Lin Ranshu breathed a sigh of relief and stood quietly beside Zheng Yao. Although the rest of the people were anxious, their moods were relatively stable. Ah Yi even clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Brother Yao and Sister Lin are together, then everything will be safe."
"Yes." "Yes, yes, we can just wait for the news with peace of mind." "You must remember to come back quickly. There is nothing to wait for in this fog. Everyone is waiting."
Zheng Yao and Lin Ranshu, who were at the center of the topic, were both a little embarrassed by what they said, but they did not deny it. Obviously the relationship between the two is not ordinary.
Song Yu found it a bit funny: "Your Zou Ye defenders are quite lively?"
Being able to joke around and even make fun of other people's male-female relationships in such a desperate situation, Song Yu couldn't figure out whether they were just a bunch of people or if they were really big-hearted.
After Song Yu said these words, everyone became quiet again. Okay, it’s time to get cold feet. Song Yu finally discovered that it was not easy to get close to this group of people. He returned to Jie Nanshi: "Can you find the way back?"
Xie Nanshi nodded.
"Then let's set off without further delay." He knew that Zheng Yao and Lin Ranshu would follow him back to the Security Department station, and the rest would go back to the camp of 4,000 people to report the news. The days are long, and although Song Yu and Xie Nanshi are committed to saving people, they do not intend to cause trouble at this time and destroy the balance of trust that the two sides have finally established, so they simply do not pay attention to the movements of the remaining people.
As soon as Song Yu and Xie Nanshi stood together, Zheng Yao finally recovered from the embarrassment of biting his tongue and hurried forward: "You two, please accept it."
"Hey, bribery?" Song Yu joked and saw two blue stone pendants in Zheng Yao's hand. Then Song Yu discovered that everyone in this ten-man team had such a string.
Lin Ranshu was obviously dissatisfied, but he suppressed it and did not have an attack, but his breathing was a little heavy for a moment.
Zheng Yao was so moved by Song Yu's words that he neither stretched out his hand nor retracted it. He reacted for a while before explaining: "This is our Zou industry's specialty, called Xinghai Stone. In the past, it was mostly used as a ceremonial offering. Until Zou When karma was trapped, we discovered that it had miraculous effects on the mist.”
Speaking of this, Zheng Yao's eyes dimmed a little: "It would be great if we could know earlier."
Song Yu has always been open to such props, not to mention that in terms of dispelling the fog, Song Yu feels that the stone may not be as good as the Jie Nan Stone. I am afraid that this is more of a tool for Zheng Yao to show his goodwill. Because Zheng Yao, the leader, had such a simple and honest demeanor, Song Yu felt a little embarrassed for teasing others, so he simply accepted them and handed them to Nanshi, "Thank you very much."
Zheng Yao was obviously relieved: "Young City Master, you're welcome."
This time, Xie Nanshi's direction and Xie Nanshi's sword power offset the effect of the fog, and the few people returned to their base in less than half an hour.
At this time, only three of the ten monks who set out together returned. Knowing that the fog was strange and that everyone could easily get separated, Tang Ya was very anxious and secretly cursed himself for not being so soft-hearted. When Song Yu and others came back, Tang Ya was explaining the defense, obviously planning to go deep into the fog to find the young city lord himself. Turning around, he saw the Young City Master returning with the genius sword cultivator named Jian Er, followed by two strangers.
Tang Ya stepped forward in surprise, almost crying: "Young City Lord, you are finally back!"
Zheng Yao and Lin Ranshu, who were following Song Yu, both had complicated expressions in their eyes. Although they had already believed the identity of the person in front of them, they still couldn't help but have confused and complicated expressions after hearing the confirmed name.
The young city lord came in person. If what he said is true... then the city lord also went on a personal expedition? ! Is Zou Ye saved? Zheng Yao's eyes turned red for a moment, and at the same time he felt a little anxious in his heart, fearing that his previous actions would offend the young city lord and cause him to give up on Zou Ye.
Song Yu nodded and focused on the three people following him. There was no clue from their expressions. They all seemed to be glad that he, the young city lord, had returned safely.
Song Yu and Xie Nanshi exchanged a calm look, and led Zheng Yao and the two of them quickly towards the wing room where they stayed yesterday. At the same time, three talismans the size of fingernails slipped from Jie Nanshi's cuffs and stuck to the trousers of the three people with the wind.
"Do you believe it now?" Song Yu asked calmly after Zheng Yao and Lin Ranshu had confirmed Tianyong's camp on the Ping An Department side.
Seeing that Zheng Yao was about to kneel down again, Song Yu was annoyed and quickly poured tea for the two of them and put it on the table: "It doesn't have to be like this. In Zou Ye's situation now, it's not too cautious to be cautious. I just hope that the two of them will invade from Bai Zhao." Start by telling me exactly what happened here. Sit down and talk."
Zheng Yao looked serious and finally sat opposite Song Yu without any further refusal.
