Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 427 The Disappearing Sun

Inadvertently, archaeologist Heya expressed her understanding of "black mud", and Duan Mingyuan felt that this might be the one closest to the correct answer.

After all, Heya had been to the land of eternal night and faced the demons there.

Heya continued to explain, "Take the 'black mud' that you and the Night Witch coexist in as an example. Although there are huge deviations in your cognition and life goals, your attitudes towards opening the portal are surprisingly consistent."

Although Duan Mingyuan explained that he wanted to solve the problem once and for all, his and the Dark Night Witch's actions were ultimately the same. Once the portal was established and the seal of the Land of Eternal Night was invalidated, what happened afterwards was no longer something they could control.

"I have to admit that the environment you grow up in will change your cognition. Maybe your experience on the Blue Planet changed you."

No one ever said that the devil would always remain the same.

What's more, the "black mud" scattered throughout the universe is just one of its thousands of thoughts. Perhaps even the devil himself does not know what kind of fruits they will grow.

This is the closest explanation to the truth that Heya can come up with at the moment.

And now, the seal of the Land of Eternal Night is about to be opened. Thousands of years after the disappearance of the Sun King, mankind will usher in a new era.

But in the next era, they may no longer be the protagonists of writing history.

Heya restrained her smile, and her expression became much more serious than before. "I know it's hard for you to accept this for a while. No one with free will is willing to become someone else's shadow. Of course, you can also choose to refuse to accept all this and prevent the portal from being opened... You should still have enough time now."

The second night was approaching.

The Church's development of refrigeration equipment has been slow, and after nightfall, the Night Witch will continue to take action.

Infecting the entire Holy City's believers is just a means to achieve her goal. "This is a sleight of hand. While the church is busy searching for Yelena and dealing with those infected by the parasite, the witch can successfully set up the teleportation array."

In fact, "Black Mud" has the same goal.

Once they tore the seal of the Land of Eternal Night, their mission was accomplished.

The devil has no plans for their future.

This is the biggest difference between the devil's offspring and those with free will.

"Demon offspring are tools from the moment they are born. They can be beasts that live in the darkness, natural disasters, or anything else that can destroy humanity. They don't have, and don't need, their own destiny."

Heya looked at the afterimages flowing in the energy of the scorching sun. It took her many epochs to gradually understand the history. They were so secret that the descendants of the Sun King had forgotten all the history that had happened.

The following is Heya's personal opinion: "Perhaps everything that happened later was just the result of a war for territory."

This war has nothing to do with justice or evil from the very beginning.

The Sun King chose humans with free will, while the Void Demons preferred beasts and disasters with clearer purposes.

It turns out that the Void Demon was defeated when it came to looking at people.

The flames of civilization spread across the galaxies, lighting up almost everywhere they went.

Even Heya had to admit that the history of the past few thousand years belonged to mankind.

"You are facing an important decision. Perhaps you need a quiet place to think alone."

This unusual space is the best place.

Without the presence of other people, you can see all the important historical moments of the past just by looking up.

Heya guessed that this place was most likely where the Sun King once meditated, where he could think quietly and see his achievements or wrong decisions. Duan Mingyuan, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, "But this story does not reveal where the Sun King finally went."

The Book of Genesis mentions that the Sun King disappeared suddenly.

On an ordinary day, he suddenly disappeared, and it was so hasty that the archbishop at that time had to take on the title of king, and this coincidence became a tradition of the Empire of Ashes.

All believers firmly believed that the Sun King never died, but just went to an unknown place.

Here, in addition to the flowing energy of the sun, you can see the sun just by looking up.

It is located not far away, seemingly very close, yet as if it is impossible to reach it no matter what.

Duan Mingyuan tried, but the distance between him and the sun was infinitely stretched by some force. No matter how far he went, it seemed like he was standing still.

In response to Duan Mingyuan's question, He Ya shrugged and said, "I don't know."

The Sun King did not exist in her time.

When she gained consciousness on the Shining Star, the Sun King had already disappeared for a long time.

"You plan to stop the teleportation array?"

Duan Mingyuan asked.

"I don't intend to do anything. A businessman's position is always neutral. Besides, I've already said that if I leave Flash Star, I'll just be a businessman who's good at talking."

At this critical time, any decision can have far-reaching consequences.

If she tried to stop the teleportation ritual and the Void Demon won the subsequent war, she would not have an easy life in the next few hundred or even thousand years. She would probably have to do some small business with bugs to barely make a living.

"But we are friends after all. If the Void Demon is really unstoppable, you must warn me in advance. I have to start learning how to do business with the Void Demon... no, with living things."

The first thing to do is to change the name.

No guest wants to be called a devil.

If the void creatures win this war, then decades later, the remnants of humans who are hiding in the consciousness space and lingering on will be called demons.

The Demon of Light, or the Demon of Sun?

At this moment, just as at that moment.

The ark that Dr. Eisenberg built for mankind is, in a sense, no different from a closed land of eternal night.

"The hymn is about to end."

Heya reminded, "After you leave here, you may have other things to do."

For example, dealing with the parasites lurking in the Holy Metropolis Cathedral.

When the song ended, the believers were immersed in its lingering rhythm for a long time, until the silence was broken by believers who stood up one after another from the crowd.

Without saying a word, they walked towards the choir with gloomy faces.

Even the band conductor's attention was attracted by these people, when suddenly a choir member jumped up from behind him and stabbed his back with the blade with a black mark in his hand.

(End of this chapter)