The sword light and the dagger were intertwined. In a blink of an eye, seven lantern ghosts fell to the ground one by one. Lin Xi did not underestimate the strength of the two of us. When fighting 5-8 lantern ghosts alone, as long as you focus enough and don’t make mistakes, there will be basically no danger. At this time, just after the lantern ghosts fell to the ground, wisps of souls floated out of their lanterns and turned into a figure standing in front of us, with a total of more than ten.

They have men and women, old men with hunched bodies, and children of four or five years old, but everyone's faces are covered with a strong layer of death, which just appears before us.

"Finally, I'm relieved..."

An old man in a gray robe said blankly: "Since the plagues drifted into the town, everything has changed, people have become very irritable and have lost their normality."

On the side, a middle-aged man was burly and choked in his throat, saying, "My father and mother, they have all become unconscious bloodthirsty zombies. These damn demons have brought destruction, and they have brought death..."

"Mom, Mom has become another person..."

A child said in a daze and confused manner: "We can never go back, the town is heading for destruction..."

...

As they spoke, their bodies became empty one by one, and in a blink of an eye, they turned into clouds and smoke flying up and disappeared into the air.

"There is actually a plot interpretation..."

Lin Xi looked at the sky with beautiful eyes, looked at the disappearing people, and said, "It seems that this town was infected by the undead plague, and then it went to decline step by step."

"Um."

I nodded and said, "But... the plot is actually designed so specifically, and many things must have happened. Since these people have become puppets of the undead, I don't know how that little Ailan is..."

Lin Xi was stunned, with a hint of worry in his expression: "Let's kill you quickly!"

"Um!"

Going forward, we continued to clean up the lantern ghosts, and just after we cleared out the second batch of lantern ghosts, dead figures appeared in front of us again. They were expressionless, just a soul with the last ray of consciousness. They passed by us and walked out of the town, muttering to themselves—

"Everyone chose to leave their hometowns, but where can we go? Hengshan Town is our home. If it is displaced, where can we go?"

"Mr. Li Qiuyang has led the military doctors to the town, but... their medicine can't resist the invasion of the undead plague. Our bodies are changing day by day, and many people have left..."

"How are those who left the town early?"

...

I frowned and watched these ghosts leave one by one, and some even penetrated directly from me, as if only a trace of remaining spiritual consciousness was left, and nothing else was left.

"Lu Li..."

Lin Xi glanced at me and became even more worried.

I frowned: "Don't worry, this is a starry sky-level mission. In the background setting, Little Ailan must not be dead yet..."

"No, I just..."

She bit her red lips and said, "This town should have become a dead city. If Little Ailan is not dead, how desperate it would be to face such a town..."

"Let's go, let's continue."

"Um!"

...

Going further forward, we cleared out the lantern ghosts in batches and approached the town step by step. The experience value along the way was quite rich, but the plot was very depressing. Every word from these ghosts made us more worried about whether our mission goals were still alive.

After about an hour or two, Lin Xi and I advanced step by step and finally arrived at the entrance of Hengshan Town. In front, there were another group of lantern ghosts that looked extremely vicious. After all, figures flew out of their lanterns, as if they were militia, standing in front of them in a daze.

"Young adventurers, you are late." Among them, a middle-aged militiaman shook his head and sighed, saying, "We are already sick and hopeless, our souls cannot be redeemed, we..."

I stepped forward, looked at his empty eyes, and said, "Uncle, do you know Ailan? Where is her home and where is she?"

"Alan?"

He showed a look of doubt, then suddenly realized, and said, "Oh, you are talking about that poor child, she has been abandoned..."

"Why... why did you abandon her?" Lin Xi asked.

The militia sighed and said, "On the third day after the undead plague came, Xiao Ailan developed symptoms. Her hands and feet were cold, and pale lumps appeared on her body. It was a sign that the corpse was about to transform. Everyone said that the child could no longer be saved, so... her parents abandoned her, and on the fourth day, they had already fled the town and left Xiao Ailan alone..."

"Why……"

Lin Xi frowned, pursed her red lips, and her beautiful eyes were filled with anger.

"nothing……"

The militia's soul said lightly: "Everyone is thinking about living, so is her parents. Who would ignore their lives..."

