When endless flames of light rushed into the sky, the thick black curtain was torn apart.
All the darkness disappeared in that moment, and the endless mighty light was like a dagger, stinging everyone's eyes.
Light and heat destroyed everything in an instant, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Only a tragic void was left.
It was like some monster bent down, stretched out its neck, and took a bite on the straight building. Then a huge hemispherical void appeared at the waist of the building.
The cold wind carried the fly ash and flew through the huge hole into the night sky.
The building built to the standard of a military fortress did not break due to the tragic damage that nearly cut it in half, and it still stood firm on the ground.
The heavy rain fell again, splashing on the walls. Water droplets dripped along the cracks in the floor and fell into the burning flames.
In the very center of the explosion, everything was destroyed and annihilated. Only the terrifying high temperature has not dissipated and is still lingering. The burned floors and walls turned into a red viscous liquid, flowing on the charred walls. They solidified slowly, exuding a dry and desperate light.
And just above the flames, a charred granule was suspended in the high temperature.
A thumb-sized granule still remains in the center of the explosion. Under the torment of flames and high temperatures, it is constantly scorched, deteriorated, rotted, and then regenerated in an instant. In the end, it began to develop itself by extracting the heat from the air, tenacious and crazy.
It¡¯s like the flesh and blood of a demon.
In the moment of high temperature, it turned into fly ash, in the moment of air pressure, it was crushed into meat paste, and in the burning of the flame, it turned into coke.
But it is still alive. Not dead.
Now. It comes alive. It was as if it had finally adapted to this hellish environment and transformed itself into a creature that could survive in it. It began to expand and multiply
A thick stream of blood seeped out from it, like a gurgling stream, endlessly gushing out from the thumb-sized granulation. The granulation grew under the irrigation of blood and turned into a fuzzy lump of flesh as big as a fist, and then began to beat.
That¡¯s the heart!
??????????????????????????????????????? Immediately afterwards. The complex bloodline is like the branches of a tree, growing from the heart. First, the coronary circulation is completed, followed by the superior vena cava, inferior vena cavathe complete systemic circulation is born. The crimson blood is flowing in the sparkling blood vessels. Next came the skeleton. The metal skeleton that was instantly vaporized in the explosion was inspired again and gathered from all directions, turning into a complete skeleton.
The internal organs began to sprout and expand rapidly, growing in their own place.
In the end, flesh and blood reorganized from the void and were bornfrom the chest. to the limbs, and finally a bloody face.
The blurry face was twitching. The broken muscles were healed together, forming a complete tissue again. The nasal cartilage rose up from under the flesh and blood and returned to its own place.
In the dark eye hole, two indifferent eyes appeared from the blood.
Blood emerged from his limbs and bones like a waterfall, promoting the regeneration of his skin. In the end, he fell into the semi-solidified hot fluid. Like a newborn born from a cruel womb.
Letting the flames burn his body, he bent down, vomited crazily, and let out a vague roar of pain, like a beast tearing apart his mother's body and bursting out of her belly.
"hahahahahahahaha!!"
The sound of pain gradually died out and was replaced by breathless laughter.
Qu Qingyang raised his head and let the cold rain splash on his body.
All the flames were extinguished, and he stood in the ruins, laughing almost like crazy, as if he wanted to show his existence to the teacher who had no bones left.
This is a great joke, enough to make me laugh out loud.
"You! Did you see it?"
He pressed his heart against his wildly beating heart, laughed towards the sky, and declared loudly: "I am still alive, I died, and I came back to life again You can't kill me! You couldn't kill me in the past, and it's the same now!"
He laughed, but his expression froze, and he looked at his hands blankly: "It turns outit turns out you really want to kill me."
He suddenly opened his mouth and retched painfully, vomiting out a piece of shriveled granule - it was the 'ability weapon' that had survived the explosion but had lost all its power in order to reorganize the body.
The Immortal, the King of Monsters, the Immortal, the Emperor, and the ability user named after these titles - Lord Rasp once made a deal on the road to exile.
