The Trick of Longevity, Paper-cutting Becomes a Spirit

Chapter 409: Flames burn the city

night.

The slanting moon is in the sky.

The cold wind is biting.

Outside Huliu City.

In the sky, a huge sailing ship suddenly appeared.

Lu Qian stood at the bow of the boat, facing the cold wind.

Zuo Qiuling came quietly from behind and put a big cloak on him.

Lu Qian held Zuo Qiuling's hand and held it tightly. The two looked at each other and smiled.

I was worried about being seen while flying during the day and causing trouble. For the past two days, Lu Qian had been staying up and down at night, finding an inn to rest during the day and traveling at night.

Normally, no one would be outside at night.

Anyone who is active outside is most likely a ghost.

Being seen by a ghost...then it doesn't matter.

Zuo Qiuling took a step forward, leaned in Lu Qian's arms, and looked forward. The head of Huliu City was vaguely visible.

"arrive……"

Having grown up here, Zuo Qiuling is naturally very familiar with Huliucheng.

Lu Qian nodded.

"what?"

At this time, Lu Qian had already started to lower his sails and slow down. When he got closer to the city, Zuo Qiuling suddenly said "Hey" and said, "Strange, why is the city gate open?"

All the cities in the Dali Kingdom closed their city gates at sunset.

Moreover, even if there is an emergency, they will not choose to open the city gate easily.

Unless something big happened.

Now that there is no war, what big thing can happen?

Hearing Zuo Qiuling's surprised voice, Lu Qian looked down and saw that under the dark city tower, the city gate was indeed wide open.

Lu Qian only glanced at it and soon discovered more abnormalities.

Although there are ghosts causing trouble, under normal circumstances, there are patrolling soldiers guarding the city at night, and at least there are lights inside the city tower.

However, from their perspective, the entire city was completely dark with almost no light.

The top of the city was even more empty, with not a single person in sight.

On the contrary, there were several people walking out of the city gate below.

What kind of big shot must he be to leave the city at this time and get the city gates opened?

However, looking at the clothes of these people, they are very ordinary, and some even only wear coarse clothes.

They walked on foot, walking slowly outside.

At this time, Lu Qian found a woman in the crowd with disheveled hair. She was only wearing a white pajamas she wore while sleeping on this cold night, and her clothes were still torn.

However, when others saw her outfit, they had no reaction at all, and no one even looked at her.

"Why do they go out of the city at night? Sir, how about I go and take a look?"

Lu Qian stretched out his hand and stopped Zuo Qiuling without saying a word.

As these people walked out of the city gate, a dozen more people came out of the city.

Lu Qian lowered the height of the ghost sail a little. As the ghost sail continued to move forward, the bow of the ship had already reached the top of the city.

At this time, the entire Huliu City was in full view.

The huge Huliu City was pitch black without any lights.

The streets were actually crowded with people.

Not only the main roads, but the streets and alleys of the entire city were crowded with people.

Even if everyone in Dinghezhou City walked out of their houses and came to the streets, there might not be so many people there.

At a glance, it can be seen that a large number of these people are disheveled, some are only wearing obscene clothes, and some are even naked. Their white clothes are very eye-catching in the crowd.

If you look carefully, you can see that many people have bloodstains in bright and gray colors on their bodies.

Most people's clothes have signs of damage, some have broken arms, and their limbs are in a strange posture; some have broken necks, and their heads are weirdly tilted to one side; some even have broken legs, crawling on the ground. .

In some people's homes, people occasionally walked out of their houses and walked to the streets.

In the distance, from a corner, a dull scream came.

Lu Qian felt a sense of déjà vu in his eyes when he saw this scene.

"This...this...what happened?"

Zuo Qiuling had obviously never seen such a scene before, and her face was full of shock.

"Mr. sir, something happened."

"What's wrong with the city people?"

"Look at the west gate."

"There are so many people, all of them are human beings..."

At this time, the Paper Bride and Bai Tan also obviously noticed the abnormality and ran to the bow one after another.

Lu Qian raised his head and looked westward.

They were coming from the east of the city, and the main street was crowded with people queuing up to leave the city.

Looking west along the main street, the bustling crowds of people on the street extend all the way to the West City Gate.

It was obvious that a large number of people entered the city through the west gate.

Outside the West City, the streets outside the city were also crowded with people. The flow of people was like a long queue, so long that no tail fin could be seen.

One side of the "long dragon" is close to Pingyuan Lake, and many people were squeezed and fell into the lake.

On the other side of the "long dragon" are fields with few trees.

In the fields, there were more people, and the overwhelming ants were coming, converging on the "long dragon".

Seeing this scene, Lu Qian's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Of course he understood why these people became so "strange".

Because they are no longer humans, but have become zombies!

When Lu Qian left Dinghezhou City further west overnight, the "zombie poison" had already appeared there and began to spread in the city.

Zombie poison relies on zombie bites to spread the virus and is highly contagious. Soon, Dinghezhou City became a paradise for zombies.

However, other places outside Dinghezhou City were not affected.

