Volume 3: The King of Waste Chapter 298: Building a Lighthouse
The figure was Maeve.
She floated in the air, transcending the barriers of fog and space. As long as Xu Shen looked up, he could see her.
No matter where.
In the foggy world where Mo Wei is now, Maeve is still like a beacon.
But she is not the "lighthouse" condensed by Xu Shen in the secret art. She can only be regarded as a bright light that will never go out during the deep voyage.
And Xu Shen needs to condense his own lighthouse.
What is a lighthouse?
For those lost in the fog, the lighthouse is the only shelter and the only beacon of light.
Xu Shen suddenly saw the fog in front of him rolling, and it seemed that something was about to be revealed inside. Then, through Mo Wei's vision, Xu Shen saw a small dark house emerging from the fog.
The room was not big, but it was pitch black, with the doors and windows closed.
Through one of the windows, you can see a faint warm light, as if a candle was lit.
That's...home.
Home is my beacon...
Xu Shen felt the long-lost familiarity and warmth, and couldn't help but want to go over.
Mo Wei's figure walked towards "home" in the fog.
Soon, we arrived at the door of our home.
Looking at the tightly closed door, Mo Wei raised his hand and knocked gently.
No movement.
So Mo Wei used even greater strength.
Still no response.
Mo Wei knocked on the door for the third time, and this time the sound was like a hammer hitting the door.
The closed door finally moved and became slightly loose.
Then with a click, the door opened.
A familiar face appeared from inside, looking at Mo Wei at the door with a bit of surprise and joy, and then extended his sight to see Xu Shen standing alone on the rooftop outside the fog, his eyes became gentle and joyful: "You found your home."
"yes……"
Xu Shen whispered to himself.
Found it...
Home.
The home before him is the lighthouse he built in the fog.
At the invitation of "Mom", Mo Wei walked into the house in the fog and saw many familiar faces inside, which made Xu Shen feel quite cordial.
He stayed for a while, then came out of the house and continued to move forward in the fog.
No matter how far he went, when Xu Shen missed it in his heart, he would see the cottage appear in the rolling fog.
This is a beacon that will appear beside him at any time.
The fourth level of the secret technique "Mistman" given by Nan Ning was completed just like that.
When Mo Wei returned to his side, Xu Shen also woke up and couldn't help feeling a little surprised. From the perspective of the secret technique, he had undoubtedly broken through the third stage and entered the Lighthouse Stage.
He felt as if it was no effort at all.
Am I too strong?
Xu Shen guessed that it might be related to the previous attack on Jono in the inner city.
He cut off the illusion world brought by the mental cage, broke out of the cocoon and was reborn, and his mental strength leaped to a new level, which enabled him to build his own lighthouse so smoothly and easily.
During this period, he found that Mo Wei's body had become extremely real, and the contours of his face were becoming more and more like his own.
According to the old man next to Nan Ning, entering the Lighthouse Stage is a prerequisite for becoming a king.
The rest depends on luck.
I wonder what the fifth stage of the abyss is like?
Xu Shen gathered his thoughts, drew his sword and practiced the secret art of overlapping waves on the roof for a while. Now he has already mastered the double sword slash, but the difficulty of trying the triple sword slash has increased by more than ten times.
That requires faster and more violent power.
When he was tired of practicing, Xu Shen returned to his room to rest.
Maeve didn't stay with him. Instead, she turned around, put her hands behind her back, walked out of the wall, and went out to play.
Maeve would occasionally find some fun of her own, and Xu Shen had long been accustomed to it.
He lay directly on the bed in his armor and fell asleep in a posture ready to fight back at any time.
During his sleep, Xu Shen had a dream.
In his dream, he felt a slight tingling pain coming from his temple. When he woke up and opened his eyes, he saw magnetic light like electric current passing through the corners of his eyes, ricocheting randomly in the room and tearing apart the surrounding environment.
Then the world he was in was like an old picture magazine, with the faded paint torn off by the lightning, revealing another scene.
I was lying on the familiar white hospital bed, and the room was empty.
Xu Shen was surprised and got out of bed and walked outside.
The corridor was also empty.
He ran along the empty corridor for a long time and saw a familiar figure on the lawn downstairs. It was the Night Rat King.
But his attire was different from before. He was wearing a white coat and looked like a doctor.
Surrounding him were many people in hospital gowns, playing house.
The Night Rat King communicated with these patients with mysterious teasing and smiles in his eyes. Suddenly, he also started to circle with them, holding hands and singing a mysterious little song... as if he was infected by the patients.
wrong.
Xu Shen's pupils shrank slightly, and he covered his head and shook it.
Hasn't he erased the effects of the Mind Prison yet?
go home……
This thought emerged in Xu Shen's mind, and suddenly, a collapsed black hole appeared on the corridor beside him.
Countless chills gathered in the black hole, and Xu Shen felt cold, but this coldness made his thoughts clearer.
He saw a house appear in the collapsed cracks and the door inside was open.
That's...home.
