Chapter 32 Chapter 31 Doomsday Clock

On December 20, 2012, City S had become a dead city. The tiankeng is still expanding, and the ground is constantly cracking, as if a door is slowly opening in the depths.The torrential rain continued to pour, but there was no water on the ground, because the ever-expanding tiankeng had swallowed the entire city, and all the buildings, roads, plants, and animals on the ground were sunk deep underground. And in the depths of the tiankeng, a faint white light emerged, getting stronger and stronger, reflecting everyone's faces. The old priest silently recited the 7089th prayer, blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, and his brown hair turned pale one by one, as if the power of life was being exhausted bit by bit.Hearing a "click", a slight crack appeared on the cross in his hand, and a faint bright red color leaked out of it, like blood.

"Admit defeat. You have been fighting us alone for more than a month, and you are considered tenacious." Two figures appeared in the white light, shoulder to shoulder, and said to the black-clothed priest who was standing guard, "The last moment is about to come. Come, what can you humans do? However, you are a tenacious and excellent human being, and after your death, I will keep your body so that your DNA will not be lost." "Oh." Father Gong Ge sneered, but did not speak - he was suspended in the middle of the tiankeng, about 2,000 meters deep, with endless darkness under his feet, and the sky above him was already far away.The light emitted from the other side was getting brighter and brighter, it was shot from the ground, he knew that as long as he gave up, he would be sucked into this door immediately, and he would never recover.

That is the gate of hell... the whole human civilization will perish when the bell strikes! "God, please give me strength, let me stop these demons for you!" Father Gong Ge tried his best to resist the power of that door and prevent the world from collapsing faster.However, the door of death is still slowly opening, and light shines through the crack of the door, as if it is about to cover the whole world. Strangely, in that light, a pair of pure white wings could be vaguely seen! Father Gong Ge couldn't help being stunned—is that an angel? How could there be such a thing in "White Moon"?Why is that figure struggling, as if hovering at the junction of hell and heaven, unable to leave?

"God...is that you? You finally showed us your existence?" Father Gong Geer suddenly remembered what Gabriel had said, and looked at the blurry silhouette suddenly, as if he was listening to someone. There was no sound, and the hands gradually trembled, and the counting beads of the cross were in the palm of the hand one by one. A voice as soft as the sound of heaven entered his heart, as if calling—— "Sacrifice...human beings! Your sacrifices will become the source of my strength." That voice awakened the secret that had been buried deep in his heart for a long time. Father Gong Ge looked at the light in the deepest part of the earth and murmured: "Is it time?"

—Yes, this was the fateful moment!When he joined the Klan Society 50 years ago and swore his hand on the Dead Sea Scrolls, he was told that everyone has this moment.At that moment, if you hear the call of God, you must answer without hesitation. 13 years ago, Michael went: Now, Uriel has gone too; now, is it his turn? He clenched the cross in his hand and prayed in a low voice: "May this small and humble sacrifice let God know the determination of human beings—please lead us through the door of life and death, from the ruins Rebuild the world, Amen!" At that moment, Father Gong Ge suddenly gave up his resistance and fell towards the light!

Clutching the cross with both hands and placing it tightly on his chest, the old priest closed his eyes, stopped all spells, whispered his prayers, and allowed himself to quickly fall towards another world. Weightless, falling extremely fast, in a trance, he saw the door opening at an accelerated rate, and the attraction of another world was so strong that it was irresistible.Dressed in a black divine robe, he fluttered and flew into the depths of the light in an instant, like a black butterfly that disappeared in the light——before the bell rang, the leading lamb in God's herd, the spiritual leader of the Crane Society , Father Gonggel, the supreme priest in the temple, just left this world!

At that moment, the fierce melee above City S stopped, and countless fighters from the Klan Society seemed to sense the disappearance of the leader, turned around suddenly, and flew towards the sinkhole at the same time.However, that huge black hole is covered with an enchantment, except for the three people fighting in the deep underground, outsiders can't get close at all. "Father...Father!" the soldiers of the Crane Society called out, gathering on the edge of the sinkhole.However, no matter how they shouted or how they tried to break in, their leader just disappeared into this black hole like a kite with a broken string.

Feeling that the opponent's sense of existence had completely disappeared, the two shadows who had fought with Father Gong Gele until now finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other. "Dead?" Ya frowned—this human being has been the biggest opponent of "White Moon" for 50 years. "Dead." You Yan closed her eyes, felt it silently, and confirmed it. "Can't you sustain it like this?" Ya was a little surprised, looking at the depths of the ground, "With Gong Ge's ability, I thought he could always support it until the moment the bell rang."

"..." You Yan stared silently, then suddenly called out in a low voice, "Look, what is that?" When flying over that door, the black divine robe unfolded.At that moment, Father Gonggel recited the last incantation with all his strength, and poured all his life's spiritual power into the moment. The black clergyman's robe on his body seemed to spread like a dark cloud, expanding endlessly, instantly covering the whole world. Open doors are covered. "God! Please let me use all my blood as a sacrifice, so that the Son of Light can fly!" When he uttered the last prayer, his body passed through the door and was sucked into another world.At that moment, there seemed to be something flashing in the deepest part of the light, like a moth thrown into the lake water, causing slight fluctuations.However, after that, a white shadow suddenly flew out from the depths of the light.

