Friday: 8,000 words, four more, and the third update

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The Guardian is a peculiar being who surpasses all things in the world, and is completely different from all living things in the world. In fact, to some extent, it can also be said that the guardian is the consciousness of the cave blessed land itself. It is a little spirituality that has gradually evolved over the long years.

How long has the Cave Heaven Blessed Land existed? The only thing I know is that a long time ago, Nuwa Niangniang led the clansmen of the Liuli clan to ride the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, across the vast starry sky, and descended on this land. It was then that the history of mankind really began.

However, before the Liuli clan descended on this land, the Cave Heaven Blessed Land had already sailed in the vast starry sky for a long time that surpassed the entire human history. And the derivation of the guardian consciousness is also in the depths of the starry sky.

Over the long years, the Guardians have been able to accumulate and precipitate a vast amount of knowledge. Among them, there are memories of the Shadow Clan.

No one can say for sure where the Shadows come from. The Guardian only remembered that before descending on the Earth, a meteorite suddenly appeared and collided with the Cave as it passed near the area now named the Orion Nebula.

The impact of the meteorite is not a major injury to the cave blessed land. Because the cave blessed land itself has a self-healing function. The real threat comes from the Shadows that accompanied the meteorite.

The shadows have no form of their own. But they have an extremely strong ability to imitate. Able to imitate all living beings they have ever come into contact with. Whether it's appearance, figure, memory, or even skills, all of them can be imitated. And it is guaranteed to be exactly the same as the original owner.

With this special ability, the Shadow Clan secretly infiltrated the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land, disguised as a member of the Liuli clan, and secretly attacked the victims, trying to kill all the Liuli clans, and the magpie's nest dove occupied.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Nuwa Niangniang found out that something was wrong, so she issued an order to the guardians to conduct an emergency investigation. No matter how strong the imitation ability of the Shadow Clan is, the essence of its life is different from that of the Liuli Clan after all. As long as the blood is drawn for testing, the original form will be revealed immediately.

So in the end, after a tragic and bloody killing, almost all the figures were also removed. But at this time, almost one-tenth of the Liuli clan had been murdered.

Just almost, not absolutely. Because within the Shadow Clan, there are also hierarchies. The higher the rank, the stronger the ability to imitate disguise. Even if it is such a thing as changing the blood composition of the body, it may not be impossible for those of the highest level of form. Therefore, for a long time after the investigation was completed, the highest level of vigilance was still maintained within the Cave Heaven Blessed Land. Just to prevent the shadow of the fish that slipped through the net from coming back.

However, the highest level of alert cannot be maintained forever. So after a period of time, the highest level of alert was finally removed and the state returned to normal.

The Liuli clan sailed in the vast sea of stars, and the process was naturally not smooth sailing. However, among the various dangers that the Liuli clan has encountered, the losses caused by the Shadow Clan are undoubtedly the most significant. One tenth of the clansmen also died because of this, which is absolutely unprecedented for the Liuli clan.

Therefore, the hatred and fear of the Liuli clan for the shadow clan can be said to be indescribable in any words. And this memory of hatred and fear has also been faithfully recorded by the Guardians, and occupies a very visible place in the safe deposit box where the memories are stored.

This memory, when the guardian's own consciousness had dissipated, had already been passed on to Cheng Li in the dream void world. Therefore, after Cheng Li heard the word "shadow", he was able to quickly find the relevant information. Even, compared to the snow and smoke that only heard about the shadow from his ancestors, but he had never experienced the killing, Cheng Li's impression of the shadow was even more profound.

However, also according to the memories of the Guardians. Since the Cave Heaven Blessed Land ended its voyage in the vast sea of stars and descended on this land, the Shadow Clan has disappeared and has never appeared again. Perhaps, the tragic slaughter at the beginning has indeed wiped out all the shadows without leaving a place.

The Guardian thinks so. All the rest of the Liuli clan's clansmen also think so. But in fact, they were all wrong. There is at least one other member of the Shadow Clan. It was at this moment that the figure standing within the Sealed Crystal Pillar.

Even, in the dark depths where the sun does not shine, there are more figures crawling, waiting. As soon as they see an opportunity, they will strike decisively and kill the prey they are targeting. Then take their place and live under the sunshine of their dreams.

It's not just the glass family. In fact, all races and all beings in the world, as long as they think that their existence will be completely replaced by others, believe that their reaction is the same, and that is fear. From the deepest part of the soul, the ultimate fear carved into the bone marrow.

Except for Cheng Li and Xue Yanxia, among the people present, even Xiaoqing didn't know much about the origin of the "shadow". But this does not prevent them from feeling fear, disgust, and rejection of the image.

It's a feeling you can't see or touch, but you can feel it clearly. In an instant, almost all the hostility was concentrated and condensed on the figure. It's as strong as substance.

The figure blinked, and suddenly, there was another change in his face. The left half of his face has become Song Shirong's appearance, and the right half of his face has become the appearance of Xue Yanxia. Even the dull tone of speech, which was originally humming, has become sharp and sweet, full of the voice of a daughter's house.

"Always. You, who live in the light, will never allow us to live. Even if we don't even do it, you still hate us and ostracize us for no reason. Why? Aren't we a member of all things in the world, and are not qualified to live in this world?"

Without waiting for an answer, the shadow blinked again. The face changed again. It has become the appearance of worshipping the moon on the left, and the face of a peacock on the right.

"Thankfully, we have not been abandoned by this world, and we have allies. And they are friends of the shadow. So, for the sake of friends......"

The figure blinked for the third time, and the left side of his face changed to the appearance of a middle-aged man with blond hair and a beard. On the right side of his face is a handsome young man. He raised his shield and hammer and roared, "For the sake of your friends, for the right of the shadow to live in the sun, all of you must be killed!"