Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 559 - 31 The Queen’s Love Letter (Third update, 10,000 words) _2

Chapter 559: Chapter 31 The Queen’s Love Letter (Third update, 10,000 words) _2

Upon completion of the eighth verse, the chirping of insects and birds, and the myriad of gentle sounds, tranquilly calm people’s minds...

The ninth verse, it’s as if dry hearts are being moistened by a spring...

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As the tenth verse came to an end, the crowd awaited any supernatural occurrences only to see the overflowing red mist turned black abruptly. A black halo enveloped the entire lobby instantly, as if having entered pitch-dark midnight.

"Who dares to defile my love?" A majestic female voice bearing the frozen chill of the Arctic echoed within the lobby, seemingly freezing life itself.

"You shall suffer the punishment of Nefertari, transform into mummies for eternity, living in the margin of life and death, relishing in pain!"

Upon hearing the queen’s voice, the spectators were scared into a frenzy, scrambling to evacuate the hotel’s lobby. However, it was too late. Their skin began to dehydrate and wither, hair falling out. They quickly shriveled, withering to the thinness of a dried corpse, only leaving behind large eyeballs, which looked incredibly horrifying.

Mai Lu’s situation was even more terrible. He attempted to discard the Book of the Undead, but two golden scarabs detached from the book and penetrated his arm.

The back of the golden scarab cracked open, releasing a large number of scarabs swarming towards Mai Lu. Starting from his arm, they buried him completely.

"Help me!" Mai Lu’s face was covered with scarabs. The crawling sensation drove him insane, and he sprinted towards Tang Zheng for help.

Tang Zheng kicked him in the abdomen, sending him flying. Tang Zheng had intended to summon Daylily, but he noticed two places in the lobby that remained unscathed. The area surrounding Jasons, illuminated by a golden glow from his waist repelling the black halo - Victoria and the black-suit bodyguards were unharmed due to his light, not having turned into mummies. The other spot was near Aima, where her emerald ring emanated a faint luster, driving out a safe zone. The scared newbie players scrambled into the zone, luckily avoiding punishment.

Tang Zheng was also unharmed. Wearing the crown, he was able to resist the effects of these curses.

The tourists who were turning into living mummies also noticed these anomalies and started to run towards the safe areas. George and his ten soldiers immediately formed a human wall to ward them off – they even had their guns ready and were about to start shooting if they weren’t hesitant.

"Jasons has a scepter, but what about Aima’s ring? Wasn’t it said that four items are needed to open the tomb? It seems like there are five now?" Tang Zheng was puzzled.

The scarabs, which had stripped Mai Lu to his skeleton, rushed towards Aima next. Chu Baichuan immediately used his ability to incinerate all the insects into carbon. Lucky to have escaped, the rest started fleeing in all directions.

"What should we do? Should we leave Siwa Town?" Asked Jasons, who dared not touch the Book of the Undead, another source for the scarabs that continued to swarm out.

"Let’s leave." Tang Zheng crouched and reached for the Book of the Undead. As soon as he did, the scarabs started climbing on his body, through his arm, reaching his shoulder.

He felt repulsed by the feeling of insect limbs crawling on his skin. Tang Zheng hurriedly shook his hand and then took out Snow Demon-Blade, inserting it into the groove to pry out the gold Scarab. The black halo disappeared, and the scarabs ceased to emerge, restoring the Bible to its original state.

Just as Tang Zheng put away the Book of the Undead, the crowd hadn’t got a chance to sigh in relief when the tourists turning into zombies suddenly went into a frenzy. They attacked them, as if to protect the love letters of the king from being stolen.

Two unfortunate soldiers were promptly dragged into the crowd of dried corpses, where they were torn to shreds. Cameraman Old Tang, crowded towards the back of the Conquerors, was bumped by Zhao Guangji in the rush for space. This led to him retreating a few steps before being thrown onto the dried corpses.

"Help me!" Old Tang was about to lose his mind from fear. Fortunately, Old Soldier and Dantai quickly drew their handguns, killing the dried corpses around him.

"Zhao Guangji, you bloody bastard." Old Tang, temporarily safe, didn’t care about cleaning the stain on his body but directly grabbed the breeder by the collar for a beating.

