Nine days ago, it happened that the day after the celebration banquet held in Bihai City to repel the great enemy, Master You had just been promoted to the position of "Du Wei".

It is rumored that the army of corpse monsters is heading south and east, and the one that attacked Bihai City at night happened to be the same route that Master You and You Wuxian came from. Master You remembered the safety of Master Liu and the people of Huayang Village, and decided to go and see it no matter what. Then he asked the city lord of Liang to ask for permission.

According to his intentions, only two or three retinues were needed for this trip, and there was a good one to take care of on the way. But the city lord of Liang felt that something was wrong, so he instructed Ling to lead the leader and send out a part of the master to come out and directly accept the order of Master You.

Before leaving, the city lord of Liang also specially gave him the task: the purpose of this trip is mainly for the latter, but it is necessary to always find out the movements of the corpse monster army, as a first-hand information for Bihai City to grasp the current situation. Master You resolutely accepted the order, and in this way, led by You Duwei, led more than 100 subordinates out of the city.

All the way to the northwest, the road of Huayang Village is more than thousands of miles, and this time is different from the past, the road ahead is dangerous, needless to say. Master You is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and after his analysis, he actually ordered everyone to take the road of "Bang Mingbu" between him and Master Jin!

They made a roundabout journey up from the south, through dozens of miles of forest, and arrived at the boundary of Bodaoling. Bypassing the territory of Dendrobium, sticking to the thin knife ridge to the west, and going deep into the unnamed forest. In just three days, we crossed the forest and arrived at the Qiandu River.

The so-called "most dangerous place is also the safest place". The corpse monsters have been found in those places, and naturally they will not go back. And they will definitely find a more secluded place to hide, ready to go. Therefore, after the route planning of Master You, I almost did not encounter danger all the way over.

In the past few decades, Master You has followed Master Pan to run around, and after retiring, he went south and north as Master San. Nuoda and Zhenguo, where has he never been? Just when the masters followed him in the unnamed forest and turned around in a daze, his eyes suddenly opened up, and he arrived at the Qiandu River in a "daze".

Ignoring the surprise of the crowd, Master You led the way and continued along the river to the west. The rest of the road was not so easy. Although there are many of them, they also need to be on guard against encountering the corpse monsters of the brigade at all times. Therefore, sometimes two or three masters with good feet are often selected as pathfinders. As soon as there was a problem, everyone immediately changed direction and took a detour.

Sure enough, as rumored, the further you go, the more you can't avoid the corpses. Whichever path you take, you will encounter all kinds of dangers. However, although there are quite a few of these corpses, most of them are low-level. For example, beast corpses, walking corpses and water corpses, if you can avoid them, you can avoid them.

But the most feared encounter on the road is the spirit corpse, if it is surrounded and suppressed, it is fine, if it accidentally escapes, it is equivalent to the whole party of your own party exposed.

finally groped to Huayangdu, and everyone looked for more than an hour before they found a few broken boats. The ship is not big, and it can't carry many people. After discussion, Master You appointed thirty clever masters to cross the river with him.

The rest of the men and horses waited in place, and the two sides met for two days. If Master You and the others haven't come back two days later, then the rest of them don't have to wait any longer, and they have to rush back to Bihai City immediately to report the situation.

Walking on that familiar road, Master You was full of thoughts for a while: I didn't expect that he would come back so soon after he had just left. He looked at the fields and crops on both sides of the road, which were still alive. Although the surroundings are deserted, the vegetables in the vegetable field are growing well, and there are no weeds in the ditch. It was as if nothing had changed, still the way they had been when they left.

It seemed that he could still see a kid running down from the mound in the distance, and he shouted from a distance: "Who is coming!" But he knew in his heart that Bian boy would never come back......

Now that the deceased is gone, the question that Master You is most concerned about now is: Are Master Liu and the people of the whole village dead or alive? If they are still alive, have they moved to where? Where can they go?

With a stomach problem, Master You had wind on the soles of his feet, and he couldn't wait to step into the gate of Huayang Village in one step. But in his heart, he didn't really have much hope. Sure enough, as soon as I bypassed the eventful forest, I saw a piece of "people" in the distance.

The crowd found a place to hide and watched with bated breath. In the distance is Huayang Village, which is still the same as when it left a few months ago: the protective wall in the village is not damaged, even the suspension bridge is intact, and it is still down at this moment.

Now there are many "people" scattered outside the village, wandering around aimlessly. Seeing their faltering appearance, Master You's mood couldn't help but fall to the bottom: Aren't these the villagers of Huayang Village? There are even a few of them that he knows! It's just now......

A master came up next to him, and when he looked closely, it was Lin Huashi's "forest protection row". Seeing Master You's frowning appearance, he sighed and said, "It's all comforting, it seems that we are indeed late!Look~ What should we do next? I see that there are basically walking corpses around here, so do you want to go in and have a look?"

Master You looked at Huayang Village for a long time, then turned around and smashed his fist to the ground. "I don't think it's necessary for us to go in...... Looking at the appearance of these 'villagers', it is estimated that it has been a few days since the corpses were transformed!

These animals are inhumane, and if there were survivors, they would have fled long ago. If they don't have time to escape, they will definitely be slaughtered! Now there must be high-ranking corpse monsters in the village, and if we rush into it so rashly, we may be ambushed. ”

After speaking, he closed his eyes painfully, muttered for a long time, and seemed to have a great struggle in his heart, before he gathered the other masters and said: "Let's not waste time here, our own number is too small, and it will only be thankless to enter."

