Twilight Boundary

Chapter 557 The Hungry Ghost Army Arrives

The Hungry Ghost Army arrived in the Mingzhou Fucheng area in the early morning of the second day.

When groups of scrawny people in ragged clothes, holding broken guns and wooden sticks, carrying iron backs, and with eyes that seemed to glow with a faint blue light appeared in the Mingzhou Fucheng area, everyone around them was terrified.

Looking at where they came from, the villages they passed were completely barren of grass, the grain vats were smashed, and the hundreds of people in the village who had not had time to escape seemed to have simply disappeared.

Before they arrived at Mingzhou Fucheng, they only looked up at the high city wall, then withdrew their gaze. They were just minding their own business. Then, at the edge of the city, large pots were raised, filled with broken firewood. Remove the door frames and panels to cook porridge and meat.

While it was still hot, some people's Adam's apples twitched and they couldn't wait to rush forward to grab the food. They seemed not to be afraid of the heat at all. Some people were eating in a hurry. Suddenly, they fell to the ground with a stick in their necks.

 The people around him seemed to turn a blind eye, but a group of people gathered around him, and soon the man's body was no longer visible.

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 “What on earth is that?”

Yang Gong brought a group of troops and military advisor Jin Zuizi to take a look from a distance. With just one look, he felt a little frightened. Most of those people did not look strong, nor did they look like they had been drilled. , just like homeless beggars.

 But the dark aura on their bodies made people fearful for no reason. Looking at their numb faces covered with a thick layer of dirt, they were instinctively afraid.

He gritted his teeth, took an arrow from the person next to him, filled the bow, and shot at the group of people who saw them appearing ten feet away, but there was no movement.

I saw those guys who seemed to move occasionally, more like dead people than living people. One of them should have fallen to the ground, but unexpectedly, those people didn't move until the arrow came in front of them, and then they suddenly opened their mouths and caught it.

Checking slowly in his mouth, he chewed up the arrow shafts carefully and ate them. When the arrow clusters could not be chewed any more, he lowered his head and spit it into the fire.

From beginning to end, I didn’t even bother to turn around and take a look, not caring who shot the arrow.

Life is both fragile and savage. It is so fragile that it seems that it will fall to the ground and die at any time, but in its savage way, it seems that more lives will be lost at any time in their hands. Yang Gong, who was attacked by Hongxiang disciples, was also known for his evil nature in the past. It's far worse than them.

When he slowly put down the bow, his eyes were a little surprised. He felt that the things in front of him looked like humans, but they were not human.

 Haunted than ghosts and more evil than demons.

 “That’s a hungry ghost.”

In response to Yang Gong's surprised inquiry, Tiezuizi next to him sighed lowly and said: "A hungry ghost who has been hungry for too long and has been eaten by force will not leave a grain of food wherever he goes. The bones will be chewed up."

“A state, no matter how blessed it is, will be destroyed by their arrival. Now, they will no longer be full, and they will not be full until they die..."

“After all, only living people can eat enough, and they are no longer considered living people…”

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He whispered, looking up at the distance in Mingzhou. In the morning mist, there were more and more ragged people. His voice was a little suppressed: "They should all come from Guanzhou." Come, I have some colleagues who have been observing them."

“It’s just that they shouldn’t have appeared in Mingzhou so soon. The time and the route were wrong. I think some people helped them…”

 “Those people are becoming more and more unruly.”

"Although, these rules were set by them from the beginning..."

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At the same time, in Mingzhou Fucheng, the smoke of incense filled the whole city, giving the entire city, streets and alleys a gloomy and illusive aura. Every house closed its doors and did not dare to show its head, even if it was enshrined in the house. The memorial tablets are also covered with black cloth.

If you can't, he always dreams of the ancestor cry at night, saying that he is afraid, and he is afraid of being seen by Master Fujun and transferred to his side to serve.

But in this deserted street, where even the wine flags were unable to hang down, General Tianming was **** and took the incense case in the city. After seeing the incense case, there sat a man wearing a robe and a sword. middle-aged man with sword.

 General Tianming felt sorry for the death of the altar masters and shouted angrily: "What do you really want? It was you who brought me to Mingzhou, and it was you who guaranteed this and that..."

“But in the end, the brothers around me are here one by one, but you want to take me back..."

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"Shut up!"

In response to his noise, the middle-aged man behind the incense table slowly opened his eyes and shouted in a deep voice: "It was you who took it upon yourself to sacrifice evil things like the Bai'er Cauldron. Otherwise, how could you attract ghosts?" Catching a knife?"

"Don't say it's him, even we can't tolerate you when we see such evil things."

"Now you are still complaining that your men died miserably. Do you know that if we hadn't invited the prince to come and take you back to the city, even ten of you would have died long ago."