??The other party to the transaction is the Flesh and Flesh Mill, an alchemy workshop known for its evil ways in the alchemy world. Through their own skills in flesh and blood alchemy, they successfully copied Rasputin's 'immortality' through his flesh and blood as a medium. sex',
Life is no longer just once, as long as it is implanted in the heart, after it is activated nothing can kill him. Even if it dies in an instant, it can still be reborn.
In flames, it will cause the host to grow a heat-resistant carapace. In deep water, it will enable the host to evolve gills and internal organs to withstand water pressure. In the cold vacuum of outer space, it can put the host into deep sleep for up to three years
Qu Qingyang implanted it three years ago, and since then, it has become Qu Qingyang's most secret trump card. Uncle Yun's self-destruction in the end did not kill him, but cut off the last shackles for him.
When the retching finally stopped, he raised his head and let the rain splash on his face and into his empty eyes.
"Sure enough, this is a very bad place. Every time I come back, I always encounter a lot of bad things."
He wiped the dirt from the corner of his mouth and showed an animalistic smile: "Sure enough, it would be better to erase it from the world."
The whispers dissipated in the wind and were swallowed up by the rain.
In silence, the subordinates gathered around him and handed him brand-new clothes.
Without any shame in his clothes, Qu Qingyang slowly and seriously put on his new suit, shirt, trousers, and jacket, buttoning even the last button with utmost care.
"It's almost time, right?"
He suddenly asked softly.
Behind him, the subordinate whose body was half-stained with blood nodded: "Five minutes have passed."
"Forget it, we can't place our hopes on those bystanders after all We will play on our own."
Qu Qingyang took over the dark pistol. Draw the barrel skillfully. He twisted his neck twice. In the crisp sound of bones rubbing together. He issued the order:
"According to the plan, this place will be bulldozed, all the information will be destroyed, and all the instruments will be smashed by me."
The subordinate nodded: "It has already begun."
"not enough."
Qu Qingyang shook his head: "This night is too dark, I need a little light. Drag out all the resisters, throw them from the highest place, and don't forget to sprinkle thermite to light them - since they like to burn themselves to light up the world. , then we will help them.¡±
The subordinate nodded: "I guarantee it will be completed."
"besides¡¡"
Qu Qingyang paused. The pupils of his eyes lit up the dark red color of burning coal:
"¡ª¡ªFind out Qian Lizhen, that old woman, kill her, lift her body up and erect it in the square where everyone can see it."
The subordinates laughed in the dark, just like him.
They exhaled fiery breath in this cold night, and the breath seemed to come from hell, with the smell of sulfur.
Behind them, hundreds of heavy iron coffins grew silently from the ground. They were stored in the shadows of those people, and the seals were unlocked as the time limit came.
With the call of thunder. Under the iron coffin, frightening silhouettes suddenly bulged out, and the square shape collapsed rapidly. Until finally, it was torn apart from the inside out into debris everywhere.
Like the dead coming back to life.
A skeletal hand made of metal stretched out from the fragments of the coffin, followed by an arm as sharp as a blade, a chest filled with various weapons and machinery, and a skull branded with the emblem of a two-headed eagle.
One hundred and sixty-one metal skeletons climbed up from the ground. They looked like a combination of human and insect bones, with four arms and pale bone crowns on their heads. Countless patterns like distorted human faces are spread over their bones, which are the souls bound inside their bodies.
The alchemist who made them forged them with the ashes of thousands of people, crowned them, and called them the 'Skeleton Emperor'. This is a gift that Qu Qingyang has prepared for this city for ten years.
An army of the dead returned from hell with him!
"I'm so happy to be able to see them again. They can't wait just like me"
Bathed in the heavy rain, Qu Qingyang's face was covered with rainwater, making it difficult to see his expression, but the clear outline of the rainwater formed a smile: "Just send out the signal."
"Awaken those who still have luck in their hearts from their dreams, and tell them who is here. Let those who are hesitant to resist understand what will happen, and tell them that there is no way out."
So, the paleThe light rose into the sky.
