Chapter 760: Night City is Bloody
The corpse mountain and the sea of blood, the blood flowed like a river, and the blood mist filled these scenes, Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian had seen them, but they had not seen the scene of a city bleeding.
I didn't hear the shouts of killing, it shouldn't have been the enemy who attacked and killed many people, resulting in blood all over the ground; The soldier who came to report looked frightened, as if he had encountered something strange and terrible, but it was obviously not the state of the enemy's attack, so what was going on?
Seeing Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian looking at him suspiciously, the soldier patted his mouth, twisted his fingers twice and said, "National teacher, Hu Yuanjun, I can't tell what's going on, dare to ask you to go and see for yourself." ”
The two glanced at each other, flew out of the door, and saw that many people ran to the north gate in the night, saying that the north gate had the most blood, and they also went there.
The north of the city is the lowest-lying place in the whole city, there are many mud puddles of stagnant water in spring and summer, and there are many slippery ice piles in autumn and winter.
Hu Xianxian once suspected that someone had splashed pig blood and sheep blood on the ground, deliberately causing panic, and after leaning over to take a closer look, he made sure that it was not spilled, and it was really the city that was "bleeding".
The night city is not more prosperous than the capital, you can't see the grand scene of the lanterns hanging high in the city, and the north of the city is mostly inhabited by poor people, in order to save candles and fuel, there are very few people who light the lights at night.
The night breeze rose, and a few sparse lights flickered, and the shadows of the long houses swayed non-stop, like fierce monsters showing their teeth and claws.
Stunned to look at the place where the blood overflowed, the more he looked at it, the more creepy it became, and suddenly a few terrible owl cries echoed in the night sky, and all the ordinary residents who saw the excitement shivered, and even Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian couldn't help but look at each other worriedly.
"I can't escape...... Can't escape...... Dead one by one...... Death, death......"
A hoarse cry of pitch change came from far and near, and an old man with unkempt hair and torn strips of dirty cloth stumbled towards him, his whole body covered in grease and dirt so that he could not see his face and clothes, and only a pair of frightened and crazy eyes were brightly embedded in his face.
After a short period of silence, a big man said to the old man, "Old madman, what are you yelling at? Scare Lao Tzu a lot! ”
"I'm not crazy! I'm not an old madman...... It's not ......" The old man pointed at the big man viciously and cursed: "You can't escape, you can't escape!" We are guilty! We are the offspring of sinners, to atone for our sins with blood! Their revenge is coming, and the bloodshed in Night City is their revenge......"
The gloomy and dilapidated streets, the bloody potholed streets, and the white moonlight seem to be flushed with blood red.
Most of the onlookers were frightened, and they went home one after another, and the big man was still telling the old man not to talk crazy, and the most respected master in the only school in the city came over.
The master said with a sad face: "Go back quickly, everyone, alas, the old madman is not a nonsense, we old generations who have read books and read local chronicles know the legend, but I don't know whether it is true or not."
Our Night City is a city of sin, more than a hundred years ago during the war, the trade routes were much more dangerous than they are now, and there were only a few small shops in the Night City, which was not a city.
Those shops are all black shops, all of them are burning and looting, and I don't know how many merchants have died here, so it can be said that the foundation of Night City is made of flesh and bones.
It wasn't until more than 30 years ago that Fanbang made friends with the French Dynasty and built an official road to Hecheng, that it became stable and prosperous by doing business, and slowly no one did anything to loot.
But we are all the descendants of robbers, and the blood debt must be paid in blood, and the souls of those dead merchants will not let us go! If we can't escape, we can't escape......"
There were fewer and fewer people left in the streets, and a few of the older ones went home with sighs, and the master staggered away.
"Can't escape, can't escape a single one! Ha ha...... I can't escape, and I can't escape...... Woo woo woo ...... " the old man laughed madly and yelled, and suddenly ran away crying.
A mischievous child did not feel scared and asked others, "What are you leaving?" How beautiful this red water is, it doesn't look like blood. ”
As he spoke, he reached for a handful of water and giggled for others to see.
An old woman beside him hurriedly dodged: "Oh my God, you don't want to die!" That's a curse! Those who are stained with blood will be slaughtered! ”
At this shout, the only people left on the street ran back home, leaving only Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian and the naughty child.
Cheng Haofeng approached the child's hand and sniffed it, there was no bloody sweetness, it was a smell of mud mixed with the smell of rotten grass and leaves; Dip a little blood and rub it on your fingertips, the dark red viscous liquid is natural, not dyed with dansha pigment, but the color is darker than blood; I tasted it with the tip of my tongue again, and there was no salty and astringent taste, but a faint muddy and sandy taste.
When he stuck out his tongue, Hu Xianxian wanted to stop him, but he ignored it and tasted it with a smile, "Don't worry, it's non-toxic, it's just stinky and unpalatable." ”
Hu Xianxian glanced at him with disgust, and said, "This is not human blood, nor is it the blood of birds and beasts?" It seems that this city is alive, and the wells and ditches are the blood ...... of this city."
Cheng Haofeng chuckled, agreeing with her statement, they talked about this similar to the black water in the Sanshui Basin area of Qiongzhou, but the water color turned red more weird than black, and the legend added to the treacherous level.
Listening to them, the blood may just be a change in the color of the water, and the naughty child cheers to tell the family not to be afraid.
Since it is a change in water color, there must be more than one place in the city where the water is as bloody as blood, the night river passes through the city in the south of the city, and then flows to the Yajiang River in the southeast to join the river city, Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian decided to go to the night river to have a look.
There are not many people living along the river at night, and there are many small traders and vendors setting up stalls along the river during the day, but few people come here at night, and because there are no lights, almost no one notices that the river is red.
