Chapter 154 A world in turmoil, colors surged, space danced…
It got dark.
The City of the Sun experiences twelve hours of darkness every day, and the ordinary occurrence of "it getting dark" is nothing to be proud of.
But years later, whenever Qin Xinhong recalls that ordinary night, her thoughts surge, her breathing quickens, and she cannot calm down for a long time.
—Because after that day, the familiar sun that had accompanied her for thirty-five years never rose again.
Eternal night has fallen.
We have to do something!
Cai Chunyu slammed her hands heavily on the table, leaning forward to support herself. Her serious gaze swept across the round table, passing by those playing with the cat, peeling sunflower seeds, chatting as if no one else was around, and reviewing reports...
Cai Chunyu squeezed her eyes shut and looked at Xiao, who was most distracted, with a forced smile: "Old Hu, are you having fun teasing the cat?"
The nine-tailed cat was startled, its fur standing on end. It hissed at Cai Chunyu, but its whiskers quickly covered its mouth. "Oh dear, Cai, you're too hasty. Isn't this the worst possible outcome?"
"Today is the third day of the eternal night! Do you know how chaotic the city is?"
"On the bright side, those sea cockroaches from the Ocean Research Society have finally quieted down and stopped waving the Clean Sea Orders around like crazy."
"Who knows what those lunatics are planning to do this time!"
Cai Chunyu stood up straight and gave a heavy snort.
After the metropolitan received a divine decree and disappeared while carrying out a mysterious mission, the group of madmen from the Ocean Research Society received some unknown orders and used the Purification Token to hunt down members of the Church of the Listening Lord.
Although the Ocean Research Society was the most low-profile of the three major evil god churches, it had still been developing in the city for hundreds of years. They had only just gained a foothold in the lower city when they were caught off guard and were no match for those madmen.
Fortunately, the gods have always been strict about their believers, and their big move in the lower city was just opening a company. Those lunatics couldn't find much out of it, but their attitude of kicking even a passing dog was certainly annoying enough.
After the eternal night fell, the pursuit by the madmen from the Ocean Research Society also stopped, which was indeed the only good news recently.
Thoughts raced through her mind. No longer relying on the unreliable Cat Whiskers, Cai Chunyu straightened her sleeves and looked to her right. "Still can't contact the Master?"
Tian Yinuo's face fell, and Gu Yinglan, who had been praying with her eyes closed, opened her eyes and shook her head.
Even the bishop...
Cai Chunyu shook her head inwardly, looking towards the end without hope. Xiao Yi, who had been peeling sunflower seeds since the start of the meeting, stopped, let go, and the perfectly peeled sunflower seed rolled off the plate, landing right in the beak of the white dove that had appeared out of nowhere under the table.
Xiao Yi lowered her eyes. After swallowing the melon seeds, the white dove flew to the table and paced around, pecking at the pile of melon seeds in the plate that looked like a small mountain. It didn't eat very fast, and it would tilt its head as if it was thinking about something.
"Coo coo—"
Xiao Yi stared blankly as the pigeons devoured his hard-earned harvest, his eyes wide and his face filled with bewilderment: "The pigeons came out, but they're gone."
"What's missing?"
Cai Chunyu's heart jumped into her throat. With a "thud," the pigeon angrily pecked at the table, seemingly finally realizing something. "The connection with the temple has disappeared."
As one of the two most senior people present, the temple that Xiao Yi mentioned was naturally not the mahogany church where everyone was meeting now, but rather—the main church located deep within the divine kingdom!
The loss of contact with the divine realm was too much for Cai Chunyu to bear. She took a deep breath, about to press for answers, when her expression suddenly changed. Everyone present froze in unison, then hesitated before looking up at their equally bewildered colleagues:
"God wants to withdraw all believers from the city, now?"
Light, infinite light, light from all directions, penetrated the invisible tunnel, connected countless light spots, and fell into Du Yu's eyes.
"call."
Du Yu let out a long breath, or rather, in this consciousness composed of light, she thought she had exhaled a breath, and then the divine kingdom in her chest throbbed slightly, pumping out "blood" that surged throughout her body.
Du Yu raised her hand to cover her chest. It was an extremely strange feeling. The touch under her palm was soft and slightly elastic, clearly the feel of human skin, but she inexplicably felt a burning heat in the area of her heart, as if she had touched a temple.
"——"
An invisible roar resounded deep within the world, causing colors to surge and space to dance. Du Yu looked up, and the bizarre and fantastical world was reflected in a pair of purple eyes.
The spirit world.
Du Yu's feet slipped, and he fell backward toward the world, still clutching his chest.
come down.
Forward or upward.
In this world where space has lost its meaning, time naturally has no presence either. In a moment that is infinitely long and close to eternity, she has fallen to the top of the world.
Large swirling clusters of vibrant colors, exceeding the limits of human retinal perception, twisted and writhed wildly. The space resembled a coastline where winter ice was melting, dissolving and peeling away layer by layer to reveal the innermost purity—something was calling to it from there.
But just before the fusion was about to begin, noise suddenly shattered the mirror of worldly tranquility. The voice that seemed to be calling from the depths of his heart vanished abruptly, leaving Du Yu with a sudden emptiness. When he looked up, a smile played on his lips:
"As expected, you didn't go all the way to the end either." Otherwise, what awaited Du Yu deep in the spirit realm wouldn't have been the call of the world's origin, but the pursuit of the world's will. The world was silent, as if only one living being remained.
