The whole territory of Kyushu, north of the Northern Regions......

In the deserted 800 miles of forest, sea and snow fields, there is a rustic village.

Scattered wooden houses, the roofs covered with snow that had fallen last night, looked peaceful but dazzling in the afternoon sun. For the snow plain, it was a good day, with sunshine and a light breeze adding warmth to the small village.

However, at this moment, the faces of the villagers in front of the fire ......

Covered with ice.

Most of the people in the village are elderly, and there are children standing next to them.

Surrounded by them were nine young men dressed as hunters.

Five men and four women, some were adjusting the leather armor on their bodies, some were flicking the bowstring to count the arrows, and some were sharpening the hunting knives at their waists;

One of them, a young girl, kneeling on the ground with an old-fashioned bolt rifle on her lap, loaded the bullets one by one with a sophisticated technique.

Listening to the sound of the metal mechanism colliding, the village chief's lips on the side trembled a little.

"Xiaobai."

He staggered forward and said, "While they haven't come yet, you young men go quickly." ”

Behind the village chief, the wrinkled mother-in-law endured her crying, tried her best to stabilize her voice, and persuaded her: "You are still young, there is no need to lose your life for us old immortals." It's just to be a coolie for them, what's the big deal. ”

As she spoke, the mother-in-law looked at the group of elders beside her.

Her eyes, which were a little moist, were faintly relieved at the moment.

It's a relief of resignation.

The mother-in-law continued: "We are originally a group of people who can only work, and we have been doing hard work all our lives, and we have long been used to it. Besides, the gang didn't say what they wanted to do with us, they just took our food and listened to them, hehe......"

"Haven't we all come through like this all our lives?"

She walked to Xiaobai, who was wiping the gun, on crutches, leaned down to hold the well-loaded gun in the girl's hand, and said to her: "Xiaobai, my good boy, just listen to my mother-in-law this time, take these children and go quickly, the farther you go, the better, we old things will block for you." ”

The mother-in-law gritted her teeth, tears appeared in the corners of her eyes, but her voice was low and steady......

"Yes, please!"

"Let's go, don't force yourself with them!"

"If we continue like this, our village will be finished!"

……

The voices of the villagers to dissuade one after another made some young people who were ready to resist hesitate.

However, at this moment, Xiaobai lowered his head and looked at his mother-in-law's hand holding the body of his gun......

An old, almost rotten hand crawling with wrinkles and scars.

She slowly raised her head, looked at her mother-in-law, and smiled.

In the smiling eyes, there is infinite confusion and emptiness.

"Mother-in-law...... Where are we going? ”

Xiaobai looked around a little hesitantly.

"The world has become like this, where else can we go? Even here...... Even such a Jedi can't escape their invasion, I ......"

She wanted to speak, but she stopped.

The atmosphere was extremely heavy, pressing on everyone's hearts, as if the sky was about to fall.

…… Right now.

Not far away, there was the creak of a door being slammed.

The sound of heavy leather boots trampling on the planks was heard immediately, which was particularly harsh in the quiet village at this moment, and attracted everyone's attention.

At the end of the line of sight was a young man with a straight suit and a gentle face.

A person who does not tolerate this place at all.

Dressed in a dark brown suede jacket with a fibre tactical tights underneath, the gun holster strap hidden inside the suit can be faintly seen; Wearing a multi-functional tactical belt at his waist, he comes with a tool bag and a saber, and under a pair of washed slim-fit jeans is a pair of handmade leather boots.

There seems to be a world of difference between them and the young people dressed as hunters in the snow, which is hundreds of years apart.

Xiaobai, who was originally a little distracted, seemed to glow with a new glow after seeing this young man.

She patted her mother-in-law's hand, which was still on her gun, and then walked quickly to the young man, looking at him with hope in her eyes.

The young man smiled gently and met her eyes.

After a while, Xiaobai turned around and shouted to everyone in a resolute tone: "Besides, we may not lose, because we have him, the legendary 'savior'." ”

Hearing these three words, most of the elders still looked the same, but some of the young juniors had a long-lost brilliance in their eyes.

In recent years, the entire world has been torn apart by the invasion of otherworldly forces, and no place has been spared. However, some popular legends have recently circulated in some places, probably about the deeds of a mysterious person who fought against otherworldly forces and saved the local residents.

It's like these three words represent hope.

Xiao Baiqi's voice was like a bell, and he continued: "Legend has it that the 'Savior' can seize the power of another world and compete with those 'sub-people' who invade us, he walks all over the world to help mankind resist the clutches of those monsters, so that we will no longer be slaughtered and enslaved by them, and is a hero who protects us!" ”

She turned to the mild-faced young man, her eyes full of reverence.

The young man smiled, stretched out his palm, stroked the top of Xiaobai's head, and then took Xiaobai's hand and led her slowly to the middle of the crowd.

He looked around, and then said leisurely: "Xiaobai is right, as long as you don't fall into despair completely, then there will be hope." ”

His voice was gentle and deep, and this sentence was like a reassuring pill, relieving some of the apprehensions in everyone's hearts.

