Chapter 195: Wu Nan's Tragic Realm
There were more than a dozen people in front of him, both men and women, old and young, all of whom were yellow-faced and thin-skinned, and their steps were sparse. When they saw Zhan Yue and the others, they rushed up one after another.
"Eat... Is there anything to eat? A middle-aged woman stared at Zhan Yue.
Zhan Yue and the others both have space props, but in order not to be exposed, they still bring a package to pretend to be, and the package also contains some cooking cakes and potatoes that they brought from Yunmo Village before.
He took out a piece of cooking cake, and the person in front of him was about to rush up like a wolf seeing meat.
"Stop! Give me all back! A loud shout rang out, and a middle-aged man stepped out of the crowd, seemingly the leader of the fleeing procession.
"You two, are you from Nancai Province?" The man asked, his face equally dirty, hungry but still sane.
"That's right. You guys? Zhan Yue looked at the man suspiciously.
"Don't go north, there is a locust plague in Wunan Province, which has caused famine and plague, the officials above are difficult to protect themselves, and there are no other provinces to relieve the disaster, the whole Wunan is already hell on earth, we are lucky, close to Nancai, and got the news in advance, there is a lot of food stored at home, so we ran away in advance." The man explained.
These more than ten people are members of a family, but fortunately, there are people in the family who are on errands, and they received the news in advance, so they made plans early and fled to the south.
"Bandits, riots, plagues, famines, the whole Wunan is completely finished, you guys should turn around quickly." Again, the man emphasized.
"Take these breads first, and then walk south for two or three days before you can see Yunmo Mountain, where there are some wild fruits and beasts to satisfy your hunger." Zhan Yue handed some food to the man.
The others were all on their knees with golden eyes. It's not a lot of food, but it's definitely life-saving, and they just have to go into the mountains to survive.
The man took the food, divided it, and looked at Zhan Yue with a look of gratitude. "Grace and grace, we are unforgettable. Where are you heading north? ”
"Go to the North." Zhan Yue said.
"Huh?" The man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Northern Xinjiang is far away from here, and you have to cross Wunan and Wubei provinces to reach Northern Xinjiang Province, not to mention that Wunan is already a hell on earth, you can't get any supplies, then Northern Xinjiang is now in chaos, what are you going to do there." ”
"We have reasons to go." Zhan Yue replied.
"Hey, you should take a detour, anyway, don't go to Wunan, that's not a place for people to go." The man said again, naturally reluctant to watch the two jump into the fire pit.
"Thank you for this big brother, don't worry, we know in our hearts, if it really doesn't work, we will come back." Zhan Yue continued, as for the detour? God knows how much time this task left for them, that General Yue is most likely sick, so he asked Huang Xueqing to heal, if the time drags on too long, he and Huang Xueqing's mission will fail.
"Okay then." Seeing that Zhanyue could not be persuaded to do so, the man was no longer entangled, and everyone had their own lives, so he took out a map from the bag behind someone in the team. "The great kindness of the two beneficiaries, we can't repay it, this map of the 'Universiade' will be given to the two, I hope you can arrive safely."
Zhan Yue was overjoyed, and Huang Xueqing on the side also had beautiful eyes. Originally, the country where the two of them were located was called Universiade, which was vast and composed of 16 provinces, and they are now located at the junction of Nancai Province and Wunan Province.
Seeing off these refugees, Zhan Yue and the others continued north.
However, what they encountered along the way made the two frightened, and they met several waves of refugees, some of whom just came to beg for food, and left in a huff when they saw that they didn't. Others, with their fangs bared, seem to be eyeing their flesh. Zhan Yue never expected that Wunan Province had reached the point of cannibalism.
Of course, where can these refugees be Zhanyue's opponents, all the way north, the turf on the road has been gnawed away. All you can see is dilapidated, there are no crops in the farmland, and at a glance, you can't see any deep mountains and old forests outside the hill.
"We were below the difficulty of the task, but I didn't expect us to have a day when we were worried about food." Zhan Yue frowned, he walked for five or six days, and the food on the two of them was all exhausted, he had refined a large number of pills before, and those pills could fill his stomach, so he had never been worried about eating, but in this world, the medicinal effects of the pills were gone, except for the food brought from Yunmo Village, they also ate everything that could be eaten in their original storage space.
