Chapter 18: Dark Shadow Destroys the King and the time has come to hunt...
Dark clouds obscured the moonlight, and the pitch-black forest was silent. The wind blew gently, rustling the treetops. The seemingly peaceful scene concealed a dangerous and eerie atmosphere.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew and the dark clouds dispersed.
The fleeing figure appeared and disappeared in the moonlight, and the blood swords flashing with cold light made sharp sounds of breaking through the air, and shot towards the running figure at lightning speed, but the opponent narrowly avoided it and stabbed it into the soil one step in front of him.
The man stopped and first looked down at the blood sword that almost shot him, then he looked up as if sighing and looked at the black-haired boy who appeared in the tree in front of him at some point.
"I don't understand... the meaning of this battle." He said in a hoarse voice.
The boy standing on the tree had an indifferent expression, and his whole body was hidden in the darkness. Only his scarlet eyes were extremely clear. At this moment, he was looking at the man under the tree without any emotion, as if silently observing him, and then suddenly bent his eyes and revealed a brilliant but fake smile.
"Meaning? Whether this world will be destroyed depends on this battle. Isn't this meaningful enough?"
"Listen, Yunyan, I know you say this just to stimulate my desire to survive... but there is no need. I already have one foot in the grave. Didn't you say that you are full of expectations for the future? I understand you, and I believe in you, so there is no need..."
"That was a lie."
The young man on the tree interrupted casually, smiling but extremely cold. He turned his wrist, and a sharp blood sword fell into his palm. Then he swooped down and stabbed at the target, spitting out words full of sarcasm and malice. The thick malice flowed freely and pierced the man's chest mercilessly.
"Zhang Chun, do you really know what kind of person I am? Self-righteous? I see the truth, but I am also blinded by illusions."
The strong wind gradually died down, and the boy's words seemed to echo through heaven and earth.
"You will die, but I will continue to live, witnessing every minute and every second of this world heading towards destruction, witnessing the pain, despair and death spreading across this land..."
"And by then? You could no longer stop me."
The blood sword was slowly pulled out, and the wound on the chest shed dazzling blood, which then frantically solidified into cold and hard blood crystals. The sharp pain seemed to make even the nerves tremble.
The howling wind blew up the man's hair, revealing his scarlet eyes, the same color as the boy's. They were cold, crazy, and without a trace of emotion.
......
As if his heart was pierced, the intense pain made him wake up quickly. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a magnified bright smiling face.
"Uncle, you finally woke up!"
Zhang Chun's pupils constricted.
This familiar yet strange face overlapped perfectly with the malicious, dangerous and cold face in the night last night for a moment. The tip of my nose seemed to be able to smell the sticky smell of blood. Before my brain could think, my body had already reacted instinctively...
He used all his strength to punch forward.
With a loud cry of pain, the black-haired boy fell back on the chair, almost toppling over with it.
"Eyes! Aaaaaah! My eyes are going to go blind! Uncle, you used so much force!"
Zhang Chun, who was sitting on the bed, did not respond. He raised his hands to cover his eyes. The blood crystals on his arms and neck disappeared without a trace. The blood flowing in his body brought a warmth that almost made him want to cry.
The surrounding environment was very familiar. The spider web on the ceiling was still missing half a corner, and the location where the wall paint fell off was exactly the same as in his memory. It was his home, the village chief's house in the Yellowstone settlement.
Reality is nothing like a dream.
But the pain of being pierced in the chest still lingers in my mind?
He exhaled gently.
"It's over. The uncle seems to have become stupid."
There was a murmuring sound nearby.
Sit cross-legged on the chair? The black-haired boy who was shaking back held his chin and said, "How about taking this opportunity to kill the uncle and become the village chief yourself?"
Hearing these familiar words, Zhang Chun managed to stay rational. He did not talk about the battle last night, but asked, "How did the wound on my body heal?"
"It heals automatically. All the injuries of aliens recover very quickly."
Hearing the word "strange person", Zhang Chun's heart sank.
Chu Xiuyan seemed not to notice his emotions, and said cheerfully: "Come to think of it? Ah, uncle, you see, I am indeed better than you. I can even bring you back soberly when you are exhausted and unconscious?, huhu..."
