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

"You're all right?"

Zhang Hao's question made Yan Jun laugh.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Talking to you in this tone might have made you too nervous. I'm fine, let's go."

Zhang Hao returned to the inn and thought about the previous conversation, but still felt uneasy.

Why mention that God for no apparent reason?
That god seemed to have a special relationship with Lord Yama, otherwise why would he try so hard to protect the bridge?
The boundary between life and death does need to be observed, but what if we ignore it?

Is this bridge particularly important to Lord Yan?

"What are you thinking about? You look so listless!" Fatty Wang came down from upstairs with a bunch of snacks in his hands.

After Fatty Wang sat down on the chair, he put the snacks on the table and started eating them one by one.

The way he ate made Zhang Hao couldn't help laughing.

"I say you are really careless. Aren't you afraid of getting three highs by eating so much?"

"Go to hell, can you say something nice?!" Fatty Wang rolled his eyes at him and continued eating while saying, "Recently, I have realized a truth about life. Do you want to hear it?"

Zhang Hao was really curious, and asked with his head tilted: "What on earth is that?"

“Enjoy life while you can! Because you never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident. If you never enjoy your life, wouldn’t that be too tragic?
Lao Han, speaking of this, I have always wanted to ask you, ever since we met you, you have always been like this, very mature. Although you are about the same age as Hao Xie, I always feel that you are much older than him mentally.

We haven’t asked about your past and don’t know your growing up experience, so I don’t know if it’s appropriate to talk about this now... but I feel like you don’t have the idea of ​​enjoying life in the moment.

You always tend to think the worst of things, or think of the worst results before doing anything. Although this can keep you nervous, being too nervous is no different from being a zombie.

Look at Hansan, he is afraid every day that we will abandon him, but who of us has ever thought of this?"

Hao Xie was stunned after hearing this long string of words.

"Fatty, didn't you expect you have such a high level of literature?"

Zhang Hao knew that this was just a joke, meant to lighten the atmosphere, but these words really touched him and he could never forget them.

That’s right, Zhang Hao does have this problem. He always thinks about the bad consequences before doing anything.

But... this bad result is not entirely a bad thing.

If persisting is too tiring, but you keep going, isn't that torturing yourself?
Sometimes negative thoughts are just a way for us to save face.

"I know what you mean, but to be honest, I used to be quite optimistic... but after going through so many things, I realized that I couldn't be optimistic anymore."

He was originally an ordinary person, but suddenly he came to another world with the system.

This world is different from what I have seen before, with all kinds of mysterious powers. Although I was very strong from the beginning, I was still afraid.

This fear is not the fear of failure or having no way out, but the fear of the unknown.

From then on, Zhang Hao got used to looking at things pessimistically, so that he could live a full life.

Otherwise, based on his previous experience, he would have been cast as a villain long ago.

Zhang Hao didn't want to say anything more. He walked to the fat man's table, grabbed two bags of snacks and started eating.

Fatty Wang immediately defended the food: "Hey, that's enough. If you want to pretend to be depressed and cheat for food, just say so! These snacks are limited edition, I have been saving them for a long time!"

He wanted to make a joke, but seeing that Zhang Hao was not interested, Fatty Wang muttered again: "If you want to pretend to be depressed and get food, just say so. It's not like I won't give it to you. It makes you look stingy! I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you! I have another order this afternoon, so I have to go out for a run."

The inn is busy recently, and everyone has tasks. The job of running orders is given to Wang Pangzi and Zhang Qilin. Zhang Qilin is mysterious, and Wang Pangzi has endless energy and is full of energy, so he is suitable for this kind of work that is not tiring but exhausting.

Hao Xie sat for a while, then suddenly asked, "How long has Zhang Qilin been gone?"

When they suddenly asked about Zhang Qilin, everyone was stunned.

"Not long, just a few days?"

Hao Xie stared at the registration document on the computer and shook his head.

"That's not right. How come there's still no news after several days?"

The inn rules state that no matter where you work, you have to burn talismans every other day to pass on information. Hao Xie usually calls to save trouble. Only Zhang Qilin and Han Shan, two old-fashioned people, use this method.

But Hao Xie waited for two or three days without any news from Zhang Qilin, and he became a little worried.

"It's really not normal. It's been like this for several days."

