I'm on the Ark, and I started as a succubus.

As the nightingale saw clearly what was happening before her, and realized that her little hand was being guided to soothe and appease the demon so close at hand, tears welled up in her eyes once again, completely wetting her long eyelashes, and they dripped down her face.

Her tear-streaked face was particularly pitiful.

"Please let me go, please... please..."

The beautiful girl cried so beautifully and so sadly, her delicate voice full of sobs was so mournful. If it were an ordinary person, their heart would break, and they would probably agree to anything, just asking her to stop crying.

Unfortunately, what stood before the weeping nightingale was a sadistic and cruel evil god.

He would never have any pity for a beautiful girl.

The beautiful girl has invaded His kingdom and His moving city, so she deserves the most terrible punishment in the world.

Everything proceeded as usual, seemingly unaffected by the beautiful girl's tears.

Will someone come to save the poor little nightingale?

No.

Therefore, as time goes by, the nightingale's fate can only be to gradually fall into oblivion after witnessing the magnificence and power of the tearful lament.

The tenacity of will and reason has its limits. Nightingale had already shown great strength and tenacity, but under the powerful force of the Lament of Tears, under the terrifyingly hot and scorching temperature that almost melted her nerves, and under the ever-increasing strange sensations, she ultimately perished.

Tears still lingered in the corners of her eyes, and she couldn't utter a single word, only managing a muffled sob that seemed to be mixed with the sound of water. Yet, the nightingale's delicate brows, which had been etched with sorrow, gradually relaxed, becoming filled with joy and happiness.

132 The Shining: Liz is in trouble!

What about The Shining?

Where is the Nightingale's Shining?

Shining was responsible for guarding the other side of the stairwell, working with Nearl to build a defensive line against the enemy climbing the building.

A sudden surge of intense disappointment and heartache overwhelmed her. Shining, who had been waiting for the enemy to arrive on the other side, suddenly opened her red eyes wide, and tears even welled up in them.

She realized she had made a mistake.

A mistake I will never forgive myself for.

What's wrong with me?

Shining stared blankly at her Rhodes Island companions who were also stationed in the stairwell, and wiped the corner of her eye with the back of her hand.

Glistening watermarks appeared on the snow-white back of her hand.

It was tears.

Why did she suddenly start crying?

"Operator Shining, what's wrong?"

The archer beside him asked with concern, "Your face suddenly turned very pale."

Shining was silent for a while, seemingly lost in her own thoughts. After a while, she slowly shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I just suddenly feel a little uneasy."

"What's going on down there?"

Another Rhodes Island operator said anxiously, "Just now, I thought I heard screams on the radio, and then, and then I couldn't get in touch with the people down there. Could something have happened?"

Don't scare yourself!

The archer raised his voice, "Our mission is to hold this position and buy time for Miss Kroos and the others!"

The sound echoed between the silent floors.

Realizing she might have been too excited, she took a deep breath and spoke softly:

"I'm sorry, I... I was probably too nervous. But please trust your companions below; believe that if anything happens, they will evacuate according to the doctor's plan!"

We may be facing an unprecedented battle, but please believe in our comrades, and believe in the Doctor. The Doctor will surely lead us to victory, won't he? Just... just..."

She moved her lips, but ultimately failed to utter the words.

Is the doctor still someone everyone can trust? She wasn't sure.

In the past, she would have unconditionally trusted the Doctor, believing that the Doctor would not abandon any of her companions, and that she would not abandon anyone. But after what happened in Kazdel, she was no longer sure if she would continue to unconditionally trust the Doctor and carry out her every order without hesitation.

"Should we...should we contact Miss Kroos again?"

Someone suggested:

"Contact Miss Kroos to see how much longer it will take for us to evacuate. Everyone, it's not that I don't trust your abilities, but... I have this inexplicable unease, it's just... I have this feeling that something bad is going to happen."

Everyone looked at Shining, who was usually the most composed and trustworthy.

But Shining seemed a bit lost in thought, and she didn't seem to be listening to the team's discussion at all.

Ok?

