"Yes...... Damn ......"

Weathered Mephistopheles' dark light storm and battered to his body, Nexus fell to the ground, in pain, barely able to get back on his feet, and the colored timer on his chest flickered rapidly.

In the pain, seeing Mephistopheles standing next to him, and hearing Mephistopheles teasing him, Nexus was very annoyed and wanted to stand up.

But just a little bit of movement, the pain became more intense, and it continued to stimulate the nerves.

In agony, and even with a feeling that life was worse than death, Nexus couldn't stand up at all, and could only lie on the ground weakly, confused, and his vision darkened from time to time.

Seeing that Nexus really didn't have the strength to stand up, Mephistopheles sighed and crouched down next to Nexus, his tone relaxed.

"Even in your realm, you're no match for me, and I think you know that very well, but you still want to fight me without any chance of winning, which makes me have to admire your courage."

"That's right, young man, young and vigorous, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and he doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back."

"Closed ...... Shut up! Listening to Mephistopheles' teasing of himself, and looking at his relaxed look, Nexus was furious.

However, no matter how angry he was, the intense pain made him have no strength to stand up, so he could only fall to the ground, staring angrily at Mephistopheles in front of him.

Mephistopheles ignored Nexus' gaze and continued.

"So, let me guess, what is the reason for your desperate efforts? Is it hostility to me out of stance, or do you want to test my full strength? I guess it's a bit of both. ”

"Since you want to test my true strength, then I'll tell you the truth, from the beginning of the battle to the present, I have only used six or seven percent of my strength at most."

"So, if you want to compete with me, you still have a long way to go."

“……”

Knowing that Mephistopheles had only used six or seven percent of his strength in the battle at most, Nexuston's heart sank, and he looked at Mephistopheles who was close at hand, and in a trance, he seemed to see an insurmountable mountain appear in front of him, which overwhelmed him.

"You're now at a glance at the disparity in our strength, and you're speechless, aren't you surprised? Or are you so injured that you can't even speak? ”

Glancing at Nexus, Mephistopheles said flatly and stood up.

"Okay, you've been hurt so badly, so let's end this fight, I'm looking forward to my next showdown with you."

With that, Mephistopheles turned around, and her entire body emitted a faint green glow.

In this light, his figure quickly blurred, and then disappeared without a trace.

Seeing Mephistopheles leaving, although Nexus was very angry and unwilling, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and his tense heart could be relaxed.

After all, he is now seriously injured and has no strength to stand up, so he is afraid that Mephistopheles will take this opportunity to take away his light.

Luckily, Mephistopheles didn't do this, which made Nexus let down his guard and relax his nervousness.

Although the result was a complete defeat, no matter what, the battle was over, and Nexus moved his mind, and the energy core and colored timer on his chest shone brightly

。

The light shone brightly, and the massive body instantly blurred, and finally disappeared.

And with the disappearance of Nexus, the Meta realm also dissipated, revealing the outside world.

In the dark.

On a barren and dead land, overgrown with weeds, Duan Zilian fell there motionless, his face as pale as paper, and his face was covered with sweat and panting.

At the same time, because he felt that his body was torn apart, the pain was unbearable, so his face was still full of painful expressions, and even his facial features were a little distorted in pain, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

In this incomparably intense pain, Duan Zi looked at the starry night sky with pity, his consciousness became more and more blurred, and his eyes were also blackened for a while.

It was really unbearable, Duan Zilian endured the pain, trembled and took out the energy blasting gun, pulled the trigger at the sky, and sent out a beam of light, summoning the wings of stone.

Although this is only a very simple action, it has already used all the power of Duan Zilian.

After successfully sending out a beam of light, Duan Zilian couldn't hold it anymore, her arm fell to the ground, her consciousness fell into darkness completely, and she was seriously injured and unconscious.

……

The next day, Saturday.

Because he had to work in the morning, when it was almost eight o'clock in the morning, Duan Zilian yawned and came out of the room sleepy-eyed.

Ignoring Luo Xinyan and Luo Lingling, who wanted to sleep lazily, he went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face, then made breakfast, changed his clothes, and tidied up his hair a little to make his hair look less messy.

In addition, he deliberately looked at this morning's news, and unexpectedly, there were no relevant reports in this morning's news.

And on the network, there are also no articles and posts about what "a new giant has appeared".

He didn't know if it was because the location of last night's battle was too remote, or if the state deliberately wanted to block the news, in short, there was no information about last night's battle.

