purgatory artist

Chapter 235 Crown
in the snow.

A girl walks alone in the mountains.

She has been gone for a long time.

until this moment-

On the other side of the mountain, there was continuous frost.

The girl stopped and looked at the frozen world.

She didn't make a move, and looked carefully for a while, then took a step and continued to move forward.

Time passed slowly.

After half a day.

The girl arrived on the other side of the frozen world.

Standing on a high place and looking into the frost, a city can be vaguely seen.

The girl watched quietly for a while.

She jumped from a big tree, came to the glade, walked all the way forward, and finally stopped in front of the frost.

"That's right, the place where I sensed... is here."

The girl bent down and picked up a map buried in dust and fallen leaves.

She looked at the map, and then at the frozen world.

——Among the Frost Seal, a majestic man stood still, with an angry expression on his face.

Thoughtful, the girl said softly, "Rebuild."

all of a sudden.

Light and shadow flowed around, and what happened at a certain point in the past reappeared.

I saw a little girl exuding a misty light come out, and said: "Sorry, I moved the border sign ahead of time - towards the direction of the empire, and in terms of time, they probably won't be allowed to leave the empire." territory."

Beside her, a teenager threw a map on the ground and took a card back into his arms at the same time.

"Sorry, there is something wrong with your map. We are standing outside the border." The boy said.

The majestic man remained motionless, his body gradually covered with frost.

"Hateful, those idiots."

He said in a low voice.

After hearing this, the boy said a few more words, then led the little girl and turned around towards the wilderness.

All light and shadow gradually dissipated.

The world returned to its original state.

The majestic man was still sealed by the dark and transparent frost, motionless.

The girl stepped forward and stared quietly at the other party.

"Lack of understanding of human beings is the reason for your failure—fortunately, you failed, otherwise it would be difficult for me to come out."

the girl said.

She stretched out her hand and gently pressed on the frost.

For an instant.

As if something had been activated.

A loud voice resounded in the frost:

"Missing core sequence deck."

"The world of this sequence has entered an emergency sealing state and cannot respond to your instructions."

The girl stood there, silent for a while.

"Time...too long has passed..."

She sighed.

Tears trickled down her cheeks and fell to the ground.

The wind howled.

Snowflakes are falling down one after another.

The girl turned around and looked at the extremely distant nothingness.

She suddenly disappeared.

next moment.

Thousands of miles away.

The girl quietly landed in a ruin full of ruins.

She turned her head and looked around, and said:

"It turned out to be a sequence that is good at hiding."

——This is a completely destroyed city.

There is no life.

The whole world seemed to be drowned in dust, falling into eternal silence like a cemetery.

The girl was floating on pieces of rubble, looking around at random in the ruins, looking quite aimless.

She flew forward.

In front of an incomplete wall, the girl stopped and looked intently at the wall.

There seemed to be a long paragraph of text on the wall, but the years are so long that large sections of content on the wall have long since peeled off, leaving only a few small crooked words:

"With the addition of..., we will surely..."

The girl hesitated for a moment, then sighed, "There's no need to read any more."

She grabbed it casually, held a twisted and deformed metal bullet in her hand, and said softly: "The thread of fate."

next moment.

A figure suddenly fell to the ground.

I saw this person wearing a half-skull mask and holding a sniper rifle. His whole body was stiff and he couldn't move an inch.

It was the leader of the "Enlightenment" team in the Mechanic City, Ming Qiang.

"Don't...don't kill me..."

He said tremblingly.

The girl said: "I need to see what happened to you."

She stretched out her hand, patted Ming Gun lightly, and said, "Rebuild."

Infinite lights and shadows swirl rapidly, turning into a solid past scene in an instant.

"I saw them. On the edge of the cliff, the boy was playing the flute to his mate."

"It's so romantic, go to hell."

Bah!
"Desperate mandarin ducks, let's die together."

Bah!
Another shot.

The girl reached out and tapped lightly in the void.

All the light and shadow turned into a cliff beside the snowfield.

The boy was knocked out and fell towards the depths of the cliff.

The girl took a blow.

All lights and shadows stand still.

The girl looked at this scene and said softly: "According to the agreement, I didn't kill him, are you satisfied now?"

She stood still, her pupils suddenly slackened, and then concentrated again.

