When Tang Shuxing heard that Qi Mengsheng was in Venice, he began to think that it was unlikely, because Venice had sunk, and almost the entire city was submerged in the sea, and only one of the top of the tallest building was left floating on the sea, and the rest of the building was in the sea, and all the residents of Venice had been evacuated many years ago.

"The reason why he stayed in Venice and why I chose to stay in Skovo is the same reason, because it is a dead city, and there is no one in the dead city, and no one will care about what happens here if there is no zài, and it is relatively much safer." Yao Luxiu explained, "I have already explained some important things, and there are two more things you have to know next, first, among the people in charge of Wuyang, there are Bai Du and Hei Gang who are still alive, they have infiltrated Shangdu in the early years and have been waiting for my instructions, they can help you, and second, from today onwards, you are Artemisia of Bafang." ”

Tang Shuxing was stunned for a moment, and immediately shook his head and said, "I don't accept it." ”

"You have to accept it, in the early years, I and I have already discussed, you are the best candidate for Artemisia and the goods, I hope you can start from here, you can reintegrate the corpse craftsman, this is also my last commission before I die." After Yao Luxiu finished speaking, he summoned Zhu Guoshan, who had been waiting outside the door, "Guoshan, you accompany Tang Shuxing and them to leave, and take them to Venice to find Qi Mengsheng." ”

Zhu Guoshan nodded, turned around and knelt down on one knee towards Tang Shuxing.

Tang Shuxing looked at Yao Luxiu, Yao Luxiu just nodded silently to him, and then lay down with the help of Zhu Guoshan, staring at the ceiling without saying a word.

Tang Shuxing followed Zhu Guoshan to the door, not knowing what to say. He knew that this farewell was an eternal farewell.

"Let's go, if you help yourself, you help me, from the moment I was born in this world, fate is doomed, whether I choose to obey Reinhardt or resist him, I will not end well in the end, but now that I have become like this, I don't regret it, I just did what an ordinary person should do." Yao Luxiu, who was looking at the ceiling, said with a smile. "I finally got my wish and became a real ordinary person."

When going downstairs. Tang Shuxing still heard Yao Luxiu muttering in the upstairs room, not knowing what he was saying, maybe he was praying, maybe he was repenting, in short, it didn't matter what he said now.

Go to the room where there was a culture tank before. Bai Zhanqiu and Na Jincheng, who had been waiting, immediately got up. Zhu Guoshan then stood to the side. Pointing at Tang Shuxing, he said: "This is the next Artemisia, you have to follow him and obey his orders in the future." Of course, the premise is that if you still consider yourself a disciple of the Eight Directions, the rules are no longer important, and if you want to quit the organization, I will not stop you. ”

Bai Zhanqiu and Na Jincheng did not speak, but at this time, Bai Zhanqiu made a surprising move, he, like Zhu Guoshan before, knelt down on one knee and saluted towards Tang Shuxing, and after a little hesitation, Na Jincheng also knelt down on one knee.

For a while, Tang Shuxing didn't know what to say or do, but he just stood there for a long time under Zhu Guoshan's eyes before he spoke: "You guys get up." ”

As soon as Tang Shuxing opened his mouth like this, it was equivalent to admitting his identity, and Zhu Guoshan also had a smile on his face.

Zhu Guoshan took out the pocket watch in his pocket and looked at it, and then said: "It's almost time, you guys are almost rested, we should set off, you should rush to the plane graveyard to meet with others, right?" ”

Tang Shuxing nodded: "We need to rush back to where the helicopter is parked." ”

"It's dangerous to carry oil, there is still a way to go, under this villa, there is a sewer, from the sewer all the way forward, you can go to an underground river, the underground river together with a big river outside, you go down the river, at most five days, you can safely reach the aircraft cemetery, this is the fastest and safest way." Zhu Guoshan took out a hand-drawn map and said, "I have marked the route you are going to take, food and equipment, please take care of yourself." ”

Tang Shuxing took the map and asked curiously, "Senior Zhu, aren't you going to leave with me?" ”

"Artemisia, forgive me." Zhu Guoshan knelt down as he spoke, "I have followed my predecessor Artemisia since I was a child, and I have never left for so many years, he is almost the same as my biological parents, and now that he is going, I can't let him be alone, I have to accompany him, please agree to my last request." ”

Seeing that he was so persistent, Tang Shuxing had to agree, and then began to organize his preparations, pack up his things, and then followed Zhu Guoshan into the basement and left from the excavated underground waterway.

When Zhu Guoshan sent the three of them into the underground waterway, he pointed ahead and said: "You have been moving along the sewer, and when you walk to the underground river according to the instructions on the map, you can see that there is a small boat there, and there is an oil drum next to the small boat, you need to inject gasoline into the small boat by yourself, and the small boat and the spare oil in it can be used for you to move forward at a constant speed for two days, and the rest of the time, you can just drive the boat downstream along the river." ”

"Thank you." Tang Shuxing nodded.

