404 No City Found

"It's almost dawn outside, isn't it?"

"Do you think it will be bright today?"

Kang Tu woke up from a coma. He was lying in a vast expanse of whiteness. Chang Mingming and Lu Ban were sitting on the side, eating and chatting.

"Where is this?" Kang Tu asked casually.

"Are you hungry?" Chang Mingming was not surprised to see him wake up, "Eat something?"

Kang Tu said vigilantly, "No way. Why are you two here?"

Chang Mingming said simply: "Fight."

Kang Tu: "..."

He said in a daze, "But I can't beat you."

"I'll let you do three tricks," Chang Mingming had already stood up. She saw Kang Tu's gaze fell on Lu Ban, and said with a smile, "Your Uncle Ban said, you can't bully children if you don't shoot."

Lu Ban greeted him: "Long time no see, Kang Tsai."

Kang Tu: "Long time no see, I miss you so much."

Lu Ban: "What's the use of flattery, just concentrate on getting beaten."

The three of them laughed, and Kang Tu also got ready to make a move. Chang Mingming jumped left and right on tiptoes, raised his hands and put one of his hands next to his ears and kept it in front of his mouth.

"This is the last step." Chang Mingming said, "After passing this level, you will be victorious."

She shot suddenly, Kang Tu hurriedly dodged and asked, "What's in front?"

"There is Nuwa," Chang Mingming said, "your friend is dead."

"Who?"

Chang Mingming beat Kang Tu to the ground with an uppercut, looked down and said, "Again, it seems to be called Qian Gong?"

Kang Tu: "..."

"Hu Fu did it," Chang Mingming knew from his expression that he and Qian Gong should be familiar, "I was also outside at the time."

Kang Tu tried his best to concentrate on the fight and stopped talking, but he still received several punches. Chang Mingming was so powerful that he was beaten so badly that he was not on the same level at all.

Chang Mingming: "3, 2—"

Kang Tu struggled to get up, wiped the blood in his nostrils: "Come again!"

Chang Mingming smiled and said, "I knew you could."

Kang Tu thought to himself, I really can't.

Chang Mingming punched her, Kang Tu bowed to dodge it, hugged her waist and slammed back, Chang Mingming hit him in the ribs with an elbow, Kang Tu stared at him, fell to the ground again .

Chang Mingming: "Get up!"

This is simply a one-sided beating, Kang Tu thought, it's so unfair.

"Don't be a coward," Chang Mingming said, "don't make me look down on you."

Kang Tu had no choice but to stand up again, and as soon as he stood firm and punched him in the face, Kang Tu was kicked out of his conditioned reflex, fell backwards, staggered two steps, regained his strength, blocked with his right hand, punched with his left hand, and hit touched Chang Mingming's chest.

There was no skill at all in this move, it was just Chang Mingming's mistake, but successfully hitting her gave Kang Tu confidence that she was not invulnerable.

Kang Tu shook his head to wake himself up. Along with his confidence, Chang Mingming became more vigilant in his shots. The two of them seemed to be practicing, not like actual combat at all. It was difficult to deal with. If he really tried his best, he might not be able to beat Chang Mingming. Just punching and abiding by many rules, he was really far behind Chang Mingming who had undergone systematic training.

Chang Mingming's punch was extremely fast, Kang Tu dodged left and right, suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen and realized that he had been hit again, he subconsciously swung his hand, and was hit hard, without dodging in the slightest, he even moved forward Leaning together, Chang Mingming tilted his head forward, dodged the uppercut, and hit Kang Tu's chest with his head, knocking him to the ground, but Kang Tu hugged Chang Mingming tightly. Her neck prevented her from getting up, and the two fought on the ground. Kang Tu pressed her leg with his legs, and pushed her away with all his strength. Lifted high, panting, but did not fall.

Chang Mingming patted his face: "Not bad."

With a bruised nose and swollen face, Kang Tu stood up from her body, wiped the blood from his nose, and rubbed it on his body.

Chang Mingming said: "You won, keep going, Kang Tsai."

Kang Tu: "What about you?"

