Although Jiang Yun'er is still a little girl, the endless melancholy between her eyebrows makes Yin San'er feel distressed, and she wants to give her to a good family, but she finds that the more than ten villages and towns she passes along the way are empty, like ghost towns.

In the evening, they came to a town where there was no one and a group of stray dogs looked at them with unkind eyes. They walked into an inn with an open door as a temporary place to stay.

Originally, Yin San'er wanted to make a fire to cook, but Jiang Yun'er took the initiative to take over the cooking. Seeing him standing on the bench and stir-frying vegetables, Yin San'er felt sad for no reason, and took the initiative to run over to light the fire, add firewood, and pull the bellows.

There was wine in the store, but he didn't dare to drink it. Seeing that Jiang Yun'er's little face was always gloomy, he told a few funny stories, and finally laughed at this child who should have been innocent.

"May I call you, brother?" The little girl asked softly while pinching the corners of her clothes, her tone full of unconfidence.

"Good! All right! I'll call you Xiaoyun'er from now on! Yin San'er said happily. In the face of such a Jiang Yun'er, how could he refuse?

"Brother! Brother! Jiang Yun'er's first voice was very crisp and pleasant, but the second sound was accompanied by choking. The dark clouds in the sky converged and rubbed together with roaring thunder and dazzling lightning.

"Xiao Yun'er, my brother will protect you in the future!" Yin San'er watched the little girl's tears keep dripping, but she was forcibly suppressing her crying, and she didn't feel good in her heart, so she took her into her arms and swore that she said. Outside the gate, against the backdrop of thunder and lightning, a heavy rain enveloped the town as scheduled.

It was late at night, the dogs barked, the bright moon was hidden by dark clouds, and there seemed to be some whimpering cries floating in the wind.

The sleeping little girl suddenly sat up and whispered, "Brother! Yin San'er opened his eyes and saw Xiao Yun'er standing up straight and walking out of the hotel with strange steps.

The streets were pitch black, and the little girl walked barefoot on the cold street, still whispering "brother" in her mouth, letting her little feet step on the icy water. The lanterns on both sides of the street lit up one after another, but the light from the lanterns was dim, and there was a trace of black air coiling in the blur.

Jiang Yun'er walked to the door of a gambling house, which was in a dilapidated state, and it should have been destroyed by a fire not long ago.

"Squeak, squeak" as if someone was walking out on the broken floor. The little girl looked up and looked in, her eyes glazed, and only the words were still muttering in her mouth.

A large hand full of pus tore open the broken portal, and something will break through it.

Yin San'er, who had been following Jiang Yun'er here, couldn't bear it anymore: No matter how you look at it, what is about to come out of the dilapidated gambling house is not a good thing. His figure was fast, he picked up Jiang Yun'er and quickly retreated. There was an angry shrill roar from inside the gambling house, and a thick arm suddenly stretched out and grabbed at them.

"What kind of monster is this?!" Yin San'er said secretly in his heart. He hugged Jiang Yun'er and ran away.

A tall and large meat ball suddenly rolled out of the gambling house, Yin San'er took a closer look through the dim light, where was the meat ball, it was clearly a monster composed of countless palms overlapping together. It rolled and roared and chased after them, at great speed.

The street lamps on both sides of the street were sometimes smashed by the whistling meat balls, and two long whip-like tentacles of flesh stretched out from the meat balls, the tips of the tentacles were as sharp as knives, and the strange thing was that under the tips was a flat human face, the human face was twisted, and it also made a strange laugh that made the hair stand on end.

Yin San'er had never seen such a weird and terrifying thing, and his steps became faster and faster under the furry in his heart. However, the ball rolled extremely quickly, and soon caught up with it. After it approached Yin San'er, it stabbed out its tentacles repeatedly. Yin San'er held Jiang Yun'er with one hand, and his thick right hand pulled out a big knife, slashing, chopping, stabbing, and teasing, and fought with the monster.