As he said that, he looked into the air and said, "We have followed Lord Li Qiuyang's words and finally died in the town. We... Although we are militias, we are worthy of the empire and the human race, and we have no regrets of death..."

The next second, the figures of a group of militia disappeared one by one.

...

I took a deep breath and looked ahead, another large number of lantern ghosts were refreshing there, so I frowned and said, "Lin Xi, don't be distracted. After brushing out these lantern ghosts, we can enter the town to find Xiao Ailan's whereabouts..."

"Um!"

So, the two of them opened their firepower. After about ten minutes, they killed a group of lantern ghosts. In the layers of corpses, figures floated up one after another. Another group of souls imprisoned in the lanterns. Just in front, a soul holding a crutch coughed repeatedly, with a very clear appearance and a mayor.

"young people……"

The mayor looked at us and said, "You are already late. Hengsan Town has fallen. Lord Li Qiuyang resisted hard but still failed. The garrison army was almost wiped out. You are late..."

I frowned: "I know, we have met Li Qiuyang."

"ah?"

The mayor was stunned and said, "You... Lord Li Qiuyang, how are you?"

"I have died in battle." I said in a deep voice.

"ah!?"

The mayor's body trembled slightly, with sadness in his eyes, and he said, "We are in Hengfan Town, and we are still going to perish... Lord Li Qiuyang, he finally fulfilled his promise and died in his position..."

Lin Xi walked forward and said, "Master, we are here to rescue Ailan. Where is she? Is she still alive?"

"Oh, it turned out to be that child..."

The mayor's soul turned red and he said, "Her parents had abandoned her early and fled from the town. Alas... After the people in the town discovered Xiao Ailan, no one dared to approach her, but gave her food and water from afar. However,... the Demon Legion is about to attack the town, so I sent someone to send Xiao Ailan to the barn in the north of the town three days ago. I don't know if she is still alive, that poor child..."

"How could there be such parents in the world!"

I frowned, but didn't continue.

The mayor looked at us and said, "Actually, one of our medical officers said that Xiao Ailan was not infected with the undead plague at all. She was just sick, but this was an extremely difficult disease. It would cost at least a few thousand gold coins to cure it. So her parents were not unaware of this, but they were afraid that it would not be cured, and that it would cost a lot of money in vain, so they abandoned her and left her alone in the town to fend for themselves..."

Lin Xi trembled slightly, tears circling in his eyes: "Barn...is the barn just north?"

"Um."

The mayor looked at us and said, "I hope you can find her, and I hope you can redeemed her... Young children, you are the hope of this world, and only you can save this drowsy and depraved world. Goodbye..."

As he said that, the souls of the mayor and a group of soldiers turned into white light and flew into the air, disappearing.

...

"Lin Xi, the north of the town!" I said.

"Um!"

She focused heavily and rushed side by side with me. The two of them crossed the entire town. Soon after, a deserted warehouse appeared in front of them. Just as Lin Xi pushed open the barn, she saw a small figure lying under the window to the north of the barn. She was a girl in shabby clothes, with a sick look on her face, and was already dying.

"Little Ailan!"

Lin Xi and I rushed over together.

“…”

She looked at us with a dull look, but she still smiled and said, "Big brother, big sister, are you... you sent me to see me by my father and mother?"

Lin Xi almost burst into tears in an instant: "Yes, we are..."

"Very good."

Little Ailan looked at us, weak and weak, and said, "It's a pity... it's a pity that I don't have the strength all over. I'm afraid I can't meet them with you...I..."

"It's okay, it's okay..."

I shook my head and smiled, "We are all here, we will be here with you."

"I...I..."

Little Ailan's breath became weaker and weaker, but her beautiful little face was filled with relief and said, "Big brother, big sister, thank you... I didn't expect that someone would come to accompany me in the end, I..."

She is almost dead.

I directly switched to the Paladin account, and a wisp of holy light fell on her, but to no avail. Little Ailan's blood bar was always at the critical point of death, which was not something I could keep.

"Lu Li, no need...no need..."

Lin Xi knelt aside and looked at me with tears in his eyes.
Chapter completed!