Shaking his head, no matter how much, when he was ready, he went to the café downstairs and got ready to get to work.

Maybe he got up early, when he arrived at the café on the first floor, Qin Qiaoyun and Xu Ying hadn't come over yet.

When he was bored, he picked up a broom and a garbage shovel to clean the shop.

After almost ten minutes, Qin Qiaoyun and Xu Ying came over.

"Good morning." Xu Ying smiled and said hello.

"Early." Qin Qiaoyun also said hello simply.

"Well, good morning." Duan Zi replied with pity, seeing that Xu Ying was wearing a loose and conservative light yellow dress today, it was very simple, and there was nothing else.

For girls of this age, there is no need to wear any brand-name clothing, nor do they need to be specially matched according to the style of clothing, as long as they are dressed properly, they can naturally reveal the purity and beauty of the girl.

greeted each other, but Qin Qiaoyun and Xu Ying couldn't help frowning slightly.

Because, although Duan Zilian hid it well, they still noticed it, and Duan Zilian's eyes always had lingering sorrow and a preoccupied look.

Duan Zilian looked preoccupied early in the morning, they were very surprised and very concerned.

After thinking for a while, Xu Ying couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart, and asked the doubts in her heart: "Pity, do you have something on your mind?" ”

"Uh...... No, it's nothing......" Duan Zilian looked at Xu Ying, and glanced at Qin Qiaoyun without leaving a trace

, shook his head, and then took the packed garbage and went outside to throw it away.

After going out, Duan Zi sighed helplessly about the fact that he was not very good at hiding his feelings.

If it's just a few trivial things, it's nothing, he can hide it well.

But if it is something heavy and heavy, he cannot hide it completely, and his thoughts will be revealed in his eyes and expressions, so that others will notice.

But there is nothing he can do, after all, he is still too young, although he has barely stepped into society with half a foot, but there are still many skills he needs to learn.

"Pity this child is always like this, when he encounters difficulties, he holds it in his heart, so it is easy to hold back his illness." After Duan Zilian went out to throw out the garbage, Qin Qiaoyun glanced at it a few times and sighed helplessly.

"Hmm." Xu Ying responded and agreed.

At the same time, she also thought about the reason why Duan Zilian was so worried early in the morning.

Thinking of Duan Zilian going to destroy the alien beast last night, Xu Ying felt that Duan Zilian's heart was like this, and it was basically certain that Duan Zilian must have experienced something last night.

It's just that because Qin Qiaoyun is also here, Duan Zilian didn't say what was on his mind.

Thinking of this, Xu Ying glanced at Qin Qiaoyun, and then went to the lounge to change into work clothes and do some preparations before opening the store.

During this period, Qian Meng, Song Cheng and Li Nan arrived one after another.

As usual, Li Nan almost stepped on the spot, but everyone else was used to it, anyway, it wasn't considered late, so he didn't say anything, and now Qin Qiaoyun didn't even bother to complain.

And after they came, without exception, they noticed Duan Zilian's preoccupied look, so they were very curious and caring.

"Pity, what's wrong? I feel like he's preoccupied......" Several people got together, and Song Cheng said curiously.

Li Nan said categorically: "It's not like, he just looks preoccupied, I don't know what he's thinking about." ”

Qian Meng sighed helplessly: "He is always like this, when he has something on his mind, he holds it in his heart, he doesn't tell others, and he bears it silently...... Sakura, do you know what is on his mind this time? ”

"I don't know." Xu Ying shook her head, but she had already guessed some, but since there were other people present, she couldn't ask Duan Zilian about her heart.

"The way he looks, it's a little uncomfortable to look at, or ...... Brother Nan, go and persuade him, and ask him what is on his mind. Song Cheng proposed.

"Me? Forget it, if he wants to tell me, that's fine, but if he insists on hiding it, I'm not bored. Li Nan spread his hands.

"But it's better to try." Song Cheng said again.

"That's to say, even if you can't ask anything, but you have to persuade it, Brother Nan, you go quickly, you are also a boy, if you persuade him, the effect should be better." Qian Meng pushed Li Nan out.

"Okay, okay, can't I go......" Touching his nose helplessly, Li Nan walked towards Duan Zilian.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Qiaoyun walked over and said, "Okay, don't babble here, it's about to open for business, hurry up and finish the preparations." ”

"Got it, I'll do it right away." Qian Meng and Song Cheng responded in unison, and continued to mop the floor, and wiped the table when it was time to wipe it.

Then, at nine o'clock in the morning, the café opened on time.