As night fell, Zhou Yu staggered onto the street. His slightly staggering steps looked like he was drunk at first glance. This is because the bone injuries in both feet have not healed.
Of course, an injury that normally takes a month to recover from will not automatically return to its original state after a night's sleep.
However, perhaps the doctor also misjudged the severity of the injury. In just one night, the hematoma on the skin surface had subsided. When walking slowly, it is not too strenuous even without crutches. To lighten the burden, he still brought a long-handled black umbrella. The umbrella body is very long and can be used as a walking stick. When the tip of the umbrella hit the ground, he even felt an inexplicable joy.
The watery road after the rain reflects the starry sky like a mirror. As he crossed the water, he deliberately used the handle of his umbrella to smash the brightest stars into pieces. After smashing the flickering Yinghuo Star for the third time, he came to the former Osier Road and smiled slightly at the sign that read "Skyscraper Road".
The burned-down shopping mall was still being repaired and restored. From where he stood, it looked like a stranded and abandoned giant ship, hidden behind the brightly lit buildings.
He walked towards the mall. Perhaps because of his strange posture of walking alone, or perhaps because of the ballads about dragon slayers he hummed softly in his mouth, pedestrians who passed by him couldn't help but look back at him.
Normally he would choose to keep a low profile in order not to cause trouble to Zhou Yu, but tonight was an exception. The rising emotions in his chest made him naturally ignore those surprised looks.
He came to the front of the mall.
The dark glass door inside opened on its own as he approached, making a harsh friction sound. It was like a giant beast in the darkness sharpening its claws on the ground.
Zhou Yu stepped into darkness.
The circular vine lights in the lobby on the ground floor light up one by one in counterclockwise order. When he came to the middle of the hall, the entire space became brightly lit.
"Hey, welcome, welcome. Now the protagonist finally appears."
In the center of the hall, where the shop showcase should have been, there was a seven- to eight-meter-long gaming table. Behind the table filled with chips and cards, Ferris was sitting on the sofa. Whether intentionally or not, he was rubbing a light red chip in his hand. When Zhou Yu walked to the table, he held the chips between his fingers and clapped in an exaggerated manner.
"You look so radiant tonight, little girl."
"You are even more disgusting than before, Ferris."
Zhou Yu held the umbrella up in front of him, supported his weight with the handle, and leaned down slightly to look at the sky.
"Didn't you bring your lackeys with you tonight?"
"Yeah, don't say it so harshly. Little girl, aren't you here alone? The princess doesn't like to see you in contact with me. If you bring a few more people here, won't you be treated as bullying? "
"Really? So those crows hiding on the second floor also happen to live here?"
Zhou Yu slowly raised his head and looked into the deep and empty darkness above. Thousands of crows perch on the floor railings surrounding the hall. Their gloomy feathers were completely blended into the darkness, but Zhou Yu could see them clearly for some reason.
The exposed Ferris chuckled.
"You have to have a few servants to serve you. Then again, little girl, didn't you ask your friends for help? The little boy who sent you to the hospital was really quite sympathetic."
Zhou Yu smiled silently. He pressed his body down a little more and whispered to the owner of the skull ring across the table.
"I will pretend that I didn't hear what you just said. If you dare to threaten me with others, I will take out your internal organs and feed them to the crows right now."
"Oh, I'm so scared that I'm shaking."
Motian raised his hands with a smile: "Let's get down to business, little girl, you didn't come to my territory tonight just to scare me, right? What are you doing here?"
"Stop asking questions knowingly."
"Alas, women have a deep heart. I have always been very cautious in this regard."
Knowing how difficult the other party was, Zhou Yu had no interest in continuing to gossip with him. He asked coldly: "How much information do you have about Sang Lian?"
Motian's eyes flashed with a strange light: "Is the little girl suddenly interested in that earthworm?"
"I'm not interested in telling you more. If you don't have what I want to know, I'll call it a night."
"Oh, don't be impatient. It's true that I know a little bit about that earthworm, maybe a little more than the princess?"
He scoffed quietly.
"It doesn't hurt to tell you something first. Little girl, everything you know about Sang Lian comes from the princess, right? However, that earthworm is not a simple thing. Even the princess was deceived by him. In this way First of all, what is naturally conveyed to you, little girl, is also a misunderstanding... Besides, the princess will not tell you everything. For example, the true meaning of 'revenge', she has hidden it from you, right?"
"If you want to sow discord, just forget it. I won't accept it."
"That's not my intention. But if you don't explain this clearly, little girl, you won't understand what's going on. That earthworm is going to eat this city. Little girl, you already know this, right? If it's just here. If it eats all of it, it means that your life is over, and I have nothing to say. But if the superficial realm is exhausted, the true king will surely wake up, and it will be a catastrophe."
Mu Tian opened his fingers and covered his chest in a pretentious manner. His pretentious and distressed look made Zhou Yu look away in disgust.
"What about the catastrophe? All you care about is your own safety, right?"
"This is a misunderstanding. Little girl, that earthworm only wants to devour the city itself, and has no interest in us. If he swallows the city into his belly, it will not harm us at all, but it is just a change. It’s just a place to live. However, people outside this city are another matter. Between the deformed earthworm and the awakening king, there must be a catastrophe outside the city, right? Nothing can be saved. People from one city created a disaster that destroyed the world! What a fool’s act!”
When he said this, the man with the abominable face like a snake and rat finally stopped trying to cover up his appearance and just laughed so excitedly.
Zhou Yu, who was across the table, tilted his head and looked at his ugly appearance, laughing and laughing without any emotion. It wasn't until Motian's laughter stopped that he asked softly: "Is this interesting to you?"
"Of course, little girl, you won't understand this joke. As for me, what I like to see the most is the way the great sage falls into the mud. This is the unique fun of being a bystander."
"In that case, let me tell you a joke."
Facing Motian's suspicious gaze, Zhou Yu said calmly. He straightened up slightly and put his right hand into the umbrella.
Then, bit by bit, he pulled out the bone rapier tied to the umbrella handle.
"When I was under the cave, the rope would suddenly fall off. Is it your fault? Thanks to you, my feet are a little less flexible now. I think there must be an explanation for this matter - just right, you said The real name of this sword is 'Vengeance', right?"
The white blade crossed the table and touched the fat chin. After seeing the cold sweat on the other person's forehead, Zhou Yu laughed happily.
"So that's what happened. I seem to have understood how to use this sword. No wonder Hongye said that this sword will make you shy away... Then, the next joke I am going to tell is to use this sword to break you. There are thousands of corpses. If you put them on the fire and roast them one by one, how many skewers can be connected with the flesh and bones? Why not try feeding them to the earthworm. What do you think?"