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 “I’m...finished to die?”

Zhong Benyi, the destined general, was clearly dissatisfied and gritted his teeth and said: "I know that you people also know some evil arts. It's not like I haven't seen any evil spells when I was in Guanzhou. When the soldiers and horses rush, They are all like lost dogs.”

"It's a pity that I was coaxed by you to come here. I have no roots and no bones. All the people I gathered under my hands are just a mob. If my troops were here, I would like to see who is like me in this Mingzhou land." Together!"

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 “Haha, what you say is not completely unreasonable.”

Listening to him gnashing his teeth, the person behind the incense table sneered and said: "Taking advantage of the chaos in Guanzhou, the Truth Cult did train a force. You, the word 'Destiny' in General Destiny, "It's not yours, but it's given to you by these soldiers and horses." "But since you said so, it's up to you. Go out and take a look. The hungry ghost army you have been thinking about is now outside the city."

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"Um?"

Hearing this, General Tianming suddenly raised his head, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Earlier when he entered Mingzhou, he had always wanted to bring his 100,000 troops over, but these people refused to let him go. In order to let these people survive, he had no choice but to agree.

Now that I heard it, I naturally didn’t believe it. Even if these people changed their minds and were willing to let their people in, I’m afraid there won’t be enough time. They are all hungry people. This long journey through states and counties would take a month. ?

 “It’s really just outside the city.”

The man next to him said with a gentler face: "Not only did your people bring it to you, but the twelve demons in your sect also brought it."

As he spoke, his voice suddenly became cold and stern: "Everything you asked for is already here, and the previous restrictions on you no longer count. But in this way, you should still remember that we Please do what you want to do, right?"

Faced with these words, General Tianming just raised his head fiercely. His face was originally unbelieving, but when he met the other party's gaze, his breathing became a little deeper, and suddenly said: "That head, I will kowtow to him."

"I can give him my head...as long as you can do what you say..."

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“What you asked for couldn’t be simpler for us…”

The man behind the incense table sneered, stretched out his hand, and the rope tied to General Tianming was suddenly untied. He was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly jumped up.

Running all the way out of the north gate of Mingzhou City, I saw beggars and hungry ghosts all over the mountains and plains.

 “Are you really here?”

 Looking at these people, even his eyes suddenly turned red.

And this insensitive hungry ghost didn't even raise his head when he heard someone coming, until he vaguely felt something. He slowly raised his head, and there was some movement on his face that was so numb that all expressions had faded.

 Suddenly he got up from the ground with all his strength.

 One by one, slowly and diligently, they climbed up to him and kowtowed.

Starting from them, more people saw the destined general, struggling to pull themselves up and come to see him. On their stiff faces, some people tried hard to squeeze out a flattering smile, and struggled, from their arms, I found a black lump.

That's a severed hand.

They kowtowed and presented the severed hand. After all, this was the only person who had begged for food for them time and time again when Guanzhou began to suffer from famine.

 “Hehe, Hehe…”

In this silent depression, I suddenly heard wild beast-like yelling. Looking from a distance, I saw cages one by one, wrapped with iron chains, being pulled and turned over by dozens of horses. It rolled and was thrown straight into the crowd here.

 Inside the cage, there were monsters that looked like wild beasts with red eyes.

The destined general abandoned the cow and stumbled towards them. He used all his strength to tear open the cage. The things inside almost rushed out and bit him.

 But he didn't feel the pain and just hugged their heads: "Brother, brother, I asked you to stay and take care of these people. I didn't carry food back, so I should eat it."

These people slowly came to their senses, but finally recognized him. They immediately backed away in fear and spat out the blood foam in their mouths.

His face was full of guilt and he didn’t dare to look up at him.

 “Let’s go!”

The destiny general, one by one, swept away these monsters coming out of the cage, and then looked at the 30,000 hungry ghosts all over the mountains and plains. The expression on his face changed from the pain and despair before to an unprecedented cold and fierce one: " Call everyone here!"

 “I’ll take you to have a full meal!”

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 Boom!

The thirty thousand hungry ghosts all began to move, and the invisible energy seemed to shake even the altar that enveloped the entire Mingzhou City.

 “Second uncle, third uncle…”

In Mingzhou City, the Hu family’s cousin finally couldn’t help it and looked behind the incense table: “Really do this...”

“It’s different from what we said when we first came here, and…”

“…Is there any room for return?”

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"there is none left."

The two clan uncles behind the incense table and the brother-in-law who was standing next to the offerings all looked at her after hearing this and said with a faint smile: "He doesn't want to meet us, so we have no choice."

 “His child’s family has been given the Zhencheng Mansion, so we want to see if he really knows how to use it!”

 (End of this chapter)