Zhang Wei sat down on the chair at Mr. Wang's beckoning.
At the same time.
Zhang Wei introduced himself:
"Hello, Mr. Wang, my name is Zhang Wei."
Upon hearing Zhang Wei's name, Mr. Wang pondered his memory. He didn't seem to recognize Zhang Wei, and then he asked:
"Mr. Zhang, what are you looking for me for?"
Facing the question, Zhang Wei did not hesitate and stated his purpose directly: he wanted to exchange ghost items with Mr. Wang.
"A badge someone gave me? Oh, Mr. Zhang, are you talking about this?"
According to Zhang Wei's knowledge, the life-saving ghost item was a badge. Hearing this, Mr. Wang thought for a moment, as if recalling something. He quickly fumbled in his pocket and pulled out a wallet that had been used for many years and was already worn out.
Then he took out a small badge with a five-pointed star from his wallet.
"Yes, it's this one."
Looking at the badge, Zhang Wei recognized it at once. The badge was the same as the photo of the ghost item that Zhang Mei had sent him, and it was the purpose of his trip.
"Mr. Wang, this thing is useful to me. I wonder if you can exchange it with me. I can exchange it with you. What kind of amulet or anything would you like?"
As he spoke.
Mr. Wang smiled and looked at Zhang Wei kindly:
"Young man, are you from over there?"
Although Mr. Wang was an ordinary person, he had experienced a lot in his life. As a veteran and a hero, he naturally knew about the Wei Dao Division, and he also knew the effect of this badge. It was given to him by a friend who said it could protect him.
Because of this, he thought Zhang Wei was from the Wei Dao Division, or at least a ghost exorcist, otherwise, he wouldn't have known that he had this badge, as it was given to him by his friend, and few people knew about it except his friend.
Zhang Wei was stunned. He knew what Mr. Wang meant and shook his head directly:
"Mr. Wang, I am not from the Wei Dao Division, but I do business with the Wei Dao Division. They told me that you have this ghost item, and I urgently need this thing, so I came to find you."
"I see."
Mr. Wang said, and to Zhang Wei's surprise, he handed the badge directly to Zhang Wei:
"Since you need it urgently, Mr. Zhang, take it. You don't need to exchange it with me. If you want it, just take it. I'll tell my friend later."
Zhang Wei was stunned. He hadn't expected Mr. Wang to give it so readily, even without exchanging it, choosing to bestow it upon Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei quickly spoke, thinking that Mr. Wang didn't understand the importance of the item:
"Mr. Wang, you might not know the value of this thing. This thing is comparable to..."
Before he could finish.
Mr. Wang interrupted Zhang Wei:
"Comparable to a valuable item, priceless, right? But no matter how valuable this thing is, is it worth more than life? No."
He said kindly:
"Child, I know the value of this thing, and I also know that it is used to save lives. You need it, and it must be for you or someone else to save a life."
"I know that you deal with those things, and it's very dangerous. Compared to me, who is about to enter the earth, you need this thing more."
"If you need it now, take it. This thing in your hands can bring more value than in my hands. I cannot waste resources on myself just because I have made some small contributions, and I cannot cause trouble for the country."
Looking at the badge Mr. Wang placed in his hand, Zhang Wei was momentarily lost in thought and instinctively said:
"Mr. Wang, this thing is too precious, and if you give it to me like this, aren't you afraid I'll do bad things? I told you I'm not from the Wei Dao Division."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Wang smiled kindly:
"Child, although I am just an old man, I have lived for more than 90 years. I can tell who is good and who is bad. And I said this was given to me by my friend. Unless my friend tells you, how would you find me?"
"I believe my friend will tell you everything, and your heart is not bad, even if you are not from over there."
In his words.
He pushed his hand again, forcing the badge that Zhang Wei was trying to return back:
"Take it. You need it more than I do. In my hands, it's just a piece of iron, too wasteful."
Zhang Wei fell silent.
Mr. Wang knew the value of the item, yet he still gave it to him. He asked himself if he could do the same.
Unconsciously.
He remembered his conversation with Zhang Chao on the road last night after learning about Mr. Wang's situation.
