My daily mountain driving, I met a fox at the beginning and got married

Zhang Hao turned his attention to the zombie. It looked no different from a living person, and its features were not different under the light.

"Now I'm giving you a chance to be honest. If you answer my questions honestly, I might consider letting you go; if you dare to lie or deceive me, I'll show you what it means to wish you were dead."

After issuing a stern warning, Zhang Hao remained unconcerned when he saw the other party staring at him with horrified eyes.

"How exactly did you become a zombie?"

Zhang Hao was extremely concerned about this, especially since the zombie seemed to be exceptionally powerful.

“I bought a mask before, just to play around with it, but one day when I was cleaning, I found a letter hidden inside the mask, so I took it out to read it.”

The letter said that as long as you wear the mask and drip blood onto it, you can become an immortal zombie!

If one could live forever and have money, how easy, carefree, and joyful life would be!
As a result, he inexplicably bit his finger and dripped his blood onto the mask. The moment the blood fell, two sharp fangs suddenly sprouted from the mask on his face, piercing his neck. Just like that, he became a zombie.

After becoming a zombie, Adelaide didn't find it a big deal. Going out in the sun during the day made him a little uncomfortable, but he could manage with an umbrella.

Especially after becoming a zombie, he will gradually inherit some of his memories.

Using the skills from these inherited manuals, he quickly amassed a huge fortune.

However, even with money, he couldn't openly buy living people for food. So, Adelaide came up with an idea: to kidnap young boys and girls from the slums.

The feeling of having a hearty meal was wonderful, especially the feeling of increased strength after drinking blood, which made him even more complacent.

In this place, it seems that as long as you have money, there's nothing you can't do.

After listening to his account of how he turned into a zombie, Zhang Hao felt a surge of disgust.

How many people did you eat in total from beginning to end?

When asked this question, Adelaide was taken aback. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I don't know. It's like eating; who remembers how many grains of rice they ate in a bowl?"

Fedor felt nauseous listening to this; the man was utterly disgusting!

This feeling intensified, especially after the other party confessed to cannibalism.

"Where's your mask? How did you get it?" Zhang Hao pressed, his tone stern.

“I bought that mask during a recent pre-sale event. I don’t know why, I just bought it on a whim,” Adela said, glancing down at the talisman stuck to her body.

Just then, the wind blew in through the window, blowing away the talisman stuck to my body!
Adelaide was overjoyed to regain control of her body instantly. She laughed and reached out with her claws, trying to snap Zhang Hao's neck.

Zhang Hao raised his hand to block the attack and kicked his opponent in the abdomen. He used considerable force in that kick, breaking the opponent's bone!
The cracking sounds of things breaking, and the thud of someone kicking their stomach into a dent, sent chills down your spine.

Fedor secretly rejoiced that he hadn't made an enemy of this Mr. Han before.

He can easily deal with such terrifying zombies. Just how terrifying is Mr. Han's strength?

The excruciating pain of broken bones reminded Adelaide that her body had suffered a severe injury.

He looked incredulous: "Didn't they say... zombies have incredibly strong bodies? How could I... have broken bones?"

"Zombies are indeed strong, but my body is even stronger. Blame it on you for running into me!" Zhang Hao said coldly.

As he spoke, Zhang Hao stepped forward, placed a foot on his face, and ground it slightly with his toe: "Tell me the address of the merchant where you bought that mask."

Adelaide tried to refuse, but Zhang Hao threatened her menacingly, "I'm someone who can kill zombies. If you don't answer my questions honestly, I'll kill you right now! Believe me, I really have that ability."

As he spoke, a talisman appeared in Zhang Hao's hand, with a blue flame leaping on it, as if it might pounce on Adelaide at any moment.

The power contained within this blue flame instilled a sense of dread in Adelaide.

"I said! I said!"

Adela was terrified and quickly gave the address of the shop where she bought the mask!

After explaining everything, Zhang Hao asked some other questions: "After you became a zombie, did you sense the presence of your kind? Or did you see any other zombies in this city?"

