"Where did Big Brother go?"

The petite figure flashed in the darkness, then disappeared. When she reappeared, a protogastric animal that looked like a giant bear had been cut into several pieces. Bushicui dodged the splattered blood flexibly and came to Xia Shi's side and asked anxiously.

Just now, they were ready to fight to the death with those terrible gastrulae. The girls were not completely unaware of what Taurus and the zodiac were. After all, they were cursed children. They had been in this world for so many years and knew about these gastrulae. Although they knew that the other party was the starting point of the gastrula war and was a terrible monster that destroyed mankind, for the cursed children like Xia Shi, as long as Fang was by their side, they would not be afraid, let alone scared.

Although the number of the enemy was unexpectedly large, and there were even flying units, the girls had made up their minds that they would stop these gastrulae from continuing to attack, even at the cost of their own lives.

But what they didn't expect was that the terrible Taurus and the gastrulae around it disappeared in the blink of an eye. Even Fang Zheng disappeared without a trace!

What exactly happened?

The girls, who would not be shaken even in the face of hundreds of gastrulae, began to panic and feel uneasy for the first time. After all, they were just children. The reason they were so brave before was because Fang Zheng was with them. But now that Fang Zheng suddenly disappeared, these cursed children suddenly became panicked, just like children who found that their parents were not around.

Could it be that Brother Fang Zheng was eaten by a protogastric animal? Or was he injured?

"I don't know where Brother Fang Zheng is, but Sister Nymph told us not to worry."

Noticing the hesitation and uneasiness of others, Xia Shi also hurriedly tried to calm them down through the mental network, although she herself was also very nervous, strictly speaking, even more nervous than others. Because Xia Shi watched Fang Zheng wave the long sword in front of her, and then "shua" disappeared without a trace.

This really frightened Xia Shi. She almost immediately contacted Sister Nymph. Fortunately, Sister Nymph seemed very calm and even comforted her not to panic...

"Don't worry, Cui, Brother Fang Zheng is just going to destroy that Taurus, there will be no problem."

For the first time, Xia Shi was so thankful that her expression was so lacking that when she looked at Bushicui with tears in her eyes, she actually found that she could be so calm. You know, just now, when Fang Zheng and Taurus disappeared in front of her, Xia Shi felt as if she had fallen into a bottomless swamp abyss. For a moment, she couldn't even feel where the sky was and where the earth was. Her brain was blank and her hands were sweaty.

If I had been attacked by a protostomach at that time, I would probably have had no reaction at all and would have been eaten by it.

Fortunately, Xia Shi was the only one who witnessed Fang Zheng's disappearance. The others only realized that something was wrong after that. Because of this, the cursed children could still continue to fight. If they all saw Brother Fang Zheng suddenly disappear like he did... Xia Shi didn't dare to think about how they would react.

For the cursed children, Fang Zheng was their only hope. When they were desperately struggling in this dark world and trying to crawl out of the dark quagmire, only Fang Zheng reached out his hand to them and pulled them out of the dark abyss. After that, they enjoyed the sunshine, warmth and a wonderful life that they had never dreamed of before.

The cursed children's feelings towards Fang Zheng are not exactly the same. Some regard Fang Zheng as their parents, some regard him as their brother, and there are also people like Xia Shi and Bushicui who hope to marry Fang Zheng and pin their little romances on him.

But no matter which one it was, Fang Zheng was the most irreplaceable person for the cursed children. Although Sister Hecate, Sister Nymph, and Sister Tilia were also very kind to them, if Fang Zheng hadn't rescued them, then they would never have been able to obtain everything they had in front of them.

That was why the children were so uneasy when Fang Zheng suddenly disappeared. Even Xia Shi almost cried.

There is nothing to be embarrassed about. After all, a child will also cry loudly if he sees that his parents are not around.

"Everyone, don't worry. Brother Fang Zheng is fine. He will defeat Taurus and return safely..."

Xia Shi's words were more to convince himself than to convince others. The other cursed children gradually calmed down under Xia Shi's comfort. Although they were still a little worried, at least they managed to stop the continued attack of the protogastrics. Fortunately, when Fang Zheng opened the seal, he swallowed up most of the stage IV and Taurus. Only some protogastrics below stage III were left, which were not a threat to the cursed children.

But as time passed, Fang Zheng still didn't show up, and the pressure on these children was growing.

