Chapter 304: Bamboo Dead City
Standing in Zhu'an City Martial Palace, for a long time, no one spoke. The atmosphere was so depressing that it was a bit suffocating. The corpses of soldiers lying on the square made all the soldiers of the East Prince's Mansion chill.
Soldiers accuse them is to kill the enemy on the battlefield. In a battle, both sides attack each other, kill each other and die for the sake of what they stick to in their hearts. As long as they are soldiers, they can accept these, and this is their mission.
But when he saw the silent death of soldiers in front of him, all the soldiers of the Eastern Prince's Mansion were chilling and looked solemn.
None of the people present were greedy for life and death, but they were afraid of death without any sound, and they were meaningless. The scene they saw before them hit the hearts of all the soldiers in the East Prince's Mansion, making them feel timid.
Not only these centurions thought so, but even Ye Guan and Kou Long on the side felt a little timid in their hearts. The strange incidents they had experienced on the city wall before and the same way of dying as the soldiers in front of them forced the two to think about it.
The strange celestial mutant that appeared on the top of the city should have a direct relationship with the soldiers who died in front of them, and the tens of thousands of people who had died before. The death of everyone must be related to the strange black vortex, but they have no idea how this vortex was formed, who arranged it, and why so many people were killed.
Fifty soldiers stood quietly in front of the gate of Zhu'an City Martial Palace, quietly looking at the sergeant lying in the square in front of them, without saying a word.
Ye Guan closed his eyes slightly, trying to restore his mind to clear his mind and analyze the situation in front of him. But once he closed his eyes, there was a strange mountain of corpses in front of him. This scene could not be separated from him no matter what.
After a long time, the sound of horse hooves came from behind him. Ye Guan opened his eyes and the situation in the corpse mountain in his mind disappeared. He looked at the square in front of him again, sighed softly, and turned around and left the gate of the Martial Palace.
What came towards us was the soldiers of the Eastern Prince's Mansion. A whole brigade was sent by Ding Jiang and directly followed Ye Guan's instructions. At this moment, when he saw Ye Guan coming out, the soldiers dismounted and bowed one after another.
Ye Guan waved his hand gently and said, "There are a large number of enclave soldiers in the martial arts palace. Please wait and go in and check carefully. If you find any living mouth, you will bring you to see me." Then, Ye Guan looked at Kou Long and whispered: "General Kou, please stay here to command the soldiers. Check all the corpses incredibly, and report the accurate numbers to me later."
"Reign." Kou Long clasped his fists with his hands and saluted respectfully. Ye Guan nodded gently, no longer looking at the martial arts mansion behind him, but walked forward. The soldiers in front made way for Ye Guan, and Ye Guan walked quietly on the street, feeling in his heart that he could not express his words.
As two thousand soldiers entered Zhu'an City, the illusion outside was destroyed. In fact, after Ye Guan knocked on the bronze bell at Zhu'an City's viewing tower, the sound of drums could no longer be heard in the military camp, and no one could be seen on the top of the city.
The corpses of soldiers on the city wall have been cleaned up, and the few who are still alive have also been sent back to the camp. The situation in Zhu'an City is not clear, so more people cannot be left in the city. The few living people are unconscious, with a peaceful smile on their faces, as if they have seen what they yearn for the most in their hearts and are trapped in endless beautiful dreams.
The messenger reported the simple incident of the general camp to Ye Guan who returned to the watchtower and bowed down. At this moment, only Ye Guan himself was in the entire Zhu'an City Watchtower.
He stood quietly in front of the huge bronze bell, silently looking at the bronze bell, looking at all the fine patterns and every detail on it, and seeing it.
I carefully looked at the entire bronze bell and checked it with Dou Qi, but I couldn't find any clues on it. This is an ordinary bronze bell, but it's just a larger scale.
Ye Guan turned around, sat in front of the desk beside him, holding his forehead with one hand and gently kneading it. At this moment, he was exhausted both physically and mentally.
He could not obtain any useful clues to explain what happened in Zhu'an City today, without any clues. He had hit the bronze bell before and caused a strange phenomenon in heaven and earth. Now it seems that it was a coincidence. Just when he hit the bronze bell, the strange phenomenon in heaven and earth was activated.
And the sudden change of color, the strange black vortex in the sky, and the eyes in the vortex that Ye Guan felt made Ye Guan feel a little palpitation now. The power generated by the vortex was not something he could compete with. If the vortex maker was the person behind Shen Tuyan, no matter how many people he gave to Ye Guan, he would not be able to take Qiu Changcheng.
But the fact that happened today is too strange and terrifying. Judging from the number of corpses in the house and the martial arts palace, nearly half of the living people in Zhu'an City died there, and died silently. It should have been the black vortex that appeared in the sky and died tragically on the spot.
Thinking of this, Ye Guan suddenly had an idea and thought of something.
"The number of dead bodies is only about half of the population of Zhu'an City, and where is the other half at this moment?" Ye Guan suddenly thought of this question.
Zhu'an City is solid, covers a wide area, has a population of tens of thousands, and a large number of defenders. Although the information does not indicate specific numbers, the approximate numbers can still be estimated. So many people will not disappear out of thin air. Even if tens of thousands of corpses are found, at least half of the population is still left without a trace.
Thinking of this, Ye Guan immediately became energetic. If he could find the remaining half of Zhu'an City living people, he could know what happened in Zhu'an City in the past few days from them, and thus infer where the strange things today came from.
