purgatory artist

Chapter 268 Dream Sequence
Frost strikes.

The entire ruins were completely frozen.

The voice of the black stone statue came from afar:
"Liar, you are not eligible to be my collection, you should be eaten!"

The ruins were silent.

No one and no response.

It's been a long time.

The frost that filled the surroundings gradually receded, returned to the sparse forest, and disappeared.

Everything seems to have never happened.

Among the ruins, Liu Ping had already disappeared.

……

When the frost began to spread, Liu Ping's eyes suddenly became much clearer.

"you are dead."

"You have explored new unknown ruins, and your experience points continue to increase."

"The fog of soul corrosion has disappeared."

"You are in the land of dreams."

"—Dream consciousness no longer kills you."

"You are safe for now."

Liu Ping was slightly surprised.

He died [-] times in two days, but when he arrived at this ruin, he was suddenly safe?
He looked towards the woods.

The frost kept coming, and it was about to spread into the ruins——

But in the blink of an eye, the woods suddenly turned into dense houses.

Frost is also completely gone.

The world is like transformed.

The empty and dilapidated room where I was originally standing has also taken on a new look, and even a brand new carpet has been laid on the floor.

There is a picture on the wall.

There was steaming hot food on the table, and the desktop calendar next to it ticked off 29 days in a row, and made a mark on the No. 30 day.

Flowers are placed in vases and placed on the windowsill, swaying in the wind.

There were sounds of children playing outside.

The world is at peace.

Liu Ping was stunned for a while.

"Dream?" He asked suspiciously.

Yana suddenly said: "It is indeed a dream, but what is going on with such a powerful dream, we need to look again."

"Look at what?" Liu Ping asked puzzled.

"Look at what happened later," Hua Qingkong joined in, and said, "If something good happens, such as allowing you to study in a certain academy, or to explore a secret realm to find treasures, you can basically be sure that it is the sequence of our human race. .”

The sequence of Terran...

"If it's really a human sequence, it's really an unexpected harvest." Yana said.

"Yes, that's right. It would be even better if it was a complete set of sequence cards. There must be a hidden final weapon." Hua Qingkong said.

Liu Ping stood by the window and looked outside.

There are many high-rise buildings, and the festivals are scaled.

Busy traffic.

It seems to be a huge human city here.

tuk tuk-

Someone knocked on the door.

Liu Ping turned around, walked to the door and asked, "Who?"

"Your letter."

A letter slipped in from under the door.

Liu Ping bent down, picked up the letter, and tore open it.

A beautiful card appeared in front of his eyes, on which was written:

"congratulations."

"You have entered the interview process."

"Please go downstairs in 10 minutes, the commuter bus to the Municipal Law Enforcement Bureau will wait for you at the intersection."

After reading it, Liu Ping put the card on the table.

"Both of you, you guessed wrong. You are neither going to the academy to study, nor going to some secret realm, but to be a law enforcement officer." Libertas joked.

"If you are a law enforcement officer, you can catch bad guys, hone your skills, and improve your resilience—it's a good thing." Yana said uncertainly.

Hua Qingkong said: "Dream worlds are rare, and it turns out to be such an identity. It's quite strange."

"I can only take one step at a time." Liu Ping said.

He put the card away, opened the door, and walked out.

10 minute later.

Sure enough, there was a bus waiting for him at the intersection.

Liu Ping got on the bus, but found that the whole bus was empty, except for the driver, he was the only one.

"Am I the only one going into the interview?" he asked.

The driver said without turning his head: "Of course, our selection is very strict. It has been many years since no one has been able to enter the interview process."

Car starts.

After half an hour.

Liu Ping sat in the conference room of the Law Enforcement Bureau, facing three men in police uniforms.

"You should be a card master, right?"

one person asked.

"Yes, I'm a card master." Liu Ping said truthfully.

"Very well, we are very pleased with you."

