To be precise, it was eight demigods and Buddhas who were then swallowed up by the flames and floods.
Inside the house, Qingchen had his back to Yangyang as she wrapped bandages around his neck.
He suddenly said, "Wrap it loosely, otherwise it might affect tomorrow's training and it might break."
Suddenly, Yangyang slipped her arms under his ribs and gently hugged him: "Do you remember when we first met?"
"Do you mean at school, or at Lao Jun Mountain?"
“Laojun Mountain,” Yangyang said, “I watched you run barefoot for several kilometers from the sky, leaving bloody footprints on the ground. I saw you carrying a rock through the woods and then smashing it on that van. I thought to myself, you’re really ruthless, ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to yourself.”
Qing Chen laughed and said, "Were you scared?"
"Later we became neighbors..." Yangyang raised her eyebrows: "Wait, how many of your apprentices have ever eaten dragonfish?"
“Several,” Qing Chen raised an eyebrow.
“Someone’s eavesdropping! Come on, let’s go talk to them from heaven,” Yangyang said, pulling Qingchen’s hand as they walked out. As they passed the multimedia classroom, he glanced inside.
But then they saw Li Tongyun, Jinguji Maki, Hu Xiaoniu and everyone else bowing their heads and seriously learning how to fold parasols, their eyes downcast and their minds focused, as if they were all good students studying hard.
Qing Chen looked at Li Tongyun and immediately found a flaw: "Little Tongyun, you're not a knight, what are you pretending for?"
Li Tongyun panicked: "Huh? Huh? I wasn't pretending..."
Yangyang led Qingchen up into the sky, hiding in the clouds where no one could see them.
The moonlight in the sky is like a lamp, and the white clouds are like a sea.
The two lay on the sea of clouds, supported by a soft force field.
Qingchen placed his hands under his head, and Yangyang gently rested her head on his arm. Neither of them said anything explicitly, or perhaps, there was no need to say anything at all.
The girl asked, "Are you scared? There's only one day left."
“I’m not afraid,” Qingchen laughed. “In the dark slide, I experienced my brother’s dream again and again. In the haunted house maze, I went through the questioning of the heart again. I’m not afraid of anything anymore.”
As Qingchen walked this path, his mind became increasingly clear.
Yangyang asked, "You said that if you came back this time, you would tell me what that corner of the dream was."
Qingchen was silent for a moment: "In that dream, I would board the train at 7:10 from Xingfuli Station in the fifth district, and you would definitely board at 7:35 from Yinxing Station in the fourth district. Day after day, I would secretly watch you out of the corner of my eye in carriage number 2, watching you wear headphones and listen to music, watching you hold the handrail of the light rail with one hand, watching that time. Then we would get off the train together and go to school."
"Thirteen hundred and thirty-eight thousand eight hundred days, although we haven't said a word to each other, it feels like we've been together for centuries."
Yangyang was stunned.
The clouds drift and swirl, the Milky Way cascades like a waterfall, and young men and women rest their heads between heaven and earth, like a lone boat adrift.
They saw a new heaven and a new earth; the former heaven and the former earth had passed away.
Yangyang asked, "We haven't said a word to each other all these years? You must be very lonely."
"I told you for the last time that you woke me up and said you were waiting for me to come back," Qingchen said. "Oh, and you even kissed me in my dream."
"Am I that proactive?" Yangyang laughed so hard she was shaking. "That's just like my personality."
"Um……"
"Did I wear a Sailor Moon outfit for you in my dream?"
"Um?"
"Maid?"
"Um?"
"Catwoman?"
"Hello……"
"JK?"
"Be serious."
"Do you want to see it?"
"think……"
However, this time Yangyang just curled up the corners of her mouth, snuggled closer to Qingchen's chest, and didn't say anything more.
...
...
New York.
In an unassuming burger joint, King sat in a corner, wearing a hoodie pulled low over his shoulders.
At that moment, an Asian man carrying a cup of coffee came out of the restaurant's kitchen, placed the coffee on the table, and pushed it in front of King.
King looked at him coldly, but showed no interest in drinking his coffee.
The Asian man looked at the other man with a smile: "King of the Kingdom Organization, the master of this continent, does he need to be so cautious?"
After the attack on its headquarters, Kingdom and Future Organization merged, and then Kingdom's headquarters was evacuated from downtown New York.
Today, the Kingdom's headquarters are located on a farm near Washington, D.C., where you can even smell cow dung while working, and when you call your colleagues outside, they can even hear cows mooing.
...If it weren't for the need to maintain a semblance of dignity, everyone would have preferred to switch to working from home.
