After a long while, Su Lie seemed to come to his senses and said, "A god has actually descended. This world has become increasingly incomprehensible."
"In comparison, it was simpler before."
He put down the Fallen Greatsword and laughed: "You haven't had breakfast yet? Wait a minute, I'll make something to eat."
Even though it was night time in the Western Continent and Tianyang didn’t need to eat much, he still said, “Okay, I’ll help you.”
"No, the kitchen is too small to accommodate the two of us, so don't come in and make trouble."
"Go, water the flowers in my room and turn on the light."
"There hasn't been much sunshine lately, and the flowers are almost withered."
As Su Lie spoke, he walked into the kitchen, tied on an apron, took out some food from the bag of daily necessities, and placed it on the kitchen counter.
Tianyang didn't insist, walked into the bedroom and turned on the light.
He saw a photo of his mother Nanfei. In front of the photo, there was a vase with a bouquet of flowers in it.
Tianyang's vision suddenly blurred.
He seemed to see his mother's figure going in and out of the room.
The figure would sometimes smoke quietly.
Sometimes they are busy wiping the tables and chairs.
Sometimes laughing.
Sometimes crying.
That is a microcosm of my mother's life.
Tianyang came back to his senses from his trance, silently added some water to the vase, and then he heard his father's voice coming from outside.
“You can eat now.”
He gently closed his eyes and wiped them, and when he opened them again, everything was back to normal.
As he walked out of the bedroom, Tianyang smelled a strong aroma of meat.
He saw his father sandwich some freshly fried meat between two pieces of bread, and then brought two bottles of alcoholic drinks, smiling and saying, "There is limited food, so just make do with it."
Tianyang sat down, picked up one of the pies, took a bite, and his mouth was filled with rich gravy.
He closed his eyes, as if all the hard work of the past few days had been washed away by the food in his mouth.
A sense of satisfaction arises spontaneously.
"tasty."
Su Lie laughed and said, "It's delicious, right? I made it for your mother back then, and she praised it highly after eating it."
Su Lie picked one up and ate it very quickly. Then he took a sip of wine and sighed with satisfaction, "This is life."
As he started to finish the second one, he slowed down noticeably so that his mouth wouldn't be filled with food and he would have extra space to talk.
"With the world going so bad now, you must be very busy, right?"
Tian Yang also picked up the second pie, took a small bite and said, "Fortunately, my fortress is relatively small and doesn't attract too many black people."
"I still have a lot of strong men under my command, so for the time being, there won't be any big problems."
Su Lie glanced at him and said, "Don't hold on. If you can't bear it, come back. I'll hold up the sky for you if it collapses."
Tianyang couldn't help but look up at his father.
Su Lie stretched out his big hand and pressed it on Tianyang’s head: “I know you have grown up and have good abilities.”
"But to me, you will always be my child."
"If the child can't handle it, the father will naturally take over. This is a natural thing. There's nothing to be surprised about."
"the same as you."
"You're a father, too."
"If your child can't handle it, you have to hold him up."
“Why do fathers have broad shoulders? It is to hold up the sky for their children!”
Tianyang felt a slight soreness in his nose, and he ate the pie in two or three bites, then nodded: "I understand."
"I won't hold on."
"support
If I can't get down, I'll run away, so you don't have to worry about me."
He stood up and said, "It's getting late. I'm going back first. Take care of yourself, Dad."
"Also, your hands are greasy from holding a pie. Don't put it on other people's heads next time."
Tianyang smiled, opened the 'gap door' and left the shed.
Su Lie laughed and scolded him, "Brat!" and continued to eat the rest of the pie.
The smile on his face gradually disappeared.
In the end, he chose not to tell Tianyang about 'Yuan Shu'.
"Let me handle this matter myself."
After eating the pie, Su Lie packed up his things, washed the dishes, and walked into the bedroom.
Standing in front of his wife's photo, he looked at it for a moment before leaving the bedroom.
Su Lie took the 'Fallen Greatsword', put on his cloak, and walked out of the shed.
He sent a message to Chu Yan using the communicator: I'll be out for a few days, contact me if you have anything.
Then, he disappeared into the street.
... ... .
Castle of Glory.
Outside this super fortress, shadows flow like ink.
More than a hundred thousand dark people, a dark tide rolling in from all directions.
They flooded the earth, forming a huge, extremely gloomy shadow.
The earth seemed like a dark painting, with a surging black tide sweeping across the trenches and defense lines of the Glorious Castle.
In this black tide, flames continued to bloom, and each time they bloomed, a huge hole appeared in the dark shadow of the earth.
Unfortunately, this gap will be filled and compensated in less than a second.
Inside the fortress, flying ships of all sizes shuttled beneath the earth, releasing large patches of blazing flames that washed over the ground, erasing patches of darkness.
