Memories and thoughts poured out, transformed into something inexplicable.

If you are a strong adult man or woman, or a child who does not have much memory, you may still be able to withstand this process.

But where did the old man endure this?

Aunt Lydia only managed to brace a little bit of her sense, stood up straight, and used her rather strong arms to take her comatose husband, a bald old man, from her son's hands.

He had a huge wound on his head, and he was holding a blood-stained kitchen knife tightly in his hand, apparently fighting with his own son, so he escaped.

"Where's Rika?"

Carrying her husband, the old woman asked for news of her daughter in a trembling voice, but received the good news: "You forgot? Didn't my brother-in-law say the day before yesterday that he was going to surprise Rika? The boy bought a new carriage in Axle Town, and this morning he took the family to the Dandelion Baron to see the flowers. ”

The man's voice was also tinged with joy: "At least they're not in danger, hurry up, let's go find the guards......"

They didn't make it out.

When the other successful survivor in the apartment building, Miles of the mother and son, used his swordsmanship to fight his way through the bloody apartment building with his mother, who had been unconscious on his back, it was like purgatory.

He saw the man's mutilated body in the street not far away.

The young man recognized the other as the son of Aunt Lydia, who took great care of him, and was called Da'an, a bold carpenter.

Uncle Da'an usually helps the residents in the building to repair some small tables and chairs for free, even if the fee is very fair, he has always been deeply grateful to the other party, and even the reason why he practiced swordsmanship is because Uncle Da'an gave him a wooden sword when he was a child.

He longs for Uncle Da'an to support his family and take care of his parents' majestic figure, and because of the lack of father's love since he was a child, he has always vaguely hoped in his heart that he can also have a father like Uncle Da'an.

I really can't, I also want to be a good father, a good son and a good husband like Uncle Da'an.

But now, he died here.

Although the corpses of several crazy weirdos fell beside him, the carpentry knife in his hand was really not good at fighting, and the upper half of his body was full of blurred flesh and wounds and tooth marks that had been detained.

Behind him, the bodies of two old men, unknown of life, leaned against the wall - they had obviously fought too, their bodies were scarred, but unknown vertigo and strange loss of consciousness eventually caused them to lose their combat ability and eventually collapse.

"Grandma Lydia?! And Grandpa Rayson! ”

If it weren't for the fact that he was still carrying his mother on his back, Miles would have wanted to rush over to check on them, but for now, he could only cautiously observe the situation around him, and then approached the corpses with a somewhat slow pace.

To his surprise and sorrow, Aunt Lydia, one of the two old men, was still alive.

But she was also blinded and clearly dying.

"Miles? And Rayswick...... You're all still alive...... Good...... That's nice......"

The old man struggled to spit out a mouthful of blood, and then held the grieving Miles hand with a trembling hand, trying to hold his hand: "Don't help me, I'm going to die...... Miles, I'm sorry, it's all this time, but I still want to ask you to take care of Cynthia......"

The old woman moved away, and the little girl, who was blocked by the old man's body and the old woman's body, was biting her arm, and kept her voice as quiet as possible, raised her head with tears in her eyes.

"Miles......" Aunt Lydia's voice grew weaker: "Miles...... Protecting ......"

"Protect your mother...... She's too bitter to be blessed yet...... And Cynthia, protect ...... They ......"

"I will, I will......"

The young purple-haired man felt that the strength in his palm was rapidly disappearing, and he didn't have time to say anything - whether it was the gratitude for so many years of help, or the already admiring family affection that had been hidden in his heart for so many years, he didn't have time to say it.

Aunt Lydia stopped breathing in front of him and closed her eyes.

"Fuck, why?!"

Seeing this scene blankly, Miles's heart was cold, but a rush of blood rushed to his head, his worst fantasy of the future was less than one ten-thousandth of today, even if the entire Grand Duke's Territory of the West had become a buffer zone for the confrontation between the Empire and the Flying Flame Land, but it had nothing to do with those of them who were at the back.

Although the price is also a little more expensive, most of the expensive ones are some sublimation materials, and the food of ordinary people has not been affected much.

He thought that his future would gradually get better, and he would gradually get ahead, take his mother to live a good life, and repay the kindness of those who helped him little by little...... That's what he thought, that's what he originally wanted.

But hope is the easiest thing to dash.

"Why, they are all very good people, but why do such good people have to die...... What the hell is going on inside the city?! ”

The man clenched his sword in his hand, and he looked around the Azure City, and he could already hear the screams and roars that were getting louder and louder, and the faint roar from across the street—the unusual madness just now was just a prelude, and the real chaos was about to come.

At this moment, Miles was not in a very good state, and when he saw the death of Lydia's family, who were deeply grateful and like real grandmothers, his eyes began to light up with bursts of scarlet light, and his expression became more and more hideous and crazy.

It's like the crazy weirdos before it...... Even more terrifying than they are.

"Grandpa? Grandmother...... Father...... Whining...... Mommy ......"

"I just ...... What's wrong? ”

And at this moment, the cry of the little girl Cynthia knocked Miles out of his abnormal state - he regained his consciousness and felt incredulous at the pain and despair that had suddenly overflowed in his heart just now...... He was still sad, but not to the point where he wanted to destroy the world.

It felt like someone else's emotions were spilling out of nothingness and contagious to him.

"Someone! Cynthia, don't cry, can't help but be quiet, let's go first! ”

Hearing the noisy footsteps coming from the street on the side, the man didn't care about anything else for a while, carrying his mother on his back and the little girl in one hand, and quickly hid in the usually deserted alley.

……

Terra 773, September 18, late at night.

Settar Empire, Grand Dukeship of Thorin, Viscount of Avak.

Azure City.

The Blue City, as the name suggests, is where you can see a blue sky - when the second Viscount of Avak founded the city to develop the middle and deep ore veins in the hilly area, he looked up and saw the endless blue sky, so he named the city after it.

After the depletion of the mineral veins, the city gradually transformed into a light industrial city with small workshops, and many baskets and rattan frames, furniture, tables and chairs in the Grand Duke of Thorin were processed and made here, which was not rich or famous, but the people's life had a high sense of stability.

And this recognition of a peaceful life is used by the big people as a shield to hide people's eyes.

By the time the convoy arrived at the edge of the Azure City, Ian, who was overlooking the city through a drone, was already frowning.

"This place...... It's a dead city. ”

He muttered to himself, while everyone else watching the drone image nodded in agreement.

At this moment, the moon was hazy, but there were no lights in the city, and the streets were full of corpses and bloodstains, and all sorts of broken objects, as well as the remains of dumped carriages and horses.

The buildings on the side of the road, the doors and windows against the street were shattered. Even the street lamps are mostly bent or collapsed, and the air is filled with a strange white fog that cloudes the field of vision, forcing drones to get closer to see the streets.

And that's not all.

Ian even saw that in the streets deep in the city, there were faint human figures swaying...... And those figures are undoubtedly the 'undead' in the world of Terra.

To be precise, it is a fungal organism formed after the relatively intact human corpses that have long since died and are controlled by corrupting fungi.

The once peaceful and tranquil Blue City has now become a gathering place for the dead.

(End of chapter)