The white tiger had transformed back into its cat form from its divine beast form, and with haughty strides, it jumped onto the bamboo basket on Zhu Chenfeng's back.
The crowd stared blankly at the desolate streets of the city, exchanging hesitant glances.
Just then, Zhu Yanyan's shrill voice rang out behind them.
"Oh, you guys are really not afraid of death? You dare to enter the city without Ghost Grass?"
Hearing the sound, Old Lady Zhu and the others turned around and saw Zhu Yanyan walking towards them triumphantly with Jin Fu and Granny Wang.
How will you know who the final winner will be if you don't try?
"Try it? Are you planning to play with people's lives? I never thought that the self-righteous old lady Zhu would do this."
Zhu Yanyan didn't understand the meaning behind Old Lady Zhu's words and pushed Zhu Chenfeng and Zhu Haotian away with a disdainful look.
He led Jin Fu and the others into the city.
Wen Xiuying stood behind the crowd, carrying a bamboo basket on her back, looking at her daughter's figure with a worried expression, her heart filled with mixed feelings.
Seeing Zhu Yanyan enter the city, Wang Haocheng hurriedly reminded everyone, "Hurry up and follow, or the city gates will close."
At his prompting, the group quickly headed towards entering Hengyang City.
However, just as the group entered the city, the city gate behind them closed the next second.
The city was now deserted, the surrounding area was in ruins, and there were corpses on the ground that emitted a foul stench from time to time.
Grandma Zhu was worried that the children would be traumatized if they saw this, so she quickly hugged Pei Sining and Zhu Erbao into her arms.
"Everyone walks back to back, with the women in the middle."
Holding a large knife, Chen Xiang cautiously observed his surroundings, giving instructions to everyone in a serious tone.
The eerie atmosphere within the city also made Wang Haocheng's expression turn grave; he hadn't expected the situation inside the city to be so dire.
Even Grandma Zhu was terrified, closely following the group's steps as she gave instructions to her daughter-in-law and grandson.
"The situation inside the city is not good. You must protect the Ghost Grass on your bodies and stay close to everyone."
Upon hearing this, Liu and the others nodded in fear, huddled together, and looked around.
Just as everyone was cautiously moving forward, a terrified scream rang out from ahead.
"Help! Let me go! No!"
With a scream, Chen Xiang and Wang Haocheng immediately went into battle mode, looking at each other and continuing to move forward.
When the group arrived at the street from which the screams had come, they saw several ragged, long-haired monsters surrounding Jin Fu.
Seeing Jin Fu's unrecognizable appearance, Wang Haocheng suppressed his grief, held his breath, and continued forward.
Just as they passed the monster, someone stepped on a jar, making a gurgling sound.
The monsters that had been surrounding Jin Fu stopped instantly upon hearing the sound and looked towards Chen Xiang and the others.
After staring into the monster's eyes, everyone turned ashen-faced and held their breath, not daring to utter a single exhale.
The monsters sniffed in Chen Xiang's direction, but upon smelling the fragrance of the Ghost Grass, they instantly became frightened and turned to run in other directions.
Chen Xiang thought he was going to fight these monsters to the death, but after seeing them flee in panic...
He instantly broke out in a cold sweat, gasping for breath, and turned to nod at Wang Haocheng.
Wang Haocheng was also frightened by the monster's actions. Only after the monster left did his face return to normal. He waved his hand and led the group to continue on their way.
After everyone left, Zhu Yanyan led Granny Wang out of the alley, glaring angrily at Old Lady Zhu and the others.
That little slut Zhu Xixi actually stole the ghost grass that she had worked so hard to pick.
After she entered the city, she almost became food for these monsters.
Granny Wang discovered that the monster had not attacked Chen Xiang and the others, and angrily pulled Zhu Yanyan aside to question her.
"Zhu Yanyan, what exactly happened? Why did the monster attack us? It didn't attack them!"
Zhu Yanyan dared not reveal that she had lost the Ghost Grass, so she could only give a vague answer.
"Perhaps they painted something else on their bodies that would frighten the monster."
After listening to Zhu Yanyan's explanation, Granny Wang straightened her face, shook off her hand, and asked in return, "Then why didn't our ghost grass work?"
Zhu Yanyan pondered for a moment, then, thinking of the weed-like thing around Chen Xiang's waist, she smiled wickedly and took off the fake ghost grass.
He handed the Ghost Grass to Old Jiang, looking troubled.
"Is it because I'm a woman that it's not working?"
"Why don't you give it a try?"
Old Jiang didn't know that the Ghost Grass in Zhu Yanyan's hands was a fake; he only knew that it could save his life.
After Zhu Yanyan offered to give it to him, he excitedly took the Ghost Grass and nodded vigorously.
"Okay, that must be the reason I have masculine energy."
Zhu Yanyan looked at Lao Jiang, who had already taken the bait, and smiled with satisfaction. She patted him on the shoulder and said...
"Since the Ghost Grass is more useful for you, then I'll leave it to Brother Jiang to protect everyone."
Chiang Kai-shek was thrilled to be entrusted with this critical mission. He patted his chest and confidently declared, "No problem, leave it to me."
Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek had completely believed her, Zhu Yanyan then pulled Wang Pozi and Zhang Tuozi to stand behind Chiang Kai-shek and the other guards.
Old Jiang drew his crescent-shaped dagger from his waist, cautiously surveyed his surroundings, and carefully left the alley.
Xixi, who had been silently observing Zhu Yanyan's situation, shook her head in anger upon seeing her despicable actions.
It seems that old Chiang Kai-shek's days are numbered.
[Hopefully, Wang Haocheng won't let his compassion overshadow the bigger picture and save Chiang Kai-shek and his men.]
[The lava must have already spread from the fire by now; we need to escape as quickly as possible.]
Wang Haocheng had originally planned to help Lao Jiang escape after they met.
When he heard Xixi's reminder again, he hardened his heart and decided to stop meddling in other people's business, quickening his pace towards the south gate.
With the help of the Ghost Grass, the group quickly crossed the streets of Hengyang Town and were about to arrive at the South Gate.
Suddenly, the roar of a monster rang out behind them, and then countless monsters surged toward the south gate.
Hearing the sound, Old Lady Zhu turned around and saw that Zhu Yanyan and Granny Wang were also following behind them.
To prevent Zhu Yanyan from doing anything malicious, she hurriedly shouted to the crowd.
"Stop dawdling, run towards the south gate quickly."
At her loud reminder, the crowd, who had been stunned in place, immediately snapped out of their daze and ran desperately toward the city gate.
As Grandma Zhu was pulling Pei Sining and Zhu Erbao away, she looked back and saw that the team members carrying food were moving very slowly.
She quickly stopped and shouted to her team members, "Throw away the bamboo baskets, don't want them anymore."
Without hesitation, the team members quickly threw away the bamboo baskets they were carrying.
After throwing away the bamboo baskets, everyone's steps became much lighter.
They arrived at the South Gate in no time, and with everyone's combined efforts, the city gate was successfully opened.
At the same time, Zhu Yanyan and several others were also running towards the city gate.
As the city gates were about to close, Zhu Yanyan ran and shouted to Old Jiang.
"Brother Jiang, stop these people quickly, they won't attack you."
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