Chapter 1334: Chapter 142: Fire in the Long Night
At this mont, the southern district border of E0 Zone.
One large and one small, two figures, are weaving through the alleys.
To be precise, there are actually three figures, but the heavy basket on Xiaoman’s back shows no movent, the baby inside is unusually quiet, not making a sound at all.
“Where are we going?”
Xiaoman doesn’t dare to speak much, she just follows Gu Shen.
“To the South Cave.”
Gu Shen calmly said: “The S12 residential area is not safe until we get inside the high walls.”
“I ca from there…”
Xiaoman lowered her voice, muttering softly.
Gu Shen raised an eyebrow, looking back at the little one carrying the basket.
The two of them walked quickly, but they could still talk.
“Didn’t you ask what my na is…”
Xiaoman said softly: “I have no parents, should have starved to death long ago, just had so luck, soone picked up years ago, raised for two or three years, ‘Xiaoman’ is the na they gave , I didn’t rember much from that ti, just this. Later they died of illness, soone took away, but that person had no good intentions, raised to sell later.”
She paused.
“Later… these guys encountered wild beasts when taking out of the city…”
That was after the awakening experint started.
“Encountered wild beasts, and then?”
Gu Shen asked: “They died, but you lived?”
“Mm…”
Xiaoman chuckled self-deprecatingly, “Isn’t it ridiculous, those wild beasts didn’t eat , and… him.”
She lightly lifted her foot, shaking the basket behind her.
The basket is actually quite heavy.
But now, walking on the road out of the city, the girl’s steps are unusually light.
“Later, we depended on each other for survival, in E0 Zone no one is willing to take us in, but it doesn’t matter, even without soone to raise us, I can still feed myself.”
Xiaoman’s tone was very light, her voice full of indifference, her so-called “relying on herself” ans scavenging in the garbage heap.
Gu Shen felt a pang in his heart.
“Though occasionally beaten.”
Xiaoman laughed: “But it doesn’t matter, I have a tough bone, in a couple of years, when he grows up, I’ll take him to fight together… then no one will dare to compete with for things. You see how quiet he is, you just know he’ll definitely be strong in the future.”
Gu Shen cooperatively laughed.
“What is his na?”
“He has no na.”
Xiaoman raised her head, speaking seriously: “Actually I don’t have a na either, because here no one calls our nas.”
The two stopped at the alley entrance before the high walls of the southern district.
Gu Shen didn’t go forward any further.
“The area is sealed…”
Xiaoman clenched her fingers tightly around the hemp rope, her voice tense: “Do you have a way to get out?”
“Of course.”
Gu Shen smiled.
He softly said: “Rember… when the high wall gate opens later, many people will run out together, just run with them, head south, don’t stop, when you reach the front of the ‘S12 residential area’, soone will naturally co to et you.”
Xiaoman listened, sowhat confused, she actually didn’t quite understand.
In these two years, the church people sealed areas too, more than once, she knows once that gate closes, it won’t open easily again.
She just rembered so simple information.
Escape, head south.
“Also… rember my na, Gu Shen, we will et again soon.”
Gu Shen gently patted the child’s head.
He turned away, towards the depths of the alley, walking in the direction they ca from, Xiaoman looked back again, it was a patch of darkness there, but she felt warm on her body, like a spark burning in her heart, this gave her the courage to keep going.
…
…
Gu Shen walked through the streets and alleys.
“Mr. Xiao Gu, the ‘Neutral’ parties in E0 Zone are ready.”
“As soon as you issue the command, a large number of citizens will soon take to the streets to march, the whole process is estimated to take ten minutes, we will open the gates of the ‘East District’, ‘North District’, and ‘South District’ high walls in succession… As the price of action, the gate-opening ‘Neutral’ parties will escape with the marching citizens, subsequently completely abandoning the stealth operations in E0 Zone.”
Zhuang Su’s voice rang out in Gu Shen’s Heart Sea.
Gu Shen looked back, glancing in Xiaoman’s direction.
He calmly said: “Okay, you can start now.”
With a command.
The silent long night of E0 Zone suddenly had so very subtle sounds.
That was the sound of doors being pushed.
In the night, door after door was pushed open.
One after another, cloaked in robes, ragged clothes, the native residents, barefooted walked onto the streets…
The flas that burned the long night had long been buried in this overburdened slum, a spark had already existed when the church oppressed, just never erupted, and tonight, soone lit the fuse, more and more E0 Zone residents took to the streets, above the sky echoed the sounds of “area seal” alarms, drones whistling past, constantly issuing “curfew” warnings, yet the flas on the ground tore through the long night, soone took action, smashing down the first drone.
Then ca the second, third…
The mighty crowd surged out from all directions, at this mont He Chan, who arrived at the top of the tower in the city center, watched this scene with a gloomy expression, he was about to move to the northern district, but never expected such chaos at this critical mont, even more unexpected that there were so many of these awakened with basic Extraordinary Ability poor people, with such audacity!
They feared the church.
