Shenwu Batian Jue

Chapter 263 The Tragic Scene in Xuanzhou
The two shadow guards quickly stripped off the skin, bones, tendons, and beast cores of the Dread Ape King, and after searching for a while, they finally frowned and said: "The ancient beasts at the peak of the fourth order are really poor. Flesh, nothing!"
When Su Yan heard the words of the shadow guard on the mountain, his eyebrows twitched a few times.They stripped off the most precious things from the entire fearsome ape king, and he was still not satisfied, which made him a little depressed who could only watch from afar.

The shadow guard dragged the dead ape king towards Su Yan and the others, saying: "Let's get out of here quickly, the two of us are injured internally, we have to find a place to adjust our breath, you can bury this corpse later Bar."
"You don't need to bury it, just give me the corpse." Su Yan dragged the dead ape king's corpse over, and put it directly into the storage ring.

The two shadow guards were stunned for a moment, and said: "That's okay, actually, the flesh and blood of this ancient beast is also the essence, and it may be of some value to warriors like you."
Su Yan smiled without speaking, and left silently, entering the dense forest.

The two shadow guards found a nearby place to meditate and adjust their breathing to repair their internal injuries, while Su Yan and the other three waited beside them.

While the shadow guard was concentrating on healing, Su Yan secretly talked with Dieyi, asked in detail about the restricted area in the Tieyan Mountain Range, and wrote down the route by the way.

The shadow guard's internal injuries were not serious, and after two hours he was almost healed, and disappeared into the void as usual.

The three of Su Yan left the forest and returned to the official road.Without the threat of the fearful ape king, the Gao family didn't know that they had left the king's city, so it was considered safe along the way, and they didn't have to tense their nerves all the time.

However, Su Yan's mood was not relaxed, and he was thinking about how to deal with the two shadow guards following him along the way.The development of the matter exceeded his expectations, the king of the fearful ape died, but the shadow guard was safe and sound.

They are warriors in the late stage of Opening Heaven Realm, they know advanced concealment techniques, and their attack and killing methods are very clever.Su Yan knew very well that it was not easy to deal with such a person.

The journey went smoothly, passed through many cities, and finally approached Xuanzhou City after a few days.

From a distance, the sky above the entire city of Xuanzhou is gray, with black lead clouds surging above the city, and the soaring corpse aura and resentment are shocking.

Seeing this once prosperous city again, Su Yan was stunned.

The whole city was completely lifeless, like a dead city with no signs of life, and the breath of death overflowing from the city could be felt from a distance.

"I can't imagine that Xuanzhou City, which was once prosperous and prosperous, has become like this now." The voice of the shadow guard came from the void, and he seemed to be regretful: "I still remember how prosperous and lively it was when I came to Xuanzhou 20 years ago." , but that prosperity is gone forever..."
With a heavy heart, Su Yan walked towards Xuanzhou City. The closer he was to the city, the stronger the breath of death, and the more he could feel the lingering resentment of the dead.

There are no soldiers guarding the gate of the city. The street is a miserable scene, with rotting corpses everywhere. Flocks of vultures are circling in the air, and sometimes they land, pecking at the rotting corpses. There are bursts of stench in the air. Disgusting!
The shops and houses on both sides of the street are all empty, only some soldiers in armor can be seen cleaning up the corpses.

Su Yan frowned. He was deeply shocked by the purgatory-like scene. There was almost no place to stay on the street. There were rotting corpses and bones all over the ground, as well as corpse water flowing out from rotting corpses.

Su Yan, Natalya, and Dieyi all held their breath.

Walking on the purgatory-like streets, the soldiers cleaning up the corpses all looked at them with strange eyes, as if they didn't expect that there would be people walking here under such circumstances.

Going back and forth, Su Yan walked through dozens of streets, and the situation in each street was similar, with corpses and bones everywhere.Some corpses were rotting and some were withered, curled up in a corner with their hands wrapped around their knees, only half a meter long.

Apparently, such a corpse was just a child, and died of starvation. After the water in the corpse dried up, its body shrank considerably.

"That's not right, the total number of soldiers clearing up corpses in dozens of streets is less than 3000! Where did the others go?" Su Yan looked around, looking at the city wall.It can be seen that there are some soldiers standing on the city wall, but the total number does not exceed ten thousand.

Xuanzhou City has tens of thousands of defenders!

Although there was a plague in Xuanzhou and too many people died, but for the soldiers of the dynasty in the cultivation world, this virus can only be regarded as terrible, but it is not fatal enough.Those with a slightly higher realm can resist the erosion of viruses.

In the end, Su Yan found a relatively safe area that was isolated in the DC area.Here is covered by the array light barrier, and all the surviving people are here.Outside the barrier, there were a large number of people infected with the plague. They crawled towards the barrier, with expressions of extreme pain on their faces and fierce eyes.

Su Yan observed carefully and found that those infected with the plague all had the same symptom, that is, the face was stiff.If it weren't for the great pain caused by the virus eroding the flesh, it would be difficult to see a wave of fluctuation on their faces.

Moreover, the eyes of these people are bloodshot and red, and some people who have lost their minds even engage in crazy behaviors of biting each other.

"What kind of plague virus is this? How could it cause such a scene!" Su Yan turned to look at Natalya.

"I don't know either." Natalya shook her head, "This virus is completely different from the plague virus I have seen before. The plague back then only made people lose their ability to move and died in the end. And this plague Viruses seem to be able to stimulate people's nerves, making people become violent like wild animals, completely unaware of what they are doing!"

