Infernal Artist

In the snow.

A girl walks alone in the mountains.

She has been gone for a long time.

Until now——

On the other side of the mountain, there was continuous frost.

The girl stopped and looked at the frozen world.

She didn't take action and looked at it carefully for a while, then took steps and continued moving forward.

Time passes slowly.

Half a day later.

The girl arrived on the other side of the frozen world.

Standing on a high place and looking into the frost, you can vaguely see a city.

The girl watched quietly for a while.

She jumped down from a big tree, came to the forest clearing, walked forward, and finally stopped in front of the frost.

"That's right, the place where I sensed... is right here."

The girl bent down and picked up a map buried in dust and leaves.

She looked at the map and then looked at the frozen world.

——In the seal of frost, a majestic-looking man stood motionless, with an angry expression on his face.

The girl was thoughtful and said softly: "Rebuild."

All of a sudden.

Light and shadow flow around, and what happened at a certain time in the past reappears.

I saw a little girl with a hazy light emerging from her body and said: "Sorry, I moved the border sign in advance - towards the direction of the empire. Judging from the time, they will probably not be allowed to leave the empire. territory."

Beside her, a teenager threw a map on the ground and put a card back into his arms.

"Sorry, there is something wrong with your map. The location we are standing on is outside the border." The young man said.

The majestic-looking man remained motionless, his body gradually covered with frost.

"Damn it, those idiots."

He said in a low voice.

The young man listened, said a few more words, and then took the little girl and turned around and walked towards the wilderness.

All the light and shadow gradually dispersed.

The world is restored to its original state.

The majestic man was still sealed by the dark and transparent frost, motionless.

The girl stepped forward and stared at each other quietly.

"Your lack of understanding of human beings is the reason for your failure - fortunately you failed, otherwise it would be difficult for me to come out."

The girl said.

She reached out her hand and gently pressed it on the frost.

A moment.

It was as if something had been activated.

A loud voice sounded in the frost:

"Missing core sequence deck."

"The world in this sequence has entered an emergency seal state and cannot respond to your instructions."

The girl stood there and was silent for a while.

"Time...it's been too long..."

She sighed.

Drops of tears slid down her cheeks and fell to the ground.

The wind howled.

Snowflakes were falling in large numbers.

The girl turned around and looked into the extremely distant void.

She suddenly disappeared.

The next moment.

Tens of thousands of miles away.

The girl quietly landed in a ruins full of broken walls.

She turned around and looked around, then said:

"It turns out to be a sequence that is good at hiding."

——This is a completely destroyed city.

There is no life left.

The whole world seemed to be drowned in dust, falling into eternal silence like a cemetery.

The girl was floating on pieces of rubble, looking around randomly in the ruins, seemingly aimlessly.

She flew forward.

In front of a broken wall, the girl stopped and looked at the wall intently.

There seemed to be a long text on the wall originally, but the passage of time was so long that large sections of the text on the wall had long since peeled off, leaving only a few crooked small words:

"With the addition of..., we will definitely..."

The girl hesitated for a moment and sighed: "There is no need to read any more."

She casually grabbed a twisted metal bullet in her hand and whispered: "The thread of fate."

The next moment.

A figure suddenly fell to the ground.

I saw this man wearing a half-skull mask and holding a sniper rifle. His whole body was stiff and unable to move at all.

It was Ming Qiang, the head of the "Apocalypse" team in Mechanical City.

"Don't...don't kill me..."

He said tremblingly.

The girl said: "I need to see what happened to you."

She stretched out her hand, patted Ming Qiang lightly, and said, "Rebuild."

Infinite light and shadow rotated rapidly, turning into a solid scene of the past in an instant.

"I saw them, and on the edge of the cliff, the boy was playing the flute to his partner."

"It's so romantic, to hell with it."

Boom!

"Desperate mandarin ducks, let's die together."

Boom!

Another shot.

The girl reached out and tapped lightly in the void.

All the light and shadow turned into cliffs on the edge of the snowfield.

The boy was knocked out and fell towards the depths of the cliff.

The girl took the blow.

All light and shadow stand still.

The girl looked at this scene and whispered: "According to the agreement, I did not kill him. Are you satisfied now?"