The other person said, raised his hand to look at his watch, and continued: "There are 5 minutes left before get off work, you go directly to the last assessment."

The third person said: "We have a special mission tonight, do you understand?"

"Do I need to get involved?" Liu Ping asked.

"No, you need to stay here on duty - here are our various documents, equipment and temporary prisoners."

A key is on the table.

"Remember, the prisoner is held in the basement, and the prisoner must not be allowed to escape."

"Yes." Liu Ping took the key.

The three stood up together and said: "Stay on duty overnight, even if you pass this interview, you can officially join us."

They nodded to Liu Ping, got up and walked out of the conference room.

Liu Ping stood up, lost in thought.

"It's a weird dream." Yana commented.

"...and they're running too fast."

Liu Ping slowly pushed open the door of the conference room and looked out.

The entire Enforcer Bureau has become empty, without anyone.

— Only he was left.

"Listen, Liu Ping, I don't feel very good. This situation is a bit like that very ancient sequence." Hua Qingkong said suddenly.

Liu Ping said: "You mean..."

"That era has long since dissipated in the years, and I only had a little impression of it when I was young by consulting the classics. Now I just hope that is not the case." Hua Qingkong said.

"Liu Ping is not afraid of death, so don't scare us." Libertas said.

No one spoke.

After a while, Zhao Chanyi lazily said: "Young man, you still died too early, you don't know... Many things are more terrifying than death."

next moment.

Snapped!
All the lights in the Enforcer Bureau went out.

The world is dark, and you can't see your fingers.

Liu Ping flipped his hands, tied the Youying Knife around his waist, and strode to the door of the Enforcer Bureau.

He pushed open the door.

Everything outside the door disappeared.

Darkness enveloped everything.

It seems that the whole world has been destroyed, only this Law Enforcer Bureau is left.

"Don't go out, I'm going to die again."

The panda doll sighed.

Liu Ping looked at the endless darkness, and one warning sign after another kept appearing in his heart.

Bang!
He closes the door.

Dead silence.

dark.

Liu Ping walked casually in the empty Law Enforcement Bureau, slowly thinking about everything that happened.

"Hua Qingkong, did you see something?" He asked in a low voice.

"I have some clues, but if we want to be sure, we have to go to the basement to see what happened to the so-called prisoner." Hua Qingkong sighed.

Liu Ping took out the key.

I saw that the key had changed.

It gradually grew longer from an ordinary key, and turned into a long bronze key, on which mysterious runes continuously emerged.

Don't let the prisoner escape from the basement, those law enforcers say...

Liu Ping walked down the steps leading to the basement step by step.

Nothing happens.

It seemed as if billions of invisible beings were hiding in the darkness, quietly watching his actions.

they are waiting...

Liu Ping stood in front of the basement door and inserted the key into the lock.

Click.

The door opened.

Liu Ping pushed open the door, and his whole body was immediately illuminated by the fire.

He saw a world—

It was a world filled with boundless crimson flames.

Endless scorching flames reflected the dark sky.

In the sea of ​​flames, countless sentient beings howled and struggled, but their hands and feet were all tied with heavy shackles, and they couldn't get out of the sea of ​​flames at all.

One after another, huge monsters walked slowly in the sea of ​​flames.

They looked down at the howling humans, and sprinkled some flames from time to time, causing the people who suffered from the burning to burst into more miserable screams.

Liu Ping looked towards a giant monster.

I saw a line of small words floating above its head:
"Servant of the gods, level 70."

Liu Ping closed the door softly and silently.

The flames disappeared.

The world returned to darkness.

"I see, this is the dream sequence of that era." Yana said suddenly.

There was more tension in her voice than she had ever had before.

"Dream sequence? What's going on?" Liu Ping asked.

Hua Qingkong's voice then sounded:

"She is right, this is a very ancient dream sequence, maybe you have heard of the era when it was born, and the things of that era—"

"—The Nightmare Age."

"It belongs to the former gods of old."

(End of this chapter)