Human beings have become accustomed to the sight of "the next morning" never coming again.
This is "Eternal Night".
Many people no longer even have the luxury of expecting to see "dawn" when they open their eyes again.
Never, dawn.
On the top of the Great Engineer Tower, inside the defensive light curtain, Li Kai was alone and set up a coffee table. As the fragrance of tea lingered, he looked into the distance in silence.
The outline of the moonlight was stained with a hint of crimson, and it seemed a bit chilly out of thin air.
As he drank cup after cup of scalding hot tea, Li Kai no longer had any thoughts of "tasting tea" and was just "drinking" it.
In the distance, the dark ruins of the city are faintly illuminated. In every corner, every moment, there are people struggling to survive on the ruins.
The green light was as bright as fireflies in the dark, but Li Kai knew that these "green lights" were what the patrol team needed to be vigilant at all times, because the concentration of green lights represented the density of "alien creatures"
.Once the green light flourishes, it means that the alien beasts will gather into a tide and launch an attack on "Haiting City", one of the last remaining settlements of mankind.
in the dark.
Li Kai put down his tea cup, stood up, and when he turned his head again, the solemnity on his face faded away, replaced by an elegant smile.
"Madam, are you still awake?"
"You still have the nerve to talk to me."
Mrs. Li distressedly put on a coat for her husband to protect him from the cold. The temperature inside the camouflage canopy was pleasant, but outside the canopy, it was a sub-zero winter, and the blood was boiling. When she put on the coat for her husband, her scarred hands inadvertently
Sliding past Li Kai's snow-white temples, Mrs. Li paused for a moment, and after a moment she said softly: "Husband, it's time for you to cut your hair."
"Cut, you can cut it." Li Kai held his wife's scarred hand distressedly, rubbed it back and forth, and then said, "Let's talk about it when we have time."
The couple was silent for a while in the cold wind.
Next to each other, enjoying a precious moment of peace.
"Five years."
Mrs. Li suddenly said something and sighed softly: "It's been five years."
"Yes, before I knew it, it had been five years."
Li Kai echoed.
Ever since Yi Lin took Gaia Fortress and left through the sky.
It's been five years here.
Within five years, Li Kai commanded the Apocalypse Guild and experienced brutal wars with the real Apocalypse Knights.
Countless people died, and the remaining people were struggling to survive under the terrible pressure of the four knights of the apocalypse.
If it weren't for the backup left behind by the president before he left, which inexplicably made the death knights and war knights "one of their own", specifically avoiding the attacks of people from the Apocalypse Guild, Li Kai believed that they wouldn't be able to persist now.
"I wonder how Fatty and Susu are doing now?"
Mrs. Li thought of her good son.
"We must be quarreling every day."
Li Kai returned.
"How could that be possible? It's not like you don't know about your fat boy, but he's being manipulated by Su Su."
Li Kai grinned: "Let me do this, I love my wife."
"Yes, it's up to you, up to you."
Mrs. Li pinched Li Kai with a smile, which seemed to be very forceful, but in fact she was flirting.
suddenly.
clang clang clang clang!
Inside the station, alarm bells rang.
The patrol team looked at the horizon and saw a dark shadow covering the sky and the moon, and quickly informed Li Kai.
When Li Kai was notified, members from different patrol groups sent messages at the same time, which shocked him into grinning.
Several ferocious bone dragons spread their wings and flew high, and boundless shadows covered Haiting City.
"It's the Death Knight!"
"Death Knight sieges the city!"
"Report! The Death Knight is here in person!"
When Li Kai heard about the death knight, he opened his eyes a little and looked into the distance.
Sure enough, it is the death knight's signature mount.
Cute bone dragon.
the other side.
Blood-colored pupils tore through the darkness, and a one-eyed life form with a diameter of several kilometers slowly approached from high in the sky in a way that violated the principles of physics.
"It's the War Knight!"
"It's the War Knight!"
Ordinary members do not know the depth, let alone the secret relationship between the three. Such a terrifying scene made many members of the Apocalypse Guild feel that they were facing a powerful enemy and thought they were facing a catastrophic disaster.
"All members, stick to your posts!"
"Shence Army, follow me out of the city to fight!"
Li Kai hurriedly entered the warehouse and carried a large package, which could not fit in the storage space. He could only carry it behind his back, gave his wife a few words of advice, and left the city brazenly.
Many people in the city looked at Li Kai's heroic fighting figure and secretly wiped away tears.
Li Kai led hundreds of soldiers out of the city.
In the distance I can only see:
War knights, death knights, and Li Kai form a melee.
A mess of light flashed blindly in the sky.
Master Ma stood on the city wall, shaking his head and lowering his head to record.
These are histories that need to be passed down.
[5th year of Tianqi Calendar]
【Eternal Night.】
[Vice president of the Apocalypse Guild, brave and good at fighting, fighting death knights alone, war knights.]
【Heaven and earth crack, thunder and lightning surge.】
[Three parties fought in a chaotic battle. Vice President Li Kai was undaunted by the terrifying offensive of the two knights, and the fight was evenly matched.]