Soon after, the two came to a village, as expected, it was a dead village, and unlike what they expected, the village was not empty, but there were corpses, men, women, and children, all simply covered with cloth or mats, and some even died at the door and on the street.
"The plague... We have come to the land of the plague. Zhanyue endured the feeling of nausea and wanted to vomit, and searched the village for a long time and found nothing to eat.
"Let's go, I don't want to spend the night here." Huang Xueqing's brows furrowed, what she saw along the way made her sigh, but she couldn't do anything.
"You, as a miracle doctor, don't study this plague?" Zhan Yue asked.
"So what, in this situation, do you think even if I can research an antidote to the plague, it will be useful? Not to mention that there are no corresponding medicinal materials at all, and even living patients can't be seen. In the past few days, how many corpses have you and I seen, thousands or tens of thousands? Huang Xueqing said helplessly, although she has the ability to heal, but the current situation is not something she can change at all.
"Let's go." The two continued northward and found a ruined temple on the north side of the village, which could be used as a habitat for the night, but fortunately there were no people and no corpses in the temple. Those who could run ran away, and those who couldn't run away died, the closer they got to the center of Wunan, the more frightened the two became, hell on earth is nothing more than that. Either they were starved to death or they were dyed of pestilence, and no one had any privileges, men and women, young and old.
"This Universiade country doesn't know how to deal with this Wunan's problem, I heard Yu Dayou's tone before, and I'm afraid that the current monarch is not a good thing." Zhan Yue sighed.
The two cleaned up in the temple for a while, only to find out the strangeness of this dilapidated temple, the temple is not a god or a Buddha or a statue, but a fox statue. This turned out to be a fox fairy temple? Does Universiade still have this tradition?
But no matter what it enshrines, Zhanyue and the others are not afraid.
"What do you think we should do? Wu Lan is very big, we have no supplies, and we can't find anything to eat, I'm afraid we will really starve to death. I don't want to eat human flesh. Huang Xue Qingqiao's face was also a little confused, they were too poorly prepared, and they didn't expect in advance that there would be no roosters crow for thousands of miles here, and the bones were in the wild.
Zhan Yue is not worried about the two of them starving to death, it is a big deal to look back on the physical state, but it is a bit of a waste of life, so it is better not to use it naturally.
"Wait a little longer." Zhan Yue sighed and said, since it is a trial, there is naturally a way to break the game, but it is hidden very deeply. They may have to prepare enough food to set off at the beginning, in short, even if the mission fails, even if they die, they will have to start all over again. So the two don't have any special feelings, but after the mission is reset, it seems that the two are still together. Huang Xueqing wants to follow Zhanyue, isn't it good to be carried by someone along the way?
Suddenly, there was a change in the space of Zhanyue's supernatural powers, and he was overjoyed. "The white girl is really my good baby!" But seeing that he took out a plate of roast duck and a jar of wine out of thin air, he didn't expect that even if it was a trial space, this supernatural space was also connected, which showed the high grade of supernatural powers. "It seems that she has also completed the first task." Thinking of this, Zhan Yue was relieved, he had written a letter in the supernatural space before, explaining the current situation, and he had just gotten this roast duck and wine.
"You ......" Huang Xueqing looked stupid, where did this hot roast duck and wine come from? Don't say she's stupid, the Tianshu Shuling who was waiting outside to see the joke is also stupid, what did she see? She saw Bai Zhi make roast duck and buy wine in her trial space, and it didn't take long for that thing to appear in Zhanyue's hand!
"They cheat!" The Heavenly Book Book Spirit gritted his teeth, but after thinking about it, I am afraid that there is no way to cheat in this trial world, this is their own ability? She originally wanted to see Zhanyue's jokes, a generation of Tianjiao was starved to death, how funny it was, but she saw him happily drinking wine and eating roast duck.
"Hmph, don't worry, this trial is not as simple as you think, do you think you can solve the problem of eating?"