Infernal Artist

Frost is coming.

The entire ruins were completely frozen.

The voice of the black stone statue came from far away:

"Deceiver, you are not qualified to be my collection, you should be eaten!"

The ruins were quiet.

There was no one, no sound of response.

After a long time.

The frost that filled the surrounding area gradually receded, returned to the sparse woods, and disappeared.

It was as if everything had never happened.

In the ruins, Liu Ping had long since disappeared.

…

When the frost began to spread, Liu Ping's eyes suddenly became much clearer.

"you are dead."

"You have explored new unknown ruins, and your experience points continue to increase."

"The fog of soul corrosion has disappeared."

"You're in dreamland."

"——The dream consciousness will no longer erase you."

"You're safe for now."

Liu Ping was slightly surprised.

After dying 60,000 times in two days, I finally arrived in this ruins and was suddenly safe?

He looked toward the woods.

The frost keeps coming and is about to spread to the ruins——

But in the blink of an eye, the woods suddenly turned into densely packed houses.

The frost has completely disappeared.

It's like the world has been transformed.

The empty and dilapidated room where he originally stood had a new look, and there was even a brand new carpet on the floor.

There is a painting hanging on the wall.

There was steaming food on the table, and the desktop calendar next to it had ticked off twenty-nine days in a row, and made a mark on the thirtieth day.

Flowers are placed in vases on the windowsill, swaying in the wind.

There were sounds of children playing outside.

Peace in the world.

Liu Ping was stunned for a while.

"Dream?" He asked doubtfully.

Yana suddenly said: "It is indeed a dream, but what exactly is going on in such a powerful dream, we need to see again."

"What are you looking at?" Liu Ping asked confused.

"Looking at what will happen soon," Hua Qingkong joined in and said: "If something good happens, such as letting you enter a certain academy to study, or exploring a secret realm to find treasures, it can basically be determined that it is the sequence of our human race. .”

The sequence of human...

"If it is really the sequence of the human race, it is really an unexpected harvest." Yana said.

"Yes, that's right. It would be even better if it was a complete set of sequence cards. There must be a hidden final weapon." Hua Qingkong said.

Liu Ping stood by the window and looked outside.

There are many high-rise buildings, one after another.

Heavy traffic.

This seems to be a huge human city.

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

There was a knock on the door.

Liu Ping turned around, walked to the door and asked, "Who?"

"Your letter."

A letter slipped under the door.

Liu Ping bent down, picked up the letter, and tore it open.

A beautiful card appeared in front of him, and it read:

"congratulations."

"You have entered the interview stage."

"Please go downstairs in ten minutes. The commuter bus to the Municipal Law Enforcement Bureau will be waiting for you at the intersection."

After Liu Ping read it, he put the card on the table.

"You two, you guessed wrong. You are not going to study in an academy or some secret realm. You are going to be a law enforcer." Libertas joked.

"If you become a law enforcer, you can catch bad guys, hone your skills, and improve your ability to respond to requests - it can be considered a good thing." Yana said uncertainly.

Hua Qingkong said: "It's rare to see someone in the dream world, and it's really strange to have such an identity."

"We can only take one step at a time," Liu Ping said.

He put the card away, opened the door, and walked out.

ten minutes later.

Sure enough, there was a bus waiting for him at the intersection.

Liu Ping got on the bus, but found that the entire bus was empty. Except for the driver, he was the only one.

"Am I the only one entering the interview process?" he asked.

The driver said without looking back: "Of course, our selection is very strict. It has been many years since anyone has been able to enter the interview stage."

The car starts.

Half an hour later.

Liu Ping sat in the conference room of the Law Enforcement Bureau, opposite three men in police uniforms.

"You should be a card master, right?"

one person asked.

"Yes, I am a card master." Liu Ping said truthfully.

"Very well, we are pleased with you."

The other person said, raised his hand and looked at his watch, and continued: "I will get off work in five minutes. You can go directly to the final assessment."

