Chapter 1788: Dusk Takes Action

Ruoshui Bastion.

Inner Wall, Watchtowers.

The high walls forged from steel were like an insurmountable natural moat, sealing the desolate Ruoshui Base within.

Dozens of Watchtowers were situated everywhere on the high walls. Some were specifically responsible for monitoring the base, and some were specifically responsible for monitoring the blocks on the outside... As if they were both afraid of someone walking out from the base, and afraid of someone barging in from the outside.

The red alert sirens echoed in the sky, and on the Watchtowers, every figure was flustered.

"What's going on? What kind of alarm is this?"

"I don't know..."

"You don't know either?"

"Aren't we all just transferred to the Ruoshui Bastion? No one knows more than anyone else!"

"I am Lord Li's disciple, originally responsible for grain transport in the Lingxu Bastion."

"Yi... so you're also Lord Li's person? I am Lord Li's distant cousin, came over from the Chengtian Domain, previously helping him manage some... cough cough, interpersonal relationships."

"I was single-handedly promoted by Lord Tang in the army. Lord Tang and Lord Li have good personal relations, so counting it, we are also one family."

"I remember now! During the New Year last year, didn't you follow Lord Tang to pay a New Year's visit to my house? No wonder I thought you looked familiar."

"Right, those few Tier 7 Grand Commandants garrisoning the Inner Wall with us are also Lord Li's trusted aides."

"Yes hahaha, turns out we're all acquaintances!"

"En, we're all acquaint... en?"

A figure who looked relatively alert froze for a moment, always feeling that something wasn't right.

But the others didn't seem to notice anything wrong, still chatting and laughing about their connections. Only after hesitating for a moment did he ask a question:

"Then... what about the original garrison troops of the Ruoshui Bastion?"

"They've all been allocated to the Outer Wall." Someone pointed at the continuous tall wall shadow in the distance. "The Outer Wall is responsible for resisting Calamity Invasions, the Inner Wall is responsible for guarding the Ruoshui Base... Compared to them, most of us guarding the Inner Wall are just putting on a show, nothing will fundamentally happen."

"Exactly, no matter what we have Lord Li and Lord Tang's connections, it won't reach the point of truly going to the front lines to die."

"Moreover, there are numerous Tier 7 Grand Commandants holding down the fort. Even if the sky collapses, it won't be our turn to prop it up."

"This strange alarm sound is mostly due to a Calamity attack, it shouldn't have anything to do with our Inner Wall..."

"So that's how it is."

"..."

As everyone chatted, they set their minds at ease.

After all, in a certain sense, the Inner Wall and the Ruoshui Base it suppressed were the safest places in the entire bastion, so what did they have to worry about?

Just at this time, patches of grayish-white areas began to spread within the bastion. Berserk Calamity figures crossed the nothingness and drilled out from them, their roaring bellow accompanied by a suffocating oppressive feeling, wreaking havoc above the blocks!

At this moment, everyone on the Inner Wall was directly dumbfounded.

"Calamities..."

"Directly entered the city??"

They all suspected if they were dreaming. After ruthlessly pinching themselves, a look of disbelief surfaced on their faces!

"How is this possible?!"

"The Outer Wall hasn't been breached yet, how could Calamities directly appear in the Ruoshui Bastion??"

"The Gray Realm seems to have started converging with the Ruoshui Bastion... Damn it, what exactly is this situation?!"

"..."

The resistance from the Outer Wall that they imagined didn't appear. These Calamities appeared inside the walls like ghosts. They frantically trampled the surrounding buildings, large swaths of blocks were crushed into powder, and rolling thick smoke blotted out the sky and sun.

But strangely, they didn't see too many of the masses, as if this bastion under the wreaking havoc of Calamities had already turned into an empty city at some unknown time.

After some Calamities smashed through numerous buildings, and didn't see humans, they slowly turned their gazes towards the coremost Inner Wall of the bastion...

They sensed danger here.

Thud!!

Accompanied by a rumble of trampling the earth, a massive skeletal giant elephant whistled and crashed towards the Inner Wall.

Its size was too massive. Every time it took a step, it could step out deeply sunken pits on the ground. Under the blessing of this terrifying weight, it crashed headfirst into the Inner Wall, creating hideous cracks that nearly pierced from top to bottom!

Boom——!!!

In an instant, the numerous garrison troops on the Inner Wall were almost directly overturned!

Immediately after, more and more Calamities launched charges at the Inner Wall. They came from all directions, and some even flew in the air, for a time making these temporarily newly replaced garrison troops at a loss for what to do.

Fortunately, among these people, there were still quite a few Tier 7 powerhouses from the Chengtian Domain. They immediately relied on the terrain advantage to take action to suppress these charging Calamities. Divine Paths and Calamity Domains collided with each other, and the entire Inner Wall was reduced to a chaotic battlefield.

"Is it my illusion?" Someone rubbed their eyes, looking towards a certain direction in the block,

"Why does it seem like someone is going against the Calamities... and coming towards us?"

Everyone followed his gaze to look.

They only saw on the block reduced to ruins, a figure with light cyan long hair was slowly advancing amidst the churning dust. There was a snake-shaped tattoo on his neck, and his eyelids drooped... At this moment, as if sensing the gazes of the few people on the Watchtower, a faint smile hooked up the corner of his mouth.

In the next second, his figure turned into faint mist and dispersed, vanishing out of thin air.

"...Gone?"

"Were my eyes blurry?"

Just as the few garrison troops were dazed, wisps of mist condensed behind them, gradually outlining the youth figure with light cyan long hair...

He gently raised his fingertips, and a streak of lightning resembling a swimming snake burst out from his side, instantly linking the few garrison troops on this Watchtower together like a chain!

Under the bombardment of the fatal lightning, the few garrison troops didn't even let out the slightest cry for help before turning into charred coal and crashing heavily to the ground.

The youth casually shot them a glance, his figure once again turning into mist and vanishing without a trace...

When he appeared again, he had arrived like a ghost in the nearest Watchtower, raising his hand to wipe out the garrison troops inside... Then the third, the fourth.

He was like a silent ghost on the battlefield, continuously nibbling away at the Inner Wall's defense line. It wasn't until the fifth Watchtower, when the youth had just finished killing people, that a few strangely shaped puppets stepped through the air and directly surrounded him within the Watchtower!

These puppets each emanated sharp Killing Intent. The youth slightly narrowed his eyes and swept over them, finally landing on a man slowly descending onto this Watchtower...

"Tier 7 Path of the Yellow Earth? In the Ruoshui Bastion, I've never heard of such a figure... Just who exactly are you?" That person frowned, sizing up the youth.

"Tsk... Found out at only the fifth one?" The cyan-haired figure shook his head somewhat regretfully. "I thought I'd steadily suppress that Elderly Lady... Looking at it this way, there is still suspense in victory or defeat..."

"What are you talking about??" The man's frown deepened.

The youth's gaze landed on the man. After a moment, he unhurriedly took out a Playing Card from his clothes, emitting an eerie faint light in the hazy mist. He spoke faintly:

"Dusk Society, [Queen of Diamonds]... Please instruct."

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