Three years ago, the capital of the sky.
Using all his strength, someone was sneaking through the land.
He used his only superpower, which he was proud of, on the shameful thing of escaping.
The liver and gallbladder are split, and the soul is scattered. The enemies chasing behind him were completely beyond his imagination.
That's ridiculous.
No matter how you attack it, you can't hurt it. Even the powerful seniors fell one after another. Hidden beneath that human skin is a real monster. The ruthless fighting figure was like a mythical evil ghost.
"Huh...huh...ha!"
Someone emerged from the earth, breathing heavily. The moon in the sky was obscured by dark clouds, and the metal earrings he just bought in the afternoon made a jingling sound, waking him up from his fear. Did you run away? You should have run away. It's already so late, and with the help of the night, I should be able to escape. Even a monster shouldn't be able to chase it to this point...
He gradually adapted to the dark environment.
Then, his eyes widened involuntarily.
His pupils were as narrow as needles due to excessive tension, and a gurgling sound came from his throat. Because of everything he saw before him, because of the figure with his back turned to him.
"how come."
Weak, powerless, making sounds in disbelief.
"Why--!"
The man turned around. That was undoubtedly the face he had seen not long ago——
A moment later, the world was turned upside down.
Everything in the field of vision was filled with bright red.
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The unbearable heat, the suffocating dullness, and the heat wave made the air appear strangely distorted.
The cicadas outside the window screamed feebly, venting their energy at the end of summer, turning the remaining life into noise under the scorching sun.
The air conditioner in the house vibrated and made an unknown sound. The green light indicating operation went out, and the air conditioning gradually faded away. In less than five minutes, there was no longer any coolness in the room, and it was as sweltering as the streets under the scorching sun.
The sunlight passed through the gaps between the leaves and reflected on the young man's face.
"..."
He didn't make a sound, lying in the hot room, letting the sweat soak his clothes, and letting the light burn his retinas.
Just staring at the ceiling with empty eyes, like a dead corpse.
Buzz, buzz. The phone next to the pillow vibrated.
Gongsun Ce remained motionless. He was still lying on the bed.
Buzz, buzz. The unconnected contact continued, and the vibrations continued, as stubborn as that person's character.
If Gongsun Ce is unaware.
Finally, the phone stopped moving and the contact gave up.
The gray-haired boy was still looking at the ceiling, with no look of living things in his eyes. Those eyes stared at the not-too-distant past, looking at the destroyed city in the distance.
If you close your eyes, you will fall into a dream. I dreamed of the seven bell towers and the evil dragon, the black sword that cuts off everything.
When you open your eyes, you will fall into memories. Seeing the crystallization of a flooded city, sad and painful people.
It wasn't that he deliberately ignored other people's contact, he just didn't hear the sound and couldn't recognize the reality in front of him.
where is he? In the capital of the sky? Or rather, I am still in the mist of Superbia, in that disaster...
By the way, he should still be in Superbia. Gongsun Ce thought in a daze.
No reason. He shouldn't have come back. There was no reason for this to happen when so many people were dead and he was still alive.
He must be dead.
The current dreamlike and confused situation is a brief but long phantom before death...
"——Ace!"
A familiar voice exploded in my ears, like thunder. Gongsun Ce's body trembled, and all of a sudden, the dreamlike psychedelic feeling dissipated. Someone's shout made his vision clear and he returned to reality.
「
ah. "He said inarticulately, "I'm here.
He reached out and groped for a long time before grabbing the phone. The eldest brother's face appeared on the screen. His beautiful hair was now all black and looked strange.
"What's wrong, brother?"
"What's wrong? I called you so many times and you didn't answer the phone, so I couldn't hack you directly. What are you doing?!"
Made a phone call? did not hear.
Speaking of which, it was so hot in the room.
"Sorry. I didn't hear you."
His voice was extremely hoarse when he spoke. My throat felt dry and burnt. It seemed like he hadn't spoken for a long time. I can’t remember the last time I spoke.
"I'm fine. Don't worry, brother."
The long-haired young man on the screen sighed tiredly.
"Ace, it's been more than a week since I came back."
"ah."
"Have you always been at home?"
"ah."
Answered unconsciously. probably. It seems that the door has not been opened for a long time.
"You go out for a walk." The eldest brother said seriously, "Cut your hair, have a meal, do anything, even fight. Don't stay at home like a dead person!"
"Oh." Nod. However, there was no movement from the bed.
Mo Yuankai rubbed his forehead, as if he wanted to roar, but he restrained his voice and just sighed again.
"Would the Dawn Knight want to see you like this?"
"..."
Gongsun Ce blinked and fell silent.
