To Evans, the war ahead might not be much different from a game.

“Then I’ll go and be serious,” Evans exhaled, “Goodbye, kid.”

After the call was disconnected, Pace withdrew his gaze from the window and walked to the rear of the carriage.

He found Harry Smith at the rear. The young Steam Policeman still hadn’t taken off his armor. He was looking towards the north with a dull look in his eyes. It was obvious that he had learned the news that Aslan Castle had been destroyed by the Tower of Babel.

“Harry, I need you.” Pace interrupted the boy’s gaze bluntly.

There is no time to be sentimental now. If they don’t act before the federals, they will be the next to be destroyed by the Tower of Babel.

“No problem,” Harry turned to look at Pace, “but… I don’t know if I can…”

“I need you to scout ahead of the train and confirm whether the track is intact along the way,” Pace said. “If the track is blown up by the federals, I need you to report immediately.”

“…Okay, I’ll do it.”

“The I-Tran people have paid a high price. Do not bring shame to your country.”

After saying this, Pace left Harry’s side without looking back and walked towards the front of the carriage.

He imagined the young man’s eyes staring at his back, and inexplicably recalled the scene when he jumped off the cliff of Wanren Mountain.

Young people will eventually leave their hometown.

Pace closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, a fiery determination flashed in his dark eyes.

……

1) Supreme Praise (Part 4)

“Little white flower, make a wish.”

In the dark room, a candlelight lit up the ice-blue eyes, in which Perlis’s dazed face was reflected.

Across the table, she was looking at Pearls with a smile. She had just used magic skills to light up the small cake in the middle of the table, and was now waiting patiently for Pearls’ reaction.

“Make a wish? But I don’t have any wish…” Pearlis murmured.

“You have to make a wish after all. It’s a ritual. Life always needs something to look forward to,” Carly urged. “Come on, make a wish!”

“Oh…”

Perlis closed her eyes. What was going on in her mind? She herself didn’t know.

After a few brief seconds, Perlis opened her eyes, blew out the candle, and the room fell into darkness again.

Darkness, endless darkness.

The biting cold came suddenly, like dense needles penetrating into the skin, as if even the blood was turning into ice.

Perlis opened her eyes and found that she was constantly floating up in the darkness. The darkness above her head broke apart when she raised her head.

“Pfft!”

Perlis jumped out of the [underworld], her feet landed on the solid ground, and the hot air blew in her face.

She immediately looked around vigilantly, ready to respond to the attack at any time. If she guessed correctly, [Inmotarus] would drive the remaining Black Tide followers to launch a full-scale attack on humans, which would turn the entire Eastern Continent into a dangerous hell.

However, when Perlis looked around with her bloodshot eyes burning with circles of light, she found that there was no one around.

She was standing in the middle of a withered flower field. In fact, she relied on the remaining genetic memory to recognize that this was once a flower field – the twisted vines had been eroded by the dark soil and turned into a fossil-like state, making the land look hideous and unbearable.

The Broken Moon Misala was shining above her head. Perlis looked up at the broken moon and inexplicably felt a familiar feeling rising in her heart.

She had been here before, but she was still a little girl at that time, an ignorant and unaware girl.

At some point, Perlis’s childhood memories began to revive. She had seen some of her childhood experiences in historical memories. Those broken anchor points seemed to have connected something, and the period of her life that she had no memory of began to revive.

Yes, this used to be a sea of ​​flowers planted by Halilali Hafrigard.

These white flowers come from the flower sea of ​​[High Heaven]. After leaving the conceptual [flower sea], these white flowers are not much different from ordinary plants, and naturally cannot survive on the Kuroshio land.

But Hallilali felt that these flowers could bloom.

“…”

Perlis leaned down and gently stroked the land mixed with the remains of the sea of ​​flowers. The emptiness in her soul burned more and more fiercely.

She grabbed a handful of soil and stood up, letting the soil from the particle board leak out from the gaps between her fingertips.

The earth has buried many things, but what it has buried the most is ideals.

Perlis quietly stayed in the wreckage of the sea of ​​flowers. This was the ruins of Harilali’s ideal. She imagined how Harilali would feel if she stood here at this moment. Perhaps that innocent and lively girl would not be depressed at all? She would definitely say something like “It’s okay if it withers, just plant it again” with a smile, and then happily plant and cultivate again.

Hallilali seems to be that kind of person. Her ideals are as bright as the light in her eyes. Such things will not disappear after being hit a few times by reality. It is a fire that will only burn more and more fiercely.

