Eternal Night

Chapter 221: Azure Light
The three major guilds were not like this from the beginning.

The Security Guild was the original guild. In the earliest days, it was a group of veterans from various countries during the Third World War that formed the skeleton, and then all the passionate men who had the courage, could hold guns, and dared to fight formed a flesh-and-blood resistance organization.

This was truly a process of following the will of the people in the early and middle stages of the biochemical beast craze, with countless sacrifices and everyone working together.

However, due to the rampage of biochemical beasts, this organization, which was a mixture of government and civilians, was destroyed several times, and most of its elites and backbones died in battle. The braver they were, the more casualties they suffered. The more selfless and dedicated they were, the more they thought about sacrifice.

As the biochemical beast craze gradually eased and forced humans to the center of the Eurasian and African continent, they were not killed again.

Under such circumstances, the predecessor of the Security Guild quickly transformed into the current Security Guild, and then step by step through internal political struggles, from public to private, it completely became what it is today.

Although the Researchers' Guild was established later than the Security Guild, its predecessor was actually similar. It was an organization formed by scientists from various countries before the war. It was a group of people who studied the craze for biochemical beasts, the origins of biochemical beasts, etc. However, as the environment stabilized and the internal situation collapsed, it eventually became like this.

In comparison, the Mercenary Guild was the cleanest of the three guilds, but it was also on the path of internal warlordism and centralization. In less than ten years, it was almost the same as the other two guilds.

Li Xianchun and Wu Xianxiao sat in a pub.

This is a street somewhere in Tiaohai City, very close to the closed-down Red Leaf Tavern. After Wu Xianxiao learned that the Red Leaf Tavern had closed down, he came to this city and has been looking for a tavern or cafe nearby to stay for three consecutive days.

He had a hunch that he could get the follow-up to the quest "The Last Light of Azure" here.

Speaking of which, since the last dream world, his sixth sense and martial arts intuition have become more and more obvious and strong. Many times, he can vaguely feel good or bad fortune just by having a thought in his mind.

For example, this time when he was hunting down the chief elders of the Mercenary Guild and the Researcher Guild, he just followed them and went straight ahead. As a result, he easily found their secret hiding place and there was almost no place for them to hide.

Wu Xianxiao also had some insights on this aspect.

The unity of knowledge and action.

Every time he made a decision that followed his own heart and did not go against his own will, and turned this decision into action, he felt his mind was clear and pure. Every time this happened, he felt his mind was purified and cleansed, making his martial arts intuition more obvious and stronger.

The first time he felt this situation was when he killed the Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Ji on the spot under tremendous pressure.

At that time, he had nowhere to retreat, and both Yamadea and Xu Shilan had died in the battle. Moreover, he was facing the Song Emperor Zhao Ji, whom he despised and who was the biggest source of the tragedy for the little mute. At that time, he truly integrated knowledge and action. He killed Zhao Ji on the spot and even faced the giant wild boar monster head-on. He would rather die than retreat a single step.

Thinking about it carefully, his first martial arts intuition came at that point in time.

From then on, whether he was hunting down the Jin people in the Song Dynasty, killing Zhao Huan, and exterminating the Cynics, or going to the Demon City and bravely entering the Demon City for Jiujiu, successively killing the leaders of various areas in the Demon City, and breaking into the Demon City's tomb area to challenge the skeleton of the descendants of the Peacock King, or going to the dream world, even if it was just for the brief tacit understanding and friendship between warriors, he fought to the last moment...

Along the way, he had a clear conscience, integrated knowledge and action, and was honest to himself, to Wu, and to his friends...

"The way of utmost sincerity can predict the future... It really does not deceive me."

Wu Xianxiao silently stretched out his hand, looked at his palm, and clenched it into a fist several times. Only then was he satisfied and let go.

Li Xianchun was puzzled by this action, but she had asked Wu Xianxiao several times in the past three days about the purpose of his visit, but Wu Xianxiao never told her. So she naturally did not ask at this time, but just leisurely drank a drink and read a novel.

Wu Xianxiao didn't care about her and just silently felt his own martial arts.

This way of utmost sincerity is the most mysterious, and there is almost no active trace to speak of, but this way of utmost sincerity has a huge impact on martial arts, especially after entering the Dan Jin stage, this way of utmost sincerity can even be compared with the cultivation of the physical body.

