Urban Odds: Cry Game

The city that never sleeps, the black tower——

The hot air is coming out of the teapot, and the corridor is filled with the elegant fragrance of tea.

After half drinking the tea and half reading the scroll, the ghost old man left his seat and walked up the stairs—the stairs that he hadn't walked in for an unknown number of years.The ghost old man was like a phantom in the dark night, and the moment he stepped up, he had already appeared at the fork in the road.Instead of going up the black tower, he went down the stairs on the other side and went to the underground prison.He was very fast, and when he reached the corner, he disappeared again.The old ghost didn't hide his abilities, and he wasn't afraid of being noticed, because there were no living people left in the underground prison.

A few seconds later, the ghost old man appeared at the bottom of the prison.

The two patrolling soldiers fell face down, straight on the ground, without bleeding, and there were no signs of fighting around.

The ghost old man turned them over, and the patrolling soldiers seemed to be asleep, with calm faces and no pain at all.But they were cold all over, and they had no breath or pulse.The ghost old man peeled off the soldiers' clothes, and saw that large corpse spots had appeared on their skin.

"It's hopeless..." The ghost old man touched the back of the soldier's neck and pulled off a yellowish and brittle silk thread.

The silk thread is already "dead" and "withered".

It has exceeded the "control limit", so start "abandoning"?

The old ghost sighed softly, raised his hand and brushed over the corpse, like powder blown by the wind, the corpse disintegrated bit by bit, turning into particles smaller than powder, and finally scattered into the air.

The two soldiers disappeared instantly, leaving nothing behind where they had been lying.

Matter is not eternal, but energy is.

All matter can be decomposed, decomposed into atoms, or even smaller particles than atoms, and then recombined into another kind of energy, which is endless.

Only energy is eternal and immortal.

The original species that exists in the form of energy - the ghost old man is called the original species of immortality.

He is an aggregate of energy, ready to decompose, reorganize, and even control the particles that make up matter.

He can combine water in a pot and heat it to make tea at any time.

But no matter how powerful he is, he can't save this catastrophe.

"In the eyes of the parasitic primordial species, all life is inferior to bugs." The ghost old man looked at the candles on the wall, "They are all its toys and can be discarded at any time."

I don't know how many "discarded" toys died somewhere, it's hard to count.

All killings are only according to its preferences, there is no basis to rely on, and it is impossible to guard against.

This time, it wants to achieve a goal at all costs.

What is the purpose?

For the original species, the biggest wish is to "go home", right?

"Ha!" The old ghost smiled and shook his head, amused by his own thoughts.He is an energy body, free in the cosmic space, and has no so-called "home", unlike the two-dimensional creature hiding in Crystal City, who has been struggling to find a way to go home.

What about the parasite species?Where did that little puppet come from?Is its wish really "to go home"?

Whether it is or not, as long as it can leave this world.

Go far away and never come back!

The ghost old man took a step forward, and the next moment, he appeared in his seat.

The old ghost sat down again, picked up the teacup in one hand and the scroll in the other.

He still has a lot of time and doesn't want to be nosy.

Even if you want to manage it, you can't manage it.

Wouldn't it be more enjoyable to read books and drink tea in the database?

The city that never sleeps, the walls—

Ke Lei is famous for his sword skills, and his sword is as fast as lightning.He was alone on the city wall with a sword, but his swift swordsmanship made the forward captain feel as if he was in a storm.

Compared with Wei Long, who was surrounded by demons, the captain of the vanguard was particularly fierce. Wherever the two went, all the bricks collapsed and sand and dust flew everywhere.

The captain of the striker was desperate - he had to, he wanted to fight for a few rounds and then retreat, but now he found that he couldn't leave... Ke Lei followed him like a shadow, and his moves were deadly!

With a loud "bang", the forward captain fell from the city wall, and a sharp "scythe" came out of his hand, and deeply penetrated into the wall brick.

Ke Lei followed closely, raised his hand and shot down with a beam of sword light—and missed.

The captain of the striker had already rolled away. At this moment, he was staring at Ke Lei with sweat dripping down his face. After a long while, he raised his paw and looked at it. One of his proud giant paws was broken.

"The swordsmanship is good." The forward captain grinned, and the broken giant claw quickly regenerated and repaired.He looked aggressive, but he didn't want to fight anymore.All the dragonriders of the empire were dispatched, and they had only his demon army on their side, and the situation of bluffing would be seen through sooner or later.

This mission is extremely risky, the danger does not come from the imperial dragon knights, but from some "unknown thing" in the city that never sleeps.

Their demon army's fight against dragonriders was to protect the "unknown thing" from lightning.

