When the endless flames of light rushed into the sky, the thick black curtain was torn apart.

All the darkness disappeared in that instant, and the endless vast light was like a dagger, stinging everyone's eyes.

Light and heat were ruined in an instant, and then vanished in an instant.

Only a tragic void remained.

It was as if some monster had bent over, stuck out its neck, and bitten down on the straight edifice. So a huge hemispherical void appeared in the waist of the building.

The bleak sound of the wind blew through the ashes and flew into the night sky through the vast void.

The edifice made to the standard of a military fortress was not broken by the tragic damage that was almost cut in half, and still stood stubbornly on the ground.

The torrential rain fell again, spilling on the walls. Droplets of water dripped down the cracks in the floor, falling into the burning flames.

In the very center of the explosion, every qiē was destroyed and annihilated. Only the terrifying heat has not dissipated, and it still lingers. The burnt floor slabs and walls turned into a crimson, viscous liquid that flowed over the charred walls. They solidified slowly, glowing dry and desperate.

And just above the flames, a charred black granite was suspended in the heat.

The thumb-sized granula still remained in the very center of the explosion, and it was scorched, deteriorated, and rotted in the torture of the flames and heat, and then regrew in an instant. In the end, he began to develop himself by extracting the heat from the air, tenacious and crazy.

It's like demonic flesh and blood.

In a split second it turned into fly ash, in a split second of air pressure it was crushed into meat sauce, and in the burning of flames it turned into char.

But it's still alive. Didn't die.

Right now. It came to life. It's as if it's finally adapting to this hellish environment, transforming itself into a creature that can survive in it, and it begins to expand and multiply......

A sticky stream of blood seeped out of it, like a babbling stream, gushing endlessly from a thumb-sized granulation. The granulation grew under the irrigation of the blood water, turning into a fist-sized fuzzy lump of flesh, and then, throbbing.

That's the heart!

Followed by. Complex veins are like branches of a tree, starting from the heart. First, the coronary circulation is completed, followed by the superior vena cava and inferior vena tendon veins...... A complete body cycle is born. The crimson blood flowed through the blood vessels. Then came the bones, the metal skeletons that had vaporized in an instant in the explosion were re-inspired, converging from all directions and becoming a complete skeleton.

The internal organs began to germinate rapidly, swelled, and grew in their own place.

Eventually, flesh and blood were reassembled from the void and born...... from the thoracic cavity. to the limbs, and finally a bloody face grows.

The blurred face twitched. The broken muscles were healed together and reconstituted into complete tissues, and the nasal cartilage bulged from under the flesh and returned to its place.

In the dark eye hole, two indifferent eyes emerged from the blood water.

Blood poured out of his limbs like a waterfall, regenerating his skin, and at last he landed in a semi-solidified, red-hot fluid. It's like a newborn born from a cruel womb.

Letting the flames burn his body, he bent over, vomited frantically, and let out a faint roar of pain, like a wild beast tearing through his mother's body and bursting out of his abdomen.

"Haha...... Hahaha...... Hahahaha!! ”

The painful voice faded out, replaced by gasping laughter.

Qu Qingyang raised his head and let the cold rain splash on his body.

All the flames were extinguished, and he stood in the ruins, laughing almost madly, as if he wanted to show his self-preservation to the teacher who was already gone.

It's a brilliant joke, enough to bring tears to your eyes.

"You! See? ”

He beat his heart wildly, laughed to the sky, and proclaimed, "I'm alive, I'm dead, and I'm alive again...... You can't kill me! In the past, you couldn't kill you, and it's the same now! ”

He laughed, but his expression froze, and he looked at his hands in a daze: "It turns out ...... So you really want to kill me."

He opened his mouth suddenly, retching in agony, vomiting a shriveled granule of the 'ability armament' that had survived the explosion but had lost all its strength in order to reassemble his body.

The Undead, the King of Monsters, the Immortal, the Emperor, and the Mighty One in the name of such titles - Raspuqing once made a deal on the path of exile.