"Our mission has been completed," Chang Mingming said. "I can't do much to help you just to eat and die here. This is my first job since I came here. I'll see you at 404."

Kang Tu: "See you at 404."

Walking on the road, Kang Tu slowly realized that Chang Mingming must have let him go. He was beaten so anxiously that he didn't have any reason at all, and he didn't realize how he won.

On the Taihang Mountains.

Fuyou walked up the mountain road, but he didn't see Teng Snake's body all the way.

As you go to the top of the mountain, the temperature gets lower, thick frost hangs on the floating hair and eyelashes, the light of the blood moon has faded, and there is a lot of blood on the ground, which is left by unknown creatures after death. There is no mercy for floating Heart, just numb.

Towering trees rose from the ground on both sides, and the snow hanging on the branches occasionally fell down. When I looked up, it seemed that there was only a small piece of the sky.

The tree grew taller and taller, gradually covering the sky, the sound of rapid growth rang in my ears, Fuyou stopped and turned around.

"You have come here," Nuwa said, "you must have hated me to the core."

Fuyou: "That's nature."

Xiaoman stood beside Nuwa, standing on the snow with two bare feet, looked up at Nuwa, then at Fuyou.

"Is he one of yours?" Fuyou asked without showing any shock.

Nuwa: "In this world, except you few, who is not mine?"

Fuyou said contemptuously: "That should be quite a lot, in the land of China, no one believes in you anymore."

"I don't need human belief," Nuwa said with sadness on her beautiful face, "that's what Gonggong needs. It's a pity that you have always misunderstood me."

But Fuyou ignored him, and said to himself: "So you have been using Xiaoman to guide us. It saved Kang Tu and others, brought them to Kyushu, and knocked down Ye Mingzhu on Zhongshan Mountain. All of this is your fault. Let it do it, don't you? Do you find it interesting? Now that everything is as you want, what do you want to do?"

When the clues are revealed, all the original coincidences have been installed with cause and effect, and people will unconsciously fall into the trap of skepticism and cannot extricate themselves.

Nuwa looked at him and said, "Don't be impatient, you are the first person here, we have a lot of time to wait for your friends, and then tell this story well."

Xiaoman stood honestly beside Nuwa, looking extremely cute, Nuwa stroked his hair and said, "You don't have to blame this child, he doesn't know what he has done, he is just an obedient child. "

Fuyou didn't answer, just looked at him coldly, Xiaoman wanted to get close to Fuyou, but he shrank from the aura around him and didn't dare to go forward.

Nuwa said to him: "You can read people's hearts, why not try it, what am I thinking now?"

Fuyou said, "I can't see your heart."

"That was before," Nu Wa opened her arms and said to him with a smile, "Try it now, all words are pale, and you have to see for yourself what I think."

underground.

The white around him gradually faded, and Kang Tu returned to the familiar scene again. He crossed the suspension bridge and boarded the opposite bank. There was a huge stone gate in front of him. After opening, his teammates were already waiting there.

The number of people has dropped sharply, and it is estimated that there are only a dozen or so people, most of whom are from Shenhe and 404.

Kang Tu looked around, but there was no sign of Zhao Zheng. Gong Gong saw him and nodded at him.

"Where's Zhao Zheng?" Kang Tu asked.

Gonggong said: "I didn't see him, he didn't come out, you can wait."

"It is said that this is the last level," Hua Yu said, "Did we win?"

Gonggong: "It depends on how Nuwa defines winning or losing."

Kang Tu fell into anxiety, sat in front of the stone gate and waited. He didn't wait for Zhao Zheng, but he waited for Hu Fu.

After everyone was quiet, Gong Gong stepped forward and strangled him by the throat like a teleportation: "You really are not dead."

Hu Fu said, "What are you crazy about!"

Gong Gong said fiercely, "Where is Qian Gong?"

Hu Fu tore open his hand more viciously than he did, and said, "None of my business! I escaped death by a narrow margin, I didn't fucking find someone for you!"

Gong Gong calmed down, took a step back, and looked at him steadily: "Where did you go after burying the body?"

