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

Chapter 6 Infection
The method to distinguish Yang stone is very simple, which is to use a lighter to see if the stone will turn red quickly.

But the low hills are covered with densely packed stones, and often one cannot find a single sunny stone even after turning over hundreds of stones.

Huo Ying stood up, holding his waist. He only found one yang stone, and his waist hurt as if it was broken.

Zhang Yuqi on the other side also stood up and rubbed her waist. There was no shortcut to this kind of work. Even though she had more experience than Huo Ying, she could only find one yang stone.

Zhang Yuqi looked up at the sky. Noon had passed and the sun was still big, but much dimmer than before.

"time to go."

"it is good."

Any hesitation for a second would be disrespectful to life, so Huo Ying immediately followed Zhang Yuqi.

The road was still the same as when we came, but because the sun had shifted in a different direction, some places were blocked by huge rocks on the low hills and the road was covered in shadows.

Zhang Yuqi, who was walking in front, stopped, signaled Huo Ying to stop, and then drew her sword.

Zhang Yuqi's knife was very old, with traces of blood among the rust on the back of the knife, but the blade and the tip of the knife were polished to a shine.

Carefully looking at the shadow, Zhang Yuqi slowly approached, causing half of her body to be swallowed up by the shadow.

After waiting for more than ten seconds, Zhang Yuqi walked completely into the shadow. After observing for a while in the shadow, Zhang Yuqi walked through the shadow and waved to Huo Ying.

The movement of shuttling through the shadows looked easy, but Huo Ying was so nervous that he didn't even dare to breathe.

There must be danger in the shadows for Zhang Yuqi to be so careful.

Even though Zhang Yuqi had checked before, when it was Huo Ying's turn to go, he was still on full alert, quietly holding the palm-sized poplar wood in his arms, ready to activate Wood Release at any time.

"What's in the shadow?" Walking to Zhang Yuqi's side and feeling the scorching sun, Huo Ying couldn't help but shiver.

"Not necessarily." Zhang Yuqi continued to move forward: "If you are unlucky, you may encounter an infected object. It's possible to find any kind of infected object."

The two took advantage of the strong sunlight and sped down the mountain, but at the foot of the mountain, the shadow of the low mountain spread over, creating a shadow several dozen meters long.

"Go together."

Zhang Yuqi observed for a while and did not leave Huo Ying where he was, but let Huo Ying walk behind her.

Huo Ying took out the Yang Stone in his left hand, held the wooden block in his right hand, and followed Zhang Yuqi closely.

Zhang Yuqi took a look at the weapon in Huo Ying's hand, especially the piece of wood, and then looked at Huo Ying strangely.

"It's not that I won't give you the weapon, but the weapon is only useful in my hands for the time being."

Zhang Yuqi explained.

It was very quiet in the shadows. Zhang Yuqi took a few quick steps and rushed out of the shadows.

Huo Ying also breathed a sigh of relief, but just when Zhang Yuqi completely left the shadow, Huo Ying heard heavy breathing behind him.

In the darkest shadow, a wild dog rushed towards Huo Ying.

Unlike any dog Huo Ying had seen before, this dog had no hair on its body, and its exposed skin was covered with tumors. Even one of the wild dog's eyes was blocked by the tumor, leaving only the single eye staring at Huo Ying.

"do not move!"

Zhang Yuqi shouted, and then threw out her sword. The sharp knife passed through Huo Ying's crotch and accurately stabbed the wild dog's front leg. The sharp tip of the knife instantly pierced the wild dog and nailed it to the ground.

The wild dog's body suddenly stopped, and the inertia of the charge caused the sword to stab out a large amount of dirty blood, and the wild dog's front legs were directly cut off.

There was no wailing sound. The wild dog fell to the ground and opened its mouth to howl. Huo Ying saw that there was also a huge tumor in the wild dog's throat. The tumor blocked the wild dog's voice. The wild dog could only howl but could not make any sound.

Zhang Yuqi passed by Huo Ying like the wind.

Huo Ying saw that the gravel Zhang Yuqi stepped on was broken. With a strong explosive force, Zhang Yuqi rushed to the wild dog in a second. She pulled out the waist knife on the ground and twisted her body to avoid the wild dog's bite. Zhang Yuqi's waist knife slid across the wild dog's neck and chopped off the wild dog's head with one stroke.

"This……"

Huo Ying was not scared by the wild dogs, but was scared by Zhang Yuqi.

This kind of strength, speed and reaction is absolutely impossible for humans to achieve!

After killing the wild dog, Zhang Yuqi did not stop, but dragged the dog's body into the sun.

Taking out a lighter, Zhang Yuqi lit the tumor on the wild dog's body.

The flame of the lighter was weak, but in the sunlight, the tumor struggled wildly and was touched by the flame, and it suddenly caught fire.

"This is the infected agent. Fortunately, it is a dog."

"Common animals are not that dangerous. After dogs, cats, and birds are infected, their attack methods are simple and ordinary people can handle them." The ordinary people Zhang Yuqi mentioned were Huo Ying: "The most dangerous are the uncommon ones, such as lizards, spiders, snakes, etc. After they are infected, their attack methods will be strengthened. Most people die from these infected creatures."

"After killing the infected, you must drag it out to the sun and burn it. Otherwise, at night, the infected body will be parasitized and become a zombie, which is more terrifying than a human becoming a zombie."

"Once the infected organisms become zombies here, this road will no longer be accessible."

The flames burned so fiercely that the wild dog's body was quickly burned to ashes.

Zhang Yuqi checked once and made sure there were no mistakes before taking Huo Ying away from the hill.

"Don't you have anything to ask?"

Zhang Yuqi didn't speak until they reached the house where Huo Ying was temporarily living.

Huo Ying shook his head: "You have taught me enough."

Zhang Yuqi pursed her lips: "What if I say I will tell you if you ask?"

Huo Ying thought for a moment, opened the door, and said to Zhang Yuqi, "I researched a method of baking potatoes yesterday. They smell delicious. Do you want to try them?"

What Huo Ying called the method was actually the same roasting method used at roadside stalls in his previous life.

Using Zhang Yuqi's knife, the poplar wood was chopped into sticks, and then the potatoes were sliced and strung together one by one.

Light a piece of poplar wood and place the potato skewers away from the flame to prevent the flame from burning the skewers.

Huo Ying kept turning the potato chips over until they were completely dry and crispy, and then he gave them to Zhang Yuqi.

It's a bit troublesome to bake like this, but the potatoes become crispy.

"If Sister Bai knew you were wasting poplar wood like this, she would scold you all day long."

Zhang Yuqi smiled and took a bite, then nodded: "It tastes good, I can barely reveal a little secret to you."

"The infected thing was not infected by the corpse."

"On the contrary, when the infected creatures were alive, they were very afraid of the zombies, so they hid in the Yangshi Mine."

"The Corpse Ghost and the Yang Stone restrain each other. The Corpse Ghost can infect people, but in fact, the Yang Stone can also infect people."

"If someone uses or comes into contact with Yang Stone for a long time, they will be radiated by the energy in the Yang Stone and mutate."

"Everyone has a different physique. Some people will be like the wild dog we just met. They will get infected, grow tumors, become grotesque, and eventually die in pain. Some people will get infected more slowly. The energy radiation of the Yang Stone will increase their strength, speed, and reaction, making them far superior to ordinary people, until their resistance decreases and the infection breaks out."

“I am the second type.”

Zhang Yuqi chewed the baked potatoes calmly and narrated calmly.

(End of this chapter)