The other party to the deal is the Flesh Mill, an alchemy workshop known for its evil ways in the alchemy world, which successfully copied Guò's 'immortality' through the medium of Guò's flesh and blood alchemy.

Life is no longer just once, just implant it in the heart, after it is activated...... Nothing could kill him. Even if it is destroyed in an instant, it can be reborn.

In flames, it causes the host to grow heat-resistant carapaces, and in deep water, it allows the host to evolve gills and internal organs that resist water pressure. In the cold vacuum of outer space, it is capable of putting the host into a deep sleep for up to three years......

Qu Qingyang implanted it three years ago, and since then, it has become Qu Qingyang's most secret hole card. Uncle Yun's final self-explosion did not kill him, but instead cut the last shackles for him.

When the retching finally stopped, he looked up and let the rain splash down on his face and into his hollow pupils.

"Sure enough, this is a terrible place, and every time I come back, I always encounter a lot of bad things."

He wiped the filth from the corners of his mouth and showed an animalistic smile: "Sure enough, it's better to erase it from the world." ”

The murmur dissipated in the wind and was swallowed up by the rain.

Silent subordinates gathered around him and handed him new clothes.

Not ashamed of his nakedness, Qu Qingyang slowly and seriously put on his new suit, shirt, trousers, coat, and even the last button was buttoned very seriously.

"It's about the same time, isn't it?"

He asked softly suddenly.

Behind him, a subordinate whose body was half red with blood nodded: "It's been five minutes." ”

"Forget it, after all, you can't pin your hopes on those bystanders...... We play on our own. ”

Qu Qingyang took the pitch-black pistol. Skillfully pull the barrel. He twisted his neck twice. In the crisp sound of knuckle grinding. He gave the order:

"According to the plan, this place will be bulldozed, all the materials will be destroyed, and all the instruments will be smashed for me."

The subordinate nodded: "It has begun." ”

"It's not enough."

Qu Qingyang shook his head: "This night is too dark, I need a little light." Drag all the resisters out and drop them from the highest place, and don't forget to sprinkle them with thermite and light them up - if they like to burn themselves to light up the world, then we'll do them a hand. ”

The subordinate nodded: "Guaranteed completion." ”

"And ......"

Qu Qingyang paused. The pupils lit up with a dark red of burning coal:

"- Find out Qian Lizhen, the old woman, kill her, and lift the body up and erect it in the square, where everyone can see it."

His subordinates laughed in the dark, just like him.

They exhaled a fiery breath on this cold night, which seemed to come from hell and smelled of sulfur.

Behind them, hundreds of heavy iron coffins grew silently from the ground. They were deposited in the shadows of those who were zài, and the seals were unsealed as the time came.

With the call of thunder. Terrifying silhouettes suddenly bulged out from under the iron coffin, and the square shape was rapidly crumbling. Until the end, it was torn into wreckage from the inside out.

It's like the dead coming back to life.

A skeletal hand made of metal protruded from the shards of the coffin, followed by an arm as sharp as a blade, a chest cavity embedded with various weapons and machinery, and a skull branded with the coat of arms of the two-headed vulture.

One hundred and sixty-one metal skeletons rose from the ground, like a combination of human and insect bones, with four arms and a white crown of bones on their heads. Countless patterns that looked like distorted human faces were all over their bones, the souls bound within their bodies.

The alchemists who made them forged them with the ashes of thousands of people, crowned them, and dubbed them the 'Emperor of Bones'. This is a gift that Qu Qingyang has prepared for the city for ten years.

An army of the dead who have returned from hell with him!

"It's nice to see them again. They're just like me and can't wait......"

Bathed in the torrential rain, Qu Qingyang's face was covered with rain, making it difficult to see his expression, but the contours of the rain clearly formed a smile: "Just send the signal out." ”

"Wake up the group of people who still have luck in their hearts from their sweet dreams, and tell them who came here. Let the hesitant rebels understand what the fate is, and tell them that there is no way back. ”

And so, a miserable white light rose into the sky.