"I've lost my mind," Hu Fu said calmly, "There was a man, I don't know who it was, who knocked me unconscious and threw me in the woods, but I was lucky enough to survive freezing to death. When I woke up, I returned to the hut. You are all gone, I searched for it, unfortunately I bumped into Bai Ze, it dragged me down, I went through a lot to get to this point, Gong Gong, I don’t know where the fuck Qian Gong went .”

He's lying, Kang Tu thought.

But there is nothing wrong with his lies, Gonggong might believe them.

Kang Tu felt that everything was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. Hu Fu got rid of Gong Gong, sat on the ground casually, rubbed his neck that was strangled just now, and looked very annoyed.

Kang Tuli was two steps away from him, and unconsciously glanced at him twice, but Hu Fu was unexpectedly sharp, and immediately noticed it, and warned: "What are you looking at?"

"It's nothing." Kang Tu said and rolled his eyes.

Zhao Zheng still hasn't come out. It stands to reason that nothing should go wrong. Why did it take so long?What's wrong?

Later, two more people came out, they were from Xuanyuan's side, but Xuanyuan himself did not come back. Shennong from their side came out early, but he was wounded all over his body and lay on the side half dead.

Yan Lingfei was the last one to come out. After swearing, he fell to the ground and couldn't get up. His clothes were soaked in sweat. Kang Tu walked over and asked, "Who did you meet?"

"Li Yan." Yan Lingfei said brokenly.

Kang Tu frowned slightly, looking at Shimen.

Yan Lingfei panted and said: "Why, brother Zheng didn't come out?"

"No."

Yan Lingfei: "Don't worry."

Kang Tu nodded, but how could he be relieved.

Ordinary people go in at a discount of 404%, and very few people come back, but the gods are all there, and only Zhao Zheng is left in [-].

Kang Tu's inexplicable feeling became stronger, and he always felt that there was something wrong with it.

Hu Fu leaned on the side in a daze, Yan Lingfei touched his foot when passing by, the two looked at each other, Hu Fu spat: "What do you mean?"

Yan Lingfei: "Sorry."

Hu Fu kicked his leg, rubbed a lot of dirt, and said in surprise, "I'm sorry."

Kang Tu glanced over there.Yan Lingfei patted the ashes on his legs, scratched his head, turned around and looked down at Hu Fu, and waved four fingers at him, signaling to fight.

Before putting on the paint, Kang grabbed his arm and whispered, "What are you doing?"

Yan Lingfei said arrogantly: "Fight."

Kang Tu stared at his face like this, and said, "What's the fight at this time?"

Yan Lingfei is not a person who advocates violence, he does not like to fight, this is not the point, they are only one step away from the dawn, Yan Lingfei will not ignore the current situation even if he is impulsive and unreliable.

Kang Tu let go of his arm, raised his hands and took a step back silently, looked at the people below him, then glanced at Hu Fu again, and said, "It's all fake, isn't it?"

"What are they?" Kang Tu said loudly, not knowing who he was talking to.

There was silence all around, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

"Congratulations," Yan Lingfei smiled and held out his hand to him, "I didn't expect that all of you would make it to the end."

His whole posture and tone of voice have changed, soft and warm, Kang Tu remembered this feeling, he said: "You are Nuwa."

"You can also understand it this way," said 'Yan Lingfei', "to be more precise, I am a strand of his thoughts, and he himself is not here."

Kang Tu: "So what are you going to do?"

"A little experiment," Nuwa said, "as you and your friends guessed."

With a light tap of his finger, Hu Fu, who had stopped moving since just now, disappeared out of thin air. Kang Tu finally smoothed out the point that he always found strange. From just now, Hu Fu had too many scenes Yes, Chang Mingming mentioned him inexplicably, and then he came here and saw this person again. He was constantly testing the bottom line of provoking others, and all this happened under Kang Tu's sight.

"You haven't even had the slightest intention to kill," Nuwa said, "You know that he killed your friend. I'm curious, what exactly do you think?"

