Chapter 230
The red whip was like a soft snake as it wrapped around the short cane.
Grecia raised his eyebrows with surprise. He was now using the special effect of the short stick to constantly change his position. As he teleported, his walking stick was constantly moving in a 360 degree angle. Mu Huixue could grab the moving stick, which was enough to show her strength.
Mu Huixue shouted, "I've tied him up!"
Tying up the short stick was equivalent to binding the circus leader.
Mu Huixue held the whip with both hands as she faced off against Grecia. On the other side, Andrei roared and slammed his fists towards Grecia.
Grecia couldn't move instantly because the cane was tied by the long whip. Still, this didn't limit his actual strength. He held the short stick in one hand and his hat with the other hand as he nimbly dodged Andrei's fist. Andrei's fist was fast enough to surpass Tang Mo's dynamic vision. Similarly, the speed at which Grecia avoided it couldn't be seen.
Mu Huixue restrained Grecia while Andrei attacked.
Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo glanced at each other and struck from the left and right sides.
The four people joined hands and Grecia squinted before suddenly releasing the hand on the short stick. The short stick was taken by Tang Mo and she threw it at Tang Mo, wanting to let Tang Mo use it. Tang Mo learnt Grecia's words and spoke the spell but he didn't see an effect.
Grecia smiled. "My lady, there is only one Strange Circus leader in the world."
The short stick couldn't be used but it was an extremely powerful rare prop. It wasn't like Grandmother Wolf's small parasol that was mass produced. Tang Mo threw the small parasol to the side and used this short stick as a weapon to attack Grecia.
Fu Wenduo and Andrei were the main attackers while Tang Mo and Mu Huixue moved lightly, constantly sneaking attacks.
Soon, all four people had wounds on them. Grecia moved to the side to avoid Fu Wenduo while on the other side, Andrei's fist arrived. Grecia dexterously escaped the attack and then Tang Mo and Mu Huixue's weapons appeared in front of him.
If this continue, the result was obvious.
Unlike Grandmother Wolf and Santa Claus who were pure violent black tower monsters, the circus leader and Queen of Hearts belonged to the vigorous types. Their strength wasn't necessarily higher than the former two but they could delay the time in a group battle, so that the enemies couldn't hit them.
Fu Wenduo's trio pushed Grecia to a dead end and Tang Mo placed his hands on his hips, shouting loudly, "Return my grandfather!"
The hot flames instantly rushed out and swallowed Grecia.
In the fire, a black figure jumped into the air. Mu Huixue threw her whip to tie Grecia's leg and the whip wrapped around his ankle. The gentleman lowered his head and showed her an elegant smile.
Mu Huixue got a bad feeling and released the hand holding the whip. Unfortunately, she was a step too late. Grecia grabbed the whip with one hand and lightning flowed down his palm towards Mu Huixue's body. Mu Huixue was shocked by the violent lightning and flew backwards. She fell to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Tang Mo's group looked up at Grecia.
The circus leader held Mu Huixue's whip and landed steadily. He laughed. "You took me weapon so I naturally had to find another one. This seems good?"
Mu Huixue's whip was also a rare prop and everyone finally understood that the circus leader had the special ability to control lightning.
Every time he swung the whip, a deep crack formed in the ground and lightning burnt black marks into the ground.
The four people kept evading the whip and found that for Grecia, this whip might be better than the short stick. The stick was too short, unlike the whip which had a very wide attack range. Now they couldn't get close to Grecia.
Fu Wenduo stared at them and suggested, "I will open the road."
"Okay!"
All three people chose to believe in Fu Wenduo.
It was hard to find an opportunity. Fu Wenduo transformed both his arms into black weapons. Grecia saw this and threw his long whip. Fu Wenduo swung both arms and the dark metal weapons collided with the red whip, making a fierce collision sound.
Fu Wenduo hit the whip and opened the road for the trio.
Grecia saw this and slightly smiled. His next move tied up Fu Wenduo's left arm. Fu Wenduo frowned and was about to move away. Lightning ran along the long whip and into Fu Wenduo's left arm, actually destroying the black weapon.
Fu Wenduo snorted and took three steps back, using one hand to stabilize his body.
His left arm was gone and blood flowed down to the ground. On the other side, the trio had already arrived in front of Grecia. Grecia retreated and seemed destined to be defeated. At this time, he smiled softly, "At least one of you should die or the black tower will think I am throwing the game."
As he spoke, he took out a small ball.
This was a miniature version of the balance balls that the circus often used. Once it appeared, everyone saw it and a foreboding feeling enveloped their bodies. Tang Mo shouted, "Retreat!" It was too late.
The circus leader had a very small heart. His heart was divided into three pieces, two for Tang Mo and one for Fu Wenduo.
Among the four, Grecia had the deepest grudge against Tang Mo.
He turned to Tang Mo and crushed the colourful ball. A dazzling light emerged from the ball in his hand. It instantly transformed into a rope and tied around Tang Mo at an incredible speed, pulling him in front of Grecia. Grecia grabbed Tang Mo's neck with one hand while taking away the short stick in Tang Mo's hand.