Hearing this, Zhang Chun stretched out his hand and pressed his back a few times. He clearly felt that some areas of skin were swollen. He said in a calm tone: "If it were you, then my back would be bruised and purple."
Chu Xiuyan's voice weakened? "I don't have much strength. I'm angry, so I tied you to the tree trunk and dragged you down? But uncle, you also know that the mountain road is not easy to walk on..."
"Oh, never mind."
Zhang Chun clenched his fists calmly.
Chu Xiuyan suddenly smiled happily. Before he could say "Great", the clothes on his chest were instantly grabbed and pulled forward, and he almost fell on the bed involuntarily.
"What's wrong……"
As soon as he raised his head, his voice became weaker and weaker.
"I really can't pretend that nothing happened."
At this moment, Zhang Chun raised his hand to lift up his unsightly bangs. Chu Xiuyan then discovered that the uncle who usually looked very easy to talk to and very calm had extremely sharp eyebrows and eyes. As he spoke, his eyes became colder and his expression became more serious.
"Uh, excuse me? I might have picked up the wrong person last night...um, who are you?"
Chu Xiuyan carefully tried to pull away the other person's hand that was pulling on his collar.
Zhang Chun's expression remained unchanged as he stared at the boy. His tightly pursed lips and hard face revealed his emotions at the moment.
"Yun Yan, let me ask you one last time, did what you said last night represent your true thoughts?"
The system is enjoying the fun: [Oh no, this is too much. ]
Chu Xiuyan gritted his teeth.
How should I put it? Because? I want the uncle to fight with me in a reasonable way to vent the excess blood crystal energy, and by the way, I want to create a super cool character in the comics, so I deliberately say something provocative... Oh, I will definitely get beaten.
He raised his eyes cautiously, and when his gaze met Zhang Chun's, he nervously looked away.
Zhang Chun: “…”
This sneaky reaction is exactly the same as usual.
He wanted to laugh, but the burden on his heart prevented him from laughing.
Chu Xiuyan shouted in his heart to encourage himself, then closed his eyes, stretched out his claws and grabbed Zhang Chun's bangs that had just been lifted up, blocking his eyes again.
The young man then let out a breath, opened his eyes, and began to explain: "Uncle, I'll just give you an analogy so that you can understand. Actually, there is a super scary and ferocious demon sealed in my body. Once an important person dies, it will break the seal and kill everyone."
Zhang Chun hesitated: "...Double personality?"
Chu Xiuyan: "I don't have this setting."
The young man held Zhang Chun's arm to make him loosen his collar, and then sat on the chair. His tone was natural and casual, as if he was talking about something very ordinary.
"Half of what I said last night was actually my true thoughts. To me, whether it's human or alien, it's fine. I'll stand on the side that's more important to me."
He smiled at Zhang Chun, but that smile was a little ugly. For a moment, he felt as if he was alienated from the world.
"I hate loneliness, and I'm afraid that important people will die, but I don't know how to relieve this sadness and pain, so I can only hate the world. So, I'm sorry, uncle, please tolerate my willfulness for a while."
The boy finished speaking with a hint of sadness in his eyes, but soon recovered and his tone became normal again:
"Well, since I can pull you back from losing control, then when I go the wrong way and no longer look like myself, you can come back and pull me back, how about that?"
“…”
Zhang Chun felt his throat was a little dry and hoarse. He was silent for a while and said, "I am weaker than you. I can't pull it back."
Chu Xiuyan was still a little embarrassed about telling the truth, but was suddenly attracted by these words. He immediately said angrily, "Uncle, can you grab a few more people to help me out?"
Zhang Chun smiled slightly, and then sighed, "Although it's a little late now, I still want to say thank you for coming to see me."
Chu Xiuyan: "Say it a few more times."
Zhang Chun repeated seriously: "Thank you."
“…”
System: [Hey, my ears are red. ]
Chu Xiuyan was furious: [It’s so noisy! ]
"Now that the first thing is solved, let's move on to the second thing!"
In order to ease this strange atmosphere, Chu Xiuyan decided to change the subject.
