Chapter 136 Seven Tribulations of the Strange World·Obscure Disaster
“Officials become monsters, monsters become officials, the world is turned upside down and fools and sages are confused.”
“Thousands of miles of fertile land without production, monsters are the source of disaster. ”
The Da Qi court barely scraped together a bandit-suppression army, trying to destroy the Yixin Army in the cradle.
Who knew that the more thieves we suppressed, the more thieves we would hunt down.
Officials in various places were clearly ordered to cooperate in suppressing bandits, but various places acted in a positive and negative manner, in order to drive them away and suppress them in order to preserve their strength.
It is also mixed with a lot of evil spirits to cause trouble.
As a result, the Da Qi court spent hundreds of thousands of taels of tax money in vain, but the thieves' power did not stop at all.
On the contrary, various country songs and children's songs have begun to be circulated throughout Qinzhou, trying to arouse the people's dissatisfaction and opposition to the Qi court.
At this critical point in the stalemate between the two sides, something happened to break the deadlock.
At first it was just a light mist, and the people were accustomed to it and didn't think there was anything special.
Subsequently, the fog shrouding the outside became heavier and heavier, gradually affecting the field of vision, making it difficult to see the other party's face clearly from a few feet away.
Until someone inhaled too much mist outside, suddenly in front of everyone, his body was covered with scales, gills and eyeballs, plus a dozen mouths full of fangs...
Such a horrifying scene scared the rest of the people and fled to their homes and closed their doors.
The patrol team under Xu Ke also arrived in time and swarmed to capture the madman who lost his mind after the mutation and tried to bite passers-by.
"It's a problem with the fog!"
Xu Ke immediately connected this change with the fog.
At this time, reports came from several places in the city that ordinary people suddenly mutated and turned evil.
Crazyly attacks the people around him with all kinds of strange looks.
According to the procedures established by the previous imperial court, the civil servants in the government immediately activated the talismans arranged in advance.
An emergency evacuation order was issued to all people, asking them to return home quickly and close their doors and windows.
At this time Li Sian also rushed to the government office and added an extra note.
“It’s best to wet the quilt or cloth with water, block the ventilation part, and wait until the government comes up with a solution!”
Looking at all the people obeying the government’s instructions in an orderly manner, doing their own work Go home and block the doors and windows.
He also took out the dry food, pickles and water that had been stored for a long time, making Xu Ke dumbfounded.
After successive catastrophes, those who survive will not be too stupid.
After so many years of teaching, almost everyone has summed up a lot of tips for dealing with evil objects and natural disasters.
If placed in a world where strange and evil things had never appeared, the government would never be able to organize an evacuation so easily.
“No wonder it is so difficult for the Yixin Army to call on the people to resist.”
“In fact, ordinary people have become accustomed to obeying the government’s orders, and will not choose to resist as long as there is still a glimmer of hope.”
At this time, in the government office, a group of people were discussing matters related to the mist falling from the sky.
“This mist seems to be the condensation of some high-concentration pollution. After inhalation, the pollution in the body will quickly exceed the limit.”
“If only a trace amount is inhaled, the human body will naturally adapt to it. And adjustment, although it may affect the physique and shorten the life span, it is still acceptable to ordinary people."
"What about the practitioners in the city?" Li Sian suddenly said. asked.
"In the foggy environment, their strength has been compromised again. The most important thing is the speed of recovery... Alas, most cultivation paths cannot lack the nourishment of external spiritual energy."
In the past, practitioners could recover by absorbing spiritual energy when fighting.
But as the world between heaven and earth is polluted by fog, absorbing spiritual energy as before is almost equivalent to committing suicide.
Most practitioners can only transform their strength by squeezing their own Qi and blood, or recover it through some rare treasures of heaven, materials and earth, and panacea.
Xu Ke, who was listening to everyone's analysis, also roughly understood the impact of this fog.
It is equivalent to a version change. The practitioner has been greatly weakened and cannot recover his spiritual power on his own. Of course, the speed of practice has also plummeted.
"The most critical question now is, how long will this fog last? Is it one or two days, or one or two months?"
This also affects how the government formulates disaster avoidance plans.
At the same time, Xu Ke once again gained the same feeling as before.
