Chapter 119 Chapter 119
If she had a knife in her hand at this moment, Xia Meng would probably stab him in the heart without mercy.
Unfortunately not.
Unfortunately, he would turn around and strangle her throat the moment she made a move.
She always knew that he longed for her and was also afraid of her.
He would show her his most vulnerable back, and at the same time, he would devote half of his attention to being on guard against her.
He waved his arms and swayed his body.
He hummed a gentle tune.
She listened attentively for a while and realized that it was a carol they often sang during festivals in the orphanage.
"Majestic March", also known as "Land of Hope and Glory".
This is a very popular patriotic anthem in the UK.
When the Black Tower headquarters was first built in the early 20th century, this song has been sung continuously as an ode to the Black Tower.
I can’t say about other places, but at least the sentries and guides in Britain should all have heard of it.
She remembered that Hermann had never sung this song before.
Someone asked him why.
He didn't answer at that time, but just smiled indifferently.
That smile, full of contempt and mockery.
Thinking about it now, Xia Meng understood the meaning of his smile.
How ironic that a hymn praising hope and glory, justice and freedom is sung by these monsters who were born into the abyss and kill people without mercy.
Listening to him singing again at this moment, Xia Meng felt only ridicule.
…
Night falls.
The carnival from the abyss has begun.
The city lights that were originally as bright as day gradually dimmed.
Instead, there were patches of blazing seas of fire that lit up the sky.
Hermann chuckled softly.
The sound is bright and cheerful.
Xia Meng looked at his back with disdain: "You are still crazy."
It's like having a serious illness.
It was an offensive statement, like a judge's verdict.
Herman didn't feel offended. He even looked back at her with amusement and said with a smile, "You really do understand me best."
He swung his arms even wider, closed his eyes, and shook his head, murmuring with immense enjoyment, "You and I are both madmen who have crawled out of the abyss. You're the only one in this world who understands me best, and you're the only one worthy of standing by my side. Look, tonight is a performance I've waited over twenty years for, and you're the only lucky audience member."
Xia Meng stood behind him and said nothing.
Hermann opened his eyes. "A Midsummer Night's Dream. Ah... it's just a child's play. This is the play that suits us best. Don't you agree?"
Xia Mengxin said that it was still unclear whether it was suitable for her.
But it is indeed the most suitable for him.
This scene before him might have played out in his mind countless times in the past.
Xia Meng closed her eyes and said softly, "Yes."
He buried this situation for nearly twenty years.
Now, no one can stop him.
Even if Li Zhou comes, it won’t work.
...Except her.
…
The whole city was filled with the wailing of sentinels.
It's like a plague spreading.
Heitali is the hardest hit area.
The guides watched helplessly as the sentries around them held their heads and screamed in pain.
By this time, the guides' mental strength, which could have been used to soothe the sentinels, was no longer effective.
There was chaos in the Black Tower.
Many sentinels were stimulated to unleash their superpowers, and the huge amount of energy collided inside the black tower, producing a deafening roar.
Amidst the thick smoke, a powerful sentry roared in pain and slammed his fist against the wall. At the moment the wall shattered, the fist that passed through the wall was only a dozen centimeters away from the guides hiding behind the wall.
Those guides are all staff members of the guide center.
He was powerless and couldn't defeat those rampaging sentinels at all.
Normally, the violent sentinels would be swarmed by other sentinels and surrounded like an iron barrel, preventing any harm from reaching the guides.
At this moment, the sentinels who were supposed to stand in front of them to protect them became the guides' death warrants.
No one stepped forward to stop it.
Their very existence has become the most deadly danger.
The guides behind the wall screamed in fear and closed their eyes in despair at the approaching fists.
The next second, the second punch did not fall.
Some of them opened their eyes without hope, only to find a red mark on the sentry's forehead.
At the same time, his body was stiff, his eyes staring blankly ahead, like a puppet hung by countless strings.
They looked over and saw a familiar figure behind the burly sentry.
Someone shouted in surprise: "Captain Wang!"
It’s Wang Xiangyi.
Wang Xiangyi's condition was not good at this time. He had suffered several injuries on his body and his right arm was drooping, obviously dislocated.
He raised his hand and touched the corner of his lips that continued to ooze blood, and quickly said to those people: "Hurry up, this place is no longer safe."
But, along the way down, where is there any safe place?
