Chapter 263: First Encounter (Seeking Follow Reading! qaq)
Mu Sanniang was not a person of this world.
She naturally wouldn’t use a mobile phone, let alone engage in “complicated” operations like actively adding friends.
Chen An could already imagine the girl holding her phone with a serious expression, then painstakingly typing letter by letter with fumbling attempts.
After waiting a few more minutes, until another message arrived, Chen An finally understood the truth of the matter.
“Yes, Qiu.”
She replied.
Qiu?
Chen An thought about it. The only person related to him who was qualified to approach Mu Sanniang seemed to be that idiot who was always so clearly foolish.
If it were Lin Jingqiu, it wasn’t strange that Mu Sanniang’s profile picture was set like this.
It looked exactly like something she would do…
Chen An casually opened the profile picture in full size. It was a girl with white hair and blue eyes, leaning by a window and gazing quietly.
It had to be said that those light blue eyes did bear a slight resemblance to Mu Sanniang.
Thinking this, Chen An replied with two words as usual, then put away his phone and focused on the journey.
“Wait for me.”
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Mount Qingcheng was very close to the town where Sunflower Orphanage was located.
If one wanted to go from Mount Qingcheng to Qing City, they were bound to pass through the town.
Earlier, tourists who specifically went to Mount Qingcheng for sightseeing would choose to stay in the town for a night.
That was also the most prosperous period for the town.
However, after today, the town was destined to be swept away by the torrent of the times, disappearing into oblivion.
Because it, which could not withstand hardship, had actually welcomed two batches of unwelcome guests in succession.
One wave had not subsided before another arose.
The wails of the corpse tide were drowned out by the rolling smoke and dust and the earth-shattering roars.
The ground began to tremble, and countless insects, ants, birds, and beasts fled from their nests, scattering in all directions in a panic.
The clear sky suddenly began to darken, it was the terrifying shadows of birds with wingspans reaching tens of meters.
Smoke and dust swept through the air, and within them, one could faintly make out sky-shattering behemoths. Any one of them chosen at random would have been several stories high.
They had lived in the mountains for a long time, bathed in the spiritual energy of the mountains, and absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, awakening their spirits and sharpening their minds.
Since the resurgence of spiritual energy, humanity had considered itself the first beneficiaries, unaware that some had already taken the lead.
Now, a mysterious corner had finally been unveiled.
The chaotic times had arrived; only the fittest would survive.
Accompanied by the earth-shattering roars of the fierce beasts, the beast tide surging from the mountains clashed head-on with the tens of thousands of the corpse tide army in the town.
They did not care whether the humans in front of them were conscious or not. In any case, they would obey the king’s command and trample everything they saw.
In an instant, the town, which had finally calmed down a bit, was once again bathed in gushing fresh blood.
The corpse tide, which ordinary people avoided and could not resist, was as fragile as paper in front of them.
In the center of the town.
Qin Mo was awakened by this astonishing phenomenon.
He felt the trembling and groaning of the ground beneath his feet, unable to bear the burden, his expression was incredibly shocked.
What in the world are these things?
Did the 100,000-strong beast tide riot?
The ‘big birds’ that blotted out the sky, the terrifying giant beasts that casually trampled the corpse tide, under their cover, the demonic beasts that had not yet shapeshifted also rushed into the corpse tide, trampling and tearing wantonly.
Not one or two, but a rolling expanse of the world!
Just one glance filled one with despair, and the thought of struggling did not even arise.
This immense amount of information instantly disrupted his mind.
Qin Mo’s hand trembled, he took out a hood and put it on, then turned to leave.
However, he glanced back one last time at the still intact iron gate of the orphanage. He gritted his teeth, feeling very unwilling in his heart.
He was only a little bit away from breaking through the gate…
But then he thought that it would probably be trampled flat by those berserk demonic beasts anyway, and Qin Mo immediately felt much better.
As long as the green hills remained, there would be no shortage of firewood.
He certainly wouldn’t stay here waiting to die.
As long as he went back and regrouped with his other accomplices, tens of thousands of corpse tides were indeed not much to worry about, but hundreds of thousands, millions, or even hundreds of millions?!
Qin Mo’s beautiful fantasy was interrupted by a gentle voice.
“So you’re still on the first level?”
The tone sounded somewhat surprised. “It seems I overestimated you…”
Qin Mo was startled and subconsciously turned to ask, “What first level?”
He saw a young man in a plain blue robe appear in his field of vision.
Hearing the question, the young man raised his hand and removed the first layer of the magic array on the iron gate.
He truthfully replied, “It’s this.”
Seeing this, Qin Mo’s remaining half-pupil jumped fiercely. He quietly took two steps back, maintaining his composure on his face, and then tried to run away.
But his legs remained motionless, as if tightly bound by an invisible chain.
Soon, the young man’s voice came again.
“Want to leave?”
He shook his head and began to state facts and reason.
“No, you’re doing this wrong. If you do something, you have to bear the consequences.”
“And you might not know, I’m a little angry now. I just wanted to live my life in peace, but you insisted on causing trouble again and again, and even chose the same place to cause trouble…”
“By the way, what did my dilapidated orphanage do to provoke you so much that you hate it so much?”
The young man’s tone was calm and unhurried, unusually speaking for a long time.
He paused and added, “Also, although I don’t care much about these things, it doesn’t mean I want to see it turn into ruins and see the people of this world suffer for no reason, so I will always think about resolving it.”
“But I’ve always been lazy and don’t like to move. If I let you go, I’ll have to run around from place to place myself.”
“So can you tell me, can you handle the corpse tides in other places?”
“If you can’t, then I’m very sorry, I’ll have to deal with you first.”
Chen An finally finished speaking, he quietly looked at the man with only half a face in front of him, waiting for a response.
However, the man seemed to be so scared that he just kept looking up at the sky, lost in thought.
His remaining half-lips moved, as if wanting to say something, but in the end, only a few meaningless exclamations came out.
Chen An frowned slightly, and then heard a dragon’s roar that resounded through the heavens and earth.
Standing amidst the ruins, the young man slowly raised his head.
A sudden gust of wind swept away the clouds, and the high sun was also obscured.
The object moving through the clouds finally revealed its true form at this moment.
Beneath the unimaginably vast shadow were plates of silver scales with a golden luster.
The scales were exquisite and delicate, as if made of the purest silver in the world. Each scale reflected a dazzling, dazzling galaxy, and as it moved, it seemed as if a river of stars flowed upon it.
Its streamlined body shimmered with a cold and mysterious silver brilliance under the scorching sun.
Those amber-colored, vertical pupils looked down, reflecting the young man’s straight figure.
Everything under the sun seemed to fall silent with that dragon’s roar.
The earth-shattering roars of the beast tide ceased, replaced by faint, rapid breaths. They crawled on the ground tremblingly, submitting to their queen.
Only the young man remained.
(End of this chapter)
