Chapter 157 Ascension in Broad Daylight (Part Two) The Journey to Find the Eternal Sun is About to Begin...
"One, two... seven."
As the seventh transport truck passed by, Timi's heart sank to the bottom.
Sometimes the truth is just a thin veil away; it's fine until you see through it, but once you do, nothing seems right.
The others in the resettlement area didn't react much when they saw the transport truck arrive, assuming it was preparation for an early celebration of the Sunrise Festival. However, after Qu Lingyu's reminder, Timi broke out in a cold sweat and wished she could escape this so-called safe zone immediately.
In the eternal night sky, the streetlights continued to cast a steady, false light. Timi glanced at the translucent layer of light above the resettlement area and inwardly groaned.
Who would have thought that what was considered the greatest guarantee when entering the resettlement area would now be the biggest obstacle to leaving it?
After entering this place, Timi felt that her connection with the church had become weak, and she couldn't even open the forum. At the time, she thought it was just interference from the ritual array.
But after Qu Lingyu's several attempts to contact the outside world failed, even the most oblivious person could realize that this isolation was intentional!
Those guys sitting high up in the council building in the upper city had no good intentions when they built the resettlement area!
Timi gritted her teeth in resentment, but dared not show it too obviously. She memorized the newcomers' accommodation point and the area they entered. Just as she was about to go back to discuss with Qu Lingyu, her eyes suddenly flickered. At that moment, her wrist trembled, and the optical computer connected to the local network sent a message.
"dress rehearsal?"
Rows of lights stood like pillars, illuminating the square as if it were daytime. Timi stood among the crowd, looking around, and in a daze, she had the illusion that the city was as normal as ever, and that the eternal night had never come. But the next moment, the sheriff's voice, carried by a loudspeaker, brought everything back to reality.
Why didn't you go back?
Qu Lingyu squeezed in at some point and whispered in her ear, "I've found my 'family'!" Ti Mi lowered her voice and said, "I've found my 'family'!"
family?
Having discussed the code words beforehand, Qu Lingyu naturally knew what the other party meant, but that was precisely why she was hesitant to believe it.
The mysterious Listening Church was not large; in this resettlement area, there was only one believer, Timi. Qu Lingyu approached her only as a last resort, hoping to get some help from the evil spirits... The power of the gods broke through the protective barrier, and they never expected that the new church would break in to rescue the believers.
No, isn't it just a saying that God won't abandon a believer? Is there really a church that keeps its promise?
Surprised as she was, Qu Lingyu, who was so at ease in the lower city, suddenly became wary when she noticed Timi leading her away from the crowd. Timi explained in a low voice:
"I have too few 'family members', I need to find more friends to bring home."
Qu Lingyu's eyes darted around, and she understood: the church had too few people to directly confront the governor, and they needed to use some means to leave this resettlement area.
A blessing from the gods? A ritual array? Or... a blood sacrifice, a specialty of cultists?
Qu Lingyu glanced at Timi without leaving a trace. She never expected that the Church of the Listener would be willing to infiltrate the resettlement area for a believer like her. However, seeing the ritual array in front of her, which was very likely a teleportation array, Qu Lingyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone is very worried about you.
After snatching Timi from the strange ability user and confirming that she was unharmed and even a little chubby, Le Feiyou breathed a sigh of relief and pointed subtly to the ground: "It's not easy to reunite in the eternal night. I brought a piece of artificial chicken that I managed to snatch. We can roast it for half an hour when we get back."
It seems the teleportation array will take another half hour.
Qu Lingyu pondered inwardly, then breathed a slight sigh of relief. Her special ability allowed her to predict good and bad fortune, and the feedback she had received these past few days had become increasingly unfavorable. It was wonderful that she could leave tonight…
"puff--!"
"Da, da, da..."
Timi was startled by Qu Lingyu's sudden vomiting of blood. Just as she was about to reach out to help her, her arm was gripped by a tremendous force. Qu Lingyu was holding her arm, her eyes fixed on the woman who had suddenly appeared on the high platform in the distance. No longer caring about secrecy, she shouted hoarsely, "Go... cough, cough, go!"
As if guessing something, Le Feiyou grabbed Qu Lingyu's shoulder, about to ask something, when he felt the body under his palm tremble violently, and in a violent cough that felt like he was about to cough up his lungs, he vomited something.
Confused, she lowered her head. The pale light of the streetlamp filled the world, and a dark red bloodstain on the ground was particularly glaring, with a piece of broken jade lying quietly in it.
"Manager You?"
"It's nothing, just a little insect with a keen sense of smell."
