Master Changmei's voice was interrupted by Lin Daniao's scream. The copper coin in his hand fell with a "clang" and rolled several times before stopping.
"What? Another empty city?"
Master Changmei's eyes widened in disbelief, and he quickly came to Lin Daniao, leaned over and looked down.
Sure enough, below is a large-scale city with mottled walls, but it exudes a sense of history. Although the buildings in the city are slightly old, they are still neatly arranged, but they are also empty and eerily quiet.
"This..." Changmei Zhenren was dumbfounded and was speechless for a moment.
Then, he took out the map again, glanced at it, and said: "This city is called Lingyin City. Although the population is not as large as the first three, there are still two million people... Why, why have they all disappeared?
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Lin DaNiao sarcastically said: "Second brother, your calculations are really accurate. Just when you said it was a good omen, you encountered an empty city again."
"You know nothing!" Master Longmei argued: "I was about to say something, but you interrupted me."
shameless.
Lin DaNiao cursed secretly in his heart.
Ye Qiu's eyes became more solemn and he said solemnly: "The disappearance of people in four consecutive cities is definitely not a coincidence."
Master Longmei nodded and said with a serious expression: "This is the first time I have seen such a strange thing. Perhaps, Central Continent is facing an unprecedented crisis."
Lin DaNiao was a little worried and said, "Boss, how about we go down and investigate?"
Ye Qiu shook his head: "We have to rush back to the Imperial City as soon as possible. I'm worried that something will happen to the Imperial City."
Master Changmei said: "What you say, little bastard, makes sense, you'd better rush back to Huangcheng Dam as soon as possible!"
In an instant, the Chengfeng Sword accelerated, like a bolt of lightning piercing the sky, passing over Lingyin City.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Ye Qiu raised his eyebrows and stopped the Wind Sword.
"What's wrong, boss?" Lin Daniao asked.
"Have you noticed any vitality?" Ye Qiu asked.
At this moment, Lin Daniao, Mo Tianji, and Master Changmei spread their spiritual consciousness at the same time, covering the entire Lingyin City.
After a moment, the three of them shook their heads at the same time.
"I seemed to have noticed a glimmer of life just now." Ye Qiu said.
"Little bastard, you won't have any hallucinations, will you?" Master Changmei said: "If there are real creatures in the city, it is impossible for them to escape the perception of a few of us."
"Go down and take a look." Ye Qiu always felt that his perception was correct. At that moment, the four of them landed in Lingyin City.
I saw closed doors on both sides of the street, as if no one had been there for a long time.
A gust of wind blew by, picking up a few dead leaves on the ground and making a rustling sound, which was particularly harsh in this dead city.
"This place is so quiet that it makes people feel sick."
Lin DaNiao couldn't help but shudder and looked around, but he saw only empty streets and closed doors and windows, without a trace of living people.
Master Changmei said softly: "The whole city seems to have been forgotten by time."
Mo Tianji observed his surroundings vigilantly, not letting go of any possible detail, trying to find a clue from this dead silence.
"I always feel that something must have happened here." Mo Tianji whispered.
Ye Qiu led the way forward, taking every step carefully. His intuition told him that although this city seemed deserted, it definitely hid unknown secrets.
"Don't be careless, be careful." Ye Qiu turned around and warned everyone before continuing forward.
In the houses on both sides of the street, you can occasionally see some daily necessities scattered, but no people are seen. This strong contrast makes people feel an indescribable uneasiness.
On the table in a teahouse, the teapot is still half tilted, as if the owner has just left temporarily but never came back.
"Look -" Suddenly, Mo Tianji pointed to a corner of the wall, where there was a line of shallow footprints that were almost undetectable if you didn't look carefully.
Several people walked to the corner.
Master Longmei immediately squatted down and studied the set of footprints carefully. His brows furrowed even more tightly and he said, "These footprints... don't look like ordinary people's. They are too small, too light, and have a strange shape."
"Maybe it was left behind by some spiritual beast." Lin Daniao said.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Ye Qiu muttered, his sharp eyes searching around, trying to find more clues.
Master Changmei stood up and said softly: "Anyway, since we stopped here, let's explore again."
The four of them continued forward, walking through the silent streets, taking every step carefully.
After a while, they stopped in front of a house.
This private house was no different from other houses, but the faint light coming from the crack in the door caught Ye Qiu's attention.
"Here." Ye Qiu pointed to the half-open door and motioned for everyone to come closer.
Master Changmei reminds everyone: "Be careful."
Ye Qiuyi, an expert in art, was bold and stepped forward to gently open the door. A smell of decay hit his face, mixed with a faint musty smell.
The room was dark, with only a ray of sunlight from the window barely illuminating a corner of the room.
"Is there anyone there?" Lin Daniao asked softly, but his voice echoed in the empty room, but he received no response.
Ye Qiu walked into the house first. His eyes searched around and found that the furnishings in the house were simple, but it looked extremely neat, as if the owner had only left temporarily and would come back at any time.
"It looks like an ordinary house." Lin Daniao said.
Ye Qiu sniffed it with his nose and felt a hint of blood. Suddenly, he turned his head and stared at the wooden table in the center of the house.
There was a layer of dust on the table, with an extinguished oil lamp on it and nothing else.
Master Changmei noticed Ye Qiu's eyes, and immediately walked to the wooden table and said, "Little bastard, there seems to be writing on the table, but it's too blurry to see clearly."
Lin Daniao and Mo Tianji also came over.
Ye Qiu waved his palm, and suddenly the dust on the table was scattered by the force of his palm.
After the dust was dispersed, everyone could see clearly that the so-called handwriting was not handwriting, but several deep claw marks, mixed with dried blood, which looked extremely shocking.
The arrangement of the claw marks seems to be intentional, and two words are pieced together crookedly——
Help!
Obviously, this is a distress signal.
"It's so weird, what happened here?" Master Changmei said in a deep voice.
Mo Tianji said: "I think there must be some connection between the distress signal here and the missing people in the four cities."
Ye Qiu's eyes were fixed on those claw marks, and he had a strong feeling in his heart that the disappearance of people in the four cities definitely hid a huge secret.
"Let me check it out."
Ye Qiu's face was full of seriousness, and then a sword pointed out: "Reverse time and space!"