Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

She went to the gym.

These days, Master CHU has converted the gym into a special training room for the Black Tide. They use the monsters captured from outside to simulate the situation at that time, which can at least cultivate some confidence.

Shizi had another task. After building the aircraft, she had to work with several other people to complete the transformation of the airship.

"... there, there, and there, we need to build a wall. We can give up this area if it's really not possible..." CHU? was making plans based on the airship blueprint. Shizi sat in a wheelchair, his hands resting on his abdomen, listening calmly.

CHU?'s eyes kept glancing behind Shizi, which made her a little panicked: "Uh...is there a problem?"

"Nothing..." Chu looked at Kita who was holding the wheelchair with a look of pity on his face, "It's just that your injury has healed, right? Can't you walk by yourself?"

"What are you talking about?" Shizi retorted seriously, "As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. I'll have to sit on this thing for a while."

"Are you injured?" CHU? complained in a low voice, but finally decided to ignore her and looked back at the blueprint. "I'll let the AI calculate some details, but this is basically it. But I still have to say that it is difficult to break the prophecy simply by working on defensive performance. After all, we don't know what strength is enough."

"Don't worry." Shizi smiled mysteriously and took out a dark blue jade slip, "I've prepared it."

"What is this?" asked CHU?.

"The Sword Scroll of the Other Shore." Shizi answered mysteriously.

"What?" CHU? He didn't buy it at all. He just didn't understand.

Shizi had no choice but to explain honestly: "The strongest sword I copied from Hualian before can reverse time."

CHU? was unmoved: "So what are you going to do? It's just one, nothing compared to such a big airship."

Shizi nodded: "But when accumulated, it's different."

"You mean..."

The transformation of the airship is ongoing. With the help of AI, some parts of the airship have been modularized. Shizi is only responsible for manufacturing, and the design and assembly are handed over to others, which has greatly improved efficiency. The airship has not changed much in appearance, but the interior looks much more militarized, like a defense project.

However, the most important thing among all the things is still a small jade slip.

It was exactly the "Sword Talisman of the Other Shore" that Shi Zi had shown before.

How many such jade slips had been made? Even Shizi herself couldn't count them. However, this should be the largest number she had ever made. From the outer wall of the airship to the walls of everyone's room, from the airbags to the tree trunks in the park, jade slips were buried everywhere.

Normally, it would not activate. However, once the structure around it completely collapsed, it would immediately glow and restore everything to the state just a short time ago, and then everything would repeat itself until the black tide passed.

This is the method that Shizi came up with to break the prophecy.

That's right, Kasumi heard the sound of the airship being destroyed.

But how did she know that the airship would not recover immediately after destruction? As long as the airship was in the cycle of "destruction-regeneration", they could spend this time safely. She also made a similar setting on Hualian's aircraft, and Hualian herself could go back in time.

When Shiko explained it to everyone, even Kasumi herself gained confidence.

However, the necessary preparations still had to be made. The important things were moved to the core of the airship, and with the addition of layers of protection, a lot of food and water were also stored. The center of the Kuroshio still showed no signs of recovery, and even Kasumi didn't know how long the Kuroshio would last.

No amount of preparation time is enough.

Shizi watched the black tide on the map expand day by day, approaching day by day. Most of the map was engulfed in darkness, it was extremely terrifying.

With two days left, Shizi discovered that the black tide had already swept Shengxiang and his seven companions into it.

The seven points of light went out.

However, she found that the area seemed to be lit up with a glow, as if an eternal and unchanging will in infinite reincarnation was protecting everyone.

She felt a little relieved.

One day countdown.

Hualian reunited with another light spot. When they reunited, Shizi heard the message from the virtual personality. However, before they could talk further, the communication was cut off.

The light on the map went out.

Just when they were meeting, the black tide reached their side.

There is no sign of that place on the map.

Shizi could only pray.

There seemed to be a sense of uneasiness in the air. Every time Shizi looked into the distance, he felt that the sky was darker than before, like the scene before a thunderstorm.

Counting down the hours.

At dawn, Shizi did not see the sunrise.

A black line has appeared on the horizon.

