"When I was on the plane, I thought about how I would spend my first night in a foreign country."
Thirty wolf-headed beasts smashed through the ancient building, and fifteen snake-like monsters were crushed to the ground.
The young man in black walked over the corpse of the beast and walked through the smelly blood.
"I think it would be a good idea to strike up a conversation on the street and see if there are any beautiful older sisters with an open personality who can ask for a mobile phone number; or you and your older brother can go find a local restaurant first and try something with a very bad reputation. The delicious food is so unpalatable. The worst thing is that the public security in Superbia is as bad as that in Sky City, so we started working on our business as soon as we landed."
Ahead is a circular square. The greedy and cruel beasts sleep in the open fields, have sex, eat each other, and kill each other. Sharp howls were mixed with heavy breathing, and the fetid wind carried the cries of the dead and injured. The boy's soliloquy should have been insignificant in this chaotic scene, but it was like an alarm bell that attracted the attention of all the beasts. They turned their heads at the same time, casting greedy gazes at the outsiders. Hundreds of ferocious beasts of different shapes rushed over, like violence and ferocity forming a tidal wave.
"But I really didn't expect that Superbia's welcome would be so warm..."
Gongsun Ce raised his hand forward.
"So much so that I had to be killed less than an hour after I landed."
The invisible power of telekinesis was forced out with him as the center, rapidly expanding like a semicircular barrier, lifting up all the ferocious beasts that dared to attack. Gongsun Ce's power created an inviolable realm in the beast tide. All beasts approaching him would be defeated by the invisible power, or even be killed by heavy pressure.
The greedy beasts seem to know no fear, and even if their own kind is killed, none of them will stop. Gongsun Ce's killing work was carried out accurately and quickly. Blood and pieces of flesh flew in the air, but none of them fell on him. Within a minute, the young man was the only living thing in the square, and all the other beasts had turned into corpses.
"You are not afraid of death, guys. If you don't know better, you might think I ate your mother."
Gongsun Ce knelt down and inspected the body beside him. When he did this, his movements were very neat, there was no trace of fear in his eyes, and he even had room for swearing. He was so skillful that he didn't look like a teenager.
He randomly rummaged through the rags on the beasts for a while, but could not find any valuable information. He could only confirm from the torn cloth style that it had once been part of clothing. Gongsun Ce shook his hand, picked up an extinguished torch from the ground, and thought about what these beasts had in common.
"Hungry for light?"
Torches, oil lamps, lanterns, candles... similar lighting sources are found on every beast. They carefully protect the light and fire in their hands, and will never let go even when they come to attack. But this is not logical, because the moon in the sky is so huge that its light alone is enough to light up their dirty path. Gongsun Ce thought about it and could only temporarily deduce that these monsters wanted fire for another reason, just like they wanted to kill him for no reason.
"It's quite fantasy."
Gongsun Ce lit the torch again with a lighter and walked forward holding the torch like a "local". As expected, the cell phone had no signal, and it would be damned if this place could even make calls. He was not panicked at all, because his eldest brother was in the same city as him, and because this place was the capital of the kingdom.
He thought that this might be the City of Shadows that Raquel mentioned. It was estimated that the knights would visit this place every three days as if they were playing a dungeon. Then he can find a conspicuous landmark to wait... Anyway, if the eldest brother and Orianna feel something is wrong, they will definitely come to find him.
Gongsun Ce was still very naive at the moment. He didn't expect that someone would actually lay a trap for him in a foreign country, and he didn't expect that his most trusted elder brother was not omnipotent. He was just walking leisurely in the corrupt city until the ringtone of his cell phone suddenly rang, with a hint of ominous sadness in the suddenness.
The caller was neither Big Brother nor Orianna, and the number was an ever-changing mess of codes. Gongsun Ce answered the phone: "Hello?"
"Hee hee hee."
A teasing laugh came from the microphone, as clear as a silver bell.
Gongsun Ce smiled equally cheerfully: "Hehehe, is it fun to play pranks?"
"Mr. Gongsun, I am a Taoist, not a murderer. I can't get a hobby as heavy as yours."
