"Linghai, what exactly is in the void?"
Ain still remembered that at the end of a meeting not long ago, Zhou Li asked Linghai curiously. Linghai didn't hide anything. He thought about it and replied:
"It's nothingness, or how can I say it is void? There is nothing but a black abyss."
Linghai, you are wrong.
The void... is a city.
Ain looked around at the skyline city that surrounded him, his mind going blank.
Under the purple halo, Ain gazed at the beautiful scenery intertwined with silver and light blue. The silver-white tower, the azure simulated sky, the streamlined "shuttle" that no one is using but is still in use, the transmission channels that connect countless buildings across the sky, and the metal birds that fly criss-cross in the sky.
At this time, Ain could no longer use words to describe everything she saw. She was like a low-latitude ant trapped in the circle drawn by a three-dimensional person. But suddenly one day she raised her head and saw the blue and boundless sky. Sky. She didn't know what they were, she couldn't even fathom their existence.
In the huge shock, Ain saw Xiao Ke who had fainted from exhaustion and also saw Kaya who was also looking up at the world.
"Kaya..."
Ain's voice was a little hoarse. She looked at Kaya and asked her, "Where is this...?"
Kaya looked around at everything around her. She was not shocked or confused like Ain. Instead, she found a familiarity in the city that she had never felt before.
She didn't answer Ain, and in a daze, Kaya walked to the sidewalk aside. She bent down and gently intercepted the direction of a cylindrical machine.
"Caracara! Anlia Cleaning brings a tidy urban environment to residents!"
Ain on the side was surprised to find that this little machine made a childish and crisp voice without any magic circle. Kaya stood up and let the little machine continue to clean the deserted streets.
Ain looked around. There were no pedestrians on the neat streets. Those miraculous buildings were shining brightly, but there were no shadows. After the shock, she saw the small machines and shuttles running around on the road. They were still moving wherever there were no people.
Ain helped Xiaoke up and walked to Kaya's side. Kaya looked at everything around her blankly, and the silver light kept passing through her eyes. Everything seemed so familiar, so friendly, yet so strange.
"Is this really void?"
This time, Kaya came back to her senses and heard Ain's inquiry.
A crystal teardrop fell from her purple eyes. Kaya raised her head and looked at the stars and moon in the artificial sky. Her voice was trembling: "This is the void, the real void."
Real...void?
Before the stunned Ain could understand these words, Kaya continued to move forward.
"I can feel Sister Linghai's position, come with me."
Ain was stunned for a moment, but without hesitation, he quickly helped Xiao Ke and followed Kaya. They walked along the sidewalk, crossed the magnetic levitation bridge, and sat on the conveyor belt moving forward on the silver porcelain path between the buildings.
Along the way, Ain saw the city skyline composed of countless strange words, and saw the immature graffiti of children displayed on the sky on a virtual screen. She also saw the delicate flowers arranged by machines in the tree-lined paths, the small wash basins everywhere, the fountains gushing with rainbow water, and the layered walls covered with cards like blessings.
But without exception, Ain did not see any trace of life.
After leaving the shuttle, Ain helped Xiao Ke and Kaya arrive at a station. They walked out of this exquisite station that looked like a work of art and came to a residential building. Kaya seemed to have lived here for several years, walking freely through the building.
After a while, Kaya's footsteps suddenly stopped. In front of her was a two-story building. Next to the silver door unlocked with a fingerprint, a cute little bear sign hangs on it. Ain could see the pink words floating on the small sign, but she didn't know the language.
"Kaya's cabin."
Kaya reached out her hand, gently brushed off the dust-free sign, and softly read the words on it. Ain behind her was silent. Just now, Kaya was shuttled through the city. The familiarity and habits engraved in her bones made her know that Kaya was probably a former resident of this city.
Pressing the fingerprint lock, the door opened, but she did not go in. Kaya just took a deep look at her home, as if she wanted to imprint it completely in her memory. Then, she continued thinking about the depths of the city.
Arriving at a tall tower, Kaya took the two of them onto the elevator. After a light and sensationless ascent, they arrived at a high platform.
At this time, Ain saw the "cancer" in this world.
In fact, Ain couldn't understand what it was, and she didn't know the existence that constructed that kind of thing. But the first impression of the black-purple "mist" covered with ferocious purple thorns and constantly eroding the sky is that of an incurable cancer.
"What's this?"
Kaya on the side knew what Ain was asking. She shook her head and said softly: "I don't know. My memory is very fragmented, but I remember that in the real world, that thing is in the Muqi Republic."
"Muqi?"
Ain felt that the surprise she received today would be unparalleled in her life. She looked at the cancer in the world with a dazed expression. After a while, she spoke:
"In a few days, we are going to Muqi. Don't go alone, I will take you with me."
Kaya turned her head and looked at Ain aside. The indifference in her eyes faded a little, and she nodded slightly, agreeing with Ain's statement.
Then she turned around, and a gate to the void appeared in front of the three of them. When they opened the door, the expected room did not appear. Instead, the three of them appeared in a strange building they had never seen before.
"ah?"
Kaya was also stunned, and Ain on the side was also stunned. Just when the two thought they had gone in the wrong direction and were about to leave, a familiar voice came from the door not far away.
"Send them over, and you'll live. If you don't, they'll all die."
Zhou Li!
Kaya and Ain looked at each other, and then they walked to the door with Xiao Ke who had fallen asleep. Kaya opened the door and saw Zhou Li, Linghai and his party in a conference hall. At this time, Zhou Li was stepping on the chest of an old man with a fierce expression, and Chang Shuo with his right hand was touching the throat of the young man beside him. The white-haired old man wearing the Blue Planet Medal on the side raised his hands slightly, and countless red thin threads wrapped around other people in the hall, firmly controlling them.
The sound of the door opening attracted everyone's attention, and people's eyes focused on the three people. Suddenly, the entire conference room became quiet.
"You're not dead!!!"