The third person said: "We have a special mission tonight, do you understand?"

"Do I need to get involved?" Liu Ping asked.

"No, you need to stay here on duty - here are our various documents, equipment and temporarily detained prisoners."

A key is placed on the table.

"Remember, the prisoner is in the basement, and the prisoner must not be allowed to escape."

"Yes." Liu Ping took the key.

The three of them stood up together and said: "Stay on duty all night. Even if you pass this interview, you can officially join us."

They nodded to Liu Ping, stood up and walked out of the conference room.

Liu Ping stood up and fell into deep thought.

"A very strange dream." Yana commented.

"…and they ran too fast."

Liu Ping slowly opened the door of the conference room and looked out.

The entire Enforcer Bureau has become empty, without anyone.

——He was the only one left.

"Listen, Liu Ping, I don't feel good. This situation is a bit like that very ancient sequence." Hua Qingkong suddenly said.

Liu Ping said: "What do you mean..."

"That era has long since dissipated in the years. I only had the slightest impression of it by consulting classics when I was young. Now I just hope that is not the case." Hua Qingkong said.

"Liu Ping is not afraid of death, so don't scare us." Libertas said.

No one said anything.

After a while, Zhao Chanyi said lazily: "Young man, you died too young. You don't know... many things are more terrifying than death."

The next moment.

Snapped!

The lights throughout the Enforcer Bureau went out.

The world is dark, and I can't see my fingers.

Liu Ping flipped his hands, tied the Shadow Knife around his waist, and strode to the door of the Law Enforcement Bureau.

He pushed open the door.

Everything outside the door disappeared.

Darkness enveloped everything.

It seems that the entire world has been destroyed, and only this Law Enforcement Bureau is left.

"Don't go out, otherwise I will die again."

The panda doll sighed.

Liu Ping looked at the endless darkness, warning signs one after another emerging in his heart.

Bang!

He closed the door.

Dead silence.

dark.

Liu Ping walked around the empty law enforcement bureau, slowly thinking about everything that happened.

"Hua Qingkong, do you see anything?" he asked in a low voice.

"We have a little idea, but if we want to be sure of anything, we have to go to the basement to see what happened to the so-called prisoner." Hua Qingkong sighed.

Liu Ping took out the key.

I saw that this key had changed.

It gradually grew longer from an ordinary key to a long bronze key, with mysterious runes constantly appearing on it.

Those law enforcers said, don't let the prisoners escape from the basement...

Liu Ping walked down the steps leading to the basement step by step.

Nothing happens.

It was as if billions of invisible beings were hidden in the darkness, quietly watching his actions.

They are waiting...

Liu Ping stood in front of the basement door and inserted the key into the door lock.

Click.

The door opened.

Liu Ping opened the door and his whole body was suddenly illuminated by the fire.

He saw a world——

It was a world filled with endless crimson flames.

Endless scorching flames reflected the dark sky.

In the sea of ​​fire, endless beings were wailing and struggling, but their hands and feet were all tied with heavy shackles, making it impossible to escape from the sea of ​​fire.

One huge monster after another walked slowly in the sea of ​​fire.

They looked down at the wailing humans, and from time to time they sprinkled some flames, causing the people who were suffering from the burning to erupt in even more miserable screams.

Liu Ping looked towards a giant monster.

I saw a line of small words floating above its head:

"Servant of the gods, level 70."

Liu Ping closed the door quietly and quietly.

The fire disappeared.

The world returned to darkness.

"I know, this is a dream sequence from that era." Yana said suddenly.

There was a hint of nervousness in her voice that she had never had before.

"Dream sequence? What's going on?" Liu Ping asked.

Hua Qingkong’s voice then sounded:

"She is right. This is a very ancient dream sequence. Maybe you have heard of the era when it was born and the events of that era -"

"——Nightmare Era."

"It belongs to the old gods of the past."