Xie Lian couldn't help but be stunned. Pei Ming said, "That works too?"
Hua Cheng said, "Why not?"
The few of them looked at him. Hua Cheng said, "Isn't it just to send mortals to the sky? He just needs to temporarily send the Wuyong people near the Imperial City to the sky.
When the volcano erupts,
After the dust settles, why not put them back? "
Pei Ming said, "Don't make it sound so easy. It's not like you don't know that summoning generals also consumes magic power. How many people does he need to summon? "
Summoning generals was actually using one's own magic power to "raise" the mortals that were summoned.
For one's own use. Otherwise, if there were no restrictions,
Wouldn't the Heavenly Officials try their best to summon people to the sky? The Emperor might as well summon all the civil and military officials in the court.
The General might as well summon his entire army.
Hua Cheng said, "Judging from the ruins left behind, the entire Wuyong Country has about a hundred thousand people. There are only a few tens of thousands near the Imperial City. "
Xie Lian said in a low voice, "Although it's difficult,
But... we can barely fight,
It might not work. "
Pei Ming said, "Even if there are tens of thousands of people, no Heavenly Official has ever dared to summon so many. If that's the case,
It's hard to say if his courage is praiseworthy,
Or extremely stupid. It can be said that there is no one who can surpass him in the future. "
Xie Lian looked at the bridge on the mural, unable to take his eyes off it. The faces of the white-robed Crown Prince and the four Heavenly Protectors were in his eyes.
The more he looked, the more it looked like his own and the four Imperial Tutors' faces.
He thought of the appearance of Ying Huo guarding the heart. This story that seemed to be repeating itself made him impatient to know what would happen next.
However, he felt like he already knew.
He didn't dare to look at the mural again.
He turned his head and said, "Did you find water?"
Half-moon dragged Pei Su and said, "That brother went to look for it."
She was talking about the guiding jade. Xie Lian looked at Pei Su, who had his eyes closed.
After a moment of silence, he said, "I think we should go to the copper furnace next. General Pei should stay here."
Pei Su was in human form after all, and there were many inconveniences. Moreover, they didn't know what was waiting for them ahead. Pei Ming squatted down and looked at Pei Su. "Alright, I agree. However, Your Highness, please do not tell him the reason when you are in front of him. This child will understand. I'll talk to him about this. "
Xie Lian said, "General Pei, don't worry. I know about this. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said it before he woke up."
After all, Pei Su was once a young Martial God of the Heavenly Court with a bright future ahead of him. If he was to be placed here because he couldn't keep up with the team, he would definitely feel bad. However, if one did something wrong, he would have to accept the punishment. This was the taste of exile, so he could only endure it.
The few of them stayed in the shrine and discussed for a while. Xie Lian curiously asked, "Where's the Guiding Jade? Why hasn't he returned after so long? Haven't you found any water? "
Hua Cheng, on the other hand, was staring at the few Dead Spirit Butterflies resting on his fingertips. Those silver butterflies had just been put to great use, and now, they had returned to him and were accumulating energy. He raised his head slightly and said, "It won't take that long."
Xie Lian became vigilant. Standing up, he said, "I'll go take a look. General Pei will stay here and watch, and San Lang will come with me? "
Of course she would be with him. Thus, Xie Lian left Ruo Xie behind and had it form a protective circle. The two of them left the shrine and walked deeper into the underground city.
Along the way, there were quite a few houses and messy things. Xie Lian picked up a jar that looked quite pleasing to the eye. Hua Cheng seemed to find it funny and asked, "Why did you pick this up?"
Xie Lian said, "In a moment, if we find water, we can bring some back for Little General Pei." After all, he was used to collecting junk. He couldn't help but pat the jar in his hand and said, "Speaking of which, this is a thousand-year-old antique."
Hua Cheng laughed out loud and said, "If you like this kind of thing, you can come to my place later. I also have a few. You can take a look and see if there's anything you like. "
After the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, the two of them could faintly hear the sound of flowing water. Not long after, Xie Lian said, "It's here!"
Sure enough, there was an underground river underneath. Xie Lian placed the jar he picked up into the water and vigorously washed it. The thousand-year-old dirt and grime had already condensed into a thick shell. It couldn't be washed off, but brushing off the dust on the surface was enough to make do with it. He filled the jar with water and lowered his head. Just as he was about to drink a mouthful, Hua Cheng, who had been carefully observing the surroundings, turned his head and saw him. He said, "Don't drink."
Xie Lian had already moved his face closer to the jar. When he heard him stop him, he doubtfully asked, "What?"
At this moment, a voice suddenly said, "It's so hot."
There were only the two of them present, so where did this third voice come from? Xie Lian subconsciously looked towards the source of the voice. Unexpectedly, that voice was coming from the jar in his hand!
He suddenly lowered his head and saw a pair of extremely small scarlet dots hiding in the water, staring at him.
No matter how he looked at it, it was still a pair of eyes! Could it be that there was someone hiding inside?!