Then it's better not to fight, let the dragon riders attack the city, and let that "unknown thing" do it by itself!

The captain of the forward stared at Ke Lei closely, and noticed that the other party's brow twitched.The small communicator on Kolei's ear was flickering, and he was listening to the voice in the communicator!

Who is talking to him?What have you said?

The captain of the vanguard was thinking about it, when he heard Ke Lei say: "Heh, your demon army is actually ambushing in the underground waterway, it's really amazing!"

With a flash of inspiration, the captain of the forward parted his long hair on his forehead and smiled coolly: "No matter how well you hide it, you still haven't been discovered by you?"

Ke Lei stared at him for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "You know."

The forward captain was taken aback: "What?"

Ke Lei said: "We found a demon ship in the waters outside the city. You went ashore outside the city and entered the city on foot."

The forward captain felt guilty, and immediately argued: "Ke Lei, you were a general after all, why can't you even understand this?"

Corey: "Understand what?"

The captain of the vanguard showed a vicious expression: "I'm not afraid to tell you that it is convenient for us to go ashore outside the city to arrange an ambush! The city is already full of strong soldiers from my family. If you are sensible..."

Ke Lei was expressionless, and choked him back with one sentence: "I just said that I found your boat outside the city, why are you nervous?"

The forward captain bit his tongue and wrinkled his face in pain.

Ke Lei looked around, and said in a calm tone: "Just now, I have been wondering why there are so few people guarding the city, and there are no traps or ambushes. Where is the demon army hiding? Also... we have searched the city that never sleeps, Only a batch of your ships were found outside the city, what does this mean?"

The captain of the vanguard did not expect that they would even search the hidden waters more than ten miles outside the city, and suddenly choked.

Ke Lei stared at him and said word by word: "The demon army didn't come at all, you were the only ones who came... and you were the only ones who came ashore!"

"Hmph, it's ridiculous, our army is arriving in the city that never sleeps through the underground waterway!" The captain of the vanguard did not lose his momentum, "Thousands of demon troops are heading here..."

Ke Lei interrupted him, and asked: "Why don't you take the underground waterway, but go around far outside the city and then walk into the city?!"

The captain of the striker had a headache, he was not good at playing tricks because he was fierce and belligerent, and it seemed that he was about to lose his mind.

Ke Lei took a step forward, and said sharply: "You knew there was something in the underground waterway! So instead of taking the waterway, go ashore outside the city, right?!"

The sound buzzed in the ears, and the blood guards hiding in the corner heard it and looked at the captain of the vanguard one after another; Wei Long swung away the besieging demons with one claw, flew away to distance, and looked at the captain of the vanguard together with the demons go.

All eyes were on the forward captain.

The captain of the vanguard broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't expect that the lie he had worked so hard to be exposed by Ke Lei.Among the many sights, he felt a trace of murderous intent that seemed to be absent.

Different from the dignified and upright Dragon Knight, that murderous aura was cold and sinister, like a sharp blade hidden in the darkness!

The captain of the striker feels that this time it is really impossible to leave...

On the outskirts of the city that never sleeps, the natural slit——

"All dragonriders who entered the waterway have lost contact, and the communicator has no signal, so they cannot be contacted!" Several communications soldiers were nervously adjusting the machine, and they kept reporting, "The death toll of the guards in Shacheng has risen to 31, 32...five... ...39, [-]! The number is still rising! Urgent support is needed!"

The elders of the empire are really one head and two big. The life and death of the dragon knight is unknown here, and something happened to the guards there!

"Quarantine! Quarantine all!"

A doctor's voice came from over there: "It's not a virus infection!"

"Then how did they die?!"

"Multiple organ failure."

"What's the cause?!"

"Right, checking..."

"It's just not sure?!" The elders of the empire were furious, "Then how to deal with it, have you discussed the results yet?!"

"This...for the time being..."

"Reported...the death toll...has risen to 47!" the communications soldier lost his voice.

Unidentified diseases spread among the comatose guards, and death without any warning enveloped everyone like a shadow.The place where the guards are placed has been completely isolated. People outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out.No one knew what happened. The doctors in charge of the treatment sat beside the corpse and wept loudly. They were powerless to prevent this inexplicable death, and they couldn't determine when they became infected and became a corpse covered with plaques.

"Trash!" The grumpy elder felt depressed and punched the rock wall, "They are all a bunch of trash!!!"

"I think it's better to let the people from the research institute come over."

"Research Institute? Is it a big deal?"

"Making a fuss?! Have you ever thought about the consequences?!"

