Age of Heroes, ten consecutive guarantees

Seven days later, in a closed warehouse.

Nan Shizhi lay on a bed made of wooden boxes and fell asleep lightly.

Suddenly, she heard slight footsteps.

The next moment he immediately sat up and pulled out the small half of the blade.

"who?"

A woman wearing coarse clothes was holding a candle in her hand, and her face turned pale when she was frightened by the light of the knife.

"It's you, what are you doing here? Didn't I tell you not to disturb my rest?"

Nan Shizhi took back the knife after seeing the person clearly, frowned and said, "Or did something happen outside?"

"No, it's okay." It looked like a female worker who had been doing menial work for a long time lowered her head, carefully took out a few candies from her arms and put them down: "Just to see you, you haven't eaten anything all day, so..."

Seeing this, Nan Shizhi's eyes softened slightly, and he immediately said: "I don't need it, you can take it back."

"Master Samurai protects our safety. These things are all our thoughts." The female worker replied softly: "You, you can actually leave, but you stayed here to protect us. We are all very grateful."

Nan Shizhi shook his head: "I'm not so kind. I also have my own purpose...staying here is just a convenience."

She glanced at the candy, and then at the worried female worker. She raised her hand to accept the candy, and after eating a small bag of biscuits, the female worker felt relieved, did not dare to disturb, and walked out cautiously.

Watching the candlelight gradually go away.

Nan Shizhi held the blade of the knife and touched the wound on her body with her fingers, which still felt a slight pain.

She lay back on the bed, closed her eyes, and her memory traveled back to the past.

…

seven days ago.

The Underworld Exorcism begins, and a hundred ghosts march at night to attack the frontline military defenses.

There is no way to retreat, there is no buffer zone, it is completely a last-ditch fight.

On this day, whether it was the shogunate army or the extraordinary beings recruited, the casualty rate directly exceeded the casualty rate of the entire Huangquan Temple in previous years.

More than 60% of them died in the battle.

No one expected that when the Hundred Ghosts gathered into a group, their fighting power would be so terrifying.

It was like a surging tide of beasts, rushing forward desperately, unable to stop them at all.

The fortifications built of concrete and cement became crumbling under the collision of hundreds of ghosts. Their own material strength was not enough. After all, there has never been an active invasion in Huangquan for more than three hundred years. Although the construction of the fortifications was of very high specifications. It's high, but it doesn't inject any magic or mystery.

It may be barely enough to defend against aircraft bombing or artillery mortar, but it is definitely not enough to defend against the hordes of Underworld Hyakki.

On the first day of the battle, Minami Shiori personally beheaded dozens of demons.

But she made a mistake.

That is the lack of a deep understanding of the overly tenacious vitality of the monsters and the failure to perform extremely important last-ditch attacks.

After one of the demons was killed by her, its true appearance was revealed.

In fact, it is a synthetic demon possessed by facial aura.

She was attacked from behind by Mian Lingqi, leaving a gap in her body and almost losing her fighting ability.

Fortunately, Amemiya Mahiru and Hakuyu were nearby, and after rescuing her, they sent her to the rear of the battle line.

In this chaos, even the wounded had no place to stay and could only be moved to the city three kilometers outside the battle line.

After receiving emergency treatment, she took pills and was casually placed in this warehouse to recuperate, waiting to return to the front line after recovery.

Originally, she planned to rest for a few days.

But things have changed dramatically again.

When the battle on the front line continued until the fifth day, the military front line suddenly collapsed.

Even the shogunate issued an order to retreat, but the order at that time was "a certain retreat in an orderly manner", but the result was a "reckless rout".

After losing the blocking front, a large number of ghosts from underworld broke into the city. Many civilians were caught in the white mist before they had time to evacuate, and became the prey of the ghosts.

Because the front line collapsed, Minami Shiori also lost contact with the front line. It was not clear where her sister and husband were now.

She was very anxious, but she did not dare to go out without authorization. While waiting for her injuries to improve, some civilians fled to the warehouse here, and she took them in.

However, the food stored in this warehouse is not much, and it is not enough to support the daily consumption of twenty or thirty people.

Coupled with the lack of medicine for the wounded...the atmosphere became increasingly depressing.

If the shogunate does not come to rescue, these civilians will either die at the hands of demons or stay here and die of being trapped.

Nan Shizhi saw this in his eyes, but was helpless.

The city's permanent population exceeds 70,000 people, and including the circulating population, it is usually around 100,000 people.

Even if more than half were killed or injured in three days, there would still be at least 50,000 people left.

Even if she can solve the problem of feeding twenty or thirty people, she is destined to be unable to save so many people.

The problem still needs to be solved from the source.

She tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and vaguely heard conversations outside.

"Everyone will die, we are all finished, all finished!"

"Why are you crying! It saves your life, just hand it over!"

"Do you think everyone is as tough-mouthed as you?"

"Okay, why are you arguing? Aren't you tired? Aren't you hungry? Aren't you thirsty? Why don't you save some energy?"

"If you persist for three or four more days, the underworld will be over in just three or four days..."

"Stop fantasizing, this time is different, Huangquan is expanding! Even the land under our feet is already in Huangquan!"

"Keep your voice down! Don't disturb other people!"

Arguments and noises will always break out suddenly and then die down suddenly. Everyone is waiting with a sense of despair.

People in this era actually do not believe in the official government above them, and the people of Yingzhou have no hope for the shogunate. Even if they encounter any disaster, they want to solve it themselves instead of relying on the shogunate.

