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Shen Yiyun looked at the battlements, then at the person beside him, feeling that this young Prefectural Governor’s methods were not just deep but downright eerie!

Chen Ying also watched in horror at the fellow next to her, doubting whether he was just another monster from the fog if not for the fact that he led them out of the white mist.

Chen Qing paid no attention to the crowd but looked towards the battlements. At that moment, the Chen Qing clothed in white seemed to sense something too and looked back at him. Their gazes met, and within the next second, Chen Qing understood the current situation atop the battlements!

"Over ten thousand zombies attacking the city, more than half destroyed, holding Lyuzhou City should not be a problem..."

The group glanced at Chen Qing, then back at the figure on the battlements, unsure of what to say at that moment.

Chen Qing naturally wouldn’t explain what exactly that thing was atop the battlements. That thing was him but also could be said not to be him. It belonged to a unique talent of the God Seal Players, given a flamboyant name by his partner: Resurrection ability!

The reason for designing this talent was related to the characteristics of the God Seal Players, because in the initial setting, once a person consecrated by the God Seal perished, the entire consecration system of the God Seal would crumble to dust.

But over time, it became apparent that this setting was extremely unfair to the God Seal Players!

Because forming a God Seal was extremely difficult, almost dozens of times harder than it was for ordinary professions. If a regular player died, they could use some of the inheritances to quickly catch up their new accounts to the old level, often recovering their strength in a week at most.

However, building a God Seal involved political influence, public opinion, and many other attributes—how difficult would it be to start over from scratch?

But if it wasn’t set up this way, if the consecrated deities remained after the death of a God Seal Player, the bug would be even bigger. Wouldn’t it be equivalent to saying that God Seal Players were unkillable?

Surely, with each resurrection, all the consecrated deities remained, instantly restoring their strength to its peak. What would be the point for other players to continue playing then?

After much design revisiting, ultimately... my partner and I decided to keep the original setting untouched but increased the difficulty of killing a God Seal Player.

That is to say, this Resurrection ability!

The characteristic of the Resurrection ability is this: as long as there exists a deity that one has consecrated, one can leave a God Seal avatar behind. In an emergency, it can appear temporarily, not only to monitor the status of the deity but also to command at critical moments.

But its greatest use is not that but rather serving as a conduit for one’s rebirth.

This was the confidence that enabled him to dare to venture alone in search of Weichi Feihong. As long as his avatar existed, even if his true body was destroyed, Chen Qing could use his avatar to be reborn, and after some time, he could recover and be as before!

This was one of the great trump cards of the God Seal Players: When a faction grew large enough, it could even possess dozens of these Resurrection avatars. A player wishing to assassinate a God Seal Player would need to lock down the location of all these avatars simultaneously!

"This Gate Deity is truly fascinating. Not only does it make the soldiers extremely brave, but it also has such a unique ability to defend the city. If every state city in Great Jin had such a thing, what need would we have to fear foreign invaders?"

In response to Shen Yiyun’s question, Chen Qing’s mouth twitched slightly: "Mr. Shen need not worry. In the future, as you wish, Gate Deities will proliferate throughout Great Jin."

"Oh?" Shen Yiyun looked deeply at him, thinking to himself: Did he truly hand over the Technique to the Royal Family?

Murong Yunji also smiled and said, "Does this also give the soldiers on the battlements the ability of my Celestial Wolf Family, the Windwalking Arrow, as part of the Gate Deity’s power?"

"You could say that..." Chen Qing didn’t elaborate further.

"Sir just now said that holding the city should not be a problem," Shen Yiyun pointed out as he looked down at the hordes of zombies beneath the city gate, "That number is terrifying, at least ten thousand still, I presume?

Are you certain the few dozen soldiers on the city walls can hold them back?

The ability used earlier at the gate cannot be frequently employed, right? "

"Second Elder Shen, just watch..." Chen Qing replied indifferently.

He dared to venture out to sea with the night closing in because he had something to rely on. He didn’t leave his precious avatar at the city gate just to serve as a clone for rebirth.

"Woo!!"

Three leaders stared hard at the city wall, suddenly howling like alpha wolves, emitting a strange sound that carried a high-frequency vibration similar to the chirping of cicadas.

With the howling, all the zombies went into a frenzy as if provoked. Their bodies convulsed wildly, their muscles swelling, the rotting skin on their faces bursting at the seams, veins bulging, their appearances turning gruesome as though they were hungry ghosts from hell.

In the next instant, all the zombies began to run, with a speed akin to wolves sprinting across the plains, a completely different being from before.

"Loose arrows!" Wei Gongcheng’s eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly commanded.

Maozi and the others were also quick to act, shooting arrows in rapid succession, and the few dozen archers produced the effect of an arrow barrage.

After a period of rest and returning to action, their performance was not at all weaker than at the start, and even with the zombies now moving several times faster, every arrow still found its mark, the lethality still astonishing.

However, this time, it didn’t give anyone peace of mind.

Compared to earlier, these zombies were many times more ferocious, one after another with extremely fast movements, they reached the city gates in an instant, and most terrifyingly, these zombies were now incredibly agile.

They climbed up like cats, their movements eerily quick, and it looked as if they would leap onto the city walls in just a few bounds!

In a flash, all the new recruits still on the city head began to retreat, so scared they were almost ready to flee into the city.

Wei Gongcheng looked directly at Chen Qing, for he truly had no idea what to do at this point...

Chen Qing, however, was staring intently at the situation below the city, as if waiting for something.

"Sir, if things don’t go well, should we retreat first?" Wei Gongcheng directly asked.

"No rush..." Chen Qing smiled and said, "General Wei, watch closely, you might find this useful in the future."

"Hm?" Wei Gongcheng was taken aback and before he could respond, Chen Qing had already started to make his move.

