Chapter 143: Dead End (Part 1) Did you see the “Part 1”? It’s time to save up…

When? Go forward two hours.

Cui Zhiyong walked in the corridor of the Red Sect headquarters carrying a hand lantern. The faint candlelight flickered, casting a faint shadow on his face, making his blue eyes seem inexplicably strange.

The surroundings were extremely quiet, with no other figures around, only his own footsteps echoing in the empty corridor.

A few minutes later, Cui Zhiyong pushed open a door and placed the flashlight on the table at the door. He turned around and saw the dark figure leaning against the bookshelf. He blurted out "Fuck!", instantly breaking his mysterious aura.

Cui Zhiyong took a deep breath and quickly stuck his head out of the door to look around in the corridor. After making sure that no one was attracted by his voice, he quickly closed the door with a click and locked it tightly.

"How did you get in?"

"Walked in."

Cui Zhiyong clicked his tongue, "Look at the dark look you had just now. If I had deliberately shouted that there was an intruder, you could have gotten out tonight."

He took two steps into the room and turned on the light in the corner. The not-so-bright light illuminated the figure on the other side of the bookshelf. It was the elusive Zhang Chun.

"Don't worry, I can definitely knock you out before you scream." Zhang Chun closed the book in his hand and put it back into the bookshelf. He looked up at Cui Zhiyong, whom he hadn't seen for a while. After looking at him for a while, he touched his chin and said, "You look like a bad guy pretending to be a ghost now."

Choi Ji-young: "Thanks, this shows that my acting skills are superb. A similar statement can be replaced by saying that I don't look like a good person when I hold a pornographic book."

He shrugged, a relaxed smile on his face. "I guessed you were coming when I heard about the Hidden Lantern Festival in the Lower City. There's also a banquet? And those nobles sent it to me late at night when they were still awake? The invitation is simply insane, and it's obviously your doing - did you bring me some pornographic books? I wrote about this in the letter I left before I left."

Zhang Chun: "No, forget it. There's no way I would carry that kind of stuff with me."

Cui Zhiyong seemed to be complaining silently, then he took a few steps forward and approached Zhang Chun, his eyes falling on the bookshelf beside him, his eyes were filled with subtle inquiry, "So, what is your purpose in coming to talk to me in the middle of the night? Are you going to discuss a plan between the two of us?"

"You are speaking a little more aggressively now than before." Zhang Chun tapped a book beside him with his fingers, his tone still calm, "I just checked the identities and family networks of the kings of past dynasties and found something."

Cui Zhiyong: "For example, the fact that I am related to that pig?"

Zhang Chun had a headache: "Why do you have to scold yourself as well?"

Cui Zhiyong looked at Zhang Chun for a while, and said reluctantly: "In terms of blood relationship, I should call that thing my uncle, but on the other hand, he should be my enemy... Forget it, let's talk about the plan."

Zhang Chun and? He looked at each other.

After a few seconds of silence, Cui Zhiyong wondered, "Shouldn't you just follow my instructions and tell me your plan?"

Zhang Chun responded with an emotionless smile.

Cui Zhiyong: "...Okay? Well, I'll go first."

He seemed a little nervous, and after a moment of thought, he said, "Zhang Chun, no matter what your plan is, you may not be able to kill the pig in the end... I mean the king."

Zhang Chun responded without any emotion, "Oh?"

Cui Zhiyong continued, "You should have discovered the clues I left in Youdu before, the existence of the Desert God, and the fact that my... royal bloodline has been contaminated."

"That pig... The king did not think that the royal bloodline was polluted. Instead, he was smug and thought it was a manifestation of being favored by God. He was originally a person without superpowers, but later took the initiative to seek refuge with God and gained the ability of absolute immortality. He was once assassinated and was able to revive even without his heart. So you understand, he is difficult to kill. Oh, and he can even control those who have been marked by the Desert God, such as the current Knights."

Zhang Chun straightened his back gradually. "Wait a minute? Stop for a moment and let me stroke it..."

Cui Zhiyong ignored him and continued to speak: "As a price, half of his soul will be taken away by the Desert God, and the remaining half will become more and more crazy and arrogant. As the number of times the Desert God's power is used increases, it will become more and more inclined to the God..."

He paused, and finally said, "The body will become more and more adapted to the power of the Desert God, and eventually it can even contain a little bit of God's consciousness... In other words, although the pig claims to be a God-favored one, in my opinion, it is more like a disposable and not very good-looking container."