After realizing that everyone's eyes were on her, Shining snapped out of her daze and looked at the Rhodes Island members beside her with a somewhat blank expression.

"Miss Shining, are you alright?"

"I……"

Shining opened her mouth, about to say something, but the intense heartache and guilt almost overwhelmed her thoughts.

She felt once again that she was about to lose something, and she couldn't suppress the misery and guilt.

It seems she has made another mistake that she cannot forgive herself for.

"I'm fine, everyone don't need to worry."

Shining gripped the longsword tightly in her hand; the feeling of holding the sharp blade made her feel slightly more at ease.

"That's fine, that's fine."

The archer nodded and encouraged the others in an optimistic tone:

"Don't worry, everyone will be fine! We've already repelled several Ursus attacks, haven't we? The Ursus army isn't actually that strong, and we're quite strong too, aren't we? Rhodes Island has carried out many very difficult missions, and we'll definitely be able to overcome this difficulty as well."

But as if to dampen their morale, bad news came almost the instant her voice fell.

The radio crackled to life in the squad, and a frantic voice came through:

"The enemy! It's the enemy! Nearl Squad, Shining Squad, are your men alright? Ugh, when did they come up here? Why was there no warning at all! Kroos! How much longer do you need?"

That voice... is it Aya?

Shining paused for a moment, then immediately set off for the upper floors.

Her hunch was right.

problem occurs.

The enemy had silently infiltrated us without us even noticing!

She didn't detect any movement on her side, which meant there was a problem with the other team. But how could there be no movement at all? Did Nearl not detect the enemy either?

Or perhaps, even Nearl couldn't stop the enemy's advance?

Her rapid ascent suddenly halted, and Flash froze on the spot, her crimson eyes widening in disbelief.

She finally realized the terrible mistake she had made—

--nightingale.

Nightingale was still on the floor they had just been on, and the squad had not been able to spot the enemy.

Something's happened to the nightingale!

The intense grief nearly overwhelmed Shining's reason.

She realized it, and knew the unforgivable mistake she had made.

They shouldn't have left the nightingale there alone.

Although Nightingale has proven herself time and again in her actions, even demonstrating the powerful ability to turn the tide of battle, everyone has realized, and in the process of fighting alongside Nightingale, that Nightingale yearns to prove her worth through her actions, that she can play an indispensable role on the battlefield, and has earned the respect of the Rhodes Island operators.

But Liz still couldn't protect herself; she remained a vulnerable being.

It was her fault. She was too confident, too blindly believing in herself and Lin Guang's strength, and was certain that she had the ability to protect her no matter what the situation.

Shining bit her lip hard, took a deep breath, and tried to calm her turbulent emotions.

Clinging to the last sliver of unrealistic hope, she pressed her trembling shoulders to the earpiece beside her ear, trying to call out to Nearl.

Liz, is Liz at Nearl?

A silent yet noisy hum of electricity.

There was no response from Lin Guang through the earpiece.

problem occurs!

Shining glanced up at the floors above, then painfully closed her eyes.

I'm sorry, everyone.

Instead of continuing forward, she ran directly to the room below where the nightingale was.

"Liz!"

The fire door was suddenly pushed open with a bang.

The familiar, delicate figure was nowhere to be seen.

The spot where the nightingale had been was now empty, revealing the cluster of flowers behind it. The beautiful, unnamed flowers were stained with bright red blood, trembled slightly on their petals, and finally fell onto the slightly shorter white chrysanthemums below.

The winding, crimson blood stained the pristine white chrysanthemum, then continued to trickle and fall down the flower stem.

133 Everything is foreshadowing a tragedy~

Everything seemed to foreshadow that tragedy had already occurred.

Shining bit her lip hard, trying her best to control her emotions and prevent them from erupting and affecting her subsequent actions.

splat... splat...

tick tock...tick tock...

The faint sound caught Shining's attention. She looked up at the source of the sound and found that a layer of water droplets had accumulated on the central air conditioning vent. The water droplets accumulated and eventually dripped onto the ground.

"Liz?"

Shining quietly tightened her grip on the sword hilt.

There are still people in this huge space that was originally an office; some people are still here and haven't left.