It was like a blazing streamer flying from the ground, cracking open as it rose into the sky, carving scars into the clouds like blades. Twisted scars danced wildly, like the wings of a vulture. And the red glow that spreads out at four points is the eyes of the predator.

In the midst of the rainstorm, frost and wind, the two-headed vulture is above all things, and it is here to this stormy magic capital.

The whole world is suffocated-

When Zhou Li saw the fiery red rising from the sky, he didn't have time to fall from the sky to stop this qiē from happening.

It's too late, it's too late, it's too late, because it's already happened.

He stood in the silence of the street, watching in amazement as the distant flame drifted away, the wind and rain bringing the smell of fly ash to him. He knew that Uncle Yun was still there, and he wanted to rush over, but it was too late.

He's dead.

In the midst of the rainstorm, he lowered his head and suddenly became a little depressed. Although Uncle Yun's bastard has been cheating on him all along, the relationship between them may really be a bit of friendship.

He didn't have many friends, but they all died.

So he was sad.

He stopped running, holding his knees on the ground and gasping, the rain pouring down on him, taking away the heat and making him agitated.

In the past, the city was so lively, even at night, it would be brightly lit, but today it seems to be asleep, quietly.

The city is so big and so empty. shouted loudly, but there was a hollow echo.

It's like an empty nest.

He sat wearily on the street corner, leaning against the fire hydrant, rubbing his soaked hair. I want to clear my thoughts. But it's getting messy.

And then. Time stands still-

At that moment, all the sounds were silent.

The sound of the rain was gone.

Zhou Li raised his head and saw the rain falling in the sky stagnating in front of him.

Suspended in the sky, they are the most perfect droplets of water, and when they refract light, they are incredible.

The light and shadow flickered, intertwined, vibrated and made a familiar and indifferent sound.

"Long time no see. You're still so weak. Silent and uncompetitive...... It really makes me sad, are you still not the child I raised? Zhou Li. ”

The old man's voice came, and Zhou Li turned around and saw the illusory scene.

It was a middle-aged man who was already showing his old state, he was holding a black umbrella and standing in the rain, but it was not the rain that fell on the umbrella, but white snowflakes. It's like a reflection projected thousands of miles away, illusory and ethereal.

But when I saw his eyes. He settled down, as if he had become substance. He wears a black suit. Always straight, with mottled white hair that doesn't mess at all, as if ready to go to someone else's funeral at any time.

At the beginning, Zhou Li felt that he had the illusion that time had stopped, but when he saw him, he suddenly realized that this was not an illusion. Reality is what you see.

It sucks.

At this moment, the person Zhou Li least wanted to see appeared here. He really didn't have the strength to deal with this man, because once he showed up, things would take a turn for the worst, and if he didn't face it, it would be even worse.

So he looked at the man in front of him in silence, his eyes were complicated and unfamiliar.

The man also looked at him, as if waiting for a long-lost greeting.

It wasn't until a long time later that Zhou Li made a hoarse voice, "Long time no see." But he stubbornly left the name that belonged to the man between his teeth, clenching it and not letting it break free.

"Yes."

Zhou Jian'an stood in front of him with an umbrella, examining his long-lost son, and nodded after a long time, as if pleased: "You have changed a lot...... It's a pity that it has become more unseemly. ”

"You don't have to worry about it."

"Then be whatever you want." Zhou Jian'an nodded indifferently: "You are so unsuccessful, the rebellious period is long, I have to get used to being your father." ”

"Then I'm really honored."

Zhou Li looked at Zhou Yan'an's face, squeezed out a mocking smile, and said word by word: "It's really touching to have such a good father." It's a pity that my mother is an unblessed woman who doesn't enjoy such generous care from you......"

"Zhou Li, why don't you always learn to be obedient?"

Zhou Jian'an finally looked at him squarely, his expression was still cold and graceful, "Don't mention your mother again." Don't forget who she died for. ”

Zhou Li was silent.