"The Bai Zhao invasion was half a month ago. At the beginning, it was just a small group of harassment." Zheng Yao recalled everything that happened during this period, and couldn't help but clenched his fingers into fists: "Actually, we have been used to being harassed for a long time. , after all, there are quite a lot of bandits fighting in the autumn wind on weekdays, but some Bai Zhao people have mixed in, so no one thinks there is a problem. At most, they just feel that it has become a little more frequent recently, and it does not even prevent trade. Until I heard that Bai Zhao people The young city lord died in Tianyong..."
Zouye is not considered a hinterland city, nor is it a frontier city. Lord Zou Yezhou was also extremely assertive. After hearing the news, he immediately ordered the city to be closed down to prevent Bai Zhao people. However, it was too late by the time Zou Ye made a move. The previous small force was just a cover-up to divert attention. Bai Zhaoren had already made a move on Zou Ye's formation, and even caused Zou Ye to condense this long-lasting force. Weird murderous fog. By the time Bai Zhao officially launched his troops, there was no way he could recover.
"I am a lieutenant general in Zou Ye's city defense army. I also fought against the Bai Zhao people... Oh, it was the small group of troops who looted the houses before." Zheng Yao clenched his fists. He had been I wonder if the problem would have been discovered earlier so that it would not have reached this final stage.
Zheng Yao took a deep breath and resumed the previous words: "The day the news came back, the state leader sent people to the main city for help. After that, he summoned a large army to press the border. We were also preparing to go out of the city to meet the enemy, but we were preparing to leave. At that time, they found that they were completely trapped in the formation. Under the dark clouds that blocked the sky, tens of thousands of people went crazy on the spot."
Song Yu saw that Zheng Yao's eyes were gloomy, and he was obviously trapped in the nightmare at that time. He interrupted Zheng Yao's thoughts and directly changed the question: "Tell me about the survivors."
Zheng Yao adjusted his emotions and calmed down his tone again: "On the first day, on the first day of the city's siege, nearly half of the people died suddenly. Fog began to spread in the city. In order to protect the people, the state leader exhausted his spiritual energy to set up a protective formation. He died from exhaustion. And because the formation's eyes were damaged in two places, it could only last for one or two days. When we were desperate, we discovered that the Xinghai Stone could isolate the fog and the influence of the formation."
Lin Ranshu didn't want to let Zheng Yao stay stuck in memories, so she held his hand, glanced at him with some concern, and then took over as the narrator: "Just when we were waiting for despair, we discovered several temples in the city. The people there are still safe and sound. These temples are Buddhist, Taoist or some unrecorded folk beliefs. What they have in common is that there are a large number of Xinghai stones as ritual objects in the temples. That’s why we discovered that Xinghai stones have such Miraculous effect. So the survivors in the army began to wear Xinghai Stones to protect themselves from unexpected events. Everyone gathered the Xinghai Stones to protect the remaining people."
Song Yu couldn't help but take out the Xinghai Stone pendant that Zheng Yao gave him earlier and took another look. It was blue and black, and it didn't look like a gem. The description of the props is also very simple: [Xinghai Stone Pendant] It is said that Xinghai Stone has the ability to communicate with gods, but no one has really seen it.
Song Yu couldn't see the mystery inside at all, so he decisively asked the question to Jie Nanshi: "If the Xinghai Stone can restrain the fog, is it also the key to solving the situation of besieging the city?"
Xie Nanshi pondered for a moment and nodded: "You can try, it will take time."
Song Yu turned to look at Zheng Yao again: "Have you tried it?"
Zheng Yao nodded, then shook his head: "We tried to use the complete star stone to rush out of the formation range, but unfortunately failed. There is no one alive who understands the formation."
"The key is the formation?" Song Yu nodded, "Okay, you don't have any, we have it. Do you believe me now? Can you take us to your base?"
"Of course, thank you very much, Young City Master."
Zheng Yao stood up and was about to kneel again, but Song Yu stretched out his hand to stop him: "Okay, stop kneeling. You kneel back and forth every day, and you don't mind the pain in your knees."
"You go out and rest for a while first, and then the whole army sets off." Since there is only one place to break the fog, there is no need to stop here and waste spiritual energy.
"yes!"
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There are not many people trapped in Zouye, and neither the military nor the Security Department have any plans to stay here for a long time, and they have experience in traveling long distances. So it didn't take long to count the number of people and bring the luggage.
During this period, three more monks sent by Tang Ya to find survivors returned. Four people are still missing.
Song Yu couldn't tell whether there were traitors among these people, so he asked Jie Nanshi to throw out three small talismans and follow them quietly, so he could stop them at any time if there was any abnormal movement.
As for the remaining four people who have not returned yet... Song Yu went to a nearby house to find some Xinghai stones. He placed four of the ornaments on the countertop of the main room, pressed the message, and then stopped waiting and prepared to leave. If these four people can return safely, they will definitely be able to get the Star Sea Stone. Even if they cannot meet up with them, at least they should not be hurt by the mist.
Zheng Yao's heart sank to the bottom. He thought he would get a lot of help after meeting with the Department of Peace, but many of the people in front of him were ordinary people. He was even more worried when he learned that the scouts had entered the city. The state leader couldn't break the formation even at the risk of his own life, so what use can these ordinary people be used for?
Fortunately, there is a city lord... Since the city lord is here in person, there will always be a way!
