Chapter 2733: Walking in the Long Night

“Central Heaven Prison… of course, I will never forget it in this lifetime.” Coroner King's expression was very calm, his eyes revealing resentment he forcefully suppressed but couldn't completely hide, and a deep fear in his heart.

This was, naturally, an act.

From wanting to devour people to a sincere, communicative posture, he only needed one change in his eyes.

He wasn't sleeping before, but cultivating.

He had been raising this corpse for a long time, accumulating many corpse path resources; it was already the one that could exert the most fighting strength.

Theoretically, anyone who could approach him silently in this situation could also easily kill him.

If the strength disparity wasn't so great… would he be willing to waste words on someone?

A dignified Coroner King, before him, there were only two kinds of people: the corpses he controlled, and the people who would sooner or later become corpses controlled by him.

This guy who didn't let people sleep in broad daylight and ran over to pretend to be a ghost to scare people was, naturally, the latter.

“Very happy you still remember!” The person sitting there said, “So I can skip some words.”

“I am a nostalgic person!” Coroner King said, “Di—”

“Shh—” The person sitting by the bed stopped him in time. “Don't call its name directly. That elder is in a critical state right now, it's best not for you and I to distract him.”

“I understand!” Coroner King was very cooperative. “Today, your honorable visit here, I wonder if that one… has any instructions?”

He would, of course, never forget the scene of Central Heaven Prison; if he had the chance, he would still repay his foster father, Sang Xian Shou.

But even more unforgettable was that one… Dizang!

He was able to create opportunities without a trace, allowing him to successfully escape from Central Heaven Prison. He still hadn't figured out how he escaped. It was as if all accidents were for that one result, and the result was already decided by Dizang in the first place.

This was already a power he couldn't imagine.

To know that among so many fierce people in Hell No Door, after being captured by Central Heaven Prison, their only goal was to die quickly. Although he was an elder of Hell No Door, a model among Yan Luo, able to suffer a thousand tortures and endure ten thousand hardships in Central Heaven Prison, waiting for an opportunity, he never thought he could truly escape. His greatest extravagance was only to be favored by Sang Xian Shou and from then on eat Jing Country's imperial grain.

And Dizang, hidden in the depths of time, was an existence far beyond Sang Xian Shou's reach.

Now, although he had escaped, the sea was vast and the sky high, his body unconstrained. But he knew this day would come – there was nothing in the world that was gained without effort. Being an assassin was already a very labor-saving job; could he still lie down and make money?

“What I want you to do is very simple.” The person sitting there beckoned. “Lean your ear over.”

Coroner King looked at him cautiously and didn't dare to get too close. He twisted off his ear and handed it over completely. “Please speak. I will listen without leaking a single word.”

The person on the chair gave an emotionless ‘heh’ and actually just took this ear over.

“There is one thing I must say in advance.” Coroner King's expression was very pure. “I am working during this period, and my boss is a very cruel person—I mean, if your instructions conflict with my work, I cannot guarantee complete fulfillment on my side. Of course, I am very willing to do things for that elder! But this world is too chaotic, and kind people like me are very hard to survive. Everyone above is a dad!”

Dizang's means were beyond his imagination, Dizang's requirements he dared not resist. The dangers involved with Dizang, he dared not ignore even more!

This time, the advantage of having a boss above his head was just shown; advancing would depend entirely on himself, retreating would rely on the boss's strength. Couldn't the boss just carry the matters?

As for whether the boss would carry them…

He would certainly inherit Qin Guang King's will and carry forward Hell No Door!

“It shouldn't conflict. I only want you to do a convenient thing.” The person sitting on the chair said meaningfully, “If I'm not mistaken, someone is talking to your boss right now.”

Coroner King was suddenly shocked!

You even know my boss, why didn't you say so earlier?

“Actually, my boss… is very honest! Sometimes a bit strict, but it's also for our own good. An older brother is like a father, a father's love is like a mountain!” Coroner King tried to butter him up.

“I don't care how your boss is, he has no influence on our matters,” the person sitting there said calmly.

Although it was already bright outside, the room was very dark, with thick curtains blocking all the light.

Coroner King wasn't afraid of light, he just purely didn't like it, always keeping himself in a dark environment. His good brother, Lin Guang Ming, however, loved to sunbathe, always staying in bright, clean places by the window.

The person representing Dizang was very confident, seemingly not putting Qin Guang King in his eyes.

Of course, Dizang did have the qualification to not care about the world's ants.

But upon hearing this sentence now, he must definitely relay it to Qin Guang King to listen.

“Those people who found your boss…” Coroner King pondered again and again. “Are you all in the same group?”

He guessed it might be different departments of the same organization.

The person sitting on the chair said meaningfully, “If there's a chance, it can be, but not yet.”

Saying that, he handed Coroner King's ear back. An earring still hung on it, a jade Guanyin for keeping peace, swaying there.

