Chapter 5

Safe outside the city.

Because no car has passed by for more than ten years, the originally wide road has been damaged by vegetation. Although the shock absorption performance of the off-road vehicle is quite good, it still makes Liu Huaizhao look ugly.

"I want to come down and walk on my own."

"No." Qin Zunyue refused flatly: "You know, the monsters have just evolved and you haven't fought them yet, so be careful."

Qin Zunyue drove around the safe city, and his expression became uglier the further he drove. Normally, there would be scattered monsters appearing near the safe city, but today they didn't encounter any.

He stepped on the accelerator and prepared to go somewhere farther to take a look.

Driving is indeed convenient. They didn't plan to go to Fir Mountain, so they went to places they had never been to before. However, they still didn't encounter a single monster along the way, and both of them looked unhappy.

Qin Zunyue was about to continue driving forward when he suddenly thought of something. He immediately turned the steering wheel and said, "Do you remember what the child said before leaving the city?"

"He said an uncle from outside the city had just arrived and wanted to tell them a story..." Liu Huaizhao also realized something was wrong: "The heavy and turbid energy borrowed a human body, so that person might be like me, waking up a thousand years later."

"The monsters have evolved into what they are now, and even the well-trained soldiers have suffered heavy casualties. Who can enter the city safely under such circumstances and still have the mood to tell stories to children!" Qin Zunyue gritted his teeth.

"Let me out of the car."

This time Qin Zunyue did not refute, but stopped the car suddenly. Liu Huaizhao got out of the car, tapped his toes, and flew quickly towards the safe city.

Qin Zunyue stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the roar of the engine was like his uneasy heart.

It didn't take long for Liu Huaizhao to return to the safe city. The guard was surprised to see him and asked, "Didn't you just leave a while ago? Why are you alone? Where's Lao Qin?"

"Did someone from outside come into the city today? Where is he?"

"In the shelter, those kids insisted he tell them stories... Hey, where are you going? You have to register and scan your face before entering the city—"

Liu Huaizhao ignored him and didn't bother to cover himself. He quickly passed the pedestrians on the road and appeared at the door of the shelter.

Wang Haitong was sweeping the floor when he saw Liu Huaizhao suddenly appear and was startled: "Hey, why are you walking so quietly? Why did you come here by yourself? Where is Qin Zunyue?"

"Where's the man who just came over?"

"The new arrival? He went to register at the headquarters."

Liu Huaizhao did not hesitate and turned to go to the command office building. Unfortunately, before he got there, he heard a scream from the roadside.

A ball of black mist came from nowhere and wrapped around a man's head. The next second, the black mist disappeared and the headless body fell down.

The screaming woman next to him was holding a knife, trying to kill the monster as usual. Liu Huaizhao dodged and pushed the person away, then waved his hand to kill the monster.

The woman who was pushed away threw herself in front of the corpse and burst into tears. The panicked crowd on the road had no time to care about anything else. Liu Huaizhao left a word of condolence and flew towards the command office building.

——

Yan Ming pushed away the guard who was blocking her way, dodged the black fog, raised her gun and pointed it at the man who was smiling opposite her. The bullet was fired, but the man suddenly disappeared. Then, the black fog wrapped around her shoulders. She quickly stepped back sideways, but she already felt the pain of her flesh being torn apart. The black fog had swallowed up a piece of her flesh.

She knew she couldn't kill the monster, so she could only hide in panic, trying to kill the man in the small room.

"Are you the king of these mortals?" the man asked leisurely.

Yan Ming ignored him and he dodged two shots.

The man appeared behind her like a ghost, "It's rare for a woman to be king."

Yan Ming raised her arm and elbowed backwards, but the man still blocked her attack calmly. He wanted to speak, but her foot hooked his leg, and then he was grabbed by the collar and thrown to the ground!

While the man was still not reacting, Yan Ming grabbed her gun and wanted to take the opportunity to shoot him, but Hei Wu was faster than her. The guard shouted and threw her to the side, but a large piece of flesh on her back was devoured by the monster.

