Xiao Manxue glared at him and didn't speak.

"Okay, these phones are enough, get more power banks." Circling urging.

"Do you want to map now?" Xiao Manxue asked.

"Well, make a map of Enshi City, don't worry about other areas first, I don't have that much time now."

Zhou Xuan said as he put his phone and power bank in his backpack.

Xiao Manxue answered, took out a mobile phone, connected to the wifi network in the store, and began to download the map.

Two or three minutes later, the map was ready, Xiao Manxue opened it to check the location, and when she saw it, she was stunned.

It was dark outside just now, and she couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, but now when she looked at the location on her phone, the two of them had been heading south, getting farther and farther away from the city.

"Aren't you able to see things at night? Look at it, what kind of road is it leading? We've even gone in the opposite direction, and the city is in the north. ”

Xiao Manxue said a little angrily.

Zhou Xuan's eyes remained unchanged: "That's right, I have something more important to do here, and I'll go to the city when I'm done." ”

"What's the matter?" Xiao Manxue was surprised.

"We'll find out later!"

Zhou Xuan didn't explain more, took his mobile phone and looked at the map, put on his backpack and walked out of the store.

Although the community where they are located is dilapidated, the environment is very good, with greenery, gardens and various infrastructures in place.

Bypassing several buildings, I didn't encounter a single bloody corpse on the road, and I don't know where they all went.

Not far in front of him was the gate of the community, and Zhou Xuan suddenly stopped.

"What's going on?" Xiao Manxue also stopped.

With a look of surprise on his face, Zhou Xuan said to himself, "Strange, how can there be so many bloody corpses gathered there?" No wonder along the way, I didn't encounter them. ”

Without waiting for Xiao Manxue to ask, Zhou Xuan said to her: "You wait here for a while." Then he strode into the passage on the right.

Xiao Manxue didn't know what the hell he was doing, so she could only stand where she was and wait honestly, always paying attention to the surrounding situation.

Circling through several buildings, he suddenly heard the sound of metal knocking "Bang~Bang~Bang~" in his ears, and he was surprised inexplicably.

"Who is this? Making such a loud noise in the dark night, aren't you afraid of luring all the bloody corpses in the community? ”

After walking out of this passage, Zhou Xuan finally saw the scene in front of him.

The downstairs of a residential building not far away was densely packed with hundreds of bloody corpses, only to see the heads of people swaying, the bloody corpses rushing forward, and the roars came and went.

The sound of metal knocking came from there, and someone seemed to be holding something, knocking on his security door, and the loud noise attracted almost all the bloody corpses wandering around.

Because the door was blocked by layers of bloody corpses, Zhou Xuan couldn't see the appearance of the person behind the door clearly, but he felt that when he knocked on the iron door, he was very regular, and there was a kind of calm and unhurried taste.

The security door was a little deformed by the bloody corpse, and the bloody corpse outside could break into the door at any time, but even so, the people inside still did not stop knocking.

Zhou Xuan Daqi: "Others are afraid of avoiding the blood corpse, but this person actually took the initiative to attract the blood corpse." ”

In doubt, there was a sudden sound of the door opening not far behind, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a middle-aged couple, with a child, carrying a large bag, out of a house and running towards the door of the community.

Zhou Xuan has good hearing and can hear their conversation as they run:

"Old man Ma is knocking on the door again, there are so many monsters at his door, how can he get out then?"

"Alas! Who's to say it's not? He is sacrificing himself to fulfill everyone, thanks to his knocking on the door every day to attract monsters, so that most of the people in this community have escaped, let's run! Don't let him down. ”

“……”

The sound of talking faded away, and Zhou Xuan heard footsteps nearby, presumably someone else had also taken this opportunity to escape.

Zhou Xuan still felt that the person who knocked on the door was a bit of an idiot, but now he was a little respectful of him.

What a noble feeling this must have to make such a feat of sacrificing oneself to save others!

Anyway, I can't do it if I ask myself.

rushed to this person's sentiments, and Zhou Xuan decided to help him.

Anyway, most of these are ordinary blood corpses, and there are only two mutant blood corpses, so it doesn't take much effort to kill.

Putting down the backpack on his body, he rushed towards the corpses with a hammer......

Flesh and blood! Brainy!

Even if the blood corpses would not resist, Zhou Xuan still rushed back and forth for seven or eight minutes before cleaning up the group of blood corpses downstairs.

After the rush was finished, Zhou Xuan, covered in blood, stood in front of the iron gate, gasping slightly.

The people inside the door had already stopped knocking and looked out quietly.

"Squeak~"

The person inside opened the deformed security door and walked out steadily.

It was an old man with a white beard, unrecognizable age, and carrying a long knife with a sheath in his hand.

The old man frowned, glanced around with some caution, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?" ”

Zhou Xuan knew that what he had just done was a little amazing, but the old man only had a look of surprise on his face, and he didn't have any fear.

And when he came out, there was a faint aura that could not be underestimated.

Then look at the knife he was holding in his hand, which was five feet long, with a dark and shiny hilt, and the gems set in the scabbard sparkled.

Zhou Xuan knows that this old man is very human.

