1112: Keep people's hearts

Western Main City.

The pitch-black environment completely enveloped the entire periphery of the Western Main City!

Pieces of broken buildings, like ruins and walls, extended inwards.

Until the final central area.

More than thirty Holy Light Arrays, each only emitting an aura similar to the previous High-Level spiritual lamps, solidified the only remaining habitable areas.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh~”

The biting wind first echoed through the empty houses, and then a cold, damp gust of wind swept across people's skin, taking away the little warmth they had and leaving behind an ever-increasing chill.

“Dad, I’m hungry.”

Amidst the crowd, a girl whispered.

“Sleep for a while, you won’t be hungry when you’re asleep.” A Man's face revealed a heavy expression, and when he said these words, his voice was choked with emotion.

The area covered by the entire Holy Light Array.

Everyone hung their heads, their eyes completely devoid of light!

“Ah!”

A terrified scream erupted for an instant.

This caused some of the people around to turn their heads to look.

Only to see.

In the area at the very edge of the Holy Light Array's coverage, a woman was directly hooked by a bloody sickle thrown from the Darkness, catching her cheek!

In the next moment, the sickle was deeply embedded, and as blood spurted, the woman's cheek was torn, and she was directly dragged into the Darkness.

And then, amidst a series of brutal chewing sounds, only the woman's final tragic scream remained.

Regarding this.

Some people who were close, with pale faces, shrank back towards the crowd that they could no longer squeeze into.

But for more people, there was only indifference and despair in their eyes.

Over this period of time, similar incidents have occurred so many times that they have become numb!

In the Darkness that they gazed upon, they could occasionally see dark monsters that flickered past in the faint light.

The Darkness outside this dense crowd was filled with monsters!

Now, they were like sheep in an iron cage at a slaughterhouse, watching the Butcher approach them with a dripping knife, without any hope!

Many people in the crowd's expressions gradually became distorted under this heavy pressure.

In a desperate situation where hope is not visible, madness is often the final punctuation mark!

“Children, hold on a little longer!”

“The Darkness will surely pass, and the sunlight will once again shine upon the land!”

In the crowd, a white-bearded Old Man wearing a sackcloth robe encouraged the people around him in a high-pitched tone.

He was a Magician, a Beginner Magician Master.

He was also a High-Level Citizen.

Like other High-Level Citizens, he had the chance to leave, but he didn't.

Although there are many selfish people in the world, the existence of selfless people cannot be denied.

The Old Man's name was Rudolph, and there were more than twenty other High-Level Citizens who chose to stay like him.

After Rudolph finished his encouraging words, the crowd didn't react much.

They had heard such encouraging words too many times during this period, and the fact was that their situation hadn't changed at all, it was even worse!

In the hearts of some people, Rudolph had even become a liar, a liar full of lies!

The deathly silence always lingered among the people covered by these Holy Light Arrays. Occasionally, infants crying and monsters preying on those on the periphery did not cause much emotion among the people.

Until a certain moment, some lively commotion suddenly arose from the periphery, causing many people to look into the distance.

“People, someone is coming, it’s people from outside!”

At the edge, someone exclaimed in surprise.

Because of this exclamation, people's hearts were shaken, and they looked in that direction.

They saw that on the pitch-black ground, more than a dozen bright beams of light were like invincible Holy Swords, making the surrounding monsters dare not approach!

That was a team, a team formed by people!

Seeing this scene, Rudolph's eyes widened slightly, and then, with people making way, he led more than a dozen High-Level Citizens to quickly meet them.

In fact, Rudolph himself already understood that they, the abandoned people, were destined to be swallowed by the Darkness little by little.

But verbally, he didn't show any intention of expressing this kind of statement.

The reason he was still encouraging everyone and conveying hope.

It was just that he didn't want people to go completely mad at the end, and then leave with resentment and unwillingness.

However, he never expected that they would actually be able to wait for someone to come!

“Creak creak creak~”

“Hoo hoo hoo!”

The surrounding monsters also became lively because of the arrival of this group of people, and one by one they gathered towards the team in the Darkness.

However, before they reached those people, they were forced back into the Darkness by a bright light!

That was an electric lamp, an electric lamp plugged into a mobile power source.

As the dark monsters screamed, retreated, and fled, people's eyes instantly focused on the electric lamp, and then fell on the group of people walking towards them!

Everyone, at this moment, had their hearts filled with hope again!

Despair was because they couldn't see hope, and excitement was because hope had entered their field of vision!

“There are so many people.” Qiao Yi stayed with the Eva Family team, stopping outside the Holy Light Array.

When the people below came before, the space gained by the Holy Light Array was still quite wide, but at this stage, a few more had broken, and the crowd seemed even more dense.

He couldn't even walk into the Array Formation at this time.

But it was also fortunate that they arrived at this time.

If it were any later.

If one of these Holy Light Arrays were to break, they would inevitably fight fiercely for that little bit of remaining living space!

“Are you in charge?” Qiao Yi's gaze fell on Rudolph in front of him.

“Sort of, where are you from? And your things…” Rudolph nodded and then immediately asked Qiao Yi.

What he and the people behind him were most concerned about was precisely the electric lamp that could dispel the Darkness, and the flashlights in the hands of Qiao Yi and his men!

“These are electrical devices, don’t worry, we will arrange them for you later. We are here to save you.” Qiao Yi comforted them and then called out to the back: “Bring the telephone over.”

...

While Qiao Yi was distributing telephones, Raine and Green Na, two Viscounts, also arrived with a large number of flashlights and food.

With the supplies brought by the two groups of people, the lifeless people in the Western Main City finally welcomed a burst of liveliness.

Many children ate food and stopped crying, people began to talk, and there was warmth in the cold air.

“This telephone is so amazing.”

In the crowded crowd, a Middle-aged Man with a scarred face, surrounded by several people, slid the telephone screen.

Then, according to the operation guide on the instruction manual, he clicked on one of the software applications.

Today's News

top1 [The construction progress of Li Village's power facilities is expected to reach Western Main City within two days.]

top2 [What are power facilities?]

top3 [What is an electric lamp?]

top4 [What is a telephone?]

On the thick telephone, there was a display of these rows of news.

These were all documents edited from the operational methods learned through discussions between Li Changkong and Ning Buxiu.

Although it looks very abstract and simple.

But this is the most direct way for everyone to intuitively understand the information they want to know!

The Middle-aged Man with the scarred face clicked on the first news item.

As the text and pictures, and even the construction video in the news appeared before him, the Middle-aged Man's understanding of this event deepened!

It seemed that a group of people from Busen City were coming to rescue them, bringing a large amount of things that could dispel the Darkness!

“Are the power facilities going to be built in Western Main City? What is the situation there? My family is still there!”

“Hope the people there are safe.”

“Wishing them safety.”

When he opened the comment section, the Man's eyes suddenly turned red.

They were still remembered!

And some people are still working hard to save them now!