Many children, many blessings; a stunningly beautiful wife is given to you right from the start.

Blackwater Pass.

On the city wall, the wind howled, scraping so hard it stung one's cheeks.

Meng Hu stared intently at the distant Broken Soul Cliff with his large, copper-bell-like eyes, the veins on his forehead bulging like coiled earthworms.

"Damn it!"

He slammed his fist on the battlement, sending stone chips flying everywhere.

"What the hell is that thing?!"

He turned his head to look at Qin Ruxue beside him, his voice filled with barely suppressed anxiety.

"General Qin, say something! Our lord..."

Qin Ruxue did not look at him.

Her gaze was also fixed on the distant cliffs, and the hand that held the Lianhua sword was stiff at the joints.

Of course she saw it.

I saw those fearless monsters, densely packed together, climbing up the cliff.

They also saw the dazzling golden light that Lin Mo suddenly unleashed on the cliff top.

But after the golden light, those monsters that had been blasted off the cliff... climbed back up once again.

"Lin Mo..."

Qin Ruxue murmured softly, the ancient bronze mirror in her other hand burning hot from her grip, the edge of the mirror digging painfully into her palm.

However, the surface is smooth and there is no reaction.

Just moments before the golden light erupted, her connection with Lin Mo was completely severed.

No matter how she called out, there was no reply from the other end of the Mirror of Love.

Qin Ruxue's lips were pressed into a thin line, and her usually aloof face was now so solemn it seemed like tears could drip from it.

Lin Mo...

Husband...

Can you hear me?

Why aren't you replying?

Is the situation so urgent that there's not even time to reply?

Or……

She didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Reason told her that she had to obey Lin Mo's orders and defend Blackwater Pass.

But the thought of Lin Mo and Gu Ling'er being surrounded by endless monsters...

Her heart felt like it was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, the pain making it hard to breathe.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from behind.

"Second Sister! General Meng! What happened?"

Liu Yiyi walked quickly, lifting her skirt, followed by Bai Zhi, who looked puzzled.

The two were in a house below the city wall, discussing the route for resupplying supplies using a sand table, when they were startled by a sudden commotion and roar outside.

"What happened? I think the enemy troops below have all retreated, what's going on...?"

Liu Yiyi stopped halfway through her sentence.

Following Qin Ruxue and Meng Hu's gaze, she looked towards the distant Broken Soul Cliff.

Then, she saw it too.

Tens of thousands of "people," like ants, clung to that almost vertical cliff.

Liu Yiyi raised her hand and covered her mouth tightly to prevent a scream from escaping her throat.

For the first time, pure fear was revealed in those alluring peach blossom eyes.

That's terrifying.

Those things didn't look like living people at all.

Something's happened.

Qin Ruxue's lips moved, and she uttered three words.

She raised her hand and pointed to the distant cliff shrouded in the shadow of death.

"Lin Mo and Ling'er are surrounded by monsters."

"monster?"

Liu Yiyi's heart skipped a beat, and a chill instantly shot from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

"ah--!"

However, just as Liu Yiyi was shocked, Bai Zhi beside her suddenly let out a short exclamation.

When she saw the figures climbing the cliff, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

She stood there, one hand tightly covering her mouth, her usually gentle eyes wide open.

His body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Bai Zhi?" Liu Yiyi was the first to notice her unusual condition, supporting her swaying body. Her hands were icy cold to the touch. "What's wrong?"

Bai Zhi did not answer.

She just stared intently into the distance, her body trembling like a leaf falling in the autumn wind.

That look didn't seem like simple fear; it was more like... recognizing something that made her despair.

"Bai Zhi, do you... know something?"

Liu Yiyi grabbed her wrist and asked, word by word.

These words were like a thunderclap, waking Bai Zhi from her fear.

She snapped out of her daze and grabbed Qin Ruxue's arm.

"Sister Qin... Could I borrow your telescope for a moment?"

Qin Ruxue immediately took off the telescope from her waist and handed it over.

Bai Zhi's hands trembled violently, and it took her several attempts to finally aim the lens at her eyes.

She looked carefully toward the cliff.

As he watched, his face grew paler and paler, and his breathing became more and more rapid.

Her snow-white, full breasts heaved violently.

She saw it.

I saw the details of those monsters.

I saw their empty eye sockets, and their hideous wounds.

And then I saw... tiny black worms, smaller than dust particles, that were faintly visible inside their bodies.

"Clatter!"

The telescope slipped from Bai Zhi's hands and crashed heavily to the ground.

Then came a "plop".

Bai Zhi's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.

"Angelica dahurica!"

"Miss Bai!"

Qin Ruxue and Liu Yiyi were shocked and quickly stepped forward to help her up.

Bai Zhi seemed to have lost all her strength, and just sat there blankly on the ground, trembling like a leaf, with large beads of cold sweat seeping from her forehead.

Her lips trembled, her teeth chattered, and she uttered a series of meaningless syllables.

"It's...it's it...how could this be..."

"What is it?!"

Meng Hu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, squatted down and asked loudly.

Bai Zhi raised her head, and her usually gentle face was now filled with endless fear and despair.

Her lips trembled for a long time before she managed to squeeze out a few broken syllables from her throat.

"Ten thousand...ten thousand bones mound..."

"What? The Tomb of Ten Thousand Bones?" Liu Yiyi gripped her cold hand tightly.

"It's a Gu... a forbidden technique from the Myriad Gu Pavilion in Southern Xinjiang... the Corpse Puppet Gu..."

Its other name is "Tomb of Ten Thousand Bones".

Bai Zhi's voice trembled more and more as she spoke.

"Those small black worms are called 'Child Gu'. They burrow into the bodies of the dead and control the corpses, turning them into fearless puppets."

"Furthermore, those bitten to death by corpse puppets... will also become new corpse puppets once the 'child gu' burrows into their bodies..."

"It can't be killed, it can't be eradicated, its numbers only increase! Like...like a wildfire that can never be extinguished!"

"Then how can we break this?" Qin Ruxue's voice began to tremble.

Bai Zhi shook her head in despair, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"It's useless...it's useless..."

"As long as the mother Gu dies, these corpse puppets... will never truly die!"

"Even if you cut their bodies into pieces, the offspring will fly out again to find another host!"