Chapter 93: The Dragon

There is a saying that the most distant distance in the world is when I stand next to you and you don’t know that I love you. This is a kind of helplessness that penetrates to the bone. This kind of helpless pain is more heart-wrenching than facing the consequences directly.

Just like now, I am talking to Hongzi, but he tells me that he is dead, and there is nothing I can do. This kind of irreparable powerlessness once again exploded in my heart, just like that night when I watched Lao Hui rush back!

I didn’t know what to say. I had a thousand words on my tongue, but I couldn’t say them. Hongzi smiled calmly, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and said in a broken voice, “There’s no way. I can’t marry Juanzi. Fortunately, my parents have my brother and sister. My idol is actually Brother Ma. This time, I want to be like Brother Ma.”

I didn’t think Hongzi was joking with me, because I still had the heavenly eye. The next moment, I clearly saw the evil spirit dissipate, and Hongzi’s soul floated out of his body. He smiled at me, then gave a standard military salute, and then turned and walked in an unknown direction, very slowly but quickly, disappearing in the blink of an eye!

“Ahhh…” I couldn’t help but kneel on the ground and let out a painful cry into the sky. Only then did I realize that if a person’s pain reaches this level, if they can’t let out a loud cry, they will go crazy…

However, Hongzi was still standing in front of me, his eyes slowly losing the emotions of a human being, becoming wooden and calm. He was still holding the cigarette that he had just lit, but had not had time to smoke. I stared at him, but he was holding a gun, taking a step pulling the trigger, changing the bullets, loading the gun, the movements were incredibly fast. With such a powerful gun, he seemed to ignore the recoil, and his body didn’t even move. A complete set of standard movements, with a fast pace, the movements were like flowing water…

“He looks like Little Brother Ma…” I looked at Hongzi and said this sentence, and my throat hurt. I knew he couldn’t hear me, but I just wanted to say it. In the face of our supernormal abilities, Hongzi, a cultivator, has always been very self-conscious about his abilities. But at this moment, he used his own strength to play a symphony of hot weapons on this battlefield with bullets.

This is a miracle. A person, a gun, some bullets, and the “demon wolf” summoned by Xiaohuo below, all of this stopped the nine caped monsters below in their tracks. At this time, Hongzi was almost unerring, and his movements were so fast that the bullets seemed to be fired from a machine gun, but they were many times more accurate than a machine gun.

Wang Wu, who was standing next to me, was also staring at the scene in a daze, and couldn’t help but say, “What a strong will, what a strong…” I turned my head and looked at Wang Wu blankly. He must have known what was going on with Hongzi at the moment, but I wasn’t in the mood to ask. This was Hongzi’s time! It was Hongzi’s stage!

Three consecutive shots, ‘bang’, ‘bang’, ‘bang’. I couldn’t see the trajectory of the bullets, but I saw a cloak monster that dodged so quickly that it was actually hit in the head by Hongzi. It was three bullets that hit the brain at the same time, and half of its brain was blown away, and it fell!

The dead Hongzi had actually killed a zombie monster.

Then, with a bang, the large gun in Hongzi’s hand exploded because the rate of fire was too fast and the barrel overheated. The barrel immediately split open, and Hongzi was blown back a few steps by the sudden explosive force. Then he stood there quietly with the gun in his hand…

At this moment, Xiaobei’s arrogant laughter came from the sparse forest where the formation was set up. The sky and earth suddenly changed color, and the formation was complete…

Although there was the barrier of Hongzi and the demon wolf, the remaining eight cloak monsters of Lu Fanming’s group also rushed into the sparse forest, very close to Xiao Bei and his group, but at this time, Xiao Bei did not know how to escape or dodge at all!

“Go…” The ones who rushed over were Chen Li and the others. When a few of the caped monsters were blocked from advancing, the first few remaining ones rushed here desperately. Chen Li, who was the first to arrive, picked up Xiao Bei and ran like crazy towards the mountain. The remaining few people also carried those who were helping to set up the formation and ran towards the mountain!

Lu Fanming would never be willing to give up, or perhaps he had already sensed danger. In any case, he desperately chased after Chen Li and the others. He knew that there was a buffer time between the completion of the formation and its full activation, and his only chance was here!

If Lu Fanming and his group rushed up, the consequences would be self-evident. I was obviously so sad, but I was also nervous to the extreme. However, Wang Wu, who was by my side, tightly grabbed my arm, which meant that I couldn’t even make a move until now!

Lu Fanming realized the danger and sped up to a very high speed. Chen Li and the others were already faster than ordinary people could imagine, but Lu Fanming and his group were even faster. They were about to catch up with Chen Li and the others in just a few seconds. At this moment, the sky and earth in the valley seemed to have suddenly twisted, and strange changes suddenly occurred. Lu Fanming fell heavily to the ground, as if he had hit a wall. Then he stood up in horror, looked around, and began to attack like a madman…

I don’t want to know what’s going on. I only know that the deadly formation has finally been activated at this time, but if its power is only like this, it’s just a powerful illusion (it can affect the zombies to a certain extent), and I know that I can’t control Lu Fanming and his group at all.

Sure enough, under the crazy attack of Luo Fanming, he actually took a few steps in the right direction, towards our valley. Not only Luo Fanming, but also the other zombie monsters!

But the array that had exhausted Xiao Bei’s energy was definitely not over yet. In fact, it turned out that the array had produced a new mutation. A large amount of white mist inexplicably gushed out from all directions, then gathered toward the sky, gradually forming low layers of clouds.

This formation is different from the crude formations I have ever drawn. It is indiscriminate, and it seems to only affect Lu Fanming and his group. The few “demon wolves” that attacked Lu Fanming and his group just now were injured, and under Xiao Huo’s remote control, they just lay quietly on the ground, but nothing happened.

