Sister, can I be the scabbard too?

Chapter 65: The Curtain Rises

Meanwhile, outside the Suzhou Zoo.

The members of the Suzhou Doomsday Countermeasures Command Center have surrounded the entire "zoo".

The reason for putting "zoo" in quotation marks is because of a phenomenon that humans cannot explain.

The entire Suzhou Zoo was shrouded in a huge black fog ball.

A thick, eerie fog seeped from the sphere, swallowing up all the light around it.

Since the arrival of the command center, 47 Class D members (death row inmates who have signed a voluntary exploration agreement) have been sent into the Fog Sphere.

But so far, no one has sent a message back.

Everyone will lose contact within 35 seconds of entering the fog ball.

Even the guns and cannons that humanity is most proud of are useless against this thing.

Inside the helicopter suspended high above the fog ball, Director Liu and Bai Wuchang were looking down at the eerie fog ball.

"Impermanence, what can you see?" Director Liu asked.

"Yes, yes..." Bai Wuchang covered his forehead.

Her exceptional spiritual vision came into play once again, and a scene that blurred the lines between reality and dream reappeared before her eyes.

In the image, she stands inside a church with a dragon statue, surrounded by corpses and worshippers in purple robes.

They worshipped devoutly, slashing their own chests with daggers and shouting the name of that being.

"The creator of suffering, the doomsday dragon of the lightless abyss..."

She said it unconsciously.

"What did you say?" Director Liu asked hurriedly.

"He is the end of the world, the real end of the world..." The White Impermanence's eyes were vacant, his voice growing louder and more frantic:

"He shouldn't have come at this time... Ah, so that's how it is! So that's how it is!"

"Humanity has obtained the laws of the sun, and He will not let humanity have its way. Hehehe, everything will end, everything will end! Today, today, ahahaha!"

"Impermanence, impermanence!" Director Liu held her shoulders, made a hand seal, and activated a secret technique: "Wake up!"

This is a type of solar esoteric magic used to awaken the reason of humans whose sanity has been corrupted.

"Phew!" Bai Wuchang exhaled sharply, then quickly said:

"Director Liu! This ritual is the one that summons the demon dragon!"

"The Doomsday Dragon wants to take someone away from the human world. It believes that person has obtained the laws of the sun and that their existence may enable humanity to win the doomsday game!"

"What did you say? The Law of the Sun? Is Apostle Zero - the Sun - inside there?" Director Liu looked at the fog sphere in shock.

"I'm afraid... that's how it is," Bai Wuchang murmured.

Meanwhile, a thought that had just been brought up but was rejected because it was too unbelievable also arose in their minds.

Lin Yuan is here.

Apostle No. 0 - the Sun - is also here.

Is this really a coincidence?

Or is it that Lin Yuan is...?

"Director Liu, regardless of whether Lin Yuan is Apostle Zero or not, we cannot sit idly by and watch the Demon Dragon's plan succeed."

White Impermanence took a deep breath:

"Whether we lose Lin Yuan or Apostle Zero, humanity could lose everything."

"I understand... Phew..." Director Liu took a deep breath, then picked up the walkie-talkie:

"Issue the highest order now, the first order: use the Ability Awakening Potion on all military personnel with superhuman abilities. There is no time for political vetting now."

"Second order: mobilize extraordinary individuals from all over the country to assemble in Suzhou as quickly as possible."

"Third, and final, all superhumans in Su City now—note, all superhumans—must enter the fog sphere."

"Ladies and gentlemen, to be honest, I thought the end of the world was still some time away."

"But clearly, I was wrong."

"Fate never chooses a stage, and suffering always comes suddenly. Today is the moment of life and death for mankind!"

"I will not say anything nice to you or give you false confidence."

"Today, we enter the fog sphere, and there is a high probability that we will die inside. And what we do is also very likely to fail to win a future for humanity."

"but……

"I swear on my life that your families and loved ones will die after me, after the next director, and after the next, and after every director of the Doomsday Countermeasures Bureau, whether now or after the apocalypse!"

As soon as Director Liu finished speaking, he handed the walkie-talkie to Bai Wuchang: "Wuchang, the rest is up to you."

"Director Liu, you're the commander, you should send me." Bai Wuchang looked at him solemnly and said, "Besides, my spiritual vision can..."

"Since we're leading the soldiers to their graves, how can I, as the commander, live on alone?" Director Liu interrupted her with a wry smile.

"No, Director Liu, the Countermeasures Bureau can't do without you," Bai Wuchang said hurriedly.

"Impermanence..." Director Liu smiled with relief.

"If the enemy were another country, I could still consider myself 'indispensable,' but now, our enemy is the end of the world."

"What is truly indispensable for the end times is your ability to see information through spiritual vision and to interpret the laws of the sun."

"Wuchang, they say the future of humanity belongs to Lin Yuan, to Apostle Zero, but I've always believed that the future of humanity belongs to you."

"So, let this old man, let our generation, be the first to sacrifice ourselves."

"Besides..." Director Liu said, then smiled, "My lung cancer has relapsed, and I didn't have much time left to live anyway."

"Dying on the battlefield is much better than dying in a hospital bed, don't you think? Hahaha!"

"Director Liu..." Bai Wuchang looked at his smile, a bitter feeling welling up in his chest.

Then,

This force of superhumans, gathered from all over the country and concentrated in Suzhou, then sprang into action.

The arrival of the Doomsday Dragon disrupted humanity's plans.

Humanity was simply not prepared.

Only about a hundred extraordinary individuals were able to enter the fog sphere and participate in this battle.

Their strength didn't even reach the first rank.

Their enemies are the cultists who perform rituals and the terrifying doomsday dragon.

This could be a battle with absolutely no chance of winning.

But humans have no choice but to do it.

"OK, weapons, armor, adrenaline, everything's ready..."

Dressed in military uniform, Wang Jiali picked up a specially made Tang sword and made final preparations.

"Such young children are going to the battlefield."

Standing beside her was a middle-aged man who had also awakened fire-based abilities. He shook his head.

"Oh, my daughter is about your age, and she's still in school..."

"I see, Uncle." Wang Jiali glanced at him, then slung the Tang sword over her shoulder. "Then she's pretty unlucky; she missed her chance to save the world."

Middle-aged man:? ? ?

Wang Jiali: "Oh dear, while other people my age are doing tests, copying homework, and dating, I'm supposed to be saving the world... you know what I mean?"

Middle-aged man: ...

He seemed to understand why his daughter disliked Jiahao, a classmate from the next class.

……

at the same time.

Inside the fog sphere,

Lin Yuan finally dealt with all the wild beasts and rescued the entire group of tourists.

He was very fast, and apart from those drivers who "committed suicide," there were no casualties.

The survivors gathered around him, trembling with fear.

At that moment, he was a god to these people.

But Lin Yuan didn't feel relaxed at all.

The ritual for the Descent of the Dragon of Pain has begun.

【Great host, you have saved a batch of sacrifices from the hands of the Pain Cultists, a feat that should have been impossible.】