After he finished telling the secret hidden in his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked up, he found that Zhang Chun's expression was particularly ugly.

"......?" Cui Zhiyong asked in confusion. "What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Chun took a deep breath and did not answer. Instead, he continued to ask Cui Zhiyong's plan.

"Simple. You can't kill that pig because the power left in his body by the Desert God will help him revive. But I also have His power in my body, which can suppress his resurrection. So the only problem is that we have to find a way to lure those Knight Commanders away. Otherwise, if we are controlled and start a fight, it will be too easy for accidents to happen."

Zhang Chun extracted important information: "You mean, you are the one that can be recycled and looks good, so the Desert God would prefer you?"

Cui Zhiyong pondered: "…Why do your words sound a bit like Yunyan?"

Zhang Chun chuckled: "This is a bullshit plan."

"?" Cui Zhiyong was furious: "You curse again! You curse again!"

Zhang Chun retorted bluntly: "How can you be sure that the Desert God will? Side with you? Are you trying to say that He needs a royal family to rule this fortress? Now that we are all about to join forces to kill the God, why does He need such a burden? He is watching you having fun, idiots!"

Cui Zhiyong choked up, "Ah, this, ah, because of that, actually, the Desert God's mind is not very clear... "

Zhang Chun regained his composure, interrupted him, and said, "Three minutes."

"What?"

"Tomorrow I will try to lure away the other knights except the First Knight Commander. You have five minutes to assassinate the king. Whether you succeed or fail, you must find a way to survive."

"If I succeed, I will survive, but if I fail..." Cui Zhiyong didn't quite understand what this meant.

"According to speculation, the Desert God is likely to descend."

Zhang Chun stared into Cui Zhiyong's eyes and said word by word: "Once 'He' appears, you must find a way to delay time. Five minutes at the latest, my backup will come to rescue people."

"...Cloud Flame?"

Zhang Chun paused for a moment, his throat moving slightly, "No, he can't contact the Desert God for the time being. You'd better not tell him about our conversation just now."

Cui Zhiyong didn't intend to delve deeper. He sighed and said, "Okay, so for now our plans are the same. I'll try to kill the king, and then buy time, so that you can take care of the rest."

He suddenly thought of something, "Wait a minute? I have to go find Bai Qiu. That person's ability is a bit difficult to deal with. You..."

Zhang Chun waved his hand, indicating that he would stay here for a while.

Cui Zhiyong shrugged, left the data room very calmly, and prepared to go to Bai Qiu's residence.

After he left, Zhang Chun found a chair and sat down. The chaotic thoughts in his mind made it difficult for him to regain his sanity. He suddenly remembered the scene when he first met Yun Yan. He sorted out those memories bit by bit. The sense of disharmony became clearer and his brows furrowed deeper.

After an unknown amount of time, the light above his head suddenly flickered, and he woke up with a start, realizing that an hour had passed.

"Why hasn't Cui Zhiyong come back yet?"

He was vaguely aware that something unexpected was about to happen. As soon as he stood up, his vision suddenly went dark. He used his hands to support his body on the table. He seemed to be dazed for a moment, and his eyes were unfocused in the air, as if he was recalling or thinking about something.

A few minutes later, he gradually regained consciousness, and his expression became much gloomier.

"Blood mist... and time? Going back?"

Zhang Chun held his forehead with his hand, but his head still ached.

Countless thoughts echoed in my mind.

Is it [Blood Mist] or [Backtracking]?

Is it a [container] or a [god] walking on the earth?

Using that power again and again, recovering memories bit by bit, who is standing there in the end, Yun Yan, or...

He almost didn't dare to imagine the scene.

at the same time.

The atmosphere in Bai Qiu's residence was extremely subtle.

“No? Why did you tie me up all of a sudden?! Let me go, ah ah ah, help me—I have something very important to deal with—”

Cui Zhiyong was tied up like a caterpillar with ropes, struggling frantically on the floor, while Chu Xiuyan was holding a table and kicking his leg. On both sides were people who tried to dissuade him, as well as Bai Qiu and others who were responsible for watching the fun.

"Emergency? Even if the sky falls down, your legs will be broken now." Chu Xiuyan said coldly.

Cui Zhiyong hurriedly said: "If my legs are broken and the sky is falling, how can I escape?!"

Chu Xiuyan: "How can you escape if the sky falls? Of course you will just stay where you are and wait to die."