Rather than being discovered on the way down, it is better to hide here. Maybe I can hold out until the storm passes.
Everyone looked at each other, feeling timid.
Wang Xiangyi knew what they were thinking.
But such an idea is too naive.
Sentinels have an innate sense of their guides.
The violent sentinels instinctively regarded the guide as their first target.
No matter where they hide, it's useless.
Wang Xiangyi didn't have time to explain and yelled, "Go!!!"
Those people shuddered.
A command was given, and they were about to get up and run when one of them suddenly stared behind Wang Xiangyi, eyes wide open, and shouted, "Be careful!!"
Wang Xiangyi didn't even have time to figure out what was behind him.
The next moment, he was hit by a stream of water and flew out heavily.
"Puff——" He fell to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.
He raised his eyes and saw Ning Yi walking towards him with red eyes.
His teammates also went berserk.
Wang Xiangyi raised his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth.
The mental strength in his body was almost exhausted.
His power is limited and he can only control three sentinels at a time.
On the way down from the special service center upstairs, he had overdrawn all his strength in order to save people.
He can't get out.
He watched Ning Yi walk towards him step by step, and shouted with his last bit of strength: "Go!!!"
A crimson light flashed in Ning Yi's eyes.
This is one of the signs that the Sentinel has gone berserk.
At this moment, he could no longer see or hear.
He couldn't even tell who was in front of him.
He could only follow his instinct - to destroy, to destroy everything.
The countless seeds that had been buried in the body for many years began to grow wildly, producing black vines that entangled all life and strangled all consciousness.
A huge water ball condensed in Ning Yi's palm, and his palm was wrapped in the water ball, which stretched towards Wang Xiangyi's throat inch by inch, drowning him inch by inch.
The next second, an invisible force hit him from mid-air.
At the same time Ning Yi was knocked away, a figure flashed and appeared, nimbly picked up Wang Xiangyi, and then quickly went downwards.
Wang Xiangyi opened his eyes gasping for breath and could barely make out who saved him.
It’s Li Zhou.
He panted and shook his head and said, "Li Zhou...don't save me..."
As he spoke, more blood flowed from his mouth.
Li Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "If I can save one, I'll save one."
Wang Xiangyi closed his eyes and said, "It's useless... If things continue to develop like this, no one can stop it."
So what if I escape from the Black Tower?
There were just as many ferocious sentinels outside as there were.
Li Zhou is alone, how many people can he protect?
However, to Wang Xiangyi's surprise, Li Zhou did not send him out, but took him to the basement of the black tower.
There are five underground floors in the Black Tower. The bottom floor was originally used to detain runaway sentries.
There are multiple defense mechanisms all around the place, and even the strongest sentinels cannot break through.
But at this time, it became the only place that could protect the guides.
Li Zhou sent Wang Xiangyi to the fifth underground floor.
Luo Xunfei and dozens of other Black Tower guides had already been sent here by him.
Luo Xunfei hurriedly stepped forward and supported the staggering Wang Xiangyi.
Li Zhou stood at the elevator shaft, looking at them seriously, and instructed, "Once you go in, don't come out. The emergency supplies inside should be enough for you to use for two weeks."
Wang Xiangyi hurriedly raised his hand and grabbed his arm, trying to stop him: "What else can you do? I've asked the laboratory to check. The culprit is probably the guide agent we've been using for years! This stuff is used by sentinels all over the world, and now almost all the sentinels outside have been infected! Not only in Beijing, I'm afraid other places are also..."
Li Zhou: "I know."
He raised his eyes firmly and said, "The culprit behind all this is Herman. If we can find him, we might be able to find a solution."
Wang Xiangyi was a little anxious, thinking that even if he found Hermann, it would be too late to save him.
The fuse has been lit. Even if Herman does nothing next, the mine that has been buried will still explode.
It's like a set of dominoes stretching across the globe.
After the first card fell, it spread from one to ten, then to a hundred, and it became unstoppable.
Having said that, Wang Xiangyi closed his eyes in despair.
There is no way to save the situation.
No one knows what can be done now to turn the tide.
I’m afraid even Li Zhou...can’t do it.
Thinking of this, he opened his eyes and wanted to say something to Li Zhou, but saw that the elevator shaft in front of him was empty.
Li Zhou has already left.
Wang Xiangyi: "This kid!"
