After the meal, the villagers, under Su Yunying's command, immediately entered the tunnel and began their journey towards the Outer Thousand Gorges Peak.
After navigating a winding path, Su Yunying approached a gate and gestured for everyone to remain quiet. She then quietly opened a corner of the gate and peered inside.
The blood moon just set at this time. Su Yunying waved her hand and immediately asked everyone to go out.
The crowd filed out and ran toward the next shelter.
"No matter what, we must not let the blood moon shine on us. Once it does, even a god could not save us."
Su Yunying kept reminding Shen Zhao.
How is a blood moon born?
In Shen Zhao's memory, the only place with a blood moon was the Nine Netherworld, but the blood moon there could only cause people to feel depressed at most, and it certainly could not have the effect of mutating people.
Su Yunying shook her head: "I don't know. Thirty years ago, the blood moon suddenly appeared in the sky, and since then, no one has ever seen what the sun looks like."
Shen Zhao: "In that case, it is indeed very despairing."
Su Yunying smiled and shook her head: "No, I've heard people say that as long as we persevere, someone will surely come to save this dark and hopeless world in the future."
Shen Zhao said, "Perhaps that person was just trying to comfort you."
Su Yunying laughed: "Yes, maybe, but even if it's a lie, people are willing to believe it, and that person said..."
When he appears, he will bring back the long-awaited sunlight, guide us out of this hell, destroy the Blood Nightmare, and end this hopeless situation.
It was this belief that kept me from collapsing and allowed me to save as many people as possible.
Shen Zhao immediately asked curiously, "Who is that person? I'm very curious."
Su Yunying: "He was a rather sleazy-looking old man, but he spoke with remarkable clarity and logic. He told me himself..."
When that person appears, a golden lotus will bloom when necessary.
The blazing light will break through all the darkness and bring true light back to this earth.
Oh right, his name is... that's strange, I can't remember his name, I only remember that it has the character "二" in it.
At this point, Su Yunying looked at the staggering crowd, a hint of confusion in her eyes.
"However, many people could not bear all of this, believing it to be nothing but a lie, and ultimately chose to end their own lives in the endless darkness."
Su Yunying took out the broken Lone Goose Spear.
"You know, there were many times when I wanted to give up. What's truly terrifying isn't the monsters, but the lack of hope for survival."
Death isn't scary; I just want to see what the sun looks like one last time before I die.
Shen Zhao fell silent, unsure how to comfort Su Yunying.
Looking at her bewildered eyes and her tired yet determined figure, Shen Zhao felt extremely heavy-hearted.
The team continued to move forward and just passed a fork in the road.
"Stop!"
Shen Zhao suddenly shouted to stop them, his eyes becoming extremely sharp.
"What's wrong?"
Su Yunying asked curiously.
Shen Zhao glanced around: "We are surrounded. If we go any further, a large group of enemies will be waiting for us to walk into their trap. The most urgent thing is to change course immediately."
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
As soon as he finished speaking, one of the men named Ergou suddenly spoke loudly.
"What do you mean by surrounded? Don't talk nonsense, newcomer! Hurry and leave. Otherwise, when the blood moon rises, no one can escape."
Ergou's words resonated with countless people.
"Yeah, why change the route? This is the only road leading to Qianxia Peak. Who would know which way to go if we change the route in the dark?"
"I've disliked you for a long time. Yesterday you even tried to make a suggestive gesture towards our Commander Su. We remember that."
"Exactly, it's disgusting. Commander Su, let's just kick him out."
Everyone chimed in, condemning Shen Zhao for meddling in other people's business.
Shen Zhao ignored this and fixed his gaze directly on Er Gou.
Because this guy is a bastard who leads the trend. Human nature is extremely dark in the doomsday.
If I'm not mistaken, Er Gou must have secretly colluded with Xue Yan to lure everyone into a trap.
In response, Shen Zhao immediately took a step forward and locked Er Gou's neck in a lock.
"you……"
"You want to leave, huh? Then go ahead and leave!"
After saying this, before Su Yunying could stop him, Shen Zhao threw him to the ground.
In an instant, to everyone's astonishment, Er Gou was thrown a mile away with a scream.
"Shen Zhao, you..."
"ah……"
Just as Su Yunying was about to ask what was wrong, she heard a shrill scream.
"Master, it's me, Er Gou. I've brought the person to you. You promised to bring me into the Blood Nightmare Demon Palace, you can't... ah..."
The clear words in the darkness, along with the shrill screams and the incessant chewing sounds of the monster, instantly made it clear why Shen Zhao had done this.
The next moment, countless bats darted into the void, forming a huge evil net.
"Be careful, cultivators, move forward and protect the elderly and weak."
Sensing the urgency of the situation, Su Yunying gave an order and was the first to stand guard at the most dangerous front.
Meanwhile, the six remaining cultivators in the group followed closely behind.
Shen Zhao frowned and quickly stepped in front of Su Yunying.
"you……"
"Handle with caution."
The next second, fluorescent lights appeared all around, illuminating the dark environment.
When the people saw what was happening, they were so frightened that even the children stopped crying.
All around were countless mutated humans resembling zombies, their arms, now transformed into tentacles, stretching out in bizarre and twisted postures, slowly forming a circle around them.
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