Chapter 2979
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Ye Qiu’s sword finger lightly tapped, and the power of the time and space kendo instantly spread. The surrounding time and space seemed to be pulled by an invisible force and began to slowly reverse.
The light in the room became distorted, and all the scenes began to blur, and then gradually became clear, as if time had brought them back to the past.
The Long-browed True Man, Lin Daniao, and Mo Tianji all stared closely at the scene in front of them, for fear of missing any detail.
As the time and space reversed, the furnishings in the room began to change. The originally musty room became extremely clean, and the extinguished oil lamp also rekindled a weak light.
Suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded outside the house. Immediately after that, a figure rushed into the house in a flurry.
That was a woman with clean clothes. Her face was full of horror, and she was still tightly holding a comatose child in her arms.
As soon as the woman entered the room, she looked around anxiously, as if looking for something.
Finally, her gaze fell on the wooden table, and she quickly engraved several deep claw marks on the tabletop, with blood stains in between.
“Help！”
After the woman finished engraving the words, just as she was about to turn around and flee, suddenly, a strange low growl came from outside the house.
Immediately afterwards, a cloud of gray mist surged in through the crack of the door and instantly filled the entire room.
In the mist, it seemed that there were countless pairs of eyes flickering, exuding a creepy atmosphere.
The woman screamed in horror and tried to escape from the gray mist, but her speed was far inferior to the spread of the mist.
In the blink of an eye, both the woman and the child were swallowed by the mist, leaving only screams of terror echoing in the air.
Ye Qiu and the other four felt a tightness in their hearts, as if being tightly held by an invisible big hand, and it became difficult to breathe.
They wanted to see the true face of the gray mist clearly, but the mist disappeared in a flash, as if it had never appeared.
“What the hell is this？” Changmei Zhenren couldn’t help but curse.
Ye Qiu’s brows were tightly furrowed. He had never seen such a strange thing before. This gray mist seemed to contain some kind of evil power, making people feel a sense of fear in their hearts.
Just at this time, the power of the Time and Space Sword Dao gradually dissipated, and the surrounding scene also began to return to normal.
The room once again became dark and silent, and the oil lamp also extinguished the firelight again, as if nothing had happened.
“What was that just now…” Lin Daniao asked in a trembling voice.
Ye Qiu said in a deep voice, “What we saw was a scene that once happened here.”
“What exactly is that gray mist？” Mo Tianji asked.
Ye Qiu shook his head and said, “I don’t know either, but I can feel that it’s very strange.”
The Long-browed True Man said with a solemn expression, “It seems that the disappearance of the population in the four cities has something to do with that gray mist just now.”
“We must find out the origin of this mist as soon as possible.” Ye Qiu said, “Perhaps, it can lead us to find the missing population.”
Immediately, the four people searched the room carefully again, hoping to find more clues about the gray mist.
However, this civilian residence seemed to have been forgotten by time. Except for those few deep claw marks and bloodstains, nothing else related to the gray mist could be found.
“Boss, what are we going to do next？” Lin Daniao asked.
Ye Qiu thought for a moment and said, “If we want to find out the truth, I’m afraid we have to go to the other three cities. I don’t know if there has been any change in the imperial city？”
”Well, I’ll send a message to Ning’an and ask.”
After saying that, Ye Qiu took out the messaging jade slip and began to send a message to Ning’an.
Who knew that after a few minutes, there was no reply from Ning’an.
Then, Ye Qiu sent a message to Nangong Xiaoxiao again. Strangely, Nangong Xiaoxiao also didn’t reply.
”Go back to the imperial city first. We’ll talk about the things here later.” Ye Qiu was worried that something had happened in the imperial city.
”The matter can’t be delayed. Let’s set off now.” said the Long-browed True Man.
The four people left the house. Just as they were about to leave, Ye Qiu suddenly turned around and stared at the street.
”What’s wrong, big brother？”
Mo Tianji noticed Ye Qiu’s gaze. Looking up, he found that Ye Qiu was staring at an old tree on the street.
The old tree was very thick and required five or six people to hug.
Ye Qiu didn’t answer but came to the old tree and walked around it.
His actions aroused the curiosity of the Long-browed True Man and the others, and they also came over one after another.
”Little bastard, what are you looking at？”
As soon as the Long-browed True Man’s voice fell, he saw Ye Qiu wave his hand. Suddenly, a hole appeared at the root of the old tree.
The hole was a little bigger than a washbasin, and it was dark inside.
”Is there something inside？” asked the Long-browed True Man.
Ye Qiu’s eyes were fixed on the inside of the tree hole, and he said faintly, “Come out！”
Unexpectedly, there was no response at all.
Ye Qiu lost his patience. His arm instantly grew longer and reached into the tree hole. Then, with a hard pull, he directly pulled out a girl from the tree hole.
“There’s actually a survivor！”
Lin Daniao and the other two looked at each other in dismay and all stared at the girl.
The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a slender and petite figure. She was dressed in tatters, her face was covered in dust, her hair was messy, and there was a foul smell emanating from her body.
At this moment, she widened her eyes and looked at Ye Qiu with a face full of horror, as if she couldn’t believe that she had actually been pulled out of the tree hole.
“Huh, there’s actually a little beggar.” Lin Daniao said in surprise.
The Long-browed True Man said, “Strange, why would she be hiding in the tree hole？ Could it be related to that mass of gray mist？”
The girl was trembling all over, obviously extremely frightened.
Ye Qiu tried to soothe her emotions and said softly, “Don’t be afraid, we’re not bad people. Can you tell us why you were hiding here？”
The girl widened her eyes and didn’t say a word. She just tightly hugged her shoulders and her body kept trembling.
Ye Qiu said gently to the girl, “Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you. However, we need your help. Can you tell us what exactly happened here？”
The girl looked up at Ye Qiu, then quickly lowered her head, her body still trembling.
“Most likely, this little girl is a survivor of Lingyin City. It seems she’s been severely frightened.” Changmei Zhenren sighed.
“How about this！” Ye Qiu suggested： “Let’s first take her away from here and find a safe place for her to rest. Maybe when her emotions stabilize, she’ll tell us what happened here.”
Changmei Zhenren nodded： “Alright, then let’s go back to the imperial city first.”
Immediately, the four of them left Lingyin City with the girl, stepped onto the Chenfeng Sword again, and rushed towards the imperial city at top speed.
Throughout the journey, the girl tightly held onto Ye Qiu’s arm, as if afraid of being abandoned again.
Suddenly, Ye Qiu noticed that on the girl’s left wrist, there was actually a purple crystal bracelet.
What caught his attention was not the shape of the bracelet, but the material of the bracelet.
Because, that kind of purple crystal Ye Qiu had never seen before！
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