The roar of the helicopter echoed in my ears.

Zhang Shouquan sat in the helicopter, watching the scene passing by quickly below for a long time without saying a word.

It can be clearly seen that groups of troops have quickly gathered and set up a series of defense lines along the way, ready to decide whether to carry out fire bombing or other tasks according to the instructions of their superiors.

In the same helicopter with him were ten other professionals wearing chemical protective suits, and they were also determined to explore that unknown place.

This is necessary investigation.

No one knows what will happen.

But looking at the black crack that is swallowing without stopping, it can be understood that there are too many hidden dangers and unknowns in this matter.

Therefore, before they left, they all left their last words to avoid misfortunes such as sacrifice.

"The previous Axe Valley incident could be concealed from the outside world, but now the black crack in Mount Tai cannot be concealed at all."

Zhang Shouquan murmured in a low voice.

Even as he was on his way to the Black Rift in a helicopter, he couldn't help but think about the possible impacts of this incident from the perspective of the Director of the Xuntian Bureau and the Director of the National Security Bureau.

First, there are eyes from heaven.

The mobilization of their military will make such a big noise that the satellites of various countries that are paying attention to them should basically notice it, and then the black crack in Mount Tai will no longer be concealed.

The second thing to consider is the possible evacuation of the people. If the spread of the black cracks cannot be stopped, then the next issue will be the survival of the surrounding cities and even the entire planet.

After some hesitation, the helicopter stopped in mid-air.

This place is 1.8 kilometers away from the black crack, and it will take half an hour at the speed at which the black crack spreads.

Zhang Shouquan stopped to think, and ordered a group of people to start descending quickly in the name of the captain.

After some people landed with their equipment.

They began to operate the equipment and conduct a series of data monitoring at this distance.

The helicopter carried the remaining people further forward until it was level with the black crack.

Seeing it with your own eyes and arriving in person gives you a completely different feeling.

Zhang Shouquan stared at the black crack and could feel endless malice approaching, which was even stronger than the feeling he had when he just looked at the photo before.

It was as if there was a whole dark and evil world lurking on the other side of the black crack.

In the black crack, nothing can be seen clearly, and those things that are swallowed up seem to have entered another world.

The black crack has no suction, and anything that touches it will disintegrate and merge into the black crack.

The trees turned into debris the moment they were touched, the soil and rocks turned into dust the moment they were touched. Everything seemed to have experienced countless years the moment it touched the black crack.

Fortunately, the pilot of this helicopter is quite experienced, and the people in the team are all real elites with strong wills.

They were dazed for only a moment in this endless malice, and then they all came to their senses immediately.

After shaking for a moment, the helicopter returned to normal.

It carried a planeload of people across the dark cracks, toward the center of the spread, trying to find something.

This place is filled with malice, and every second spent there makes everyone feel overwhelmed, but everyone is gritting their teeth and holding on.

Until you reach the center of the black crack.

There are definitely some differences here.

There are dark, bottomless cracks all around, but in the center is a piece of intact land.

Half-cut trees stood upright at the edge of this intact land, with a patch of fresh green grass and moist soil in the middle.

Although this intact place only has an area of ​​about ten square meters, it is as dazzling as the only isolated island in the endless dark ocean.

While it is full of vitality, it is incompatible with the endless darkness outside.

"Reporting to the headquarters, there is a special place here that is not shown in the satellite monitoring. It is located in the center of the dark crack but has not been affected at all."

"Request instructions."

Zhang Shouquan reported it immediately.

However, there was only a rustling sound in the communication channel, and their connection with the command room was cut off.

Clearly, not long ago, there had been no abnormalities in the communication channel that they had been reporting regularly every minute, but now it suddenly became useless.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Shouquan began to prepare for the rappelling.

The people around were stunned when they saw this: "Captain, don't we need to wait for the command room's instructions?"

"Time waits for no one. I'll go down and take a look first."

After Zhang Shouquan finished speaking, he decisively jumped down the rope.

From his skillful movements, we can see that he has obviously not wasted any time over the years and would practice his body and basic skills from time to time.

