Chapter 47047 The animals she raises in her yard are either toads or poisonous animals...
"Huh... uh..."
The sound of bones twisting could be heard in a chaotic manner, and more "people" who had fallen to the ground crawled out from the snow that had buried them, and approached Zhuang Rong'er and the other person.
The noises of flapping and howling began to be heard from the houses along the street. Obviously, both indoors and outdoors, the place was filled with infected zombies. Just as she had previously concluded, the entire Hanzhou had long since turned into a hell on earth.
Ah Huai controlled his flying sword to rise into the air, but he didn't expect Zhuang Rong'er to jump down and land on the snow-covered roof.
He hesitated for only a moment, and the nameless divine weapon immediately retracted its sword-wielding form and turned into a weapon in his hand. He also fell into the snow, and the zombies climbing up from under the house could almost reach his legs in a jump.
The silk ribbon in Zhuang Rong'er's sleeve quickly rolled towards one of the zombies who jumped the highest.
The cloth wrapped around the man, and even though he struggled violently, it didn't break at all. This made him even more angry, and he kept making terrible roars in his throat.
On the other side, Ah Huai used his long sword to slash at a hand that was reaching out to grab Zhuang Rong'er from behind, but she said, "Can't kill them—these people are still human."
Most of them are infected people, and a small number are zombies.
Killing them all at this moment can indeed stop the spread of the corpse poison, but this group of people will have no chance of survival.
Ah Huai and Zhuang Rong'er stood shoulder to shoulder, and asked hoarsely, "Do they still have a way to wake them up?"
“…” Zhuang Rong’er didn’t know how to answer. Judging from the experience of a hundred years ago, it was possible, but it needed to be used as medicine without dissolving the bones.
She pursed her lips and remained silent, stretching the silk ribbon in her hand even longer, wrapping up all the zombies surrounding them and rolling them together.
It is truly horrifying that such a thing could happen at the foot of Wanjian Mountain.
Not to mention that according to what the owner of the clothing store said, there has been a "Dongtian Asking for the Way" in recent days, and many cultivators will pass through here on their way to Wanjian Mountain. However, no one has intervened in the spread of the corpse poison, and no news has been left behind. It is truly ridiculous.
Of course she also had to go to Wanjian Mountain, but now in addition to asking for the magic weapon, there was one more thing to do, which was to hold Li Ruohui accountable!
Just at this moment, the door beam on one side was suddenly pushed down, making a "bang" sound.
When Zhuang Rong'er saw the sign representing the salt merchant standing next to the house, her expression changed slightly. Before she could walk forward, the window was pushed open with a "creak", and then half of a head popped out from inside - it was a woman.
...Could it be Lu Baozhen?
The brief doubt was quickly dispelled because the woman raised her head completely, and their eyes met, both of them were so surprised that they forgot to speak.
I never expected...
Familiar eyebrows, familiar expression, and the familiar red pendant hanging around her neck - the Eye of Void Breaking. Who else could this person be but Shui Wu?
Shui Wu always appears where she least expects it.
After leaving Liusha City and being sent away by the Eye of Void Breaking, she unexpectedly appeared in the distant north again, and she was still alone.
Does Shui Jue know that she ran out alone again?
"Why are you here?" Zhuang Rong'er frowned.
"Sister-in-law... Sister Rong'er!" Shui Wu swallowed the name she was about to call out subconsciously with difficulty. Her eyes lit up, and she was so excited that she wanted to climb out of the small window on the spot. "That's great! I never thought I would meet you here!"
While she was struggling back and forth inside, Zhuang Rong'er saw through the gap that there was another woman following her. She was plump and round, but her face was pale because of excessive fear, and she looked at them timidly.
"Xiaozhen, don't be afraid. My sister Rong'er is here, and everything will be saved! This group of stinking undead is no match for her!" She took the time to turn around and comfort the woman, then shouted, "Sister Rong'er, I'll be right out, and I'll bring the girl I rescued with me. Just wait for us!"
She was so familiar and enthusiastic that Zhuang Rong'er found it hard to resist. Moreover, her presence had attracted more zombies from hundreds of miles away.
While surrounded, they also had to consider their status as living beings, and they were inevitably hesitant to protect themselves.
Zhuang Rong'er's temples ached slightly. She looked at the army of the living dead sweeping towards her from all directions. On the one hand, she admired Shui Wu for being able to preserve herself in such a situation, which seemed to be some improvement. On the other hand, she felt that it was troublesome to have to bring two more people with her on the journey...
She turned her head to look at Ah Huai, and he immediately understood what she meant with just one glance.
The nameless magic weapon moved as he wished and transformed into a giant flying sword again. He pulled Zhuang Rong'er with one hand and jumped up. The sword rushed diagonally forward and hovered in front of Shui Wu and Lu Baozhen who had just come out of the back door.
"Eh?" Shui Wu was startled and stood there without coming up. Zhuang Rong'er grabbed her hand and brought them both up.
The next second, the flying sword leaped up, and the place where they were standing was immediately flooded by the swarming zombies.
Zhuang Rong'er was in mid-air, looking down at the chaotic scene below with a frown on her face.
They couldn't fight here, nor could they change the situation for the better. The best solution at the moment was to knock on the gate of Wanjian Mountain and let them deal with the troubles under their own mountain gate.