Luo Xunfei glanced at him and said comfortingly, "Don't worry about him for now. He knows his limits. If you have the energy, worry about yourself first."
Wang Xiangyi glared, feeling frustrated and unable to vent his frustration, so he started to find fault: "Are you saying I'm not as sensible as him?"
The two of them are used to bickering.
To be precise, Wang Xiangyi and Zhou Qi had always had a quarrel with each other. Luo Xunfei and Zhou Qi were cousins and often went out together, so he was inevitably dragged into the quarrel.
Luo Xunfei had no intention of responding.
He held Wang Xiangyi's shoulders and swiftly put his dislocated shoulder back in place.
Amidst Wang Xiangyi's unexpected groan, Luo Xunfei said, "If you have time to argue with me, you might as well think about why Li Zhou is fine."
Wang Xiangyi: "What do you mean * Li Zhou is fine, what can an S-rank like him have—"
He suddenly stopped talking halfway and looked into Luo Xunfei's eyes.
Yes, if this guiding element works on all sentries, why is Li Zhou still safe and sound? Not affected at all?
When it comes to the number of times he uses the guide element, Li Zhou is no less than others.
Even the concentration of S-level guide factors is much higher.
Wang Xiangyi looked at Luo Xunfei, keenly sensing a hint of meaning in his old friend's expression: "Do you know something?"
Luo Xunfei sighed softly and said, "Probably Xia Meng."
Wang Xiangyi opened his eyes wide: "Xia Meng? You mean..."
Luo Xunfei patted his shoulder and whispered, "Let's wait and see what happens."
…
Luo Xunfei, Wang Xiangyi, and more than forty other guides hid in the isolation area on the fifth underground floor of the Black Tower and waited for three full days.
There was no signal for three days.
There is absolutely no news from the outside world.
This is not the most torturous thing.
The isolation area was without power from the second day, probably because the isolation facility was not originally designed to be used as a shelter, and the power equipment was installed outside. The next day, a sentry came in following the smell and crashed outside for a long time.
In the darkness, the guides could only hear the banging sounds outside, wondering how long this isolation facility could last.
The fear of death constantly challenges the nerves of all survivors.
On the third day, some people could no longer bear the darkness and silence.
Some people began to clamor to go out and refused to sit and wait for death.
Wang Xiangyi and Luo Xunfei tried to suppress the situation several times, but they couldn't do it anymore, so some people started to unite and try to open the door.
The moment the door was opened, the sea water outside the gap instantly poured in.
Someone screamed, "Why is there sea water?!"
"It's a water sentry that has gone berserk!"
Amidst the screams, Wang Xiangyi grabbed Luo Xunfei's arm, frowned, and said, "I... recognize his aura. It's Pei Ziling."
Luo Xunfei: "Your team members?"
Wang Xiangyi nodded solemnly, his eyes full of sadness.
When it has gone berserk to this point, the body has been completely decomposed into sea water by the berserk power. It no longer has a human form and no longer has human consciousness.
What they saw before them at this moment was nothing but a monster.
The sea water rushed into the isolation area, and in the blink of an eye, swallowed up countless guides who were clamoring to get out.
Wang Xiangyi lowered his voice and said to Luo Xunfei, "Pei Ziling recognizes my mental power. I can probably control him for half a minute. Take this opportunity and get out quickly. Once you're out, you'll have to figure things out on your own. If we stay here, we'll all die."
Luo Xunfei looked at him hesitantly, said nothing more, and nodded quickly.
They both knew that this was the best solution.
If someone is destined to die, it is better to sacrifice one person to fight for a glimmer of hope than to die two people.
More importantly...
Luo Xunfei clenched his fists silently.
He had more important things to do, he had to survive.
Wang Xiangyi had been recuperating for three days, and his mental strength had recovered a lot now.
He squatted down and pressed his hands into the water. The mental power in his palms instantly turned into countless chains, extending in all directions along the sea water.
The moment the chain net took shape, the sea water indeed became stagnant.
Wang Xiangyi raised his eyes, veins popping out on his forehead: "Run!!"
Luo Xunfei ran away without even looking back.
…
Luo Xunfei climbed up from the collapsed elevator shaft.
The first second, I closed my eyes because of the glare from outside.
They had been in the dark for too long and were no longer able to adapt to the light outside.
Most of the black tower collapsed.
The cold wind blew in through the broken glass curtain wall, bringing with it a strong smell of blood.