It was like a blazing stream of light flying up from the ground, cracking open as it rose into the sky, carving scars in the clouds like a blade. The twisted scars were dancing wildly, like the wings of an eagle. The four points of red light spreading out are the eyes of the predator.
Amid the heavy rain, frost and wind, the two-headed eagle towered above all things and arrived at this precarious magical city.
The whole world was stunned-
When Zhou Li saw the fiery red ball rising from the sky, he did not have time to fall from the sky to stop it from happening.
It¡¯s too late, it¡¯s really too late, it¡¯s too late, because it¡¯s already happened.
He stood on the quiet street, staring blankly at the firelight in the distance. The wind and rain brought the smell of fly ash to him. He knew that Uncle Yun was still there, and he wanted to rush over, but it was already too late.
he died.
In the heavy rain, he lowered his head, suddenly feeling depressed. Although that bastard Uncle Yun has been cheating on him all this time, the relationship between them may actually be somewhat of a friendship.
He didn¡¯t have many friends, but all of them died.
So he was sad.
He stopped running wildly, holding his knees on the ground and panting. The rain splashed on him, taking away the heat, but making him anxious.
In the past, this city was so lively and the lights would be brightly lit even at night, but today it seems like it is asleep and quiet.
This city is so big and so empty. He shouted loudly but received a hollow echo.
It¡¯s like an empty nest.
He sat tiredly on the street corner, leaning against the fire hydrant, rubbing his wet hair. Want to clear my thoughts. But it's getting more and more chaotic.
Then. Time stood still.
At that moment, everything fell into silence.
The sound of rain disappeared.
Zhou Li raised his head and saw the rain falling from the sky stagnating in front of him.
They are suspended in the sky and are the most perfect water droplets. When they refract light, they become incredibly magnificent.
The light and shadow were shaking, intertwining, and vibrating, making a familiar yet indifferent sound.
"Long time no see. You are still so weak. Silent and unfulfilled It really makes me sad. Are you still the child I raised? Zhou Li."
The old voice came, Zhou Li turned around and saw an illusory scene.
It was a middle-aged man who was already showing his age. He was holding a black umbrella and standing in the rain, but what fell on the umbrella was not rain, but white snowflakes. It's like a reflection projected thousands of miles away, illusory and ethereal.
But when I saw his eyes. He settled down, as if turning into substance. He is wearing a black suit. Always straight and straight, the mottled white hair is not messy at all, as if he is ready to attend someone else's funeral at any time.
At first, Zhou Li felt that he had the illusion that time had stopped, but when he saw him, he suddenly realized that this was not an illusion. Reality is what you see.
It sucks.
At this moment, the person Zhou Li least wanted to see appeared here. He really didn't have the energy to deal with this man, because once he appeared, things would take a turn for the worst. If he didn't face it, it would be even worse.
So he looked at the man in front of him in silence, his eyes complex and unfamiliar.
The man also looked at him, as if waiting for a long-lost greeting.
It wasn¡¯t until a long time later that Zhou Li uttered a hoarse voice, ¡°Long time no see.¡± But he stubbornly kept the man¡¯s title between his teeth, biting it tightly to prevent him from breaking away.
"kindness."
Zhou Jianan stood in front of him holding an umbrella, looking at his long-lost son. After a long time, he nodded and seemed to be pleased: "You have changed a lot It's a pity that you have become even more unlikeable."
"You don't need to take care of it."
"Then it's up to you." Zhou Jianan nodded indifferently: "You are so useless and rebellious for a long time. I have to get used to being your father."
"Then I'm really honored."
Zhou Li looked at Zhou Jianan's face, squeezed out a sarcastic smile, and said word by word: "It's really touching to have such a good father. It's a pity that my mother is an unlucky woman and cannot enjoy your generosity. care"
"Zhou Li, why don't you always learn to behave?"
Zhou Jianan finally looked at him squarely, his expression still cold and graceful, "Don't mention your mother again. Don't forget who she died for."
Zhou Li was silent?.
"Are you silent again? It seems like you only know this."
