Chapter Ninety-Three Entering

  One day later, after a long and arduous journey, the three finally arrived at their destination, a small village. The village was not large, with only a few thousand people, but because it was within the jurisdiction of the Three Extremes Sect, it was protected by them and free from bandits and other threats, allowing the villagers to live in prosperity and happiness.

  "There's something off about this village." The three of them hadn't even entered the village yet, but they could already feel that the atmosphere inside was somewhat eerie.

  From a distance, all three of them could feel that the atmosphere in the village was not normal. The entire village was shrouded in darkness, without any light or fire, and an eerie silence prevailed, with no sounds of birds, beasts, or insects to be heard.

  "It's like it has become a dead city." Chen Yan whispered softly.

  "No, there are people in the village, they're all just hiding at home and don't dare to make a sound. As for the birds, beasts, and insects, their shadows have truly disappeared." Xiao Fan said with a serious expression.

  Xiao Fan's spiritual power had all been released, enveloping the entire village. He could see everything in the village, and curiously, although the village atmosphere was eerie, he didn't see any zombies existing.

  "Let's go." Luo Yun looked at Xiao Fan with some surprise, she could also feel the situation in the village, because as a strong person at the peak of Huashen Realm, she had a strong divine sense to perceive. However, Xiao Fan's cultivation was not even at the Condensing Spirit Realm, yet he could sense the same situation as herself, which seemed somewhat inconceivable. At this moment, a strong curiosity arose in her heart towards Xiao Fan.

  Three people entered the village together, the village was quiet and deserted, each household's doors and windows were tightly closed, as if no one existed, but if you listened carefully, you could hear faint breathing sounds coming from each household.

  "Is anyone there? We are passing by and would like to borrow a place to rest for the night." Xiao Fang went forward to knock on the door.

  "Ouch..."

  The door creaked open, revealing the face of an old man with white hair. The old man's face was filled with deep fear, but when he saw Xiao Fang and the other two, he visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

  "Come in quickly and don't speak loudly." The old man said softly, while opening the door a bit wider to let the three people enter the room.

  Xiao Fan and the other two people entered the room together, the old man quickly closed the door and then pulled up the curtains, only then did he dare to light a small dim candle.

  "Come, sit down." The old man beckoned the three to sit down, gave each of them a cup of tea, and then shook his head with a sigh.

  "Old man, what's wrong with you?" Luo Yun asked softly.

  "You've come at the wrong time." The old man shook his head and sighed, "If you had arrived a month ago, everyone in our village would have welcomed you. But now, our village is facing big trouble, and you're entering the village at this time, you'll also encounter bad luck."

  "Don't worry, old man. We are cultivators and we have come to help you solve your troubles." Xiao Fan softly comforted the old man.

  "Are you the three ultimate disciples of the Sanjue Gate?" The old man's expression suddenly became agitated as he stood up, his whole body trembling as he stared at Xiao Fan and the other two.

  "Don't worry, old man. We are indeed disciples of the Three Extremes Sect and have come down from the mountain on orders to help everyone. Please tell us about the situation in the village," Luo Yun said softly.

  "The old man is the village chief of this village, and first thanks the three young heroes for not hesitating to come down the mountain to rescue our village." The old man bowed deeply to the three.

  "Quickly get up, old man." Among the three of them, Xiao Fan was closest to the old man. Just as the old man bowed his head, Xiao Fan had already reacted and quickly helped him up.

  "Also, please tell us the whole story of what happened, so we can be prepared," said Xiao Fan.

  An old man with white hair sighed softly and said, "This matter should be traced back to a month ago. One day at noon a month ago, a terrifying howl suddenly came from the mountains in the east. At the same time, a huge, eerie cloud appeared in the sky, blocking out all the sunlight, turning daytime into night. In the darkness, countless long-haired zombies jumped out and took away many people from the village. When the clouds dispersed, we counted and found that nearly a hundred people had gone missing."

  At this point, the old man's whole body was trembling, and it was unclear whether it was due to anger or fear.

  "It should be a Red-Haired Zombie or a Green-Haired Zombie, it seems that the zombie's level isn't high." Chen Yan muttered softly.

  Xiao Fan furrowed his brow slightly, his instincts telling him that the zombies they had encountered in the village couldn't be so low-level.

  "The villagers in the village have some basic kung fu skills, but no one has cultivated to the point of transcending the ordinary. We can only watch as nearly a hundred people are taken away by zombies."

  "After that time, every five days or so, such a situation would occur again, and nearly 100 people would be taken away each time. Our village originally had more than 3,000 people, but now there are only over 1,000 people left."

  As he spoke, the old man's face dripped with tears of grief and indignation. As the head of the village, he had watched helplessly as his villagers were taken away by zombies, and his heart was filled with extreme sorrow and anger.

  "Why don't you run away?" asked Luo Yun, frowning slightly.

  "We also want to run away, but we can't." The old man shook his head and said angrily: "As long as it's someone from the village, they seem to be infected with some kind of aura. As soon as we leave the village boundary of a hundred miles, we'll encounter zombies that will drive us back."

  "There's also this situation." Xiao Fang and the other two exchanged a glance, feeling that things were somewhat strange. The zombies had been keeping the villagers captive, treating them as blood food, only coming to hunt when needed.

  "There should be even more powerful zombies existing, they just haven't appeared yet." The three of them all came to the same conclusion.

  After all, according to the old man's words, what appeared were red-haired zombies and green-haired zombies. By reason, these zombies' levels are not high, their IQ is also not high, they can only carry out instinctual slaughter, but the methods of these low-level zombies are beyond their IQ, obviously there is something else manipulating these low-level zombies; as for what is behind the manipulation of these low-level zombies, it cannot be determined, it may be human, or it may be a monster, or it may be a higher-level zombie.

  "Not only that, people from outside the village can enter the village, but they cannot leave. When they want to leave, they will also be blocked by zombies." The old man said.

  "How much longer until the next five-day period?" Xiao Fan asked.

  "Tomorrow is the fifth day, at noon, those ghostly things will appear again!" The old man said with a trembling voice.

  "It seems we've arrived just in time." Xiao Fan said softly, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes. The zombies' slaughter of humans and the practice of raising them as blood food had deeply enraged Xiao Fan.

  "That's right, since those ghostly things will appear tomorrow, we'll wait until they show up and then kill them." Chen Yan said.

  "It can't be helped then." Luo Yun nodded slightly.

  "The elderly can rest assured tonight, tomorrow as long as those zombies appear, we will cut them down and restore the village's peaceful days." Luo Yun said softly to the old man.

  "Thank you, thank you!" Upon hearing Luo Yun's words, the old man became extremely excited and stood up to bow in gratitude again, but was stopped by Xiao Fan.

  "If you three young heroes don't mind, rest at my humble abode for the night." said the old man.

  "Thank you, sir."

  The three of them were originally there to kill the zombies that had appeared in the village, and when they heard the old man's invitation, they naturally agreed.