Stirring Things Up in the Wasteland 233

Chapter 233

Darkness, enveloping the earth.

A gloomy, cold, and bone-chilling oppression. But suddenly, in the distant night sky, a round moon hung high, at some unknown time.

It was a blood-red moon.

Its color was like that of countless fresh blood, and as it got closer, and with good eyesight, you could even see a layer of something writhing on its surface.

It gave one an inexplicable, hair-raising, terrifying feeling.

“This moon, when did…”

Ji Jinyu, who was floating in mid-air, suddenly paused, and at the moment she looked up, her pupils couldn’t help but constrict. Ji Jinning, who was in a daze, opened her eyes when she heard the voice, her voice so weak it was almost inaudible. “What’s wrong?”

“…Don’t let anything happen.”

Haidai Huangwan, the rest room.

From the only skylight above, streams of dark red moonlight poured in. Even if it was just a few strands, it seemed to be staring with a certain ominous malice.

In the darkness, something was sounding, one after another, and it was filled with a thick, violent evil.

But all of this, Ji Tang was unaware of.

She just sat cross-legged on the bed, holding the crystal cores and spirit stones in her arms, and bit by bit, she devoured the vast spiritual energy contained within, and it flowed into her body in an endless stream.

Originally, with Ji Tang working so hard, He Qing should have been happy. But unfortunately, she was not happy at all now.

Who had revealed its location?

To have allowed Song Xun and her group to find it so quickly.

He Qing’s face was not good, and her entire body, buried in the shadows, showed a hint of gloom.

Mainly, she couldn’t have a direct confrontation with Song Xun now. Whether she could win was another matter. But if Song Xun delayed her plan…

In her heart, she had made a decision in an instant, and she did not hesitate. In the darkness, several red lights shot out, and the constantly twisting limbs and tentacles were as if they had been torn from the darkness.

They wrapped around Ji Tang’s body, which was sitting cross-legged, and tightened. By the time Ji Tang had noticed something was wrong and had opened her eyes, it was already too late.

“You…”

She couldn’t do anything. The only thing she saw when she lost consciousness was He Qing’s smiling face, stepping out of the darkness.

Unrecognizable.

Ji Chao, Shi Tou, Ai Fei, Peng Jing, and the other eighty-something Ningcheng ability users, all landed on the wet, sandy ground. The sticky feeling under their feet made them move their bodies in discomfort.

“Ji Jinning was taken to the helicopter. We’re moving out.”

Ai Fei called out to the others. “Split into two groups and go to meet the city lord. I’ll lead one team, Old Peng, you… hmm?!”

Suddenly, a dark red moonlight, and the night sky was lightly sprinkled.

The spiritual energy in the world seemed to have frozen at this moment, and a formless, huge pressure made one’s body slow down. That feeling was as if a large mountain was pressing down on them, almost making them breathless.

Those who could come here were basically the elites of Ningcheng. Other than Ai Fei and the others, most of them were level six ability users, with a few level sevens, and the strongest among them had even reached the peak of level eight.

If it weren’t for the fact that the number of helicopters and the amount of gasoline were not enough, more people would have come. But even with this lineup, this combat power was already enough to look down on any base other than Ningcheng.

But unfortunately…

“Something’s not right here. The abilities are being suppressed!”

Shi Tou felt his body and cried out in surprise. The others also discovered this problem one after another.

“No, it doesn’t seem like it.”

Peng Jing’s face was grim. She pondered for a moment. “Compared to suppression, this feeling of oppression…”

“Wait, it’s under our feet!!”

Ai Fei’s eyelids suddenly twitched, and she shouted sharply, “Everyone be careful—”

The group was all startled. The next moment, the wet, sandy ground under their feet suddenly began to churn, and one after another, red tentacles emerged from the ground, swaying and twisting. Those who couldn’t dodge in time were instantly caught. It was a good thing that the people present were all good at their abilities, and with their mutual cooperation, there were no casualties.