While Gongsun Ce was dealing with it, he carefully used telekinesis to explore the surrounding environment. Corpses, corpses, corpses, rotting maggots in the flesh, dirty blood seeping from the cracks in the bricks, moldy clothes and plaque, torches and lanterns extinguished in the fog. There are no living things, nothing breathing in sight, but something feels wrong...it feels wrong...
"Is it pleasant? Is it pleasant?" the voice on the phone chattered. Gongsun Ce quickly stepped over the corpses and explored all parts of the square. "Are you happy? Are you happy?" The voice on the phone became louder and louder. Gongsun Ce walked to the corner of the square, the angle formed by two broken gray walls. "Are you happy? Are you happy?" The voice on the phone gradually became rough. Gongsun Ce stared at the empty wall and suddenly turned his head!
The firelight flashed through the misty fog, reflecting illusory shadows in his eyes, reflecting a horrifying and terrifying face! A pale ghost face actually floated behind Gongsun Ce, following him closely as if possessed. The ghost's facial features were distorted and slipped like melted wax, and its strange face seemed to be crying in despair. It was hidden in a gray cloak, and its irregular mouth was still slowly moving, questioning Gongsun Ce:
"Is it pleasant! Is it pleasant!
"
The voice was still coming from the phone, and the person who had spoken to him before was this weird ghost! The power of telekinesis condensed into ten spears, which penetrated the ghost's body with murderous intent. The cloak was rustled by the strong wind, but the ghost seemed not to be affected in any way. It stretched out its claws as soft as wax mud toward Gongsun Ce, and shouted sharply: "Then smile! Smile at me!"
"
"OK."
Gongsun Ce smiled as he was told, and the torch in his left hand suddenly flicked, hitting the ghost's body like a spear!
"No!
"The wax statue-like ghost suddenly cried and flashed back as if it was electrocuted, but the torch flew faster than it. The flames entangled the wailing ghost and tore its body apart cruelly.
"No! No! No!
"
Gongsun Ce grabbed the torch in the air and forced the ghost back to the ground like a cigarette butt, letting it burn blazingly under the pressure of the flames. He got close to the ghost's face, controlled the flames with telekinesis, and drew a smile on the melting face.
The young man grinned: "You're welcome, I'll give you a smile."
The ghost disappeared in the light of the fire, turning into a wisp of gray mist and scattering in the strange world, but the warm flame on the torch was also extinguished, and the fire that lost its heat became as cold as moonlight.
Gongsun Ce straightened up, spread his telekinesis to the entire square, grabbed all the light sources that could illuminate, and lit them one by one with a lighter. Now he knew why the beasts carried the light, but he preferred not to know the reason. There are two completely different creatures living in this weird world, and his telekinesis has no effect on the incorporeal ghost!
"You want both light and fire, so why can't you be nice to the clown?" Gongsun Cedu muttered, "What a pity, Caldesia, you missed the shining theme park..."
Jingle Bell! Jingle Bell! The cell phone rang again, but Gongsun Ce didn't answer it this time. He controlled clusters of lights to form a circle around him, illuminating the mist beside him with the firelight. The dancing light revealed a corner of reality to him. Countless hazy shadows in the gray mist were twisting and twisting, floating towards him together with the mist!
"What a fucking surprise!"
Gongsun Ce put away the fire and ran away. The ghosts in the fog shrieked and followed him, like sharp spikes sticking out of the sea of confusion.
He collected less than 30 light sources, but there were hundreds of ghosts in the fog. Trying to kill them all with this little firelight is simply nonsense. If you don't run away at this moment, something will happen! In a few seconds, Gongsun Ce had already leaped across the square. He crossed the steps and led the ghosts to float to the high platform at the edge of the square. Outside the high platform is a thoroughfare with "people coming and going". Beasts of different shapes are wandering on the street holding lights. However, the height difference between the road and the square is counterintuitively large. At a glance, it is 50 meters. above distance.
Which city would make such a nonsense plan? Is this Shadow Mist just a mess piled up layer by layer? !
But it was obvious that neither this nightmarish world nor the creatures in it were rational. Gongsun Ce looked at the sky and gave up the idea of escape: the sky was full of gray mist, and who knew how many lurking ghosts there were in the sky. .