"Xiao Liang!" Yan Ming touched the blood on his back, feeling secretly resentful.

After gently placing the guard, who had fainted from the pain, on the ground, she stood up and said, "I will never agree to your request."

"Really?" The man sneered, "You don't know the current situation."

There was a lot of noise outside the door. Yan Ming knew that things were in chaos outside. She had always been afraid that the monsters would evolve the ability to pass through walls, but she didn't expect that the monsters were brought in by someone in the end.

"I was careless for a moment and that's why you had the chance to touch me. You don't really think you can be my opponent, do you?" The man sneered and raised his hand.

Yan Ming only felt an irresistible force lifting her up, and then her neck seemed to be strangled by someone. She gradually became unable to breathe and could only struggle in vain.

"Do you think I really need your help?" The man had a playful smile on his face, and sometimes he relaxed his fingers to give Yan Ming a chance to breathe, but he didn't know when he would tighten them again, making Yan Ming feel the taste of dying all the time.

"Beast..." Yan Ming gritted his teeth and spat out two words.

But the man didn't care about being scolded at all, and still had a smile on his face. Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by a golden light accompanied by the sound of breaking glass.

The light killed the monster beside him. He looked out the window and saw Liu Huaizhao staring at him coldly.

"Are you Liu Huaizhao?" The man raised an eyebrow and looked him up and down. "So it was you who sealed me away. You're just a brat, but you're quite courageous."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Liu Huaizhao flew into the house through the window and started fighting with him.

Yan Ming knew that she was of no use here, so she picked up the guard and ran out quickly. There was a panic outside the door. She had pressed the emergency button in the office long before the man released the monster. Now the alarm sounded throughout the safe city, and the residents had already taken refuge in the nearby houses.

During the fight just now, Yan Ming discovered that the monster still could not pass through the wall, which made her feel relieved. At least most of the residents of the safe city were safe for the time being.

The small office was in a mess.

Liu Huaizhao left first, gathered golden light in his hand, and hit the man hard.

The man waved his hand, dispersing the golden light. The illusion on his body had dissipated, and his wide black sleeves fluttered with his movements. He smiled and said, "With such weak spiritual power, you still think you can defeat me?"

"Stop talking nonsense." Another golden light flashed, and the man slightly turned his body. The golden light hit the metal cabinet, and the documents fell to the ground with a clatter.

As if he felt the room was too small, the man broke through the glass and stood facing Liu Huaizhao in the air.

The wind blew the black-clothed man's robe. He still had a scornful smile on his face as he said, "You monks have been opposing me for thousands of years just for these ignorant ants. You are simply foolish."

"Heh." Liu Huaizhao sneered and did not argue with him, but just kept attacking. Unfortunately, the man did not make a move, but just dodged all his attacks as if he was strolling in the garden.

"Your spiritual power is weak, how can you be my opponent." The black robe moved slightly, and a black shadow flew towards Liu Huaizhao and penetrated his body.

The cultivator has spiritual power to protect his body, so the monster cannot hurt him too much, but he was powerless for a moment and fell from a high altitude.

He tried his best to use his spiritual power to cushion himself, but instead of landing on the hard ground as expected, he crashed into someone's chest.

He heard a muffled groan in his ear, turned his head and saw Qin Zunyue's face.

Qin Zunyue narrowed his eyes and looked at the black robe fluttering in the air, and asked, "Is this the monster created by that person?"

Liu Huaizhao nodded, then shook his head and said, "It's just a body filled with heavy and foul energy."

A black mist rushed out from the sky. Qin Zunyue reacted quickly and grabbed Liu Huaizhao's waist and dodged to the side. Liu Huaizhao dispersed the black mist and said to him, "It's useless for you to stay here. Go in."

Qin Zunyue also knew this truth, so he left a word of caution and left.

The man in black landed leisurely on the ground and said, "You tried your best to save these mortals, but they all ran faster than the other. Was it worth it?"

"What does it have to do with you?" Liu Huaizhao raised his hand and drew a talisman, and a beam of fire shot out towards the man in black.

