The evening glow was like blood.

In a park in Suiyang City.

Pan En sat alone on a desolate swing, swaying back and forth.

The wind stirred the branches, swaying them beside him as well.

"Guess who!"

Suddenly, a pair of hands covered his eyes from behind.

"Guess who I am?!" A pleasant female voice came, reaching Pan En's ears.

"Thank you," Pan En said with a smile.

"I'm not Thank You, I'm Xie Xie!" The girl released her hands, turned to face him, and pushed the swing hard.

This was a very ordinary girl, without beautiful looks or a perfect figure, and even a little chubby, with small fat pads on her baby-faced cheeks.

"Thank you, pig, thank you," Pan En said with a smile.

"I'm not a pig! You're not cute at all, you little rascal!" The girl grabbed his cheeks and twisted them hard.

"I know, I know..." Pan En grabbed her wrist and pulled it down with force.

"Arcade?" Xie Xie asked.

"Not going, got something on today." Pan En shook his head.

"Is it company business?" Xie Xie frowned slightly.

"Yeah... after all, I'm the savior," Pan En said with a smile, "This time, it might be a little difficult, so... if I don't come next week, don't wait for me. You can hang out with Xingxing and the others."

A strange expression slowly appeared on Xie Xie's face, as if she sensed something.

Looking at her friend's smiling face.

"Can't you give up? You're just an employee, you can just not have that income, right?"

"..." Pan En shook his head without saying a word.

"Aren't you very scared?" Xie Xie asked, "You said it yourself, you curl up in your blanket every night, everyone is afraid, you're a person, no exception. Besides, you're only eight years old!"

"Some things..." Pan En showed a gentle smile, "I also hope someone can replace me and help me take over. But I've been observing carefully for so long..."

"There's no one."

"No one can replace me."

He carefully took out a light yellow envelope from his pocket and handed it to her.

"If I don't come back..."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Idiot!" With a slap, Xie Xie hit him hard on the head.

"You'll definitely come back! You're only eight years old! You bastard!! What are you showing off, you eight-year-old kid!!"

"The world keeps turning even if someone is gone! You're just a little kid, do you really think you're the savior?!"

Pan En listened quietly to her scolding, still maintaining a smile on his face.

He waited until Xie Xie was tired of speaking and tired of scolding before he tiptoed and gently touched the bangs on her forehead.

"Don't worry."

Xie Xie looked at him, and for a moment, she couldn't help but feel her eyes moisten.

"Aren't you afraid?"

Pan En didn't answer, just returned a smile.

"Goodbye, Xie Xie."

He turned around and strode away into the distance, where a luxurious flying car had been waiting for a long time, and several masked bodyguards in high-grade bulletproof suits were scattered around, watching this place vigilantly.

The car slowly drove away, and Xie Xie stood there, watching him leave, falling into silence for a moment.

"If he really dies, your mission will be over." A tall man in a white windbreaker appeared behind her and said indifferently.

"..." Xie Xie remained silent, not turning her head, as if she knew someone was behind her.

She didn't know how long had passed.

She slowly turned her head.

"This world... no matter how many times I see it, it's so unfair..."

"So what? What does unfairness matter in the face of despair?" The man said indifferently, "Let's go... the difficulty that allows Pan En to feel the threat of death clearly comes from the high-level death corner experienced in the Garden of Destiny. This intelligence is very valuable, maybe you'll get promoted when you go back."

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Golden City—Holy Capital.

Li Cheng颐 gently vibrated the wings on his back and landed at the entrance of the city.

His feet stepped on the solid surface of the cloud layer, creating a slightly sunken arc.

"This time, I'll change direction and explore to collect information. I can't be as slow as before."

He thought for a while and was about to lift his foot to take a step forward.

Suddenly, a subtle distortion rapidly fluctuated behind him.

"Uncle." A familiar childish voice with a precocious tone came from behind.

"Pan En!" Li Cheng颐 suddenly turned around, his eyes filled with surprise.

"Tangtang-jie asked me to come and support you as soon as possible." Pan En nodded. He was wearing a close-fitting small life suit. The black life suit, like a wetsuit, had various external pockets of different sizes. Obviously, the company had prepared various emergency gadgets for him.

"Sorry to trouble you. I'm counting on you this time," Li Cheng颐 said quickly.

"It's okay. Please tell Uncle the relevant information here in a timely manner. My flower language and instinct need to be comprehensively inferred based on a lot of relevant information. The more information, the higher the accuracy," Pan En said.

"Okay!" This was also the first time Li Cheng颐 had cooperated with Pan En. He only knew that he was very敏锐 in finding a way out of other death corners, and this time, he could experience it personally.

"Is this... Cloud City? It's so beautiful..." Pan En looked at the golden city in front of him, looked down at the white clouds under his feet, and his eyes sparkled with the natural curiosity and joy of a child.

"It is very beautiful, but it is also very dangerous. Be careful, you can't touch anything here." Li Cheng颐 began to explain to him the various situations here, especially the Glorious Ark.

Pan En listened quietly. After thoroughly listening to all the information and danger points, he closed his eyes.

A faint,莹白 halo lit up between his eyebrows. In the halo, a pure white flower pattern of a丰花月季 appeared.

That was the flower language, Despair Dawn, taking effect.

"Please come with me." Suddenly, Pan En opened his eyes and walked straight forward.

Li Cheng颐 followed closely behind. The two kept walking and walked onto a golden bridge, passing two golden statues of men and women dancing.

They walked through the streets.

They passed over golden trees one by one. The trees were full of golden apples, and Li Cheng颐 also picked two of them.

He didn't know how long they had walked, but the two finally came to the edge of this cloud.

At the edge of the thick cloud layer, a golden sailboat with several large holes broken in its rear half was parked.

