After crossing over, he has no taboos among the zombies.

Ling'an Lane, a famous haunted lane in Xicheng District.

A few years ago, Di Lu's spies killed more than half of the people in the entire alley, and rumors of hauntings frequently spread in Ling'an Alley. Many people also saw transformed corpses roaming there.

Over time, Ling'an Lane became a place where no living person could get close to.

Even during the day, people hurried past and did not dare to stay for a moment.

No one dared to approach at night. The dead silent alley was like a monster that was ready to devour anyone at any time.

"Hey! Hey! Big ghosts and little ghosts are sitting in a row. Everything is safe and sound."

"It's the second watch, the cold wave is coming, turn off the lights and close the doors."

Not far from Ling'an Lane, the old night watchman from West City was beating a bamboo clapper and patrolling the street.

Lao Bangzi's real name is Chen Laoer.

Night watchman was Chen Laoer's family heirloom. Like the officer on duty at the crematorium, he was a low-ranking clerk.

The night watchman's craft is passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson, from generation to generation.

Unlike the other night watchmen in the three cities who like to use gongs, Chen Laoer likes to use bamboo clappers.

The gong is made of copper and its sound is loud and can be heard from far away. It can scare away wild cats and dogs when struck. The bamboo clapper is not as good as it has a muffled sound and does not have this effect.

But Chen Laoer has only used bamboo clappers since his ancestors, believing that this bamboo clapper can turn misfortune into good fortune and has protected the Chen family for generations.

Therefore, the Chen family also has an ancestral nickname, called "Laobangzi".

No matter who takes over, he is called Lao Bangzi.

The old man died yesterday, and today he takes over.

At first I thought it was the old man pretending to be dead, but it was actually a father and son.

Closer to home.

When Lao Bangzi arrived at the entrance of Ling'an Lane, his heart couldn't help but get nervous.

This place is ominous and haunted by zombies. Lao Bangzi once saw one with his own eyes.

Quiet.

It was eerily quiet.

The entire alley was pitch black, without a trace of light or a sound.

The old clapper watched his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and walked quickly by while beating the bamboo clapper.

"Boom!"

"what!!"

"ah!@"

But at this moment, two shrill screams suddenly came from the depths of Ling'an Lane.

The old man was so frightened that his hair stood on end.

As far as he knew, no one lived in Ling'an Lane.

Why are there screams coming from inside?

Is it a human or a ghost?

"what!!"

"Ah~~"

This is not the end, screams continued to ring out.

Something flew out from the depths of the alley, making a sharp whistling sound.

There was also a fire in the depths of the alley, which spread at an extremely fast speed. In just a few breaths, a huge fire broke out.

Lao Bangzi had never seen such a fire before.

The fire was light red in color, and even across an entire alley, one could still feel its scorching heat.

And there was no black smoke above the flames.

The old man didn't dare to stay on the street, and hurried into an abandoned house not far away. He climbed up the beam in a few seconds, turned off the lights, and observed with silence.

This is Lao Bangzi's "refuge". Lao Bangzi will find such a refuge in advance almost every few hundred steps along the patrol route.

Once a dangerous situation occurs, you can avoid it in time and avoid cramming at the last minute.

Relying on this trick, Lao Bangzi avoided the Di Lu's rebellion several times and survived.

Just as I hid here, I heard footsteps coming from deep in the alley.

Staggering, breathing rapidly, Lao Bangzi could clearly hear the trembling sound in the throat when the person was extremely nervous.

A man stumbled out from the depths of the alley, slipped and fell to the ground.

In the light of the fire, Lao Bangzi vaguely saw that behind his bald head, there were only a few pigtails like rat tails.

It was Di Lu!

Di Lu looked into the alley, stepped back, and howled in fear.

The next moment, something shot out from the alley with a "whoosh" and nailed him to the wall.

Gravel and blood were flying everywhere, and the person was as light as a piece of rag.

Di Lu twitched twice and lowered his head.

A blurry figure walked out of the alley, came to Di Lu, reached out and pulled out the thing that shot Di Lu to death, dragged Di Lu's body, and returned to the alley.

A long trail of blood extended from the base of the wall and disappeared into the alley.

The old man was so frightened that he dared not even breathe, and his mind was almost blank.

The scene was so horrific that Di Lu, who was as cruel as a ghost, was nailed to the wall alive and had no power to resist.

The old man didn't dare to stay any longer, so he hurriedly got down from the beam and left through the back door, running to the West City Military Commission to report the news.

That night, he became the only witness.

The raging fire naturally attracted the attention of Feiyuwei and Wucheng Bingmasi.

At the sound of the whistle, the elite Feiyu Guards led the soldiers of the Five Cities Army and rushed towards Ling'an Lane.

The huge fire lit up almost half of the West City.

Wucheng Bingmasi's soldiers, under the command of the elite Feiyuwei, carried water to put out the fire.

A strange thing happened. No matter how much effort was put out on the fire, it would not go out, and there was not even a sign of it decreasing.

After working for a long time, there was no effect, and in the end, he could only watch the huge house turn into ashes bit by bit.

The fire burned all night long until everything that could be turned to ashes was burned out, and then it slowly went out.

At daybreak, Shen Lian, commander of the Feiyu Guard, led two thousand soldiers to inspect the ruins.

Nothing was left, only unburned human bones remained in the ruins.

But there was no need for Feiyuwei to identify them again because there were eyewitnesses. All Feiyuwei had to do was count the number to see how many Di Lu died that night.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief and the two Captains, based on the pattern of the unburned weapon and armor fragments at the scene, we can confirm that the deceased was a Dilu spy lurking in the capital."

"Preliminary investigations indicate that the weapon used by the assailant was likely a blunt weapon, which was powerful enough to crush both the person and the weapon."

"These are fragments of weapons removed from the wall. Please have them examined by the Commander-in-Chief and the two Captains."

A centurion who investigated the scene reported and presented evidence on a tray.

There were broken knife tips, shattered maces, fragments of heart guards, sharp teeth of meteor hammers, and cracked hammer heads.

"What a powerful force!" Yu Wenjing's face changed slightly.

"Even the hammer head was broken." Ji Chengliang was also shocked.

"What's this person's fighting style like?" Shen Lian frowned slightly.

The Survey Captain hesitated for a moment and said, "From the various clues we've gathered so far, it seems this person doesn't display any skill in combat. It seems he's simply using force to defeat skill. Simply... brute force."

Shen Lian pondered for a moment and said, "Continue the investigation and sort out the characteristics of the murderer as soon as possible."

"Yes."