Chapter 241: Inhuman (49) (1st update + 2nd update + 0.5 update) [VIP]
B has a unique intimacy from across the ocean.
After watching three stores being smashed, everyone finally accepted the fact that zero-dollar shopping might be going on all the time here.
Huang Mao raised his hand weakly and said, "Brother Yuan, didn't you say it's dangerous here? But it seems that these people who smashed the store and robbed things don't bother to pay attention to us?"
After returning to the teahouse last night, Yuan Shanming had originally planned to go to Bdu with Xiao Tang and Bai Jinshu to snatch the strange story from that big strange story. As the people who were left behind in the teahouse, Xiao Fei and Xiao Taolizi all accepted it well. Lao Ma and Nian Yu did not raise any objections. Only Huang Mao insisted on going with them.
His fighting skills were not very high, the only thing worth noting was his cleverness. When Yuan Shanming heard that he was going, he was not very supportive at first.
But after thinking for a few seconds, Xiao Tang said, "Brother Yuan, although Huang Mao doesn't seem to be good at fighting, it's not convenient for the three of us to go alone."
What this means is that everyone always needs someone to run errands, right?
In the past, the person who played this role was either Xiaofei or Huangmao. Now that they went to B City, if there were only four of them, they wouldn't know who to order around.
Yuan Shanming is the team leader. That big ghost story is one of those people who will ruin the whole story if he doesn't take any action. So the only ones left are her and Ersi.
Ersi can't be the kind of person who runs errands, so in the end, she will become the errand boy!
Xiao Tang said with a frown: "No, no, let's take Huang Mao with us. If it doesn't work, I will be responsible for his safety."
Huang Mao also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Brother Yuan, you can take me with you so that I can run errands!"
"That's fine..." Yuan Shanming pondered for a few seconds, "But B is very dangerous. You must listen to my instructions tomorrow and follow Xiao Tang closely."
Huang Mao: "Understood."
Under Yuan Shanming's exaggeration, whether one is planning to go to B city or not, the subconscious idea is planted in their mind that B city is very dangerous and they may lose their lives if they go there.
But now…
Uh... Although it is dangerous to see zero-dollar shopping everywhere, these people who shop for zero dollars only care about the stores and the goods in the stores, and don't care about outsiders like them at all. So where is the danger?
Obviously, Yuan Shanming was also thinking about this problem.
"That's not right..." He frowned and looked around. "I came to B City a long time ago. Although it's been a while, B City back then wasn't like this, right?"
"What was it like back then?" Xiao Tang turned around curiously.
"B City is very similar to S City. Both are cities that are only safe during the day, but B City is safer at night," Yuan Shanming recalled while pointing at the building in front. "When I first came here, I was with other teams. The shops here were all open, and there were many passers-by on the street. That building and that area is the CBD of B City, and most of the local residents of B City live there."
"Oh, yes," he added belatedly, "Although B-city is known as the city of violence, most of the residents here are humans. They live in the suburbs, work in the city center, and then go back home after sunset. Few people go out at night, and few shops are open at night."
"The urban areas of B City are divided according to the range of residents' activities. Residents in some areas are more aggressive, while residents in other areas tend to be more peaceful. But in general, the probability of violent incidents is still more than ten times higher than other areas in the Novice Village. Even in the safest neighborhoods, there are often dangers."
"I understand," Xiao Tang said, biting a lollipop he had found in a store with broken windows, making a crunching sound. "It's just the thing and that and that and that on the other side of the ocean. That's what the tour guide said when I went there for fun."
"The public security in the city center of foreign cities is relatively poor. Most wealthy people choose to live in the suburbs. They have to go home early when the sun sets," she crossed her arms and imitated the words vividly. "There are homeless people on the streets at night. It's best not to even take out your phone when you pass by. Just lower your head and put your hands in your pockets and walk quickly. There are frequent gun battles in areas where special groups of people live. Don't get close to them..."
"That's about right," Yuan Shanming held his forehead and thought for a moment, "Is public security in foreign countries still so bad? I haven't been back to real life for more than a decade."
Xiao Tang waved his hands: "Oh, come on, it's not going to be easy."
B is all in Yuan Shanming's mouth, and it sounds like the public security in those cities.
Bai Jinshu looked around and said, "What about now? The last time you came here, Captain Yuan, at least things were in order during the day. The area we are in is not where any special groups of people live. Why is there no one here now?"
"I'm also wondering about this..." Yuan Shanming frowned. "It stands to reason that although the probability of store robberies happening in B City during the day is relatively small, it is not impossible. The strange thing is why there are no passers-by?"
You know, this is B City!
It is a city where group fights can occur on one side of the street while workers on the other side don't even look at the people passing by.
Why is there no one on the streets here now?
"Could it be that the residents have other things to do?" Huang Mao guessed, "For example, it's work time now?"
"No," Yuan Shanming thought for a moment, "Although I didn't stay here for long last time, but during working hours, there are still citizens walking on the streets of B City, students without classes, and couples shopping..."
The residents here have long been accustomed to the daily violence that occurs at any time and anywhere. It is even possible that the two sisters who were walking hand in hand in the street in the last second would join the melee in the next second, carrying wooden stools from a roadside coffee shop.
"Is it possible that the latest buff, the one that increases the probability of ghost stories triggering, caused B to become like this?" Bai Jinshu thought thoughtfully, "For example, most residents choose not to go out in order to avoid trouble?"
