Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

The man looked at Lu Mu coldly, his gloomy eyes flashing with resentment and jealousy, and said in a grim tone, "It seems that you don't plan to walk out alive."

Lu Mu glanced at him lazily.

Well, the weak first level of Pigong realm.

Unexpectedly, I only planned to come in to look for some news about Jiyuan, but before I even started looking, there was a guy who overestimated his own capabilities and wanted to cause trouble.

Lu Mu didn't even need to make any movement, his eyes suddenly became sharp, and with an invisible murderous intent, he pounced forward!

"Pfft-"

There was a muffled sound.

The man was crushed to the ground by the invisible pressure and couldn't get up for a long time, with bright red blood flowing from his mouth and nose.

He stared at Lu Mu, as if unwilling to die like this. His mouth opened and closed, but nothing came out.

"...Tsk."

Lu Mu glanced at him sideways, then turned and walked into the market, leaving the man struggling and preparing to die.

Luo Shuangning and Murong Xue followed closely beside him, not looking away, as if they didn't find the scene in front of them strange at all. The eyes of the people around them changed immediately. This man who was pinned to the ground by Lu Mu's pressure might be a rare bully in this small town.

It's just a palace, so I can only show off my power in places like this.

And this is the outcome because the newcomer established his authority first.

Lu Mu knew that from now on, no one in the town would dare to offend him. This was a good thing. At least by slapping a fly to death, other flies would stay away from him.

"It's really strange. There aren't many powerful people here on weekdays. But in just a few days, suddenly so many powerful people have come..."

Lu Mu's steps suddenly stopped.

This extremely soft voice came from the right. He looked over and saw a ragged, dishevelled man with a crippled leg sitting in the dirty and muddy street corner.

That mutter came from this person's mouth.

Lu Mu walked over, and the man with the crippled leg also noticed that the man, who had just easily crushed a Pigong realm cultivator and his captive spirit beast to death in the market, had appeared in front of him at some point and scared him greatly.

"you."

Lu Mu said indifferently.

"Sir, what do you want me to do?"

The man with the crippled leg asked tremblingly.

Lu Mu said calmly: "You just said that a lot of powerful people have come to this small place in the past few days, right?"

"Ah?" The man with the crippled leg was stunned. He didn't expect that his casual complaint just now was heard by this gentleman. But he didn't know what Lu Mu meant, so he just replied: "Yes, this place is very rotten. It's not common to see someone as good as you."

"Well, I want to know, besides us, have you seen any powerful people in the past few days?"

Lu Mu threw him two top-quality spirit stones.

He had no shortage of these wealth, and there was no need for him to use any soul-searching technique on this cripple whose true source of Taoism had been shattered just after he entered the innate realm.

Upon seeing the spiritual stone, the eyes of this man who lived in dirt and mud immediately lit up, and he began to talk nonstop: "Yes, yes! Three or four days ago, there were seven or eight guys who came from outside. They looked quite tough. They stayed here for a long time, and then walked deeper into the ruins."

Lu Mu frowned.

There are unexpected guests in the Qinfeng ruins?

"Do you know where they come from?"

"This... I don't know. Those people are wearing black robes, so it's not possible to inquire casually..."

Lu Mu nodded, then turned and left.

"what happened?"

Luo Shuangning caught a glimpse of the thoughtful look on his face and asked in a low voice.

"Some guys of unknown origin also entered the Qinfeng ruins three or four days ago."

Lu Mu spoke calmly.

No one has explored the Qinfeng ruins in depth for a long time, and now several strange cultivators have appeared, with considerable strength. Their purpose may also be an opportunity, but this will not be a good thing for Lu Mu.

Murong Xue shook her head upon hearing this and said with a smile: "Well, let's go in now and see what those people want to do."

"If there is hostility... we will resolve it."

"...Xiaoxue's idea is exactly what I mean."

Luo Shuangning glanced sideways and met her gaze. The same feeling of telepathy that only sisters who share the same husband could have appeared in their eyes at the same time.

They are now all below the realm of creation, can act independently at will, and can even be said to be invincible.

Lu Mu didn't think too much about it.

If there are enemies, just kill them.

However, he could more or less guess that the one who was interested in Ji Yuan was either the Extraordinary Magic Machine or the Evil Heart Sect.

From what he saw in the Southern Region, it seemed that the Evil Heart Sect had reached a certain level of cooperation with the Extraterritorial Magical Machinery... This kind of cooperative relationship was naturally not reliable, after all, no one was easy to deal with.

But if the Evil Heart Sect and the Outer World Magic Machine could reach a consensus on certain things...

It is usually not easy to ruin their good deeds.

"Well, let's go deeper into the Qinfeng ruins."

Without further delay, Lu Mu, Luo Shuangning, and Murong Xue immediately circulated their inner energy and flew up into the air, heading towards the area shrouded in grey smoke and dust, leaving behind an uproar in the small town.

However, it is unlikely that this small town will remain peaceful today.

……

About half an hour later, a slightly thin but not too petite figure arrived at the town.

She landed, adjusted the gauze hat on her head, and looked at the chaotic town.

Then, he smacked his lips.