Zhou Jianan looked at his gloomy expression, and his tone seemed to be ridicule, but also seemed to be doubtful: "After so many years, you still can't see the direction clearly, think about the situation clearly, and all you have in your mind is that self-righteous attitude. , but I don¡¯t know where your confidence comes from.¡±
Zhou Li remained silent and did not speak.
But Zhou Jianan was not tolerant. He pressed forward step by step, his voice wrapping around his son's neck like a snake: "I really doubt what Lu Feitie's mood was in raising you. He died for this." , it¡¯s really not worth it.¡±
"enough."
Zhou Li lowered his head, the sweet taste of bleeding spreading from his bitten lips.
"What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly."
Zhou Jianan came closer and leaned in, only to hear Zhou Li breathing angrily.
"Did I say something wrong?"
His voice was still indifferent, but cold and sharp: "Actually, you should be grateful to them. You don't know yet that the couple took the initiative to die in order to protect you. But it seems that you have never found anyone close to you. The thing where everyone dies unexpectedly, including the doctor who sold contraband to you, is it called Fu Ming?"
"That's enough." Zhou Li shouted hoarsely.
"You like a peaceful life, Zhou Li, so you have been enjoying the comfort they gave you with their lives, right?"
This man was well-dressed, but his voice was vicious and cruel: "You are still so childish. For so many years, you have avoided what you should face, letting others pay the price for you, and enjoying the fruits of others' sacrifices. It's like eating corpses. Like a ghost"
"I said. Enough!!!"
Zhou Li growled.
Angry fists were thrown. That kind of speed is like an angry snake.
Zhou Jianan remained motionless, lowering his cold eyes and looking at the hand that passed through him. He was a phantom, a ghost thousands of miles away, so when he looked at Zhou Li's futility, his eyes were full of ridicule.
¡°Then let¡¯s talk about something else, let¡¯s talk about things in this city.¡±
The snow on the edge of his umbrella fell and started to drift. Covering his pupils.
He made a sound, and Zhou Li's pupils tightened.
"It was I who sold the defenses, security plans and secrets of the relevant departments to the two-headed eagle." His voice was understated: "¡ª¡ªIn other words, I killed the man named Yun."
"It's you?"
Zhou Li was stunned, his pupils contracted and then dilated.
Many times, for a moment, he had the urge to kill this man, but he was unable to do anything. Zhou Li originally thought that he had been completely disappointed in him, but he didn't expect it. Zhou Jianan has gone crazy to this extent.
So that impulse appeared again, and blood red appeared in Aomori's eyes.
He stared at the man angrily. hoarse voice:
"He has nothing to do with you at all."
"Maybe. But I'm curious, what do you think of this city?"
Zhou Jianan didn¡¯t answer the question. He stood next to Zhou Li and looked at the burning silent city with him:
"Answer my question, Zhou Li, what do you think he looks like? A small matchbox? A huge whirlpool? Or an indifferent, cold, disgusting tomb? Or simple indifference, like Just like before, just watching with cold eyes, just a simple nutshell?"
"none of your business."
Zhou Li squeezed out a sound from between his teeth.
"Really? But this is closely related to you."
Zhou Jianan stretched out his hand and pointed at this city.
In front of him, the city was like a phantom solidified in amber, half covered by heavy rain and half shrouded in karmic fire. It was once beautiful and huge, but now it is in such a state of decline because of impending destruction.
"Did you see it? The guardians of this city are going to die, in revenge that started ten years ago.
Someone made a coffin for everyone here. They were listed on the death list and were eradicated without mercy. Therefore, this city is like a helpless child crying. But his defenders are slowly dying
It takes a long time to build this place, but it only takes one night to destroy it. Perhaps this kind of destruction is what more people want. Therefore, when the wall falls and everyone pushes it down, and the fire starts burning, it is declared over. "
Zhou Jianan looked back at Zhou Li, his tone was as serious and cold as fate, but when he looked at Zhou LiAt this time, the fire in the sky was reflected in his eyes, which made Zhou Li feel uneasy.
"But there are always some people who should stand up, Zhou Li, someone should stand in front of the wave of destruction. This place was once beautiful, so he has to draw his sword, guard it all, and save the day."
