"Brother Zhou! How can he..."
Aunt Zhang was dumbfounded, looking at the child in the air who almost drank her homemade noodles not long ago and whom she watched grow up:
"Why is he flying!"
As a level 5 Destined One, Bai Zhou certainly cannot fly.
So, he just jumps.
His amazing jumping ability allowed him to jump over everyone's heads. With a loud bang in the sky, "Evening City, Bai Zhou" announced his home, and the familiar yet unfamiliar boy made his debut.
The familiarity is naturally because everyone has some impression of this orphan. The child who competes with wild dogs for food is often the target of adults' education and even scares their own children.
"Have you seen him? If you don't obey me, I won't let you go. Then you and this guy named Bai can go fight for food with wild dogs." "Wow..." After hearing this, the children would often cry in fear when they looked at the embarrassed and bruised boy named Bai.
Later, Bai Zhou became the chief of Black Robe Youth Training Corps, and the adults were full of praise for this hard-working and self-reliant child, who was just like Other People's Children.
But...
We are all Ordinary people, and whether we are excellent or not is limited to the definition of Ordinary people.
Why did you fly up and turn into the moon? What happened when your body suddenly burst into dazzling light?
The pure white light filled the sky, blooming violently in the night sky of Evening City, as if the raging Milky Way was falling from the sky. Every witness could not help but close their eyes, and their eyes subconsciously shed stinging tears.
In fact, most people can't remember the face of Bai Zhou, let alone recognize that the young man wearing a trench coat and holding a long knife is an orphan from Evening City when they see Bai Zhou.
People will only wonder when Evening City has such a person. After all, the difference in style between the two is too big. Just like a heavily armed gun-wielding soldier suddenly appeared in a primitive tribe, his existence is absolutely no different from the alien Deity.
Bai Zhou, holding a long knife and wearing a black windbreaker, jumped into the sky to show his extraordinary power. The appearance of Evening City was no less inconsistent than the huge rotten green monster in the sky.
But I couldn't stand it, someone kept shouting
"That's Bai Zhou!"
"That's our Evening City's Bai Zhou!"
"Brother Zhou, I watched Brother Zhou grow up, he is so awesome!"
Some people are shocked, some are stunned, some don't believe it, and of course some people directly question it.
But in the end, all the guesses and doubts were broken by the distant answer from the sky.
Who is he?
The boy faced the question named "Pain" Monster, and responded like this
"Evening City, Bai Zhou!"
These words were truly earth-shattering. The uninvited wanderer returned home and created a gap that could not be ignored in the daily routine that everyone had grown accustomed to by deceiving themselves.
The boy who was above Special Management Department and the only one among Evening City who passed the selection came back one by one.
It's as if Evening City everyone has locked themselves in a narrow house. Even if there are huge spiders and strange snakes in the house, they turn a blind eye to them and even try to coexist peacefully because they think the outside world is more terrifying.
But at this moment, the door, which was chained three levels inside and three out, was suddenly banged by the frame, and then a long knife split the wood and inserted it in. While the wood chips were flying, Bai Zhou's head poked in, and showed a bright smile to everyone, saying:
"I want to come back"
What a ghost this is.
"Roar!!!"
The rotten green Monster also felt like it had seen a ghost. After all, it had been showing off its power in Evening City for a whole year, and no one had ever seen it but instead of running away, it charged towards it.
Are you really a Evening City person? People from other places come to show off to us Evening City, right?
Monster, who had a "pain" tattoo on his face, decided to give this guy some color because he was already furious.
The knife fell on it. Logically speaking, it shouldn't have hurt it, which didn't even have a physical body. However, the evil Red-White Horse Saber made a "chi" sound and cut a wound on its body.
The size of this wound is not worth mentioning compared to its size, but it is full of provocation.
The next bright light that bloomed in front of it continued to bring burning pain to it, making it feel weak.
Just like a human being bitten by an ant or a small insect, although the wound is small, it does not hinder the pain, and at the same time, the wound infection must be prevented. However, when a person is bitten by an ant, he will angrily beat the insect to death. No matter how cowardly the human being is when an insect comes to him, the first reaction is to launch the most violent attack on the insect, and then beat the insect to death while screaming.
This is what Monster is at the moment.
"Feel the pain"
Monster's counterattack came quickly and violently.
Countless knots on its body cracked open at the same time, as if countless eyes opened at the same time. From each crack, large waves of gray light spots poured out. Those light spots condensed and stretched in mid-air, and finally transformed into countless thick tentacles, which rushed towards Bai Zhou from all directions!
Bai Zhou didn't have time to think too much. Every muscle in his body was exerting force. While his whole body was spinning and turning rapidly in mid-air, he narrowly avoided the first tentacle.
The tentacle brushed against Bai Zhou's back and hit the ground. Immediately, the bluestone exploded and stone fragments flew everywhere.
The second tentacle followed closely behind.
Bai Zhou swung the knife fiercely, and the blade cut off the tentacle.
Wherever the blade passed, the green, pitted skin rolled up to both sides, revealing the surging gray spots inside.
