Chapter 613: Chapter 428: Reunion of the Quartet_2
It was already evening, and the two were truly faint with hunger. After determining that Dong Tianyu would not be going out today, they finally could no longer resist the hunger in their stomachs and, disregarding their appearance, ate a great deal of food.
Watching the mother and daughter turn a corner and enter a car that had already been parked at the intersection, as soon as they got into the black car, it immediately started to flee northward.
At this moment, Dong Tianyu suddenly thought of the conversation between the two women earlier and roughly guessed their identities. After all, Spirit Dog and Spider were one brains of the team while the other was the technical backbone.
However, Dong Tianyu had not expected that the foursome of swindlers, who were supposed to be staying in Pengcheng, had somehow arrived in Kyoto.
And he didn’t know the situation in Pengcheng, considering Ye Liuyun had suffered at the hands of Alexandria more than once. So, when Ye Liuyun captured her, he really wished to tear her into shreds.
Yet even in such dire straits, Alexandria managed to escape from Pengcheng, which goes to show the real capabilities of this group of swindlers.
Dong Tianyu wasn’t too concerned about their love-hate relationship with Ye Liuyun. It’s just that these people, like cats smelling blood, were always lurking outside the gates of Dong Tianyu’s courtyard.
Facing this situation, Dong Tianyu didn’t quite know what to say since this was, after all, their job.
As night fell, Dong Tianyu had planned to continue yesterday’s tactics, but unexpectedly, just as he was about to make his move, everyone’s communication devices received a message.
"All survivors, please be aware~!"
"All survivors, please be aware~!"
"All survivors, please be aware~!"
"The current disaster is tentatively identified as the Undead Disaster. The Undead possess biological sensing organs. For example, a skeleton can still pinpoint your location even if you are hiding behind numerous obstructions.
Therefore, when dealing with skeletons, don’t be overly optimistic. If there is a chance, immediately get as far away from the skeletons as possible."
Looking at the sudden alert text on his phone, Dong Tianyu was curious about this unexpected prompt.
One should know that behind every outrageous story hides an even more desolate real event.
Dong Tianyu was also curious about how these people stirred up the skeletons, leading to such a prompt being broadcast specifically in Kyoto.
Actually, the cause was quite simple. Remember, the day before yesterday, many civilian hunting teams went to the frontlines for reconnaissance and battled the skeletons with the White Soul Fire.
At first, the survivors fought like a whirlwind, obliterating the skeletons with the White Soul Fire in a crushing manner.
However, they were unaware that for Undead creatures, as long as the Soul Flame did not extinguish, even skeletons missing arms and legs could still rapidly repair their bodies using the Soul Flame.
So just when they thought the battle was over, in reality, they had already been surrounded and naturally began fighting the skeletons all over again.
The majority of the survivors who fought against the skeletons were injured, but the fact that they could come back alive was already a stroke of great fortune.
Yet these people thought that disinfecting their wounds and changing their dressings would be enough to heal. Who could have imagined that as night fell, after Dong Tianyu left, those injured who stayed in Kyoto began to show some changes in appearance.
As the night deepened, while Dong Tianyu was still following the Sharp Blade Team in the air, fantasizing about scavenging opportunities, those injured left in the city began staring at the moon at some point.
As they gazed intently at the moon, the reason unclear to others, people could only let them continue this irrational behavior.
As the moonlight bathed each of their bodies, the trace of Undead energy remaining on them was silently expanding.
Because of the gauze wrapping, those people were not clear about the condition of the wounds. As the amount of undead power accumulated in some people’s bodies grew, so did their health deteriorate.
Many did not survive until the third day, having died in the deep of the second night.
The bodies of these deceased were not safe, therefore no one was willing to take them back home.
When the evening of the third day arrived, and just as they were preparing to cremate the bodies, one of the corpses suddenly exploded, drenching the entire room with blood and flesh. Not one of the survivors who had come to see them off escaped unscathed.
As the blood and flesh burst apart, a crystalline, translucent skeleton was revealed within.
While others were still marveling at the sight, the white soul fire in the skeleton’s eye sockets was already filling them completely.
If one only considered the soul fire, this skeleton was but a newly-born, weak specimen. However, during the body’s explosion, many people’s skin came into contact with the tissues of the corpse.
And so, the power of the undead swept through the entire city like a virus, infecting more and more people. Soon, the whole of Kyoto plunged into panic.
The sudden catastrophe also confused the Imperial Court, which had thought that it had set a plan in stone just the day before. It was also out for weapon testing, but who could have anticipated today’s events?
As plans are prone to change in the face of such incidents, the tasks to exterminate the skeletons outside the city were immediately halted. They were to cooperate with the government officials instead, to eradicate the newly-emerged skeletons within the city.
The chaos that erupted in the night took everyone by surprise - even Dong Tianyu felt astonished.
After all, for Dong Tianyu, skeletons still had the impression of being cannon fodder, although there were legendary leaders like Arthas and the Bone King. But the overall impression of skeletons in the minds of most people remained unchanged.
However, after tonight’s disturbance, the number of government officials patrolling the streets at night steadily increased.
Looking at the injured survivors who still came out to patrol, it was evident that the recent turmoil hadn’t affected them much.
Yet Dong Tianyu never expected that even at such a time, that mother and daughter would once again show up at his doorstep.
At this moment, the Patrol Team was re-registering households door-to-door. In reality, if it were just for re-registration, there would be no need to see each person face to face.
The primary purpose for the Patrol Team’s door-to-door visits was actually to visually confirm the situation of the tenants around, as at times like these, ensuring that no such incidents would happen again was imperative.
After completing the registration, Dong Tianyu was about to shut the door and rest inside when suddenly two people squeezed through the door crack and into his courtyard.
Seeing the actions of the two, Dong Tianyu closed the door, then frowned slightly, opening his mouth in disapproval, "Who are you two, and what do you want, sneaking into my yard like this?"
Hearing Dong Tianyu’s questioning, the young widow had already prepared a set of excuses. But the excuses were too clichéd, and Dong Tianyu didn’t quite believe her.
Seeing the suspicion still on Dong Tianyu’s face, the young widow promptly unfastened her coat, revealing a scene as pristine as the peak of a snowy mountain.
At this moment, although Dong Tianyu did not avert his gaze, he spoke with an unwavering voice, "What are you doing? Don’t think that by doing this, I will agree to some unreasonable demands of yours."
They were not afraid of Dong Tianyu speaking; on the contrary, they dreaded his silence. They were confident in themselves, believing that as long as Dong Tianyu was willing to communicate, they could entrap even the most difficult of men.
The young widow still had that pitiable expression, "My husband went missing on a mission, and I originally just treated it as a disappearance. Even though the chances of his survival are slim, I didn’t give up hope and wanted to wait at home for him to return.
But once my mother-in-law found out my husband was missing, she immediately brought my husband’s younger brother, and both families moved into my house. At first, they said it was just temporary, claiming they were there to help; but who knew that after they moved in, they changed, and started to pick at all my faults."
