Laughing at Chang'an

"Have you figured it out?"

In the hut by the Moon River, Li Mubai put down his teacup and asked indifferently.There was a long wooden box on the table, and there were three things in it: a notebook, a private seal, and an envelope.

"If I don't come back, I will trouble you to keep these things." Geng Yan pushed the wooden box in front of Li Mubai, and said calmly, "When Li Shen wakes up, please pass it on to him."

Li Mubai let out a sneer from his nostrils, raised his hand and patted on the wooden box, after all, he stood up without saying anything, took the box and left.After he left, the room became silent again. Geng Yan sat alone at the table for a while, then got up to make dinner.

Dinner is very simple, a bowl of Yangchun noodles, some vegetables, and an egg.Geng Yan silently ate the noodles, washed the dishes, went to the bathroom to take a brief shower, came out with a soaked towel, and wiped Li Shen's body like every night.

Li Shen's body has not changed at all from two years ago, and even the parts that had disappeared have recovered unconsciously. Geng Yan is familiar with every part of this body, even more familiar with his own body.He put his head on Li Shen's heart, and clenched his fists tightly in the deathly silence. Sometimes he would wake up suddenly from sleep, holding unrealistic and small expectations, just like now, to confirm Li Shen's heartbeat.

Everyone thinks that he should be strong and indestructible, including himself, but despite that glamorous coat, he is just a poor man who has lost his beloved.

But he cannot be weak.

The moonlight like silver frost shrouded the floor beside the bed. Geng Yan sat on the head of the bed, quietly hugging Li Shen in his arms, resting his chin on the top of each other's head, enjoying what might be the last moment of embracing each other.He knew better than anyone else how big the risk was to take this time. It was a 'monster' that could seriously injure Li Shen who was in his heyday at the time. Three orc kingdoms in the entire Northland were destroyed because of this, and even in the end he He had to temporarily join forces with Li Shen, who was his mortal enemy, to get rid of that 'monster'.

This time, he didn't even have a half-step altar in the hands of the people he could use. If the 'monster' was alarmed, the ending would be self-evident.

But at this moment, he didn't think about those things, the bet of life or death, he has experienced too much in his life... Geng Yan kissed Li Shen's hair, at this moment, he just wanted to hug this person, quietly waiting for dawn.

That's it.

………………

Because Geng Yan repeatedly emphasized the need to be 'absolutely reliable', Gu Dong only brought two cars and six people. On the day of departure, Gu Dong and his people waited at the agreed assembly point in the northern suburbs of Chang'an early in the morning.However, it was not Geng Yan who came, but a stranger with a broken arm.

"The commander-in-chief has already set off from another route." The one-armed man said to Gu Dongdao, "It's not that he can't trust you, but there are too many people who want to kill him. If you don't want to, it's too late to turn around and go back now."

Gu Dong said nothing on the face, but he was very upset in his heart. His people discovered the ruins, and he trusted Geng Yan to tell the other party, but now that Geng Yan sent this person, he wanted to tell him to get out. , it is too much.He hummed coldly, raised his eyelids and said, "Then how did Geng Yan call you here?"

The one-armed man looked him up and down, his lips curled up, and he said, "Just follow me."

So Gu Dong and his subordinates followed the one-armed man into the Landau Prairie. On the first day, they drove along the Landao Highway that runs through the north and south in a regular manner. There was nothing worth mentioning.It's just that Gu Dong, who had been vigilant all the time, also noticed that there were people following behind, most of whom seemed to be enemies rather than friends, and the purpose was definitely not for him, but for Geng Yan.

At night, two cars parked on the side of the road to rest, the one-armed man woke Gu Dong up, and saw a hole in the ground beside the car at some point, several people came out of the hole, boarded the car and exchanged ideas Clothes, while Gu Dong and others left from the soil hole under the guidance of the one-armed man, and completed the replacement without anyone noticing.

On the other side of the cave, there is a road supply station. The light in the small hall is dim, and a dozen or so heavily armed mercenaries are sitting or standing. The leader hugged the one-armed man who walked out of the cave, and then He sized up Gu Dong and his subordinates with naked, probing eyes, and said coldly, "That's them?"

"Yes." The one-armed man nodded, glanced at the earth hole that was being quickly filled, and said in a low voice, "Let's go, we'll talk on the road if we have anything to say."

