Xiao Han introduced the situation of Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Chen, with a smile on his face as he spoke, quite satisfied and pleased.
After hearing this, Ji Tianxing also smiled and nodded: "That's very good. Mr. Xiao is helping them discover talents.
They are self-denial and serve the people. They are also proving their talents and repaying Mr. Xiao's kindness."
"Yes!" Xiao Han nodded with deep sympathy and said, "At first, I was worried that taking these two out of the Xiao clan and directly assigning them positions would cause dissatisfaction among the officers and soldiers under my command.
After all, I am also worried that someone will slander me behind my back, saying that I am a nepotist and install direct relatives in the military.
Fortunately, both of them are excellent and very competitive, so the soldiers were speechless..."
After talking about Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Chen, Ji Tianxing suppressed his smile and asked Xiao Han: "Master Xiao, when I came here, I saw a foul smell and black air floating in the sky outside the city.
The people in the city were nowhere to be seen, every household had their doors and windows closed, and even the city defense formation was activated.
What is going on? I heard there seems to be a plague?"
Xiao Han was startled for a moment, the smile on his face gradually faded, and his brows were furrowed.
His breath quickly changed from relaxed and cheerful to heavy and solemn.
Obviously, the happy smile just now was all faked by him, and the sad face at this moment was a true reflection of his mood.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Han said in a solemn tone: "Tian Xing, if you don't mention it, I didn't want to tell you this matter, just because it is very troublesome and dangerous.
You are just passing through here and staying in Black Rock City for a few days, and I don’t want to trouble you and delay your companions’ healing.”
Ji Tianxing raised his eyebrows and said: "Before I came to Black Rock City, I met the Imperial Master on the way. He once told me some news about disasters and plagues.
How troublesome and dangerous is this matter? If you are helpless, the people in the cities along the coast will suffer.
Even if I have something to go to the East China Sea to return to the ruins, and I just pass by Black Rock City, since I have encountered this matter, I cannot ignore it."
Hearing what he said, Xiao Han's eyes suddenly brightened, and he quickly asked: "Tianxing, you actually met the emperor's master. Did the emperor's master tell you the relevant news?"
Xiao Ling'er's eyes also lit up, showing eyes full of shock and admiration.
To her, the human emperor was unattainable, like a person among gods and immortals.
However, the relationship between Ji Tianxing and the Imperial Master seemed to be very close.
This undoubtedly shows Ji Tianxing’s high status and respected status!
She stared at Ji Tianxing intently, secretly excited in her heart.
"That's right." Ji Tianxing nodded and said solemnly: "Master Xiao, please tell me in detail what is going on. Maybe I can help."
Xiao Han hesitated and weighed it before nodding and saying: "Tian Xing, it's not that I don't care about the life and death of the people, I just don't want to implicate you.
Since you care about the people of East China Sea and are willing to help, I won't hide it.
What happened was that one morning a month ago, the lord of Lingxun City suddenly sent me an urgent report, saying that there was a sudden disaster in a fishing town outside the city.
A large amount of black-red mist came from nowhere and enveloped the entire fishing town.
In just one hour, all the more than 20,000 people in the town died, and their bodies were corroded into bones and blood.
Even the chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs and other domestic animals in the town, as well as the sea fish stored in various households, were turned into a pool of blood and rotten bones. The entire fishing town really left no chickens or dogs alive."
Having said this, Xiao Han's expression became more solemn and his tone became deeper.
"When the Lord of Lingxun City heard the news, he sent people to the fishing town to check the situation, but the people he sent were poisoned by the black and red mist, and turned into blood and rotten bones like the people.
Later, the sea breeze blew away the black and red fog, and the poisonous fog spread, eroding the two surrounding towns.
The people and creatures in those two towns were all obliterated and corrupted by the poisonous fog.
The poisonous fog continued to spread, even invading Lingxun City and the bay, poisoning countless sea fish.
Things could not be contained, and the poisonous mist continued to spread, turning into a horrific plague that began to spread to surrounding cities.
In all villages, towns and cities that were eroded by the virulent plague, the people were corroded and poisoned by the plague.
Lingxun City was the place where the plague broke out. Now it has become an empty city. Most of the people were killed or injured, and the survivors all fled.
The same was true for the people in other cities. After hearing the news of the spread of the plague, they were all frightened and panicked, and fled with their families...
Nowadays, in all the cities in the East China Sea, the people are in dire straits, corpses are everywhere, and the people are homeless..."
When Ji Tianxing heard this, his face became very ugly, and he asked in a low tone: "In one month, the virulent plague has spread to Black Rock City.
That’s why you closed the city, opened the city defense formation, and made the people hide in their homes and not allowed to go out?"
Xiao Han nodded and said in a helpless and heartbroken tone: "Yes, I really have no choice! The cities along the coast are already in chaos, and the people are panicked.
Blackstone City is the main city in the East China Sea, and I sit here.
If the people of Black Rock City escape again, then the hundreds of millions of people in the East China Sea will no longer have support and support, and will only collapse and disintegrate."
Ji Tianxing nodded slightly to show his understanding, and asked in a deep voice: "Have you ever counted the losses and casualties caused by the virulent plague in the past month?"
Xiao Han nodded and said a heartbreaking number in a solemn tone.
"So far, the virulent plague has eroded thirty-five cities, killed more than two million people, and forced more than 20 million people to flee their homes and become homeless.
The 500,000 elite soldiers under my command have been pacifying the people and helping them relocate to avoid the plague.
In the past month, more than 40,000 soldiers have died.
In addition, I have also sent a large number of experts to investigate the origin of the plague and discuss ways to solve the virulent plague.
Unfortunately, until now, I have not found out the origin of the plague, let alone how to resist it.
All I know is that the poisonous plague should be related to the demons. It seems to be some kind of vicious secret method inherited from ancient times.
After the people killed by the plague turned into blood and rotten bones, they would soon condense into blood clouds and magical mist, and mysteriously disappear.
Warriors and common people with low strength will turn into blood within an hour after being eroded by the plague.
Only masters with strength above the Yuan Dan realm can sustain it for ten days.
A strong person in the Tianyuan realm can last for about a month before he dies from the poison and turns into blood."
Hearing this, Ji Tianxing frowned fiercely, and an icy cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Sure enough, it was the demons who did it! The damn Son of Blood God actually lurked in the East China Sea to cause trouble!"