Evernight City The rising sun finally penetrated the smoke of the night and sprinkled golden light on the devastated land.
The whole world seems to have been pressed on the reset button.
Whether it's the rolling news on the TV station, the newspaper headlines on the streets, or the crazy posts on the Internet.
All focus is on one, humanity wins!
"Miracles night! Humanity repels the Abyss invasion!"
"The strongest Contract Spirit Xia Yuan in modern times, fought 15 World-Class Wanted Boss by himself, and won all!"
"The Defense of Evernight City: Twelve Hours from Hell to Heaven!"
"The monsters are ebbing! Good news is coming from all fronts around the world!"
"Monsters everywhere have been eliminated, and humans have won!!"
"Evernight City was safe and sound under the siege of many bosses. Senior Xia Yuan fought hard against the crowd and won!!"
"Holy shit, many people are now saying that senior Xia Yuan is the strongest Contract Spirit!!"
"..."
The eye-catching headlines are overwhelming, and every word reveals the ecstasy of the aftermath of the disaster.
In the streets and alleys, people waved flags, hugged each other and cried.
The streets were filled with revelers, shouting out every name that had shined in last night's battle.
"Xia Yuan! Xia Yuan! Xia Yuan!"
That is without a doubt the strongest sound.
One to fifteen counter-kills all World-Class Wanted Boss, forcefully pulling humanity back from the edge of the cliff.
This kind of achievement can no longer be described as "legendary", it is simply a myth.
"Senior Xia Yuan's clone guarded Huijing!"
"Undying Hero and Wrath fought to the top and won with difficulty in the end. It was so tough! I am a man!!"
"Kuang Lan! That storm was covering the sky!"
"Angel's lightsaber is also very beautiful."
"And War God, Rain God, Owlman... all UR Contract Spirit are our heroes!"
"..."
People talked excitedly about the glorious achievements of Contract Spirit, and no one talked about the sad content.
It was as if the disaster that nearly destroyed civilization last night was just a grand fireworks display.
After all, from the perspective of ordinary people, the monsters have been defeated and the BOSS has been conquered.
At dawn, they are still alive.
This is the greatest victory.
However, inside the Spirit Tamer Alliance headquarters building, the atmosphere was so oppressive that it made people breathless.
The highest-level conference room was filled with smoke.
On the big screen, the intelligence that had just been sent back made all the senior officials present look pale.
"The latest report from the elite team." The intelligence officer's voice was dry:
"Confirmed...War God core is broken and there is no possibility of repair."
The screen switched, and the dark golden light dimmed to the extreme.
"The Doctor core was destroyed. Only some data fragments have been recovered so far. The main body... has most likely been dissipated."
The intelligence officer paused and his voice became even lower, "Owlman and Pierrot died together, Kid Flash and Wonder Woman saw it with their own eyes."
There was dead silence in the conference room.
UR Contract Spirit, just gone?
The intelligence officer took a deep breath and continued to read, "The Angel mark has dissipated and cannot be located."
"Rain God's core is silent. I don't know how long it will take to recover...M Superman is seriously injured and is still in a coma."
One piece of bad news hits everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.
Summarizing the currently known status of UR Contract Spirit, a desperate fact is before everyone.
Humanity has directly lost nearly half of its peak combat effectiveness!
UR Contract Spirit represents the highest level of human combat power.
Now, silent, destroyed, killed in battle, missing...
Coupled with the silent Rain God and the seriously injured M Superman, humanity's high-end combat power was almost cut off.
"Is this called victory?" A gray-haired elder couldn't help but shouted:
"This is simply a miserable victory! This is a chance to breathe at the cost of half a life!"
"If the next Abyss invasion comes early, and if those monsters come back, what will humans do to resist?"
Many people have a subconscious answer in their minds: Can you rely on Xia Yuan alone?
No matter how strong he is, there is only one person in the end.
Last night's battle had proved that even he needed to support all fronts.
If there were more enemies, if there were more BOSS...
No one dares to think further.
"We need to make a decision on whether to announce the death of UR Contract Spirit to the public."
The old man in the main seat spoke solemnly.
