“Ask Pure White and Carly, will they not trust you?”

“No.” Carly shook her head.

“Not at all.” Perlis also shook her head.

Seeing them treating her like this, Lian looked like she was about to cry.

She lowered her head, and when she raised it again, a smile spread across her face:

“…thank you for saying that, but it’s hard for me to forgive myself…”

“Don’t think so much,” Aoi rubbed Lian’s head, “No matter whose heart it is, I will always be your sister.”

“…snort…”

Lian lowered her head shyly and let Aoi rub her head without resisting.

After hearing what she said, Perlis breathed a sigh of relief. Although these things were still beyond her imagination, she was glad that the truth did not bring more harm.

“Okay, everyone, be happy. Next, as long as we can read the location of the Sky Eye Facility Zero on the terminal in this laboratory, we can reach our destination directly.”

Carly spoke briskly, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said to Lian:

“By the way, what was the Qi Lang secret project you were researching… that is, the one related to black water?”

Hearing Carly’s question, Lian was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said:

“It seems to be called… the [Black Soldier] Project.”

……

The western Great Wall, with rolling yellow sand.

As night fell, the silver-line-like crack slowly opened up, revealing the Sword Plain behind.

A [Black Tide Knight] wearing a black helmet walked out, and behind him, a vast array of black water entities swarmed out.

When they saw the tall outline of the Great Wall of the West, they let out sharp roars and launched a twisted charge in a frenzy like a pack of wolves that had found food.

At this moment, they discovered a row of figures standing on the horizon in front of the Great Wall – they were wearing black armor, holding rifles in their hands, and with long cold weapons behind them.

That is the [Black Soldier].

In front of their formation, [Black Saint] Luo Yan was holding a halberd, his face hidden behind a mask.

“Boys, the mission objective is to seal that damn rift. You know what to do!”

Luo Yan turned around and raised his armored arm:

“For the Great Wall, for the Republic!”

“For the Great Wall!! For the Republic!” The [Black Soldiers] roared in unison.

As the black water entities swarmed across the plain, Luo Yan raised his hand and shouted:

“fire!”

“Boom—boom boom boom—”

The heavy artillery on the Great Wall exploded, and one after another azure factor energy shells fell on the hills, exploding with annihilating blue light.

All the computing power of the [Sky Eye] was concentrated on the Eastern Great Wall, which was the main battlefield. At Luo Yan’s request, Yan Chu did not provide any assistance.

He had to use his own body to block those monsters, so that the main battlefield would have a better chance of winning when the Day of Judgment came.

Even just a hint.

“Boom, boom, boom, boom -“

Under the baptism of the azure halo, the black water entities in the front row were annihilated amid screams and turned into invisible.

Crossing the army of thousands, Luo Yan saw the [Black Tide Knight], one of the royal guards under the command of the [Lord of the Black Tide]. He was strolling leisurely and did not look threatened at all.

Luo Yan glanced at the corner of his mouth and shouted:

“let’s go!”

All the [Black Soldiers] took action almost at the same time. They got on the off-road vehicles and approached the sweeping black tide at high speed.

At the moment of the confrontation, flames flew and roars were heard.

Luo Yan jumped off the car at the moment of the confrontation. He roared and swung the halberd in his hand, tearing apart the bodies of those black water entities.

However, they were too few in number, and the army under the command of the [Lord of the Black Tide] was elite after all. After being killed, those monsters quickly gathered together again and became [alpha wolves].

Those [alpha wolves] tore open the armor of the [black soldiers] with their claws with almost no effort and killed them.

Seeing this tragic scene, Luo Yan, who was wielding the halberd, closed his eyes and murmured in a low voice:

“Humanity will remember you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the bodies of the dead [Black Soldiers] suddenly swelled up, broke through the black armor, and gathered together.

They turned into black water entities of the same level as the [Alpha Wolf]. In various places on the battlefield, one after another, the resurrected [Black Soldiers] stood up and attacked the surrounding black tide with their black claws.

This is the real purpose of the [Black Soldier] plan: not only to use black water to strengthen humans, but also to allow humans to maintain human will after becoming a black tide!

Once upon a time, there was a human who was able to retain his true human self after possessing the heart of a Black Tide follower.

Now, except for their brains, the entire bodies of the [Black Soldiers] are all allotropes of black water.

Their bodies are completely monsters, but their minds are completely human.

And after transforming into monsters, this will be their last dance!

“Uhhhhhhhhhhh!!”

In the surging black tide, Luo Yan waved his halberd desperately, tearing through group after group of black tides.

He finally came to the front of the [Black Tide Knight]. The armored being did not seem to be affected by the sacrifice of the [Black Soldier] and just walked silently.

