Chapter 999: Li Sigou's Abnormality

We took the Jing-Tai Expressway from the west of Taishan Street. The chubby guy checked his phone map and found out that the distance from Taian City to Beijing is about 500 miles, which takes around 6 hours. That means we would arrive in the capital around 9pm.
This is the first time I've been to the imperial capital in my life, but I have no expectations or excitement about going to the imperial capital because I am neither a believer nor a traveler, but a revengeful person with a strong purpose.
However, our originally nine-person team became eight, with the absence of Hu Qiu and Zhong Lan, but gained another member - a powerful zombie.
The Nine Aperture Linglong Monument was placed in the trunk, and Li Sigou sat in the third row of seats like a statue, motionless and not making any sound, even the red fire ring on his feet disappeared.
On the surface, he doesn't seem to have much difference from a normal person.
The car was quiet with no one speaking. At first, I thought everyone was too exhausted to talk, so I silently contemplated my worries about Huqiu's safety while planning our arrangements for when we arrive in the imperial city at night.
Fortunately, during this process, Hu Qiu sent me a message saying that everything was safe and clearly told me to send me a message every once in a while from now on to tell me about the situation on her side, which made me feel more at ease.
Next, most of what I'm thinking about is what to do after arriving in the imperial capital. I wonder how Li Dong and Qian Duo, the two Tang Sect outer disciples, are doing now. Can I fool people from the Zhou family with my appearance?
Zhong Lan said someone wants to completely eradicate the bloodline of our phoenix clan. I guess it's probably also related to the Zhou family, but I suspect there may be more.
It's necessary to protect my mom and grandma as soon as possible.
But there's also someone in between, Chen Long, and I don't know what role this old guy is playing?
As I was thinking about it, my phone suddenly received a WeChat message. I thought it was from Hu Qiu, but when I opened it, it turned out to be from the fat guy sitting in the front row.
I was slightly stunned. Sitting in the same car, the fat guy didn't speak directly to me but sent a message. That was definitely not normal.
As expected, the message actually instructed Li Sigou to go to another car.
I immediately had a hunch and glanced at my buddy. He nodded subtly through the rearview mirror.
As luck would have it, we arrived at a service station just then. Taking advantage of refueling the car, we switched vehicles before hitting the road again.
After getting on the car, I asked the fat guy what was going on.
"Yangzi, I feel like that guy is a bit suspicious." The fat guy looked worriedly at the front car.
"You mean Li Sigou?" I was slightly stunned.
"Yes, that's him."
"What's wrong?" I asked quickly.
"Don't you notice? He keeps staring at you, and I feel like his gaze is really scary!" The chubby guy's expression became more serious.
"Is something like this happening?"
My brows furrowed instantly. If it weren't for Fatty pointing it out to me, I wouldn't have noticed.
Li Yilong next to me also said, "Brother Nine, I've noticed it too. There's definitely something wrong. That thing has been staring at you since it got on the bus, and I can sense a bad aura coming from it."
Being spoken to by Li Yilong like this, I suddenly felt a chill run down my spine.
After all, Li Sigou is not human!
The drought demon, the more time passes, the more it will become like a normal person. Could it be that he has recovered his previous memories? Remembering what happened before his death?
If that's really the case, it's a bit scary!
It's like a time bomb placed beside us, after all, our families have a grudge against each other.
In the face of drought demons, although I can already stack 7 layers of immobile Vajra seals and protect myself, I cannot protect the other people in my team at the same time.
This is an extremely tricky problem, I have to say.
Seeing me bow my head and remain silent, the chubby one asked me what my plan was.
“Let's try to probe for an opportunity first!” I said.
Actually, I have always had a question. The time that Li Sigou developed from a dead person to a drought demon was too fast, and cannot be viewed normally.
"Master, in my opinion, it's better to directly exterminate him to avoid future troubles!" said Hu Zi coldly.
I nodded slightly, and if Lisi Gou showed any improper behavior, I would not hesitate to eliminate him.
We discussed this issue for quite some time, and only after slowly setting up a plan did we stop talking about this topic.
"By the way, Yangzi, what's going on between you and that woman?" Fatso suddenly asked.
"Which woman?"
"Zhong Lan, she's not really pregnant with your child, is she?" Fatso turned around and looked at me with a gossiping expression on his face.
Li Yilong next to him also pricked up his ears.
Even the driver, Huzi, stepped hard on the accelerator, causing the car to jerk.
"How is that possible," I said, my expression turning sour. "Don't listen to that woman's nonsense."
Fatty looked visibly skeptical and continued to pry, "So what exactly did you guys do when you were at the Sophit Hotel?"
"We didn't do anything."
"Can she claim she's pregnant with your child if she hasn't even had sex with you?" the fat man pressed on.
"Do you actually believe that? You're so foolish, Fatso. We've only been back from Northeast China for a few days. Have you ever heard of a woman getting pregnant so quickly?"
"So you're admitting it?" The chubby guy's eyes lit up.
"Admit your grandpa! This is completely impossible, who knows what kind of tricks this woman is playing!" I was somewhat speechless.
"Normal people may not be this fast, but you guys are of the Phoenix clan. You can't measure it with the standards of a normal person, right?" The chubby guy was clearly not convinced.
At this moment, they heard Hu Zi say, "Young Master, if that woman is really pregnant, you can't keep it from me. After all, this is the biggest wish of Fourth Lord. If he finds out you have it, he will be very happy."
I glared fiercely at Huzi, then sighed and closed my eyes. I didn't want to explain anything more about this matter, so I let them discuss it recklessly in front of me.
Although Li Yilong did not speak, it was obvious that he was listening attentively, with a keen interest on his face, which made me both laugh and cry.
It's around six o'clock and the sky is gradually getting dark. As we travel northward, you can clearly feel the temperature changing. Compared to the south, the north is still slightly cooler.
It started drizzling outside at some unknown time, and the visibility on the road became poor, so we had to slow down our car unwillingly.
Before entering the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, we had some food at the service station, then switched the driver to the fatty, while we took a rest in the car during the break.
At this moment, we have no idea that a carefully planned assassination operation is getting closer and closer.
We don't know how long we slept, and the fatty woke us up.
"Wake up, wake up..."
I opened my eyes hastily, only to find that the car had already stopped.
"Have we arrived?"
As I spoke, I quickly looked out the window, but it seemed like we were still on the highway, except that for some reason, all the cars on the road seemed to be blocked and slowly changing lanes. There must have been an accident.
At this moment, a traffic police officer walked over and knocked on the car window. The fat man quickly lowered the glass.
The traffic police officer saluted us and pointed to the nearby ramp, saying, "There has been a serious car accident ahead. You need to go down from here and take a detour."
"What's wrong?" the fat guy asked curiously.
"Multiple car rear-end collision, let's go quickly or we'll all have to stay here overnight!"
After saying these words, the traffic policeman began to walk towards the vehicles behind us and continued to direct them to change lanes.
Without saying anything else, the fat guy turned the steering wheel and drove down from the ramp, and the mobile map immediately re-planned a new route for us.
Originally, we thought that everything would be smooth sailing, but after about 20 minutes of driving, we unfortunately encountered a construction zone, and we had to take a detour again.
This wasn't a big deal at first, and none of us thought much of it. But then something strange happened: we kept encountering road repairs and construction, forcing us to continue taking detours.
One or two times might be okay, but when it happens three times in a row, it really caught my attention.
Eventually, our vehicle was forced to enter a remote side road...