“Look, they’re starting to get scared,” Fang Tianzhi said, pointing at the crowd. “Sometimes, the worse the environment, the more thoroughly people turn out.”
An unknown force spread out, as if a demon were drawing lots to select the unlucky ones.
Several people started coughing on the spot, and this person coughed incessantly.
This must be the plague that Fang Tianzhi was talking about.
He did not directly cause the people in the city to fall ill, but rather secretly infected a group of people, who then infected others.
The whole process was long and tedious; the feeling of death spreading was absolutely agonizing.
Although being infected with the disease is tantamount to being declared dead, the pervasive fear is clearly more terrifying than the disease itself.
The coughing continued, and one person after another contracted the disease.
"That's about it."
Fang Tianzhi patted Wu Er on the head and said, "Now it's your turn to do your task."
Looking at the people around him coughing incessantly, and Fang Tianzhi looking on with great interest, Wu Er suddenly felt flustered.
At some point, a putrid stench began to spread from the city, permeating the surrounding air.
Fang Tian released Wu Er from his restraints and said, "I'll give you a chance. I'm a forgiving person. As long as you can cure the illnesses of everyone in this city, I won't make things difficult for you or kill you."
Although he said he was tolerant, his expression didn't reflect that at all.
It's more like a cat toying with a mouse, wanting to play with its prey before killing it.
"What...what exactly do you want?"
After the restraints were removed, Wu Er asked the question in a hoarse voice.
"Why ask so many questions?" Fang Tianzhi chuckled strangely. "I've shown you the way. As long as you cure the plague in this city, we'll forgive and forget about what happened between us before."
Fang Tianzhi's face showed impatience, but even so, he still spoke to Wu Er.
Coughing, vomiting, groans, questioning...
At this moment, various sounds intertwined, and these irritating sounds were like knives, stabbing hard at the eardrums.
Wu Er stood still, unmoved, knowing there was definitely a trap here.
Although he really wanted to save people, doing so would just lead him into Fang Tianzhi's trap.
But not only might they fail to save the person, other terrible things might happen instead.
"Tsk... Do I have to threaten you? Can't you just jump in yourself?"
Fang Tianzhi directly admitted to setting a trap, but he did not panic.
Although Wu Er is not currently falling into the trap, Fang Tianzhi has several ways to make Wu Er fall into it.
Good people are like that; they have many concerns, and therefore many weaknesses. If you can get hold of something a good person cares about, you can easily manipulate that person.
Fang Tianzhi clearly knew Wu Er's weakness.
"You seem to have a few junior brothers and sisters, right?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Er's pupils contracted, and his facial expression changed slightly.
These small changes are not noticeable to normal people, but cultivators like Fang Tianzhi can see them.
Then Fang Tianzhi said, "If you don't fall into my trap, I'll have a chat with your junior brothers and sisters."
This is a blatant threat, made without any attempt to conceal it.
Faced with this threat, Wu Er really couldn't refuse and had no choice but to accept it.
We are at their mercy, like fish on a chopping board.
Wu Er had no choice but to comply with Fang Tianzhi's demands.
"What exactly do you want from me? Just tell me and give me a straight answer."
Wu Er was already prepared to die.
Although it still feels absurd, since it has already happened, I can only accept it silently.
Fang Tianzhi was getting quite impatient with the repeated questioning.
He said fiercely, "Just do what I say. This is the last time I'm speaking. If you ask any more questions, I'll kill your junior brothers and sisters."
After hearing such harsh words, Wu Er dared not ask any more questions.
Fang Tianzhi also took a step to the side and then disappeared into the city.
In this ruin, only Wu Er and the group of mortals infected with the disease remained.
"Save people? How do you save people?"
Looking at the devastated city, Wu Er's words were filled with helplessness.
By this time, unrest had begun in the city.
The city's high-ranking officials had been killed by Fang Tianzhi, leaving the city leaderless. Coupled with the rapidly spreading and worsening plague, this plunged the mortals into endless madness.
Some people wanted to escape from this ghost town, but because the city was surrounded by Fang Tianzhi, ordinary people couldn't escape at all and could only stay in the city to wait for death.
Crazy people were running wildly through the streets, and a large number of people had already gone mad.
Going crazy is the most normal reaction to such a sudden disaster.
"this......"
Faced with this madness, Wu Er didn't know how to save them.
But simply watching is not a solution; Wu Er still feels very distressed that so many people are suffering.
Wu Er took a deep breath, then flew into the sky and said, "Calm down, everyone calm down! Only if we calm down can we have any hope of survival!"
Wu Er wanted to calm the panicked crowd in the city down, because only by remaining calm could they better deal with the disaster.
Unfortunately, the people in the city were all crazy and didn't believe such words.
Plagues and panic go hand in hand; natural disasters and man-made calamities can bring out the worst in people’s malice.
Whether it was Fang Tianzhi manipulating things behind the scenes or not, the ordinary people in the city quickly went into a frenzy.
What exactly is this crazy method?
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