“Stay away from the Great Wall!” Luo Yan roared and swung his halberd hard to slash at the [Black Tide Knight].

The next second, a pitch-black sword pierced his heart, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood.

“Well…”

Luo Yan stared at the [Black Tide Knight] at close range. The being in front of him still maintained that indifferent look. The crack under the knight’s helmet exuded a dark aura:

“Tnakx (ancient divine language)…” he heard the knight say.

“Fuck you… bastard…!”

Luo Yan roared, clenched his fists tightly, and the [Filter] on his wrist exploded.

His body swelled immediately, cracks appeared in his armor, dark muscles grew out, and his hands turned into claws and clenched into fists—

“boom!”

Luo Yan punched the [Black Tide Knight] in the face, knocking him dozens of steps away.

He howled wildly, pulled out the huge sword that was stuck in his heart, and suddenly realized that he had no heart.

Ah… in this case, I am no longer human at all.

As Luo Yan thought so, he roared like a wild beast and swung his halberd towards the [Black Tide Knight].

“Roar–“

His consciousness gradually became blurred, and he could only faintly feel that piece of armor was being torn apart, and streams of black blood spurted into the sky and fell to the ground like rain.

He had been fighting with the [Black Tide Knight] all the way from the Black Tide Land into the space rift, and fought for a long time on the plain full of swords.

He felt the lives being lost around him. They were the dead “Black Soldiers”, but they were also the Great Wall standing in front of humanity.

“…”

“…”

“…”

‘…’

An unknown amount of time had passed, but when Luo Yan came to his senses, he found himself half-kneeling on the ground of the Sword Plain.

One of his hands still held the halberd, while the other held the helmet of the Black Tide Knight.

He killed the guy.

Behind him, the space-time rift leading to the Western Great Wall had long been closed due to the death of the [Black Tide Knight], and he had therefore lost his way home.

It’s nothing, I didn’t plan to go home in the first place.

“…”

Luo Yan stretched out a hand and looked at his black flesh and sharp claws. He wanted to try to smile, but found that there was no muscle tissue on his face that could allow him to smile.

I won! I won! I defended the Western Great Wall!

Xiaoyao! Loulan! I saved it! He laughed wildly in his heart.

At this moment, a strong pressure came from the front. Luo Yan raised his head and his heart trembled.

It was a mighty army, with countless armored [Black Tide Knights] lined up in neat formations, standing not far away.

In front of the formation, a tall statue that looked like a god was staring at Luo Yan. That being exuded a sacred and evil aura, holding a huge sword in his hand.

Luo Yan recognized him immediately—that was the Lord of the Black Tide.

He grabbed the halberd without hesitation, roared like a beast, and charged towards the Lord of the Black Tide—

“Hooaaaaaaaaa——”

The next second, he felt his vision spinning and flying, and then he saw his headless body falling forward due to inertia.

His vision fell into the yellow sand and then fell into darkness, as if the whole world was moving away from him.

Before everything disappeared, Luo Yan saw a girl’s back flashing before his eyes. Her long hair fell like a waterfall, leaving a large ink-like lake on the ground.

……

13) Elegy of Far Town (Part 13)

Fox Guard Pavilion – Qingcheng

On top of the pavilion, Loulan was holding an exquisite sketch, looking at the lifelike fish, shrimps and bamboo forests on it.

She nodded gently, and then returned the painting to Su Yao who was sitting in a wheelchair:

“You draw very well.”

“Thank you for saying that,” Su Yao’s face was filled with joy, “I… I also like your paintings, and hope to get more advice from you!”

“That’s inevitable,” Loulan smiled, “There will be plenty of opportunities in the future.”

At this time, a maid walked into the attic and whispered a few words to Loulan’s ear with a serious look on her face.

After listening, Lou Lan’s face did not show any obvious expression. She just nodded and said to Su Yao beside her:

“It’s getting late. Let’s stop here for today. We can talk later.”

“Okay,” Su Yao nodded, but a trace of worry appeared on her face, “That… Lord Loulan, is there something wrong?”

“Nothing,” Lou Lan smiled again, “It’s just…”

She pursed her lips, nodded to Su Yao again, and said:

“Rest early, it will help your recovery.”

“Well, I see.”

After Su Yao finished speaking, another maid came over and pushed her wheelchair to send her away.

After Su Yao disappeared, Lou Lan instructed the maid who had delivered the message:

“Bring me the scissors.”

“Are you sure…” The maid was a little worried. “Based on your current physical condition, I think…”

“It’s just an inevitable trend.”

“I see.”

The maid bowed and left to get the scissors. While waiting, Loulan looked at the lights of thousands of houses in the night, and her lips slightly opened.

She seemed to want to chant something, but finally fell silent in the endless night.