Without warning, darkness falls, just as it exists there originally, in the world that everyone can see when they close their eyes.
Since the light will overflow like the tide, then the darkness can naturally surge like the tide, silently spreading through every corner, submerging the physical eyes and souls of living beings. As a result, people as close as the ancient city of Aldes
The two sides fighting fiercely in the ruins, as far as every surviving alien in the underground world, every underground person hiding from the light on the ground, every spider or lizard accustomed to crawling in dark corners... When they came back to their senses...
, there was only darkness in front of me.
These residents of the underground world are accustomed to living in darkness, but it is darkness in the dim light. No matter how remote the corner, there is always a glimmer of light that can be caught by the eyes, giving the senses external stimulation. However, what is in front of you
Darkness is completely different. It is a pure, rich, and irresistible force. It seems to have formed a substantial curtain, firmly covering the face of the world and depriving living beings of the qualifications to observe and recognize. Of course
, it can also be considered that it allowed them to see the essence of the world again, because since ancient times, before the birth of the universe, the original and unchanging thing was darkness.
Gurne, who was ferrying in a series of turbulent underground rivers, suddenly lost the light in front of his eyes. The continuous steep rock walls and the ferry stations with burning torches all disappeared from his eyes.
The platform once provided precious warmth to the residents of the underground world during the most difficult years. The light released by the torches that never rested all night may not only be a signal of arrival at the station, but also full of sincere blessings. However, it is completely missing now.
, as if it once again confirms the truth that the destination of all things is darkness. Just like a torch will be extinguished if it burns to dryness, and a firefly will die if it dances to exhaustion. Without eternal light, even the sun will dim on an unforeseen day.
After death, only the eternal darkness lovingly and selflessly accommodates those things that are extinguished and destroyed.
Gradually, the darkness spread over the cracks in the underground rock formations, over the ruins of the abandoned sewers from King Inver's time, over the sewer pipes and steam valves rebuilt after the steam age, and surged onto the streets and climbed up the walls.
, climbed over the window lattice and began to encroach on the light of the world on earth. All fires will be extinguished like candles in the wind, and all lights will flicker like fireflies and then become silent. So, if you rise to the sky of Lunweiting at this time and look down, you will
You will be surprised to find that in this international metropolis where millions of people live, the darkness is so clear for the first time, as if it is within reach.
The lights and candlelight along the streets are extinguishing one by one, like a dark ocean surging, submerging every house, every street and every passer-by in a hurry. This phenomenon is centered in the Roald district, showing
A very regular radial trend. From a higher perspective, the tide is not spreading very fast, far less than the speed of the city's expansion in the past thousand years. However, for everyone in it, the darkness
The arrival was sudden and without warning.
In the Westminster district, in the mansions of nobles and big businessmen, the gorgeous and elegant gas lights suddenly went out. While criticizing the high charges and poor service of the gas pipeline company, the owner ordered the servants to light candles and kerosene lamps, but nothing happened.
Before the new lights were lit in the mansion, the darkness could not help but feel creepy; in the Cafusun District, researchers from the Royal Astronomical Society used astronomical telescopes to see that the stars all over the universe were disappearing one by one from the familiar star fields.
, as if being eaten away by an invisible black hole, it was clearly summer, but he could not find the light of the constellation Tianshuo, Hoarfrost and the Ancient Knight. He suddenly opened his eyes wide, suspecting that he was witnessing the destruction of the universe with his own eyes;
In the Whitechapel District and the more remote Qixingpan District, homeless people crouched under the street lamps to keep warm, looking desperately at the empty light poles. The only cheap sense of security they could get disappeared the moment the street lights went out.
Survival, as if we have returned to the time when humans still lived in caves thousands of years ago, trembling in the darkness, fearful of the hunters stalking at night, and the cold murderous intent emanating from their dark, unidentified vertical pupils...