"Silence again? It seems that you will only do this. ”

Zhou Jian'an looked at his gloomy expression, and his tone seemed to be ridiculed, and it seemed to be confused: "After so many years, you still can't see the direction clearly, you can't think about the situation clearly, and all you have in your mind is that set of self-righteous backbone, but you don't know where your confidence comes from." ”

Zhou Li was silent and did not speak.

But Zhou Wei'an was not tolerant, he pressed step by step, and his voice was wrapped around his son's neck like a snake: "I really doubt that Lu Feitie raised you with some kind of mood, he died for this, it's really not worth it." ”

"That's enough."

Zhou Li lowered his head, and the sweet smell of blood spread from his bitten lips.

"What do you say? I didn't hear you. ”

Zhou gradually came closer, leaned over with his ears, and only heard Zhou Li breathing angrily.

"Am I wrong?"

His voice was still indifferent, but cold and sharp: "Actually, you should be grateful to them." You don't know that the two of them took the initiative to die in order to protect you. But it seems that you have never noticed that people close to you have died, including the doctor who sold contraband to you, is it called Fu Ming? ”

"That's enough." Zhou Li shouted hoarsely.

"You like a peaceful life, Zhou Li, so you've been enjoying the comfort they gave you with your life, haven't you?"

The man was well-dressed, but his voice was vicious and cruel: "You are still so naïve, for so many years, you have avoided what you should face, let others pay for you, and enjoy the fruits of other people's sacrifices." Like a ghoul......"

I said. That's enough!!! ”

Zhou Li roared.

An angry fist was thrown. It's fast, like an enraged snake.

Zhou gradually stood still, lowered his indifferent eyes, and looked at the hand that passed through him. He was a phantom, a ghost thousands of miles away, so when he looked at Zhou Li's futility, his eyes were full of ridicule.

"Then let's talk about something else, talk about the city."

The snow on the edge of his umbrella fell, and it fluttered. Covering his eyes.

He made a sound, and Zhou Li's pupils tightened.

"I was the one who sold the fortifications, security plans, and secrets of the relevant departments to the Two-Headed Vulture." His voice was understated: "-In other words, the man surnamed Yun, I killed." ”

"Yes...... You? ”

Zhou Li was stunned, his pupils constricted and dilated.

There were many times, for a moment, he felt the urge to kill this man, but there was nothing he could do. Zhou Li originally felt that he had been completely disappointed in him, but he didn't expect it. Zhou Jian'an has gone crazy to this kind of Cheng dù.

So that impulse appeared again, and a bloody red appeared in Aomori's eyes.

He stared at the man angrily. Hoarseness:

“…… He has nothing to do with you at all. ”

"Perhaps. But I'm curious, what do you think of this city?"

Zhou Jian'an answered the question, he stood beside Zhou Li, and looked at the burning silent city with him:

"Answer my question, Zhou Li, what do you think of him? A tiny matchbox? A giant whirlpool? Or a cold, cold, disgusting grave? Or is it pure indifference, as before, a cold looker, just a simple husk? ”

"It's none of your business."

Zhou Li squeezed out the sound from between his teeth.

"Really? But it's all about you. ”

Zhou Yan'an, stretched out his hand, pointing to this city.

In front of him, the city was like an illusion frozen in amber, half covered in torrential rain and half shrouded in karmic fire. It was once beautiful and huge, but now it is declining, because destruction is coming.

"Did you see that? The guardians of the city are dying, dying in the revenge that began ten years ago.

Coffins were made for everyone here, and they were put on the death list, mercilessly eradicated. So, the city is like a helpless child, crying bitterly. But his protectors are dying......

It takes a long time to build here, but it only takes one night to destroy miè, and perhaps this kind of ruin miè is what more people want. Therefore, when the wall falls down and the fire burns, it is over. ”

Zhou Jian'an looked back at Zhou Li, his tone was as strict and cold as fate, but when he looked at Zhou Li, the fire in the sky was reflected in his pupils, which made Zhou Li feel a certain unease.

"But there are always some people who should stand up, Zhou Li, there should be someone in front of the wave of destruction. This place used to be beautiful, so he had to draw his sword, guard this qiē, and save the hand. ”

The old man smiled, his tone was full of burning blood and heroic looks, it was a noble, meaningless, great complex, but it was this complex that made Zhou Li chill.

