The final work didn't take much time for the two of them, after all, most of the puzzle pieces had already been put together, and the few scattered parts that only needed to be simply observed and compared with the paintings in their hands could be placed in the corresponding positions. When the last vacancy was filled, Eren had a huge work that took up almost the entire floor right under his eyes.

Vera's brushstrokes are all black and white, and the paintings made from these two monotonous but opposing colors give people a sense of dead silence and desolation. And some black pieces that look like children's graffiti on their own, now put them into this work, only to find that they are actually the corners of the endless stars. Allen opened his mouth slightly, and the masterpiece under his nose actually presented a picture of the starry sky of the universe.

The painting is viewed from a bird's eye perspective, and the black parts act as the back of space throughout the picture. Scenery. And some of the blank spaces that seemed meaningless before are now turned into twinkling stars in space. As for the protagonist of the painting, it is a planet.

This is a white planet, and Vera uses the original blank space of the drawing paper as the main color of this planet. In different shades of black, you can see majestic mountains, rushing rivers, endless forests, and some complex canyons on the surface of the star. But without exception, these deep and shallow details occupy less than a third of the entire planet's area.

From the huge white space, people are dead and barren, without any sense of life.

Judging from the extremely hard lines used in the whole painting, as well as the realistic painting technique. Since Vera expresses it in a blank space in these places, it means that there is really nothing in the blank space of this planet. But whether it is Alan or Lucy, it is difficult to imagine what kind of environment it should be for Vera to express it in a blank way. It was probably an endless barren plain, devoid of mountains, forests, canyons, rivers. Some are just empty land that has existed since ancient times, and judging from the area of the blank area, this empty land is probably so vast that people think that there is no end.

This is a planet that breathes of death.

There are countless planets like this in the universe, and they are generally dead stars after running out of energy. Eventually, it either explodes into a supernova or the core collapses into a black hole. Alan and Lucy exchanged a look, neither of them knew why Vera drew such a death star, and what does this death star have to do with Alan?

"Anyway, if you come across such a planet in the future, you have to be careful. Didn't Vera say that whenever she had this feeling of strong foresight, the protagonist who usually had a hunch would have a heavy change in the picture she saw. Lucy said with some concern, "Maybe something terrible will happen to you on this planet." ”

"Perhaps, but foresight doesn't necessarily happen. What Vera can see is only a wave of the river of fate, and the wave does not represent the whole of the river. ”

Lucy shook her head and said, "But so far, none of Vera's prophecies have come to fruition, which is also the intuitive reason why she has become worshiped by thousands of believers. I don't think you can ignore her foresight too much. ”

Allen's gaze fell on the deserted death star, nodded and said, "I know, if one day, I meet such a planet." I'll be careful. ”

It's night in the blink of an eye, and tonight's night is thick. The heavy clouds that slowly gathered across the sky blocked the light of the stars and moon, and the night seemed to be lowered to the ground, but the lights of the city below stubbornly lit up the night sky. Even such an oppressive night could not completely envelop the brightly lit Storm City.

Eren left the city alone and came to the mountain collar opposite Storm City. He climbed a huge rock jutting out of the mountainside, stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the brightly lit city and smiled, and then let out his breath.

A moment later, there was a sudden rumor of wind in the mountain collar. In the howling wind, there was a strange sound of something grazing the ground. Another breath was coming towards Eren at a very fast speed, and when it came very close, Eren turned around and saw two clouds of mist and yellow light among the dim trees behind him. Then a great darkness burst out of the mountain, and in the thick of the night, the shadow swam all the way to the boulder before stopping.

At this moment, the clouds in the sky cracked a crack, and the moonlight took the opportunity to penetrate the thick clouds like cotton wool, and sprinkled a few silver pillars of light towards the mountain forest. One of them landed not far from Allen, and threw itself at the behemoth. On the body of the object, Alan saw a snake body the size of a bucket. And as the clouds surged, the moonlight gradually moved forward, and a huge head was clearly presented to Allen's eyes.

"White." Eren smiled and held out his hand, and the serpent lowered its head, letting Alan's hands touch its head.

The white body, which had not been seen for many days, was thick again, and the single horn on the head was as thick as an arm, and the fins on both sides were slowly flapping up and down like bat wings. Today's white has the power that a king snake should have, especially the two big golden eyes, which are like high-quality golden pine pearls, with wisps of silver lines wrapped around them, full of nobility and mystery.