Tang Mo planned to use the A Fast Man ability to escape. Then Grecia squeezed his hand and whispered into his ears, "My lady, Cinderella said that you can defeat me but she didn't say what price you would have to pay for beating me. The fact that only one person will die already shows that you are very strong. It isn't easy to break free of this colourful rope. Don't waste your props…" He suddenly laughed. "Or an ability."
Tang Mo's eyes narrowed and Grecia didn't hesitate to squeeze his neck. Tang Mo's neck would soon be crushed by him. The group didn't have time to save him although Fu Wenduo still tried to move. At this moment, Mu Huixue pulled out a small compass. She held it in the palm of her hand while her other hand quickly moved the pointer.
"Fallacy, there is no unsolvable rope in the world. I refute!"
There was the sound of breaking glass and the rope around Tang Mo shattered.
Grecia looked surprised and Tang Mo took the opportunity to pull out the big match, igniting Grecia's right hand. Grecia naturally knew this big match. Mosaic wasn't strong but her prop was very interesting. He didn't hesitate to cut off his right hand. Tang Mo escaped while Grecia stared at Mu Huixue. He asked in a strange voice, "How can a human have this?"
Tang Mo wiped the blood from his lips and turned to look at Mu Huixue.
He also wanted to ask this question.
The fallacy compass, this was a rare prop on the same level as the truth clock.
There were high and low points among rare items.
The king's gold coin wasn't as good as Grecia's short stick and Grecia's short stick wasn't comparable to Santa's lollipop. Above all of this were the truth clock and fallacy compass.
In Schrodinger's steel fortress, Tang Mo had wanted to take the fake truth clock and he was ridiculed. Now Mu Huixue had the fallacy compass and it was the real one.
Mu Huixue put away the fallacy compass. "There are no props in this world that can't be possessed. I once again refute you."
Grecia stared at her for a long time before smiling helplessly.
The circus leader picked up the hat that had fallen to the ground when he avoided Tang Mo's big match. He put on the hate and smiled gently. "I admit defeat. Congratulations on clearing the black tower that I guarded. The black tower didn't tell me that you have the fallacy compass." He looked at Mu Huixue and seemed to be observing something. "My lady, you have fused with it a long time ago. Thanks to it, there is no creature in this world that can kill you. It is very dangerous to have this type of prop. You have completely broken the fairness of the game. You will be hated by the black tower and bad things will happen."
Mu Huixue was stunned before calmly replying, "Then I will wait for the black tower's retaliation."
Grecia spread open his hands.
He directly said he lost but the four players didn't relax their vigilance.
Grecia held the cane and turned to the black tower. He was halfway there when he stopped and looked at the sun slowly falling below the horizon. There was no sun in the black tower world, only a red ball of bronze light. He stared for a while, as if he could never see such a beautiful sight again.
Grecia smiled, bowed and continued to the black tower.
"Welcome to the Strange CIrcus, tonight’s show has successfully come to an end."
The figure of the circus leader slowly disappeared into the black tower and the group of four finally relaxed.
The moment that Grecia disappeared, the black tower glowed brightly. A cheerful song was heard and players all over the world stopped moving as they listened to the song.
Once the song ended, the black tower's childlike voice globally announced,
"Ding dong! At 17:14 on June 19th, 2018, China District 58 official players Fu Wenduo, Tang Mo, Mu Huixue, Andrei Peterov, Fu Wensheng and Chen Shanshan have successfully cleared the first black tower."
"Ding dong! At 17:14 on June 19th…"
It was broadcasted three times before the black tower concluded, "The time left is six days and there are four black towers remaining. Players, please try to attack the tower!"
Tang Mo looked up at the black tower and gently sighed.
Grecia disappeared and Chen Shanshan and Fu Wensheng rushed over to heal everyone.
Fu Wenduo was the most heavily injured. He alone blocked Grecia's whip attacks, his left arm was gone and his body was covered with wounds. Due to this genetic recombination ability, he recovered very quickly and it didn't take long for Andrei to be the most heavily wounded.
They left first and found a place to rest.
They hid in an abandoned office building and Tang Mo was planning to ask Mu Huixue about the fallacy compass. Suddenly, a dull roar was heard outside the window. It sounded like thousands of high-rise buildings collapsing and the ground crying. Everyone was shocked and ran to the window, looking south.
Tang Mo's group of six stood on the 31st floor and stared with wide eyes at Beijing City not far away.
They saw that the junction of Changping District and Haidian District seemed to be a dividing line as large skyscrapers collapsed.
It was like human civilization was completely breaking in front of all players.
The high-rise buildings, the bridge towers, the overpasses…
The Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Temple of Heaven Park…
In the city, all memories of human beings were being disintegrated. The scenery was as magnificent as Doomsday. Bathed in the last light of the setting sun, tens of thousands of humans crazily ran out of Beijing City.
As the city collapsed to the last tile, the black tower floating over the Forbidden City glowed white. It said it a quiet voice, "Ding Dong! China District 1 has disappeared."
This sentence was heard and it was like the pause button had been pressed.
