The Seven Stars Tower is located in the old city of the city. It is a building with a history of 500 to 600 years. It has experienced many wars and a very strange experience. It was originally built as a pagoda. Ordinary pagodas are tall and narrow, but because the builders wanted to give full play to the mystery of "greatness comes from tolerance", each floor of the building was built to be wide and tall. As a result, the Emperor Zhengde at that time suddenly fell in love with this pagoda, occupied it, and did not repair it. The pagoda gradually became abandoned. Later, dynasties changed, wars broke out, and the tower was occupied by a group of evil Taoists, who took over the tower and converted it into a Taoist temple. Later, the Taoists ran away for various reasons, and the tower was bought by a wealthy family, who converted it into a library. In the late Qing Dynasty, Western missionaries bought the tower from the wealthy family and used it as a Christian church... In short, the experience of this tower is very absurd and chaotic, and it has brought together various religions and incredible ghost legends.

When Li Yuebai arrived at the Seven Stars Tower, it was already dark, with a crescent moon in the sky. The old city was already desolate, and because of the riot in the city, the power was cut off, and it was dark all around, without even street lights. He could only see the scene in front of him with difficulty in the blood-red night.

The dilapidated Seven-Star Tower stands on the hillside, with a very strange outline. Architectural features of various periods and styles are mixed together in an irregular manner. There are also gaps caused by artillery shells. In the dark, it looks like a haunted building, extremely eerie and terrifying.

Moreover, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but the closer Li Yuebai got, the more he felt that the Seven Star Tower was shrouded in a black mist. The black mist sometimes condensed and sometimes dispersed, adding an extra layer of horror filter to this already terrifying building.

There was silence all around, no insects chirping, no human voices, only a waning moon in the sky, as if it was not in the modern world, not in the human world. Li Yuebai gritted his teeth, stepped up the hillside step by step, and walked towards the door on the ground floor of the Seven Stars Building - there used to be an iron door there, but now, there was only a dark doorway left.

When Li Yuebai walked into the doorway, he heard the cry of crows.

The interior of the Seven Stars Tower was completely different from what he had imagined - no decoration, no furniture, just a large empty room with a winding staircase leading upstairs. The walls were made of black bricks, and there was a window on the wall. There was no glass, just an empty window hole. A crow was perched on the windowsill, making a mournful cawing sound, and under the crow's claws was a piece of parchment.

Li Yuebai walked to the window, stretched out his hand, and picked up the parchment - the crow jumped away with an indifferent look on its face, and did not fly away, but just looked at him coldly.

It felt like playing some kind of adventure game. The first thing you saw when you entered the door should be a hint. This parchment might be the medium for Gao Chengyu to communicate with him.

As if to verify his guess, words written in ink appeared out of thin air on the parchment. They were in Chinese and clearly written:

You are here.

Li Yuebai was a little annoyed by this greeting.

He didn't answer, but simply wrote on the parchment with his fingers: Yes, I'm here, what do you think?

Very good. — the parchment replied.

What have you prepared? ——Li Yuebai asked.

The parchment is very large, but it is impossible to hold all the words infinitely, not to mention that the words Li Yuebai wrote with his fingers in a hurry are very large. Therefore, all the words will automatically disappear after appearing for a period of time.

There are seven floors in this building. I just want you to walk all the way from the first floor to the seventh floor. It's that simple - the parchment replied.

Like a level-breaking game? Li Yuebai couldn't tell whether he was in reality or in the game.

However, now I am on the first floor, but there is nothing around me, no enemies, no vampires, no traps... Isn't Gao Chengyu's purpose to catch me? Why use an empty floor to welcome me? This doesn't make sense.

New words appeared on the parchment: You will see that person soon, don't be too surprised...

Which one?

Li Yuebai felt cold in his heart. He knew very well that in this world, apart from Ye Qing, no one was the most special "that person" to him.

Is Ye Qing here?

Impossible, Ye Qing was clearly at the beach when we last called...

"System!" Li Yuebai suddenly called the system in his mind: "System, contact Ye Qing for me."

The system was silent and unresponsive.

Is it possible that Ye Qing cannot be contacted? Why?

A smiling emoticon appeared on the parchment, seemingly mocking.

Soon, Li Yuebai found out the reason why he couldn't contact Ye Qing.

There were footsteps on the stairs. Someone was walking down from the second floor. These footsteps sounded familiar.

Li Yuebai raised his eyes and immediately felt his heart frozen.

It’s Ye Qing.

He looked no different from the last time they parted, except that his face had become paler. The red hair by his left ear and the blue tears under his right eye were clearly visible. He had changed into a black robe and walked down the stairs very calmly, staring straight at Li Yuebai with eyes filled with complex hatred and desire.

"Ye Qing...?" Li Yuebai was completely confused and even forgot about the decision not to speak. He blurted out with a trembling voice: "Why are you here?"