Then those dark spots of light surged violently as if they were being burned, making a "sizzling" sound, like water droplets falling into boiling oil, and a large amount of thick gray mist spewed out from the break of the tentacles. The mist was full of the all-too-familiar voice of Bai Zhou.
[It hurts so much...]
[It's so painful. When will this kind of experiment end?]
[Evening City, I want to go back to Evening City... I want to go home.]
[Tinghai, never come again.]
Those sounds mixed together into a buzzing, surging complex of emotions, affecting Bai Zhou's mood.
Bai Zhou thought of Tinghai's coldness, and of the cold and noisy summer nights he spent in Air Conditioner Outdoor Unit and the unfinished building. At that time, Bai Zhou had similar thoughts, and wanted to simply close his eyes and immerse himself in a certain sweet dream without waking up.
It's okay to say whatever you want in your mind. In reality, who doesn't want to flee Present World in a hurry and return to Evening City, and live a peaceful and peaceful life in Evening City for the rest of his life. But...
"Buzz!"
The word [Soothing] rang out loudly, and at the same time the ripples cleared away, Bai Zhou returned to normal vision, and the sight in front of him was filled with several surging tentacles.
A lie will always be a lie. The truth is that these ugly tentacles in front of him are trying to kill him!
Bai Zhou's figure is being pulled by gravity and is falling. The saber in his hand is waving constantly, and these tentacles are trying to catch this insect that is flipping around in mid-air.
Chop chop chop chop chop!
The third tentacle, the fourth tentacle, the fifth tentacle... There are more and more of them, like endless weeds, cutting off one and growing two more. And the surrounding fog is getting thicker and thicker, and the various sounds are getting louder and closer, as if someone is constantly talking in Bai Zhou's ears, calling him constantly.
"Brother Zhou..."
"Small boat;..."
"Bai Yangzhou..."
Bai Zhou's knife-wielding hand paused.
At this moment, two tentacles suddenly came from behind him and slapped him hard on the back!
"Pah!"
A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Bai Zhou, which was falling normally, was whipped out at a speed ten times faster.
"Bai Zhou!"
"Brother Zhou!"
This time the cry was not an illusion, but the worried cry of the surging crowd below.
There are Aunt Zhang, there are Uncle Xiang, and there are also many old friends and elders of Corner Street.
"Boo! Boo hoo hoo"
At this time, thousands of red and white lights cut through the air, and the dreamlike colors were dazzling.
Red-White Horse Saber buzzed spontaneously and suddenly disintegrated in mid-air. Thousands of fragments scattered across the sky like meteors, but they drew bright red and white arcs in the air in an orderly and orderly manner, surrounding Bai Zhou fiercely and loyally.
[Thousand-Blade Transformation], Start!
Then, hundreds of fine blades appeared under Bai Zhou's body at the same time, layer after layer, and the fine fragments instantly formed a complete red and white flying shuttle, lifting Bai Zhou's figure up.
There was a muffled "Plop" sound.
Bai Zhou's falling momentum was stopped.
The shuttle carried Bai Zhou's weight and fell rapidly, and was caught by Bai Zhou's backhand when it was about to land.
With a "click" sound, when Bai Zhou's footsteps landed, the shuttle reorganized again. Thousands of fragments flew through the air, and "clatter" quickly reorganized into Red-White Horse Saber held in the palm of Bai Zhou's hand.
What Thousand Blades is moved by his mind is that Bai Zhou has not mastered the <Thousand Blades> part of <Thousand-Blade Vortex Slash>.
When Bai Zhou is promoted to level 6 Destined One, relying on <Thousand Blades>, he can even control the Thousand Blades to fly into the sky and ride the shuttle on his feet. The sky is supposed to be an area that can only be touched by level 6 and above, but relying on <Thousand Blades> Bai Zhou can touch it in advance. According to what Crow said, Bai Zhou's speed will not be weaker than that of the newly promoted Bai Zhou, who is above level 6.
In other words, Bai Zhou, who has been promoted to level 6 Destined One by relying on <Thousand-Blade Vortex Slash>, will be able to usher in an explosive leap forward based on accumulated experience. "So, now"
Bai Zhou coughed slightly and spit out the blood on the ground.
He stood up, raised his head, and under the huge shadow of Monster, turned to look at the crowd of people under the crowd.
At this time, Bai Zhou landed in the middle of Civic Square. At his feet were messy stilts, costumes, broken wine bowls, and scattered bonfires that were about to go out.
The dense crowd surrounded Gaobao, raising their heads and looking at him eagerly.
It's not that these people didn't want to run, but Gray Fog fell from the sky.
The gray Gray Fog almost submerged the nearby streets, and also surrounded people's paths. Various colorful lights and shadows could be vaguely seen inside.
Those are the pains that Evening City people least want to face, so people stop or even avoid them just when they see them.
Under the flickering firelight, all Evening City people were able to stop and hear Bai Zhou's words:
"Now, do you still think that these are ordinary things that happen every day and are worth continuing?"
When asking this question, Bai Zhou quickly raised his hand and pointed to the corner of the crowd.
