Sure enough.

A few more days passed.

The middle-aged monk returned with new findings.

According to the latest survey results.

It was not only the Asuka Dynasty that broke out of plague one after another, but also other dynasties.

Although the middle-aged monk had ordered the Asuka Dao Alliance to investigate the source of the plague, there was still no progress.

This cannot be said that the Asuka Dao Alliance is ineffective.

In fact, all the members of the sect who joined the Asuka Dao Alliance had already launched an investigation in their respective spheres of influence.

However, this plague is so extensive that it will be difficult to get a definite investigation for a while.

"Inform the members of the Asuka Dao Alliance that if they find news of another outbreak of the plague, they will report it as soon as possible. ”

After reading the contents of the investigation in the jade talisman.

Xia Fan pondered for a moment before making a decision.

Since Ah Chao left.

Xia Fan did not take over the intelligence system that Ah Chao was responsible for, nor did he ask how Ah Chao's intelligence system would be handled temporarily.

When he realizes that the plague that broke out in the Asuka Dynasty is not normal.

If you want to know more about it.

The first thing that came to his mind was the Asuka Daomeng.

With the huge power of the Asuka Dao Alliance in the Asuka Dynasty now, it is naturally far better than the intelligence system mastered by Ah Chao in terms of intelligence exploration.

After all, the volume of the two is not the same.

This is equivalent to the difference between a ragtag army and a regular army.

"Yes! dare to ask what else the Venerable Majesty commands?"

The middle-aged monk immediately hurried to respond.

"Not for the time being. ”

Xia Fan shook his head and said.

"If there is nothing important, the poor road will retire first. ”

After speaking.

The middle-aged monk respectfully retired.

Xia Fan could see that the plague was not normal.

Middle-aged monks are no exception.

In his opinion.

Since this matter can arouse Xia Fan's great attention, it is enough to show that this matter is not trivial.

Let alone.

The middle-aged monk was a little apprehensive in front of Xia Fan.

On the one hand, there is the asymmetry of each other in the realm of cultivation.

On the other hand, it's about the demons before.

Why did the demon appear a hundred miles away from the Forest Misty Villa for no reason?

Although there is no clear evidence to prove that this is the work of the Asuka Daomeng.

But anyone with a little brain knows that the Asuka Dao Alliance is the most suspicious.

More precisely, Wuhuazong and himself.

Otherwise, it will not die.

As soon as Xia Fan's side subdued the demon, the next moment someone from the Flying Bird Dao Alliance appeared.

Is there such a coincidence in the world?

This is undoubtedly more of a well-planned outcome.

So when Xia Fan appeared in the cave.

The middle-aged monk subconsciously thought that the other party was here to settle accounts.

Fortunately, Xia Fan did not come to the door for this matter, but because of a more bizarre and bizarre thing.

Pestilence.

The middle-aged monk is no stranger to the plague.

No matter in which dynasty or country, plague is the existence of tiger color.

Plagues arise for many reasons.

But severe plagues that can spread to a wide area are quite rare.

After all, when there is a real outbreak of a serious plague.

It is impossible for the sects everywhere to sit idly by.

What's more, the territory of many dynasties and national capitals is quite vast, and the inconvenient transportation relationship, perhaps the plague has not spread before it has already died, thus cutting off the way for the plague to continue to spread.

At first, the plague that broke out in the Asuka Dynasty did not attract enough attention.

It is nothing more than that these plague outbreaks were relatively small in scale and impact, and disappeared without causing too serious danger.

Until a year ago.

The plague expanded.

This aroused the attention of the Asuka Dynasty officials.

It's a pity that the officials of the Asuka Dynasty have not been able to find out the source of the plague for a long time.

Although some local sects had reported this matter to the Asuka Dao Alliance, the Asuka Dao Alliance obviously didn't take it to heart, after all, the Asuka Dao Alliance had made the demons very troubled during that time, and how could they have the time to pay attention to these "insignificant" things.

This is no longer the case.

When the person who values the plague becomes Xia Fan.

The massive machine of the Asuka Dao Alliance immediately revolved around the plague.

Outcome.

I don't know if I don't check, and I'm shocked when I check it.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is something strange about this plague.

But until the truth is ascertained.

Everything seems confusing.