In the previous dream world, top-notch Dan Jin warriors like Zhou Qingqing almost all stayed away from the world to practice in seclusion. One of the most important reasons was that they did not want the secular world to affect their own character. After all, modern society imposed too many constraints on them, and they were not always able to act according to their will. However, if they could not act according to their will, they would feel wronged. Therefore, it was better to turn a blind eye.

But in this way, their martial arts spirit made almost no progress. In the previous dream world, there were many Dan Jin warriors and two Gang Jin warriors, but none of them reached the martial arts realm of "the cicada knows the coming of autumn before the wind blows", and they were not even at Wu Xianxiao's current spiritual realm.

Wu Xianxiao now had a lot of regrets. In fact, he didn't do anything deliberately. He just did what he felt like, but he would not let his wild thoughts run wild. For example, when he was splashed with dirty water before, those ordinary people insulted and attacked him, and he was actually angry in his heart, but he restrained his urge to draw his sword, which did not weaken his martial arts spirit.

Therefore, this kind of sincere way really has a mysterious feeling in it.

Thinking of this, Wu Xianxiao turned around and said to Jiujiu, "Jiujiu, if you continue to stimulate the demon blood in your body, can you really transform successfully? Completely become a human? The kind without a time limit?"

Jiujiu was also on the table, jumping around and playing. When she heard this, she happily called out to Wu Xianjiu twice.

Wu Xianxiao nodded, and then said seriously: "Okay, when you transform, I will sleep with you and make you my woman."

"Snapped!"

"puff!"

Jiujiu hit Wu Xianxiao directly on the forehead, and at the same time Li Xianchun sprayed a mouthful of drink all over Wu Xianxiao's face and the table.

Jiujiu kept flying up and hitting Wu Xianxiao, pecking at his face and ears with its beak. Li Xianchun said with a weird look on his face: "Although I personally think that sexual fetishes are personal preferences, people can't... at least shouldn't..."

Wu Xianxiao was too lazy to pay attention to the man and the bird. He just silently sensed his martial arts intuition. After sensing for a while, he did not find any enhancement or weakening, which made him even more confused about how this thing changed.

After all, in his heart he really regarded Jiujiu as his woman, even if she was just a demon it didn't matter. Of course, she still had to be a human and had to transform into a human form. After all, he really didn't have any special fetishes.

(I have a hunch that if I can make this martial arts intuition continue to grow stronger, it will become a skill that can be displayed on the data panel, and it will open up the basic attributes, the soul, and several small items in the inspiration category. It is very important...)
While Wu Xianxiao was still thinking about it, he suddenly had an idea. He saw a middle-aged man who looked down and out coming in from the main entrance of the tavern. He knocked on the table and said, "Let's go." Li Xianchun was stunned for a moment, then stood up and said, "Leaving now? Didn't you sit here until evening yesterday?"

Wu Xianxiao shook his head and said, "No, not leaving, but going to the private room. The person I'm waiting for has arrived."

Li Xianchun immediately turned her head and looked around. After a long while, she looked at the downtrodden middle-aged man who was slowly approaching. She frowned silently.

Wu Xianxiao walked up to the middle-aged man and said, "This is not a good place to talk. Let's go to the private room."

The down-and-out middle-aged man was about to speak, but Wu Xianxian spoke first. He was a little dazed, but he dared to come here this time and was able to come here. He had actually made all the mental preparations, so at this time he nodded in agreement.

The three people, the bird and the dog were moved to a private room. The man kept looking at Jiujiu and Daphne all the way. After confirming again and again that these were real animals, he couldn't stop the shock on his face. He wanted to say something several times, but in the end he didn't say a word.

Wu Xianxiao waited until the middle-aged man sat down before he asked, "Wei Lan?"

The middle-aged man's body trembled, and then he showed an expression that seemed to be both crying and laughing. He lowered his head and said, "I haven't heard these two words for a long time... Yes, I am one of the members of Azure... a former member."

Wu Xianxiao looked at the drinks brought in by the maid and said no more. He just nodded to the middle-aged man, picked up the drink and took a sip first. The middle-aged man also picked up the drink and took a sip. Only then did his fear and excitement slowly dissipate.

They were silent for dozens of seconds, and the middle-aged man spoke first: "Wei Lan is a small organization that was established about fifteen years ago. Since I joined this organization, even now, I still believe that this organization has some kind of destiny!"

