I'm a villain, not a devil

"...According to the laws of the Empire, the sentence is as follows..."

In the dark room, Elisa Lam didn't care what the eunuch said, but just looked behind him from time to time.

However, after a moment she looked away with some disappointment.

No one came...the third prince, the fourth prince, and no one from the Lan family showed up.

"Oh..." She sighed softly.

Even though Sean had already told her about this, and even though she had expected it, when she really encountered this situation, she naturally felt a complex mix of emotions in her heart.

'Perhaps His Majesty does not allow them to come and see me...' She tried to think so.

But what Sean had said came back to her mind and kept echoing.

"If you use the fake death drug, you will have a chance to explore the secret, but there is a high probability that you will die - just to protect your son who has no brains and no emotions. Ha, interesting..."

Sean didn't persuade her or make any agreement with her. He just analyzed what would happen before and after the incident.

It would be false if there was no fluctuation at all, but as a mother, she still wanted to fight for some chance of survival for her son.

If he just left, Bai Wen, who stayed in that position, would probably not be able to survive for many days - His Majesty's cruelty was worse than he had imagined.

The eunuch finally finished reading and handed over a bottle of medicine with a calm expression.

"Please, Lan Fei."

Alright?

Elisa Lam raised her head, took a deep breath and took the potion.

Under the other person's gaze, she tilted her head back and poured the entire potion into her mouth. However, no one noticed that something flickered on the tip of her tongue.

My consciousness was slipping away at a rapid pace, and I could no longer resist the heaviness of my body.

Elisa Lam fell to the ground without making any sound.

The eunuch took a look and then gestured to the outside.

A tall silent man walked in, his eyes closed, and stretched out a hand and waved it over Elisa Lam's body.

He made a set of sign language gestures to the eunuch, who nodded, took out a pair of scissors, and cut off a piece of the corner of Elisa Lam's clothes.

"Send it to the Lan family and let them build a cenotaph for it. Tell them that this is the last respect that His Majesty gives to Concubine Lan, and it is also for the sake of the Lan family and Speaker Lan Youshan."

"Yes." A eunuch came forward and took the piece of cloth.

After the others left, the eunuch who stayed in the room waited for a while, then said to the air: "Send them away, there are people waiting at the outskirts of the city."

The air fluctuated slightly in response.

Elisa Lam's body floated up and left the room without any wind.

After doing all this, the eunuch hurried towards the emperor's bedroom.

Elisa Lam's death was like that of an ordinary maid and did not cause any ripples.

When the eunuch walked into the emperor's bedroom, he suddenly changed into the shape of a seed.

The seed jumped onto the emperor's desk, and a voice came out of nowhere: "Your Majesty, it has been arranged."

The old emperor lying on the bed breathed like a bellows, then nodded gently: "Well, I'm still at ease with you doing the job..."

That seed continued, "Your Majesty, what about the Fourth Prince?"

The emperor laughed dryly, "Oh, there's no rush for the fourth one... The statue needs someone to keep busy for a while... He also needs to be exposed to enough aura... Once that's done, let 'Sean' show up again."

"I see--" the Seed replied.

The emperor continued to instruct, "Old Second and Yuan Tie, you continue to be busy."

"Yes..." The seed hesitated for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the first and fourth princes should be enough, right? Grand Duchess Yuantie is different from other concubines with low strength. After all, she is a deep red, and it is easy for her to detect abnormalities. She is not the kind of person who will sit and wait for death."

The emperor's voice suddenly became serious: "I have waited for so long, and I cannot afford any mistakes!"

The Seed quickly replied, "I understand, Your Majesty."

The emperor's voice suddenly became softer: "You have followed me for so many years, you know all my secrets... and you know even better that if you want to truly fulfill your dream, you can't do it without me. And -"

He dragged out his voice: "Once I get everything I want, you will be my mother's first fruit in the future. As for those princes and princesses... As long as I continue to rule the empire, I can have as many as I want."