The shogunate is a political power based on the samurai class, and it is also a collection of power that conforms to the interests of all samurai families. If there is development, it will naturally be good for you and me. When encountering problems, it cannot be said that it is completely impossible, at least it is necessary, to expect the shogunate to take care of the civilians. It is a miracle that a magical girl can only make a wish come true.

In the Imperial Council, Mr. Qingtang who dared to propose such a motion would be stabbed in the spine and yelled, "You bitch, you betrayed the samurai class."

The civilians were most likely abandoned.

Although the shogunate wants to regain the Huangquan territory, it will never choose to confront it head-on at this stage.

As for how many people have died here, the shogunate only needs to shift the responsibility to the expansion of Huangquan. After all, the number of people who died is just a number; especially in feudal Yingzhou, it is really not a big deal.

Nan Shizhi was so troubled that she couldn't sleep at all.

She got up and left the inner room.

The crowd in the warehouse suddenly became calm after seeing her appearance.

Some weak people on the ground stretched out their hands and pulled her trousers as she passed by.

At this time, Minami Shiori could only squat down and comfort the injured person, "Everything will be fine." She also whispered to the hungry children who couldn't sleep, "You won't be hungry when you fall asleep." Say a few nice words to adults to comfort their mood.

She knew that as long as she did this, she could temporarily calm everyone's emotions.

Because in the eyes of this group of people, she is both a Chinese and a warrior who can kill demons and ghosts. Such a powerful person will not lie.

This is a kind of blind faith in a state of extreme crisis. They have never thought deeply about whether Minami Shiori is lying... She is not omnipotent, not a doctor, and has limited intelligence. How can she know how many days the patient can survive? How could he possibly know how many days it would take for rescue to arrive?

She said some beautiful words, but just because she was still standing here, people around her believed her.

They are also forcing themselves to believe.

However, the effect of this placebo is ultimately limited.

In the area shrouded in white fog, sunlight cannot penetrate at all.

After nightfall, the warehouse becomes darker, but there are fewer ghosts wandering around.

Minami Shiori would also take the opportunity to go out and walk around a few nearby blocks, looking for opportunities to kill lone monsters, search for the wounded, inquire about the situation on the front line, and then bring back some safe food and drinking water.

It was less than half an hour until she went out.

A young man quietly crawled back to his original position, holding a bulging paper bag in his hand.

"You..." the companion next to the young man said in shock: "You are out?"

"I didn't go far, so I just walked around. I remembered where there was a kitchen. I drilled a hole and went in, and then I found this." The young man raised the thing in his hand: "Look, rice balls, stuffed with salmon." of!"

The companion looked at the rice ball, swallowed a mouthful of spit, but immediately shook his head: "The samurai-sama said that there are many things outside that cannot be eaten!"

"What she brought back is not even enough to fit between our teeth. We will starve to death." The young man snorted: "I want to eat anyway, and then escape when I'm full! I don't want to stay here and wait to die. !”

As he spoke, he began to devour the rice ball in his hand, swallowing it whole in three or five mouthfuls, even the rice grains on his fingers.

Then his stomach started growling.

"Strange..." The young man muttered. He still felt very hungry, and then took out the second, third...

Under the watchful eyes of his companions, he ate an entire paper bag of food in less than a few minutes.

It's just that there is more hunger in his eyes and his appetite is more intense.

The companion asked worriedly: "How are you?"

"I..." the young man murmured, "I'm so hungry."

He suddenly sniffed the air vigorously, opened his mouth, and saliva flowed from his lips and teeth: "It smells so good, it smells so good..."

"What smells so good?" my companion asked strangely.

"They all smell good, they all smell good, especially you." The young man suddenly came closer and grabbed his companion's wrist, his eyes glowing red.

"Brother, you smell so good!"

As he said that, he couldn't help but want to taste whether his brother's taste was added with thirteen incense.

His companion had noticed something was wrong, but he couldn't break free from the other's arms.

The red-eyed young man opened his teeth and bit the opponent.

A tragic scream sounded.

It woke up everyone in the warehouse.

Everyone saw the young man biting another man's arm, and the blood was flowing. Especially the young man was swallowing blood with greedy eyes and a satisfied expression.

"What's wrong?"

"What's going on with him?"

"Rabies attack?"

At this time, only the sound of rapid footsteps was heard.

A flash of sword slashed down, and the biting young man's head fell to the ground.

The moment his head fell, his body ignited with green fire.

Nan Shizhi sheathed the knife and regained consciousness, and said with an ugly face, "Did he go out to find food by himself?"

The companion who was covering his wrist nodded weakly: "He, he went by himself, I, I didn't eat!"

"You all should have heard that once you eat the underworld snack, you will completely become a person from the underworld...that is, a living corpse that has lost its rationality."

Nan Shizhi warned: "This place is shrouded in underworld mist. Most of the food has not spoiled, but it has been contaminated. Only food that is well packaged can still be eaten! I have already said it, but some people still don't believe it!"

She pointed to the burning bones: "This is the result!"

Cases happening before our eyes are more deterrent.

Many people secretly threw away the unexpired food they had secretly hidden.

Nan Shizhi sheathed her sword, her expression looked even more tired, and she dropped a paper bag.

"What I collected here is what I collected today...you can divide it among yourself. It should be completely impossible to find it nearby."

She gradually no longer has the energy to take care of this group of people.

Especially since there was no news at all from my sister, it was even more worrying.

…

At the same time, deep in the Huangquan area.

This is a silent place of death.

The cold yellow mist covers every inch of the land.

Ghosts covered in frost wander around.

Buried deep in the mountains and forests.

Cordelia had a dream, not a very good one.

Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she heard a plain voice.

"woke up?"