"What does that mean?"

Li Xiang first looked at the departing backs of the Templar warriors, then turned his head to look at the blue balls of light placed in his defense zone, scratching his head in confusion and muttering.

Yang Qianyu looked thoughtfully at the nearby buildings that also glowed with blue halos under the blue light emitted by the ball of light. After observing for a while, Yang Qianyu suddenly reached out and touched the closest section of the parapet wall, but when he first came into contact with the halo layer from the parapet, there was a feeling of blocking from his fingertips.

Seeing this, a hint of clarity flashed in Yang Qianyu's eyes, and then as if he wanted to confirm, he took out his weapon, the Wuji Long Stick, and smashed it against the parapet.

"Boom!"

After the long stick smashed on the parapet wall of the wooden and stone structure, it actually made a sound of gold and iron, but under such a knock, the parapet wall was still intact, but the blue halo covered by the place where Yang Qianyu swung the stick and struck it rippled.

"What are you doing?" Li Xiang asked after noticing Yang Qianyu's actions.

"Sure enough." Yang Qianyu had already put away his long stick at this time, and looked with interest at the source of the blue light—the rugby-shaped items placed by the Templars that could light up the balls of light. At the same time, he explained to Li Xiang: "This should be what the aborigines used to call 'reinforcement' - these items placed here by the Templar Organization are a kind of equipment that can cover the surrounding buildings and facilities with 'protective shields'. Illuminated by the blue light it emits, the luster reflected on all the buildings in the surrounding area is materialized. ”

"So what you just did was to conduct a test?" When Yang Qianyu said this, Li Xiang also understood what the former's previous behavior meant.

"That's right." Yang Qianyu nodded in acknowledgement, and at the same time pointed to the parapet that was smashed by him with a stick and said, "Although I didn't use all my strength just now, the power I used is not something that a thin wall of wood and stone can withstand. But now you see—there's not even a trace of a knock in the place where I've been smashed. I estimate that if you want to make a gap in such a parapet now, if you use the flat slashing method, a person of my level will have to perform a continuous attack with all his strength for more than ten minutes. Even if you attack with skills, it will take at least a few minutes. ”

"Isn't there a way to break it with one blow?" Li Xiang asked. Yang Qianyu's current strength level is known to him, and the fifth-order Warcraft inheritance is equivalent to the high-level middle or upper rank compared to the aboriginal warriors.

"Yes." Yang Qianyu said: "These shields also have a limit to withstand, I estimate that if you want to reach the level of breaking through the limit with one blow, you must have a strong person above the Holy Rank." Otherwise, you can only fill it with quantity. ”

Li Xiang didn't speak anymore when he heard this—every Saint-level powerhouse was equivalent to a nuclear weapon in the previous world, and a level that was difficult for ordinary people to overcome was as fragile as an eggshell in the face of such a humanoid nuclear bomb.

The arrival of the Templar heralds the beginning of the War of the Demons in this year of darkness. Everyone was taking advantage of the short time before the war began.

The days passed in such a tense and silent atmosphere.

-

Early in the morning, Li Xiang woke up from his sleep, got up, took out a handful of water from the copper basin placed next to the floor and wiped his face to make himself completely awake, but the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense. raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that he was the only one in the entire tent at this time, and Yang Qianyu, who lived in the same tent with him, had an empty bed at the moment.

Seeing this, Li Xiang hurriedly put on the clothes placed at the bedside, lifted the door curtain and walked out of the tent. I saw Yang Qianyu maintaining a posture of straddling his back hands and looking eastward, and at the same time his brows were furrowed, looking worried.

"Old Yang." Li Xiang greeted Yang Qianyu and came to Yang Qianyu's side.

"Oh, good morning." Yang Qianyu turned his head slightly after hearing the movement, and responded after seeing that it was Li Xiang.

Li Xiang continued to ask, "Why did you get up so early?" Is something wrong? ”

Yang Qianyu nodded when he heard this, then raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the east, signaling Li Xiang to take a look.

Li Xiang looked in the direction of Yang Qianyu's finger, and saw that on the horizon where heaven and earth converged in the distance, the sun was slowly rising with red light.

"Isn't it the sunrise? Something is wrong. Li Xiang didn't understand what Yang Qianyu meant by letting him see the sunrise, and asked puzzledly.

"Look closely at the shape of the sun." Yang Qianyu said.

Li Xiang saw that Yang Qianyu said solemnly, so he turned his head to look carefully, and this time he also found something wrong. I saw that there was a not-so-obvious depression at the edge of the big red ball rising in the sky. If it weren't for the fact that the sunlight at this time was not dazzling, it would not have been visible at all.

"This is? Eclipse? Li Xiang muttered to himself in an uncertain tone.

"It seems yes, but it's not quite the same." Yang Qianyu said: "When I first heard the term 'Year of Darkness', I thought it should be related to astronomical phenomena such as solar eclipses. But I don't understand why this eclipse has such a big impact on the indigenous people of this world. So from the beginning of the year of darkness, I watched the changes of the sun every day. It wasn't until this month that I discovered the weirdness. As soon as I entered the month, when I observed the changes in the sun, I noticed the phenomenon of solar eclipses - very subtle solar eclipses, so small that ordinary people would not be able to see them carefully. Then the next day I noticed that the eclipse was still there, and that the eclipse had expanded a little bit more than it had on the first day. Then came the third and fourth days...... It's now the seventh day, and the shadow area of the eclipse is so obvious that ordinary people can see it clearly when the sun is not strong. ”

"Wait a minute!" Li Xiang interrupted Yang Qianyu's description with a look of disbelief. "You mean, it's been the seventh day since the eclipse began?!"

"That's right." Yang Qianyu nodded and admitted: "Before we crossed, although we didn't see the eclipse with our own eyes, we have all seen all kinds of live broadcasts or broadcast reports. You must know that on our earth, the whole process of a solar eclipse lasts no more than ten minutes at most. But in this world, the eclipse has been going on for a week by now – and judging by this, it will continue to be for a long time to come. ”

"How long will that last?" Li Xiang asked.

"This ...... I can't say it well. Yang Qianyu shook his head, then turned his head to look at the other coalition military camps around him, and said in a low voice: "But today, it is estimated that the aborigines will also notice the change of the sun." ”