If it were a lone person, and if there were few of them, they would probably have been broken through in an instant and would have died a violent death.

Ai Fei and the others reacted extremely quickly. Ice blades and rockets, all sorts of abilities were launched, and in a few seconds, a patch of ground where they could stand was cleared. The group stood back to back, their expressions wary.

“Is this the legendary tentacle monster?”

Ai Fei’s eyes were filled with a thick shock. She looked outside and said in a low voice, “Didn’t you say that Chaos’s ability is…”

“They’re here!”

“This time, it’s a big group…”

The so-called beast tide was at least in the hundreds, and that was the smallest.

What was the concept of a medium-sized one? It was in the thousands.

Then a large-sized one would be in the tens of thousands.

Then what about a super-sized one? That would naturally be beyond the concept of tens of thousands…

After so many years in the apocalypse, there had been dozens of large-scale “tides,” and very few super-sized ones. But as if no one had expected, today, a super-sized tide was once again staged before their eyes.

In the blackness of the eternal night, countless red tentacles were twisting and spreading. But this was definitely not the most terrifying thing. It was the corpses that were gathered together and, with the rumbling and churning of the sandy earth, were sweeping over like a plague of locusts.

Incomplete corpses, with dull, lifeless eyes that were filled with a cruel, violent red. They were “ho ho”ing, their cries exceptionally sharp. Wherever they passed, they left behind a patch of unfinished, unknown liquid, and they exuded a nauseating, foul smell.

Accompanied by the red moon that had risen at some unknown time, it was an instant of terrifying and strange horror that made one’s hair stand on end.

Dense, and seemingly endless Corpse Slayers…

“How many people have died?”

“Don’t worry about that. Be careful. Otherwise, we’ll surely die too.”

“…”

In the darkness, scarlet flashes, and one howl after another was chilling. The sand and earth under their feet seemed to be trembling slightly at this time.

Many of their faces were pale. Even Ai Fei was not playing around anymore.

And to go and meet Song Xun…

Tsk!

She now just wanted to say, it would be good enough if they weren’t the ones being rescued.

Trouble has come!

Huangwan, deep in the castle.

The earth was trembling, and a series of roars, filled with a fierce, violent chaos, were endless. For a moment, it seemed as if the entire world was trembling.

In the sky, a blood moon hung high.

Even if they couldn’t see it with their own eyes, Song Xun and Song Ye could imagine the terrifying and heart-pounding feeling of a city besieged by a mountain of corpses.

“Chaos’s ability is possession and control. The form of its expression is mostly in a tentacle state. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have other attack methods.”

“But first, we have to find its main body.”

“If we don’t get rid of its main body, Chaos won’t die…”

The two of them leaped onto the cold city wall and cast their gaze outside. At the end, a monstrous, fierce aura shot up into the sky. It was hard to imagine just how many Corpse Slayers had been gathered.

“Tsk! Trouble.”

“It’s to be expected.”

Song Ye said with a grave expression, “I hope they can hold on.”

“Hold on as long as you can. If you can’t, let the helicopter take you away. No need for any pointless sacrifices.”

But what if it was just the two of them left…

In any case, they would talk about the future when it came.

The rooms in the deep part of the Huangwan castle were many. Song Xun didn’t know the specific address, and she couldn’t sense it. But she had been prepared for this situation beforehand. She immediately shook the two dogs out of the White Light Stone space.

Woof!

Woof! Woof woof!!

As soon as Shang Tian and Ru Hai rushed out, their figures swayed, and with their front paws lowered, they entered a battle stance, majestic and awe-inspiring.

“Find people first.”

Song Xun patted the dog leg of Ru Hai, who was close by, and said in a low voice, “Be quick. Can you feel it?”

“Woof—”

The two dogs barked at the same time, lowered their heads to sniff, and immediately rushed out.

Song Xun and Song Ye were not polite. They each got on a dog’s back. The great battle was imminent, and they didn’t know what the situation would be. Of course, they had to save as much ability power as they could.