This was an overly simple question, and Kang Tu couldn't understand his curiosity, and said, "I was born in a society ruled by law, and we never solve problems by killing people."

Nüwa: "Interesting, I always knew that you don't belong here and come from another world. In fact, I know what you have experienced. 404, unknown civilizations rule you instead of gods, and I have benefited a lot."

Kang Tu: "..."

"Zhao Zheng is very safe," Nuwa said suddenly, "I built this place according to the world in your eyes, but why isn't your lover here?"

"What do you mean?" Kang Tu frowned.

Nuwa smiled, as if saying, "You know what it means."

Everything here comes from the world in his eyes... It seems to be the case. Just now Yan Lingfei shook hands with him. This is what he would use to greet others at work, but these things are too detailed , was ignored by him in anxiety, and suddenly flew into his mind like a piece of paper at this moment.

Then why is Zhao Zheng not here?Why is everyone else there, but he is not?

Kang Tu realized that he really seemed to have a vague feeling that Zhao Zheng would not show up and that he would wait here forever.Zhao Zheng shoulders a greater mission, he always has more important things waiting ahead, and he wants to wait where he is.

Nu Wa joked: "It seems that the road of love is always accompanied by confusion."

Perhaps because he absorbed Kang Tu's knowledge system, he was more interesting than when we met that night. After many tortures, Kang Tu no longer believed him: "Is this another method of yours?"

"Not this time," Nuwa said, "I read the memories of many people, and I like the world I saw with your eyes the most. The rest of the people are already on the Taihang Mountains. Only you are here, because I want to send you off." one thing."

"The world I see." Kang Tu murmured.

Nuwa smiled and said, "Yes, you let me see another hope in this world, and you also saved the last trace of unwillingness in my heart."

"I do not understand."

"You don't need to understand," Nuwa said, "God gave you a sensitive and affectionate heart, which makes you too weak and too strong. Just like in today's world, pain is not despair, sorrow is not hurt, even if you are physically In the midst of adversity, I have been waiting for the fire, lighting a fire, and turning danger into safety.”

Kang Tu: "..."

"I'm always uneasy. If I get rid of the divine power, will everything work as usual? Do I look like a mother who doesn't want to let go?" He smiled and continued, "I have seen the world in your eyes. From the moment I landed on this land, I could see that there is no God, and it is still thriving. I thought too much, but I still couldn’t convince myself to let go. Compared with Gonggong, I am a selfish god.”

Speaking of this, Kang Tu already had a premonition of what Nuwa wanted to do: "You are the mother of the earth, don't say that about yourself."

Nuwa: "Romantic plot, the words I learned from your knowledge, it seems that you care about this very much. Forget about the mother of the earth, human beings have given me many names, each of which is louder than the other, and they just want to get more from me." Much blessing."

Kang Tu felt indescribably sad.

"You are good enough now," Nuwa stepped forward, pointing her finger on his forehead, "but too many thoughts that can't be digested will make people's stomach hurt, it's better to get rid of some, and leave them for me."

Kang Tu felt something pulled out of his soul, bringing a burst of coolness, he was suddenly in a trance, his footsteps faltered, and he fell forward. Nu Wa hugged him in her arms and said in a low voice: " Now is not a good time to sleep."

He passed through Nuwa's body, but the next second he fell into a snow field.

Just hitting the last scene of the scene, Xing Tian bangs and smashes an ax into Nuwa's chest, and Fuyou roars: "No!!"

A tear from the corner of Nuwa's eye flowed down, and then became invisible.

Kang Tu got up again, staring at all this in a daze.Fuyou scolded: "Xing Tian!"

Gong Gong embraced him with his firm arms: "What's wrong with you?"

Fuyou burst into tears, the tears combined with the blood flow, and finally knelt on the ground, no longer struggling.

Zhao Zheng was covered in scars all over his body. Obviously he had experienced a fierce battle just now. He pulled Kang Tu into his arms, then let go, and said angrily, "Where did you go?"

Kang Tu felt that he was indeed a little different from before, and felt a little more relaxed. He looked at Zhao Zhengshi more purely. He just felt that he loved him so much and was so happy to be able to stand under the blue sky with him.