"Your Excellency, there is news. ”

The middle-aged monk left for less than half a day and then returned.

"Not long ago, there was news from the Lingxin Building in Kannan that a suspicious plague had broken out in the Kannan area in recent days. ”

"Kannan? I see. ”

Xia Fan heard this.

He immediately stood up from the futon and walked straight to the outside of the cave.

"Your Excellency, where are you going?"

The middle-aged monk hurriedly followed.

"Naturally, it's Kannan, do you want to be together?"

Xia Fan didn't reply.

“...... Good!"

The middle-aged monk hesitated for half a second before nodding in agreement.

Clinker: Where is Xia Fan in front of him at the next moment.

That's too much of a rush, isn't it?

The middle-aged monk was stunned.

Xuan even quickly rushed in the direction of Kannan.

Asuka Dynasty South.

Guannan is located here, and its name comes from a local Xiongguan - Zhenshan Pass.

It is said that Zhenshan Pass has existed for tens of thousands of years, even longer than the Asuka Dynasty ruled this land.

However, the earliest establishment of Zhenshan Pass was naturally due to war.

But.

The object of war is demons.

Until the end of the war, Zhenshan Pass, which had been used as a military fortress, was gradually abandoned, and after the Asuka Dynasty ruled this land, it only carried out ordinary repairs to Zhenshan Pass.

In time.

Zhenshan Pass has become a prosperous folk city.

When Xia Fan came to Zhenshan Pass, he found that all the gates of Zhenshan Pass had been blocked, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving, and patrolling armor soldiers could be seen everywhere on the city wall or on the streets.

The entire Zhenshanguan seems to be shrouded in a depressing atmosphere of panic.

After quietly walking into the gate.

Inquire a little.

Xia Fan understood what was going on.

About three days ago.

A mysterious plague suddenly broke out in the town south of Zhenshan Pass, and in just three days, the plague had spread to the entire Guannan, and after the people of Zhenshan Pass learned the news, they immediately blocked Zhenshan Pass to prevent the plague from spreading into Zhenshan Pass.

Huanggu Town.

This is where the plague first broke out.

After finding out this useful news.

Xia Fan immediately came to Huanggu Town non-stop.

It's just that.

The ancient town of Huanggu in front of me has long been inhabited, and there is not a single living person in sight in the deserted streets.

After Xia Fan swept around with his perception, then the whole person disappeared into the ghostly Huanggu Town.

When he reappeared, he was already on a hill around Huanggu Town.

At the foot of the hill there is an extremely simple thatched hut.

In the thatched hut sat an old man who looked like a walking corpse, staring vacantly at the hill in front of him.

"Are they all buried in this mountain?"

Xia Fan quietly appeared beside the other party and asked softly.

"Dead, dead, everybody dead......"

The old man muttered hoarsely.

"Why...... Why did I survive as an old man......"

"Old man, could you please answer some of my questions?"

Xia Fan said softly.

“...... What do you want to ask?"

The old man was silent for a long time, and finally turned his head to look at Xia Fan as if he had finally come to his senses, and there was no trace of anger in his empty eyes.

"Old man, can you tell me more about the plague in the town?"

Xia Fan quietly flicked a True Yuan and sent it into the old man's body, which was almost exhausted, and sighed lightly.

Under the influence of the True Element.

The old man's wrinkled face gradually turned rosy.

"You ......"

The old man's blurry and hazy eyes flashed with a different color.

"Old man, I'm here to investigate the truth behind the plague, and I don't think you want your relatives and friends to die without knowing it, right?"

Xia Fan said with a gentle smile.

“......”

The old man fell silent again.

When he spoke again, he told Xia Fan everything without concealment.

Go back to three days ago.

this day.

Huanggu Town is still as lively and prosperous as ever.

Suddenly.

Someone on the street suddenly coughed violently, and this cough was like a signal, and then everyone in the town began to cough.

"Oh no, someone died!"

When a scream rang out.

After coughing up a large amount of blood, someone fell to the ground and convulsed, and his whole body was covered with ecchymosis.

One, two, three......

More and more people fell to the ground in pain, less than a stick of incense.

The whole town was in chaos.

The old man was born in a local family in Huanggu Town.

When the plague broke out.

He was teasing his eight-year-old grandson in the house.

Soon.

The plague inexplicably infected his eldest grandson.

