Wu Quan's injuries were more serious than Lin Qiye had imagined.

He sat in the clinic, watching these figures adjusting his bones, applying medicine, and bandaging him. They were busy until dusk. When the old man in the lead wiped his sweat and sat on the chair, Lin Qiye stepped forward.

"How is he doing?"

"The boy's injuries are very strange. They don't look like injuries from a collision, nor do they look like injuries from fighting... I have already healed his bones, and the serious wounds have been treated with medicine. As long as he recuperates enough, changes the dressings regularly, and takes medicine for a period of time, he will be able to recover."

"How long is a while?"

"It takes a hundred days for a broken bone to heal. With his current injuries, he will have to stay in bed for at least half a year before he can recover."

Half a year?

Hearing this answer, Lin Qiye frowned... Staying in bed for half a year and taking medicine to recuperate, doesn't that mean they have to stay here for half a year?

No, he still didn't know why they came to this era, nor did he know how to go back. There were too many mysteries facing Lin Qiye, and there were many things to do in modern times. How could he rest here peacefully for half a year?

Lin Qiye was worried if he left Wuquan here alone. They had no money and no reliable person to take care of Wuquan. It was too dangerous to do so.

Just as Lin Qiye was struggling, an apprentice brought up a few bags of medicinal herbs and carefully handed them to Lin Qiye.

The old man spoke tentatively: "My good man, I have cured this young man. These medicines are enough for him to take for a month. I have put the prescription inside. If he finishes it, you can take it to the pharmacy to get the medicine. You see... can we leave now?"

Lin Qiye glanced at the crowd. They all lowered their heads, looking a little frightened.

"You guys go now. I'll stay here for one night and leave tomorrow." Lin Qiye made way for them to leave. "I'll come and settle the money for this treatment in a few days. Don't alert the police... uh, the government, otherwise you know what the consequences will be."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Everyone's faces finally relaxed. They pushed the door open one after another, glanced at the sky above their heads, their expressions changed slightly, and they hurried home.

"Why don't you leave?" Lin Qiye asked when he saw that the old doctor was still not leaving.

"Uh... this is my clinic. I live here."

He pointed to the side door of the clinic, inside which was a narrow courtyard, and behind it was a room.

Lin Qiye nodded and said, "Go ahead. He and I will sleep in the front hall tonight and won't disturb you."

"Good man." The old man who treated Wuquan was about to leave. After hesitating for a moment, he turned back and said, "If you stay here overnight, please lock the doors and windows. It's best not to light a candle. No matter what happens outside, don't open the door..."

Lin Qiye raised his eyebrows, "Why?"

The old man was slightly stunned. "Is this your first time to the northwestern border?"

“…I guess so.”

"Didn't you encounter any strange things on your way here?" The old man frowned and said, "Now the evil star is flying in the sky, the end of the world is approaching, and evil spirits are rampant... If it were daytime, they would be more restrained, but at night, they would dominate the world!

People have been dying in and outside the city these days. You are indeed brave and powerful, but your strength may not be effective against those evil spirits. It is better to be safe."

Hearing these inexplicable words, Lin Qiye frowned, seeming a little puzzled.

The sky gradually darkened. The old man picked up a lamp on the table, closed the side door of the front hall, and walked tremblingly towards the backyard.

Bang--

With the sound of a door closing, the entire front hall of the clinic fell silent.

Lin Qiye walked up to the open door of the clinic and looked around. The road that was bustling during the day was now dead silent. Under the dim sky, there was no pedestrian in sight. The doors on both sides of the road were closed, and even the windows were all sealed. As night fell, there was not a single candlelight shining out.

Lin Qiye knew that there was a curfew in ancient times and there would not be many people around at night, but the scene in front of him was completely beyond the scope of what could be explained by the curfew.

"The evil star is in the sky, the end of the world is coming, and evil spirits are rampant?"

Lin Qiye murmured the old man's words and looked up. In the gradually darkening night sky, a few red stars hung high in the sky, like scarlet eyes. Under their brilliance, the ordinary stars around them had become dim.

"What is that?" Lin Qiye looked at these red stars, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Lin Qiye had never seen red stars before, and these stars did not exist in the modern starry sky... What exactly happened in this era?

Lin Qiye looked at these red stars and had a bad feeling in his heart.

He was about to close the door and go back into the house when he glanced at a corner of the street. In this ancient city that was gradually sinking into darkness, there was only one restaurant that was still brightly lit.

“That is…” Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes slightly.

…

"What?"

Inside the restaurant, the deputy general stood up and frowned at the county magistrate in front of him, "No black dog teeth?"

"Yes, we have searched the whole city, but we can't find it!" The county magistrate said humbly with a bitter face, "All the others have been found and sent here...but we can't find this black dog now!"

"Such a big city, but there's not even a black dog?"

"In the past, there were indeed many, but the recent situation, I'm sure you are also aware of it... Evil spirits are rampant, eating people everywhere! People are lucky to be alive. If someone keeps a black dog in the house, then the barking sound at night will attract evil spirits, right?

A few days ago, the people in the city spontaneously stewed all the dogs. Now, let alone our Xue County, even if you go to Bian County or even a larger place, it is difficult to find black dogs!"

After hearing these words, Huo Qubing, who was sitting in the middle of the round table, frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

"My Lord, it's not that I'm not doing my best. I really am..."

"Okay, I understand. You may leave now." Huo Qubing interrupted the county magistrate without waiting for him to continue crying.

Hearing this, the county magistrate felt as if he had been pardoned. He hurriedly expressed his gratitude, then left the restaurant quickly with hundreds of soldiers behind him and rushed towards the county government office, as if he was afraid of being caught up by something.

"My lord, without the black dog's teeth...what should we do?" The deputy general sighed.

The female prisoner kneeling in the corner sneered:

"Since you can't find all the materials, why not just let me go? Bringing me along would be a burden to you, wouldn't it?"

"Shut up! Be careful or I'll kill you right now!"

"Really? Then why don't you kill one and see?"

"you!!"

Bang——!

A slight sound interrupted their argument. Huo Qubing put down his chopsticks, slowly stood up, walked to the window of the restaurant, and looked out at the dead silent city shrouded in darkness.

His brows furrowed more and more tightly, "Their numbers are increasing..."