To be honest, Bai Junjun and Li Wenli have never taken the short route from Biluo to the Imperial Capital. Back in the day, they took the longest way, detouring around Dai County and An County, passing through the Three-Branch Junction from Ying County to reach the Imperial Capital. This journey took nearly two months, whereas now they can see the Imperial Capital just by heading straight from Biluo to Ning County.
This road used to be the most bustling, given the nurous business exchanges between the wealthy Eastern Land and the Imperial Capital.
But now it has beco a desolate Road to the Yellow Springs.
All along the way, there were only bleached bones and the occasional wandering Underworld Soldiers; they didn’t see a single living person.
At least when they were in Ning County, it felt like they had arrived in a Ghost City, without a sign of any living person.
To ensure no Underworld Soldiers were overlooked, the group stayed here for several days before continuing their sweeping advance.
Honestly, Bai Junjun felt a sense of returning to The Apocalypse.
As they approached the vicinity of the Imperial Capital, this feeling grew stronger.
There are seven counties near the Imperial Capital, which serve as a warti buffer zone for the Imperial Capital. Most of the residents here were recruited soldiers, aning that the Emperor would give them land to farm, but when the Imperial Capital was besieged, all the n here had to assemble and serve The Celestial Family.
Although most of the n had been sent out when Baiju fell apart, three years later, the young boys had grown into n. However, at this mont, they were guarding not the Imperial Capital but their own counties.
Just before the New Year, there was suddenly a haunting; there were always attacks by the living dead.
Everyone assud that after three years of war, the corpses on the battlefield weren’t properly handled, leading to this situation. Typically, when facing the living dead, their thod was to splash them with Black Dog Blood and then tie them up securely and burn them to death.
But recently, the living dead have been appearing more frequently, and similar situations have arisen in the surrounding seven counties.
Since they were reservists, they were more vigilant than ordinary people in the face of such situations, so they prepared early.
When the Underworld Soldiers suddenly crossed the border in large numbers recently, they imdiately sealed off the entire county, and everyone even hid underground.
But then the nightmare began, with villagers hard by the Underworld Soldiers attacking their territory from ti to ti. The multiple forced defenses had left them badly wounded and exhausted. Now, seeing over a thousand Underworld Soldiers approaching, they were even more terrified.
At this ti, it was the season for spring planting, and in order to survive, they had to both compete with the heavens for farming and race against ti with the Underworld Soldiers.
The Village Chief looked worried, "The seedlings have all sprouted, and we’re counting on these days to plant them. But now another group of Underworld Soldiers has crossed over in large numbers. For everyone’s safety, we can only hide in the cellar again and prioritize saving our lives."
Of course, the villagers had no objections; in this chaotic world, they could only focus on preserving their lives first.
So when Bai Junjun and the others entered this county town, they found it was still an empty city.
Though calling it empty seems strange too.
Every household in this county had yards and vegetable gardens, and these gardens clearly showed signs of cultivation. If there were no people around, where did these signs of cultivation co from?
Could it be that the Underworld Soldiers have evolved to understand farming?
Bai Junjun and Li Wenli exchanged a glance and calmly instructed the thousand people to set up camp here.
"Let’s settle here for a few days first. Everyone should remain vigilant and be careful of any Night Thieves’ attacks."
"Don’t worry, I’ll have people on guard. You kids mustn’t run around," the Chieftain instructed in awkward official speech, prompting the children curious about the farmhouses to stand at attention and cease their antics.
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