On the desolate land, the north wind blew past, rolling up a cloud of gray smoke and dust.
The sky was covered by strange black clouds. They are not the kind of clouds produced by natural meteorology, but are like the internal organs of creatures, constantly wriggling, and spreading malice to the covered area.
That malice will condense into tangible black dust, falling from the clouds like snowflakes, but unlike real snowflakes, this black dust is a more deadly poison than strong acid.
Without the blessing of divine power, ordinary people walking under this kind of black ash may soon be eroded and infected, and finally turned into a pile of floating soil.
The mutation started a year ago.
At that time, Yi Qing was still busy running around because of the friction between humans and demons, and the integration of the two races was not smooth—so although the savior didn't come to pick him up as agreed, he didn't care too much.
Until one day, a meteor that was dazzlingly visible even in the daytime pierced the sky, and finally fell on the emerald green field.
For a moment, the residents of this world panicked, thinking that the invader who almost defeated the two armies of humans and demons two years ago with just a phantom had finally begun to invade this world.
Only Yi Qing and the few people who knew the inside story didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just a coincidence.
After all, in their cognition, it is impossible for Xu Shenxing, who has saved the world and even spared the blame for the reconciliation of the two races, to do such a thing.
Both sides sent investigators to explore the mystery of the falling meteorite, and finally got the content is very simple, the thing that fell from the sky was not some terrible demon king, but a huge, crystal clear crystal.
As a result, the facts told them that things were not that simple.
A few days after the meteorite fell, the whole world began to be infected by evil forces centered on the emerald green field, and everything seemed to have changed.
The vegetation is gradually withering, and the animals become crazy and full of desire to attack.
Even human beings (demons) were not spared from this catastrophe, and were dominated by that kind of unknown evil force.
If it's just like this, that's okay, at most it's just a different world version of Resident Evil. For Yi Qing and the others who came from the earth and have been influenced by a large number of zombie movies, the situation is not particularly troublesome.
What really makes them feel helpless is not that human beings have become walking dead that can attack others, but that they have become like children's graffiti, without a definite outline, as if countless bad lines have been combined together, and even A monster that has lost even flesh and blood.
Humans have no way to defeat the enemy.
Whether it's swords, arrows, fire, freezing, lightning strikes... or even a full-strength blow soaked with the power of a demon king or a hero, these things can't be wiped out. They can only be beaten to lose the outline of a monster. This kind of state that can be recovered in a day at most is not even a "heavy injury" for these monsters.
This almost invincible power also caused a strange voice among human survivors: Some survivors seem to think that humans (demons) have become like this, not because they died, but because they have evolved to a new stage. It is a right that all human beings should enjoy, and it cannot be avoided like a snake or a scorpion.
These survivors formed a cult group, and began to oppose the government agencies temporarily formed by humans and demons to deal with the current situation, stumbling it everywhere... Fortunately, these people left the refuge after a short jump, and were attacked by the outsiders. The power infection has turned into monsters, and according to the current situation, there is no difference between them turning into monsters and the previous ones...
With the passage of time, the current situation of the interim coalition government of humans and demons has become worse and worse.
Under Xia Xueyao's leadership, it can be said that the newly formed church is almost unable to suppress the evil forces that are about to move outside, and the refuge supplies of the few survivors have also begun to be exhausted, and a large-scale famine may strike at any time .
A cloud of despair and devastation has hung over everyone.
For this reason, Yi Qing and the others had to take some soldiers who had written their suicide notes to the outside world to find usable supplies to maintain their expenses...
"Have you found anything useful?" Looking at Lin Qian's team coming back from another direction, Yi Qing asked.
"I didn't find anything. Everything over there has been destroyed by demonized beasts." Lin Qian sighed, drooping her shoulders, and seemed to be in a bad mood: "What about you?"
In fact, it can’t be said that there is nothing. Some of the soldiers behind Lin Qian held some bacon and other foods that could be preserved for a long time. It's just that compared to the entire refuge city, this thing is not even a drop in the bucket.
