Soul-eating Golden Coffin - C28
“Then aren’t you afraid that it will run away tonight?” I’m still a little worried.
My Martial Uncle, that thing is just a twig. It can’t even talk, and you still expect it to be as smart as you?” Let’s put it this way, the Corpse Supporting Spell was actually no different from a wild beast. The only difference was if one walked upright. Besides, even if it could think, it was afraid that you wouldn’t come. How could it avoid you? “Ahh!” Zhang Shan was already yawning.
If it’s a mule or a horse, there’s no need to bring it out for a walk. We found a hotel nearby and stayed there.
The girl at the front desk stared at us with a strange expression as we registered in the hall.
Because we had just had another bath in the artificial lake and were still wet, the old Seagoons mud in the Golden River was not so easy to wash off. Although the stench had lessened, the clothes were still black and white.
Under this strange gaze, the housing procedures were finally completed. I brought Zhang Shan to the elevator as if I was escaping.
Just as the elevator door was about to close, I saw the little girl staring at me. She picked up the phone beside her and said: “Sixth floor, guest room.
Under the disdainful gaze of the big sister in the guest room, I shyly opened the door.
Zhang Shan didn’t know anything either, he just looked at me happily. I didn’t plan to tell him about this either, the children that grew up in the mountains are pure after all, it’s better not to teach him a lesson.
We then had a comfortable hot bath and, to my great surprise, there was a small washing machine in the guest room. This solved my urgent problem. Just when I was worrying that I didn’t have enough money on me for tomorrow, I couldn’t buy clothes for tomorrow, I couldn’t buy equipment for tomorrow. I couldn’t possibly go out for a day just because of the stench. With this washing machine, he would at least be able to survive until he came out from underground. Of course, that was on the premise that he would be able to come out alive … Hey! You can’t think about these unlucky things.
When all his clothes were washed, it was already dawn. Zhang Shan didn’t know how to use the washing machine and was already fast asleep on the bed. I hung up the last of my clothes on the TV and called the front desk and told them to wake us at 11: 30 P.M. before I went to bed.
Maybe it was a psychological effect, but I kept feeling that the girl’s tone was a little weird. However, there’s nothing I can do about it. My phone has already been reimbursed in the Golden River. If we don’t let them wake us up early, we will have to pay for an extra day after 12 o’clock.
After the call, I couldn’t hold on any longer, so I tilted my head and fell asleep on the bed. This time, I dreamt of Zhao Youde’s corpse baring its fangs and brandishing its claws in front of me. I simply didn’t put it in my eyes at all. My right index and middle finger formed a sword technique, and with a light wave, the Gold Coffin covered Zhao Youde and placed him inside a coffin. I laughed out loud towards the sky …
And then I dreamed of that ghost again, standing on the railway line singing a sad song, and just as I was about to approach, a speeding train came whistling by and knocked her into pieces …
Afterwards, I was in the darkness again and could hear Zhang Shan laughing crazily behind me. I turned around only to discover that he was standing in front of me, completely naked …
The instant I was pushed down by Zhang Shan, I finally woke up from my shock. The phone on the bedside table rang at the right time.
“Mr. Wang, how do you do? According to your instructions, we will inform you that you have half an hour before you check out.” Even though I was still confused, I could tell that the person on the other end of the line was no longer the girl who had registered for me last night.
“Isn’t it time to go?” After I hung up, Zhang Shan rubbed his eyes and sat up. I looked around and saw that none of the clothes were dry, but there was nothing I could do about it.
At a Sichuan snack bar next to the hotel, we ate a big bowl of fried noodles and took a bus to the used market in the north of the city. I only had three hundred yuan left in my pocket. Zhang Shan this guy came to find me, but he actually didn’t bring any money, and I don’t even know how he got on the long distance bus.
The young people of Zhengzhou all knew that if they wanted to buy rare and precious things, the electronic edifice on Dongfeng Road in the north of the city was definitely their first choice. I remember when I was still in high school, I used to come here to buy pirated discs. At that time, in addition to pirated discs, the latest technology of bugs, all kinds of cheating pens, everything.
At that time, digital cameras had just started, and were far from being as popular as they are now. However, in the Electronic Tower, there were already some merchants who had placed two baskets outside to sell. They would sell them for two hundred yuan each, just like potatoes. They could easily pick any one of them.
I don’t know when the IT started selling, but I remember my first computer was bought in ’97, and when I moved it here in’ 00 to sell it, a boss’s words hurt me so much that I decided I wouldn’t sell it here even if I burned my old computer!
At the time, the boss looked at my console and said, “Little brother, do you have enough benches in your house? If it’s not enough, I suggest that you move it back. “If you take it to me, other than eating, it’ll still be useful. I don’t know how to deal with it …”
After a walk around the fifth floor of the second-hand market, we decided to spend $180 on two miner’s light helmets. This set of equipment was expensive to the point that it was attached to a large battery at the back of the waist. The boss said it would be fine to keep the electricity on for three days.
