Suddenly, the eyes fell into darkness, and panicked shouts came from all around. The figures of the buildings and stairs turned into shadowy monsters in the thick fog. The elevator that was still rising and falling along the vertical track looked like a huge dark bat in the dark night.
Flying past the depths, its back was filled with bloodless people. The harsh and sharp roar seemed like the machine was liberating its own power, and the beast trying to break free was roaring hysterically.
The street lights on the street lit up as night fell, but the old and disrepaired lights reflected a corrupt and heavy green haze, flickering on and off, adding a bit of gloom to the already panicky atmosphere.
and strange. Through these poor-quality lights, Ringer could clearly see the faces of several pedestrians nearby. They were frightened, confused and stunned, and seemed to be a bit unbelievable, as if he had witnessed the most impossible thing happening in the world.
Performed.
Following their gazes, Linge slowly opened his eyes, because he saw that the sun hanging on the dome of the Judgment Church, overlooking the entire Qiyu Port, had disappeared without knowing when.
It dimly extinguished, and now only the outline of its huge lake can be vaguely seen, with a withered yellow halo outlined on the edge, which resembles the dim corona after the sun goes out.
The real sun has not gone out, but for the people of Qiyu Hong Kong, their "sun" has indeed gone out.
Due to the terrain, it is difficult for natural light sources to enter this city built in a dangerous canyon. Therefore, only a small part of the entire Qiyu Port still maintains normal lighting, while other places have been plunged into darkness.
Ringer saw some people bringing up coal lamps, others lighting candles, and they all walked out of the house and looked up. Although the darkness of the world was something close at hand, for these people, it seemed that they still had to see the sun with their own eyes.
Only when it is extinguished can you believe that what you see in front of you is not an illusion.
This is a habit that is rooted in the bone marrow. It has been developed since the Church of Sin took over this city, and it has not changed to this day.
The rotten residual light of inferior street lamps, the ring-shaped halo of kerosene lamps and the flickering flames of candles together raised thousands of flickering sparks over the city, which seemed to alleviate the fear caused by the darkness. Ringer listened
When someone breathed a sigh of relief, they immediately began to ask the people around them: "What on earth happened..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a violent and shocking roar above his head, like the explosion of heavy machinery, which made the whole city tremble. The huge elevator stopped operating, and a rusty water pipe got stuck and cracked.
, all the steel, rivets and gears were whining and groaning in agony.
While others were still panicking, Ringer instinctively sensed something was wrong. Regardless of the reactions of the people around him, he shouted loudly: "Alice, Saint Xalia, where are you?"
"Here!"
Someone in the crowded crowd responded, then jumped up and waved this way.
He was about to catch up, but when he was about to take a step forward, he stopped abruptly because an unpleasant premonition suddenly appeared in his mind. Before becoming a magician, Ringer was not a person who believed in premonitions.
He always felt that people were just scaring him. But in the face of the current situation, he seemed to have no choice but to believe it.
So he did not move forward, but took two steps back. The next moment, something fell from the sky and hit the thick steel plate heavily, making a muffled thump, exactly where Ringer was standing just now. If
If the young man had not chosen to believe that sudden premonition just now, his end might not be much better than the falling object.
What is this?
Lin Ge was thinking, and so were others. So, at the entrances of all shops and houses, people holding coal lamps and candles subconsciously moved their lights closer to this side. With the afterglow of the flames, everyone could see clearly.
The true face of that thing.
It is a humanoid creature.
But not human.
Messy black mane, protruding snout, sharp canine teeth, stiff erect legs, forelimbs longer than the knees, and thick hind limbs... If Ringo recognized it correctly, this should be a werewolf.
It is the kind of monster that often appears together with vampires in folklore. They are mortal enemies of each other. They like to eat raw human flesh and are afraid of silver weapons. They are also a kind of alien species.
His body was covered in scars, including scratches from melee weapons and holes penetrated by bullets. Dark red blood gushes out of the wounds like viscous molten lava, gradually corroding the steel plates laid on the ground.
The sound of chi chi is like lava melting steel.
The surrounding atmosphere seemed to be stagnant for a moment. No one spoke, and the heavy breathing was artificially suppressed. Only the rapid thumping of the heartbeat could be heard, making people feel that the passage of time has lost its meaning, no matter how long it has passed.
It doesn't matter a second or a century. In the intermission of a stage play, it only re-exists at the moment when the actors return to the plot.
