The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 506 Ghost Tide! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The far west, snow-capped mountains.

At the summit of a mountain thousands of meters above sea level stands a Buddhist temple with a golden roof.

Just a few months ago, this place was a bustling tourist hotspot.

Tourists from all over the country, as well as believers who have traveled more than 2,000 kilometers on their knees, have come to seek Buddha's help.

However, at this moment, this place has become a ghost town.

The mountain steps were made of piled-up corpses, the rock walls were made of white bones, and the windows were covered with human skin.

The entire temple was haunted by supernatural phenomena. Apart from the temple roof painted with gold paint, some traces of the past could still be vaguely seen.

In the main hall, where the Buddha statue was originally placed, sat the corpse of an old monk.

Suddenly, the corpse opened its eyes.

The old monk's eye sockets were not filled with eyeballs, but rather with many white corpse worms.

Without the obstruction of eyelids, some corpse worms fell out and landed on the old monk's legs as he sat cross-legged.

The corpse worms wriggled their fair bodies and crawled along the monk's robe into the distance, but soon, they seemed to have been drained of moisture.

The body quickly dried out and turned into a handful of ashes.

"Heh~ Heh~"

A hoarse, rumbling sound came from the old monk's throat.

Corpse worms crawled out of his throat, and also into his ears, nostrils, and all the holes in the old monk's body.

Corpse worms kept crawling out!
Strangely, as soon as these corpse worms left the old monk's body, they would dry up and turn into ashes in no time.

Rumble!
The snow-capped mountain was trembling, and large swaths of snow collapsed, cascading down the mountainside like a flash flood.

The entire land was awestruck by this aura.

Upon closer inspection, the surging snow was actually composed of countless corpses.

One after another, terrifying ghostly corpses rolled eastward with the avalanche.

The avalanche of corpses was very fast.

After crossing mountains and rivers, more and more ghosts were carried along, converging into a ceaselessly flowing river of corpses.

In the river of corpses, the body of an old monk covered in corpses appears and disappears among countless terrifying ghost corpses.

South Asia, polluted rivers.

"Bang!!!"

Suddenly, a splash of water tens of meters high erupted from the river surface.

Countless pieces of foul-smelling household garbage, along with the black mud from the riverbed, were thrown into the sky.

Wow~
Within a radius of several hundred meters, a rain of mud and garbage suddenly fell.

Crushed cigarette butts, used rubber bags, leftover chicken bones—all sorts of trash rained down from the sky.

Many water droplets immediately splashed up on the river surface.

"Bang!!!"

A dark shadow swam across the water, occasionally leaping up suddenly, creating huge splashes and triggering localized showers.

The dark figure leaped up again, displaying its massive body without any attempt to conceal it in the dim sunlight.

Its body is hundreds of meters long, making it larger than any animal known to humankind.

Like a giant serpent from mythology, devouring the world!

However, this was not a giant python, but a corpse python pieced together and stitched together from hundreds of thousands of corpses.

Human genitalia were sewn onto a lizard's head, a cow's head was sewn onto a fish's body, and Dalit's tongue was glued to a Brahmin's chest.

There is no discrimination against species here, and no hierarchical division.

Regardless of whether you were a human or a pig, noble or lowly, virtuous or base in your previous life.

At this moment, everyone is part of the Corpse Python.

"Crack! Click!"

The corpse python writhed in the sewage river, its body twisted into an extremely contorted position.

The sound of bones being crushed could be heard from time to time, and large chunks of corpses were squeezed into a pulp that flowed down.

Suddenly, the corpse python stopped moving, its body frozen in mid-air.

Its head is held high towards the sky, as if receiving information from the universe.

A few minutes later.

The corpse python sprang into action again, leaping out of the sewage river and slithering northward without looking back.

Wherever the corpse python passed, buildings were destroyed and collapsed. The already dilapidated city was now completely reduced to ruins.

During their journey, they frequently devoured the fierce ghosts that blocked their path, and the corpse python grew larger and larger.

South America, the city of freedom.

In the center of the city stands a church hundreds of meters high.

The church houses the Eye of God, a pale eyeball with a diameter of seventy-seven meters.

Below the pale eye, on the left and right sides, stand statues of angels.

Cherubim with eleven arms, Virtues with thirteen heads, and Thrones with seventeen legs.

There are also powerful angels who are headless, heartless, liverless, gallbladderless, spleenless, kidneyless, and without limbs or bones.

