in the house.
The girl who was accompanying Mai and carefully guarding the baby took her eyes away from the baby for the first time and fell to the floor.
The faces of Ji Yu, Cang Du, Lao Xu, Han Shu and others seemed to be cast by a shadow.
Some of them took out the mirror and touched up their makeup, some went to the window and looked outside, some took the diapers they had just changed but did not throw them into the trash can, and some took out cigarettes but did not light them. Put it in front of your nose and smell it.
Only Xun looked quite natural. He turned around, looked around, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be like this."
"Although there is no news about Tianyang so far, I believe he will come back."
"I know him."
"He left without saying goodbye, just to tell me that he would definitely come back."
Only then did Xiaojie realize that his brother-in-law had not come back.
He wanted to ask his sister where Tianyang had gone, but in the end, he still didn't ask.
"Kaoru is right."
Lao Xu laughed: "That boy from Tianyang, I knew he had a future from the first day I saw him."
"He will definitely come back."
"If he comes back and sees us all with sad faces, we will be really embarrassed."
"Come on, everyone laugh, haha."
As he said this, he walked towards the trash can but threw the diaper down without opening the lid.
Cangdu turned around, lowered his head and walked towards the door: "Sorry, I still have work to do, so I'll leave first."
At this time, the baby started crying. Jiyu put down the mirror, took it from Mai Xiao, and said with a smile while coaxing him: "When he comes back, I will let him be my godmother!"
Han Shu laughed and said, "Then I will be the godfather."
Lao Xu washed his hands and came out. When he heard this, he said: "Captain, don't you want to teach your children to smoke and drink?"
Han Shu snorted and said, "If you don't smoke and drink, you're still a man?"
Everyone was talking and laughing, as if nothing was wrong, but in everyone's eyes, Xiaojie saw a hint of gloom.
... ... .
City Lord's Office.
Chu Yan exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at the man not far away through the smoke.
Su Lie.
"You're coming back this time, aren't you leaving?" Chu Yan asked.
Su Lie shook his head: "I'm not leaving."
"From now on, we will live here."
"Commander, please provide us with delicious food and drink. After all, my son is the savior."
Chu Yan laughed and scolded: "It is your duty to provide for Tianyang's family members. You, go and work for me."
Su Lie pointed to his nose and said, "You seem to have forgotten that I am his father."
"What about me? I don't have to work anymore?"
Chu Yan took a puff of smoke and said, "It just so happens that the Formation Breakers are short of a commander. You can go back to your old job."
Su Lie shook his head and said, "If I had known that I would have to work when I came back, I wouldn't have come back."
Chu Yan laughed, and then said: "Tianyang... didn't come back?"
Su Lie fell silent for a moment.
After a long time, he sighed and said, "I'm really useless."
"I can't help you at all with the gods."
Chu Yan lowered his gaze, looked at the floor and said, "You are not the only one who can't help."
"According to what you said, all of us were saved by Tianyang, but we can't even wave the flag and cheer for him."
"If you are useless, then we are useless too."
Su Lie glanced at the old man, and then said: "Okay, Commander, even if you comfort me, there is no need to belittle yourself like this."
"Look, you are much more capable than Yuan Shu. You manage the fortress in an orderly manner."
Chu Yan dusted off his cigarette and said, "Even if you flatter me, you still have to work for me."
Footsteps sounded.
Chu Yan smiled and said: "Come on, take a look at the assistant I found for you."
"Assistant?" Su Lie's expression changed, "Could it be..."
When he finished speaking, the door opened with a bang, and then he heard an energetic voice saying: "Commander, we are back."
"Zhang Dongcheng reports to you!"
Then another woman's voice sounded: "How many times have I told you, I changed my name to City Lord."
"How long has it been and you still call me wrong?"
"I just like to be called Commander."
"How gracious the Commander is."
"Besides, Yin Qi, don't act like a mother-in-law, or you won't get married."
Listening to these two familiar yet unfamiliar voices, Su Lie's body trembled slightly.
Then I heard Chu Yan say: "Okay, you two shut up and listen to me."
"Aren't you complaining that the Formation Breakers never have a commander?"
"Now I've found one for you, it's him."
"Su Dahong!"
Zhang Dongcheng was stunned for a moment and said, "What about Su Dahong and Su Xiaohong? Commander, you didn't just find someone to deal with us, did you?"
