Chapter 66: A city within a city where corpses cross the border
On the third day, Mu Qingyang slept until noon today and didn't get up until noon, and all night, the roar of zombies sounded in his ears in a thrilling way. He had hardly slept all night, and he didn't know why these guys hadn't broken in and made trouble, and he knew that he should have to find the key from here......
There are many questions that he needs to find answers, and the people in Lao Cai don't seem to have disappeared because they have become zombies, as can be seen from the dozens of shops here without the slightest chaos.
In addition, the disappearance of the shadow and the two maids and the three masters and apprentices around him also made him wonder, these are not ordinary people, the most recent are corpse chasers with witchcraft heritage, not to mention two monsters and a powerful ghost. They shouldn't leave themselves behind, at least he knows that the shadow has a way to contact his mother, so unless all of them have an accident, it is impossible for the changes here not to attract the attention of those forces related to him.
As for the appearance of these zombies, it is even more of a mystery, not to mention the so-called virus infection and other reasons, he can see that the evolution of these things is somewhat extraordinary, they are not as fragile as the guys in the movie, but closer to some kind of reinforcement, such as the existence of abomination, it is definitely not just an exception, otherwise there would not be even a single corpse in the whole city.
This was a premeditated launch, the whole incident was launched very cleanly, and even the impact was controlled in one city, and it can be seen from the broken bridge that the black hand behind it did not plan to let the riots here expand indefinitely.
Otherwise, it was just a broken bridge, which would not be able to stop the zombies from pouring out of the nest here, and they were fully capable of occupying a large area in a short period of time, turning the entire mountainous area into a Shura-like hellish place.
Shaking his head, Mu Qingyang didn't dare to think about it, time waits for no one, who knows what kind of support this old street can rely on to block the zombie attack, and how long can this rely last?
Since it is related to zombies, then this hotel where he lives is the most suspicious, only the corpse family, will have unusual means to deal with both zombies and zombies, this is professional, there is no reason to talk about it.
The hotel is not big, this is a standard three-story building, there are less than dozens of rooms in total, all of them are empty and there is no one in them, including Uncle Long's room and the kitchen and toilet, Mu Qingyang has investigated everywhere and found nothing abnormal, could it be that he is too careful? Or rather...... The point is not here?
He climbed to the top of the building and scanned the entire old street......
This area is a very three-dimensional hollow structure, and a main street completely encloses this place inside, strictly distinguishing the outside world from here; From the perspective of topography alone, the outer frame of the hollow character is the street, which is connected from end to end, and the middle is also square to build the building complex into a hollow; The center of the hotel is the hotel, and even the surrounding shops are low-slung bungalows, like they stand out from the crowd, and the three floors at your feet have become the center point of the whole small area...... If you follow this model, it will be like a city within a city!
Was this deliberately built like this?
Mu Qingyang seemed to have grasped some key clues at this moment.
If you think of the streets as moats and the surrounding buildings as city walls, then this inn is ...... The inner city?
Pacing, he looked down as he walked, thinking about the design of this roof, with a white wooden fence on the outside, and a huge flower bed on the inside......
Wait a minute?
Yonglu ...... Flowers...... Shaft ...... Guardrail......
Mu Qingyang suddenly patted his head vigorously, and then quickly drilled into the shaft, and then with little effort, he carried a herringbone ladder and drilled out again, set up the ladder, he climbed to the top and stood up, looking down at his feet......
A clear gossip diagram appeared, "Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui" are divided into eight directions, symbolizing "heaven, earth, thunder, wind, water, fire, mountain, and Ze". In front of Mu Qingyang's eyes, the flowers and plants corresponded to the gossip song: "Dry three times, Kun six breaks; Shake the bowl, cover the bowl; Away from the void, the ridge is full; Replace the upper shortage, Xun lower break. "These things are deliberately arranged!
The four corners of the guardrail are also triangular flower ponds, in which are planted with the Seven Degrees Stove, which he knows is an ordinary-looking shrub tree, which produces bright flowers every spring and a lot of red berries in the fall, belonging to the Rosaceae family.