Looking around, all I could see were indescribable tragic scenes.
Luo Xunfei couldn't bear to look any longer.
He immediately turned around and went to the parking lot.
Most of the parking lot was destroyed, but fortunately his car was not affected.
He started the car and the Black Tower navigation system in the car turned on.
Luo Xunfei whispered an order: "Call Li Zhou."
On the car screen, the communication program ran for three seconds and quickly issued a prompt: [Sorry, unable to connect.]
Luo Xunfei thought for a few seconds and then said, "Use special permissions to lock Li Zhou's position."
【Verifying your identity information. 】
【Verification passed.】
[Special permissions are being opened for you. ]
[Locking Li Zhou's position. 】
【Please wait. 】
[The target location has been locked. Your distance to the target is 57 kilometers. Do you want to set off now?]
The car had already slid out of the parking space and sped away.
"yes."
[Navigating for you.]
Along the way, Luo Xunfei continued to contact Li Zhou.
The communication was never successful.
Luo Xunfei silently prayed in his heart that Li Zhou was fine, but he was soon surprised to find that Li Zhou's position was still moving.
Moving, which most likely proves he is still alive.
The roads were almost entirely covered with traces of various wars.
The closer you get to the city, the more likely you are to encounter a few groups of survivors.
Luo Xunfei stopped the car to ask.
Most of those people were ordinary people who escaped the disaster by luck.
Someone also kindly shared the information with Luo Xunfei.
"The city center is under military control right now. You want to go there? No! It's too dangerous!"
"Those violent sentinels are almost all gathered there!"
"Run away! Run to the suburbs if you want to live!"
Luo Xunfei thanked them and continued to speed towards the city center.
30Km.
15Km.
Until they were stopped by the military.
The military has cordoned off a 10-kilometer radius around the city center.
"Who are you? There's a security zone ahead! Don't go any further!"
Luo Xunfei stopped the car and showed his Black Tower identity.
After the military inspected the area, they didn't move out of the way. "Even if you're from the Black Tower, you can't. They've already started attacking. It's too dangerous."
Luo Xunfei's eyes flashed with anxiety. Seeing that the dozen or so fully armed soldiers in front of him had no intention of letting him pass, he could only nod and close the car window.
He murmured a confession: "I'm sorry..."
The next second, he raised his hand and pressed a button inside the car.
[Are you sure you want to launch an infrasonic attack?]
"confirm."
[Starting...]
Before the mechanical female voice finished speaking, the dozen or so soldiers outside the car window seemed to have pressed the pause button at the same time, and then collapsed at the same time.
Infrasound waves with a frequency below 20 Hz can resonate with the human body, causing mental and mechanical damage.
The standard configuration of the Black Tower special car.
The first gear can knock down ordinary humans near the car body and make them unable to move for half an hour.
The next second after the soldier fell, Luo Xunfei's car quickly drove across the cordon.
Once we entered the security zone, the sounds of fighting began to become clearer.
The city center is densely populated and is the hardest hit area.
The lane was in such a mess that it was impossible to drive.
As a last resort, Luo Xunfei had to get off the car and walk forward.
…
"A trapped beast's fight..."
Hermann sat on the balcony railing.
The cell phone was placed aside, playing the "Majestic March" over and over again.
Three days and three nights.
The flames of war spread all over the world.
The Beijing area originally had the largest number of sentries.
This means that here, his power is the strongest.
But the battle has not ended yet.
A closer look reveals that the Beijing Military Region mobilized all its forces and stationed them in the security zone.
And there is... "Li Zhou."
He is in charge of the central area.
He suppressed every wave of attack.
Herman raised his eyes, his eyes filled with anxious anger.
It’s Li Zhou again.
This person seemed to be his nemesis.
"...I need more power..." Herman muttered to himself anxiously, then looked to his side unconsciously.
Xia Meng sat on the steps next to her, her head resting on the railing, sleeping quietly.
She leaned there calmly, as if all the disputes in the world had nothing to do with her.
Herman felt that his inner anxiety was instantly relieved.
His guide...
Just being around him had a huge soothing effect on him.
If she could guide me...
For a moment, Hermann seemed to be bewitched and couldn't help but stand up and walk towards her.
He knelt down gently in front of her, staring at her face for a moment, then he reached out uncontrollably and held her hand.
