There was a huge underground palace beneath Mingyang City.
Ever since they discovered the strange illness, the Luo Ding Sect had spent a lot of manpower and resources to build underground palaces under every city in the secular world, using them as temporary shelters for the people.
In just a few days, the underground palaces were completed.
After all, it was used for refuge. There was no need for it to be extravagant. It just had to be practical.
There were more than 10 levels in an underground palace, forming a circular ring. Each level had more than ten thousand rooms.
Each room was about 40 square meters. There was ample food, water, and entertainment facilities inside, so it wouldn’t be too boring to stay inside.
Each room could not accommodate more than 10 people.
The reason there were so few people in each room was that they were afraid that some of them were already infected with the strange illness.
If they were all put together, given how infectious the illness was, it would definitely be a disaster if an infected person were to act up.
Of course, People were not randomly arranged either. The arrangements were very humane.
Children under the age of three would stay with their parents.
The elderly who could not take care of themselves were directly taken care of by the disciples of the Luo Ding Sect.
Those with stronger bodies were arranged to be on the deepest levels of the underground palace.
Before long, Qin Chuan and Dan Yangzi arrived at the underground palace.
The interior of the underground palace was huge and spacious. Spells or divine arts were used to simulate the blue sky and white clouds on the dome.
The place was brightly lit all day, and the air circulation was quite good. It was almost no different from being above ground.
There were hundreds of thousands of Luo Ding Sect disciples deployed in the underground palace, and each room was guarded by multiple disciples in shifts all day long. The goal was to prevent accidents from happening.
After Qin Chuan and Dan Yangzi arrived at the underground palace, an elder immediately approached them.
The elders here mainly wore green robes, and there were more than ten of them on each level.
The blue-robed elders were those in charge of level. There were two on each level. One was a deputy.
An elder recognized Qin Chuan.
“Are you… Qin Xiaochuan?”
Qin Chuan didn’t deny it. He bowed and said, “Elder, I am.”
The other elders and disciples present could not help but let out exclamations as they sized him up with curiosity.
“So he’s that Qin Xiaochuan!”
“This is the first time I’ve seen him in person. He looks quite ordinary. I really don’t know what Elder Lan Lang sees in him.”
“Just say your jealous!”
“Aren’t you jealous?”
“What’s there to be jealous about? I’m just envious.”
“Isn’t that jealousy?”
“No!”
“Tsk! Hypocritical!”
The surrounding disciples were discussing fervently.
An elder asked, “Xiaochuan, why have you come here?”
One had to know that Qin Chuan’s current identity was not as simple as a disciple. There was an Immortal King who was his sworn brother. With this identity, the higher-ups would definitely not let him come to such a high-risk area.
Faced with the elder’s doubts, Qin Chuan replied very quickly, “Elder, the Great Elder sent me here, mainly to take a look at the situation here.”
“Great Elder?” The elders were surprised.
Qin Chuan wasn’t afraid of their suspicions.
If these elders really went to ask the Great Elder, he believed that the Great Elder would definitely help him cover up this lie.
The elders exchanged glances. Although they were doubtful, they couldn’t chase them away since they were already here. It could be a legitimate order.
“Then what do you want to know?” asked an elder.
“To be honest, according to everyone’s description of this strange illness, I seem to have seen it somewhere before.”
When the elders heard this, they were shocked. They stared at Qin Chuan in disbelief and hurriedly asked, “Do you know what illness this is?”
Qin Chuan shook his head. “Elders, I have never seen an infected person before, so I can’t be sure.
“If it’s really the kind I’ve seen before, it would be very troublesome.”
The corners of Dan Yangzi’s eyes twitched as he sent a voice transmission to Qin Chuan. “Old Qin, is what you said true or false?”
Qin Chuan replied, “Cut the crap. How can I joke during such a time?”
“Why didn’t you tell me about such an important matter yesterday?
“I even treated you as a brother and told you everything, but you treat me as an outsider.
“I’m such a clown.” Dan Yangzi was a little unhappy.
“Well, you kept complaining that you were too tired and wanted to sleep last night.
“I didn’t say anything because you looked so tired.
“Besides, given our relationship, it doesn’t matter if I tell you or not.
“Moreover, this is only the beginning of my suspicion. I have to see it with my own eyes to be sure.”
“Tch! In any case, I’ll remember this debt. I definitely won’t tell you anything new in the future.”
This was Dan Yangzi’s temper. Although he said this, he actually didn’t take it to heart. He’d probably forget about it after a nap.
Qin Chuan couldn’t be bothered to explain.
Then, under the guidance of the elders, they went to various places in the underground palace.
On this trip, they witnessed the vicissitudes of life.
Everyone in the room looked fearful for their lives.
Especially those children. Their lives had just begun, yet they were about to experience such a disaster.
Qin Chuan didn’t think of himself as a saint, but when he saw the yearning for the future on the children’s young faces, he felt that he had the responsibility to help them tide through this crisis.
Spiderman’s uncle once said, with great power comes great responsibility.
Qin Chuan clenched his fists. He believed that he could do it.
After walking around, the elders began to hint at Qin Chuan to leave.
These elders were all wily old foxes. Since Qin Chuan had a special status, if anything were to happen to him, the elders would definitely have to bear some responsibility. Then, their careers might be over.
Qin Chuan could obviously see through their intentions.
Since no one had acted up, there was no point in staying.
Qin Chuan had carefully observed everyone here, but he didn’t find any traces of the zombie virus.
However, not discovering it did not mean that none of them were infected with the zombie virus.
As far as he knew, this zombie virus had latent properties. It could act up one day.
The elders treated Qin Chuan and Dan Yangzi very politely along the way as if they were sending a leader off.
Qin Chuan didn’t think that he was superior just because he had an Immortal King brother. He remained humble and respectful towards his fellow disciples and elders.
Just like that, they exited the underground palace.
As soon as he stepped out, the elders, who were still amiable a second ago, looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.
As if he had eyes behind his head, Qin Chuan realized that something was wrong behind the door.
“Elder, what happened?” Qin Chuan immediately returned.
The elders were flustered and didn’t tell Qin Chuan what had happened.
Qin Chuan wasn’t stupid. He could roughly guess from their expressions.
His divine consciousness spread out and instantly enveloped the entire underground palace.
On the fifth level, the zombie virus had acted up.
This level mainly consisted of middle-aged men in their forties.
There were more than ten rooms where the zombie virus had acted up.
Under the observation of his divine consciousness, he saw that these people were really like zombies.
After the zombie virus acted up, they went crazy and bit anyone they caught. Moreover, their physical strength and various attributes were greatly enhanced.
For a moment, the fifth level was filled with all sorts of heart-wrenching screams. The people living in the other rooms were filled with despair. They were like ants on a hot pan, extremely afraid.
At this moment, the elders knew that they couldn’t hide it anymore, but they definitely couldn’t let Qin Chuan go over.
