The lonely flying goose in the deserted city, deep in the twilight, does not know the cold.
The air is filled with the smell of corrosion, just like the last breath of a dying person, revealing the sadness of despair.
In the village in front of me, except for a few crows flying by occasionally, there were no signs of any living things.
Bai Yunshen handed Yu Tianqing a pill, "Miss Yu, this is the Qingling Pill. Take it."
The fragrance of the medicine hit his nostrils, and Yu Tianqing took it as he was told. When the elixir enters the mouth, it instantly turns into nectar, refreshing the heart and spleen.
"Qingling Pill has the effect of controlling and detoxifying poisons. The virus is overflowing here. Let's take it in advance, just in case."
Yu Tianqing nodded, "You are still thoughtful."
Bai Yun smiled deeply and said, "Master Tao entrusted you to me, I dare not be rude."
Yu Tianqing joked, "That being said, I will definitely thank the master properly when I go back."
Bai Yunshen's eyes were solemn, "Of course I have to thank you. If he hadn't asked me, how would I have had the opportunity to take care of this beautiful lady."
Although his tone was slightly frivolous, the heat in his eyes was undisguised.
Yu Tianqing has always been devoted to the Tao, and faced with such emotional ambiguity, she simply cannot resist. He had to change the topic hurriedly, "It's getting late, let's go explore the matter of the golden scale first."
The two of them heard Deyi Qingjue talk about the python, and connected it with the golden-scaled snake. This time they entered a difficult situation, in addition to investigating the source of the disease, they also wanted to investigate whether it was related to the golden-scaled snake.
With their goal clear, the two headed straight for West Wind Crossing.
The scorching sun was in the sky, unable to illuminate the dark lake. The wind is blowing in my face, unable to blow away the mist in front of my eyes.
West Wind Crossing is clearly another black water pool.
Yu Tianqing and Bai Yunshen looked at each other. If they didn't know that the golden-scaled snake was still sealed, they would almost think that the golden-scaled snake had already appeared.
Near the water's edge, there is no vegetation, and the river water has long been black and thick.
"Be careful, don't get too close." Bai Yunshen grabbed Yu Tianqing's arm and brought her to him, for fear of sudden danger.
"Look, there's fire over there." Yu Tianqing suddenly said when he saw the flames beating not far away.
The two of them immediately walked towards the fire.
The haze was so thick that everything in front of me was hazy. The two of them didn't realize that there were many people surrounding the land of fire until they were fifty meters away, and in the middle of the crowd was a huge fire.
There is no vegetation here and no trace of human beings. Unexpectedly, such a scene would happen again.
Yu Tianqing walked forward involuntarily. About thirty meters closer, her calm face suddenly turned pale with horror.
She looked at the fire place with surprise in her eyes.
Even Bai Yunshen, who had always been calm, had a look in his eyes.
In the huge flames, there were mountains of corpses piled up. There are countless layers upon layers. The fire was soaring into the sky, and it was like a giant incineration field in front of us.
The body was probably surrounded by family members and relatives, praying and saying goodbye around the fire. Their faces were expressionless, their skin was pale and swollen, and their eyes were filled with a dead look, just like corpses lying in a fire. A group of walking zombies burned the lying corpses, as if the next fire was about to burn them.
The weird atmosphere is creepy.
Yu Tianqing felt uneasy. But it was too late.
I don't know who saw them first, and then several pairs of eyes cast their gazes, ten pairs, a hundred pairs... There was no trace of surprise in the eyes reflecting their figures, but they all walked towards them.
"Let's go!" Bai Yunshen shouted.
The two of them turned around and took a few steps, only to see many people coming from nowhere. They formed a circle and gradually surrounded the two men.
Yu Tianqing and Bai Yunshen didn't dare to delay, so they ran away in high spirits, hoping to get out quickly before being completely surrounded. However, when they moved, the group also moved. His originally staggering steps turned out to be unexpectedly neat when facing the two of them, especially the madness in his eyes, which was bone-chillingly cold.
The two of them swerved left and right, and somehow, they were forced into a corner.
With mountains and boulders at our backs, there is no way out.
Just listen to Bai Yunshen shout loudly, "Dragon Roar!"
In an instant, the long sword flew up, the sword energy was overwhelming, and the power of the sword killed all the people in front of him.
"Don't hurt them." Yu Tianqing shouted.
The villagers were afraid of the power of the sword and stopped one after another. However, more and more people gathered. With ferocious expressions and scarlet eyes, they surrounded Yu Tianqing and Bai Yunshen.
Yu Tianqing thought of the scene of the fire just now. In their eyes, she and Bai Yunshen were probably the corpses on the fire.
"Folks..." Yu Tianqing tried to communicate with them, "We are here to help you."
Everyone seemed to turn a deaf ear.
Yu Tianqing continued, "Please believe us, we are here to investigate the root cause of the epidemic. If we can find the root cause, we may be able to find a cure."
There was still silence. There were obviously hundreds of people present, but no one paid attention to them. Even the air was filled with silence, and the soundless suppression almost made Yu Tianqing breathless.
"You are the one hundred and eighty..." An old voice suddenly popped out.
Among the crowd, a middle-aged man walked out. Under his cloak, he had a face like a skeleton, and two sunken eyes, flickering like will-o'-the-wisps in the netherworld.
"What?" Yu Tianqing was confused.
The middle-aged man continued in a voice that did not suit his age, "The one hundred and eightyth person who said this..."
Bai Yunshen said coldly, "What about the one hundred and seventy-nine before?"
The middle-aged man used his calm eyes to glance at the calm people present, and laughed. The laughter was full of weirdness, "It seems that they have all gone to sacrifice to the God of Fire."
Yu Tianqing's heart trembled and he involuntarily took two steps back.
A pair of warm hands held her slightly cold palm, and Bai Yunshen said softly, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Bai Yunshen said loudly, "Don't you want to be cured?"
The middle-aged man laughed muffledly, his laughter stuck in his throat, as if it was worth a thousand pieces of gold.
"This is the 180th time I've heard this sentence..." The middle-aged man opened his concave and cloudy eyes and said, "Do you know what it feels like every time you hear it?"
Yu Tianqing and Bai Yunshen were both silent.
The middle-aged man obviously didn't intend to listen to their answers. He said quietly, "Why do we have to wait to be cured, but you can say such things so confidently?"
"……What?"
"Isn't it a sense of superiority to not be infected?" His eyes suddenly became excited. "We are obviously the same. You are a human being and I am a human being. Why should we distinguish between infected and uninfected people?"
Seeing that he was confused, Bai Yunshen couldn't help but raise his voice, "Please wake up."
"Hahaha..." The man seemed to have heard some great joke, and he laughed even more fiercely.
What followed was a violent cough, but he didn't seem to care. The worse the cough, the harder he laughed. The voice sank deep in his throat, rumbling like hell was dragging out.