Zhang Chao had told him:
"Zhang Wei, do you believe that your noble qualities truly exist? I didn't believe it before, but then one time when I was young, my dad took me to exorcise ghosts, and we went to an old man's house. I believed it."
"That old man was born in the same war-torn era as Mr. Wang. He survived and retired to the department. Later, when the authorities were going to allocate houses for him, they allocated two houses!"
"You know, two houses! If he got them, he would have become rich overnight. But at that time, when the houses were being allocated, I saw with my own eyes that the old man learned that a young man from the same department was getting married and hadn't been allocated a house."
"The old man knew this and gave the other set to the young man, saying that he couldn't take too much from the country and couldn't cause trouble for the country. Do you know that the old man had 4 children and 6 people in his family, and they were all grown up?"
He vividly remembered.
When Zhang Chao spoke of this, his face was not smiling playfully, but filled with respect and admiration. He sighed and said:
"The qualities of people like them are really not something we juniors can achieve. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to do it. Anyone who asks me for a house, I'd get into an argument with them. But that old man... honestly, if there really were immortals in ancient times, I think they were talking about old men like him."
Afterward.
Zhang Wei accepted Mr. Wang's badge.
Although Mr. Wang did not exchange it with him, Zhang Wei did not intend to accept it for free. He made an excuse to examine Mr. Wang's cane.
[Ding! Added 1 system point to the old cane]
He added system points to Mr. Wang's cane. This way, if Mr. Wang were in danger, he would know immediately and be able to provide system points for protection.
Mr. Wang was very talkative and chatted with Zhang Wei for a long time.
Until Mr. Wang's son and grandson came out carrying a large bag of KFC.
Their family was out buying KFC together today to eat at home, as a reward for the grandson getting a perfect score.
Seeing Mr. Wang's family arrive.
Zhang Wei did not stay long. He got up to find an excuse to leave, not wanting to disturb Mr. Wang's enjoyment of family happiness.
However, just as he stood up and stated his reason...
Huh?
Zhang Wei frowned and looked up at the flickering mall lights.
At this moment.
It was as if the mall's main circuit had a poor connection. All the lights in the entire mall lobby and stores were flickering. Faintly, everyone felt the mall's air conditioning turn cold, and the temperature dropped sharply.
At this moment.
Some people who had just walked out of the mall entrance screamed. Zhang Wei and Mr. Wang looked in that direction.
They saw that outside the mall entrance, the scene had changed. Instead of tall buildings, it was now a vast expanse of graves, as if the entire mall had been moved to a mountain covered with tomb mounds.
Those who walked out of the door were so scared that they fell to the ground. Some who were accidentally pushed out of the door, upon stepping out, found themselves back at the entrance as if caught in a ghost wall. They could not walk out of the mall at all.
All these situations.
Even those who didn't understand the supernatural realized something was wrong.
Zhang Wei's brow furrowed:
"Ghost domain."
He felt that the mall had been pulled into a ghost domain and scanned the vast ceiling, trying to find the ghost.
Whether the ghost discovered that its chosen target had the ghost exorcist Zhang Wei, or discovered the presence of Mr. Wang, the 'immortal on earth', the ghost did not appear.
Seeing this.
Zhang Wei turned and said to Mr. Wang:
"Mr. Wang, it seems there's something dirty causing trouble. This mall is quite large, and it's not easy for me to find the ghost. There are still people in the mall. Please ask Mr. Wang to help gather everyone in this first-floor lobby."
As he spoke, Zhang Wei looked at Mr. Wang's son. Mr. Wang had introduced his son as a police officer earlier. Stabilizing order and gathering people was something the son was more familiar with than himself.
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
Mr. Wang asked Zhang Wei without hesitation, busy instructing his son to do as Zhang Wei suggested.
Zhang Wei smiled and looked at Mr. Wang, whose entire body radiated merit like the great sun:
"Mr. Wang, you just sit here and have people gather around you. With you here, it's more effective than a door god. The ghost won't be able to harm other citizens."
Saying that.
Zhang Wei scanned the mall, trying to find the ghost hidden in the ghost domain.
...