Coroner King silently took back his ear and, of course, received Dizang's instructions.

The matter wasn't difficult to handle—at least it didn't look difficult.

But…

“There's one thing I don't know if you know.” Coroner King said very embarrassedly, “When that one sent me away from Central Heaven Prison, he once said that as long as I left, it was enough, without needing to pay any conditions. Now you are again…”

He didn't say this at first because he knew saying it was useless. Since the other party came to his door in Dizang's name and sat next to him, he had no right to refuse.

And the reason he said it now was, of course, for… adding money.

Doing this job, he still had to hide it from his boss, perhaps even scheme against his boss.

Not to mention the danger.

How painful his conscience was!

“So I am now talking about fate with you, not responsibility.” The person sitting there smiled. “It doesn't matter, you can say whatever you want. As long as it's within a reasonable range, I can satisfy you.”

Then the words changed: “But if you can't even handle such a simple matter…”

“I will certainly exhaust all my efforts and wholeheartedly handle this matter for the elder!” Coroner King loudly promised. “If it doesn't succeed, you can kill my hand and foot brother Lin Guang Ming, put his corpse in front of me, make me hurt so much I don't want to live, better to die than live!”

“Hehehe.” The person sitting there chuckled twice, then slowly restrained himself. “I won't leave a corpse for you. I will turn you into a corpse.”

His words were spoken one sentence at a time, as if every sentence was a reality that would certainly come true.

Coroner King gave two dry laughs. “Just relax! In Hell No Door, I am also the one with the best performance! Hand things over to me, it just means success!”

Thinking for a bit, he asked again, “Right. You just said someone was talking to my boss, who was that person? What were they talking about?”

“When Qin Guang King gives you the task, you will naturally know.” The sitting person's voice slowly sank. “You'd better not let him know someone found you. Even more, don't let him know you know someone found him. This is our secret.”

The voice sank in the dark, and the person also disappeared in the dark.

“Everything you encountered in Central Heaven Prison is a secret.”

The next moment.

Coroner King flipped over and got up.

Landing lightly like a cat.

A pair of eyes flew directly out of his body, spinning around wildly in the air, instantly sweeping through every corner of the room.

But no traces were found.

Even that chair wasn't in front of the bed! It was lonely by the window.

He didn't know if that person was male or female or what they looked like, he didn't know when they came or how they left.

What just happened, even felt like a dream.

Coroner King actually couldn't confirm if it really happened.

He vaguely realized that the person didn't truly appear here, didn't truly descend. Their body was still thousands, tens of thousands of miles away.

And he actually didn't detect it at all, let alone resist it.

What kind of means was this?

Until Lin Guang Ming's anxious, concerned voice rang out from outside the door, everything just became real—

“Big brother! Big brother! Are you awake? Are you still here?”

Heaven Work City had been broken!

This news spread throughout the world like wildfire.

The geographical advantage of Fallen Immortal Forest could not protect its ideals, and the time for Divine Firmament to arrive was also not enough to support Equality Country's arbitrary actions.

In today's era. When the target stands under the sunlight, a Hegemon Country can destroy whoever it wants, only needing to consider the price.

Jing Country, however, once again proved this point.

Equality Country's first attempt to stand on the stage failed just like this. The flag of Equality was raised and already broken.

It started out grand, but ended up being just a ripple within the terrifying waves raised by Jing Country.

And Guo, Yuan Tian Shen, Equality Country, Heaven Work City… who was next?

Great Jing's Jin King, Ji Xuan Zhen, walked into Heaven Work City alone, one person against one city, and in less than fifteen minutes, he directly bombarded and broke Heaven Work City.

The two heavenly ghosts gathered inside Heaven Work City were blocked inside the ghost cave by Martial Dao Grandmaster Ji Jing Lu and almost escaped the moment the city was broken, not fighting Ji Xuan Zhen at all.

Qian Tang Lord Bo Lu only escaped with his body, fleeing heavily injured.

But Equality Country's operations in Heaven Work City, the heart's blood invested, were swept clean.

In this battle, no one within Equality Country lent a hand.

No Holy Duke, Zhao King, Divine Hero, Twelve Protectors, no one dared to show their face!

Ji Xuan Zhen launched a pursuit against Bo Lu, chasing him all the way from South Domain to East Domain, heading towards the sea.

Qi Country maintained silence on this.

After Great Jing's Jin King Manor broke Heaven Work City and drove away Qian Tang Lord, Chu Country, which had been permitted by Jing Country to build a city in Fallen Immortal Forest, finally reacted.

Great Chu's Crown Prince Xiong Zi Du and Great Chu's National Teacher Fan Shi Jue came together, expressing their intention to take over Heaven Work City with a friendly attitude.