Master Ma narrowed his eyes and wrote embellished for a while, then paused his pen, chuckled, and continued writing:
[It seems like the flames from the Nine Nether Hells, burning everything.]
[The bone dragon spreads its wings in the sky, and the one-eyed war weapon forms an unbreakable wall.]
[Where the flames burned, the aroma of meat wafted out, showing the brutality of the battle.]
…
Li Kai, Gu Tianqing, and Miriam pretended to be fighting for a while, and asked their men to gather around them. They set up a barbecue grill on the ruins, and the aroma of meat wafted out.
"Ah, I suddenly miss a certain guy's craftsmanship."
Merlin rolled up his sleeves and used both hands to conjure up a shot of water and rinse the ingredients.
After Merlin finished speaking, he inadvertently noticed the swords of the war knights clanging on the side, and they were filled with murderous intent silently. Merlin made an ouch and slapped his forehead hard: "Ah, I'm sorry, I talked too much."
Miriam took off her helmet and tied her short blond hair into a bun on the back of her head. Five years had not left many traces on her face.
"I won't take it off for fear of scaring you."
Behind the death knight's visor, there was a hoarse sound, mixed with a "click" sound that seemed to be caused by bone friction. Both Li Kai and Miriam knew why. After becoming a death knight, Gu Tianqing has now become almost a "living dead"
Such a presence, that face has long lost the charm of the past. Revealing his face in such a gloomy atmosphere will frighten the flowers and plants.
"It's embarrassing!"
Li Kai turned the barbecue fork skillfully and imitated Yi Lin's previous movements to start grilling.
After completion.
Miriam ate a chicken in one bite and pouted: "It's not delicious."
The corners of Li Kai's eyes twitched a few times. He looked at the death knight Gu Tianqing, who was covered in black mist, and asked cautiously: "Since you are not here to beg for food, why did you purposely drive the bone dragon to surround my city?"
"three things."
Gu Tianqing looked at Mirien who had eaten a few roast chickens in a blink of an eye, feeling envious and despised at the same time. He himself came here for something, but Mirien simply came to eat after noticing the movement of his "Death Star".
Gu Tianqing moved her eyes away from the bare chicken bones on the floor and began to talk:
"First, the unknown old black man has been acting strangely recently due to unknown instructions from above. I guess you can see the clues by watching the stars every day. He is coming towards Haiting City. Wherever he passes, the plague
If it spreads, no one will survive.”
Li Kai nodded, this matter had already been on the agenda. If Gu Tianqing didn't come, he would hold a defense meeting in advance and prepare to find a way to withstand the Famine Knight's attack again.
"Secondly, the Conquering Knight has been silent in his 'temple' this year and has never bubbled up. Out of curiosity, I gave him a divination."
Li Kai knew the magic of Gu Tianqing's divination and asked quickly.
Gu Tianqing sighed and took out three cards.
Li Kai took a look and took a breath of the fragrant barbecue smell. He saw that the three tarot cards were cruelly cut into pieces of paper, with sharp edges, as if they had been cut open by scissors.
The conclusion is self-evident, something is going on over there.
"As for the third thing, I suspect it is related to 'him'."
When Li Kai heard this, he stood up suddenly and finally opened his eyes. After five years, he did not expect to hear news from the president again.
Gu Tianqing smoothed the slightly curled bangs on her face and let out a hollow laugh: "Hoo hoo ho... I noticed that recently, the gaze they cast on the four of us minions has become fainter. At first, I
I thought they were tired of it, but later I found out they weren't."
"I suspect that it is very possible that there is something outside this world that has attracted their attention, something... that is far more worthy of attention than the 'result' here. Except for him
Apart from the great work, I can't think of other possibilities."
"What about divination?" Li Kai asked tentatively.
"It's beyond the scope of ability." Gu Tianqing spread his hands: "Anyway, I have warned you."
Miriam left reluctantly.
Gu Tianqing turned over and rode on the bone dragon. Before leaving, he hesitated for a moment and turned his back to Li Kai.
"To be honest, I'm tired of these five years. If he doesn't come back, I will end it all in my own way."
Wow.
The shadows covering the sky depart.
Miriam also returned to the Wandering Sea.
Before leaving, Merlin bowed politely to Li Kai and thanked Li Kaiyun for providing precious supplies and feeding his master.
He packed some by the way, and there were still 20,000 mouths waiting to be fed, waiting for him to take takeaways back.
really.
Just as Gu Tianqing said.
The Famine Knight is marching towards Haiting City.
Standing on the top of the tower, Li Kai looked into the distance and saw the uneven surface of the ruins, with a strange green light coming towards this side like a putrid tide.
On the putrid green water, twisted limbs and putrid creatures walk on the green water.
When it was still several kilometers away from Haiting City, all combatants in Haiting City consciously wore gas masks.
Among the four knights of the apocalypse, the one they hate the most is the unknown old black man.