Seed bowed his head and said nothing, and it seemed that he was bending even lower to the ground.

The emperor waved his hand, indicating that he could leave, and finally added: "I have been a little uneasy these days. Send someone to check that place out."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The seed jumped away, and when it went out, it expanded rapidly and turned into the appearance of a royal guard.

When the room returned to calm, the old emperor on the bed coughed a few times.

He looked at the ceiling and muttered to himself, his voice full of expectation that he could not conceal: "I don't have much time... I can't wait..."

Dense black nematodes spread out from under his body, seeming to devour everything around them.

The emperor's voice seemed to be suddenly distorted, mixed with the voices of the old, middle-aged and young. Outside of those voices, there seemed to be a layer of strange sound like the language of snakes.

"I am the savior of this world..."

……

"call--"

Amidst the sky full of sand, a group of people walking on the yellow wasteland stopped.

They wore thick windproof clothing and masks to protect against sand.

Even so, the sand and dust in this place still brings a great impact when it blows on your face. Occasionally, when the exposed skin is hit, there will be a strong stinging pain.

The group found a hillside that was sheltered from some sand and soil, and set up some tents themselves, so that they had a place to rest.

About seven or eight people took off their masks together, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and then each opened the huge backpack behind them to replenish food and water.

"The weather is getting weirder and weirder. Fortunately, I made preparations before coming here, otherwise my handsome face would be ruined before I even get halfway there." A skinny man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks complained.

Another middle-aged man with a square face laughed out loud: "Shouhou, with your face, disfigurement is equivalent to plastic surgery."

The crowd suddenly burst into laughter.

The man called the skinny monkey was not annoyed. He was obviously used to this. He moved his butt to the square-faced man and said, "Brother Dao, are we really going to the right place? Damn, it's just a joke, but it's getting harder and harder to walk along this road."

The others also stopped laughing and looked at the team leader, Brother Dao. What Shouhou said was right. Jokes aside, they had not encountered many other dangers along the way, but the environment was getting worse and worse.

A young-looking girl also frowned, "Indeed, Brother Dao, you said that there is a super oasis that no one has ever seen, and there is even a shelter? But this place, let alone people, I'm afraid that few animals can survive. The crazy beasts we encountered along the way are getting weaker and weaker, and we haven't seen many of them so far."

Skinny Monkey also nodded: "Yeah, when we first came in, there were even crimson-level Mad Beasts on the edge. My goodness, I was trembling just by looking at them from afar. Hey, we have come such a long way, and this damn place should only be able to survive by stronger Mad Beasts. As a result, we have only encountered a few King-level Mad Beasts from this morning till now, right?"

The square-faced man known as Brother Dao swallowed a mouthful of dry food and then spoke: "It is precisely because something is wrong that proves my statement, right? After we walk to the end, there must be sunshine there!"

As soon as the word "sun" came out, the group of people surrounding him licked their lips subconsciously, and everyone's eyes showed anticipation.

"Sun Chasers" is a general term for a group of people, and they are one of the Sun Chasers.

As the name suggests, they chase the sun, which really exists in this wasteland world but is rarely seen by people.

Gathering information from various places, exploring various historical sites, and occasionally participating in some part-time robbery, this is almost a part-time job throughout the lives of all sun chasers.

They call themselves the last hope in the wasteland, because only by finding the sun can mankind have a real future - this is the consensus of all sun chasers.

However, a hundred years ago, an outstanding sun-chaser led too many guys like him, and finally possessed a huge force, which eventually caused the dissatisfaction of the "mediocrities" who clung to the city.

Under the siege of several city-states and countries, the large group of people pursuing the Japanese was quickly dispersed. Today, only scattered groups from all over the world are left fighting on their own.

Brother Dao took another sip of water and said confidently, "The information I found was left by the Sun Chaser leader a hundred years ago. He originally wanted to organize resources and gather strength to explore this area, but in the end he aroused the envy of others."