She stood still, her pupils suddenly dilated and then focused again.

"Satisfied." She said.

"As long as you are satisfied, then just watch." She added.

The girl smiled slightly, came to Ming Qiang, and put her hand on his chest.

"I'm sorry, I was just following orders. I really didn't know that I would offend you. Please spare my life!" Ming Qiang said quickly.

The girl ignored him and whispered: "Apply for the link sequence."

There is no sound in the void.

There was a pause.

The girl added: "In the current sequence, according to the end-of-war agreement, you must immediately check my soul fluctuations and respond to my instructions at a confidential level. This is an order!"

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

Endless fog suddenly appeared all around.

In the depths of the fog, a metal building connected to the sky suddenly appeared.

A mechanical sound then sounded:

"Deck No. 9-2571, civilization survival sequence, named 'Mechanical City'."

"Please review."

The girl nodded and said softly: "From now on, I will take over everything."

Snapped--

There was a soft sound.

Ming Qiang's head suddenly exploded, and his whole body fell to the ground.

…

Liu Ping kept climbing in the darkness.

Whenever he raised his feet, upward steps immediately appeared in front of him.

finally.

The steps also come to an end.

The huge will came quietly, turned into endless mist, and formed four vague faces, just like the forty-meter statue.

Four faces were lined up in front of Liu Ping.

A voice sounded in Liu Ping's ears:

"These are the four faces that make up the world. They are all the secrets, everything that is eternally unknown."

"Choose."

"Choose with your deepest desires."

Liu Ping listened silently.

use--

desire--

To choose a path.

"I have never encountered such a thing, but if I have to say what I wish for now, it is to be able to save the people around me..."

"Save them from danger."

That huge will spoke again:

"Save others, not make yourself stronger."

"Is this your wish?"

Liu Ping said naturally: "Yes, I don't have the ability to save them now. Now that I have finally reached level 10, I naturally hope to gain some abilities that can help."

"As for becoming stronger, gaining knowledge and secrets, and other ideas, I can slowly realize them myself."

"I want to save the people around me."

The huge will said: "Are you sure?"

"OK." Liu Ping said.

Among the four masks, three masks retreated into the darkness and gradually disappeared.

The remaining mask hovered in the air for a while and landed in front of Liu Ping.

At this moment.

The mask finally became clear.

Its surface is blank, without any unnecessary modifications, except for a bright red outline around the eye sockets.

"What's this?"

Liu Ping said doubtfully.

"The ceremony is over -" the huge will spoke again: "You are facing the most dangerous situation. You need to put on your mask immediately, leave the Pillar of Eternal Night, and return to the world where you are."

Liu Ping's heart tightened.

Is there something wrong with Hua Qingkong?

A light and shadow appeared in the void, showing everything happening outside.

Liu Ping read it quickly, put on his mask, and said, "Please send me back."

The next moment.

A huge impact hit him, knocking him away and falling into the endless darkness.

…

The wind howled.

Liu Ping was still falling downwards.

"——Liu Ping!"

"Wake up quickly! Otherwise, you will fall to death, Liu Ping!"

Lilith shouted anxiously.

suddenly.

A card appeared quietly and turned into a banshee in the forest.

She fell down with Liu Ping and said, "It's too late. This is the sealed place of the Kingdom of Ceylon. I can't use other powers here. I can only open the seal and let him in!"

"Then let him in!" Lilith said happily.

"But - as soon as he enters, time will start, and his two companions and even himself will be killed by the prisoners!" the banshee in the forest sighed.

"What? What should we do?" Lilith said desperately.

A male voice sounded.

"fine."

The two women suddenly looked towards Liu Ping.

I saw that he had woken up, and a halo of light was emitting alternating light and dark light above his head.

"Madam, please open the seal, let's enter the seal!"

he said.

Lines of burning small characters appeared quickly:

"You have completed the evolution of the divine pillar node at level 10 and gained some kind of unique growth."

"Your knightly aura has been improved."

"You have obtained your own initial crown——"

"Unnamed Unknown Crown:"

"Constant effect: Forty meters of call power (secondary)."

"Explanation: You can summon objects and beings with souls within a 40-meter range, and have them immediately appear anywhere within a 40-meter range with you as the center."