Infernal Artist

Everlasting night.

In the dark night, a few shooting stars flashed past.

"Look, they're back."

A man wearing a greyhound mask.

Beside him, there were two masked people standing.

Bai Lang said: "I don't know why the leader went to purgatory on a whim."

The fox said: "——It should be something related to the prisoners."

A few stars came quietly.

Four people wearing masks of darkness, stars, tigers and rabbits fell to the ground.

"Awaited."

Humanity wearing a dark mask.

"Everything is ready and you can enter the cemetery again at any time." said the fox.

He took out the cards one by one and distributed them to everyone.

Liu Ping also got one.

I saw a secret room drawn on the card, filled with all kinds of supplies, with only a table and seven chairs in the middle.

Lines of burning small characters quickly emerged:

“Relic Teahouse (Antiquities)”

"Time and space cards, dimensional cards."

"Whoever holds this card, no matter they are in any time stream or any space, can go to this card to rest for a while, or leave a message to their companions here."

"Available every seven days."

Liu Ping's eyes fell on the word 'antique' and asked: "What is the origin of this card?"

"certainly."

The fox introduced the function of the card and said: "This is an important card we got from excavating another cemetery. It comes from the void world countless years ago."

"And this card."

The team leader once again displayed the previous thick card full of various technological components in front of Liu Ping and said:

"This card was also found in a cemetery we excavated. By studying it, we learned the origin of the card."

cemetery……

Why are they all obtained from cemeteries?

Liu Ping was a little confused.

Xingchen added: "Back then, the Void Human Race was extremely powerful and great, creating a splendid historical civilization. They buried many graveyard-like places in the eternal night very early, and they seemed to be preparing something."

"Although the Void Divine Pillar was completely destroyed and the human race's civilization came to an end, these cemeteries have always been in the eternal night. They proved the strength of the human race back then." Gray Wolf said.

"The cemetery we are going to now is also like this?" Liu Ping asked.

Several people looked at each other and smiled.

The tiger patted him on the shoulder and said, "You're lucky, this cemetery is bigger than the ones we explored before -"

Greyhound also showed his hands and said: "We have worked hard to break through many heavy barriers and passed many screenings. When we are just ready to go in and explore, you kill the arrogant Card Master of Time."

Bai Lang said: "It's not necessarily lucky. After all, the dangers in this kind of cemetery are unpredictable. Maybe we will die here."

"Bah, you crow's mouth!" everyone said in unison.

The white wolf closed his mouth angrily.

Liu Ping looked at the group leader.

The leader nodded and said: "Manpower is always the basis for obtaining information. You are more suitable to join us than the Card Master of Time."

He gestured toward the stars.

"Then, the tiger is responsible for the release, and the others are preparing to go underground. Who has any questions?"

"No!"

"The action begins!"

Xingchen pulled out a card and gently threw it out.

Bang——

The card turned into a curtain of light, covering everyone.

Then, they began to sink slowly.

After a while, several people disappeared from the ground.

Only the tiger was left standing.

He whistled, found a rock to sit on, and whispered:

"Very good, according to the original plan, they all went down."

"I'm the only one here now—"

The tiger looked around and pulled out a card from the card book.

Bang!

A game console appeared in front of him.

"The ancient collector's edition of the Void Game Console contains the super masterpiece: The Legend of the Floating Sky - I got it with great difficulty, and I must not let Greyhound and White Wolf see it!"

"Then, the first trial begins."

…

sink.

The rate of sinking gradually increased.

Sometimes, Liu Ping even felt a pair of hands grabbing his feet and dragging him downward with all his strength.

Time became extremely long.

When he counted to more than three hundred breaths, the surrounding soil completely disappeared.

He found himself floating in a vast void of darkness.

"It's so deep..."

Liu Ping murmured.

Beside him, several other people also fell down one after another, floating together in the darkness.

Greyhound said with emotion: "Yes, the Void Human Race can hide such a big place under the eternal night. Every time I think about it, I find it incredible."

"Cang Yan!"

Bai Lang shouted, and a ball of pale white flame was thrown out by him.

The flame flew into the air hundreds of meters away, and suddenly turned into a bright full moon.

The darkness faded.

The surrounding scenery caught everyone's eyes.

"here it is……"

Liu Ping lost his mind and said.

Xingchen said: "Yes, this is a human burial ground. You see, they are all dead, right?"

Below is the vast expanse of land.

Mountains and rivers.

river.

lake.

small village.

In the village, people coming and going stand still, like sculptures.

They have no life left.

They have been dead for who knows how many years, but they are still standing here, as if frozen in time.

A path extends from the village, leading to the misty distance.

"The first few times I came down, all the barriers had been removed."

"You can go down now."

"Wait a minute, let the stars divine."

Everyone looked towards the stars.

Xingchen took out a few cards from the card book and was about to arrange them in the air, but saw the cards break free from her hand and fly back into the card book.

"What's going on?" Greyhound asked curiously.

