The End of the Extreme Dao: I Planted a Sacred Tree and Gained Immortality

Chapter 54 Encounter
"My hands and feet are so numb, like an electric shock."

Liang Yao shivered and kept patting her body with her hands to relieve the numbness and pain.

The last time Liang Yao experienced this situation was when she was purifying Huo Ying’s birthmark.

Tonight, there was no birthmark on Huo Ying's palm, so how could Liang Yao still suffer the backlash of purification?

Most importantly, what did Liang Yao just purify?
Huo Ying helped Liang Yao onto the bed and reached out to help Liang Yao pat herself.

"I'm fine. You see, it's a good thing I'm here, otherwise you would be targeted by the corpse ghost again." Liang Yao smiled weakly, then leaned towards Huo Ying, taking the opportunity to get closer to Huo Ying.

"It's not a corpse ghost. Today, I didn't encounter any weirdness."

Huo Ying frowned and recalled: "I went to the library today, but books are dead things, and weirdness should not be attached to books."

"After that, I met Hu Caigen and He Lili. I suspected that there was something wrong with the one called He Lili."

Huo Ying did not hide anything and told Liang Yao what happened in the library. They analyzed the situation together: "I always thought that couple was weird. If they didn't have any abilities, how could the town be destroyed and they were fine? It seems that Hu Caigen was the one who was plotted against. That couple is very likely related to the weirdness."

Having been marked by a factory monster before, Huo Ying couldn't help but suspect that He Lili was also marked by some monster, and that the mark was contagious. Since he had come into contact with her, he was implicated.

"I also saw the couple at that time, but I was not infected. I think this is weird. There should be some limits to the infection." Liang Yao stared at Huo Ying's eyes, with a little narrowness in her eyes: "Did you keep staring at her body, so you were infected."

Liang Yao's shoulder strap fell off inadvertently again, and Huo Ying helped her put it back in place with an expressionless face.

"Someone should go to the rally tomorrow. If He Lili really has a problem, perhaps many people in the town will be infected." Huo Ying's face looked a little ugly. Thinking that the town where He Lili used to live had been destroyed, Huo Ying was worried that Ailing Town would repeat the same mistake.

No one knows what capabilities this weird thing has, and if it continues to spread, will it become stronger and stronger?

"I'm going to the market tomorrow. When I come back, you have to purify me again. If I'm still infected, it means He Lili has the ability to infect indiscriminately. If I'm fine, let's stay away from He Lili and Hu Caigen."

Huo Ying made up his mind that if He Lili possessed indiscriminate infectious power, he would go find Zhang Yuqi, tell her about this, and then use Zhang Yuqi's ability not to get lost to go to XN city together. He would never stay here and wait for the weirdness to become stronger.

The protection range of Huo Ying's sacred tree is already one hundred kilometers. When he arrives in XN City, as long as he controls the distance, the power of the sacred tree will not be affected.

"You, be careful." Liang Yao was a little worried.

Huo Ying comforted him, "You should have a good rest. I'm fine. If I get infected, I'll have to rely on you to purify myself."

After thinking for a while, Huo Ying was afraid that Liang Yao would try to help him, so he emphasized, "If you are not feeling well, I will not go to the market. I will wait until the zombies riot and then see how other people are doing. You are very important now, and nothing must happen to you."

Feeling Huo Ying's concern, Liang Yao was secretly delighted, and then said seriously: "I am still very useful, so if you really want to play both sides, please don't abandon me as your oar."

"I think you are a playboy..." Huo Ying chuckled, and the fire in the room became much warmer. Sometimes, jokes can dilute the shadow brought by the end of the world.

[Progress: 8.31%]

A new day arrived. Huo Ying took a look at the sacred tree and found that the progress was still slow.

With two days left before the zombie riot, the atmosphere in the town suddenly became depressing, and even the sunlight seemed covered with a layer of gray.

The corpse ghosts also became active. Huo Ying habitually used a flashlight to sweep across the shadows and unexpectedly discovered that there was a new neighbor hiding in the house near his home.

With the robotic arm, it was easier for Huo Ying to deal with ordinary corpse ghosts. He first used his great strength to perform miracles and threw out more than a dozen wooden sticks. As long as a corpse ghost was hit by the sticks, he would immediately activate the mummification technique. Then, using the power of the robotic arm, he would easily carry a mummy weighing nearly 200 kilograms to Huo Ying's exclusive warehouse and throw the mummy in.

There are more than twenty zombies gathered in the warehouse. Next to the warehouse is the house where spider eggs are raised. The little spiders have grown to be as big as calves and are about to crawl out of the spider web cocoons.

Huo Ying was very satisfied. The corpse ghosts could not move for the time being, but the spider infected creatures would be able to harvest another wave soon.

Huo Ying walked along the road towards the Civic Center. The fire had been extinguished. The lime on the walls of the Civic Center had fallen off, revealing gray bricks. The ground was also covered with grayish-white scorched earth. Even from a distance, one could still feel the residual warmth of the flames hidden in the ashes.

However, an abandoned house opposite the Civic Center had been renovated and was occupied by the newlyweds' family of three. At this time, while it was daybreak and the door was open, the family of three were happily going in and out of the Civic Center, carrying charcoal from the Civic Center.

Huo Ying had activated the Sea of Trees Descent in the Mirror World. At the moment Huo Ying left the Mirror World, because he maintained his ability, several poplar trees were born in the real world. The poplar trees that were not fully burned were roasted into charcoal. A family of three discovered this place and settled down nearby to facilitate the transportation of resources.

Huo Chaohui noticed Huo Ying, smiled kindly, handed the charcoal in his hand to his lover Huo Zhenmei, and unexpectedly pulled his daughter towards Huo Ying without any precautions.

"Hello, we met yesterday. My name is Huo Zhaohui, and this is my daughter, Xiao Huo Huo." Huo Zhaohui looked at the Civic Center and said, "There is still some charcoal left here. We can each take half and move it out early to avoid being discovered by more people."

Little Huo Huo suddenly reached out and touched Huo Ying's wooden armor. Because he had moved charcoal before, his hand immediately left a palm print on Huo Ying's wooden armor. With a smile on his face, little Huo Huo was very familiar with him: "Uncle Mu Ren, you are so cool. Your armor is much cooler than my dad's mecha."

Huo Zhaohui glared at Xiao Huo Huo in reproach, and hurriedly smiled and said, "I used to be a researcher specializing in the development of power mechanical assistance. Well, for example, if your current robotic arm breaks down, you can come and ask me. If I can repair it, the price will definitely be cheaper than the courier's."

Huo Ying nodded, then turned and left: "The charcoal you found is yours. By the way, there may be a gathering in the school playground at noon. If you want to exchange, you can go and have a look."

Huo Ying showed goodwill mainly because the mecha mentioned by Xiao Huo Huo aroused his interest. At the same time, Huo Ying also became wary of this family of three.

It is the end of the world now, and Huo Chaohui is so fearless that he allows his daughter to contact him. Huo Ying doesn't believe that there would be such a careless parent in the end of the world. Even if Huo Chaohui was careless, the reaction of the child's mother, Huo Zhenmei, was too indifferent.

After Huo Ying left, Huo Zhaohui and Huo Zhenmei both looked at little Huo Huo.

(End of this chapter)