When Niannian returned to the ward, Yusheng was pacing back and forth anxiously in the same spot.
When he saw the little girl coming back from outside, he rushed up in a hurry, crouched down, frowned and asked, "Where did you go? You just woke up and started running around. If you got lost, Mom and Dad would surely skin me alive."
Hearing the familiar voice of her second brother, the little girl then remembered to ask what had happened during this period.
"Second brother, where are my master, senior brothers and mistress? Shouldn't I be at the third senior brother's home? Why am I in the hospital?"
Yusheng fell into a long silence.
He lowered his head, making it impossible to see his expression, and didn't say a word for a long time.
After a long while, he slowly raised his head, looking worried, and hesitantly said, "Niannian, second brother has something to tell you. Don't get too anxious when you hear it."
What Yusheng knew was actually all heard from others.
But one thing was for sure: all the people on the Shen Family's mountain that day had disappeared.
Whether it was Shen Weixun or Daoist Qingyun...
According to Meng Chang, after Niannian separated from them, some of them went up the mountain to support while others went to the city to organize the evacuation.
Fortunately, due to the misunderstanding and commotion caused by the strange behavior of the animals when the black cat summoned its minions before, most people had chosen to leave the urban area.
The evacuation work had gone very smoothly, but there were still a few ordinary people scratched by the zombies.
Perhaps because they were only dealing with ordinary people, there weren't many zombies at the foot of the mountain, so there wasn't much chaos and no immeasurable consequences.
However, on the mountain, including that white - haired zombie, there were a total of twelve zombies attacking Daoist Qingyun together.
By the time they got there, Daoist Qingyun could hardly walk. He had killed a full ten zombies.
According to Meng Chang, there was a ghost king beside Daoist Qingyun. It used its own soul to open a barrier and held off the last two zombies, preventing them from approaching Daoist Qingyun.
They still chose to use hot weapons and blasted the zombies to pieces. Unfortunately, that white - haired zombie still managed to escape in the end.
Daoist Qingyun told Meng Chang that there was some movement at the bottom of the back mountain and they needed to go and support quickly.
Originally, Meng Chang didn't want to go, but seeing that there was a ghost king taking care of Daoist Qingyun, he didn't hesitate much and turned to go to the foot of the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, they saw the escaped white - haired zombie. There was a man standing beside the zombie.
That man was the one who had summoned the rats to deal with Niannian before.
He blocked the Shen Family members' way of evacuation. Using the same old trick, he summoned a group of rats and firmly blocked their way.
However, he didn't expect this group of rats to achieve much.
With the black cat around, no matter how powerful and numerous these rats were, it was useless.
He was just using this method of constant harassment to hold back these people.
It seemed that he was just waiting for the white - haired zombie.
When the white - haired zombie arrived, he immediately directed it to rush into the crowd. Its movements were so fast that it was unexpected, several times faster than before.
The power it showed at that time was far beyond what an ordinary white - haired zombie could achieve.
There were too many people...
Large - scale lethal weapons couldn't be used.
Meng Chang and the others could only deal with that white - haired zombie in the most primitive way. More than a dozen people fought with it for nearly twenty minutes but still couldn't defeat it. Five people from the relevant departments even sacrificed their lives.
Finally, it was that white - haired zombie that didn't want to fight them anymore, so they were able to save the remaining people.
When they came to their senses and wanted to look for Niannian and Shen Weixun, they found that the two had already disappeared. At the same time, the man who controlled the zombie also disappeared.
They went back up the mountain to look for Daoist Qingyun to report the news, but they found that Mu Yanchen, who hadn't even shown up, had disappeared with Daoist Qingyun.
They searched the whole mountain and found Niannian unconscious in the jungle.
They rushed her to the hospital and then blocked all the streets and transportation routes.
They conducted continuous investigations for half a month but still couldn't find any trace of these three people.
Then, Liu Chuchen and Zhang Zicheng also disappeared.
The people who took them were clearly targeting them.
The little girl had been in a coma for a full half - month. No one knew what was wrong with her. Whether they checked with scientific instruments or used metaphysical means, her body showed a very healthy state.
It was as if a person had fallen into a nightmare during deep sleep and couldn't wake up.
There was no other way but to wait quietly, hoping that Niannian would wake up.
During this period, not only the relevant departments were working hard to find the figures of Daoist Qingyun and the others, but Niannian's parents and eldest brother were also busy.
They left Yusheng, who seemed a bit unreliable but also a bit reliable, to take care of Niannian.
They knew how important the people from the master's sect were to Niannian, so although they were worried about Niannian's health, they still chose to look for the others first.
They were just afraid that Niannian would be sad when she woke up.
"Sister, everyone has done their best. The relevant departments have used all their strength, but they just can't find their whereabouts. They seem to have disappeared from this world. I know you're sad and must be very anxious, but please don't act rashly. When your body recovers and the doctor says you're okay, we'll be discharged from the hospital and go look for your master and the others, okay?"
Yusheng felt heart - broken seeing Niannian with a dull and empty look in her eyes and a pale face.
His sister looked so vulnerable now. She no longer had the previous calm and strategic appearance.
Now Niannian was like a fragile porcelain doll, making people can't help but want to hold her in their hands.
But this kind of thing without any clues couldn't be solved just by being anxious.
Apart from verbal comfort, he couldn't do anything.
"Second brother, I'm fine. Master and the others must be okay. I'm going to the underworld first. Please tell Mom and Dad that I'll be back soon!"
Hearing the news that her master and senior brothers had all disappeared, Niannian's heart sank deeper and deeper.
She remembered Duan Qiu's last words.
That person wanted to harm her master and senior brothers and wanted her to lose them.
Under the loose hospital gown, Niannian's hands tightened more and more.
The small cross - body bag was gone. It should have been taken away.
Niannian couldn't find any talismans on her body, so she simply bit her tongue and drew a talisman to enter the underworld with her own blood essence. It was really a waste of such a precious thing.
After opening the gate of the underworld, she walked in without hesitation.
Yusheng didn't even think and wanted to follow, but he ended up grasping at nothing.
The gate disappeared without a trace soon after Niannian stepped in.