The old man smiled, and his tone was full of burning passion and heroic vision. It was a noble, meaningless, and great complex, but it was this complex that made Zhou Li feel cold all over.
It was like a hand stretched out from the darkness, that hand was cold and strong, gripping his heart, compressing his lungs, making him unable to breathe.
He looked blankly at this man whom he had never seen through. He was in disbelief and furious: "You killed him just tolet me save them?"
"You finally understand."
Zhou Jianan laughed. He laughed, full of joy and generosity, but without any warmth.
He stood next to Zhou Li, holding an umbrella for him, just like everything a father should do. So Yu and Xue were kept outside. The two father and son stood side by side, looking at the world solidified by conspiracy.
"Tonight, this is your stage, Zhou Li."
He pointed at the city with great pride: "I have been preparing for so long, and the whole city is waiting for your rescue How could I let someone who has nothing to do with the overall situation take your position?
You always think that I don't love you, but that's just an illusion in the rebellious period. In your future, I have prepared everything for you, even if your sister does not have one ten thousandth of what you will get in the future You are my son, Zhou Li. I can give you everything.
You just need to stand with me. You can get the whole world! "
"You're crazy!"
Zhou Li felt that he was about to be swallowed up by the shame and guilt pouring out of his chest. He frantically wanted to stop Zhou Jianan from talking, or even kill him, but everything was in vain, he couldn't hurt Zhou Jianan at all.
"What's wrong with you? Zhou Li."
Zhou Jianan turned to look at the crazy young man and said in a complicated tone: "Are you angry because of him? Because he gave you a little bit of insignificant trust and seemingly sincere care. Because of his little charity, you Draw a sword against me?"
"¡ª¡ªHe at least didn't think of using me as a tool!"
"Because he wants to destroy you!"
Zhou Jian'an's cold and stern voice cut off Zhou Li's voice, making his movements stiff.
Zhou Li raised his head and looked at the man in front of him. Zhou Jianan was also looking at him, his eyes like an abyss.
He felt that Zhou Jianan was lying, but there was a voice in his heart that denied it. Zhou Jianan never lied, and he never relied on deception to confuse the world
"What did you say?" he asked hoarsely.
Zhou Jianan reached into his arms and took out a stack of plan documents that were supposed to be sleeping in the safe. He showed them to Zhou Li one by one, which contained a sixteen-page assassination plan.
There are countless possibilities listed above: ambush in Shangyang, attack in Zhonghai, destroy on the high seas kill him anywhere. Use poison or swords and guns, crowd tactics or chase them with strong men. Zhou Li stared blankly at the plan prepared for him. It is rigorous, thorough, and almost flawless.
And there is a solemn and firm signature, that of Uncle Yun.
It was like a hole was opened in my heart, all the anger and strength were gone, leaving only confusion and frustration
"Ever since you appeared in his eyes, he has been thinking about how to get rid of you, Zhou Li. You can survive until now only because of his hesitation and consideration You are almost treated the same as a fourth-stage ability user. Do you feel honored?"
"Why?"
Zhou Li took a step back and looked at him coldly: "He has never"
"Because of his ability, Zhou Li, he saw a glimpse of your nature and your future."
Zhou Jianan whispered softly in his ear, like a devil: "His ability is to read things like a book, so he can feel the variables in this story.
This is an instinct that comes from experience. He can feel your will and decision. You are a source of instability and a scourge. If you are allowed to live, allowed to grow, allowed to enter this system and become the backbone of the relevant departments, you will become more and more terrifying like a monster, until one day, you will destroy everything he maintains! "
"fart!"
Zhou Li lost control. He glared at the man, and for the first time he uttered such a foul language: ??It's all fart! "
"Is it?"
Zhou Jianan laughed, as if he was laughing at a crying child: "Then, Zhou Li, answer me"
He looked at his son and asked softly, slowly: "If one day, the power in your hands can kill Odin, and the price is the complete destruction of the relevant departments, what will you do?"