The moment he opened his mouth, he seemed to see Ye Qing smile.

The next second, Li Yuebai felt the cold ground hitting his back and head hard, and a familiar suffocating feeling came from his neck. Ye Qing once again pressed him hard to the ground and strangled his neck, and this time, Li Yuebai didn't want to resist at all. Now, he just wanted to get things clear.

"I told you I'll come back to see you." Ye Qing whispered in his ear.

Li Yuebai's eyes widened instantly.

Yes, Ye Qing did say this the last time we communicated through the system, and I remember it clearly.

The force on his neck increased, and Li Yuebai's mind suddenly went blank.

Why, why, why.

"Because I'm a vampire." Ye Qing still used his usual calm voice to explain softly in Li Yuebai's ear: "I can't suppress my desire to eat you, so I can only cooperate with your enemy... As for why this is the case, Master, don't you know the reason very well?"

Yes, Ye Qing is a vampire, how could a vampire let VILA go?

Gao Chengyu's goal is to use VILA to manipulate his subordinates. If he uses more ruthless means, he can even attract Ye Qing and make Ye Qing stand on his side.

These past few days, I have been avoiding Ye Qing and not contacting him, leaving him to suffer alone. When I was attacked in the small square not long ago, I asked Ye Qing for help, but after escaping the predicament with Ye Qing's help, I agreed to Gao Chengyu's conditions and came here in a blink of an eye, with no intention of looking for Ye Qing at all.

For Ye Qing, who had already lost his mind, these were unbearable neglects.

"Do you hate me?" Li Yuebai's breath became weaker and weaker.

"Hate." Ye Qing was still smiling: "But maybe, I won't hate you after a while, after I eat you."

His body in a black robe pressed tightly against Li Yuebai. Li Yuebai could feel the outline of Ye Qing's bones and muscles with his body. The once young and lively body was now terribly cold, making people shiver.

It was me who made him like this, it was me.

Li Yuebai closed his eyes.

Ye Qing's teeth bit the neck again, in exactly the same position as last time. The sharp canine teeth pressed against the skin and blood vessels, but did not bite through them. Instead, they licked and sucked, just like last time.

At this moment, Li Yuebai suddenly didn't want to resist at all.

Let it end like this, let Ye Qing suck my blood dry, and die here, end everything, and never have to endure the torment again.

Even towards the current Ye Qing, he has no hatred or fear at all, only heartache.

What on earth did Ye Qing go through during this period of time? When he thought about it, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.

That's it.

Li Yuebai stretched out his hand with the little strength he had left and touched Ye Qing's face.

It felt exactly as I remembered, cold and lifeless.

When he finally opened his eyes, he saw the parchment floating in the air, with new words on it - Gu Xisha, kill Ye Qing.

No—Li Yuebai answered silently in his heart.

Kill him, didn't you come with a weapon? - The words on the parchment were clear.

Li Yuebai carried a gun and silver bullets with him. Yes, Gao Chengyu did not require him to bring any weapons with him, so with the idea of ​​resisting to the end, he still carried them with him.

If he was facing other vampires, Li Yuebai would certainly shoot without hesitation.

But now his opponent is Ye Qing. No matter what, Li Yuebai cannot take out the gun and pull the trigger at Ye Qing.

Ye Qing seemed to be in a state of fanatical obsession. He just hugged himself tightly, as if he wanted to slowly spend this rare time. He did not continue to suck blood - perhaps he knew that once he started sucking blood, it would be the end of everything, so he stopped.

At this time, he even had the opportunity to draw his gun, aim at Ye Qing, and complete the counterattack.

But no, there is no way I can do this.

If you refuse to kill him, I will kill everyone in the orphanage in return - the parchment showed.

Li Yuebai's heart tightened again.

The thing he was most worried about finally happened - a dilemma. What Gao Chengyu enjoyed most must be forcing him to make such a dilemma, as no matter which choice he made, it would be a dead end.

If life can be quantified, which is more important, one hundred lives or the life of the person you care about most? No one can tell.

Moreover, the person whom he cares most about is killing him.

Out of the instinct for survival, he should follow Gao Chengyu's instructions and kill Ye Qing. This is the most correct and reasonable choice.

Li Yuebai closed his eyes again. He felt as if he was in a rift in time and space, being swallowed and torn apart. His mind was in chaos and darkness, and thousands of stars burst out before his eyes.

Calm, calm.

From the moment Ye Qing walked down the stairs, he had lost control.

The only way to solve the problem is to slowly regain control, regain your train of thought, and keep thinking no matter how painful it is.

He endured the severe pain in his head and dizziness, and began to sort out his thoughts bit by bit.

Start recalling from the moment Ye Qing walked down the stairs, don't miss any detail...

Finally...

Li Yuebai opened his eyes and took a breath with difficulty.

Ye Qing's face was still buried in his neck.

"Xiao Ye." Li Yuebai said softly, "Can I ask you one last question?"