No. 127, the Reverse Realm, Huanggu Town.
The town where the "Black Prince Crusade" was fought has now become extremely desolate. Traces of the battle can be seen everywhere, but both humans and black people have long since left. Only the broken roads and razed buildings silently record the battle that once took place.
The black fog spread, shrouding the town in darkness.
Here, it seems as if time has stood still and everything will eventually decay.
But at this moment, a light like a firefly appeared faintly in the darkness in the distance. After a moment, the light became more and more obvious and stronger.
It turned out that it was a car light.
A vehicle used to transport workers was driving along a bumpy road. The vehicle occasionally shook violently. This type of vehicle was not suitable for driving in such an environment, but it was forced here. It has not fallen apart yet, so it can be considered of first-class quality.
Finally, the car stopped in front of a bottomless crack in the ground. Black fog was quietly surging in the headlights, and there were piles of rocks. It was terrifyingly quiet.
The magnetic car was equally quiet. It seemed that there was no one else in the car except the driver.
"arrive."
The car door opened and someone jumped out. He opened his closed helmet and threw it to the ground, revealing a rather haggard face.
His hair was messy like a pile of weeds, his skin was dry and dull, his eye sockets were sunken and the area around his eyes was dark, and his eyes were bloodshot as if he hadn't slept for several days.
If the female general of Storm saw him now, she probably would not recognize that the tired and haggard old man in front of her was her adoptive father, Yuan Shu, the former lord of Skyfort.
Yuan Shu was still talking to himself: "Do you feel it? Yes, it's right down there. It's calling me..."
He walked towards the crack in the ground, looked down, then revealed his star energy, turned around and climbed down.
He left the car on the ground. At this time, the door of the car, which had been shaken loose during the journey, fell to the ground with a bang, exposing the car inside.
A strong smell of blood gushed out of the carriage, and corpses were lying all over the floor. They were all workers wearing full-body protective clothing. Their bodies were entangled together, and they had thrust some sharp tools into each other's bodies, leaving behind such a scene of cannibalism.
No one knows why the workers turned on each other.
Clap, clap, clap.
Some loose stones rolled down from above and fell all over the ground.
A moment later, Yuan Shu landed on the ground. It was already dark underground and the black fog became thicker, but he seemed to have come to a place with fresh air. He took a deep breath, then continued to display his star energy, illuminating his surroundings and walked forward.
The monotonous sound of footsteps echoed in the desolate underground. Yuan Shu talked to himself as he walked: "The Black King was almost born here. You know the Black King, right? Yes, he is the ruler of the entire Reverse Realm."
"At that time, my adopted daughter cleared out the black people here and killed the black prince who didn't have time to become the black king. However, the black prince left something behind. That thing could not be destroyed or recovered, so we could only leave it underground."
"You said my adopted daughter is too stupid? No, I don't allow you to say that about her. She is a good girl, she is excellent. But she is only a human being. How could she know the function of the things left by the Black Prince?"
While talking to himself, Yuan Shu walked deeper into the ground.
The figure was gradually submerged in darkness, and a moment later, he was completely swallowed up by the darkness.
It was unknown how long they had been walking, but Yuan Shu had stopped talking to himself. The ground beneath his feet became increasingly rugged, with some places even presenting slopes more than ten meters high.
When he stopped, Yuan Shu said softly, "We're here."
He pulled out a gun from his waist and fired a shot at the top of his head. A bright light rose up, and a moment later a white light exploded. It turned out to be a flare.
In the light of the flares, it was not difficult to see that there was a towering tree in front of Yuan Shu. The trunk was as thick as a small building and more than fifty meters high. The branches were twisted and gray, radiating out in all directions, close to the top of the underground space, making the giant tree look like a pillar supporting this underground hall.
On that day, it was this big tree that continuously absorbed the lost vitality of the black people and humans on the surface battlefield, and produced a devil fruit for the Black Prince to evolve.
But now, the big tree is obviously dead. The trunk is gray and no longer flows with blood. There is no breath in it anymore, just like dirt and stone.
Yuan Shu walked around the big tree and came to one side, where he saw a high-backed throne. The throne was made up of intertwined tree roots and was an inseparable whole with the big tree.
Right on the throne, there was still a figure sitting upright.
If someone saw it unexpectedly, they would definitely be shocked, but if they looked closely, they would find that the figure was just made up of a set of armor.
These were the armors that the Black Prince had once worn. They were piled up and supported by countless vines, thus supporting a figure that was still sitting on the throne.