"My side is similar." Yi Qing looked serious, and he took out an inverted triangle pendant from his pocket. The pendant exudes a gleaming white glow, but if you look carefully, you will find that the pendant itself is as white as jade. Nearly two-thirds of the texture turned black: "The talisman is about to fail, and I can only wait for the third team for half an hour at most..."
"This time, I returned without success." Lin Qian's mood became even worse, and she kicked a small stone on the ground like an angry child.
"It's considered lucky to be able to go back with all the beard and tail."
Yi Qing comforted her with a wry smile.
Suddenly, the brave young man froze, turned around and drew out the long sword behind him in one direction.
His actions immediately touched the tense nerves of all the soldiers, and they drew out their weapons one after another. Even Lin Qian picked up a small staff.
After a while, several soldiers appeared in the direction where the visibility was quite low due to the black snow. They were running towards this direction, looking quite embarrassed.
"No way..." Lin Qian tried her best to open her senses, and after feeling the embarrassing thing chasing them, she couldn't help swallowing, a look of fear or trouble appeared on her whole face. expression.
The next moment, those things appeared in everyone's field of vision.
It was a creature born after several human beings were infected.
No, perhaps it is a bit inaccurate to describe them as creatures. They are monsters that are difficult to describe in words, as if they were scribbled by a person. The whole body is composed of countless twisted and curved lines. contour.
The monsters range in size from small, slightly larger than monkeys, to giant, like a moving villa.
Yi Qing quickly estimated the combat power ratio of the two sides in her mind, and then came to a conclusion.
There is no chance.
"What are those guys in the third group doing!"
"It actually led the monster here! Did they forget to go out to practice!"
"Isn't this going to implicate us too!"
Some soldiers have begun to clamor and complain.
Yi Qing understood them very well. In fact, before leaving the city of refuge, the city defense officer had told him that he would rather let the soldiers die in battle than lure monsters near the city.
This was agreed with the soldiers from the beginning.
The high salary and the abundant supply at this time of material shortage are for this moment.
However, everyone's consciousness is different, and situations like the third team are not uncommon. After all, not everyone can overcome the fear of death.
"All of them are ready to retreat! Lin Qian, I'll leave it to you!"
Yi Qing said loudly, while he himself was about to rush in the direction of the third team.
"Idiot Yi Qing, what do you want to do!"
Lin Qian couldn't help being anxious, and grabbed Yi Qing's clothes.
"If you want other people to escape, someone has to stay behind and stop those things!" Yi Qing turned her head and said seriously.
As a brave man, although he couldn't kill those things, he could still do it if he just blocked them.
It's just that whether you can come back whole after blocking it is another matter.
"It's going to die! Is there a stage IV in there!" Lin Qian shook her head vigorously: "And if you also become that kind of thing..."
"Don't worry, I'm different from the others... The former hero's familiar Xiao Hei seems to have left something on me. In short, I should be the least susceptible to infection compared to others."
Although Xu Shenxing didn't reveal the "Guardian's protection" until the end, Yi Qing was not a fool, after training for so long on the battlefield in a different world, he had long been vaguely aware of the existence of the protection.
"But… "
Lin Qian wanted to say something more, but Yi Qing pressed her lips against her raised fingers.
"The former Mr. Brave didn't come here to pick us up as agreed. I'm afraid he was delayed because of similar incidents. Since he chose to pass on this power to me, then I can't let him down." The boy turned to Lin Qian He said gently but firmly: "These people will be handed over to you. We have made an appointment. We must let them return to the city safely."
"... Mmm." Finally, the girl nodded unwillingly, and left with the soldiers, but before she left, she took a deep look at him as if she wanted to imprint his figure in her mind.
After watching the girl's figure disappear into the black wind and snow, Yi Qing smiled wryly and said to himself, "To take advantage of her intentions... I'm really bad."
But immediately his gaze became firm again, and he let the soldiers of the third team run past him. It's hard to say whether these guys can return to the refuge city alive, but at least there is still a glimmer of hope.
Yi Qing glanced at his slightly trembling hands, stood alone with his sword facing the attacking monsters, and took a deep breath.
"In the name of the current hero Yi Qing, I will never let any of you hurt anyone again! Let me go!"