"I¡¡"
Zhou Li opened his mouth and was about to blurt out the answer when he stopped abruptly.
A cold emotion rose up in my heart, freezing my voice.
His voice was stuck and he fell into silence, but he seemed to suddenly realize something. Because he understands what choice he will make, he feels sad and ridiculous because this is who he is.
He finally saw his choice. It was so simple, yet so difficult that he wanted to reject it.
"Look at yourself, Zhou Li, you are such a cold and heartless person."
Zhou Jianan reached out and patted his shoulder, as if to comfort him, but his tone was cruel: "I came here to tell you that it's time to give up on your dream of living a peaceful life and stop dreaming.
When I saw you for the first time, I knew that you had been cursed. This was doomed from the time you were born. Your life is destined not to have that kind of luxurious freedom. "
Click it!
Zhou Li was silent, his eyes lowered, and his finger bones made a cracking sound, like cracks opening.
The cracks are filled with offended, stung anger.
It hurts to the core.
"Zhou Li, people are born with talents."
A faint voice came from it, not urgent nor slow. Like the deepest part of darkness. The devil's whispers:
"Some people are born with extraordinary talents and brilliance. Some people have poor talents, so they are willing to be mediocre. Some people can be poets, and some people can be farmers.
But you are different, because you are like iron. There is something hard, sharp, cruel or great in your heart. That's why I place my hope in you and refine you into a weapon. Just so that you can be sharp in the future.
"You don't understand me, but this is my father's love for you. This world is so cruel, I can only do this to ensure your future"
Zhou Jianan¡¯s voice gradually became deeper and deeper, penetrating into his heart and constantly echoing:
"I'm sorry to tell you - you were born to destroy something, maybe the world, maybe yourself. Sorry, I said it too bluntly. But reality cannot be changed with gentle words or anything. .¡±
In the silence, the rain is still frozen in the sky.
Zhou Jianan¡¯s voice seemed to be swallowed up by the rain. The curls dissipate.
Zhou Li lowered his head, stepped back step by step, stopped looking at him, and turned around to leave.
He doesn¡¯t want to look back, and he doesn¡¯t want to see this man anymore. Damn destruction, damn fate, damndamn it!
But the devil¡¯s voice kept lingering in his ears:
"Do you want to escape like this, Zhou Li? Leave here, escape back to your home, and find a woman to seek comfort. In order to escape, you gave up the only chance to protect her, and let her live a life of poverty in the future because of you. A life of humiliation. There is also Lu Feitie¡¯s daughter, I remember her name is Lu"
"Zhou! Jian! An!!!!"
Zhou Li's footsteps suddenly stopped, and he turned back angrily: "This is a matter between you and me!"
"No, not just."
In the distance, Zhou Jianan turned his back to him and shook his head gently, as if sighing: "It's not just between the two of us, Zhou Li, it's the fate that all ability users in this country will face."
The biting coldness enveloped him, making him stiff and unable to leave. Just as he thought, Zhou Jianan came. He always wore black formal clothes, like a crow, just to attend other people's funerals.
¡°He came here not for a wedding banquet, but to report mourning to this city.
Declared dead.
"This is your last chance. If you leave from here, the relevant departments will be destroyed."
He announced the future calmly, with a soft voice:
"The man you just killed was called Walter. He had seventeen teammates who, like him, died here They committed no crime, but were imprisoned in a lunatic asylum. There was no trial, but they were imprisoned for life. Only Because I was born with a talent.
This is the most common policy used to treat people with lethal capabilities in the world, except for China.
The relevant department is a weak and incompetent organization. Maybe the powerful people were saved by the naivety of the woman Qian Lizhen.
She dismissed 90% of the people with abilities, only maintained the minimum operation of the relevant departments, and shouldered the pressure of the leaders, just to allow those people to live an ordinary life But she would die because of this, Because if the relevant departments were still intact, this kind of thing would never happen.
But things have already happened, she will die, and then the Foundation will naturally enter the country and sort out the mess. An unprecedentedly powerful institution will be reborn from the corpses of the relevant agencies.