Ye Guan stood up and quickly walked out of the building. There were two soldiers on duty outside the building. Ye Guan immediately said, "Tell me the order to the two generals, so that half of the soldiers would stop immediately and start searching the whole city immediately, searching carefully for all houses, and finding the remaining population of Zhu'an City. If there are any clues, you can report me."
"Ode to the Lord!" The soldier immediately clasped his fists with his hands and saluted respectfully. Then he quickly went down the city wall along the stairs on the side and ran towards the Wu Mansion.
Ye Guan stood on the city wall and looked into the distance inside the city. In front of the Wu Mansion, many soldiers were cleaning up the bodies of the dead soldiers in the Wu Mansion, carefully counting them, and checking them one by one. Ye Guan sighed softly, no longer stayed on the city wall, walked down the stairs, followed the streets of Zhu'an City, and carefully checked the houses on both sides.
He didn't have to worry that the commanders could not find him. At this moment, two thousand soldiers entered Zhu'an City, and not everyone went to clean up the bodies of the deceased. To be on the safe side, Kou Long and Ding Jiang divided the two thousand soldiers into two groups, one thousand of whom were responsible for inspecting the bodies of the two dead, and the remaining one thousand were divided into several teams to patrol the city. The order he just gave was just in line with the current deployment of troops.
Zhu'an City is not a wealthy city, but the buildings in the city are vicissitudes and quaint, with a very charm. Legend has it that Zhu'an City has existed for hundreds of years, so it is true to look at the buildings on both sides of the road.
The main street is lined with small shops and buildings, and now there is already empty house. Ye Guan carefully checked several shops and found that there are many goods in the shop, all of which are neatly arranged. All the shops look like they are in business, but there is no one in them. The contrast is so strange.
In the blink of an eye, the scorching sun was heading west. In the evening, Ye Guan had carefully inspected all the shops on both sides of the main street. Except for finding that all the shops were in normal business conditions, no abnormalities were found, and no one was found. In some shops' accounts, there were even silver that was obviously placed on the tabletop, with the abacus and the account book aside. Perhaps the accountant was settled before, but for some reason, the person suddenly disappeared.
After inspecting all the shops, Ye Guan frowned even tighter. Not finding anything strange was the most strange thing.
Anything happens will leave clues. Even if the body is weird and the cultivation level is profound, it will inevitably leave traces. However, it seems that the people in the shops around the left and right are naturally not allowed to find any abnormal traces in it. It seems that everyone really left calmly, gave up everything in Zhu'an City, and disappeared.
Ye Guan stood in the middle of the street, looking left and right at the shops facing the street, his mind was in chaos, and he didn't know where to start.
At this moment, the sound of military boots stomping on the ground suddenly came to my ears. The sound was getting closer and closer. Ye Guan looked back and saw a soldier running towards him. When he came closer, the soldier knelt on one knee, clasped his fists with both hands, and said respectfully to Ye Guan: "Report to General Ye, I found the traces of other people in Zhu'an City."
Ye Guan heard this and immediately said, "Where is it? Take me there quickly!"
When the soldier heard this, he didn't say anything nonsense. He immediately stood up and ran to the distance along the street. Ye Guan hurriedly followed, and the two of them were very fast.
After passing through the streets, the sergeant finally stopped outside a remote courtyard. Ye Guan looked left and right and saw many sergeants on duty around the courtyard. General Kou Long was standing at the gate of the courtyard, looking inside, looking like water.
The atmosphere was a little depressed, and Ye Guan suddenly felt something was wrong. He immediately took a few steps forward, came to Kou Long, and looked straight into the courtyard.
This courtyard is located in a remote area, but the area is larger than the courtyard I saw before. Looking at the courtyard, I saw many common people standing in the courtyard, each with a peaceful smile on his face, looking at the sky, smiling at the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were dull.
Seeing this, Ye Guan immediately wanted to step forward. Then he felt his arm tightening. When he turned around, he saw Kou Long holding his arm tightly and said anxiously: "President Ye, don't go in, it's dangerous!"
Ye Guan was stunned and confused. Kou Long hurriedly: "The first soldiers who discovered this place also saw these living people, and immediately went forward to ask. At this moment, the soldiers were there." As he said that, Kou Long stretched out his hand and pointed to the few people not far away. Ye Guan looked in the direction of Kou Long's finger, but saw several soldiers from the East Prince's Mansion wearing armor and like everyone in the courtyard, with a dull look at the sky. No matter how they shouted, they did not move at all.
Seeing this, Ye Guan was shocked. He immediately thought of the strange thing that happened before.
The three generals, he and fifty soldiers stood on the city wall, experienced the vision in the sky, and saw the strange black vortex. The fifty soldiers were almost dead. Kou Long and Ding Jiang also resisted with their deep cultivation. Before the many soldiers died, they also had this expression and the same way. Looking at the sky, their eyes were dull.
Thinking of this, Ye Guan's heart was shocked, and he used all his fighting spirit and suddenly fought against the soldiers on the side. A light green fighting spirit flashed out quickly and directly penetrated into the body of a recent soldier.
The moment the fighting spirit was invaded, the soldier's face was stalemate. After a moment, he fell to the ground with his eyes closed, not knowing life and death.
"General General Ye...what should I do now?" Kou Long saw that Ye Guan started fighting and was exactly the same as before when he rescued the sergeant, he immediately lost his mind.
Chapter completed!