I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 299: Dog-legged Guo Fan, digging for treasure in the fish pond

"I'll give you the treasure map. Whoever goes down to dig will find the treasures. The treasures we dig out will be distributed according to everyone's contribution."

Lin Yuan raised the parchment treasure map in his hand and asked "you guys", but he was always looking at Yang Jian, Li Jun and Guo Fan.

Guo Fan's eyes flickered, and he took the initiative to step forward and said, "Boss, I'll go. I'm good at swimming."

As he spoke, he took off his clothes and jumped into the fish pond with a splash. His movements were so skillful.

Ah Hong chuckled and said, "Boss Lin, your employee is quite interesting."

"He's good at flattering people, but his real ability is a little lacking. I hope his professional ability can be stronger." Lin Yuan smiled helplessly.

It can be seen that he has a good impression of Guo Fan, but he is not very satisfied with Guo Fan's strength.

Li Jun really wanted to defend Guo Fan. After all, Guo Fan was also sent by the headquarters, and he also provided a lot of information to the headquarters during this period. He was a meritorious person.

Moreover, is Guo Fan’s strength really that bad?

Once the ghost in the spirit tablet is released, Guo Fan will be equivalent to a real ghost and will be able to fight against any supernatural events.

Logically speaking, Guo Fan cannot be considered weak in any way, otherwise he would not have been sent to the Peace Hotel by the headquarters.

only……

Think of the ghost security guard, the starving ghost Lao Hua, the twin kings, the small worker Fang Shiming, the older generation Meng Xiaodong and Zhang Bohua, and only one corpse is left, and Li Qingzhi is suspected to be conscious...

He Yin'er, who stole the fourth level of Ghost Lake's supernatural powers...

Only He Yuelian and Liu Qingqing seemed to be a little worse. The others, whether human or ghost, seemed to be no weaker than Guo Fan, and most of them were much stronger.

Got it!
It seems that Guo Fan is indeed the weakest, so it’s okay.

Li Jun decisively put aside the idea of ​​speaking for Guo Fan, but he was very curious, "Boss Lin, you don't seem to care too much about this treasure hunt game."

Lin Yuan was surprised and asked: "How did you figure that out?"

"Although the treasures unearthed from the folks are few, once they are confirmed, the treasures and goods unearthed are all priceless. Boss Lin, although you own a Peace Hotel, the current business can only be said to be average. If you really face a priceless treasure, I believe you will not be so direct in giving it away. You will not think that if the treasure is too much, you will kill us to silence us, right?"

Li Jun said whatever he thought of. Ah Hong, who was listening nearby, felt something was wrong and wanted to make a look, but it was obviously too late.

Yang Jian, on the other hand, stood nearby with an indifferent look on his face, staring straight at the bottom of the fish pond.

Lin Yuan laughed and said, "Just kidding, I'm just an honest businessman, how could I do something like killing people and hiding treasures? Besides, this is not some desolate wilderness, this is Meishan Village, there are so many people, if something really happened, it would be impossible to hide it."

After a pause, he picked up the treasure map and gestured, "The material of this treasure map is good, but it's too new, and the map on it is not drawn professionally at all. It looks like a child's doodle. And the three words "Treasure Map" on the back are obviously printed. What does this mean?"

This shows what?
Ah Hong asked tentatively, "Does this mean it's just a child's joke?"

"That's possible, but it could also be a toy made by a parent for their child to play with. So, even if there is something hidden in the treasure spot above, it may have been dug up by someone. Even if it hasn't been dug up, it's not something valuable. Just treat it as a game, a game that everyone can play together."

After Lin Yuan said this, Li Jun and Ah Hong suddenly realized...bullshit.

This is obviously something real that the store manager took out. Maybe it is related to the ghost in the dream last night. It is definitely not a game to play house with children.

If last night's dream hadn't ended inexplicably, even if Ah Hong and Yang Jian hadn't mentioned it, Li Jun would have definitely died in it.

Obviously, the ghosts in the dream are scary, very scary!
However, they are not worried as long as the "store manager" is there. Just as they had speculated before, the store manager is really high above the clouds, overlooking all living beings.

The "store manager" is an NPC released by the real store manager. This time he is leading them through the plot kill. It seems dangerous, but in fact there won't be any problem, and they don't even need to take action... probably like that.

"There seems to be something strange in the water."

Yang Jian said suddenly, causing Li Jun and Ah Hong to quickly look towards the bottom of the water.

The fish pond was actually not very deep. If the water wasn't too turbid, one would be able to see the bottom at a glance. But now, not only could one not see the bottom of the water clearly, even Guo Fan's figure had disappeared.