Everyone was busy these days, so they didn't pay much attention to Zhang Qilin's lack of response. Now that Hao Xie mentioned it, everyone realized that Zhang Qilin had really been gone for a long time.

Zhang Hao stood up and prepared to go back to his room to write a talisman to find Zhang Qilin.

Hao Xie couldn't wait any longer, so he stood up and said, "I'll go find it myself."

As soon as he left, he was stopped by Fatty Wang.

"Okay, you're so small and you still want to go find someone by yourself? Stay here, I'll help you."

"You all sit down. Finding someone is definitely not as fast as me casting a spell."

Moreover, if something really went wrong, Hao Xie didn't want everyone to panic right from the start.

If we had known this from the beginning... everyone would probably have been confused.

Back in the house, Zhang Hao burned a talisman, wrote Zhang Qilin's name on the talisman paper, then ran to the desk, opened the bottom drawer, and found the one for Zhang Qilin among several small boxes with names on them. When he opened it, he saw a small bunch of hair inside.

Zhang Hao took out a few strands of hair and placed them on the talisman paper.

Because I don't know his birthday, when I use the talisman to sense him, I have to keep thinking about this person in my heart, so that the talisman can have a response.

As the talisman and the hair were ignited, Zhang Hao kept sensing Zhang Qilin's location in his heart.

But the strange thing was that no matter how he sensed, Zhang Qilin didn't seem to respond.

What is certain is that Zhang Qilin is alive and in no danger, but his presence cannot be sensed, let alone his exact location. We only know that he is roughly in the southwest.

"Southwest... isn't that the earthquake zone?"

Zhang Hao was shocked by his own thought, but subconsciously denied it.

"Impossible, how could this be related to Zhang Qilin? He lost contact for several days, why did he have to go there?"

Although he said this, Zhang Hao still felt that this matter was not simple.

Everyone tried to comfort each other, saying that Zhang Qilin would be fine, but by the evening, no one could sit still any longer. Finally, Zhang Hao couldn't bear it any longer.

"If it doesn't work, let's go find him. This way, the doubts in our hearts can be resolved, right?"

As soon as this proposal came out, everyone agreed unanimously. Although there were many things to do now, it was obvious that the safety of their companions was what they were most worried about.

The earthquake zone is not very close to here, you have to drive there. It took me most of the day to drive there last time, and it will probably be about the same this time.

There were many people in the store, so Zhang Hao drove a car temporarily. He and Fatty Wang acted as drivers, and everyone else brought their equipment.

That's right, they were ready to fight this time when they went out.

Although no one said anything, this tacit understanding made them all stay alert and feel that they had to be more careful at this time. It was already night when several people arrived at the earthquake zone.

Maybe other people couldn't see it, but Zhang Hao saw it clearly.

There are still many ghosts floating around here, most of them are unconscious and harmless.

Normally, the underworld would not allow so many ghosts to float outside, but now is a special period and they can't take care of them because the underworld has long been overcrowded, there is really nothing they can do.

"We will split up and look for him later. Once we find him, if we are sure he is safe, we will bring him back directly. If we are not sure about the situation, we must inform the other team and discuss what to do after we meet up. Don't act rashly, understand?"

"understood."

Next, everyone divided into two teams.

Hao Xie and Fatty Wang are in one team, and Zhang Hao and Han Shan are in another team.

"Did you see that? There are a lot of ghosts here."

"I saw it."

"I was actually thinking just now, wouldn't it be better if we separated, since only the two of us could see it."

"It's not good for Hao Xie and Fatty Wang to see too much of these things. They just want to find Zhang Qilin, and Zhang Qilin is a human being. He can see without those eyes."

Zhang Hao always wants to protect others, and subconsciously doesn't want others to see too much of things in unknown areas.

Zhang Hao thought this was protection, but in fact, for friends, this kind of protection is not necessary.

In this situation, no matter how much you say, it's useless. Zhang Hao has already immersed himself in his own world. Maybe he is too nervous, so he doesn't want to take any risks.

As they were walking, Hansan suddenly asked, "Where did you go yesterday morning?"

"I went to the underworld."

"What's going on?"

Everyone is now exhausted and feels that Zhang Hao will definitely have something big to report once he goes there.

Zhang Hao shook his head helplessly and smiled: "That adult just told me a story."