The once arrogant and invincible kingdom and King are gone.
He had previously used CIA intelligence to locate the Knights Reserve led by Hu Xiaoniu, who were adrift on the Barents Sea in Europe.
As a result, he ordered the warships under the Kingdom Organization to search for the past, but they were ambushed by Zheng Yuandong.
On that day, the Barents Sea was frozen for several kilometers. A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, four Aegis destroyers, and two supply ships were trapped in the middle of the ice and could not move. They were eventually sunk by Zheng Yuandong one by one.
In this situation, King is genuinely worried about being suddenly blocked on the street. Now, when he walks on the streets of New York and sees an Asian, he feels a chill run down his spine.
King looked up and saw him staring at the other man with a cold expression: "Let's get down to business. If His Majesty the King hadn't sent me to see you, I wouldn't have come to see a puppeteer."
The puppeteer chuckled, "The Duke of Storms hasn't even ascended the throne yet. Isn't it a bit premature to call him Your Majesty?"
The King said earnestly, "It is His Majesty the King."
“I see. So you were the King’s man, just working for Duke Storm,” the puppeteer said thoughtfully. “You must be a native of the other world who traveled in reverse, possessing this body and becoming the King. I’m curious, what was your identity before you possessed him? A prince? A assassin?”
"No need to ask so many pointless questions. What information can I provide from this meeting?" King asked.
The puppeteer chuckled and said, "The Joker has already begun his operation. He's luring Chen Yu to Forbidden Land 001, intending to kill him there. I can't yet ascertain the situation within Forbidden Land 001, but considering what the Joker is doing, he might be aiming to complete the life-or-death challenge during this return cycle, advance to demigod status, and then slay Chen Yu."
King frowned. With a demigod like Zheng Yuandong in the surface world, they were already struggling to survive. If there were another Joker, they might as well hide in Antarctica.
King sneered, "You want us to stop the Joker from becoming a demigod? What can you possibly do then?"
Puppet Master Zong Cheng shook his head: "The puppets around me have all been eliminated... I can cheer for you."
King got up and left.
Before leaving, Zongcheng said earnestly, "If we let Joker grow into a demigod..."
King turned around and said, "The Roosevelt Kingdom is several times stronger than the Eastern Continent. Even if there is one more demigod, it will be of no use."
Zong Cheng smiled but did not answer. He watched King leave, then picked up the lonely cup of coffee on the table and drank it all in one gulp.
Just then, a customer outside called out, "Two hamburgers and a beer, please!"
Zong Cheng smiled and said, "They've arrived!"
...
...
The Alps.
Qing Chen calmly boarded the helicopter. Today, all the knight reserves stopped studying and working and watched silently.
It was like witnessing a miracle.
Chen Zhuoqu asked from behind, "Master, how many training sessions are there today?"
Qing Chen turned around and held up one finger: "Once!"
The Cavaliers' reserves were stunned. Was there only one practice session today?!
The buzzing of helicopter rotors echoed through the valley as two helicopters flew one after the other through the mountains.
Liu Dezhu said over the communication channel, "Boss, will the Kingdom Organization come?"
"I will definitely come," Qingchen said with a smile as he sat in the cabin.
Liu Dezhu asked, "Then why don't we challenge it somewhere else? It'll only take a day or two. I think your advancement is more important. You're a demigod! Just one more step and you'll be a demigod!"
Qing Chen replied, "No need."
He turned to Sorel and asked, "Parameters?"
Sorel had been sitting quietly like a quail... Well, a few fighter jets crashed a few days ago, and it seems like some more are going to crash today.
Sorel was initially very excited; after witnessing the fighter jet crash, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep at night.
I'm numb to it now.
Sorel shouted, "Ascend 300 meters!"
"Wind speed level 7, southeast wind."
"Visibility level 1, with light fog."
“Joker,” Sorel shouted, “Today is not a good day to jump. Let’s wait, another day… or even the afternoon!”
Qing Chen ignored him and simply stood at the edge of the Airbus Puma's cabin door. Liu Dezhu, who was in the pilot's seat, was wearing sunglasses and headphones. When the helicopter flew to the designated area, he turned to look at Qing Chen and gave him a thumbs up.
This set of operating procedures has been practiced dozens of times, and everyone is already very familiar with it.
However, he stood by the hatch and did not move.
Liu Dezhu was stunned: "Boss?"
"Hmm?" Qing Chen responded.
"Boss, we can begin."
"It's not time yet, we have to wait."
Liu Dezhu asked in confusion, "Wait for what?"