The spiritual power that was scattered outside was greedily absorbed into his body.
Irritability, impatience, cruelty... a lot of the hostility in the body was eliminated in an instant.
A new force seemed to emerge in the body.
Hermann squeezed her hand with surprise and desire.
Just like a thirsty person scooping up a handful of water.
At a certain moment, he couldn't help but think: Even if what he held in his hand was poison, he would probably swallow it without hesitation.
Xia Meng...
She was supposed to be his guide.
They are people who are destined to stand together.
You see... at this moment when the world falls, we are indeed together.
He raised his eyes and met her downcast ones.
There was a distant tenderness in the calmness of his eyes.
Like a look of mercy from a god.
"Do you have any other wishes?" she asked quietly.
This world is broken.
Human civilization was severely damaged and was left with only a barely surviving existence.
Everything he had been pursuing for years had become a reality.
"I hope..." Herman's eyes flashed with brokenness.
All his hopes had been crushed in that welfare home.
Even though he had left there long ago, the shadow of his childhood always followed him.
If I could really hope...
He hopes that time can go back and smooth out all the rugged shadows.
Of course, he knew it better than anyone else.
Everything in this world is possible, except time.
Xia Meng smiled slightly and agreed softly: "Okay."
OK……?
What’s good…?
Herman raised his eyebrows in confusion and was about to ask, but the next second, he felt a sudden sharp pain in his heart.
He lowered his eyes in disbelief and found that his heart was pierced by countless silk threads with a light blue luster.
Countless threads came from afar, from all directions, from under his feet, shackled his heart and nailed him firmly to the spot.
"How is it possible...what is this!?" he muttered in disbelief.
He was clearly...always on guard.
Clearly... I didn't feel her concentrating a large amount of mental energy.
How did she do it?
What did she do!?
Xia Meng slowly raised her hand, slowly clasped his chin, and curled her lips coldly.
"It took three days, but I finally succeeded."
Hermann was too defensive.
When she was around him, if she used even a little bit of her mental power, he would notice it immediately.
If you want to kill him with one blow, you must wait until his defenses are at their weakest.
Blood oozed from his heart.
It dripped onto the ground along countless threads of spiritual power.
"You..." As Herman opened his mouth, more blood gushed out from the corner of his mouth.
He stretched his lips into a bloodthirsty smile.
He smiled with red eyes: "...Do you think you can stop me? It's too late."
Xia Meng looked at him without blinking, saying nothing.
Herman stared at her intently and laughed wildly, "It would be useless even if you killed me now."
"Who said I want to kill you?" Xia Meng smiled at him.
Everything in this world is irreversible.
unless--
Xia Meng leaned over slightly and faced him.
"Have you heard of...Vientiane?"
Hermann opened his eyes gradually.
Vientiane can create a completely new mental landscape out of thin air, pulling multiple Sentinels into it at the same time.
Like backtracking, it is a very special and rare psychic ability unique to guides.
Basically only S-class can have it.
The Black Tower has only appeared once in history.
Herman couldn't believe it: "You...what do you want to do...?"
Xia Meng chuckled: "Yes, it's just what you think."
She gently stroked the silk thread that pierced his heart with her fingertips and said, "Do you know where these threads come from? Every one, every person you control. Every sentinel you planted seeds in, every guide who became infected through your guidance."
It is not difficult to open up all things.
The difficulty was that if she wanted to accommodate all the affected sentinels and guides at the same time, she would need to expend a great deal of energy.
So big...that it takes all my strength.
She didn't delay any longer.
She raised her hand and snapped her fingers.
A crisp sound.
At the other end of each silk thread, sentinels and guides began to fall one after another.
Countless points of light emanated from them and then flew back into the sky like snowflakes.
The light spots rose slowly towards the sky like heavy snow.
city center.
Suddenly, someone on the front line of the firefight shouted, "Look!"
Countless soldiers with weapons raised their heads.
Li Zhou was fighting with three violent sentinels. During the confrontation, he felt the murderous aura suddenly dissipate. He turned around and saw the three sentinels, who had turned into monsters, standing there petrified, with large spots of light emanating from their bodies.
Each of the three of them had a silk thread that vaguely connected to the distance.
Li Zhou stared blankly along the silk thread into the distance.
Under the black tower, Wang Xiangyi fought until he was exhausted and was finally swallowed by the sea.