I left the battery at the owner’s place to recharge it, and we went out for another stroll. To tell you the truth, I don’t really know what to buy.
Walking to the front of a shop selling adventure tools, Zhang Shan looked at the foot long mountain knife, and no matter what he said, he could not move a single step. I knew he had his eye on the knife, but when I asked the boss, he asked for one hundred and fifty yuan, but I had only one hundred and twenty yuan left on me, and I had to keep the fare back and the dinner money, so I couldn’t bring myself to buy it. After all, it was still unknown whether or not Corpse Supporting Spell was useful against a copper and iron skeleton.
The boss was also a young man. As he showed us off, he said, “Brother, you’re also a knowledgeable person. This knife is the best in this batch. Look, I’m not even willing to open it yet.”
“Eighty!” I thought about it, Zhang Shan gave me his dagger, he really needs a weapon.
“Brother, are you joking? This knife of mine is a good material, and I’ve been here for years, and I’ve never sold it for this price. If you really want it, I won’t give you a double price. The boss took the initiative to lower the price when he saw that the business could be done.
“Eighty!” I didn’t even listen to her.
“Brother, all the people that buy the machetes are donkey friends. Even if we make friends, where are you going this time? “Tell me, as long as I haven’t been there, I’ll give you this one hundred and one, how about it?” The boss knows how to do business, so he took the initiative to let us off the hook.
“Eighty!” I am a little stubborn.
“Fine, I think you should go to another house. Let me give you my answer. My knife strikes 90 times.” “One hundred yuan, if you want it, if you don’t want it, don’t lie to me here.” The boss was starting to get angry. He had probably never seen me so stubborn like this before. There was nothing much to say and it was just a price that would be repeated endlessly.
The point is, I’m not in the mood to bullshit with him. She didn’t care about him at all, just dragged Zhang Shan who was already staring at him and left.
Just as he walked five meters out, he heard the boss shout from behind him, “Brother, come back! I give up on you, ninety! Do you want it? ”
Just as I was about to turn around and continue walking, Zhang Shan pulled me back, his eyes full of pleading. Forget it! It’s only ten dollars, when did I ever get so serious about ten dollars?
The boss called for the shop assistant to cut the knife while he opened his mouth full of words and said to me, “I say, little brother, aren’t you a little too stupid? I’ve never seen you haggling like this before. We buy or sell, what I sell is a comfort, what you buy is a reassurance. “Your method of bargaining is right here, at someone else’s house …”
Listening to his bunch of nonsense, I just smiled. In the second-hand market, he probably hasn’t come to Zhengzhou yet when I was touring around. His knife is worth fifty, even if I’m wrong about it.
Before he left, the boss continued to ask Zhang Shan: “Old brother, which mountain are you climbing this time? “Tell this to me, bro. Let’s go play some other time.”
Zhang Shan turned and bared his fangs at him, as two words came out of his mouth, “Yin Mountain.” After saying that, we left the confused boss and walked away.
On the way back, I smiled wryly at the contents of the plastic bag. Three hundred dollars, the two of us disguised as miners with machetes. He just didn’t know what would happen to the miners and the zombies. It couldn’t be worse than the plants, right?
At five in the afternoon, we returned to the west gate of the Beshaigong Park and randomly ate something. Then, we bought ten sesame seed cakes and four bottles of mineral water, which Zhang Shan could carry along with him. This is something I insist on. If I can’t get out of here for a few days, I’ll have to rely on these things to survive.
We just sat there on the bench by the artificial lake, bored, not talking, staring at the dark hole in the shelter. The passersby all looked at us curiously. They didn’t know what the two men were up to as they sat there staring at the lake with bitter hatred.
After waiting until it was dark, we took advantage of the lack of people to slowly flow down the lake and reach the dugout. Zhang Shan quickly lifted the door, and after waiting for me to enter, he dodged and then carefully closed the door, finally entering the dugout.
After putting on the miner’s hat, we turned on the switch at our waist. Two strong beams of light shot out from the top of our heads, lighting up the surrounding dozens of meters.
Zhang Shan held the newly bought machete in his hand and said to me seriously, “From now on, you have to listen to me. I will clear the way in front, and you have to follow me closely.
I simply took Zhang Shan’s backpack and stuffed everything I could into it. I leaned on it and pulled out the dagger Zhang Shan gave me.
When everything was ready, we walked deeper into the dugout.
The passage they were in was only the entrance to the dugout. It was only two meters tall, barely allowing them to walk side by side. The roof was arched and the slope was not too steep. This stone brick was quite different from the ones used to build the houses outside. They were all round corners with large cracks in between them. However, they were completely covered in yellow mud.