Zhao Guangji didn’t respond, just pointed his muzzle at Old Tang’s waist. Old Tang turned pale with anger, but he had no choice but to give up.

"Hmph." Zhao Guangji pushed away Old Tang’s hand, seeming very pleased.

"Kill them all." Tang Zheng took out Demon Slaying Holy Flame and shot it, killing each of the undead one by one. Qin Yan, hearing the chaos in the lobby, was leading the women downstairs.

"Get in the car, leave the town." Tang Zheng pulled Aima to his side for protection, while Dantai and Old Soldier immediately abandoned the newbies, forming a triangular formation with Tang Zheng.

"My wife." Chu Baichuan didn’t dare to act independently this time and asked Tang Zheng first.

"Go ahead." Tang Zheng stopped firing. The defense power of these newly formed dried corpses is very low, a headshot will kill them, there’s absolutely no problem.

The workers and the soldiers aren’t stupid. They heard gunshots from downstairs and rushed there.

"Get in your cars, we’re leaving." Jasons was very frustrated. Tang Zheng really didn’t protect him, a billionaire. If it hadn’t been for George’s subordinates, he might have ended up dead.

"Weren’t we supposed to leave as soon as the curse was lifted? What’s this all about?" The foremen were dissatisfied. Hundreds of people started to protest collectively.

"Can’t you see the mummies? Do you want to just wait here to die?" George cursed and led the way to the inn’s main entrance, but he suddenly froze and couldn’t take another step.

"What’s wrong?" A soldier looked outside and his face turned pale in an instant.

The dried corpses were coming from all directions. George witnessed a family of six, all turned into mummies, hopping out of their house. After scouting the surroundings, they started running towards the inn.

"Is this town cursed?" Victoria screamed in panic, but no one answered. The mummies had started to attack the inn and everyone was fighting with their weapons.

"First team, guard the main entrance. Second team, the windows. Third team, the stairs. If we can hold back this wave, we can break out." There were too many mummies. George decided to hold off for now. Fortunately, the soldiers were well trained and took their positions.

Gunshots followed. The workers watched as the attacking mummies were killed one after another. This eased their anxiety a bit.

Tang Zheng observed from the window that every time a townsperson turned into a mummy and died, a scarab would burst from its belly.

After the stone coffin was opened and the mummy was killed, the scarabs continued to survive. After nightfall, they crawled out of the tombs and spread throughout Siva Town. They entered every household and, upon seeing humans, would bite them, tear their skin, and burrow inside. People would only feel a sudden pain but wouldn’t notice anything wrong. However, in about ten minutes, they would gradually lose consciousness and eventually turn into mummies.

"Be careful of the scarabs. Don’t let them touch you." Tang Zheng alerted. Unfortunately, it was already too late.

A mummy that jumped through the window was killed. The soldiers immediately disregarded it and continued with the others. But then a scarab crawled out, climbed onto a soldier’s neck, bit through the skin, and burrowed inside.

The soldiers around this poor fellow scattered in fear. Everyone saw a lump forming on his skin, moving towards his heart. It was quite horrifying.

The gunfire paused as a result. About a dozen mummies took the opportunity to rush into the lobby and scattered to start their onslaught.

Qin Yan and others started firing. Their sharp shooting skills were fully displayed at the moment, killing them in no time.

The workers were scared out of their wits. But to make matters worse, a black whirlwind formed on the ceiling. Those short-legged monsters started hopping down causing chaos.

"Don’t panic. Everyone, stay where you are!" Tang Zheng tried to stabilize everyone. Otherwise, running around would result in friendly fire and make it hard to kill the monsters.

Zhao Guangji and Lin Haifeng had no reservations and started shooting with their rifles. Even if they hit a worker, they wouldn’t spare a glance and cursed them for their bad luck.

"Go back to your rooms and stay there until it’s safe." Dantai tried to trick them out of the room. But it was of no use. They wanted to stay here where it’s safe.

After a flurry of activity, they managed to kill those monsters. Their weak attack power made it easier. Looking at the thin black mist and several notes, everyone’s faces turned grim.

"Spend a safe night in Siva Town. If you leave, you will die immediately!"

The game imposed another cruel restriction!

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PS, Writing something too scary can also affect your mood. I deleted some of the content. This should be just right!(To be continued. If you like this novel, please vote for it on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)