Chen Qing’s hands formed a seal similar to that of a magician, and the next second, a scene that astonished Wei Gongcheng unfolded.

The massive city gate visibly began to turn, the metal parts behaving as if alive, revealing at least hundreds of densely packed wolf heads.

Though made of metal, they appeared extremely lifelike, resembling real wolves.

Facing the zombies frantically scaling the walls, the heads showed their ferocious animal nature and bit at those climbing zombies.

Their biting force was incredibly strong, cutting many of the zombies in half or bursting their heads outright. The mass of zombies rushing towards the city wall were almost instantaneously turned into a ragged mess of flesh and blood falling from the gate!

However, as the city gate displayed its valiant efforts, the figure of Chen Qing, who stood on the battlement forming seals, visibly began to fade, turning translucent within a few breaths’ time.

At the moment, everyone was so exhilarated by the gate’s performance that they didn’t notice the change in Chen Qing.

A frown formed on the city gate’s Chen Qing.

It was indeed a bit of a strain...

The current Gate Deity had just been consecrated, and this Wind Wolf was the former Wolf King, having some potential. Even so, after being consecrated, it was still an unranked minor god.

According to the hierarchy of the divine way, the four ranks of Heaven, Earth, Mystery, and Yellow with Yellow Rank nine-grade being the entry level for earth immortals, equivalent to the spiritual power of a current Third Rank magician, and right now the South Gate of Lyuzhou was yet ungraded.

Many abilities of the Gate Deity couldn’t be used and its spiritual power was meager, roughly equivalent to that of a Fifth Rank magician in the mortal world.

The spiritual power of a Fifth Rank magician was quite limited. In the first wave of the release of wind energy just now, more than half had been used up, prompting Chen Qing’s avatar to emerge and supplement the spiritual power of the gate.

Currently, Chen Qing, nourished by the Gate Deity and the Mountain God, had kept his avatar for several days and in terms of spiritual power alone was nearly at the Fifth Rank standard.

That is to say, the firepower was actually quite limited.

Chen Qing looked down, calculating the remaining spiritual power, feeling somewhat uneasy.

However, the people of the Shen Family below who witnessed this scene began to marvel, with Second Elder Shen suppressing his inner astonishment and asking, "Is this city gate a new mechanism designed by the Ministry of Works?"

That was the only explanation he could think of, but doubts lingered in his mind.

The cost of producing such a sophisticated mechanism must be significant.

Given the chance, he would like to install several of these gates in Nanyang City, considering Nanyang lacked stationed troops and such mechanical gates would be a valuable asset for city defense.

As for the Gate Deity, he hadn’t given it a thought. In his view, the so-called "Gate Deity" was just a technique to scare people with, and he didn’t believe that such changes in the city gate could be the work of a Gate Deity’s power.

Because he had never heard of any technique that could transform a city gate like that!

"It’s an Imperial Court secret; please refrain from asking further, Mister Shen," Chen Qing was happy to play along.

Upon hearing this, Second Elder Shen nodded, thinking that after this affair, he would have to write to Fifth Brother in the Capital City to discuss the matter. No matter what, he had to get the design of this mechanical city gate for the Shen Family.

Murong Yunji watched the city gate with an inscrutable look in her eyes.

Had the craftsmanship of the Great Jin Dynasty reached such heights?

If such devices became common and every northern city gate was fortified thusly, it would be difficult for the northern countries to capture even a single county. ..

Seeing Second Elder Shen’s greedy eyes, Chen Qing barely suppressed a snort. Was this just the tip of the iceberg?

The Gate Deity who hadn’t entered any rank still lacked many features, and the release of spiritual energy was relatively crude. The previous attack by the wolf heads was already a rudimentary way of enemy defense.

If there were a few thousand loyal believers, advancing to Yellow Rank nine-grade, it would at least evolve into a weapon like the Wind God Crossbow Vehicle, equipped with several operators.

If those three dim-witted zombie leaders dared to show their heads just now, they could be shot dead from a distance!

If there were tens of thousands of loyal believers, advancing to Yellow Grade First Rank, then it could directly evolve into a spiritual-powered firearm like the Wind God Cannon. A few shots, and the zombies below of that caliber would be reduced to ashes instantly.

And for higher ranks...

Chen Qing recalled his partner’s design, where a Heaven Grade Gate General could evolve a huge cannon that could blast mountains from thousands of miles away, not much different from Huaxia’s Dongfeng missile.

But that was too far off. With the current configuration, the Gate Deity could only make such changes, which for an unranked deity was already a relatively cost-effective way of enemy defense.

"Eh? The zombies are retreating!" Chen Ying couldn’t help but exclaim in excitement.

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Second Elder Shen looked and immediately saw that, indeed, the zombies below the city wall seemed to have been called off and were retreating. He chuckled, "I thought these things were truly fearless of death..."

Chen Qing, noticing the leaders hidden among the zombies, understood that this was because the higher-level zombies had gained some intellect and naturally wouldn’t let the entire horde die off.

"They’re retreating, they really are!" Chen Ying said excitedly, "Sir, should we take the opportunity to pursue them?"

Chen Qing rolled his eyes. Pursue them how? Without the city gate’s aid, how would he fight these tens of thousands of ghastly things with just his head?

"Are you planning to let them get away?" Second Elder Shen asked smilingly, eyeing the retreating horde of zombies. They were heading towards the docks, and he had seen that these zombies were quite fast in the water. If they went downstream along the river, the surrounding counties of Lyuzhou surely didn’t have such formidable gates, right?

He had mentioned before that these zombies could infect ordinary people. There were quite a few counties down the river, including the rural areas, with a population exceeding half a million. If the zombies spread there, things would get interesting...