Chapter 37: The Remaining Walls and Broken Embankments, a Desolate Village in Ruins!

  "Run!" I shouted loudly, and didn't even bother to look for my shoes, just ran barefoot into the village. But at this moment, I suddenly felt a rush of wind by my ear, and then a figure flashed past me with a "whoosh". I looked closely, and oh no, it was Xiao He!

  At this time, Xiao He Jian's footsteps were swift as the wind, and in an instant, he had left me far behind. I cursed under my breath and was about to speed up when I heard a cry of "ah" from Summer Rain behind me. Turning back, I saw that Summer Rain had fallen down, and right behind her, not far away, were countless zombies crawling towards her legs.

  Grass!

  I let out a loud shout and immediately rushed back, grabbing Xia Yu Xin with one hand, but after such a long time without eating, Xia Yu Xin had clearly already fainted from hunger. At this moment, supporting her made me feel that her body was all soft and weak, without any strength at all. At this time, the corpse turtle was only a short distance of less than three or four meters away from us, its strange "squeaking" cry sounding like the voice of a little ghost calling out to someone's soul, sending chills down one's spine after hearing it.

  I gritted my teeth and supported Xia Yu Xin as she stumbled forward, but she was too exhausted, almost breathless, and seemed like she would faint at any moment. Seeing me struggling to support her, she weakly said in my ear: "Yi Fan, don't worry about me, I'm done, I can't move anymore!" After saying that, a surge of brute strength suddenly appeared from nowhere, and with one push, she sent me flying away. Then, I saw her fall to the ground with a thud.

  Her face was pale, her eyes were dull and empty, filled with despair.

  She slowly opened the holster, pulled out the pistol, and then, under my astonished gaze, pointed it at her own head.

  "Yi Fan, you can go!" Xia Yu Xin said to me, her face covered in tears and her whole body trembling, while that icy cold gun was pressed firmly against her temple.

  My teeth clenched, I stared at Xia Yu Xin with wide eyes, and then, I suddenly felt a surge of unnamed fire rising from my heart, unable to hold back, I bellowed at her: "You're a cop, how can you give up so easily? Don't make me look down on you!"

  Xia Yu Xin was startled by my shout, and I took advantage of her momentary distraction to quickly pounce on her, pinning her to the ground in an instant, and snatching the pistol from her hand.

  At this time, the dead turtles had already attacked us, and several of them that arrived first were crawling up our pant legs. I quickly slapped them away and then dragged Xia Yu Xin, rolling and scrambling forward.

  But Xia Yu Xin was powerless, too heavy, I couldn't run fast either, and fell several times. As soon as I fell, the corpse turtles 'squeaked' and chased after me. I gritted my teeth and immediately raised my gun, firing at the corpse turtle tide with a series of 'bang bang bang'.

  But there were too many corpses, even with a gun in hand, I felt a deep sense of powerlessness, and with a loud slap on the ground, I immediately slung Xia Yu Xin over my shoulder and sprinted forward with my head down.

  "Give me the gun!" Xia Yu Xin suddenly said behind me, and I replied, "Don't worry, I'll return it to you!"

  "Hurry up, a flying pursuer is coming!" Xia Yu Xin's voice was urgent, I was stunned upon hearing it, turned my head to look back and was shocked instantly.

  Damn it, at this moment, behind us, a flying corpse turtle is closely following us. This corpse turtle has a huge body and its wings make a 'buzzing' sound when flapping.

  This dead turtle and the dead turtle king I killed in the ground hole are evenly matched in terms of body shape, it should be the new dead turtle king. At this time, it is only about half a meter away from us, and I even saw that its belly has turned into a deep blue color.

  My heart sank, knowing it was about to spew out that azure liquid that could corrode everything.

  I no longer hesitated and handed the pistol to Xia Yu Xin on my back. After Xia Yu Xin took the gun, she quickly turned around, raised the muzzle and aimed at Corpse Turtle King.

  But at this time I was running with all my might, and the shaking was so severe that Xia Yu Xin's gun muzzle was also shaking back and forth, making it impossible to aim. But after all, Xia Yu Xin was a police officer, and his marksmanship was not something I could compare to. Suddenly, a loud "bang" rang out, followed by the strange cry of the corpse turtle king, and then there was no more movement.

  I turned around and saw that the turtle king had disappeared.

  My heart skipped a beat as I excitedly asked: "Did you hit it?"

  Xia Yu Xin shook her head and said: "No, it was just the airflow brought by the bullet that blew it away!"