Immediately, he whispered to Xiaobai: "If people have no hope, there is nothing." ”

Feeling the breath of the 'savior' in his ear, Xiaobai's cheeks flushed slightly red.

And after he appeared, the flame of hope that had long since faded gradually ignited a new flame in the hearts of some villagers.

But...... Right in the next moment......

A cacophony of footsteps in the distance almost extinguished the flame.

……

"Snow ...... Snow Elves! ”

"They're coming!"

Someone shouted out of voice, which made the villagers panic.

In the distance, close to forty or fifty armed warriors dressed in snow-white animal skins stepped on the snow.

Among them were men and women, men were tall and burly, or lean and straight; Women have skin like snow and a good figure. However, both men and women all hold cold weapons of different shapes in their hands, including long knives that shine with cold rays, strong and delicate bows and arrows, and even staff with strange shapes.

The difference in numbers, the difference in physique, the gap in equipment......

Even a child can see that the strength of both sides is not in the same dimension at all.

Despair spread to the bottom of my heart again.

Xiaobai clenched the handle of the gun, and she could clearly feel that her heart was almost jumping out.

The rest of the armed young men began to tremble with their hands and feet, and their foreheads were covered with beads of sweat in this icy and snowy place of minus twenty or thirty degrees.

Unexpectedly, those old men and sporadic children were very calm and did not react unexpectedly.

And the 'savior', his eyes were slightly open, watching the imposing snow elf invaders slowly approach, and his expression did not have any waves.

No one knew what he was thinking.

……

The snow elves looked at the villagers as if they were looking at a group of prey to be slaughtered;

The young hunters, dressed in rudimentary arms, had long been mired in fear.

At this time, Xiao Bai took a deep breath and stepped forward in front of them, one person and one shot, facing this group of powerful invaders;

Face the leader of this group of snow elves......

A man in a black cotton jacket, carrying a broken box, and smiling with an abominable smile......

Glasses man.

A shameful human who once ate and drank in their village, but after leaving, exposed the location of the village to the snow elves!

Regret, hatred, incomprehension......

Looking at the cheap-looking person in front of him, these emotions spread in Xiaobai's heart.

……

"Hey, I said ......"

"Why are you looking at me like that? Did you miss me after only a few days of not seeing me? ”

The man with glasses sneered and looked at Xiao Bai with an angry face playfully.

Without waiting for her to have a seizure, the man with glasses continued: "I know what you have to say, but I don't want to listen to your nonsense, three days are up, and it should be almost time to pack up and prepare, and the elf lord is also benevolent to you." ”

As he spoke, he took off his glasses and wiped them with his clothes.

"It's not about letting you die, but giving you wastes a chance to create value and serve our great Snow Elf Lords. Not only will you be able to eat and live, but you will also be equipped with microchips in your central nervous system, and when the time comes, ...... The micro-sensing current allows the body to secrete dopamine and endorphins infinitely, and you can always enjoy endless happiness and happiness. ”

The man in glasses spoke eloquently, looking like a missionary who preached truthfulness, kindness and beauty.

"Shut up, you bastard!"

Xiaobai was furious to the extreme, and roared: "Shameless! This is clearly naked slavery, so that we lose our free will, and we are completely controlled by you, both physically and mentally, and we will always be your slaves, and we will work until we die without feeling. ”

Her eyes were bloodshot, and she burst into tears.

"We're not going to sit still!"

But hearing this, the mocking smile of the glasses man became even stronger.

He saw the young man next to Xiaobai and laughed, "Oh? In just a few days, I even hired a helper. ”

After looking him up and down, he put away his cynical attitude a little, and said in an unkind tone: "It doesn't look like an ordinary person...... But nosy people don't live long. ”

Hearing this, the young man who was called the "savior" by Xiaobai only snorted lightly;

The expression is still like an ancient well.

Compared with him, Xiaobai became more and more excited.

She exclaimed, "He's the 'savior'!" ”

When the man with glasses heard this, his expression suddenly became strange and exciting.

Even the group of snow elves behind him had some voices floating.

Xiaobai gritted his teeth and tried his best to stabilize his voice and said, "You didn't expect that the legendary hero would come to our place and bring us hope for survival. You probably wouldn't have thought that we wouldn't give in, we would resist! ”

She subconsciously reached out and grabbed the arm of the young man next to her.

"As long as we don't despair, there is hope, and you are our hope! I believe in you, we all believe in you, we believe in you to save our village, defeat these invaders, and then expel these 'sub-people' from our world, so that the world will return to its former state, so that we will no longer have to live in danger and fear. ”

As she spoke, she began to speak incoherently, and countless memories and complex emotions flooded over her mind.

The "savior" who was held by the hand looked at Xiaobai with the rest of his eyes.

He sighed slightly, and then gently covered Xiaobai's hand with his other hand.

"Xiaobai, you have been working so hard, it is really touching."

The young man's voice was gentle. More gentle than before.

