Zheng Zhixiang in a Human Skin Suit

Wu Feitu raced across the sky:

Inside Shi State City, deaths occurred every day.

Some great clans fought other great clans; others fought the Rebel Army.

There were even experts from several great clans of the main city, such as the Gongyang Family and the Luo Family.

Someone wanted to charge into the Shi Residence and kill Zhao Hongxiu.

In the end, they were stopped by the Cui Family, the Hua Family, and others.

Someone quietly infiltrated the Martial Academy, seeking Chu Qing.

In the end, while passing through the little grove, they were dragged away by the somewhat unhinged headmaster and never appeared again.

The martial world of Shi State had descended into chaos.

Amid that chaos, someone made a startling discovery:

Whenever certain experts passed through the slums, they vanished without rhyme or reason.

Then, neither living person nor dead body could be found.

Whether they were from great clans, the Rebel Army, or even experts from the main city, anyone who passed through that place disappeared.

Someone investigated.

But apart from inexplicably losing more people, they found nothing else.

In the end, everyone tacitly detoured around the slums.

As for what exactly lay within the slums, after so many people had died, no one was curious anymore.

After all... curiosity killed the cat.

At the same time:

The Rebel Army also began to move.

Taking advantage of this drought Natural Disaster, they swept up vast numbers of refugees and, within just a few months, swallowed the remaining prefectural cities.

Now, every prefectural city under Shi State City had fallen into the Rebel Army's hands.

The vast Shi State City had become an isolated city.

The situation was critical.

However;

The ordinary people of Shi State City still did whatever they needed to do.

They did not care