Chapter 323: Weird formation, bloody and blurry, terrifying to the extreme!

Upon hearing this, the soldiers looked at the team captain, somewhat at a loss.

No, team captain, it's too dangerous there; we should report to the crown prince.

Not needed, the crown prince is too busy; we ought to share his burden, rather than being as we are now—like a clueless fly buzzing about.

Saying this, the team captain rubbed his temples.

He gestured for the soldiers to lead the way.

Li Qingya curiously gazed at the team captain.

She always felt that the team captain was a bit strange now, very different from what she usually knew.

Could it be an illusion?

The team captain and she are acquaintances.

During the previous newcomer training, she had seen him before.

The team captain is an extremely steady person, always considering the situation when acting.

But now, he's like a reckless brute, completely...

Could it be my own illusion?

Li Qingya thought to herself.

She stepped up to the soldier, lightly patting his back to comfort him.

Li Qingya is quite tall, standing at 1.75 meters.

She has short hair, almost like a male crew cut.

But it's slightly longer.

Her hair is somewhat brown, with a pair of green eyes like amber, blinking.

She is very good-looking.

"Qingya Sister, don't comfort me; I suggest you don't go there—it's indeed too terrifying."

All right, all right, I know.

Li Qingya smiled, curling the corners of her mouth; her already handsome face became even more attractive.

"Qingya Sister, I'm really not joking."

I know; since it's the team captain, we'll follow him—we all know what kind of person he is.

Yes, yes, what Qingya said is right; the team captain is the mainstay of us here, no matter how you say it, he's the soul of our people.

Trust our team captain.

Others began to echo.

But upon hearing that, the soldier not only didn't feel relieved, but started trembling.

Trembling, he kept saying "no, no".

As if he were shaking out Parkinson's.

If Lu Yuan were here, he'd surely say: "Kid, look at my golden hoop staff!"

All monsters and demons, gone!

In the distance, Lu Yuan, who was chatting and laughing, sneezed.

He rubbed his nose, somewhat puzzled.

Yes, this timeline is before Lu Yuan's meeting.

All the so-called people were busy.

Everyone walked for a long time, finally finding a blood-soaked man under a huge tree.

The man was exactly that old soldier.

The old soldier's skin was peeled open, a blood-meat hole, as if still alive, constantly twitching.

The soldier widened his mouth, face full of disbelief.

In just fifteen minutes, they actually threw the clothes moth and tortured it to death.

Even the skin was peeled off alive.

"No! Impossible! How... how could it be?"

A woman behind shouted.

She stepped forward, wanting to pull the old soldier.

At that moment, countless worms flew out of the old soldier's corpse, constantly fluttering.

They burrowed into the ground.

And the person speaking was also covered by Li Qingya and stopped.

The woman was the old soldier's lover, originally supposed to marry in three days.

As a result... the battlefield called.

They thus came, pattering along.

But they never expected to encounter such a thing.

The old soldier breathed his last, while she could only watch helplessly as the person she loved gradually drifted away.

Yes, how could she possibly complete the wedding alone?

The woman sobbed in pain, limp and leaning on Li Qingya.

Li Qingya hurried to comfort her.

But the words she wanted to say could only become a helpless sigh.

She slowly patted her back, her expression full of helplessness.

Wait a moment, you guys take a look.

The soldier pointed at the veteran and said, "Look at the worms; they seem to be crawling toward us."

It seemed to confirm his words.

Countless worms appeared in the soil's cocooning silhouettes, showing up in everyone's pupils.

Everyone was shocked.

The captain reacted quickly, urging everyone to leave at once.

Upon hearing that, everyone then scattered.

They split into three teams and ran.

Li Qingya followed the soldier and the earlier woman as a group.

The three ran extremely fast, almost disappearing in an instant.

By the time they reacted, ten minutes had passed.

Ten minutes later, they arrived at the forest.

There were many trees here.

It covered their bodies.

They looked ahead at everything.

"We've come deep into the northern forest; if we keep going like this, we'll all—"

"Don't worry, we won't."

Li Qingya softly comforted them.

A gentle breeze stirred the three's hair.

It carried much of the forest's scent.

Even the bloody smell on the tip of their noses faded considerably.

"What should we do?"

The soldier asked.

Li Qingya frowned: "We go look for them; we're now outnumbered and weak."

"Finding them is the best option."

Everyone hearing that nodded in agreement.

Thus they began a new round of exploration.

Whenever they hit a wall, they encountered the captain covered in blood.

The captain had many wounds, holding a knife in his hand.

Those beside him fell one after another, dead.

The only person still alive seemed to hear the voice and shouted at them: "Run!"

"Run?"

Li Qingya, the woman, and the soldier looked puzzled.

"Isn't our captain the most reliable?"

"Run? Where to?"

"And why should we run?"

Just as they were puzzled, the captain suddenly reached out and grabbed the throat of the person who was barely alive.

He raised an eyebrow, his voice tinged with mockery.

"I didn't expect you to still be alive."

"It doesn't matter; from now on you won't be."

After saying that, he tightened his fingers and strangled the person to death.

Bright red blood flowed across the ground.

It streamed down his arm onto the grass.

Adding a hint of contempt and chill to his usual stern expression.

Yes.

He is an outright demon.

The soldier's legs trembled, yet his voice filled with confusion: "Captain! Why did you do this?"

"Why did you betray our dynasty?"

"Betrayal?" The man seemed to hear something amusing, the corner of his mouth twitching: "When did I betray?"

"Really? None?!"

The captain opened his arms, wearing a look of disdain: "I'm just doing what I want to do."

"Just like watching you die before my eyes."

"Oh right, those worms were deliberately shown to you; even that old soldier's death was because of me. Didn't expect that, huh?"

The captain said while gazing at the sky.

As if embracing the land and rivers.

"And am I the only one who betrayed?"

"That person seems to be pondering this as well..."

Li Qingya seized the point and asked: "You mean more than one person betrayed?"

"And there are important figures?"

The captain didn't reply, but one could see deep meaning in Li Qingya's eyes.

After a long while, the captain coughed lightly,

Hahaha, from the start, whenever you said I was a good person, I laughed.

I really am a good person... (End of chapter)