He was covered in blood, closed his eyes, and fell forward exhausted.
The next second, a few points of light flew out from behind him and rose up.
It also flew out from the guides who had fallen underground for a long time.
At the gate of the Black Tower.
The staff members were lying all over the ground.
Ou Xu leaned quietly against the glass curtain wall, holding the analysis report that had just been produced by Xiao Baizi in his hand before he died.
A few spots of light also flew out from his body.
Silently, it floated up into the air along with the other lights.
Somewhere far away.
Su Fangxiao has fallen into a frenzy and his consciousness is almost on the verge of disappearing.
Half of her body grew black and white hair, and her arms, neck, and even her ears were transformed into the shape of a black and white Border Collie.
She lowered her head, holding the gun, and walked slowly and aimlessly.
There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood all around.
Until I saw the end of the road, where a three or four-year-old lost child was sitting there crying loudly.
With his consciousness gone, the berserk Sentinel's instinct to destroy everything took over.
She slowly raised her gun hand and aimed at the child.
At this time, the silk thread connecting to the heart on the vest was faintly visible.
A second before she pulled the trigger, she regained consciousness for a moment, then quickly turned the gun and aimed it at her upper jaw.
"Bang"
“Wa ...
The sound of gunfire, the crying of a child, and the sound of her falling to the ground rang out one after another.
Su Fangxiao closed her eyes and spots of light flew up from her body.
All over the world.
Countless similar situations are happening over and over again.
Billions of light spots flew backwards.
The scene was as grand as a real heavy snowfall.
Xia Meng's body shook.
More blood flowed from the corner of his lips.
She raised her hand and wiped it without caring, then looked up at the spots of light in the sky.
Until one moment, the flying light spots stopped.
Then it slowly flew towards her.
It penetrated into her body little by little.
Xia Meng closed her eyes.
Without a word, he took all the dazzling spots of light in the sky into his body.
These points of light are the spiritual power of the sentinels around the world, their remaining consciousness, the last fragments of their lives, and the seeds planted by Hermann.
Sentinel's, guide's.
Living and dead.
Good and evil.
It's all in it.
very good.
That's it.
In this way, isn't it the most straightforward revenge for Hermann, Lorenzo, and her own bloody first half of life?
The only regret I have is...
About...
It’s a pity that she didn’t water the small succulent potted plant she gave him more often.
It’s a pity that I didn’t hold his kitten longer and stroke its fur.
…
Countless points of light rushed to the end of the thread.
At this moment, the world seemed to have been paused.
Everything came to a standstill.
Ordinary people cannot see spiritual power at all.
Faced with the sudden stop of the war, they dropped their weapons in confusion and looked around in bewilderment.
"what happens?"
"Why did it stop?"
"Is the war over?"
"Are we safe?"
Li Zhou subconsciously pressed his chest and suddenly felt difficulty breathing.
He walked past the three fallen people and walked step by step towards the direction where the light spots converged.
"Xia Meng..." he murmured.
A strong sense of unease gripped my heart.
He stumbled and ran faster and faster.
Until one moment, a figure rushed out from the side and quickly grabbed Li Zhou's arm: "Don't go over there!!"
Li Zhou turned his head in a daze and met Luo Xunfei's face.
"……What did you say?"
Luo Xunfei grabbed his arm tightly and said, "That was Xia Meng who opened up the myriad things. Don't go over there."
Li Zhou stared at him blankly, frowning: "...Wanxiang? What is it?"
Luo Xunfei said: "Xia Meng's ability. Wanxiang can create a completely new spiritual picture."
As he spoke, he looked around at the spots of light that kept flying in a certain direction and said, "She should be pulling all those affected by Hermann into Vientiane now. Don't go over there, otherwise you will easily be affected."
Li Zhou pulled his arm, but Luo Xunfei held it tightly and he couldn't pull it out.
Li Zhou was breathing softly.
After three days of continuous fighting, my body is now extremely tired and my brain is a little slow to work.
He could only barely discern some hidden meaning in Luo Xunfei's words just now.
He stared at Luo Xunfei closely: "What do you mean? How do you know about Wanxiang?"
Xia Meng possesses the supernatural power of all things, but no one knows about this.
Not to mention that Li Zhou herself didn't know, I'm afraid Hermann, who grew up with her, didn't know either.
Why did Luo Xunfei know?