That’s why she continued to go through fire and water and even sacrificed her own life after being betrayed by humans, only delaying the day of judgment for humans for another ten years.

But Polys felt that she could never do what her mother did.

She is very naive and selfish. She once refused to communicate with everyone around her because of revenge, and insisted on practicing the career she regarded as her life. If Harilalli is the “daytime star” that spreads ideals from darkness to daytime, then Perlis feels that she is indeed the so-called “pure white firework”, in addition to burning the enemy, she also burns herself.

She is a kite that has been released, constantly challenging the blue sky, with no time to look at the earth behind her, and no one can call her back.

Except Carly.

Yes… Carly is the one holding the kite. She always pulls Perlis up when she goes too far or too far. Even though they have been together and apart, Carly always catches up with Perlis and grabs the kite string that slips away from her hand.

But now, the kite string is broken.

A nauseous burning sensation filled her heart, and Perlis felt something was disintegrating from the inside out. Her hands were trembling, and something that had been sealed away was leaking out again.

That was an instinct, an instinct that she herself had not even realized, the instinct of [Pure White Flame].

“Maybe that’s the real you.” Isa’s words floated in Perlis’s ears.

No…it’s not like that…Polis took a deep breath.

She raised her head, and the light of the bright moon fell on her pretty face. If anyone could see this scene, they would never be able to associate such a beautiful girl with the word “destruction”.

Perlis stood in the withered sea of ​​flowers for a long time, looking at the bright moon emitting faint light in the darkness. Perlis suddenly saw the coldness of the night.

After a long time, there was a flash of red light, and Perlis disappeared in the center of the sea of ​​flowers.

After she left, the Black Tide followers who had been hiding a hundred meters away finally gathered here again. They had no intelligence, but were instinctively afraid of the thing that had just appeared in the center of the sea of ​​flowers and did not dare to approach.

……

“Buzzing—”

The alarm sounded suddenly, and Lian woke up as if from stress. She clenched her fists tightly, and the pillow in her arms was squeezed into a “V” shape. If the pillow was a person, it would have died soon.

“I’m so annoyed!” Lian sat up from the bed and looked out the window, “Sister!”

“Don’t shout, I was just woken up too, and I’m already doing my best to go through fire and water!”

Between the eaves of a distant town, Aoi was running quickly while tying her hair. She was still in her pajamas, and her bare feet made a “pa pa pa” sound as they stepped on the bricks and tiles.

As Aoi approached the edge of Far Town, the source of the alarm became clear – a small herd was approaching Far Town, and the black edges and spurs were very eye-catching even in the dark night.

“Here they come again. It’s endless.” Kui ran with a helpless look on his face. The Black Tide herd always attacked distant towns at night. At a time when the supplies of the Qilang garrison were gradually running out, Kui was the only one who was capable of resolving the threat at a low cost.

“Let’s go!”

Aoi shouted as she jumped from the roof, her eyes gleaming with golden light. Her jade-like feet slid as she landed, but the skin was not broken. Instead, two melt marks were left on the ground, and high temperature splashed everywhere.

She landed in front of the Black Tide followers, with high temperature gathering on her fists.

“Come on!” Aoi yelled.

1) Supreme Praise (Part 5)

“Buzz!!!”

As Aoi ran, a scorching hot wind appeared around her, and sparks seemed to be able to explode from her golden pupils.

The Black Tide Herd did not stop their charge. Looking at the golden waves coming towards them, they let out sharp roars.

A few seconds later, a streak of gold crashed into the black wave, followed by a scorching shock wave—

“boom!”

Aoi punched the Kuroshio follower, and the unlucky guy flew out and hit other followers, forming a series of chain reactions. For a moment, the whole herd was full of fire, and countless followers who were knocked flying collided with each other.

Aoi’s entire body was covered in red lines. She heated her fists and feet to the extreme, and a sun-like glow emerged from her fair skin. As the temperature gradually increased, the Kuroshio followers began to be unable to resist. Aoi’s fists pierced through their skulls and chests without any hindrance, leaving behind melted holes that glowed red.

The border guards of Yuanzhen leaned their heads out from the defense line at the entrance of the town. They had originally planned to use their remaining little firepower to block the Black Tide herd, but now it seems that there is no need for that.

“Miss Aoi has finished the work alone again…”

“…Ah, I feel a little frustrated. The little girl hasn’t even changed out of her pajamas.”

“Little girl? Look at her ghostly strength. Can you call her a little girl? It’s not an exaggeration to say that she is a monster.”

