759: Lonely City

After a silence, Lin Yang said, "We still need to keep running. Regardless of anything else, we at least need to find a place with fewer people to stay temporarily."

The current situation is very likely that those who have been to the Ancient Ruins have all been tainted by the bizarre power of the Ancient Ruins, so no matter where they are, they will be affected.

Whether we run far away or not truly makes little difference.

But we cannot stay here in Baichi City either.

The area around Baichi City is too chaotic now; even if one hasn't lost control, it is very dangerous if one gets dragged into the melee.

The Squad continued on their way.

Along the way, they avoided the crowds and also avoided contact with other people fleeing for their lives.

According to the information known for now, even those who were not among the first batch of Uncontrolled Ones might gradually lose control.

Right now, not making contact with others is the safest course of action.

The Squad was left with only nine people, including Lin Yang.

Everyone remained silent, moving forward vigilantly and attentively.

Suddenly, Li Rui pointed to the side ahead and whispered, "Lin Yang, look, are those disciples of the Tiankun Sect?"

Lin Yang looked in that direction and saw a dozen or so figures dressed in the attire of Tiankun Sect disciples.

"It is the people from the Tiankun Sect; they are also trying to break out." Lin Yang withdrew his gaze, his expression relatively calm.

He had a grudge against the Tiankun Sect, but now was clearly not the time to dwell on it.

Getting into a fight would likely accelerate one's own loss of control.

The other party also noticed them, but neither side had any intention of making contact.

"This should be a Squad sent out by the Tiankun Sect; I wonder what the situation is like inside their sect now." Lin Yang thought to himself.

He reckoned that the Tiankun Sect would likely seal off their sect as well.

Both the Moon Shadow Sect and the Hongwei Sect should do the same.

In the current situation, sealing off the sect for self-preservation is the best choice.

Of course, Lin Yang actually hoped more that the Tiankun Sect would be wiped out in this disaster, which would save him some trouble.

However, the probability of that is likely not very high.

Following that, Lin Yang didn't think about it anymore; right now, only surviving oneself was the key, and the grudge with the Tiankun Sect could be set aside for the time being.

As time passed.

The number of people fleeing for their lives that Lin Yang and the others encountered gradually increased.

It was very obvious that everyone's thoughts were consistent.

Everyone wanted to get away from the crowd and run to the outer perimeter.

Precisely because of this reason, more and more people were running toward the outer perimeter.

Instead, it formed a new wave of human traffic.

Lin Yang was extremely vigilant and whispered, "Captain, let's change direction again, or simply find a place nearby to hide. Right now, everyone is swarming outward, and every direction is filled with a large number of refugees. I estimate that a melee will break out again very soon."

Li Rui agreed almost without hesitation, "Fine, I'll listen to you, but I'm afraid it won't be easy to find a place to hide."

Lin Yang spread out his senses, his eyes burning, "Right now, we either stop here and find a place to hide, or we must charge with all our might to the front of the fleeing crowd; otherwise, it is very likely that our path will be cut off by the ensuing melee."

Their Squad could already be considered among the first batch to flee.

However, because their Squad was in the place with the most people when the incident occurred, by the time they had fled to this point, the number of people who were originally closer to the outer perimeter had increased.

Li Rui's eyes turned fierce, "Hiding in place is not easy, then let's charge to the very front!"

As he spoke, he looked at everyone in the Squad and urged, "We will work together to break out, but remember not to get angry, and do not easily start a fight. Try to maintain your sanity as much as possible; just charge, don't fight!"

"Understood, Captain!" the Squad members responded in unison.

Their Squad now had nine people, and they were all old teammates who had been on missions together for many years.

There was naturally a certain tacit understanding between them.

With everyone working together, they had a significant advantage among the current crowd of people fleeing for their lives.

Because the vast majority of people were lone wanderers who had come to Baichi City to hunt for treasures; there were very few who had come together with friends.

After reaching a consensus, the members of the Squad acted together.

Li Rui and Lin Yang had the strongest cultivation, and the two took the lead in clearing the way, charging a path through the crowd.

Some cursing came from behind.

It was the people who had been forcibly pushed aside by Lin Yang and the others.

Ignoring those sounds, Lin Yang had only one thought in his mind, and that was to charge to the very front!

The fleeing crowd also quickly, as Lin Yang had worried about just moments ago, began to produce new Uncontrolled Ones, who suddenly went berserk and attacked everything around them.

Some people who had not yet lost their sanity, following the attacks of those Uncontrolled Ones, seemed to have something within their bodies triggered, and also gradually began to lose control.