The river was rising slowly at an imperceptible rate, and because there was enough water, it was only a light brownish red, not as blood-like as in the puddle north of the city.
The wind blew, and the branches of several green trees on the riverbank swayed and swayed, and the clumps of barren grass lay low and raised.
The river is sparkling, like a silver moon pouring between heaven and earth, and the night river is like a brown and red ribbon shining with silver light, flowing out of the city.
Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian went out of the city along the river to inspect the spiritual spring, outside the desolate city, the sand and stones flashed indifferently under the moon, and a pool of clear spring water was like pink jade inlaid on the mountain rock.
The water of the spiritual spring also turned red, pink and tender as the red of peach blossoms, not as strange and terrible as blood, but as beautiful as a tender dream in it.
Cheng Haofeng stared at the spring water and muttered to himself: "Water is yin...... Eight girls...... The city is alive...... If we can arrange Dawa to interfere with us, we must have chosen someone in advance...... Why Eight Girls ......"
Seeing Hu Xianxian and the fox looking at him suspiciously, he shook his head, and then looked at the bright moon in the sky, not knowing what to think.
After a while, Cheng Haofeng said to Hu Xianxian: "All this seems to be a conspiracy of Zacuo, you lead the army out of the city and go to General Fan's vanguard camp first to prevent him from sneaking up on our army, and I will go out of the city to join you when I explore the situation again." ”
After saying that, Cheng Haofeng swept up and headed southwest, only to fly out and land, because Hu Xianxian was still standing in place, staring at him angrily.
"Xianxian, what's wrong? Hurry into the city and arrange to take the army out of the city to meet General Fan. ”
Hu Xianxian sneered and asked him, "What are you going to do if you leave me?" Let me lead the army out of the city because there is danger in the night city, right? Why are you hiding it from me and not telling me what you want to say? ”
"Why don't you go if you know there's danger? I'll talk to you more about it when I have time later. Cheng Haofeng urged her anxiously.
Hu Xianxian glared at him coldly, but it wasn't because he murdered himself a few words, it was an emotion that she couldn't tell: "I have always only known the simplest basic formation, and I can't understand the subtle array, but when I think of you mentioned the Descendant Blood Separation Fire Formation in the Burial Eagle Valley, I recognize that this Night City is shrouded in the Descendant Blood Extreme Yin Array!"
One side of the water and soil raises one side of the people, and the Descendant Blood Extreme Yin Array and the Descendant Blood Separation Fire Array also use people as the eyes of the formation, but the Descendant Blood Extreme Yin Array uses the water source as the source of power for the formation, and uses the essence and blood of the local people to integrate into the water to form a formation, which can be regarded as killing and killing people in an invisible evil array!
Zha Cuo's skill attributes and the attributes of the magic weapons used are all yin and water, and he sets up such a formation to get twice the result with half the effort compared to others.
The city of sand is the city that Zacuo wants to resurrect, and the night city is the city he wants to destroy, and over time, everyone in the city will become the walking dead and obey his command.
Our army's army has been in the city for a short time, and it has little contact with this side of the water and soil, and it can escape, you are asking me to ignore the people of Night City and abandon the city and escape, right? ”
The blood gushing out of the night city is not a punishment from heaven, nor is it a feng shui mutation, it is a man-made disaster, a man-made disaster caused by self-interest.
"Xianxian, don't get entangled, take advantage of the time to lead the army out of the city! They don't care about the lives of the people of Fanbang, so why should we care? ”
Yes, why bother? What was the purpose of Kezacuo, just to drive the French and Korean troops out of the night city? There must be follow-up means.
No matter what the follow-up means, a tragic battle is inevitable, Hu Xianxian didn't want to see innocent people die again, she held back her tears and whispered: "This is all caused by us, if you escape, I will have a disturbed conscience!" Haofeng, you go back and lead the army out of the city, and I will stay in the city and live and die with the people of the city. ”
"Eh, you ......" Cheng Haofeng bit his lip and shook his head, and then said helplessly: "Okay, I'll enter the city with you, for now, let the army withdraw from the city first, and then we will find a way to break the formation." ”
Hu Xianxian Muran nodded in agreement, and when the two returned to the city together, the sky was already dark.
The people in the city seemed to get up earlier than usual, and there were many pedestrians in the streets, many of whom were helping each other to go to the infirmary, and many of them were crying and moaning in pain.
It seems that the influence of the formation to absorb the essence and blood has been revealed, and after they quickly returned to the barracks, many soldiers were also unwell, but it was not obvious, so they hurriedly explained the situation briefly, and let Hu Yonggang lead the army out of the city.
"Can't we let the people of Night City evacuate the city with us?" Hu Yonggang asked puzzled.
"No! While you can still withdraw, retreat! They have lived here for many years, and their diet has been constantly connected with this water and soil, and they can't get out of this array! Hu Xianxian anxiously pushed Hu Yonggang to walk out.
After taking two steps, Hu Yonggang turned around and said: "Soldiers, the natural mission is to fight for the country and the people, and it is the supreme honor to sacrifice heroically in battle, but it is an insult to soldiers to let innocent people die!" I led the army out of the city to support General Fan, you broke the battle to save people, and you must not give up the people of Night City. If you need to return here to fight, just send a signal! ”
The sun rose in the east, Hu Yonggang rode a horse and led the army out of the camp, he held a loyal spear in his hand, the tip of the spear was sharp and cold, and the light was both powerful and benevolent.
The soldiers of the French Dynasty were not greatly affected, and they were still as fast as lightning, as fast as the wind, and as fierce as a tiger.
After sending them out of the city, Hu Xianxian and Cheng Haofeng went to interrogate Dawa again, hoping to find useful clues about the Bloodline Extreme Yin Array.