So this team expanded to more than 20 people and set off in the dark. First, they took a large truck and arrived at another supply station on the way. A team flew all the way away from the Landau Prairie, and when they entered the territory of the Northland and transferred to another medium-sized cargo boat, this ruins exploration team, which only had six people from Gu Dong at the beginning, had already grown to a scale of hundreds of people. .

All of these hundreds of people are elites. With Gu Dong's eyesight, he can see that, and he also speculates in his mind-although the Geng Army was destroyed, not all of them died, and from the names these people called Geng Yan It can be seen that they must be the survivors of the Geng Army.

Obviously possessing such power, but sweeping the streets in Chang'an, Gu Dong couldn't tell what it was like, and could only laugh at himself for being too naive.

It was already the afternoon of the fourth day when we arrived near the ruins.

Geng Yan has not yet shown up, but there are more than 200 mercenaries gathered here, which is quite eye-catching. They are disguised as caravans.After getting along day and night for a few days, Gu Dong's strength and temperament were recognized, and he was the one Geng Yan named to be kind to him, and those Geng Army mercenaries who were not very polite to him gradually accepted him.From these people, Gu Dong learned that when the Geng Army was destroyed, most of them were performing missions in other places, because the incident happened suddenly and they were chased and killed by the enemy. When they got rid of the pursuers and wanted to rush back to Chang'an for rescue, it was too late.The Geng Army has too many enemies, and it is not easy to get revenge. They have kept their names in hiding all these years, secretly accumulating strength, and finally waited until Geng Yan woke up... Gu Dong couldn't help but feel emotional, such loyalty is so rare, in the words of these people Among them, even though Geng Yan has become a useless person, their respect and trust in him still remain undiminished, as if there is nothing in this world that their commander-in-chief cannot do.

"What about Li Shen?" Gu Dong found an opportunity and asked the one-armed man he was already familiar with, "If it's not Geng Yan who wakes up, but Li Shen, what should you do?"

The one-armed man was smoking a cigarette, and when he heard this, he gave him a surprised look, but didn't answer the question right away.Just when Gu Dong couldn't help but want to ask, the one-armed man threw out the cigarette butt in his hand, took a deep breath, and muttered in a low voice: "Ghost knows, Li Shen, that's a lunatic..."

At that time, Gu Dong didn't understand how much helplessness and expectations were contained in these words.

………………

On the morning of the fifth day, Geng Yan arrived at the assembly point, and with him came a Scorching Sun-class battleship that looked like a giant whale.

After a few days, Geng Yan, who got off the battleship, surprised Gu Dong. His shaved blond hair showed a different aura than before, and the expression on his thin face was indifferent but dignified. Almost at the same moment, standing The members of the Geng Army around Gu Dong became extremely quiet, their eyes silently staring at Geng Yan.

Geng Yan was also looking at them.

No one wept with joy, and no one shouted with joy. At this long-lost moment of reunion, the mercenaries of the Geng Army just quietly watched their leader, watching him walking towards them.

Something is different, and Gu Dong who is in it is keenly aware that whether it is the one-armed man who is already very familiar with him but still refuses to reveal his name, or someone else he is not familiar with, at this moment, It seems that something is waking up from them... manic, trembling, the nose seems to smell the bloody smoke of the battlefield, the fierce soul contained in the body is burning, from the two pairs full of words In the pupils of frenzy.

The origin of all this is only because of the man who came gradually.

Behind Geng Yan, groups of heavily armed soldiers filed out of the battleship, carrying various excavation machines, and quickly disappeared around the ruins not far away.The huge battleship rose into the sky again, and disappeared above the high-altitude clouds. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. Geng Yan didn't say a word of politeness, and directly issued a task to the Geng Army. Finally, he called Gu Dong to his side and asked asked him a question.

"You want to be my disciple, so are you willing to join the Geng Army?"

Gu Dong silently widened his eyes.

Geng Yan patted him on the shoulder, walked away from him, and said calmly: "Think clearly, tell me the answer."

The entire ruins were completely sealed off by the people brought by Geng Yan. Apart from the mercenaries originally belonging to the Geng Army, there were also thousands of soldiers who did not know where they came from.The outer layer of the ruins has been excavated with amazing efficiency, but Geng Yan is not in a hurry to explore inside. Gu Dong feels that he seems to be waiting for something.

