Chapter 368 Black Church

Darkness fell, and Yu Sheng allowed his mind to be immersed in this familiar gentle tranquility.

He did not try to temporarily transfer his consciousness to the Hotel Alien to "wake up early", but instead relaxed and enjoyed this moment of peace. At the same time, he took advantage of this rare (not so rare actually) quietness to think silently, letting his thoughts dissipate and letting all his memories and self-consciousness permeate the endless depths of quiet darkness.

He recalled everything he had seen on the back of the giant beast.

Obviously, the torn planet was "Taixu Lingshu" - he witnessed the end of a history, a destruction that occurred before birth.

Considering the Giant God Soldier that we saw in the desert before and the contents of the inscriptions inside the Giant God Soldier's body, the answer is obvious.

This "strange and exotic place" located deep in the Taiyou underground mines has the characteristic of randomly projecting scenes from the end of the old world in front of visitors.

But... why? Yu Sheng had never heard of this kind of foreign land before, and all along, the knowledge he got from Baili Qing and Yuan Ling Zhenren clearly told him one thing: all the "intelligence" of the old world was blocked on the other side of the historical curtain by the "second singularity explosion" as an "event barrier", and should not be "leaked" to this side at all.

...Did someone "send" the information from the old world? Was there something in the depths of that alien world that "recorded" the news from the old world? Or...was the "event barrier" formed by the second singularity explosion being penetrated by some force, so that the things from the old world were "leaking" to this side? Or...all three of the above.

His mind was floating and dissipating in the chaos, and Yu Sheng's thoughts were free to spread because they were no longer bound by the body. He recalled many details that he had previously overlooked, and blended all the memories together, from which he generated countless conjectures and ideas. After an unknown amount of time, he felt that his thoughts that had been scattered all over the place were gathering together again, and he felt that his mind was gradually "floating up", and he felt that he was crossing the boundary of chaos and crossing a hazy and desolate wilderness.

In a trance, he "saw" the darkness receding, "saw" the blonde Luna leading her knights to patrol the desolate wilderness, "saw" the brass knights guarding the big bonfire that had been reignited at some point, and a dark cathedral standing between the nameless hill and the bonfire wasteland, the lights in the cathedral were on, and mist was rising outside the cathedral.

Yu Sheng: “…”

He was almost "coming back to life", and his mind was even rising rapidly to the point of escaping the chaos and darkness after death. However, when he crossed the critical point, he glanced towards the Sanctuary Wasteland and was instantly controlled.

I felt like I saw something strange. Something was wrong. I went down to take a look.

With a thought, Yu Sheng, whose soul had been revived, controlled his consciousness to "sink" downwards and "landed" directly on the sheltered wasteland.

In the gloomy and quiet wilderness, Yu Sheng raised his head and stared blankly at the black cathedral with many spires and towers that appeared out of nowhere in front of him. After a long while, he took a step forward.

The majestic and heavy church door, which seemed to be made of black cast iron, opened by itself as he approached. The creaking sound echoed in the thin mist surrounding the church.

Yu Sheng suddenly had an illusion, thinking that this place was about to start playing an impassioned background music with a woman singing in the middle, and then a blood bar would appear on the top of the church in front of him...

He shook his head, put aside these messy associations, and then walked forward with a bit of curiosity and doubt.

He walked through a porch about ten meters long, passed through the front wall of the church with many narrow windows and continuous spires, and arrived at the atrium of the church. It was paved with pale stone slabs, and there were many flower beds and nurseries on both sides of the stone slabs. Pale or gray plants grew in the dark soil, and there were unknown flowers blooming quietly in the flower beds of all sizes. However, all these plants seemed to have no life at all, and they were stagnant in those nurseries and flower beds like dead things.

Yu Sheng then walked through the atrium and entered the main building of the cathedral.

The heavy door opened automatically as he approached, and the spacious and silent chapel came into view. Rows of empty benches were arranged under the arched and pointed narrow windows. The dark red carpet ran through the entire chapel. Black floor-standing candlesticks stood quietly in various places. There were no candles or oil on the candlesticks, but clusters of pale flames floated in the air, illuminating the surroundings.

Yu Sheng slowly walked through the seats and came to the end of the chapel, and just then he heard hurried footsteps.

Looking back, he just saw someone pushing open the door of the chapel - a figure wearing silver-white female armor, with golden hair like a waterfall and a shining holy sword on her waist appeared at the door.

