“Where were you before?”

This was the second time he'd asked the same question.

Lawyer An hesitated for a moment.

Instead of admitting he'd been taking a dump, he whispered, "I made something, but I'm still wondering if I should do it."

Zhou Ze's eyes widened slightly. He got up from the ground, patted off the grass clippings, and said, "Since you've already made it, go take a look."

Lawyer An nodded and called Yingying and Xu Qinglang to walk together towards the lower-lying area ahead, not far away, only seventy or eighty meters.

Here,

stood four "scarecrows."

The craftsmanship was very rough,

a frame made of tree branches, filled with leaves,

but two of the scarecrows were wrapped in the uniforms of Japanese soldiers during the War of Resistance, and the other two were wrapped in the uniforms of the Nationalist army, all deliberately aged.

"These were all arranged in advance and brought over. I used to have a client who had a good relationship with me, specializing in clothing business in the film and television city. He has a lot of these Japanese, Nationalist, and Eighth Route Army clothes, so I asked for a few sets to bring."

Zhou Ze pointed to the four "scarecrows" in front, somewhat puzzled:

"Is this supposed to evoke emotions through the scene?"

Even if it was to evoke emotions through the scene,

did it have to be so crude?

Even jerking off requires a little yellow book or movie.

"Boss, this is what I think. Actually, not just you, or me, or anyone else standing in this position, it's hard to complete this task wholeheartedly and purely.

"We can't empathize, can't resonate, so we can't awaken them, but we are not the kind of pure, innocent souls, nor do we have the compassion and self-sacrificing spirit of enlightened monks.

"So,

"let's just abandon all pretense of purity,

"and carry out the routine to the end."

Zhou Ze looked at Lawyer An, "Continue."

Lawyer An took out a small bottle from his pocket, containing a black liquid.

"I got this from Old Daoist before we came, he said it was taken from Gou Xin. I checked, and this stuff is best used before inviting a ghost to possess someone, it can suppress the original soul, creating an excellent condition for 'spiritual invocation'.

"Boss, you drink this first, then take this..."

Lawyer An took out a talisman. Zhou Ze recognized it as a spirit-summoning talisman drawn by Xu Qinglang. Old Daoist had used it in General Mountain to summon the anti-Japanese hero Cao Ding to possess him.

"Take this and stick it on, to attract a military soul into your body."

Lawyer An pointed to the scarecrows in front,

"Then I will use illusions to create a very realistic illusion for you. As long as you, Boss, don't actively resist me breaking through the illusion, there should be a high probability that you will start to be confused, wondering if you are Zhou Ze or that military soul.

"This way, Boss, you can empathize, and then, arouse the resonance of tens of thousands of military souls in this Savage Mountain."

"The method is a good method." Zhou Ze pondered for a while, then continued, "I'm not worried about myself, I'm worried about you."

He'd obtained this black liquid from Old Daoist, and had prepared these clothes in advance to make scarecrows, even Xu Qinglang's "Spirit Summoning Talisman" was prepared in advance.

This was enough to show

how fully Lawyer An had planned

this operation!

This method was indeed very routine, infinitely close to cheating.

It was a bit like rubbing wind oil on your eyes before going on stage to give an acceptance speech, choking with sobs and tears.

Fortunately, Tie Hanhan had fallen into permanent slumber,

otherwise, if Tie Hanhan was here,

and Lawyer An wanted to enter his mind in this way,

Tie Hanhan, sitting in the depths of Zhou Ze's soul, might directly extend a finger,

and gently flick it,

and then,

Lawyer An

would be dead!

Although he was not here now, there was another Mount Tai in his body, which was not an easy character to deal with. The pack of dogs led by Li Xiu were directly suppressed to death.

"Aren't you afraid?"

"Afraid of what?"

"Although Ying Gou is asleep, there is a Mount Tai in my soul. I'm afraid you'll overreach yourself, and when I wake up and open my eyes, I'll find that you've become senile."

"..." Lawyer An.

Taking a deep breath,

Lawyer An smiled,

and said:

"I will be careful."

The implication was that

he was not afraid and was willing to take a gamble.

Thinking of what Lawyer An had said to him that night, that subordinates should be used when they should be used, and squeezed dry when they should be squeezed dry,

Lawyer An was indeed using his actions to prove what he had said.

Zhou Ze didn't feel like learning from Liu Bei's trick of throwing his child to Zhao Yun,

but just asked Lawyer An as if he was asking himself:

"Bringing these military souls home, is it a good thing?"

"Great merit!"

Lawyer An replied loudly.

Zhou Ze didn't say anything more, took the small bottle from Lawyer An's hand, unscrewed the cap, and drank it directly.

Yingying next to him was a little worried, but seeing that Zhou Ze had decided, she didn't say anything.

No matter what Zhou Ze wanted to do, she would only think about how to help him do it well.

The green light and shadow reappeared in Xu Qinglang's left eye, scanning the surroundings.

Lawyer An specifically brought Xu Qinglang this time, certainly not just to bring a cook,

who wouldn't know how to cook instant noodles and vegetable soup in this deep mountain forest?

After drinking those things,

Zhou Ze felt a burst of weakness in his steps,

and immediately,

sat down cross-legged.

His head began to feel dizzy, drowsiness came, and instinctively, his consciousness resisted, but Zhou Ze immediately restrained his mind and did not automatically fight back.

Lawyer An waited for a while, seeing that Zhou Ze's side was almost in effect, and shouted to Xu Qinglang:

"Keep a close eye, don't let anything messy get close!"

Xu Qinglang nodded slightly.

"Then, let's begin!"