The seven-degree stove is a sacred tree for lightning protection, also known as the lightning tree. There are various legends about its magical powers, and it is said that the stove will not be burned out at 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 7 o'clock. Wood is hard and difficult to deform, and is often used to make reels and carvings, and it is also used in a certain part of the hull to ward off evil spirits when building ships.
It is said that the tree is so hard that it burns even in seven stoves - its flower language is sturdy.
Once when he first entered this hotel, Sui Yi, the little apprentice who chased corpses, talked to him, he saw it downstairs at the time, and he didn't pay much attention to it, but now that he thinks about it, it is a meaningful approach.
Walking to the edge of the roof, Mu Qingyang leaned down and groped along the edge of the guardrail and the flower pond at the four corners, and found a total of eight copper talismans inserted at the bottom of the wooden structure.
In the southeast, northwest and four positive directions, the guardrail is also engraved with the logo of "earth, water, fire, wind" respectively, these guardrails are the pointed shape of the long arrow, only to find out when you look closely, their carving is very exquisite, antique, with the same decoration as the giant beast swallowing the mouth, the logo of the Big Dipper is uniformly engraved and the edge seal carving like the cloud pattern, there is no doubt that the origin of this thing is unusual. Mu Qingyang's branch counted a total of three hundred and sixty in the past, one was not many, and one was not many......
As if remembering something, he ran back to the entrance of the shaft, and turned the dead iron lid of the entrance upside down, and it was on top of itβa compass-like mechanism embedded in it. The cleverly designed device is clearly not in the style of modern times, the Karakuri thing can be turned at will, and the outermost ring of the device is slowly rotating on its own. Looking at the time of the mobile phone, Mu Qingyang immediately found its rotation law, from the inside to the outside, there are three layers, corresponding to the division of time, and the small needle in the center is also slowly turning; And around the compass was a strange octagonal pattern drawn in blood, and in the gaps, eight specious ancient characters were written; Mu Qingyang's mind suddenly seemed to have a flash of inspiration, and the words "rest, life, injury, Du, Jing, death, shock, and open" suddenly appeared--Eight Gate Golden Lock Array!
The topography of the city within the city, the gossip design on the roof, and the golden lock array of the eight gates of the blood characters......
This is clearly the defense system established by the three masters and apprentices of this corpse chasing family, and this hastily drawn formation map is very likely to be the handiwork of Uncle Long, so the location of the roof of this building ...... That is, the eye of this array!
Mu Qingyang collapsed softly as if his whole body strength had been exhausted. He only felt dizzy, a flurry of nausea, a sudden change; continuous stimulation; There are also endless means of defense; He was overwhelmed by all kinds of tricks.
The feeling of powerlessness that he hadn't seen for a long time finally swept him up again, could it be that this corpse-chasing family had predicted everything as early as the beginning of the city's construction? Or is this a means of self-preservation? Mu Qingyang couldn't figure out the joint in the middle, but now he finally understood that as long as this hotel building was still there, he was still safe for the time being.
"Roar!"
A heart-rending howl pierced the night sky, and it turned out that it was already unconsciously at night, and Mu Qingyang saw that hundreds of zombies were rushing over from all directions......
At the three forks of that old street, there were densely packed with ragged and emaciated zombies, raising their claws one by one, desperately tearing at the white light barrier in front of them...... Yes, white light curtains are stacked there...... No! And not only here! Outside the hollow-shaped old street, all zombies are constantly hitting and tearing......
The area where he was shrouded in white light had been surrounded by zombies, and the black corpse tide was like a huge wave, pouring out from all corners again and again......
It's not just a thousand numbers...... That's tens of thousands...... Or even ...... Several hundred thousand......
His scalp was numb for a while, those desolate cries and howls continued to sound, and the white light ruthlessly bounced away the zombies who dared to challenge, one arm after another was twisted and broken, and the black-brown rotten corpse fluid was splashed like rain, and the crowds were crowded, and the ants-like corpses came one after another, turning a blind eye to the setbacks on the front line, and there were many zombies with missing arms and legs, who were simply trampled into scraps and minced meat by countless claws......