After the eldest grandson coughed violently and blushing several times, the eldest grandson of the old man fell to the ground and lost his breath.

This scene frightened the old man and hurriedly picked up his eldest grandson and wanted to find the doctor.

But.

The next scene completely broke the old man's mind.

Because the people in the house all showed symptoms of coughing and vomiting blood, they all died in front of him one after another.

After the old man walked out of the gate tremblingly with his eldest grandson in his arms.

He saw a picture of hell on earth.

Streets.

Almost everywhere.

He saw the dead bodies lying motionless on the ground.

All of them kept their faces bitter and hideous before they died.

If it weren't for the people of Lingxin Building who found and helped dispose of the corpses in the town in time, I am afraid that Huanggu Town would be even more terrifying now.

The people of the Spirit Heart Building naturally noticed the old man, the only survivor.

After careful inquiry.

The people in the Spirit Heart Building wanted to take him away.

Who knew that the old man would rather die than leave.

Seeing this, the people in the Lingxin Building no longer dissuaded him, and let the old man fend for himself.

As a practitioner.

They can all see it.

Even if the old man survived, he would not have many days to live, having suffered a huge blow.

After the people of the Spirit Heart Building left.

The old man built a hut on this side of the hill.

All day long, I lost my soul and looked at the hill in the distance without eating or drinking.

Because.

In the hill all the dead people in the town were buried.

The plague broke out too suddenly, died so quickly that it was completely unexpected.

In less than half a day.

All but the old man died.

Such a fierce plague made Xia Fan shudder.

"Old man, was there anything strange going on in town before the plague appeared? ”

After listening to the old man's speech.

After Xia Fan calmed down, he frowned and thought deeply.

“...... Strange things?"

The old man seemed to be talking to himself.

"If it's a strange thing...... Do rats count?"

"Mouse?"

Xia Fan raised his eyebrows.

“...... Yes, it seems that half a month ago, there was a rat plague in the town for no reason, and almost every household was plagued by rats, and then the government came forward to organize the people in the town to exterminate rats, and the strange thing is that all these rats disappeared overnight......"

The old man recalled carefully.

"Rats......"

Xia Fan nodded thoughtfully.

Plague.

The first time.

Xia Fan's mind came up with the name of this virulent infectious disease.

In the history of past lives.

There was a severe plague that wiped out a third of the continent's population.

This shows the horror of the plague.

Here's the problem.

Are the people of Huanggu really infected with the plague?

The most suspicious part is the mass morbidity and death.

One more point.

Where did the rat come from half a month ago in the old man's mouth, and how did it disappear in the end?

"Thank you, old man. ”

After thanking the old man.

Xia Fan appeared in front of a dirt slope in the hill.

Because.

Under this slope there are many corpses buried in the townspeople of Huanggu Town.

"It's good that it didn't burn it...... Sorry. ”

He muttered something and stepped down.

The next moment.

The dirt slope cracked in an instant.

Immediately afterward, several corpses flew out, covered in ragged corpse spots.

He came to the neatly arranged corpses.

The eyes that stared at the corpse shone with a gleam.

Moment.

He closed his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, he returned the corpse on the ground to the cracked dirt slope.

When he opens his eyes again.

His face rarely showed a serious expression.

Bang –

He lifted his foot again.

Moment.

The entire dirt slope in front of me was sunken.

The corpses inside were all crushed into powder.

He had to.

Because.

There is a high probability that these corpses will be resurrected as the living dead.

In other words.

That is, the so-called zombies in the previous life.

"Is the undead a scourge? Demons can really play this time! Do you want to directly cut off the roots of human beings?"

After a careful and meticulous examination of the body.

No doubt.

Xia Fan did make a discovery.

Did these people die of the plague?

Yes.

From any point of view.

These people died of the plague.

However.

But he was keenly aware of something unusual in the plague.

The mark left by the demon.

This imprint is extremely subtle and faint.

Even Xia Fan spent a lot of energy to detect the clues, let alone others!

He was further studying the demon's remaining sigils.

This mark turned out to be awakenerable.

Once the sigil is awakened, anyone who has died from the plague will be "brought back to life" by the imprint.

unimaginable.

If all the imprints wake up.

What happens if you die in one of these plagues without burning your bodies?

Scourge of the Dead!