Super Soldier in the City

Chapter 2377 - 2401: Even More Chaotic

Li Yifei rushed into the village chief’s house and saw the village chief standing at the doorway, holding a woman in his arms. The woman was covered in blood, her neck already bitten through. The village chief’s face was also bloody, with black blood oozing from his eyes."Damn!" Li Yifei cursed. He now felt a sense of helplessness. If he were facing people from other countries, Li Yifei could choose the most direct method – humane destruction. In this situation, killing is much easier than saving, but he couldn’t do that now. After all, these were ordinary people, fellow countrymen. If Li Yifei started killing, how would the other villagers view him? They held great hope in him, even seeing him as a savior. If Li Yifei began humane destruction of those whose bodies had been invaded by evil qi to this extent, the villagers would immediately descend into chaos.

Thinking of this gave Li Yifei a headache. The village chief, seeing someone approaching, made a hoarse sound, dropping the already bitten woman and stepping toward Li Yifei.

"One more step and you will die!" Li Yifei suddenly wielded a True Qi Blade. At this moment, he couldn’t afford to waste his true qi. He threatened, but the opponent had clearly lost all reason, or was only acting on basic instincts, and immediately pounced on Li Yifei.

Swish, swish, swish, the sounds rang out as Li Yifei chopped down the opponent. Seeing the emerging black qi, Li Yifei reached out, grabbed the black qi, and wrapped it in true qi, destroying the evil qi. Looking at the tragic sight in the courtyard, Li Yifei stepped in, wielding his True Qi Blade, swiftly dealing with several people the village chief had gone mad and killed.

This wasn’t him being brutal, but he worried that leaving these people would allow the evil qi to manipulate their bodies to continue doing harm, so it was better to be decisive and kill cleanly.

Facts also proved Li Yifei was right. Those people’s bodies already contained black evil qi, even beginning to show signs of mutation.

After dealing with the village chief’s family, Li Yifei suddenly felt a bit like he was fighting a desperate battle. It was extremely difficult for him alone to save the whole village. The opponent wasn’t a single master or a group of people, but intangible black evil energy. According to the Flood Dragon Ao Bai, this black evil energy was actually the result of an evil practice cultivated by a sect in an underwater cave. It could seal a person’s soul in a soul pillar upon death. For some unknown reason, the souls in the soul pillar had scattered. If they encountered a living person, they would immediately become a life-stealing Yama, causing not just death but also madness.

This was a situation Li Yifei rarely encountered. He always believed that any situation had a solution, he just hadn’t found it yet. However, right now... there was a way, but it couldn’t be used.

Just after stepping out, Li Yifei heard a faint sound. His sharp ears caught it, and he quickly turned around. There, on the gate tower, was a swaddle with a child inside, seemingly asleep. The gate tower was four meters high, the imposing entrance of the village chief’s house, even designed high for grandeur. From the side wall, one could get up there.

With his True Qi Blade, Li Yifei walked back and saw several bloody handprints on the wall. The handprints were small, and Li Yifei sighed. These handprints were small, indicating they were likely a woman’s. And just now, when he arrived, the woman the village chief was gnawing on should be the owner of these handprints.

To get the child up there, she might have been able to escape, but chose not to, giving up in the process...

Li Yifei didn’t want to think further. He clenched his teeth, then jumped onto the gate tower in a single leap. The child seemed to have woken up, opening its eyes and giving him a smile. Li Yifei’s previously cold blood warmed a bit.

The child was very cute, appearing to be a boy. In a place heavily biased towards males, as the village chief’s son, his status must have been high. But, unfortunately, an unexpected disaster struck the village chief’s family...

Li Yifei bent down to pick up the child, letting True Qi enter his small body. Fortunately, the infant’s body contained no evil qi, allowing Li Yifei to breathe a sigh of relief since he feared evil qi had already invaded it, in which case he would have to...

Holding the child, Li Yifei walked back to the village center. A group of people watched him return with eyes full of both awe and deep fear. Seeing the child in Li Yifei’s arms, Brother Wang hurried over and asked, "Mr. Li, how’s the village chief?"

"The trouble is resolved! Please take care of the child first!" Li Yifei said, handing the child over, glanced at the seventy or eighty people standing in front of him, and spoke, "You all know me by now. I have some things to say to everyone!"

"Please, Mr. Li, go ahead!"

"We’ll definitely listen, go ahead!" the villagers promptly responded.

