Volume 5: The Ancient Glorious Empire Chapter 41 Prelude
Luofeng area, Mingshi town.
The town got its name because it produces a special crystal that can be used for lighting and is exported to all parts of the Water Federation.
At this time, it was already late at night, but Akashi Town was still brightly lit. This was not because the town was prosperous, but because there was an Akashi mine in the town, which was always filled with light.
Akashi Town is just a poor little oasis, but it is backed by the big oasis "Phosphorescent City" and is located in the Water Federation. Although it is poor, its safety is still guaranteed.
Even though the black river of the sky has been hanging high in the sky for more than a month, the residents of Mingshi Town are not too panicked. As people from the strange world, they must be adaptable in order to survive in this world full of disasters.
Boom boom
A group of hundreds of small evil creatures were blocked outside the town, leaving behind many hideous and huge corpses.
The townspeople just glanced at it and didn't care. They didn't have the extra time or energy to care about it.
They still have to work.
Their previous work was mostly mining, but during this period of disaster, they need to assist the garrison in continuously building fortifications, stockpiling food, transporting supplies...especially preparing for the food and lodging of the officers coming from Phosphorescent City, as those officers are not easy to serve.
The already busy lives of the residents of Akashi became even more difficult.
But no one complained.
This was an even worse time. They heard that people were suffering outside and they didn't know how many villages and towns had been wiped out by this disaster.
The two townspeople muttered to themselves, wiped the sweat from their foreheads, picked up a palm-sized wooden cup, scooped water from the stream in front of them, and drank it in big gulps.
This is the living water produced by Oasis. It is safe, non-toxic and pollution-free. It is also the only water source in Akashi Town.
A townsman propped up his drooping eyelids and wiped the water stains that splashed on his face. "Strange, I seem to be getting more and more sleepy recently."
"I'm really tired. There have been so many things going on in the past month or so. But the mayor said that we should hold on. As long as we hold on until the Black River disaster is over, everything will be fine."
"Yes, I have found a way. I plan to send my child to a blacksmith shop in Phosphorescent City as an apprentice. I will set off after the disaster..."
"Haha, my brat is now learning sword skills from an adult in the guard team. Both our families have a bright future."
Imagining the future, two men in their thirties and forties, already hunched over, smiled sincerely on their wrinkled faces.
As they laughed, their eyes gradually became unfocused and suddenly they fell down with a thud.
A worker in the distance saw this and hurried over to check. The two people who had just fallen down trembled and climbed up, but their pupils were like black lakes , with an indescribable dead silence.
"you……"
The figure who climbed up pounced and bit forward like a bloody beast.
Soon, the middle-aged man with broken limbs staggered to his feet. His movements gradually became more skillful, and his broken body did not seem to have much of an impact on him.
He followed some instinct and pounced on it.
Strange roars soon rang out in many areas of Akashi Town, followed by endless screams and sounds of fighting. The peaceful night of the town was broken in an instant.
By the time Fang You heard about the "Akashi Town Disaster", it was already a day later.
The entire Akashi town is said to have fallen.
There is no way around it. Xinhuo Academy is now quite famous, but it is an indisputable fact that no matter how famous it is, it has no roots in this area and is short of manpower.
The only ones who were able to learn this news were the students of Phosphorus City who happened to be Xinhuo. They keenly discovered that something was wrong and reported the situation.
In the academy, Fang You called Liu Feng and Zhou Bao.
"What do you think?"
The disaster in Akashi Town was named "The Disaster of the Living Dead." If only some ordinary townspeople had problems and were alienated, it would not be difficult to suppress the disaster.
Fang You flipped through the freshly-released intelligence.
"After transforming into zombies, they will attack all living people based on their instincts, just like the evil spirits. Not only that, the strength and speed of these zombies are much stronger than when they were alive."
"And when something goes wrong, it's not just the ordinary townspeople who suddenly become the living dead, but also the Awakened ones... The Awakened ones don't seem to be any more resistant than the ordinary townspeople."
At present, some Xinhuo students have arrived in Mingshi Town, and a more powerful team is rushing there quickly.
But when he asked Liu Feng and Zhou Bao for their opinions, what he was really asking was... whether a similar situation had occurred in the Kandela Empire in the past.
"Similar disasters, similar disasters... really do exist!"
Liu Feng said that he was recalling some of the briefings he had read in the past.
