"The Nanyang Basin used to be a densely populated area of the Jin Empire. Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty started his business in Nanyang."
Cheng Jinyang held Qingqing's hand and chatted while walking on the road.
Near the border of the Central Plains, the visibility becomes lower the closer you get to high places. In addition, considering that passing through a large area of demonic fog may alert the enemy, Cheng Jinyang landed a few minutes ago and walked along the road with Qing Qing.
There are abandoned fields on both sides of the bank, and traces of reclamation can be seen vaguely, but now they are completely occupied by weeds.
At the end of the road ahead, several puppets were wandering around blankly.
Their eyes were dull and lifeless, and their beautiful faces had numb expressions. They were like lost beasts, walking aimlessly on the road.
The restraint pulse shot out from Cheng Jinyang's fingers and accurately penetrated their heads.
"These guys, just looking at their backs, really look like zombies." Cheng Jinyang said with emotion.
"Zombie?" Qingqing asked.
"It's just zombies."
"They are much prettier than zombies."
"Don't just look at people by their faces."
"Indeed." Qingqing controlled the metal to flow forward, crushing the corpses of these puppets into vague pieces of flesh and blood.
Cheng Jinyang looked a little nauseous and said:
"Do you want it to be so bloody?"
"You mind me!" Qingqing turned around and glared at him, "What if they are pretending to be dead?"
"If the puppet had this kind of intelligence, the Great Jin Dynasty would probably have died long ago, okay?"
"I don't care, I just want to kill them."
Girl Qingqing ran to the narrow field ridge next to her, then spread her arms to maintain balance, and walked precariously across the single-plank bridge.
Cheng Jinyang followed her, looking around cautiously, fearing that a puppet would appear from somewhere and knock down his suddenly stupid wife.
"Stop playing." He reminded him in a dumbfounded voice, "Do you think we are here for a spring outing? We are here for infiltration investigation!"
"It doesn't matter." Miss Qingqing said nonchalantly, "My husband will protect me."
"Then I'm going to open the connection state." Cheng Jinyang threatened.
"what?!"
"Use Wangshu's radar ability to scan the surroundings. Otherwise, we won't know when we encounter an enemy, and we will have to keep an eye on you."
"Don't open it, don't open it!" Qingqing pulled a weed from the ground and inserted it into his ear like a prank.
Cheng Jinyang brushed away the weeds casually, but Qingqing took the opportunity to grab his shoulders and press her lips together.
Cheng Jinyang was so frightened that he took half a step back and quickly scanned his surroundings with his senses, because Qing Qing's pretty face directly blocked his view directly in front of him.
If some monster sneaks up on me, it will be over!
However, Qingqing didn't have any consciousness at all. Not only did she hold his head tightly, she also stuck her tongue out.
After finally pushing Qingqing away, she still smiled evilly and pretended to lick the corner of her mouth:
"Thank you for the treat. My little lady is full."
"Don't do this outside in the future." Cheng Jinyang muttered "be tough" three times silently, then scolded her with a straight face.
"I understand." Qingqing said with a smile, "In other words, as long as you are indoors at night, you can enjoy your husband as you like, right?"
"Be careful of teasing your husband during the day and begging for mercy at night." Cheng Jinyang couldn't lose face, so he threatened her viciously.
"Hey, who are you talking about?" Qingqing turned around with her hands behind her back, "I can't hear you."
"Stop talking, pay attention to the surroundings." Cheng Jinyang looked around again.
Through the gravitational particle perception system, he could confirm that within at least 500 meters, there were no individuals suspected of being enemies, only some birds and voles.
Even so, it cannot be taken lightly.
The two continued to move forward quietly and quickly, and soon came to a river.
"The locals here call it Baihe." Cheng Jinyang said.
"You actually know this?" Qingqing asked in surprise.
"Of course I remember." Cheng Jinyang replied, "I saw the map of Nanyang Kanyu before leaving."
"The Central Plains has been occupied for a long time. Unless it is around a large urban settlement, public water and electricity must have been stopped."
"So small settlements must be close to the river for easy access to water."
"In fact, from Xiangyang to Nanyang, there is probably only one big city in the middle, Rangcheng, where human settlements can be confirmed."
"The rest of the villages, towns, and counties, even if there are humans living in them, have lost contact with the Jin Dynasty for a long time."
"So, we are going to Rangcheng?" Qingqing asked.
"We will go north along the Baihe River to observe the number and distribution of puppets encountered along the way." Cheng Jinyang replied, "Then we will go to Rangcheng and Nanyang to find Wubao where the locals have settled and confirm the specific situation of monsters."
"Finally, and of course the most critical thing, I will enter the dreamland after sleeping tonight and confirm the distribution of various Huangquan Road locations in the Nanyang Basin."
"Where will you stay tonight?" Qingqing asked again.
"It should be Rangcheng." Cheng Jinyang replied.
The two of them headed north along the river, and soon encountered a large group of puppets.
Through the double metal tide, all these puppets were cleaned up with a backhand. A large number of corpses were thrown into the soil, and the white river next to it almost turned into a river of blood.
"Since our departure, we have cleared out three waves of puppet groups in total." Miss Qingqing concluded, "The number of each wave is around 200-400."
"Based on the spacing and average distance, there may be at least 5,000 puppet groups in the entire Nanyang Basin." Cheng Jinyang continued his analysis, "The total number is at least 1.5 million."
"In fact, there will only be more." Qingqing said with a smile, "Because this is just the wild."
"In the originally densely populated Rangcheng and on the surface of Nanyang, there will only be more puppet groups hatched."
"It's tricky." Cheng Jinyang sighed and said, "After the locations where the demons are resurrected are circled, we have to try to expel the puppet groups, lure them to these blocked locations, and then use weapons of mass destruction to eliminate them.
"
"This is repeated, and finally the entire Nanyang area is completely cleared, the resurrected puppet cluster is blocked, and then the city and human civilization are rebuilt."
"Does this count as the Northern Expedition being successful?" Miss Qingqing asked with a smile.
"It can only be regarded as a success in the first stage." Cheng Jinyang replied, "To the north from Nanyang is the Kaifeng Plain."
"The areas around Kaifeng were restored, and finally the Heluo area."
"That is to say, there is still a long way to go." Qingqing let go of his hand and walked briskly through the battlefield filled with puppet corpses, "But it doesn't matter."
"Why doesn't it matter?"
"Because my husband is the most powerful." Qingqing opened her arms and spun around a few times, turned around with a smile and said, "He is a great hero who stands upright."