Chapter 1298 The Walking Dead

The entire Luan is like a ghost town, a ghost town that is still alive but lifeless.

Hao Ren and his party moved deeper along the city's central avenue. The few pedestrians they saw along the way avoided them like the plague. Even if Lily ran out and forcibly detained two or three passers-by who had no time to escape, the other party would also Completely immersed in unspeakable fear and hostility, the illogical nonsense was completely out of order and could not convey any valuable information, so in the end he had no choice but to let it go.

Most of the houses on the roadside were occupied. However, whether it was Calasius or Hao Ren who knocked on the door, the negotiations failed. Hiding behind the door were gloomy and wary voices. These residents were not even willing to open the door, and they were even more reluctant to open the door. Not to mention telling the stranger outside the door what happened here. When Carathius offered to help, he was even viciously chased away and cursed at - a sense of hostility and anger that loomed over the city without any reason.

Hao Ren couldn't help but miss the days when the data terminal was around him: Although it was useless and unreliable, at least its functions were quite useful. If it could be detected with life radar, it might be possible to collect data from urban residents. Check out the reason.

The other knights and monks also dispersed, looking for locals in the streets and alleys with whom they could talk and ask. After the appointed time, everyone gathered on the avenue. It could be seen from the disappointed faces of everyone that everyone The negotiations were not smooth.

"No one wants to talk to 'outsiders,'" a monk said with a frown. "Even if I reveal my identity as a senior priest to them, they will guard us like thieves."

Another knight also shook his head: "I feel an atmosphere that turns the people in the city into a severely xenophobic group. They seem to regard everyone who does not belong to them as a threat. I don't know. Where did this mentality come from.”

Karasius drew a religious symbol on his chest: "Goddess bless me, is this still a glorious Saint?"

Hao Ren turned to look at the mysterious woman who had been silent since entering the city: "An, you always know a lot, so do you know what the situation is now?"

An shook his head and said calmly: "Don't think of me as knowing everything."

After all, the church soldiers brought by Calasius were still unable to break in, so the investigation and negotiations suddenly reached a deadlock. When no one could find anyone to inquire, they could only start with magic detection. Hands on: Several monks took out the holy objects they carried and began to check the flow of magical power in the city. Karasius believed that with such a strange atmosphere in the city, they could probably capture the shadows of dark creatures - since the magic in the city The residents can't do anything anymore, so it's better to catch a few ghosts and the like and ask them.

Hao Ren took advantage of this moment to find a quiet place and open communication with the "outside world".

As expected, the communication was established extremely quickly, and the signal strength reached the highest level since he arrived in Koro's world.

"Hey, partner," the voice of the data terminal rang in my mind, "Hey, wait... you set up a wifi over there again? Why is the signal so good this time?"

"I'm in the Sanctuary now," Hao Ren said quickly. "The situation in the Sanctuary is very wrong. It has become semi-chaos."

"Sacred territory?" Vivian's voice intervened, "Is it the place where the goddess of creation left her miracles as you mentioned? Isn't that the center of sacred power in the world of Koro, the place with the strongest power of order?"

"It used to be, but something went wrong now," Hao Ren quickly told the other party that the light of Asuman in the sanctuary had been weakening over the past few months and was finally completely extinguished, "...the extinguishing of the light of Asuman I will investigate the reason, you don’t have to worry about this. The important thing now is to test whether physical matter can be transported to my side. According to the previous guesses of me and the data terminal, the divine power of the Goddess of Creation is the bridge between the Kolo space and the external space. As the core of divine power, the Holy Domain is the foundation of this bridge and is the place where the two spaces are most closely connected. The strength of the communication signal between me and you can also prove this: here, the connection between Colo and the external universe is very strong. So. Testing of material transport can already begin."

The voice of the data terminal rang: "Received, this machine will start the crack generator that has just been completed. It is expected that the first round of testing will take twenty-four hours. However, since it is a test run, the timing of material transmission cannot be precisely controlled here. And the landing point can only be guaranteed to be within a certain range around you."

Hao Ren nodded: "No problem, I will pay attention to the phenomenon here."

After the data terminal took the order, Vivian's voice rang again: "By the way, is the big dog still obedient?"

