"That's good. So, folks, your range of activities is now expanded, and you no longer have to squeeze into this small estate. Do you see the layer of earth-colored film outside?" Senior Brother Yun Tian said, pointing to the boundary of the array, and continued, "We've cast an immortal technique here, and inside this membrane, you are safe. Do not step outside of it."

The survivors were overjoyed upon hearing this. Although hiding in this small estate was relatively safe before, it was still very crowded, which was uncomfortable for them. Now they could move around within a kilometer radius, which was a lot better than before.

After thanking him, they all left under Mayor Chen Haolan's indication, leaving only a few key members of Copper Gong Town.

Seeing the survivors leave, Senior Brother Yun Tian began to inquire, "Mayor Chen, can you explain what exactly happened in Copper Gong Town? How did those zombies come to be?"

Upon hearing this question from Senior Brother Yun Tian, Mayor Chen Haolan sighed deeply and said, "This matter is better explained by Sanji."

"Sanji?" Ye Tianfan and the others were momentarily stunned upon hearing the name, then they saw a young man walk out from behind Mayor Chen Haolan. He respectfully bowed to Ye Tianfan and the others and said, "Hello, Immortal Grandmasters, my name is Sanji. I am the captain of the caretaker team of Copper Gong Town. Here's what happened: that day, I was on duty at the town gate and saw a suspicious-looking person."

"Suspicious-looking? Can you be more specific?" Senior Brother Yun Tian asked.

"He was entirely wrapped in a black robe. When I saw him, I thought, he must be a bad guy. Who walks around in a black robe for no reason, am I right?"

Senior Brother Yun Tian nodded and signaled Sanji to continue.

"I went up to question him, and I said he wouldn't be allowed in without showing his face. The person politely apologized, pulled down his hood, and then went in. Since he pulled down his hood, I didn't stop him and let him through. The next day, people in the town started turning into zombies, and more and more people became zombies. We, the survivors, had to hide. Eventually, an immortal passing by settled us all together." After Sanji finished speaking, he fell silent.

Senior Brother Yun Tian, hearing this, began to analyze, "It looks like the appearance of the zombies is related to that suspicious person. Sanji, can you remember what that person looked like?"

Sanji thought for a moment and said, "How strange, I can't seem to remember. I could recall the appearance of the others I checked afterward, but I can't remember his face."

"No need to try. Your visual and auditory memory has been disturbed, so it's no use trying to recall. It seems this event is definitely related to that person." Senior Brother Yun Tian stopped Sanji from thinking further, then said to Mayor Chen Haolan, "Mr. Mayor, you should go rest. We will investigate and leave some people behind to protect your safety."

"Thank you, Immortal Grandmasters, thank you." Mayor Chen Haolan immediately wanted to kneel to express his gratitude.

Right now, Mayor Chen Haolan didn't care what the Immortal Grandmasters wanted to do. He just wanted to protect the remaining townspeople, then wait for the incident to pass or for them to be relocated to a new place to rebuild their home. Those townspeople who had already turned into zombies were beyond saving. After all, when he tried to save a little girl, he unleashed his power and smashed a zombie's chest, but the zombie didn't care at all, and the wounds healed within moments; normal people can't do that.

Senior Brother Yun Tian quickly pulled Mayor Chen Haolan up to stop him from kneeling and instructed Sanji to help him. Although Senior Brother Yun Tian was one or two cycles older than Mayor Chen Haolan, he still looked very young in appearance, at most around twenty-five years old.

Having an old man who looks seventy or eighty kneel to someone who looks no more than a couple hundred years old seemed unacceptable, at least to Senior Brother Yun Tian, since the ages in the world of immortals aren't calculated like in the mortal world.

Once Mayor Chen Haolan was supported away by Captain Sanji, Senior Brother Yun Tian began assigning tasks, "Array Eight, Lu Waner, and Wooden Barrel, you three stay here. Make sure you protect the safety of the townspeople."

"Yes!" X3

"Now, the rest will come with me to the town, to look for clues and see where these zombies started changing and where the source is."

"Okay!" Ye Tianfan nodded, then summoned his flying sword, ready to depart at any time.

The others, seeing Ye Tianfan summon his flying sword, also summoned their flying swords, ready to depart at any moment.

Senior Brother Yun Tian summoned his flying sword, stepped on it, and said, "Move out," and everyone followed him, flying out together.

When they arrived at the center of Copper Gong Town, Senior Brother Yun Tian said, "Next, we'll form teams of two, split into four teams to look for clues, I'll take one team with Junior Brother Tianfan and the rest of you split into two-person teams. If you encounter tricky situations or discover major clues, send a signal skyward and we'll converge there. Understand?"

"Yes!" X5

No one had any objections, and neither did Ye Tianfan.

However, Bai Feng felt a bit dejected inside. The way Senior Brother Yun Tian arranged it, letting Ye Tianfan handle a team alone, while he also managed a team alone, was it because they were too weak and would be a burden?

Bai Feng felt this way because Ye Tianfan's strength had risen too quickly, which had left him feeling mentally fragile and often overthinking things.

He always thought that as long as he wasn't teamed up with Ye Tianfan, it was because his strength was too lacking, and he'd hold Ye Tianfan back.

Therefore, Bai Feng decided that after this mission, he would undergo secluded training, not emerging until he reached the Thousand Source Realm.

Seeing that no one had direct issues with the arrangement, Senior Brother Yun Tian simply said, "Disperse!"

Everyone scattered in four different directions. Bai Feng and Ling Yao headed north to look for clues, Ye Tianfan went south, Senior Brother Yun Tian went west, and the remaining two, Wooden Barrel and Li Ming, went east to search for clues.

As Bai Feng left for the north, he gave a complicated glance at Ye Tianfan's figure before heading north.

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