Just fight, and every time you fight, you have to use biological and chemical attacks in advance, especially for low-level attacks.
They still don't know what the unknown old black man's real name is, and they have no interest in it.
There is no prologue, no confrontation, and the war is about to break out.
The human beings had numb expressions and passively stayed in the city, killing the foul-smelling creatures that broke into the outer city fortress.
When some people die, there is no pain on their faces, but a look of relief.
The battle with the Famine Knight lasted for three days.
Different from usual, the four Knights of the Apocalypse were like clocking in at work, hitting each other from time to time, and then running away after they were almost beaten. The purpose seemed to be to weaken the strength of human beings like boiling frogs in warm water. But this time it was different. The unknown old black man couldn't stand it.
What a thrill, even after three days of fighting, there is still no intention of retreating.
In the Haiting City Resident Square, stretchers were filled with injured people. The "healers" with "healing" abilities fell one after another due to exhaustion of their spiritual energy. After being carried away, new "healers" appeared.
"Arrived. However, the intensity of this invasion was far greater than usual, and Li Kai gradually realized that something was wrong.
"Set off a flare!"
Day four.
Li Kai fired the signal bomb heavily, shaking people.
"Damn it!"
Lao Hei suddenly yelled angrily, and a huge twelve-pointed star magic array was being outlined at high speed above his head.
This is an air strike from the Wandering Sea, a "hymn" sung by 20,000 "sisters".
The dense one-eyed army covered the night sky, and Mirien rode a war machine, under the cover of the air of "Hymn", to kill the Famine Knight.
horizon.
The boundless bone dragon is hanging in the air, hesitating, but they have no end.
Gu Tianqing looked down at Miriam holding a dark holy sword, grabbing the unknown old black man and slashing him to death, with no intention of intervening.
He knows very well that the reason "here" has been able to maintain for so long these years is because under the deliberate control of both of them, a "delicate" balance is maintained. Gu Tianqing also intentionally creates this "balance". Once the balance is broken
, they are not happy to see it, and the higher-ups are not happy to see it either.
This year, the attention of the four masters above seemed to be elsewhere. Gu Tianqing, relying on her connections, took the opportunity to find out the inside story of many battles.
He sat quietly on the back of the bone dragon, as if waiting for something.
The unknown old black man looks like he has stretched his hips, but his vitality is extremely tenacious, as if this is the only commendable "advantage" he can show apart from "stinking". As a war knight, Miriam has endless magic power
With the support, her "curry stick" was released at will like a "flat A", destroying the body of the Famine Knight with one sword strike. The Famine Knight could regenerate from the rotten water in a blink of an eye, making Miriam gradually become impatient.
Normally, the Famine Knight would run away when he was hit, but now he seemed to be a different person, unable to run away no matter how hard he hit him. Miriam was ready to take action.
At this time.
On the other side of the sky, the "Conquering Star", which had been silent for a year without any action, suddenly burst into intense light.
Gu Tianqing was shocked and looked in the direction of the Conquering Star. After a moment of astonishment, Gu Tianqing suddenly covered her faceplate and let out a weird laugh: "Hoo hoho - no wonder you haven't moved a muscle this year! It turns out to be...
Just for cheating!"
The shadow behind Gu Tianqing slowly stood up on the back of the bone dragon, and gradually formed another "Gu Tianqing".
The outline of "Shadow Valley Tianqing" vaguely resembles his youth, but the eyes and mouth are white, like three holes, matching the dark shadows, making them appear black and white.
"I'm not going to do it anymore." Gu Tianqing threw the sickle on the bone dragon's back like she was having a bad temper, and lay on her back with a do-it-yourself attitude: "You guys can do it yourselves."
"'Betrayal' is your nature." The shadow sneered strangely: "I can let you 'live' and survive with a new and perfect 'shadow' attitude."
Gu Tianqing chuckled: "Nature? You are wrong. 'Betrayal' is just a slightly darker part of my complex human nature, not my nature."
"You are destined to be with the 'Shadow'."
…
"Click!"
The night sky was like glass, cracked to a point.
…
"Maybe!" Gu Tianqing closed her eyes, turned her palms over, and a tarot card rotated on her fingertips: "In these five years, I've been tired of the 'shadow', and I finally realized my 'nature'. It turns out that
The real me is a gentleman who longs for light."
Shadow's facial features suddenly stiffened.
…
"Click."
Cracks spread out around that point like a spider web, and there was another click, like thunder.
…
"Sometimes, I also hope to bask in the sun, face the sea, and see the flowers blooming in spring."
"Actually, I lied to Li Kai. You know, I always like to make harmless little jokes. Even you don't know that when my cards split, I was not predicting the Conquering Knight, but someone with the dream
'The annoying guy who promised to bring 'dawn' here."
Gu Tianqing smiled tiredly and raised an index finger to her mouth: "Shh... Great Lord of Shadows, listen..."
Shadow Valley Tianqing tilted his neck.
Boom!
The sky suddenly split open, and a stream of blue light penetrated the world.