The Peerless Emperor

Mercy can only make things worse.

Lin Qian could not afford to be soft-hearted now; capturing the Yun family with the quickest speed and fiercest means was the priority.

The Yun family had problems!

"Qianer, what on earth happened?" It was at this moment that Yun Yunyan suddenly arrived by Lin Qian's side, asking with concern.

"Mother?" His shoulder was suddenly grasped, and Lin Qian swiftly turned around, staring at the face filled with worried expressions.

Yun Yunyan reached out gently to wipe the tears from her son's face and softly said, "Mother can tell, Qianer seems to be in pain. Is it because since the war began, not a single life has been spared?"

"If there is something troubling you, feel free to speak up. Keeping it all inside won't give you any relief." At this moment, Lin Di also walked up, patted his son's shoulder solemnly, "Don't forget, we are here with you."

His father's words brought Lin Qian back to his senses.

Indeed, he still had his father and mother by his side, as well as his grandparents and uncle.

Having walked alone for so long, Lin Qian had almost forgotten that sometimes, problems could be shared with the family.

Sigh...

Lin Qian exhaled softly, looking at the territory ahead, he began with a certain gravity, "The Yun family, I am afraid there are some issues."

"The Yun family is accused of rebellion; this was entirely a story fabricated by me, merely an excuse to act." When Lin Qian's words fell, Yun Qingfeng's eyes widened in astonishment.

"What, the story is actually false?" Arriving by Lin Qian's side, Yun Qingfeng grabbed his shoulders, asking in disbelief.

Facing Lin Qian's nod, Yun Qingfeng's expression fell, and he dropped his arms in despair, "Ah, so it was a fabricated tale, I thought..."

He paused there, then suddenly froze, slowly straightening up to look at his nephew, "If it's not true, then where does the Yun family truly come from?"

After Lin Qian's story appeared in the Central Domain, one of the most talked-about details was the origin of the Yun family.

The Yun family, having appeared out of nowhere, was a detail that had been buried under the sands of history over time, unknown to all.

But after the emergence of Lin Qian's story, people began discussing this odd occurrence with great interest.

Only a few knew that the Yun family had appeared out of nowhere in the Central Domain and established their territory, and the past remained an unsolved mystery.

Only with the emergence of Lin Qian's story was this enigma finally explained.

"My child had not been sorting through numerous Central Domain records and had the Huaxia Empire's Heavenly Art Department thoroughly search, yet failed to find any clue about the Yun family's origins."

"The true origin of the Yun family remains a mystery." As Lin Qian spoke, his expression gradually turned grim, "Therefore, my subordinates have long been secretly embedded within the Yun family's territory, continuing the covert investigation to see if we can uncover this secret."

"After all, because of Grandmother, I too bear the bloodline of the Yun family, and this secret is irresistibly compelling."

Lin Qian said up to here, the five people inevitably started to breathe rapidly, quietly waiting for what was to come.

Because they vaguely felt that behind them there might be something terrible unfolding.

"The pollution, the people of the Yun family's territory, have already been polluted," Lin Qian's next words made everyone's pupils constrict, though they didn't understand what had polluted them, they vaguely felt that certainly something bad had happened.

Just at this moment, a scholar came walking up before them and bowed respectfully to Lin Qian.

"You come and explain it," Lin Qian sighed and slowly spoke.

The scholar nodded, faced Yun Fan and the other four, also performed a bow, then stood upright, "Right now, within the territory of the Yun family, there's a curse spreading, and there are impure substances, which have polluted the creatures of the Yun family's territory."

"This situation should have started to appear and happen about a month ago."

"Long before His Majesty ordered an investigation into the Yun family, we discovered within the array formations of every city within the Yun family's territory strange runes. The composition of these runes was more like a Curse Array Formation, rather than a Rune Array Formation."

"After the Array Virus had eroded, we hastened our research on this curse and, three days before the war broke out, we reached a conclusion. The effect of this curse is to refine."

"The objects of refinement are the creatures of the Yun family's territory. Something unknown has parasitized this land, corrupting the creatures of the Yun family's territory, something similar to black smoke, existing within their bodies."

"Once the Curse Array Formation is activated, these polluted creatures will be refined into another kind of existence. Even if the Curse Array Formation is not activated, they will be infected within a few days."

Saying this, the scholar's hands suddenly held an Imaging Crystal, presenting an image for them to watch.

It was a secret room, within a cage branded with array patterns, where numerous figures in gray robes with blue clouds, a sign of a collateral branch of the Yun family, could be seen.

These members of the Yun family's collateral branch were now emitting weeping roars, with eyes blood-red, and from their mouths and noses exuded faint black smoke.

Moreover, the skin of this group of people had already turned a grayish-white hue, fighting each other within the cage, their fingers extending into sharp, knife-like tips, their teeth also becoming pointed.

Their soul power had turned into a ghastly greenish hue, dreadfully terrifying; while they grappled, they continuously tore and bit each other, even chewing on each other's flesh.

Yun Yunyan covered her mouth with both hands, watching the image in horror, Lin Di wrapped his arms around his wife's shoulders, his expression solemn.

Beside them, Yun Rong gently patted Yun Fan's back because, at this moment, her husband was so angry that he could barely suppress his aura.

"How could it be like this, are these still humans?" The content on that image sent chills down Yun Qingfeng's spine.

"After these polluted creatures' curse manifested, their realm remained the same, but their battle prowess explosively increased, because their strength and speed were enhanced; and through devouring flesh, they could heal their own wounds, even increase their power."

"And their bodies would receive a huge enhancement, becoming incredibly sturdy, even capable of resisting equally matched Primordial Weapons and Soul Devices."

"Without emotions and reason, only knowing slaughter and devouring flesh, and those who they bite will also be infected by the curse, eventually transforming into the same as them."

"Moreover, they simply do not fatigue, do not fear, do not feel pain, all day only knowing slaughter and devouring flesh, they are nothing more than the living dead."

"They can no longer be called human, His Majesty has bestowed upon them the name..."

"Zombies!"