It was like a hand stretched out in the dark, cold and strong, grabbing his heart, pressing his lungs and making him unable to breathe.

He looked blankly at this man he had never seen through, he was incredulous, and he was angry and uncontrollable: "You killed him, just to ...... Let me save them? ”

"You finally get it."

Zhou Jian'an laughed, he laughed, full of joy and generosity, but without warmth.

He stood beside Zhou Li and held up an umbrella for him, like a father should do. So the rain and snow were kept outside, and the two of them, father and son, looked side by side, looking at this world frozen by conspiracy-

"Tonight, this is your stage, Zhou Li."

He stretched out his hand and pointed at the city, full of pride: "I have been preparing for so long, and the cities of Nuoda are waiting for your rescue...... How can I let someone who has nothing to do with the big picture take your place?

You've always thought I didn't love you, but that's just an illusion of rebellion. In your future, I have prepared a qiē for you, even your sister does not have a ten-thousandth of what you will get in the future...... You're my son, Zhou Li. I can give you everything.

You just have to stand with me. You'll get the whole world! ”

"You're crazy!"

Zhou Li felt that he was about to be swallowed up by the sense of shame and guilt gushing out of his chest. He was crazy and wanted to stop Zhou Jian'an from talking, and even ...... Killing him, but it was all in vain, he couldn't hurt Zhou Jian'an in the slightest.

"What's wrong with you? Zhou Li. ”

Zhou Yan'an turned his head to look at the crazy young man, and his tone was complicated: "Are you angry for him?" Because he has given you a little bit of trust and seemingly sincere love. Because of a little charity, you draw your sword against me? ”

"--He didn't at least think of using me as a tool!"

"Because he wants to destroy you!"

Zhou Jian'an's cold voice cut off Zhou Li's voice, making his movements stiff.

Zhou Li raised his head and looked at the man in front of him. Zhou Jian'an was also looking at him, his eyes were like an abyss.

He felt that Zhou Jian'an was lying, but there was a voice in his heart that denied it, Zhou Jian'an never lied, and he never deceived the world by deceiving ......

"What did you say?" He asked hoarsely.

Zhou Jian'an reached into his arms, took out a stack of plan texts that should have been sleeping in the safe, and showed them to Zhou Li one by one, displaying sixteen pages of assassination plans.

There are countless possibilities listed above: an ambush in Shangyang, a strong attack in the middle of the sea, and a destruction on the high seas...... Kill him anywhere. Use poison or knives and guns, crowd tactics or strong people to chase and kill. Zhou Li looked at this plan for himself in a daze. It's rigorous, thorough, and almost flawless.

And there is also a dignified and firm signature, which is Uncle Yun.

It's like a hole in my heart, all the anger and strength are gone, and only dazed and frustrated are left......

"Ever since you appeared in his eyes, he's been thinking about how to get rid of you, Zhou Li. You have survived only because of his hesitation and consideration...... Do you feel honored to be treated almost the same as those of the fourth stage ability? ”

"Why?"

Zhou Li took a step back and looked at him coldly: "He never ......"

"Because of his ability, Zhou Li, he has seen your nature and your future."

Zhou gradually whispered in his ear, like a devil: "His ability is to read things like a book, so he feels the variables in this story."

It's an instinct that comes from experience, and he can sense your will and your choices. You are a factor of instability and a scourge. If you let you live, let you grow, let you enter this system, and become the backbone of the relevant departments, you will become more and more terrible like a monster, until one day, you will destroy the qiē that he maintains! ”

"Fart!"

Zhou Li was out of control, he glared at the man angrily, and for the first time said such a foul language: "It's all fart!" ”

"Really?"

Zhou Jian'an laughed, as if he was laughing at a crying child: "Then, Zhou Li, you answer me......"

He looked at his son and asked softly, slowly: "What would you do if one day, the power in your hands could kill Odin at the cost of complete destruction by the relevant departments?" ”

"I ......"