"But, I'm sorry."

He said in Xiaobai's ear again.

After a pause, Xiaobai looked at the young man suspiciously, and this sudden apology made her puzzled.

Seeing this, he grinned.

With a slight force, Xiaobai grabbed his hand and pushed it away.

Then, he slowly put his palm on Xiaobai's slender neck and rubbed it slowly.

"I can't help you deal with my people."

She stared at him blankly.

His palm moved slowly, but it grabbed Xiaobai's neck;

Then, Xiaobai's feet are off the ground;

He was already pinched in the air with one hand.

And those snow elves actually knelt down at this time and shouted in unison.

"Your Lord!"

What do you mean?

The villagers finally knew what it meant.

This sound made everyone's hearts completely collapse.

……

Xiaobai looked at the sky and breathed hard.

"Why ......"

The bolt gun in her hand fell into the snow, and her heart was dead.

Young "savior" ...... No, the Snow Elf Lord, who had been deceiving them all along, looked down at his gun at this time, pursed his lips, and said, "Because only if you don't give up hope, will you usher in true despair." ”

He looked around and observed the frightened and complicated eyes of the villagers: "I like to appreciate your despair, and only when you fall into true despair can you be completely controlled by us and become our tools." ”

Then he smiled, and laughed very happily.

With the sound of laughter, his body began to undergo subtle changes, his hair began to grow longer and whiter, his height began to become taller, his ears began to lengthen, and his pupils changed from black to colorful.

Xiaobai also smiled.

The tears also dried.

As if remembering something, the Snow Elf Lord said again: "Also, because we are not 'sub-humans', you are." ”

After that, he casually threw Xiaobai aside, like throwing a bag of garbage; Looking around again, none of these young humans with ridiculous weapons dared to attack themselves who were close at hand, and the disdain in their eyes became more and more intense.

These "sub-people" should become my slaves and should perish.

He beckoned to the snow elves, then walked in the opposite direction with his hands behind his back.

Obviously, the snow elves are about to take in this new batch of slaves;

As a lord, he didn't need to do such menial work.

And the traitor who betrayed this group of "sub-people", he didn't even want to look at it;

It's dirty.

……

The snow elves began to use ropes to trap the villagers together one by one.

Everyone was like the living dead, without the slightest resistance.

And Xiaobai, lying motionless in the snow.

Her pupils were pale and lifeless, as if her soul had been drained.

The next moment...... A figure crouched down in front of her;

It's the glasses man with a cheap face.

She didn't look at him.

And he blew at her.

"Hey! Girl. ”

He nudged it, but she still didn't respond.

The man in glasses pursed his lips, then stood up, as if he was about to leave, but heard a faint whisper to himself on the ground.

"I'm sorry everyone......"

"I can't save everyone......"

“……”

The rest is no longer audible.

The man with glasses sighed and said: "Okay, I'm really desperate now, I knew it was like this, why did I believe that there was a 'savior' in the first place?" ”

"Get out of ......," Xiaobai's voice was almost out of breath.

The man with glasses squatted down again, but he grabbed Xiaobai and forced her to sit up.

He looked at the other party's empty eyes, but the playful expression on his face was gone, and said in a deep voice: "I admire you very much, but I don't admire you so much, do you know why?" In this world, either don't resist, if you want to resist, you will resist until you die, and you must be firm when you make a decision, otherwise there is no meaning. ”

"Roll ......"

Xiaobai's lips trembled slightly, and he could only say this one word. In the face of the person who was the least qualified to say this to her in the world, she no longer had the strength to refute.

yes, that's despair. She wanted to die.

And as if knowing what she was thinking, the man with glasses smiled slightly, then lowered his head and pushed his glasses.

Then, he put the broken box that he had been carrying behind his back on the ground, then opened it, put his hand in it and scooped it up a few times, took out a simple and dilapidated tablet, pressed the start button, and then used his mobile phone to enter the password to unlock it. As if no one was around, he said casually while operating the tablet.

"From now on, everything that happens here is not a miracle, it is not an accident, it is nothing."

"Don't expect this to happen again."

"Remember, there is no savior."

……

Later, Xiaobai's ears were a little inaudible.

She only felt the air around her vibrate, and then ......

Many cracks appeared in the air around them, and these cracks slowly expanded, making the space look like glass, and finally the glass gradually shattered.

Then she saw that within the shards were endless black holes; In the black hole, some strange creatures crawled out.

Yes, bizarre, ugly and dirty, and...... It seems to reveal a creepy evil and ferocity.

Her brain began to cloud, and today, it was stimulated too much.

She began to faint.

Three seconds before she fell, she vaguely saw these terrifying creatures, which seemed to be surrounding the glasses man's side, with him as the center.

In the first two seconds, the man with glasses beckoned slightly...... The monsters pounced on the snow elves who had invaded the village.

The ensuing slashing sounds, biting sounds, and screams were endless.

A second ago, the man with glasses glanced at her......

It seems like......

It's a farewell.

Xiaobai fainted.