My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

"What's going on in Qiongdu? How could they let these monsters in?"

Fan Hongmiao was well aware that these monsters were extraordinary and not easy to deal with.

However, he had high hopes for Qiongdu, believing that Qiongdu was the capital of Qi and had first-class military strength.

These monsters are powerful, but if they mobilized the entire city's resources, surely they could defend the city?

The monsters stormed into Qiongdu. What happened to the king? And his family?

Although he had flattered and pledged allegiance to Ji Yunshuang, he was actually thinking that once he had dealt with these monsters, he would try to curry favor with King Qi Jing.

But at this moment, countless feelings of fear welled up in his heart.

The answer from the soldiers guarding the city made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

“A large number of refugees came to the outskirts of Qiongdu. They surrounded Qiongdu, trying to enter. The king ordered the city gates to be closed immediately, and ordered us to guard the gates to the death, not letting a single fly in,” a soldier covered in blood gasped.

The soldier beside him listened to his words and said angrily, "We are guarding the city with our lives, but an epidemic has broken out among the refugees outside. We don't know how, but some of our soldiers guarding the city have also gradually contracted the disease."

Instead of finding a way to treat the infected soldiers, the authorities ordered them to be thrown over the city gates, forcing us to continue defending them. They say the king is having the royal physicians devise a cure for the plague soon.

Unexpectedly, while we were holding the city gate, they didn't send anyone to try to rescue people. Instead, they secretly escaped through another city gate with their men.

Before we could even process the news, monsters stormed into the city. The city gates couldn't be held, and the refugees poured into the city in a frenzy.

The soldier guarding the city was named Meng Xuping.

His cousin also served as a garrison soldier in Qiongdu.

His cousin was one of those who somehow contracted the plague and were thrown off the city wall. Thinking of how King Qi Jing had ordered them to defend the city gates to the death, while he himself, fearing death, had secretly led his men away, filled him with hatred.

What made him feel even more like a joke was that they had previously been loyal to King Qi Jing and firmly believed that he could become the overlord of this continent.

Upon hearing the soldiers' words, Fan Hongmiao nearly collapsed to the ground, unable to stand. The king had simply fled with his men? What about his family?

Did his family members flee with him?

Di Jiao and the others were also filled with worry after hearing what the city guards said.

To ensure his escape goes unnoticed and to minimize risk, the king will certainly not take too many people with him.

They are not in the city, and their families are likely to be left unattended.

These monsters were beyond the ability of even strong and robust soldiers to deal with, let alone their families.

"Commander Xu, could you please take some men to my home to take a look?" Fan Hongmiao asked, forcing himself to stay alert.

Di Jiao also said, "My family and Envoy Fan's family live on the same street. If you're going to rescue people, could you also check on how my family is doing?"

Xu Xi was frowning as he pondered the words of the soldiers guarding the city.

He said to the two men, “The situation in the city is unclear. If I lead my men to act rashly, it will only increase the casualties of our soldiers. I understand your concerns about your families. I will report the situation to my husband and ask him to make a decision.”

After saying that, he looked at Meng Xuping and asked, "You mean, these monsters appeared suddenly?"

Meng Xuping said, "Yes, we don't know where they came from, they just suddenly appeared. After they broke through the city gate, the situation was too chaotic and too fast, we didn't even have time to react before we were attacked."

Many people were killed by the monsters that suddenly appeared before they even understood what was happening.

If they hadn't encountered the people brought by Commander Xu, they would have already perished in the monster's jaws.

He knelt deeply before Xu Xi, expressing his gratitude for saving his life.

Xu Xi asked, "Have you noticed anything strange about the refugees who rushed into the city? Also, did all the refugees enter Qiongdu?"

Meng Xuping thought for a moment and said, "It was too chaotic at the time. All I know is that after those monsters appeared, the city gates were opened, and it seems that a large number of refugees poured into the city. Some were killed by the monsters, and some were terrified and fled in all directions. I really don't know where they fled to or whether they survived."

Xu Xi just wanted to find out if the refugees had already been controlled by the insects. Seeing that he couldn't get much useful information from Meng Xuping's words, he didn't ask any more questions.

The specific next steps are up to Ji Yunshuang to decide.

For the time being, all they had to do was gather the soldiers of Qi and distribute them with standardized weapons.

These insects have evolved multiple times, and ordinary swords and knives cannot harm them at all.

Fortunately, his family members were no ordinary people; they could summon divine weapons. These weapons could be used to deal with the insects.

While leading his men to rescue the Qi soldiers, Xu Xi also distributed weapons to everyone.

On the other side, Ji Yunshuang fought a fierce battle and finally killed all the monsters that surrounded her.

Looking at the monster corpses scattered all over the ground, she felt nauseous but also glad that she had prepared extra protective suits for herself, as the damaged ones had already been replaced.

Otherwise, her protective suit might have really been torn today.

“These…are different from what we saw on Elm Mountain before.”

Lu Yinheng couldn't call these snake-like yet not snake-like monsters insects. These things were no longer like insects at all; they were too ferocious.

Ji Yunshuang took out several jugs of white wine from her spatial storage, opened the lids, and poured them onto the corpses of the insects.

While lying down, he pondered, "They are constantly mutating their bodies, trying to make themselves unmanageable for us."

Lu Yinheng followed Ji Yunshuang's example, picked up a bottle of liquor, opened the cap, and poured the liquor onto the insect.

After pouring white wine over all the insects, Ji Yunshuang took out a fire and set the insect corpses ablaze.

This time, Ji Yunshuang took out bulk white liquor from her space, which was stored in a plastic jug. After pouring out the liquor, she threw the jug into the pile of monster corpses.

Alcohol is flammable, let alone a plastic water bottle.

Soon, a raging fire broke out on the pile of insect corpses. As the fire burned, a strong stench filled the air.

Ji Yunshuang held her breath in disgust and said to Lu Yinheng, "Let's go and meet up with Xu Xi and the others."

It's unclear whether Ji Yunshuang had killed all the insects around her, or whether they were simply too afraid of her killing them.

The two did not encounter any more monsters along the way.

Xu Xi's side also wiped out all the monsters in their area.

Upon seeing Ji Yunshuang, he hurriedly stepped forward to report the situation.

Fan Hongmiao and Di Jiao also rushed forward, looking at Ji Yunshuang with hopeful pleading, asking her to go see their families first.

Ji Yunshuang looked at General Yao and Zhu Qi, "Where do you live?"

General Yao said, "It's not far from Envoy Fan's house, just across the street."

Zhu Qi hurriedly replied, "My home is very close to the General's Mansion, just a few steps away."

Ji Yunshuang said, "One of you stay behind to lead the way, while the rest of you continue the search and rescue of the soldiers in the city with Commander Xu."

General Yao bowed to Ji Yunshuang and said, "I will go with Commander Xu to search and rescue. I will leave my family in your care, sir."

Zhu Qi also volunteered that as a military officer, he was more suitable to go on the search and rescue mission with Commander Xu, and that the civil officials could take the lead.

Finally, it was decided that Fan Hongmiao and several other civil officials would lead the way.

Ji Yunshuang told Fan Hongmiao to take Lu Yinheng and the others away first, while she stayed behind to deal with the situation.

Lu Yinheng, Xu Xi, and the other Zhou people understood that Ji Yunshuang did not want to reveal her identity to outsiders.

They immediately obeyed the order and led their men in different directions.

Ji Yunshuang suppressed her nausea, burned all the corpses at the scene, and then turned to chase after Lu Yinheng and the others.