Chapter 23 23. Knight in the Dark
“The relocation of survivors in the subway station still needs some time to prepare, and will probably be completed before today.”
"If there are no accidents, we will set off early tomorrow morning."
"I still have something to do, you two can chat slowly."
Li Jian left the office, leaving only Su Hong.
Wang Chengzhi looked around and asked in a low voice: "Brother Su Hong, is this guy trustworthy?"
Su Hong sat down on the sofa, "Li Jian concealed a lot of things and said nothing about the differences and the forces behind him."
"But we didn't know each other well to begin with."
Su Hong didn't quite agree with Li Jian's theory of new humanity.
The new order does not mean that it is an advanced force. The harmonious coexistence of the undead and disaster sounds like a joke.
Let crazy gods dominate the world and let madness engulf reason and the earth. This is not order at all, but chaos.
If Li Jian really supported the new human theory so firmly, then as an immortal, he should have abandoned the survivors who were a burden long ago, unless he had other purposes.
There was another point that Su Hong was very concerned about - the Feiyu family emblem on Li Jian's breastplate, which he had seen on the aristocratic uniforms of cursed corpses.
Although it is unclear about his relationship with the Protz family, it is right to be vigilant.
"First organize the residents of the Garden Community to gather here, Chengzhi, this task will be left to you."
Su Hong handed the key to Wang Chengzhi's home, "This is the key to my door. When moving the residents, please move over the supplies I stored in the storage room."
"These supplies should be enough to support us in reaching the disaster shelter."
"As an immortal, I believe you can complete the task easily."
"I...am I an immortal too?"
"Of course."
Wang Chengzhi seemed a little nervous at the thought of having to act alone, but he still agreed.
Deep in the circular tunnel, Su Hong watched Wang Chengzhi leave. Seeing no one around, he took out the corrosion vesicle.
"It is found that the disaster item corrodes the vesicle. Should it be refined?"
"yes."
"The refining was successful and I obtained the disaster talent (temporary): Heart of Corruption."
"Corrosive Heart (Normal+): You understand the nature of corrosion. When holding a weapon, you can infect the weapon with the added effect of corrosion and poisoning."
Su Hong pulled out the machete and activated the Corrosive Heart. A strange green light appeared on the blade, which looked extremely deadly.
"Can the hands of a Dead Apostle be defined as weapons?"
His heart moved, and the Death Apostle's arm grew behind him, and the fist peaks and fingertips could be vaguely seen glowing with corrosive venom.
【Su Hong】
[Disaster level: present world]
[Disaster Level: Level 8]
[Disaster potential: 234/5]
[Disaster talents (4/4): Admirer's attachment (ordinary), Cursed Hand of the Dead Apostle (excellent), Mysterious Eye (excellent), Corrosive Heart (temporary)]
[Disaster Skill: None]
[Disaster Equipment: Broken Jailer Training Armor (Normal+). The training heavy armor equipped by Prison City Jailers is just a bit too thick and seems to be more used to prevent being beaten. 】
Su Hong had a hunch that tomorrow's retreat would not be smooth.
But for him, the more chaos, the better. It would be better to add a few more disaster monsters to kill people, and he would be not far from disaster level 10.
At night, Wang Chengzhi successfully led the survivors of the community to the Fenguang subway station and brought all the supplies from the community.
These supplies solved the problem of material shortage among the survivors. At least they no longer had to worry about food shortages on the way to the disaster shelter.
For this reason, Li Jian also expressed his gratitude to Su Hong many times.
In the office of Fenguang Subway Station, Su Hong was still exploring the automatically upgraded talent of the Lover, and Wang Chengzhi brought Xu Yanrui to him.
Xu Yanrui looked a little embarrassed. She had witnessed Su Hong fighting with a ghoul in the community before, and mistakenly thought that Su Hong was also a monster, so she hid.
Unexpectedly, everything was a misunderstanding.
Wang Chengzhi asked, "Brother Su Hong, Xu Yanrui also has an arm behind her back. Is she also undead?" Su Hong's eyes fell on the ghoul arm behind Xu Yanrui. He was surprised to find that this ghoul arm, no matter in appearance, Judging from the aura of disaster, both have reached the intensity of disaster level 4.