Cui Zhiyong said angrily: "??? Are you a devil——"

The knowledgeable people beside him tried to dissuade him: "Forget it, forget it. Can't we just sit down and talk about it?"

Bai Qiu turned to Wuji and said, "Go, chop down those two sofas."

Wuji drew his sword in a flash.

The wise ones reprimanded them: “Don’t add fuel to the fire!”

Cui Zhiyong was still trying to untie the rope, and when Chu Xiuyan was about to do it despite the pain, the system suddenly reminded him: [Zhang Chun rushed out of the Red Dress Sect headquarters and is heading here.]

Chu Xiuyan paused, "As expected of an uncle, you react really quickly."

He grabbed the rope tied to Cui Zhiyong, turned to Bai Qiu and said, "What if someone comes here looking for someone, just say we're not here."

Cui Zhiyong also reacted very quickly and shouted, "Zhang Chun, help me—woo woo!"

Chu Xiuyan covered his mouth, and the gray mist dissipated from under his feet, turning into a giant flying bird, which grabbed Cui Zhiyong and flew out of the window, and he also waved goodbye to Bai Qiu and the others.

"Bai Qiu, I'm leaving first! Let's do things according to the plan tomorrow. I will remember the five minutes!"

After saying that, the whole person turned into gray mist and disappeared on the spot.

The one who knows what's going on? Shi took two steps in the direction where the boy disappeared, then suddenly thought of something, turned his head and looked at Bai Qiu, his expression solemn, and said: "Are you controlling time?"

"……No."

Bai Qiu held his wrist, and the nonchalant look on his face disappeared, replaced by a thoughtful look, "But the fluctuation of time is indeed a little abnormal. Five minutes... five minutes?"

He rubbed his Taiyang acupoint and fell into a long thought. Countless images flashed through his mind quickly, and the last one that occupied his entire mind was a scene of blood-stained palms.

He was stunned.

…

Chu Xiuyan stood on the roof of a high-rise building a hundred meters away from Bai Qiu's residence and looked down. At his feet was Cui Zhiyong, who was still tied up tightly.

The system is reporting the situation on the ground. [Zhang Chun has arrived at Bai Qiu's residence and is asking? Bai Qiu is helping you conceal your whereabouts. Zhang Chun is using his special powers to search for people in the upper city... huh?]

Chu Xiuyan crossed his arms and said coldly: [I knew there would be problems with your replay.]

The system said: [I reminded you that replaying will also leave traces.]

Chu Xiuyan: [So now I can rewind the game without limit? ]

System: [Every time you rewind, you'll leave behind fragmented memories or a sense of familiarity, which will accumulate over and over again... Host, I suggest you don't do this.]

Chu Xiuyan thought of another thing, [At the beginning you said you could only go back once? ]

The system is somewhat? Ashamed: [Insufficient energy, plus I am not familiar with the operation. When I first bound you? Didn't I throw you in the wasteland world for several hours...]

The memory of Chu Xiuyan's death was hitting him hard: [How dare you say that! ! ]

He was facing the wind and arguing with the system. Cui Zhiyong beside him was about to cry and said, "Yun Yan, what's on your mind?"

Chu Xiuyan came back to his senses, stroked his chin and looked at him, and said thoughtfully: "I plan to find a place where the uncle can't find you, and then lock you up... What do you think of the water? Anyway, you are a water-based mutant, you shouldn't die."

Cui Zhiyong's pupils trembled: "Devil! I will die! I will really die——"

at the same time.

Tens of thousands of miles away from the Kingdom? Fortress.

Youdu sits on the sand like a giant mechanical turtle full of technology.

Late at night, the stars are twinkling and the cold night wind is whistling.

A dark alley in Youdu.

Zai Zhe was pinching a blond boy by the neck and pressing him against the wall. Suddenly, he was distracted and shook his head. He asked impatiently, "Are you trying to control me again?"

The blond boy raised his hand with a smile or a half smile and gave him a middle finger, his scarlet eyes full of arrogant smile.

Zai Zhe was not provoked and quickly realized that he had set up a shielding control area. Just as he was wondering, a figure landed silently beside him. It was Chu Li who stayed up late at night drinking tea and enjoying the night view.

"My memory was confused just now, and I felt that this scene seemed to have happened before." Although Chu Li didn't say anything, he suddenly came to him at this time, obviously he also found something unusual. Zai Zhe sighed: "Since you have also noticed it, then it is not just my problem... In your opinion, what is the reason?"