The conference room was immediately divided into two groups.
"It must be announced!" A young senior officer stood up and said in an excited tone:
"The people have the right to know! We cannot let them indulge in false carnival!"
"The next invasion could come at any time, and we must prepare everyone for the worst!"
"Are you crazy?!" People from the other group immediately retorted, "Revealing this now will only trigger global panic!"
"Last night's victory was hard-won. The morale of the people has just been restored. If you pour cold water on it, Order will collapse directly!"
"But can concealing the truth solve the problem? What if the BOSS calls again tomorrow..."
"If people don't even have basic psychological preparation, they will die faster!"
"But at least now, they can sleep peacefully! The war is not over yet, morale is more important than anything else!"
The two sides were quarreling fiercely, and the sound became louder and louder, full of gunpowder.
The old man listened quietly until the quarrel gradually subsided, and then he slowly said, "Let's announce it."
Everyone fell silent and looked at the supreme commander.
"As the officer said, the public has a right to know."
The old man glanced at everyone, "Besides, we cannot let the hero's blood be shed in vain."
"War God, Owlman, Doctor... They sacrificed their lives to protect mankind, and their names should be remembered by everyone."
He paused and his voice became a little lower. "As for panic... appropriate fear can keep people awake."
"Humanity needs to understand that we won't win easily, Future, and there are even harder battles to fight."
The supreme verdict was finally settled: the news of the death and serious injury of UR Contract Spirit was announced.
At the same time, he emphasized that mankind has successfully repelled this invasion, and called on the people not to forget that the crisis is still there.
As soon as the news came out, the whole world was shocked.
The wave of carnival was instantly covered by a heavy haze.
"What? Owlman is dead? Didn't he solve Pierrot? How could..."
"War God is damaged? That invincible War God was hit to the point where its core was damaged?"
"Doctor also... Oh my god, how much did we pay?"
"So last night's victory was achieved with the lives of these heroes?"
"UR Contract Spirit has suffered so much... what should we do if it happens again?"
Sadness, awe, fear, confusion... complex emotions spread among the crowd.
People spontaneously took to the streets and placed flowers in front of the Spiritual Masters Alliance building.
White chrysanthemums and yellow daisies merge into a sea of sadness.
Some people knelt in the sea of flowers and cried softly, some silently lit candles, and some looked up at Sky Manipulation.
"Have a good journey, hero..."
"Thank you... for protecting this world..."
"We will remember you..."
And in a corner that no one pays attention to, in a hidden place far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
In an ancient and dilapidated cathedral, the pattern of Lily is faintly visible on the mottled walls.
On the high platform in the center of the church, a woman was kneeling on the ground.
She was wearing a blood-stained black dress, her long hair was messy and spread over her shoulders, but her face was filled with an almost crazy smile.
Lilith slowly raised his head and looked at the illusory door that began to appear on the high platform, with a sickly light shining in his eyes.
"Finally... finally the moment has arrived!!"
Her voice was hoarse and sharp, echoing in the empty church.
"I have been planning for hundreds of years... tolerance, layout, sacrifice... just for now!!"
All around, the remnants of Holy Maiden Church were kneeling on the ground, trembling.
They don't understand why Lilith can still laugh after paying such a heavy price and almost falling apart the organization.
Six of the seven archbishops died, most of the senior deacons were lost, and the believers below were even more desperate to escape.
The entire Holy Maiden Church can be said to be on the verge of collapse and exist in name only.
But in the eyes of Lilith, these are not important.
The organization can be rebuilt and people can be recruited.
As long as that existence can return, everything can be done again!
"I contributed to this global Abyss invasion, and I sacrificed countless lives... human beings, monsters, Contract Spirit..."
A crazy red light flashed in Lilith's eyes, "As long as the number of sacrifices is enough, as long as the energy of death is strong enough..."
She stood up suddenly, raised her hands in the air, and blood slowly seeped out from her seven orifices.
"Holy Maiden!! Please come back to the world!!!"
Boom!!!
On the high platform, the illusory door suddenly opened!
An indescribable breath of terror spewed out from behind the door.