A melee erupted once again.

The crowd fleeing for their lives was affected at an extremely fast speed.

"Don't look back, keep running forward." Li Rui shouted in a deep voice.

At this moment, the direction behind their Squad was already in complete chaos.

Fortunately, they had charged out in time just now; otherwise, they would have been dragged into it by now.

Vaguely, feeling the power fluctuations, the frenzied aura, and the crazy roaring sounds coming from behind, Li Rui felt as if something in his own body was also being gradually ignited.

"I, I might also be losing control." Li Rui suddenly spoke, and fine bloodshot lines had already appeared in his eyes.

Lin Yang was startled, and everyone in the Squad also looked sharply at Li Rui, noticing his abnormality.

"Captain! You must hold on, calm yourself down, and don't pay attention to anything outside of yourself!" Cheng Fu said urgently.

"I... huff..." Li Rui tried hard to control his emotions, starting to breathe heavily.

"Captain, just block your five senses and six perceptions, and see if it feels any better." Lin Yang said quickly.

Li Rui nodded and did as told, but soon shook his head again, "The effect is not obvious."

After speaking, he looked at everyone in the Squad and said, "If I completely lose control in a moment, the Squad shall take Lin Yang as the new Captain, and you will follow his command."

"Captain!" Lin Yang spoke, wanting to say something.

But Li Rui waved his hand to interrupt him, "Listen to me; right now we are still the Prefecture Army, so listen to my command."

After finishing, he didn't speak anymore, trying hard to suppress the restlessness within his body.

It was just that his eyes were turning red faster and faster.

The aura on his body also became increasingly irritable.

"Captain..."

The other few team members felt extremely distressed watching Li Rui's changes.

After holding on for a while longer, Li Rui suddenly and actively stopped his steps, staring with blood-red eyes, and said in a low voice, "I cannot hold on anymore; you all go quickly."

"Captain!" Lin Yang couldn't bear it in his heart.

"Go quickly." Li Rui shouted in a low voice, his tone already carrying some growls, clearly he could no longer control it.

Afterward, he suddenly turned around and charged toward the melee crowd, an uncontrollable roar issuing from his mouth.

He had completely lost control.

"Damn it, what the hell is this thing!" a team member growled with red eyes.

Lin Yang also felt extremely distressed.

Ever since he joined the Prefecture Army and was assigned to the Squad, the various ways Captain Li Rui had looked after him were still vivid in his mind.

But now...

No one in the Squad spoke again, just moving forward gloomily.

It was even tinged with some numbness.

Because there was no hope to be seen.

No matter how far they ran, they couldn't guarantee that they would be able to survive.

Among the people fleeing for their lives around them, someone lost control from time to time.

The atmosphere was very oppressive.

Suddenly, a team member couldn't bear this pressure anymore and suddenly shouted, "Fuck it, I've had enough!"

This shout seemed to be a vent.

And following the shout, his body also began to uncontrollably lose control.

Lin Yang sighed in his heart, but his expression was calm.

He was already used to such scenes.

The Squad continued moving forward without stopping.

At this point, the entire Squad was left with only seven people.

Fortunately, the condition of the others was still relatively good, or rather stable, with no signs of continuing to lose control.

And finally, the number of people around them became fewer and fewer.

Most of the people fleeing for their lives had already lost control and gone.

The Squad members gained a brief opportunity to catch their breath.

Lin Yang had everyone stop for a short rest.

However, they hadn't rested for long.

A burst of noisy, clamorous sounds suddenly came from further ahead.

It was even accompanied by some desperate wails.

"We can't escape."

"Everyone, no one can escape!"

"The road, it's gone."

"There is no road to escape anymore!"

"Hahahaha, we are all going to die here; it's good to die, heh heh heh..."

Someone was laughing and crying, as if possessed.

Lin Yang's heart tightened.

No road? What does this mean?

He had the mind to find someone to ask.

But before he could act.

Someone brought news that was more specific and more desperate.

All roads leading to the outside world from around Baichi City had been sealed off!

The roads in all directions had been sealed off by some inexplicable power!

There was an invisible barrier that made it impossible for anyone to cross and leave the Baichi City area.

One could not see the height of the sky above, nor the depth of the earth below.

It was impossible to pass through either the sky or the ground.

All of them were trapped to death here in Baichi City.

With a buzz.

Everyone's brain roared at this moment.

What did they hear?

Baichi City was sealed off?!

"This... how is that possible?"

Someone was in disbelief.

