I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 190 - 140: Lord of the Residual Prison Mansion! Netherworld Stone Gate! [Second Update!]

Chapter 190: Chapter 140: Lord of the Residual Prison Mansion! Netherworld Stone Gate! [Second Update!]

The night was deep, and the sky was pitch-black.

However, the water of the Dayin River shimmered with endless, ghostly cyan light.

Below the surface, bones piled up, accompanied by countless screams and roars.

Using a beginner’s "Transformation" Technique, Lin Yan had blended in among these zombie soldiers.

He placed his hand on the hilt of his blade, extremely cautious.

With great expectation, he shouted out.

But the leader transformed by Pei Xiong suddenly flickered with ghostly fire in his eyes and drew his sword to strike!

Lin Yan’s expression dramatically changed, and he instantly sidestepped to avoid the blow.

Then he saw hundreds of zombie soldiers behind him simultaneously draw their swords, form military ranks, and seemed to be searching for something.

"Was it when I spoke, the ’living’ Qi Mechanism slipped out?"

A realization dawned on Lin Yan.

He held his breath and continued to disguise himself as a zombie soldier using the Transformation Technique.

A moment later, when the zombie soldiers didn’t detect any signs of living beings, they all sheathed their swords and lined up neatly again.

Moving upstream along the Dayin River.

Lin Yan hesitated, weighed the pros and cons, and ultimately decided to follow them.

He inwardly sighed, having lost the last glimmer of hope.

The Pei he regarded as a close friend, one to whom he could entrust his back, was truly dead.

Now, all he wanted to explore in the Dayin River was why these hundreds of zombie soldiers were moving upstream. What were they intending to do?

Was it something at the source of the Dayin River?

And had some mishap occurred at the source?

"The expansion of the new city will probably have to be put on hold, this harsh winter... many people will die."

Lin Yan sighed in his heart.

This place was less than a hundred miles from High Willow City.

But the Dayin River stretched past the outer part of High Willow City, about thirty miles to the north.

There was also a tributary flowing from the southwest of High Willow City, winding its way to south of the city, less than ten miles away.

Linjiang Square was named so because it was situated less than ten miles away from this "Little Dayin River."

If the changes in the Dayin River couldn’t be resolved, it would definitely affect the expansion of the "New City."

Moreover, if the turbulent momentum of the Dayin River continued unchecked, then even the outer areas of High Willow City would be impacted!

Lin Yan’s family had lived in Linjiang Square for three generations, and it was within the range of this impact!

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Meanwhile,

Within the bounds of Residual Prison Mansion, a stout elderly man with white hair and beard, riding a fierce wolf, approached the source of the Dayin River.

This was a barren mountain range.

Throughout the mountains, springs burst forth, forming streams that continued to gather and multiply.

Eventually, they formed a river of significant size that surged forward.

As the river surged, other tributaries joined it until, thirty miles away, it became a powerful and raging river, becoming the true Dayin River!

"It can be called the Dayin River starting from here,"

Said the old man, riding on the demon wolf, slowly adding, "But continue forward, less than twenty miles, and it would be the territory of Qifeng Prefecture."

His expression was complex, seemingly worried about the situation in Qifeng Prefecture.

But because the source of the "catastrophe" was not in Residual Prison Mansion, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The evil wolf’s eyes were chilly, and it growled softly, as if asking something.

"Of course we must investigate!"

The old man sighed and said, "Even though it doesn’t affect Residual Prison Mansion, for Qifeng Prefecture, and especially for High Willow City which is closest, it will undoubtedly cause severe turbulence! If the situation turns out to be far worse than anticipated..."

He stretched out his hand, rubbed his forehead, and said, "Never mind expanding the city, I fear we might have to abandon half of the existing outer areas!"

The evil wolf growled again, clearly dissatisfied.

With a thud!

The old man knocked on the evil wolf’s head.

"Abandoning half, do you understand what that means?"

"The outer city of High Willow City is divided into eight districts; we would have to forsake six of those districts, a total of forty-eight squares."

"I fear tens of thousands of people would be displaced, with no longer a city to shelter them, henceforth living as vagrants in the Pure Land."

"Many of them will not reach Pure Land and will die in the darkness."

"Their ancestors struggled to claim their place in the city, which in tonight’s calamity, will be utterly annihilated!"

"Moreover, with the winter approaching, those driven out of the city are mostly from the lower rungs of the Human Clan, after the winter nights pass... not many will survive."

The old man said this, clenched his fist, and hit the drooling evil wolf on the head as he angrily said, "You never change, of course you feel happy, seeing blood food everywhere..."

He sighed and looked back, saying, "If it really comes to it, we just have to cut off this source spring originating from Residual Prison Mansion!"

But he also felt in his heart that since the problem was not in the source behind him,

Even if they cut off the source, it likely wouldn’t help matters.

"We can only try our best."

The old man thought to himself, looking at the river in front of him, feeling quite vexed.

The Dayin River had many different names in different places.

The stretch to the west of High Willow City was called Dayin River.

This great river, stretching a total of four thousand miles, flowed into the sea.

And along the way, it sometimes branched into several tributaries, forming various streams and creeks.

But in some places, other streams joined it, increasing its surging momentum.

"The impact is probably more terrible than I expected,"

He continued along the river.

In this dark night, countless demons and evil spirits abound.

Especially within the territory of the Residual Prison Mansion, the conditions were extremely harsh.

Here, no "mishap" had occurred yet; it was still just an ordinary river, hence demons and evil spirits were numerous.

Not lacking in evil spirits that had developed intelligence.

Not lacking in demons with powerful cultivation.

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