The random deputy captain saw this and said nothing, but silently stopped the other members who wanted to follow.

Although the area below looked easier to approach than the area where the black cracks spread, it was not certain whether it was safe.

Besides, the area was less than ten square meters, part of which was occupied by half a tree, so for the time being, only one person was needed to descend quickly.

If Captain Zhang Shouquan leads by example in everything, then he, as the deputy captain, must make calm decisions.

They stayed there, took out the instruments for detection, and were ready to support Zhang Shouquan at any time. This was the best decision.

…

After coming down, Zhang Shouquan skillfully took out his pistol and checked the area of ​​less than ten square meters repeatedly.

A patch of moist soil and fresh grass, with half a tree stuck on the edge of this intact plot.

Everything here is in plain sight.

Zhang Shouquan did not relax his vigilance, but looked around from time to time, squatted down to put on gloves, and then collected some soil and grass and put them into the bag.

Then he put away the bag and came to the half tree.

If there is anything special and eye-catching in this place, it must be the tree in front of you that is cut in half vertically.

After looking at the tree with his pistol for a while, Zhang Shouquan took out a new bag and prepared to continue collecting some materials from the tree.

But the sudden voice behind him made him pause.

"You and I are completely different, but in a way, we are the same."

A gentle male voice echoed in my ears.

Zhang Shouquan's eyes suddenly widened.

He turned around slowly, pointing the gun at the man who made the sound, his face very serious.

The man in front of him had silver hair and his clothes were not fancy, but they gave him an unexpected sense of nobility.

And on the man’s chest, there was a mark that left a deep impression on Zhang Shouquan.

That familiar sun pattern!

It was eternal day! Zhang Shouquan raised his head quickly, only to see that the helicopter in the sky had stopped at some point, and the rotating propeller was motionless.

The expressions on everyone's faces froze. It was unclear whether his time had accelerated or the time of everyone outside had stopped.

But in any case, the support he expected would not come.

After just a moment of shock, Zhang Shouquan slowly withdrew his gaze.

Looking at the man in front of him with the Eternal Day Lines on his body, there was no surprise on his face, only endless warmth and tenderness.

He understood that the world around him seemed to be still because of this man.

So, he decisively put down the meaningless gun and followed the man's previous words: "Am I completely different from you?"

Seeing Zhang Shouquan's reply, the man also slowly responded.

“I am a realist and a pessimist.”

“Once you get into a difficult situation, you have a bad habit of retreating.”

"I retained my strength and retreated again and again. The strength of the organization was retained because of me, but humanity suffered pain and suffering because of me."

The man said, shaking his head.

His face was full of emotion and sighs.

Then the man looked at Zhang Shouquan with satisfaction, his eyes full of admiration.

Hearing this, Zhang Shouquan remained silent for a long time.

He probably understood what the man meant by different.

If it were him, he would assess the situation but would not retreat again and again.

He is unable to think completely rationally whether the survival of mankind is more important than anything else. He will only do what he thinks he should do.

Seeing Zhang Shouquan silent, the man slowly approached.

As Zhang Shouquan's muscles were tense and alert, the man slowly passed by him.

The man looked up at the half tree.

"But fortunately, I still remember why I joined the organization in the first place."

"I just wanted to know why the organization has not expelled or punished me for repeatedly backsliding."

“It turns out that the organization knows me better than I do.”

The man's words were unclear. Zhang Shouquan frowned, obviously not understanding: "What do you mean?"

The man said without turning his head, "That day, a crack in the abyss reached its limit, forming an ever-expanding entrance to the abyss."

“I thought I would still withdraw.”

“But this time, I didn’t choose to retreat.”

"After all, if we retreat again this time, we really have nowhere to retreat."

"I used the power of nothingness that I had just realized to make the entrance to the abyss disappear."

"The price is that I myself will fall into nothingness."

The man's tone was understated.

But Zhang Shouquan's pupils widened, shocked by the large amount of information he suddenly learned.