What is the function of those clouds? Is it an automatic thunder array? If so, it is not a small power, but I looked at it with a frown, always feeling that this formation seemed to be a bit inferior in terms of restraint. Lu Fanming and his group kept moving forward, albeit so slowly!

What’s more, this formation can only be used for an hour!

Hongzi was standing in front of the mountain, his face covered in blood from the gunshot. I used my sleeve to wipe the blood off his face, then took the cigarette that was half-burnt from his mouth and took a deep drag. I said to him, “Look, we will win in the end! Hongzi, you have given me a miracle! Before, I thought that heat weapons were useless against cultivators and monsters, it was a joke! Because no matter how powerful a weapon is, it is operated by a person. Ordinary people have no way to deal with spiritual beings. A slightly stronger spiritual being can affect an entire army, not to mention making them die, at least making them go crazy, or even attacking each other. What about weapons that are set to a specific time? Like landmines, like time bombs, haha… You don’t know, right? Spiritual cultivators are all monsters. At a certain level, you can’t underestimate their spiritual awareness. The more lethal the weapon, the more they can sense the danger! Unless it’s a heavy weapon! A real big guy! Aircraft and cannons don’t work, as long as they are operated by humans, they don’t work, and they don’t work at long distances. Spiritual beings are not subject to physical limitations. You can’t estimate their speed, and thermal weapons can’t hurt them either! But do you think the country will use heavy weapons for a few people? What if one of them escapes? The consequences are extremely dangerous. A cultivator doesn’t care about his life or the consequences. He wants to assassinate some people. How terrifying is that? So there is a subtle constraint here. However, Hongzi, you gave me a miracle. You used a gun to kill a cloak monster. You are very powerful.

I said a lot of things inexplicably, and although Hongzi couldn’t hear me, I kept talking, only because Hongzi had always been self-conscious about his abilities in front of us. Now that he has sacrificed himself, he has given me a miracle.

The battlefield seemed to have settled down. Chen Li and the others had returned, and they had successfully brought back Xiao Bei and the others. However, after the formation was completed, these people suddenly fainted. Wang Wu finally let out a sigh of relief and let go of my arm. He said to me, “Chengyi, if there is a sudden change in the formation, you must intervene.”

I looked at Wang Wu, a little numb. The formation in front of me was just gathering clouds and mist. I couldn’t see where its power was being displayed. I just stared at the formation quietly, while Wang Wu said to me in my ear, “Hongzi took the forbidden medicine. This was the result of research done many years ago with the help of some things. But later, because of some things and great resistance, the research stopped. I don’t know the specific situation, I just know that the side effects of this research are very great.”

My expression was blank. It was like looking at a bloody battlefield full of vicissitudes. I didn’t know how to vent my sadness, but I still heard Wang Wu’s words. I asked, “The effect of this drug is to turn people into zombies, right? Are you telling me that Hongzi is a zombie at the moment, right?”

“You could say that. It will turn people into monsters! If someone with a weak will takes this pill, they will go crazy and only have instinctive, extremely powerful aggression. Some skills they had before, such as fighting and shooting, will definitely be much better after the change. But people with strong willpower can control themselves. Just like Hongzi, he must have taken the pill at the last moment before the attack, and then said a few words to you before the attack, and then completely changed into a person with only the instinct to fight… But he was really great. With the willpower he had before he died, he still remembered what to do and what to block. He… But, Chengyi, it’s only a short period of time. He will eventually go crazy, and then…” Wang Wu didn’t say anymore.

However, I understand, I even know better than Wang Wu that the researcher of this project is most likely Yang Sheng’s teacher. It seems that Yang Sheng’s progress is so fast because he has used some of his teacher’s achievements. I didn’t say anything, and I glanced at Hongzi, who stood straight next to me. He stood motionlessly, and his vacant eyes were quietly directed the direction of the battlefield, as if our victory was his last concern. I patted Hongzi’s calf, as if he were still alive, and I was inviting him to sit down, but the touch in my hand was stiff. The mutation would eventually break free of Hongzi’s last willpower. At that time, my heart sank a little, and I knew that at that time, I would have to act.

I just hope everything will end soon. Hui Gen was still seriously injured in the battlefield and was unconscious. I was still worried about Hui Gen.

Some seemed to have calmed down, just waiting for the big formation to deal with Lu Fanming and his gang, but at this time, something that I will never forget finally happened. Under the operation of the formation, the clouds piled up more and more, and finally a lightning bolt pierced through the clouds. After a few inexplicable thunderclaps that had no power and didn’t even fall, the rain finally came down in a “splash splash splash” sound. Not only the area of the formation, but the entire mountain range was affected, and even we on the mountain were drenched by the sudden downpour.

How could the formation bring rain? I couldn’t figure out the connection, but at this moment, a trembling, extremely excited voice with an excited tone shouted, “Dragon… it’s a dragon, a dragon… it’s really a dragon!”

Dragon? I didn’t react at first, and I even subconsciously wanted to say, “What dragon?” But before I could say it, my heart started pounding. Which Chinese people wouldn’t be excited when they heard the word “dragon”? Because the dragon is our Chinese totem, it is the only belief that many people have left. Because we are its descendants, that kid just said he saw a dragon?

I almost turned my head to look at the kid, but I saw him pointing at the sky above the formation, so excited that he could hardly contain himself. Not only him, but I saw many people’s faces trembling with excitement. I finally couldn’t help but look in that direction, and a scene that I will never forget appeared!

In the thick clouds that gathered in the formation and floated above, I could clearly see a dragon rolling in the clouds!