Who is the protagonist of this story? Zhang Hao has almost figured it out in the past two days, but he doesn't have enough evidence to verify his guess.

Moreover, this conjecture, whether true or false, is of no help to the current situation. Danger is approaching quietly, and all of them have to try their best to survive in this dangerous environment.

The epicenter of the earthquake was not very large, only a dozen kilometers long, but the affected area extended for dozens of kilometers, and Zhang Hao's corpse-driving inn was almost involved. Fortunately, there were two rivers between the inn and the epicenter, which played a good buffering role and saved the inn.

There are dilapidated ruins all around. The once warm and beautiful houses have now turned into broken bricks and tiles in the ravines.

When people walk on the desolate ruins, they can still see kitchen utensils and furniture sticking out of the houses. These are traces of people who once lived there, but now they are just lifeless dead objects.

The rescue team has been working here for several days, and many bodies have not yet been dug out.

Because the situation was too serious, ordinary people were later accepted as volunteers to participate in the rescue. However, ordinary people as volunteers needed to come during the day for easier management.

They only have time to come in at night.

Because it is uncertain whether there will be aftershocks, the rescue team will not stay here at night, but will evacuate to a safe area more than 100 kilometers away, with only a few people left here to guard.

Zhang Hao looked around but couldn't sense any signs of life under the ruins.

I know there may be many people buried here, but now they have all become cold corpses and will never respond again...

As he walked, Han Umbrella suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

"This feeling is getting stronger and stronger, as if some kind of power is constantly surging out from the ground..."

Zhang Hao had the same feeling before. This thing could not be distinguished between good and evil, but what was certain was that if the owner of this power really came to the world, no one would be able to resist.

Faced with the same concerns as Han Shan, Zhang Hao's reaction now is calmer than before.

"No matter who it is, if they threaten everything I swore to protect, I will do my best to protect this peace."

This tranquility is actually what Zhang Hao wants to protect the most.

After so long, he has become accustomed to life in this world. If he were suddenly asked to return to his old days, he might feel uncomfortable.

Han San’s idea is actually simpler than Zhang Hao’s.

"I just want to keep the status quo. I feel happy just staying in the inn with you and the rest of you."

Han Umbrella, who has no memory, no identity, and nothing, can still receive the care he has now, which is what he has always dreamed of.

As Zhang Hao walked, he suddenly stopped, and the talisman in his hand made a strange sound, as if it felt the power of its owner.

The owner of this spell is Zhang Qilin. Now the spell is suddenly agitated, indicating that there may be Zhang Qilin's breath or clues nearby. But this clue is so agitated, could it be that Zhang Qilin encountered an accident?
Although I had anticipated the worst outcome before coming here, when it came, I still couldn't help feeling scared, and even subconsciously wanted to escape.

"How about I go by myself?"

Han Shan seemed to see through Zhang Hao's fear and volunteered to solve the problem.

But Zhang Hao shook his head.

"If I was really afraid of this, I wouldn't have come. I should have thought that Zhang Qilin didn't give us any news. It's very likely that he encountered an accident and couldn't pass on the news."

Thinking of this, Zhang Hao stopped, held the talisman in his hand, closed his eyes and felt it carefully.

This power seemed to come from... very far away, but this far was not the far on the ground. Rather, this power seemed to come from underground.

Some kind of underground power and Zhang Qilin's power are intertwined, and now Zhang Hao can feel it.

Zhang Hao opened his eyes and subconsciously glanced at the ground, his expression more solemn than ever before.

Han Shan and Zhang Hao have been together for so long that they have already developed a tacit understanding. Seeing him like this, she understood everything instantly.

"Is Zhang Qilin really underground?"

"I don't know. I just know that we might have to go down there and take a look."

This is a place that I have always been reluctant to touch, but for the sake of my friends, I now have to go there.

"Then I'll call Brother Haoxie and the others right now."

"No, don't tell them!" Zhang Hao grabbed Han Shan's hand, smashed his cell phone and threw it on the ground.

"What are you..."

In the end, the two looked at each other in silence. Zhang Hao didn't say anything more and jumped into the deep cave with Han Shan.

The dangers in the cave are unknown and full of challenges. Han Shan insisted on letting Zhang Hao walk behind him while he bravely moved forward and led the way.

Zhang Hao did not refuse, he guarded the rear vigilantly to prevent any sudden danger. (End of this chapter)