"In the thirty-first year after you fell asleep, a powerful country outside the empire called the 'Rati Kingdom' suddenly started a disaster of the living dead. It seems that a few years later, this country called the Rati Kingdom was destroyed."
"In addition, there are the disasters of the blood moon, the disaster of lust, and the disaster of illusions..."
The disaster of lust, the towns affected, from ordinary people to high-level awakeners, all found it difficult to control their desires. The disaster-stricken areas instantly became a place of [beep, beep, beep——].
The disaster of the dream, the entire town fell into an endless dream, and kept reincarnating in the dream until the body withered and the soul died.
etc.
Upon closer inspection, the types of disasters caused by evil gods are truly diverse.
Fang You thought about it and looked at Zhou Bao again.
The silly kid who was over a hundred years old was stunned for two seconds, then looked at Liu Feng, "Second Senior Brother is right."
Fang You asked again, "Don't you have anything to add?"
Zhou Bao felt ashamed and scratched his head hard, but finally shook his head, "It seems... not."
He seemed to have seen it before in his memory.
But I didn't notice.
When brains are needed, of course they are handed over to the eldest sister, the second brother, the second brother and the second brother.
Zhou Bao has a clear understanding of himself.
Since I am not as smart as my senior sister and second brother, then as long as I don't use my brain, this shortcoming will disappear.
When I think about it this way, I don’t seem to be stupid.
So, the clever Zhou Bao looked at his second brother, the brain pendant.
Liu Feng was silent for a while, "Junior brother usually knows less than me."
What could Fang You do? He could only ask the two to recall as much as possible and record the details of the intelligence.
Unfortunately, Liu Feng was only a demigod back then, and he didn't know enough secrets. And there might be some differences between the evil god disaster tens of thousands of years ago and the disaster today, and these all need to be investigated slowly.
Fang You had three questions in mind.
Question 1: What is the cause of the plague of the living dead and is there a solution?
As for the source, it is most likely the [Twisted Black River]. Killing the "person" who caused the problem will naturally solve the problem, but this is more distant, so let's think about how to deal with the disaster.
Question 2: Infer the remaining time for the evil god to awaken by the duration and scope of the disaster.
But when comparing it with the information collected so far, he found many inconsistencies.
This leads to the third question: Is the evil god disaster scene really a disaster that the evil god unconsciously emits? Or...
Fang You fell into deep thought.
…
The Blue Star was as peaceful as ever, but the Falling Star Region was also affected by some of the evil gods' disasters.
What appeared here was not the Black River, but the familiar Blood Moon. However, this time, perhaps because the Blood Moon Land was far away, the impact on the Falling Star Region was not as serious as it was two and a half years ago.
Despite this, Bellezemon was still worried.
Two and a half years ago, when the disaster first occurred, they thought it was no big deal. Who would have thought that the disaster would become more and more serious, and a section of the wall of their Star Fortress collapsed as a result.
It's just a small thing.
The disaster also brought the minions of the evil god. Their mythical evil servants are still lurking on the land of Falling Star, making Bolesmon feel nervous whenever he travels.
Fortunately, the cooperation with the Burning Chamber of Commerce to deal with these minions of the evil god has been quite effective.
With their efforts, they found and killed two servants of the evil god and four seven-star evil spirits. A remarkable record!
Thinking of this, Bai Laizemon felt a little relieved, and was also surprised at their strength.
…
"We just killed two evil god servants. This is too lame!"
Yi Luoxi muttered, "There might be a fight soon in Yunhui Territory, but here we are all peaceful and calm. How boring!"
On the side, Xitina nodded in agreement, which was rare.
Among the four mythical figures in charge of the Burning Chamber of Commerce , three are warmongers. Qianqiu, who claims to be a scholar, can only shrink aside and cannot get a word in.
It's no wonder that compared with Xing Jinglei and the other two, Qianqiu can call himself a cultured person.
When he first joined the gang, he was illiterate, but that was only because he was a killer and had never received any systematic cultural education or been influenced by any culture.
After entering the "Xinhuo Culture Tutorial Class" again, Qianqiu can be said to be the only one among the "problem children" who returned to school to retake the course who was studying hard.
He graduated with honors and he hoped that there would be no more fighting in the future. Let's all sit down and make a cup of tea.
Thinking of this, Qianqiu swiped the special mobile phone in front of him.
Immerse yourself in the world of fiction.
