Chapter 0003 This is an extremely dark and desperate world



For Fang Zheng, the feeling of teleportation was not pleasant at all.

The moment he disappeared, Fang Zheng felt that there was nothing under his feet. Then he felt like he was on an endless slide and was falling down quickly. He couldn't even tell if he was falling down. He only felt that there were countless stars twinkling around him, and the world was spinning everywhere. Then, Fang Zheng felt that his body was flying high up.

The next moment, gravity once again mercilessly captured his body.

"Bang!!"

Fang Zheng couldn't help but scream after falling heavily to the ground again. He felt like his body was about to fall apart, with not a single part of his body intact.

Why am I so unlucky that I have traveled through time twice and been thrown to the ground twice? Is there any justice in the world?

“Fang Zheng!!”

Just as Fang Zheng was complaining in his heart, a man's voice sounded in his ears, and then Fang Zheng felt someone grabbing him and pulling him up from the ground. He opened his eyes and looked in front of him, only to see a man in armor staring at him intently.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"I...I'm fine."

Although he didn't know who the man in front of him was, Fang Zheng still shook his head, forcing himself to wake up, and then he answered. After hearing his answer, the man finally breathed a sigh of relief, then he let go of Fang Zheng and raised the long sword in his hand.

"Hurry, let's get out of here! The damn undead are about to surround us! If we don't leave now, we will never be able to leave again!!"

"Why?"

Hearing the man's words, Fang Zheng looked to the side and found that in the pouring rain, dozens of monsters with festering bodies, like the living dead in the movie, were walking towards them. Not far from them, several soldiers had already fallen in a pool of blood, not breathing.

Oh my god, why are you here again?

Looking at this scene, Fang Zheng was completely speechless. System, are you trying to kill me? I was hunted down right after my rebirth, and in order to avoid being hunted down, I changed my world and still got besieged?

Fortunately, this time, the ones besieging him were not those terrible paladins, but a group of zombies... Well, this wasn't much better.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng quickly drew out Frostmourne, and then immediately followed the man in front of him and ran quickly towards the end of the wilderness. The speed of the living dead was not fast, but there were a lot of them. If Fang Zheng and the man hadn't run fast, they would probably never get out after being surrounded.

“Damn it!”

Only after escaping the encirclement did the man clench his fists and wave them in the air.

"I never thought that there would be so many undead creatures near the church! It's a pity for those good guys... Hey, I can't even bury them..."

Having said this, the man sighed, and then he glanced at Fang Zheng.

"Okay, let's go back to Tristram. These damn undead will definitely attack there, and we must protect it!"

"I see."

Hearing the man's order, Fang Zheng said nothing, but nodded. It seemed that in the world of the system task, his identity had been arranged by the system. But until now, he had not figured out which world this was. Judging from the man's attire, it seemed to be similar to the main world where he was reborn.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Fang Zheng and the man returned to the town called Tristram in a drenched state. This was a small town that didn't look that big. The gate at the entrance was closed. Only two militiamen holding longbows stood on the sentry towers on both sides. When they saw the two people coming to the gate, the guards on the sentry towers immediately bent their bows and aimed at Fang Zheng and others.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?!"

In response to the guard's questioning, the man next to Fang Zheng started shouting loudly.

"It's me! Rumford! And Founder! We're back!"

"It's Captain Rumford!"

Hearing the voice of the man named Rumford, the guards on the watchtower were stunned for a moment, then immediately waved and shouted.

"Open the gate! Captain Rumford and the others are back!"

As the guards shouted, the door slowly opened, and Rumford walked in with Fang Zheng.

As soon as he entered the town, Fang Zheng could feel the tense atmosphere here. Under the pouring rain, the whole town looked gloomy and deserted. In front of a big pit not far away, there were several bodies of militiamen lying in a mess. Seeing these bodies, Rumford frowned immediately.

“Why not cremate them?”

"It's raining too hard now, Captain!"

Hearing Rumford's question, a guard wiped the rain off his face and answered loudly.

"We can't light them on fire..."

"Then put up a piece of cloth to block the rain! Use kerosene! Do you also want to see them get up again and drag you into the abyss of death?! Go!"

"yes!"

Hearing Rumford's order, the militiaman also turned around and left in a hurry. At this time, Rumford let out a breath and then looked at Fang Zheng.

"Well, Fang Zheng, you're lucky to be back alive... Go to the Slaughterhouse Inn to take a rest, change your clothes, have something to eat, and tell the boss to put it on my account."

"Yes, Captain Rumford."

Hearing what Rumford said, Fang Zheng nodded and turned to leave. He also needed some time to think about what kind of world he had come to. Rumford's words before contained too much information and Fang Zheng was dizzy. He felt vaguely that Tristram was a little familiar, as if he had heard of it somewhere before...

Originally, Fang Zheng was planning to ask someone where the Slaughterhouse Inn was, but he soon realized that he didn't need to waste his time - because there was only this one inn in the town, and the sign was still hanging on the door.

"jingle."

Pushing open the door of the hotel and walking into the lobby, Fang Zheng first smelled a pungent smell of medicine, and then he saw several seriously injured soldiers lying there wailing by the wall of the lobby. Seeing Fang Zheng's arrival, the boss standing behind the counter also waved at him.

"Hey, Fang Zheng! You're so lucky to be back alive!"

"Fortunately, I'm lucky, boss."

Facing the boss's greeting, Fang Zheng smiled and responded, and the boss nodded with a smile.

"Yes, there were sixteen of you, but in the end only you and Captain Rumford came back alive. You are really lucky... Well, without further ado, I have prepared some clean clothes for you in your room, as well as hot broth and scones waiting for you!"

Fang Zheng was also very hungry at this moment. He had not eaten a single bite of food since he was reborn. So when he heard the boss's words, he hurriedly changed his clothes and came out to enjoy his dinner. To be fair, these things were not particularly delicious, but when people are extremely hungry, everything tastes good. Fang Zheng was no exception. After all, someone was treating him, so he ate as much as he could without hesitation, and at the same time, he did not forget to praise the boss's cooking skills. As a person living in this medieval era, the hotel owner certainly had not heard of the praise of someone like Fang Zheng who had experienced the information explosion. Just a few words made him smile. Not only did he give Fang Zheng an extra meal, he even waved his hand and directly waived the meal fee.

At the same time, Fang Zheng finally succeeded in finding out what had happened before from the store owner.

"You mean... a meteorite?"

"yes."

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the shop owner nodded solemnly.

"A meteorite fell from the sky and hit the church directly, destroying the entire church! Oh, you didn't see the scene, it was really terrible. Later, the little girl Leah came and said she wanted to gather the militia to find her uncle. Oh... I really didn't expect such a thing to happen..."

"Meteorite?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but frown. Then he seemed to have thought of something and looked at the boss.

"By the way, Miss Leah's uncle...what's his name?"

"Hmm...I think his name is...Dickard Cain."

After hearing this, Fang Zheng finally understood what kind of world he had come to.

This is an extremely dark and desperate world, a world where everyone is struggling to survive but can only accept their fate helplessly.

Diablo.


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