High priest

The strange lake formed in the polar region of Antarctica is located in the depression of the ice sheet and among the undulating mountains.

It covers an area of ​​half an hectare, and its boundary forms a circle. In the darkness covered by the polar night, it glows with a bright blue light. It is as beautiful as a dream, and it is also like an eye embedded in Nanzhou, staring straight at this place. A fragile world.

It is extremely beautiful and extremely dangerous, so the scientific research team stationed in Nanzhou named this lake "Nightmare".

"When we stare at it, we feel that it is also staring at us." The red-haired woman named Catherine told Qi Xinli, "It has a kind of magic power, similar to hypnosis. If you stare at it for too long, you will unconsciously think about it." Get close to it, and get closer to it, until it accidentally sinks into the lake."

"We're not afraid to face monsters, but we're afraid to be bewitched. More victims are 'eaten' by the lake than people die in battle, and that includes my husband."

Catherine smiled bitterly and wiped away her tears: "This is the nightmare of my life."

"I'm sorry..." Qi Xinli sighed. Catherine's experience is just a microcosm of the general environment of Doomsday.But seeing the big from the small, the tragedy of the world is mainly composed of microcosms.

What the awakened ones have to do is to destroy the "equipment" of the tragedy projection.

"So, Mr. Qi, are you sure you want to single-handedly...challenge that lake?" Catherine tried to stop her, but she didn't know how to persuade her, "Maybe we should wait patiently, sir!"

"We have used your private plane to send out a distress signal, and I heard that you also contacted Zhongzhou immediately. As long as the support can arrive, we will have a better chance of winning, won't we?"

"Sir, it's not good to do it alone." At this time, an Australian man also persuaded, "My name is Seger Lang, and I'm a mercenary who likes to spend his spare time on horror movies." He shrugged Shrugging his shoulders, he spread his hands and said, "People who like to go it alone in horror movies... 99% of them miss, and the remaining 1% of the survival rate belongs to the protagonist."

These words are indeed true, but they don't know that Qi Xinli's ability can overcome the bewitching buffs.

"According to common sense, we should wait, but some information collection time is limited, I can't afford to wait." Qi Xinli said, "You have said that after two flashes of light, one black and one white, the ice cap of Nanzhou cracked. The monster that ran out shrank back. Up to now, it has only been cruising at the mouth of the lake, not daring to cross the boundary in half a step."

"What does this mean?" Qi Xinli continued, "It means that there is still a terrible energy left in Nanzhou, and it is this energy that makes the monster retreat instinctively."

"The enemy is retreating, why don't I chase after it? Is there a more perfect time to collect intelligence than this?"

For Qi Xinli, as long as they are monsters that shrink back when encountering "black and white double evil", their strength is basically at the same level as his.

Since they are at the same level, what else can we not hold on to?

Seeing that Qi Xinli had made up his mind, they stopped persuading him.However, this "United Army" far away in Nanzhou is really kind, even if they don't agree with Qi Xinli's decision, they are still willing to help.

"What are you going to do to help?"

"It's a compatriot anyway, so I'll just say it straight." The compatriot from Zhongzhou patted him on the shoulder, "Give us a chance—if you overturn your car, you can still get your body back."

Qi Xinli: ...

After confirming the eyes, the other party is a pure-bred Central Continent aborigine.After all, only compatriots are so ruthless when they stab their compatriots.

……

Nanzhou in the state of polar night is a place where the sun never rises.The thousands of miles of ice field is covered by darkness, and in the whipping of the blizzard, the so-called sense of direction of human beings is not worth mentioning.If they hadn't known that "the place with blue light is a nightmare", perhaps they wouldn't be able to touch the edge of the lake tonight.

Qi Xinli once again stood on the top of the ice field, overlooking the lake below.And behind him, a team of United Army is climbing with difficulty.

He saw the humanoid monster again.

A woman's form, blue skin.It was swimming in the lake, as if it sensed his approach, it stopped moving.

Not long after, it swam to the lake, stretched out its hand to him from a distance of several hundred meters, and opened its arms again.At this moment, the lake seemed to be not a lake, but a vast sea of ​​blurred flowers; the monster was no longer a monster, but a fairy who woke up from the lake.

"She" issued a silent invitation to him, asking him to go to "her".