"If I were you, I would never use these spells when my magic power is weak." The flames singed the ends of his hair, but did not cause any harm to him. "It's useless."

Liu Huaizhao knew clearly that he had exhausted his spiritual power because of sealing the monster, and even after thousands of years, he had not recovered much. The heavy turbid air had been continuously devouring the turbid air in the human body for nearly a hundred years, and its spiritual power was many levels higher than his own. If he faced it now, it would be like a mayfly trying to shake a tree.

The man in black obviously knew this, so he didn't even bother to fight with him. He just dodged slowly and forced him to use up his spiritual power.

Liu Huaizhao didn't show it on his face, but he was extremely anxious inside.

———

Qin Zunyue did not hide in the building. After leaving, he went straight to the research institute. The institute was full of scientists who lacked exercise and most of them were even old. It was a problem whether these people could avoid the monster, let alone kill it.

There were almost no pedestrians on the street. Qin Zunyue saw Yan Ming leading a team of soldiers patrolling the road to prevent any residents from hiding in their houses.

The soldiers were well-trained and it was easy for them to avoid the monsters' attacks. In addition, there were not many monsters. After the initial panic, although there were still some casualties, basically no one died.

Qin Zunyue drove the car, the monsters could not attack him, and he soon arrived at the research institute.

Seeing the door of the institute open, he cursed in his heart, immediately ran in and closed the door.

After knocking down a researcher who was nearly swallowed, throwing him into the room and closing the door, he asked, "Where's Dean Xu?"

"The dean is still in the lab!"

President Xu’s safety must be guaranteed.

After instructing the researcher to close the doors and windows, he observed the situation outside and ran quietly to the elevator entrance.

As long as there are no monsters in the elevator, the enclosed elevator must be much safer than taking the stairs.

bite--

The elevator door opened.

“…”

Looking at the black fog in front of him, Qin Zunyue didn't know how to react for a moment. He just thought whether he should burn some incense for his parents.

Fortunately, the monster was not very fast. Qin Zunyue easily got rid of it and quickly ran to the third floor.

The laboratory is airtight, and the possibility of Dean Xu encountering danger is not high, but Qin Zunyue still doesn't dare to gamble. After all, Dean Xu is old, and if he really encounters a monster, he won't be able to escape.

But obviously, he was not the only one who had this idea. After being dragged into the laboratory, he and several people who were supposed to be at home looked at each other in confusion.

"Brother Qin, where is Liu Huaizhao?" Qiao Lang asked.

"There's a fight going on in the headquarters office building." Qin Zunyue looked at the blood on the ground and asked, "Who's injured?"

Qiao Lang turned sideways, and Qin Zunyue saw a researcher who had lost his arm sitting on the ground, and Wei Zhirong was bandaging him.

"Where's Tong Le?"

"He's in there studying Liu Huaizhao's blood with Dean Xu. Dean Xu said there was a major discovery and the experiment can't be stopped, but several researchers were injured, so Lele went to help." Zheng Shu answered him.

Seeing that everyone was safe, Qin Zunyue breathed a sigh of relief and said to Yan Liao, "Your sister is fine."

Yan Liao nodded to indicate that he understood.

"I have to go back to the headquarters building."

"Brother Qin!"

Qin Zunyue raised his hand, stopping the others from trying to dissuade him, and said, "I know I can't help much. I'll just sit in the car. It's okay. Besides, I still have to go to the shelter to take a look."

He came here to ensure the safety of Director Xu, but he was also worried about the shelter.

He quickly ran back to the car and went to the shelter first. Seeing the closed door and windows, he breathed a sigh of relief, then stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the command office building.

There were still sporadic monsters on the road. Qin Zunyue ignored them and was only worried about whether Liu Huaizhao could defeat the man in black.

He sped all the way, but just as he turned into the street where the command office building was located, a golden light swept across the safe city from the sky, and then all the black fog on the road dissipated.

His heart tightened and he looked up, just in time to see Liu Huaizhao standing in mid-air, his long hair fluttering in the wind, and he seemed to be holding a long sword in his hand.