Zhao Zheng: "Speak!"

Kang Tu closed his eyes, leaned forward and gave him a deep kiss.Zhao Zheng was caught off guard, stunned for a moment, and then put his arms around his waist. This was really not a suitable occasion. After the two separated, it was somewhat awkward. Fortunately, because there were more important things, not many people paid attention to them.

"All of this is Nuwa's plan," Fuyou choked up, "He wants to disappear."

In the conversation just now, Kang Tu actually understood to some extent that Nuwa's thinking was similar to Zhulong's, but far more profound.Since humans have given him the title of Mother Earth, whether he likes it or not, he has also assumed the responsibility that he should bear.

Perhaps since Gonggong smashed the pillar of heaven and suffered disasters in the world, he began to realize something. Later, Zhao Zheng and the others were sent here. It was not a coincidence that the sky thunder was triggered, but because their arrival disturbed the mother of the earth. .

He saw a more ideal world in the eyes of the members of 404. It has nothing to do with 404, but a world outside 404. Human beings are advancing at a crazy speed in a world without gods, growing independently, and going further and further.There will be no gods in the future world, and human beings will believe in themselves, in technology, and in love.Loyalty from the heart makes you more resilient and cannot be easily destroyed.

"He gave us a chance." Ouyang Gen was a little depressed, "If so many people didn't die at the hands of our compatriots today, he might change his mind. It's just that we messed up."

Fuyou scolded Xingtian and said, "I told you to stop!"

Xing Tian didn't say a word.

Nuwa's death was just an omen, representing his standpoint that human beings are strong enough to no longer need their existence, and all gods should voluntarily withdraw from this land.

Gong Gong sighed: "Forget it, floating, that's all."

Xing Tian suddenly stood up and said, "What does he want, one life for one life, is that enough?"

"Xing Tian," Zhu Rong held his hand wearily, "this is not the time to be impulsive, and it's not your responsibility alone."

In this way, such earth-shaking changes took place, and everyone felt heavy. The wind and snow had stopped, the ice and snow under Tianxing Mountain melted, and the temperature warmed up. Because more power was returned to the world, there was no God named Nuwa to control it.

Zhao Zheng took Kang Tu's hand and followed the team down the mountain.

For them, winning or losing cannot be judged in this mission, and no one can be said to be a winner.

This is just a mission for them, but for those who live here, they have to experience it with their lives.

Maybe their god friends also want to inherit Nu Wa's death will and completely let go.

The afterglow of the setting sun is blood red, covering everything with an illusory light. The herding horses and flocks return to the pasture, the river thaws, and they swim slowly in the mountain stream. Everything is back to normal, as if nothing happened.

Xing Tian beheaded himself on the second dawn of this battle. Some said he died, while others said his blood flowed for three days and three nights, turning into rivers and mountains.

He lived his life domineeringly and recklessly, and he couldn't let it go because of the punishment of his heart, so he decisively ended the rest of his life.At this time, Kang Tu finally understood why this task was called "Punishment of Xing Tian".The answer was given from the beginning, but they still can't change anything.

"I will find a spring to die."

On the day they left, Fuyou thought about it and said to them, "It's best at night."

Kang Tu said: "Don't tell me these things, I will still treat you as if you are still alive when I go back."

Fuyou smiled and said, "Alright, maybe I really have been alive all this time."

The two hugged, Kang Tu's eyes were red, but he didn't want others to see him.

Xiao Man was chased and beaten by a group of little kids, trotted past them, then ran back, hugged Kang Tu, and ran away again.

A group of children behind them shouted with sticks: "Stop for Grandpa!"

Fuyou went to help Xiaoman fight again, Kang Tu was bored, so he moved to Zhao Zheng's side, and eavesdropped on his conversation with Gong Gong openly, but there was nothing important to say, it was just a farewell.

Gonggong asked: "Will you come back?"

"Probably not." Zhao Zheng said.

"So," Gong Gong said, "I wish you all the best."

——Volume [-] ·Born with Great Aspirations·End——