The huge white wings bloomed in the light, covering the entire tiankeng in an instant. "Be careful!" Ya intertwined his hands, quickly formed a seal, and shouted, "It's that child!" However, the opponent's speed was as fast as a gust of wind, and they had already arrived in front of them at the same time.Huge wings covered the sky and covered the ground, instantly separating him from Youyan.At that moment, the line of sight was blocked, his fingers spread out, and the knot mudra was completed.Countless beams of light suddenly shot out from the four walls of the tiankeng, criss-crossing.

"You Yan!" He sternly said, "Stop her!" Youyan responded from the other side of the wings, and the light shot out from the other side, and the two ends echoed each other, and instantly intertwined into a dense network—the tiankeng instantly became a transparent beam of light, with dazzling rays of light shining inside. of light.That light is destructive and can annihilate almost all tangible matter that falls into it. However, the wings whipped up a whirlwind and swept towards the ground without stopping, breaking through the light net one by one, seemingly unaffected at all.In just a blink of an eye, those white wings rushed from the ground to the top of the tiankeng. At that moment, all the fighters of the Klan Society gathered at the edge of the tiankeng were stunned—a piece of wings protruded from the huge black hole, like snowflakes falling from the clouds to the ground, one after another.When the wings protrude from the depths of the earth one by one, the light will follow.This kind of light is not the light of destruction behind the door in the depths of the darkness, but warm, bright, and clean, as if shot down from heaven. In just a short moment, City S, which had been shrouded in dark clouds for a long time, was suddenly lit up, and the heavy rain stopped.The demons in the ruins made a panicked commotion, as if a group of frightened crows flew up and hid towards the sky.What made them avoid was a beautiful girl who emerged from the barriers of the tiankeng. She has a human face, but she is only twenty-nine years old, and she still looks childish, but her eyes are wise and insightful beyond human beings, and her whole body exudes a strange light—that is the child of light.The moment Father Gonggel blocked the door with all his strength, she spread her wings and broke free from the suction of the door. She rose from the deepest part of the earth, cast a deep glance at this broken and crumbling world, showed a compassionate expression, stretched out her slender fingers, and drew a cross in the sky above the sinkhole. Where she passed her finger, there was light, and a huge cross appeared in the gloomy sky.Where the light reaches, the spirits flying out of the underground door are like moths encountering flames and scattered like ashes. "God!" All the soldiers exclaimed, looking at the angel who appeared in the image of a girl in disbelief. After a long time, one person exclaimed intermittently: "This...is this...the Son of Light?" "The Son of Light... is a woman? Shouldn't it be a man?" "The last Jesus, the Son of God, was a man, but this one may not be..." "Shhh! God... listen, she's talking!" The girl was flying in the air, looking down at the city that was being destroyed, holding a round of light in her hand, and said in a joyful voice: "God loves the world, and will not let this world be destroyed in the ringing of the doomsday bell." .My warriors, the last moment is coming, now, please follow me to fight together!" As soon as the words came out, everyone burst into cheers: "Son of Light! He is the Son of Light!" The fighters of the Crane Society flew up again, holding weapons in hand, spreading their wings and ascending to the sky, surrounding the luminous girl like a dazzling circle. cloud. But the tiankeng under his feet was collapsing at an accelerated rate, and the underground doors were almost completely opened, and countless shadows flew out from the depths of the darkness, roaring into the sky.It was the released spirit, hungry, vicious, and greedy, from another world of nothingness, rushing into this human world with the desire for "entity". They pass through the long dark tunnels underground, like groups of hungry children coming into this world through the birth canal of their mothers.They hit the Cross of Light above the tiankeng like a dense rain, disappearing in batches and emerging in batches. The dense impact sound is chilling, like a rainstorm hitting a weak window. With a "click", the thin layer of windows shattered—two shadows rushed over, as if sharp scissors criss-crossed across the top of the tiankeng, smashing the cross of light into pieces! Standing above the dark cavern are two shadows. The two