Outside the church, within a radius of tens of kilometers in the city, countless believers prostrated themselves on the ground, praying in the direction of the church.

"God bless you! Jehovah bless you!"

"I have received a revelation; I am going to ascend into the Kingdom of God, and I am going to become an angel!"

Among the millions of believers, a gaunt middle-aged man suddenly shouted with ecstatic joy.

His mouthful of yellow teeth fell out, his bloodshot eyes rotted, and his whole body twisted and transformed into a deformed monster.

The monster's flesh and blood tore apart, emitting a series of shrill roars.

However, the believers around them seemed to have heard a sacred message, and their faces showed peaceful and happy expressions.

"Blessed is the Son of God! Those who believe will live forever!"

"Ascension! Ascension! Ascension!"

These believers, as if they had seen a mountain of treasure, rushed frantically toward the monster.

When the believers touched the monster's body, they were like putty, melting into it.

The head rotted, the torso was devoured, and the legs turned into mud.

Soon, an eleven-member Cherubim was born.

After the Cherubim were born, the fanatical believers instantly calmed down and lay prostrate on the ground with numb expressions.

He continued to pray, facing the direction of the church.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The cherubim walked step by step toward the church, and every now and then the bodies of believers were crushed into a pulp and merged into the earth.

Suddenly, a muffled rumbling sound came from the sky.

It seemed as if something was hammering the sky from beyond the canopy.

"boom!!!"

A pale beam of light shot out from the church and flew straight into the sky.

Immediately, countless angels poured out of the church, lifted the entire church, and slowly moved it westward.

As the angels moved forward, the believers remained prostrate on the ground, allowing the angels to carry the church over their bodies.

Rumble!
A bloody corridor stretching for tens of kilometers quickly appeared on the earth.

"Believe in God, Jehovah!"

"Give me my blood to quench my thirst, give me my flesh to Jesus, merciful God."

Behind the angels, believers followed closely, chanting.

"Duwuwu—" "Duwuwu—"

A piercing air raid siren blared over the Weishu base.

Upon hearing the alarm, the newly recruited commanders, led by their guides, immediately gathered in the quarantine zone surrounding the base.

"Commander No. 0955836, you need to arrive at Defense Zone 13 within five minutes. Please proceed to your post as soon as possible!"

"Commander No. 0955836, you need..."

The sudden, deafening alarm caught Shangshuihang off guard.

It wasn't until the guide beside him repeatedly reminded him that Shang Shuixing realized he was no longer an ordinary resident.

As a soldier wielder, he can no longer hide under the protection of others when faced with supernatural invasions, as he used to.

"I never imagined that after being discharged from the military for more than ten years, I would still have the opportunity to go to the battlefield!"

Shang Shuixing sighed at the unpredictability of life, then leaped up and jumped onto the guide's back, rushing towards Protective Zone 13 at top speed.

The guide is a combat partner assigned to each weapon master by the base after the divine weapon is successfully implanted.

The guide is not a person, or more accurately, not a person born naturally.

These are elite warriors created from the void by the Lord of the Prefecture with his great magical power!
Before the Spirit Disaster, each of these soldiers was a king-level warrior. A fully armed squad of soldiers could even influence the course of a small war.

"Speaking of which, if the guides weren't unable to fight the demons, there probably wouldn't be any soldiers like us."

Shang Shuihang obediently lay on the guide's back, letting the guide carry him towards the destination.

Um! That's right!

In emergencies, the guide may also serve as a means of transportation for the soldier commander.

The guide can run at a constant speed of 15 meters per second for several hours, which is much faster than ordinary means of transportation.

The location of Shangshuihang is about 2 kilometers away from the No. 13 protection zone. It would take an average person four or five minutes to run one kilometer.

Even with the merchant's back to him, the guide arrived in less than two minutes.

"Number 0955836, Operational Position C-374, now performing pre-battle save!"

At the entrance to the protected area, a man in military uniform with a dragon tail embroidered on his chest opened a box in front of Shangshuihang.

Inside the box stood a mirror, a mirror that couldn't reflect anyone's image.

"Yes!"

Following previous training, Shang Shuixing stepped forward and positioned himself close to the mirror.

The scene before his eyes blurred, and Shang Shuixing felt his consciousness enter a void.

All around was an intangible darkness, as if floating in the cosmos.

A moment later, Shang Shuixing's eyes lit up again, and his consciousness returned to his body.