The pursuers were getting closer and closer, and Gongsun Ce made a decision in seconds. He jumped down, landed in front of the avenue, threw a torch into the sky to illuminate the ghosts who were chasing him, and before the beasts attacked, he shouted in common language: "They are coming!"
The beasts all looked into the sky, and Gongsun Ce was convinced.
But then, those yellow vertical boys turned towards his direction again. Crazy howls resounded across the sky, the beasts locked on the same target, and the surging beast tide and ghostly figures rushed towards the visitor who mistakenly entered the other world!
"You say heresy is more hateful than heresy?!"
Gongsun Ce squeezed out an angry curse from his throat. His adventure failed. He originally thought that the beasts with lights would be hostile to the ghosts, but unexpectedly, the primary target of both monsters turned out to be himself. Does he look so delicious? Each one of them rushed towards me so arrogantly...
It's like he has no temper!
A violent wind that was more piercing than the howling swept through the streets. The invisible sharp blade cut through the bones and muscles, cutting all the predators at the front of the beast tide into smelly flesh and blood. Gongsun Ce threw ten groups of lights and rags into the fog. In the middle, the overturned sparks licked the cloth and turned into a wall of fire, burning the ghosts and letting out howls. For a moment, blood and fire dyed the street red, and the young man in black used his own power to control it all. It doesn't matter if his plan to divert trouble to the east fails, the worst he can do is defeat all his enemies himself!
But Gongsun Ce didn't think one more step, and he didn't have time to think about why the beasts only held a few lights in their hands, but didn't light up a bonfire. Because the fire was so conspicuous, it was like a lamp attracting moths in the dim night. Those truly terrifying creatures will be attracted by this light, and will try their best to extinguish it, or take it for themselves...
Now the fire was so fierce on the main street that it could be seen from two blocks away.
"hiss……"
Gongsun Ce didn't expect so much, but his intuition developed through years of fighting responded. He used his mind power to blast away the beasts. He looked up and found that the mist in the sky was distorted. The blazing fire revealed a funny crying face. As he observed, the face grew larger and larger, and five huge ones appeared next to it. Raised, as if a giant in the fog stretched out its palm toward the ground.
"——What breed are you?!"
Gongsun Ce suddenly felt bad, but only then did he realize what misfortunes never come singly. The chaotic tide of beasts suddenly aroused a bloody light, and a cold black shadow fell from the sky. The shock wave when it landed smashed the beasts into bloody mud. It wore blood-stained black armor and held a long sword made of crystal and stone. The sword killed more than a dozen beasts with just one swing. Bloody crystals spread from their wounds, turning the corpses into transparent statues in less than half a second.
The black knight's eyes intersected with Gongsun Ce's, and the beast's upright figure shone in the slit of the helmet.
"Okay! The strong man is indeed very skilled. I am just a funny clown and not worth your time and friendship, so I will say goodbye to you here!"
"
Gongsun Ce ran away without saying a word. joke! It's okay to have only one big guy. If two bosses come at the same time, one with a weapon will kill him and the other with an item on him will save him. If he doesn't run away, is he waiting to die? ! No matter how loud Mr. Gongsun Ce boasts, he can only be a deputy to assist the dog-headed strategist. To be unparalleled among thousands of armies is the job of a hero in the sky!
"Don't be impatient!" Gongsun Ce struck out with invisible fists repeatedly, knocking the black knight back a few steps, but the fog giant in the sky reached out to attack again. "Calm down the hell! Damn it!
"He didn't care about any further restraints, and turned around and ran away quickly. There were still a bunch of miscellaneous fish behind him, and any further delay would lead to a dead end. Now he could only compete with them in speed.
The dirty and gray street scene flashed by, and Gongsun Ce ran around this shabby place without a clue, with the two things behind him still chasing after him. How much time has passed? three minutes? One minute? He admitted that he was a little panicked because he didn't know how many monsters were hiding in this place and what was waiting for him ahead. The unknown is always the biggest fear, and this is a common truth for people with super powers.