Zhou Li opened his mouth and was about to blurt out the answer, but it stopped abruptly.

A cold emotion rose from my heart and froze the voice.

His voice froze, and he fell silent, but it seemed to dawn on him. Because he understood what choice he would make, he felt sad and ridiculous...... Because that's who he is.

He finally saw his choice, so simple, but so easy that he wanted to veto.

"Face yourself, Zhou Li, you are such a cold and ruthless person."

Zhou Jian'an stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, as if to appease, but his tone was cruel: "I came here to tell you that it's time to give up the delusion of wanting to live a peaceful life, and stop dreaming."

When I first saw you, I understood that you were cursed, and this qiē was destined from the time you were born. Your life is not destined to have that kind of luxury of freedom. ”

Click!

Zhou Li was silent, his eyes lowered, and his finger bones made a crisp sound, as if a crack had opened.

The chasm is filled with offended, stinging anger.

It hurts to the bone.

"Zhou Li, people are born with talents."

A faint voice came from it, not in a hurry. Like the deepest part of the darkness. Devil's Whisper:

"Some people are born with great talent. Radiant. Some people are poor in talent, so they are willing to be mediocre. Some can be poets, others can be farmers.

But you're different, because you're like iron. Something hard or sharp in your heart is cruel or great. That's why I'm looking to you, and I'm going to make you into a weapon blank. Just so that you can be sharp in the future.

You don't understand me, but this is my father's love for you, this world is so cruel, I can only do this to ensure your future ......"

Zhou Jian'an's voice gradually went down, seeping into his heart, constantly echoing:

"I'm sorry to tell you that you were born to destroy something, maybe the world, maybe you. Sorry, I was too blunt. But reality cannot be changed with gentle words or anything. ”-

In the silence, the rain still froze in the sky.

Zhou Jian'an's voice seemed to be swallowed up by the rain. It dissipates.

Zhou Li lowered his head, stepped back step by step, no longer looked at him, and turned to leave.

He didn't want to look back, he didn't want to see this man again, fuck ruined, fuck fate, fuck ...... Fuck it!

But the devil's voice kept lingering in his ears:

"Do you want to escape like this, Zhou Li. Get out of here, run back to your home, and find a woman to seek comfort. In order to escape, you give up the only chance to protect her, so that she will live a humiliating life because of you in the future. And Lu Feitie's daughter, I remember her name was Lu ......"

"Week! Gradually! Quiet!!! ”

Zhou Li's footsteps stopped suddenly, and he turned back angrily: "This is your and my business!" ”

"No, more than that."

In the distance, Zhou Jian'an turned his back to him and shook his head gently, as if sighing: "It's not just between the two of us, Zhou Li, it's the fate that all the capable people in this country will face." ”

The biting chill enveloped him, making him stiff and unable to leave, just as he thought, Zhou Jian'an came, he was always dressed in a black suit, like a crow, just to attend someone else's funeral.

He didn't come here for a wedding feast, but to pay tribute to the city.

Declared dead.

"This is your last chance, if you leave from here, the authorities will be ruined."

He indifferently announced the future, and his voice was soft:

"The guy you just killed is called Walter, Walter. Valente, who had seventeen teammates, like him, died here...... They did not commit a crime, but were imprisoned in an insane asylum without trial, but were imprisoned for life. It's just because I was born with talent.

This is the most commonly used policy for lethal people around the world, with the exception of China.

The relevant department is a weak and incompetent institution, but the capable people are saved by the innocence of Qian Lizhen, a woman.

She dismissed 90 percent of the capable people, maintained the minimum operation of the relevant departments, and carried the pressure of the leaders just so that those people could live an ordinary life...... But she's going to die because of it, because if the authorities were still intact, this would never have happened.

But it's already happened, she's going to die, and then the Foundation will logically enter the country and sort out the mess. An unprecedented and powerful institution would be reborn on the corpses of the authorities concerned.

Then, some of the capable ones will be purged...... Among them, including you. ”

He turned his back to Zhou Li, but Zhou Li only felt that there was an invisible shackle that locked him and couldn't move.