All players who hadn't yet run out of China District 1 were frozen in place. Some of them still maintained their escape posture and some were only a few metres away from the dividing line. Yet they stopped.
Fu Wensheng saw that at the junction between Changping and Haidian, a young woman had suddenly stopped running. Just half a metre in front of her, a gleaming white all slowly rose, cover her and the whole of Beijing City in the light curtain.
There was a crisp cracking sound and more than 10,000 players disappeared from Earth.
The black tower above the Forbidden City shone with a bright white light and also completely disappeared.
Everything happened in five minutes.
"Ding dong! On June 19th, 2018, 2,118 black towers have randomly disappeared."
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Chapter 231
Tang Mo covered the eyes of Fu Wensheng, who was closest to him, at a very fast speed. At the same time, Mu Huixue covered Chen Shanshan's eyes.
Tang Mo felt something wet hit his palms as the boy in his arms trembled, tears flowing down in an unstoppable manner.
Chen Shanshan was calmer. She pulled down Mu Huixue's hand and spoke in a hoarse voice, "…It's okay." Her voice was so hoarse that the little girl also fell silent. After a while, Chen Shanshan looked at the ruined Beijing City and opened her mouth again. This time, her voice was firm. "It's really okay."
Nobody said anything.
In the face of this extremely shocking death, the six people stared silently for a long time.
Finally, Fu Wenduo pulled the curtains closed and everyone woke up.
Fu Wensheng wiped his tears, his heart still a bit uncomfortable. He knew that the black tower said that in these seven days, more than 2,000 black towers would disappear every day, along with the humans in that area. But…
"It wasn't hard to beat the circus leader after the four of you joined forces. Then why, why…"
It was only when he saw the collapse of human civilization that he understood how cruel the game was.
How many people could they save?
Every day, more than 2,000 black towers would disappear. There were only six of them and there were five black towers in the world.
Andrei suddenly stood up. "I will go to Berlin."
The group understood what he meant. Mu Huixue rose to her feet and told him, "I will go with you."
Andrei looked at her darkly, his voice depressed. "You stay."
Mu Huixue was stunned.
Andrei stared deeply at Mu Huixue and didn't give the reason. He picked up the coat that he had taken off during the healing and walked out of the building. The tall and strong Russian walked on the desolate road. The Changping District was full of players who fled from Beijing City. They all fled north.
In this swarm of people, only a tall figure went against the crowd and headed firmly west.
He was heading to Europe.
He might not be able to get there in seven days and he could die at any time from the black tower disappearing, yet he had to go.
Fu Wenduo stood on the upper floor and looked at Andrei's back. A moment later, he said, "Let's go to Beijing first to see if there are any survivors. Tomorrow we will move to Guangzhou."
"Okay."
The disappearance of the black tower in Beijing City meant it became a deserted wasteland. Everything was clear and there was no change from one end of the road to the other. Everything had become cement fragments.
Tang Mo stood in the middle of the road and extended his hand to the intersection of two districts. He turned around and declared, "Nothing. It seems that one way to live during these seven days is to find an area where the black tower already disappeared and stay there. Most people should be able to think of this method and will soon return to hide here in a stable manner."
They headed to the 80th High School.
It was a pity that they didn't find any Tian Xuan members. It was unknown if they died in Beijing City or smoothly escaped.
The broken bricks of a tall building piled up in a hill on the ground. It was only when all modern buildings collapsed that people discovered the civilization built by humans on this land had gone beyond nature itself.
Beijing, the Chaoyang District.
Tang Mo took the opportunity to find any surviving humans as well as searching the ruins for information about the disappearance of the black tower. Chen Shanshan and Fu Wensheng rested during this time. Fu Wensheng was greatly shocked tonight. He was the one with the worst psychological quality among the six people. He thought back to his mistake earlier in the evening and felt guilty.
He quickly hardened up.
There wasn't much he could do. He could only spend as much energy was possible to make more advanced mineral water.
Chen Shanshan was writing in a book. She looked up and observed the surroundings, suddenly finding that Mu Huixue was gone. The little girl frowned, thought about it and got up to look for the other person.
Bright moonlight shone on the ruins of Beijing City. It was empty and lonely because traces of people couldn't be found at all.
Chen Shanshan naturally didn't know that the Mu Huixue she was looking for was lying on tell of a hill of fragments. She rested on her right hand and looked up at the moon. For a long time, she stretched out her left hand and squinted. The moonlight passed through the gap in her fingers and cast shadows on her face.
In this way, the world's most powerful returnee basked in the moonlight and stared at the moon.
Five minutes later, Mu Huixue laughed. "Now that you are here, why don't you come out? I thought we were friends or… teammates?"
Deep footsteps were heard from the other end of the hill.
The person was wrapped in a thick coat and his face buried by his hat, only a pair of green eyes showing. Andrei stepped on the broken glass and walked to the top of the hill. He didn't speak or explain why he had gone and then come back. He just stared at Mu Huixue with a calm gaze.
Mu Huixue looked at the moon and asked, "Why did you come back?"