Chapter 59: The Test

It was as if the mythical day of judgment had arrived.

Instead of sunrise, there were endless black clouds, from one side of the horizon to the other, so dense that it was as if the whole world had rolled up into a ball and was rolling towards this side like a carpet.

Shizi did not hesitate and immediately activated the alarm. The piercing sound immediately spread throughout the entire ship, waking everyone up. When they looked out the window, they understood the situation and made final preparations as quickly as possible, gathering in the park in the center of the airship. The park was large enough to accommodate everyone, and the surrounding area was also well protected.

Several captains and Shizi did not go there immediately. They hurriedly completed the final inspection, and Shizi had one more thing to do - the location where the airship would dock had been found and he was about to go there.

It was a huge stone cave. There was nothing inside, and it opened to the west, so the airship could just fit in and keep an eye on the Kuroshio's location.

Shizi stood in the control room, controlling the airship to make fine adjustments. At this point, it was impossible not to be nervous. She felt that the outer wall of the airship seemed to have been scratched by something, but the damage was not serious and was acceptable.

With a dull "bang", the airship finally stopped in the cave.

Shizi wiped the sweat off his face and snapped his fingers. In the distance, Kita felt the jade slip in his hand vibrate, said "Got it", and walked towards the skylight that was slowly opening.

Stepping onto the steps and out of the skylight, Kita saw the airbags slowly deforming and shrinking, wrapping around the cabin to form a protective shield. Because the airbags were useless when docked, they made this modification.

Everything was going according to plan. Kita looked up at the top of the cave, took aim, raised her hand, and the flame gathered in her hand.

There is another reason for choosing this cave - we don't know if it will collapse in the future. If it collapses, it will inevitably cause damage to the airship, but as long as we cause a controllable collapse before the black tide arrives and partially bury the airship, we can get a layer of natural protection and camouflage. After all, according to the agitation of the stars, when the filth is rampaging, the monsters will also be extremely active.

A flash of fire, [Dawn of Purification]!

As golden-red flashes burst out from her fingertips, Kita felt the entire earth tremble. She held onto the handle to prevent herself from falling. Fiery red magma and broken rocks kept falling down, being continuously dissolved by sound waves and Daniel's shield. The entire rock wall was falling towards this side. If it was allowed to fall like that, the shield would definitely not be able to withstand it. Kita controlled the consumption, and it seemed that the pointer in her eyes was stuck, and the world suddenly came to a standstill. She carefully aimed, and several more bursts of fire burst out, but they stopped with the world a few meters away from her fingers.

In Kita's eyes, the pointer began to move again. Suddenly, the world returned to normal. The fire continued to fly forward, further collapsing the rock wall, and disintegrating its force to the point where it could be completely resisted by the shield.

The place where the airbag was originally located was basically buried by half-melted rocks. Kita took a final look, nodded with satisfaction, closed the skylight, and locked it.

On her way back, she saw vines and thorns gradually emerging from every corner and tangled on the walls. This was a method used by Arisaki and Yukina to strengthen the structure of the airship. When everyone returned to the park, the entire corridor would be filled with plants.

Heavy isolation doors descended behind her.

After returning to the park, she found that everyone was basically gathered into several groups according to the band, either standing or sitting. Although most people looked nervous, they had basically nothing to do. They had done everything they could do, and now, apart from being nervous, they could only stare at the surveillance screens around them and continue to be nervous. The surveillance was made by Shizi using the information sharing ability between virtual personalities, and it displayed the situation outside the airship in real time.

"Caterpillars, cockroaches, earthworms, beetles, dung beetles..." She immediately saw Yili huddled in a corner, mumbling something in a trance. Hongxia was trying to comfort her, while Liang was poking her face.

Xiduo walked over reluctantly and squatted in front of Yili: "Xiao Yili?"

"Ah, Kita-chan." Ichiri finally woke up, looked up, and saw the people around him, "Ah, I'm sorry, I was still in a daze at this time..."

"It's normal to be nervous." Kita patted Ichiri's face, "Just rely on everyone at times like this."

Yili's eyes twinkled and he nodded slightly: "Yeah."

