AD 3975, April 21, Phoenix Mountain outside Beijing.
Dark clouds covered the sky and the sun, and the dark forest was so deep that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
Two men, one in front and one behind, were running around in the dense grass in a panic, with serious expressions on their faces.
"Mr. Huo, you go first! I'll cover your rear!"
Assistant Zhang had a look of self-sacrifice on his face as he spoke to the man who wanted to keep carrying him and running forward.
The man had a face as handsome as a god, with very fair skin. His slender figure was tightly wrapped in a sophisticated black suit, his shirt was buttoned tightly to the top, and his long legs were enviable.
His clothes were a little messy from running so fast, but they were not sloppy. They only added a bit of worldly air of a banished immortal to his serious aura.
Huo Linxiao's brows were stern. He caught a glimpse of a black fog that was getting closer and closer, and said solemnly, without question, "Go down the mountain and contact someone to save me."
Go, don't waste time!"
Assistant Zhang gritted his teeth. The man before him was the current head of the Huo family, one of the most powerful families in Beijing. He was both respected and feared by countless people. If anything happened to him, not only the Huo family, but also his followers would not let him go!
He turned around and ran down the mountain as fast as he could, "Boss Huo, be careful! I'll call someone over right away!"
Huo Linxiao didn't bother to reply, and was only focused on dealing with this thing that came out of nowhere.
Today he took his assistant and asked the driver to drive to the company. There was a very important bid in the afternoon and he had to be present in person.
But who could have imagined that the driver inexplicably drove the car onto Phoenix Mountain. By the time they realized something was wrong and asked him to stop, the driver had already been bleeding from all seven orifices and died on the spot.
A black fog rushed out from the mountains and overturned the car. After he and Assistant Zhang escaped, they were chased by the black fog.
Phoenix Mountain, which used to have full signal coverage, seemed to be blocked. There was no signal on their cell phones, and the two were completely unable to call for help.
If this continues, even if Assistant Zhang doesn't leave, it will only result in one more death.
"call out--!"
The black mist attacked Huo Linxiao with a claw, bringing up a sharp gust of wind.
While dodging, Huo Linxiao suddenly felt an inexplicable sharp pain in his knee, as if he was hit by something. His body inevitably fell forward to his knees, just in time to meet the opponent's claws.
In an instant, a claw mark deep enough to see the bone was left on his arm.
"Bang!"
Huo Linxiao fell to the ground, blood oozing from the wound on his arm, staining the sand on the ground red, but he was unaware of it.
All he could see was the black fog getting closer and closer. He thought that he would probably die here today.
"You woke me up?"
In the dead silent air, a clear female voice suddenly rang out, echoing in the empty mountains.
The mountain wind whistled, rustling the leaves. In the valley filled with gloomy air, the sound floated like stereo sound, omnipresent, yet converging nowhere. The entire Phoenix Mountain seemed to have been paused.
The originally ferocious black fog stopped in place and dared not move when it heard the sound, shaking like a sieve.
Only then did Huo Linxiao see clearly what the unidentified object that had been chasing them all the way was.
It has a green face and fangs, and is dressed in a blue court robe from the Qing Dynasty. Its limbs and fingers are stiff, as dry and hard as wind-dried reeds. A thick black aura lingers around its body, and it is exactly like the zombies you see in movies!
Huo Linxiao's pupils suddenly shrank, and his slender fingers with distinct joints subconsciously curled up slightly. He knew that the zombie stopped because of the strange female voice.
He suppressed the emotions surging in his heart and said calmly, "Yes."
The clear female voice sounded again, ethereal yet frightening, "Do you know what it will cost to wake me up?"
Huo Linxiao's eyes narrowed slightly. Being from a top wealthy family, he had some understanding of these metaphysical things.
In order to summon these unnatural factors, one usually has to offer tributes.
As the head of the Huo family in Beijing, he has a lot, but he also has huge responsibilities. It is very likely that a single order he issues will affect the livelihoods of thousands of people.
You can save yourself, but there must be a bottom line.
"What do you want?"
The clear female voice sounded again, with a tone of arrogance and condescension, "It's okay for me to save you, but you have to support me and build many temples for me so that many people can worship me."
Huo Linxiao: ...?
Even though Huo Linxiao was knowledgeable and experienced, he had never heard of such an outrageous request.
If he didn't know that the owner of this voice could not be judged according to common sense, just by listening to the voice and the request, he would have thought that this was someone's naughty child.
But compared to such a ridiculous condition as offering human flesh as a sacrifice, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem for him.
Huo Linxiao said in a deep voice: "Okay."
The ethereal female voice sounded again in the woods, but this time the voice was a little ethereal.
"Contract, done."
"Boom!" A huge blue-white lightning flashed across the night sky, splitting the dark sky and making people tremble with fear.
Huo Linxiao only felt the ground beneath him begin to tremble, as if something was about to burst out.
The next second, a huge force hit him from behind, knocking him to the side in an instant. An unknown wooden board pinned him to the ground. Something seemed to jump out of the deep pit that suddenly appeared next to him and rushed straight towards the direction of the zombies.
Huo Linxiao: ...
Huo Linxiao lifted the wooden board that hit him with an expressionless face, and his expression froze when he saw the scene in front of him.
The zombie that was so ferocious just now was now being strangled by a beautiful girl with one hand by the neck and hung in the air, without any ability to fight back.
The girl was dressed in a gorgeous black dress. Her skin was even clearer than the finest white jade. She had clear deer eyes and a straight nose. Her black hair that fell to her waist fluttered in the wind, brushing against her delicate cheeks, making her look even clearer.
It's just that her appearance is too delicate, so delicate that she looks more like a lifeless doll than a mortal.
Is this... a person? Or a child?
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