When leaving Wanhua Court, Yan Liqiang found Elder Liu and told him about the arrangements for evacuation at night. Elder Liu had no objection, and everything was settled. Not only Lu Yuan, but also the people in Wanhua Court began to get busy and prepare.
In the afternoon, after Yan Liqiang arranged all the preparations for the evacuation, he took some time to return to the yard where he lived, took another dose of medicine, and then practiced the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing several times. Only then did the hidden injuries on his body slowly heal. Although they would not heal in a short while, they no longer affected his movements.
From last night till now, Yan Liqiang has been injured but still persisting. A real man has to hold on at this time. This is also thanks to the powerful effect of Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing and Yan Liqiang's advanced sixth-level Vajra Body Protection Magic Skill. If it were someone else, after experiencing everything Yan Liqiang experienced last night, he would probably have vomited blood and fallen on the bed by now.
Today's dinner was a little early. The sun was still in the sky and was about to set, but Yan Liqiang had already asked the kitchen of Luyuan to prepare dinner. Everyone had a full meal and were well rested and ready. After dinner, before the sun set, Yan Liqiang arrived at the main entrance of Luyuan.
Seeing Yan Liqiang coming, several Luyuan officers guarding the main gate, Liu Xitong, Guo Sida, and Xu Shu hurried over, saluted with fists, and the soldiers who were sitting on the ground to rest also stood up quickly.
"Well, have you all eaten yet?"
"I've already eaten!" Liu Xitong replied.
"How was your rest, brothers?"
"Don't worry, sir. Nothing dangerous has happened this afternoon. The brothers are all sitting on the grass to rest. They are all well rested. There will be no problems tonight!"
"Yeah!" Yan Liqiang nodded, "What's the situation outside?"
"The zombies haven't completely dispersed yet. There are probably still a hundred or so wandering around outside the Deer Park..."
"Let's go and take a look!" Yan Liqiang said, and he went straight to the wall, climbed up the long ladder beside the wall, climbed to the top and looked outside.
Under the setting sun, the walking dead outside the Deer Park had not completely dispersed. There were about fifty or sixty of them wandering around near the main gate, some by the wall, some on the roadside and in the woods. Several walking dead in the woods were still fighting for a hare, grinning and refusing to give in to each other, growling once or twice from time to time. Seeing this, Yan Liqiang nodded secretly, and then, in the surprised eyes of Liu Xi and a few others, Yan Liqiang's body was as fast as lightning, turning into a shadow and flying down from the long ladder in an instant.
Before Liu Xi and a few others could shout out, Yan Liqiang had already landed under a tree not far outside the Deer Garden, where two zombies were wandering around. Yan Liqiang landed, stretched out his hand, and with a click, he directly crushed the throats of the two zombies. Then, he grabbed the back of the necks of the two zombies as if they were two rabbits. He flew back from outside the Deer Garden, climbed over the wall, and landed in the yard. The whole process was as fast as lightning and smooth as flowing water. In the blink of an eye, Yan Liqiang accomplished all this and caught two zombies. The zombies outside the Deer Garden were still wandering around, and they had no idea that they had lost two of their companions all of a sudden.
The bodies of the two walking corpses were both strong men. They seemed to be nearby villagers before, but now they were like wild beasts, with bloodshot eyes and faces covered with blood and dust. They were grabbed by Yan Liqiang by the back of the neck and struggled, scratching and kicking, twisting their necks, and opening their mouths, just like wild wolves, as if they wanted to turn around and bite Yan Liqiang's hands. However, Yan Liqiang's hands were extremely strong, and their struggles posed no threat to Yan Liqiang.
In addition to struggling and biting, the two zombies were still roaring with all their might, but their trachea and vocal cords had been crushed by Yan Liqiang, and they were leaking air long ago, and their entire throats could not make any sound. In the end, their roars only turned into a hissing sound from the air leaking from their throats, which was not much louder than the chirping of crickets...
Liu Xi and a few others walked over in surprise, not understanding why Yan Liqiang suddenly caught two of these things.
"First find a rope and tie them up!" Yan Liqiang threw a zombie on the ground and stepped on his back so that he could not turn around.
Hearing Yan Liqiang's words, Guo Sida hurriedly ran to a nearby place, found a few strong cowhide ropes and ran over.