What the Lunwetin people feared most thousands of years ago finally happened. They had worried that the group of savages who had left civilization and voluntarily become underground residents would one day rush onto the streets and plunder their wealth and dignity, just like King Inver.
During that time, the northern barbarians crossed the Varyan Great Wall and plundered the granaries and livestock of the ancestors. The city government raided the settlements of the underground people every once in a while, and newspapers criticized the borers living in the city's sewers, and the Lunweiting people from time to time.
Taunting the person you hate the most, "I hope you live in the sewers"... If you can see the scene in front of you, you will find that this fear and worry are not completely unreasonable.
But you can't see anything, there is only darkness.
Neville couldn't see anything either. She couldn't see the fog light-like beams of light radiating from the front of the magic armored vehicle because it had been swallowed up. She couldn't see the searchlight of the airship shining on the bridge.
Pieces of bright light that could blind people fell, because they had been submerged; the outlines of the silver-white military machine soldiers could not be seen clearly in the depths of darkness. The roar of steam engines was faintly heard on the water, but there was a sea of light along the Tewil River.
It is pitch black; even those faint blue light beams that are overflowing from the game console and gradually decomposing the real world into countless strings of 1s and 0s are also intercepted in the dark world. They are like candles.
Like a weak flame, the black tide overflowed and then went out with a puff.
At the same time, the cold and stereotyped female voice sounded in everyone's ears again, but intermittently, as if a part of the machine that was running well suddenly had a problem, causing the entire machine to malfunction——
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With a crisp sound, the cassette was ejected from the game console and fell to the floor of the car.
The next moment, I saw light again.
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On the Central Avenue, the black-haired girl took back her hand, looked at the darkness that came and receded like a tide, and smiled silently: "It seems that Carabosse also took action, and actually used the darkness directly.
Apocalypse? It seems that the guys from the True Spirit Sect are more interesting than expected. Of course——"
She raised her head and looked in the direction of the Indosis Bridge, and the corners of her mouth slowly turned up in a playful arc: "It's still not as interesting as this one."
Just a little bit, she couldn't suppress it anymore, whether it was the mysterious and incredible power or the "seed" trapped in her body. Fortunately, she still won in the end, and the worst case did not happen.
"If Bailong and the others knew that I was taking such a risk, they would definitely have to say a lot of unpleasant things." The girl sighed, and then shook her head: "Forget it, we will consider the rest later. Let's go now.
Meet that interesting guest, I hope you can treat her differently, not because of her identity, but for other reasons, Themis of Heaven."
She took a deep look at the night sky above her head. Her gaze was so profound that people thought she was actually looking at something more distant than that. But the night sky is far enough for humans, and what is more distant than that is
What?
Without leaving anyone any time to think, the black-haired girl withdrew her gaze and disappeared into the street the next moment, leaving the empty night spreading.
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"What, what's going on!?"
Looking at the cassette dropped on the floor of the carriage, Alice was stunned for a while and then screamed in surprise, looking like she couldn't accept it. Not to mention her, even the other companions, including Ringer, expressed surprise.
Looking at this scene, because nothing like this has ever happened before. In everyone's perception, Alice's game console and cassette should be beyond the power of this world and will not be restricted by any rules.
Help them defeat powerful enemies and escape from dangerous situations. Who could have imagined that such an accident would happen at some point?
Alice will lose her chain, but Alice's game console and cassette will not... That's how it should be.
Seeing the surprised looks on everyone's faces, Gloria blinked her eyes. She recognized the cassette because Alice once wanted her to touch the cassette, seemingly to verify something, but she declined. At this time, she saw
Everyone's reaction seemed to be that it was a very important thing. Could it be some kind of powerful holy relic that could help everyone get out of the current predicament?
She asked Ringer curiously: "What happened?"
Before Ringer had time to answer, Alice had picked up the cassette on the ground, unbelievingly inserted it into the slot of the game console, and tried to restart it, but the cold voice still came from the game console.