"Ever since you stepped into this city, no, long before you stepped into this city, what you did has been seen by some people. The Ghost has detailed information about you, including what you've done, you've killed Onikiri, you've killed the Two-Headed Vulture, you've killed Arkham Asylum...... The Foundation will not let you a threat this way. ”

"So what?"

"Let me tell you what kind of treatment will happen to a person of ability like you if he is judged to be 'harmful'."

Zhou Jian'an turned his head and looked at him, as if he saw his fate:

"No business, no politics, no citizenship, you will be imprisoned, all your relatives and friends will grow old under the surveillance of Foundation agents, and lose your current one.

If you refuse to be a tool like Walter, then you will be injected regularly every month. Then hemiplegia under side effects. Senescence. Paralysis, dementia, turning into a waste. Thirty years later, drooling at the woman you love, watching her go out to work to support you, and accept the insults and touches of those watchers...... The high morals and bottom lines that you have worked so hard to maintain will be ruthlessly destroyed, and then they will sue you - they don't care. ”

In an indescribable silence. Zhou looked at him as snow fell from the edge of his umbrella.

"Zhou Li, you can only advance, not retreat, just like your sister."

His eyes were quiet and pitying, but they were so high:

"Because you're monsters." ――

In the silence, countless droplets of water were suspended in the air like hedrons, so beautiful and so indifferent. The sounds collided with each other, and the reflections on them rippled faintly.

In the reflection. Zhou Li's angry face gradually distorted and shattered...... It became an empty blank.

"Because they're monsters...... Monster! ”

Angry screams came from somewhere in the darkness of my heart. It was a sad recollection of a long time ago. In the uproar of the crowd, the woman who looked like a madman pointed at their two sisters and brothers, and shouted like a madman:

"Get rid of them! Chase them away!! ”

In the distorted faces of countless people, the young man in filial piety clothes looked at their hideous eyes ignorantly, trembling, and was about to cry.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid......"

My sister hugged him hard, whispered, and stroked his hair, but her tears fell on Zhou Li's face, with a blazing temperature: "Sister will protect you, don't be afraid, don't be afraid even if your mother is gone......"

For five long years after that, like a red-hot soldering iron imprinting a mark on his face, he no longer dared to raise his head to look at other people's faces, because then he would be seen with his unusual eyes, and the two scars that were intertwined as 'monsters'.

It's been so long, Zhou Li thinks he's forgotten about them, but the monster in his heart won't forget. It has been hiding in Zhou Li's heart, silently licking its wounds in the darkest corners, timidly opening its teeth and claws against an indgressor, but there is nothing it can do. It was so weak and afraid of light, it would float quietly every night, and flee in Zhou Li's anger.

Now it's brutally captured again, looking at this cruel world.

Homeless, and with no way to escape-

"Answer the phone, answer the phone, Zhou Li, Zhou Li, Zhou Li, answer the phone."

In the cold silence, Zhou Li heard the sound of the phone, which was the mischievous call of a certain woman. He lowered his head in silence and saw the cracked display of the phone in his hand light up and flicker, again and again.

The phone rings and a missed call. Then it rings again and hangs up again, so that there are two missed calls. And then the third, the fourth......

The phone rang insistently, like some woman persistently pushing him from his lazy afternoon sleep, pulling his face up and showing him the makeup he had just put on.

Li Zijin, a missed call.

Li Zijin, two missed calls.

Li Zijin...... Li Zijin...... Li Zijin...... Li Zijin......

The shattered handwriting seemed to burrow into his heart with the tremor of the phone, constantly vibrating, and uneasy shaking, this was her call, wanting to wake him up from his nightmare.

Zhou Jian'an looked at him, indifferently and indifferently at his struggle, watching him bow his head deeply. The complexion changes, and the voice of the phone is cowardly evaded.

In the end, Zhou Li finally understood that he might not be able to be awakened.

Because it's not a dream, it's the cruel smile of this world.

