Above the Plague
Chapter 67

Yan Qiu

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The second devastating blow to Longevity Path was a huge improvement for the team.

After the war, no one was killed this time, and only a few people were injured.

Zhou Zhi walked around the village and didn't find anything special.

Obviously, this village is just a stronghold occupied by Longevity Path to develop believers, otherwise there would not be only [Cui Niang] and one Official-level Plague Exterminator.

However, Zhu Changyu rides the wind and waves like this and kills [Tong Jian][Cui Niang] two Longevity Path deacons like killing chickens, which will not make Zhou Zhi feels that people from Longevity Path are trash, and Plague Exterminator from Changdu are just as powerful as Zhu Changyu.

If everyone is really Zhu Changyu, Captain Qi who is Qi Chongxiao outside the city will not be hurt when he is suppressing bandits outside the city.

Moreover, the level of those two deacons who were sent here to develop believers should not be particularly high.

Zhou Zhi Thinking like this, he pushed open the curtain in front of him.

Before your eyes, information is flowing.

[a door leading underground].

[Some people once recited strange mantras here to disrupt their minds and destroy their rationality].

[...].

Follow the stairs.

Zhu Changyu went down the stairs.

The basement here also has a smell similar to disinfectant, which reminds Zhou Zhi of Blue Stone Town's morgue.

The walls were damp, which seemed to be caused by disinfection.

"This is the place Longevity Path uses to transform believers."

"Recite Longevity Sutra, or offer inducements."

Plague Exterminator next to him looked at the scene in front of him.

The simple cell, although spacious, was full of filth, and there were some inferior medicines on the floor that Zhou Zhi didn't know about.

Needles, used bandages, dirty masks...

The corpses placed randomly seemed to have been dead for a long time, but they were not sick, which must be the effect of disinfection.

"This is the place where [Longevity Path] transforms believers."

Zhu Changyu looked at such a scene and slowly said, "The cult itself is not enough to make ordinary believers risk their lives... In a world where the epidemic is eradicated, the fear of Pestilence overrides faith in most cases."

"The deacon chants Longevity Sutra, which exerts a subtle influence, and is supplemented by a special diet..."

The whole underground.

There seemed to be no living people left.

Cui Niang issued a silence order before trying to evacuate.

The villagers who have not converted to Eternal Heaven are killed by the cultists.

"Most of these villagers are related by blood, so how can we attack them? It's really a loss of human relations."

Plague Exterminator beside him whispered.

"Let's see if there are any survivors, but be careful. Even among the surviving villagers, we have to identify whether they are followers of Longevity Path."

Zhu Changyu cold channel.

The further you enter the Depths, the more the smells of blood and disinfectant mix together.

Plague Exterminator's face looks ugly.

"All dead."

He shook his head.

"Damn beast."

After two battles, even an ordinary Apprentice Plague Exterminator would hardly vomit after seeing such a scene, but the strong discomfort became more and more intense.

Zhu Changyu walked to the front. "[Eternal Heaven] is essentially a group that uses Power of Pestilence, no matter how they call themselves Plague Exterminator."

"Plague Extermination Art may be essentially the same as Power of Pestilence, but the paths are different."

"It seems that Power of Pestilence is convenient and does not require an understanding of epidemic eradication knowledge, but in fact, Power of Pestilence will make the user surly, terrifying, and the character will become more dull and twisted, and in the end it will be close to extreme... That is the price of a shortcut."

Zhou Zhi felt that Zhu Changyu's words had a meaning, and seemed to be speaking to himself.

These days, Zhu Changyu talks more, which is good.

"If there are no survivors... just burn this place and leave."

Zhu Changyu waved his hand.

"My lord... my lord..."

A Apprentice Plague Exterminator came running.

"Yes, there are living people..."

In a dark underground cell.

Zhou Zhi looked at the woman in front of him through the fence.

To be precise, a girl.

He was about the same age as himself, huddled in the corner in ragged clothes, or to be more precise, among the pile of corpses in the corner.

The girl's face was dirty, but her eyes were indescribably bright.

"We are Plague Exterminator of Changdu, little sister."

Plague Exterminator came forward.

The girl was obviously traumatized and a little scared, like a panicked deer.

"It's okay now."

Zhou Zhi raised his head slightly and observed the girl.

Zhu Changyu also has this expression.

The other party may not be a believer of Longevity Path... Zhou Zhi cannot be judged by the disease, but he believes that Zhu Changyu has its own method of judgment.

After a period of comfort, the girl's mood finally stabilized.

At the end of Longevity Path's preparations to evacuate, while slaughtering the unconverted villagers, he hid in a pile of corpses and finally survived.

"Woooooooooo..."

The girl was sobbing. Even though her face was covered in blood, she could still see some purity and beauty.

"All dead..."

"Uuuu, they're all dead..."

The girl cried so hard that the pear blossoms were wet with rain.

Zhu Changyu looked at Zhou Zhi.

The two people's eyes made contact.

Zhou Zhi then went forward, first took a piece of clothing and put it on the girl, and then said, "It's okay."

"Come, tell brother what your name is."

Zhou Zhi's voice calmed the girl slightly.

The young deer-like girl coughed twice, her bright eyes twinkling.

"Yan Qiu."

The girl's voice sounded like a clear spring.

Zhou Zhi nodded.

"Let's take her into the carriage first."

Before Zhou Zhi finished speaking, the girl named Yan Qiu seemed to suddenly think of something. She turned her head and looked for something in the pile of corpses.

With tears in her eyes, she found a small cane.

"This is... father's relic."

Yan Qiu hugged the cane tightly in his arms.

Zhou Zhi's eyes flashed.

A wooden walking stick, it doesn't look like anything special.

The exterior of the village as the flames burn.

Everyone looked at the burning village.

It's like mourning for the earth.

Yan Qiu fell to his knees on the ground while crying.

Zhou Zhi stood at the back with an expressionless face. No one knew what he was thinking.

Until he turned around to find Zhu Changyu.

"Zhou Zhi, you are here."

Zhu Changyu rode Milk Tooth again, and he looked at Zhou Zhi: "What do you think should be done with that girl."

Zhou Zhi shook his head. "Zhu Dui, is she Longevity Path."

"No."

On this point, Zhu Changyu is categorical.

"If I am wrong, there is only one possibility, and that is that her strength is far superior to mine, reaching [Lead Surgeon]."

Zhou Zhi didn't say anything, Zhu Changyu probably already made his own decision.

"There is only one person. It is impossible for someone to send her back to Changdu."

"Follow the team and act as support."

Listening to Zhou Zhi's words, Zhu Changyu nodded. "I think so too."

After understanding Zhu Changyu's thoughts, Zhou Zhi left directly.

Then, wait until ten minutes later.

An official Plague Exterminator came to Zhou Zhi with a girl who looked like a deer.

"Zhou Zhi."

"Let you take care of her for the time being... This is what Team Zhu means."

Zhou Zhi looked past Plague Exterminator and looked at the timid Yan Qiu.

Supplementing yesterday 2, there are still a few chapters left today

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