Chapter 79 Blackrock City "Death is never the end, especially..."

Back in 706, Ji Yang lay on the bed, feeling unexpectedly calm.

He had almost forgotten what Xie Lu looked like when he first met him. He only remembered that the Xie Lu he knew now was the first person he met besides Deyue after he came out of the tower. He was a comrade-in-arms who had pulled him out of the trial countless times after he had confused his memories of himself. He was someone he could entrust his back to.

Ji Yang had selfish motives; he wanted everyone to survive. However, he couldn't interfere with Xie Lu's choice, no matter what the consequences of that choice might be.

However, thanks to Xie Lu, the passage to the real Blackrock City should have already been opened.

Thinking about it, Ji Yang curled up in the quilt, wondering how Jiang Yang was doing.

...

Rewind to when DisKi had just left. Jiang Yang, led by Mr. V, entered one of the rooms on the seventh floor of the hotel. Mr. V didn't leave; he stood at the small bar by the door and poured himself a drink. Jiang Yang, on the other hand, walked to the bench at the foot of the bed and sat down, seemingly oblivious to everyone else.

Mr. V walked up to Jiang Yang with a wine glass in his hand, placed one glass in Jiang Yang's hand, and brought the other glass to his lips, making a crisp clinking sound before taking a small sip.

Seeing that Jiang Yang didn't move, Mr. V leaned down from the bench and asked, "What's wrong? Not to your liking?"

Jiang Yang shook her head. "I'm not very good at drinking."

"Hahaha," Mr. V laughed as he stood up, tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp. "Don't worry about what I'll do to you. Since I'm going to make you a top-tier blood servant, I won't ruin my own reputation."

"What is a top-tier blood servant?" Jiang Yang asked, seizing the opportunity.

Mr. V went to the bar and poured himself another drink. He then turned around and half-reclined on the sofa in front of the French windows, the glass swirling gently in his hand. He said, "I think you weren't kidnapped, were you?"

Is it that obvious?

"Ha, a lowly commoner from the Fourth District has no power to arrest you."

Jiang Yang disliked Mr. V's superior tone and attitude, finding him two-faced and hypocritical.

"So, what are you here for?" Mr. V asked.

Jiang Yang picked up the glass he had set aside and took a small sip. The alcohol made him cough lightly as it went down his throat. He reminded him again, "You still haven't told me what a special-grade blood servant is?"

“You’ve seen it all, those terrified and struggling humans, the inferior humans as blood slaves, and those with some talent as blood servants,” Mr. V stared into Jiang Yang’s eyes. “Only you are not afraid of what will happen next. I need someone like that, so I don’t mind making a deal with you.”

How do we trade?

"I'll upgrade you into a top-tier blood servant and send you to the first district. Once you're there, help me find someone, okay?"

Jiang Yang didn't speak, as if he was thinking.

He was definitely not captured.

Jiang Yang discovered DisKi's purpose as early as when he put the white rose into the giant bear's pocket to read the giant bear's memories.

[Player Jiang Yang's Talent Card: The Fool]

[Player Jiang Yang's Personal Talent: Gift of Roses]

【Instructions for Use 1: Anyone who comes into contact with the Fool's Rose will have their memories read by the Fool. The reading time is 30 minutes, with a cooldown of 12 hours. The Fool can freely choose any time point to read the memories.】

【Instructions for Use 2: The Fool can replace a character in a memory fragment. The replaced character will not have the memory of being replaced. The replacement time is 15 minutes, and the cooldown time is 12 hours】

It was this use of his talent that led him to discover the passive function activated after upgrading the talent.

[Instructions for Use 3: Can restore the original state of a certain item from memory]

Jiang Yang read the experiences of the giant bear and the Hanged Man when they first arrived in Blackrock City. Based on his intuition, he chose to restore the bulletin board.

Besides the job postings, the bulletin board also displayed a notice about a blood slave capture operation.

But when the giant bears and the others were in front of the bulletin board, the notice wasn't there.

This means that someone not only knew of their existence before they entered Blackrock City, but also planned a hunt for them.

Based on Jiang Yang's current understanding, it is certain that only DisKi exists in the fourth district.

Moreover, according to the giant bear's memory, DisKi had already begun secretly looking for its target.

Therefore, Jiang Yang gave DisKi a chance. He wanted to protect DisKi and take the opportunity to close the gap with the Hanged Man.

As for who this person is, it is obviously not Mr. V, but DisKi still gave him to Mr. V, which shows that the people behind DisKi intended to use Mr. V to achieve their next goal from the beginning.

Perhaps it's for the auction.

Someone needs a Borderlands player to enter this auction.

On the second night of the auction, Jiang Yang was still unclear about the tasks for the next day. He asked Mr. V, "Can I give you an answer tomorrow morning?"

"sure."