As he spoke, he snorted in dissatisfaction: "That group of mediocre people only want to protect their own little piece of land! We humans are a species that lives under the sun. This evil dome is looming over our heads, and yet they can eat and sleep. How stupid!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding Sun-chasing people immediately burst into cheers.

Who among those who are still chasing the Japanese is not the most determined person? Just now, including the skinny monkey, they just said a few words casually, but as long as they scolded those mediocre people living under the evil dome, they immediately became united.

Brother Dao stood up and looked outside the tent. Although he couldn't make out anything because of the sand all over the sky, his eyes were still sparkling.

"Heavenly City, Gray Sea, and the Church - the place we want to go is in the middle of these three areas, close to the Gray Sea area in the southernmost part." He licked his lips. "This place has no development value. The nearby forces look down on it, but they have never thought that the center of this place is a place that even the evil dome cannot cover."

Brother Dao took another deep breath, his eyes filled with pure anticipation: "Don't you feel it's getting hotter?"

When these words were spoken, the others were stunned, and then they all reacted.

Yes, it's not just the sand, the temperature felt on the body surface is also getting higher and higher.

However, the closer you are to the edge of the Gray Sea, the lower the temperature should be.

Doesn't this mean that...

Everyone's eyes gradually lit up.

Brother Dao nodded vigorously: "That's right. Only when the sun shines down without any obstruction will the temperature rise higher and higher. The barren land they avoid is the real oasis."

The breathing of the sun chasers began to heat up.

With full power again and after a brief reorganization, they set out again on their journey to find the sun.

However, after walking in the wind and sand for a few more hours, the density of the sand had reached a terrifying level, the vision was almost completely blocked, and even moving forward became difficult.

To make matters worse, the compass we brought with us suddenly started to stop working.

"Brother Dao, what should we do?" Skinny Monkey shouted loudly in the wind and sand.

Brother Dao pondered for a moment, and then a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

He pointed to the densest sand area ahead, where a sand tornado was almost forming.

"We can only keep moving forward! And, you see, the environment has been getting worse and worse as we've walked along! So! The place we're looking for must be hidden in the innermost part!"

As if in response to Brother Dao's words, the sand in the sky suddenly burst into an increasingly terrifying whistling sound, and the sand tornado almost reached the sky.

A flash of fear passed through the eyes of the others, but excitement immediately surged up in their faces.

Sun chasers spend their whole lives for the sun, and death for this is not a pity.

Brother Dao is right!

Without any more words, they held hands and crashed into the sand tornado.

"Hold on to the people around you!" Brother Dao roared, and the protective suit on one of his arms burst open. Then the arm expanded rapidly and turned into a huge shield shining with metallic luster.

The crackling sound was like countless gunshots, and the sand actually created countless small holes on Brother Dao's shield.

Brother Dao groaned and continued to yell, "Hide behind me, everyone, pull tight!"

His strength was obviously quite outstanding, but he was so powerless when faced with a scene that was even more serious than an ordinary natural disaster.

The huge shield could not cover the people behind him. Sand and dust swept in from all directions, and cries of pain were heard from time to time.

No one knew how long they had been walking, but suddenly, everyone felt the severe pain and pressure in their bodies suddenly disappear.

Brother Dao staggered forward, and the rest of the people also stepped on empty air at the same time - they had been thrown out of the sand tornado without knowing when, and were falling rapidly!

"Catch it!" the skinny monkey shouted, and his skin expanded rapidly, firmly catching his falling companions.

The wind died down and they finally landed shakily.

Brother Dao coughed with difficulty, then looked at the people around him: "Are we out yet?"

"It's all out..." Shouhou's voice was filled with indescribable excitement, "Brother Dao, look at that...what is that..."

A gap was left, and the scorching heat fell on his skin without any cover, even causing a stinging pain.

However, there is something hanging high in the sky that will never be false.

Brother Dao stared at the thing almost like a madman, even though his eyes were stinging and filled with tears.

"It's... the sun..."