People followed the direction of Bai Zhou's fingers and saw a few gray headless corpses lying there silently. The ball rolling around under their feet was their livid heads, and they had weird smiles on their faces until they died.
"Is this part of daily life?" Bai Zhou asked back, with a stern voice that was a little sarcastic.
"Die in such a way in front of everyone at the most lively celebration, but everyone turned a blind eye?"
At this moment, it was as if the window paper had been pierced.
Just like the window of the midnight sun is opened, people who comfort themselves and deceive themselves finally see clearly that the twisted shadow lingering outside the window is not clothes hanging to dry, but the real Monster.
It's Monster!
"Ah!"
Immediately afterwards, the crowd screamed, and someone threw the "master's" eyeballs out of their hands.
The old man's eyes were still darting around on the ground, as if he were alive, causing waves of commotion among the crowd around him.
"Your subconscious allows you to ignore all abnormalities, but that does not mean that these abnormalities never exist."
Amidst the crackling of the bonfire, Bai Zhou's voice quickly echoed above the heads of the crowd in Xiawu:
"Just like Evening City people like those football players die in front of you every day, and die forever together with a corner of the dream, but you can't see them all."
"If such facts are in front of you, and you still feel that this is the life you want, then I will not say another word." "But if some people feel that dying quietly and abruptly in a dream is not the way you want to live and die..." He shouted:
"Then wake up!"
During the conversation with Dr. Zhang, Bai Zhou learned that things like kicking a ball would happen every few days.
Many people died like this, quietly, and no one noticed them even if they died in front of everyone. People just ignored and forgotten them as a matter of course.
When abnormalities hinder daily progress, people will subconsciously ignore them to ensure the stability of their daily lives.
This kind of daily life goes on as it should, but it inevitably slides towards overturning.
At least, according to Dr. Zhang's inference, the time when everyone in Evening City will die will not be very far away.
When the end is approaching, people know the truth in their hearts, but they still take it for granted and live their daily lives day after day.
How numb.
In fact, Bai Zhou feels that life is mostly numb. There is no violent joy or strong grief, but numbness is a habit rather than a subjective lifestyle chosen by people.
But when the doomsday is coming, should you die with this world, or make a new choice for your life? What Bai Zhou is doing now is to awaken everyone's numbness.
He doesn't decide the path they want to take for anyone, he doesn't pay for anyone's life, he just...
Give everyone a chance to choose again.
Everyone has their own choice about how they want to live their lives. This choice will not be completely consistent with others at any time, and may even be contrary to their past selves.
But there is no doubt that this choice should at least be made by themselves.
Faced with the problem of Bai Zhou, the crowd became restless and the crowd started to make noise.
But at this moment, a strange laughter came from the sky.
In just a few words, Monster had repaired the wounds on his body.
It appeared on the roof of the auditorium not far away, entrenched behind the chimney, and Jie Jie laughed strangely:
"Stop trying to trick people, kid."
The voice of Monster is like the reverberation of all the people in Evening City gathered together, or in other words, everyone present can hear their own voice in the voice. Each of them hears himself saying:
"We are all cowards, Loser who are escaping from the truth. This is a decision we have made long ago. Why do you interfere with us?" "If you have never experienced the mental pain we have experienced, don't stand on the dry shore and give meaningless persuasion..."
"Do you understand!"
"Do you understand!!!"
The sound was endless, and the moment the roar fell, the violent Gray Fog surged with it, and driven by Monster, it quickly surrounded Civic Square. It was the pain of countless people, the memories of countless people, the pain and troubles were all hidden deep in Gray Fog.
The noisy crowd fled from Gray Fog's attack in panic, and then showed unbearable pain after being overtaken by Gray Fog.
Dr. Zhang said that this is their choice and their choice should be respected.
Rotten green Monster said, they are all cowards, you should not stand on the dry shore and interfere.
In fact, they are all right.
But...
Bai Zhou raised his head, and Red-White Horse Saber in his hand let out a long cry from the vibration.
But
"Don't make any noise!"
Bai Zhou showed impatience:
"Can it"
"Let them answer for themselves!"
Before he finished speaking, Bai Zhou's thoughts were already moving.
The combat power of the opponent's saber is released from 3% to 7%.
Like a whale swallowing, the frequently vibrating saber was almost greedy for absorbing the spirituality in Bai Zhou's body. In the blink of an eye, less than half of the spirituality in Bai Zhou's body was consumed. Then, the red and white saber's blade disintegrated again in mid-air.
[Thousand-Blade Transformation], start again!!
"Buzz buzz!"
The saber blade turned into thousands of tiny streams of light, each stream of light swaying with a red and white tail light, like thousands of threads, piercing into the Gray Fog from all directions at the same time.
Thousands of fragments of Red-White Horse Saber shot out quickly, and Gray Fog was unable to stop it and was blasted to pieces.
"Puff-puff-puff-puff!"
Gray Fog exploded in response. These emotional and spiritual complexes, which did not have a physical entity in the concept of the rotten green Monster, were not only cut open by the blades, but were even absorbed by the blades in the buzzing sound.
"This is...!" Bai Zhou's heart suddenly moved.