highest-ranking apostles of "White Moon", Ya and Youyan, appeared on the ground, looking coldly at the girl who escaped from the depths of the tiankeng, with eyes like swords.They worked together to break the cross seal, and the spirits from the ground surged out, and just passed through the door and came to the world, and their carnival began! Before those spirit bodies could complete their full realization, the swords of the Klan Society fighters had already fallen on them.The warriors of God fought bloody battles in the gloom and darkness, and their swords split the gray-white spirits again and again, as if they were fighting against a void opponent in flying ash. Ya and Youyan looked at each other, as if their hearts were connected, they instantly turned into two beams of light, and flew towards the girl in mid-air.Only a sharp sound was heard, and violent lightning flashed again in the sky, and the white wings spread out to both sides, drawing a sharp arc, repelling the opponents attacking from the left and right sides. However, on the pair of pure white wings, there was dark red blood oozing out. The Son of Light put his hand on his chest, and his brows were slightly frowned, as if there was some imprisonment there—yes, the doomsday bell was about to ring, but the seal in her body, the seal set by Michael , but has not been completely untied, her strength cannot be fully released! The wings moved against the wind, making a strange whistling sound, as if a horn had been blown.Under the dark clouds, above the ruins of the doomsday, the Sons of Light spread their wings and flew, leading the Klan fighters from the Temple of Jerusalem to face off against the Dark Legion from the "White Moon" - that was already recorded in the "Dead Sea Scrolls" The story, now really happened. In the ruins, an old man looked at all this and looked down at the watch on his wrist. The "Patek Philippe" was walking with incomparable precision under such harsh conditions, showing the current time—— December 20, 2012, 23:25:17. There are 34 minutes and 43 seconds until the Doomsday Clock strikes. Everything that happened in City S at this moment is bound to be happening all over the world.The underground door is opening, and the two worlds are about to be connected. The matter on the earth is quickly sucked into the "white moon" and annihilated by the power of darkness.And when all is done, this world will be destroyed and another world will be rebuilt. This is the answer that they, the so-called followers of the humans who follow the "White Moon", have known for a long time. Suddenly, a black shadow descended from the evil spirits flying all over the sky.It was an Apache longbow helicopter, which fell against the wind, and the rotating blades cut through the monsters filling the world at the moment. The evil spirits of the "White Moon" were disturbed, and soon swarmed over and surrounded the intruding helicopter. The plane, devouring it.In just a short moment, as if corroded by strong acid, the shell of the helicopter that had just landed disappeared, leaving only a shelf. "Damn it! These damned things!" A ray of light burst out from the cabin, circled around like lightning, cut open the evil spirits gathered around, and a bearded man came out from inside. "Master Rachel! It's Lord Rachel who is here!" The fighters of the Klan Society who had been fighting hard cheered and immediately cheered up.After Rachel, the silver-haired doctor, Archangel Raphael, came out of the helicopter, and the woman leaning on Raphael's arms had blond hair fluttering around, and her right arm was still in a plaster cast. It was actually Gabriel List! "God bless!" The fighters of the Crane Society exclaimed, ecstatically. However, Raphael half-supported Gabriel to jump out of the helicopter, but took a step forward, knelt down on one knee in the direction of the tiankeng, raised his hand and made a cross on his chest, with a respectful expression: "Meet the Son of Light!" .” "Today is the moment when the gates of hell are opened." A voice suddenly came from the sky, solemn and solemn, like the music played by an organ, "Gong Geer has sacrificed for this, and Michael and Uriel have also gone to heaven The rest of you will fight for your own destiny." Everyone raised their heads together and saw the huge wings stretched in the sky. A luminous shadow hovered above the tiankeng. The pure white girl was above the bottomless black hole. Two wings spread out from behind her shoulders, covering the entire tiankeng! Covering the hellish cave with her wings, she spat out, "Before the bell rings, let's fight!" And in the depths of the bottomless tiankeng, the door is almost completely opened, and a strong light shoots out from it, indicating that the connection between