"He is right, if hundreds of thousands of people die, this matter cannot be hidden... Think about it, the unknown disease spreads all over the country, the whole people panic, and then wait for the enemy country to send troops to fight?!"

"It's not impossible to call people from the research institute, but our research institute is responsible for the medical treatment process of the entire empire. It is said that there are many important experiments in progress, in case they..."

The elders of the empire were silent for a while, they all understood the unfinished words.

What if someone from the research institute also died inexplicably?

"The number of people in the research institute is not large, and if you want to come, you must not all come."

"Then who do you want to send?"

"Isn't there a new batch of recruits! A group of young people who are full of vigor... let's send them!"

"Young people are inevitably inexperienced, and the veterans should also send a few?"

When everyone was discussing endlessly, there was a sentence that dispelled everyone's worries: "You can continue to recruit young people after they die!"

A teacher can bring out many students, especially seniors with senior qualifications. A senior is a knowledge base.

As for the group of newly joined young people, what else can they have besides "genius", "elite", "hard-working", and "enthusiasm"?

The convening order was issued almost immediately, and soon spread to the Imperial Capital Research Institute.

The young apprentices cheered for this mission, they thought it was a very precious outdoor practice.

--Do not come!Do not come!

--why?

——Be obedient, quickly refuse!

——"Beep!"

The message was hung up, and the communicator held the communicator blankly, tears falling down drop by drop.His younger brother was admitted to the Imperial Academy in the name of a genius, and his official career should have been bright, but now he is one of the recruited members.

The younger brother who devoted himself to the study of viruses attached great importance to the mission entrusted to him by the empire.

A mission that may never return.

The communicator secretly wiped away his tears and stuffed the small communicator back into his pocket.He returned to his post as if nothing had happened, continued to collect intelligence from various parties, and reported in a timely manner.

Sally Fondo looked away and looked at the elders of the empire who were discussing nervously.

She can't discuss anything and can't change anything.

She and them, the people in the research institute, or the communication soldiers... are just pawns to the empire.

"General Sally Fontor."

"exist!"

"Lead the team to assist Ke Lei immediately, and make sure to take down all the demon teams!"

Two warlords going against a demon squad?Sally Fondo was slightly taken aback: "The underground waterway..."

The elders smiled confidently: "You don't have to worry about it."

Dragon slave Alice didn't understand: "Our teammate's life and death are unknown, how can we ignore it?!"

"We have already arranged it." The elders of the empire said, "Dragon cavalry can't be used in the waterway, we don't need to repeat the risk...just blow up the waterway."

fry?How to fry?

There are runes in the waterway, and magic cannot be used at all!

Sally Fondo suddenly thought of something, the secret weapon that the Imperial Research Institute has been developing—Super S-Class Destruction!

When he learned that Sally Fondo had come to assist in the battle, Corey was slightly taken aback.

In such a moment of stupefaction, the captain of the vanguard suddenly escaped from the sword abruptly.

The sharp blade fell off, only cutting off a section of his long hair.

"Let's go!" The forward captain couldn't calm down any longer, he shouted loudly and was about to withdraw his troops and retreat.The dragoons must have wrecked their boat, but that's okay, they can swim back!

As long as they find the nearest body of water, they can escape the city that never sleeps!

Running away is disgraceful, and it will definitely be despised if it gets out, but it's better than losing your life!

The captain of the vanguard yelled and fled directly. He didn't care about it anymore, he only wanted to escape for his life.

The demons were in a trance for a while, and after realizing it, they had no intention of fighting, and some even spread their wings and flew up in a hurry.

"It's not good for us to go back like this?"

"Captain, is there anything in the waterway?"

"That's right. At that time, I wondered why we had to take a long detour?"

The demons were chattering, and the forward captain turned his head impatiently: "Keep making noise! ​​Be careful, I will eat..."

The voice stopped abruptly, and the forward captain stared wide-eyed in horror as if he had seen something unbelievable.

The few demons who followed him didn't know why, and they waited eagerly for an answer.

Behind their necks, there is a thin thread that seems to be floating...

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small theater:

——"Hey, this is yours, take it."

Forward captain: "What is this? Bento? I'm yuck!"

—— "... Xue Xiao, this is yours, take it."

Xue Xiao turned and left indifferently.

——"Ke Lei, come and have a bento?"

Ke Lei: "No need, Wei Long is cooking for me."

The author had no choice but to find Zhou Yang with a bento that was about to expire: "That...or?"

Zhou Yang: "Wow! That's great! I just didn't have lunch!"

The half-eaten bento was taken away by Aix, and he threw it away——

The bento drew an arc in the air and landed on the little puppet...