Adlai was terrified and dared not hide anything. He hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, I've never seen any other zombies. I thought I was the only one who had this strange encounter. I... I really haven't seen any other zombies!"

Very well, it seems he was telling the truth.

No other useful information could be found on this guy. Zhang Hao stomped his foot hard, and the sound of bones cracking rang out.

The hairs on Fedor's body stood on end instantly.

Zhang Hao stomped on the zombie's head and crushed it.

The blue flame in his hand leaped down instantly, quickly burning the zombie's body to ashes, turning it into a pool of black ash and disappearing completely.

Zhang Hao sighed.

He turned his head and saw Fedor staring at him with a horrified expression.

Perhaps my actions were too brutal and frightened the young man.

Zhang Hao was somewhat interested in this peculiar being, so he patiently asked him, "Do you think my actions just now were extremely cruel?"

Fedor nodded without hesitation, but quickly shook his head stiffly.

They seemed eager to deny something.

Zhang Hao didn't care about any of that. Instead, he said, "No amount of harsh treatment is too much for a vicious criminal. You might want to find out how many disgusting things this person has done. Be prepared for what's to come."

Zhang Hao strode closer and placed his hand on Fedor's shoulder. Fedor trembled violently, filled with worry, fearing that Zhang Hao might kill him if he was displeased.

After all, he was a zombie himself, though only a hybrid zombie.

"Now, close your eyes."

Fedor dared not disobey and obediently closed his eyes.

Zhang Hao extended two fingers and gently wiped them in front of Fedor's eyes, and a drop of clear water quietly entered Fedor's eye.

"You can open your eyes now."

Fedor slowly opened his eyes, and in an instant, he saw that the room was filled with "people"!
No! It's not a person, it's a ghost!
Looking around, there must be several hundred ghosts in total!
Several of them looked very familiar to Fedor.

For example, Tulia was one of them!

Fedor's voice trembled as he asked, "What did you do to my eyes? How could I see these things?"

“What you see are the wronged souls, the wronged souls of those murdered by Adelaide.”

Adelaide killed so many people? That's terrifying! Fedor felt ashamed of his earlier sympathy. "I will perform a ritual to help these ghosts pass on peacefully so they can be reincarnated."

Zhang Hao lowered his head and took out a small bag from his pocket, which gradually grew larger in his hand.

He took out incense burners, candles, and other sacrificial items from inside.

After carefully arranging the incense burner and lighting the incense, Zhang Hao took out a wooden fish and began chanting scriptures while striking it.

When he chants scriptures, he exhales golden energy, which can cleanse the resentment of ghosts.

Gradually, the resentment was washed away, and the hideous ghosts gradually returned to their original appearance.

Fedor watched this scene from the sidelines, so shocked that his worldview collapsed once again, even though it had already been shattered once before.

"This this……"

Fedor watched as the souls washed away the black stains from their bodies. Then, Tulia's soul came to him: "I'm going to Heaven. I feel so guilty towards my grandmother. I couldn't fulfill my responsibility to raise her, and I won't be able to live with her anymore. Fedor, please tell my grandmother that I'm sorry, and that I love her."

After saying this, Tulia's soul slowly floated away, drifting towards the clouds, and finally disappeared into the horizon.

As Fedor watched the souls disappear one by one, an indescribable emotion welled up within him.

"Are zombies only capable of harming humans? I have the blood of such monsters in my veins. Does that mean I'll become like that someday?" Fedor raised his hand and looked at his palm. This hand looked no different from an ordinary person's.

But he fears that one day he will become like Adelaide, a scoundrel who has killed countless people.

"I won't let you become that kind of monster, of course, provided you're by my side and I can help you."

Zhang Hao said meaningfully.

Fedor fell silent, unsure whether to agree or refuse.

"Think it over carefully. The power within you will awaken sooner or later. If you don't control it properly then, your life will be greatly affected. I'll say it again: if you've thought it through, come find me. I welcome you to join us."

After saying that, Zhang Hao handed him a few banknotes, "This is your wages for today."

Watching Zhang Hao's departing figure, Fedor silently went back.