In the early morning of the eighth day, a tattered off-road vehicle passed through the blockade around the ruins, swaggered into the camp, and Feng He, wearing a gray cloak, jumped out of the vehicle, walked into the headquarters, biting a cigarette, and asked straight to the point: " What is the treasure?"

"Halendar's Time Stone."

Geng Yan pointed to the internal model of the ruins placed on the table, nodded at the most central position, and explained the purpose of this trip to everyone for the first time: "This ruin itself has no particularly dangerous traps, its defense mechanism It was triggered at the moment the treasure was taken away, to be precise, its original function was a prison, under which a 'monster' was suppressed..."

"Monster?" Feng He frowned, "Did you see it with your own eyes? I always thought that Hallendar's Time Stone was just a fairy tale."

In Fanglu's ancient story of unknown origin, Hallendar's Time Stone is a stone that can manipulate time. It can move people's time forward or backward, thus making people younger or older. .In that story, Hallendar obtained this magical stone and used it to save his dead wife, but he also offended the gods, who sent down the messenger to punish him, but he was defeated by his witty use of the time stone. However, the messenger of the gods is immortal, so Hallendar had to use the time stone to stop his time at the moment when he was defeated, and seal it up forever.

"There are all kinds of wonders in the world." Geng Yan said calmly, "I need Harendar's time stone, so we have to find a way to deal with the messenger of the god."

"If there is such a miraculous stone, it doesn't matter even if it is killing the gods." Feng He laughed.

The arrival of Feng He completed the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle in Geng Yan's plan. Everything was ready. In the afternoon, Geng Yan took Geng Liancheng and Feng He to visit the ruins in person. He entered and came out empty-handed, just to confirm the path and the inside. thing.

"Two minutes." Feng He said his deduction in the command post that was simply assembled, "It will take at least two minutes from the time I get the things to the time I leave the area of ​​the ruins."

The atmosphere in the room was somewhat depressing. Gu Dong knew that being able to sit here was already a sign of Geng Yan's trust in him, so usually he just listened and didn't talk about it, but at this moment, he hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but propose: "What if a passage is opened directly above it? Hang a rope down and tie the other end to the battleship."

Geng Yan slowly raised his head to look at him, but Feng He burst out laughing. The reaction of the two of them made Gu Dong feel a little uneasy, and Feng He smiled and said with emotion: "It seems that a straight mind is still useful."

Gu Dong was stunned for three seconds before realizing that Feng He was scolding him.

The dawn morning breeze was blowing in the silent valley, Geng Yan stood on the cliff in the distance, quietly watching the surface of the excavated ruins below.The rising sun emitted a fiery red halo behind him, burning like flames in those deep pupils.

Down below, outside the hole opened by Lianye, Feng He took off the cigarette in his mouth and crushed it in his palm. One end of the long chain was wrapped around his waist, and the other end was tied to the small airship suspended in the air.

He jumped down.

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Middle Earth, Chang'an.

On the tenth day after Geng Yan left, the city of Chang'an was calm.

In the teahouse by the side of the road, the storyteller was talking about the three-day and three-night battle between Li Sanduo and the blood emperor.The audience laughed and urged him to speak quickly, but someone suddenly put his hand to his ear and asked doubtfully, "Did you hear something?"

Everyone fell silent and listened attentively. Sure enough, there was a faint buzzing sound, which seemed to come from under their feet.One after another, it gradually became quicker and clearer. The wooden floor of the tea house trembled visibly, and the teacups on the table also rattled. Everyone was shocked, looked at each other, and then got up in a hurry. run outside.

……earthquake?

In the Huiguang Guild Hall, Li Mubai was leaning on the soft couch, flipping through the account book of Huiguang under his hand, but saw Ban Jia rushing in, and said in panic, "Master, come and take a look, Li Shen is covered in golden light... "

Li Mubai blinked and blinked, got up and went to the bedroom where Li Shen was placed with his servant A, as soon as he entered the room, he saw the room was full of golden lights, so blind.He silently looked at Li Shen who was disappearing, turned his head and told the bewildered follower, "Go ask Zhang Pu to come."

When Zhang Puqiu arrived, Li Shen had already melted into nothing but his head.

Standing by the bed and observing for a while, Master Zhang pushed his glasses, and said to Li Mubai with a calm face: "I can't do anything in this situation, let's prepare for the funeral."