"...Brother Fang Zheng hasn't come back yet? Xia Shi?"

Even Tina asked uneasily in the mental network. As a sniper, Tina was the calmest among all the companions, but at this moment, even she couldn't help it.

"Could something have happened? If something happened to Fang Zheng, what would I do? I promised Fang Zheng that I would stay with him forever!"

"well……"

Listening to Yanzhu's yelling, Xia Shi also sighed. She really wished she could block the mental network.

"...Yanzhu, Brother Fangzheng didn't make any promise with you, did he?"

"What I agreed to in my dream is absolutely fine!"

There must be something wrong!

Hearing Yanzhu's confident answer, Xia Shi's eyes twitched, and then she raised her hand. Soon, the emerald green psionic power appeared in Xia Shi's hand again. The girl looked expressionlessly at the gastrula that was swinging its eight legs and rushing towards her, and then stretched out her hand.

“Sizzle——!!”

The dazzling emerald green phantom energy transformed into a beam of light and swept straight across, turning the gastrula in front of it into charcoal.

Really, why hasn’t Brother Fang Zheng come back yet!

Although deep down I kept telling myself that it was okay and I should trust Brother Fang Zheng, if it continued like this, even Xia Shi would become anxious.

“…”

But at this moment, suddenly, the ground began to tremble slightly.

What is that?

At first, Xia Shi thought that some powerful protogastric animals had appeared again. But when she raised her head and looked around, she found that the protogastric animals had stopped. Not only did they not continue to attack, but in Xia Shi's eyes, the protogastric animals seemed to sense some kind of danger and were slowly retreating? !

“——!!”

Before Xia Shi could react, suddenly, there was a burst of noise in the air. Then, the world in front of Xia Shi began to spin and shatter like a kaleidoscope. The original scene in front of him seemed to have turned into several screens. It was the same plain, but in Xia Shi's eyes, it was spinning rapidly and presenting different scenes.

A busy and bustling street.

Ruins burning with raging fire.

A pitch-black wilderness.

Ice field covered with snow.

A battlefield filled with gastrulae.

There were graves filled with corpses everywhere.

The passage of time seemed to become chaotic at this moment, so much so that Xia Shi felt that the scene in front of him was so dazzling, and then - suddenly, the whole world became dark.

"What is that...?"

Xia Shi raised his head and looked towards the top of the sky, where a sword blade shining with silver light was suspended in the air. Then, in Xia Shi's eyes, it suddenly fell down and pierced the ground with a straight trajectory.

"boom!!!"

At the moment when the sword of light fell to the ground, everything around it seemed to be shattered and exploded completely. The strong wind blew towards her, causing Xia Shi to close her eyes and step back a few steps. When she opened her eyes again, the scene in front of her shocked Xia Shi.

The plain is still the same plain, and those protostomes are still there. Not only them, but even Taurus and its companions who had disappeared before have returned to this world again without knowing when.

But none of this matters. What matters is the huge clock floating above their heads.

“Click.”

The huge clock, like one embedded in the sky, covered almost half of the night sky. This surreal scene not only stunned the cursed children like Xia Shi, but also surprised the Holy Emperor and others. Although there have been enough surreal scenes in this battle so far, but... what is going on?

“Click.”

The second hand of the clock moved forward again, and at this moment, all the protogastrics, including Taurus, began to struggle frantically. Although there was nothing restraining them, these protogastrics behaved as if they were pressed down by an invisible mountain and could not move no matter how they struggled.

“Click.”

The pointer jumped again, and this time, an illusory figure appeared in the sky. It looked like a giant dragon that swallowed the world. It opened its eyes and looked at the humble ants in front of it with indifference. Feeling the dragon's gaze, the protostomes gave up struggling and began to tremble.

“Click.”

The air froze at this moment, as if it was a sign that the bell of Doomsday was about to ring.

“Click.”

Then the pointer reached where it was supposed to be.

And the world also broke apart at this moment.

The gastrulae began to wail and scream, their bodies were split and shattered as if pierced by countless transparent, sharp blades, and the blood that splashed out of them was stilled in the air as soon as it left the body. The huge body of Taurus was even more tense, as if it wanted to fight against something. But at this moment, the pointer hanging in the sky quickly reversed, and then countless rays of golden light fell from the sky like a rainstorm, piercing through the huge body of Taurus without bias.

The whole world is quiet.