The two dogs lowered their heads and sniffed, running and stopping, and after a series of twists and turns, after about two or three minutes, they finally stopped in front of a very hidden secret door.

But the door was open.

Song Xun and Song Ye quickly jumped off the dogs’ backs and rushed in in a few steps. In the darkness, only a few rays of light were reflected from the skylight above, but there was nothing in the room.

Other than the half-a-bag of crystal cores on the table in front of the bed, and the few strands of already dried bloodstains on the ground.

“Too late.”

Song Xun’s face was grim. “We’ve alerted the snake by hitting the grass.”

But there was no other way. Unless a divine soldier descended from the heavens and gave Chaos no chance to react, otherwise, why would it not run?

But the premise was Ji Tang’s whereabouts. They needed to know the accurate, detailed address. Otherwise, the result would be the same.

Song Ye’s gaze swept over. “Then let’s continue to chase. The time is too short. They can’t have run far.”

It had to be this way. After so much trouble finding this place, if they let Chaos run away this time, they really wouldn’t know where to find it. At that time, both Ji Tang and He Qing would be in danger.

“Go!”

“Everyone, don’t get out of formation.”

“…”

“Ai Fei, do you feel it? The corpse swarm in that direction is even more ferocious. There’s a problem…”

“It should be hiding some experiment subject.”

Ai Fei’s gaze swept over the north. It had been three minutes since the corpse tide had broken out. It wasn’t some powerful Corpse Slayer. Even if the number was large, it wouldn’t be able to take them down in a short time.

But if an experiment subject really came…

Beep beep!

Ji Chao sent out an ice bullet, and taking advantage of the small opening when the corpse in front of him was sent flying, Shi Tou, who was behind him, immediately rushed up to take his place, allowing him to smoothly retreat.

He took out the phone-shaped communicator from his pocket, opened the speaker, and Song Xun’s voice came from inside, concise and to the point. “The situation has changed. Notify the helicopter to go down and pick up people. You guys be careful and retreat as soon as possible.”

Not only him, but the others nearby also heard it. Although they didn’t know what was going on, now was clearly not the time to ask.

Song Xun didn’t wait for a reply from this side and hung up after she finished speaking.

The rumbling of the helicopter, accompanied by the sharp howls of the corpse swarm, was faint. But with so many of them, it was by no means easy for them to leave.

She put away the communicator. Song Xun and Song Ye, sitting on the two dogs, continued to chase. It was a good thing they still had these two trackers. Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t have been able to find them.

But this route of pursuit…

Roar!

Ho ho—

A chaotic and earth-shattering roar, and then the strange corpse tide, under the blood moon, the crystal cores instantly swept over like a bloody wave.

Faced with that seemingly endless, surging state, it really made one’s heels go soft. Even if Song Xun and Song Ye didn’t, it was true that their hearts were pounding.

“It’s deliberate. It’s definitely deliberate.”

Song Ye was so angry she cursed. This was forcing them, if they wanted to chase, they had to rush up first.

Song Xun’s gaze was cold, and a fierce light flashed in her eyes.

And at this time, the corpse tide was about to rush to the front.

Boom boom!

Crackling!

The corpse swarm rushed over, and Song Xun and Song Ye were not polite. They also immediately burst out with lightning and firelight. The powerful and sharp spiritual energy offensive directly blasted open the Corpse Slayers in front of them.

But unfortunately, soon, in just about ten seconds, the corpse tide that had rushed in from the left and right and from behind had filled the gap, as if it were endless, and one after another, the Corpse Slayers howled and pounced over.

“Sis, full-speed sprint.”

Can’t drag this on any longer…

“I know.”

Not only was Song Xun anxious, but Song Ye was also anxious. If she was delayed here, even if it was just a short ten minutes, she was afraid the person would be lost.

Don’t doubt it. This was an island. Once Chaos used He Qing’s body to escape into the sea with Ji Tang, not only would they not be able to catch up, but they would also lose her whereabouts.