"Be careful, don't get caught or bitten by them. These zombies are like mad dogs, they might be poisonous..." Yan Liqiang reminded.
Guo Sida, Liu Xitong and Xu Shu nodded, and quickly tied up the zombie that Yan Liqiang was stepping on, and then tied up the other one in Yan Liqiang's hand.
The two zombies were tied up and fell to the ground, unable to move. However, they were still twisting and struggling, screaming, trying to break free from the restraints, which was a heart-wrenching sight.
“Sir, what are you doing…” It was not until this time that Liu Xitong asked the doubts in his heart.
"You and most of the brothers in the Deer Park have never really seen the abilities of these zombies, nor have you ever fought them, so you don't know how to kill them quickly. We are leaving here tonight, and we will inevitably encounter a lot of these things on the way and have to fight with them. So before we leave, I will catch two of these things and bring them back so that everyone can get to know them up close, so as to avoid being caught off guard and suffering a great loss..."
After hearing what Yan Liqiang said, Liu Xi and a few others looked at each other. They didn't say anything, but they were touched in their hearts. They had been in the Imperial Capital for a long time and had seen quite a few officials, but they had basically never seen someone like Yan Liqiang. He was in such a high position and had extremely strong strength, but he was always concerned about the safety and future of his subordinates who were not as strong and powerful as himself. Such a person was truly worth following.
But for Yan Liqiang, this kind of pre-war simulation is a very normal thing. The more people know about this thing at this time, the higher the chance of everyone escaping. Besides, these zombies are right in front of him. He can easily catch two of them and let everyone know them, so that there will be fewer casualties on his side later. Why not? As for things like status and position, he really hasn't thought so much about it. Even if he can save a life, he thinks it is worth doing so.
Yan Liqiang carried a zombie and came to the soldiers not far away, calling them to gather around, "Everyone come over and take a good look at what those things outside look like..."
The soldiers had already seen Yan Liqiang bringing in two zombies from outside. They were extremely curious and stretched their necks to look over here. When they heard Yan Liqiang's words, they all rushed over.
Most of these soldiers had never seen the zombies at such a close distance. Only a small number of them saw Eunuch Li in his yard last night. Later, Eunuch Li was buried. Most of them had no idea what the zombies looked like when they went crazy. Seeing the zombie trapped on the ground struggling, many soldiers felt a little nervous...
"Sir... is this... is this person a villager from outside?" A young sergeant in his twenties asked in a low voice.
"Okay, you, come here..." Yan Liqiang pointed at the young sergeant, waved his hand, and asked the sergeant to come over. He pointed at the twisting body on the ground and asked, "Take a good look at him, look at his eyes, and then look at his bloody mouth. Do you think he still looks like a human being?"
"Why are his eyes red..." the sergeant said hesitantly, "But...but..."
"You still want to say that he looks like a villager from outside, right?" Yan Liqiang smiled and did not blame the sergeant, "Now pull out the dagger at your waist and cut his throat..."
The sergeant hesitated for a moment, but under the gaze of Yan Liqiang and the people around him, he swallowed his saliva, pulled out the dagger from his waist, gritted his teeth, squatted down, and slashed the throat of the zombie on the ground with the knife, completely cutting open the throat and trachea that Yan Liqiang had already crushed, revealing the bloody neck...
Blood was gushing out, covering the ground in the blink of an eye, but the zombie was still pricking himself, twisting his body, and opening his mouth as if to bite something. Because of his twisting, a cowhide rope tied around his neck slowly sank into the cut wound on his neck, tearing the wound bigger, but the zombie still didn't care, as if he felt nothing at all, and was still twisting his body, not dead yet.
As the cowhide rope sank deeper into the wound, it slowly loosened and the zombie's neck and head began to twist more and more. Seeing the sergeant standing there in amazement with a dagger in his hand, the zombie turned his head and opened his bloody mouth to bite the soldier's calf.
The soldier was startled and took three or four steps back. His body was shaking and his face turned pale. The dagger in his hand was almost dropped to the ground. Not only him, but the soldiers who were watching also cried out in surprise and were also startled. Killing someone might not be difficult, but facing such a person, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
"Do you still think he is a villager from outside?" Yan Liqiang looked around and asked loudly.
"How... how come... he's not dead yet..."
