Otherworldly Desert Dust

Wu Hen glanced up at the high place.

At a towering observation tower, a blood-red, terrifying Yin Dragon was slowly coiling its body. Its evil blood-colored eyes were scanning the main street and long alley, searching for the trembling survivors.

Wu Hen knew that this Yin Dragon was the most daunting to him. If he could take it down, his own strength would be significantly enhanced.

"Thank you very much, I know that now my strength is lowly, and I cannot provide you with any substantial help, but in the future, whatever you need, please order me. I am Fei Ying, a patrol from the Nuwa God End..." One-eyed Fei Ying sincerely expressed her gratitude.

Wu Hen focused his attention on this proud woman. Seeing her so humble and lowly in front of him, he couldn’t help but laugh.

The faint black jade mask on his cheek slowly disappeared, revealing his true face.

Fei Ying had been staring at this black jade man’s face. At first, she was excited that he was willing to take off his mask, but when she saw that it was Wu Hen, she felt as if struck by lightning!

How could it be him!

Was it Wu Hen???

"Nice to meet you, I am Wu Hen. If, when I first joined the team, you had greeted me with such humility, perhaps I would have seen you differently," Wu Hen said with a smile.

Fei Ying was dumbfounded. A novice who could only talk suddenly became a Spirit Awakener capable of hunting hundreds of ghosts?!

"Damn it, Brother Wu Hen! It turns out it’s you!! I always thought you were quick-thinking and exceptionally wise, destined to be a dragon among men. I didn’t expect you to not only be the brain of the team but also super strong and incredibly brave. Forming an alliance with your team to overcome difficulties together is a huge honor for us!" Cai Jinlin said excitedly.

"Captain Cai, I didn’t expect you to be such a smooth talker," Wu Hen said, lightly patting his shoulder.

"It’s spontaneous and heartfelt. You don’t think I’m being a bit grandiose, do you?" Cai Jinlin asked.

"Not grandiose. Having a teammate like you, who can enthusiastically cheer people on, maximizes emotional value. Not like certain one-eyed dumb chickens who haven’t even learned the art of talking..." Wu Hen showed no mercy in returning the previous ridicule. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Called a one-eyed dumb chicken, Fei Ying didn’t dare show any anger at this moment.

Her brain was almost turned to the other side by the Ghost Bride, but she couldn’t shift back because of Wu Hen’s power!

"I’m... I’m sorry, I looked down on you," Fei Ying finally sincerely apologized, "In the future, you can scold us as trash just like Mingyi."

"Even trash can be put to use. There is a Cloth Bag Ghost Woman nearby. Think of a way to lure her here, and I’ll reunite her with her daughter!" Wu Hen said.

"No problem!" Fei Ying immediately nodded, realizing her value.

Wu Hen still hadn’t figured out the full abilities of the Cloth Bag Ghost Woman.

Although his current strength was considerable, dealing with these powerful ghosts cautiously never went wrong. Following his previous principle: first, outwit, then outmuscle!

"By the way, didn’t you cross the bridge safely? Why did you get separated?" Wu Hen asked, somewhat puzzled.

"We did stay together after crossing the bridge, but we got ambushed by a group of violent Spirit Awakeners. Fortunately, our team was strong enough not to be wiped out, but we were scattered," Cai Jinlin explained.

"So it still came to infighting?" Wu Hen sighed.

"Yes, even though we were mentally prepared, some maniacs couldn’t be stopped!"

"I can’t understand it. Isn’t it better for everyone to work together to overcome difficulties? Why fight each other?" Fei Ying asked angrily.

Wu Hen didn’t speak as if he had expected such things to happen.

Cai Jinlin, however, said helplessly, "There’s no helping it. Most people in Yinzhou are just fleeing and surviving. Their strength is too weak to deal with those strong Yin Ghosts. But if they kill other survivors and make the death rate reach eighty percent sooner, the temple fair escape to the underworld event will end earlier, greatly increasing their chances of survival."

"It’s still too hateful. We found the bridge and led them across. Who would have thought they would repay our kindness with enmity!" Fei Ying gritted her teeth, still furious at the brutal Spirit Awakeners.

"What do they look like?" Wu Hen asked.

"Very obvious, all bald, even the women are bald!" Cai Jinlin said.

"What... what do you plan to do?" Fei Ying noticed the change in Wu Hen’s expression.

"Guess how many wooden sticks they have?" Wu Hen smiled.

Since they liked to play dirty, let them taste real backstabbing!

Collecting them one by one was too slow.

And Wu Hen had to ensure he got the most wooden sticks in the temple fair. Taking down a brutal killing team, he had to get the head stick!

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Home, Li City.

