Qin Qianbai was running around the half-destroyed city, anxious.
Everything happened so suddenly, and no one was given any time to prepare. A few minutes ago, everyone was still talking about how to spend the weekend and how to improve the design of new weapons. A few minutes later, the entire city of Sky City had a power outage. Almost everyone disappeared for no reason. The red evil spirit moved towards her. Friends stretched out their poisonous hands... but Qiluo, who had always been harmless, was the first to be targeted.
"Don't die, Qiluo."
When you are alive, you can quarrel, vent your anger, and fight over love affairs, but after death, there is nothing. There is no singing, no laughter, and no daily chat. Only the empty seat in the small club makes everyone feel... Uncomfortable.
Thinking of this, Qin Qianbai felt heavy in his heart. The situation was much worse than three years ago. Three years ago, she believed that Ace and herself could defeat all enemies, but this time even Qin Qianbai lost confidence. She made every effort to rush towards the evil battlefield, just to save the most important people from the terrible monster...
At this time, a golden light attracted Qin Qianbai's attention. Something like a thread of power flew over, and the golden light seemed familiar, as if I had seen it not long ago. Qin Qianbai stretched out her hand to grab it, but the object seemed to avoid it consciously and flew towards the center area behind her.
What could that be? Qin Qianbai didn't have time to study it carefully. "Xiao Qian, hurry up!" A fiery red light passed from high in the sky. Qin Qianbai jumped up, grabbed his friend's body, and ran to the battlefield not far away with Caldesia.
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Shigure finally bought time and allowed Chen Baku to fly about a hundred meters with his body.
The dust blast stopped on the damaged street. She looked up into the sky and found that there was really nowhere to escape: the Cangshou District was a strange starry sky, the west side of the Thorn District was rumbling like hell, and there seemed to be two people in the distant sky. They were punching and kicking, and one of them looked like the president in particular. They fought in the direction of Cangshou District and soon got out of Chen Bao's sight.
As for the people around... who knows, there seems to be no pedestrians on the street, who knows where everyone has gone.
For the first time in Chen Bao's life, he felt a sense of powerlessness from within. You roughly understood the situation and wanted to do something, but found that you were powerless in the end. She couldn't even blame Sushou, this guy was still dragged in by her. If he hadn't met him by chance on the street, Sushou would probably have started his day normally...
Then get caught by Aurus or that monster.
"The Cangqiong Capital I know is not like this..." Chen Baodu muttered, "Hey, Skeleton Head, do you have any other ideas?"
Shigure finally dragged the giant down for less than ten seconds, and the result was a thrilling penetrating wound on the apostle's body. Zushou said dejectedly: "There is no chance of winning."
Chen Bao thought to himself, then I can express myself freely.
At this time, Chen Bao was not too nervous. The end of the world was coming before her eyes and she didn't care. She stepped forward menacingly and shouted: "Hey, hey, hey! You say you are an apostle of the gods! Then can you explain to me, a mortal, why you are wreaking havoc here!"
Apostle Aurus actually stopped moving. It looked at the mortals on the ground who were as small as ants, and its voice made the building buzz.
"Permission. It is the duty of the superior to answer your confusion."
"After 20 revolutions at the latest, the world will usher in destined chaos. The eternal war of great beings will eventually start again. The incomplete beings living in the world now have no power to deal with chaos and no reason to calm it down. Considering the interests of the 6.6 billion lives in this world, I will call upon the King of Eternal Order. Your heart is an indispensable resource."
……What is he saying?
The world will be destroyed in 20 years...so what kind of king of eternal order should be summoned?
"You mean, in order to summon something, you have to use our hearts as living sacrifices?" Chen Bao said in disbelief, "Are you going to let me die?"
The giant god made a cold voice. It speaks human language, but carries concepts that humans cannot possess.
"The confusion has been eliminated. You should be able to understand my lofty purpose. Give up meaningless resistance and dedicate your heart and life. This is a great sacrifice and the meaning of your life."
Unbearable.
The dust blast made me want to vomit. On the one hand, it comes from the condescending words of the other party, and on the other hand, it comes from the despicable feeling of realizing that I was once such a scum.
Would she look like this in the eyes of others in the past? This picture of self-righteousness, ignorance of the heights of heaven and earth, and contempt for others with one-sided values? That's so sad. That was so ugly.
"What do you think of life?! In order to prevent a disaster 20 years from now, you have to sacrifice my current life? Sacrifice is a subjective wish!"
Yun Yinglang shouted angrily. Raising your head to face the tall giant is like a fool shouting to a windmill.