Lawyer An put the spirit summoning talisman on the back of Zhou Ze's head, then walked to Zhou Ze's front, sitting cross-legged face to face, very close.

Yingying watched nervously from the side, but she knew that it was not her turn to take action now, and she couldn't help much for the time being.

Around,

the wind began to rise,

the leaves did not move,

the water in the depression did not move,

but that gust of yin wind

had appeared.

Xu Qinglang kept looking around,

a dark shadow was approaching here,

Lawyer An closed his eyes and asked:

"Acceptable?"

"No." Xu Qinglang replied.

"Bang!"

Lawyer An reached out and sent out a spell, and the black shadow shattered directly.

This time, he was going to invite a military soul to possess the boss,

if something messy took advantage of the situation and made the boss look bad, Lawyer An estimated that he would be arranged to take a broom and sweep all the way back to Tong City from Savage Mountain,

so he was naturally paying twelve points of attention.

Before long, another dark shadow was approaching.

"Acceptable?"

"No!"

"Bang!"

After successively killing seven,

Lawyer An was also a little anxious,

was it really impossible to encounter the military soul of that year?

Finally,

when he sensed another black shadow approaching,

Lawyer An asked:

"Acceptable?"

"Yes!"

Lawyer An immediately opened his eyes, his gaze focused, his hands formed a seal, and he shouted in a low voice:

"Return, O Soul!" (Hun gui lai xi!)

The black shadow instantly plunged into Zhou Ze's body.

Zhou Ze only felt a tremor in his body,

as if something had squeezed into his brain, making him very uncomfortable.

But he still restrained his instincts,

he knew

that once he revealed any emotions or intentions of resistance,

the ghost that had finally been selected and possessed him,

would definitely not last a second!

The flesh and blood on Lawyer An's left hand faded away, revealing his ghastly white bones. He placed his bony hand on the boss's forehead and said softly:

"Boss,

"relax, relax, don't use force, control yourself.

"I still want to drink coffee,

"don't want to be crushed by Mount Tai and become senile."

Sweat was already dripping from Lawyer An's jaw, half from the heat, half from fear.

He knew what was in the boss's body,

although that one was not here now,

but that Mount Tai,

could suppress him in a matter of minutes.

Lawyer An's mind began to conjure up scenes from movies. As the designer of the illusion, he himself had to have a rough outline of the environment he wanted to design.

Fortunately,

he was indeed well prepared this time,

as his power slowly permeated into Zhou Ze's sea of consciousness,

the illusion was slowly being set up as well.

Next,

he didn't need to do much,

and he didn't dare to do much,

whether it was early domestic movies or some current war films, there were more exaggerated presentations like tearing devils by hand, which was comparable to Marvel,

Lawyer An didn't dare to copy it literally, it would be troublesome if he failed to draw a tiger and ended up with a dog.

He only needed to provide a similar environment,

and next,

he would rely on the newly possessed ghost to help empathize and supplement.

"Open!"

Lawyer An's bony finger pierced into Zhou Ze's forehead,

and a wisp of blood immediately seeped out from Zhou Ze's forehead.

............

Heavy,

repressed,

humid,

painful,

Zhou Ze only felt that these emotions were constantly washing over him,

bewildered,

desperate,

desolate,

almost making him freak out!

Frustrated,

resentful,

unwilling,

almost making him sink!

If it hadn't been for subconsciously restraining himself from resisting,

everything created here would have been directly shattered!

Slowly,

Zhou Ze opened his eyes,

he saw water droplets,

he saw rain,

saw the muddy road,

saw in front,

one tired figure after another.

"Regimental Commander, Regimental Commander! Regimental Commander, Regimental Commander!"

Someone was calling him,

Zhou Ze turned around,

looked behind him,

where,

was a ruin after an explosion,

the remains of some heavy weapons that had just been destroyed and burning trucks could be vaguely seen.

Was this destroying weapons and supplies for the retreat?

Zhou Ze wanted to think seriously, but found himself dizzy and everything in front of him seemed to become blurred and unreal. Zhou Ze immediately stopped thinking.

He couldn't use too much force,

he couldn't.

"Regimental Commander, you go, we can't go, don't take us, if you take us, no one can go."

Zhou Ze then realized

that in the few simple thatched sheds in front of him,

there were people lying and sitting all over the ground,

everyone was looking at him with pleading eyes.

"Regimental Commander, leave this barrel of gasoline to us, you go quickly, go quickly."

"Yes, Regimental Commander, go quickly!"

"Regimental Commander, this defeat is unwilling, really unwilling!"

"We have to fight back, Regimental Commander, we have to fight back..."

"How could we be defeated like this, how could we be defeated like this..."

Next,

it seemed to be a muddled chaos,

Zhou Ze only felt the sky turning and the ground shaking,

he didn't know how long it had passed before it finally calmed down.

Looking back,

he found that he had walked far away, to the hillside,

and in the distance,

black smoke billowed,

Zhou Ze's vision blurred again,

it was rainwater,

also tears.

............

ps: General Qiu Zhongyue wrote in "The Yunnan-India-Myanmar Campaign during the War of Resistance Against Japan (II) - A Veteran's Personal Experience":

"............On May 16, the main column of the 5th Army set off on foot, and all the wounded and sick and supplies were left in Motilin. More than 1,500 Chinese men and women who could not follow the troops on a long march due to battle wounds or serious illnesses,

"all took the oath that they were Chinese in life and Chinese ghosts in death, and they would rather die as martyrs than be captured, and at one o'clock in the morning on May 21, they set themselves on fire and died with hatred!"