This is not normal, so abnormal!

Seeing such a strange scene, Li Jun and his companions quickly looked at the "store manager". Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's just a small fish pond. What can happen? Can it drown people? Maybe Xiao Guo thinks the treasure game is too simple, so he is playing hide-and-seek with us."

How careless and stupid must Guo Fan be to play hide-and-seek in this era?

However, since the "store manager" said so, Li Jun and others were relieved, because Guo Fan is now an employee of the Peace Hotel. According to the conventions provided by Tong Qian and others, he is also under the supernatural protection of the "store manager" and will not die so easily.

In fact, Guo Fan did encounter trouble.

The fish pond was actually not deep, which he had confirmed before, but he discovered something was wrong after getting into the water.

The water here is unexpectedly cold, with a chilly and eerie feel. It is obviously abnormal and has a spooky aura. The deeper you dive into the water, the more turbid the water becomes.

The most important thing is that I should have reached the bottom, but I didn’t touch anything.

The water around was becoming more and more turbid, even to the point of being a little abnormal, because there was a hint of weirdness in the turbidity, which was deep but not obvious.

Guo Fan does not have ghost eyes, and his own vision is also obscured by the turbidity of the water, but he can still feel it.

That kind of weirdness was like what he felt when he released the ghost from the spirit tablet and stayed in the spirit tablet himself. It was very, very strong.

"There is indeed something under the pond, and it is most likely a ghost. It should be suppressed, but it is not gold, otherwise it would not release supernatural influences around it, forming an effect similar to a ghost wall."

"I can't go on like this, otherwise even if my supernatural power isn't strong, I'll suffocate to death."

Guo Fan did not hesitate. He reached into his windbreaker and took out the blackened, old spirit tablet from his stomach.

The photo on the memorial tablet was the same as before, showing an identical person to Guo Fan, except that his face was injured, with half of his skin hanging down, as if it had been torn apart by something.

Guo Fan held the spirit tablet in his hands. His body became heavier and heavier. He sank into the water involuntarily at an increasingly faster speed. At the same time, the smell of death on his body became stronger.

In the blink of an eye, the person on the spirit tablet had a different face. The face was intact and exactly the same as Guo Fan, but Guo Fan in the water had half of his face skin hanging down, which was weird and terrifying.

At this moment, the person in the water was no longer Guo Fan, but a real ghost.

In this situation, Guo Fan can deal with almost any dangerous situation, because ghosts will not die. Even if facing an S-level supernatural event, he has absolute confidence that he can survive.

Never underestimate the three words "survive".

Even the most advanced ghost riders would be killed if they came into contact with a ghost, so any ability to stay alive is extremely valuable.

However, when faced with supernatural events involving the "store manager", this confidence is filled with unspeakable vigilance and uneasiness.

Inside the memorial tablet, the person in the photo had lively eyes, as if he was peeking at everything in the outside world through the memorial tablet.

This is indeed the case. Guo Fan can still maintain his consciousness in the spirit tablet. He is even more relaxed than before and is less worried about the evil spirit getting out of control.

If you look closely, you can see that there is some white mist surrounding Guo Fan in the photo in the memorial tablet.

It’s just because of the colors that it doesn’t seem real, it seems like a dream.

Guo Fan could feel their presence, and only in this state could he truly feel their presence. "The information given by the headquarters is correct. As long as I am still an employee of the Peace Hotel, I can have the supernatural protection of the manager. This protection does not refer to the body, but the consciousness."

The space of the spirit tablet was pitch black, and there was only a window the size of the spirit tablet in front of him, allowing him to see everything happening in the outside world.

This is his channel to spy on the outside world, and the presence or absence of the photo frame also means that he can control the ghost in the spirit tablet.

The moment the photo frame completely disappears, he will be completely trapped in the spirit space, and the ghost in the spirit space will completely lose its restraints and truly revive.

What was different from before was that at this moment in the spiritual space, he was surrounded by thick white fog.

The white mist was what escaped from his body when he came in. It was also the white mist that made the photo frame in front of him more stable and prevented the evil ghost from reviving.

puff!
With a slight sound, Guo Fan finally fell to the bottom of the water.

At this moment, he looked so horrible that even the coldness in the water around him could not compare to it. His body was filled with the stench of decayed corpses. His face, which was slightly different from his own, was tattered and hideous. The strangest thing was his dull, lifeless eyes, which seemed numb and lifeless, but revealed a strange look.

It was like a person who had been dead for a long time was looking at the world.

While interacting with the spirit tablet, Guo Fan's complexion was also changing. It was pale and bloodless before, but now it was a little dull and black, as if it was gradually rotting.