So, he answered the phone and heard her voice.

"It's too slow, it's too slow! Zhou Li, I'm going to be angry. ”

I haven't seen her for a long time, but her voice is still soft, even if she is slightly angry, it is like a rising mist, ethereal and beautiful: "Where are you?" Ever fooling around outside? To be honest, to be honest. ”

"I ...... at the hotel. ”

Zhou Li noticed his hoarse voice and explained in a low voice: "I have a cold, and my voice is not very good." ”

"Oh." When he explained this, Li Zijin believed it, and soon she remembered her purpose, and her voice was full of worry: "I read the news that Zhonghai has issued a red rainstorm warning again, there is no danger, right?" ”

"Well, it's raining a lot, and it's a little hard to see."

Zhou Li lowered his eyes and muttered softly.

The person on the phone seemed to notice something, she was silent for a long time, and said softly: "Zhou Li, if you feel sad, come back quickly." ”

"Nothing."

Zhou Li smiled, his voice dry: "Don't worry, things here will end soon, I will go back and bring you gifts." ”

As if sensing his silence, she stopped asking.

After a long silence, she whispered on the other end, "I'm fine, don't worry about me, I recently bought a new coffee maker and learned latte art." ”

"Actually, I don't know how to drink, but I've read a lot of books these days, so I shouldn't make jokes......"

Zhou Li whispered something that he didn't know what the hell it was, and he didn't hear what Li Zijin said clearly.

Just hesitated and hesitated, he really wanted to say Zijin, don't care about coffee latte art anymore, Zijin I'm sorry, I have caused you trouble, Zijin I should ...... What should I do?

But he couldn't say it, so he was silent, tore his wounds, and buried the words in his heart.

On the other end of the phone, Lu Xiaoshui and Li Zijin were playing, snatching the phone and saying something to him, and his mechanical answer seemed to make her unhappy again. She sadly dropped the phone and left, Zhou Li wanted to call her back, but she was speechless.

Until finally, he heard Li Zijin's soft whisper, and she said:

"Wait until you get back."

Zhou Li smiled, nodded, and told her in a confident voice:

"Okay."

I'll be back, definitely.

The phone hung up, the voice disappeared, and the smile shattered.

He clenched his phone and felt the last shimmer of warmth pass.

He looked up and saw that in the refraction of countless rain, Zhou Li saw countless reflections, which were all himself.

In the countless reflections, some have gloomy faces, some have cold eyes, some are crazy, some are decadent, some are indifferent, and some are ...... Look up at him.

That was his nature, that was himself, the deepest impulses and desires that flowed in his heart.

"So I'm so hypocritical."

He looked at his heart and laughed softly, but he was relieved:

"But, thankfully—finally, there is no need to be hypocritical."

And so, the smile was torn apart, replaced by some kind of resolute, cold, arrogant look.

A sharp aura brewed from the darkness and rose from the heart, tearing through the water droplets that were in the way, and countless suspended droplets of water shattered in the shock and shattering, turning into a distorted mist that dissipated in this world-

At the end of the long street, black umbrellas seem to keep all the rain and snow out.

The man under the umbrella looked down at him, looking at his expression, with indescribable joy and compassion in his eyes, as if the devil had finally found his kind.

"Long time gone, my son."

He whispered, "After so many years, we meet again. ”

His son looked at him quietly, his eyes were disgusting and indifferent, but Zhou Wei'an was very satisfied, he should be like this, he must be like this, he must be so cold and dirty, cruel and crazy.

Only such people are strong enough.

"Good, what a good boy."

He smiled, "This city is dying, go save her, save yourself, change this qiē." Not for the sake of others, for your own destiny. ”

"I'll go."

Zhou Li looked at him coldly, "Just like you said, go and become a hero." ”

Zhou Wei'an looked at him happily and asked softly, "Even if this is at the expense of other people's sacrifices?" ”

"I'll be at ease."

Zhou Li turned around and walked out of this frozen phantom.

The rain fell from the sky, and he drew his sword and walked towards the burning heavens and the earth. (To be continued......)