After seeing Mr. V off, Jiang Yang sat back on the edge of the bed and picked up the black retro telephone.

He remembered that the notice for the capture of blood slaves ended with a string of numbers, which he and the Hanged Man didn't have time to dial at the time.

The phone rang four or five times before being answered. A slightly immature male voice came from the other end and said in a serious tone, "Sorry, the operation to capture blood slaves has ended."

Jiang Yang couldn't tell who it was, so she said directly, "Hello, I'm Jiang Yang."

...

After hanging up Jiang Yang's call, Kabi ran all the way into the castle's study, where the owner was reading.

The book was placed in front of the owner's face. When Kirby rushed in, the owner simply lifted his eyelids and said without any emotion, "How many times have I told you? You have to knock before you come in. And remember to write a self-criticism later."

Kirby, though unwilling, still lowered his head and obediently replied, "Understood, Master..."

"Add two thousand words to your self-criticism," the castle owner said, disliking the title of "owner." "Speak, what is it?"

"Everything is going according to plan."

"Okay, I understand. Is there anything else?"

Kirby hesitated before asking, "Do you really have to do this?" His tone wasn't worried about the length of the self-criticism, but rather genuinely concerned about the other person.

“Death is never the end, especially since I am Xie Lu, aren’t I?”

He turned his leather chair to face the bookshelf behind him, got up, closed the book, and put it back on the shelf.

The weight of a book activated some hidden mechanism in the bookshelf, and the bookshelf slowly split from the middle to both sides.

Xie Lu was about to step inside when Kabi called out anxiously, "Master."

He turned back and said seriously and firmly, "Karby, Blackrock City was entrusted to me by your father before he died. You are the future king of the vampires, and I believe you can handle everything here."

Finally, Xie Lu entered the Bat Hotel through this secret passage, met Nan Ke, and came into view of the tower.

...

On another road, a man dressed similarly to Mr. V was already waiting at the end of the road. His name was Mr. E, and he was another blood broker in Blackrock City who was in charge of the blood slave business.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Luna, the Hanged Man led a squad of chariots over.

Mr. E complimented, "What brings you here? I've already made arrangements. Is it alright if you stay on the eighth floor?"

As he spoke, he glanced back, and the servant beside him promptly handed him several neatly folded, wide black robes. He explained, "After passing through this door, that's the second district of Blackrock City. Although I know your strength, I suggest you conceal your aura to avoid a lot of trouble."

At the gesture of the Hanged Man, the skinny monkey stepped forward and took the robe. The Hanged Man, unusually polite, said, "Thank you, thank you for your trouble."

After everyone had donned their robes, Mr. E stepped aside to clear the doorway he had been blocking. “Please, gentlemen, welcome to the City of Sin.”

[Blackrock City Mastery Progress Unlocked 50%]

The Hanged Man and the Skinny Monkey shared a room, and before closing the door, they told everyone not to disturb them unless absolutely necessary.

Xiong Bingxin couldn't stay still in the hotel, so she secretly slipped out with Meng Jiang under the cover of her robe. Everything that happened outside did not escape the notice of the Hanged Man, but he turned a deaf ear to it.

At first, Xiong Bingxin simply wandered around the floor boldly, but her behavior gradually became bolder.

One observer who rushed into the observation room of the tank convoy after the Mouguang team uniformly blocked the view complained: "It feels like we're entering different courts on both sides."

Another observer said, "By the way, Jiang Yang should be staying at the same hotel as them, right? Could Xiong Bingxin go up to the seventh floor and take a look?" Jiang Yang had already closed the observation room when he made the call, and now the door was tightly closed, and there was no sound at all.

The Hanged Man's observation room remained closed as always, but due to his confrontation with Ji Yang, the momentum of support for him was surging.

After the excessively loud laughter entered the room, the Hanged Man sighed unhappily. The face under the mask became much more vivid. He sat on the sofa and continued to set up the program for the skinny monkey on the panel.

In the program, the skinny monkey gradually transformed into the Hanged Man, from his height to the style of his mask.

The Hanged Man instructed, "From now on, you will work with them."

The skinny monkey said, "Yes," his voice almost identical to that of the Hanged Man.

After doing all this, the Hanged Man pressed another button on the panel, and then the hideous mask peeled off his face, revealing the fair skin underneath. His eyes were indifferent, and after realizing his situation, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes. Then he saw the skinny monkey.

He stood up from the sofa, picked up the black robe that the Hanged Man had taken off and placed on the bed, put it on, pulled up the hoodie on the robe, and wrapped his whole body in the huge garment. Then he walked straight out.

When he took the elevator to the first floor, he ran into Xiong Bingxin, who was just about to get on the elevator. He avoided her gaze and left the Bat Hotel with his head down.

The next morning, a quest was posted on his panel and then sent to all the players' panels.

Main Quest: Acquire Blood Slave/Blood Servant Identity