Su Yan was silent for a moment, then stepped up into the air, came to the sky above the safe zone, and shouted with true energy: "Open the barrier, let us go in!"
"Who are you?" A group of people came out of the temporary mansion built in the safety zone, looked at Su Yan and others in the air with cold eyes and shouted: "This is an extraordinary period, except for the soldiers who are cleaning up the corpses outside, no one can be allowed in! Otherwise Bringing the plague in, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Su Yan scanned the group of people. The leader was an old man in his sixties, followed by a group of middle-aged men in official uniforms, and several generals leading the army.But what caught Su Yan's attention the most was the gray-clothed old man next to the old man.

The gray-clothed old man was very thin, and his whole body seemed to be only skin and bones. His cheeks and eye sockets were sunken, and his exposed hands looked like bone claws, which looked creepy.

There were only a few hairs left on the old man's bald head, and his teeth were also black and yellow. His whole body exuded a strong and pungent smell of herbs and the stench of animal offal.

"Quickly open the barrier! We are from Wangcheng, and we are from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion!" Su Yan took out the badge of the fourth-rank bodyguard and faced the group of people below. An imperceptible cold light flashed in the eyes of the leader of the old man. But his attitude instantly became extremely friendly, even flattering, saying: "Quick! Hurry up and open the barrier to let them in!"
A crack gradually appeared on the top of the barrier light curtain, separating a passage for Su Yan and the others.

When he landed in front of the temporary mansion, Su Yan looked at the old man in charge, and said, "You should be the guard of Xuanzhou City, right? I really want to know why Xuanzhou City has become like this?"

"Captain Su doesn't know something." The guard shook his head and sighed, "The plague in Xuanzhou City broke out too fast and violently, and we had no time to prepare for it!"

"Master Garrison doesn't know that the source of the plague is those dead bodies?" Su Yan glanced over the faces of the guard and the others, and finally looked at the temporary barracks built in the distance: "The tens of thousands of guards in Xuancheng People! No matter how many people die every day, I believe it is enough to properly dispose of the corpses! However, the current situation seems to be deliberately spreading the plague?"

"Captain Su! This..." The garrison's complexion changed drastically, and he hurriedly explained: "How could we deliberately let the plague spread! We are also very sad that such a thing happened. However, the plague is too terrible, and more than half of the soldiers also Died in the plague, so I can't dispose of those corpses efficiently!"
"Master Garrison said that more than half of the defenders here also died of the plague?" Su Yan's eyes showed surprise. He felt that the things in Xuanzhou City were getting more and more strange.

Every defender is a warrior, and their physical fitness is far stronger than that of ordinary people. Logically speaking, they are the least likely to be infected with the plague.And even if infected with the plague, it can be forcibly suppressed for a period of time.

"Chief Su, you don't know. When the plague first started, we sent a large number of troops to dispose of the corpses. Unexpectedly, most of the soldiers involved in disposing of the corpses were infected with the plague. In just two days, 2 soldiers More than [-] people died! Now there are more than [-] defenders left, we can only select high-level soldiers to deal with the corpses, and we dare not let all the soldiers move the dead bodies carrying the plague virus..."
Su Yan's heart sank, and the guard's words gave him a few messages.The defenders in the main branch who had come into contact with the corpses were all infected with the plague virus, and all died within two days.From this, we can be sure that this plague is absolutely impossible to be a simple plague!
Moreover, when the plague first appeared, the number of deaths in the city was not too many, so there was no need to use all the defenders.And what is the purpose of using all the defenders?Su Yan thought of a possibility, that is, someone intentionally infected the soldiers with the plague and died.

As a result, there are not enough defenders in the city, and there is no way to efficiently clean up the corpses that die every day. The plague virus will become more and more terrifying, and gradually spread to other surrounding cities.

"Master Guard, you have really worked hard." Su Yan said, looking at the skinny old man beside Guard, and said, "Who is this?"
"I'm here to introduce Chief Guard Su." Pointing at the skinny old man, the guard said with a smile, "This is Jiu Moyan, who has superb alchemy and medical skills. We specially invited him here to study how to deal with the plague virus."
"So that's the case." Su Yan nodded and said, "What is the detailed situation of Xuanzhou City now? How many people in the safe zone are not infected with the plague, and how many people died?"
"I counted. There are about 7000 million people in Xuanzhou City including refugees. Now there are only less than 4000 million people who are safe and sound..." Speaking of this, the guard showed sadness and grief, and sighed: "In other words, more than half of the people in Xuanzhou City have died under this plague..."
...Su Yan talked with the guard for a while, then turned around and left the temporary mansion, the guard and others tried to persuade him to stay in the mansion, but he refused.

The DC area is huge, and the streets here are busier than ever, because all the survivors have gathered here.Although everyone was panicked, the order was not chaotic.

Su Yan passed through several streets, and finally found a random place to stay temporarily, away from the guarded temporary mansion, and the shadow guard who was hiding in the dark never showed his face.

"What do you want to do next?" Natalya's eyes showed a trace of coldness, "I found that the defense was very problematic, and the death of those defenders is also very suspicious, and the alchemist beside him, He made me feel very uncomfortable."
"There is no need to do anything now. Let's sneak out of this safe zone at night, find the place where the defenders are buried, and check their bodies carefully. Maybe we can find something. As for the alchemist, I don't think he is saving people." A pharmacist is more like a poisoner who refines poison!" Su Yan said.

(End of this chapter)