Infernal Artist

dusk.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone over the neighborhood.

The streets were decorated with lights and colorful decorations, as if they were celebrating some grand festival. .

But there was no one.

Liu Ping stood in the middle of the empty road, somewhat surprised.

Following the "sermon" instructions, I entered this hidden world——

But the so-called "survivor" was not found.

Bursts of melodious music came from afar.

Liu Ping listened carefully and whispered: "Piano music... there is an indescribable sadness and silence..."

He followed the direction of the music and walked slowly along the street.

Snowflakes were falling from the sky.

If you look up carefully, you will find a huge shadow outside the sky.

It looked like a humanoid being looking down at the world.

Liu Ping ignored the shadow for a while.

——There are too many monsters in countless worlds and time spaces.

Now he desperately wants to find the "survivor".

After passing through deserted streets, he finally found the place where the music was playing.

It was a temple-like building.

Near it, other buildings surround it, as if it were the center of the place.

When Liu Ping arrived here, the sound of the piano became louder.

——It’s like welcoming him.

Liu Ping found the main entrance of the temple and pushed it open.

Still no one.

A piano was placed at the end of the rows of unoccupied benches, on the side of the main altar, making a tinkling sound.

——No one is playing, it is ringing by itself.

Liu Ping looked around and saw a shadow standing on the altar.

It was a dark-haired woman.

She was about thirty years old, exuding solemnity and tranquility. She was wearing an old-fashioned black short robe and loose bloomers, with a cigarette in her mouth, and she was sitting on the edge of the altar.

——Looking a little lonely.

"Finally someone is here."

The woman blew out a smoke ring.

Liu Ping cupped his hands and said, "Sir, I am Liu Ping. I don't know how to call you?"

"I am the God of Death in this world - if you don't mind, you can call me Aunt Meng. Everyone used to call me that." The female God of Death said.

"Why Aunt Meng?" Liu Ping asked.

"Life is like a dream, I will end it very gently." The woman said.

She opened a pack of cigarettes and asked, "Do you smoke?"

"Thanks, Aunt Meng, I rarely touch this stuff." Liu Ping said.

"Yes, it will make you come to me."

The woman lit a cigarette again, took a deep breath, and her eyes fell on the automatic piano.

"Boy, you have a complex humanity and a lot of rare divinity. Can you tell me why you are here?" she asked.

"I...actually came here to avoid the enemy, take a rest here, learn some things, and prepare for future battles." Liu Ping said.

"Who are you fighting with?" the female god of death asked.

"The Lord of Nightmares." Liu Ping said.

"I don't believe it, I have already felt that you have the sequence of the Lord of Nightmares." The female Death God said.

"This is a little hard to explain. How should I put it? I got through it in a fool's errand. Let me think of something that can prove this." Liu Ping said.

suddenly.

A little girl in a red dress emerged from the void and landed gently next to him.

Andrea!

The female Death God stared at Andrea in surprise, with a hint of disbelief in her eyes.

"Holy Spirit!"

"Yes, I did come down from the Holy World, hello." Andrea saluted.

The female Death God looked at her, then at Liu Ping, and said, "You... need my help?"

Andrea smiled and asked, "I can feel that this world still has its last glimmer of life. Do you need my help?"

Liu Ping thought for a while and equipped the saint-level title of "Icon before the Tide".

Immediately, the female Death God noticed the changes in him and said in surprise: "You are a saint among all living beings - you have the Holy Spirit following you, and you are also a saint - now I somewhat believe it."

The female God of Death was silent for a moment, then jumped down from the altar with a slight leap.

She came to Liu Ping step by step and said: "Back then... we failed to resist the invasion of nightmares, and all the gods were completely destroyed."

"Only I-"

"Because this world will become a complete realm of death, and I am in charge of death, there is still a glimmer of opportunity."

"For a long time, I have been relying on more and more deaths in this world to survive until now."

Having said this, she looked at Liu Ping quietly.

"We are a natural alliance," Liu Ping said.

The female God of Death's eyes fell on his fingertips and she whispered: "I saw... the long-faded divine power of the earth lingering in your hands, and there was an Almighty God who was in a state of death, hiding obscenely behind you. "

"We escaped - you know, it's really not easy to make a living." Liu Ping shrugged.

The female Death God burst out laughing.

Without waiting for Liu Ping to react, she suddenly took out a black ring, grabbed one of Liu Ping's hands, and asked:

"To be honest, we are indeed on the same journey, and helping me means helping you - but this is not easy. It is a dangerous situation you have never seen before. Are you willing to give it a try?"