"Satisfied." She said.

"It's fine if you're satisfied. Next, you can just watch." She said again.

The girl smiled slightly, came to Ming Qiang, and pressed her hand on his chest.

"I'm sorry, I was just following orders, I really didn't know I would offend you, please spare my life!" Ming Qiang said quickly.

The girl ignored him and said softly, "Apply for a link sequence."

There is no sound in the void.

paused for a while.

The girl said again: "In the current sequence, according to the end-of-war agreement, you must immediately check my soul fluctuations and respond to my instructions with a secret level. This is an order!"

Take a breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

Suddenly, endless fog appeared all around.

In the depths of the mist, a metal building that stretched from sky to earth suddenly appeared.

A mechanical sound followed:

"Deck No. 9-2571, civilization continuation sequence, named 'Mechanical City'."

"Please review."

The girl nodded and said softly: "From now on, I will take over everything."

Snapped--

There was a soft sound.

Ming Qiang's head exploded suddenly, and he fell to the ground.

……

Liu Ping kept climbing in the dark.

Whenever he lifts his foot, an upward step appears in front of him.

at last.

The steps also come to an end.

The huge will came quietly, turned into endless mist, and formed four blurred faces, just like the 40-meter statue.

Four faces lined up in front of Liu Ping.

A voice sounded in Liu Ping's ear:

"These are the four faces that make up the world, and they are all the secrets, all that is eternally unknown."

"Choose it."

"Choose with your deepest desire."

Liu Ping listened silently.

use--

desire--

To choose the way.

"I have never encountered such a thing, but if I must say that I have any wish at present, it is to be able to save the people around me..."

"Save them from danger."

The huge will once again said:

"Save others, not make yourself stronger."

"Is this what you wish for?"

Liu Ping said naturally: "Yes, I don't have the ability to save them now. Now that I have finally reached level 10, I naturally hope to gain some abilities that can help."

"As for becoming stronger, acquiring knowledge and secrets, and even other ideas, I can slowly realize them myself."

"I want to save the people around me."

The huge will said: "Are you sure?"

"Sure." Liu Ping said.

Among the four masks, three masks receded into the darkness and gradually disappeared.

The remaining mask hovered in the air for a while, and landed in front of Liu Ping.

At this moment.

The mask finally became clear.

Its surface was blank, without any extra decorations, only a touch of bright red was outlined at the eye sockets.

"what is this?"

Liu Ping was puzzled.

"The ceremony is over—" the huge will said again: "You are facing the most dangerous situation, you need to put on your mask immediately, leave the Pillar of Eternal Night, and return to the world you are in."

Liu Ping's heart tightened.

Is there something wrong with Hua Qingkong?
A light and shadow appeared in the void, revealing everything that happened outside.

After reading it quickly, Liu Ping put on the mask and said, "Please send me back."

next moment.

A huge impact struck, directly knocking him flying, falling into the endless darkness.

……

The wind howled.

Liu Ping was still falling downwards.

"——Liu Ping!"

"Wake up quickly! Otherwise, you will fall to your death, Liu Ping!"

Lilith shouted anxiously.

suddenly.

A card appeared quietly and turned into a banshee in the forest.

She fell down with Liu Ping, and said: "It's too late, this is the seal of the Kingdom of Ceylon, I can't use other powers here, I can only open the seal and let him in!"

"Then let him in!" Lilith said happily.

"But——as soon as he enters, it will trigger the start of time, and his two companions and even himself will be killed by the prisoners!" The banshee in the forest sighed.

"What? What should I do then?" Lilith asked in despair.

A male voice sounded.

"fine."

The two women suddenly looked at Liu Ping.

I saw that he had already woken up, and a halo of light was emitting alternating light and dark light above his head.

"Ma'am, please open the seal, let's enter the seal!"

He said.

Lines of burning small characters quickly surfaced:
"You have completed the evolution of the 10th-level Divine Pillar node, and you have gained some kind of unique growth."

"Your knight aura has increased."

"You have obtained your own initial crown—"

"Unnamed Unknown Crown:"

"Constant effect: 40 meters of calling power (secondary)."

"Explanation: You can summon objects and beings with souls within 40 meters, and let them appear immediately at any position within 40 meters from your center point."

(End of this chapter)