Chapter 552: then translation of chapter title

Under the faint dawn light, Zhang Tie, head down, followed Lin An, running with long strides.

The two moved at extreme speed, leaving two afterimages across the endless plain.

The wind howled, mixed with the distinctive dampness of early morning.

Everything was normal.

Along the way, they didn't even see any wild beasts.

A barren wasteland.

Just looking at the faint light above, Xiong Hanzi always felt somewhat uncomfortable.

What a strange color, the horizon glowed with a pale flesh tone.

The faint light in the sky, I don't know where it comes from,

like light shining through a cover, dull and muffled.

"Lin Dui, the town the villagers mentioned seems to be just ahead!"

Although Yellow Wasteland Village was remote, the two soon spotted a town in the distance thanks to their high-speed charge.

It had walls and people.

Built of earth-gray bricks and stone, with many tea sheds erected around the walls.

Scattered caravans were dispersed at the town's entrance.

Bustling and noisy.

Merchants wielding whips sat on their carts, with piles of goods piled haphazardly.

Calls rang out, while the soldiers guarding the city walls walked back and forth with spears in hand.

It looked like the most ordinary ancient scene, with nothing unusual.

They instantly slowed down.

Despite continuous high-speed charging, their stamina hardly decreased.

Zhang Tie roughly estimated that, based on his current stamina recovery rate, he could likely sprint at full force all day.

This stamina was abundant, as if he had taken stimulants.

His action efficiency was comparable to a high-speed train.

He smacked his lips.

While Lin An was carefully observing the town, Zhang Tie stepped on and broke a stone beneath his foot, unable to help but speak out:

"Lin Dui, reaching the limit of my physique feels great."

"If I had known, I would have let Jing Tian and the others come in too; after strengthening, we could just leave midway if needed."

"I think we've absorbed all the power from the Death Seed..."

"What a pity..."

After pausing to quickly observe, Lin An replied offhand without turning his head:

"Nothing to pity; the risk is too great."

"Don't forget, the Yellow Wasteland Village incident likely generated from a fragment of your thoughts."

"If we brought Jing Tian and the others, we might not be facing Chu Renmei..."

"Haven't you noticed? Yellow Wasteland Village, as the 'first stop' of the Secret Realm, seems to have a layer of separation from the rest of the Secret Realm world."

Saying this, Lin An ground the soil under his foot.

The soil was pale purple, and a faint rotten smell could be detected.

Meanwhile, the land within Yellow Wasteland Village resembled the real world more closely.

He was speculating.

Lin An had considered that Yellow Wasteland Village might hide unknown problems, but he simply had no time to investigate.

As for the town.

Watching the caravans entering the town ahead, he couldn't help but a flicker of doubt cross his eyes.

The town ahead appeared unremarkable, and the people seemed quite normal.

But it's precisely because it's normal that there's a problem.

Huang Youwei, the village head of Yellow Wasteland Village, had personally mentioned the news of blood Zombie.

Lin An still remembered that when the old man first saw them,

his instinctive reaction was to think they had come to report a blood Zombie invasion.

Monsters... definitely exist.

But why does this place look so peaceful and tranquil? With his eyesight, he could even make out the expressions of the soldiers on the city walls.

Lax, lazy, devoid of any vigilance.

Could it be that the blood Zombie are few in number?

Or is it not the massive corpse tide I imagined breaking out in an ancient setting?

"Lin Dui, what do you say the blood Zombie in this Secret Realm are?"

"We haven't seen a single Zombie hair along the way."

"Not sure."

Lin An shook his head and then withdrew the mental power he had spread out.

Taking the real world as an example.

Humans hide in Safe Zones or gathering places; who would build a city on the plains like this?

Judging by the town's level of alertness, it seems there aren't even any bandits.

"Let's go, straight into the city."

No hesitation.

Lin An, having made up his mind, suddenly burst with speed, charging toward the town.

He and Zhang Tie's attire itself was strange, and he also couldn't be bothered to conceal his power and peculiarity.

In the end, it had to be revealed; might as well be open and aboveboard.

Otherwise, if the two of them were stopped and questioned by the city-guarding soldiers, it would be really troublesome.

On the wall, the city patrol soldiers holding bows and arrows chatted intermittently with their companions.

Looking at the caravan entering the city below, he absentmindedly wondered when he could change shifts.

Standing here every day, it's truly a bitter post.

Just as he turned back to joke with his companion, mentioning how he had gone to the kiln a few days ago to listen to music, a sharp whistling sound rapidly came.

"What... is that!"

His vision was still decent.

He blankly watched as two plumes of dust rose up, like earth dragons charging.

Two afterimages instantly rushed to beneath the city wall.

"Alarm..."

He instinctively opened his mouth to shout, but before he could react, he only felt a strong wind wash over him.

A powerful pressure enveloped the walltop; in just a breath, the armored man beneath the city instantly leapt onto the wall.

The city wall, over ten meters high, seemed as if nothing.

"Ge-ge"

Bones creaked.

"I ask, you answer."

A calm voice came from the mysterious person's mouth, wave after wave of pressure like a thousand-jin weight pressing his bones to creak.

His throat was pinched by a single hand, and his whole body instantly hung in midair.

The archer's waxy yellow face became flushed red.

"Boom!"

With a tremendous roar.

A heavy object landed, and Zhang Tie also leapt onto the walltop.

Like an elephant falling from the sky, it shook the dust on the city wall down patter.

Even the stone slabs under the bald strongman's feet were crushed to pieces.

The sudden change stunned the soldiers on the wall, causing the squad leader to instinctively shout:

"Enemy attack!!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the bald strongman who had leapt onto the wall suddenly turned his head and gave him a grin:

"Quiet down, or I'll twist your head off."

A pair of huge palms, as large as cattail fans, suddenly gripped his head, as if pinching a walnut.

The intense threat of death stunned the soldiers present; they could only grip their spears tightly, at a loss.

The newcomer's ability truly astonished them.

This is practically a monster!

After regaining his senses, the bow-bearing soldier nervously nodded.

The neck gripped by Lin An left him unable to breathe.

"Who is this person?"

"An ascetic practitioner from the army?"

Looking at Lin An wearing head-to-toe strange-looking armor, various thoughts flashed through his mind.

Without the slightest pause, Lin An opened his mouth to ask:

"What is this place called?"

"For the whole of Great Xia, is this the core or the border?"

"Are there any other countries?"

"What are blood corpses again?"

After a brief pause, Lin An looked around:

"You don't seem to fear blood corpse ambushes?"

"You.. do you have any other enemies?"

"Have you seen any existence similar to me?"

A series of questions left the soldiers dazed instantly, but the immense force transmitted from his neck made him dare not not reply.