What happened after Xu Yanrui hid?
The woman saw the confusion in Su Hong's eyes, and she quickly explained: "I hid in the backyard of Unit 4 for a day. Somehow, the black forest outside began to shake, and a fruit fell in. , and still chasing me..."
When Su Hong heard this, he was a little speechless. These were some weird ways to become stronger.
Having said that, Xu Yanrui's luck is not generally good. Even without him, maybe she can survive the end of the world with luck.
He wrote down the news and planned to see the true face of the fruit when he had the chance.
Of course... this is not a cut-off, it is just a reasonable use of resources. Anyway, if it is given to him, he can still bring the fruit into reality.
"Tomorrow morning, we will set off on the road away from Shengshi. You should have a good rest tonight."
"good."
…
The third day of the end of the world, 6:23 in the morning.
Su Hong and Li Jian led the way, followed by two hundred survivors.
At the back of the team, Xu Yanrui and three other undead people were on guard against dangers that might appear at any time.
One of the undead people who was born in a subway station has an interesting disaster ability called Soul Whip.
He can fine-tune his own soul, materialize his soul power, and carry out dual physical and mental attacks on his enemies.
Su Hong realized that if the mysterious shadow was related to Wang Chengzhi's soul, maybe the soul whipping ability would allow Wang Chengzhi to slightly borrow the power of the mysterious shadow.
If it is really feasible, Wang Chengzhi's potential can be released and he can be promoted from a bomb tool man to a helper.
The subway tunnel was extremely quiet, and there was no trace of the disaster monster. Su Hong took the opportunity to continue asking Li Jian about things related to the disaster.
"How do you differentiate between immortals with different strengths?"
Li Jian put his right hand on the long sword at his waist and looked around. He said casually: "There are two latitudes, one is the level of immortality, and the other is the level of immortality."
"Among them, the division of undead levels is the clearest. From undead level one to undead level three, the undead are divided into three levels."
"Your power is very close to the level one of immortality, and you can deal with most disaster monsters."
Su Hong inquired in detail, and he had a clear idea in his mind. The strength of the first level of immortality was roughly equivalent to disaster level 10.
Li Jian is at this level, but after losing an arm in a sneak attack by different minions at the subway station, he can no longer exert the power of the immortal level one.
Li Jian continued: "As for the concept of immortality level, it is still in the fog. It seems that the older and more powerful the existence, the higher the immortality level."
"If we are people in this world, then the level above this world is 'ancient'. The more decayed and old it is, the more terrifying it is."
"The promotion of the Immortal rank is quite demanding and requires enough luck and strength."
"Then what kind of differences exist?" Su Hong mentioned the differences again.
Li Jian took a deep breath and looked at Su Hong, "Sorry, I can't reveal more information about the Knights of Divergence to you. Knowing too much will not do you any good."
"You only need to know that the minions of Divergence are extremely terrifying, and the injuries on my body are also their work."
"They are everywhere, wary of all strangers." Li Jian warned, unwilling to mention it again.
The two of them fell into silence. The team walked and stopped, passing by multiple subway stations, but none of them were there. The subway station was completely empty, leaving only a mess, as if all the survivors had evacuated in a hurry.
In the afternoon, they arrived at the fifth station, which was still deserted and strange.
Su Hong stared at the silent subway platform in the distance, feeling an ominous premonition in his heart. He always felt that there was an unknown crisis hidden in front of him.
Li Jian's face was calm. It was obvious that he also noticed something was wrong and directly drew out the long sword from his waist.
"Everyone is waiting where we are. We will go back as soon as we go."
The two looked at each other, moving left and right in the darkness, approaching the subway station at the same time.
"Wait a minute..." The blood rings in Su Hong's eyes squirmed, as if he saw a dense and substantial aura of disaster under the platform.
Monsters hiding in the darkness?
He was shocked inwardly and was about to remind him.
Suddenly a horse's neigh pierced the tranquility, and the dim light ignited, burning brightly, illuminating the figure in the darkness.
A knight whose whole body was burning with red and yellow flames was looking directly at them. The carrion horse under his crotch was restless, and the iron hoofs hit the track, and a pool of flames spread out.
(End of chapter)