A strange force emanated from the monster's forehead, oscillating with the water vapor, ice and snow in circles.In a trance, the cold seemed to disappear, and the temperature returned to the warmth of spring.

The birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the sun is shining brightly.Someone stood there in a daze, and began to take off his clothes one by one: "Why is it so hot... so hot..."

Bang——The power of bewitching collided with the Buddha's aura, and the wave-to-wave vibration distorted the trajectory of the wind and snow.

Qi Xinli sneered, took out his bowl, and casually slapped it in the direction of the lake.There was a roaring "嗡" sound, and the Sanskrit sound spread like a temple, which suddenly woke up the demented person.

In the next second, the sound waves vibrated with ice and snow.The wind and snow blowing towards him gave a suspicious pause, but suddenly changed direction as if swept by a hurricane, and rushed towards the lake mixed with buzzing noises!

"Om—" is the sound of the universe, which is continuously transmitted through the bowl.

In an instant, the illusion shattered, and the so-called sea of ​​flowers instantly turned into dead bones in a tomb.The long hair of the humanoid monster flew up with a buzzing sound, it stared at Qi Xinli coldly, and the latter took a step towards it.

Crack... It's the sound of a glacier crumbling.

The sides are sunken and the middle is raised.Qi Xinli stepped on the protruding "backbone", slid directly from above the ice field, and slid steadily to the front of Nightmare Lake.

Behind him, the exclamation of the United Army came.

"Mr. Qi, come back quickly!" Catherine yelled, "Is he under control? Come on, give me the gun! I'm going to shoot his leg off so that he won't go any further."

"No, not charged..." Sager said, "He seems to have a natural immunity to these."

"Just now, he dragged us out of the hallucination," said another. "Did any of you see how he did it?"

No one said a word.

After a long time, Catherine murmured, "Is this the awakened one?"

Qi Xinli stopped by the lake and sat cross-legged in front of the monster.He took out the wooden fish from the backpack behind him, and smiled at the monster very politely: "Monster, Master Ben Buddha is here to chant scriptures for you."

He was only half a step away from the monster, but the monster still didn't jump out to bite him. It seemed that he couldn't get out.

But that's also good, he can just use this evildoer to try out the scriptures he knows, and see which one is more suitable for killing demons.By the way——

The Buddha's blue aura condensed into a pair of materialized big hands. Qi Xinli controlled the power and gently dipped into the lake, and found no signs of being attacked or swallowed.

The humanoid monster didn't say a word, it just left the lakeside silently and swam to the center.Then, it saw the pair of big blue hands close together, scoop up a piece of lake water, and splash it onto the ice field.

monster:……

United Army: ...

"Amitabha, goodness is goodness." Qi Xinli knocked down the wooden fish, "This Buddha is a bodhisattva, not only to purify your body and mind with scriptures, but also to pull out your nails with bergamot."

"Pumping, I'm not used to you." Smile.

Crowd: ...

After a long time, when the chanting of the rebirth mantra began, Catherine looked in a trance: "Is this the awakened one?"

The compatriots of Central Continent inserted their knives precisely: "Although monsters are not humans, the awakened ones are real dogs." They are the ones who know nothing about power.

……

Along the coast of Central Continent, Jingdu Port took the lead in building a steel fortress.The fortress refers to the architectural structure of the X organization in the open sea, supporting a huge structure with 3 floors above the ground and 9 floors underground.

After experiments, the framework is fully adapted to wartime needs.As a result, satellite fortresses centered on steel fortresses sprung up like mushrooms after rain, old buildings were pushed to be rebuilt, and "sci-fi buildings" with punk metal styles rose one after another.

From Jingdu Port to Hulukou, from Conch Bay to Juwang City, metal buildings are gradually replacing reinforced concrete projects, becoming the most mainstream architectural style in the doomsday stage.

And excluding the strong influence of the awakened team, Zhongzhou once again shocked the whole world with the world's first cohesion and construction speed!

As of today, Central Continent has nearly 81 semi-finished fortresses, the strongest Awakened team, and the most disciplined army. It can be called "the safest place in the world."

No matter which country's nationals they are, they are full of longing for the fortress city of Central Continent.

However, only Zhongzhou himself knew that the reason why he worked so hard to build the fort was because his own family was more dangerous than others.The Ningyuan mountain range split into eight petals, and the Lingdong boundary gate was broken into a gap. If we don't hurry up to build infrastructure, we will not be able to survive this day!