"Yes, if he was a human, he would have died long ago. Only something that is not human can survive at this time and still want to bite and eat people..."
At this moment, Guo Sida came here with several servants from the Deer Garden kitchen, pulling two large iron cages on a cart. The iron cages were used in the Deer Garden kitchen to hold ferocious beasts such as bears and tigers, and they came in handy at this moment.
"Sir, the iron cage is coming!"
"Throw these two in!"
"yes!"
Throwing the two zombies into the iron cage and closing the cage door, Guo Sida drew the long sword from his waist and cut the leather ropes that bound the two zombies. The two zombies stood up in the cage and began to pull and bite the iron bars, trying to get out...
Yan Liqiang called out two archers with bows from among the soldiers, pointed at the zombie with its throat slit in the cage, and said, "You two shoot him a few arrows and see if he dies..."
The two archers were outside the cage, a few meters away. They drew their bows and shot five or six arrows each at the zombie. Even with more than ten arrows stuck in its body and its entire upper body turned into a target, the zombie was still biting its teeth in the cage, staring at the two archers with its bloodshot eyes.
Yan Liqiang called another soldier with a spear and asked him to stab the zombie in the cage with the spear several times. One of the bullets even went straight through the heart, but the zombie was still alive and biting, but it looked a little weak and moved a little slower...
After several times, all the soldiers in the deer park were stunned...
Yan Liqiang asked Guo Sida to throw a live chicken into the cage. The zombie with arrows all over his body saw the live chicken being thrown in, grabbed the live chicken, bit off the chicken's neck and head, and began to eat it alive, chewing it up in his mouth. The chopped chicken meat, chicken bones, chicken blood and those tiny pieces of chicken feathers leaked out of his cut throat and fell to the ground. It felt like the outlet of a meat grinder was discharging materials. It was extremely disgusting. Several soldiers who saw this scene vomited directly...
"Tell me, is this thing a human?" Yan Liqiang asked loudly again.
"He is not a human being, not a human being..." All the soldiers shouted.
"Yes, of course he is not a human. He is a zombie that eats people. He is a beast that stands like a human. The original owner of this body, this villager, was already dead when he turned into this. We are leaving here tonight. On the way, you will encounter many zombies like this. When the time comes, you must not treat them as human beings. When you have to take action, do not hesitate. Killing him is to avenge the dead!"
"Sir... this... this walking corpse... how can it be killed?" asked the sergeant who had just stabbed several times with a spear.
"Give me your gun, I'll teach you how to kill these zombies!"
Taking the spear from the sergeant, Yan Liqiang thrust it in, directly exploding the zombie's head...
The zombie trapped in the cage finally fell down.
Yan Liqiang pulled back his spear. On the tip of the spear, there was a pink octopus-like worm covered with brain matter, pricking him. Yan Liqiang raised the spear in his hand so that everyone could see it. "Look at the thing on the tip of the spear. This is what is in the head of this villager. All the zombies have such a worm in their heads. These zombies are now controlled by this worm. So there is only one way to kill these zombies, which is to kill the worm in their heads. Only by chopping off their heads or smashing their heads can they really die. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" All the soldiers were shocked by Yan Liqiang's lesson.
Seeing that it was almost done, Yan Liqiang asked someone to push the cart and take another iron cage to Wanhuayuan. The people here knew what to do, but the people at Wanhuayuan had never seen it before. Since they were going on the road together, Yan Liqiang would of course let them know what they were going to face...
As soon as Yan Liqiang left, all the soldiers and Liu Xi and his companions gathered around him. Looking at the worm still wriggling and struggling on the tip of the gun, their faces changed. Some turned pale, some turned blue, and some even turned black...
"How...how can this thing get into a person's head?" a sergeant asked in a trembling voice.
"Damn it, who knows..."
"This is too weird..."
Liu Xitong grabbed the spear, stabbed it into the ground, and then stepped on it hard, completely crushing the worm into a pile of rotten meat mixed with mud. Then he spat on the ground fiercely and said in a deep voice, "Everyone remember what the adults said. If you encounter those zombies, cut off their heads or beat them to pieces. Those with knives should hit them in the neck, and those with guns and archers should stab them in the head. If anyone dares to do it, he can't blame others if he dies..."
(End of this chapter)