Shizi's voice came from a distance: "Everything that needs to be started has been started. Everyone, please think about whether there is anything important that has not been brought. The black tide is expected to arrive in half an hour, so there is still time to get it." As she spoke, her figure appeared among the leaves.

Everyone checked and said no.

Except Yukina.

"Uh... I forgot to bring the bundle of letters I wrote to my family." Her eyes looked very innocent.

Everyone looked at her speechlessly.

Lisa took out a bundle of letters with a twitching mouth: "I knew you would be like this a long time ago, and I have already brought it for you."

"Thank you." Youxina finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sa-ling looked at Kasumi and said, "Luckily Kasumi only has one Random Star, otherwise she might have forgotten something too."

Arisaki looked at the guitar bag that Kasumi proudly carried on her back and nodded in agreement.

Shizi walked over, wondering if there was anything else.

"…It should be okay, right?" Duohui next to her thought for her.

Shizi let out a breath.

In her current state, she couldn't help but recall the few minutes before entering the college entrance examination room. At that time, there were still people around her reciting books, but in fact it didn't make much sense.

They have already made all the preparations, now it all depends on their performance in the exam.

"Then... let's do a live show?" Kasumi suddenly suggested.

"Are you serious?" Arisaki complained.

However, Youxina is seriously considering it: "Music does have a relaxing effect. Although it's not necessary to hold a large-scale live, playing a few songs is also good."

CHU? Raised his hand and pressed the earphone: "How about I play some RAS songs? This way we don't have to waste energy."

Shizi scratched his face and said, "RAS song... it's no good to get excited too early, so I'd better play a more soothing song."

She found a keyboard from the pile of musical instruments, set it up in the middle of the crowd, plugged it in, took a deep breath, and got into the mood.

Fingers stroked the black and white keys.

She spoke softly: "The gauze gown flutters, spring is here, flowers are swaying..."

She sang "Cicada Under the Moon" by Luo Tianyi and Yan He.

There is no special meaning, it's just a melody that flows through my heart and I just play it out.

She seldom sings, and this time she is not singing in her own voice, but imitating the voices of the two original singers.

The ancient melody gently touched everyone's heartstrings. They didn't understand the lyrics of Shizi's song. However, the graceful atmosphere still comforted them and their expressions gradually relaxed.

For a moment, only Shizi's piano and singing echoed in the park.

"…The moon is getting fuller, the sound of the piano has faded away, I have no regrets or complaints for this night"

The song ends.

"Huh..." She raised her head.

On the screen, the black tide was already very close. One could almost see the surging filth and the wriggling monsters.

"coming."

she murmured.

Chapter 60 One Day and One Night

The edge of the black tide rolled towards the airship.

Everyone gripped their weapons tightly and prepared for battle.

100 m.

50 m.

10 m.

"Beep——" the alarm sounded again.

At this moment, the world seemed to be spinning, and everyone felt suddenly dizzy.

The air was suddenly filled with black dust particles, and the light everywhere dimmed and flickered, as if the light bulbs were about to break down.

All the screens went out at the same moment, replaced by messy snowflakes and chaotic noise.

Shizi barely regained consciousness.

The plants around them no longer looked as beautiful as before, but instead looked scary and hideous. Yukina and Arisaki put their hands on the ground, as if they were trying to control something. It seemed that something was indeed changing.

Shizi put her hands on her temples, trying to contact her other virtual personalities. These personalities were her only way to know the situation now.

After trying five or six times, I finally succeeded.

However, as soon as her consciousness was reconnected, Shizi spat out a mouthful of blood. If it weren't for the support of the people around her, she would have almost fallen to the ground.

The cave wall that had collapsed had some effect, but not much - the thick parts could still hold up, but the weak parts and the small piece that was not covered in the first place had been breached by the darkness. Countless twisted and squirming faces emerged from the darkness, huddled together like fruit pulp stirred in a juicer, and launched a crazy charge towards the shield in a mixture of solid and liquid.

The sound of claws scratching metal.

All kinds of strange noises.

The sound of flesh and bones squeezing against each other.