I buried the gods in the restricted area.

"You mean... a monster from the forbidden zone?"

Jiang Mian's voice was soft, yet it was like a cold chisel, each word piercing into everyone's eardrums.

Jiang Rou couldn't understand why such an ordinary question would provoke such obvious rejection from the other party.

and many more……

She suddenly thought of something.

When the two corpses were referred to as "dead men" earlier, they seemed to show displeasure. And Mr. Jiang Mian's reaction at the time was also somewhat strange.

He asked, "Why do people move after they die?"

So... could there be another rule in this City of the Dead, where certain words are taboo? Perhaps words like "monster" and "dead" are simply not allowed to be mentioned?

There have been similar legends in the past, that if a person who has returned to the world knows that they are dead, they will completely perish, so those around them must treat them as if they were alive...

No, no, that's not right.

Mr. Jiang Mian was never truly dead. No matter how much a corpse is resurrected, it cannot retain body temperature and vitality. If the City of the Wrongfully Dead truly possessed the power to completely resurrect people, it could not possibly be merely an F-level restricted area.

Or perhaps Mr. Jiang Mian simply doesn't like to talk about these things?

Jiang Rou's thoughts raced, but just then, the invisible pressure that had enveloped the surroundings suddenly dissipated, as if everything just now was merely an illusion.

She looked up and saw that Jiang Mian had returned to normal, with a hint of confusion in her eyes:

"What are you talking about? What monster came from in the scenic area?"

Perhaps because he was in a hurry to use the restroom, he didn't delve into the matter. He shook his head and was about to head to the bathroom when Jiang Rou suddenly seemed to remember something. Her expression changed slightly, and she quickly grabbed his arm: "Mr. Jiang Mian... I suddenly have a stomachache. Can I go to the restroom first?"

Jiang Mian turned around, her gaze first falling on the other person's bloodstained right hand, her eyes pausing slightly.

If he remembered correctly, the girl had kept her hands in her pockets the whole time, so where did the blood come from?

and many more.

My stomach suddenly started hurting, and I'm bleeding so much... could it be...?

Seeing Jiang Mian staring intently at her blood-stained right hand, Jiang Rou's heart skipped a beat. Just as she was about to try to explain, she saw the other party gently pull her arm away.

"Go."

Jiang Mian said casually, taking out a tissue to wipe the blood off her arm. "Look around the bathroom and see if there's anything you can use to take care of it. Don't rush."

Jiang Rou was taken aback.

"Sure enough, of these new recruits, only Jiang Rou has any brains..."

Zhou Kai watched this scene silently. He understood that Jiang Rou had remembered the corpse hidden in the bathroom. Judging from the previous two corpses' hasty attempts to hide them, it was clear that she couldn't let this person named Jiang Mian see it.

She wanted to dispose of the body.

However, Zhou Kai knew that with this girl's temperament and abilities, it would be difficult for her to completely destroy the evidence, so he suddenly said, "I also have a bit of a stomachache, let me go first."

He glanced at the two corpses behind him, wondering if they would still restrict their movements under these circumstances.

As expected, both corpses released their grip at the same time.

Clearly, both sides share the same stance on "avoiding disturbing Jiang Mian as much as possible."

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback, but Jiang Rou immediately reacted and nodded, saying, "Then Brother Zhou, you go first..."

Before she could finish speaking, she seemed to remember something and glanced at Jiang Mian somewhat awkwardly.

Jiang Mian shrugged, looking completely unconcerned: "It doesn't matter who goes first, I don't care."

Looking at that gentle and clean face, Jiang Rou felt more and more that although he could be quite frightening at times, Mr. Jiang Mian might not be a difficult person to get along with.

Zhou Kai walked into the bathroom and immediately saw Wang Shuai's corpse, which had somehow stood up. The corpse seemed to have "come back to life," but because it was also afraid of Jiang Mian, it only dared to hide in the bathroom and remain motionless.

Before long, the sound of repeated flushing came from the bathroom, making everyone's hearts jump.

