Joining Tiandao Company: Starting by mending a zombie world

"wipe!"

Chu Sheng couldn't help but swear; this way of dying was a severe shock to his nerves.

"Master Chu, Master Yu, set him on fire!" Lieutenant Wang hissed. "They have no humanity."

"No...please don't..."

The school principal threw herself onto Wang, the adjutant, and begged him desperately.

"Heh... If you two come in, I can let them go!"

A red glint flashed in Kagura Nogo's eyes, sending a chill down one's spine.

As he spoke, he gently tapped the shoulder of the female student on the other side with his fingertips.

Once again, someone was pushed off the cliff.

bang——

This completely enraged Yu Chuda, who roared, "You monster, you're asking for death!"

Immediately, they rushed towards the old building.

"Senior brother!"

Chu Sheng suppressed his discomfort and forced himself to chase after them.

Before leaving, he reminded his adjutant Wang to burn down the old building, as instructed by Wang.

"Hey, wait for me."

Duanmu Ying instinctively wanted to follow, but was grabbed by Lieutenant Wang: "Miss Duanmu, it's too dangerous inside!"

"Oh well."

Duanmu Ying couldn't break free from Wang's adjutant's helpless pout.

...

The interior of the old building looks even more dilapidated than the exterior.

Chu Sheng chased after Yu Chuda and rushed into the old building's main gate, only to hear a "bang" behind him as the gate slammed shut.

"A chilling wind seals the door."

The two brothers stood still in the dimly lit corridor, quickly adjusting to the light.

The air was thick with a musty smell mixed with some kind of putrid stench.

My feet were treading on a thick layer of dead leaves, mixed with unknown black fungi, which felt sticky to the touch.

"It's human blood." Yu Chuda was squatting at the top of the stairs, poking at a dark red stain on the ground with the tip of his peach wood sword.

Chu Sheng looked up at the spiraling wooden staircase.

The handrails were long since rotten and broken, and the steps were covered with black moss, with fine roots spreading outwards from among the moss.

What's terrifying is that a dozen or so translucent, whitish skulls are embedded in the roots, swaying and rocking in the wind.

"They're dead, but their souls are locked inside the tree roots," Yu Chuda said through gritted teeth. "This demonic tree is draining their life force and soul power!"

"It seems this tree spirit is quite old," Chu Sheng said in a deep voice.

No sooner had she finished speaking than a chilling "giggle..." came from upstairs, making it impossible to tell whether it was Kagura Noyo or the building itself laughing.

Then, dust began to fall from the ceiling above, and the tree roots that had been clinging to it began to wriggle and entangle, gradually weaving into the outline of a giant human face.

It was Kagura Nogo, with her alluring yet twisted face, who spoke: "Welcome to... my 'Nest of a Hundred Demons'."

"Playing tricks!" Yu Chuda spat, angrily pulling out three "Five Thunder Suppressing Evil Talismans" drawn by Chu Sheng from his pocket. He bit his fingertip and quickly applied his blood essence to the talisman heads.

"Heaven and earth are boundless, the universe borrows its power, the Five Thunder Generals, the Fire Chariot General, the talisman arrives and proceeds, so be it! By imperial decree!"

The three talismans spontaneously combusted without wind, transforming into three blazing white lightning bolts that struck the giant face on the ceiling in a triangular formation!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Lightning exploded, electric snakes darted about, and the giant face of the tree root was charred black, emitting a silent roar, with a large number of broken roots falling like rain.

"It works!" Yu Chuda's spirits lifted.

But the next moment, the destroyed tree roots re-intertwined and filled in at an even faster speed, almost instantly restoring them to their original state, even more grotesque than before.

At the same time, more tree roots surged out from the ground and walls, like countless ghostly hands, grabbing at the two of them.

"This locust tree spirit is connected to the energy flow of the entire building; its regenerative ability is too strong, and our talismans can't keep up with its regeneration speed!"

Chu Sheng said urgently as he swung the python-skin rope to sweep away the pulled-out tree roots.

"We must find the original entity or interrupt its sustenance!"

"Senior brother, cover me, I'm going up to find Kagura Nogi!"

"good!"

Yu Chuda knew that continuing the fight was not a solution, so he immediately grabbed a handful of glutinous rice mixed with cinnabar from his bundle and scattered it around.

The glutinous rice crackled as it touched the tree roots and the yin energy, temporarily slowing their advance.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Sheng used the Yu Step technique, his body moving like a fish weaving through the gaps in the wildly dancing tree roots, rushing towards the stairwell.

The higher you go, the heavier the yin energy becomes, and the lower the temperature.

The constant sounds of a woman's sobbing, a baby's crying, and frantic babbling disturbed my mind.

Chu Sheng kept his mind focused on his spiritual altar, silently reciting the purification mantra to resist spiritual erosion.

The second floor, the third floor... the scenery on each floor is much the same.

In the shadows, many female students stood motionless like statues, clearly having become nourishment for the locust tree spirit.

Chu Sheng's expression grew increasingly gloomy, his heart filled with murderous intent.

Every step of the way, they wished they could kill Kagura Nogi.

Just as he stepped onto the last step of the sixth floor, the sight before him made his pupils shrink.

The sixth floor is almost entirely open, with no partitions. It's a spacious hall.

In the center, the trunk of a huge locust tree, almost petrified wood and requiring several people to encircle it, pierces through the floor and ceiling, standing there.

The tree trunk was covered with twisted, face-shaped nodules, as if countless wronged souls were imprisoned within, wailing silently.

Kagura Naoko stood in front of the main trunk of the locust tree.

She had taken off her outer kimono and was only wearing a thin white kimono, barefoot, with her long hair loose.

He held a shakuhachi flute in both hands, pressing it to his lips.

The remaining eight or nine female students were still standing by the window.

However, unlike before, they were facing out the window.

They were standing in a row by the window, their faces pale and their eyes vacant, all facing Chu Sheng.

"The Maoshan Sect and my Kagura clan have always kept to themselves. Why are you interfering in my affairs with Zhang Tiehu?"

Kagura Nogo stared at Chu Sheng with her scarlet eyes and spoke slowly.

"General Zhang is a hero of the War of Resistance against Japan. If you want to harm him, then you naturally want to protect them."

Chu Sheng looked coldly at Kagura Noyo, then changed the subject, saying, "The war has nothing to do with the students. Release them, and I'll stay and fight you."

"Release them?" Kagura Nogo's lips curled into a mocking smile. "Naive. I've said it before... war is never a one-person affair."

After saying that, she pressed her red lips to the flute and suddenly blew out a sharp and piercing note!

Chu Sheng immediately sensed something was wrong and moved.

The eight or nine female students by the window seemed to have had their bones removed at the same time, and they fell straight backward.

"No--!"

Chu Sheng's roar was drowned out by the piercing sound of the wind breaking through the air.

Kagura Nogo's flute music lingered, as if invisible threads had been severed at the same moment.

By the window, those eight or nine female students—

The daughter of the finance director, the daughter of the education bureau chief, the darling of the police chief, the only daughter of the principal...

They were like puppets with their strings cut.

At the same instant, they fell backward.

The light blue jacket fluttered in the wind, and the black dress resembled black wings unfurled in despair.

Time seemed to stretch out and freeze in Chu Sheng's eyes.

He can see every face clearly:

Some had empty eyes, some had a last trace of fear remaining, and some even had a manipulated, eerie smile on their lips.

He could see every trajectory of their descent.

It was like a meticulously choreographed, extremely cruel silent play, and he was the only audience member, his eyes wide with rage.