The world is so cruel, but there are always people who persevere.
Is this the freedom you wanted?
Under dim lighting.
The light reflected countless sallow, pale faces—old people, children, and women—all huddled in the small basement.
Weiyang's eyes were very red and swollen, obviously from crying. She held a newly lit candle in her small hand and walked step by step toward the people she knew.
His shoulders were trembling slightly.
This war not only harmed the criminals, but also many newborns born into this Sinful Pass.
A thin boy leaned against the wall, his expression utterly dejected. His eyes, shining like stars, gazed at the girl before him, and he smiled faintly, "Sister Weiyang, I won't drink the water."
"You were stabbed just now, and the bleeding probably won't stop now. You'd better drink it yourself."
"At least you can't die. Take my dream with you and soar to great heights!"
Weiyang held a small military-grade canister filled with water in her hand. She looked at him, who was smiling and facing everything with a pale expression, and felt a pang of pity.
They were all family, newborns from Sinful City, where most children were abandoned, and she and he were among them.
Every day is a difficult one.
But they all have a heart that yearns for the outside world, and awakening is their only hope. Weiyang works so hard to save money so that one day she can awaken and go out to see the world she has suffered her whole life.
But now war has suddenly broken out.
She had Qin Jiao's protection, but they didn't; ordinary people don't have that.
It is always the civilians who suffer in war that are truly wrong. In fact, today's war is not a technological war, but a war of superpowers.
The aftershocks alone are something that ordinary people cannot afford to bear.
Weiyang could only watch helplessly as her former friends died meaninglessly in the heavy snow, and were eventually dragged away and cremated.
Just then, the boy's laughter interrupted Weiyang's thoughts, "Haha, Sister Weiyang, this is the first time I've ever seen you cry!"
Weiyang chose to remain silent...
Crying... is it really crying?
She never paid any attention to others' harassment or even being called a beast; she could always laugh it off. But for some reason, when her friends left one by one, she finally couldn't hold back anymore.
She wanted to curse fate for bringing her into this era and this place, for making her life like a mouse constantly hiding, and for just when things were starting to look up, her hope was shattered again.
Am I really a cursed lone star?
Will anyone who gets close die?
If she could, she would also like to die and end it all, but she already carried the dreams of her friends who had died.
Go out and take a look...
She wanted to go out and see the world!
What a wonderful world this is that makes countless people yearn for it!
This City of Sin has never imprisoned their hearts, but their will!
Just then, a dirty little hand wiped away Weiyang's silent tears. The boy smiled at her and said, "Sister Weiyang, don't cry. You won't look pretty if you keep crying."
"Wars always end. Although I may not be around anymore, at least my will will live on forever, and everyone's will will converge at the summit."
"Although our lives haven't been easy, at least we had dreams to pursue. I've thought about whether I'd feel out of place or unaccustomed to it if I went abroad someday. I've imagined so many things, but... it seems my flight has already landed."
"Sister Weiyang, please."
Weiyang was stunned for a moment, then looked at the boy. Clearly, his words were his last.
It's just... his departure was rather sudden.
The passing of this tiny life didn't even cause a ripple.
Weiyang stood up, laid the boy's body flat on the ground, and murmured, "I will carry your dreams out of this cage. Even if I am shattered to pieces, I will fly away and see what is worth looking forward to in this filthy world."
The roars were like a symphony.
The streets were littered with severed limbs and dismembered bodies.
The Human Association and the Ferocious Beast Association have suffered heavy casualties; there are simply too many Eerie Monsters.
Moreover, they were all converted from their own people.
Now, both forces are forced to join forces to fight against those Eerie Monsters.
Su Xian also flew into the sky with Su Zhe to observe.
The Black Water below was terrifying; almost anyone who got even a tiny bit of it would go insane and transform into Eerie Monsters.
Su Xian frowned. He was naturally familiar with this power; it was the power that Li Chen had used before.
But he couldn't believe it. If Li Chen was the creator of the Black Water, how many people would have died?
He wasn't a saint, but rather someone who felt this shouldn't have been a massacre.
Everyone has the right to choose. Li Chen is depriving these criminals of their right to choose as human beings, and it is tantamount to joining an Eerie Monsters or Evil Cult.
That's why Su Xian couldn't believe it and only hoped that it wasn't Li Chen who did it.
Su Zhe floated in the air, his expression unusually silent...
He had naturally witnessed this indiscriminate killing before, for that was the reality of the outside world.
The inner lane is not the same as it used to be.
Instead, just like the current Sinful Pass, high walls were built to defend against Eerie Monsters, and their former students were also a group of middle forces who faced the same phenomenon every day, protecting the city they lived in.
Every day, some members of the Sequence User die.
Eerie Monsters are always their enemies... but when this familiar aura appeared, Su Zhe's emotions were thrown into disarray.
Just as shouts of fighting and killing were erupting below.
On the distant street, a figure holding an umbrella slowly walked over, followed by countless Eerie Monsters.
Li Chen also sensed those two familiar auras and paused in his steps.
Zero, following beside him, was somewhat puzzled. He sensed that the aura around his My Lord had been chaotic for a second just now, but it quickly returned to calm.
"Remember these two auras; do not kill them."
Release them.
Zero was somewhat surprised; this was the first time he had received such an order. Did his My Lord intend to deal with those two personally?
Or... for a moment, a number of question marks popped into his mind.
On the other hand, when this dense energy fluctuation arrived, Su Xian immediately sensed it, and her previous expectations were completely shattered.
Su Zhe also silently looked at the figure, his body trembling slightly.
Su Xian sighed and looked at the figure holding the black umbrella. It was still the same aura as before, but now it was no longer the same. The youthful vigor had long been diluted by time.
"Finally... found it..."
"But are you still the same boy you used to be?"