Soul echo

Chapter 381 The Truth

At this moment, Zhong Ye and the others were crowded with living corpses in front of and behind them—humans, birds, mice, all kinds of living corpses crowded the streets.

As for Zhong Ye and the others, there were only three of them, and it was still a bit difficult to break through the entire long street to the pier.

Inhale - exhale!

Although it was suspected that this plague was transmitted through the air, Zhong Ye had exposed himself to the air without protection for so long before, and it didn't matter if he took a deep breath.

The blood boiled, the muscles swelled, and the breath flowed in the body, guiding the strength of the whole body to pour into the soles of the feet.

The ground shattered with a bang, and the tide of living corpses rushing forward like a tide was smashed into pieces immediately, opening a gap.

"Follow!"

Hearing this, Lily and Lilian ignored the pursuers behind them and turned around to catch up with Zhong Ye.

The two 'waves' collided, and the tide of corpses coming from behind wrapped the living corpses knocked away by Zhong Ye and bit tightly behind Lili and the others. As long as they stopped for a moment, they would be caught up.

One arm after another stretched as far as possible, reaching from both sides, trying to grab their arms and ankles, but their running speed was not slow, and before the arms of the living corpse could catch the corners of their clothes, they were caught far behind.

The living corpses knocked to the ground by Zhong Ye blocked the way of the group of living corpses running wildly from behind. Those in front would dodge and jump, while those in the back would simply step on them.

Zhong Ye and the others ran across the long street, and a road paved with flesh and blood appeared behind them.

The pier was close at hand, Zhong Ye stopped suddenly, and swung his arms towards the one in front. The inertia and muscle strength superimposed, and the living corpses slammed backwards, and immediately, all the living corpses gathered on the pier were pushed into the water , The sound of "plop plop" falling into the water continued one after another.

The noise from the direction of the city disturbed several boats on the lake, and the people on one of the big boats saw Zhong Ye and the others, and hurriedly waved their hands: "This way! This way! Can you come over?"

Seeing a living person for the first time after entering Constantia, even Zhong Ye felt refreshed.

In addition to the few boats floating on the lake, there were also a few sampans by the pier, but Zhong Ye's weight must have exceeded the standard for these small sampans, and it was impossible to board the same one.

Zhong Ye swung his knife to cut off the ropes that bound the two sampans, then turned to Lilian and the others and said, "One for each, once you get on the boat, I'll push you out."

Without any hesitation, both of them walked past Zhong Ye, stopped slightly on the pier to let the inertia of their bodies disappear, and then jumped into a sampan respectively.

Zhong Ye turned to face the surging tide of corpses, the irises of his eyes bloomed brightly, and driven by spiritual energy, the two sampans left the dock one after the other.

The water surface around the pier was like a pot of boiling soup, boiling abnormally.

The living corpses that were pushed into the water kept thumping, but only a few of them found the swimming skills in their memory and successfully surfaced. The other living corpses were just waving their hands and feet indiscriminately, and their bodies kept sinking.

Two sampans knocked the group of living corpses away, causing them to sink completely. Before sinking to the bottom, two of the living corpses who had learned to swim were dragged down by other living corpses. Drag it into the water, leaving behind a splash of water.

With the long knife back, Zhong Ye, who simply used his fists and feet to deal with the living corpses, felt that Lilian and the others were far enough away from the pier, so he backed away, allowing the tide of corpses that had been crowded outside the pier to enter the pier for a long time.

Zhong Ye jumped onto the lake and walked on the water, but those living corpses were pushed forward by other living corpses behind them, they couldn't stop, and fell into the water one after another.

Dozens of living corpses entered the water before the tide of corpses subsided. They stood on the pier and yelled at the boats on the lake.

Zhong Ye ignored them, and deliberately passed by the living corpses that had learned to swim, and drew out a straight knife before they reached out to scratch, and killed them one by one, lest they go to other places along the lake.

The people on several boats watched Zhong Ye come stepping on the water with dumbfounded eyes. The two sampans drove towards them unswervingly even in the rippling water waves without any wind. None of the people on the sampan moved their oars.