During this period, a new team of Awakeners emerged in the Nut Country, and its leader was an 18-year-old boy named "Noble Rodrinan".It is reported that Noble is Nanya's elder brother, and politicians try to use this to bring Nanya back.

At that time, the Nut politician contacted the Central Continent Diplomatic Office and broadcast a live broadcast: "Dear girl——Nanya Rodrinan, it's time for you to return to your hometown. Your parents and elder brother miss you very much, and they urgently hope you come back."

It's a pity that Noble is worthy of being Nan Ya's elder brother, and his temper is exactly the same as Nan Ya's.

He didn't listen to the rhetoric of politicians at all, and directly punched the politicians away in front of the camera, grabbed the microphone amidst the sighs, and shouted: "Nanya! Live according to your ideas, no matter what you choose Whether it is Zhongzhou or Nut, my brother will support you! Forever!"

"Nanya, this time, please do it for yourself!" A large group of bodyguards pressed on the boy, Noble threw them away, and continued holding the microphone, "For freedom!"

Next, Noble smashed the microphone and turned on the bodyguard.In the chaotic scene, the Central Continent Diplomatic Office thought it was a verbal confrontation, but it turned out to be lonely.

"Is it really okay for them to do this?" Someone worried, "When is this, is their fort finished?"

"I heard that instead of building a fortress, they built seven large arks." Another person said, "It seems that they plan to abandon the land and live on the sea."

Too many slots!

"No matter how big the ark is, how many people can it take away? How can it be 'safe' to live at sea? What if a monster that can swallow the ark comes out?"

"Ask me why, I didn't mention this kind of intelligence-reducing decision!"

After arguing and arguing, they suddenly discovered that after making a comparison, Zhongzhou is really a very reasonable and safe place.

"I heard that starting tomorrow, Ningyuan and Lingdong will be the first to complete the personnel transfer."

"Well, I hope there is time..." Someone sighed, "And we are the ones who must stay. I hope that when the war starts in the future, the fire in Central Continent will stay forever."

Where the responsibility lies, there is always a group of people who must stay on the front line and cannot retreat.

For example, awakened people, doctors and soldiers, as well as workers who are familiar with weapon forging and transportation.In fact, being able to retreat to the fortress is a blessing, but many people from Central Continent rejected this luck.

Just like the old people who voluntarily stayed in Ningyuan, like Taoist priests who voluntarily went down the mountain to save the world, like those little awakened people who are still young but decide to contribute.

The way of heaven is inhumane, and treats everything as a straw dog.But they are as small as they are, but they also support the backbone of the avenue little by little.

I only hope that in Zhongzhou, the fire will stay forever.

……

Three days later, Sino City's ultimate move was almost developed, and Ji Si also received new news.

One is from Qi Xinli: "I am convinced! There is no sea water, no ice or land under the Lake of Nightmare, it is just a 'bottomless pit', the kind that is connected to another world, and the water can never be exhausted! I think Apply to form a team with Yu Mingyang, he can cure this thing with miraculous effects."

Ji Si's review: Yes.

The second is a painting from Dongdong.The child painted a metallic gray humanoid monster on the drawing paper, with compound eyes on the top of the head and six wings on the back.The two arms are the sickle claws of a praying mantis, and the lower abdomen is shaped like a wasp, with a rounded tail and a poisonous needle.The middle position is the shape of the man's body.

This is……

Keith: "Karinhos."

Sino City paused: "What are you talking about?"

However, Ji Si's expression was calm, but what he said made people palpitate: "Kalinhos is a collective name for demons from the interstellar dark field. They only hunt prey with high energy, and only invade planets with high energy."

The earth on Doomsday will go one step further to become a god, and step back to become a demon, which is just right for their appetite.

"Devil..." Si Nuocheng murmured.

For some reason, a figure covered in black flames flashed in his mind. The person's face was unrecognizable, and he only remembered that the person... stabbed the knife into his heart.

"Oh!" Sinocheng suddenly covered his heart, his eyes lost focus for a moment.

He let go of his hand and found that the chest cavity was intact and there was no blood on the palm of his hand.What's going on here?

"The most loyal lackeys under Abaddon's command." Ji Si stroked the painting, "They are here."

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PS: Sino City: Why do I feel a pain in my heart?

Ji Si: Your conscience actually hurts?

Sino City: ...