"What is impossible? Now Baichi City and the surrounding areas are all sealed off; there is nowhere to escape!"

There were also people who seemed to have completely accepted reality.

"It's that Ancient Ruins!"

"This is definitely the work of that Ancient Ruins' power!"

"It is rumored that those Fierce Ancient Ruins will turn an entire city or even a prefecture into a dead zone or forbidden area. Now it seems that this is definitely caused by the power of that Ancient Ruins; it has isolated Baichi City and wants to turn Baichi City into its forbidden area!"

People also quickly reacted.

And then they became even more desperate.

If the people losing control were caused by other reasons, perhaps there would still be a way to solve it.

But now, it could almost be determined that it was caused by the power of that Ancient Ruins.

This made people lose all hope.

"Hehehe, we dodged that first wave of loss of control and the melee, and managed to escape here with great difficulty, but didn't expect that we still have to die; it's truly laughable."

"What's so laughable about it? If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being greedy, coveting that so-called treasure. If it weren't for that so-called treasure, I would never have come here!"

People no longer tried to escape, but instead waited for death on the spot.

For a time, there were all kinds of voices.

Some blamed themselves for their greed, and some regretted coming to Baichi City.

"Lin Yang, what do we do now?"

On the Squad's side, Cheng Fu asked in an oppressed tone.

Hearing that the road was sealed off and Baichi City was isolated, this caused the Squad members to suddenly lose their goal.

They didn't know where to go from here.

Lin Yang's mood was complex; he also didn't expect such a result.

After a moment of silence, Lin Yang said, "Let's go to the edge and see for ourselves, to see that invisible barrier."

He looked at everyone, "Everyone, don't be too depressed. There are still many people who haven't lost control, and the Jidong Prefecture will definitely try to find a way to rescue us. We cannot give up easily."

He now had to affirm that their previous flight was meaningful.

Otherwise, they would have died in the initial melee long ago.

Give them a new goal to encourage the other teammates.

Of course, he also truly wanted to go see that invisible barrier himself.

He would not give up easily until the very last moment.

"Go to the barrier?" Cheng Fu whispered, "That was formed by the power of the Ancient Ruins; there is no way to destroy it, at least not for us."

The reason the power of the Fierce Ancient Ruins is feared is because no one has yet been able to contend with it.

The areas isolated by those few Fierce Ancient Ruins on the Primal Ancient Continent still exist to this day.

Precisely because of this, when they learned that it was all caused by the Ancient Ruins, everyone lost all hope.

"Just treat it as going to broaden our horizons; even if we end up dying, it won't be a loss." Lin Yang said.

Everyone was silent for a while.

Afterward, the Squad set off again.

Just as Lin Yang said, since they haven't lost control yet, it would be worth it to see the bizarre power of the Ancient Ruins before they die.

After all, this kind of thing is not something everyone gets to encounter.

The road ahead was much easier to travel.

For one thing, the closer they got to the edge, the fewer the people.

Secondly, because at this time all survivors knew that the Baichi City area had been isolated by the power of the Ancient Ruins, so no one tried to escape anymore.

Because of this, there were fewer people fleeing for their lives around Lin Yang and the others.

On the way, Lin Yang took out his communication jade slip, trying to contact Li Liping to ask about the situation outside.

But he immediately discovered that it was impossible to contact the outside world through the communication jade slip.

Lin Yang then understood that the power of the Ancient Ruins had completely isolated the entire Baichi City area, and even communication was no longer possible.

He tried to contact Xin Hao and Shi Jie again.

But this time, he could actually make contact.

"The power of the Ancient Ruins has isolated Baichi City into an isolated island, but communication is still possible within the Baichi City area; that is quite interesting."

Lin Yang was lost in thought, waiting for the replies from Shi Jie and Xin Hao.

Soon, both of them replied one after another, indicating that they themselves were relatively safe for the time being.

"What is the situation on your end? You know that Baichi City has been isolated by that Ancient Ruins now, right?" Lin Yang asked directly.

"We know; everyone is very desperate now, all waiting for death." The voices of both Shi Jie and Xin Hao were filled with exhaustion and bitterness.

"Don't give up hope easily until the very last moment." Lin Yang could only comfort them like this.

"Brother Lin Yang, if we can die here together, we can at least have company in the afterlife, haha." Shi Jie laughed forcefully.

"I don't want to die yet; I am currently rushing toward the very edge, wanting to see the situation of that invisible barrier. I will contact you later."

Lin Yang didn't say anything more.

After some trekking.

This day, Lin Yang and the Squad arrived at the location of that invisible barrier.