Chu Li's eyes fell on the blond boy with eyes rolling around. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Leave this man to me for now. You go to Yunyan to take a look at the situation."

Zai Zhe thought about it and said, "Okay?"

Then he snapped his fingers, and the previously set positioning transmission was activated, and the figure disappeared from the spot.

The blond boy coughed a few times, his eyes almost glowed, and he asked with a red face: "Yun Yan? Is he the boy with black and white hair? Where is he? By the way, do you look familiar? I think we have met before somewhere?"

Chu Li did not introduce himself, and his attitude could be described as indifferent, "If you want to see Yun Yan, do as I say."

The blond boy narrowed his eyes and suddenly smiled: "I remember who you are...but who cares."

He bowed and saluted in a pretentious manner, "If there is anything you need from me, please feel free to give me your orders."

He looked up, his scarlet eyes were particularly obvious in the darkness, and then instantly turned into mysterious and charming purple eyes.

Forest, ruined city, base headquarters.

There was a figure standing at the window in the corridor. Boss Lion was stroking his chin and looking up at the moon with a serious expression.

Mo Wei, who came to him with a pile of documents, pushed up his glasses, his eyes full of dark circles from staying up late for a long time, "Chairman, what are you doing?"

Boss Lion thought seriously for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Hahaha! Hahaha! This window glass is so clean! There's not even any fingerprints! Hahahahaha!"

Mo Wei said expressionlessly: "If you are sick, get out."

"Hahaha! Don't worry, I'm in great shape and can definitely run around the desert!" The lion boss rolled up his sleeves and showed off his muscles.

Mo Wei keenly captured the key words and warned: "You can't go to the desert, it will grow long."

"But I seem to hear someone calling me..." Boss Lion touched his hair, thought for a moment, and said, "How about that, can I trouble Xiao Wu to go and check the situation?"

"Most of the S-level psychics in the ruined city have been sent to the desert." Mo Wei reminded again, "If the base is attacked at this time, it is likely to cause heavy losses due to the lack of combat power."

Lion Boss: "But I'm here."

He patted his chest and smiled brightly.

Mo Wei looked at him for a while, then sighed, "Okay, I'll go contact Wu Gaoyuan."

The lion boss nodded repeatedly: "Yeah, hurry up!"

…

The sun was rising, moving slightly above our heads, and then gradually falling.

【Wuji has arrived at the Red Dress Cult headquarters.】

The system's monitoring is still being rolled out over a large area, reporting on what has happened as time passes.

[The chaos created by the Hidden Lantern Society is invading the Midtown area, and the Knowers have also set out. 】

Another two hours passed.

The system's voice began to grow serious, [Host, Bai Qiu has already set off? ]

【Where is the uncle? 】

[I'm waiting for you not far outside the palace. 】

Chu Xiuyan shook his head: [Tsk tsk tsk, he didn't expect that I had already sneaked into the palace last night, hahaha! ]

He turned into gray mist and floated in the shadows at the top of the palace. He lurked silently for several hours and observed the fat king on the throne for several hours.

Without eating, drinking or sleeping, the fat king never left the throne, and most of the time he did not move, with only occasional breathing indicating that he was still alive.

The system commented: [He is greedy and paranoid about ruling power. I guess nothing is important to him except the throne under his butt.]

Chu Xiuyan: [Then let him die on that chair. ]

After he finished speaking, the gray fog instantly pounced down, and before his body had recovered completely, the blood blade in his hand had already cut the fat king's throat.

The tiny pieces of blood crystals instantly splashed out.

The First Knight Commander's expression changed drastically and he drew his sword, but the suddenly spreading gray fog obscured his vision and countless fog beasts took shape and pounced on him fiercely.

The gray fog spread wildly throughout the hall like a wave, completely covering everything.

The fat king's throat was cut, and he uttered an inarticulate sneering sound: "You can't kill me..."

"Yeah?"

Chu Xiuyan put his hand on the Fat Country King's shoulder, and the next second, the blood and flesh that were growing and healing wildly on the wound in the Fat Country King's throat stopped.

Tick-tock, tick-tock…

What spurted out from the fat king's throat was no longer solidified blood crystals, but fresh blood that smelled of blood.

Chu Xiuyan looked at the increasingly frightened expression of the fat king, and said cheerfully, "Look, I can kill you, too."