Mu Qingyang was now completely shocked, this was a death squad composed of zombies, like the largest number of workers in the ant colony, but the lowest worker ants, they didn't know fear, they didn't know how to retreat, only a simple belief was driving them forward step by step, even if it was at a heavy price, they moved forward without change......
Just for a little bit of greed, he instinctively pulled a handful on the barrier, and was bounced high by the huge force, and then fell to the ground with a bang, and was trampled into flesh by the successor as a stepping stone in the struggle, and then washed away by blood a little bit, and could not find a trace......
Finally, the appearance of Abomination added a little bit of effect to this almost suicidal attack.
There were about a few dozen of them, and their tall bodies made them look so special, and the iron hooks were raised at the same time in all directions, and then slammed down on the barrier.
Without exception, the white light trembled for a while, and the compass pointer under Mu Qingyang's feet also trembled slightly.
The fence on the roof of the entire building also began to hum, and those seventh-degree stoves shook, and the flowers and plants in the flower beds also began to tremble and make a sound of squirming, and countless strange vines were born outside the white light barrier, and the emerald green branches with circles of tentacles firmly trapped the iron hook of abomination, like a tug-of-war, both sides tugged hard, entangled.
The rattling vines were uprooted one by one, carrying with them the green bricks and rubble and dirt on the ground, and then they were trampled by big feet one by one, mixed with flesh and blood, and could no longer be distinguished......
"Is this the end of it?"
Mu Qingyang just suspected the weakness of this attack method, and heard a loud rumbling sound under the earth, and more and thicker ancient vines pulled out from all corners, those vines and whiskers were all open, and at the top of the ancient vines, white buds the size of a water tank quickly sprouted, blooming on the top of the zombies around him, and the beautiful huge petals were layered on top of each other, and the stamens also exuded a strange fragrance wafting in the air at the same time.
As if they were hooked by something, those zombies suddenly began to slowly gather towards those flowers, as if they had temporarily forgotten their mission, they desperately inhaled the fragrance in the air with their noses, and their originally vicious expressions actually began to gradually relax, and as the ancient vines continued to sway, they also swayed from side to side, even those hatreds......
A large flower slowly shrouded it, gently rolled up an abomination to wrap it, the petals closed layer by layer, a terrible clicking sound sounded, the entire ancient vine stem became more and more verdant, the flower opened with a bang, and the remaining black juice in its stamen was immediately absorbed into it, and those strange aromas became more intense......
The same process was constantly staged, dozens of abominations were quickly consumed, and then zombies were also included in the scope of attack, but the huge number of ordinary zombies relying on a hundred and ten ancient vines could not be solved in a moment at all, Mu Qingyang was so anxious that he jumped upstairs, but he was also in a hurry to help.
The moonlight gradually brightened, and the hook hung obliquely on the horizon, as if an eternal giant eye was coldly watching the chaos of the Nether, continuing its trajectory without any reaction, as if it were not moved in the slightest.
The chaotic situation continued, just when the zombies were gradually attracted by the ancient vine flower and no longer attacked the white light barrier, a terrible scream pierced the sky again, and then hundreds of thin black shadows flew out from behind the corpse tide, they were the size of monkeys, but far beyond the agility of monkeys, those claws with long nails, like curved short swords, actually reflected a shining cold light!
I saw that in a trance, the arc light flickered, and the ancient vines of those monkey-shaped monsters were cut off one after another with the wave of their fingers and claws, along with countless ruins or damaged vehicles on both sides of the road!
The lightning destroyed the ancient vine attack, and a hundred and ten abominations came up from behind, and the trolls that came out this time were even taller and more powerful, and those monkey-shaped monsters climbed on the shoulders of the trolls one by one, squeaking and screaming, as if they were unusually proud!
"Ripper?"
Mu Qingyang muttered to himself, he gave this kind of monkey-shaped monster an apt name, as a strange soldier, these rippers did make him feel tricky......
Maybe...... Can I control this formation?
Mu Qingyang thought to himself, he unconsciously stroked the compass with his hand, when his fingers inadvertently touched the vicinity of the blood pattern of Xiuzi, the red light appeared, and the entire roof of the building continued to buzz and tremble, and echoed in all directions, the earth trembled, and in the mist, eight huge flags suddenly came out of the ground......