I buried the gods in the restricted area.

Jiang Mian lost her job.

To be precise, he was forced to lose his job.

In the short time it took him to take a nap in the afternoon, all the tombstones in his shop disappeared, and he didn't know which bastard stole them.

This was his biggest order recently, a full eighty-eight tombstones, all made of the finest green inkstone. He'd poured in his deposit and savings, just waiting for delivery and payment tomorrow. And now, not even a single stone fragment was left for him.

Without this payment, he couldn't afford new stones; without stones, he couldn't carve tombstones; and without tombstones, he couldn't continue doing business.

So he lost his job.

Jiang Mian searched all afternoon but couldn't find the tombstone. She wanted to call the police, but her phone was nowhere to be found. When she got home late at night, she opened the door to find a large group of strangers standing inside.

He wasn't scared or angry; he just felt mentally exhausted.

So what if he's a thief? There's not much to steal from the house anyway.

Jiang Mian sighed, ignoring the various expressions on the faces of the crowd, and walked into the house, opened the refrigerator, and took out a can of cola.

He pulled up the tab and frowned slightly.

The taste isn't right... Is it expired?

At the same time, Zhou Kai and the others were on high alert, their muscles tense, their eyes fixed on this "thing" that even the resurrected corpses were terrified of.

It can't be wrong.

Although it has a human appearance, this guy in front of me is definitely a monster.

Zhou Kai was well aware that the company held the priority right to explore the City of the Dead, and during the priority exploration period, no force was allowed to send anyone into the City of the Dead.

The company only sent two teams this time, but he had never seen this face before.

This means that this guy was in the restricted area from the very beginning.

Combined with the series of bizarre events just now, he is clearly a native of the City of the Dead, a creature from a forbidden zone.

"Brother Zhou... what should we do?"

While they were thinking, one of the newcomers, his voice trembling with fear, quietly moved behind Zhou Kai.

Zhou Kai snapped out of his thoughts and glanced at him sideways: "What do you think we should do?"

The man hesitated for a moment, then said tentatively, "Should we... maybe we should retreat first... anyway, the six hours are up, and the exit from the restricted area should have reopened by now..."

"You can leave whenever you want, I won't stop you."

Zhou Kai said calmly, "If you can leave the City of the Dead alive, I can guarantee you a job opening."

"Really?" The man's eyes lit up.

Although he lacked courage, he still had good observation skills—after staying in the City of the Dead for so long, they hadn't encountered a single monster. If it weren't for that idiot Wang Shuai's indiscriminate killing, they wouldn't have encountered any trouble at all.

After all, it's only an F-level restricted area, with limited danger. Perhaps this monster that looks like a human is the only threat in the entire restricted area.

Therefore, as long as you stay away from this room and this monster, and do not kill any living beings during the evacuation, leaving the City of the Dead may not be a difficult task.

Of course, there are definitely risks involved, but it's worth the risk for a job opening.

Hearing Zhou Kai's promise, the petite girl named Jiang Rou was also somewhat tempted, but after much hesitation, she held back.

After a brief hesitation, the newcomer glanced at the two corpses with stiff smiles on their faces, then stole a look at the monster rummaging through the room. He simply closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and stormed out of the room without looking back.

The bold get rich, the timid starve. Cheers!

No one stopped them.

He rushed out of the corridor without looking back, and dared not take the rusty elevator. He tumbled and crawled down the stairs and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

……

Why is this guy running?

Jiang Mian turned around and looked at the fleeing figure with a puzzled expression, thinking to herself, "I haven't even run yet, why are you running away?"

Without giving it much thought, he turned to look at the few people still inside the house, a scrutinizing expression gradually appearing on his face.

"I said...do you have any water?"

water?

The group exchanged bewildered glances, and one person instinctively asked, "What water?"

"Of course, it's drinking water."

Jiang Mian raised an eyebrow, thinking these people were foolish. No wonder they thought of coming to her house as a group to steal things. She said dejectedly, "As you can see, all the drinks in my house are expired, and the water dispenser is just an empty bottle. Do you have any drinks to bring?"

Is this monster deliberately messing with us? This city has been doomed for at least two hundred years, how could the drinks not be expired?

Everyone thought to themselves that they were complaining, but no one dared to say anything.

"I...I brought it..."

After a brief silence, Jiang Rou weakly raised her left hand and whispered, "I still have a bottle of unopened mineral water in my bag..."

Zhou Kai glanced at her, surprised that the girl actually had the courage to speak, but he didn't stop her.