Ilohi and Xitina were still mumbling.
Iloxi really wants to switch to the academy. Apart from the fighting, the newbies in the academy seem very interesting. She wants to spread the word of her witch sisterhood in the academy. She believes that there must be many like-minded sisters.
I'm just annoyed that every time I come out of the secret realm of time and years, I'm driven back by my mentor.
Just like guarding against thieves!
The instructor underestimated her too much. She would never sneak into Yunhui Domain to let people admire her heroic figure as the Witch Queen; nor would she organize some weird club activities in the college... She never thought that the activities she organized were weird; as for the allegations of corrupting students' morals, spreading the virus of poor students, etc., it was even more slanderous!
Compared to her, Xitina is quite sensible.
Although she also longed to fight, she knew better what she had to do.
"The disaster here is not as serious as that in Yunhui Realm, but we can't take it lightly . Besides, we still have a lot to do."
She began to count on her fingers, muttering to herself.
He opened the panel again to check.
"There is one more battle to come. We can almost prepare for the defense battle of the Burning Oasis's promotion to Level 7. The instructor said that it is a bit fast to be promoted to Level 7 in less than three years, but there is no need to hide it now. Xinhuo does not need to explain to others what he does."
After she finished speaking, she noticed that Iloxi blinked and had no idea what "Billion Points Fast" meant.
Xing Jinglei was ready to fight, not caring about the reason.
Qianqiu was immersed in reading for a while, and then he uttered a confused "Huh?"
"..." Xitina.
…
Akashi Town, edge.
Two figures hid behind a logging hut, staring with wide eyes at the strange figure wandering in the distance.
“Roar~”
“Roar~”
Those figures made eerie and evil cries.
It was already daytime, and Akashi Town was bathed in bright sunshine. So were the two young new students. However, they could not feel the sunshine's warmth at all. They only felt cold and shivered.
There are no living people left in Akashi Town.
It's not that the whole nation was annihilated.
When the plague of the living dead broke out, the disaster spread rapidly and countless people were assimilated, but in the end an elite team broke through and escaped.
Most of the elite awakeners who broke through were reinforcements from Phosphorescent City.
...This is almost the same as the whole town being wiped out.
The Phosphorescent City is in a state of panic right now, and no strong men have come to explore this small town. It would be better to say that they are avoiding it.
"Humph! Those worthless nobles!"
A young girl said angrily.
Another one tugged at her sleeve and said, "Let's keep our voices down. What if we attract those monsters?"
Qian Xiaocao advised softly.
She had received adequate nutrition, and her figure was no longer as skinny as a dead log. Her complexion was rosy and her hair was moist. However, she came from a humble background and could not get rid of her cowardly nature.
The two were the trainees who had previously carried out missions in Phosphorescent City.
Then, they received an urgent mission from the academy and came to the outskirts of Akashi Town. They have been wandering and observing here for a while.
They also tried to hunt and capture the living dead, but it was like stirring up a hornet's nest, causing the two little girls to escape into the gray fog for a long time before they were able to shake off their pursuers.
At this moment, they went around to the other side of the town, hiding in the corner and observing quietly, not shooting.
suddenly,
"roar--"
A terrible roar came from behind.
It was a three-star evil creature, not very strong, and was killed by the student Miaomiao in two moves.
But there was still something evil running behind him. The living dead wandering not far away also turned their heads and began to run and dance on all fours.
Running close to the ground and running along the walls of buildings.
"Ahhh, don't come over here--"
There was a wolf in front and a tiger behind. Qian Xiaocao was extremely scared, with tears in her big eyes.
The enemy is approaching.
Another student, Miaomiao, has become entangled with Guixie.
Qian Xiaocao also had to draw out the strange long sword hidden in the scabbard.
brush--
“Aaaaaaaa——”
The sound covered up the rustling sound of the sword. When Qian Xiaocao came to her senses and took a breath, all she saw were corpses cut in half by the sword.
The living dead that were chopped off by Miaomiao were still struggling, but the living dead that were chopped off by her were completely dead and motionless.
Qian Xiaocao wiped away her tears and said, "It's so, so scary."
Miaomiao glanced at her and nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
The two of them moved to another place to hide. They were anxious and waited every second as if it were an age. Finally, the reinforcement team from the academy arrived.
The team leader is a young lady who doesn't look much older than them, but looks very reliable and mature.
The two girls ran forward with tears in their eyes.
