The Patrol Team

"What on earth is going on?!"

Zhou Yang's mind was shaken!

The ghost in the night stole Xiao Fei's human skin.

Then a human skin rope swung out from the darkness and tied up the river drifter hidden under Xiao Fei's human skin!

This whole "ghost fighting ghost" drama unfolded right before Zhou Yang's eyes!

Will Xiao Fei's human skin and the ghost beneath it reappear in Guan Village intact after dawn?

The demons of the darkness don't just target the living; they can even prey on Human-Skin Ghost?

What exactly is this "ghost in Guo Family Alley" that the Guan Village refer to?

A series of questions flashed through Zhou Yang's mind!

Cold sweat, along with these questions, soaked through Zhou Yang's inner garment!

Zhou Yang looked down at the paper clothes on his body and a warm feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.

He had just used ripples to mimic the aura of Zhou Baigou's Ghost Rhyme. Such an aura might fool a ghost wearing human skin for a while, but it would never fool a ghost that had shed its human skin!

But he actually did it!

This was all thanks to the paper clothes Ding Ling gave him, which provided him with various forms of protection!

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This paper garment was also one of the reasons he was so confident in guarding the fire tower!

He had previously considered that since he didn't possess the Cui Family's Possession Method, he couldn't directly summon his second brother to possess him like the previous Guan Nu, allowing the ghost's aura to completely overlap with his own, thus concealing his own existence and avoiding being questioned and killed by the Patrol Team.

But Zhou Yang had this paper garment.

This paper garment was a gift from the Opera Lady Ding Ling to Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang then used the characteristics of his own ripples, combined with the voice of the Ghost Mouth, and used this paper garment together. Although it was not as good as the Cui Family's Possession Method, which could completely shield his own living human aura with the aura of a ghost, he could still impersonate anyone. In fact, if Zhou Yang operated properly, tonight, he could truly become the Zhou Yang " in the eyes of the Guan Village!

The aura he exuded became the unique quality that the Guan Village recognized in their eyes as Zhou Yang's true character!

He will progress from merely playing and trying to fit the role of Guan Village Zhou Yang to becoming the role itself and having full control over its interpretation!

Previously, Zhou Yang was unsure whether the paper clothes could truly achieve the effect he hoped for.

Now we can be certain that this mimicry of aura, with the effect of "bringing a person to life," is complete!

Xiao Fei was captured by those hanged devils from the Guo family.

"The Guo Family Ghost are getting more and more ferocious; they're going to become a major disaster for our village!"

Zhou Baigou's face perfectly captured the mixture of fear and sorrow.

The precision was so perfect that Zhou Yang was certain this was an expression no human could make.

Its teeth chattered as it clung to Zhou Yang, repeatedly lamenting, "Xiao Fei and I grew up together, but now I can only watch helplessly as he's taken away by the hanged ghost."

"Now I'm afraid we won't even be able to find a body."

His parents must be devastated!

Although fear is just an emotion, and ultimately intangible, Zhou Yang saw the "appearance" of fear in the villagers around the fire tower.

They emitted a series of "thump-thump" sounds, like the sound of cowhide being patted, and the human skin on their bodies tightened again, even the holes burned by sparks were stretched into pitted dark pits.

The villagers stared wide-eyed at the darkness that was so close at hand.

From the darkness came once more a sound like a child's laughter, "Chirp chirp chirp----"

The crowd retreated step by step!

They were terrified that another arm would reach out from the darkness and drag them away!

At this moment.

After that sound, which resembled a child's laughter, a bell suddenly rang out.

A tiny, bright flame flickered in the distant darkness before the bells even rang.

The flickering lights drew ever closer.

The closer you get, the more it shakes.

Until they transformed into more than ten white paper lanterns the size of a person's head, signaling, "The Patrol Team is changing shifts!"

"The Patrol Team is here!"

"Don't be afraid, they're here!"

The Patrol Team arrived; the third hour had passed.

The villagers felt as if they had been granted a pardon!

Just from their voices, Zhou Yang knew that the Guan Village Patrol Team held a very important position in the hearts of these Human-Skin Ghost!

The Patrol Team was regarded by them as capable individuals who could fight against the ghosts of the night!

This Patrol Team of more than ten people had indeed come out of the darkness!

But Zhou Yang remembered the Guan Nu's last words even more clearly.

On this night, the Patrol Team was more terrifying to the living than the villagers of Guan Village!

"Splash!"

The lead lantern pierced the darkness, and a slender figure, completely shrouded in a black robe, stepped into the firelight-covered area.

Following him, more than ten people carrying lanterns walked over.

Their clothes were all different, but the only thing they had in common was that each of them carried a white paper lantern.

Zhou Yang glanced quietly at the white paper lanterns.

Even with such a raging fire on the fire tower, the darkness could not be illuminated; it continued to press in layer upon layer.

But the white paper lanterns carried by these Patrol Team could illuminate the night.

This allowed them to move freely even in the terrifying darkness of the night.

These paper lanterns may hold hidden secrets.

Zhou Yang's gaze fell upon the paper lanterns, and he suddenly paused, noticing that inside the bamboo lantern shades, he saw no candles or flames.

Inside was only a round iron box containing yellowish-white ointment.

The grease inside the tin box did not burn, but instead emitted a soft white light throughout the lampshade.

Those clusters of white light even gave Zhou Yang a warm feeling, like being bathed in a spring breeze.

He felt that these white paper lanterns were very eerie, so he immediately looked away and instead looked at the Patrol Team team that was walking under the fire tower.

The villagers guarding the fire tower had gathered around the Patrol Team team and were now shouting, "Third Brother Sun, the ghost from the Guo family has crawled out of that dark place!"

