Fog.

Coast of Japan.

The wind swept the waves, rolling and whistling under the dead sky, and a little light loomed out of the chaotic mist.

It was a small ship, swaying violently from wave to wave, and on the bow of the ship, a figure dressed in a dark blue robe and carrying a slender black box stood silently, letting the waves crash on the deck, also standing as immovable as a rock.

The water flowed backwards down the deck into the sea, and the girl was not half wet, and she didn't even look at the water, she just stared at the fog ahead, and at the end of the fog, the faint outline of the land loomed.

Wu Xiangnan stood in the cabin, controlling the hull of the ship, and at the same time his eyes fell on the girl standing at the bow of the boat, his expression was a little helpless.

"This girl...... It's really terrible. ”

He glanced at the chart on the side, and now they were about to pass through this sea area and enter the range of Japanese land, and the meeting point with the Upper Evil Society that Zuo Qing said should also be near here......

Just as Wu Xiangnan was carefully observing the surroundings, a red dot suddenly lit up from the screen, and from a distance, it approached the ship at an alarming speed!

Its speed is too fast, completely exceeding the speed of any sea vehicle, not to mention that it is not like a human being, Wu Xiangnan turned his head to look in the direction where the red dot was flying, and saw that in the rolling waves, a white arrow-like shadow was rapidly approaching!

Prow.

Jia Lan, who was looking into the distance, seemed to notice something, frowned, and the slender black box in his hand suddenly opened, and a golden spear popped out of it!

She grabbed the spear, her body shook, and in an instant she rushed to the other side of the deck, and suddenly stabbed out in the direction where the white shadow was flying, and the thick golden pillar of light shot out, piercing through the deep sea!

Boom ——!!!

A huge column of water burst open, and the waves lifted the hull of the ship directly, and after a short period of stasis, it fell heavily on the surface of the sea.

In the midst of the violent shaking, Garan still clenched the golden spear in his hand, his eyes fixed on the surface of the sea.

In the two years that she has been wandering alone in the fog, she has encountered this "mysterious" attack from the bottom of the sea almost every day, and now, dealing with this sudden crisis has become an instinct engraved in her bones.

At the same time, a white figure emerged from the waves, standing on the sea level, his slightly curly blonde hair swaying gently in the wind, he held a Western knight's sword in his hand, and was confronting Jia Lan who was standing at the bow of the ship.

Garan saw the man's face clearly, and a flash of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Not "mysterious"? Is it an individual?

White skin, blonde curly hair, blue pupils, and a high nose bridge...... Doesn't this look like a Great Xia person?

Westerner?

Just when Garan was puzzled, the man spoke first, and his tone seemed to be very dissatisfied:

"Hey, what are you doing? I almost got stabbed by that shot of you! ”

As soon as the blonde and blue-eyed white man spoke, it was standard Chinese, and even mixed with a little northeastern accent, which sounded a little nondescript.

Garan froze in place.

"You're the night watchman from Great Xia, aren't you?" The man glanced at Wu Xiangnan, who walked out of the cabin, and continued, "I am the sixth envoy of the Upper Evil Society, codenamed [Knight], and I am the 'sentinel' of this destruction operation in Takamagahara's 'human circle' in Japan. ”

Your own people......

Garan silently put down the golden spear in his hand and said with some apologies: "I'm sorry...... I...... Get used to it. ”

She paused, "I'm a member of the Fifth Special Team of the Great Xia Night's Watch, Garan. ”

"Great Xia night watchman, Wu Xiangnan."

Wu Xiangnan walked to the bow of the boat and stretched out his hand apologetically, "I'm sorry, because your speed is too fast, so we thought you were the 'mysterious' of the attack." ”

The knight shrugged his shoulders, stretched out his hand to shake it with him, and said helplessly: "Forget it, it's good to meet safely." ”

"Let's go, let's go talk in the cabin."

The three of them walked into the cabin and sat down at the round table, and the knight looked around with some curiosity, as if he was very curious about the ornaments in the ship, "Did you guys come directly from Great Xia?" ”

"That's right."

"Great Xia...... a look of yearning appeared in his eyes, "the only free place in this world, I have long wanted to see it." ”

"You're not from Great Xia, are you?"

"No, I used to be a slave in captivity in the 'human circle' in London, but then the president led people to blow up the 'human circle', and I regained my freedom, and after that, I joined the cult and began to work for the president."

"Then your Chinese is so good?"

"Before joining the cult, everyone had to be trained in Chinese, and I only learned it at that time." The knight smiled.

When Jia Lan heard this, he couldn't help but ask in confusion: "What is the 'human circle'?" ”

The knight glanced at him, put down the water glass in his hand, and asked a rhetorical question, "Do you know what the kingdom of God is?" ”

"It is the abode of the gods."

"That's right." The knight nodded and explained seriously, "As the abode of the gods, the kingdom of God is also the main source of the divine power of the gods, and what supports the existence of the kingdom of God is faith.

Faith, on the other hand, comes from human beings and from the myths and legends that circulate in the world.

After the fog fell, most of the many divine kingdoms in the world sacrificed their land and people in order to protect themselves, but they would also deliberately keep a part of the human race and use a place to keep them in captivity, because once all their citizens died, the bloodline and the myths and legends that had been passed down for thousands of years would also be lost, and the power of faith they could use would be greatly reduced.

The 'human circle' is the place where they use it to keep humans in captivity, spread divine light, collect beliefs, and allow them to mate and reproduce. ”

Garan pondered for a moment, "Similar to ...... A farm that feeds humans? ”

"It can be understood that way." The knight nodded, "Different kingdoms of the gods have different containers used to accommodate the 'human circle'.

Some of them carve out a separate area in the kingdom of God as a place for captive humans, but this method is relatively low-end, because the number of humans that can be carried in this way is very limited, and the geographical scope is also limited, and it will cause dissatisfaction among other gods...... It's the same as you don't want your bed to be next to the pigsty.

And some kingdoms of God use some kind of artifact as a carrier, and put all the surviving human beings in this artifact, like a fish tank, so that they can become a kind of circular world of their own, which can not only accommodate a large number of people, but also allow them to operate on their own, without the need for God to manage.

The saddest thing about this second type of 'human circle' is that the human beings living in this container may not even realize that they have become the party in captivity, and they may not be aware of anything while they are alive......

But once they die, what awaits them will be eternal torment. ”