"...Divination was rejected. Divination is not allowed here." Xingchen said.

"It seems that a powerful secret-keeping spell was set here a long time ago, and no divination methods are allowed." The fox pondered.

The leader drew a card and said to the void: "We have passed all the screenings. Please allow us to explore this place."

The card was quickly burned to ashes by the flames.

A line of text emerged from the void and appeared in front of everyone:

"Visitors, what is your purpose of coming?"

The leader said: "Pursuing the past glory of our human race."

Lines of prompts pop up quickly:

"All admission procedures have been finalized."

"Start personnel scanning."

"Applicants: six people."

"Race: Human."

"-Discovering unspeakable monsters."

"The monster is in a seal, and its owner is: Twilight's Embrace."

"Judgment: Future Visitor."

"Further expansion of authority."

"Allow entry into the kingdom of humans."

All the small words flashed by.

Everyone was silent for a while.

"Twilight's Embrace... It seems that some of us have defeated the prisoners with the help of the ultimate weapon left by our ancestors."

The group leader smiled.

"No matter who it is, this is always a good thing, and our authority seems to have been expanded." Xingchen said.

"Let's go down and take a look." The leader said.

Everyone set off together and flew down towards the village.

They stood in front of the fountain in the center of the town and looked at the sculpture-like crowds around them.

Lines of burning small characters appeared in front of Liu Ping’s eyes:

"You embarked on a great quest."

"The benefits of this exploration will begin after all is said and done."

"Please give it your all."

Liu Ping was watching, and suddenly, Bai Lang shouted: "What's going on? They seem to have moved."

Liu Ping looked at the crowd around him.

The dust that filled the air gradually subsided.

Bursts of light appeared inexplicably all around.

The faded colors on those houses and walls became bright again.

Click.

An extremely subtle sound.

But a still woman slowly opened her eyes, causing the thin shell of dust covering her eyelids to shatter.

Swish——

The white wolf's figure flew away in one direction, drawing a gray line in the sky.

He disappeared.

"Calm down, the white wolf is not dead - our arrival seems to have triggered something." The group leader said quickly.

Everyone is sure.

The next moment——

The leader turned into a gray line and flew in another direction.

He also disappeared.

"Xingchen, what's going on!" Greyhound said loudly.

Xingchen said: "It's okay, this should be a kind of identity reset and arrangement."

The greyhound suddenly disappeared.

Next came the fox.

He murmured as if he was relieved: "Fortunately, I prepared the 'Tea Room of Last Words'. This time the leader won't scold me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared.

In the end, only Liu Ping and Xingchen were left.

"Be careful and leave a message at the Yiyu Tea Room if anything happens."

Xingchen warned.

Liu Ping nodded and said, "Be careful too."

The next moment.

The stars turned into a gray line and disappeared from his eyes.

There were noisy sounds in the surrounding streets.

Those people gradually came to life.

Liu Ping stood alone in the middle of the road, holding the Shadow Sword casually——

He suddenly felt a huge pulling force.

It's my turn.

As soon as this idea came to him, he felt that all the scenes began to spin.

——The world is spinning.

The world flashed by.

dark.

A human voice sounded:

"Okay, stop making noise and start filling in your application."

Liu Ping opened his eyes suddenly and raised his head from the desk.

classroom.

This is the classroom.

He sat on a chair with a desk in front of him.

Surrounded by teenagers of similar age.

A man wearing glasses stood on the podium and continued: "You must seriously consider your future, and then fill out your application carefully."

"Next, the squad leader will start handing out instructions for filling out the application form."

A young man walked up to the podium, held a thick stack of papers, and handed them out one by one.

Liu Ping was watching silently, and suddenly there was a sharp pain in his mind.

Many memories appeared out of thin air.

This is Mirror Village.

I am a young boy from Murakami who has just graduated from school.

Today is the day to fill in the application form.

"Liu Ping!"

The man on the podium shouted.

"Arrived!" Liu Ping stood up quickly.

"Come out with me."

The man turned around and walked out of the classroom.

Liu Ping walked out of the classroom under the gaze of many teenagers.

"Teacher, what's the matter?"

he asked.

The man looked at him and smiled: "Have you discussed this with your parents?"

Liu Ping was stunned for a moment, then said: "Not yet."

"It's better to discuss it. Just today, I'll go with you after school to have a good chat with your parents." The man said.

Liu Ping tried his best to remember.

In the memory, several vague figures emerged and gradually became clear.

They are their own parents.

He also has a younger brother.

The memories of a whole period of fourteen years became vivid, as if I had really had such a time.

During these fourteen years of growth, I have mastered knowledge on the technological side, and also learned to use the Five Elements to release some cultivation-side techniques.

——Is this an identity arrangement?

"Then thank you, teacher." Liu Ping thanked him honestly.

"It's nothing. If you can master the knowledge and skills of both sides at the age of fourteen, you may become a master in fighting the doomsday in the future."

The teacher said with admiration.