Just when Mo Yuankai was about to speak again, he heard a voice.
"Alandia...will scold me mercilessly in her usual way."
——Don’t dare to look directly at the life in front of you and refuse to face the difficulties around you. We call this emotion cowardice.
Her voice rang in his ears. Had she said this before? It doesn't seem like it, but it's easy to imitate her tone. That person's thinking is always straightforward. Praise the good and despise the evil; recognize the true and reject the false.
"I will go out for a walk." Gongsun Ce rolled his eyes hard and looked at his room. "The room is so hot. My air conditioner is broken. I have to find a way to fix it."
"Now you have something to do." Mo Yuankai smiled, "Go quickly, complete your main mission, and go for a walk on the way."
"Okay, I'll go fix the air conditioner. Just wash your face and go."
Gongsun Ce reluctantly laughed twice and turned off the video call. He wanted to get out of bed, but he couldn't stand still. He subconsciously wanted to release his power. But what surged out was not the familiar telekinesis, but an unfamiliar white substance.
"……ah."
Of course, he lost control of this power. The pure white substance poured out continuously, covering the entire bedroom in an instant, and lifted his bed.
With a muffled sound, he was hit against the wall by the huge amount of generated matter, as embarrassed as a newcomer who had awakened his superpower for the first time. Gongsun Ce reached out and slapped randomly, trying his best to control his new ability.
"Erase. Undo! Go back!! Take it away!!!"
I don’t know which command had the effect, and the white matter disappeared as suddenly as it appeared. Gongsun Ce sat down on the ground. His bed and table were all in a mess in the commotion. The walls fell off, and the whole house looked like a demolition team had come.
"ah……"
He tried several times and managed to make an ugly crutch to support himself towards the bathroom. He was startled by the person in the mirror.
Pale white skin, bloodshot eyes, beard that hasn’t been shaved for a long time, and that unfamiliar gray hair...
Who is this wretched and slovenly man? is it him? Is it Gongsun Ce?
He rubbed his hair vigorously, and then he remembered that his hair color had changed.
"Oh my God."
boom! The crutch in his hand suddenly stretched out, pushing him back and staggering. The white substance stands like a load-bearing pillar in the bathroom;
It shattered the overhead light and scattered glass shards on the boy's face.
"...Oh my God."
Gongsun Ce repeated weakly.
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The weather was too hot, so Gongsun Ce took a cold bath. He shaved hastily to look presentable.
"clothing……"
Gongsun Ce opened the wardrobe with unfamiliar telekinesis and subconsciously took out his usual outfit. A black outfit with gold patterns and a black and red cloak. He threw the clothes into the cupboard with his hands and said to himself, "Like an idiot."
After searching for a long time, he finally found a relatively normal outfit: a dark blue shirt and gray trousers. Gongsun Ce realized that he had to buy more clothes, and he could not dress up as before.
It took some time to clean the house with telekinesis. When he opened the door, the sky was almost dark. The setting sun shines on the city in the evening, giving the buildings and trees a layer of orange-red color.
Gongsun Ce stared blankly ahead. The sense of openness he felt after stepping out of the room for a long time made him forget his purpose for a moment and just stood in the corridor speechlessly.
"Hey, are you...Gongsun Ce?! Why are you like this?"
At this time, a slightly familiar greeting came into my ears. Gongsun Ce moved his eyes and saw the gray hair emerging from the stairs. An old woman with a stooped figure was climbing up the stairs with a cane and looking at him suspiciously. Gongsun Ce had an impression of her. She was the old lady Wu who lived in the building next door. She set up a stall selling breakfast downstairs every morning.
"There's no point in wearing the same thing all the time. I want to change my image." Gongsun Ce smiled awkwardly, "Grandma Wu, don't you live next door? Why are you still climbing the stairs?"
"Hey, there's a power outage in our area today. It needs to be repaired all night! There must be another child fighting." The old lady shook her head angrily.
Gongsun Ce understood as soon as he heard this. The entire neighborhood had a power outage, and the cold storage room where the old lady stored ingredients couldn't escape. She hurried to this building, most likely to ask Xiao Zhang upstairs for help - that child just entered junior high school this year, and his super power is to sit on the bench to cool down the air conditioner.
Gongsun Ce nodded: "Shall I send you up?"
"No need! I can still climb stairs at my age."
Like every talkative elderly person, the old lady chatted with him for a long time, talking about everything from clothes and hair color to studies, holidays, and finally the room next to him.
"Did you know that Cao Hong, who used to live next door to you, moved?"
"I haven't noticed yet."
