Zombie Life Begins in Hongxi Village

"Shall we continue, Brother Hua?" one of the burly men asked Yang Shihua cautiously.

"Go? Go my ass! Are you going to go and die?" Yang Shih-hua slapped the burly man on the back of the head in annoyance.

He wasn't stupid; the other party was just a little girl who smashed the more than half-foot-thick bluestone yin-yang fish plate with a single punch.

How could they possibly deal with such a monster with just a few broken swords?

Going up there is just suicide.

"Go back and get your weapons." Yang Shih-hua took a deep breath and winked at the burly man who had been slapped on the head.

"Bring the shotgun too. Hmph, I don't believe she's immune to bullets."

No matter how skilled you are in kung fu, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife; no matter how fast you are in martial arts, you can't outrun a gun.

Trying to show off? Let her know what it means that times have changed.

"Well, I didn't expect you not only wanted to kill people, but also harbored guns, and even shotguns!"

"Don't move! Put down your knives and lie flat on the ground, or we'll shoot!"

Just then, a loud shout rang out from behind them.

Shi Chun emerged from behind an old banyan tree, its trunk so thick it would take two people to hug it, gripping his gun with both hands, the dark muzzle pointed directly at Yang Shihua and the others.

Chen Longshi also emerged from the other side, gun in hand, aiming steadily at the group.

"It's you! You were following us!!"

Yang Shihua and the others looked extremely grim.

They never dreamed that while they were stalking the cicada, there was another mantis unaware of the oriole behind them.

The group exchanged glances, ultimately deciding not to risk a direct confrontation with the bullets. With grim faces, they threw their machetes to the ground, covered their heads, and collapsed to the ground.

"Chen Longshi, go find a vine and tie them up."

Shi Chun gave Chen Longshi a wink.

Chen Longshi responded and quickly tore off a few finger-thick mountain vines from the side, binding Yang Shihua and the others' hands and feet tightly in no time.

At this moment, Nianying and the others also heard the commotion.

Nianying nervously grabbed Lin Yi's arm: "Brother-in-law, there are people over there! Are they here to steal the treasure?"

Before Lin Yi could speak, Li Lingling interrupted with an expression of admiration:

"What's there to be afraid of? With a master like Sister Qingqing here, who dares to try and steal our treasure? We'll take them down one by one, and two by two!"

"That's true."

The girls immediately relaxed and surrounded Ren Qingqing, chattering away with questions.

"Sister Qingqing, why are you so amazing...?"

"Sister Qingqing, have you mastered some kind of powerful martial arts manual?"

"Sister Qingqing, I heard that martial arts practitioners have rough skin. Why is your skin so good?"

"..."

Ren Qingqing was struggling to keep up with the questions. She couldn't very well say that she became stronger after being bitten by Lin Yi, could she?

At this moment, Shi Chun and Chen Longshi walked over.

Shi Chun flashed his police ID and said to Lin Yi and the others:

"Gentlemen, we are police officers. We met you on the beach this morning."

I suspect that illegal activities are taking place in this area, possibly including drug production.

Please do not leave here until you have been cleared of suspicion.

"Chen Longshi, you stay and watch over them. I'll go down and check on the situation."

He tried to be as businesslike as possible, but his gaze kept glancing at Ren Qingqing, his right index finger on the trigger, his body taut like a bow.

He did suspect that this place was a drug manufacturing den, otherwise Yang Shih-hua and his gang would not have intended to kill these tourists.

But he wasn't sure if Lin Yi and his group were involved; it might be a case of double-crossing.

Having worked at the grassroots level for so many years, Shi Chun knows all too well that the world is two-faced, and that the more harmless a person seems, the more likely they are to be hiding a knife.

"Are you kidding me? We are students from Nalan Girls' Middle School!"

"My dad is Lin Guodong, the owner of Minghui Garment Factory. Do you believe I can get my dad to file a complaint against you?" Lin Qingqing was the first to object.

She was very obedient in front of Lin Yi, but as a pampered rich girl, her inherent arrogance was genuine.

A mere police chief on a run-down island dares to suspect her of involvement in drug production? That's a joke.

Li Lingling puffed out her chest and chimed in, "That's right! My dad is Li Mingbo, the chairman of Huasheng Trading Company, and my grandfather is a Justice of the Peace."

"Do you believe I can get him to take this to Government House and make sure you can't even be a police officer anymore?"

Li Lingling tilted her chin up, like a proud little swan.

Yan Ruyu did not immediately introduce herself.

Her family only owns a decent restaurant, which can't compare to the businesses owned by her two best friends.

However, her eyes lit up, and she immediately brought up Lin Yi, the true god: "Hmph, our Brother Lin is the big boss of Umbrella! You don't actually think the richest man in Hong Kong would come to this crappy island to traffic drugs, do you?"