"Saving complete. Please proceed to your post immediately!"

"Yes!"

Shang Shuihang instinctively saluted, and then, under the commander's orders, entered the quarantine zone ahead.

This is a dense forest of bones, with jagged bone spikes intertwined to form a solid wall.

Some low-level ghosts will be attacked and suppressed if they get close to this forest of bones, and then hung on the trees.

However, the defenses of the White Bone Forest have their limits. Once the number of ghosts reaches a certain level, the defenses of the White Bone Forest will have loopholes.

At this point, other forces are needed to deal with these remaining individuals who slipped through the net.

Previously, they were wandering ghosts in the quarantine zone; now, they are the military commanders of Shangshuihang and his ilk.

Compared to demons who act on instinct, soldiers who possess subjective consciousness are able to play a greater role.

Shang Shuixing stood a few meters behind the wall of bones, and the area within ten meters around him was his responsibility.

Standing behind the wall of bones, Shang Shuihang could clearly see the situation outside the quarantine zone through the gaps in the tree branches.

He could even see the figures approaching from afar.

This was the first time that Shangshuihang had ever faced a ghost so closely.

"Number One, I'm a little nervous, what should I do?"

"Number One" is the title used by the Shangshui business to refer to the guide.

It doesn't have any special meaning; it's just that I didn't know what name to choose, so I'm using this as a temporary substitute.

"Don't be afraid! Lord Fu is protecting you!"

"All the warriors who died in battle will be reborn in the Reincarnation Pool of the Underworld!"

"Just think of this as a virtual game!"

After hearing No. 1's words of comfort, Shang Shuixing was still a little nervous, but much better than before.

Yes!

Anyway, he'll come back to life even if he dies, so what's there to be afraid of?

Shang Shuixing adjusted his mindset, communicated with the divine weapon within his body, and felt the supernatural power eroding his body.

My tense mood inexplicably calmed down!
Shh~ Shh~

The ghost tide outside the quarantine zone was getting closer and closer, and Shang Shuihang could even hear the sound of the ghost tide's footsteps as it advanced.

"coming soon!"

Shang Shuixing's heart tightened, and a strange power surged within him. His body quickly turned cold, and patches of lividity appeared on his cheeks.

The divine weapon implanted in his body is a B-grade ghost lung.

It can create a ghostly aura when breathing, which can be used to erode and suppress enemies.

"Swish!"

The ghost tide advanced further, reaching within three or four meters of the quarantine zone.

The ghost tide continued its advance, countless fierce ghosts crashing straight into the wall of white bones in front of Shang Shuixing.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The confrontation between the Ghost Tide and the White Bone Forest was silent, but Shang Shuixing mentally provided the soundtrack for this battle.

Kaka! Click!
The Bone Forest stirred, its thorny branches whipping wildly, ensnaring ghosts upside down and hanging them from the branches.

The ghosts in front were just suppressed when the ghosts behind took their place.

Even though the White Bone Forest relentlessly suppressed the evil spirits, it still eventually made mistakes in the face of these endless evil spirits.

A ghost in human skin squeezed through a gap in the bone forest.

This is a wrinkled human skin, without hands, feet, or a head; it looks like a crudely made human skin outfit.

After the human-skin-clad figure emerged from the bone forest, the Shangshui Company, which was blocking its path, became its target.

It flew straight toward him.

As they approached the merchant's shop, a tear appeared in the human skin garment, running from top to bottom and opening to the sides, about to be put on him.

In the face of crisis, Shang Shuixing calmed down, took a deep breath, and blew it towards the human skin coat.

"Huwu~"

An invisible ghostly wind appeared out of nowhere, like a gale in the Northwest, causing the human skin clothing to swell up.

As the ghostly wind swept through, patches of corpse spots of varying sizes quickly appeared on the human skin clothing.

The lividity quickly corroded a large hole in the area where it appeared, and then spread rapidly to other areas.

In just a few breaths, the human skin suit lost all its supernatural power, like a used piece of toilet paper discarded on the ground.

"That's not difficult at all!"

After successfully resolving the issue of the human skin garment, the businessmen immediately gained confidence.

Soon, more ghosts passed through the wall of bones.

The battle continues!

Not only the Tail Nest Base, but also the other six survivor bases were attacked by the ghost horde at the same time.

The battle for humanity's survival has officially begun.
(End of this chapter)