The pure white sails reflected a sparkling white glow under the light.

The entire ship was more than 300 meters long, like a traditional medieval sailing ship, with many small glass windows opened densely on the sides.

At the bow of the ship stood a beautiful female statue wearing a thin veil and with her long hair draped over her shoulders.

Behind the female statue floated circles of overlapping flame pattern rings.

The rings were made of golden decorations, and used an unknown principle to make them still float and rotate.

"This is the Glorious Ark." Pan En smiled and stopped, looking at Li Cheng颐.

"Next, as long as we can start it, we can completely escape from this death corner," he continued.

"So simple?" Li Cheng颐 was a little confused.

"Yes." Pan En nodded. "But I can only find clues, find the light of hope, as for how to touch it, I can't do it in this difficulty."

"Let's go up and take a look first." Li Cheng颐 was silent for a while, grabbed Pan En's collar, and suddenly rushed forward. Soon, with a few jumps, he reached the golden ship.

Empty, there was no one here, and no living things.

Everywhere were cold, golden devices, decks, railings, masts, everything was golden.

"This way." Pan En suddenly pointed to a cabin door on the right.

Li Cheng颐 took the lead and walked over, grabbed the cabin door latch, and pulled it outwards.

Bang!

The entire cabin door was completely pulled off by him.

Inside was a bright corridor leading inward.

On both sides of the corridor, there were round, complex vine-shaped rhombus patterns carved everywhere.

The patterns were glowing white.

"It's inside, the way to start this big ship." Pan En said.

"Wait here for a while, I'll go in and take a look." Li Cheng颐 waved his hand and sprinkled a cloud of white blood essence, completely enveloping Pan En.

Then he quickly walked in. After taking a few steps and turning a corner, a black dried corpse wearing white gauze appeared on the ground.

He walked closer, squatted down and searched, and found a bunch of keys from the dried corpse.

Speeding up, he turned a corner and followed the corridor all the way down. Soon he came to a row of cabin corridors, all with doors.

Then he opened the doors one by one to check the situation.

When opening the seventh cabin door, Li Cheng颐 found some scattered notebooks in the room.

They seemed to be navigation logs.

'Ship Nine was attacked, it's too late... the offspring of the Emerald Mother entered the nearby cloud layer, we must start the Jade Core as soon as possible. But if the Heavenly Walk Jade Core wants to be activated and escape the 界膜 (jie mo, boundary membrane), it must be equipped with an isolation imprint... Without the imprint, the hull will disintegrate the moment it enters the Black Sea.'

'Asaqi went to the Cipher Tower to retrieve the prepared isolation imprint. He should be back in two light hours.'

'Glory be upon us, Eight has been started, next is us, I hope everything goes smoothly...'

'There is turmoil in the city, some people want to detain the Tower Spirit of the Tower Association, how dare they have infighting at this time, are they crazy!?'

'Here it comes... finally got it, Marina is installing it, finally, we can leave this damn'

The back was gone. A long, messy white line was drawn on the log, obviously caused by a sudden great force affecting the hand of the writer holding the pen.

Li Cheng颐 frowned tightly, looked around, and confirmed that there were no corpses. Obviously, most of the people here had changed their means of transportation and abandoned this Glorious Ark Number Nine.

'So... what exactly happened later...? To make them have to abandon this ship?'

Li Cheng颐 thought to himself.

Immediately, he quickly returned to the deck.

Pan En's stay was limited, and he had to use his flower language as soon as possible to find more clues.

Rumble!!

Just then, the entire ship seemed to be hit hard by something.

The cabin shook violently, and everything above, below, left, and right was vibrating and trembling.

Li Cheng颐's expression changed, and he quickly影闪 (ying shan, shadow flash), rushing out of the corridor and back onto the deck.

As soon as he appeared, a white vine lashed at him from above.

'Emerald Mother!!?' Li Cheng颐 心头 (xin tou, in his heart) cursed, waved his hand, and slammed the vine head-on.

Bang!!!

The loud noise exploded in circles of sonic waves, rippling the surrounding white clouds into circles of wave patterns.

Li Cheng颐 repelled the vine and quickly looked for Pan En, but before he could see him, dozens more vines flew over, wrapping around him.

This time, the speed of all the vines was increased again, and the tips were surrounded by twisted force fields.

Dozens of vines combined, instantly perfectly covering all the surrounding space.

Without a single gap, Li Cheng颐 was completely wrapped into a ball in the blink of an eye.

Unable to dodge, Li Cheng颐影闪 (ying shan, shadow flashed), and suddenly jumped out of the encirclement, appearing on the periphery.

At this time, the effect of 影闪 (ying shan, shadow flash) was revealed.

He knew that he couldn't get entangled with the Emerald Mother at this time, so he immediately turned around and dashed, flying out of the top of the Glorious Ark in the blink of an eye,穿行 (chuan xing, traveling) through the clouds.

The white vines behind him seemed to be able to extend infinitely, chasing after him all the way, and getting faster and faster.

The two sides chased and fled, the speed of the vines increased rapidly from being far inferior to Li Cheng颐 at the beginning, to ten times the speed of sound, then twelve times, fourteen times.

Rapidly approaching him and surrounding him.

"Sure enough..." Li Cheng颐's expression was solemn. This thing was evolving too fast. It was indeed a powerful monster capable of destroying death corners.

Suddenly he 影闪 (ying shan, shadow flashed), from charging forward, suddenly turned and sank.

Unexpectedly, the white vine behind him also flashed together, sinking a section as well.

At this time, the thickest vine suddenly窜 (cuan, darted) out from below, flashing out of thin air,刺 (ci, stabbed) upwards, and pierced towards Li Cheng颐's stomach.

(End of chapter)