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"I didn't expect to find such a promising talent among this group. I just don't know if he can pass the next two rounds!"

Zhao Zhen also saw Zheng Xuan's swimming skills. To be honest, as a skilled swimmer, he couldn't find a single fault with them.

Fast, steady, and accurate!

Zhao Zhen commented on Zheng Xuan's swimming style, saying that "fast" refers to speed and "steady" refers to Zheng Xuan's sense of balance while swimming. He doesn't thrash around wildly, and every stroke is effective, unlike some people who swim as if they are drowning, with water splashing more than three feet high.

"Accurate" refers to Zheng Xuan's accurate control of the water flow. When swimming, mastering the water flow can save a lot of effort. These are all qualities of a qualified swimmer, which are hard to come by.

In this respect, many members of the corpse retrieval team are probably not as good as him.

Zhao Zhen was also somewhat appreciative of talent. At this moment, Water Ghost Li took a puff of his pipe and said, "Just being able to swim isn't enough. Let's see how you do in the next two challenges."

Zhao Zhen nodded upon hearing this and said, "That's true. Actually, the second son of the He family and the nephew of the Yu family are both good prospects."

As the two were talking, Zheng Xuan had already passed the first round of assessments with the first place in the fifth group. After the final selection was completed, a total of seven people were selected, including Zheng Xuan, Yu Biao, and He Miao.

Zhou Xun then arrived at the dock and said, "Winner, please follow me."

As he spoke, Zhou Xun led everyone into the courtyard. By then, the sun was already setting, around four o'clock in the afternoon. The competition between the groups still took some time.

Meanwhile, a large pot was set up in the corpse retrieval team's courtyard, with a sheep stewing inside. Freshly made tofu pudding was also on the table. Zhou Xun said, "Are you all hungry? Come to our corpse retrieval team and we'll treat you to a meal. Eat, eat!"

Seeing the mutton and tofu pudding, the passersby were so hungry their eyes turned green. These days, everyone is having a hard time. Many people don't see oil for a month or two, let alone eat mutton.

While tofu pudding may seem insignificant, soybean production was extremely low in that era, making tofu and tofu pudding quite expensive, unlike in later times when they were among the cheapest foods.

Zheng Xuan was also hungry. Seeing the mutton soup and tofu pudding, he was ravenous and sat down to eat.

As he ate, he noticed something: He Miao and Yu Biao didn't eat any tofu pudding, and they only ate a few bites of mutton, mostly munching on dry flatbread.

Zheng Xuan frowned slightly, then looked around at the many corpse retrieval teams, who stood with their arms crossed, watching the people eating as if it were a spectacle, each with a look of schadenfreude on their faces.

Something is wrong!

At this time, Zheng Xuan also began to eat less meat, only eating flatbread, and he didn't touch the tofu pudding at all.

Just then, a fat man noticed that Zheng Xuan wasn't eating the tofu pudding, even though he had finished his bowl of tofu pudding and mutton and was clearly still hungry. He looked at Zheng Xuan and said, "Brother, are you going to eat any more?"

Zheng Xuan glanced at the fat man and said, "I'm not eating."

"Then I'll eat it!"

The fat man said, and Zheng Xuan nodded, "Please go ahead."

The next moment, the fat man was seen holding a large bowl of tofu pudding, topped with a layer of chili oil and a layer of chive blossoms, and slurping it down happily.

About fifteen minutes later, Zhou Xun came over and, seeing that the contestants were almost full, laughed and said, "Alright, you're full. Let's move on to the second round. The second round will be a test of courage."

"See those two rooms over there? They contain the river floats we recently pulled up. Your next challenge is simple: go inside and stay there until dawn tomorrow. Whoever is still inside by then passes. Easy, right?"

"Spending the night with a river drifter!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces turned grim, as novices were still quite wary of corpses.

Even Zheng Xuan felt a chill. After all, his wife was a mermaid. If mermaids exist, then do ghosts exist in this world? It's really hard to say.

Zhou Xun said, "Alright, the seven of you will be divided into two groups. The ones whose names are called next will be in morgue A, and the remaining three will be in morgue B."

The groups were quickly formed: Zheng Xuan, Yu Biao, Zhou Shuangxi, and Yang Dali were in one group, while the other seeded player, He Miao, was in another room.

The door to Morgue A was opened, and Zheng Xuan, Yu Biao, Zhou Shuangxi, and Yang Dali were brought to the entrance.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance, they saw lime scattered on the ground. As soon as the morgue door opened, a stench of corpses mixed with the smell of mugwort wafted out.

In that instant, with a loud "whoosh," Zhou Shuangxi, the fat guy who had eaten Zheng Xuan's tofu pudding, vomited.

The smell was so strong that Zheng Xuan almost threw up.

Seeing their behavior, Yu Biao glanced at them with disdain in his eyes. "Two cowards. What's so scary about corpses? I've lived with my uncle since I was a child. I've seen plenty of corpses."

Thinking it over, Yu Biao strode into the house. Yang Dali, who was standing next to him, also looked very unhappy, but he insisted on going into the house as well.

Zheng Xuan glanced at the fat man Zhou Shuangxi behind him and asked, "Are you alright?"

Zhou Shuangxi waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I just ate too much tofu pudding."

Are you two coming in or not?

At this moment, the person in charge of the assessment saw the two dawdling and called out. Zheng Xuan and Zhou Shuangxi also gritted their teeth and entered the room. As soon as they entered the room, they heard a click behind them and the door of the morgue was locked.

Upon entering the house, they were greeted by three wooden beds, on which lay three corpses, their faces obscured by straw curtains.

Meanwhile, Yu Biao was looking around, Yang Dali hid in a corner, Zhou Shuangxi covered his mouth and nose and hid in a corner, and Zheng Xuan also looked around with Yu Biao.

Yu Biao glanced at the three men with disdain in his eyes; in his view, only He Miao from the next room was a match for him.

Have you ever seen a river float?

Yu Biao glanced at the three men and asked. Upon hearing this, Yang Dali and Zhou Shuangxi both shook their heads. Yu Biao looked at the two men and smiled, saying, "Then this is a rare opportunity. Let's get to know each other better."

As he spoke, he headed straight for the mortuary bed and towards the three bodies of river drifters covered by a curtain.

"What are you trying to do!"

Yang Dali and Zhou Shuangxi were shocked to see this and cried out. Yu Biao turned to look at the two of them, including Zheng Xuan who was silent, and said, "Look at you two cowards. You want to be corpse retrievers? You think you can be afraid of river floaters?"

"Come on, let's see what kinds of things these are. Let me tell you, there are many kinds of river floaters, and they die all sorts of ways. Today, you'll all have a feast for the eyes!"

As he spoke, he directly lifted the straw curtain on the first bed.

The next moment, a female corpse was revealed. The corpse appeared to have died recently; its face wasn't particularly grotesque. However, what made Zheng Xuan and the other two's hearts skip a beat was the corpse's swollen belly, as if she were six months pregnant. Seeing this, Yu Biao couldn't help but say:

"Guys, we've hit the jackpot! These riverboats with offspring are extremely rare. It's said that they harbor the most resentment and are very prone to turning into zombies. They might even become vengeful ghosts tonight! Don't go to sleep tonight, or these evil spirits will come to claim your lives!"

Ha ha……

Yu Biao stared at Yang Dali, Zhou Shuangxi, and Zheng Xuan with a look of schadenfreude in his eyes!