However, with the white mist by his side, this change was curbed and remained in a relatively stable state.

His eyes were fixed on the patch of mud under his feet, "Let's get to work."

The next moment, Guo Fan squatted down and dug up the mud at the bottom of the water with his hands, just like a fish pond cleaner, hard and serious.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The dredged silt continued to float toward the water surface, making the fish pond more turbid.

"This little Guo is great. Why didn't I realize before that he is such a good swimmer?" Lin Yuan looked at the time. More than ten minutes had passed.

You should know that Guo Fan did not bring any diving equipment when he went into the water. As a result, more than ten minutes later, Guo Fan was not only fine, but also worked underwater.

From the perspective of ordinary people, this is an extremely incredible thing, and it can also be called a unique skill!
"I didn't expect Xiao Guo to have such a unique skill. It seems that it is also a very suitable thing for him to work in the fish pond. Otherwise, after finding a suitable driver, let Xiao Guo help He Yin'er?"

Lin Yuan thought as he spoke, without hiding anything.

Li Jun and Ah Hong on the side showed expressions of pity. They all knew what the fish pond the "store manager" was talking about. It was not a small fish pond like the one under their feet, but a terrifying ghost lake!

Judging from Guo Fan’s performance today, it is estimated that when he goes to the Ghost Lake, he will be asked to go into the water to clear the silt. So after Guo Fan goes into the Ghost Lake, can he come out?
It should be possible... after all, I have the protection of the "store manager".

After thinking about this, the two stopped talking. After all, in this way, Guo Fan's work in the Peace Hotel would be more stable and he could bring more information to the headquarters.

pretty good.

Yeah, yeah, it's good.

After a few minutes, Lin Yuan not only did not feel impatient at all, but became more and more satisfied. He was even thinking about what Guo Fan could do in Ghost Lake.

At this time, bubbles appeared on the surface of the fish pond. Yang Jian said, "He's coming up."

The next moment, the surface of the water was broken, and Guo Fan's head and upper body rushed out. He held up an old wooden box and said, "Found it!"

"You're still here?"

Lin Yuan was stunned, which made Guo Fan, who had just regained his body, freeze in place and almost sink into the water again.

"Come up quickly, come up quickly."

Lin Yuan called out, and Li Jun and Yang Jian came forward to pull Guo Fan up. Guo Fan quickly handed the wooden box to Lin Yuan, "Boss, look, this is it."

This box seemed to have been placed under the fish pond for a very long time. It had turned black and rotten, but it seemed to be of very good quality as it was still intact.

Lin Yuan took the wooden box and weighed it. "It's a bit heavy..."

Yang Jian was watching from the side and suddenly realized something. He lowered his head to look at the water, but there was nothing on the water except their reflections.

Is it an illusion?

Or maybe I've been too nervous recently... No, the water level has dropped a lot, about half a meter. The thing in this box is definitely not something good.

Yang Jian noticed this and looked away, but he did not point it out.

It is better not to let the "store manager" know about this unreasonable phenomenon, otherwise he will not be able to come up with an answer that ordinary people can understand and accept, which will affect the foundation of the "store manager's" existence. A real store manager will kill people.

But what he didn't notice was.

When his gaze shifted away, his reflection in the fish pond suddenly turned its head to the side, staring at Lin Yuan with eyes that were empty and weird, like a ghost lurking under the water.

At this time, curious Lin Yuan had already opened the wooden box.

There was no lock on the wooden box, so it was easy to open, and there was no need to think about whether to smash the box. However, the moment the box was opened, a fishy smell emanated, which was a mixture of silt and sewage.

Lin Yuan pinched his nose, with a look of disgust on his face, "Now I know why this thing hasn't been dug up by anyone. This smell is really disgusting."

"Boss, I'm here!"

Guo Fan continued to display his obedient nature. He took the box and started to clean the dirt inside. He moved quickly and without any worry.

What's in this box is definitely something related to the supernatural, and it might even be a ghost that hasn't been resurrected.

If it were any other time, Guo Fan would never be so reckless, but with the "store manager" here, there is nothing to be afraid of. Any ghost can turn into various animals, and he can just do it!

But soon, Guo Fan's expression changed and his movements slowed down.

Li Jun, Yang Jian and Ah Hong all came forward, and their faces changed at the same time.

What was inside the wooden box was actually two pale human legs. These legs had been soaked in water for more than ten years but had not rotted at all. There were no damaged or broken parts either. It was as if they had been sawed off yesterday.

The only reasonable explanation is that all the blood in the human leg had already drained out, the flesh and blood had turned white, but there was no swelling.