Andrei's was silent for a long time before replying in a low voice, "I was walking before deciding to come back and kill you." His voice abruptly stopped and Andrei glanced to the side. Then he looked back at Mu Huixue and said, "I'm sorry but we both know… you must die."
Mu Huixue wondered, "Are you afraid of death?"
"I'm not afraid. If you don't like it, I can kill myself after killing you."
However, she must die.
Andrei didn't say these words.
Mu Huixue understood what he meant and smiled at the moon. "In fact, I'm not afraid to die. Since you aren't living for yourself, why kill me? Do you still want to resurrect your daughter or your wife?"
"I won't resurrect Valentina. I promised you. You killed 78 people and I lost the bet. Thus, I won't kill you to resurrect Valentina. Still, there are more than three million humans in this world and it is the world where Valentina lived. Even if more than three million people die… I don't want to let the world disappear. That is why I'm going to resurrect him."
"What if that isn't the truth? What if we can't find the last tower despite killing me and resurrecting him?"
Andrei closed his mouth.
Mu Huixue raised her arms in the moonlight and smiled. "It might be a 1% hope but we can't not try it." The next moment, she said, "Why are you still hiding? Come out."
A few seconds later, Chen Shanshan silently emerged.
Andrei and Mu Huixue had been talking in Russian. Mu Huixue glanced at the child and spoke in Russian, "You can understand."
It was normal for a small child to not know Russian.
Yet this was Chen Shanshan.
Chen Shanshan was silent for a moment before replying in Russian, "Teacher taught me."
Mu Huixue was stunned. "You are the smartest child I have ever seen. I know this is your ability but I'm curious. The conversation I had with Andrei just now, did you understand what we were talking about?" She winked. "If you can guess, I will tell you a secret."
Chen Shanshan wanted to say she didn't want to know Mu Huixue's secret but she didn't. She closed her eyes and thought about the conversation between the two people. She opened her eyes and said quietly, "Killing the first person on the time leaderboard can resurrect a player who died in the game. Andrei came back because he was afraid you wouldn't kill yourself and resurrect this person. He was worried that you are afraid of death and came back to kill you with his own hands."
Andrei showed a surprised expression and stared seriously at Chen Shanshan.
This wasn't the first time Mu Huixue had played against this little girl. She held her knees while sitting on the ground, staring at Chen Shanshan with great interest. "Continue."
"Andrei said he wouldn't kill you to resurrect his wife or daughter. It seems that previously, he was chasing you to resurrect them. Now he doesn't want to do it anymore. It isn't for his own sake that he has to kill you. Then the only reason for his decision… the person he wants to resurrect has to do with the seventh floor's tower attack game. Chen Shanshan paused and raised her head, speaking in a positive tone. "That man knows where the last tower is."
Mu Huixue clapped. "You are truly the smartest child I have ever seen. No, you might be the smartest player I’ve ever seen. Your answer is 100% correct, apart from the fact that Andrei and I aren't sure if that person knows the last black tower. However, you can guess who Andrei will resurrect. This is a friendly tip. You also know that person."
Chen Shanshan's fingers clenched as she watched Mu Huixue.
"…Is it him?"
"Yes."
Chen Shanshan cried out, "Why?"
Mu Huixue replied, "For a reason you don't know, only he knows where the last tower is."
Chen Shanshan opened her mouth but she soon calmed down. The little girl glanced between Andrei and Mu Huixue.
In the ruined Beijing City, the black woman with the high ponytail sat on the highest hill and smiled at her. Moonlight covered her body, cold and lonely. By her side, the bear-like Russian player stood silently. His eyes weren't murderous but his attention was always focused on the woman in black.
If she ran away, he could catch up with her and kill her using any methods.
Mu Huixue didn't intend to escape. As Chen Shanshan turned to leave, she said, "Let this girl kill me."
Chen Shanshan paused.
Andrei lowered his head to look at her. "The little girl?"
Mu Huixue spread open her hands. "Since it is death, does it matter who kills me? I would rather die at the hands of a child than a man like you. She is a lot more loving than you are."
Andrei watched Mu Huixue and found that she was laughing but her eyes were firm and she was determined to die.
She wasn't afraid of death.
"Okay."
The Russian player walked down the hill and stopped walking about killing Mu Huixue.
For the first time, Chen Shanshan was at a loss. She stood on the ruins and saw Mu Huixue taking out a small and delicate compass. She said, "Previously, I asked Major Fu and Tang Mo to kill me. I said I wanted to die but in fact, I still wanted to live. Don't misunderstand. I'm not afraid of death like Fly. I don't want to live as much as him. It is as the circus leader said today. He can't kill me and none of you can kill me. Because… I have this."
She held the fallacy compass while pulling out a dagger with her other hand. She pointed the tip at her heart and stabbed it in.
Chen Shanshan was shocked, "You?!"
“It is nothing. I can't die from this type of injury thanks to the fallacy compass." The pulled out dagger contained a trace of blood. Mu Huixue wiped the blood on her lips and applied the blood on the dagger to the compass. She patiently used the blood to dye the pointer of the compass and said, "Speaking of this smart friend, a long time ago, I cleared the fourth floor of the black tower. At that time, the two worlds merged. Can you guess why I clearly succeeded in the fourth floor only to suddenly fail? Then why did I clear the game after 10 days?"