Luo Xunfei was silent for a moment.
Let’s go back a few days.
On the night when the disaster broke out, Xia Meng suddenly came to him.
The two met on a rooftop somewhere in the city.
Xia Meng: "I need you to do me a favor."
Luo Xunfei: "What's the matter?"
Xia Meng: "I plan to open the Vientiane. When the time comes, I will pull all those affected by Herman into the Vientiane."
Luo Xunfei was stunned.
Vientiane...
Did she want to stop all this by herself?
Luo Xunfei: "...and then?"
Xia Meng said slowly: "When the time comes, I need you to help me stop someone."
Luo Xunfei immediately understood: "You mean, Li Zhou?"
Xia Meng: "Yes."
Luo Xunfei smiled bitterly: "You think too highly of me. I'm afraid I can't stop him."
Xia Meng paused.
Indeed, with Li Zhou's temper, if he really gets stubborn, no one can stop him.
She sighed softly, "Then there is only... one last solution."
Luo Xunfei: "What?"
Xia Meng: "Maybe it will take some time for you to make the trip."
Luo Xunfei: “?”
Xia Meng: "If he also broke into Vientiane, then I hope you can come in too. Come in and remind me to send him out."
Luo Xunfei stared at her blankly, slowly digesting the meaning of her words.
Then he frowned slightly and said solemnly: "You may not know that this Wanxiang has a fatal drawback."
"Once the Vientiane is opened, and you pull everyone in, everyone, including you, will lose their memories and forget they are even in the Vientiane. Once the Vientiane's master realizes the truth, it will likely cause the Vientiane world to collapse."
Xia Meng lowered her eyes: "I know."
Luo Xunfei: "Then you still...?"
Xia Meng: "So this favor has to be done by you. Your retrospection can help me recall everything without disturbing everything."
Luo Xunfei: "But you are S-level..." His recollection is ineffective on her!
Xia Meng: "I'll find a way."
Luo Xunfei fell silent.
In other words, Xia Meng had already planned everything before finding him.
This plan is indeed perfect.
As an integral part of this plan, he is crucial and indispensable.
Luo Xunfei: "I can help you. But... do you really want me to do that? Let you see your memories with your own eyes? That's all?"
Xia Meng: "Yes."
Luo Xunfei: "What if you don't believe this is your memory?"
She was silent for a long time, then said softly, "I will believe it."
Him: “Why?”
Xia Meng: "Because, this is me."
The cold wind is howling.
At this moment, Luo Xunfei stood in front of Li Zhou and whispered, "Xia Meng asked me... to stop you."
Li Zhou looked at him in disbelief.
In a flash, he figured out the whole story.
He grabbed Luo Xunfei's arm and couldn't help but ask loudly, "Does she know what she's doing? And you! Do you know what she's doing?!"
How could Luo Xunfei not know?
He choked for a moment and could only sigh: "You should understand that there is no better choice than this. If she can stand up, she can truly prevent this disaster."
Li Zhou stared at Luo Xunfei with red eyes. Hearing what he said, he seemed to have heard something ridiculous.
"What do you mean there's no better option? Why should she be sent to die?"
"If she can't kill him, she's dragging Hermann down with her to hell!"
"Why does it have to be her!?"
"I can do that too... I can kill Hermann..."
Luo Xunfei looked at him speechlessly.
He believed that Li Zhou knew very well that even if he killed Hermann, it would not be possible to prevent this global disaster.
If he could take out one Herman, could he take out all the violent Sentinels in the world?
Only Xia Meng can do it.
Only her.
The next second, Li Zhou quickly shook off his hand.
Luo Xunfei: "Li Zhou!"
Before he finished speaking, Li Zhou's figure had disappeared from his sight.
Luo Xunfei sighed.
It seems that Xia Meng really guessed it right.
It can't be stopped, it can't be stopped at all.
Luo Xunfei rakes his hair helplessly and can only silently start to implement plan B.
…
Building rooftop.
When Luo Xunfei arrived, he found that there was a thick layer of snow on the rooftop.
It's really snowing in Beijing.
Goose feather-like snowflakes fluttered down slowly, making the whole world quiet invisibly.
In the city, the military has launched a search and rescue operation for survivors.
Everyone was busy, and ordinary people who couldn't see the threads of mental power didn't notice what was happening on the rooftop at all.
Luo Xunfei stopped and looked at the three people on the rooftop.