the two worlds has been established, and a big reversal is coming. "Oh my God... my God!" In such a chaotic battlefield, a man crouched on the highest point of the ruins and whispered, looking at everything in the depths of the tiankeng, his eyes were full of fanaticism and excitement, and he actually overwhelmed all fear. Going on, "This is the hourglass... This is a living example of the hourglass theory! The two worlds, virtual and real, are changing!" Sure enough, countless spirits from different worlds emerged from the underground light.Those spirit bodies were released from the "White Moon", and they couldn't wait to pass through the door, rushing into the human world with a roar.They are frantically looking for everything that can be devoured, whether it is steel and concrete, or flesh and blood.When they swallow the "matter" they touch, they will quickly "materialize", and those things that have lost their shape for countless years begin to regain their appearance. Those spirit entities of the "White Moon" are actually in the shape of a human head and a fish tail, swimming in the air, dragging a strange blue light.They materialized at an incomparable speed, and then they swam towards the edge of the tiankeng in groups, consciously separating the two groups, forming two huge currents, swimming in different directions. Lined in the huge black hole, looking down from mid-air, these two huge currents are like two yin and yang fish. "Not good! They are 'condensing'!" Seeing such a strange scene, Raphael suddenly remembered some words from the "Dead Sea Scrolls", and exclaimed, "Scatter them! Don't let these two Yin and Yang fish meet!" Before the call had finished, countless dazzling arrows suddenly shot down from midair.Each of those arrows carried a burning dazzling light, and accurately pierced into the pile of spirits that were constantly condensing, causing those invaders from other worlds who had just recovered their bodies to let out a strange howl, twisting and turning into powder. "Son of Light!" All the soldiers looked up and looked at this scene in amazement. "Everyone, let's fight! Those invaders have begun to destroy our world!" Raphael felt his blood boil, let go of Gabriel, who couldn't see anything in his arms, and shouted to all the remaining soldiers, "Zhong Before the sound of the bell, we must fight for God and this world, this is the last battle!" "The final battle!" The fighters of the Crane Society shouted together, raising their weapons under the dark clouds. In the heavy rain, the unprecedented fierce battle continued, countless spirits turned into light smoke, and countless soldiers fell down.However, the white wings in the mid-air were still spread out, and the Son of Light covered the top of the tiankeng with her wings, enduring severe pain.The spirits released from the "White Moon" screamed and tried to pass through her body, but they were blocked by a filter and disappeared in that white and flawless body. The Son of God actually uses himself as a barrier to block all the evil spirits that are rushing towards the world! The hour hand is beating frame by frame, and every slight jump indicates that it is one step closer to the end. Destruction is coming, but the old man is not afraid.He muttered something, walked into the flying evil spirits, and searched around - could his son, Huo Mingyang, be among this group of things? "Mingyang...Mingyang!" The old man staggered in the ruins and shouted. At that moment, he suddenly felt that he didn't understand that cold and rebellious son, nor did he understand that gentle and silent foreign wife... He once abandoned their mother and child because of suspicion and incomprehension, and made Devjani die in a mental hospital. In the raging fire, Ming Yang was also physically and mentally destroyed.No matter how he made amends after that, the only son never got close to him again.Mingyang has always regarded him as an enemy and a tyrant, and lived with a self-defeating and depressed attitude. It was not until the end of the day that he saw his father who desperately came to save him, and for the first time there was warmth in his eyes. "I'm sorry." He actually apologized to himself. However, the intimacy between father and son is only a short moment.At that moment, when Ming Yang parted his hand and fell from the sky to the earth, and disappeared into the tiankeng that had swallowed Mai Meitong, he vaguely saw his wife's smiling face in the dark underground——was that an illusion?How did he see Deviani?Where has Mingyang gone now?Did he pass through that door and finally go to "White Moon"? He was going there to find his mother, and abandoned his father in the world! Huo Tianlin staggered in the ruins, walking towards the huge black hole.In the depths of that tiankeng, you can see more and more bright lights, and countless evil spirits swarm out of it, break into this world, and devour everything in midair.And the fighters of the Crane Society are fighting with all their strength to kill the monsters emerging from the ground. Countless white and black wings are staggered above the tiankeng, like surging clouds. No party attacked this lonely old man, neither "White Moon" nor the Klan Society. 