Jiang Mian looked in the direction the girl was pointing and saw a hiking backpack on the sofa. Without any hesitation, he strode over, unzipped it, took out a bottle of mineral water, and poured it into his mouth.

Whether they were thieves or just playing a prank, it's a fact that these guys broke into his house, not to mention they even broke his door lock. If he didn't have a cell phone, he would have called the police long ago. He's only asking for a bottle of water as interest, which is already very kind of him.

"Speaking of which, you still haven't answered my question. What are you doing in my house...?"

After drinking most of the bottle of water in one gulp, Jiang Mian finally quenched his thirst. He wiped his mouth, turned around and continued to look at the group, when suddenly he raised an eyebrow.

I couldn't see clearly from a distance, but now that I'm closer, I realize that two people look extremely pale, their faces ashen, as if they're about to die.

"What's wrong with them? They look like they're about to die!"

These two "people" were none other than the two corpses that had been forcing smiles. They had been trying very hard to pretend to be normal people, but they still managed to be detected.

The group looked at each other, unsure how to respond.

How should I put it? Should I say that they are not dying soon, but already dead?

What exactly does this monster mean? Can't it tell that these two corpses are dead?

"They were already dead..." a young man muttered to himself.

Although the sound was soft, it still reached Jiang Mian's ears clearly.

Jiang Mian seemed to be stunned for a moment, standing there in a daze for a long time.

The atmosphere suddenly froze, the air so thick it seemed to have stopped flowing.

In the shadows, his expression gradually became strange, finally turning to bewilderment: "What nonsense are you talking about? Why would a dead person move?"

The young man wanted to say something, but suddenly felt a chill run down his spine—he realized that the two smiling corpses had turned to look at him, their eyes terrifying as if they wanted to kill him.

No... it's not just "it seems".

He had a premonition that if it weren't for the monster still standing there, he would probably be dead already.

Why?

Just because you said they were dead?

The young man felt a chill run down his spine and quickly lowered his head, not daring to utter another sound.

Zhou Kai narrowed his eyes, quietly observing everything.

Jiang Rou tried her best to shrink her neck, praying desperately in her heart: I'm just a nobody, whether it's a monster or a corpse, please don't notice me at this time.

However, what she feared most came to pass. The next second, she felt herself being locked onto by two cold gazes.

She suddenly realized that the two corpses wanted her to help explain, but she had no idea what to say. After stammering for a while, she could only bite the bullet and say, "They...they're just sick. Although they're about to die, they're not dead yet. They're not dead yet, so...so they can still move..."

Good heavens, what nonsense am I spouting...?

Even Jiang Rou herself thought she was talking nonsense, but the monster seemed to have listened and asked curiously, "Sick?"

An invisible sense of oppression quietly dissipated, and she felt a lightness in her body. She vaguely grasped something and quickly nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Yes, it's being sick."

"What illness?"

"How would I know anything about illness..." Jiang Rou was completely flustered and hurriedly looked to Zhou Kai for help, but he ignored her completely. Under the cold gaze of the two corpses, she struggled for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out a sentence:

"White...albinism."

"Albinism?"

Jiang Mian looked suspicious and leaned closer to examine the two corpses carefully for a moment. "Their skin is indeed quite white... but I've heard that people with albinism also have white hair. Why is their hair still black?"

This guy is definitely not normal; who would stare at a patient so presumptuously...?

Jiang Rou forced a smile: "Because...because it's still in the early stages?"

"Really? Can people die in the early stages of albinism?" Jiang Mian seemed somewhat surprised.

Jiang Rou wasn't sure if he was being sarcastic, but she forced herself to continue, "Albinism is just the mildest form... They also get many other diseases, like cancer and stuff..."

"Cancer, no wonder you look so pale..."

Jiang Mian felt a pang of sympathy, then suddenly realized something and asked curiously, "Wait a minute, shouldn't we take them to the hospital if they're sick? What are all of you doing at my house?"

He paused, then suddenly realized, "Wait, you guys don't know what I do for a living, so you came all this way to find me, do you?"

"What...what do you do for a living?"

Jiang Rou swallowed hard. The more she looked at the monster in front of her, the more bizarre it seemed, and she unconsciously began to use a respectful title.

At the same time, everyone held their breath. They all wanted to know what this monster was all about.

Jiang Mian smiled slightly.

That smile was clearly clean and cheerful, but to everyone else, it had an indescribable sinister quality.

"I... am best at dealing with people who are about to die."