"Look at the damage you've caused! The damage your plan has caused to this city!! There are many people living in this city, and there are even good people who are willing to accompany me to change my life! You put all this After everything has been destroyed, do you still have to say something high-minded about thinking about everyone’s interests?!”
It said condescendingly: "True, this is a necessary sacrifice to achieve great things."
The apostle actually argued with her at this moment, and he did not cherish time as much as Aulus thought before. The skeleton head noticed this disobedient performance. He looked up at the usurped giant body and spoke with a sarcastic smile.
"No. Not a sacrifice, not a great deed."
The dead man said disdainfully: "It's just a young man who was afraid of the coming disaster and lost his trust in human beings because of his own powerlessness. So he tried every means to push others to the front and hide himself behind the imaginary gods. Please survive in the apocalypse.
He thought he had a new look and had grown completely, but he didn't know that he was still the same maggot who had his hands removed three years ago. He was unsightly and disgusting. "
The giant said no more.
The Apostle Aurus spoke no more.
Then, the voice of Orus Optimis brought back the hatred belonging to human beings.
“—John Garcia!!!!”
The vast power that was similar to a field and was enough to block space dissipated at this moment. The apostle Orus can use his extreme spirit to unleash power beyond the limits, but Orus, who can feel hatred, is still a mortal! The corpse slapped the dust and he took the lead in running forward: "Send me there!"
"Fuck it well!"
Without saying a word, Chen Bao took out his pistol and fired a round of special ammunition forward. High-frequency sound waves appear along with strong light, and turn into smoke that triggers explosions under the operation of dust explosion. Calculating the appropriate angle, the dust blast blew the body's head away with a single explosion, which also started a series of explosions.
The skeletal head was blown away near the apostle's right foot. As expected, he saw the light rain that erased the space rushing towards him. The force even ignored the dust blast that launched the attack, and only wanted to completely erase him.
This plays into the bones of the head. The apostle Orus who was in a strange state would not make such a stupid mistake...but the self-respecting Orus would do this. Because Aurus has always acted this way, ignoring the people he despises and eradicating the opponents he hates.
Large size also has disadvantages. When a small character comes to the giant, its extremely powerful attack will easily hurt itself. Therefore, the tactic of cutting space was eliminated by Orus, and he only used light rain to attack.
The skull endured the pain and got up, rolling awkwardly on the ground, trying to use the giant's right foot as a cover to block the attack.
"Extremely stupid!"
But Orus's ridicule sounded like thunder, and the space-devouring light bullet circled the giant god's ankle, continuing his flawless pursuit. After all, the skull had never really fought against Orus in this state. He did not expect that these powerful light bullets were also extremely agile and could be mobilized at will.
The skeleton head stood at the feet of the giant god, looking up at the light spots in the sky, as if welcoming a grand meteor shower. He felt that this was a good way to die, and it was loud enough, which was considered grand for a gangster.
But some people don't think so.
He thought this way of death was too cruel and unworthy of the boss of a mafia organization. So he ran with all his strength, using all his strength, even risking his own life. He turned into a blue stream of light in the collapsing ruins, running against the coming destruction. His speed was faster than that of the giant god for a moment. The blue electric light rushed out with the skeletal head, flying away with the purple blast of air, and passed death!
The skeleton fell to the ground, staring at the man's face in shock. The blue-haired man covered his chest with his hands and smiled awkwardly and rudely at him.
"That's so stupid, boss." Badman chuckled, "We're a fucking underworld, why do you stand up and be a hero? Let the devils and the others do something for us, and we little characters have to run away when we need to... …”
"Badman?"
There was a look of surprise mixed with irritation in Sushou's eyes, but as soon as he said a word, his expression turned into fear.
"No." Gushou's voice trembled, "No!!!"
Badman couldn't keep the boss standing, he didn't have the energy left. He saved lives under the majesty of the Supreme Crown, and paid a corresponding price for it.
Badman's body from the chest down completely disappeared, and the space was wiped out by the supreme power. The half body that lost its support fell to the ground, blue blood seeped into the sand and gravel, and inside the tragic wound on the back, the broken heart gradually stopped beating.
"The injury is a bit serious." Badman's voice has never sounded so weak. "It may take some time to regenerate... Don't worry, you made the right bet..."
The corpse head subconsciously raised his head and saw that the explosive cloud of the dust explosion had used this precious time to penetrate into the giant god's wound. An unprecedented violent explosion burst out inside the apostle's body, blowing the huge giant into two pieces.
"Successful!! Successful!!!" Chen Bao went crazy with joy. She fell from the sky and ran over excitedly, "It's really you. When did you hide the ambush?! We win--"
Yun Yinglang saw Gushou and Badman, and her cheers stopped. She covered her mouth and no sound came out.