23:58:37.One minute and 23 seconds until the Doomsday Clock strikes. "It's too late, isn't it?" Huo Tianlin looked at all this and muttered, his eyes didn't know whether it was sadness or joy.There is only so little time, the bell is about to ring, there are still so many evil spirits in the world, it is impossible to kill them all, and it is impossible to close the door that has been completely opened-when the time comes, all the sinkholes will be destroyed. At the same time, light was revealed, and countless passages leading to the "White Moon" were opened together, completely devouring the world. He felt a tingling pain in the back of his neck, and bleeding came out. It was the brand of "White Moon" calling him fiercely to fight.However, this human old man didn't respond, he walked through the dense evil spirits on his own, and finally came to the edge of the huge tiankeng with great difficulty. The white-haired old man crawled on the edge of the cliff, bent down, and stared deeply at the light deep in the earth. The legendary door finally opened... The two worlds are connected as one at this moment, exchanging what is needed, and slowly reversed.In other words, that nihilistic world is about to swallow this human world and complete its rebirth.And before that, this moment had already been prophesied, engraved on the altars of the Mayans, and written in the oracle of the "Dead Sea Scrolls". He was not afraid, he just felt so lucky to be able to witness this moment in person. Hell slowly opened before his eyes, but Huo Tianlin saw another scene in his eyes - the door opened, and in the dazzling white light, what emerged was the face of his wife who died in the fire many years ago, the beautiful Devjani Smiling, the light of another world enveloped her, making her as beautiful as a fairy. That was the mysterious woman he had loved deeply but never really understood in his whole life. Is it hallucination?Why did she appear on the other side of the world?Time passed by, Huo Tianlin stared at the depths of the sinkhole, and suddenly heard a bell from the ground - "When..." The bell rang and echoed in the sky. At the same moment, countless people exclaimed, and the fighters in the fighting stopped their hands and listened in horror—the bell, the doomsday bell in the rumors, came from the deepest underground, and it finally rang on time. ! According to the "Dead Sea Scrolls", when the end comes, the gates of hell will open and the death knell will ring.When the bell disappears, the world will also be completely destroyed. If there is a God in the sky, then at this moment, you can clearly see how the whole world is undergoing terrible mutations—in the sound of the bell, the earth is undergoing strange distortions: from Tokyo Bay to the Rocky Mountains, from Yellowstone From national parks to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, countless black holes are rapidly opening in the depths of the plateau, seabed, and mountains, as if black eyes are opening on the earth, densely packed, and described as terrifying. Those are the eyes of death, the black holes that devour everything, and each of them is completing the transformation between virtual and real. Countless matter is being lost, disappearing into bottomless black holes one by one.Those spirits from other worlds frantically burst out from these passages, relying on the matter of this world to regain their form, carnivaling, and filling this world. "There is no need to struggle, humans. Listen, here are the bells from the temple of the 'White Moon', counting the moment when the two worlds will be reversed. Your end is here... as your gods once foretold. " In the depths of the darkness came the voice of the priest of "White Moon", and Ya and Youyan reappeared in the void, each tapped their feet, and stopped at the tips of the wings of the Son of Light.At the end of a fierce battle, those white wings were covered with blood, and the light in the girl's body was dimming, as if nearly all her strength had been consumed in this round of fierce battle.More and more spirits penetrated the girl's body, flew out from the other end of the black hole, and came to the human world in a carnival. They acquired entities, condensed, and densely filled the whole world. The Son of Light...is he going to die too?Will he die too? ! All