Then, some people with abilities will be purged including you. "
He turned his back to Zhou Li, but Zhou Li only felt that there were invisible shackles locking him, unable to move.
"Since you stepped into this city, no, long before you stepped into this city, everything you have done has been seen by some people. The ghost has detailed information about you, including what you have done. You killed Onikiri, you killed the Two-Headed Eagle, you killed Arkham Asylum The Foundation will never let go of a threat like yours."
"so what?"
"Let me tell you how a person with abilities like you will be treated after being judged as 'harmful'."
Zhou Jianan turned his head and looked at him, as if he had seen his fate:
¡°You are not allowed to do business, you are not allowed to engage in politics, and you are deprived of all civil rights. You will be imprisoned, and all your relatives and friends will grow old under the surveillance of the Foundation¡¯s agents, and you will lose everything you have now.
If you refuse to become a tool like Walter, you will be injected with medicine regularly every month. Then suffered hemiplegia as a side effect. senescence. Paralysis, dementia, becoming a waste. Thirty years later, looking at the woman you love with drooling eyes, watching her go out to work in order to support you, and accept the insults and touches of those monitors Everything you have worked hard to maintain, the high morals and bottom line you firmly believe in They will all be destroyed mercilessly, and then they will tell you - they don't care. "
In the indescribable silence. Zhou Jianan looked at him, snow falling from the edge of his umbrella.
"Zhou Li, you can only advance, not retreat, just like your sister."
His eyes were quiet and pitiful, but also so aloof:
"¡ª¡ªBecause you are monsters."-
In the silence, countless water drops are suspended in the air like crystals. They are so beautiful and so indifferent. The sounds collided between them, causing the reflections on them to ripple faintly.
In the reflection. Zhou Li's angry face gradually became distorted, broken and turned into an empty blankness.
"Because they are monstersmonsters!"
An angry scream came from a dark place in my heart. It was a sad memory from a long time ago. Amidst the noise of the crowd, the woman who looked like a madman pointed at the two siblings and shouted like a madman:
"Drive them away! Drive them away!!!"
Among the distorted faces of countless people, the young man in mourning clothes looked at them with ferocious eyes in confusion, trembling and about to cry.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid"
Sister hugged him hard, murmured softly, and stroked his hair, but her tears fell on Zhou Li's face, with a fiery temperature: "Sister will protect you, don't be afraid, even if mother is gone. do not be afraid¡¡"
Since then, for five long years, it was like a red-hot iron had branded a mark on his face. He no longer dared to raise his head to look at other people's faces, just because that would make others see that he was different from others. The eyes of ordinary people, and the two scars that read 'monster' alternately.
After such a long time, Zhou Li thought he had forgotten them, but the monster in his heart would never forget them. It has always been hidden in Zhou Li's heart, silently licking its wounds in the darkest corner, timidly baring its teeth and claws at all intruders, but unable to do anything. It was so weak and afraid of light that it would quietly float up every night and escape in Zhou Li's anger.
Now it has been cruelly captured again, looking at this cruel world.
Homeless and nowhere to escape.
"Answer the phone, answer the phone, Zhou Li, Zhou Li, answer the phone."
In the cold silence, Zhou Li heard the sound of the phone, which was the naughty call of a woman. He lowered his head in silence and saw the cracked display of the phone in his hand light up and flash, again and again.
The phone stopped ringing and there was a missed call. Then it rang again and hung up again, so there were two missed calls. RanThe third one after that, the fourth one
The phone was ringing persistently, as if a woman was persistently pushing him out of his lazy afternoon sleep, pulling his face up to show him the makeup she had just put on.
Li Zijin, a missed call.
Li Zijin, two missed calls.
Li Zijin¡Li Zijin¡Li Zijin¡Li Zijin¡
The broken handwriting seemed to penetrate into his heart along with the trembling of the mobile phone, trembling constantly and uneasily. This was her call, wanting him to wake up from the nightmare.
Zhou Jianan looked at him, watching his struggle coldly and indifferently, watching him lower his head deeply. His expression changed, and he cowardly avoided the sound of his cell phone.