"When I was fighting with you last night, I found that I could sometimes absorb the blood crystal energy on your body... Well, I remember a few times when you almost used your ultimate move, but I got close to you and sucked your energy, and your ultimate move was extinguished."
Zhang Chun heard this. Although he had no memory of that time, he could tell that the boy's excitement at this moment was not fake... He was really excited because of the battle.
Battle maniac?
Chu Xiuyan saw Zhang Chun gradually coming out of his trance, so he waved his hand in front of him and asked in confusion: "Uncle, did you hear me?"
"I'm sorry, could you please say that again?"
System: [Save...]
Chu Xiuyan said happily: "Okay!"
He coughed lightly and spoke quickly: "Just like pulling a x-ray, concentrate all your strength in one place, then inhale and exhale, and it will come out in a flash!"
Zhang Chun: “…”
Chu Xiuyan realized it belatedly: "Wait a minute, I suddenly feel so sick, I don't want to try it anymore."
He pondered for a moment, then stood up, trying to leave with his hands and feet together, pretending that nothing had happened.
Zhang Chun was holding his chin, studying how to concentrate the blood crystal energy in his body into one place.
"I have tried it before, but the energy of the blood crystal in my body is extremely violent and chaotic, and it is impossible to control it."
However, at this moment, the tip of the index finger he was staring at gradually overflowed with tiny pieces of blood crystals.
When he was slightly confused, the boy who had walked to the door suddenly turned around and rushed back, silently touching the tip of his index finger with the tiny blood crystals on Zhang Chun's fingertips.
In an instant, the surrounding environment seemed to change, and the boy was still dubbing: "UFO~~"
Zhang Chun: “?”
System: [I am glad that I cannot keep up with your train of thought. By the way, pollution value +3%, +3%, +3%...]
The shattered blood crystals gradually became transparent? , and then fell to the ground.
Zhang Chun, sensing the blood crystal energy at his fingertips slowly dissipating, muttered to himself: "It actually works..."
Chu Xiuyan: "It's like charging. To put it simply, as long as one wants to inhale and the other wants to defecate... forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Zhang Chun had a headache: "...Change your habit of speaking without thinking!"
Chu Xiuyan let out a cry, and suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and turned around and rushed out of the room.
Zhang Chun wanted to get up, but he felt too weak to do so. He had no choice but to hold on to the wall and walk out of the room. He was surprised to see the living room full of villagers.
When the villagers saw Zhang Chun coming out, they all breathed a sigh of relief and gathered around, unanimously giving him hot chicken soup, eggs, and various supplements: "You scared us when you and Yunwa came back this morning, covered in blood. Ah... Village chief, I made some chicken soup, drink some tonic."
I wanted to tell the villagers that Zhang Chun had woken up, but the uncle came out by himself. Chu Xiuyan stood beside him, took the lunch box, and said, "Yunwa, is it me? Ah, thank you grandma, do I want to drink too..."
The villagers did not disturb them for too long and soon dispersed.
Zhang Chun glanced at the door.
Chu Xiuyan was chewing on a chicken drumstick. "Auntie came over half an hour ago, but because Civet suddenly had a fever, she went back to take care of him."
"The civet cat has a fever?"
"Well, maybe because? You were frightened?"
Chu Xiuyan didn't really understand. He wanted to go see the civet cat, but Shu Xiumei said that fever was contagious and kicked him out.
At this time, there were only four people left in the living room.
Chu Xiuyan was leaning against the wall eating a chicken leg, Cui Zhiyong was sitting on the sofa reading a pornographic book, and Qiu Wei was standing at the door with his arms folded.
Zhang Chun walked to the sofa with difficulty and sat down. He said solemnly, "I don't have the strength to walk anymore, and no one came to help me."
Cui Zhiyong, who was sitting next to him, lifted his left leg, which was wrapped tightly in bandages, and said, "I broke my leg when I jumped off the roof early this morning."
Chu Xiuyan was still holding the chicken soup lunch box and said, "My hands are all covered in oil."
So the three of them all looked at Qiu Wei, who was standing at the door in silence.
