Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 1137 Footprints
The three of them approached the two huts under the steep wall and looked around, but did not see anything unusual.

But Ding Ermiao could clearly feel that there was a faint smell of corpse in the air.

Ding Ermiao held the handle of the umbrella and looked around. Guo Zhanbi's thoughts came over and said: "The corpse energy is going west..."

Looking to the west, there are dense forests that block the sky and the sun, making it impossible to see the path.

Wan Shugao found a pack of half-eaten dried meat from the hut and said, "Brother Ermiao, look at this dried meat! Look at the tooth marks on it. Was it done by a zombie?"

"There is a strong corpse aura, and the teeth marks cannot be seen." Ding Ermiao took the dried meat, took a look at it, threw it aside, and said: "Fan Baye, the four of you lead the way and search westward. Anyway, we are going to It’s just a convenient way to go to Camelback Valley.”

The four yin commanders agreed, and divided into two groups, searching from left to right to clear the way.

Ding Ermiao and Wan Shugao Yu Qiangguo fell some distance away and followed behind.

Because the zombie troops had guns in their hands, Ding Ermiao did not dare to be careless and had to arrange for the four sinister commanders to clear the way.

The woods are extremely shady, and even though it is summer, I don't feel the heat at all.The fallen leaves on the ground, after years of accumulation and decay, are soft to step on.

"Uncle Yu, didn't you say that zombie troops will only come out when it snows? Why are they here now?" Wan Shugao asked Yu Qiangguo.

Yu Qiangguo frowned, and said, "Among the six lines of the Book of Changes, there are also changes. Therefore, it is normal for the actions of the zombie troops to change. Besides, it is not certain yet, it is those zombie troops that eat the dried meat."

Wan Shugao curled his lips in disdain.

"Generalissimo, there are footprints here!" Hei Wuchang's voice shouted from the side.

Ding Ermiao and the others walked over, and sure enough, they found a line of footprints in a layer of decayed leaves, stretching westward.

"The footprints have corpse energy." Ding Ermiao squatted down and said.

Yu Qiangguo also squatted down, pressed his hand on the footprints, and said, "These are the footprints left at night, about twelve hours ago."

"How do you know that about twelve hours was calculated again?" Wan Shugao said unconvinced.

"I've been in the mountains for decades, don't I have any experience?" Yu Qiangguo pointed to the footprints ahead and said:
"It seems right, these are the footprints of the zombie army. They are different from normal people. They walk very mechanically and their steps drag the ground. You see, these footprints are not very regular. When normal people walk, their steps fall together. The footprints wouldn't be like this. But judging by the number of footprints, there's only one zombie."

Ding Ermiao nodded and said: "The two sinister handsome men with bull heads and horse faces are chasing forward to see if they can find the zombie army. Master Fan Ba ​​and Xie Qi Ye will stay with us."

The bull-headed and horse-faced man did not dare to neglect and turned into the wind and flew away.

Ding Ermiao and the other three continued to move forward, following the faint footprints.

But not far ahead, the footprints were broken.Fortunately, Guo Zhanbi can feel the whereabouts of the corpse's aura, and it doesn't affect the tracking.

Half an hour later, the bull-headed horse-face floated back and said: "We have not seen any zombie troops until we found Camelback Valley."

Zombies move slowly, where can they hide?Ding Ermiao was silent.

"The corpse energy is still there, and it's still extending to the west." Guo Zhanbi's thoughts came to him again.

"Brother Ermiao, you have been walking for a long time. Let's take a rest and eat something. Otherwise, I will starve to death here before those zombie troops take action!" Wan Shugao panted and sat on the ground and said.

"Okay, let's rest for an hour and eat." Ding Ermiao also put down his backpack and started eating.

Yu Qiangguo held the shotgun and said, "Do you want me to go hunting and get some fresh food to eat?"

"No need, just do whatever you want at noon." Ding Ermiao dug out the rice dumplings and dried meat and started to chew them slowly.

After a short rest after the meal, Ding Ermiao and others continued westward.

After only taking a few steps, Riyushin suddenly floated over.

"Who is it?" Yu Qiangguo was startled and raised his gun to shoot.

"One of our own, he is Riyoushen." Ding Ermiao hurriedly raised the barrel of Yu Qiangguo's gun, turned to Riyoushen and asked, "What's wrong? What did you find?"

"Back to the Generalissimo, there are zombies carrying guns five or more ways ahead. There are three of them in total. They are wearing military uniforms and walking by a river." Riyoushen cupped his hands and said: "We don't dare to take action without an order. .Yeyoushen is watching over there, I will come back to report the news."

Ding Ermiao frowned and asked, "Are you sure it's a zombie?"

"This... is different from ordinary zombies. They have no fangs and their skin is not black. They are more like people who have just died." Nikki Yushin thought for a while and said:
"And the walking is different. Zombies walk with a bounce. They walk with steps. Each step is very standard, but it drags the ground a little."

Ding Ermiao pondered for a moment and asked, "Have you found any ghost bandits under Lu Xianzi?"

"Not yet, but we have been patrolling Camelback Valley and found something wrong there." Hiyusami said.

"What's wrong, tell me."

"That place is very ghostly. There are several earth veins underground. Judging from the topography, it is very close to the ghost gate of the underworld. Ye You Shen and I did some research and felt that that place is the ghost gate of Lu Xianzi's Yin Court."

Ding Ermiao smiled and said: "Lu Xianzi is very ambitious. There are all the gates of hell. I wonder if Fengdu City and the eighteenth level of hell have been set up... Let's do this. You six Yin Commanders will go together and give them to you first." I’ll capture those three zombie bandits alive, and then we’ll go to Camelback Ridge, step by step.”

"Yes..." Riyu Shen agreed and floated away together with Black and White Wuchang.

Ding Ermiao and others also cheered up, quickened their pace, and chased forward.

"Out of this forest, ahead is the small river they just mentioned. That river also flows from Tuofeng Ridge." Yu Qiangguo said.

"So, the base camp of the zombie troops is really in Tuofeng Ridge, and these zombie troops are flowing down the river?" Wan Shugao joked: "It's the flood season, and they come out to catch fish?"

Yu Qiangguo was about to refute, but suddenly heard a gunshot from a distant place on the west side.

"boom……"

The sound of the gunshot was crisp, with a long tail sound.

"It's the gun fired by the zombie troops, the rifle made in Hanyang!" Yu Qiangguo said with a horrified look on his face: "I didn't expect that they would come out in broad daylight!"

"How far away was the shooting place?" Ding Ermiao asked.

"It's by the river that Riyoushen mentioned just now. It's only three miles away from here now." Yu Qiangguo said.

Ding Ermiao quickened his pace and said: "It's too far away, beyond our reach. Walk faster, I hope I can catch them!"

But a gust of wind rushed towards him, and Hei Wuchang yelled: "Generalissimo, my subordinates are incompetent, and those zombies jumped into the river and escaped. Ri Youshen was also shot, and almost lost his wits..."

(End of this chapter)