To prepare for a funeral, Li Mubai called someone to take a few photos as evidence to prove that Li Shen's bizarre way of death had nothing to do with him, so that he would not be wronged as a murderer afterwards.After taking the photo, only half of Li Shen's head was left. Li Mubai looked at it inexplicably and felt a little worried, so he lifted the quilt and covered him up.

The little bulge under the sheet gradually flattened.

The golden light that filled the room also quietly dissipated, Li Mubai put his hands into his trouser pockets, stood beside the empty bed, and said for a long time, let's go.

He turned and left, and closed the door behind him, but he didn't notice that after he turned around, a small ball of light quietly flew out from under the flat sheet.

A handful of curly blond hair was wrapped in the light cluster, and it flew out of the window leisurely, and danglingly fell towards the ground.It fell into the flowerbed downstairs, continued to fall from the wet soil, passed through the gradually hardening rock formation, and was stopped by a layer of pitch-black metal that suddenly appeared.The small ball of light rolled anxiously on the metal surface, looking for a gap for it to pass through, but found nothing, so it jumped up suddenly, and slammed into the metal barrier forcefully.

Every time it hits, Chang'an shakes.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom boom boom boom boom...

Li Shen opened his eyes in the sea of ​​light.

………………

Northland, outside the ruins.

If there are really miracles in this world, then Gu Dong believes that everything in front of him is a miracle.

"Oh my God……"

The Sun-class battleship suspended in the air was grasped by a palm, and the huge ship body looked like a poor bird in contrast with the giant palm. blaze.

Arms, then shoulders, when this monster climbed up from under the ruins, there was nothing more conspicuous than it in the whole world.The huge body with a height of several thousand meters stretched out, and the soil rustled down, revealing the cold and hard color of the metal underneath. In the sight of everyone, in the next second, it grabbed it with unimaginable sensitive movements. closed the river.

Feng He held a stone shining with blue light in his hand, and narrowly escaped the catch. Geng Yan originally planned to let him take the things and leave in an airship, but the monster woke up faster than expected And even faster.The explosives that were going to be detonated could not be used because Fenghe hadn't left yet. He frowned and looked at Fenghe who was running away under the pursuit of monsters, turned his head and told Geng Liancheng: "Arrange people to respond, people don't care, first put the things away." Throw it over."

Without further ado, Geng Liancheng waved behind him, and rushed out in the direction of Fenghe, and saw a dozen figures stretching towards Fenghe in steps, and the latter's reaction was also extremely fast, throwing away the shining blue stone with a wave of his hand go out.The giant palm above his head, which was about to slam towards Fenghe, suddenly shifted its direction, but Geng Liancheng, who had caught the stone, threw it back in an instant without hesitation.

The giant palm, which had no time to change direction again, covered the ground heavily, forcibly flattening a raised hill.I saw the huge monster supporting the ground with one palm, and swiping the other palm horizontally. The mercenary holding the stone threw it far away. Before he could dodge in time, he was smashed into a cloud of blood mist in the air.Gu Dong blinked his eyelids unconsciously, but saw Geng Yan in front of him pick up the communicator and ordered: "Detonate the explosives."

That voice was so calm that it sent chills down the spine.

In the next instant, the whole world was covered with dazzling white light.

The billowing hot wind blew up Geng Yan's clothes, and he took the stone that was sent by his subordinates. The body emitting blue light was as transparent and colorless as crystal, and he was gently held in his palm.In the light of the explosion that covered the sky and the sun, without warning, a huge, miraculous figure jumped into the sky, stretched its huge body, and stretched out his hand towards Geng Yan who was standing on the top of the cliff.

The giant leaping in the sky and the tiny human on the cliff are an indescribable sight.

In everyone's eyes, time seemed to have stopped at this moment, and at the next moment, a golden meteor from outside the sky fell straight down, turning the whole world into a boundless sea of ​​light.

Immediately, everyone heard a chuckle.

...this is not an illusion.

When the light faded, what came into view was metal ruins rising high like fallen mountains. At the forefront of the ruins, pieces of golden clover like elves were dancing and spinning around a figure.

Shocked, dazed, joyful, calm... Geng Yan watched the figure silently until the other person turned around, raised his head, and looked at him.

—he held out his hand to him.

If ten years is a reincarnation, and it is also a new beginning at the end, then no matter how many times of reincarnation, he will not let go.

——Life after life, forever.

The author has something to say: PS: Cough, you know, tomorrow is the real finale, ahahahaha (get out)