Chapter 451 (1/2)

Underneath the dim gloomy sky was the endless scorched land. There were a few rivers curved and twisted through the black earth until they reached a huge sinkhole in a distance; on the vast land, countless strange steep hills were risen from the ground and scattered around as if they were nails trying to stop the ground from rising.

Behind a row of hills that seemed to be forcibly cut into half by something, clouds of deadly dust were flying in the air; and in those dust clouds, groups of strange glowing things formed a crooked line and slowly swayed around the broken hills like a glowing dragon.

The night was deadly quiet and filled with the smells of danger and blood. Deep inside a mysterious field appeared strange and creepy noises from time to time.

A figure that was completely covered by a black cloak and moving fast in the dark suddenly raised one of its hands and stopped moving. Instantly, all the seven black shadows that were behind it all stopped and quickly leaned against the steep hill next to them.

The figure that seemed to be the leader of the group climbed up to a secret wind gap, removed the black glove from its hand. It pointed its index finger at the direction of the wind. A moment later its index finger began to glow the dim green light.

It kept its finger in the wind for a few seconds before it moved back and put its finger in its mouth and on its tongue. It then frowned all of sudden and slowly claimed back down.

“He is in this area, Kill on sight! This is the order!” the figure said sternly.

“Captain Yi, does he really have The Will of Cambrian, the Will was left by that legendary man?” One of the shadows couldn’t help but ask.

The leader’s face instantly dropped. “Don’t ask any questions that you shouldn’t ask. Your whole family might end up dead!”

The shadow that asked the question instantly had a cold shudder. It didn’t dare to say anything back.

It was at this moment, on the darker side of the other hill, a plume of fluorescent smoke slowly rose up into the sky. “s.h.i.+t! The team Jia is under the attack! Quick! That direction!” The leader was shocked.

‘The Will of Cambrian is truly the most powerful cultivation method in the world. Within just a few months, he can obtain such power! No wonder why that old f.u.c.k is that powerful!’ the heart of Captain Yi sank even deeper.

The group of shadows quickly left the place and disappeared into the darkness. The hill once again fell into creepy silence.

… Late midnight…

The end of the scorched land was the edge of a primeval forest. Under a huge mountain peak that seemed to have been destroyed by something a long time ago, hid a small unknown village.

Inside the village, the heavy dismal atmosphere shrouded everyone, making people feel depressed and hard to breathe.

Inside a simple and crude house that was made by a rusty bus that no one knew how many years it had been abandoned there, a few figures were gathered together and sat quietly in a circle around an oil lamp with their faces filled with worries.

With the flame of the oil lamp flickered unsteadily, the shadows of those figures were twisted while swaying left and right behind their backs, making people feel even more depressed.

“Father, I am not going to draw lots. I’ll go. Second Older Brother is capable of working now. The little sister is just 8 years old, she may still be able to awaken!” a ten-year-old little boy raised his head and said using his shaking voice after biting his lips very hard. He clenched his fists tightly until his nails were embedded deep into his skinny palms.

His sight first landed on his father’s old face, then it was s.h.i.+fted to the worried face of his mother who was holding his one-year-old little brother. But eventually, his sight landed on the dark corner of the room behind his mother. Although he couldn’t see her clearly, he knew that his sister who was only a few years older than him was timidly hiding in there, feeling inferior of herself, because of her senile look.

Thinking that he himself would be turned into a similar ‘monster’, the boy’s body suddenly s.h.i.+vered uncontrollably. He began to slightly regret what he had said earlier.

But when he saw the eight years old younger sister who was hiding behind him, and her skinny weak body was shaking constantly in fear, he gritted his teeth and held back his own fear.

And next to him, a slightly older boy lowered his head and didn’t say a single word. However, If anyone looked closely, they would notice that the older boy’s hands also clenched tightly.

“Let… your younger sister go, this family needs… men…” said the father whose face was filled with wrinkles, after a moment of silence. His lips were twisted and his voice was shaking as if he had also made a very difficult decision.

Fearing to look into his own daughter’s eyes, as soon as he finished it, he turned around to face the darker side of the room in pain while coughing very hard.

The man was sick and he seemed to be very weak. Despite that, he was still the only decision maker of the family. Right after the decision was made, the girl’s mother burst into tears.

She instantly hugged her youngest daughter who still couldn’t stop her body from shaking and cried in hysterically. “My baby…”

The boy who had volunteered to go earlier had mixed feelings. Every time when he wanted to speak, the image of his ‘monster’ sister would stop him. Eventually, he also turned around to avoid having eye contact with his little sister while feeling guilty of himself and clenching his fists in pain.

The older brother just stood up, walked outside without saying a single word.

…

On the next day, all the people who lived in that village got up very early. Some families didn’t even sleep for the whole night.

In the grey sky, there were countless thick and deadly dust-like particles. It made the originally hazy sky even dimmer.

On the black scorched land, a group of 10 years old kids were gathered together with the help of the adults. There were around a dozen of them, and most of them were girls. Same as the bodies that had been buried in a place not far from the village, the people in the village chose to save boys over girls…

“Is everyone here?” one of the middle-aged men who looked slightly stronger roughly counted the number of people and then asked.

“Still waiting for elder Yu’s fourth kid. They will probably be here soon.” An aunt who was dressed in a weird combination of clothes that seemed to be collected from ruins, was s.h.i.+vering with cold. She took a quick glance around the group and said.

“This winter is too cold, the food we have is not enough to support us to live through the winter. If we don’t go to the forbidden land, more people will die…” looking at the sky that had visible signs of getting colder and colder, the man said.

“Chief, elder Yu is here…” the aunt in strange clothes stamped her feet a few times to warm herself up and said while pointing in a direction.

While she was talking, a man whose face was filled with wrinkles walked towards them numbly with his daughter. Several years ago, the man had experienced the exact same pain.

The little girl was familiar with the other kids who had also been selected. Although she was still very scared, with so many people here, she was not as scared as before. She just quietly walked into the group while looking at the ground.

“Okay, since everyone is here, let’s go. The forbidden land only has two safe entrances, don’t let others take them first.” the middle-aged chief didn’t say many things. In fact, when facing those parents, he knew that it was useless no matter what he said.