As he spoke, he suddenly noticed that Yin Qi's expression next to him was a little strange: "What's wrong with you?"
Yin Qi stared at the back figure in front of him: "Don't you think he looks like the captain?"
Zhang Dongcheng's whole body was shocked.
Looking at Su Lie: "This is impossible."
Chu Yan took out a second cigarette, looked at Su Lie and said, "Don't you introduce yourself?"
Su Lie exhaled slowly, turned around and looked at the two former team members.
A little smile appeared on his face: "I'm back."
Wind blew in from the window.
Yin Qi's black hair was blown up.
The next second.
She had already rushed forward and hugged the figure, fearing that it was her imagination.
... ... .
time flies.
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
After the end of the 'Age of Ascension', no more Ascendants were born.
As for the sublimated ones who have survived various disasters, although their star accumulation is still there, they can no longer be promoted.
This way.
The Ascended become more valuable.
Moreover, the more fortresses with heavenly rank, the heavier their weight will naturally be.
In the bay area of the Eastern Continent, Qingtian Castle, which houses many heavenly rankers, is undoubtedly the most eye-catching.
Over the years, Qingtian Castle has taken the lead, developed multiple coal mines, obtained substitutes for 'ectoplasmic crystals', and successfully completed the energy transition.
In addition, the gods were extinct and the number of residents in Qingtian Castle was increasing day by day, so the fortress was built outwards and radiated into a new city area.
After ten years, Qingtian Castle has become completely different. The total area of the city is more than four times that of before.
Now, those who can still live in the original fortress and in the upper city are all the big shots in the fortress.
Fortress upper town, cemetery.
As usual, the cemetery is still quiet, even though it has expanded a lot in the past ten years, it is always quiet no matter what time of day it is.
The weather is nice today, the sun is shining.
A group of people walked into the cemetery.
six people.
Three women with different characteristics.
A girl in her twenties.
Two kids around ten years old.
These people were all wearing black clothes and looked solemn.
The three women all held flowers in their hands.
The girl was holding a child in one hand.
A boy and a girl.
They came to a tombstone. There was a photo on the tombstone. In the photo, there was a beautiful woman.
"Come, Yongtai, give flowers to grandma."
Among the three women, one with long black hair and clear eyes smiled gently and waved to the slightly older boy.
A little boy named 'Yongtai' came bounding over, held up flowers, placed them in front of the tombstone, and then whispered: "Grandma, Yongtai is here to see you."
"Yongtai is very good. He eats on time every day."
"Grandma, Yongtai is so good, can you tell Sister Xitong not to lecture me all the time?"
Not far away, the girl who was less than twenty years old snorted: "Youngster, you all know that you have complained to grandma, right?"
"See how I deal with you when you get back!"
The little boy immediately said: "Grandma, look at her, Sister Xitong only knows how to be mean to me."
"Oh, what's wrong with me?"
"Sister, I am very gentle."
The girl made a fist with one hand, pressed it with the other hand and said with a smile on her face.
The little boy yelled "Wow", turned around and ran away.
The girl laughed dryly and chased after him.
The slightly older woman shook her head: "Don't make trouble in the cemetery."
Then, another woman with a slightly slender figure took the eight or nine-year-old girl's hand and said with a smile: "Come on, let's give flowers to grandma too."
"Let grandma bless us to grow up safely and quickly."
The other side of the cemetery.
The little boy Yongtai finally fell into the "devil's clutches" and was picked up by the girl.
The little boy who was lifted up in the air like a puppy gave up his resistance and said, "Sister Xitong, does daddy not want us anymore?"
The girl was stunned for a moment and then said: "That's nonsense, dad will definitely come back!"
"That's what you all said."
"Besides, we've been saying this for ten years."
The little boy said in a somewhat lonely voice, "Although you and your mother, as well as Aunt Xiaoniao and Aunt Qianhong have told me many stories about my father."
"But I haven't even met Dad."
"I envy you so much."
"At least you lived with dad."
"Do you think dad will like me?"
"Will you like An An?"
The girl carefully put her brother down, then squatted down, hugged him and said, "Believe me, dad will like you, and he will also like An An."
The little boy nodded.
At this time, his mother came back: "Let's go home. Let's make dumplings for lunch."
The little boy's eyes suddenly lit up: "That's great, I want to eat twenty!"
"After you go back, write each of the new characters I taught you yesterday twenty times before you have dumplings to eat." The girl said with a smile.