Among the black people, there are also many species that are good at flying. They chase the flying ships and try to shoot down these metal creations.
They also tried to rush into the fortress, but the energy barriers and fierce anti-aircraft fire from the defense walls made their attempts fail again and again.
war.
In full swing.
Inside the fortress, in the city lord's mansion.
A man in white stood in front of the window, looking at the sky lit up by war.
There was a knock on the door.
Li Yi turned around and stood up and said, "Come in."
The door opened, and a young woman quickly came to Li Yi and whispered, "Saint Su Yun from the Church of Glory is here, and she also brought the Knights Templar with her."
"Saint Su Yun said that the black people are invading, and City Lord Lin is out and has not returned yet. The church is worried that you are in danger, so she personally brought a group of Templar Knights to guard the place."
Li Yi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Protect me? This is to monitor me, right?"
"Now the generals and warriors of the fortress are fighting on the front lines, and the church has only sent out a symbolic army."
"They didn't leave the city to kill the enemy, but instead came to monitor me. What's the point of this?"
Sudden.
A voice sounded: "They are not monitoring you, but targeting me."
In the room, a bookcase moved away by itself, and a figure walked out from the secret door at the back.
It was the Lord of Glory Castle, Lin Jianping.
When Li Yi saw this, she immediately winked at her personal maid.
The young woman understood and left quickly, closing the door for them.
Li Yi then stepped forward and asked: "When did you come back, and why did you come in through the secret passage?"
“Is it because of the church?”
Lin Jianping nodded and said, "The church should know that I am the 'Ultimate One', and they may have already activated the 'Ultimate One Containment Countermeasures'."
"While I was away, I entered the City Lord's Mansion and controlled you first, thus grasping my 'weak spot'."
Li Yi's eyes were filled with anger: "You are the lord of a city. Aren't you afraid of causing public outrage by doing this?"
Lin Jianping shook his head: "They have something that can harm me. Once they control me, who would know what they have done secretly?"
Li Yi asked worriedly, "Then why did you come back?"
Lin Jianping laughed: "I need what they have, but before that, I have to take you away first."
"Come on, let's go."
"Let's go to 'Falling Star Lake'."
Luoxing Lake is a large lake area known only to Lin Jianping, Li Yi and a few other people.
Every summer, they would go to Luoxing Lake to stay for a while.
Lin Jianping built a secret residence on a small island on the lake and housed an armed force that he had secretly trained.
There are plenty of supplies there and it is very safe.
Before the negotiations with the church were concluded, Lin Jianping planned to place Li Yi there.
In this way, the church will not be able to grasp his "weakness".
Li Yi had no objection and didn't pack up his things. He just left with Lin Jianping.
A day passed like this.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Su Yun frowned slightly.
It has been a whole day and Li Yi has not appeared.
She believed that Li Yi must know that she had arrived.
But she hasn't seen Li Yi yet.
This is very abnormal.
Su Yun immediately said, "Go and inform Miss Li Yi that I want to see her."
"Yes, sir." A Templar Knight quickly left.
After a moment, he came back.
"Sir, Miss Li Yi is not feeling well and is unable to see you."
Su Yun frowned and asked, "Who said that?"
"She is Miss Li Yi's personal maid."
Su Yun said coldly: "In that case, go tell the waitress that I will bring a famous doctor to see Miss Li Yi later."
Just as he finished speaking, footsteps sounded, and another Templar Knight walked in and said, "Sir, I just received news from Saint Liu Zhong that City Lord Lin has returned and is currently in the Temple of the Sun."
"What?"
Su Yun suddenly had a bad feeling.
Lin Jianping came back suddenly.
And as soon as I came back, I went straight to the Temple of the Sun.
There is a sense of going to war to hold someone accountable.
"We'll be right back."
Su Yun said in a deep voice.
Church of the Radiant Goddess, Temple of the Sun.
Lin Jianping stood with his hands behind his back, raised his head, and looked at the statue of the goddess in the distance who had no specific features, but just slightly spread his hands and radiated endless light.
After seeing Li Yi off last night, Lin Jianping rushed back without notifying anyone. He went straight to the church as soon as he returned to the fortress.
At this time, footsteps were heard one after another.
First, a team of Knights Templar rushed in, then the two sides separated, and then one by one the Sun Saints walked in.
Finally, there is the head of the Church of Light.
An old woman who looked like she was dying.
Lin Jianping raised the corner of his mouth slightly, turned around, faced the leader, and said calmly: "I actually alarmed Leader Tang, I really feel sorry."
The woman, whose full name is Tang Xin, smiled and said, "It must be no small matter that City Lord Lin has come to the Holy Temple. I don't think Liu Zhong and his men can handle it, so we came together to take a look."
"I don't know what City Lord Lin is doing?"
Lin Jianping raised his hand and said slowly, "Nothing, I just want to ask the church for something."