The jade fragments within the bloodstain shattered into powder with a "crack," their luster lost after being soaked in blood. You Shi shrugged, shook his head, and looked away, continuing towards the center of the platform. Suddenly, he stopped, turned his head almost 180 degrees, and looked at the sheriff captain with great interest:
"It told you I work for the company?"
The team leader quickly bowed and said yes. As he looked down, he enviously thought of the work card he had just seen. His level was not high enough to see the specific information on it, but just the style of it was something that ordinary people could not possess.
The fact that he was ordered to cooperate unconditionally, coupled with the style of his work card, suggests that this Manager You is at least an M1 level figure in the upper echelons of the company.
Thinking of this, the captain bent over even more. Unfortunately, the mysterious Manager You suddenly lost interest in him. He stood on the high platform, looking at something for a long time, and then suddenly chuckled and said, "Oh dear, there's no time like the present. Let's start celebrating the Sunrise Festival today. It will also make the City of Sun Chasing more lively."
All the surprise and doubt were suppressed by the other party's super high authority. The captain carefully handed over the remote control - actually, it was completely unnecessary. After the eternal night descended, the central AI Yuanfu's authority had been expanded to the entire city. It was just that this Manager You insisted that "festivals should have a sense of ritual", so he made an activation button for the purpose of decoration.
Having obtained the switch, Manager You suddenly became less anxious. He casually tossed the remote control with one hand, while the other hand stretched out as if to catch something, its pale light licking the wrinkles on his palm.
"...When the eternal night descended, I was also very afraid."
The captain smiled obsequiously, secretly thinking to himself, "You walk so freely in the eternal night, where is there even a hint of fear in you?"
“I swear, I am willing to offer everything to follow the first being to bring light to the city-state, just like them—”
The captain looked in the direction You Shi was pointing, and apart from the disobedient, wandering scumbags from the lower city, there was nothing noteworthy. Just as he was about to cautiously press for more information, You Shi suddenly pressed a button and burst into laughter:
"Later, later... Hahahahahahaha! The City of the Sun, hahahahahahahahahaha!"
"Dear passengers, good morning/afternoon/evening. I am Captain Yuanfu of this voyage. The journey to find the eternal sun is about to begin. Please fasten your seatbelts and take your seats in an orderly manner. The countdown to ascension will begin after one beep. Please listen carefully—beep—ten, nine, eight, seven…"
The captain was nearly scared off by the other man's manic laughter. As the countdown began in a cold, mechanical voice, he stared at Manager You, still shaken. Manager You seemed to have gotten tired of laughing and stared blankly at the crowd below the platform. Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed something in the air.
"...Five, four..."
Her facial muscles were still twitching from her earlier maniacal laughter, and tears streamed down her face without warning, following the rise and fall of her muscles. The woman spoke in a daze:
"it's over."
What?
Before the captain could ask any further questions, the streetlights shone even brighter, illuminating You Shi's icy face. She slowly spread her fingers, as if mimicking the blooming of a flower:
"Three, two, one."
"Bang!"
Ignoring the stares of those around her, Timi, who was frantically drawing teleportation arrays with her head down, suddenly trembled and looked up in surprise, "An earthquake... What was that?!"
The plaza beneath their feet, or more precisely, the entire City of the Sun, began to tremble. Hundreds of thousands of Sun-Chasing Lamps in the resettlement area shone brightly, rising upwards after reaching their maximum brightness. Despite it being eternal night, the entire city-state was suddenly illuminated with astonishing light. Factories, manors, hospitals, slums... the light generously and equally bathed every corner of the city-state.
The entire city had never been so bright, not even before the eternal night descended. Countless orbs of light floated in the air, resembling an inverted Milky Way against the backdrop of the pitch-black night.
"Bang--"
The strange sound they had just heard appeared again, this time so close it felt like someone was right next to her ear. Qu Lingyu couldn't help but gag, and her movements were so violent that Ti Mi almost couldn't hold her down. "Run!"
Under the cover of night, countless orbs of light, bright yet soft, floated swaying in the air. As if receiving some command, they shattered with a "bang," turning into countless points of light that fell like rain.
"...The 'Day Chasing Plan' has been found!"
In the spirit world, Du Yu grabbed a shimmering fragment of memory, about to read it, when he suddenly stopped.
The surrounding clusters of spiritual energy, which had previously been independent, suddenly became agitated, with various colors jumping and crowding together wildly. The number of silvery-white light clusters increased abruptly, carrying other colors as they surged in a certain direction.
Du Yuxin's heart sank suddenly.
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Author's Note: I went to the hospital six times in September, but that's finally over. I'll write more during the holiday and try to finish it. [emoji]
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