, and it was intermittent, making people feel that it should be coming from a very far away place, but there was clearly no such feeling before——
She tried over and over again, as if she would never give up if she failed to start the game, until Ringer couldn't stand it anymore and stopped her and said: "Stop trying, Alice."
"But," Alice raised her head, her expression was a little aggrieved, like a child who had her favorite toy taken away. This was the first time Ringer and others saw her showing such an expression, and they couldn't help but feel a little absent-minded for a moment.
I heard her purse her lips and mutter: "The game console can't start..."
Therefore, she is not completely heartless, but she only shows other emotions when it comes to games. For example, when he tried to persuade her to keep the unfinished cassette to deal with various emergencies.
, she misunderstood that he wanted to interfere with her freedom to create games, and she was angry for a while.
It's not that she has a bad personality, it's just that she doesn't look like a normal girl.
Ringer shook his head and threw these absurd thoughts that had nothing to do with the current situation behind him. He said to Alice: "Calm down first. Maybe it's not the problem with the game console, but with the cartridge."
"Eh?" Alice's eyes lit up and she quickly reacted: "Yes, the system prompt just now said that the cassette data was wrong, not the game console, so - I just need to change the cassette!"
As for why the cassette data was wrong, let's leave this kind of problem to be considered later. At least everyone felt that it had something to do with the sudden burst of darkness. Only Ringer had a vague premonition that it seemed that was not the case, but if he wanted
I wanted to give a reason, but I couldn't do it, so I chose to remain silent.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "New cassette, new cassette..." Alice groped around on her body for a while, and finally found that she only had the cassette that she had just developed but not yet activated.
It can be used, because the other cassette of "Sky Track: Behemoth Zero" still requires the presence of Ieta, but Miss Angel is probably still eating snacks in the windmill tower room and admiring the stars. I don't know if she is worried about it.
What our companions will do tonight.
"You mean, you don't need me anymore?" Oveira said quietly. She didn't know why, but she felt a little happy and a little regretful at the same time.
"You useless child, go ahead and play." Alice had always ignored such useless friendly characters. She took out the unactivated cassette and stared at Glo with bright eyes.
Miss Leah looked at it: "I originally wanted to save this trump card for the key plot, but there is no other way. Gloria, you must be the young queen!"
She spoke earnestly, and Gloria tilted her head. Although she didn't understand much, she still guessed the key, because when they first met in the detective agency, Alice made a request in this regard, but she declined it politely:
"You mean, do you need me to touch this cassette?"
"Uh huh huh!"
Talking to a smart person means you don't have to worry. Alice handed the cassette to her directly. The latter didn't take it, but stretched out her long white index finger and gently tapped the bright silver shell of the cassette. She felt a cold chill coming from her fingertips.
The touch of the phone sounded, and then a colder prompt sounded. Although it was still intermittent, it was much clearer——
[ConFIrM...DAta Is BeINg...ENtERinG...(Confirm...data is...entering...)]
Then there was a long period of mechanical noise, like an old clock with rusty gears, rattling, but it was not activated immediately like before. Alice did not panic this time, and quickly guessed the reason: "It seems
The game console is not completely unaffected. At least the network delay has become more serious. It may take a while before the cartridge data is read. But it doesn’t matter, at least——"
She stared directly at Gloria: "You are really the queen of girls!"
The gray-haired girl retracted her fingers, smiled silently, and did not respond.
Leticia pursed her lips and said sarcastically: "But who knows how long it will take to read? Will the enemy give us a chance to kill us?"
After she said this, everyone remembered that there was a large wave of troops from the joint religious orders outside, watching covetously. Although the sound of gunfire had stopped since the carriage was forced to stop, the strange silence made people even more uneasy. Who knew
What is the enemy waiting for? They can't use such a large formation just to surround them and look at them like monkeys, right?
Ringer was about to ask Neville about the situation outside, but at this time, the countess's voice came in advance: "I think maybe you need to come out."
"It seems like some big shot has come and wants to chat with us?"