Now begin the second plan!, and when I came, I told you, if we can't do anything to help these poor people, then we'll spread out the search. Gather as much useful information as possible, and of course, if it's still too late, you can save one more person!"

After speaking, he turned around decisively: "Let's go, the deadline agreed by everyone is two days, and what we have is time." If the journey is fast, we can also go to Beitong Town without delay. If you don't gather useful information, then this trip will be in vain, and you can only go home in the end...... Everyone, open up the highlights!"

In the end, I was nostalgic for Huayang Village, and I took the road where the masters did not look back.

In fact, Master You wanted to rush in desperately to see who had done such a hurtful thing. Judging from the appearance, the probability that Huayang Village still has a living mouth is basically impossible. No matter how hard they tried to kill the enemy, it was in vain. But today he is not alone, since he has brought so many people, he has to take on the responsibility of "comfort".

No matter how painful his heart is, it is just like what Master Liu said to You Wuji: As a master, you can't be indecisive at a critical moment, you have to be decisive! It seems ruthless, but it is these harsh rules that reflect the spirit of fearlessness and self-sacrifice of masters.

A group of more than 30 people bypassed Huayang Village and continued north. It wasn't until it was late that they reached the boundary of Yudai Lake, and then camped along the lake.

Yudai Lake is a natural lake in the northwest of Hezhen Country, which is in the shape of a long strip. The lake is only three miles wide at its widest point, and the area that spans dozens of miles separates the two towns from the north and south.

Legend has it that more than 600 years ago, the god emperor "Du Xuan" attacked the Northern Wilderness. The remnants of the barbaric Northern Wilderness King retreated to a fortress, brutally slaughtered the local residents, and used it as a garrison to oppress and exploit the surrounding people.

The people around him were miserable, and every time the God Emperor went out to crusade against the King of the Northern Wilderness, the other party was stationed in the city and resisted. came and went, not only could it not be taken, but it also lost a lot of soldiers for no reason.

In a fit of rage, the Divine Emperor sacrificed the "Long Yuan", the head of the world's "Ten Great Divine Soldiers"! A sword split the city gate and city wall, and the sword aura was like a rainbow through the sun, and the residual power was undiminished, and after splitting the fortress into two, it also left a ravine ten zhang deep and dozens of miles long on the ground!

The fortress that was split is the current Beitong Town and Nantong Town. After the ravines were precipitated by water accumulation, they formed today's "Yudai Lake". Of course, there is inevitably some exaggeration in the legend. According to historical records, as early as before Du Xuanli, the two places of Beitong and Nantong already existed.

Left behind the watchman, the rest of the masters hurriedly ate dry food, wrapped in wind robes and rested on the spot. At the time of the third watch, Master Lin suddenly woke up, he couldn't sleep a little, so he got up and took a look. I just saw the faint light of the lake, reflecting the back of a sitting on the ground. I groped for the moment and leaned in.

"Du Wei, can't you sleep?" Even though the light was dim, Master Lin still recognized Master You at a glance. Master You seemed to know that it was Lin Hua who was coming, so he said "um" without looking back, still staring straight ahead.

Looking for his gaze, Master Lin suddenly realized that the sky in the distance showed an unnatural dark red, as if blood was flowing.

"Du Wei, it looks like Beitong Town over there. If the guess is correct, there may be a raging fire burning right now...... Hey~ What's wrong with this world?"

The former listened to Master Lin's words, suddenly turned around, looked at the latter seriously, and said, "Lin Hupai, I heard that you were also a loose master. When the army of corpse monsters attacked Bihai City, they made many strange moves, and they made great contributions. There aren't many talents like you in the world!"

When Lin Hua heard this, he was too busy to shout: "Actually, we are a little smart, and when it comes to making big decisions, we don't dare to make ideas." I am afraid that because of a momentary mistake, I will hurt my brothers. ”

After hearing this, Master You nodded a little approvingly: "Yes, who is not raised by my father's biological parents...... The corpse monsters are in chaos, and the burden is all on our shoulders, and it is quite difficult for the master's business.

To tell the truth, my brother can't see the scene of life and death. Now, these brothers are following me, and I don't want any of them to have an accident, otherwise I won't be able to bear it......"

After a pause, Master You's tone suddenly became serious: "Lin Hu Pai, can you listen to the words of Ben Du Comfort?" Now the situation in Bihai City is complicated, and the army of corpse monsters is ready to move on the other side. In the future, it is inevitable that you will encounter various missions and battles. You have a good brain, and at the critical moment, Bendu comforted you and told you to take everyone to escape, and you will escape, don't drag me with mud and water!

Master Lin looked at the former in a daze for a long time, and he didn't know what his words meant, but he still nodded subconsciously. At that moment, the two stopped talking, and continued to look at the blood-colored night sky opposite in a daze.

It's just that no one expected that everything that happened many years later made Master You a prophecy. To a large extent, it has changed You Wuji's choice of life. Of course, this is a later story, and I will not mention it for the time being.

The next day, the sky was overcast, and the heavy dark clouds were like chaos beasts, slowly pressing down from the north, as if they were about to choose people to devour. Although everyone felt that it was in vain to go to Beitong Town again, it couldn't stop everyone's determination to try their luck.

The emperor lived up to his wishes, and only a few hours after he left, a sharp-eyed master found a few sneaky figures hiding in the grass in the distance.