Hermann fell to his knees, his upper body still upright, firmly nailed in place by the billions of threads.
He looked up at the sky, his azure eyes had lost focus.
He was as stiff as a stone statue.
Luo Xunfei's gaze then shifted to the side.
Xia Meng was being held in Li Zhou's arms at this time, with her eyes closed and her face pale.
Li Zhou hugged her in panic, trying to wake her up, his voice filled with tears: "Xia Meng! Xia Meng... wake up. Don't use Wanxiang... don't..."
Luo Xunfei turned his eyes away reluctantly.
Li Zhou hugged her tightly, his cheek pressed against her forehead.
"It's okay..." He murmured softly, "I'll go in with you, okay? Even if we fall into the abyss, if I go down with you, it shouldn't be considered hell, right? Right?"
It’s not difficult to get into Vientiane.
Since her purpose in opening the Vientiane was to bring in all those influenced by Herman, it would be nice if he could be one of them.
He dropped his eyes.
Hermann's blood was all over the ground.
This man's blood is the key to opening Pandora's box of this disaster.
He bent down, wanting to reach out and touch the blood.
"Wait a minute!" Luo Xunfei stepped forward and called him.
"Li Zhou, wait a minute. I have a plan."
Li Zhou slowly raised his eyes: "What?"
Luo Xunfei said quickly: "I have a way to help you get Xia Meng out of Wanxiang."
Li Zhou's eyes flashed, and he stared at him closely: "What did you say?"
Luo Xunfei nodded firmly. "I have a way, really. Trust me. I've checked the Black Tower's confidential archives, and Vientiane isn't unsolvable. Once you're dragged into Vientiane, to escape, you need to find the door. This solution is very similar to the ordinary sentinels with distorted mental images, but the only difference is that in those distorted mental images, to find the door, you just need to figure out the root cause of the distortion. Vientiane is different. The door to Vientiane is the owner of Vientiane himself."
Li Zhou looked at him steadily: "...and then?"
Luo Xunfei hesitated for a moment and said, "...So, to open the door to Wanxiang, there is only one way... to kill her."
Li Zhou's eyes widened, and he was about to retort, "Are you crazy?" The next second, Luo Xunfei quickly explained, "Don't really kill her! Wanxiang is like a spiritual landscape, and death in a spiritual landscape is of course not real. Everyone enters in the form of spiritual power, so it won't matter if they die in there. Just kill her, and you can bring her out."
"But..." Luo Xunfei stammered, "But...if she dies in Wanxiang, Wanxiang will collapse. Are you sure you want to do this?"
If everything collapses...
Everyone she brings in will return to reality.
The disaster that stops will continue to happen...
Luo Xunfei asked seriously, "Even so, will you still choose her?"
He met Li Zhou's bloodshot eyes, and at that moment, he couldn't help but choke in his throat.
It seems that there is no need to wait for Li Zhou to answer this question.
Because Li Zhou's hand was already pressed into the blood on the ground.
A sarcastic smile played at the corner of his mouth.
"Then I'll go and accompany her."
After saying that, he lowered his eyes and kissed her brow.
Between the five drooping fingers, the dripping blood was surrounded by wisps of black air.
He allowed the black energy to quickly penetrate into his skin and flow through his meridians into his spiritual sea.
He closed his eyes.
Then, a large number of light spots flew out from his body.
Spots of light swirled and surged towards Xia Meng's body.
Amidst the falling snow, not long after, Li Zhou hugged Xia Meng and leaned against the wall.
Luo Xunfei sighed silently.
He looked at them both and then at Hermann.
Look at the great place they chose.
It was freezing cold, and he felt like he was going to freeze to death just by standing there for a moment.
These three people couldn't move.
Don’t wait until they die of hypothermia before they even leave Vientiane.
"Forget it... I'll sacrifice my life for a gentleman." Luo Xunfei muttered unhappily, walked over and touched the blood on the ground, then looked around and quickly chose a place sheltered from the wind to nestle in.
After a while, a spot of light flew out from Luo Xunfei.
He closed his eyes, his mind wandering.
In the world of Vientiane, everyone will lose their memory.
I wonder what the situation will be like by then?
Will she be forced to stand by Herman's side this time?
still……
Have a new life, new experiences?
If she could really have a different choice, would she choose Li Zhou without hesitation this time?
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