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Three spears will create a portal through which a child-sized entity can pass, and will only exist for a few minutes;

Four or five short spears will create a gap the size of a human body and exist for about an hour.

Six short spears will create a portal larger than a human, and persist for several hours.

According to legend, when the seven spears come together, a huge gate will be created, summoning an evil force to the earth, which is the ultimate goal of Vakdul and the Daevites.

And the name of that evil force is - the Crimson King.

The Crimson King can be said to be an out-of-the-box name. Those who know the organization of the Administration, it is impossible not to have heard of the name of the Crimson King.

However, very few people can say exactly what it is.

Because even the Authority's knowledge of it is extremely limited.

The essence of the Crimson King is an idea, a manifestation of the tension between modernity and pre-modernity.He is angry at the present society that makes people cold and monotonous, and he is a desire for bloodthirsty primitive wildness.When people feel alienated in modern society and feel the pain of oppression, their howls give birth to the Scarlet King.

The above passage is an explanation on an encyclopedia. You find that it seems to be very high-end, but it seems to say nothing.

After watching it, you still don't know what the hell the Scarlet King is.

In fact, even the Administration Bureau finally had a general understanding of the Scarlet King after a long period of exploration.

The Crimson King is actually a reaction against modernity, the opposite of science and rationality.

Where there is modernity, there is the Scarlet King, who sees modernity as a sin, as an enemy.

Therefore, the biggest pusher of the Scarlet King is the Administration Bureau itself, which keeps everything in custody according to the rules.

When the Authority tries to understand and imprison the Scarlet King in a scientific way, it is actually shaping and strengthening it.

The Authority tried to explain everything, put all abnormal creatures in boxes and took them into custody, and the Scarlet King was the world's resistance to this.

It's like the voice in the wind, the best arrest is not to be arrested.

This is a very contradictory concept, and it took a long time for the Authority to understand it.

After mastering the characteristics of the Crimson King, the Administration changed its proposal from Ke level to Safe level, and ordered that other than the items in custody, no other personnel are allowed to touch the documents related to it.

That's why NO.13 didn't tell Yang Xue the truth.

Because one more person understands the characteristics of the Scarlet King, its power will be stronger.

So the 2317 (The Devourer of Worlds) that Yang Xue and the others went to seal is not the Crimson King at all, it is just an incarnation or projection of the Crimson King

The real Scarlet King has no entity, or if you see the entity of the Scarlet King, it means that the world is over.

Zhang Jue hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to pick up the spear.

When his hand touched the spear, he immediately felt his blood surge, as if his body was about to explode.

But he gritted his teeth and didn't let go.

As time went on, his physical discomfort gradually subsided.

He can already handle this spear.

He now has the same traits as Lord 682.

Everything that doesn't kill him makes him stronger.

The spear was covered with stains, and the red things could no longer tell whether it was blood or rust.

Together, the seven spears can summon the Scarlet King.

And those six roots were previously obtained by the Occult Alliance, and they wanted to destroy them, causing several disasters.

In the end, they handed over all six spears to the Authority, and the two parties agreed to find the seventh spear together.

The Authority and the Occult Alliance have searched for it for many years, but they have not found it. They did not expect it to be sealed here by these seven nomads.

Although this thing is dangerous, it is just a piece of equipment to Zhang Jue.

He didn't intend to hand this thing over to the Authority, which tiger would spit out what it ate.

Although the spear has been subdued by him, the matter is far from over.

The people from the four tribes had all died, Zhang Jue carried their bodies to the door of the camp and burned them down.

Then a monument was erected there.

After doing this, he used the sculpture to travel back to the three tribes where he first came, and explained the whole story to the old chief.

After hearing Zhang Jue's words, the old chief fell silent.

After a long time, he said: "Young man, since you have this ability, you can seal the spear that brought disaster on your behalf, but I have to remind you that it is an ominous thing, and it may bring you Come doom."

Zhang Jue laughed: "Old man, you probably don't know who I am. I'm Zhang Jue. How could this kind of thing be possible————————————————————————————————————————— Your advice, throw it away when you find a chance, and never put it by your side to attract disaster!"

After telling the truth to the three tribes, Zhang Jue planned to leave. As for how they communicated with other tribes, he didn't care.

What he cares about now is how to get out of here.

The old chief told him that as long as he circled the strange sculpture three times, and three times in reverse, he could return to the place where he started.

Zhang Jue thought as he walked, as if he had heard of this method somewhere.

After Zhang Jue circled around six times, the scene in front of him changed and he returned to the hotel.

And the hotel owner was waiting for him behind the bar.

The boss looked him up and down, and seemed to notice the change between him and before he left.