The other party's expression was originally very bad, and now it is even worse. He said in a deep voice: "If you are not feeling well, just lie down in bed and rest. If you walk around without even eating, you will fall down sooner or later."
Chu Xiuyan paused, then moved his feet to stuff the chicken soup lunch box into Zhang Chun's arms.
Zhang Chun sighed helplessly. He saw that Qiu Wei was not in a good state at the moment, so he asked, "What happened?"
Qiu Wei glanced at Zhang Chun, a little hesitant, but still told him the current situation.
"The protective shields of East 1 and East 4 were not raised, and the settlements there... were completely destroyed."
Zhang Chun's relaxed expression suddenly changed. "Dongyi and Dongsi represent two large areas in the north and south, with hundreds of settlements! Have they all fallen?"
Qiu Wei: "At least the communication has been completely cut off. The Huangshi settlement is located in the East Third District in the middle of the east. Next, I have to lead the team south into the East Fourth District to check the situation. The team that will take over the defense mission will arrive in three days."
After saying that, he prepared to turn around and leave.
Zhang Chun called him, but his eyes fell on the ground. In an instant, a small sand table rose in the open space in front of the sofa. Among the large area of green woods and yellow mountains, there were hundreds of settlements scattered around, and in the middle was a large city with extremely dense buildings - the ruins city.
"Qiu Wei, don't be in a hurry, come here and see if the terrain here is still the same as before?"
Qiu Wei looked at the familiar sand table, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and then he said in a deep voice: "To the tree line in the northern area? Three thousand meters."
Zhang Chun: "Okay."
He calmly activated his special power, and the grove in the north of the sandbox gradually moved.
Chu Xiuyan stayed nearby, watching Zhang Chun and Qiu Wei talking about issues such as the situation and manpower allocation, but he didn't listen much and quickly walked out of the room.
The system asked him: [Don’t you understand? ]
Chu Xiuyan curled his lips: [Didn’t you realize that the uncle is actually very happy? I’d better not be that light bulb. ]
System: [Cui Zhiyong is still reading a pornographic book nearby.]
【That is a human figure decoration. 】
Suddenly, he saw Bai Yan squatting by the wall not far away, facing a display screen and thinking about something.
Chu Xiuyan walked over and asked, "What is this?"
Bai Yan "saw" him and smiled. After a simple operation, he saw that the transparent display screen could be folded and retracted and then inserted into the square hole on the front of the bracelet. Then a layer of silver-white film closed it. From the outside, it looked like a watch.
"Ruins City? Mission bracelet."
He explained to the boy.
In order to manage tens of thousands of superpowers, the ruined city has set up a task point system. Completing various tasks can earn points to buy some special things that are not available on the market.
"For example, blood crystals, and special weapons made from blood crystals. Just like this glove of mine, it can defend against most slashing attacks and is considered a pretty good weapon in the B-level range..."
Bai Yan pulled out a short knife from his pocket and stabbed it hard into the palm of his right hand, but it was blocked by the black leather, without even a trace of a stab mark.
Chu Xiuyan squatted beside him with interest, leaned over to look at Bai Yan's task display screen, and only saw a message box saying that the task was completed.
Bai Yan turned off the display, and the transparent screen shrank instantly, and he entered the metal bracelet.
Then he took out a somewhat old metal bracelet from his pocket and handed it to Chu Xiuyan, "No one wants it. I wanted to throw it away, but I couldn't find a chance. It has all the functions. You can play with it first. You can go to the ruins city to buy a new one later... Well, I'll bring you one next time."
"Thank you, brother~"
Chu Xiuyan observed the old bracelet and found that there seemed to be a letter "Y" engraved on the outside. Apart from that, it was ordinary and there was nothing unusual.
He pressed the switch on the right side in an unskilled manner, and a display screen slowly emerged from the square opening on the front.
Seeing the boy obsessed with the task display screen, Bai Yan stood up and took out a meat bun from his pocket, and said, "Have you ever seen Dog Erji?"
"Dog bipolar? What is that? An animal? Or a person?"
"Hmm... I remember his name seemed to be Ming Jilaizhe, but that guy always talked about stray dogs and stray dogs, so I just called him that. It's very recognizable."