Shi Chun and Chen Longshi were dumbfounded. The identities of these people were all incredibly exaggerated, and none of them were people they could afford to offend.

Especially with Lin Yi, the richest man in the country, it would be too easy for him to mess with them.

They had seen Lin Yi from afar that morning, assuming he was just an ordinary rich young man out having fun. They never expected him to be the owner of the famous Umbrella Corporation.

Chen Longshi was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat, and even the snake gall poison in his body was mostly cured.

Offending a foreign police superintendent might at most result in being transferred to guard a reservoir, or at worst, being dismissed. But if you offend a tycoon like Lam Yee, he might really "wipe out your entire family."

As for police protection?

To put it bluntly, in this era of Hong Kong Island, the status of Chinese police officers is even lower than that of Indians.

You can tell just by looking at the positions: Chinese police officers can only reach the rank of police chief, while Indian police officers have an even higher rank, chief of police.

Foreigners don't even regard Chinese police officers as human beings; for these big bosses, killing them would be as easy as crushing an ant.

Of course, under Lin Yi's influence, the Hong Kong government has recently been pushing for reforms to improve the status of Chinese police officers.

Furthermore, Lui Lok will skip the so-called Chief Detective and directly become the first Chinese inspector on Hong Kong Island.

……

Lin Yi is no longer an ordinary person in their eyes, but a mountain of money that is suffocating them.

Shi Chun and Chen Longshi dared not be presumptuous any longer. They quickly put away their pistols and forced a smile that was a mixture of awe and flattery on their faces.

Shi Chun bent down and approached Lin Yi, his tone changing 180 degrees: "Mr. Lin, you've come to Half Bay Island to play in person."

Those thugs who tried to harm you have been subdued by me. Don't worry, as long as I, Shi Chun, am here, Banwan Island will be perfectly peaceful.

"You lot must be here on an adventure, right? Why don't Chen Longshi and I go down and scout ahead first, so we can eliminate any dangers beforehand?"

Lin Yi gave him an approving look and said in a gentle tone, "Chief Shi did a good job, much better than that Lin You."

Shi Chun was overjoyed upon hearing this, and his face glowed with a smile.

If you could get on the good side of the richest man, wouldn't you be set for life?

He quickly called Chen Longshi, and the two of them ran to the side and cut a few sturdy vines, then dismantled some branches and hurriedly made a simple vine ladder.

Chen Longshi even gave it a good tug to make sure it was sturdy enough before lowering the rattan ladder down the gentle slope of the depression.

"Mr. Lin, I'll go down and scout ahead first," Shi Chun volunteered, grabbing the rattan ladder.

"Wait," Lin Yi called out to him, "Let Qingqing go down first."

"Uh... okay."

Shi Chun was taken aback for a moment, then gave an awkward smile and made way for her.

Little did he know that with the Yin-Yang fish restriction broken, the four fierce ghosts below were completely freed and could be released at any time.

They didn't rush out immediately because of the oppressive aura emanating from Ren Qingqing.

The current situation is completely different from the restrictions in the original series.

A vengeful ghost in its prime is completely different from the few things in the movie that were half-dead from being suppressed by the seal.

A police chief of Shi Chun's rank is just an ordinary person with a bit of imperial air. If he were to face a fully resurrected century-old vengeful ghost, he probably wouldn't even survive a single encounter.

Ren Qingqing nodded to Lin Yi and walked to the edge of the depression.

Before Shi Chun and the others could even say "be careful," she had already leaped down, floating lightly into the air.

The moment Ren Qingqing landed, four gusts of yin wind shot up from the ground, and four fierce ghosts fled outside like madmen.

They had lost all trace of their century-old ferocity, and each one ran faster than a frightened rabbit.

Ren Qingqing frowned slightly, flicked her wrist, and a string of Buddhist prayer beads flew out of her hand.

Those prayer beads were personally blessed by Master Yixiu, the Lord of the City of the Wrongfully Dead, and have an extremely strong ability to restrain evil spirits and malevolent forces.

As the prayer beads scattered, they transformed into a golden radiance. The two slower-moving ghosts only had time to let out a shrill, inhuman scream before their souls were shattered by the golden light.

The other two ghosts seized the opportunity to slip away and fled without looking back.

Seeing that Lin Yi had no intention of making a move, Ren Qingqing stopped pursuing him.

She called out to those above, "It's alright, everyone come down."

Shi Chun and Chen Longshi only felt a white shadow flash before their eyes, as if something had emerged from the ground.

The two rubbed their eyes at the same time, and when they looked more closely, the cave below was calm and peaceful, with only Ren Qingqing standing there unharmed.

The other girls who were farther away from the cave entrance didn't see anything at all, only Lin Yi had a slight smile on her lips.

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