"Consultant Zhang, you really surprised me. A major crisis was resolved so easily by you,"

"Stop coming." Zhang Jue shook his head, "I annoy you people the most, not only can't help you, but you're also talking nonsense, be careful that one day I'm in a bad mood and I'll tie you up to a tree and hammer each other. "

The innkeeper shook his head and smiled lightly: "Consultant Zhang, we don't have such strong strength and luck as you. Sometimes we have no other choice. I also think that all the worlds are stable, but no matter where we are, peace is only temporary, and war is the only thing we can do." It’s eternity. You know, it’s not about right or wrong, it’s just a different standpoint. From the perspective of human beings, that mysterious force is evil and must be defeated, but from its perspective, human beings are the garbage that should be cleared.”

The innkeeper talked at length, and seemed to have the idea of sitting down with Zhang Jue.

However, Zhang Jue didn't like this kind of thing at all.

If the mouth is useful, what are the hands for?

He quickly waved his hand: "Okay, okay, it's useless for you to tell me these things. Now both sides regard each other as a thorn in the flesh. It's already an endless game. The Scarlet King wants to come to the world, we must stop it."

The innkeeper smiled helplessly: "Well, actually, this is what I want to tell you."

"what happened?"

"'He' is coming soon."

"???" Zhang Jue's eyes widened. "In the end, this spear fell into my hands. How did it—well, as an evil god, it certainly came here in more than one way."

"Yes." The innkeeper nodded, "During the time you went to the Seven Tribes, it has gradually approached the earth."

"Then what are you waiting for? Send me back quickly!"

"Consultant Zhang, don't worry, I have something for you."

"what?"

"Consultant Zhang, wait a moment."

After the innkeeper finished speaking, he disappeared.

A few minutes later, he suddenly appeared behind the bar.

There was an extra scepter in his hand.

"This is something that my predecessors used in the battle against it before. It may be useful to you. Take it."

Zhang Jue took the scepter and looked at it in his hand.

It seemed to be made of a piece of dead wood, the whole body was black and very smooth.

The top of the scepter is inlaid with a crystal-clear gem, which is the size of a fist, and it seems to be emitting a faint light. It is not ordinary at a glance.

Zhang Jue weighed the scepter in his hand, and looked at the innkeeper, "Why didn't you give me something like this before I went."

The innkeeper shook his head: "If you can't come back, it's meaningless to give it to you."

Zhang Jue understood the innkeeper's words. Conquering the spear was actually a test. If Zhang Jue was frightened by him, he was too timid to go, or he did not come back.

Then even if this scepter is given to him, it is impossible for him to defeat the Scarlet King.

Before Zhang Jue left, the hotel owner took out the object. In a sense, it was a recognition of his strength.

Zhang Jue looked at the scepter and said, "Although I once gave a lecture at a magic school, but man, I don't know how to use magic, how should I use it?"

The innkeeper smiled: "You don't need to use it deliberately. When it's its turn to play a role, Consultant Zhang will naturally know."

Zhang Jue nodded upon hearing this, and then put away the scepter.

The hotel owner said: "Consultant Zhang, whether the earth and the surrounding space can escape this disaster depends on you."

Zhang Jue laughed, without the solemnity before parting: "Ah, since you said so, I will try to be a hero who saves the world."

The hotel owner took one last look at Zhang Jue and snapped his fingers.

Zhang Jue only felt his eyes go dark, and when he opened his eyes again, he had already entered another dimension.

Above is a black sky, and below is a rock.

It's definitely not the earth by the looks of it.

So where is this?

Zhang Jue was suddenly a little irritable.

After going out, he must study how to travel in free space.

Otherwise, it will always be passed around by others, and I will feel like a courier. This feeling is very uncomfortable.

He still likes to take everything into his own hands.

But now is not the time to think about this matter. Since you don't know where it is, just choose a direction to go. He has never been a person who sits and waits for death.

As he walked, he realized that something was wrong. Earthquakes occurred frequently, and the world seemed to be extremely unstable.

And the sky and the rocks underfoot are getting redder and redder.

He is very sensitive to this color now.

After walking a few more steps, he saw seven giant stone pillars appearing at the end of his line of sight.

Seeing those things, he probably guessed where he was now.

He walked towards the stone pillar.

There were huge cracks created by the earthquake constantly under his feet, some of which were more than ten meters wide, and Zhang Jue could only bypass them.

Half an hour later, he came to the seven stone pillars.

There were signs of battle everywhere, and bullet casings were scattered all over the place.

The bodies of the two Mobile Task Force members were neatly laid aside.

He took a few steps forward.

At this moment, there was a moaning sound suddenly.

Zhang Jue looked around and found a man wearing a Mobile Task Force uniform lying next to a crack, with bloody fingers.

Judging from the traces, he should have crawled out of the crack.

He was not dead yet, so Zhang Jue rushed over to pick him up from the ground.

"I'm Zhang Jue, an advisor to the Administration. Which team are you from, and what mission are you performing?"

F7 opened his eyes and recognized Zhang Jue's face.

"Consultant Zhang... the chain is about to break... Dr. Yang Xue and the others... went down..."

After speaking, he closed his eyes permanently.