Zhong Ye boarded the big ship first, nodded to the clergyman wearing a house church robe, hung the rope on the side of the ship, and lifted Lily and Lilian up.

After he finished all this, the clergyman couldn't help asking, "You...are not from Constantia?"

Lily took a few breaths, shook her head and said, "No, we came from outside."

"Outside……"

"It came in from outside?"

"Great! Someone is finally here!"

The people who came out of the cabin couldn't help being excited, and the deck gradually became noisy.

"Quiet, everyone, be quiet!" A young man dressed like a nobleman raised his hands and shouted loudly.

People were convinced by him, and when they heard him speak, they gradually quieted down.

Then, the young man looked at the pastor and raised his hand to let him ask first.

The pastor let out a breath, and turned to look at Zhong Ye and the others, "Are you mercenaries? Did someone outside know what happened in Constantia, so they hired you in to investigate the situation?"

Zhong Ye shook his head, "No, we came here on our own to investigate something."

The pastor opened his mouth slightly, and his expression became visibly disappointed.

Seeing his appearance, Zhong Ye said again: "We came from Schaffhausen, can you tell us what happened here? Before we came, the pastor from Schaffhausen told us Said 'There may be a plague in Constantia', but the situation is not as easy as he said."

"Schaffhausen?" The pastor turned his head to look at the others, and he couldn't help sighing with disappointment on their faces, "Oh, five days ago, we discovered the first few of the plague. Infected people... Now we don't know if those infected people were the original infected people. In short, we thought those infected people were the original infected people.

"They are farmers from a certain farm outside the city. Because of collective symptoms such as headaches, body fever, and limb weakness, they felt that they were infected with the plague. After three days of suffering, they finally couldn't bear it anymore and came to our The church seeks a cure.

"The symptoms on them were very similar to the flu, so we thought it was the flu, prepared the medicine for them, and let them go back. As a result, after only one day, they became like the group of living corpses in the city.

"It was then that other people on the farm, after being attacked by them, collaborated to kill them, and later came to the city to seek our help out of fear that they might become like them, and that's when we realized that it wasn't Influenza, but a new kind of plague..."

When telling these things, the pastor couldn't help sighing, and the silent people around him also looked very sad.

The noble youth pressed the pastor's shoulder and stood up, "Let me tell you about the rest—those farmers were not the first infected people, the source of the plague's infection was the rats, and the rats had been infected before we found out. Spread the plague underground.

"After confirming that this is a new type of plague, Priest Pamela discussed with my father, the speaker of the Constantia Noble Council, and decided to close the gates of Constantia until the plague is completely resolved.

"After making this decision, the first thing we did was to bring all the residents of that farm into the city and place them in the church, hoping to find clues about the source of the plague from them.

"It's a pity that we didn't have time, because at that time, the water source of Constantia was already polluted—just when several priests used divine magic to trace the origin, they discovered that the rats that were the source of infection had already taken all the water source of Constantia. Pollution, the plague has spread in the city, but we didn't find it.

"Then, Ms. Stern issued an oracle to let several priests flee with those who have not yet entered the stage of illness. As you can see, the people on these ships are all the survivors of Constantia. We are The last living people in the city.

"Of course, as people living in Constantia, we cannot avoid being infected with the plague. In fact, we are also carriers of the plague, but we haven't gotten sick yet."

The aristocratic young man who had spoken such a long passage took a deep breath involuntarily, and then smiled at Zhong Ye and the others: "I hope you can help us and spread the news of the fall of Constantia, which is also helping other cities ...Actually, I think we can still save it, can't we? As long as we pass the news to the Medical Church, those priests with powerful medical abilities may be able to cure us, and even cure those living corpses , Let our neighbors and friends 'live' again."

While saying this, the noble young man's hanging arms couldn't help shaking. Obviously, his heart was not as calm and free as it appeared on the surface.

Zhong Ye was silent for a moment, then lowered his eyes, "... yes."

Hearing his affirmative answer, the people cheered, and the noble youth also clenched their fists, as if they could already see the scene where the priests of the Medical Church came to rescue them.

It's just that they don't know that the plague has already spread...Constancia's priority may not be too high.

(End of this chapter)