The moment he locked eyes with this pair of eyes, that thing fiercely rushed towards Xie Lian's face. With a splashing sound, Xie Lian's eyes and hands were quick. He immediately threw the jar several meters away, causing it to crash into the wall. "Clang!" With a sound, the thousand-year-old antique was smashed open, and the thing hidden inside fell to the ground, instantly scuttling into the darkness. In his haste, Xie Lian didn't see it clearly. He only felt that it was a large lump of black stuff. He asked, "What is that?"
Hua Cheng blocked in front of him. Xie Lian gloomily said, "There wasn't this thing in the jar from before, right?" And why did it say "so hot"? Shouldn't it be very cold in that water?
Hua Cheng replied, "No, it specially swam in from the water. There are often groups of things swimming in this underground river, so don't tell Big Brother to drink this water. "
Xie Lian thought to himself, "Then I'll let Little General Pei drink as he pleases … …" Suddenly, he felt a chill on his back and shouted, "Who is it?!"
In that instant, he heard someone cough in the distance.
That definitely wasn't an illusion, so he immediately went on full alert. Not long after, a wave of whispers spread out like a tide. Around the two of them, pairs of red dots lit up one after another, surrounding them in the center. Hua Cheng said, "Don't worry. It's not a person. "
Xie Lian thought to himself, "There's no need to worry if it's not a person … …"
Listening carefully to those whispers, he could distinguish what those people were saying.
"Cough cough cough … …"
"It's so hot, so hot … …"
"It's scalding me to death … …"
"Wuwuwuwu … …"
"I'm going to suffocate to death … … Is there anyone here … …"
"I can't move, I can't move!"
Although these voices were soft, they were clear and painful. They were like tiny ants that continuously drilled into people's ears. Xie Lian was just about to place his hand on her heart when he suddenly heard a mournful voice cry out, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, where's His Highness the Crown Prince?! Save me, save me ah!!! "
Hearing the last sentence, Xie Lian felt his blood run cold. For a moment, he felt as if this voice was calling out to him. Then, with a wave of Hua Cheng's hand, thousands of Dead Spirit Butterflies suddenly spread out and pounced towards those pair of red glowing eyes!
The silver light of the silver butterflies illuminated the countless things that were whispering in the darkness. As expected, they weren't people. They were actually — — rats!
Hua Cheng pulled him along and said, "I said before, there are a lot of rats here. Let's go! "
As Xie Lian walked, he asked in astonishment, "Are those rats? Why do I think they look more like cats … … "
Indeed, those rats were all larger than kittens. Their entire bodies were covered in pitch-black fur that resembled steel needles. In the darkness, their small red eyes flashed with an ominous glint. Many of them climbed up the walls and stared at them. Their mouths even spoke the human language. It was extremely strange. After the silver butterflies pounced on them, they began to fight at close quarters. Red and silver lights crisscrossed and flashed chaotically. Although they couldn't see the battle clearly, they knew it was extremely fierce and cruel. Xie Lian said, "The Guiding Jade couldn't have been dragged somewhere by them, right?"
Hua Cheng said, "It shouldn't be that useless. It should have been held back by something else. "
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Xie Lian slightly relaxed. However, the second half of the sentence made him worried again. He said, "It's fine if the rats are this big, but why are there so many of them? What did they eat to grow so big? "
Hua Cheng said, "It's simple. Naturally, it's the dead. These are all corpse-eating rats. "
It turned out that when this city was covered in volcanic ash, humans, cows, horses, sheep, and other large livestock had nowhere to hide. However, the rats had burrowed deep underground. Relying on the air and stored food in the depths of the cave, they were able to survive.
After the dust settled, they once again burrowed out of the cave and ran around the city that had already turned into hell, looking for food. However, everything was destroyed. It was either buried in magma or covered in volcanic ash. The rats gnawed on a lot of things, and even after a long time, they couldn't find any food.
Until one day, they smelled a rotting smell.
The rotting smell came from those human-shaped petrified statues. Some of the corpses were wrapped in volcanic ash shells. The shells were relatively thin, so they began to rot. A strange smell wafted out, and corpse water flowed out.
Thus, the hungry rats circled around the petrified statues. They bit a small hole in the surface of the stone statues and drilled in through this hole to eat the corpses inside.
The lowliest things were often the easiest to survive. The corpses of the dead were wrapped in fossils. Their fear, anger, unwillingness, and other strong emotions were also wrapped in the fossils. The rats ate the corpses and ate these emotions as well. They began to speak the human language, saying what they wanted to say but couldn't say at the moment before they died.
Xie Lian suddenly said, "So that's why they said those words. I was wondering why they said those words … … "
Unexpectedly, Hua Cheng suddenly said, "What did you say?"
Xie Lian was startled and said, "What did I say?"
Hua Cheng stared at him and said, "What did they say? What did you hear? "
Xie Lian said strangely, "Didn't you hear, San Lang? It's' so hot ',' suffocating ',' I can't move ',' save me 'and so on … … "
However, before Hua Cheng could reply, he came to his senses.
That's not right!
Those corpse-eating rats were repeating the ravings of the Wu Yong people before they died. Naturally, it was the Wu Yong language.