[Seven Tribulations of the Strange World·Obscurity Disaster]
[Obscurity Disaster: Obscurity and ignorance, ignorance and indistinguishability, chaos in the heaven and earth, and difficulty in distinguishing yin and yang. The world returns to chaos, and the light of hope will never be seen...】
I thought it was just some kind of powerful weirdness.
Unexpectedly...
Xu Ke sighed and announced the bad news to Li Sian.
When Li Sian heard this, the expression on his face froze for a moment.
Until a few people nearby noticed that Li Sian's expression was wrong, they worriedly asked him if he felt uncomfortable in any way.
Li Sian sighed and announced the news to everyone:
“This fog is not a short-term disaster, nor is it an invasion of strange or evil things.”
“ It is an out-and-out natural disaster that has probably affected the entire world... and according to the laws of previous natural disasters, this foggy natural disaster may not dissipate in a short time."
Hearing this news, The people who were meeting in the government office fell into a suffocating silence for a moment.
In addition to Xu Ke's subordinates, these people also include warlocks under the government, as well as the leaders of many businesses in the city.
There are more than thirty people in total, basically representing the high-level order of the entire Tianhu County.
What broke this oppressive silence was the maniacal laughter of a middle-aged man.
The smile was so scary that the people next to him could not help but frown, but no one tried to dissuade him.
People who are not involved may not be able to understand it.
But those of them who really live in this depressing environment can deeply sympathize with the despair in his heart.
Natural disasters come one after another, and with each disaster, life is devastated, and the lives of those who survive become increasingly difficult.
At this moment, the maniacally laughing middle-aged man suddenly stood up and rushed towards the pillar next to the government office.
Just when everyone was caught off guard, they were directly hit on the pillar to death.
Blood and brain matter splashed all over the two people nearby who tried to stop him.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Si'an stood up and confirmed that the man was indeed dead. He couldn't help but sigh:
"Come here, help contain this body. Remember to notify his family to come and collect the body."
Then he turned around and said to everyone:
"And Who wants to imitate this dear friend and die to avoid being tortured again?"
"You can stay with this dear friend while you are still alive, and you will still be able to take care of each other."
Looking at the solemn expressions on everyone’s faces, Li Sian continued to emphasize:
"Since no one wants to kill themselves, they should deal with things properly when they come back, and remember not to break the pot... Even if it is a natural disaster, it will pass one day." "During the past so many years, haven't our fathers and ancestors survived in this way?"
After finishing speaking, Li Sian began to turn the topic back to how to avoid the influence of this fog.
“I really can’t think of a solution to the fog outside the city, but I have some ways to deal with the fog in the city.”
A government warlock suddenly raised his hand and shared his story with everyone. known information.
"As far as I know, when Grand Ancestor set up the city formations around the world, each city had the effect of dispelling evil objects and blocking out strange things."
"Although as time goes by, these functions gradually show flaws."
“But if we can use Tianhu County’s own city formation for perfect protection, and add the function of isolating fog invasion...”
This suggestion sounds very bold, Add similar functions to the original formation.
But if you think about it carefully, it is very feasible.
Anyway, Taizu of Da Qi used the city as a formation, and the original framework was still there. They started construction on this basis, which naturally saved a lot of effort.
Xu Ke sent a message to Li Sian and muttered a few words quietly.
Li Sian nodded after listening, and then turned to the warlock who made the suggestion:
"Your suggestion is very good... In other words, the leadership position of your warlocks has always been unresolved."< br>
“Exactly, since our commander died in the turmoil a year ago, no one has replaced him yet.”
"You can take this position temporarily. When the fog is successfully dispersed out of the city, you will be responsible for commanding all the magicians in the city to protect the county and the people."
The middle-aged magician was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly wanted to kowtow. Thanks.
Assembling the position of leader not only means an increase in status, but also the ability to govern more people.
The most important thing is that the daily practice resources allocated from the government will also be greatly increased.
And with higher authority, he can also browse more confidential methods of practice.
This can be described as a blessing. After this incident, the future may be different.
As the plan was initially formulated, people from all walks of life in Tianhu County began active preparations.
Some people are preparing to repair the formation materials, and some are starting to add buildings, city walls, and trees to repair the city formation.
