Hunger, Cruelty in the Gray Fog, Negative Vision Membrane, Taoist

Chapter 99 Hunger, Cruelty in the Gray Fog, Negative Vision Membrane, Taoist

In a deep alley.

One by one, starving people lay numbly on the ground. They looked as if they hadn't eaten for many days, their faces were sallow and thin, and they didn't even have the strength to lift their eyelids to look at him.

The wild grass and tree bark that could be seen in the alley were eaten up by this group of hungry people.

The scene was so realistic that it made the viewer feel the same way.

Even if Shi Wen stayed there for a while, he would feel his stomach getting hungrier and a feeling of discomfort would arise in his mind.

He was hungry!

"What exactly is within the gray fog that can affect people and things in the real world?"

Shi Wen took a deep breath.

He walked deeper into the alley and finally stopped outside a dilapidated house.

The gate to the house was open, and a mouthwatering aroma of meat wafted out. Even someone with no appetite would feel a sudden urge to devour the meat the moment they smelled it.

Shi Wen walked towards the dilapidated house.

Beside the stove, a thin woman was excitedly adding firewood to the stove, constantly muttering that there was pork to eat!

As she turned to get firewood, she saw a tall figure approaching and hurriedly exclaimed, "You—when did you get here? Don't tell anyone I have meat here, okay? I'll share half with you!"

"The fields have been dry for years, and everyone has nothing to eat. I finally managed to get a piglet. Could you please not tell anyone?"

"If others knew we had piglets to eat here, and so many people were starving, I probably wouldn't even get a sip of soup—"

The woman was in a panic and knelt on the ground, pleading.

That face was so thin that you could see a thin layer of skin and bones, and the loose clothes revealed a shriveled chest that had sagged like a layer of skin. It was clear that he had been starving for many years to be in such a state.

"These are all years of famine; where did you get this piglet from?"

Shi Wen sighed softly, but the woman said excitedly, "I don't know either. Just now, a piglet rushed into my arms, and I picked it up and threw it into the pot on the stove. It was still struggling in the pot, so I hit it several times with a stick until it couldn't move anymore. Then I cooked meat with firewood!"

"The meat smells so good! I haven't had a bite of meat in ages."

"But the meat isn't cooked yet, can you wait a bit?"

"When the meat is cooked, I'll give you half of the pork, as long as you don't tell anyone."

As she spoke, she began to talk to herself again.

He kept muttering about "eating meat," and his gaunt face gained a bit of radiance.

Shi Wen glanced at it.

The woman was lying next to the stove, adding flammable materials and blowing air into it with all her might.

The water in the pot boiled, emitting a white mist of steam. A lump of half-cooked, mangled meat tumbled in the steam, and as it tumbled, Shi Wen saw a rotten face staring back at him.

Shi Wen sighed softly and said, "This isn't a piglet."

"That's impossible! It must be a piglet. I carried it back to the stove myself, hit it with a stick until it couldn't move, and then immediately boiled water to cook the meat. I saw it with my own eyes, how could it not be a piglet?"

The woman became somewhat agitated.

He became famous there for his animated gestures.

She even picked up a wooden stick and banged it into the pot, causing the boiling water to splash out and scald her, leaving blisters of all sizes on her body.

Shi Wen asked softly, "Where's Gou Dan?"

"Who is Gou Dan?"

"Your child."

"My child? My child is Gou Dan?"

Outside the alley.

Li Huoxing and his group waited quietly.

Their eyes were fixed on the gnawed corpses in the alley, barely recognizable as human, and the eerie mist drifting around them.

I was terrified.

Murder, they do it often.

But when faced with such bizarre events, they also felt helpless and terrified!

Initially, someone came to the county government office to report that there was something wrong with the alley. Subsequently, the yamen runners who went to investigate died mysteriously one after another, all because they ate too much and their stomachs burst.

Later, when someone came to investigate, they discovered that the alley was full of dead bodies!

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"I wonder if the dragon head got hurt after going in."

A hint of unease flashed in Li Huoxing's eyes.

Suddenly, with a deafening roar, houses shattered one after another, and even the ground beneath their feet trembled. The billowing dust completely engulfed the thin gray mist, and pieces of rubble, large and small, flew out like cannonballs.

Countless corpses and rotting flesh were also scattered everywhere!

The crowd was so frightened that they quickly moved away.

In the alleyway where dust was flying everywhere.

