Returning to Anning Town again, many things have changed.
The little Narcissus is gone, Ye Zhiqiu is gone, and the original peaceful town is gone. Only Wu Ming remains the same.
In Anning Town, fallen leaves and dust were everywhere, and a few lonely zombies were wandering around the town.
Yu Heng and the others, who came to catch the zombies in a hurry, looked at the lonely town and were dumbfounded for a moment: "What's going on? Where are the armored corpses that were promised? In this big town of thousands of people, these are just a few small fish?"
"Roar!"
Several zombies wandering around the town became bloodthirsty when they saw the living people, and jumped towards everyone.
Before she could take a few steps, Yuying flicked the Bagua Mirror on her chest with her fingers, and a burst of golden light suddenly shot out.
The burst of golden light shines on the zombies, like spring snow encountering the scorching sun.
Visible to the naked eye, a raging fire broke out from the zombie's body, and was burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.
"Brother, there are not many zombies here, what should we do?" After taking care of the ordinary zombies, Yu Ying walked to her senior brother Yu Heng and asked about the next step.
Yu Heng glanced at the town, with confusion on his face, and shook his head: "Strange, could it be that the zombies were brought to the county because it was too close to the county?"
Listening to Yu Heng's muttering to himself, Wu Ming snickered secretly.
This Yu Heng is like a 50-cent guy who brings his own dry food. When encountering something difficult to figure out, he will make up his mind first. He is really a lovely person.
"Brother, what should we do? How about we go to another town to have a look?" Yuying tentatively said, there are no zombies in Anning Town, so it is useless to stay here.
It's still early at this time, so it's okay to visit a few more towns. You can't go to every town with nothing.
"Boy, Anning Town is very close to the county seat. Instead of traveling to a few more towns to try your luck, why not go to the county seat and try it!" Wu Ming spoke at the right time, directing his target to Yong'an County.
Yu Heng and Yu Ying looked at each other, their expressions a little moved, but there was still some concern in their eyebrows.
Yong'an County is the county seat, and there is the base camp of zombies.
If there may be silver-armored zombies in the small town, then there will be no shortage of golden-armored zombies in the county. What's more, if the zombie king Liu Yu is knocked down, this immortal-level zombie king will not be available in Yuheng.
Confidence can compete with one or two.
"Senior brother, with the strength of the two of us, we can protect ourselves even if we encounter a golden-armored corpse. Do you want to go to the county town and have a look?" Yu Ying was the first to think about it and discussed with Yu Heng in a low voice.
Yu Heng lowered his head and thought for a moment, and thought to himself: "The iron-armored corpse is comparable to ten years of Taoism, the bronze-armored corpse is comparable to twenty years of Taoism, the silver-armored corpse is comparable to forty years of Taoism, and the golden-armored corpse is comparable to eighty years of Taoism. With my current strength
, it is not difficult to deal with the silver-armored zombies. Coupled with the techniques of our Corpse Refining Sect, all the magic weapons can restrain the zombies, and we also carry the four-way pacification seal that is the treasure of the sect, so we can fight against the golden-armored zombie king."
Zombies have a strong sense of territory. The more advanced the zombies are, the less they like to interact with ordinary zombies.
Yu Heng thought about the size of Yong'an County and felt that as long as he did not enter the core area, the possibility of encountering the Corpse King was not high.
At that time, just searching for zombies on the outskirts of the county town will be risky, but it is not a dead end.
"Okay, let's go to the county town and have a look, but we must not go deep." Yu Heng nodded and agreed without noticing at all that the smile on Wu Ming's face became even bigger.
In the crowd, the sharp-edged swordsman who watched with cold eyes always felt that something was wrong.
But I tilted my head and thought about it, and there was nothing wrong with it. I just thought I was too suspicious.
In this way, the group of four continued to set off towards Yong'an County.
There was no ordinary person present, and he was traveling very quickly, arriving outside the county seat before noon.
Yong'an County is as dead as ever, and the tall city walls seem to cut off everything.
Wu Ming and others did not go through the city gate, but jumped directly over the city wall and arrived at the south of the county seat.
"It stinks!" The first impression left on Wu Ming and others in Yong'an County was that it smelled bad.
Throughout the county, there was a stench of rotting corpses everywhere, as if one had arrived at a slaughterhouse.
After a quick glance, I found many zombies wandering around the city.
Some of those who were relatively close seemed to smell the breath of living people and were ready to move.
"Ordinary zombies can only feel the breath of living people. Just keep your breath closed. But this method is not effective for zombies who have reached a higher level. They already have preliminary intelligence and can even see with their eyes." Yuying gave instructions to everyone, mainly Wu Ming and Kuaishou Ke.
Kuai Swordsman is a strong man who follows the path of a warrior. He has no difficulty in holding his breath. He just nodded and held his breath.
Wu Ming takes the magic route. He doesn't know how to hold his breath, but there are other ways to replace it.
This method is very simple. It is to apply the purification technique on the body. All the exhaled gas will be purified and will not be noticed.
Using their own methods, the four people shuttled through the streets in the south of the city, looking for their respective goals.
When passing by a gold and silver building, the sharp knifeman suddenly stopped, his eyes full of wandering.
"There must be something wrong with this gold and silver building. I want to go in and take a look. Don't wait for me." The sharp swordsman said vaguely, walked away with a broad-backed sword, and rushed into the gold and silver building in a few steps. In the building.