Zhuang Rong'er didn't believe that Li Ruohui, as a world-famous weapon refining master, would not have even a single "incorruptible bone" in his hand.
He should also be the one to provide the indigestible bone powder used to dissolve the corpse poison.
"Help..." Lu Baozhen was so scared that her calves were shaking. She fell to the ground and was picked up again by Shui Wu.
If one is not careful, the person's legs will fall under the sword and he will be almost caught by the zombies who climb onto the roof and reach up.
Ah Huai casually broke the dead branches beside him and threw the wooden stick down like an arrow. It was so accurate that it directly pierced through the clothes on the shoulders of the zombies, but did not cause them any external injuries. It just made them fall down together and be pressed back into the snow.
"What a neat move!" Shui Wu exclaimed. She helped the frightened Lu Baozhen up and finally had time to take a closer look at Zhuang Rong'er and A Huai.
While Shui Wu was looking at them, Ah Huai also glanced at them calmly.
He also remembered this woman. In Liusha City, Zhuang Rong'er had risked her life to save her, and she always called Zhuang Rong'er "sister-in-law" - she was Shui Jue's sister.
And the mortal woman beside him seemed to be Lu Baozhen, the daughter of the shopkeeper, whom Zhuang Rong'er was entrusted to convey that day.
He took a look and then looked away without saying a word.
Shui Wu was clearly impressed by Ah Huai's face. She stared at him intently for several seconds before asking with a flickering expression, "...Sister Rong'er, why are you here?"
"Shouldn't I be the one asking you this?" Zhuang Rong'er said in a cold tone.
"As for me, that's a long story." Shui Wu bit her lip. "My maid from Hanzhou was the best at braiding beautiful pigtails, but she said she was going back to her hometown to supervise the construction of the ancestral hall, and she disappeared for several months without a trace. I couldn't wait any longer, so I took the opportunity of being away traveling to come here to look for her. Who would have thought that I would end up in a zombie cemetery..."
"Since you have the Eye of Void Breaking, why don't you leave?"
"If I leave, I'm afraid Sister Xiaozhen won't be enough to fill my teeth..." Shui Wu said bitterly, "The day after I arrived here, I was besieged by the living dead. It was she who lit fireworks in the distance to help me escape."
"You can't contact Shui Jue?"
"...When I left the house, I was in a hurry and lost contact with him." Shui Wu said hesitantly.
Looking at her like this, you can tell that she actually ran away secretly. She was afraid of being caught by Shui Jue, so she simply cut off contact.
Even though she had suffered a loss in Quicksand City, she could still remain so innocent and ignorant of the immensity of the world, which was quite rare.
“…”
Zhuang Rong'er was speechless.
The next question was asked by Ah Huai. He looked at Lu Baozhen, who was still half-crouching on the sword due to fear of heights, and whispered, "What happened in Hanzhou?"
"...A month ago, an old man in town passed away," Lu Baozhen said, her face filled with sorrow. "His coffin was left inside the house. Several of his descendants, dissatisfied with the distribution of the family property, refused to let him be buried for a long time. Then, half a month later, one night, they say the old man crawled out of the coffin and bit anyone he saw. It seems he was out for revenge..."
"It's not that mysterious. It's corpse poison." Shui Wu waved her hand and actually took on the role of popularizing science. "On the way here, I heard many cultivators discussing the reappearance of the Jiyuan. If that's true, didn't the corpse poison break out once a hundred years ago?"
She was so calm that people looked at her in a different light. Zhuang Rong'er couldn't help but look at her again.
Shui Wu continued, "Sister Rong'er, if we leave now, what will happen to the other people in the city? I heard that if you stay in a corpse-poisoned environment for a long time, you will also be infected..."
"Besides you two, are there any other uninfected people here?"
"...Maybe, maybe there is." Lu Baozhen couldn't help but say, but her voice gradually became smaller and smaller. "I haven't seen Grandma Zhuang from the east city... Besides, a few days ago, I drank the medicine she brewed, which is why I have been able to hold on until today. Originally, maybe I should have been infected like my husband a few days ago. So, maybe, maybe..."
Her words were somewhat incoherent, and she became anxious because of her unclear expression, and her round face turned red, but Zhuang Rong'er understood what she meant.
What she wanted to express was that she had never seen any living dead like Grandma Zhuang during the days she was hiding, and she had drunk the medicine prepared by Grandma Zhuang before the corpse poison broke out. She suspected that the medicine was the reason why she had not been infected by herself due to being in the corpse poison environment these days.
As the one who made the medicine, Grandma Zhuang must have drunk it herself, so she might still be sober.
Her speculation was reasonable.
But when Zhuang Rong'er used her five senses, she could not sense any normal living beings around her.
She should have trusted her own perception rather than the words of others, but at a certain moment, her intuition also joined in her judgment, causing her to ask a question: "...Grandma Zhuang, who is she?"
It is undeniable that when Lu Baozhen mentioned "Grandma Zhuang", her heart had inexplicably tightened.
There seemed to be an indescribable premonition in the dark, a premonition that this person who was mentioned in a few words by others was related to her, and also related to... "her".
"Grandma Zhuang has no children and lives alone in the east of the city. Although she's not from here, she was already there when I married. My husband once said that Grandma Zhuang moved to Hanzhou one spring. At first, she kept toads and poisonous snakes in her yard, and no one dared to say a word to her. But the next year, all her poisonous creatures froze to death..."
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