the fighters of the Klan Society were stunned, not knowing what to do.At that moment, the world was as silent as death, only the bell of death echoed.When the bell struck the third time, someone suddenly yelled: "Defuyani!" All the soldiers were startled, but when they turned around, they saw an old man kneeling on the edge of the tiankeng, murmuring ecstatically into the darkness.Huo Tianlin? !Before Raphael recognized who the old man was and subconsciously rushed over to try to hold him, he suddenly opened his arms and jumped down from the sinkhole. "He seems to have seen something!" At that moment, a thought flashed through Raphael's mind - behind that door, a passing shadow could be vaguely seen.The shadow slowly emerged from the white light, forming a faint outline.That shadow was so familiar, he couldn't help but startled. It's not the woman named Devyani, but the missing Huo Mingyang! "Ming?" The doctor shouted involuntarily, unable to believe all this.Yes, the figure that emerged from the depths of the tiankeng was actually earlier than the patients he came to every year!It is the young man who is said to have disappeared and whose location is unknown! At this moment, that lonely and unruly noble young man emerged from the deepest part of the darkness as if he had changed, passed through the door, ascended in the opposite direction, and quickly approached the ground.There were no wings behind him, but he showed extraordinary strength, his face was pale, but his eyes seemed to be burning. "Defuyani..." Huo Tianlin murmured his wife's name and fell into the depths of the earth. During the rapid ascent, Huo Mingyang caught his falling father with one hand and knocked him unconscious, but stretched out his other hand to Raphael, looking at him for help.At that moment, he was less than a hundred meters away from the exit of the tiankeng. What does he... want? The Archangel didn't know whether he should reach out his hand—is this person who emerged from the ground still Huo Mingyang?Or, is he still a human?Why did he appear from behind that door, and what did he want to do in this world?His eyes... seemed to be that of a stranger, not the patient he once knew well. "Quick!" The other party eagerly picked up Huo Tianlin in his hand and handed it to him, "There is no time!" The bell had already rang for the fifth time, and Raphael subconsciously stretched out his hand and grabbed the unconscious old man.In an instant, as if being pulled by a force, Huo Mingyang fell back down, almost bringing him down too.The momentum was so strong that the mechanical arm issued a warning sound. If it was replaced by ordinary human flesh and blood, it would have been torn apart by this pull. "You..." The doctor was stunned, feeling that the familiar person in front of him seemed to have changed. "Please," he heard his patient whisper. At that moment, a trace of tenderness and reluctance flashed across Huo Mingyang's eyes. He took one last look at the unconscious old man, and leaned over to kiss the other person's forehead.This kiss contained many complex emotions, and it didn't look like a son's kiss to his father. Raphael suddenly felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.However, at this moment, Huo Mingyang was pulled back to the ground, but he prayed to the top of his head: "God... I'm here, have you seen me?" Suddenly, Raphael heard a tearing sound above his head, and a huge shadow cast down, whistling and passing by his side, whipping up a sharp wind.He grabbed Huo Tianlin and moved back to the edge of the tiankeng. He had already drawn out the sword in one hand, but what he saw out of the corner of his eyes were those white wings! The bell was still ringing, and it had struck six times.But at this moment, as if he heard Huo Mingyang's call from the ground, the Son of Light who used his body as a barrier to block the invasion of the "White Moon" above the tiankeng unexpectedly broke free from the pinned wings , without hesitating to tear off his wings, and flew towards Huo Mingyang. "Are you here?" The Son of Light said to him in a musical voice, his eyes filled with relief. "Yes, I'm here, Son of God, I hope it's not too late." Huo Mingyang from "White Moon" looked at the girl rushing towards him, with a strange smile in his eyes—that kind of expression, something Relieved, but also insightful, and a kind of resolute fearlessness.He stretched out his hand to her, and complex lines appeared in the palm, like a blooming rhododendron.At that moment, his black eyes turned a violet-like color, and a completely unfamiliar expression emerged. Devjani... At that moment, the expression of his dead mother appeared in his body! "It really is you." The Son of Light smiled and landed in front of him, "When the end