Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 123: The Tragedy of Zhanzhou

The ground was littered with corpses, emitting a disgusting, strong stench of decay.

There were corpses on the roadside, some had already turned into white bones, while others had just begun to rot, with maggots crawling on them and flies flying everywhere.

There are broken walls and ruins everywhere, and the once prosperous scene has now turned into ruins.

The streets were filled with smoke and dust, mixed with the stench of decaying corpses, making it difficult to breathe.

Those people sitting in front of their dilapidated homes had no life on their faces and no light in their eyes.

They seemed to have lost hope and were filled with despair about the future.

They were all skinny and haggard, as if they had experienced endless pain and torture. These people were alive, yet they seemed as good as dead.

This is Zhanzhou!

Today, two young men came to Zhanzhou.

Li Zhi frowned, covered his nose and looked around, his heart full of shock and...

Before he came to Zhanzhou, he had heard many enthusiastic people advise him and Master Liu not to go to Zhanzhou, saying that Zhanzhou was now a hell on earth.

But when Li Zhizhen arrived in Zhanzhou, he realized that these words were not exaggerations. In fact, they were even more cruel and unbearable than what those people said.

As we walked along, we saw that all the houses around us were broken and crumbling.

The streets were filled with a foul smell. Even though Li Zhi covered his nose, the pungent smell still penetrated into his nasal cavity through the gaps between his fingers.

The rotting corpses emitting a foul stench, the living people walking like zombies, and the lifeless people made Li Zhi feel a chill. He almost thought he had entered a hell.

"Master, are you sure your friend is still in Zhanzhou?" Li Zhi asked Master Liu.

Immortal Master Liu also frowned at this time. The scene around Zhanzhou also made him feel shocked. When he heard Li Zhi's question, he said, "My old friend is not an ordinary person. The Chu army can't hurt him. He should still be in Zhanzhou."

While the two were talking, they heard a commotion nearby.

Li Zhi was shocked. When he arrived at Zhanzhou, there was dead silence everywhere. Suddenly, there was a sound, breaking the silence, which made Li Zhi secretly relieved.

If you stay in such a depressing and silent place for a long time, you will become depressed.

Master Liu and Li Zhi didn't waste any time talking and walked straight towards the place where the sound came from.

When I walked over and saw it, I realized that there was a fight.

 …

Jin Mancang used all his strength and punched the person opposite him hard in the face.

If it were the old him, this punch would definitely knock his opponent to the ground with his teeth bared, making him cry for his parents.

However, he now felt like a man from whom all his strength had been drained, and this punch seemed to have only tickled the opponent.

After taking a punch from Jin Mancang, the opponent simply took a step back, and then returned a punch without giving in, but the opponent was obviously stronger than Jin Mancang.

The punch hit Jin Mancang's face solidly. Jin Mancang groaned, saw stars, and his body leaned backwards uncontrollably. Because he was too weak, he couldn't stand firmly for a while and was knocked to the ground by the punch.

The ground was full of dirt and filth, but Jin Mancang didn't care about that. In fact, he was not much cleaner than the ground.

He struggled to stand up, supporting himself on the ground with his hands. He tried to get himself back on his feet, but his hands couldn't stop shaking. Then his hands went limp, and he came into close contact with the dirty ground again.

The man who beat him didn't continue to attack him after seeing his appearance. Instead, he said in a hoarse voice, "As for the meat, we exchanged each other. We have already settled the matter. If you want to continue to pester me, don't blame me for being rude!"

After the man finished speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

Jin Mancang was still trying to get up. His face had already been stained by the filth on the ground. Two lines of tears flowed from his eyes. He pounded the ground in frustration, saying self-blaming words like "waste" and "Daddy is sorry for you".

Although there were a lot of people gathered around, their faces were numb and they did not show any mockery or sympathy for Jin Mancang's situation.

But Li Zhi could see something wrong in these people's eyes. The looks in their eyes were exactly the same as the look the old man gave Li Zhi when he first came to this world!

It's like the look of someone looking at pigs and cows waiting to be slaughtered, waiting to divide the meat!

Are they waiting to share the person in front of them?

Li Zhi was startled, and he glanced at everyone around him vigilantly.

At this time, two people squeezed out from the crowd.

Li Zhi glanced over and saw a woman who looked like a woman rushing up to help the man who had fallen to the ground up, while another young man was holding a rusty knife, with a ferocious look on his face, alert to the people around him, and roaring like a wild beast.

As if they saw the man's family coming, the people who were originally gathered around suddenly showed a rare look of disappointment on their numb faces, and then dispersed and left one by one.

Seeing the people around him leave, the skinny young man's ferocious face relaxed a little.

But then he discovered Li Zhi and Master Liu and the others. Master Liu and the others did not leave, but continued to stand there and look at them.

The young man frowned, his eyes full of undisguised vigilance.

However, he saw that Li Zhi and Master Liu were well-dressed, and did not look like refugees or beggars like them, so he did not drive Li Zhi and them away. He just kept a watchful eye on them, carefully followed his mother to help his father up, and then quickly left.

Watching them leave, Li Zhi glanced at Master Liu and said, "Master, there is a demonic aura about that man."

Immortal Master Liu nodded and said, "Yes, he was probably injured by a monster, and the monster's energy invaded his body."

Li Zhi shook his head when he heard that. Judging from the man's appearance, he probably didn't have much time to live. Li Zhi couldn't help but say, "Wherever there is a war, monsters will avoid it. How could this man be injured by a monster? It's strange."

The ground of war is often a dangerous and bloody place. No demons or monsters dare to approach such a place because the dangerous and bloody aura of such a place is the strongest. Once they are hit, they will be seriously injured at best. In serious cases, it will disturb the silent souls of the dead soldiers and wake them up, which will be a real trouble.

The ghosts of those who died in battle all harbor the greatest resentment and unwillingness. Once these ghosts awaken, they will become extremely powerful evil spirits.

What's even more terrifying is that they are often not just one or two, but a whole. Once one wakes up, the other comrades who died with them will also wake up at the same time.

By that time, what you will face is not just one or two ghosts, but an entire army of ghost soldiers!

Even beings like the Demon King are unwilling to provoke these evil soldiers for no reason, so once a war breaks out, these demons and monsters will flee from this place, or find a place to hide and try to reduce their presence as much as possible.

Because of this, Li Zhi became curious about the person who was injured by the monster.

Immortal Master Liu said: "We may have strayed into the lair of the demons and ghosts... Let's go."

After Master Liu finished speaking, he walked away, and Li Zhi quickly followed.