Are you not afraid of the Source Tower, more powerful and terrifying than the church?
Soone lit a torch.
Not just one.
The parade on the street got larger; they held up the flas, dispelling the darkness, and smashed down the howling drones, while the “Neutrals” who ignited the flas lted into the crowd…
Or perhaps.
At this mont, everyone in the long night was a “Neutral.”
The fire in the long night grew more intense!
A dull roar trembled above the city’s streets, like a heart about to awaken. Gu Shen walked through the dark alleys, listening to the increasingly orderly and grand rumble.
Xiaoman, carrying a basket, stared blankly at this unprecedented scene.
And not just them.
Every native who ca to the streets at this mont heard a sound emanating from themselves, a sound that almost shook the entire E0 district…
“Rumble-umble-umble—”
Accompanied by this prolonged loud noise, the eastern gate of E0 District, ordered to remain closed, slowly opened.
A Neutral drew a sword and killed the gatekeeper who was “spiritually enslaved,” first opening a corner of the entire blockaded city. The parade broke the cage; they knew which direction led to freedom, left E0 District, and then ran south. The Neutrals had already released the news that the largest “S12 Living District” in South Cave was willing to accept and treat them well!
He Chan, standing atop the tower, looked extrely displeased.
To control a city, how many people are needed?
Five people.
Yes, in a state of order and stability.
Five High Order Transcendents from the Source Tower would suffice.
But… at this mont, a large number of people began rioting, the scene was out of control, all five Law Enforcers leapt to high points, and faced with this sudden situation, they fell into silence…
And during the silence, the northern gate also opened, the Neutrals killed the gatekeeper, then led the parade of people flocking out of the city walls!
“Everyone gather at the northern gate.”
He Chan calmly spoke: “Do not kill indiscriminately, the target may be among the crowd… Suppress the riot as much as possible using spiritual power.”
He took a deep breath and made the final decision.
With orders given, He Chan stepped on the central tower, dashing quickly in the direction of the northern district. He didn’t know if making such a decision was right or wrong… Lord Vermilion Bird would soon arrive with reinforcents. This level of riot, he couldn’t handle alone, but if the Divine Envoy arrived and expanded the domain, there might be a chance for control.
No matter what, he first had to hold down the most likely “exit”!
The gusty wind howled.
In the corner of his eye, He Chan caught sight of a shadow, a figure cloaked in black like him, stepping across elevated buildings, heading towards the northern exit.
His spiritual power spread out—
But strangely, the position where that person was, was inky black, almost rging with the night!
This was a strong adversary whose spiritual power exceeded his own!
Realizing this, He Chan was startled, the next mont, the figure racing through the alley suddenly accelerated, bursting forth instantaneously to appear before He Chan.
“Clang!”
A flash of sword light slashed out.
He Chan instinctively drew his sword, countering with a slash, yet the figure ca quickly and left quickly, their movent extrely agile. As He Chan swung his blade, the figure swiftly retreated, like a rootless duckweed skimming past the arc of the blade.
“Who are you? Na yourself!”
He Chan’s voice carried a faint trace of anger.
The one who retreated without a word just “quietly” looked at him.
The two locked eyes.
He Chan stopped swinging and continued to dash toward the northern gate, and then the next mont, the scene repeated, the cloaked figure instantly latching onto him once again, but this ti when He Chan slashed, the Black Shadow did not avoid retreating.
“Crack!”
Just before the sword was about to strike the figure’s shoulder, they extended an opposite arm, within a flash, snapping out two fingers to strike heavily on the blade, breaking out a cascade of crisp spark-laden light!
“Clank!”
He Chan’s expression was shaken.
His battle sword, unexpectedly sent into a trembling recoil by a re fingertip tap.
What terrifying physical power is this?
Beyond the sword vibration, another matter was more critical.
In a clash between strong adversaries, just a mont could glean much information… more than winning or losing the bout, He Chan focused on the identity of this “mysterious figure,” why so many people took to the streets tonight, this couldn’t just be a coincidence, soone was plotting in the shadows. He needed to unravel this person’s identity.
The sword force swayed.
He exposed a flaw.
“Smack!”
Then the Black Shadow rcilessly gave him a resounding slap, sending He Chan, who was advancing along the ridge of a row house, tumbling heavily into the alley below.
“Boom!”
After falling, He Chan imdiately rose, holding his knee with one hand, struggling to stabilize his battle sword with the other. His face was dark and cold as he stared hard at the “Black Shadow” in front.
Gu Shen hovered under the eaves of an old brick house, hung upside down like a bat, seemingly sticking.
“You dare not show your true face…”
He Chan wiped away the blood from his lip, coldly said: “Afraid of the Source Tower’s reckoning?”
“…”
Gu Shen silently chuckled, wrapped in a large robe, wearing a ghostly mask, calmly observing He Chan.
“You think I can’t guess?”
He Chan also laughed.
He held the sword with both hands, softly said: “I’ve already guessed who you are… you can’t escape, Lord Vermilion Bird will be here soon.”
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