The meat ball kept attacking around him, one tentacle was cut off, and two new ones were born, and after a while, it turned into a hedgehog-like monster, with tentacles all over his body, and he also let out a smug smile of "Ji Ji", which interfered with Yin San'er's mind. Gaps also kept appearing on Yin San'er's big knife, as if it might break at any time.

After a series of battles, Yin San'er was secretly anxious, wanting to sneak attack the meat ball monster with spikes, but he groaned, but he still dispelled this idea. Suddenly remembered something that Grandpa Gao said, and suddenly had an idea.

He swung his knife and slashed several tentacles again, flung the blood away, and wiped a handful on the blade with his hand. The monster saw his movements, retracted all its tentacles, and rolled backwards.

Where could Yin San'er let it escape, he showed his body, jumped high, and when the big knife approached the meat ball, it suddenly lit up with a fiery red color, like a flame. The big knife was cut down, and both the dense tentacles and the large meat balls that were more than a foot high were cut in half.

The "flame" on the blade ignited the meat ball, and the meat ball emitted all kinds of weird screams, curling and "banging" in the scorching flames, like firecrackers, and the splashed grease carried a heavy rancid smell.

Jiang Yun'er, who came back to her senses, was full of horror, covering her mouth with her hands, tears kept rolling in her eyes, even her breath stopped, and her little face was red. Dark clouds pressed down on the roofs of houses, a muffled thunder broke the silence, and lightning continued to slash on the tumbling balls of flesh in the pouring rain.

After passing through the valley, Jiang Yun'er was afraid that it would be like this. Yin San'er hurriedly patted his back lightly, and said distressedly: "Xiao Yun'er is not afraid!" Don't be afraid! My brother is here! The little girl spit out a breath of turbidity, tears slowly flowed, and she hugged Yin San'er's neck tightly, for fear that he would run away and never come back.

The tall and strong Yin San'er was hugged by her neck like this, and she also felt that it was difficult to breathe, but she didn't stop her. The meat ball monster finally died down, and only the heavy rain raged in this uninhabited town.

Yin San'er picked up Jiang Yun'er and walked to the hotel, looking at a three-story building on the way, his eyes flashing with indescribable emotions. In an instant, it was back to normal. He lifted up his shirt to protect Jiang Yun'er from the rain, and carried the little girl back to the hotel.

The next day, Yin San'er and Jiang Yun'er left the town and continued to walk forward. Although they didn't know what else was waiting for them on the road, the two of them didn't seem to be too worried.

Because Yin San'er is a road idiot, the route they took was not a straight line, and on this day, Yin San'er and the two finally found a village and town with people. Residents of the villages and towns are moving in full swing, and sometimes muffled cries can be heard.

After asking someone, he learned that the beast tide at the border had broken out in advance and had destroyed more than ten cities in the border pass. The imperial court assembled a heavy army in the ancient city of Tong, fifty miles away from here, and all the villages and towns south of the ancient city were ordered to retreat to the ancient city of Tong.

Yin San'er was stunned for a moment, he had heard the veterans in the barracks say that the beast tide usually only broke out once in about ten years, and it had only been three years since the last outbreak, how could it break out again so quickly? Moreover, the ordinary beast tide caused some damage at most at the border pass, and it was impossible to break through the blockade of the border pass.

This beast tide has destroyed more than ten cities in a row, which is obviously much larger than the previous scale. The people of those villages and towns are not protected by tall walls, and once the beast tide hits, the consequences can be imagined.

He hugged the little girl and followed the flow of people in the direction of the ancient city. When he was sent to the barracks, he passed through the ancient city, so he still has a little impression of that place. The crowd was surging, and residents from other villages and towns along the road kept joining the team. These people dragged their families with them, and they also brought some valuable and worthless objects, and even some livestock. The rudimentary country roads are simply not wide enough, so new roads wind their way through the countryside. People walked apathically along the muddy path, and the atmosphere was as low and oppressive as a dark cloud in the sky.