The system suddenly spoke: [I remember that at first you could only absorb the other person's blood crystal energy if the other person trusted you? ]

Chu Xiuyan was also a little shy: [I just discovered it last week, maybe it's upgrading and evolving.]

Just by speaking to the system, the fat king under his command suddenly trembled violently, the blood spurting from his throat turned into solidified blood crystals again, and the lost vitality was also recovering rapidly.

The fat king? The king gasped, laughed sharply? The fat on his face trembled wildly: "God! God still favors me!"

boom!

The gray fog that was surging around was instantly dispersed by a powerful and terrifying heat wave. Chu Xiuyan unconsciously let go of the fat queen and took two steps back.

The view in front of me suddenly changed. The gray mist turned into reddish-brown sand with rolling heat waves, and even fine dust was floating in the air.

A blurry face gradually appeared on the other side of the throne. Long reddish-brown hair? A plain brown robe. Although it looked extremely ordinary, it looked like a terrifying monster in human skin, bringing an extremely oppressive feeling.

The figure stood beside the throne, stretched out his hand and pressed it on the top of the fat king's head, moving it gently like stroking a dog, without disguising his contemptuous attitude. The fat king showed an extremely humble and cowardly expression, his fat body trembling, but he still clung to the throne tightly.

Chu Xiuyan stared at the figure that suddenly appeared. In front of him was the hot and terrifying sand, while on his side was a large area of spreading gray fog, which vaguely brought some coolness.

The sand and the gray fog seemed to be engaged in a silent battle, madly dividing the space, and with the naked eye, the gray fog was visibly retreating little by little.

System: [Fuck… shit…]

Chu Xiuyan tried to remain calm, and just as he was about to speak, the shadow opposite him suddenly asked, "Do you want him to die?"

Fat country? The king's face suddenly burst out? Excited, nodding repeatedly: "Yes! Of course! God, please help me kill the invaders!"

The shadow didn't move.

Chu Xiuyan seemed to have sensed something and asked cautiously, "I think?"

Snap——

The shadow's five fingers mercilessly pierced into the fat king's head, and the other hand pressed on his shoulder. With just a little force, the head, whose expression was still filled with joy, was thrown to the ground by Him, making a slight rolling sound.

The splattered blood was completely swallowed up by the hot sand before it even hit the ground.

"Look, humans are so weak. They die with just a little effort."

The virtual image seemed to be smiling, and the blurry face was still facing Chu Xiuyan, and asked again: "Do you want this throne?"

Chu Xiuyan didn't say anything.

The shadow said to himself: "I heard you say before that you wanted to kill the king and rule this city. Did I hear it wrong?"

Chu Xiuyan still didn't speak.

He was screaming along with the system.

[Help, help, help! Can I defeat this god?! I can’t seem to defeat it——E2! Where is my E2!!]

The system was also trembling: [How about we go back to the previous game? One-on-one PK doesn't seem to be possible? ? ]

The phantom didn't seem angry at being ignored, and his attitude was abnormally friendly.

"You know, I've been keeping an eye on you, and you finally came to me. But there's one thing I find strange..."

Chu Xiuyan slightly focused his attention on His words.

The phantom smiled? And asked? "Why did you go back in time for the ants?"

The system emitted a sharp explosion.

"A long time ago, there was a wave of time travel from the forest. And today, you also traveled back in time and space twice. With the ability to play with time, why would you care about the death of a human being?"

"I'm curious."

The phantom really seemed to be asking a serious question, "Humans don't care about stepping on one or two ants, and some even use ants for fun, let alone us at a higher level of life. Would you make friends with ants?"

He chuckled softly, "Or do you think you are an ant? That's too pitiful."

Chu Xiuyan's eyes turned cold, "Garbage God, what did you say?"

The shadow was not angry even after being scolded, and smiled and said: "Shen Du, my name is Shen Du."

He slightly spread out his hands, and the sand behind him suddenly surged like magma. His red hair? Flying, arrogance and? tenderness unexpectedly merged strangely, "My dear child, this is a dead end. You go back in time and space again and again, and use that power again and again, and you will? Get closer to us again little by little. Whether you are [Time and Space] or [Blood Mist], I will? Help you get rid of that ridiculous? delusion."

"How could it be? There are gods who think they are ants. That's too weird."

System screams: [Consciousness pollution invasion! Fuck! Shield! Shield! My fucking shield——]