Li Yifei nodded and said, "This is a very evil disease. I can treat it, and you can recover, but if it’s too advanced, treatment will take much more time. So, I hope everyone doesn’t panic. If you become chaotic and run around, and if one of you becomes like earlier or like the village chief and you run too far for me to handle, then if you get bitten or infected by that virus, unfortunately, I can only choose to kill you."

After this statement, many villagers looked horrified. They stared at Li Yifei; someone couldn’t help but shout, "Mr. Li, don’t scare us; I don’t believe you’ll kill!"

"We do have legs; we stand here waiting for a check-up because we trust you. Otherwise, we’d have fled long ago. This place is cursed; leaving this place would solve everything!" a woman shouted.

Li Yifei’s gaze sharpened, saying, "I hope you’re just talking nonsense. Didn’t you see what those people were like just now? You still want to run? I’m telling you, if you don’t listen to me and cause serious consequences, don’t blame me!"

"And why is that?" a villager retorted, to which Brother Wang immediately stepped in, shouting, "Zhao Si, shut your mouth. Whoever doesn’t listen to Mr. Li, I certainly won’t agree. At this point, you’re still talking nonsense? Damn it, if we let you continue, everyone will die!"

With Brother Wang speaking up, the villagers immediately quieted down significantly. Those who had been with Li Yifei also reassured everyone, "Folks, we have no other way. This unexpected disaster has struck; if we don’t stick together, trust and understand each other, the virus will truly explode, leaving only death for us!"

"Don’t think Mr. Li is exaggerating. If it weren’t for him during several dangerous moments, we might not be here now. You didn’t see what those sick people were like when they went mad; it was terrifying!"

"Alright, we won’t mess around! We’ll listen to you!" one villager said, leading others to follow suit.

Li Yifei nodded as well and said, "Let me tell you some good news. The country has already sent people over, and they’ll be arriving soon. Some highly esteemed... old doctors are coming. Once they get here, our predicament will be resolved immediately!"

"Really?" the villagers immediately asked.

"Absolutely, the incoming doctors have even treated national leaders!" Li Yifei replied.

"Are they Traditional Chinese Medicine or Western medicine doctors? Mr. Li, no offense, but I trust Traditional Chinese Medicine. Thousands of years of history, various secret recipes are definitely reliable!"

"Lady, stop it with Traditional Chinese Medicine being reliable, especially those folk remedies. Most of them catch a mouse by sheer luck. There’s no scientific basis. Even if a hundred people take the same medicine, not many heal. I trust Western medicine and science!" a young man immediately retorted.

The two sides started quarreling, surprisingly alleviating the tense atmosphere, causing Li Yifei to smile. Ordinary people truly forget easily, getting into arguments over such things, but this was good, shifting their attention.

Suddenly, there was an outburst from the quarrelling crowd, and Li Yifei moved his body. He dared not leave the group, worried about carriers of evil qi among them, especially those with autonomous consciousness. If they suddenly erupted, it would instantly throw the hard-won calm into chaos and potentially cause more severe damage. So, Li Yifei dared not move recklessly.

Sure enough, just as the crowd calmed down, a child suddenly had a seizure, his body twitching a few times, then lunging at a nearby adult. Li Yifei, who had been on alert, immediately flashed over and caught the child before he could bite anyone.

"Son, what’s wrong?" the boy’s parents rushed over, and Li Yifei immediately barked, "Stay back!"

"Mr. Li, that’s our son! Is he infected?" The parents pleaded, having witnessed the fate of infectees leading to death. They could not help but worry about their child. Li Yifei frowned and said, "I’m going to treat him now. If you want him to survive, don’t disturb me. Also, everyone should maintain some distance from each other. If you notice anyone acting unusual, tie them up immediately; don’t hesitate, or everyone will suffer!"

The villagers immediately fell silent, their eyes mixing panic with confusion. Could they not even trust their companions? Ordinary psychological resilience couldn’t compare to that of soldiers. Upon hearing Li Yifei’s words, fear reignited. At this moment, several police officers and Hu Yu’er’s subordinates took action, quickly dividing the crowd and, following Li Yifei’s instructions, distancing people. Everyone now held sticks or similar weapons. If anyone else suddenly acted out, they wouldn’t hold back.

This was not a time for jokes, and they had to handle it with utmost caution. Without Li Yifei’s prompting, the crowd already knew what to do.