After leaving the slum, Zhang Hao did not go straight home, but instead headed to the street Adelaide had mentioned.

He felt that there seemed to be some kind of promotional event taking place there, with some related products being sold.

The street was bustling with activity, and as far as the eye could see, many vendors were selling ghost masks and props that looked both interesting and terrifying.

Under the streetlights, a dazzling array of spooky goods were on display, and many young people were buying these tools and props for dressing up as ghosts.

"Halloween is almost here! Let's quickly buy a bunch of costume props together, so we can have a spooky parade when the school has an event. I heard there's going to be a big event here, let's all come together, our school will definitely be the most eye-catching place!"

"I'm going to dress up as a demon!"

"I want to play Lucifer!"

"I! I want to play the evil spirit!"

The young people were happily buying props for playing ghosts and demons, including the stall Adelaide had mentioned.

The vendor at this stall is selling devil masks for $5 each, which is very cheap.

Zhang Hao observed the stall owner for a while and found that there was nothing unusual about him; everything seemed normal. The masks he was selling were also very ordinary, with nothing strange about them.

"Hello, what type of mask are you looking to buy? Whatever type, I have it all, I'm sure you'll be satisfied!"

Zhang Hao smiled, when his paper figure reminded him that he had already obtained the ghost mask from Adelaide's house.

The little paper figure has already delivered the mask via a long-distance delivery service.

Zhang Hao pretended to take a mask out of his backpack: "Do you still have any of these masks?"

It is a black and white mask with a blue face and fangs painted on it. It looks terrifying because it is entirely black and white.

"This one... it's gone. This mask was a limited edition. When I bought it wholesale, the shop owner said it was genuine and gave it to me for free. It sold out very quickly afterward."

"These goods you wholesale, you must have gotten them from that famous small wholesale town in the East, right?"

"That's right, that's where we wholesale them. Doing business with you Asians is pretty good; they even give you free gifts."

After confirming that the stall owner was not lying, Zhang Hao turned and left.

It seems that to continue the investigation, we need to turn our attention back to a small coastal town in China that specializes in wholesale.

However, it was too late to rush back to China now. Zhang Hao compiled the information he had found here into a document and sent it back to Lao Zhang in China, asking Lao Zhang to help investigate.

Given the speed of investigations in China, by the time things are clear on our end, they probably still won't have any results yet.

Finding nothing useful, Zhang Hao continued strolling along the bustling street. The street was teeming with people, all vibrant young people.

With so many people, if there's going to be an event here, they should have taken good security measures.

Out of professional habit, Zhang Hao first inquired about the security arrangements for the event. After a brief inquiry, he discovered that despite the event taking place on this street, the relevant departments hadn't implemented any security measures whatsoever!
Zhang Hao was very puzzled, so he asked the staff here. The staff from the relevant department said directly: "This is their spontaneous activity. Our police force is already very strained, and we really can't spare any more manpower."

"If there's a shortage of police manpower here, you can draw personnel from other departments..."

Before Zhang Hao could finish speaking, he was interrupted by someone next to him with a laugh.

“Other departments also have their own things to do, and even if they don’t have anything to do, they probably wouldn’t want to come here to work overtime.”

Then, the man explained to Zhang Hao in detail the operating rules of the law enforcement department here.

It turns out that the taxes collected on this street are only enough to maintain the current law enforcement manpower, and there's no more to go, because the total tax revenue for the entire street is limited.

After understanding, Zhang Hao was stunned. No wonder there were so many lawless people in the slums over there.

It turns out that the law enforcement agencies in the slums don't have enough tax revenue to hire more people, so they can only let so many lawbreakers thrive in the slums.

Therefore, the most peculiar thing about this largest Western power is that poor areas are bound to have poor public security, while rich areas are bound to have good public security, because the rich pay their taxes very readily.

After understanding the situation, Zhang Hao was basically speechless.

The street isn't actually very wide or large, but the promotional reach for this Halloween event is extensive. Judging from the number of young people buying props now, the event will attract at least tens of thousands of people.

A large gathering of tens of thousands of people, yet no law enforcement agencies were present to provide security... (End of Chapter)