The little boy immediately threw himself into his mother's arms: "Mom, look, Sister Xitong bullied me again."
"I didn't bully you. I learned this way back then!" the girl threatened, waving her fist.
Returned to his residence. This is a courtyard, but inside, there is a shed that is different from other architectural styles.
The door to that shed was never locked.
The flowers on the window are changed every day.
The little boy glanced in the direction of the shed and said, "Sister, why don't you renovate it?"
The girl said: "This is the house where dad used to live. If dad comes back, he will definitely come here to take a look."
"By the way, you go and get a book from the house. I put it in Dad's bedroom last time."
The little boy was stunned for a moment and said, "Why don't you go get it yourself."
The girl turned around and said with a smile on her face: "That's probably because I am your sister."
"Go quickly. If you don't go, there will be no dumplings to eat."
The little boy said angrily: "You just bully me. Hum, when I grow up, I will marry a wife who is more vicious than you and let her bully you!"
He came to the shack.
The shed is quiet.
In the sunshine, dust dances gently.
The little boy opened the door.
The layout of the shed is simple.
A small living room that could barely accommodate two or three people.
A kitchen that can only accommodate one person.
There are two more bedrooms.
"Dad's bedroom." The little boy went straight to the smaller bedroom.
There is a small bed inside, with books piled on the bed.
The little boy quickly found the book his sister asked for, jumped out of bed and walked to the living room.
I saw someone standing in grandma's bedroom.
The man turned his back to the living room and stared at a photo on the wall.
The little boy tried to shout: "Grandpa?"
The man's body trembled slightly.
Then turned around and walked out.
When he came out of the shadows, the little boy discovered that this was a rather young man.
He looks like he is only in his twenties.
Moreover, his appearance is somewhat similar to his grandfather Su Lie.
The man with dark hair, deep eyes, and a faint smile on his face squatted down and asked: "Little guy, what is your name?"
There was something convincing about his voice.
The little boy blurted out without thinking: "Yongtai, Su Yongtai!"
Then he asked: "Uncle, what about you?"
The man stretched out his hand and gently rubbed the boy's hair: "It is indeed you. I haven't seen you in ten years, and you have grown so big."
"It seems like just yesterday that you were a baby."
"Oh, sorry."
"I haven't talked to anyone for a long time, so I'm a bit verbose."
"My name is Tianyang."
"The sky of the sky, the sun of the sun!"
(Complete book)
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Completed!
The first chapter was released on July 1, 2020. It took more than two years to finally hit the mark of "complete book".
Thank you all for accompanying me along the way, thank you for your affirmation from 'kurayami', 'bandit brother's song', 'lsp do good deeds' and other leaders, and thank you to every friend for your support.
It was your every click, every comment, and every vote that helped me get out of the slump, persevere, and finally complete the book successfully.
About the ending.
Originally, I planned to describe Tianyang struggling in the "Eternal Night" universe by relying on the "civilized" nature of the universe outside the door, and finally retaining his "human nature" to successfully escape and return to the universe outside the door.
But when I actually write it like this, it feels a bit redundant and lengthy.
So we finally made some changes, using the chapter "Born to the Light" to point out that the key to escaping from "Eternal Night" lies in the nature of "civilization".
Then in the chapter 'Ten Years' he appears directly in the shack, which seems a bit more dramatic.
Although it is an online article, the appropriate amount of white space will give everyone more room for imagination.
I won’t go into details one by one.
"Under the Mist", with 5.4 million words, is my longer novel after "The Edge of Doom".
The comic was adapted and made into audio. In terms of performance, it was slightly improved compared to "Edge of Doom".
Next, I will devote my attention to new books.
Please also support the new book "Mech War: Full Metal Storm".
For the current new book issue, all content is free, and you can download the 'Zongheng Novel' APP to preview it.
This time is also a challenge.
After all, I haven’t written about mecha yet.
But since so much science fiction has been written, apocalyptic superpowers, StarCraft, apocalyptic parasites, and pseudo-infinite Cthulhu have all been tried.
How can you miss the mecha theme!
In fact, as early as when "Pacific Rim" was released, I had the urge to write about mecha themes.
However, due to various reasons, I have not started writing.
Now I finally have this opportunity.
I hope that the new book will also be adapted in various ways and be able to present the pictures I imagined to everyone in a more intuitive way.
And all of this would not be possible without everyone’s support.
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