Three months ago, the black tower sang a song for a strange player. The always indifferent black tower praised the player with great enthusiasm and expressed its love for the player.
At that time,Mu Huixue cleared the fourth floor and almost opened the black tower's 4.0 version. Suddenly, her instance clearance came to an end and the black tower update was temporarily suspended. Almost half a month passed before she cleared the instance again and opened the black tower 4.0 version.
Chen Shanshan thought about it. "Was it due to the public opinion compass?"
"Wow, you are really a smart kid."
Chen Shanshan didn't understand Cantonese but she knew the meaning of this sentence. She explained, "You just said that you can't die because of the fallacy compass. Then you asked this question. Obviously, you failed the fourth floor because of the fallacy compass."
"You finally guessed wrong."
Chen Shanshan was startled.
“It wasn't because of the fallacy compass. At that time, I attacked the tower to let a black tower boss kill me in the game. I didn't want any returnee to kill me and let them resurrect someone as well as half my rest time. Thus, I chose to go the attack the fourth floor. Unfortunately, I cleared the game. I had just cleared the instance when I saw the fallacy compass…" Mu Huixue's blood completely dyed the pointer of the fallacy compass. She smiled and said, "Ordinary black tower monsters can't kill me. Then what about the fallacy compass? The moment I cleared the instance, I snatched the compass."
Chen Shanshan's eyes widened. She had thought of many possibilities but she never thought Mu Huixue would steal the rare prop and have her fourth floor stopped.
The blood on the compass dripped to the ground. The moment it touched the ground, a sound emerged from Mu Huixue's throat. Her face was pale, as if something had disappeared from her body.
Mu Huixue threw the fallacy compass. It moved in a parabola and hit the ground. However, it only flew halfway when it disappeared into the air.
Mu Huixue opened her mouth. "The circus leader said that this type of prop shouldn't be owned by a player. This is a bug, a bug caused by my ability. Perhaps now the black tower has recovered it."
Chen Shanshan's brain worked quickly as she guessed three of four possibilities. However, she couldn't be sure.
After returning the stolen fallacy compass to the black tower, Mu Huixue patted her clothes and stood up. She approached Chen Shanshan and smiled. "Now you can kill me whenever you want. I won't resist."
Chen Shanshan stared at her and finally couldn't help asking, "…Why me?"
Mu Huixue was stunned, not expecting the child to ask this question.
She looked down at the girl who was always calm and smart enough to be terrible. Then she reached out and touched Chen Shanshan's head. "It is because the one who was resurrected by me and later killed by me resembles you."
A nostalgic smile appeared on Mu Huixue's face. Chen Shanshan watched her, lips slightly parted. She didn't ask for an exit.
A few seconds passed before Chen Shanshan said quietly, "Since you have decided to die, let Brother Tang kill you."
Mu Huixue thought she heard wrongly. "What?"
Chen Shanshan had an analytical expression on her face. "You might've already guessed but Brother Tang's ability is to collect other people's abilities. The difficulty is too great. The stronger the ability, the harder it is to collect. In fact, the only way he can get your level of ability is by killing you." The little girl's pure and innocent face had a serious expression on it. "Since you have decided to die, it is better to let Brother Tang take away your ability."
Mu Huixue, "…"
Mu Huixue's fingers curved and she flicked Chen Shanshan's forehead.
The little girl's forehead instantly turned red and she reached out to cover her forehead.
Mu Huixues expression was blank. "This is where you and her are slightly different. I'm obviously going to die. Can't you say something good? Kid, you can't be like this."
Chen Shanshan raised her head., "Can I ask Brother Tang to come?"
Mu Huixue, "…"
"Okay, go. I'll wait here."
Chen Shanshan replied, "Okay."
Chen Shanshan ran away. Mu Huixue watched her back and a moment later, she lay down, bathing in the beautiful moonlight. It was as if she didn't want to waste one second and she would never see such a view again in her life.
She didn't know that the little girl clenched her fingers as she ran down the ruins. Her nails were deeply embedded in her palms. Her eyes were wet as the terrible and sensible little girl used someone's death for a final use.
The moment before her tears fell, she raised her hand and wiped her tears, still looking calm.
Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo had just returned to the hill of ruins and encountered Chen Shanshan.
The little girl watched Tang Mo with no expression and told the story. Tang Mo was stunned and glanced at Fu Wenduo. The two of them walked up the hill together and saw Mu Huixue lying on top of it.
She discovered they came and Mu Huixue lazily stood up.
She went to Chen Shanshan and once again flicked the little girl.
Andrei had been hiding in the darkness for a long time. He saw Fu Wenduo and Tang Mo and also came back, standing silently to the side.
Mu Huixue smiled heartily. "She told you everything right? In fact, I have no sense of death. I'm not afraid to die and I sometimes feel that living doesn't have much meaning. I a more valuable dead. Andrei is right. The third clue given by the black tower doomed me to death. If you don't hand, Andrei will do it or I might even kill myself. I don't want to waste my death and there is no law stating you can't get it. Thus, it is better to kill me and use my ability, Tang Mo."