came, he passed through the gate of life and death, and was resurrected in the body of his son. Devjani, you really fulfilled your oath." Huo Mingyang lowered his head and made a cross on his chest, respectful and humble. Amidst the reverberating bells, the two looked at each other in the dark underground, as if meeting each other for the first time in a bustling city, looking at each other through the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows—but in the same body, different souls already resided . "I was dormant in another world, and I have been waiting for you for ten years. When the bell rang, as Michael said, you finally awakened..." Defujani bowed deeply to the girl, He continued speaking in fluent Nepali, "So, I destroyed the temple of 'White Moon', cut off their source of power, and then used the body of my only direct blood relative in the world to come to welcome you." At that moment, there was a commotion among the gathered evil spirits.The underground gate is still open, but there are no more spirits flying out of it. Obviously, the tree of life that gave birth to them has withered and the temple has been destroyed. "Sure enough," the Son of Light nodded and sighed, "No wonder I woke up early because of this young man. It turned out that it wasn't just because of the human emotions in the host that it woke me up, but because of him, Will your son be an indispensable 'instrument' at this moment of doomsday?" "You have insight," Devjani said without time, just listening to the bell, "It's time." "Come, my guardian, open the seal that Michael left on my body!" The Son of Light spread his wings and flew towards "him" as if embracing him, "Before the bell rings, let me fully recover my strength!" Bar!" There were mottled bloodstains on the chest of the Son of Light, and the skin was almost transparent. There seemed to be light flowing inside, but it couldn't get out of the body.That's because many years ago, in order to avoid the search of "White Moon", Michael sealed his divinity. At that moment, Devjani gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand, and the patterns in his palm spread like alive, condensing into a strange winding sharp blade.As the two approached, Devjani slammed his fingers into each other's chest, first from left to right, then top to bottom, tearing mercilessly.At that moment, the light from the Son of Light's chest burst out, forming a cross shape, illuminating the entire tiankeng.The light that bloomed in her chest was actually the jade ring that was originally hanging on her chest, but then disappeared without a trace - the relic left to her by her father on the day when the soul returned. "This is the 'key' left by Michael." Devjani opened Xia Weilan's chest, muttered to himself, and held out the round of light with his hands—yes, it has been sealed in the girl's chest. Inside the body is the "key" to the gate of another world brought back by Michael at the cost of his life when he led the crowd into the "White Moon" 13 years ago! It was originally a halo of nothingness, but he solidified it into a solid body and sealed it. That year, the Archangel of the Crane Society died in battle in the depths of the blue sea. However, perhaps because of yearning or responsibility, part of his soul passed through the black hole at the last moment and returned to the human world. In the world, I visited my wife and children for the last time.However, his wife couldn't see him, only the five-year-old Xia Weilan could perceive his existence.The lonely returnee exhausted his last strength and left the key he bought with his life to his five-year-old daughter, and then it disappeared without even having time to make up for it in the suicide note he wrote before departure. And the girl whose divinity was sealed, grew up with this jade ring ignorantly, and didn't know what was so strange about it.It wasn't until she came to S City at the age of 18 and met Huo Mingyang that her life started again.Because the blood of the guardian flowed in the body of the young man, he was the only child of Deviani. They looked at each other for the first time through the glass window in the bustling square, separated by disparate wealth status and life background, and they didn't know what was pulling them to meet. It wasn't until the bell rang that the law of cause and effect began to emerge. "Key!" The Son of Light put his hand into his chest, holding out the halo, as if holding a small sun.This human body had been torn apart, but she didn't feel any pain at all, and instantly spread her wings and rushed towards the dark underground.The bell echoed overhead, and the door was almost fully opened. "Stop her!" A voice shouted as she flew towards the door.That's Ya. Countless gray-white mist poured in from the ground, screaming and chasing them—that was the spirit of the "White Moon" led by Ya and Youyan, the invaders from the other world who were destroying everything on the ground.Devjani turned around without hesitation, and a sharp sword-like light bloomed between his fingers, blocking the tiankeng and stopping the pursuers.However, the lingering sound in his ears gradually faded, and a desperate thought passed by Yue Li. --That's too late!It's too late! At that moment, the bell from the ground had struck the last time, low and melodious.The end of the bell is still echoing at length, but it curls up and dissipates.It was too late, time was gone. 