Fuck, I'd been here before!
In an instant, he used God's Descent to reach the top of the barren mountain. The howling wind swept cold mist past his black-and-gold coat.
Looking down from above, his eyes suddenly widened.
In the distance lay the ruins of a city. Collapsed skyscrapers and broken walls cast enormous, grotesque shadows into the night, like the fallen skeletons of gigantic beasts.
Yet within those silent urban ruins glimmered a cluster of faint lights—a small illuminated town: Ember Town!
In the cold wind, Bai Ye muttered, "So Ember Town stands where Green Vine City used to be. Those collapsed city ruins are the remains of Green Vine City!"
This was the second time he had seen Green Vine City. The Green Vine City of old had been like a floating city in the human world, with skyscrapers piercing the clouds and aerial railways winding between buildings. There had been no people then, only robots, but that kind of high-tech prosperity had been unimaginably breathtaking.
But now, several decades later, all that remained was a hellish field of wreckage. The fallen buildings resembled exposed ribs, gleaming with a grim, icy light beneath the moon.
"So this is Green Vine City?" Tang Guo's curious voice sounded behind Bai Ye.
She had already climbed the mountain while carrying her younger sister.
A filthy little head poked out from behind Bai Ye and gazed toward Green Vine City.
"Pioneer and Destiny says that the Pioneer taught Blood Qi Martial Arts in Green Vine City. So this was the place.
"But Tang Xin had never been to Green Vine City. How did she know the way?"
At that moment, Tang Xin looked agitated. Tears gradually welled up in her eyes as she stared at the ruins of Green Vine City.
She