"Just two days ago, all the big and small bags were taken away, and not even the sofa was left behind." The old lady frowned, "That brat doesn't do anything serious every day, so he might use this empty room to trick people again."
"What you said makes sense." Gongsun Ce reminded tactfully, "By the way, you came to my house because..."
"Hey! My freezer! Let's not talk about it anymore!"
The old lady hurried upstairs, and soon she heard the conversation between her and the young man upstairs. Gongsun Ce locked the door, jumped out of the corridor, and slowly floated to the ground.
The power of thought is more convenient at this time.
After a long time of trouble, the air conditioner didn't break down, but there was a power outage. He picked a direction at random and walked aimlessly as if he had completed a mission.
Anyway, there's nothing to do.
There are no tasks. No companions. Nothing has to be done. There is no dream that must be realized.
There is an empty soul in a healthy body. What is the difference between such a person and the walking dead? Alandia wouldn't want to see him like this. But so what? Anyway, people live for themselves.
He began to doubt the meaning of his trip. The eldest brother asked him to come out for a walk to stop him from feeling depressed... But even if he cheered up, what would happen?
The familiar feeling of emptiness came again, rising in my heart. Ultimately, his life is as good as his abilities.
Meaningless.
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I was tired from walking, so I randomly found a strange restaurant to eat.
I went to a convenience store to buy some cold drinks and drank two bottles.
Use your hand to crush the bottle with telekinesis and throw it away.
Dragging my tired body, I walked under the light of the street lamp.
Is he on his way home? Or have you left the Thorny Area? Can't tell...
I don’t know since when, I can’t see the light anymore. You can't see anyone else on the street besides yourself. Had he unknowingly entered a hallucination again?
Faintly, my nose smelled an unusual smell. It looks out of place on the peaceful streets and should not appear in the background.
Yes, Gongsun Ce thought in a daze, he must have seen the past again.
But that's fine, just keep moving forward with the hallucination, maybe you can see more scenes. You will be able to see the reality behind the hallucination and see your own death.
Gongsun Ce quickened his pace and followed the source of the smell. Dark clouds obscured the moonlight, and everything in front of me could not be seen clearly. So he used invisible power as tentacles to sense the road in the darkness.
"call……"
Walking quickly, I unknowingly deviated from the main road and came to an alley. The strange smell is getting stronger and stronger, like rust, right at the end of the narrow alleyway——
At this time, Gongsun Ce stepped into the empty space.
No, that's an illusion. His feet were still stepping on something, but it was not the ground, but something as thin as air and as sticky as mud. The right foot sank deeply into the ground, as if it was swallowed by darkness.
"ah……"
Relying on his eyes that had barely adapted to the darkness, Gongsun Ce observed his feet. There is nothing wrong with perception. The ground turned into a strange sludge-like appearance. Not only the floor, but also the walls, showed distortions like plasticine. The air literally turned into liquid, and breathing felt like being in water. Some kind of wet liquid seeped into the twisted ground, exuding a strong presence and attracting his attention.
Unusual smell. With a rusty smell.
Ominous, the smell of blood.
He slowly raised his head and followed the source of the blood. Dark clouds are drifting and the moon is gradually emerging. As the white light shone down, he gradually saw the whole picture.
Hair. nail. Broken arm. Shredded pieces of meat. Broken bones. Guts spilled in blood.
What was once human life was badly stacked together after death and became indistinguishable pieces of flesh.
The corpse was as horrific as if it had been attacked by a large ferocious beast.
At the forefront of that dark red.
She stood quietly.
"..."
That is, a girl as dark as night.
She wears an ordinary short-sleeved skirt like a schoolgirl, with waterfall-like black hair hanging down her head. In her right hand, which does not look very strong, she holds a long-handled black sword that does not match her body shape.
She stood in front of countless corpses, in a pool of blood, as if she was unaware, with her back turned to the young man who inadvertently broke in. She is obviously a delicate girl, but she blends into this bloody night scene without any sense of disobedience...
It's like a human-shaped ghost, independent of hell.
"you--"
Subconsciously, Gongsun Ce made a sound.
The dark clouds completely dispersed, and she looked back under the bright full moon, turning around among the corpses and the pool of blood. There is no trace of the vitality of a living person on the face as delicate as a doll, exuding a strange temperament like an artificial thing.
No emotions could be felt, no expressions could be seen, only the beauty of the moment and the moonlight were engraved into the young man's mind, making him forget to breathe.
The girl silently raised her left arm.
Then, black lightning occupied the field of vision.
There was a sharp stinging sensation on the side of his neck, as if he had been bitten by a highly venomous snake.
Gongsun Ce lost consciousness.