The fact that the lighthouse that had just been built appeared here was enough to prove that everything in front of us was an illusion!
Xu Shen ran over quickly.
As he took a step forward, Xu Shen heard some voices calling out to him. Many medical staff came over, their faces filled with fear and anxiety, and shouted, "Don't jump..."
But those voices are far away from me.
The body crossed the collapsed crack, as if stepping on empty air and falling into the dark abyss.
Xu Shen suddenly woke up as if he was drowning and suffocating, and suddenly turned over and sat up in bed.
In front of me is the hotel room.
A slight chill came with a cold wind. Xu Shen looked up and saw that the window was not closed tightly, and the fog outside poured in with the cold wind.
In the rolling fog, the door of the lighthouse is looming.
Xu Shen breathed a sigh of relief, it was indeed a dream.
However, this also means that there are still some traces of the mental prison in his heart.
"After a while, it should automatically dissipate. After all, it is just the subconscious remnant of a dream now..."
Xu Shen's eyes flashed. After building the lighthouse, his mental power reached a new level. He was able to completely control and suppress this negative influence.
I looked at the time. It was still late at night. Maeve had already returned and was sleeping soundly at my feet.
Xu Shen didn't delay any longer and continued to sleep.
And in this late night.
In the Queen Mother Area, inside the Snow Palace.
In a hidden building, a slender and graceful figure, wearing silk as thin as a cicada's wing, lies on a large bed several meters wide. The hazy moonlight shines in from the window, penetrating through layers of fog and bringing soft moonlight.
The sleeping woman suddenly opened her eyes.
In the cool night, these eyes flashed coldly like autumn water, like the double blades of a pair of scissors.
Then she suddenly turned over and sat up, lifting her pillowcase.
This is a huge jade pillow, covered with several layers of soft silk and pure cotton pillowcase. At this moment, there are fine words emerging on the jade at the corners of the pillow.
The words are distorted, and seem to be some kind of almost lost handwriting.
And at this moment, under the gaze of the queen ant, it seemed that there was an invisible hand carving on the jade pillow.
Slowly, curved words emerged one by one.
The queen ant stared intently, and when the words stopped being carved, her expression froze.
…
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Time flies.
Four days passed in a flash.
Xu Shen also had to return from the Nightingale District to report the situation to the Queen Ant.
Before leaving, he met with the Night Rat King and reconfirmed the conditions of cooperation, and agreed that Xu Shen would respond to the false information provided by the Queen Ant.
The two secret guards are a greeting gift.
Xu Shen thought of the two people who had come to the Black Light Area before.
He returned to the Black Light District, and this time he did not hide his whereabouts. As soon as he got back, he called for the followers of the Black Light Sect to gather together. However, there was nothing special about this gathering. Xu Shen's purpose was just to let potential spies know that he had returned from his exploration of the Nightingale District.
Then Xu Shen asked Lou Haiyin to arrange a vehicle, and he went to the Queen Mother District alone.
Xu Shen got off the car in front of the Snow Palace.
Led by a secret guard, they arrived at the meeting room.
The queen ant was wearing silver armor and looked heroic. She was reviewing the intelligence in various districts.
Nasefani was serving by the side like a maid. When she saw Xu Shen come in, she looked at him meaningfully.
Xu Shen didn't care. He saluted respectfully and then reported the results of his visit to the Nightingale District.
Xu Shen naturally did not report the truth. After all, it was possible that the Night Rat King's spies were hiding here. Or it was not just possible, but inevitable.
The intelligence provided only included information about a few intelligence stations.
Night Rat King's lair? I don't know.
Is there any movement at the high wall in the west area? I explored it, but didn't see any movement.
After asking around, I heard that the Night Rat King had an affair.
These pieces of information were all discussed by Xu Shen and the Night Rat King, some true and some false.
As for the several intelligence stations, they were abandoned locations. The personnel in the intelligence stations did not receive any notification or news. They were just waiting for the queen ant to get the intelligence and send people to encircle and confirm it.
Seeing that Xu Shen had found out so much information in just a few days, Nasefani's eyes showed some surprise. She didn't expect that Xu Shen had actually found out quite a lot of things. You know, the Nightingale District is the territory of the Night Rat King.
It was not easy for Xu Shen to come back alive.
However, according to Xu Shen's information, he was lucky as he happened to arrive at the time when the Night Rat King was having an affair.
Otherwise, when the Night Rat King comes back, Xu Shen won’t have enough lives to die.
After all, no matter how well you hide, in the eyes of the kings walking in the deep ruins, it is no different from taking off your pants to fart.
"This Night Rat King must have gone to get help."
Nasefani waited for Xu Shen to finish his report, then turned to the queen ant and said.
There was no fluctuation in the queen ant's expression. She just stared at Xu Shen from beginning to end. Her eyes were calm, yet seemed to be able to see into people's hearts, making people dare not look at her.
“Well done.”
After a while, the queen ant finally spoke, "Do you have any strategy for this war?"