Won? Victory?
After paying such a high price, only one machine was destroyed. Sushou suddenly thought, is there such a ridiculous victory in this world?
Then he heard the words of Aurus.
That vicious voice made him feel like he was falling into the abyss.
"[Oletros]."
The blind and ugly statue was regenerated, not ten meters tall as before, but as tall as the artificial machine god! The false god's idol was damaged the moment it appeared, breaking into two pieces as if it had exploded from the inside. But the machine god that was destroyed by the dust explosion returned to its original state as if the cause and effect were reversed.
The Apostle Aurus became a mortal, fallible mortal, so that his theosophy could be used again. The opportunity Badman fought for with his life was just gone, and the results they had worked so hard for disappeared so easily, because even the failure itself would become the power of this twisted existence!
Dust Boom fell weakly to the ground. Badman twitched the corners of his mouth and grinned an ugly smile.
"Boss, I can't blame you." Badman comforted, "I tried my best...ha."
The old brother's eyes gradually lost light, and he could not say another sentence. The skull's mind went blank, and he could only hear Aurus in the God of Machines talking nonstop, like a speech or a sermon.
"This is all your fault, John Garcia. If you had voluntarily handed over your heart, Badman Ives would not have lost his life, and you would not have to feel the pain. But this is inevitable. Suffering, because you are human after all, and humans are bound to make mistakes.”
"The world itself is unfortunate! Failure is bound to happen, because flaws and mistakes will always exist! Mistakes must be recognized and flaws must be accepted, so that failure can turn from its consequences into a force for progress!"
Oletros was once again reshaped, with a far more sinister and evil aura than before. Its mouth, which had been stitched together with needlework, split open, and the idol and the apostle spoke together in a desperate duet.
"Look, the power of failure gradually accumulates and becomes a ladder to perfection! This is the power of failure, this is the power of misfortune. Now, you are also embraced by failure. This is the sad fate destined for mankind. And whether I can use this experience of defeat is the fundamental difference between you and me!"
John listened to this truth-telling speech, and somehow found it a bit funny.
What is the power of failure?
Failure is never strength. Failure is not a good thing. If you lose, your results will be gone, your prestige will be gone, your brothers will run away, your confidence will be shaken, and in the worst case scenario, you will lose your life. You look so confident that you understand defeat, but have you ever really lost? Do you know what defeat is?
He tried to use his machine spirit to resist, but his machine spirit was taken away. He saw through the nature of the impermanent law, but there was still no complete solution. He wanted to use words to disturb his mind as a last-ditch effort, but in the end he also cost his brother's life. …
John took out the dagger Shigure finally gave him, his hands trembling uncontrollably.
He was prepared for everything. But he didn't even get a chance to use this preparation, and he was completely defeated. This is the real defeat. All efforts are made, but in the end it is useless.
What bullshit is accepting failure to lead to success? You have too many opportunities to come back to say such nonsense, but the real losers don't even have the opportunity to come back. They died when they failed!
"Do you understand, John Garcia?" Aulus said arrogantly, "Do you understand what the power of the loser is?"
The hand of the machine god passed through the air, and John subconsciously pushed the dust explosion next to him.
Almost at the same time, the earth cracked due to the power of cutting space, and the dust explosion fell over the edge. She luckily escaped death, but the price was that John's body was chopped into two pieces.
"..."
The woman's cry was heard next to her ears, and the remaining fighting spirit gradually dissipated, disappearing from her body along with her strength.
John felt so tired that he couldn't say a word. Those roars and roars were shattered in my heart before they could be turned into words, and scattered like burned ashes.
He thought of that dream and the boy in the dream who disgusted him.
Existence is painful and fate is unfair.
He seemed to be able to understand what the man was saying. That boy must have been an extremely unfortunate person. Otherwise, he would not have such a pessimistic view of the world.
It seems like an illusion, or like a phantom before death. John saw an inconspicuous line emerging from the sand and gravel, extending towards him little by little. It was a small square that was blown nearby by the wind and stood motionless on the ground.
A dice, a dusty dice. As if mocking him, as if scolding him, the dice was just a little away from John's fingertips, just out of his reach.
John Garcia reached forward with all his strength. Ugly, unsightly, but extremely persistent, with the last remaining strength, he moved his body forward an inch.
At the same time as Aulus gestured, John grabbed the dice.
As the next attack comes, John rolls the dice.
The dice rolled to the ground, and random fate came to fruition——
Golden light, representing good luck, falls from the sky.