All the glass in the entire church was instantly shattered, the walls cracked, and the ground collapsed!
Lilith's body was shaking violently, and her life force was passing away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
But she didn't hesitate at all, didn't have the slightest fear, and instead smiled even brighter.
"Hahahaha!! It's so worth it to exchange my life for Holy Maiden's return!!"
She could feel that the existence behind the door was slowly waking up.
That familiar and shuddering smell...
"Holy Maiden... I miss you so much!!"
Lilith fell to his knees and cried with joy, his tears mixed with blood dripping on the floor.
On the high platform, inside the dark door, a golden light slowly emerged.
A figure stepped on the light and slowly appeared from the void.
Her long golden hair is like flowing molten gold, her fair skin is almost transparent, and her facial features are as delicate as the creations of the gods.
Holy Maiden, She is back.
Those calm and deep eyes seemed to reflect the whole world.
"I heard..." Saintess's voice was ethereal and distant, "Are you calling me?"
Lilith raised his head, tears streaming down his face, and his voice choked with sobs. "Holy Maiden...Lilith finally... finally see you..."
Saintess looked at her and sighed softly, "Yeah... Long time no see."
Lilith was so excited that she trembled all over. She struggled to stand up, but fell down weakly due to the rapid loss of life force.
"Holy Maiden... Are you coming back for revenge? For those dead believers? For..."
Saintess listened quietly, and then she slowly shook her head.
"I came back for those who can't come back."
At the same time, in another corner of the world.
In a secret laboratory hidden deep underground.
Scientist stood in front of the huge instrument, his eyes under the beak mask were bloodshot.
He hadn't closed his eyes for many days in a row. He was so thin that he was out of shape, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.
"Soon... soon..."
He stared at the data jumping on the instrument screen, his fingers tapping rapidly on the keyboard.
On the experimental table in front of him were two dull yellow beads.
Heart of Requiem, is being fixed into a complex energy conversion device.
"Just push it one step further, just parse the last layer of data..."
Scientist forced the energy of Heart of Requiem into the instrument, and the data stream on the screen instantly scrolled crazily.
He stared at the data, his pupils contracting suddenly.
"No... this isn't right..."
He murmured to himself, his voice getting lower and lower, as if he had discovered something incredible.
"Besides the earth... except Sun and the moon, there are no other celestial bodies?"
"The detectors captured all false signals? How is this possible..."
He suddenly called up the astronomical database and conducted a full-band scan of all observation data.
The result made him feel cold all over.
The starry sky is fake.
In other words, it was forged by some force.
What the detectors send back are processed false images.
In the real universe, except for a Sun and a moon, there is nothing!
"After the 369th re-examination, there is no change in the results?!"
"How is it possible that in such a large universe, only the earth has life? This is unreasonable... This is completely unreasonable..."
Scientist's voice was trembling, and his brain was running rapidly, trying to find a reasonable explanation.
But all scientific theories seem so pale at this moment.
He suddenly remembered the information about "gods", "rules" and "indescribable" that he had collected before.
Those legends, those forbidden knowledge...
"Could it be that..."
Scientist's voice became smaller and smaller, and an unprecedented sense of fear rose from the bottom of my heart.
He realized that he had touched some kind of taboo that he should never touch.
"The power of the miraculous BOSS, the origin of monsters, and the essence of spiritual power that I pursue are just part of the operation of the system?"
He looked at the strange data streams on the screen and suddenly understood something.
This world is too simple.
It was as crude as a hastily built stage.
All rules, all power systems, all life forms... seem to be carefully designed by some kind of being.
It's like...
Scientist's breathing suddenly stopped.
He suddenly remembered an old proverb: Eliminate all impossibilities, and whatever remains, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth.
He took a deep breath, the lips under the beak mask trembled, and spit out the conclusion that made him feel horrified:
"In other words, this world was created by a certain existence?!"
The next second, Scientist suddenly hugged his head and let out a burst of crazy laughter.
"Hahahahahaha!!! What a ridiculous and sad result!!!"
He pushed open the laboratory door and ran out. "The truth of the world! I have understood it!! Hahahahahaha!!!"