Finally, Zhou Li finally understood that he might not be able to be awakened anymore.
Because this is not a dream, it is the cruel smile of this world.
So, he answered the phone and heard her voice.
"Too slow, too slow! Zhou Li, I'm going to be angry."
After not seeing her for a long time, her voice is still soft, even if she is slightly angry, it is like rising mist, misty and beautiful: "Where are you? Are you fooling around outside? Tell the truth, tell the truth."
"I was in the hotel."
Zhou Li noticed his hoarse voice and explained in a low voice: "I have a cold, and my throat is not very good."
"Oh." He explained this way, and Li Zijin believed it. Soon she remembered her purpose, and her voice was full of worry: "I saw on the news that China Shipping has issued a red rainstorm warning again. Is there any danger?"
"Well, it's raining really hard, and I can't see clearly."
Zhou Li lowered his eyes and murmured softly.
The person on the phone seemed to have noticed something. She was silent for a long time and said softly: "Zhou Li, if you feel sad, please come back soon."
"nothing."
Zhou Li smiled and said in a dry voice: "Don't worry, things here will be over soon. I will go back and bring you a gift."
As if aware of his silence, she stopped asking.
After a long silence, she whispered on the other end: "I'm fine, don't worry about me. I recently bought a new coffee machine and learned latte art."
"Actually, I'm not a big drinker, but I've read a lot of books these days, so I probably won't make a joke anymore"
Zhou Li whispered something he didn't know what the hell it was, and he didn't hear clearly what Li Zijin said.
He just hesitated and hesitated. He really wanted to tell Zijin, stop worrying about things like coffee latte art. Zijin, I'm sorry, I've caused you trouble. Zijin, what should I What should I do?
But he couldn¡¯t say it, so he kept silent, opened the wound, and buried those words in his heart.
On the other end of the phone, Lu Zuoshui was arguing with Li Zijin. He grabbed the phone and said something to him. His mechanical response seemed to make her unhappy again. She sadly dropped the phone and left. Zhou Li wanted to call her back, but was speechless.
Until the end, he heard Li Zijin whispering softly, she said:
"Await your return."
Zhou Li smiled, nodded, and told her with a confident voice:
"OK."
I will come back, for sure.
The phone was hung up, the voice disappeared, and the smile broke.
He held the phone tightly and felt the last trace of warmth passing away.
He looked up and saw countless reflections reflected in the rain, all of which were himself.
Among the countless reflections, some had gloomy faces, some had cold eyes, some were crazy, some were decadent, some were indifferent, and some looked up at him.
That was his nature, that was himself, the deepest impulses and desires that flowed in his heart.
"So I'm so hypocritical."
He looked at his heart and laughed softly, feeling relieved:
"But, fortunately - finally, I don't have to be hypocritical anymore."
Then, the smile was torn apart and replaced by a decisive, cold, and arrogant look.
A certain sharp aura brewed from the darkness, rising from the heart, tearing apart the obstructing water droplets. Countless suspended water droplets collapsed amid the shock and shattering, turning into twisted water mist and dissipating in the world.
At the end of the long street, the black umbrella seemed to keep out all the rain and snow.
The man under the umbrella looked down at him, his expression showed indescribable joy and compassion, like a demon.The ghost finally found its kind.
"Long time no see, my son."
He said softly: "After so many years, we meet again."
His son looked at him quietly, with hateful and indifferent eyes, but Zhou Jianan was very satisfied. He should be like this, and must be like this, must be so cold and dirty, cruel and crazy.
Only such people are strong enough.
"Very good, what a good boy."
He smiled, "This city is dying. Go save her, save yourself, and change everything. Not for others, but for your own destiny."
"I'll be there."
Zhou Li looked at him coldly, "Just like you said, become a hero."
Zhou Jianan looked at him happily and asked softly: "Even if it is at the expense of someone else's sacrifice?"
"I will feel at ease."
Zhou Li turned around and walked out of this frozen phantom.
The rain suddenly fell from the sky. He drew his sword and walked towards the burning world. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!