"Is everything an illusion?"
Kobayashi Zongxin felt like he was waking up from a dream, as if everything that had just happened was a dream.
As soon as he finished speaking, Partridge, who had a dull face, let out a scream and rolled and crawled towards the withered corpse.
"This is impossible! What on earth did you do! Why did it become like this?!"
His body tensed, someone grabbed his collar from behind, and at the same time Zhou Jinru's voice came as expected.
"What I see now is reality. I don't know what happened back then. The Eternal City disappeared from reality, and those who survived were affected by the nightmare. I think his original intention was to let you live."
As for what Astar was after Kelsey and others, Zhou Jinru didn't want to ask.
Partridge struggled desperately and shouted: "Absolutely impossible! How could Lord Nightmare die! The Eternal City is a fortress that will never fall! You lied to me! You lied to me!"
"Did I lie to you? Can't you see?"
Zhou Jinru grabbed the old man's clothes and brought him to the mummy. The ugly and ferocious appearance was enough to frighten the timid. The dead man still maintained his original posture, with the rotten bones and dried flesh sticking together. If something went wrong, this would be a nightmare.
"Lord Nightmare! Lord Nightmare!"
Partridge was thrown to the ground. He knelt in front of the stone chair, stretched out his hand, but put it down weakly, sobbing.
Zhou Jinru sighed in his heart. He had discovered it as early as when he met the cavalry team. Everyone was talking to the bones lying on the roadside, and they were still communicating normally.
After entering the city, there were bones everywhere, but no one noticed it. It was not until he was in the astrological platform of the city lord's mansion that he confirmed the source of everything.
The Eternal City, which is between reality and dreams, can be said to be dead or alive. They die in reality and live in dreams.
To be able to achieve this level, one can imagine how powerful the Nightmare's Origin Stone skills are.
Zhou Jinru is different. He cannot be affected by dreams and observes as an outsider.
"The Astar you are looking for is not here. The nightmare said that it was borrowed by Sami's priestess Candice. One is in the extreme south and the other is in the extreme north. Now we are in big trouble."
"It's almost time to go back. We have to return to reality before dawn."
Partridge stood up slowly after crying enough. He looked even older, as if he would fall apart if blown by the wind.
Linlang asked doubtfully: "Before dawn?"
"The power of Lord Nightmare has always existed. When the sun rises, the Eternal City will be hidden in the shadows, and at the same time close the entrance to reality. We will not be able to leave after dawn."
His words made Zhou Jinru frown. Something flashed through his mind, but he never caught it.
Kelsey next to her asked: "Are you sure that the power of nightmares has not faded?"
"Just now is the evidence."
Nightmare not only recognized Partridge, but also told the whereabouts of Astal, and was confused by the arrival of Zhou Jinru and others. In other words, he had never died completely. Physical death was not a problem for Nightmare. end.
"There seems to be something wrong."
Kobayashi Zongxin put his hand on the handle of the knife, with an expression as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and murmured: "It's very depressing. There seem to be many people around, approaching."
Zhou Jinru wanted to open the lighthouse again, but at this moment, a man's deep voice came from the opposite side: "If I were you, I would never do this."
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the withered corpse sitting on the stone chair returned to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was the nightmare he had seen before. He held his head with his right hand and stared at Zhou Jinru with a pair of glowing red eyes.
"I seem to have done something wrong?"
"right."
Zhou Jinru understood, no wonder he felt something was wrong, because the power of the nightmare was always there, the effect of the lighthouse was not long-lasting, and the Origin Stone skills that were temporarily dispelled would soon be overwritten again.
Silver Fox looked at Zhou Jinru and then at Nightmare. His eyes rolled around a few times, wondering what he was thinking.
Performing a nightmare of resurrection from the dead, he stood up, almost at the same height as Zhou Jinru, and said calmly: "In your eyes, I am a dead person, but here, we will gain eternal life."
The surroundings were filled with soldiers holding sharp blades, and countless arrows were aimed at the five of them from all directions.
Nightmare slowly passed Zhou Jinru, stopped, and looked at the gray sky, as if waiting for something.
Kelsey asked: "Is the price of immortality something humans can bear?"
"Guys, I can see what's special about you, and I know what you want Astar to do, but Mr. Mask, I can't see you clearly. You are a strange person."
Nightmare did not answer the question directly, but turned the conversation to other angles: "Originally, you could leave before dawn, but now something unexpected happened. It is about to enter the extreme daylight, which means that the exit passage will be closed for a period of time, making it impossible to enter or exit. You don’t belong here, if you want to leave, you must leave as soon as possible.”
"Because I broke the cycle of day and night, you need to fix the loopholes. Before the blockade is completed, no one can sense the Eternal City anymore."
Nightmare couldn't help but admire: "You are an outsider, but you know this place so well. I am becoming more and more curious about your identity."
Zhou Jinru ignored him and said to everyone: "Let's leave immediately!"
"That's too late."
Linlang whispered.
The ground beneath my feet began to shake slightly, as if something was approaching.
The soldiers surrounding the five people all turned back to look at the horizon, and then quickly left as a team.
Nightmare clasped his hands behind his back: "You come with me, and I will send you away. Outsiders, the purpose of the Eternal City's existence is not to become the goal of adventurers. I thank you for escorting Partridge, but he does not belong here. Take him with you when you leave.”
"Master Nightmare, I have been away from here for a long time and have almost forgotten everything. Just let me stay here. I don't want to leave anymore!"
Partridge smiled flatteringly, trying to convince Nightmare to let him stay.
"Get out, that's an order!"
The old man's smile stuck on his face.
Nightmare walked forward step by step, and the fortress city began to operate like a precision machine. Countless soldiers emerged from every corner and rushed to the city wall. The cavalry gathered and urged the horses under them to run.
"Is there going to be a war here?"
"Yes, this is our war, madam, you asked what the price of eternal life is, and this is the price we pay. The people of the Eternal City are both dead and alive.
We fight and never stop. "
Looking into the distance from the gap in the city wall, there is a dark mass of twisted creatures, evil, ferocious, and terrifying.
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