The roads in Shadow Mist City were twisting and unpredictable, sometimes wide and sometimes narrow. Gongsun Ce ran away in fear while avoiding the pursuers. He began to curse himself. He shouldn't be so angry and went out to be quiet. He said that everyone didn't respect him as if he was really capable. It works the same, but it turns out that without his eldest brother, he is a fucking mess!
As he cursed in his heart, Gongsun Ce's eyes lit up, and he realized that he seemed to be running out of the city unknowingly. At the end of the road is a circular open space, in the center of which stands an ancient bell tower. He remembered Orianna's words:
——The inner city contains most of the city's important buildings, including the three sacred bell towers.
The dial on the outside of the clock tower was clearly visible in the distance. The time was actually only 8:58, less than 10 minutes before he finished sending the text message to his elder brother. It's fucking ridiculous, minutes feel like centuries. Gongsun Ce hurriedly ran to the bottom of the "Holy Bell Tower", holding his knees and gasping for air. The Black Knight is no longer in the telekinesis network, and the ghost's slow movement speed should have gotten rid of him... He is probably safe...
Gongsun Ce wiped his sweat and turned around, his heart suddenly hit the bottom.
The fog above the bell tower was as thick as liquid, and among the gray and white, twisted faces were revealed, either crying or laughing. Horrible faces filled the sky, like giants looking out at caged mice.
The bricks in front of the square shattered in the roar, and the black knights followed like meteors. Countless beasts holding crystal weapons stood behind him, like private soldiers led by the knights. The monsters surrounded this area, and the huge number made it impossible to count them in detail. The dark ocean was endless, and there was no end as far as the eye could see.
"……Ha ha."
Gongsun Ce leaned against the wall and sat down weakly. The black knight walked very fast, holding the sword in both hands with meticulous posture, still waiting for his opponent who was about to die. He wanted to say, buddy, you are really a model of a conscientious soldier, I almost have no strength yet you still look up to me so much. But he couldn't say anything witty, he just felt very tired.
There was no escape for him.
The first thing to pierce the body should be the blade of the black knight, followed by the fangs and claws of the wild beasts. The giants are slow to move and may only be able to take a share of the pie and seize some of the remains of the corpse...
His imagination sketched out the coming misery, and he felt unusual joy in his heart. He would eventually be embraced by death. In a corner of his heart, a voice was still shouting unwillingly, roaring at him to stand up and fight. But the voice was too weak, and in reality it only turned into a tear, dripping from the corner of the weak eye.
The sword wind roared, and the sword tip pierced the flesh. He wanted to close his eyes, at least not to die so embarrassingly.
The moment before his vision disappeared, Gongsun Ce saw the light.
"——"
It was a light as clear as jade.
Not as hot as fire, not as cold as the moon. What is reflected on the crystal sword's edge is a spotless glow. The pure white brilliance that transcends fantasy and appears in reality.
There should be sound. The sound of metal and iron, or the wind disturbed by action. However, he heard nothing. All the attention of this body and all the thoughts in this mind were caught and attracted by that light.
The crystal sword that was supposed to take his life was brushed away by the light.
The cold and tough dark knight was torn apart by the light.
The pure white light spreading from the distance silently melted the beast tide and dispersed the fog instantly. There were no beasts in sight, no giants in sight. Only the light converged in front of the field of vision, condensing into a shape that resembled a long sword. He stared hard, trying to see the truth and the appearance of the man holding the sword.
The white light gradually dissipated.
What impressed the young man's eyes was his long hair as white as snow.
She stood quietly a few meters away, her face as cold as a sword. The gray twin boys were as calm as lake water, reflecting his embarrassed appearance.
"——"
She seemed to have said something.
However, the young man failed to understand, and his stiff nerves failed to send that sound into his ears. His world seemed to have stopped at this moment, and all thoughts and actions stopped. Only the two of them existed in the stagnant time, making him stare at her face almost permanently.
Gongsun Ce didn't know what to say.
Failed to stand up, failed to wipe away tears, failed to return to normal thinking, and failed to respond appropriately.
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Subconsciously, the liar boy revealed his true thoughts. The thoughts that are fleeting and yet forever engraved in my heart.
"...It's so beautiful."