He bowed slightly, put away his weapon, and said in a respectful tone: "The junior is surnamed Zhou, and I passed by here just now, and I was moved by the high wind and brightness of the seniors who sacrificed themselves for others, so I came to help. ”

The white-haired old man nodded, his guard was much lighter, and he said lightly:

"The young man has a good physique, but unfortunately he has some brute strength, but he doesn't know how to use it flexibly."

Zhou Xuan almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood, and he worked so hard to rescue him, but the other party didn't say a word of thanks, but teased him.

Seeing the look on his face, the old man sneered and said, "Do you think you saved the old man?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Don't dare!" But in his heart, he said, "Isn't this obvious? If I don't kill all the bloody corpses, can you come out? ”

Who knew that the old man snorted and continued: "I know that you are not convinced, and I will tell you honestly, even if you don't make a move, these monsters will not be able to help the old man." ”

Zhou Xuan has a big head, this old man is really weird, and he is kind enough to help him, and it seems that he has become nosy.

He was not happy, and he didn't bother to stay, so he let the old man talk to himself, turn around and leave.

"I'm not done yet, where are you going?"

The figure flashed in front of him, and the old man didn't know what strange footwork he used, and he blocked his way in an instant.

It's horrified, this old man's speed is too fast! Could it be that he is a martial arts master?

Pressing the unhappiness in his heart, Zhou Xuan said lightly: "The juniors still have important things to do, since the seniors have the power to protect themselves, then I will leave first." ”

"Wait! You're going to leave me an old man like that? The white-haired old man squinted at him.

Zhou Xun couldn't cry or laugh, just now he thought I was nosy, and now I pretended to be pitiful again, what does this old man want?

"Didn't the seniors say that without the help of the juniors, these monsters can't help you?" Zhou Xuan asked helplessly.

"Of course I can't help me, my surname Ma has lived for more than seventy years, if I can't even deal with these walking dead, wouldn't it be a shame to have this long knife in my hand?" The old man said proudly.

"Then you are ......"

"Alas!"

The white-haired old man sighed, and said dejectedly: "This world has become like this, the old man is old again, maybe he will die at the hands of these man-eating monsters one day, I saw you just now, your qualifications are acceptable, you are brave, and your character is not bad, I will accept you as a disciple without exception!" ”

"What?" Zhou Xuan's eyes were wider than the brass bell.

Is this old man not in his right mind, what did he just say? Accept yourself as a disciple.

The old man surnamed Ma didn't care about him, grabbed his left hand, pulled him and walked home, still muttering: "It's an extraordinary time, so let's save the apprenticeship gift!" You go and kowtow to Master Zu a few times, even if I am from the Ma family. ”

Zhou Xuan didn't have time to accompany this crazy old man to toss around, and he used his strength to break free.

"Huh? You're a doll with a lot of strength, bullying me for being old, right? The old man, surnamed Ma, raised his eyebrows, as if he was angry, and with a puff he pulled out his long knife and slashed at him between his eyebrows.

Zhou Xuan was startled, and jumped back, his explosive power is amazing now, and the speed is not fast, thinking that it is easy to avoid this knife, but he didn't expect that when he landed, Sen Leng's blade was already attached to his neck.

The old man said with a cold face: "Don't think that you can disrespect the old man with a little strength, you are still far from the old man, the old man advises you to go with me obediently, don't toast and don't eat and drink." ”

Zhou Xuan just wants to scold his mother, what is the origin of this crazy old man? His sword technique is so fast, and he didn't avoid it even when he tried his best.

Feeling the coldness from the blade, he didn't dare to make a mistake, his body had not yet reached the point of invulnerability, his neck was a vital part, and there was no cowhide protection, in case he was cut off by the old man, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would grow again.

Holding back his anger, Zhou Xuan was coerced into the house by the old man.

This is a very simple two-bedroom old apartment, with some calligraphy and paintings of flowers, birds, insects and fish hanging on the wall, and the living room is furnished with high-grade rosewood, and some gadgets scattered around the furniture are also antique boutiques.

On the wall of the main door of the living room, there is a portrait sketched with a brush, and the figure in the painting is wearing a helmet and armor, heroic and extraordinary, and holding a long knife with a sheath in both hands, full of pride.

There is an incense case under the portrait, and there is a shaku-2 plaque in the green smoke, which reads: The position of the sect master of the Qi family!

The old man took him directly to the incense case and shouted: "Kneel!" Kowtow to the suzerain! ”

"This is ......," Zhou Xuan muttered, glaring at the portrait.

"This is Marshal Qi Jiguang Qi, when he assessed the Japanese Kou, fused the essence of the Eastern Japanese two-handed long knife and the Central Plains various factions of the knife, and created a new school of knife art, and later, he passed the knife method to my Ma clan, passed down from generation to generation, to my hands, it is already the eleventh generation."

The old man stared at the person on the portrait and said with some emotion.

"Oh! It turned out to be the knife technique handed down by the famous anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang! Zhou Xuan was taken aback after hearing this, feeling that this old man is really a famous and powerful martial arts master.

This book was first published in Reading Books