The flowery expression was—to fulfill the obligations of a Hegemon Country, stabilize the order of Fallen Immortal Forest, and suppress Avici Ghost Cave.

Dai Shan King Ji Jing Lu naturally proposed some conditions, after all, Heaven Work City was fought down by Jin King Manor.

But both sides obviously didn't talk smoothly.

Ji Jing Lu completely razed Heaven Work City before leaving.

Xiong Zi Du and Fan Shi Jue didn't do anything else, they just politely sent Ji Jing Lu off, all the way to outside Fallen Immortal Forest, then summoned people to rebuild the city on the original site.

Public intelligence was just these.

The last trace of afterglow at the edge of the sky was swallowed by continuous mountain ranges.

The bared teeth and claws of black became the base color of this world.

Inside the black night was a black mask, covering a face once famous throughout the world.

Only a pair of eyes exposed, Sun Yin, sitting on the wall head, thinking about things from a very long time ago.

Those brilliant people and matters, the flying colors of youth, he had also experienced before.

Time, why was it so resolute?

He wasn't sitting here alone.

But he was looking at the sunset alone, watching how dusk became night.

His companion was a beautiful woman with a world-weary face, biting a jade pipe, standing in the alley, leaning against the wall and slowly smoking. No matter how the sky changed color, she never once looked up. The faint smoke made everything vague.

Everyone had their own matters of the heart.

Because of different pains, they pursued the same “equality”.

But equality, would it really come?

Heaven Work City was already a piece of ruins.

“Has the time come?”

At this moment, as night descended, a merchant-dressed person, pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with various goods, rumbled and rolled from the end of the alley.

He grew to be very amiable, smiling three points when he saw people, and in the black night with no one around, he didn't make people vigilant either.

He smiled and asked.

As if asking if it was time to go home—in fact, they were about to set out.

How can people smile so happily?

Were there really happy people in Equality Country?

He had known Qian Chou for many years; this person always squinted and smiled, speaking words of harmony and wealth.

But today… there might not be a tomorrow.

“It's about time,” Sun Yin said.

“Wait for me to finish this bag of smoke,” Zhao Zi said, leaning against the wall.

Qian Chou steadied his pushcart and slowly packed his goods, taking them out one by one to wipe, then putting them back one by one.

Sun Yin also quietly looked at the stars.

At such a moment tonight, they understood each other a little more.

“I always forget to ask, but I'm a bit curious today.” Zhao Zi bit the smoke pipe and casually looked at Qian Chou's cart, combs, rouge, water powder, mirrors, rattle drums…

“Why are there only women's objects on your cart, except for children's toys?”

Everyone knew that Zhao Zi wasn't good at being curious.

So Qian Chou treated this question very seriously. He smiled and said, “You don't know this, but women's and children's money is the easiest to earn!”

He glanced at Zhao Zi again. “Smoke a little less, it's not good for your body.”

Zhao Zi said slowly, “I have a friend who always advised me this way too.”

“But you didn't listen,” Sun Yin said on the wall head.

“No,” Qian Chou said. “I think she listened!”

Zhao Zi slowly inhaled smoke and didn't speak.

Sun Yin looked at Qian Chou with some surprise. “Didn't think you understood Zhao Zi better than me.”

Zhao Zi said, “I think he just understands women better!”

Qian Chou waved his hand. “That might be too difficult.”

Sun Yin looked at him and asked, “Have you said goodbye to your family and friends—also don't know if you have any?”

Not many people knew that Sun Yin was from You Que—if Qin Guang King and Bian Cheng King could truly keep their mouths shut like bottles about this secret guard.

Within Equality Country, only the three respected leaders and Protector Chu Xu, who went to receive him, knew.

Similarly, he didn't understand Zhao Zi and Qian Chou's true identities either.

Just as Holy Duke said—there are those in the world who have ambitions for equality, but they seek to walk together on the same path, not necessarily to walk together for a lifetime, but to ask if their hearts have this ambition, no need to meet, no need to know each other!

In fact, as soon as the question came out, Sun Yin regretted it a little.

Normally, he would never ask such a question, and such a question would never get an answer.

Perhaps it was the moon tonight, too thin.

“You must properly say goodbye,” Zhao Zi exhaled a long puff of smoke mist, emphasizing, “Otherwise, you will regret it very, very much.”

“Forget it!” Qian Chou laughed. “I'm not good at saying goodbye.”

So the three people were all silent.

Stars in the night sky flashed lonely.

The bright and extinguishing on the smoke pipe was also a star of the human world.

After more than ten breaths, Zhao Zi's smoke pipe went out.

“Let's go,” she said.

She wiped her jade smoke pipe clean and put it into her smoke bag.

Turning around, she was the first to walk into the black night.

Qian Chou pushed his cart, Sun Yin jumped down from the wall head, and just like this, they lined up in a row, not looking back, sailing into the long night.