光明之子握着那把钥匙，尚未来得及靠近那扇门，钟声便将消失了。与此同时无数的灵已经追上了她，如同污浊的浓雾一样缠绕着她，扯住了她手里的钥匙。 听到最后一响钟声响起，涯和幽颜眼里露出了如释重负的表情，看着大地深处彻底打开的那道门——是的，到了这一刻，再也无法逆转命运，阻拦两个世界转换了！ 传说中，当2012年12月21日24点的钟声敲响时，黑夜将笼罩整个世界，世上的一切皆尽毁灭，成为废墟。当夜幕降临后，第二日的太阳将再不会升起。 然而，就在毁灭摧枯拉朽般地进行的那一刻，一切忽然停住了。 是的，那是“停住”！ 这个世界的时间在那一刻忽然凝固了。所有钟表不再跳动，齐齐地停在了24点这一刻！这最后一响的钟声在天地间久久回荡，无休止，竟然像是滚滚的春雷。 “天啊……居然停住了！”衣衫破烂的教授站在废墟里，目睹了这一切，不敢相信，“沙漏竟然停止了流动！两侧的能量交换被切断了，奇迹啊！这……这又是什么新理论？” 同样的，克兰社团的战士们也不敢相信地听看这似乎永远都不会结束的最后一响的钟声，相顾失色，忽然脱口欢呼起来：“时间停住了！万能的主，居然真的停住了时间！赞美神！您的力量无所不在，无所不能！” 那个瞬间，一阵阵狂热的欢呼响彻天地，颓败的士气重新振作起来，在永不停歇的最后一响的钟声里，克兰社团的战士高喊着赞歌振翅飞起，挥剑砍向那些不知所措的“白之月”的灵体。当时间停止的一刹那，所有物化的异世界的灵都顿住了，仿佛被卡在了某一点上，呆滞而不能动。克兰社团的战士们展开双翼飞向它们，剑光绞碎那些灵，宛如砍瓜切菜般容易。 地面上的战斗形势逆转之时，大地深处的搏杀却几近惨烈。 那道门已经在不远处了。然而无数灰白色的灵却追了上来，紧紧缠绕着飞翔的光明之子，不顾一切地撕咬着，拉扯着，不让她靠近那道门。她的双翅也无法动弹，因为两个幽灵般的影子已经随之而至，锐利的白光再度闪现，穿透她的翅膀，死死地钉住了她。 那是“白之月”的两个使徒，涯和幽颜。 “我的战士们！”光明之子被钉在半空，用尽力量呼唤着追随者，洁白的翅膀流满了血，“拉斐尔！加百列！解放我！” 然而，整个天坑里都充斥着灰白色的污浊的雾气，数不清的“白之月”的灵云集在这个通道里，密密麻麻，将每一寸空间都填满。无论是霍铭洋，还是大天使长，就算竭尽全力，也才能深入一步，一时间都无法及时地赶上前去。 钟声还在持续，然而声音却已经由强转弱。 时间的裂隙是有限的，那种停止一切的力量将转瞬即逝。 “不要犹豫了！”一个声音忽然响起在渐弱的钟声里，居然是那个被驱逐的圣心居士，仰头大呼，“把所有力量都释放！立刻！” 那个落魄的神棍不顾一切地返回了战场，摘下了手里唯一的戒指，扔向了天坑，念动咒语—一只听“嚓”的一声，那一枚小小的宝石凭空燃烧起来，化成了一团火球。在光芒里，那些纠缠着光明之子的恶灵发出了痛苦的嘶喊，纷纷消散。 宝石的能量转瞬燃烧殆尽，天坑又恢复了黑暗。 “神啊……请您原谅我的暴殄天物吧！”天坑上传来了一声祈祷，却是雷切尔的声音。被圣心居士启发，那个壮硕的德国人在天坑上空喃喃祝颂，松开了捧着的手指。天坑里忽然闪出了一道又一道刺眼的光，五色斑斓。 那是剧烈燃烧的能量，如流星雨一样坠落，灼穿了一切！ 在短短几秒钟内，那些世界上最昂贵的钻石被燃烧殆尽——艾克沙修、非洲之星、大莫卧儿、神像之眼、奥尔洛夫、仙希、泰勒伯顿……一颗接着一颗，如同璀璨的烟火一样爆开，发出了耀眼夺目的光芒。 所有价值上百亿美元的宝石的灵能，全部在瞬间燃烧！ 这些宝石释放出的巨大能量在天坑里开辟出了一条道路，令霍铭洋和大天使长们得以向前。然而就在这一刻，那种奇特的“时间停顿”已经结束，回荡的钟声开始迅速地衰减，眼看就要消弭于无形。 那一刻，光明之子忽然喊了一句：“德芙雅尼！” "yes!" 仿佛知道对方的意图，霍铭洋迅速地掠过来，十指间闪耀着凌厉的光，凝聚成一把利剑，毫不犹豫地一挥而落。光明之子发出了一声低呼，仰起头看着前方耀眼的光，猛然往前一冲。 那一双被钉住的翅膀血淋淋地从肩膀上被撕裂，留在了涯和幽颜的手里。光明之子就这样以没有翅膀的残躯，重重地撞向了那扇门！ “咔嗒”，只听轻轻一声响，有什么东西被放到了那道门上——一个玉质的圆环，里面流动着首尾追逐的两道光，被用力地镶嵌入了那道巨大的门上，“咔嚷”一声吸入，纹丝合缝。 圆环里的光迅速转动起来，瞬间形成了一个小小的光圈。 “不！”幽颜失声惊呼，“她在关门！涯！” 不等她开口，她身边的同伴已经不顾一切地掠了上去。涯扔掉了手里的断翅，一把抓住了夏微蓝的肩膀，想将那个正在关闭地底之门的少女拉开。然而同一时刻，门上那个小光环扩大了，迅速地旋转着，放出了另一股巨大的力量，和原本“门”的力量正好逆向。 正反两股力量在地底同时放出，形成了一个巨大的漩涡！ 光芒在瞬间大盛，映照着天坑里的所有人，像是要融化掉一切一样。涯和幽颜脸色苍白，仿佛想要尽最后的力，向着光明之子冲过来，然而他们的身形却在半空中迅速地消解，如同雾气一样变稀薄了。 “涯……涯！”在消失的瞬间，幽颜的手改变了方向，向着同伴伸过去，眼神中有绝望，也有恐惧。涯竭力伸出手，握紧了她的十指。在这最后的一刻，他抱住了她，两人一起被漩涡身不由己地卷入了。 那一扇在钟声中打开的巨大的门，迅速以不可抗拒的力量关闭。同一瞬间，天坑里所有的灵发出了恐惧的嘶喊，被同样一股力量吸住，拖回了属于自己的世界。是的，沙漏的流泻被停住了，两端的交换中断，因为处于瓶颈处的那道门被关闭了。 幽颜的长发在猎猎飞舞，眼里有泪水长划而下。被吸入门后的那一瞬，她看着头顶极远处的天空，眼里有留恋和不甘：“我们……我们输了！” “别怕，”白袍的祭司抱住了她，眼里有罕见的温柔，也在看着头顶的那一点光亮，喃喃着，“再看一眼吧……记住这个世界，颜。下次钟声敲响的时候，我们会回来！” 可是，那要等多久呢……100年？1000年？ 门后的光在蓦然盛放之后又忽然收敛，抓住了消融在光里的每一个灵体，一寸寸地退回地底，仿佛另一端有什么东西控制着它，将其一缕缕地抽了回去。 那一扇巨大的位于大地深处的门在无声无息地关闭。在门的缝隙消失的那一刻，霍铭洋的身体忽然一震，躯体里也有一种光被抽了出来，随着最后的吸引力投入了门后面的那个世界。 同一个瞬间，属于“他”的意志再度回到了身体里。 当霍铭洋回过神来的时候，发现自己身处于最黑的地底，正在眼睁睁地看着那道隔断两界的巨大的门在缓缓闭合，而那个满身是血的少女也被迅速地卷入，和那些被收回地底的光芒一起消失了。 那是奇特的噩梦般的景象，他一时间无法明白自己置身于何处。 “微蓝！”他下意识地冲过去，眼睁睁地看着那个女孩在那道门里消融，再也看不见，宛如多年前他曾经看着母亲死去一样。 Mother.闪念之间，他忽然明白了这一切。 仿佛有巨大的钟声在脑海里敲响，震得他几乎耳聋。烈火、呼喊、绝望、祈祷……十年前的种种在一瞬间清晰地浮现了出来，栩栩如生。 那一刻，他终于明白了：所谓的使命，所谓活下去的意义，原来就是这样么？ ! “我的孩子……我终于见到了你。”当他念及这个名字时，有一个声音温柔地耳语道，“这么多年辛苦你了……如今我的使命结束了。你的，却还不曾结束，快上前去吧，不要犹豫。” “妈妈？”他不敢相信自己的耳朵，抬头四顾，“是你么？” “是我！快上前去，完成你的使命！”仿佛回应着他的问话，一道淡淡的光凭空出现，绕着他的耳畔掠过。然而那个声音却消失了，宛如箫声的尾音。 “我的使命？”他的目光追逐着那道光，失声问，“是什么？” 然而，母亲并未回应他，仿佛灵魂只能短暂地显示其存在，接着又迅速地消散了。这时，地底的那扇门彻底关闭了，将那个少女带入了其中——那一刻，天地间发出了一声久久的，就像是永恒的回声。 “微蓝！”他失声呼喊着，脑子里有什么东西轰轰作响。 然而她只是回过头看了他一眼，眼神平静而隐忍，带着一丝悲悯的洞察，完全不是一个18岁的人类女孩的模样，更像是被钉上十字架以前的耶稣。在这最后的时刻，她的身体还是被那个所谓的神之子占据了么？ 就在那一刻，仿佛有一道光掠过脑海，最后一个记忆的暗格被打开了。霍铭洋如梦初醒，呼喊着她的名字，不顾一切地上前，向着那团迅速消失的白光伸出手。那一刻，他才知道自己身体里居然隐藏着这样大的力量！就算被“白之月”的使徒摧毁了气脉，不能再使用一切咒术，他身体里居然还潜藏着这样的力量！ 他的手，居然探入了那扇地狱之门，抓住了她。 ——这一切他做得干脆利落，动作快如闪电，一气呵成，就像是在脑海里已经演练过几千几百次一样！ 他抓住了那个即将被卷入异世界的女孩，用力把她从门后拉出来，然而他自己的身体却在那样强烈的光芒里一寸寸地被摧毁，血从身体里沁出，遍身殷红。他知道，这一切只是一种等量的“交换”。母亲曾经告诉他，不管咒术如何强大，若要换回别人，就必须牺牲自己。 是的，就在那一刻，他明白了：原来母亲告诉他的、他一生最大的使命，就是在这一刻，用自己的生命来保护眼前这个人。 原来，这就是他存在的意义么？ 他不过是一个卑微的人类，而她的身体里，却寄居着至高无上的神灵。 ——在地狱乏门面前，听从了召唤的他做出了最后的举动：牺牲，眼里却带着洞察而微弱的笑。对神而言，他不过是一个如蝼蚁般的祭品：可对她而言，他又是什么样的存在昵……可能再也没有机会亲口去问她了吧。或者，此刻，主宰她身体的已是那个神之子，再也不是那个少女夏微蓝了。 然而，就在他已经将她拉出死亡的瞬间，他的身体却猛然一轻，就像是有一只手忽然推开了他，然后托住了他，用力往上一送，他竟身不由己地离开了死亡的漩涡。 “微蓝！”他看到在最后一刻推开自己的人——是的，就在他几乎要把她救回的时候，她推开了他！那个神之子，居然谢绝了人类的牺牲和救助！ “结束了。”那个少女重复了他母亲的灵魂说的最后那句话，洁白的羽翼在光芒里一根一根地融化，仿佛白雪在日光里消融，她对着他微微一笑，“再见……” 她推开了他，拒绝了他的牺牲，一个人自行坠入了深渊。 光明之子，最终将以身相殉，和黑暗一起葬身于地底。 ——那是《死海古卷》上关于末日的最终预言。