A scream suddenly cut through the dead night sky, and also opened the curtain for the performance of the script. All the actors were ready, so the panic could no longer be contained. Along with the scream came fleeing, blind obedience,
Trapped, crowded and trampled, everyone desperately wanted to escape from here. This panic was deeply transmitted to others, so a wave visible to the naked eye formed in an instant, which may even be greater than the tide of sea water under the moonlight.
Even faster, rushing from one side of the narrow street to the other, every weak light is actively rushing towards the dark and deep night, waiting to be swallowed up by the blackest evil.
But the fall of the werewolf corpse was just a sign of disaster. When the panic gradually boiled, explosions were heard one after another. The upper area was shaking violently, which then affected the middle area and lower area located on the same structure.
This led to the further expansion of the disaster. The originally stable steel plates and scaffolding structures began to loosen, the stairs and overpasses connecting the streets and dark alleys disintegrated and collapsed one by one, and the drainage pipe system attached to the bottom of the steel base and the cliff wall broke and fell off one by one.
, the abandoned containers hanging in the slums broke apart in the violent shaking and fell to the ground. The residents who were still inside had to risk jumping to the nearest roof, praying for a miracle to save their lives, even though they lived in this world
I have never enjoyed the beauty of the world, but no matter what...living is always better than dying.
In order to reduce costs, the problems of shaking and loosening were never considered during the construction and planning of the houses in Qiyu Port, because in the designer's knowledge, large-scale disasters such as earthquakes and landslides have never occurred in this area.
It is impossible for forces other than natural disasters to shake this great and solid city, not even tanks or gunboats made by humans, so deliberately considering this aspect is undoubtedly unnecessary.
But if they are still alive now, they will definitely regret seeing this scene and wish to turn back time and go back to the afternoon when the design plan was released. No one can face this situation indifferently, looking at the countless fragile buildings indifferently
It collapsed with a whine like butter, and the speed of collapse was like a fragile sandcastle blocking the face of a storm. The smoke and dust it threw up were even enough to cause a serious haze, making everyone in it difficult to breathe and almost suffocated.
But at this time, no one paid attention to the haze problem. Crowds of people were running back and forth. When they encountered cracks in the streets or collapse of buildings, they immediately rushed in the opposite direction. They looked like chaotic and headless flies. Each one was heavy.
Figures kept falling from the upper area. Among them were the same werewolf corpses as before, as well as fully armed but damaged magic knights... Without exception, they all lost their breath, so every time they fell, they would cause a scream of terror.
Sound.
It seemed that a fierce battle broke out at the top. Linger looked up, glanced hastily, and saw the magic rays passing across the sky, the blue color was like the flickering of meteors.
In the deepest part of the night, a huge wolf head like a mountain was vaguely glimpsed. It was sharp and cold. He opened his huge mouth and bit into the dark steel temple. Like a black hole in his throat, he swallowed it up in an instant and disappeared.
Traces.
The headquarters of the Judgment Holy See, the place of judgment of the Balance of Order, and one of the holy places where religious orders unite, was actually attacked, and swallowed up so easily!?
Ringer couldn't believe what he saw, but he also knew that now was not the time to delve deeper. When the crowd started to move, he was almost trapped in it. Fortunately, he grabbed the lamppost next to him in time to avoid being taken away with him.
In comparison, the situation of Alice and Saint Shalia is much easier, because they are not at the center of the chaos, and they are guided by the thread of fate. Even if the crowds pass by, they will automatically separate to both sides, leaving behind
A strange blank area emerged.
"Ringer!"
Alice finally managed to get to Linger's side with Saint Charlia. Although she didn't understand what happened, she knew that the situation was serious, so she asked directly: "What should we do now?"
What else can be done?
Ringer looked at the chaotic scene on the street and the gradually submerged lights, and replied without hesitation: "Run, don't take the street, let's leave here through the alley."
"Eh..."
Alice made a disappointed sound. She probably felt that this was an event that the protagonist had to participate in, and it was best to turn the tide. But in fact, no one would be the real protagonist in a sudden disaster, so Ringer ignored her thoughts.
, grabbed Saint Xalia’s hand and pulled her towards the nearest dark alley.
"Hey, wait for me!"
Alice hurriedly caught up.
Behind the silhouettes of the three people fleeing, in the deep dark night, under the suspended city of steel and machinery, disaster and chaos are still fermenting and getting worse.