Jiang Mian was also a little alarmed, thinking to herself that it was no wonder this guy was rushing to use the toilet. The noise was far too loud, and it would be an understatement to describe it as overwhelming. Could it have clogged the toilet?

Jiang Rou had a vague idea of ​​what Zhou Kai was doing, and her face turned pale. In order not to arouse suspicion, she had no choice but to take the initiative to talk to Jiang Mian. She gradually discovered that as long as she did not mention forbidden areas or other such things, the other party was indeed a very easy person to talk to.

It is noteworthy that during the conversation, many of the things the other party mentioned, such as airplanes, were clearly products from two hundred years ago as recorded in the book.

Since the forbidden zone appeared, the sky has no longer belonged to mankind. Airplanes have long been obsolete and only exist in history, but Jiang Mian seems to know nothing about this.

"Mr. Jiang Mian... seems to still think that this is the world two hundred years ago, before the forbidden zone existed?" Jiang Rou guessed uncertainly.

Having learned her lesson, she didn't dare to ask directly. She wanted to probe indirectly, but perhaps because she was too tired, Jiang Mian leaned back on the sofa and closed her eyes, as if she had fallen asleep.

"Mr. Jiang Mian?"

"Mr. Jiang Mian?"

Jiang Rou called out softly a few times, but received no response. The other newcomers looked at each other, wondering if the girl had gone mad, chatting so enthusiastically with a creature from a forbidden zone.

Just then, Zhou Kai, soaking wet, walked out of the bathroom while wiping his hands. A short man quickly stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Brother Zhou, this monster seems to be asleep. Should we take this opportunity to kill it?"

Zhou Kai glanced at him sideways: "You can try it."

The short man broke out in a cold sweat under his gaze, swallowed nervously, and asked anxiously, "Then... what should we do now?"

"Withdraw," Zhou Kai said without hesitation.

The digger's intuition told him that there was something seriously wrong with the City of the Dead, and that the person who called himself Jiang Mian was extremely strange. Although he had not shown any malice yet, it was best to retreat first as a precaution.

Anyway, some people have already gone to scout ahead.

"Withdraw? Withdrawal is fine!"

The short man's eyes lit up; he didn't want to stay in this godforsaken place for another second. However, before he could share this good news, he heard a trembling voice from the window say, "Look what's downstairs..."

Zhou Kai's expression darkened slightly as he quickly walked to the window, and Jiang Rou hurriedly followed.

The moment she saw the scene downstairs, her face turned deathly pale.

Downstairs, there were countless "figures," almost filling the entire city, but when they arrived, the City of the Dead was clearly empty.

As if sensing everyone's gaze, the next second, all the "figures" downstairs looked up at the same time.

Corpses, countless corpses.

Each body was deathly pale, with icy eyes, and an abyss of silence.

The malice felt tangible, as if it wanted to transform into a giant hand and pull everyone down the stairs to become one of them.

"Brother Zhou, are we... are we still going to retreat...?"

Zhou Kai's expression was uncertain, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes. He glanced back at the sleeping Jiang Mian and then drew the curtains.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

……

Meanwhile, in Linjiang City, at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs.

The office was brightly lit, and the cold light from the computer screen reflected on Qin Zhen's hard-lined face. He had just finished a six-hour meeting, and there was a hint of weariness between his brows. He had a half-smoked cigarette between his fingers.

"Bang bang bang".

There was a rapid knock on the door, and the assistant pushed it open and placed an encrypted document with a red wax seal in front of him.

"Boss, the encrypted files from headquarters say that at 3:46 PM today, 'Bodhi' dropped a black leaf, indicating that a new forbidden sequence has awakened."

"Black leaves?"

Qin Zhen paused, his hand still holding the cigarette, and pressed his temples with his slightly yellowed fingertips. "An S-rank forbidden sequence, huh? Looks like we're in trouble... But that's not unusual, is it? Do we really need to encrypt the files?"

"Headquarters said this forbidden sequence is a bit special, and..."

"And what?"

"...and the writing on the leaves is red."

The assistant looked strange.

"To date, not a single leaf has ever had red writing on it."