Xiao Fu learnt the truth from Chen Shanshan and exclaimed, "No Sister Mu, you really want to…"
The child couldn't say the word. He didn't understand it. IN the daytime, they worked together to attack the black tower. How did it suddenly become like this?
Mu Huixue showed unexpected patience to the child. She knelt down and touched Fu Wensheng's head. “This city is gone." She touched Fu Wensheng's head and took him to look at the devastated land under him. "It wasn't until Andrei and I saw the clue that we understood the black tower's meaning. We knew it previously but it was only after Beijing City disappeared that we were willing to face it."
Fu Wensheng gritted his teeth. He wanted to say something but couldn't.
Fu Wenduo asked, "Do you really have to do this?"
Mu Huixue raised an eyebrow. "Major Fu, I have returned the fallacy compass to the black tower. Now you are saying this?"
Fu Wenduo didn't answer
Tang Mo opened his mouth. "You don't have to be like this. It isn't the last moment yet. Maybe there is a chance to turn things around and find the tower through another method."
"Then for the next six days, every day, many people will disappear." Mu Huixue smiled. "Since the black tower gave this clue, it means this is the only way. Today, Grecia said the black tower would retaliate against me and I suddenly understood something."
"Tang Mo, clearly that person always had good luck. Why was he suddenly unlucky and met two teammates when he went outside? If two powerful players hadn't gone outside or if it was only one of them, he wouldn't have died. Yet he is dead. Think about it. This isn't the black tower retaliating against him. This is the black tower retaliating against me."
"Maybe he isn't the only one who can find the tower. Perhaps he is the only one who can attack the tower."
"So… Tang Mo, kill me."
Tang Mo's fingers clenched as he stared at Mu Huixue. After a long time, he took two silver butterfly knives out of his pocket.
Mu Huixue glanced at Chen Shanshan and showed a brilliant smile. "Later on, bask in the moonlight for me. I told you that if you guessed, I would tell you a secret. I don't really have a secret. It is just that a long time ago, when I hadn't killed the person who looked like you, she told me that she wanted to return to Earth and see the moon. There is no moon in the world of the returnees, only the day. I'll pass this baton to you now. Enjoy the moonlight."
Chen Shanshan remained calm and didn't say anything.
Mu Huixue smiled. "Hrmm?"
"…Okay."
At this time, Tang Mo walked in front of Mu Huixue.
Mu Huixue maintained her smile and stared at him. "Let's start…"
She raised her eyes with a firm expression. "Tang Mo, kill me and resurrect Bai Ruoyao."
The refreshing female voice was blown away by the evening breeze as Mu Huixue showed a calm and optimistic smile.
Two days ago, the sixth floor of the black tower, Noah's ark.
Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo didn't notice that as they opened their red paper and saw the words on it, Mu Huixue and Andrei also opened their paper.
There were only three characters but these three characters were enough to make the two powerful sixth floor players stunned.
The moment they saw the words, they felt an incomparable mocking.
Mu Huixue and Andrei saw the clue and the paper turned into ash. However, the words were branded into their hearts and could never be forgotten. The three characters were:
[Bai Ruoyao]
"Today's moonlight is really beautiful."
The silver knife flashed and this moment was brighter than the moonlight.
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Chapter 232
5:31 p.m. Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Thick snow clouds covered the sky. The heavy snow had long stopped but the snow on the ground was already 10cm thick. The Brandenburg Gate was covered with thick snow, making it look like a white door frame. Suddenly, a black figure was thrown out and fell against a stone pillar of the Brandenburg Gate.
This ancient stone gate with a history of over 200 years trembled fiercely, a long and narrow crack appearing on it. The silver-haired woman thrown against the stone pillar didn't have time to rest and recover. She fell into the snow. The next moment, she supported herself and jumped back three steps.
Bang!
A giant lollipop smashed into the ground where she had just been located, a large pit forming.
There was a kind smile on Santa Claus' face as he waved the lollipop. "Hahaha, let's play together my lovely child!"
The battle was an almost one-sided crushing.
The bodies that died under the Brandenburg Gate were buried by snow. The silver-haired woman was the only survivor but she was injured and her movements and reactions could no longer keep up. There was another blow and the silver-haired woman couldn't dodge. She was hit hard by the lollipop. She fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. She could no longer stand.
Red blood ran down from the wound on her head and entered her eyes. She struggled to support her upper body as she saw Santa Claus moving his sleigh. He pulled the reins and laughed. "This is the last moment. Child, Santa Claus never kills. However, if you are lying in the snow and accidentally trampled on then you can't blame Santa. The eyes of an old man are always bad. This is known to everyone." Santa Claus smiled as his reindeer ran towards the silver-haired woman.
Yelena's eyes were tense as she tried to stand up but she was already exhausted.
The sleigh was only five metres away from her when there was a sharp burst of wind. Santa's expression changed and he turned the sleigh, avoiding the fire bullet. The fire bullets hit the Brandenburg Gate and melted the snow around it.