Abyssal cracks? Entrance to the abyss? Are the monsters that Yong Zhou has been fighting from the so-called abyss? Will the entrance to the abyss continue to expand? Isn't that the black crack that appears now?

What is the power of nothingness? Is it a synonym for some kind of extraordinary power?

Too many doubts flashed through his mind. Zhang Shouquan had too many things he wanted to ask at this moment, but he didn't know how to start with this man.

There really is a mysterious, ancient, and extraordinary salvation organization that has been silently hiding and devoting itself behind human history!

a long time.

Zhang Shouquan spoke in silence: "Excuse me, how long is Yong Zhou ..."

"What do you think is the meaning of life?"

The man changed his posture from standing facing the half tree to looking back at Zhang Shouquan, interrupting the question Zhang Shouquan was about to ask.

Zhang Shouquan was stunned, not knowing what to say.

This question has been discussed by too many people throughout history, and there are too many answers.

So he didn't know what to say at this moment.

He wanted to ask more questions about Eternal Day.

“I think the meaning of life is existence.”

"As long as it still exists, there must be a meaning for its existence."

"So, I don't want this world that has been protected by Eternal Day for thousands of years to disappear."

The man said as he averted his gaze and raised one hand to press on the half tree in front of him.

In a trance, Zhang Shouquan discovered that the man's figure seemed to have become transparent at some point.

This transparency has been there since it appeared, but due to some mysterious influence, he had never noticed it.

"Although I don't know why my soul, which has fallen into nothingness for thousands of years, has returned, but..."

"I didn't hesitate last time, and I won't hesitate this time. This is a choice I have no regrets about."

"The time of farewell has come!"

The man's firm words fell slowly.

The next moment, even though Zhang Shouquan had no spiritual perception ability, he could still sense a silent force slowly emanating from him.

This is the power of nothingness.

You can deny facts that you don't want to admit.

In order to erase the entrance to the abyss that was taking shape for some unknown reason, he abandoned all of his existence, just as he had done a thousand years ago.

He once abandoned his body, life, creations, achievements, great deeds, and even the traces and memories he left in history, and arrived at the "nothingness" that human beings have never reached.

Now, he abandoned his body that had returned from nothingness for unknown reasons, and plunged into nothingness with the entrance to the abyss that had also returned with it for unknown reasons.

The scene in front of me suddenly changed.

The half tree grew out the other half almost instantly, and the vitality spread out from this intact piece of land.

The crack was so dark that it was difficult to see clearly, and was covered by the spreading young grass and soil, as if it had always been like this.

The blackened land began to recover its vibrant colors in large areas.

The existence that was like an isolated island in the dark crack was now spreading out.

The dark wave that was swallowing up the ever-expanding darkness was quickly caught up by the vibrant colors.

Everything returned to normal at this moment, just as it was a thousand years ago.

Everything seemed to be just a dream.

The big dream in which the entrance to the abyss was taking shape was denied by the man.

Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, and the sea is calm.

Everyone in the outside world who had resumed action stared blankly at the large dark crack that disappeared in an instant and fell into deep thought, not knowing what had happened.

Zhang Shouquan stood in front of the tree that had become complete, stroking its rough and dry bark, and sadness welled up in his heart again.

This sadness, as always, surged in the hearts of everyone around.

Others don't know what's going on.

But Zhang Shouquan, who vaguely understood what the power of nothingness meant, knew.

This is the last thing that man left in this world.

Human sadness is farewell.

Everything else is constantly passing away and disappearing.

As the only witness, Zhang Shouquan was eager to leave some traces.

However, the information in the input device, like the memories in his mind, became increasingly blurred with the passage of time.

Zhang Shouquan's fingers pressed on the keyboard, and the typing speed gradually slowed down until it stopped.

He forgot what he was doing.

Looking at the blank screen, he felt a little confused.

Everything about that man who was just a passerby.

It is gradually falling into nothingness, a land of "nothingness" that mankind has never reached.

Not long after, Zhang Shouquan raised his head and stared blankly at the helicopter that was slowly landing to pick him up.

Touching the tears at the corners of his eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

Why……

Is he crying?

(End of this chapter)