Lu Qian thought that this zombie outbreak in Dinghezhou City must have been suppressed by the imperial court.

Unexpectedly, when Lu Qian came back a few months later, instead of being suppressed, the zombies continued to spread and had spread across several counties to Huliu City!

"This imperial court... What does the imperial court do for food? It can tolerate the spread of this kind of thing?"

This zombie army is like a refugee, running from west to east and wreaking havoc.

Wherever they pass, regardless of towns or villages, all people will be assimilated into zombies.

As the number of zombies increases, the speed at which they spread will also become faster and faster.

If it is not stopped, I am afraid that in a year, hundreds of millions of living beings in the entire country will become zombies.

Ji Siyu's expression changed in shock and she said: "Ms. sir, is this... zombie poison?"

Without waiting for Lu Qian's answer, she murmured to herself: "This thing... this thing actually spread?"

"Roar--"

Suddenly, a roar interrupted Ji Siyu's words.

in the city.

A zombie suddenly raised his head and looked at them suspended in the sky with scarlet eyes.

Immediately, more zombies, as if they had been prompted, raised their heads to look at them.

Countless gray-blue faces and scarlet eyes looked at them, which was heart-stopping.

If looks could kill, Lu Qian and the others would have been pierced to pieces by tens of thousands of gazes, and the ghost sail ship would have been riddled with holes.

Seeing this scene, Ji Siyu said with some trembling: "Fortunately...fortunately they can't fly..."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was another loud roar from below.

Then, a zombie suddenly jumped up.

It jumped onto the city wall that was more than three feet high in the first jump, and jumped to the top of the city gate in the second jump. Then it jumped again, and actually jumped another five or six feet high. With a wave of its hand, it climbed to the bottom of the boat!

"Roar--"

A huge roar swept up from below like a raging wave.

This was the roar of countless zombies at the same time, which was deafening.

Then, hundreds of zombies jumped up from different streets and jumped towards the ghost sail in the air.

However, except for a few who jumped over the city wall, most of the other zombies jumped on the spot. Even if they could jump several feet, they were far from reaching the ghost sail suspended in the air.

Although they couldn't reach the ghost sail at a distance, all the zombies looked fierce and kept jumping.

The next moment, some "smart" zombies jumped into the air, stepped on other volleying companions, jumped twice or even three times in mid-air, and then shot into the ghost sail like an arrow from a string. On the big ship.

"Ms. sir, get up quickly!"

Seeing this scene, Wang Yuanzhang, Ao Lanxi, Qin Yingying, Luo Runbao, and Bai Tan had already scattered around the ship and began to resist or kill the zombies that jumped on the ship.

Lu Qian stood at the bow of the boat and did not move.

His spiritual power spread out from the center of his eyebrows and spread a huge net, covering the entire city.

The scattered spiritual power is like countless invisible threads, entwining around every zombie. Afterwards, Lu Qian shouted in a deep voice: "Spiritual power is burning——"

boom--

Huliu City, with dozens of streets across it, burned instantly.

Countless flames woven into a large net along the streets, covering the entire city.

The zombies on the street all burned, and soon their whole bodies were covered in flames.

The zombies that jumped into the air also fell down with their bodies on fire.

The pungent burnt smell emanated from every corner of the city and spread into the air.

A city was completely engulfed in flames.

soon.

Black smoke billowed into the air.

Huliu City, this ancient city with at least two thousand years of history, has now turned into a square brazier.

Fire and smoke rose into the sky, illuminating the night.

At this time, the ghost sails started to activate at the same time, rising while exiting the city.

As the ghost sail rose, the city below became smaller and smaller, and dozens of fire nets in the city gradually condensed together to form a huge flame.

Black smoke billowed from the tip of the flame, filling the sky and gradually blending into the night sky.

At this moment, Lu Qian's mental energy was almost drained.

Big beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and Lu Qian staggered and fell into Wang Zirong's arms.

"Ms.-"

"Mr. sir, are you okay?"

Lu Qian slid down against Wang Zirong's body and sat down on the ground.

Wang Zirong squatted down simultaneously, put one hand on his shoulders, and pressed the other on his heart, breathing in a breath of pure spiritual energy.

"fine."

Lu Qian calmed down and said: "The mental energy is consumed too much..."

After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Zuo Qiuling said with some annoyance: "My husband, you are too reckless. Why did you make it so big all of a sudden?"

Wang Zirong saw that Lu Qian had just exhausted too much mental energy and had no other abnormalities in his body. While he was relieved, he couldn't help but blame him: "How can you use so much energy..."

Wang Yuanzhang and Ao Lanxi, who had just solved the trouble at the stern and flew back, heard their conversation and realized that it was Lu Qian who had just burned the zombies in the city.

Tens of thousands of zombies were burned in an instant...

The two looked at each other with horror in their eyes.

Lu Qian took a breath and said, "You all are here, and I also want to give it a try and see where my limits are..."