"That's right!"

"Xiao Fei was grabbed by the neck by the ghost of the Guo family and dragged into the dark place behind you!"

"Xiao Fei is probably dead now—"

"Those ghosts in the Guo family are becoming more and more evil. Now that the fire tower is burning, they even dare to reach out and harm people!"

"They're going to cause a huge disaster!"

Zhou Yang found himself amidst this scene of "ghosts shouting and catching ghosts," and like the ghosts around him, he told the Patrol Team team how terrifying the Guo Family Ghost were.

At this time, he naturally couldn't appear to be a loner.

To deal with the villagers guarding the tower, Zhou Yang's identity as "Zhou Yang, a villager who has already established himself in Guan Village" was sufficient.

This identity, though it might fool the villagers, couldn't fool the Patrol Team team.

The Patrol Team must have some method to identify living people hidden among them.

"You all come over here."

"With us here, the ghosts of the Guo family dare not come again."

The man, shrouded in a black robe, removed his hat, revealing a thin face with high cheekbones. He spoke in a low voice, gathering the villagers guarding the fire tower around him.

Zhou Yang then noticed that the Patrol Team leader was wearing a rusty chain around his neck.

The chain is slightly thicker than a regular necklace and is connected to a long, narrow pendant.

Zhou Yang recognized it at a glance; the long, narrow pendant was clearly a donkey-skin puppet!

A piece of slightly translucent leather was carved into the shape of a Fanzi Fanzi, and its fur color and patterns were depicted on it with various pigments.

So, this is a dog chained up?!

"Could this be the chain from the Zhou Family and the dog from the Ren Family that the Guan Nu mentioned in his last words?"

"The Old Chain that the Laogou planned to leave to Zhou Heigou after the Revelation Ceremony —could it be something like that? The ' Dog King Family's toothed puppy' that the Old Chain was used to restrain was actually a shadow puppet dog carved from donkey hide?!"

Zhou Yang was surprised.

He had considered that the dog puppies of the Dog King Family might be a clay-molded bronze statue, or even just a rotting, stinking dead dog, but he never imagined that this dog might actually be a shadow puppet dog carved from a piece of donkey skin!

What's the use of this dog?

As they were pondering this, the Patrol Team leader said again, "Let's follow the usual practice and check each other's homes, identities, and names."

"So that no one knows if some ghosts sneak into our neighborhood."

The leader waved his hand in response.

The men standing beside him then began to act on their own.

Someone moved a table out from behind the woodpile. The bark on the log table hadn't been peeled off yet, and blackened bloodstains and putrid unidentified substances clung to it, the marks forming a blurry human shape.

Some people carried lanterns and guarded the area around the fire tower;

Someone took a knife from their waist and sharpened it on Shitou with a swishing sound; the blade was illuminated by the firelight.

The villagers, seeing the situation, were not panicked. They all lined up in front of the leader, and some even chatted and laughed with their companions behind them.

It seems that checking whether any ghosts have infiltrated the villagers guarding the fire tower after the Patrol Team returns from their shift is indeed a routine procedure.

Many people have experienced this several times, so they are not alarmed.

"A ghost is a ghost, and a person is a person; you can't fake it."

Don't be afraid, it will pass quickly.

Zhou Baigou stood in front of Zhou Yang in line. He turned around, his face expressionless, and said a few words to Zhou Yang.

"Yes, you can't fake it—"

Zhou Yang nodded in response.

Tiny, dark holes, like anthills, sprouted from under the base of his tongue.

When he opened his mouth, the sounds came from the Ghost Mouth beneath his tongue.

The Handprint Ripple receded from his body layer by layer.

His Supernatural Ripple have erased many Ghost Rhyme. Each time a Ghost Rhyme is erased, the Supernatural Ripple can transform into a corresponding Ghost Rhyme.

At this moment, all the ripples returned to the body of the Zhou Yang, condensing into a single bright point.

Various auras corresponding to Ghost Rhyme continuously merged within this bright spot.

Zhou Yang tilted his head back, and the paper clothes on his body writhed slowly as if they were alive, matching the aroma emanating from the bright spot under his tongue.

In the hazy light, Zhou Yang's skin seemed to be covered with a layer of oily sheen.

This layer of oil made him look no different from the people of Guan Village.

Before the fire tower, ghosts cried out to catch them.

What's your name? Where do you live?

The leader asked the villager at the head of the line a question.

The villager, with a shiny, oily face, smiled and replied, "My name is Wang Guiren. I live down at the bottom of West Slope Pass. I have five sons. My eldest son Wang Yi'er, my second son Wang Er'er —that's how they're named."

"My wife took our fourth son on a long trip and hasn't returned yet."

Wang Guiren spoke about his family situation.

It's clearly a ghost.

It was this creature that first ate a living person who was disguised as its fourth son.

Now it claims that its fourth son and wife have gone on a long trip and have not yet returned.

This statement is full of holes.

But the leader nodded dismissively. "Hmm, you're not a ghost."

"Go wait at the table, we'll get something to eat later."

Wang Guiren left in high spirits.

The next villager began introducing himself.

Just then, a bell sound came from afar, "Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong!" The bell sound rang around the front of the line for a while, then stopped abruptly!

Immediately following, two Patrol Team teams strode over and pulled two people directly from the villagers queuing in front of Zhou Yang!

"We caught a ghost!"

The two Patrol Team were laughing so hard their mouths stretched all the way to their ears!

Zhou Yang looked at the two ghosts who had been dragged out of the line.

Those were clearly two living people!

Zhou Yang had met one of them before!

It's Cui Zhu, the second son of the Cui Family in front of Xinglin!