Free Web NovelChapter 1167: Chapter 659: Magic Battle 2
Yang Qiangjin nervously looked toward the darkness inside the tent, from which seemed to emanate voices...
"So hungry... so hungry... I’m so hungry..."
The two who had just entered the tent heard the more distinct moaning.
Their Divine Sense swept over, but the entire tent was pitch black, as if a layer of viscous dark matter was blocking their Divine Sense.
The two exchanged a glance and both shook their heads.
"Aunt, it seems we’ll have to rely on our five senses..."
"Mm, this way, the sound is coming from here."
This tent was not a resting place for the soldiers of Guangning City; it was more like a giant pit-like tent.
Every day, Zhong Yi would bring food inside, stay for a while, and then come out to seal the place, forbidding anyone to enter.
Yang Min and the others speculated that perhaps Zhong Yi was engaging in some sordid activity... like the government officials rearing mice at the station.
Huff~
In Yang Qiangjin’s hand, a ball of scarlet flame rose, probing forward.
The light appeared, and the two saw the ’people’ emitting the moans.
Right in front of them, inside a giant iron cage, a pile of ’fat soldiers’ squished together were moaning in agony.
These ’fat soldiers’ wore armor similar to that of the soldiers outside, but their bodies were swollen, their skin semi-transparent, and with just a poke... pus would spray several meters high!
Most prominent were their bellies... each swollen as though pregnant for ten months, squished together like...
"What giant stomach Liangzi!"
"Why are the soldiers here so fat? No, no, no... can these things still be called humans?"
"They look even more terrifying than the Flowing Corpses outside."
Seeing the light, those ’fat soldiers’ clustered together struggled to turn their heads to look at the two.
Then they let out a miserable cry.
"So hungry!!! Let me eat you! Let me eat you!"
Each belly bulged like Abomination, yet their mouths kept crying of hunger.
They reached out their arms toward the two, clawing and attempting to escape the cage trapping them.
Original entangled ’meat strips,’ like squirming intestines, were desperately stretching, trying to break free from their confines.
"There is indeed a problem..."
"Ancestor, what are these things?"
Yang Genshuo, although not looking, could already determine...
"These are definitely not human."
Open [Character Card]
[Fat Soldiers]
[Legendary Soul]
[Realm: ???]
[Attribute: Earth]
[Once soldiers of Guangning City, deprived of salaries by the court for a year, the hungry soldiers, after exhausting all edible things, were deceived by officers into eating ’Guanyin Cake’ to stave off hunger, ultimately suffocated by Earth until death...]
[Ability: Charge, Gluttony, Gather Earth, Self-detonation.]
After reading this introduction, Yang Qiangjin and Yang Min looked at the struggling fat soldiers again, with less fear and more... sympathy.
"Eating all the Earth won’t satisfy hunger... before dying, they only feel hunger, so they keep crying of hunger..."
"No wonder they’re always moaning... being cramped together must be painful, but why don’t these soldiers die, and why does Zhong Yi keep them alive? What’s the unspeakable purpose?"
As it stands, these cages appear sturdy, seemingly impervious to being broken.
"Let’s continue looking..."
With a ball of fire held in Yang Qiangjin’s hand, the two continued forward.
Soon, they discovered cage after cage of ’fat soldiers,’ all twisted together, enclosed like bundles of meat strips.
Some of the more docile fat soldiers had already fallen asleep.
Yang Min walked over to look and found plenty of grain outside the cage.
"It should have been taken from our team... they’re all dead, yet Zhong Yi still feeds them?"
"What exactly is he up to?"
Feeding so many fat soldiers, if truly intended, represents a massive expenditure.
While still pondering the situation, a sinister voice emerged from the darkness behind them.
"Who let you in..."
The two were startled, instantly assuming a combat-ready state!
"Zhong Yi?"
"Why doesn’t he let you talk to us?"
In the residence, Yang Zhu sat down, holding the old woman’s hand.
The old woman sighed and said, "Because Lord Zhong fears that we’ll inform you about what’s happening in this city, leaking secrets. But seeing your gaze today, I knew... you would come tonight."
The old woman, despite her many years, still had perceptive eyes.
"Auntie, since you’re waiting for us, you must have something to tell us, right?"
"Mm... I hope you don’t go against Lord Zhong; he... he’s a good official, and his men are good soldiers who would rather starve to death than rob food from the common people."
The old woman’s words shocked Yang Zhu.
"Is that really so... I thought he was cunning, and seized all our grain."
"Lord Zhong is at a loss... the court doesn’t allocate grain, refugees run rampant outside, often attacking our Guangning City. Without grain, if the soldiers starve to death, who will defend the city?"
"I see... but then why doesn’t he say so and instead guards against us?"
"Ah, among the refugees outside, some are indeed forced, utterly unable to survive, while others rise up voluntarily for plunder, akin to bandits. Before, they disguised themselves as ordinary folks, blending into the city, ready to aid from within and open the gates, but thankfully, Lord Zhong discovered them in time... otherwise, Guangning City would have been lost long ago. Lord Zhong fears that among you, there may be spies from the refugees."
After the old woman explained, Yang Zhu finally understood.
The guards at the city gate won’t open for them unless... they kill a large number of Flowing Corpses or bring grain. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
The guard isn’t against them but against the Flowing Corpses.
After the conversation concluded, all cause and effect were understood, and Yang Zhu finally deciphered the secrets of this city.
"Given that, handing our grain to someone like this is not a bad thing... Zhong Yi is a righteous man."
"Ancestor, what do you think?"
Yang Genshuo covered his face at this moment: "Don’t look anymore, the fight’s already started..."
"Huh?"
"Yang Qiangjin and Yang Min are currently engaged in a Magic Battle with Zhong Yi."
"Let’s go, hurry!"
Yang Zhu led his people away.
"Wait! You’re all good people... I hope you trust Lord Zhong; everything he’s done is for the city. This is an old woman’s heartfelt wish, please accept it, it will protect good people."
The old woman took a crescent-moon jade pendant out of a small box on the bed, on which spiritual light flowed.
[Protective Jade]
[Legendary Land Treasure]
[Grade: Earth Level]
[A jade pendant worn close by kind residents of Guangning City, a thing of Merit, able to withstand a fatal attack within the Legendary Land’s White Grain Warehouse.]
[This item transforms into a Miracle Treasure once taken out of the Legendary Land...]
This exploration yielded a treasure.
Yang Zhu nodded to the old woman without saying much and led his people toward the black tent.
At this moment, inside the tent.
Yang Qiangjing and Yang Min were teaming up against Zhong Yi in a Magic Battle.
