272. Blazing Sun
Lu Ban felt the joy of the plants on his body, and sunlight shone through the melting ice.
He was holding a radio.
[Minor Disaster Generator].
This item, worth over 80,000 Silence Points, has its knob set to the "Scorching Heat" position.
Lu Ban wasn't sure where the natural disaster was from, but based on his current sensation, the temperature had suddenly risen from over minus 100 degrees Celsius to over 50 degrees Celsius in a short period of time.
Under normal circumstances, the scorching sun would evaporate all the moisture from living things in a short time, leaving the entire land barren and Scorching Heat.
Lu Ban estimated that this was probably the situation deep in the Sahara Desert.
When exposed to sunlight, Lu Ban's body was also rapidly repairing itself.
The melting ice, the blazing sun—with water and sunlight, it's practically the perfect environment for plants to grow.
Under the blazing sun, the winter wolves howled and gradually melted into water, while the shadows had nowhere to hide, twisting and writhing as they collapsed. As for the plague-laden wind, it quickly evaporated under such intense light and disappeared without a trace.
Within a radius of several kilometers, the sun blazed fiercely.
If you were to look down from the sky at this moment, you could see a corner of the Black Forest shrouded in eternal night, where a patch of light remained, standing out conspicuously.
"It's so hot."
Lu Ban couldn't help but take off his tattered outer clothes that had just been torn apart. Grass and trees grew on his body, gradually covering his exposed skin and blocking the sunlight.
Under the scorching sun, taking off your clothes might kill you faster than wearing them.
He looked at the frost itself, which was as tall as a small mountain.
Under the sunlight, the mountain peak stood still, and the giant wolf's eyes were fixed on the location where Lu Ban was, seemingly lost in thought.
Over the years, I haven't encountered anyone who needs it to perform any additional actions.
The object in the human's hand carried an ominous aura, causing a ripple in Frost's heart.
The enormous winter wolf decided to stand up.
Its four limbs supported its massive body, and from its location, a huge earthquake erupted, causing the ground in that area to cave in, and the shockwaves made the outer walls of Black Fortress tremble and the entire interior of the fortress fall into chaos.
In the chaos, Jonah stared intently at the winter wolf.
Such a colossal creature could turn most of the Night Country into ruins simply by running around on the ground a few times.
What kind of being have I been fighting all along?
Jonah was so horrified that he forgot what he was supposed to do.
In fact, most of the winter wolves besieging Blackburg were also shaken off during the earthquake. The area within a radius of dozens of miles was as if it had been hit by a super earthquake. The shape of the earth was completely changed, with small mountains rising up and canyons and ravines forming. The original plains and forests were transformed into a complex and rugged mountainous region.
Lu Ban continued toward Winter Wolf while letting the radio recharge in the sunlight.
In his other hand, the [Last Words] had long been prepared as Speech Bullet.
Lu Ban only needs to find a way to shoot this big guy a few times, and then wait for him to take care of himself, allowing Lu Ban to reap the benefits.
At the same time, Lu Ban also figured something out.
That's why these Demon Tide forces, despite being so powerful, have been locked in a stalemate with humanity for over a thousand years.
Why does the Demon Tide only arrive when the Blood Moon rises?
Why are these monsters afraid of sunlight?
These are all actually for the same reason.
The real source of pollution is the Blood Moon.
The deepest corruption in the Night Country exists above the Blood Moon.
It is unknown who used some special means to seal away the pollution of the Night Country. Only the Blood Moon formed by the occasional leakage of pollution will awaken those things that are easily polluted.
Perhaps it is a battle between gods, or perhaps it is the feat of some human being, much like the Gudu.
But in any case, the Night Country ekes out a living in this predicament.
Therefore, the rulers of these Demon Tide can only influence this alien realm when the Blood Moon rises.
Perhaps they have indeed destroyed countless alien realms and frozen countless planets, but in the Night Country, these monsters can only affect the world when the intermittently leaking Blood Moon arrives.
If the Demon Tide is caused by an unspeakable evil god, then the magic of the Gray Tower, the source of these spells, is also an unspeakable deity.
"I see."
Lu Ban felt that he understood everything.
It's somewhat funny, and somewhat frustrating.
Because the Night Country's millennia-long struggle might really just be a game.
A game of chess.
One side is the deity who summoned the Demon Tide, and the other side is the deity who bestowed the magic.
Humans and monsters are the pieces, and the Night Country is the chessboard, where games are played intermittently.
When the two players tire of the game one day, the chessboard will be abandoned, and what will happen to the humans on it is unknown.
However, at least for now, the game of the Night Country has not yet been completely abandoned.
Under the sunlight, Lu Ban no longer needed to utter any more babbling. He headed towards Frost and saw the enormous winter wolf preparing to howl.
Even at close range, under the blazing sun, Lu Ban could still feel a bone-chilling cold.
Along with the cold, countless agonizing whispers swirled around Lu Ban's ears, trying to drive him to madness and utter insanity.
"Shut up."
Lu Ban raised his hand, aiming the silver revolver at Frost.
Bang--
A silent gunshot rang out, Speech Bullet was fired at the giant wolf. In the brief moment that no one noticed, the silver bullet pierced Frost's body.
Bang bang bang—
Lu Ban did not stop, but continued to fire, ten shots in a row, each one landing inside the winter wolf's body.
Silence enveloped the battlefield.
Beyond the scorching sun, the Demon Tide of the Night Country continues; some are in despair, some are driven mad, and some are still fighting a bloody battle.
The rulers of eternal night and plague ravage elsewhere, watching with amusement as their kin wage war against humanity.
Under the blazing sun, the whole world seemed to freeze in silence.
Frost stared at Lu Ban, Motionless, like a statue.
Lu Ban felt that something was wrong.
Suddenly, he realized the problem.
Upon hearing the rambling, the winter wolves almost always went berserk, either killing each other or collapsing to the ground convulsing.
What if this enormous creature also rolled around on the ground?
"Then the Night Country will probably be completely destroyed within a few hours."
Lu Ban quickly thought of what would happen next.
Who knows, my actions might actually help these Demon Tide.
He saw that the winter wolf's eyes were getting redder and redder, and the drool dripping from its mouth was forming a puddle on the ground.
Winter Wolf's body trembled slightly, as if he was about to explode.
"I've got it."
As he pondered, Lu Ban was struck by inspiration.
He raised his hand and pressed hard against his still-wounded chest.
Lu Ban clutched his still-beating heart.
Without hesitation, he took it out.
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Only two days left! I'm begging for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets again. Can we reach 3,000 tickets?