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Chapter 3553: 4.1153 Buried Beneath the Barren Sands

Large areas of barren sand like this had only appeared previously in the Aurora Desert outside Qingyue City.

How could these perfectly fine villages be buried by barren sand?

According to the villagers, the barren sand came very suddenly, directly burying several villages.

The nearby villagers, having no alternative, all swarmed towards Gray Plain Village.

Gray Plain Village barely survived due to its higher elevation.

It's said that this overwhelming quicksand surged forth, engulfing all nearby villages, flowing for two days and three nights before stopping.

However, both the nearby streams and farmlands were instantly buried within the barren sand.

Just as the villagers from several villages were helplessly preparing to relocate, numerous corpse puppets suddenly emerged from beneath the barren sand, frantically biting and grabbing others.

The villagers were initially unprepared, and many fell victim.

Those who were affected gradually transformed within the crowd, harming even more people.

Consequently, in these villages, except for a small portion of more astute villagers who survived, everyone else turned into corpse puppets.

This was an unavoidable situation, as no one knew at first that these monsters would breed even more monsters.

Small villages like Gray Plain Village, which couldn't even be found on the map of Shenzhou, were particularly vulnerable.

The people in the village had always lived in peace, oblivious to external affairs, so who knew that terrifying creatures like corpse puppets had already emerged in the outside world?

The villagers gradually learned how to protect themselves through combat.

The remaining thousand villagers could be said to be a relatively combat-capable group.

A small portion of them even gained special abilities due to this misfortune, and they were still in the process of adapting.

Fu San lifted the tent flap and ducked inside. He clapped the dust off himself and shook his head, saying, "It seems to be getting windy again outside."

A stern-faced man standing behind Prince Mo Lian looked up towards the tent entrance upon hearing this. "Your Highness, this cannot continue."

"If we can't come up with a good strategy to wipe out all those corpse puppets in one blow, and keep fighting them indefinitely, not only will our people suffer from exhaustion, but our provisions won't keep up either."

Especially in this dreadful environment filled with yellow sand, with strong winds and dust every day, it makes everyone irritable.

"There's no need to worry about food and water," Mo Lian said calmly. "Fang Su, have the people investigating the vicinity returned yet?"

The stern-faced man, whose expression was very serious, nodded upon hearing this. "They're waiting outside, Your Highness. Do you wish to see them now?"

Mo Lian nodded. "Let them in."

He needed to understand how many corpse puppets were hidden within the barren sand nearby.

First, determine their numbers, then devise a method to deal with them.

Fang Su's words made some sense; these ghastly things needed to be wiped out in one swift blow. A quick battle was the best strategy.

"Your Highness! Your Highness!!"

"Audacious! How dare you trespass into the main tent, who gave you the audacity?!" A furious roar from the guards outside was heard.

"No, my young brother, I have something important to tell His Highness in detail! I want to report that scoundrel Wang Dongping for hiding his corpse puppet sister! He wants to kill everyone in our village!"

A sharp cry rang out from outside the main tent.