Santa Claus turned to look at the visitor and his eyes narrowed.
Yelena also turned in that direction. She didn't know when but the snow clouds had scattered and the sun was setting. At the junction of the sky and horizon, six black figures were bathed in the warm sunlight as they headed towards Brandenburg Gate. A blond youth held his left arm flat as he heard a gun covered with golden patterns.
It was clear that he had just fired the bullet.
Six people walked towards Brandenburg Gate. Santa watched the six humans and seemed to recognize one or two of them. "Lovely children, long time no see. Merry Christmas!"
A middle-aged man pulled Yelena from the ground and asked in French accented English."Who are you?"
Yelena replied coldly. "Yelena Ivanovna."
The blond youth came over. "The first player in Russia to clear the fifth floor?"
Yelena glanced at him and didn't speak.
The middle-aged man smiled and turned to look at Santa Claus.
“The death of the crazy Lena and Don doesn't mean there is no one in the European region. The only black tower in Europe which has attracted worldwide attention, the black tower in Berlin, Europe District 1. It doesn't require you Russians to attack it. Brothers, it seems that we are right." The middle-aged man pulled out a long blade and stared at Santa Claus, revealing a bloodthirsty smile. "Kill him and take down the Berlin black tower!"
New York, USA.
Peter Pan seized the opportunity and leapt into the air, swooping down, his golden spear stabbing at Bell Fauske's chest. There was no tension on Bell's face and he showed a successful smile. Peter Pan was surprised and tried to fly away but it was too late.
John suddenly appeared from behind and fired three bullets straight into Peter Pan's chest.
Around the world, players were trying to attack the tower.
Beijing, China.
It was dark and late at night.
In the moonlight, five figures walked down from the hill.
Fu Wensheng wiped his wet eyes and Chen Shanshan looked at him. The child shook his head. "There is just a bit of pain from the wind."
Chen Shanshan didn't say anything.
The first returnee on the time leaderboard had more advanced props than Tang Mo. The red whip was handed over to Chen Shanshan by its owner and the remaining props were assigned to each of the five people.
Chen Shanshan opened her mouth and found that her voice was hoarse. She paused for a moment and then spoke in a normal voice, "Bai Ruoyao has been resurrected but he hasn't been seen. The black tower says he is alive but where is he? We have to find him."
Fu Wenduo speculated, "He died in the black tower game so he likely appeared under the black tower."
The black tower suspended over the Forbidden City had disappeared along with all of Beijing City. Still, this was the most likely place for Bai Ruoyao to appear. The five people packed up and headed in the direction of the Forbidden City. They only got halfway there when Fu Wenduo stopped.
The group immediately looked at him.
Andrei closed his eyes and listened. "There are footsteps."
Beijing City had disappeared a few hours ago and the players living on this land had either escaped or disappeared with the city. Was there someone else around?
A name floated in Tang Mo's heart and he glanced at Fu Wenduo with surprise. The two people instantly understood the other side's meaning.
"Hey, who is that?" Fu Wensheng cried loudly.
The group looked over.
In the bright moonlight, a thin figure appeared.
The baby-faced youth had his hands in his pocket as he walked carelessly, not walking too fast or too slow. It was irritating, just like he always was. He walked here and once he saw Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo, he deliberately made a surprised expression. "Wow, what a coincidence. We meet again, Tang Tang, Major Fu. Is this fate?"
Tang Mo glanced at him. "Did you come here on purpose?"
Bai Ruoyao blinked. "What do you mean? Tang Tang, I suddenly appeared on a pile of ruined stones, which scared me." He put on an expression of fear but they could tell this smiling person wasn't afraid at all. "I looked around and recognized the stone bricks on the ground as similar to the Forbidden City. Then I headed in a direction to see if there was anyone nearby to ask about the situation. Hehe, Tang Tang, do you see the fate between us? I unexpectedly found you at once."
Bai Ruoyao's gaze swept over the five people. When he saw Andrei, he quickly looked away.
He didn't ask anything about the person who was always with Andrei and who had been chased by Andrei. Bai Ruoyao just cocked his head and asked, "Where are my butterfly knives?"
Tang Mo took out two knives from his pocket and threw them with an expressionless face.
Bai Ruoyao caught the knives. His clever fingers stroked the thin handle as he threw the two beautiful knives into the air. The butterfly knives disappeared into his sleeves at a speed that surpassed the naked eye, so that even Fu Wenduo couldn't see it.
Bai Ruoyao put his hands in his pocket and his lips curved. "Then can you tell me now, what happened after I died?"
Tang Mo used simple words to describe what happened after Bai Ruoyao's death.
From the death of Lena and Don to the players clearing the sixth clue. They received clues and the black tower directly opened the seventh floor of the tower, asking all players in the world to attack the tower together.
Chen Shanshan told then, "We don't know the clue of the Chongqing player, Li Xia for the moment. I guess that it is likely to be a message about the location of the black tower. However, the third clue that the black tower gave is you." The little girl looked up at the baby-faced youth. "Do you know where the fifth black tower is?"
