Chapter 416: Chapter 416: The Chaos Inside the Fortress.

Li Feng stood in mid-air, one hand raised as faint silvery light swirled around his hand. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Then he looked down at the devastated street from his attack.

He could already sense that there were no more survivors nearby except for that group of soldiers and the family of three.

That was why he had dared to unleash such a large-scale attack

And although he appeared calm on the surface, he couldn’t help but feel slightly strange at what was happening in this border city.

’For a minute, I thought it was a zombie apocalypse or something.’

He shook his head at that strange thought and smiled as he glanced into the distance.

He could sense there are many more infected and survivors in the distance, along with scattered skirmishes.

The entire border city was in complete chaos.

But for now, he slowly descended toward the family.

The father and mother looked as if they had been saved from certain death.

They immediately knelt down and thanked him profusely.

"T-Thank you so much for saving us, great immortal!"

The father shouted with sincere gratitude.

If Li Feng hadn’t appeared, his entire family would have been doomed today.

He also realized that this man was the powerful immortal they had heard so much about... someone who could fly through the sky.

Hearing the father’s words, Li Feng smiled gently and shook his head.

"I am no great immortal. I am just an Envoy from the Azure Moon Sect, sent here to investigate the plague situation. But it appears... something far more serious has happened."

Li Feng decided to fully embrace the role of the envoy.

He felt like he could repay some grace to the Azure Moon Sect for giving him the opportunity to join them... and, of course, for allowing him to experience the "hard-working fairies" of their sect.

He waved his hand lightly, sending a stream of gentle spiritual energy toward the family.

The warm energy washed over them, healing their minor wounds and calming their panicked minds.

The mother feeling the gentle energy looked up with tears in her eyes.

"Thank you... Thank you, Envoy! We are just ordinary refugees trying to escape the capital. The plague... it turned so many people into monsters overnight..."

Li Feng’s expression turned serious as he reassure them.

"Rest assured. The Azure Moon Sect will not ignore this disaster and I will do what I can to help."

Just then, he felt a gaze on him. Li Feng glanced down and saw the cute little girl staring fixedly at him with wide, teary eyes.

He smiled gently and walked over, softly patting her head.

At that moment, Sergeant Zhang Wei and his remaining soldiers finally caught up, their faces filled with awe and gratitude.

Zhang Wei cupped his fists deeply and bowed.

"Thank you for your assistance, Envoy! If not for you, we would have been dead."

He had already heard Li Feng’s introduction and felt as though real reinforcements had finally arrived.

Li Feng removed his hand from the little girl’s head and nodded calmly, maintaining the dignified image of a sect envoy.

"Tell me the situation. What in the world is going on here?"

Hearing this, Sergeant Zhang Wei looked like he had finally found a ray of hope.

He cupped his fists deeply, his voice filled with both gratitude and exhaustion.

"Envoy, since you are here, you must already know about the plague that broke out in the capital."

He glanced at the family of three, his expression bitter.

"Refugees flooded into the border fortress hoping to escape into Azure Moon Sect territory. We tried to maintain order, but this morning... hundreds of infected suddenly appeared out of nowhere inside the outer city. It was like they had been hiding among the refugees and then the situation spiraled out of control almost instantly."

Zhang Wei’s voice grew heavy.

"At first, people just got sick... but then they started turning into these monsters. They attack anything living, and once bitten or scratched, the victim turns within minutes."

"And our Great General has been silent since the outbreak intensified. We’ve lost contact with the inner command. And many of my brothers have already fallen... or worse, turned into those things."

Li Feng listened quietly, his brows furrowed.

He glanced at the burning streets and the distant sounds of battle.

Zhang Wei continued with a bitter voice,

"Our fortress is strong against external enemies, but against an enemy hiding among our own people... we were completely unprepared. The infected don’t feel pain, they don’t fear death, and every person they kill becomes one of them. We’ve tried burning the bodies, but there are simply too many..."

He looked up at Li Feng with desperate hope.

"Envoy, please... if the Azure Moon Sect can lend us even a small force, we might still be able to save the inner fortress. If the inner city falls, the entire northern border will collapse."

Li Feng remained silent for a moment, processing everything.

As someone who came from the modern world, he had plenty of experience with outbreak scenarios... albeit mostly through games and movies.

But he knew enough to recognize the signs.

’This plague... it’s clearly not natural.’

The way it spread so efficiently, turning people into aggressive, pain-immune monsters within minutes, with such a high mutation rate... it was too perfect and too weaponized.

’This feel exactly like a man-made bioweapon.’

He had seen enough zombie movies and played enough games to understand that any plague or virus capable of turning humans into this kind of aggressive, infectious state was rarely natural.

Someone... or some organization... had to be behind it.

’And this outbreak happening inside such an important border fortress...’

A fortress of this scale and strategic value would never be lightly guarded.

There should have been powerful experts, formation masters, and high-ranking cultivators stationed here.

Yet from what Sergeant Zhang Wei described, there was almost no sign of them taking decisive action.

Either the command structure had truly collapsed... or someone had deliberately sabotaged it from within.

Li Feng’s eyes turned cold as he realized the situation after witnessing the plague personally.

’Interesting... So the plague in the capital wasn’t just a natural disaster...’

’Not just the capital. Even here... It was all a planned move.’

But then a doubt surfaced in his mind.

Why?

Why would they spread it so aggressively? They should have known that the Azure Moon Sect wouldn’t stand by and would definitely interfere.

He felt like he was still missing a crucial piece of the puzzle.

Just as he was about to ask Sergeant Zhang Wei for more details—

BOOOM!

BOOOM!

BOOOM!

A series of massive explosions suddenly erupted from both the outer city and the direction of the inner fortress.