But the most important thing is that a group of people led by Li Sian studied how to change the core of the formation so that it can identify this strange fog and exclude it from the city.
During this process, everyone in the city gradually figured out other characteristics of this fog.
Not only inhaling it into the body will lead to aggravation of pollution and cause various changes in the body.
Even if you look directly into the fog, you will see all kinds of evil scenes in the fog.
Some people say that when they were bored and stared outside in the fog, they actually saw the appearance of their own death emerging from the fog.
And most people who looked directly into the fog for a period of time later reported that they had symptoms of trance, irritability and nausea.
Therefore, there are constant cases of people mutating in the city.
Fortunately, evil things are extremely resistant to pollution, so the evil things under Xu Ke's hands just replaced the government's patrol team.
Go to the location of those mutations in time and nip them in the cradle before the harm expands.
Li Si'an read through various ancient books, plus many monks in Tianhu County who had studied the formation, and everyone worked together to deduce the formation.
Finally, a preliminary method for repairing and adjusting the function of the formation was deduced.
“If it can be repaired in accordance with the law, the entire Tianhu County city defense formation will be restored to its state hundreds of years ago.”
"At that time, most of the evil spirits in the city will be expelled from the city, and the number of evil spirits will be reduced by at least 70%."
"And it will be difficult for foreign evil objects and strange things to enter the city, so there is no need to fear from outsiders. The invasion of evil things.”
Everyone just breathed a sigh of relief after finally gaining something, but they were faced with a thorny problem.
That is, the Wanling Pearl, which is the core of this formation, has aged and weakened after hundreds of years of wear and tear, and the remaining power in it is probably not even 30%.
The key point of the plan developed by everyone is to try to repair or replace the Ten Thousand Spirit Orbs.
But the manufacturing process of Ten Thousand Spirit Beads is extremely complicated, and many of the steps are almost top secret.
Not to mention the small Tianhai County, even in the entire Qinzhou, there are probably not five people who know all the methods of making Wanling Pearl.
Even at the founding of the country, the Ten Thousand Spirit Pearls were made in the capital by the Taizu of Qi himself.
Distributed to various places for use as city defense formations.
While everyone was anxious, Li Sian came up with an idea:
"Although I don't know the detailed process of making this object, I also learned a folk recipe for repairing this object from ancient books."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this and hurriedly asked Li Sian for advice.
I don’t know what precious materials are needed to repair such a treasure.
“This thing is not that unusual. As the name suggests, the souls of tens of thousands of living beings need to be injected into it. If you add half of the life of the caster, it can almost be repaired.”
“The reason why half the lifespan is needed is because this method harms the harmony of heaven and is resented by all spirits. If there is a way to avoid it, it may not consume half of the lifespan.”
"But Wanling is just a false finger."
Everyone finally relaxed a little after hearing this, but Li Si'an immediately added:
"Actually, counting the souls and souls that do not meet the requirements, The loss caused by imperfect killing methods would require at least 30,000 to 50,000 souls."
Listening to Li Si'an's words, everyone recalled the number of remaining people in Tianhu County.
They all had a cold war.
If someone really kills people to gather their souls, I am afraid that the entire Tianhu County will be killed.
Even if the formation is repaired and perfected, what's the use? Will they have to guard a ghost town for the rest of their lives?
But at this moment, an old warlock who was nearly seventy years old and participated in the discussion suddenly thought of something.
He asked tremblingly:
“Do you still remember Huangning County?”
"Huangning County?" Most people looked confused.
Only a few people frowned slightly and asked:
"Mr. Song, I have heard of Huangning County. My mother married from Huangning County... But this Huangning County What does it have to do with the Ten Thousand Spirit Pearls?"
The old warlock thought deeply:
"I still remember that about forty years ago, Huangning County suffered a sudden change, and the whole county It was destroyed and many people fled to various places."
"The imperial court at that time tried to regain this place several times, but all in vain due to some reasons, so they had to abandon the county..."
When the demons plagued Tianhu County and the unknown level of 'dry well', they all made Tianhu County is on the edge of migration.
Fortunately, due to various reasons, these two major disasters were solved, and there was no need to really abandon the original town and choose another location.
But what does repairing the formation have to do with Huangning County, which was abandoned many years ago?
(End of this chapter)