The Last King of Darkness

pain.

excruciating pain.

Unparalleled excruciating pain, like Hutches tearing apart every nerve in his head.

Rhodes woke up painfully from his deep sleep.

"Wait... Why does my head hurt so much, is someone giving me some ideas?"

"What's the matter, whoever says drinking can prevent cerebral infarction, I will let him have a cerebral infarction first..."

Rhodes opened his eyes and was about to get up.

"I can't stand it anymore, I have to go eat a little pressure shock..."

However, the next moment, he was stunned.

This is not a dormitory, nor a home. The good brother who drank alcohol is gone, and he is not sleeping on the bed, but on the dry and hard wasteland.

What is creepy is that there are still many people lying on the wasteland, they are motionless and not a trace of anger.

Clearly has been dead for a long time.

The cold hairs on the back of Rhode's head exploded in an instant.

Why are there so many dead people?

I was dumped?

But it's not like a crematorium either.

Rhode forced himself to calm down, and as his eyes moved, he discovered more weirdness.

The clothes of the deceased are weird, not like modern style, the corpse is dry and black, not like the normal way of dying, and there are traces of destruction around, but as a man who has watched more than a thousand episodes of Conan, he is keenly aware that these traces are not harmonious.

But even more eerie is a lamp.

In the center of the corpse, it was tightly held by a dry hand.

Its outer layer is a grid of gray metal, and the inner layer is a thick translucent glass, from which a small flame that seems to be extinguished at any time can be vaguely seen.

And the light emitted by this fragile flame illuminates the world within 100 meters.

Beyond the 100-meter firelight, there is a thick black fog that keeps rolling.

There is no night sky, no stars, no moon, and no sun.

Rhodes opened his mouth wide and couldn't even breathe. Only the husky in his head was tearing down the house.

Make no mistake, this is by no means a normal, understandable world.

If the pain hadn't continued, Rhodes would have thought he was dreaming.

"Oops, I'm not in a weird world... This is going to be a good death..."

Rhode regretted having watched so many horror movies. Various horror scenes in his memory poured out uncontrollably in his mind, being eaten by monsters, being stuffed into the sewers alive, pressing into suitcases, making candied fruit, etc. Wait for the uncomfortable pictures to come.

"Calm down, calm down, I'm going to calm down now."

Rhode continued to take deep breaths.

"Don't panic, don't panic, Mr. Lu Xun once said that the best way to eliminate fear is to face it, not all ghost movies are completely destroyed..."

"I will definitely survive, I will definitely be able to return to my world, Zhiling Rimi Yui Bud Ikuna Naito is still waiting for me, I can't let them be sad for me..."

It was not easy for Rhodes to calm down, and as soon as his rational thinking recovered, fragments of memory poured out of his brain.

After tens of minutes of digesting this short but very broken piece of information, Rhode's heart sank to the bottom of the sea.

This is a world shrouded in darkness, the pervasive black mist erodes all living beings, and countless monsters roam in it.

And the shelter of mankind, only fire.

They called it the guardian fire, or the fire of light, the fire of life, the fire of hope, the fire of eternity, and with this they established human settlements to survive in this apocalyptic hell.

The settlement is entirely dependent on the power of fire, and the stronger the fire, the larger the settlement.

The most powerful guardian fire is the holy fire of the king city, which is also their largest settlement. All villages and towns and other settlements are within the range of its power radiation and exist around it.

The Redstone Village where he was located was such a settlement, and thought that mining redstone in the King City was a mission and livelihood.

The corpses on the ground are all members of the migration team from Hongshi Village to Wangcheng.

"This... the whole army was wiped out? Am I the only one alive?"

Rhodes felt a strong chill.

Generally speaking, this is never a good thing, which means that he will meet more terrible and worse doom.

He also doesn't know what happened to the migration process, how they died, and how he survived.

The memory is fragmented, with large gaps.

"What should I do, I won't die here, will I?"

"No no, impossible."

"Observation, I need to observe, maybe I can find clues to go home."

Rhode looked around and quickly noticed the red stones scattered among the corpses.

They seem to have been arranged artificially, with a certain pattern, to form a certain composition.

This composition is highly directional, and at the center of it is a strange pattern drawn by blood.

It is less than half a meter in diameter. The outer layer is a circle, and the inner circle is two staggered lightning lines. The strong visual sense makes it look very aggressive, and the black blood makes it look a bit weird.

Rhode's pupils shrank, and for a while, he forgot his fear and headache.

Isn't the symbol on this pattern the title page picture of the dream symbol on courage in the famous psychologist Freud's famous book "The Interpretation of Dreams" that he read before?

The previous experience came to my mind.

He was studying in the dormitory, and his brothers told him to go drinking.

Originally I didn't want to go, but a bad friend said that drinking alcohol can prevent cerebral infarction, open up the blocked parts of the brain, enlighten him, and let his emotional talent that has been dusted for many years in the past can be revived. If you read the classic cheats that he has collected for many years, you will definitely be able to turn into a gentle and warm man who is a master of love, warm her all day with one sentence, easily catch up with the goddess in his mind, marry Bai Fumei, and reach the pinnacle of life.

Rhodes couldn't resist the warm invitation of his bad friend and the desire in his heart. Although he was not very good at drinking, he still went.

The result seems to be really useful. After reading the books such as "Sea King's Classic" and "Scumbag" after drinking, Rhode felt that he had understood the true meaning of life, understood "Emotional Intelligence", and would never understand the atmosphere of being raped by women. Children hate.

