Throne of Shadows

"Your Highness, is this the human smoke you mentioned?"

Dilapidated cities, dusty streets.The wind and sand blowing by, the crooked signboard and the damaged hinges made a sound like ghosts.

Begobird had an embarrassing haircut: "Well, although the population is gone, can there still be energy? Looking at the city, it's a bit dilapidated. But if you look carefully, you may find something by accident. "

"As expected of being a trash collector." Christina stood beside Annie with her pretty face darkened.

"You go back to the car and stay there, I'll go and see for myself." Holding a sharp sword in his hand, Dongchen carefully made arrangements.

"I'll go with you," Christina suggested.

"No, this city doesn't feel right to me. You protect Anne and Mr. Bird, and if anything happens, you retreat first."

"What about you?" Christina looked at Dongchen worriedly.

"I will run out." Dongchen smiled confidently.

"Beautiful brother, come on!" The little angel, who had been silent all this time, waved her little fist.The two sweet dimples are adorable.

Dongchen smiled and raised his hand, striding forward.

A gust of wind and sand hit, and Dongchen's figure was blurred in the sight of his teammates.

"Let's go back to the car." Christina took over the command, and Begobird didn't seem to care, and returned to the car first.

Dongdong's footsteps sounded on the metal floor, and Dongchen felt an inexplicable panic when he heard the sound that seemed to be connected with his heartbeat, which made him feel very strange.

The exercise of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood, now there are many people dying in front of him, Dongchen shouldn't feel this way.However, facing a desolate town, Dongchen has it.

A swirl of khaki dust swept across the street, and a dilapidated window fell down.Dongchen turned his head, looked at the window frame that fell to the ground, and then at the dilapidated building, stared for a moment, and continued to search forward.He wants to get a general idea of ​​this small city first, as for searching the house, Dongchen has no plans yet.

All the way to the north, bars, hotels, shopping malls, supermarkets, and various buildings can be vaguely judged.

"There was a war here." Dongchen stood at the corner of the street, in front of him was a big pit with a solid black circle around the edge.Dongchen knew that this was the trace of bugs.But by the looks of it, it's been a long time.

Moving on, Dongchen stopped in front of a building.

The big number in the city hall is always the most conspicuous, maybe he is not the best in the city, but the highest grade.But you can't deny that he is always the most conspicuous one.

Dongchen walked in because there were bullet casings all over the place.

The crooked ancient rotary cannon, with unfinished but rusted bullets on the belt.Dongchen didn't move him, but continued to search forward.The damaged walls, with strange scratches and mottled blood.

No dead bodies, bugs don't leave dead bodies.

Dongchen drew his sword, and opened the doors one after another.The room was in chaos, and one can imagine how panicked the people were at that time.

The wind outside became more urgent, and a lot of sand and dust were blown in through the broken windows.

Dongchen squinted his eyes and walked up to the third floor, stopping in front of the most central room.This is the only room with a locked door.

Mayor's office.Find this piece of steel nameplate from the half-foot-thick dust.Dongchen thought for a while, then swung his sword at the door, and something unexpected happened to him.

As expected, the door that was supposed to be opened with a sword actually blocked his slashing.Although not at full strength, Dongchen still felt incredible.

Raising the sword again, he gathered his strength to chop down, and amidst the bang, there were teeth-stinging crunching sounds one after another.The walls on both sides fell like dominoes in pieces.

Dongchen was dumbfounded.He never thought that someone would make his office like this.Fear of death should have a limit!Like this house made entirely of alloys, it is really speechless.Moreover, looking at the gap in the door that was slightly opened by himself, the circle of hidden locks also makes people feel broken.Is this the mayor's office, or the Tianzihao room of the prison?

After wasting all his strength, he removed the door and Dongchen walked into the room.

It was a spacious room, dark and shady, behind the desk facing the door, sat a mummy.

The neat clothes, neatly placed items, and the completely different scene from what he had seen before made Dongchen feel a little dazed.

He didn't bother the deceased, even though Dongchen was thinking about killing the owner of this house just now.

Walking slowly towards the desk, Dongchen didn't touch the most conspicuous red wine on the table, but picked up a diary with a thin dust.

The diary is new, there are only a few pages written, and the handwriting is very messy.

No. 13: I never thought of a day of keeping a diary, because I am a corrupt official, I don't want to, and I can't leave a hole.But today it's not working, I think I should leave something...

18th: The energy system in the town fails, and the backup power source is subsequently broken.I don't know how much longer I can weigh, let alone what's going on outside.I'm scared, every time I hear someone knocking on the door, I'm scared to death.

No. 27: I put a lot of effort into this room. Others put a lot of effort into their own homes, but I am very smart. I made my office a fortress.I can enjoy my last moments while they are still out there fighting.

Number 30: I decided to kill myself.After staying in this house for a month, there was no sound outside, and there was no report that I had been looking forward to.I know, we're done.How long has it been since the distress signal was sent?No shadow of the army was seen.Perhaps, they also ran into the group of demons.Should I pray to the Father?People who commit suicide cannot go to heaven.This is really a bad rule.Maybe, I should believe in Satan.How I wish I could be a vampire so I can sleep.Maybe, when I wake up, I can...

Throwing the diary, which didn't even have a complete date, on the mummy, a cloud of fly ash exploded, and Dongchen stepped back, clutching his nose.Backed all the way to another door.

lounge?

Compared with the outrageous door of Tianzihao Prison, the small door in the inner room is very easy to open.

"I should really chop you again." Before leaving, Dongchen spat on the seat that had turned into ashes.

Go back to the street again and walk forward against the wind and sand.

Dongchen felt very uncomfortable until he found a black shadow jumping from a distance, a ball bouncing and rolling in the wind and sand.

"mine……"

someone!

The sharp sword was unsheathed, and his body moved in the direction of the sound. Dongchen stood on the balcony, looked at the door that was rattling, and shouted: "Is there anyone? I have no malicious intentions."

After shouting for a long time, without getting a response, Dongchen put his sword back into its sheath, and glanced at the door again: "Just now, was it an auditory hallucination?"