"She..." Hao Ren turned his head and glanced, and saw Lily wandering around not far away looking for strange-shaped rocks. After feeling the sight keenly, the husky girl immediately turned her head smartly and smiled at this side, The fluffy triangular ears stood up energetically, and the tail was still swaying behind him. He was obviously in a good mood, "It's quite obedient. To be honest, I can find a lost husky successfully. I'm quite content. Yes." Now, do you still have the herbal soup you made to promote hair growth?"

"Hair growth soup?" Vivian asked curiously, "Yes, there is. One or two of the herbs cannot be collected now, but I can use magic or other potions instead. Anyway, the main effect is my blood magic. But you want What’s this for?”

"Lily's tail is bald..." Hao Ren curled his lips, "But don't laugh at her casually after I go back, it will hurt your self-esteem."

"She still has her own self-esteem... Okay, okay, I understand, please be safe and come back soon."

The call was hung up, and Hao Ren smiled silently and shook his head. At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a figure moving in the dark corner of the street.

In this city infected by dark magic, shaking figures are not uncommon, but Hao Ren immediately discovered that the figure not far away was somewhat different from the pedestrians he had seen before.

The figure walked very slowly. He was not in a hurry or running away in panic like the pedestrians he had seen before, but he also did not look like a normal person because he moved slowly and his walking posture was weird and stiff.

"There really isn't a normal person in this place..." Hao Ren muttered in a low voice, stopped his footsteps, and followed quietly.

The passers-by walking in front had no sense of being followed from behind, and just continued to stagger forward. Although the steps were frivolous, the distance of each step was almost exactly the same.

Hao Ren moved closer, but the other party still didn't respond.

Seeing this, he simply leaned forward and even deliberately made the footsteps louder.

However, the other party still had no response.

Hao Ren had already arrived in front of this man who looked like an ordinary civilian - he saw that the man was wearing a black short coat, his hair was dirty and stuck to his scalp, and although the clothes on his body were not cheap, they were dirty. It was dirty, as if it hadn't been washed for many days. The man had a dull expression on his face and walked forward along a fixed route step by step. Hao Ren was standing a few meters in front of him, but he seemed to turn a blind eye.

It's like the soul is out of body.

Hao Ren was no stranger to this situation. He had seen many similar phenomena in various secret realms and cursed places, but the key was what triggered this phenomenon - this man who seemed to have lost his soul and the people in the city. What connection does it have with a wary, hostile and repulsive citizenry.

Others finally noticed the movement here. Lily and Calasius ran over. They all felt a chill after seeing the swaying local. Lily pulled Hao Ren's sleeve: "Landlord, this What’s wrong with people?”

"It seems to be an out-of-body experience or hallucination," Hao Ren said in a low voice, "I tried, but it can't be awakened."

Carathius made a decision after a brief thought: "Follow him."

A man who seemed to have lost his soul walked on the sleepy and deserted street, and a group of people with vigilant and murderous faces followed him not far or near. Everyone lowered their voices and were cautious, shrouded in darkness. In the city, the atmosphere of this scene is extremely strange.

"Where is he going?" Hao Ren asked in a low voice.

Someone among the Sanctuary Warriors knew the situation in Luan City better and replied in a low voice: "It seems to be heading towards the cathedral in the city center."

The man who had lost his soul continued to walk leisurely. Suddenly, Hao Ren saw another figure with a similar situation walking out of a nearby intersection.

"Look over there, another one!"

Lily also shouted in a low voice: "Landlady, there are some here too!"

As we get closer and closer to the depths of the city, one after another zombie-like figures come out of the forks and shadows of various streets.

At this point, the panicked and frightened citizens could no longer be seen. Only one walking corpse could be seen on the street. One after another, soulless bodies were shaking on the avenue, gradually forming a dark wave. The flow of people slowly moved towards the cathedral in the city center.

There is no sound.

Lily's ears and tail suddenly became fluffy: "Landlord, how weird!"

At this moment, the towering shadow of the cathedral in the city center has appeared in the square at the end, and the last ray of order's light shines faintly on the top of the church, like a candle, shaky.

The silent crowd is still rushing forward, like mud, slowly but persistently trying to swallow up the last piece of pure land here.