"As expected, you're here!" Luna showed a happy smile on her face. She walked over quickly and said, "Erin was outside talking to Hu Li about how you should be alive soon. I felt something was happening in the church, so I quickly brought the Knights back..."

Yu Sheng listened in a daze, and finally had to interrupt the other party: "Wait a minute, let me tell you first - what is the situation in this church?"

"Ah, I forgot to tell you," Luna realized and quickly explained, "This is the headquarters of the Fire Knights."

Yu Sheng: "…What the hell?"

"The Fire Knights," Luna said seriously, "It's the name we gave ourselves. Although there are only thirteen knights including me now."

Of course Yu Sheng understood, but that didn't stop him from continuing to be surprised: "Did you build this church?!"

"yes."

"...How did you build it?!" Yu Sheng's eyes almost popped out. "No, this is such a big thing, and the last time I came here it was still a wasteland...Don't even mention how you built it, where did you find the building materials?!"

Luna thought about it seriously and continued to look at Yu Sheng's eyes seriously: "Think about it."

Yu Sheng: “?”

He had an expression on his face that said, "What's wrong with such a serious female knight suddenly saying this word?" But after keeping this expression and looking at her for a moment, he suddenly understood something vaguely.

“…You learned it from me?”

Luna nodded: "Yes."

"Imitate the process of me rubbing the house in the valley?"

"Yes," Luna nodded again, and then added, "Seeing you shaping various things in the valley, I vaguely felt that I 'understood' some knowledge, and then my knights and I found that we could do similar things in this wilderness dominated by souls and consciousness. It happened that there was nothing here, and everyone lacked a place to live, so we discussed it and decided to build a station for the Knights.

"Of course, all of this is a poor imitation of your skills. If we hadn't seen you shaping it in the valley, we would never have known this knowledge..."

Yu Sheng listened to Luna's words in a daze, and then his eyes couldn't help but twitch. He looked up at this magnificent and solemn chapel, which was at least seven or eight stories high. After a long while, he couldn't help but said, "This... was designed by you?"

“Yes, it was mainly me, but everyone also gave us a lot of suggestions - we generally referred to the architectural styles of some of our hometowns, as well as some scenes from the games that Irene often played.”

Yu Sheng immediately understood what it meant to be standing at the church door with the passionate BGM ringing around him at any time and the feeling that blood might burst out of the church at any time.

Then he hesitated for a moment before speaking hesitantly: "...How long did it take you to build it?"

Luna was about to speak, but she seemed to realize something all of a sudden. She quickly coughed twice, her expression a little awkward: "It actually took a long time. It was not easy to build this church. We made many mistakes. Some structures are still not satisfactory. We will have to make adjustments repeatedly later."

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Yu Sheng: “How long?”

Luna lowered her head obediently: "... half a day."

Yu Sheng: “…”

"You, what you created in the valley is obviously more magnificent," Luna immediately began to make excuses for Yu Sheng, "especially that magnificent portal hub..."

Yu Sheng looked up at the sky and said nothing.

What else could he say? The church that Luna and her knights had made even had the hotel logo on the candlesticks, and the main means of transportation from the second floor to the first floor of the portal hub he had made was still jumping.

Although there is an elevator now.

"Okay, it's enough to know that you built this," Yu Sheng shook his head in relief, then smiled at Luna, "What's the situation outside now?"

"Everyone is in 'Queyun Palace'," Luna said, "discussing what happened in the foreign land and waiting for you to return."

"Well, okay, I'll go back too," Yu Sheng nodded, and his figure gradually faded, "See you in the world of the living."

Luna smiled and bowed slightly to the last remaining shadow of Yu Sheng: "See you in the world of the living."

In the main hall of Queyun Palace in the Thousand Peaks Mountain, an illusory door appeared out of thin air.

The door opened and Yu Sheng walked out.

As soon as he came out, he heard Hu Li's cheerful voice from the side: "My benefactor, you are back!"

"I'm back, I'm back." Yu Sheng's eyes flickered for a moment, adjusting to the complex colors and sounds of the world of the living. Then he smiled and stretched out his hand to rub the fur behind the ears of the fox girl who was leaning her head towards him. He turned his head and looked at the people in front of him, "Are you all happy?"

Luna slowly raised her head from behind the crowd and waved to him.

"We're all here, waiting for you," Irene stood on the ground with her hands on her hips, "Where did you go just now?"

Yu Sheng could only scratch his head awkwardly: "Go take a look at the Sanctuary Wasteland later, there will be a surprise."

Irene: “?”

(End of this chapter)