Undeterred, Du Yu simply lay down, put his arm behind his head, and looked around the "completely new" world with great interest.
She had been to the spirit world many times, directly or indirectly, but only this time did Du Yu suddenly realize that "this is the spirit world."
In contrast to the stable material world, the spirit world had always been a synonym for chaos in Du Yu's mind, an abstract reaction to the world.
But when Du Yu took over the authority of [Moon] from Chen Xingzhi and returned to the Spirit Realm, the world became different.
The chaotic colors were no longer meaningless, but rather different kinds of active spirits; in the distorted spatial fluctuations, Du Yu saw the beginnings of the timeline, and thus the originally chaotic world became surprisingly orderly.
Du Yu naturally learned that to advance to the level of [Moon], one must uncover the secrets of the spirit world; and to ascend to godhood, one must first become the ruler of the world.
The past, present, and future—three parallel timelines—are each occupied by Yu and the Lord of the Pure Sea, one and a half of each. Under the definition of the material world, the spirit world remains unclaimed.
The other party has been operating here for hundreds of years, and now the two are still on the same starting line.
Du Yu finally understood why Chen Xingzhi thought he was too slow. Given the other party's control over the material world, in a few years, the ownership of the spirit world would be hard to say.
"You should know that believers' prayers can influence the spirit world."
A silver voice suddenly exploded not far away.
The being still did not show its face; all Du Yu could observe was a short, bright silver line that suddenly appeared amidst the chaotic and mixed colors around it.
Du Yu didn't answer, so the silver thread disappeared, and another one appeared on the other side:
“You’re organizing the believers to evacuate because you’re afraid they’ll die at my hands? Your heart is too weak. If you want to compete with me for the throne, you can’t rely on these sheltered children.”
Du Yu curled his lip. "Your followers are quite independent. After chasing them for so long, have you achieved any breakthroughs?"
In that space eroded by gray mist, Du Yu could only vaguely sense the presence of the believers. Only after the altar was upgraded again did it return to its original linked state, and he learned that the Ocean Research Society was hunting down his believers everywhere.
Compared to their opponents, their followers were indeed fewer in number, but they were by no means lacking in top-tier combat power. Therefore, although they had been hiding and fleeing for a while, the followers had not suffered any major losses.
But his next step was to venture into the spirit world, where he would either succeed or fail. In order to avoid being distracted by the other party, he decided to have Cat Beard and the others lead the believers to a safe place to prevent himself from being distracted.
"Believe it or not, this is a war between the two of us. Come and stand before me and prove that you are qualified to fight me."
The silver thread ignored her childish provocation, and after saying its last sentence, it exploded on its own, leaving a moment of emptiness amidst the chaotic colors.
Such a boastful tone, yet so cautious in action.
Du Yu pursed his lips, and his body in this space-time turned into a purple color, bursting open like a bubble with a "pop".
Clearly, neither the elusive Lord of the Pure Sea nor Du Yu, who had been loitering for a long time, appeared here as mere clones. Even the Lord of the Pure Sea, who held the upper hand, was being overly cautious.
The reason is simple—
In a sense, in the ensuing battle between the two, whoever is found first will be the loser.
——
"Boss Hong, those lackeys from the Public Security Bureau are installing streetlights everywhere, I think they're called something like 'Sun-Chasing Lights,' supposedly to deal with eternal night."
Qin Xinhong was so busy that her heels barely touched the ground. Upon hearing this report, her eyebrows furrowed sharply, as if something was amiss.
Installing streetlights in the dead of night sounds like doing a good deed, but based on her more than 30 years of life experience, if there were any benefits, with those freeloader sheriffs around, would it really end up in her hands?
Looking at the pictures sent by his subordinates, the so-called "Sun Chasing Lamp" was nothing special except for being a bit long, almost level with the tallest building in the lower city, and the material was just the most ordinary steel.
An ominous premonition lingered in his heart. A skilled hunter navigating the gray fog wouldn't miss the slightest sign. Just as Qin Xinhong solemnly instructed the other party to keep a close eye on the so-called "Sun-Chasing Lamp," another subordinate pushed open the door with a "bang."
"Broadcaster, something bad has happened. Those believers at Mengxin Apartment can't leave."
Qin Xinhong hurriedly gave a few instructions and hung up the communication. The person who came immediately said, "That Director Fisher is inspecting that area and said she wants to seal it off. Our people also heard her say that the entire city should be under martial law and no one should go out without permission."
Qin Xinhong's eyebrows twitched heavily. A citywide lockdown was no joke. It wouldn't just be a matter for a few believers in Mengxin Apartment; the spirit world would be sealed off, and no one would be able to leave.
"Why is that old guy causing trouble in the lower city instead of arguing with the council?!"
Without bothering to ponder why the renowned bureau chief would appear in the lower city, Qin Xinhong urged the evacuation points to speed up, hastily issued a few orders, grabbed her gun, and strode out of the basement serving as a temporary communication point:
"Let's go, let's go meet that director!"
Ascension in broad daylight: both fireworks and destruction (destruction under the □□)
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