Bai Ruoyao didn't answer her. He just raised an eyebrow. "Changping in Beijing, Guangzhou, Berlin and New Delhi. Are you going to Guangzhou now?
Chen Shanshan nodded. "The circus leader is powerful but he isn't the strongest in the black tower world. Grandmother Wolf and Santa Claus are stronger than him. Ruan Wangshu has taken Tian Xuan to help the people of Guangzhou attack the tower but Mu…" Her voice stopped before she continued. "We heard that there are no particularly powerful players in Guangzhou. Thus, we intended to leave for Guangzhou to attack the tower."
Andrei's low voice was heard. "What clue do you know?"
Bai Ruoyao turned to look at the Russian player emitting killing intent. Andrei had never shown such a murderous appearance before. If the baby-faced youth didn't cooperate, Andrei would definitely break his neck.
Bai Ruoyao stared at him before making a wronged expression. "What did I do wrong? Tang Tang, look at him bullying me."
Tang Mo asked, "What the hell do you know?"
Bai Ruoyao stopped pretending.
After a long moment, he explained, "There is one thing you guessed wrong. If the third clue given by the black tower is what you said, it is me. This doesn't mean I know where the tower is. I didn't know anything about this game and the black tower didn't give me information. The clue literally means 'me.' And on Earth, there is only one tower that I have an inseparable relationship with…"
"In fact, I once died while attacking the black tower's second floor."
Tang Mo's eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"
Bai Ruoyao smiled at him. "Literally that. Tang Tang, I'm not lying to you. Am I that type of person? Okay okay, foreigner who can't even speak Mandarin. Don't raise your fist at me. I will stop talking nonsense." The moment he stopped speaking, the baby-faced fingers moved and a half-bitten apple appeared.
"The black tower's second floor tower attack game, I was passing through a country city when I was forced to attack the tower. Originally, it was an ordinary tower attack game. As long as the main mission was completed, it could be cleared. However, I died… I made a wrong choice." He glanced at Tang Mo. "The world's first player to clear the hard mode of the black tower is called Momo. Tang Tang, that person is you. Originally, I should've been the first to clear the second floor of the tower in hard mode but I died there. Still, before I died, I stole something and bit it. Then I came back to life. From then on, my life was linked to the boss of that game."
"She's asleep while I'm alive."
"The black tower told me that I can only get rid of this damn apple and truly live by clearing the seventh floor."
Bai Ruoyao blinked. "Tang Tang, can you guess who she is?"
Tang Mo looked at the half-bitten red apple in Bai Ruoyao's hand. A name filled his heart and he blurted it out.
"…Snow White."
Half an hour later, the six people arrived at the junction of Beijing and Baoding.
They stopped at the dividing line between the two cities. This didn't mean there was a line separating the two cities. China never deliberately drew boundaries between cities. Yet at this moment, they saw a line with their own eyes.
To the north of this line were the ruins of human civilization while the south contained small houses.
Once they arrived here, they knew that they had left Beijing and China District 1.
Fu Wenduo looked at the ruined city behind him before turning away. The others also watched the north before continuing to go south.
Tang Mo suggested, "Everything in Beijing is destroyed and there are no cars. Baoding should have cars. We should go to the city to find a car. Chongqing is very far away."
Fu Wenduo nodded. "Driving is faster."
"Good."
Fu Wensheng had started walking when he found that the baby-faced youth wasn't keeping up. He turned his head to look.
In the morning light, the baby-faced youth stood at the junction of two cities and watched Beijing. Bai Ruoyao's wrist twisted and a silver butterfly knife appeared in his hand. Fu Wensheng was shocked and didn't know what he wanted to do. Then he saw Bai Ruoyao throw the knife.
The butterfly knife flew in a beautiful arc through the air, cutting a small white flower that remained among the weeds and flew back to Bai Ruoyao's hand. The strength was so controlled that when the butterfly knife fell into his hands, the flower came with it.
The baby-faced youth smelt the flower and made a disgusted expression. "It isn't fragrant at all."
Then he knelt down and plugged the flower into the devastated land of Beijing.
A small, ordinary wildflower stood quietly in the dirt, swaying with the wind.
Bai Ruoyao poked the flower, whispered something and turned away.
Fu Wensheng felt that he heard wrong. Then Bai Ruoyao walked to his side and exclaimed, "Tang Tang, did you cry when you saw I was dead? Were you very sad?"
"Shut up."
"Hehehehe."
The six people continued moving south.
"Did I hear wrong?"
The child touched his head as he walked with everyone.
The sentence was blown over the ruins of Beijing by the wind.
—[Deer, I'm back.]
The moonlight disappeared and the sun rose.
Fu Wenduo soon found an abandoned jeep in Baoding. The six people got on it and quickly rushed to Chongqing.
Bai Ruoyao told them, "Chongqing is very big and there are eight black towers. This black tower is very unremarkable. It is on the east side. I was passing by when leaving Chongqing but the black tower was too bad. I just passed by when it pulled me into the tower attack game."
Fu Wenduo asked, "Where is that tower?"
"Chongqing Fengjie."
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