  Didn't hit?

  I swallowed my saliva and immediately didn't care about so much anymore, as long as they weren't catching up to us. Thinking of this, I continued to run wildly, but what was strange was that after the Corpse Turtle King was knocked flying by Xia Yu Xin, those corpse turtles that were like a tide, actually stopped chasing us and instead stayed in place, starting to make 'squeaking' noises as if they couldn't tell east from west.

  I stood still, panting heavily, my heart racing wildly, when Xia Yu Xin asked, "Why aren't they chasing us anymore?"

  I shook my head, indicating that I didn't know, but I guessed that the Corpse Tortoise King must have been blown away, and without its leadership, they should be unable to find their way.

  Anyway, we managed to escape the zombie tide.

  The corpse turtle tide stopped in the distance, and the strange cry of 'squeak' sounded like a piece of terror. But at this time, a very sharp cry suddenly came from the direction of Ren Tou Shan, and with this cry, the originally chaotic corpse turtle tide suddenly calmed down, then all turned around and quickly crawled towards Ren Tou Shan.

  Squeak!

  The cry was sharp and loud, like a whistle, and as it whistled, countless turtle beasts surged forward.

  As I watched the surging tide of zombie turtles being summoned away by that whistling sound, I couldn't help but wonder if the flying zombie turtle we had encountered earlier wasn't actually the Zombie Turtle King, and if the one who had just made the whistling sound was the real Zombie Turtle King?

  If that's the case, then even a giant turtle with wings isn't considered the Turtle King. So, just how terrifying is the real Turtle King?

  I shuddered all over, not daring to think about it anymore. But at this moment, I suddenly heard the angry roar of the dark soldiers and the strange cries of the dead turtles that came with them.

  In the misty vapor, I seemed to see that the endless corpse turtles had submerged the dark soldiers. The number of dark soldiers was not many, only a few hundred or so, but the corpse turtles were endless. Although these dark soldiers were all ferocious and evil, they could not withstand the countless corpse turtles. In an instant, several dark soldiers fell in the tide of corpse turtles, and in an instant, they were eaten away, leaving no bone frame.

  However, there are also ruthless characters among the yin soldiers. Several of them let out a loud roar and then opened their mouths wide to swallow a large group of corpses in one gulp. Afterwards, they crunched away with a "crunch crunch" sound, like chewing sugarcane.

  However, it seems to have swallowed too many corpses and did not chew them thoroughly. After swallowing, a large hole was dug in its belly by the corpses. Immediately, a large group of corpses crawled out of its belly, but the dark soldier didn't care at all and continued to devour them with big mouthfuls.

  At this time, a loud roar came from the ranks of the dark soldiers. Then, more than 100 tall dark soldiers rushed out of the rolling thick fog. These hundreds of dark soldiers were clearly different from other dark soldiers. Their eyes were blood red and flashed with a bloody red light. Their bodies were surrounded by a murderous aura, and they were even taller than other dark soldiers by several heads.

  When they rushed out of the thick fog, they started chopping with their big knives. Every time they chopped, endless killing intent surged up, and the corpse turtles around them were blown away instantly like fallen leaves in autumn wind. Then, a strong gust of wind rose, and all that was heard was a loud "bang" as those corpse turtles suddenly exploded.

  My scalp is numb, my heart is chilled to the bone, I couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and the vengeful spirits and dark troops have actually started a chaotic battle?

  It wasn't just me, even Xia Yu Xin was stunned, and couldn't help but shrink her neck, looked at me and said: "Yi Fan, the Zombie Turtle and the Dark Troops have started fighting, what do we do now?"

  "They'd be better off fighting each other, then they won't bother us. Let's go, I'll head back to the village first and take a look around, then think of a way to escape!" After saying that, I supported Xia Yu Xin as we slowly made our way forward, and after walking for about ten minutes, we finally reached the west end of the village.

  It wasn't until we walked to the head of the village and saw the scene clearly that we were all stunned.

  The village at this moment is desolate and barren. Everywhere you look, there are only broken walls and crumbling houses, hardly a single intact house in sight.

  "Waaaahhhh...!"

  The dark wind howled, emitting a sound like a ghostly wail. The next moment, there was a loud "boom" as an old house that had been on the verge of collapse finally could not withstand the gusts and came crashing down.

  I gritted my teeth tightly, but tears couldn't help flowing down.

  It's all gone, everything is gone. The village where I was born and raised, where I lived for 21 years, disappeared in an instant!