The thick black fog engulfed Yang Sheng. This time, Yang Sheng kept his eyes open, wanting to see what was inside the fog.
Unfortunately, he could only see darkness. When the light reappeared, he was surrounded by darkness again, with only a few scattered lights twinkling.
Yang Sheng immediately looked around.
This doesn't seem to be the modern world; all around are ancient buildings. Yang Sheng isn't a history major, so he can't tell which dynasty it is.
He was currently lying on the roof of a tall building, dressed in a black samurai outfit, with black armor hanging on his chest and shoulders, his attire somewhat strange.
At that moment, lines of blood-red text appeared in his mind.
Time: The eighteenth year of Jianxing in the Great Zhou Dynasty
Location: Beijing
Background: The Great Zhou Dynasty lasted for two hundred years, surrounded by powerful enemies, plagued by natural disasters and man-made calamities, and constantly engulfed in war.
To the north, the Golden Horde invaded and occupied the nine provinces of northern China; to the east, the Jurchens rose up and pressed forward step by step.
In the south, there was the Miao ethnic minority's uprising, and within the country, thirty-six powerful bandits wreaked havoc on the Central Plains.
In both the imperial court and among the common people, life was miserable.
Even the greatest heroes cannot withstand the vicissitudes of life.
Martial arts, Tantric Buddhism, mystical cultivation, Buddhism, shamanic practices...
In this chaotic world, who can truly be called a hero?
World Level: Upper Mystic Rank
Main quest: Ensure that Emperor Zhou Heng of the Great Zhou Dynasty does not die for three months.
Reward: Martial Spirit Meridian Extinction
Typically, personal information is displayed in black beneath the blood-red text.
personal information:
Name: Yang Sheng
Strength Assessment: Peak of the Ninth Revolution
Title: Reincarnator
Identity: Chief Constable of the Thieves' Bureau in the Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty (His identity was upgraded because the reincarnator sacrificed the Wu Zhou token).
Divine Inheritance: City God (Inheritance Rate 5%)
Specializations: 92% proficient in Chinese martial arts, 90% proficient in Xin-You swordsmanship, and 18% proficient in Maoshan secret techniques.
Weapon: Imperial Guard Knife
Status: Ying Gou's Power
Skills: Blood Oath, Five Wrathful Soldiers' Soul
Note: Weapons that exceed the technological limits of this world cannot be used.
Yang Sheng tried and found that he was indeed unable to take out the Lysen Air Pistol and the Worst Pocket Laser Cannon.
After checking his memories, Yang Sheng found that because of his improved status, the reincarnation system had given him a simple memory outline, allowing him to look up the general origins of his new identity.
After reading it, Yang Sheng suddenly felt that this promotion was a bit of a trap.
The so-called Great Zhou Dynasty is similar to several dynasties in my memory, but they are all in the late stages of an imperial dynasty, an era of constant warfare.
His title of Chief Constable of the Thieves-Catching Division sounds impressive, but in reality, he's just a minor official who catches thieves, barely a ninth-rank official.
Yang Sheng was previously a notorious bandit, but the imperial court granted him amnesty, so he went from being a thief to an official, and now he's the one arresting thieves.
The frustrating thing is that the reincarnation mission is to ensure the emperor doesn't die for three months, while a lowly official like myself, a ninth-rank official, can't even see the emperor. Who knows if the emperor will be assassinated tonight?
Moreover, the Great Zhou Dynasty valued civil officials over military ones, and military generals did not have high status, let alone a lowly constable like him.
Yang Sheng's ears twitched, and his gaze turned to the long street in the distance.
It was already late at night, but dozens of people were still fighting fiercely on the long street.
The group was divided into three groups, and it was unclear what they were fighting over.
With Yang Sheng's current mental strength and perception, he could see even in the pitch-black night. He lay on the eaves and carefully observed the combat level of these people.
"He has strong physical abilities, but they haven't surpassed the limits of the mortal world. His weapon expertise should be quite good, and both his swordsmanship and knife skills are very distinctive."
After all, it was ancient times, and there were far more opportunities to use weapons than there are now.
However, they occasionally use some very peculiar power-generating techniques, which allow a certain move to unleash tremendous power.
This is completely different from most Chinese martial arts techniques that rely on generating power through the joints of the body; in fact, some of them are extremely unreasonable.
Could this technique of generating power be considered internal energy?
However, given the innate foundation of strength, this technique of generating what appears to be internal force is not too exaggerated.
The strongest among these people is probably only around the early stage of the Ninth Revolution.
Yang Sheng quickly gave this group a general assessment of their strength.
However, he did not underestimate the world.
This world is a Xuan-level world, so the upper limit of strength is definitely not low.
It's unclear whether it's because his second world mutated into a Xuan-level world. Logically speaking, a newcomer like him at the ninth level rarely experiences Xuan-level worlds; most of them are Huang-level worlds.
As a result, two of Yang Sheng's three worlds were at the Xuan level, which can be described as hellish difficulty.
"Boss, this job is getting harder and harder."
"In the capital city, to openly fight in the streets—they really don't consider our Bureau of Criminal Investigation as human beings!"
A young man dressed in black samurai attire, but without armor, leaped from the roof of another building and landed without making a sound.
The young man appeared to be only in his early twenties, with a handsome and delicate appearance, even giving the impression of being half-male and half-female, and indistinguishable from a male.
"Our lousy job means we're caught in the middle, unable to offend either side. If we do nothing, we still get scolded by the officials. We're truly caught between a rock and a hard place."
A seductive voice came from the other side.
She was a woman dressed in a fiery red, tight-fitting long dress. She looked to be in her early twenties or early thirties, with a charming and beautiful face and a curvaceous figure, exuding a mature and alluring charm.
"To be honest, being a government official is not as enjoyable as being a江湖人 (jianghu person, a person of the martial arts world)!"
"Boss, why don't we just rebel against them all, seize a mountain stronghold, and live a carefree life!"
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