The only thing missing is courage.

Then, he thought of the "Interpretation of Dreams" he was watching, and thought of the symbol of courage.

Before going to bed, he placed this symbol with both hands according to the book, placed it on his chest, and closed his eyes serenely.

He thought that after waking up, the new bright road of life would unfold before his eyes, but he didn't expect it to be really "peaceful".

The thoughts passed by in a flash, and a thought suddenly jumped up in Rhodes' mind.

If all this really has to do with it, then...

Can I go back?

The moment this thought appeared, the blood vessels in the brain were beating wildly, the heart was almost split, the desire to go home attracted him, the Internet, food, family, best friends, keyboards, real or virtual, current or future wives, encouraged him.

Infinite courage arises in my heart.

There is nothing to be afraid of anymore.

Rhodes quickly ran to the target point.

In the midst of such unknown dangers, decisive and targeted action may not necessarily lead to good results, but it is the closest path to success.

Hesitation, hesitation, standing still, seemingly safe, often lead to worse outcomes.

Although it is impossible to be sure, this is the only possibility, maybe with a light touch, he can instantly travel back home.

Rhode jumped and jumped into this weird pattern.

In the next instant, his body became hot, as if something hot was inserted.

Immediately after that, it was dark in front of him, and countless pictures rushed to his face.

In the dark wasteland, a team walks alone.

One hand in the team was raised high, crushed a black skull, and there was a very obvious eye pattern on the back of the hand.

The procession was disrupted, with ghosts walking through them.

All are dead.

The picture disappeared, the strange feeling faded, Rhode came back to his senses, he was still in place, the pattern under his feet began to evaporate, the black blood evaporated, turned into fine black dust, and flew away.

The light dimmed a little.

"what happened?"

Rhodes was a little confused. What did those pictures mean? What's hot and hot?

Is this weird symbol gone? Won't you surprise me with something?

Looking around, the sight of corpses all over the place is still hairy, but there is a familiar feeling.

Suddenly, a thought jumped out: "Could it be that the picture I saw just now was the scene when this team was destroyed?"

"The hand that crushed the Heavenly Spirit Cover is the murderer?"

But what's the use of knowing the murderer? I killed the murderer and opened a portal over his body to send me home?

While he was in a daze, Rhode suddenly found that there were ghosts floating around in the shadows, a strange whine sounded in the air, and all the corpses were cast in shadow.

"How is this going?"

"Oops, didn't I release some ghosts?"

puff!

A monster about three meters tall with black hair all over his body stepped in from the edge of light and darkness.

The moment the light shone on it, a raging fire was ignited, and black smoke and dust scattered with the flames.

Its movements froze for a moment, but did not stop completely, like wading through the mud.

"Fuck."

Rhodes was taken aback and stepped back.

"What the **** is this! I don't want such a surprise!"

puff! puff! puff!

More black-haired monsters stepped out from the black mist.

The flying black ashes and the burning fire made them look extremely terrifying, as if they were demons who chose people and devoured them.

boom!

In a panic, Rhode accidentally tripped over the corpse and was about to get up, but the corpse grabbed his ankle.

"groove!"

Rhode kicked the corpse's hand away with one foot and jumped out like a frightened rabbit.

"The corpse is alive!"

But things were far more than that. Rhode looked around and saw that within a hundred meters of the fire, every corpse was about to move.

"Fuck!"

Rhodes couldn't say anything else.

"This Nima wants me to die!"

He had nowhere to run, and he didn't know where to run.

Am I finished?

At this moment, Rhodes suddenly saw a meteor streak across the sky in the distance.

His mind was touched for a moment, and he immediately remembered that this was the rescuer of Wangcheng.

In the impression of memory, Wangcheng is their only shelter, with the power to fight against dark monsters.

The range that the power of the royal city can radiate is the area where they can move.

And here, certainly within its scope.

As a human kingdom that can survive in such a harsh environment, they must have their own way of running to deal with threats from the sinister outside world.

The migration team lost contact here, they must have found something abnormal!

"Hey!"

Rhodes shouted, hope suddenly rising in his heart.

Not just the hope of salvation, but a greater hope.

He stepped into the pattern just now and saw the picture of the destruction of the relocation team. Combined with the traces left at the scene, he could infer that this must be a man-made murder.

The killer is characterized by a very obvious eye pattern engraved on the back of his hand.

This is a very important case-solving information. If he provides it to the rescuers, he should give some rewards.

According to the experience of the original world, in the case of a very large case of murdering hundreds of people, at least an S-class wanted order should be issued. It can provide important information on the arrest of an S-class wanted criminal. It is not too much to allocate a suite in Wangcheng?

If things can really go as he thought, if nothing else, at least the probability of surviving will be greatly improved.

"I'm here! I'm here!"

Rhodes jumped and jumped in front of the light, waving frantically, and the meteors in the sky seemed to have noticed it and flew towards him.

"Okay! I have hope!"

However, in ecstasy, Rhode suddenly discovered that there was a black engraving on the back of his waving hand.

Look closely, isn't that an eye?

The black lines staggered up and down, forming a huge pupil, exactly the same as the one seen before.

isn't it?

Rhodes was frozen.

This... the murderer is actually me?

I report myself and assign a cell in the royal city?

boom.

The meteor lands.