An Xin frowned slightly. This was troublesome. Although the depth of the lake water did not need to be measured at ten points, there was only one accurate point, Zhang San, so it was impossible to obtain accurate data.
An Xin's gaze fell on the dark creature again. With so many of these things growing at the bottom of the lake, even if someone went down, the chances of survival would be slim...
Thinking of this, An Xin felt a little irritated. When she glanced at Yan Zhen, who was still sulking, her irritation intensified. She walked to the lake shore, but there was no ripple. Her expression darkened. She walked to the ten designated points and pulled on the ropes. Her hand suddenly stopped. Surprisingly, some of them were fixed!
An Xin breathed a heavy sigh of relief. In any case, it seemed that some of those death row inmates had their stones tied to their bodies, which would make the data much more accurate.
An Xin casually picked up a twig and started drawing on the ground when a strange voice suddenly came from beside her ear: "What are you writing?"
An Xin glanced at it, and Yan Zhen stared at the "scribbles" on the ground with flickering eyes. An Xin really surprised him more and more. Despite his extensive knowledge and wide experience, he couldn't guess anything about what she had written!
An Xin glanced at the calculation formula she had drawn, hurriedly erased it, and said, "You wouldn't understand even if I told you!"
Yan Zhen's face darkened, and the anger that had just subsided surged up again.
An Xin stared at the lake for a moment and then said, "They are dead."
Yan Zhen said calmly, "He died a worthy death."
An Xin, unusually, did not refute Yan Zhen, but simply stared at the lake, lost in thought.
The sky darkened slightly, and the setting sun blazed like fire, painting the vast lake surface. For a fleeting moment, the lake shimmered with a brilliant, fiery glow, and An Xin's skin was also bathed in a soft golden light.
At this moment, Yan Zhen clearly felt that the distance between him and her was vast, not just in their hearts, but seemingly separated by a thousand years. This feeling was unpleasant.
Yan Zhen raised her hand and put it around her.
An Xin was taken aback, then glared at him and said, "What are you doing?! Weren't you just sulking?"
Yan Zhen looked at her angry eyes and brows, and the momentary daze just now seemed like an illusion. He leaned down and kissed her forehead, saying, "Why are you so angry? Doesn't Xin'er know that a prime minister's belly can hold a boat?"
An Xin's face stiffened, and her lips twitched. If someone could give her a stick, she would beat him to death!
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Chapter Seventy-Nine: Failure
The market is deserted. Who could have imagined that Kyoto, the most prosperous city in the country, would one day become so desolate!
An Xin said, "Since ancient times, prosperity has always been followed by decline, and glory is like a dream. Even humans cannot escape this fate!"
Yan Zhen said, "Yes, in the past we took the wrong way when we went out, but now we have finally found the straight path."
An Xin suddenly paused, staring at the empty street, feeling a cold wind blow past!
In my opinion, a person like the Right Prime Minister, who is without principles, morals, or decency, should be drowned in a pig cage and sent to hell!
"Ah—" A sharp scream suddenly rang out!
These are extraordinary times in the capital. Hearing such a chilling scream startled even An Xin. Her eyes darkened, and she abruptly ran towards the source of the scream.
The screamer was a woman, who appeared to be between thirty and forty years old. The sound came from the southeast, about three hundred meters away. Judging from the level of terror in her scream, she must have been greatly frightened!
An Xin's eyes darkened. The matter in Fengxian Village was not yet settled; she mustn't let anything else happen!
Yan Zhen closed her folding fan, watching An Xin's figure disappear into the distance, feeling slightly troubled. It seemed that she really didn't have much of a presence in front of someone! In the end, she was less important than a scream?
Despite his thoughts, he was ultimately worried about An Xin's safety, so he moved quickly and chased after her.
As An Xin had expected, it was a middle-aged woman who sat on the ground in a panic. She was so frightened that her face was as pale as paper and her body was trembling like a leaf.
An Xin glanced around but didn't find anything strange, so she stepped forward and said, "Auntie..."
The woman screamed again upon hearing the sound.
An Xin stepped forward and asked in a softer voice, "Auntie, what did you see?" After the storm, the city gates were rarely opened, mostly to send the corpses out of the city. Perhaps some civilians had slipped in during this time. An Xin's eyes flashed, and she had already sized up the woman. She should be an ordinary civilian. Let's not investigate how she got into the city for now. Just based on her scream just now, she must have seen something extraordinary!
The woman huddled even more tightly together, shaking her head desperately, but she couldn't utter a single word.
An Xin patiently asked, "Auntie, don't be afraid, tell me what you just saw?"
The woman trembled as she said, "The corpse...the corpse..."
An Xin frowned. Corpses? The capital city has no shortage of corpses these days. Although Jing Lan has stepped up the process, there are still many undiscovered corpses in many places. If they really are corpses, then there is nothing to be afraid of.
An Xin patiently asked, "Where is the body?"
The woman trembled violently, but what she said made An Xin's expression change drastically—she said, "She ran away, she ran away..."
Even though An Xin was used to all kinds of things, she still felt a chill run down her spine at this moment!
She'd seen countless dead people, but a running dead one?! Are you kidding me? A zombie coming back to life?
An Xin comforted the woman, saying, "Auntie, are you sure you're not mistaken? How can a dead person run away?"
The woman grabbed An Xin, her pupils dilating slowly in terror, her voice trembling as she said, "It's real! It's a real corpse! Headless, its neck was covered in blood, it kept chasing me, and when I screamed it would run away!"
An Xin felt a chill run through her body. She was an atheist, but walking zombies did exist. In the Xiangxi area, there were corpse drivers, who were very mysterious and could only work in Xiangxi. But this was the capital city. How could there be headless, running corpses here?!
An Xin, who had never known the meaning of fear before, was now terrified!
"Auntie, how do you determine that it is a corpse, and not a person disguised as a corpse?" This is very important. If it were a person, it would be entirely possible to disguise themselves as a headless corpse; this can be achieved through disguise.
“I saw it die with my own eyes! I saw its head be chopped off by the man in black. It fell down, and as soon as the man in black left, it suddenly stood up and chased after me! How terrifying! How terrifying!” The woman trembled violently, her eyes wide with fear. An Xin’s gaze was heavy, and her head ached.
The situation in Fengxian Village is a complete mess, but science can perfectly explain that kind of thing. So how do we explain the headless corpse?