Chu Xiuyan just opened the task interface, which had a series of red high-risk tasks. Hunting B-level and A-level exotic beasts was the most common one. One B-level exotic beast could earn 300 points. Scrolling down to the bottom, there were relatively safe patrol tasks, which earned 10 points for patrolling within a limited area.
He asked casually, "What kind of organization is Wild Dog?"
"We can simply understand them as a group of people who love freedom, money, fun, and fun."
Chu Xiuyan slowly typed out a question mark, "Ah?"
Bai Yan didn't explain too much. He looked at the meat bun for a while, suddenly broke off a small piece and stuffed the meat inside into his mouth. Then he pinched the bun skin and swung it in the air, mumbling: "Gou Erji Gou Erji, are you here? Suckle. There are meat buns here, suck suck suck, suck suck suck..."
Chu Xiuyan, who was squatting nearby, almost pierced the display screen with his hand shaking.
The next second, a strong wind from the back mountain suddenly came, bringing with it an extremely terrifying force, knocking Bai Yan away like a ferocious buffalo, with smoke and dust billowing all the way, causing him to almost stop inside the protective shield at the entrance of the village.
A few seconds later, a burst of angry curses was heard at the entrance of the village.
"Damn you dog Erji, the meat in my mouth? I haven't even swallowed it yet, I almost choked to death!"
Chu Xiuyan pretended nothing happened? He continued to tinker with the old mission bracelet.
Suddenly, there was another explosion behind him. Qiu Wei kicked the door open, drew his sword, and rushed to the village entrance aggressively, cursing, "Damn it, Bai Yan! So noisy! Don't you know that Zhang Chun and I are discussing something? How many times have I told you not to get startled!"
Chu Xiuyan: “…”
He continued to pretend he didn't see it, lowering his head to fiddle with it. He didn't know where he pressed the button, but suddenly a message box popped up, indicating that he had automatically joined a team.
[Ghost Squad (1/10): E-level]
The only member was himself. Although it was a little strange why he joined automatically, the name was good and Chu Xiuyan liked it. He guessed that they randomly named and established a team, similar to the game.
Now we have to think of a captain name.
Chu Xiuyan bit his nails and thought hard. After a long time, he finally thought of a perfect nickname.
【Dark Shadow Destroys the King】
He pressed the confirm button with satisfaction, and then countless unread messages quickly popped up in the background. The dense red dots made him dizzy, so he simply closed them all.
After joining the team, the homepage automatically popped up the appropriate tasks. E-level tasks were basically relatively safe patrol tasks, with few points. Among them, there were also a few tasks of hunting monsters, which required killing at least one monster with D-level supernatural powers to upgrade to D-level.
Now is the beast tide coming? The raiding stage, there are too many hunting tasks? I can't refresh them all, just in the East Third District, the tasks are refreshed almost every second.
There are even comprehensive strength rankings, individual strength rankings, and point rankings!
Just like playing a game!!
Chu Xiuyan became more and more excited as he found the location of the points mall. He clicked on it and saw densely packed weapons, super cool uniforms and accessories, many snacks and fruits he had never seen before, as well as 50g of blood crystals that could be exchanged for 100 points!
Chu Xiuyan quickly stood up and returned to the house excitedly. He held up the mission bracelet and said to Zhang Chun: "Uncle! It's time to hunt—"
Zhang Chun was looking down at the sand table in deep thought. When he looked up and saw the task bracelet on the boy's hand, his eyes caught a glimpse of the letter "Y" and his face changed instantly.
"Where are you from? Wait, you didn't start it?"
He grabbed Chu Xiuyan's arm, and the mission bracelet automatically lit up, and the display screen popped up? .
In an instant, a line of large characters appeared in the air? .
【Welcome the return of the ghost squad captain "Dark Shadow Destruction King". 】
Zhang Chun was completely stiff.
Chu Xiuyan: "Uncle, what's wrong with you? Your body is shaking?"
Zhang Chun took a deep breath, slowly raised his hand, and slapped the boy on the back of his head.
"Ah! Why? What the hell—?!"
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