Wu Xianxiao and Li Xianchun were silent, just sitting there. The middle-aged man didn't care. He paused and said, "Mr. Wu, I've been paying attention to you since you defeated the Security Guild. But when the Mercenary Guild and the Researcher Guild counterattacked, I thought you would probably be defeated, just like the Wei Lan organization in the past. But who knew you would win."

"As the second true super soldier, you may have a new destiny."

Wu Xianxiao and Li Xianchun looked at each other, and they both thought carefully about the words the middle-aged man said.

The second true super soldier...

So who is the first one?

"That was fifteen years ago..."

A group of young people met unexpectedly during a battle.

That was the end of the last bio-beast craze.

Since the bio-beast apocalypse eased, a bio-beast frenzy occurs on average every twenty years or so, with large numbers of bio-beasts attacking human territory from all directions. Although it will not destroy everything like when the bio-beasts first wreaked havoc, it is still a huge catastrophe, and this is why the human population has never been able to accumulate.

The last bio-beast craze was fifteen years ago, and that was also the time when Azure was founded.

"...We are just some down-and-out newbies in the war. For example, I am a communications operator and also in charge of logistics. I have little combat power and insufficient abilities, but I just happened to join this organization by chance."

"But the rest are all children of destiny... For example, Ao Bin and Wang Yu, whom you freed, are such children of destiny."

Wu Xianxiao asked in confusion: "Who?"

"The original pilot of the Overlord-class super machine."

The middle-aged man said sadly, "One was captured by the Researchers Guild, and the other by the Security Guild. They both underwent brain embolism surgery, so it's normal that you don't know their names. They probably don't even remember their own names."

"When the Azure Organization was first established, none of us knew how great our future achievements would be. But we all had a passion for the world. We were extremely disappointed with the three major guilds, and we wanted to change the world, save everyone, or at least make everyone's life better. A group of war orphans, a group of young people who didn't know how high the sky was, gathered together with just this passion..."

Wu Xianxiao suddenly interrupted the middle-aged man and asked, "Why is it named Wei Lan?"

The middle-aged man was silent for a while, then he took out a photo from his arms with trembling hands. It was a semi-composite photo, a global photo taken from outer space. A blue gem-like planet was hovering in the darkness of the universe.

"...With the arrival of the bio-beast apocalypse, the rain stopped all over the world, the earth dried up, and almost all the plants in the wild died. It is said that the color of the sea surface is also changing from blue to rusty red. A member of the Azure team said that if you look at the earth from outer space at this time, it must be a very ugly rusty red mixed with khaki..."

The middle-aged man took back the photo. He lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "We want to save everything, change everything, and make the earth return to its blue color. This is our great wish, so we named this organization Blue."

Wu Xianxiao nodded slightly, and Li Xianchun couldn't help but say, "This ideal is good, but it is impossible to achieve. Besides, you mentioned super soldiers before, right? The first super soldier is someone in your organization?"

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, but nodded and said, "Yes, the first real super soldier is a member of our team. He has the same strength as a super machine, and he can restore the biochemical beasts to ordinary life. This is a miraculous power that reversed the root cause of the biochemical beast disaster. It is precisely because of his ability that all those who joined Azure believe that we really have the possibility of saving the world. As long as we find the key to reversing the biochemical beasts and turn all the biochemical beasts back into ordinary life, then mankind will definitely be saved!"

"During this process, we seemed to be helped by God. We found super machines one after another, and we even found two Overlord-class super machines. At that time, we all believed that we would succeed. As long as we continued to develop, we would definitely replace the three major guilds and completely save humanity. But then... we were betrayed."

Wu Xianxiao's face was filled with anger, while Li Xianchun's face was filled with regret.

The middle-aged man still lowered his head. He was silent and hesitant for a long time before he said, "In the end, Azure completely collapsed and split. The Overlord-class super machine and the original pilot were abducted and transformed. The other personnel were almost wiped out. Only the logistics and intelligence personnel who were lurking deep like me survived. Then we were very unwilling to give up, so we followed the real super soldier to investigate who betrayed us, and then... we finally got a very incredible, incomprehensible answer that I still can't believe."

The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at Wu Xianxiao and Li Xianchun and said, "The person who betrayed us..."

“It’s us.”

(End of this chapter)