“Everyone, I’m also in the radio channel.” Aoi’s faint voice came.

“Ah! Sorry Miss Aoi, it’s just a metaphor, a metaphor!”

“It’s okay. I’m not angry. In fact, your analogy is very correct.”

As he said this, Aoi punched the ground, and scorching heat burst out, instantly turning the rushing Kuroshio followers into a melted mass of indescribable matter.

Aoi stood up in the rising heat and shook her fists. Her pajamas had several holes from the fire, revealing her white left shoulder and thigh, as beautiful as a marble sculpture in the moonlight.

“Monsters, let the monsters deal with them.”

After Aoi finished speaking, flames ignited on her two fists. Ever since she uncovered the mystery of her life, Aoi has gained better control over the power in her body, which prevents her from burning all the clothes she wears every time she fights.

As for why Aoi chose to light up her fist at this time, it was naturally because of the huge shadow that fell from the sky – a grotesque object with wings was flying rapidly, its huge wings blocked the moonlight, and star-like lights lit up on its head.

This guy has more than ten faces, each of which looks like a corpse that has entered the gigantic stage. It is difficult to tell the gender and age. It is swollen and disgusting, but the eyes are shining with a brilliance that is difficult to describe in words. The side of its head is connected to a pair of bat-like wings with distinct bones. Under the wings, more than a dozen twisted tentacles are waving in the air, and the sticky tentacles are covered with randomly distributed black eyes.

“It’s finally here…” Aoi murmured.

Since the [Lord of the Black Tide] was confirmed to have been killed, the evolution of the Black Tide ecology immediately reached a new level. The giant before them was called the [Hundred-Faced Cluster]. It seemed to be generated by the fusion of the dead in the last war and the Black Tide ecology. Almost every individual has different characteristics.

Behind almost every invasion there is such a monster as the leader, and this kind of thing is impossible to kill, which is why Yuanzhen gradually fell into a situation of running out of ammunition and food.

At times like this, biological weapons like Aoi become the most cost-effective means of defense – feed her and she will fight.

“call–“

Before the [Hundred Faces Cluster] landed, Aoi suddenly leaped over and punched the guy in the face with her flaming fist.

“boom!”

The [Hundred Faces Cluster] was blasted away by Aoi for a distance and fell to the ground. Aoi took a step forward to chase it, but saw several twisted tentacles coming out from behind the smoke, twisting and attacking her.

Aoi dodged immediately, and dug her hand into the ground in the gap. With a sudden flick, a huge rock dragging lava flew towards the [Hundred Faces Cluster], but it exploded instantly under the high-speed swing of the tentacles.

“Bam—”

Smoke and dust flew everywhere, and Aoi was choked and coughed. At this moment, she was briefly exposed.

Almost at the same time, a sharp object flew out from the smoke and dust. Aoi dodged immediately, but felt a sharp pain on the side of her neck.

“Gu…!”

One of the faces of the Hundred Faces Cluster opened its mouth, and the sharp object was its tongue. Its tongue was covered with black barbs, and if Aoi hadn’t dodged in time, the barbs would have pierced her throat.

Just when [Hundred Faces Cluster] thought its attack was effective, Aoi turned the tables – she reached out and grasped the tongue of [Hundred Faces Cluster], not caring about the possibility of the barbs piercing her hand, and fiercely directed the high temperature into it.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”

[Hundred-Faced Cluster] let out a baby-like cry. The dozen or so faces on its head cried at the same time, and subconsciously tried to retract its tongue.

This was exactly what Aoi wanted. When it retracted its tongue, Aoi grabbed its tongue and was pulled over with it. The other empty fist was flashing with a trail of flames.

“boom!”

[Hundred-Faced Cluster] was hit in the face by a punch, half of its face was smashed, and it flew away with flapping wings.

As soon as it was suspended in the air, it saw a golden shadow appear vertically in front of it——

——Aoi leaped into the air, with a terrifying golden light flashing in her eyes.

“boom!”

Kui kicked out, and this kick directly kicked the [Hundred Faces Cluster] from the sky to the ground. The dust exploded again, and the huge black wings flapped a few times in the smoke and dust, and then there was no movement.

Aoi fell to the ground, clapped her hands, and then cried out “Ouch!” A wound from the Hundred Faces Cluster remained on her hand, and blood was gushing out and dripping onto the ground.

“Ouch…it hurts so much…the previous one’s tongue didn’t have barbs…”