"Well, I haven't seen a place like this for a long time since I left the Northeast Region. It's dirty, messy, and noisy..."

She supported her chin with one hand, and gently stroked her lips with her slender white fingertips. She murmured to herself, with a complex and melancholy emotion in her eyes.

Passersby looked at this somewhat puzzled woman, but did not say anything to tease her... they did not dare to say anything to tease her.

"Hey, I finally got something to say, why don't you react?"

she whispered.

It was another voice in her head that responded to her.

"I don't need to 'react to' your reaction."

"Tsk, you're still too boring."

Chapter 10: Following

"I'm not an EQ think tank, don't drag me into your thinking."

"Okay, okay, I know."

She sighed, mentally cursing that the "system" was becoming rigid again.

The "system" has actually never been a good listener.

After being together for such a long time, she has already understood this point. However, the mouth is something that is not easy to control after all. She still wants to talk. Even if the system ignores her, it is better than talking to herself.

After all, that’s what it’s like to travel the Central Region alone.

If you don't want to become paranoid and crazy, it's best to talk more.

Gu Yunxi lifted the veil on her hat, her eyes flickering with inquiring light.

"Looks like someone had a rough day today..."

She saw and smelled blood, mainly because there were large pieces of blood foam splattered in the street in front of her, and a man with a miserable death and blood coming out of all his orifices was lying twisted on the ground.

The monks passing by didn't even bother to take a second look. She could also see that some people spat on the corpse, which was not yet stiff, as they passed by.

It seems that this dead guy must have been unpopular. As for why he died, although Gu Yunxi did not witness it, she knew it very well.

In the marginal towns of such chaotic places, where there are no rules or laws, death naturally becomes the norm.

I must have offended someone I shouldn't have offended.

However, Gu Yunxi sensed a familiar breath in the air...

Her clever, white and tender nose twitched slightly, as if she had smelled something, and an interesting expression appeared on her beautiful and delicate face: "Interesting, interesting..."

"Someone familiar is here too."

Gu Yunxi smiled softly, took a step forward with her lotus feet.

It seems that this rare meeting will be very interesting.

……

Among the Qin Feng ruins, there are a few empty and silent cities. Apart from that, there are only mountains and dense forests immersed in mild abyss pollution, and the terrain is not particularly rugged.

The only things that could be clearly felt were the silent danger and the strong smell of decay.

About two hours later.

Lu Mu took the two girls and first chose to settle down in the ruins of a city.

Although most of the city has collapsed, the remaining half is still standing, but it has signs of corrosion left over hundreds of years. The walls are cracked and mottled, the houses are dilapidated, and even the original archway is only left with a plaque barely hanging on the towering buildings, with the words "Shuoyang" inscribed on it, which looks particularly desolate.

"This city is called 'Shuoyang'..."

After Luo Shuangning took a look twice, she looked away in disappointment.

They stood at the highest point of the ruins, looking at the gray dust that was gradually getting thicker around them.

“This should be the second floor, right?”

Lu Mu turned around and looked at Luo Shuangning, who gave an affirmative answer to his question.

The Qinfeng ruins, within hundreds of miles, are divided into three areas: the outermost first layer, the second layer, and the deepest third layer. As for the deeper layers beyond the third layer, not many people have entered, or in other words, very few people have been able to come out alive after entering.

Therein lies the final abyss.

The pollution in the second layer of the abyss is not serious to them, but there are not many cultivators who can go deep into it.

"No trace of Dao force fluctuations was found."

"Those people didn't seem to stay here long."

Murong Xue's perception was sharper than Lu Mu and Luo Shuangning's. She began to explore widely with her spiritual sense, but there was nothing in the ruins of Shuoyang City.

If those uninvited guests who arrived three or four days earlier had not chosen to stay here, they might have already gone deep into the third layer or the Abyss.

"What do they want to do?"

Luo Shuangning crossed her arms across her chest, her brows slightly furrowed.

"In that case, let's continue to go deeper."

Three streams of light shot up into the sky and headed towards the deeper parts of the Qin Feng ruins.

……

An hour later.

Gu Yunxi's figure fell from mid-air, carrying with her a thick aura of blood, dispersing the grey mist around her that smelled quite rotten. It seemed that her skills and strength made it difficult for the extreme abyss pollution to approach her. Just a little bit of blood aura lingering around her was enough to block out a "hole" that was a hundred steps wide.

She found a well-informed guy in the small town, and after briefly understanding the situation, she came here.

"Hmm... this breath has a kind of soul-stirring and mind-enchanting fragrance."

Gu Yunxi pinched her fingers together, as if some invisible "silk thread" was pinched at her fingertips and wrapped around them a few times at random.

She put the "silk thread" to her nose, sniffed it gently, and smiled.

Hmm, very familiar, it’s Murong Xue’s breath.

The scent of the possessor of the Yin Mei Taoist Body has the effect of disturbing the mind, regardless of whether the person is a man or a woman.

Gu Yunxi was naturally not immune to this influence, and she still remembered Murong Xue's appearance, which could be said to be stunning. Moreover, Gu Yunxi could not say that she did not envy her figure and face.