"How difficult is it?" Liu Ping asked.

"On that day of twilight of the gods, it was almost complete despair. Even I found it difficult and never dared to find anyone to try. But you are a saint -"

"Then let me try." Liu Ping said.

"Remember, you only have one chance, and you must not make any mistakes." The female Death God said.

"Otherwise?" Liu Ping asked.

"I will completely dissipate - in fact, the last trace of my soul rests on this matter." The female Death God said.

"Tsk, my pressure seems to have increased." Liu Ping said.

"I'm asking you one last time, do you want to help?" the female Death God asked.

"Come." Liu Ping said.

She lowered her head and put the black ring on Liu Ping's ring finger.

All of a sudden.

Lines of burning small characters appeared quickly:

"In the endless moments, sometimes, the future and the past are actually linked."

“They determine each other.”

"You will enter a line of destiny that is maintained with all the strength of Death."

"start!"

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

The female Death God disappeared from his eyes.

Liu Ping felt something in his heart and immediately turned his head to look.

I saw noisy sounds, crowded people, and busy traffic gradually appearing on the streets outside the temple gate.

The whole world seemed to come alive.

The voice of the female God of Death sounded from the black ring:

"we say--"

"There is often a faint light hidden in despair."

"On the day of destruction, the most powerful twins of death were born. Every prayer and sacrifice from her and him will make me stronger."

"These two born priests burst out with infinite power before they died and made a wish to me."

"If you can fulfill the twins' wishes for me, then things will take a turn for the better——"

The temple door opens.

A girl in costume quietly poked her head out, looked around, and immediately saw Liu Ping.

"John, come on!"

The girl waved to him repeatedly.

Liu Ping hesitated.

The girl stamped her feet, rushed into the temple, and trotted all the way up to him.

"What's going on?" Liu Ping couldn't help but asked silently.

"She is one of the twins, and now you play the other one - the other one's wish is to save her." The voice of the female god of death sounded.

"So it's okay for me to save her?" Liu Ping asked.

"The twins' wish is to save each other——"

"You have to play one of them to save the other, and then immediately play the second one, and then go to save the first one, and save both of them." The female death god said.

"But I don't know them at all." Liu Ping said.

"Come on, my life and death are in your hands." The female Death God said vaguely.

God quietly interjected: "Actually, this female Death God doesn't understand them either. Their power was only awakened at the moment when the world was destroyed. At that time, all the gods died and the God of Death also lost all power - Liu Ping, we must ourselves Think of ways to."

"Then where does this power that penetrates time and space come from?" Mother Earth asked doubtfully.

"The gods knew that they would not be spared, so they left all their last power to the God of Death, thus creating such a hidden technique - now that we have entered the game, I can finally say it - it really kills me." God said .

"Thank you for your hard work, you wretched old man." Mother Earth teased.

"Be serious, Mother Earth, this situation is not ordinary dangerous." God said solemnly.

"When the nightmare comes, save two people - even we ourselves may not survive." Mother Earth sighed.

Liu Ping listened silently and said nothing for a while.

The girl ran up to him.

"Aunt Meng is not here today - it seems that all the gods have disappeared today. I am thinking of a way. Do you want to come with me?" the girl asked.

Liu Ping paused for a moment before realizing that the so-called "Aunt Meng" was the God of Death.

He released his spiritual thoughts and observed himself.

He is still the same as before.

But perhaps the last bit of power from the gods worked, and the girl recognized herself as the other person in the twins.

"What's your plan?" Liu Ping asked.

"Of course, go to the observatory on the top of the mountain to see where the stars are going," the girl said.

As she spoke, lines of small words appeared above her head:

"Son of Sleep."

"One of the Twins of Death."

"If the reincarnated person who has awakened the power of 'Sleep' is given a chance to grow, over time, she will definitely become the right-hand man of the God of Death."

"Save her and you will gain great merit."

"Saving the Twins is the only opportunity to change the current parallel world. If you can seize it——"

After collecting all the fine print, the rest of what was said was not fully explained.

Liu Ping laughed.

Seize this opportunity?

it is necessary.

Since the gods released such power before they died, allowing the past and the future to change each other, then——

He looked down at the girl in front of him and said happily: "A star observatory? Come on, let's go together."

The girl immediately beamed with joy and said loudly: "That's right, I knew you would go with me!"

"Of course, we will do a big job." Liu Ping said.

"That's right!"

The girl is even happier.

She took Liu Ping's hand and ran towards the outside of the temple.