bookrandom Chapter 323: Thoughtful and Enlightened
Chapter 323: Thoughtful and Enlightened
In the dim streets, in front of a ground covered with blood and flesh.
"The second-level order makes the snow shadow still in the mountains. It is such a long distance away. Without a medium, it cannot descend on this person." Mo Zuche said slowly.
"The people in the soup bowl..." Xiao frowned and opened his lips slightly, as if he wanted to say something. But maybe because he didn't organize his words well or for some other reason, he didn't say anything in the end.
Seeing Xiao looking so worried, Mo Zuche thought that the man had just exploded without any warning. The scene of the bloody body rushing towards him was too tragic and terrifying, leaving Xiao with a certain psychological trauma.
He sighed softly, raised his hand and patted Xiao's shoulder, and comforted him in a gentle and steady voice: "Don't worry, this kind of descent has a price. Since it has failed once, I think the messenger will definitely not use the same trick again and waste his strength in vain."
"I'm worried about the people detained in the bathhouse." Xiao shook his head slowly and said in a deep voice, "Will they...be like that man just now, and all be transformed into servants?"
If people are merely polluted and their minds fall into insanity, there is still room for recovery. As long as the source of pollution is eliminated, people will be able to return to normal on their own.
But once a person is completely reduced to a slave, it is like falling into an endless dark abyss, from which there will be no return and no possibility of recovery.
When Mo Zuche heard this, he was slightly stunned, and a complex and elusive emotion flashed in his eyes.
After a short silence, he finally spoke: "It's come to this point, there's no point in being afraid. You just said there's an anchor point in the hot springs? Let's go and take a look."
Ordinary people cannot observe or touch the anchor point, and they need special instruments and magic weapons to discover and destroy it.
However, with Xiao, a ruthless man who could dismantle anchor points with his bare hands, by his side, Mo Zuche skipped the step of getting the magic weapon and went straight to the source of the problem.
The two men disappeared suddenly in a flash, and when they reappeared, they were already on the roof next to the alley.
"Let's not touch the barrier of the soup field for now, and go in through the main gate, which is the entrance and exit of the barrier." Mo Zuche suggested.
He looked down from a high place, and gazed at the hot spring bathing area not far away in the moonlight.
"Okay." Xiao responded concisely and his figure dissipated into a cloud of smoke.
Seeing this, Mo Zuche lightly tapped his feet and his figure moved rapidly on different rooftops, like a gust of wind passing by.
In just a few seconds, he arrived at the main entrance of the hot spring bath.
As he took his last step, his hair was ruffled by a breeze, and Xiao appeared silently beside him.
In front of the hot spring bathhouse, many soldiers received news from the patrol and were on high alert.
Two strangers suddenly appeared in front of them, leaving them at a loss for a moment.
Someone suddenly shouted "It's them", and these soldiers were immediately frightened. Like a group of frightened birds and beasts, they tried their best to squeeze back, and finally opened up a distance of more than ten meters from Xiao and the others.
The soldiers held swords in their hands, and the candlelight in their hands was reflected by the blades onto the faces of others, illuminating those bloodless faces.
Some people had obvious signs of retreat on their faces, their legs were shaking unconsciously, and their bodies were shrinking back silently, as if hiding in the crowd could calm their panicked hearts.
Xiao looked at this tense situation and his expression changed slightly.
Internal friction is meaningless in solving the current crisis and is just a waste of effort.
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and said loudly: "General Ye noticed something unusual in the hot springs, so he sent us here to investigate."
His voice was in line with the fantasy of a small number of people about a capable general under the commander-in-chief of an army, so some people put down their weapons.
But more people still had doubts about what he said, and they exchanged glances silently.
With the intelligence from the previous patrol team, they were well aware of the terrifying nature of the two people in front of them. They were afraid of angering them and causing trouble for themselves, so they only dared to communicate in low voices. Waves of "buzzing" sounds like mosquitoes were heard among the crowd.
Mo Zuche saw this scene, he shrugged helplessly, with a helpless smile on his face: "Words are not enough, without a token of proof or something like that, it's hard to fool some people."
As he spoke, he took out a jade token from his bosom and held it high.
In an instant, a majestic aura seeped out from the token, like a gust of cold wind, sweeping everything around, and the soldiers present could not help but shiver.
In the moonlight, one can see a ferocious creature shaped like a leopard carved on the front of the token. It looks lifelike, as if it will leap out from the token in the next second and pounce on the people around it.
On the back of the token is engraved the word "Ye". The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, revealing an unquestionable majesty.
The soldiers did not know whether there was a so-called token of General Ye, but just by looking at the postures of Xiao and Mozuche and feeling the extraordinary aura emanating from the token, the doubts in their hearts quickly dissipated like the morning mist under the sunlight.
This time, they all believed it.
I don't know who started it, but everyone seemed to have found a backbone. They put down their weapons and made way.
Xiao watched this scene from the side, looking thoughtful and as if he had realized something.
Just as Xiao took a few steps forward and was about to push open the tightly closed door of the hot spring bathing area, a loud shout sounded behind them.
"Stop! Who are you?"
The sound was like thunder exploding out of nowhere, startling the two of them.
Upon hearing the voice, Xiao quickly turned his head, and when he saw clearly the person who spoke, his expression changed slightly.
The one who called them from behind was Lao Xing.
This situation seems familiar.
Xiao vaguely felt that he had experienced a similar scene not long ago.
"Is it you?"
On the other side, Old Xing also recognized them at a glance, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "You two were the ones who had a conflict with the patrol team?"
"There is some misunderstanding here." Xiao said lightly, and his eyes returned to the door in front of him.
"I think so too." Old Xing strode over to Mo Zuche, the serious expression on his face fading a little.
"Why are you here?" Mo Zuche recovered from the shock and let out a long sigh. "After the meeting, didn't you return to your team like everyone else?"
"The city is short of combat power, and General Ye ordered me to stay in the city and provide mobile support at any time." Old Xing paused for a moment, looked into Mo Zuche's eyes, and asked, "Why are you here and have a conflict with the patrol team?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a "creak" and the door of the hot spring bath was pushed open.
Seeing that the person who came was a semi-acquaintance, Xiao did not delay any longer and continued what he was doing when he was interrupted by the loud shout, and stepped into the bathhouse without hesitation.
Seeing this, Mo Zuche reached out and patted Old Xing on the back, then tilted his head towards the open door and gestured to the latter: "Go in and take a look, and you will know."
After saying that, he followed Xiao and stepped into the door.
"What are you keeping in suspense?"
Old Xing muttered to himself, his heart full of doubts, and followed Mo Zuche half-believing and half-doubting.
As soon as he stepped through the door and took a few steps, the scene that came into his sight made him stand still in an instant, as if the acupuncture points on his body were fixed.