After the battle, Zizhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, but the stinging pain in his head and the depletion of magic energy made Zizhou feel very uncomfortable. With the help of Ai Jiangtu, Zizhou returned to the rest area to rest. The rest area was full of people falling asleep immediately, so Zizhou slept next to Ai Jiangtu.
But they didn't sleep for long. They woke up in the afternoon to continue to take on missions. Zizhou went to rescue the people trapped in the village outside the city, while Ai Jiangtu was sent to fight against the demons who took advantage of the situation. The two of them hardly got a good rest.
There are many villages outside the city, and some of them have no time to retreat, so their mission now is to rescue the trapped people and destroy the undead army.
Along the way, Zizhou encountered many villagers whose bodies were incomplete or who had turned into undead. However, their target was the ancient capital city. As if they had received orders from someone, they kept moving towards that place. It was just unknown whether it was affected by the daylight, but these new undead were almost all slow in movement, or were trapped in the dark and unable to come out.
Everyone in the team was exhausted, but no one complained of being tired and they still persisted. Zizhou's arms were almost unable to swing the Tang sword. He had no idea how many undead he had chopped down since the beginning. Some of the undead were actually the military mages or guard mages who had come to destroy the undead before, and some were hunting mages, whose clothes were already dirty and messy.
Zizhou and his team of hunters held back their tears and eliminated all the victims who had turned into undead. Even if they didn't want to face it, they still had to make a choice. This was their mission and their responsibility!
Zizhou and his friends came to a village outside the city. Perhaps the undead had already been there, the whole village was deserted and desolate, with bloodstains all over the ground. In some places, debris could be seen, and the smell was strong and rotten. The scene was unbearable!
“Damn it! Why!? Why is this happening?”
One of the wizard hunters yelled in despair. This was a place he had been to before. At that time, demons were roaming here and he helped to solve the problem. The villagers here also treated him to delicious mandarin oranges. He still remembered the smiles on the villagers' faces and their simple thanks. But everything had changed. It was these damn undead spirits, it was all them! !
Zizhou felt the intense anger of the mage hunter, and he was also angry, but they needed to stay calm!
"Calm down. We can't let anger get to our heads. There are still many people waiting for us to save them. What we need to do now is to return all this anger to those damn undead souls!"
The magic hunters understood, but even though they understood, the tears in their eyes still flowed uncontrollably. It is said that men don't shed tears easily, but they just haven't reached the point of being heartbroken.
Zizhou covered the entire village with his spiritual power, hoping to find hidden life. However, after a while, Zizhou felt several places with obvious signs of life.
"Let's go! Save people. I found a few places where people are still alive. Split up and act extra careful. Even if you meet someone, be careful. People's hearts are unstable at this time. Your own safety is also very important. Don't trust anyone too much, understand!"
Zizhou's words stunned everyone present, but no one refuted it. It was not like they had never met the people that Zizhou implied in his words before, and it was precisely because of this that they felt even more confused and at a loss.
It turned out that when they were on a mission with Zizhou yesterday, they did find a lot of people, but there was one person who seemed to have some relationship with a military magician in the ancient capital and asked them to protect their safety. When a monster attacked them, this person actually pushed one of the hunter mages to the monster, and the hunter was almost injured by the monster's claw. If Zizhou hadn't acted quickly, the hunter would have been skinned alive today!
Finally Zizhou made a decision. Since that person was so arrogant, I'm sorry, our temple is too small to accommodate a big Buddha! So Zizhou and his friends refused to take the quilt that almost hurt people with them, and whatever happened afterwards was none of their business.
This also gives people who still hold the belief that "saving others is more important than their own lives!" 'This is a wake-up call for those who have this idea! Everyone’s life is important. There is no need for those who are self-righteous and have made no contribution to stay and harm us mages who have to save others!
During their continuous search in Zizhou, they finally found the residents' children who were hiding in cellars, dark rooms and other places that were difficult to search.
They hardly stopped, carrying only simple dry food and water, and with a mentality of saving every second, they managed to exhaust all their physical strength within a few hours!
Zizhou dragged his tired body back to the resting place. This was originally a residential building, but now it has become a resting place for these mages. It is really cheap.
It was raining now, making Zizhou feel very uncomfortable. Even the smell of rain was a little strange. Before Zizhou could think about it, he heard a voice.
"Zizhou!?"
The voice came from behind Zizhou. It was a familiar voice. Zizhou turned around and saw that it was Mo Fan.
Mo Fan ran over excitedly, but when he saw Zizhou's tired look, he choked up a little.
Everything here is exactly the same as Bo at that time. The city was destroyed beyond recognition, and the ruins were filled with smoke and blood. The streets were littered with shattered buildings, charred vehicles and toppled utility poles. The bloodstained ground was shocking, as if a nightmare scene was unfolding before one's eyes.
Mo Fan had not expected to meet Zizhou so soon. When Mo Fan was about to come, Dean Xiao told him that Zizhou was in the ancient capital. If not for what Dean Xiao said, Mo Fan would never have thought that Zizhou had actually gone to the ancient capital. Sure enough, the difference in thinking would be reflected in the decision.
"Mo Fan, are you here too? When did you arrive?"
A normal greeting seemed too abrupt in such an environment.
Mo Fan didn't think anything of it and told Zizhou why he was here.
"Zhang Xiaohou is missing? Have you investigated when he disappeared? Did he disappear alone or with the team? Who told you that Zhang Xiaohou is missing?"
Faced with so many questions from Zizhou, Mo Fan did not hide anything. Instead, he sorted out all the information he had obtained and told Zizhou.
"Boss Zhankong told me that Monkey investigated Yuansha while on a mission, but there has been no news since then. But I don't believe he would die like this. I will definitely find him!"
Facing Mo Fan's unwavering affirmation, Zizhou believed that everyone around the protagonist more or less carried the protagonist's luck. As long as Mo Fan went, Zhang Xiaohou would definitely be alive. This was one of the effects of the protagonist's halo that Zizhou liked the most.
Zizhou was unable to go with Mo Fan, as he had become the most powerful and stable cornerstone in the ancient capital's defense. Due to Zizhou's powerful magical force, the situation on the battlefield is currently developing in a direction favorable to humans, which also gives many mages a chance to catch their breath.
Mo Fan also knew that there was a mage who played a very important role on the battlefield during this period, but he did not expect that this person was Zizhou.