Chapter 7: Wudou Disease

Chapter 7: Wudou Disease

While Zhang Haiyan was thinking things over, he suddenly had an idea. Seeing that the sentry hadnt walked far away from him, he immediately stopped him.

Wait.

Zhang Haixian was very uncomfortable hiding in the corner, but just as he wanted to step out, he heard Zhang Haiyan call out. He had no choice but to shrink back and continue to hide.

When the sentry came back, Zhang Haiyan still didnt turn around, but pretended to fiddle with the bottles and cans on the cabinet as he said, Theres something I didn't tell you before, but Ive thought it over. Since the situation is critical, I cant lie to you anymore.

Im listening, Lieutenant.

Have you heard of a man called Zhang Haiyan? Zhang Haiyan asked.

Of course, there was no way the sentry would know of him. He shook his head. Ive never heard of him.

Zhang Haixia, who was still standing in the dark corner, frowned. He had no idea what Zhang Haiyan was trying to do at this time.

This person works in the South Sea Archives under the South Sea Maritime Affairs Office. He specializes in investigating strange cases in the South Sea area. Hes a famous master. The person who was on the Flower Reef just now was him. Hes my mortal enemy. Ive lived in his shadow for a long, long time.

The sentry was extremely puzzled, and hesitated before cautiously saying, Oh. I understand. But didnt you just say that it was Zhang Qishans people?

I said that because I didnt want to scare you. This Zhang Haiyan is a thousand times more troublesome than Zhang Qishan. I said it was Zhang Qishan because I was afraid you would piss your pants if you knew it was Zhang Haiyan. Zhang Haiyan lowered his voice, trying his best not to laugh. He looked at Zhang Haixia, who rolled his eyes in the darkness.

It was obvious the sentry was more afraid of Zhang Qishan, so he was utterly confused at this time. Soyou want us to

Blow the reef up. We cant wait any longer. Even if the things inside are scary, we have to finish our work tonight and leave here!

The sentry looked uncertain. But

Ill take responsibility for everything. Im ten thousand percent sure that Zhang Haiyan is already among us. If we can't finish it tonight, well all die here.

The sentry had no choice but to nod and quickly retreat. It seemed that he had been very well trained.

Zhang Haiyan turned around and closed the door before saying, See? Theres a problem with being trained too well. If you had treated me like this, I wouldve drop-kicked you a long time ago. Theres no way Id let this kind of trick succeed.

The guards up top were no longer focused on keeping watch, and were all looking at the center of the reef. No one noticed as Zhang Haiyan squeezed through the crowd.

The heat from the explosion was still there, and some laborers were slowly leaning towards it.

It was obvious that the bombed hole was rapidly exchanging air with the outside, and the smoke kept getting sucked into it before being expelled again. The smoke and dust were visible to the naked eye as they started spreading towards the entire ship. Zhang Haiyan felt a burning in his eyes and fear in his heart. Many people started to cough.

Zhang Haixia, who had been behind him, helped him put on a mask before handing him the gloves.

Did I do something wrong?

No, you were right. Well die either way, but now is the time to clean up this mess. If we don't go to hell, who else will? He rubbed disinfectant on his hands, revealing three or four buckets full of it at his feet. Let's go.

I understand now. I was too reckless. Stop talking and let me reflect on it. Zhang Haiyan picked up a bucket, and the two of them squeezed through the crowd, headed towards the reef.

Zhang Haixia said, What you did just now wasnt reckless. Signing your life away and going to the South Sea was reckless. Do you know godmother fooled you?

She had a reason for doing so.

Godmother fooled you because youre easily fooled. Why didnt she try to fool me then?!

As the two of them arrived at the reef, they found that the heat from the explosion was still scorching. Some people started to react, but when they saw the two of them carrying the disinfectant so casually, they thought they were there on lieutenants orders. As a result, those people remained silent.

When the two reached the edge of the big hole, Zhang Haixia poured a bucket of disinfectant water down first. Based on the sound, they figured the bottom wasnt particularly deep. They then proceeded to wipe the disinfectant water on their masks and bodies, before looking at each other and jumping down.

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TN Notes:

(1) Zhang Haiyan started to name the characters in the story Nezha Conquers the Dragon King. Nezha is a warrior deity. The yaksha (aka malevolent spirit) Ye Sha worked for the Dragon King and found children for him to eat. The plot can be found here

(2) Oboi was a prominent Manchu military commander and courtier. Wiki link

(3) Ao Guang is the Dragon King in Chinese folklore. Basically, Zhang Haiyan wanted to say Ao Guang, the Dragon King mentioned in Note (1), but he said it wrong and said Oboi lol.