Right on that set of armor, there was a majestic and gorgeous black crown. It looked intact, but in fact, the gem on the crown had a crack. The originally purple gem now looked like a gray stone, without any breath at all.
"found it."
A smile appeared on Yuan Shu's face. He walked over and held the crown with both hands, but he saw that the crown was entangled by vines on all sides. Moreover, these vines were as hard as iron and could not be torn or pulled apart.
"Hey, it's your turn. Didn't you say there was a way to recycle it? Come out and deal with it."
Yuan Shu was talking to the air. At this moment, his left eye rolled uncontrollably and then gradually turned upwards. However, under the eye socket, another pupil rolled up.
The pupil was blood red, with a golden line in the middle and tiny dots of light all around. If you look closely, you will find that those tiny dots of light are tiny symbols.
When the blood pupil appeared, an illusory, dark red aura as light as clouds and mist began to rise from Yuan Shu's body. The aura extended along his hands to the crown, and then split into two.
One stream flowed into the gray gem, and the other flowed into the vines entangled with the crown.
After a while, the gray stone on the crown gradually turned bright red, and the texture changed from chaotic to transparent, like a top-grade ruby, but the crack never disappeared or healed.
As for the vines that were entangled with the crown, they began to soften, silently dispersed, and fell down one by one, allowing Yuan Shu to take out the crown.
"Okay, you can go back." Yuan Shu said in a deep voice. At this moment, he seemed to have become the city lord of the past again, showing his majesty.
Then the bloodshot pupil of his left eye gradually sank, and a dark brown pupil above the eye socket turned down. Yuan Shu blinked, and after adjusting himself, he returned to normal.
He turned around, his hands raised
He raised the crown, then took a deep breath and placed it on his head.
In an instant, he suddenly heard countless groans and roars, and established a connection with a large number of black people and their prison of will.
Yuan Shu's eyes suddenly bulged out, and dark blood vessels appeared at the corners of his eyes. His eyes quickly became bloodshot, but he smiled: "It's just like you said, I can feel them, I can control them."
"I am already their king!"
This voice rang in the minds of thousands of black people at the same time.
In the endless darkness, the crazy dark people were driven by that voice and rushed towards the human base from different corners and places like turbid currents.
... ... ... ..
Skyfort.
A nearly scrapped magnetic car stopped in the parking lot of the apartment building. The door opened and Old Xu, carrying a lot of bags and humming a tune, got out of the car.
He closed the car door with his foot, then trotted to the elevator. When he saw the elevator was about to close, he hurriedly called out, "Wait a minute, wait for me."
The elevator door opened again, and a middle-aged woman looked at Old Xu with a smile and said, "Hey, Mr. Xu, you bought a lot of things. What? Did you get a promotion?"
"How can that be possible, Sister Lin? If I get promoted, I will buy more than just these few things." Old Xu walked into the elevator with a smile.
"You look so happy. There must be something good. Did you receive any news? Could it be that Jingtao Castle surrendered? That would be great. My son has gone to the maintenance department. Although he doesn't have to go to the battlefield, I am always worried every day, afraid that something might happen to him."
Old Xu comforted her and said, "Don't worry, Sister Lin, your son will be fine."
The elevator door opened again, and Lao Xu walked out with his things and came to the door of his home.
The door was open, and Xiaomai, the daughter, was playing with a cat by the door. She had put a skirt on the cat. When she saw Lao Xu coming back, she immediately dropped the kitten and jumped up, shouting, "Dad, come back."
"Yes, Xiaomai, is mom here? Tell her not to cook tonight, because dad bought some delicious food."
The little girl cheered and rushed into the house to tell her mother the good news.
Old Xu closed the door, walked into the small dining room, put the things on the table, and saw his wife come out.
After taking a look at the things on the table, Zijin asked curiously, "Why did you buy so many things?"
"Because tonight is worth celebrating." Old Xu blinked, then laughed, "I have good news to tell you. I have been transferred to the logistics department as a team leader. My mission is to protect the safety of the logistics team, and I will work in the fortress, without going to the front line."
Zijin said happily: "Really? Then I feel relieved."
"Well, don't worry. I told you long ago that I know a lot of people and it's easy to get things done. So, now you don't have to worry about me going to the front line, right?"
Old Xu laughed, opened the boxes one by one, and called out, "Xiaomi, help mom get the dishes and chopsticks. We are going to have a big meal tonight."
"Great." The little girl shouted excitedly and ran into the kitchen.
"Slow down." Zijin hurriedly followed in.
Looking at his wife and daughter with smiles on their faces in the kitchen, Old Xu smiled and felt that everything he did for them was worth it.