Luoyang is the imperial capital, full of prosperity in the world.
Today's Luoyang is a bit cold and more depressing. There is no laughter and laughter of children chasing and playing in the streets, and no shouts and shouts of vendors and foot soldiers. There are only countless people standing on the streets, looking at the dark and suffocating sky in the sky with fearful expressions. The blood-colored branches and leaves slowly moved towards Luoyang City.
The dark and bloody tree crowns blocked the sky and sun, shrouding the northwest region in shadow.
The old man with a stooped body stood on a high place and looked into the distance. When he saw the blood mist that was slowly moving and swallowing everything, the old man trembled, opened his mouth to reveal his toothless gums, and said in a trembling voice, "There is another peerless demon. It’s a disaster for the world!”
The young child was ignorant. He just hid in his mother's arms and shivered. Pointing at the slowly moving blood mist in the distance, he innocently asked his mother, "Mom, what is that? It's so scary!"
On the flat land dozens of miles away from Luoyang City, in the flying dust, tens of thousands of refugees formed a crowd. Most of the crowds were young and middle-aged people. They looked frightened, stumbled, and fled to Luoyang City desperately.
Behind these tens of thousands of young and middle-aged people, a scarlet-rich blood mist is spreading. Once they run slower or can't run anymore, they will be submerged in the blood mist, and their human skin will quickly dry up, leaving no bones behind. Next, just like their parents, wives and children.
These young adults with frightened expressions and desperate escape originally had parents, wives and children, but since the dark tree canopy covered the sky, and since the scarlet blood mist enveloped the earth, they watched in despair as their parents, wives and children were submerged in the blood mist, and then wailed. The human skin quickly shriveled up and was assimilated into a part of the blood mist.
This rich scarlet blood mist not only swallows human life, but also animals and plants. When the blood mist passes, not only is there no grass growing, but even the mountains and rivers will be corroded, and then turned into part of the demon plain.
Next to the crowd of people fleeing desperately, there is a surging tide of beasts.
Wild horses, bison, tigers, elephants, rabbits... Countless animals panicked and crowded together to flee towards Luoyang City, because the rest of the place had turned scarlet.
On the land, crowds of people and beasts are surging.
In the sky, different types of birds gathered together to form dark clouds, flying over Luoyang City and flapping their wings desperately toward the distance.
At the top of the city of Luoyang, the Human Emperor Li Bin looked at the doomsday scene, at the crowds of people and beasts running desperately on the ground, and at the dark clouds formed by birds in the sky. He clenched his fists, his eyes were red, and his eyes were twinkling. Bloodshot eyes and tears silently fell from the corners of his eyes, and he muttered to himself in a hoarse and heavy voice, "Poisoning the sky and the earth, causing the extinction of all living things, and plunging the world into boundless darkness and despair."
"Is this the demon tree?"
Li Bin was accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were desperate, and they were looking at the moving blood mist and the spreading tree crown with fearful expressions. They were all trembling, and they were so scared that they were out of their minds and at a loss.
In front of such a peerless monster, no matter the princes, nobles or traffickers, they are all equal and as insignificant as ants.
As long as the dark canopy spreads over Luoyang City, as long as the scarlet blood mist envelopes Luoyang City, then Luoyang, the imperial capital of the human race, will be wiped off the earth without leaving any trace.
At that time, both people and objects will be assimilated into the Demon Plain.
The demon tree was born in the center of chaos. It has the power to corrode the world and plunge it into eternal darkness!
Li Bin clenched his fists tightly, took a deep breath, and told the commander of the guards beside him, "Open the southeast, northwest, and west gates, and send troops to sort out the people and leave Luoyang in an orderly manner. The old and weak, women and children will go first, and then the young and strong. Finally, there are the court officials and the army!”
"General Huyan, we must be fast and get everyone out of Luoyang before the demon tree invades Luoyang!"
"We don't have much time left. We only have half a day at most. We must let everyone leave within half a day!"
Looking at the spreading tree canopy in the sky and the slowly moving scarlet blood mist on the ground dozens of miles away, Li Bin silently estimated the time. In half a day at most, the demon tree's canopy would cover the sky of Luoyang City.
He clenched his fists tightly, and his nails dug into his palms, making them bloody.
Li Bin's eyes were red, and his eyes were bloodshot and he was crying silently.
At this moment, Li Bin hated it. He hated that the demon tree cannibalized the living beings and poisoned the world. He hated that he did not have strong power to cut off the power of the demon tree.
Watching the earth being eroded, watching the sky being covered, and watching his people being swallowed up, he, Li Bin, could do nothing but order the people to be relocated, he could only order his people to escape, he could only order the abandonment of Luoyang City, he, Li Bin, is not worthy of being the leader of the human race, nor is he worthy of being the human emperor.
In front of Li Bin, Hu Yanbian, the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, was wearing armor. He spoke to Li Bin with a sad expression, "Your Majesty, I will ask the other generals to organize the people and leave Luoyang."
Li Bin shook his head and said, "General Huyan, go and command the army personally and arrange the army to help the people leave. Don't let the people fall into panic and cause more people to die."
Hu Yanbian's expression changed and he said in a heavy voice, "Your Majesty, my duty is to protect your safety. I cannot leave."
Li Bin waved his hand, "General Huyan, I am protected by Mr. Han, so you don't have to worry about my safety. You'd better go down and dispatch the troops to arrange for the people to leave safely and orderly."
Hu Yanbian hesitated for a moment, then looked at the old eunuch with a white beard and white eyebrows, holding a whisk in his hand, "Eunuch Han, your Majesty's safety is in your hands. I will leave first."
On top of the city, Hu Yanbian, the commander of the imperial army, left.
Watching Hu Yanbian leave, the other officials looked at Li Bin and hesitated to speak.
Li Bin waved his hands to the officials, his voice full of fatigue and powerlessness, "All the ministers have gone back to comfort their families, pack their things, and prepare to evacuate Luoyang with the army."
"I obey your orders."
In the blink of an eye, Luoyang City was completely empty, with only the Human Emperor Li Bin standing alone at the top of the city, accompanied by an old eunuch with white beard and eyebrows, and spots and wrinkles on his face.
Looking at the canopy of trees in the sky that blocked out the sun, and at the blood mist that was slowly moving dozens of miles away and drowning everything, Li Bin asked the old man next to him with a trembling voice, "Mr. Han, is there still light in the world? Human race Is there a future?"
Han Wei's figure was bleak, and he said firmly, "Your Majesty, it's not time to give up yet. At least, until the Dragon Ancestor is defeated and the world is not completely plunged into darkness, we still have hope, and the human race still has a future."
"Your Majesty, the demon tree is approaching, please follow me and leave Luoyang. You are the master of the country and the country, and there is no room for any loss. Once you are lost, the imperial court will lose its backbone, and the human race will become a piece of scattered sand."
The tears on Li Bin's cheeks had not yet dried. He looked back at the chaotic scene in the city, shook his head with a lonely expression, and said in a heavy voice, "Mr. Han, I won't leave."
"Luoyang is the capital of the country. Everyone can abandon Luoyang and leave, but as the emperor of the people, Li Bin cannot leave. He must stick to Luoyang until the last moment and live and die with Luoyang!"