Zhu Guoshan said lightly: "This is what I should do, I have been waiting for this day, after you take over Artemisia, my task will be completely completed, and I should go home." ”

"Home?" Tang Shuxing wondered.

Zhu Guoshan didn't say anything, just turned around and went back to it, and closed the door with his hand.

Tang Shuxing stood there, looking at Bai Zhanqiu and Na Jincheng, the two of them were silent, and then turned to leave.

Tang Shuxing stood in place for a long time, and then followed the two of them slowly walking in the sewer.

After Zhu Guoshan returned to the villa, he took out his pocket watch to look at the time, in his calculations, with the foot strength of the three of them, it would take at least an hour to reach the underground river, so he still had an hour to clean Yao Luxiu's room.

Zhu Guoshan walked into Yao Luxiu's room with a broom and other objects, and began to clean the room silently, carefully wiping the furniture with a rag, while Yao Luxiu on the bed kept staring at the ceiling.

Finally, when Zhu Guoshan was about to finish cleaning, Yao Luxiu said: "Guoshan, it's hard work, why do you bother?" It's over. ”

"Artemisia, even if we're leaving, we have to walk beautifully, don't we?" Zhu Guoshan put the broom at the door, then moved a chair and sat down on the edge of the bed, and took out a book, "Artemisia, do you want to continue listening to the story last time?" ”

"Okay, how much time do we have left?" Yao Luxiu asked with a sideways face.

Zhu Guoshan took out his pocket watch and said, "Ten minutes." ”

"Forget it, I think it's better to be quiet for the remaining ten minutes, we haven't been quiet in our lives, we've been running around calculating, or being calculated." Yao Luxiu smiled, and Zhu Guoshan also smiled.

The two of them lay down and sat quietly, and after ten minutes, Zhu Guoshan raised his pocket watch and said, "Artemisia, it's time." ”

"Let's get started." Yao Luxiu closed his eyes, Zhu Guoshan also closed his eyes, and then took out a walkie-talkie from his waist, and then adjusted the frequency, pressed the launch button, and knelt in front of Yao Luxiu, "Artemisia, thank you." ”

"Thank you, Kokuzen." Yao Luxiu said calmly.

Zhu Guoshan pressed the launch button, and then there was a piercing sound in the walkie-talkie, and then a huge explosion occurred from the basement of the villa, the explosion instantly collapsed the entire villa, and the huge flames also rose instantly, rolling and devouring the villa and the surrounding area, and the explosion began to spread around with the villa as the center point......

In the underground river, Tang Shuxing and the others, who were already sitting in the dinghy, felt the vibration of the ground, and they all understood what was happening, but they didn't know that this explosion would be so terrifying - Zhu Guoshan has been slowly installing high explosives in various key places in the city under the instructions of Yao Luxiu over the years, as long as he presses the launch button of the walkie-talkie, the explosives in the basement will explode after receiving this signal, and the explosion will detonate the high explosives connected to other places, less than half an hour, At least a third of Skovo's area will be engulfed by the explosions, and these are the areas frequented by monsters.

Yao Luxiu said that even if he died, he had to choose a way to atone for his sins, he knew that what he had done was nothing, and he couldn't effectively change the world, but he always had to atone for his sins, and this atonement was repaid without interest, not even one thousandth of the principal.

"You say, how many people are left in the eight directions?" Jin Cheng, who was sitting on the side of the boat, asked in a low voice, but he didn't know whether he was asking Tang Shuxing or Bai Zhanqiu.

Tang Shuxing looked at Bai Zhanqiu, and found that something vaguely flashed in Bai Zhanqiu's eyes, and he thought, maybe this guy is crying, right?

Indeed, Bai Zhanqiu cried, but he was enduring it, but he couldn't help it, from many years, Bai Zhanqiu thought that he had become an emotionless person, until after the battle of the Gu Hunting Ground, he was rescued by Yao Luxiu, in the long years of getting along, some of Yao Luxiu's actions seemed to awaken something in Bai Zhanqiu's heart, so that he, a corpse who was no longer a human being, had some things in his heart that ordinary humans should have.

"I don't know how many people are left in the Bafang, but this matter is no longer important, and I hope that the remaining Bafang disciples will always be kept in the dark and will not be involved in this matter again." Tang Shuxing said lightly, "Sacrifice is enough, isn't it?" The more people involved in this matter, the more people will lose their lives in vain. ”

"Tang Shuxing, what kind of person are you?" Na Jincheng looked at him and said, "You have a black heart and a ruthless hand, but at the same time you are kind, it's too strange." ”

Tang Shuxing counted with his fingers: "Black heart and ruthless hands are necessary means to survive, but the most important thing is that a balance must be found between the two, if the balance is lost, whether it is a person or this world, it will eventually collapse, and the balance cannot be tilted." ”

At this time, Bai Zhanqiu, who had not spoken, took a deep breath and said, "The balance has long been tilted, but I just don't know if it will tilt towards us or Reinhardt in the end." (To be continued......)