"Central Allied Army, Central Allied Army—the Central Alliance Army stabbed us in the back! The greatest force on the Central Continent, the Central Allied Army, stabbed us in the back! You bastard, Alliance Leader Zhao! You broke your word, broke your word, slaughtered three w of allies, then ran off with your tail between your legs! We have no, no way to fight back, so we're holding up big-character posters to vent, vent our hatred!"
The bizarre message rang out from countless trumpet-shaped mushrooms.
"Bastard Alliance Leader Zhao, you're not, not human!"
"You broke your word, broke your word, slaughtered your allies, slaughtered your allies—the Five Clans Seven Hopes, hopes, hopes, hopes, they're all liars!"
Then came the wails of countless vengeful ghosts.
If one listened carefully, there was also the crackle of flames burning.
The sound of things collapsing, explosive roars, and howling winds rose together by the hundreds and thousands, mixed with countless cries for help and shrieks of agony. Just hearing it was enough to imagine what a terrifying sea of fire lay before them. Soon came the screams of countless soldiers, occasionally interspersed with the furious questions of enemy commanders.
Wu You spilled everything she knew about the Alliance Army's betrayal. Never mind how explosive the content was—the sheer succession of over ten thousand voices was enough to make anyone lose their composure. They had no idea the mushrooms were producing the sounds; they only knew the sources were all around them. The voices came so strangely, and in such terrifying numbers, that it seemed as if ten thousand invisible enemies had all begun speaking at once.
Wasn't this broad daylight haunting?
That would have been bad enough, but then there was the content...
Most of the rank-and-file soldiers gradually recovered from their initial fright. Once