Countless wails and screams rang out simultaneously across more than a thousand Safe Zones-there was no other reason for it; anyone who saw their former protectors gradually turning into Water Corpses would have reacted the same way.
Chaos quickly broke out.
"How could this happen? Are those Water Corpses?! The Water Corpses from Huai Shui Village!"
"The Anomalous Affairs Bureau has been infiltrated by Water Corpses too!"
"Everyone, stop running! There are vicious ghosts outside and Water Corpses inside. Even if we run out, we won't necessarily be safe, and running around could cause a stampede!"
"This young lady is right. Everyone, calm down first..."
As people comforted one another and the Water Corpses still showed no signs of moving, the panicked crowd gradually quieted down. They stopped screaming and running, then turned their eyes to the big screen together.
Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi were so powerful. They would surely have a solution...
They had to.
Lin Hanzhi drew the strength to face the truth from his brief embrace with Qi Gu, who deftly drew runes on the tomb door and lifted the seal.
Golden light flashed, and then the tomb door rumbled open, only to unleash an even more dazzling white light. The two instinctively pressed close together and shut their eyes tightly, slowly adjusting to it.
A few moments later, they tentatively opened their eyes together.
Beyond the tomb door, it was as bright as day, even clearer and brighter than daylight, giving them the fleeting impression that they had entered the realm of immortals.
But upon closer inspection, all that white light actually came from the outline of an enormous, snow-white figure in the burial chamber. It was a snow-white human figure radiating light, with no other distinguishing features.
Yet Lin Hanzhi recognized her without