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

"Corpse...puppet...gu?"

Xia Man'er repeated the name blankly, her innocent and carefree expression fading away inch by inch.

That name, like a rusty key, suddenly unlocked a long-sealed memory in her mind.

My memories are filled with my father's drunken, incoherent stories about the old days in southern Xinjiang.

It's about the forbidden sect, Wan Gu Lou, which was wiped out by all the tribes and cursed for thousands of years.

"Corpse Puppet Gu!?"

Another scream rang out, not from Xia Man'er, but from behind her.

Wenruo, who had just been chasing after them and was completely out of breath, heard those three words the instant...

The face that had turned red from running suddenly lost all color.

He rushed to the limp Bai Zhi, his voice trembling, barely catching his breath.

"Girl! Are you sure you saw it clearly? It really is... a Corpse Puppet Gu?"

Bai Baizhi nodded in despair, her eyes brimming with tears.

"There's no mistake... the worm enters the body, controlling corpses... those bitten will also become new corpse puppets... it's it, it's definitely it..."

"It's over..."

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Wenruo felt as if all her strength had been drained away, and she staggered backward.

His back slammed heavily against the cold city wall, preventing him from collapsing to the ground.

"Mr. Wen, what exactly is that?"

Seeing the two men's identical reactions, Liu Yiyi's heart sank into an abyss of despair.

Wenruo slowly raised her head, and her usually shrewd and wise face was now filled with pure fear and deathly silence.

His lips trembled, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

"That's a plague! An incurable plague that devours all living things!"

"Once the Corpse Puppet Gu is released, the Corpse Puppet will never perish as long as the mother Gu remains!"

"All the creatures it kills will become its new claws and teeth, until it has devoured the last living thing on this land!"

"Then... then what is the solution?" Liu Yiyi asked in a trembling voice.

"Crack?"

Wenruo let out a dry laugh that sounded worse than crying.

"Unless the mother Gu needs to feed after seven days, it will not recall all its offspring. Otherwise, in these seven days, it... is unsolvable."

No solution!

These two words, like a heavy hammer, slammed into everyone's heart.

Inside the city gate, the wind howled, chilling everyone to the bone.

seven days?

Endless, unkillable monsters?

Liu Yiyi's face turned completely pale.

How could my husband possibly withstand an endless, unkillable siege of monsters for seven days!

"Princess! Quickly! Come with me!"

Wen Ruo suddenly woke up and grabbed Xia Man'er's arm, almost dragging her away.

"With the appearance of the Corpse Puppet, this land will surely become a desolate wasteland! The Northern Territory is finished! Utterly finished!"

"Your Highness, you are my only bloodline. Even if it means my death, I will bring you back safely!"

Wenruo used all his strength to try to drag Xia Man'er away from this land that was about to turn into hell.

Xia Man'er stumbled as he pulled her.

But her gaze seemed rooted to the spot, fixed on the distant cliff shrouded in the shadow of death.

Brother Lin Mo...

Her brother Lin Mo is still there.

Surrounded by those unkillable monsters.

Return to Southern Xinjiang? What about Brother Lin Mo then?

How could she walk alone?

"I'm not leaving!"

Xia Man'er's voice was unusually firm, and she suddenly flung her hand away.

Wenruo felt a tremendous force coming from her, and was forced back several steps, falling to the ground with a thud.

He stared at Xia Man'er in astonishment, as if he were meeting this princess he had watched grow up for the first time.

"I'm going to save Brother Lin Mo!"

Xia Man'er's expression was very serious, without a trace of a joke.

"No! Absolutely not!"

Wenruo scrambled to her feet, spread her arms wide again, and stood in front of her like a wall, her face full of determination.

"Princess! Those are tens of thousands of corpse puppets! You will only be sending yourself to your death! This old minister will absolutely not allow it!"

"Ugh! This is so annoying! I told you, I'm not leaving!"

Xia Man'er's voice also rose in pitch.

"I'm going to save Brother Lin Mo! I'm determined to go!"

"When I was a child in Beijing, I got lost and was ambushed in an alley by bad guys who wanted to capture me and sell me!"

"It was Brother Lin Mo who knocked out that bastard who was a head taller than him with a brick, and then took my hand and led me home!"

"He was shorter than me back then!"

"He's my hero!"

"Now, my great hero is in danger, I, Xia Man'er, cannot run away by myself!"

Xia Man'er became more and more excited as she spoke, her small body seemingly containing a volcano about to erupt.

In the alley, the boy, shorter than her, held up half a brick, blocking her way.

She will remember that scene for the rest of her life!

"Princess! You, you, you, you... Nonsense! Utter nonsense!"

Wenruo went completely mad. He pointed at the cliff in the distance, his voice hoarse.

"What you're talking about are all trivial matters from your childhood, but now, it's a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!"

"How can you save him? What can you use to save him?!"

"Princess, if you insist on going, then... then you shall step over my dead body!"

Wenruo adopted a posture of heroic sacrifice, blocking the road out of the city.

Hey……

Why is my silly princess so stubborn!

Just for that old story, he was willing to risk his life!

What other options did I have but to threaten suicide?

Wen Ruo stood in front of Xia Man'er, resolutely raising his head.

No matter what, we must save the princess's life and absolutely not let her leave the city!

"Ugh! Grandpa Wen! You're so annoying!"

Seeing Wen Ruo blocking her way again, Xia Man's patience ran out, and she stomped her feet angrily.

That old man is so annoying!

She puffed out her cheeks, a resolute glint in her large eyes.

The next second, Xia Man'er reached into her bosom and pulled out the simple, antique gourd.

Upon seeing the gourd, Wenruo's expression changed drastically.

"Princess! You! You, you, you, how did you bring them here!?"

Wen Ruo was shocked, but before he could rush over to stop her, Xia Man'er had already brought the gourd to her lips, puffed out her cheeks, and blew hard.

"Waaah—"

A strange and drawn-out syllable pierced through the howling wind and drifted far away.

Followed by.

Boom... Boom... Boom...

The earth began to tremble violently!

The tens of thousands of troops, fully prepared and ready to depart, stirred with a commotion at the city gate. The horses pawed restlessly and neighed anxiously.

All the soldiers turned back in surprise and doubt, looking towards the end of the city street.

The tremors grew stronger and closer, as if three moving mountain ranges were rushing towards them!

"Get out of the way! Everyone get out of the way!"

Xia Man'er's clear roar echoed through the long street.

The crowd instinctively moved aside, making way for a wide passage.

The next second, a three-headed war elephant covered in heavy armor appeared at the end of the street!