An extremely cold feeling emanated from this pair of pale legs, coupled with the chill of the night, making one's hair stand on end.

"Clap!"

Guo Fan immediately closed the box, not wanting the thing to be exposed any further. All of this stemmed from the vague feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

"These are not the legs of a normal person, but they are definitely not the legs dismembered from a ghost. They are between the legs of a human and a ghost, but they are not the legs of a ghost rider."

"If it was a ghost rider's leg, it would be impossible to maintain it so perfectly, even if there was a supernatural influence."

"If it is a real ghost, even if it is only partially dismembered, it would be enough to revive and cause a supernatural event. But now, apart from being cold and eerie, there is nothing unusual about it."

"It is better than a ghost tamer, but not yet a true evil ghost. It is something in between, like... an alien species."

Li Jun and Yang Jian looked at each other and saw each other's speculations in their eyes.

Because to some extent, even if they are not aliens, they are not far off, so it is natural that there will be such shocking speculations.

"The owner of these legs is definitely an extraordinary guy. He must have perfectly controlled the evil spirit. Not only did he eliminate the influence of the evil spirit's resurrection, but he also got rid of the evil spirit's erosion on himself."

"Who is it, anyway?"

Guo Fan's action of closing the box made Lin Yuan somewhat dissatisfied. "Hey, you all have seen it, but I haven't seen it yet. Why did you close it so quickly? What's inside?"

Yes, with the “store manager” here, there’s nothing to be afraid of!

Although Guo Fan didn't see it as deeply as Li Jun and Yang Jian, he just felt uneasy and scared, but now he has reacted.

In front of the "store manager", the one that should be afraid is the evil spirit, not them, so he opened the box again and handed it to Lin Yuan with a bright smile, "Boss, take a look."

Lin Yuan stretched his head to take a look. "It turned out to be a pair of robot legs. I thought it was something good. It seems to be a toy? The father broke up a robot and buried them in different places, and then drew a treasure map for the child to find it?"

Lin Yuan completed the logical loop by himself, at least on the surface.

As he finished speaking, this pair of perfect, strange, and chilling dead body legs turned into a pair of robot legs right under the eyes of Yang Jian, Li Jun, Ah Hong, and Guo Fan.

Moreover, this pair of robot legs looks very delicate and worth a lot of money.

"Let's go to the next place and see what kind of robot we can put together in the end." Lin Yuan's interest was not diminished, in fact it was even stronger.

"Xiao Yang, you don't need to lead the way this time. I can see it by myself. I should be able to understand it."

Look, Lin Yuan actually wants to go treasure hunting by himself.

Yang Jian nodded without saying anything, and followed Lin Yuan with Li Jun, Ah Hong, and Guo Fan... Guo Fan didn't follow him. He followed Lin Yuan like a servile boy, and got a flashlight from somewhere in his hand, and was helping Lin Yuan to light the room.

I don’t know what the moonlight will be like tonight. It’s foggy, so visibility is affected.

Guo Fan's action once again won Lin Yuan's praise. A casual compliment made Guo Fan laugh like a 160-pound child.

Even Yang Jian's mouth twitched when he saw this.

But what he didn't notice was that his reflection in the fish pond paused for a moment. In the first second, he didn't move at all. He just maintained the same posture as Yang Jian, and stared at Yang Jian and the others with a weird look in his eyes.

The next second, the figure under the fish pond began to move.

Every time he passed by a patch of water, he could see the figure following closely behind Yang Jian.

At first glance, there seems to be nothing strange, but upon closer inspection, this is not Yang Jian's own reflection at all, but more like some incomprehensible spirit that is quietly following him.

This reflection is very strange and only appears where there is standing water.

If you don't pass by the puddles, this strange reflection will disappear.

Yang Jian was chatting quietly with Li Jun, so he didn't notice this scene. "Dealing with supernatural events with the store manager, there is nothing to worry about. It's so easy, so easy that it's unbelievable."

Li Jun nodded, "Yes. If the store manager can come forward to clean up the supernatural incidents, perhaps the world will return to peace as soon as possible and no longer be disturbed by evil spirits."

"The more powerful you are, the greater the restrictions you face. The store manager you know is too terrifying. I don't believe he is really a god. Even if he is, he definitely has greater restrictions."

Yang Jian expressed his opinion.

Li Jun nodded. "The headquarters has the same argument, but any theory needs to be based on actual conditions. We can't gamble before we have confirmation. Otherwise, if we fail, we will be doomed."

When he said this, Li Jun thought of Wang Xiaoming.

The professor whom he once admired the most now seemed to be a crazy gambler who almost... lost the fate of the entire Dajing City!

(End of this chapter)