Chapter 32: Searching for Traces

It was still very difficult to track down Ren Tian Tang. To save some face for his junior fellow apprentice Mama Di, Lin Jiuying did not go to find Ren Fa either. He said with some embarrassment, "Junior brother, let us investigate this matter in secret."

Zhang Cheng also understood the logic behind this, so he nodded and said, "Senior brother, I feel that Ren Tian Tang would not have become like this for no reason. There must be a problem here; we must find the Westerners."

Lin Jiuying asked in confusion, "There have been many Westerners coming to Ren Family Town recently; how should we go about finding them?"

Zhang Cheng feigned deep thought and said, "Although I do not know how Jiahao is doing, I imagine he is not bad, otherwise Senior Brother Mama Di would not have let him deliver Ren Tian Tang alone."

As such, I feel it must be that the Westerners deliberately set a trap to snatch away Ren Tian Tang's corpse. These Westerners must have performed experiments on Ren Tian Tang. Now that Ren Tian Tang is running wild in the wilderness, I imagine those Westerners have likely been bitten to death."

Lin Jiuying nodded repeatedly and said, "What you say is not wrong; this makes it much easier for us to search."

Thus, the two of them went around Ren Family Town asking for information. Because everyone in town knew Uncle Nine, once they saw him asking if any foreigners had met with an accident, everyone felt that something major must have happened, and they began to chat among themselves.

It just so happened that a person dressed quite decently brought this matter to the Yihong Brothel in town to talk about it. Do not think that the Yihong Brothel only dealt in flesh trade; in fact, it had other entertainment items inside.

Therefore, there were still many customers in the Yihong Brothel watching beauties sing and play instruments. They watched the "plain" acts during the day and played the "spicy" ones at night.

And the owner of this Yihong Brothel, A-Chun, was listening from the side as that customer said Uncle Nine was looking for the Westerner who might have met with an accident. His heart skipped a beat, and he immediately left.

A-Chun hurried back home and saw his son, Xiao San, who still had a pale complexion and weak limbs. Xiao San wailed, "Dad, have you thought of a way yet?"

A-Chun said with a sense of "hate that iron will not turn into steel," "Ouch, you good-for-nothing, you say you couldn't do anything else, you just had to go and steal a zombie!"

Xiao San said with a savage look, "That is not my fault! If you gave me money to spend, why would I have to do this? That foreign devil gave over a hundred silver dollars."

A-Chun was very angry; he wanted to raise a hand to hit him but could not bear to, so he could only say, "That is likely why people were bitten to death again. Now it should have been discovered by Uncle Nine, and Uncle Nine is currently looking for that foreign devil."

Xiao San suddenly became spirited, as if seeing a savior, and said happily, "Right, we can find Uncle Nine! We can arrange for someone to tell Uncle Nine the foreign devil's address!"

A-Chun sighed and said, "If only you used this cleverness in the right place."

Subsequently, A-Chun arranged for someone to tell Uncle Nine the news about the foreigner, and Lin Jiuying immediately found Zhang Cheng to tell him about it.

Zhang Cheng sneered, "This matter was definitely not done by the foreigner alone. The person who told Senior Brother the news must have also participated in this matter."

Lin Jiuying's expression was somewhat ugly as he said, "Let us settle the zombie matter first, then I will settle accounts with them."

The two no longer hesitated and immediately left the town, arriving in the suburbs, and quickly found the Western-style building where the foreign professor was staying.

Zhang Cheng looked up and saw the broken window, saying to Lin Jiuying, "Senior brother, look at the window on the second floor."

Lin Jiuying nodded slightly and said, "It is indeed here. Let's go, let's enter the house and take a look."

Zhang Cheng stepped forward, kicked open the door, and walked in first. There was a stench inside the house, and following the smell, they found the foreign professor's laboratory.

There were still a few corpses in the laboratory. For some reason, the corpses bitten by Ren Tian Tang did not undergo corpse transformation; this was, at least, good news.

Zhang Cheng carefully examined the laboratory and saw the experimental notes on the lab table, which happened to record the previous night's experimental logs.

The records were not complete, consisting of only a few short lines. However, there were two key points.

PM 21:15: I injected the rabbit's zombie with thyroid, adrenal, and various other hormones that promote human metabolism.

PM 21:45: I extracted the zombie's brain marrow,

preparing to conduct research.

Zhang Cheng immediately told the experimental records to Lin Jiuying. Uncle Nine frowned and said, "What is wrong with these Westerners' brains? Forget it, dust to dust, earth to earth; they have already paid the price for their own actions."

"These hormones changed Ren Tian Tang's constitution; I fear it has made his body become like a human's. Only by forcing out the hormones can he be made to recover his zombie body."

Zhang Cheng, however, said, "Senior brother, my Fire Crow Pot can directly burn Ren Tian Tang to death, but the prerequisite is that we must trap Ren Tian Tang first. However, Ren Tian Tang is very strange; earlier, I pricked it with a needle, and it ran away directly, which shows it has a brain."

Lin Jiuying nodded slightly and said, "That is indeed simpler. Then let us think of a way to lure Ren Tian Tang into a trap."

At night, Zhang Cheng and the others were still searching for Ren Tian Tang's tracks. Soon, they saw a stall by the side of the road, with a few people gambling.

Zhang Cheng stopped immediately, waiting for Ren Tian Tang to appear.

Sure enough, Ren Tian Tang rushed out from the darkness and immediately bit one person to death.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly pulled out the Five-Thunder Command Token, preparing to try and paralyze Ren Tian Tang.

But the moment Ren Tian Tang saw Zhang Cheng, it threw a corpse at Zhang Cheng and turned to flee rapidly.

Zhang Cheng could not care about the two corpses and hurriedly chased after Ren Tian Tang, but this zombie ran very fast, and in a moment, it was nowhere to be seen.

Lin Jiuying hurried over, and seeing that Zhang Cheng was fine, he asked, "Junior brother, did it run away?"

Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, it ran very fast. Let's think of another way."

The next day, the two gamblers who had been bitten to death were moved to the police station. In Ren Family Town, Wu Shiwei still remembered the matter of Old Master Ren, and he immediately called his subordinate Cao Liguang, saying, "This case will be solved by you."

Cao Liguang cursed his bad luck internally, but he dared not say anything. After all, behind Wu Shiwei was Ren Fa; of course, he also had people behind him, but one look at their positions told you whose background was bigger.

Cao Liguang immediately took his men to examine the two corpses, while the gentry of Ren Family Town, led by Ren Fa, questioned Cao Liguang, saying, "Big Guang, you must give us an explanation for this!"

Cao Liguang nodded and bowed, saying, "Everyone, rest assured, I will definitely solve this matter within these few days."

Ren Fa questioned, "Then exactly how many days is it? People have died here; will others still come to us to do business? When the time comes, who will compensate for our losses?"

Cao Liguang nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes, just these three to five days."

Cao Da said loudly, "Three days at most to find the murderer; otherwise, don't even think about holding this position. Big Guang, I can let you hold this position, and I can also take you down."

Cao Liguang did not have a shred of temper and accompanied him with a smile, saying, "Uncle, rest assured, I will definitely solve this matter within three days."

Ren Fa and the others left the police station.

Cao Liguang sat in his chair and complained, "Having money means you're the boss? Hmm... having money really does mean you're the boss. Money is omnipotent; you absolutely must not go against money, hehehe..."