Zuo Qiuling curled her lips and said: "Fortunately, the Tengu can sail the boat, otherwise as soon as your mental energy is exhausted, our group of people will be plunged into the sea of ​​​​fire together with the boat."

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A large list of potential point acquisition data flooded the screen, almost confusing Lu Qian's brain again.

There are tens of thousands of them!

When Lu Qian saw this, he couldn't hold back the joy in his heart.

In his "Picture of Creation", so far, Lu Qian has only discovered one major function.

It is also a powerful ability.

That is, every time he kills a person, a monster, a ghost, or even a zombie, the "Chart of Creation" can absorb the diffuse death energy and transform it into "potential points" that he can control.

Theoretically speaking, as long as he keeps killing, he can quickly improve his paper-cutting skills to a very high level, and his cultivation level can also be quickly improved to the fourth-level cave underworld, or even higher.

In a sense, in Lu Qian's eyes, all the people, monsters, and ghosts in this world are "points" that can improve his cultivation.

However, killing ten, eight, or even hundreds of people is nothing to Lu Qian now; but large-scale massacres are psychologically difficult for Lu Qian to accept.

Otherwise, when he was in Zhaojiatun, he could have accumulated a large amount of potential points by directly slaughtering dozens or even hundreds of villages in a surrounding area.

But he couldn't accept that he had become such a person.

Therefore, he would rather wait and wait until he has no choice but to take action, or when he thinks he should take action.

As for the demons, he has never seen a few demons so far. Naturally, they can't kill Qinglin, Heiwa, Baitan and the others.

For killing ghosts, Lu Qian would feel better from a sensory perspective.

However, most of the people closest to him, including Zuo Qiuling, are ghosts...

Although these ghosts have no flesh and blood, in Lu Qian's view, they are also "living" ghosts.

And for zombies...

Lu Qian killed without any psychological burden.

At least, zombies don't develop "intelligence".

Moreover, they are only harmful to people.

"Ms. sir, come and see -"

Lu Qian took a short rest and felt better. When he heard Luo Runbao's shout, he stood up with the help of Zuo Qiuling and Ji Siyu, walked to the side of the ship, and looked down in the direction of Runbao's finger. .

At this time, Guifan had retreated to Pingyuan Lake next to Huliu City.

In just a few moments, they were already far away from Huliucheng.

On the plain lake at night, countless white stripes are emerging on the lake surface at this moment, rushing forward and extending to the end as far as the eye can see.

These stripes come from different directions and different positions, but their final extension direction seems to be pointing to the same point.

These stripes are obviously the traces left by certain fish swimming at high speeds in the lake.

Luo Runbao said: "Sir, what happened to these fish? They suddenly started to riot and all swam in the same direction. What are they going to do?"

Ao Lan ridiculed: "The zombie poison has spread into the water."

Hearing her sudden words, everyone turned their heads and looked towards her.

Ao Lanxi stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the lake shore and said: "There are many zombies that fell into the water, or they bit the fish, or they were eaten by the fish."

Luo Runbao said in surprise: "You mean, all the fish in this lake have turned into zombies?"

Ao Lanxi shrugged and said: "Although I am just guessing, at the moment, I'm afraid I can't find a second reasonable explanation. Do the fish here have a tradition of regular dragon boat racing?"

After saying this, no one else laughed, but Ao Lan laughed at himself.

Bai Tan's expression changed and he said: "There are more than just fishes in this lake. Looking at the direction they are heading, it seems to be Ten Thousand Snake Island..."

Having said this, Bai Tan turned to look at Lu Qian with a solemn look on his face.

Lu Qian understood what he meant and said, "You want to say that Qinglin and the others are on Ten Thousand Snakes Island now?"

Bai Tan nodded and said: "I have read in books that these living zombies infected by zombie poison are usually very quiet. They only become agitated when they encounter fresh life. Since they are so desperate, If you go to Ten Thousand Snakes Island, it means there are living people on the island."

Lu Qian nodded.

Bai Tan's analysis is correct.

Moreover, Wanshe Island is not an ordinary island, and locals almost never go there.

Then the ones who can appear on the island are most likely Qinglin and the others.

Lu Qian said: "It seems that they are in trouble."

Bai Tan nodded and said, "Let's go quickly."

Needless to say, Bai Tan said that the two large sails of the ghost sail had already been raised, and the ship adjusted its direction and flew rapidly along the direction of the waves in the water.

Not long after, a small island covered with trees appeared in the distance.

This is a small island in the shape of a mountain peak, with a high center and low surroundings. Along the lake, there are river beaches ranging from several feet to several feet wide.

At this time, blazing flames were burning on the river beach surrounding the island.

A ring of fire surrounded the entire island.

The lake outside the island was like a boiling pot.

Countless fish and snakes, large and small, were surging on the river.

They kept jumping out of the water, wanting to jump to the island, but due to their instinct to fear fire, most did not take the risk after feeling the heat of the flames.

Only a few who did not open their eyes took the risk and jumped into the sea of ​​​​fire.

The rest were spinning anxiously outside the fire ring, looking very irritable.

(End of this chapter)