Wu Ming looked at the sharp swordsman's back, then looked at the contempt in Yu Heng's eyes, and shook his head speechlessly.
Even though a hero is a hero, he can't do it without money.
In the world of Liaozhai, silver and gold are commonly used, and even immortals are not exempt from these vulgarities.
Kuai Swordsman, a common man, is not like Yu Heng or Yu Ying who has a sect as a backer. He has always had enough food and clothing. Therefore, it is inevitable that he will be unable to walk when he sees a good thing without an owner.
After a while, the sound of fighting came from the Gold and Silver Building.
The sound of fighting lasted for a short time, followed by the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets, mixed with a few giggles.
"These warriors can't hold up the wall with mud." Yu Heng was arrogant and looked down upon the behavior of the sharp swordsmen.
When Wu Ming heard this, he shook his head slightly and retorted: "You can't say that. A man is not rich without windfall, and a horse is not fat without night grass. Anyway, they are ownerless things. It is better to fall into the hands of a swordsman than to fall into the hands of a swordsman." It’s better to be in the hands of corrupt officials.”
squeak...
As soon as Wu Ming finished speaking, everyone heard a scream belonging to a rat.
Everyone looked up and saw that it was a fat rat being chased by a zombie, running towards the three of them in a panic.
The mouse ran over, and the zombies chasing it certainly wouldn't let it go.
This was just an ordinary zombie. It didn't notice Wu Ming and the others who were holding their breath, and stumbled towards it.
The next second, the zombie was about to pass by, and Yu Heng chose to take action.
The mahogany sword behind him was pulled out directly. Yu Heng's steps swayed slightly, and the tip of the sword penetrated the zombie's chest.
"Garbage, it's garbage!" Yu Heng sheathed the peach wood sword, not knowing whether he was talking about the zombies being trash or the sharp swordsman's behavior being trash.
Wu Ming shrugged indifferently, raised his foot and stepped on the face of the zombie who was stabbed to death, and saw the bite marks on the zombie's neck.
"Have you noticed that these peripheral zombies are all villagers who were bitten to death?" Wu Ming said casually after looking at the bite marks on the zombies' necks.
"What's that?" Yu Heng replied nonchalantly, but still glanced at the zombie's neck.
Wu Ming walked forward and said as he walked: "The zombies here are all bitten villagers. Where did the zombies that bit them go?"
Yong'an County is a large county with a population of 100,000.
Liu Yu's zombie army can reduce the entire county to death, so it can be seen that there are not many of them at all.
But looking at the zombies on the street, there are none that have reached a higher level, and they are all transformed by former villagers. This is really hard to explain.
After passing through two streets and an alley, I still didn't see any high-level zombies.
Wu Ming and his party were all worried. They could not find the reason why the high-level zombies disappeared, and no one dared to take it lightly.
Crunch, crunch, crunch...
When passing a courtyard, there was a soft sound of rocking chairs, which attracted the attention of Wu Ming and the others.
Kicking open the door, Wu Ming looked into the courtyard and saw an old lady wearing a green robe, sitting on a deck chair and rocking.
"Is it a zombie?" Looking at the old lady's appearance, the first thing Wu Ming thought of was the word advanced zombie.
Yu Heng looked at it carefully for a while and shook his head hesitantly.
Then, he picked up the Bagua mirror hanging on his chest, stretched out his hand to draw a spell on the mirror, and looked at the old lady's position.
As soon as I catch my eye, I see an old willow tree lying on the lounge chair in the mirror, and there is the figure of the old lady there.
"This is a demon mirror. This old lady is not a zombie, she should be a willow tree spirit in disguise." Yu Heng explained in a low voice, approaching the old lady step by step.
The old lady lying on the chair seemed unaware of the arrival of everyone.
When Yu Heng walked to her side, the old lady slowly opened her eyes and glanced casually.
"I dare to ask senior, who is the willow god in the city?" As Yu Heng said, he took out a jade pendant from his neck and said: "Junior Yu Heng, my family's master is the Corpse Refining Sect of Maoshan Sect, and he teaches Zhenren Xuan.
Yinzi.”
On Yuheng's jade pendant, the word Mao is written in cinnabar on the front, and Corpse Refining Sect is written on the back.
Seeing this jade pendant, the indifference on the old lady's face calmed down a bit, and she said: "It turns out that he is from the Corpse Refining Sect. It seems that this kid Liu Yu is in trouble!"
As soon as the old lady opened her mouth, Wu Ming noticed her title.
It seems that Liu Shen and Liu Yu are still old friends. No wonder they are still spending their remaining years here after the zombies took over the city.
"You go, I don't welcome outsiders here. I won't get involved in your affairs, and I don't dare to get involved! Besides, don't ask me anything. If I'm a gossip, Liu Yu won't allow me.
Live!" After the old lady said this, she closed her eyes and rested again.
Wu Ming and the other three looked at each other. The old lady obviously knew something, but she didn't seem to want to meddle in other people's business.
In the world of Liaozhai, everything can achieve enlightenment, and each has different responsibilities.
The conferred city gods and land gods have the responsibility to protect the land and serve the people, but this willow god is not one of them. At best, he can be regarded as a wild monster.
Looking at the old lady transformed by Liu Shen, she looked very wise and protective. Wu Ming and the others were speechless.
Similarly, leaving without asking any questions and returning empty-handed was also difficult for the three of them to accept. To be continued.