridge around it.
There was a large pool of blood on the ground on the back of the stall, and from here on, the shops on both sides of the street were no longer tidy, the doors and windows were damaged, the signboards hung listlessly, and blood was splattered everywhere on the floor and on the wall panels.
Seeing the shape and location of these bloodstains, Shi Jian's mind instantly appeared in the death of the villagers last night, they fled, screamed, hidden, but to no avail, all of them were discovered by the zombies, who opened their mouths and pierced their sharp zombie teeth into their necks.
Wailing, crying, pleading, all sorts of voices still seemed to echo over Ten Mile Town.
"Bang dang!"
The sudden sound made Shi Jian startled for a moment, and he turned his head to look at it suddenly. The sound came from a rice shop, the door of the rice shop was open, and there were dried blood stains on the door and threshold, which were connected and extended straight into the store.
Shi Jian hesitated slightly and walked towards the rice shop. He had already mustered up his spirits and paid close attention to the wind and grass around him.
The light in the rice shop was a little dim, and Shi Jian stepped in, and suddenly met a pair of green eyes. His scalp exploded slightly, and he almost threw the copper coin sword over.
"This dead cat!"
Shi Jian scolded in a low voice, and was about to scare it away, when he suddenly saw the black cat lower his head, pick up something and jump out of the window and run. If Shi Jian is not mistaken, it is a human finger.
Coming out of the rice shop, Shi Jian found that there was no collar, and when he looked up, the sun in the sky was gone, the cold fog was misty, the town was gloomy, dead and silent, and there was a strange aura invisibly, which made people get goosebumps all over his body.
Shi Jian's eyes narrowed, and a handful of yellow talismans sprinkled out like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, and turned around and ran out of Shili Town.
As he passed the archway, he looked back at the street, and the already gloomy street became more and more gloomy and miserable, and he did not hesitate to move away from this place quickly.
Bathed in the sun again, Shi Jian breathed a sigh of relief, and the depression and haze that had just been in the town were swept away.
"Since I have practiced, I have followed Master down the mountain many times to catch ghosts and zombies, and there has never been a time like this one, which makes me feel chills and my heart is beating."
"I'm afraid this zombie is not something I can deal with alone, I must pull Xu Daoyou and Zhang Daring, the more people the better, and you can also ask Maoshan for help, I'm afraid it's too late."
Back at Xiang Sheng's house, Xu Zhenren and Zhang Daring were sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun, looking leisurely.
"Hey, Shi Dao Chief, you're back so soon?" Zhang Daring stared at the two big roosters that Shi Jian was holding in his hand, and said with a smile: "Eat chicken at night? ”
"You know how to eat."
Xu Zhenren kicked Zhang Boldly, got up and asked, "Shi Daoyou, how is the situation in Shili Town?" ”
"It's not good, the zombies went to Shili Town last night, the villagers of Shili Town died, and those who fled fled to Lishui County, and now Shili Town has become a dead place."
Xu Zhenren and Zhang Daring are both from Shili Town, and when they heard the bad news, their faces couldn't help but show sadness.
"How many people died?"
"I don't know, I went into the town and looked, there was blood everywhere, but I didn't see a single body."
"What?" Xu Zhenren exclaimed: "Could it be that the dead have become zombies?" ”
"Eight or nine is not far from ten."
"It's a big problem."
Shi Jian shook the big rooster in his hand and said with a smile: "So I specially bought two big roosters to come back and eat chickens at night." ”
Xu Zhenren couldn't cry or laugh, "It's all this time, Shi Daoyou, you are still in the mood to joke." ”
"No kidding, I have chicken blood, and chicken can't be wasted."
He threw the two big roosters on the ground, went into the room and got a pen and paper, and prepared to kill the chickens for blood.
Zhang Daring watched Shi Jian grab the chicken with one hand and a paper knife with the other, and said kindly: "Shi Daochang, how to kill the chicken when the paper knife is soft, I'll go to the kitchen to get a kitchen ......knife."
"Shut up, don't embarrass me." Xu Zhenren glared at Zhang Boldly.
"How embarrassed am I ......"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Daring's eyes widened suddenly, only to see Shi Jian wiping the chicken neck with a paper knife, the paper knife was sharper than a kitchen knife, and he easily cut the throat of the big rooster, and lifted the rooster upside down, and the chicken blood flowed into the inkstone.
Adding some bought cinnabar, Shi Jian asked Xu Zhenren while mixing ink: "Xu Daoyou, where is Master Xiang?" ”
Xu Zhenren: "You walk on the front foot, the county master will send a messenger to invite Master Xiang to the county office, I heard that there is more than one Master Xiang invited, and all the foot walkers at home in Lishui have been invited over, if you guess correctly, it should be to deal with zombies." ”
Shi Jian nodded slightly, the county lord's reaction was quite fast, and he knew that he would ask Mr. Walk to help, which was also related to the strong corpse culture in Xiangxi, even the officials who arrived from other places had heard of and seen the corpse chasing technique, and would not regard it as a trick of 'deceiving gods and deceiving ghosts'.
After the ink was adjusted, Shi Jian no longer talked to Xu Zhenren, picked up the pen and dotted the ink, and drew the symbols on the yellow table paper without distraction.
Xu Zhenren is also a good hand at drawing talismans, and the talisman drawn by Shi Jian is not a secret talisman of Maoshan Mountain, so Xu Zhenren recognized it at a glance as a medium-grade 'corpse talisman'.
Among the talismans used to deal with zombies, the most commonly used and best used is the high-grade 'anti-evil talisman', which is left by Zhong Kui and has the effect of sealing all evil demons. But if you are dealing with a large number of zombies, the medium-grade 'Corpse Talisman' is better to use and more professional.
After drawing ninety-nine eighty-one pictures in a row, Shi Jian stopped his pen and moved his wrist, and at this time, Xiang Sheng came back.
He didn't come back alone, he also brought eight people, all of whom Shi Jian knew, all of whom were local Mr. Walkers in Lishui.
The county magistrate invited them to discuss the matter of dealing with zombies, and the nine people were cunning and cunning, knowing that this matter was not easy to do, so they didn't agree, so they first came to consult Shi Jian, an expert, for advice.
Although Mr. Foot Walks deals with dead corpses every day, and often encounters zombies that have changed into corpses, and knows some skills in catching zombies, but their abilities are limited, and it is okay to deal with low-level jumping corpses, and if they encounter high-level jumping corpses, iron-armored corpses, bronze armored corpses and other zombies, they will be helpless.
Shi Jian doesn't have a good way for the time being, and if he doesn't grasp it well, he can't go to Shili Town, and he may not be able to come back if he goes to that place. Thinking about it, you can only rely on everyone's strength.
Through the government, some methods to deal with zombies were widely advertised, and the villagers were asked to prepare some glutinous rice and eggs, and send them to the guards and soldiers to prevent the zombies from suddenly attacking.
As long as the county town of Lishui is safe and sound, Shi Jian and Xu Zhenren will have enough time to find a way to break the situation.