Dust enveloped the whole city in a terrifying haze.

Visibility was very low, but glancing at the sky, one could always see a mirage, like an ancient city slaughtered and buried, eerily revealed, mysterious and absurd.

In a small basin fifty kilometers outside Li City, an armed helicopter was patrolling low.

Below the helicopter was Qiu City, frozen into a glacier. But, seemingly affected by the dusty yellow sand, Qiu City’s glacier began to thaw, and strange sounds emerged from the dead-silent Qiu City.

"It should be the sound of ice cracking," an armed order maintenance personnel said.

Holding a rifle, the armed order maintenance personnel checked under a huge ice layer...

"Boom!!!"

Suddenly, the ice surface shattered, and a group of frozen dead people burst out!

The armed order maintenance personnel were shocked, firing a burst of "tut-tut-tut" shots.

However, these frozen dead paid no mind to being shot like smashed tomatoes and still pounced on the armed order maintenance personnel, tearing and biting in big mouthfuls!

"Ughhhh!!!!!!!"

One after another, hungry growls echoed as the entire land glacier suddenly boiled.

Huge cracks appeared on the glacier’s surface throughout the city, and the heavy ice blocks started to break apart, beginning to melt!

"What’s going on???" The helicopter pilot looked at the supposedly dead city with a face full of astonishment.

"They... they’ve come back to life..."

"Who came back to life??" The pilot asked angrily.

"The people of Qiu City, everyone in Qiu City has come back to life!!!" The scout shouted in terror.

The pilot immediately started the helicopter and flew to a higher vantage point.

Suddenly, high in the dusty clouds, an eerie image formed by the dusty haze appeared, like an ancient state city in the sky. Within the state city, a Yin Xia Temple mirage stood vividly, both sacred and evil.

"Ughhhhhhh!!!!!"

As the temple in the clouds became clearer, the land’s Grave City, which had recently suffered a devastating disaster, began to stir. The tens of thousands of frozen corpses seemed to have been given new life; they hungrily crawled out of the ruins and the frozen soil, filling the mountain basin.

"What... what has happened to the world???" The pilot and scout were horrified, unable to believe their eyes.

Packed like locusts, Qiu City had become a city of living dead!

The wind blew from the other side of the mountain, carrying the scent of living humans in Li City. The vast number of living dead in Qiu City seemed to smell these living beings, climbing out of Qiu City and heading towards Li City!!

In a mighty torrent, the living dead army quickly filled the mountains and fields!!

Where they passed, the grass and trees withered, streams were polluted, and the breath of death rolled like a terrifying black sandstorm, rapidly moving towards Li City, where many living humans still resided!

Li City, Tropical Pavilion.

Wu Yingting sat gravely, his gaze fixed on the radio before him.

"The dead in Qiu City have collectively resurrected, moving towards Li City!!" The radio continuously broadcast this disastrous warning.

"Yinzhou Mirage has caused many people to fall into the otherworldly dust, please prepare mentally!"

Prepare mentally??

Wu Yingting wondered if those people above were serious.

Even people at the Nuwa God End couldn’t hold out?

If this continued, the entire Li City would be swallowed by the living dead!!

"Husband, husband, Yu Yu has fainted. She... will she..." Yu Yi anxiously approached, her eyes already red.

Wu Yingting immediately ran to where Yu Yu was resting, seeing her curled up in her brother, Wu Hen’s, arms. She looked as if she was sleeping, but no matter how much Wu Yingting and Yu Yi pushed and shook her, she didn’t wake up.

Something was wrong.

Yu Yu had fallen into the otherworldly dust!!

"What should we do? What should we do??" Yu Yi panicked, not knowing what to do.

"Don’t panic, don’t panic. This massive falling was caused by that mirage. Little Yu will most likely fall to the same place as Wu Hen. As long as she finds Wu Hen, there’s hope for her to escape," Wu Yingting hurriedly comforted his wife.

Yu Yi couldn’t stop her tears. She had heard the radio broadcast just now.

All the dead people in Qiu City had come back to life. How terrifying! If they reached Li City, how long could their shelter last?

Such terrifying things were happening even at home. What about in the otherworldly dust? For someone like Yu Yu, who was unprepared to be sucked into that cruel world, how could a little girl survive?

"Worrying now is pointless. Help me check the entire safe house, make sure those living dead can’t crawl in through any vents or sewage pipes. We need to ensure they are safe here while waiting for the kids to wake up," Wu Yingting comforted Yu Yi.

"But..." Yu Yi said tearfully.

"Believe in Little Yu, she’s smarter than any of us, she will survive over there and reunite with her brother!" Wu Yingting said earnestly.