When Eren let go of it, Shiro shrank his head. opened his mouth and spit out the red letter and licked it on Alan's face, so Allen's face was wet with white saliva. He smiled bitterly a few times and said, "Bai, I'm going back to Earth." Until then, I have something for you. ”

The intelligence of the young king snake is no longer below that of an adult human, and although he can't speak, Shiro can understand what Eren says. It tilted its head and watched curiously as Alan pulled a blue vial out of his pocket. The bottle was made of jade, and when Alan opened it, a strong blood qi immediately rushed out from it. Bai suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining with golden light. White smoke came out of its nostrils, and it was clear that it was excited. Although Shiro didn't know exactly what was in the bottle, he instinctively felt that it was of great benefit to him.

"Ten Thousand Beast Blood Essence." Alan shook the bottle and said, "I heard that it can give a life like you a chance to evolve, I think it should be useful to you." ”

At this time, Bai actually nodded like a human, and his eyes were full of solemnity. Alan smiled and said, "It's yours, but you can't use it yet." ”

Throw the jade bottle, catch it with Bai open his mouth, and swallow it into his stomach. Alan turned around and pointed in a direction in the middle of the night: "Go there, White!" That's the right place for you, where you can complete your metamorphosis. Just wait for me there, and when I return, I'll take you to a wider world! ”

The direction that Eren was pointing to was the Wild Highlands, and Shiro looked in that direction and squinted his eyes slightly. The king snake has a keen sense of sue sù it, and there are several particularly strong breaths there. And these few flavors are the supreme delicacy for it. Coupled with the bottle of Ten Thousand Beast Blood Essence in Zài's stomach, Bai knew that he was very close to the time of his first transformation.

Two days later, a convoy left Storm City and headed in the direction of Sur City.

Alan was in the convoy, and he brought with him hundreds of kilograms of Thames silver. On Earth or Idahua, the price of Thames silver is measured in grams. The silver mine in Storm City produced mediocre amounts, but if there was a Temis silver vein here, there must be such a vein elsewhere in Paradise. As Allen's realm expanded, as more veins fell into his hands, the profits from the silver of Tames alone were enough to drive people crazy.

What's more, with the rich resources of the Heavenly Star, it is difficult to guarantee that there are rare mineral deposits in other universes on this planet. And even if he didn't, if he controlled some gold and silver mines, as well as precious metals, it would be a fortune for Allen.

Wealth can be converted into combat power, and combat power is a powerful guarantee for territorial expansion. When the trade chain between the planets is formed and consolidated, Eren will be able to establish a virtuous cycle of territorial expansion, accumulation of wealth, and transformation of combat power, in order to ensure that the strategic goal of the entire colony is finally established.

Of course, to build a planet of the level of the Celestial Party Star, Alan felt that he had to at least advance to the Dominator level before he could be able to do it. After all, after being promoted to the Dominator, the life form underwent an important transformation. The most intuitive benefit of this transformation is to break the limit of human lifespan, thus extending the length of life to a great extent. And longer life is the cornerstone of the Outland Expedition.

In the team, there are also Lucy and Adele's two daughters, as well as Regis and Belmode. They will return to Earth with Allen, and as for Lins and his technical backbone, they will mainly be responsible for the renovation of Sur City. Alan thought to himself that maybe when he returned from Earth, his starship would no longer have to stop on the Asr Mountains.

Nothing to say all the way.

A few days later, the city of Sur was in sight. This city was an important turning point in the path of Allen's expeditionary star, where Allen successfully integrated into the civilization of Paradise, and it was also in this city that Allen received the first cornerstone of territorial expansion. Alan was glad that he hadn't landed in the Shadow Duchy, which was full of xenomorphs, otherwise, the expedition might not have been as smooth as it is now.

Under his emotional gaze, the city of Sur kept approaching, and eventually, they entered the city. Walking through the streets of Sur City, Alan truly felt how desolate and empty a city can be when it loses its human character. With the unfolding and completion of Edward's relocation project, there is now only an empty city left in Sur. Only a few hundred defenders remained, and of course, more workers would flood into the city soon after the base renovation program was implemented.

But that was also after Allen left.

As for now, Alan sees a desolate city, with the wind echoing lonely through the hollow doors and windows.