A figure emerged from the ruins, its clothes torn to shreds.

His face was calm and indifferent, and his burly and robust figure towered over everyone else present. The terrifying lines of his strong muscles were clearly visible beneath his tattered clothes.

"Boss, are you alright?"

Li Huoxing rushed over, and some of his gang members took out clothes and draped them over him.

"It's just a small matter, nothing serious."

Shi Wen dressed himself and looked over calmly.

However, there seemed to be some mysterious gray light flashing in his calm eyes, and the martial artists, including Li Huoxing, felt a strange chill when he stared at them.

It was as if the dragon head had gained an indescribable awe-inspiring power compared to before.

"At this time, I'm going home first. You can handle it yourselves."

2

Shi Wen dismissed them and walked alone on the street.

There are more and more pedestrians on the street.

I heard that these people are refugees who fled from Tiannan Prefecture, and many of them speak with accents from other places.

The original county government did not provide housing for these people.

However, after Shi Wen took over the county government, various policies were successively issued, and these disaster victims were able to obtain assistance through the county government's joint efforts with the city's chamber of commerce.

The wealthy families were resettled through a work-for-relief program.

Life was ordinary, but at least there was something to look forward to.

"Sigh, all I want is to live a normal life. Why can't I just live a simple life?"

Shi Wen sighed softly.

With a soft call in my heart, the Jiyin panel appeared before my eyes.

【Extreme Seal】

[Peerless Martial Arts]

[Black Crow Fire Chapter: Minor Completion (31/3000)]

[Black Crow Martial Arts Manual: Minor Success (0/3000)]

[Black Crow's True Strength Chapter: Minor Success (0/3000)]

[Superior Martial Arts]

【"Six Harmonies and Eight Desolations Bajiquan": Perfection, Characteristics: Drilling Force, Breaking Rivers, Six Harmonies】

【Taibao Horizontal Training Technique: Perfected, Characteristics: Recovery, Iron Skin, Great Strength】

[Inferior Martial Arts]

[Bajiquan Basic Skills for Beginners: Complete, Characteristics: Penetrating Power, Stepping on the Heavenly Spring]

[Iron Whip Kick: Perfect, Characteristic: Iron Leg]

[Iron Claw Technique: Perfected, Characteristic: Iron Claw]

【Iron Back Kung Fu: Perfected, Characteristic: Iron Back】

[True Meaning: Burning (Activated)]

[Black Goat Token: Evolution Branch 1 - Extremely Incomplete Spiritual Eye Spiritual Refinement Method (Refining the spirit through meditation and certain special rules to achieve a state of spiritual elevation and transformation!), Required Time: 3.1 years]

[The Rotten Flesh of the Frozen Lord of Ice and Death: A wisp of flesh. Consuming it grants a chance to gain control over freezing, death, and immortality. As one grows, one will gain some of the abilities and gaze of the Dark Mad Hunter. There are some unknown side effects; one will bear some of the karma; and there is a very small chance of being targeted by certain beings wandering in the Sea of ​​Calamity. Time required: 13 days and 21 hours.]

[Contaminated Lucky Meat: Fish and Dragon Blood, Required Time: 21 hours.]

Special items: Fantasy limbs, Negative visual membrane.

"Extreme Seal: Simplify the panel, displaying only top-tier martial arts and evolution items."

Shi Wen calmly gave the instructions.

Just a moment later.

The display on the Extreme Display panel has become much simpler.

【——————————】

【——————————————————————】

【Extreme Seal】

[Peerless Martial Arts]

[Black Crow Fire Chapter: Minor Completion (829/3000)]

[Black Crow Martial Arts Manual: Minor Success (241/3000)]

[Black Crow's True Strength Chapter: Minor Success (316/3000)]

[True Meaning: Burning (Activated)]

[Time required for the extremely incomplete Spirit Eye Spiritual Training Method: 3.1 years]

[The Rotten Flesh of the Frozen Lord of Ice and Death - Time Required: 13 days and 21 hours.]

[Fish-Dragon Blood - Required Time: 21 hours.]

Special items: Fantasy limbs, Negative visual membrane.

"Is the world sick, or am I just not used to it?"

Thinking back to how he had previously activated his negative visual membrane and seen a blurry world of flesh and blood, Shi Wen fell silent.

He would occasionally sigh softly.

A window seat in a teahouse on the street.

The leading Taoist priest remained expressionless, but a strange coldness flashed in his eyes.