"Not likely..." Yuan Shanming frowned. "No resident of B City would escape from violent incidents. For them, this is a daily routine."
B is a true nation of soldiers with abundant martial virtues. The streets are as lively every day as if the enemy had entered the city. Homemade incendiary bottles and hand grenades are flying everywhere, and simply modified hunting rifles and metal machetes are everywhere. Everyone on the street shows a strong sense of participation when encountering violent incidents.
The difference between those who are belligerent and those who are peace-loving lies only in whether they will take the initiative to provoke a fight, not whether they will join the fight.
It can be said that no resident of City B would choose not to go out because of the danger they might encounter, because everyone here is a good fighter.
"How strange." Yuan Shanming thought for a few minutes and finally gave up. "Forget it. I haven't been here for a long time. Maybe something happened here that I don't know about."
He glanced at his watch and said, "Let's first look for the area where the newcomers of the investment bank live."
"Settlement?" The yellow-haired man showed a little curiosity at the right time.
"B City is a little different from S City," Yuan Shanming took out a map and identified the direction. "In S City at night, if you are exposed in the city, you will be in danger, but in B City, it depends on luck. I mentioned before that there are differences between the aborigines, some are aggressive and some are peace-loving, so as long as you are lucky, you may be fine walking in S City at night."
"So most teams live in relatively peaceful areas. Plus, there aren't many places in the city center that are suitable for temporary settlement and are secluded, so over the years, a settlement area in B City has been formed."
He pointed at a few areas on the map. "Here, this unfinished building, this abandoned commercial area, these underground garages, and this sealed-off abandoned hotel building are all places where the B City team lives."
"The fourth division you met can only settle in these densely populated areas," Yuan Shanming thought for a moment, "We can go around and find out the situation first. If there is a team that is trying to attack, there will be some news that will spread."
B City is different from other areas. New teams are concentrated in several specific areas, and it is difficult to hide what a team is doing from other teams living in the same area.
But S is no different from others. Even if most teams know that someone is touching S, they will choose not to intervene because of their lack of strength.
In a city like B City where the survival of the fittest is engraved in its DNA, most teams also have a certain understanding of their own strengths.
"But I don't know what happened in B recently. The shops were smashed so badly..." He thought for a moment, "We'd better avoid these areas first."
"Okay," Xiao Tang responded positively, "Shall we leave now?"
"Let's go," Yuan Shanming observed the surroundings, "The public transportation in B City is probably paralyzed now. It will take more than half an hour to walk there."
While they were discussing this, a few more shops were smashed not far away, and a few scattered fires, burning with what was not known as construction waste or something else, emitted thick smoke that rose straight into the sky from the city's buildings.
"The police force is mostly paralyzed..." Yuan Shanming analyzed in a low voice, "The situation in B City is not very good now. When we arrive later, I will say that we are a team from other places. Because we entered a very dangerous ghost story, six people in the team died, and only four people with excellent fighting skills survived. So we plan to give it a try and enter B City to try our luck."
While paying attention to his surroundings, he reminded, "It's not easy to survive in B. Most teams are not xenophobic, but most of them are more likely to focus on their own interests. No one will inquire about our situation in detail. Just find a reasonable excuse."
Several people have walked out of the high-incidence area of zero-yuan purchases and onto a broad road.
There were piles of garbage every few steps on the roadside. Some looked like household garbage, some looked like product packaging, and there were also a lot of torn clothes and broken porcelain mixed in.
"These are all the packaging from the free purchases, right?" Xiao Tang frowned. "If it's this messy, it must have been messy for more than a day or two."
They triggered the buff only yesterday, but looking at the level of chaos on the streets, a conservative estimate is that City B has been in chaos for at least five days.
Then this shouldn’t be because they triggered the buff.
"Hmm..." Yuan Shanming looked around, "Maybe something really happened in B City, or it could be the condition that triggers S."
He opened his phone and flipped through it. "I don't know much about the conditions for triggering S-level stories in B City, but I know that some S-level stories require specific environments to be triggered. For example, the triggering conditions for S-level stories in Port N are mostly related to thunderstorms. In a place like the City of Violence, it is possible that the triggering conditions for S-level stories require the creation of a chaotic environment."
It's not surprising when you put it that way.
It is very likely that it is because Guan Hongyan's team needs to trigger S, which caused B to become like this.
"This team is pretty awesome. They can turn a good city into... Damn it!" Xiao Tang was walking and suddenly dodged to the side for no apparent reason.
Everyone's attention was drawn to her suddenly raised voice, and they saw that the next second after Xiao Tang dodged, something passed by where she had just stood.
There was a crisp "bang" sound.
"Fuck," Xiao Tang fell to the ground, not even bothering to check his scraped ankle when he hastily dodged. He quickly got up from the ground and shouted even louder, "Gun?!"
At the place where she had just stood, a hole had been shot through the glass behind her with the sound of a gunshot. The glass around the bullet hole had shattered into radial shapes, and it looked like it would break at the slightest touch.
The yellow-haired man seemed to be frightened and stood there for several seconds. It was not until Xiao Tang stood up that he reacted and ran towards Bai Jinshu and the others.
The moment the gunshots rang out, Bai Jinshu reacted quickly and tried to find the nearest shelter, but unfortunately this was a street and the doors of shops on both sides were closed. Apart from the big trees planted on the roadside, there was really no decent shelter to be found.
Before he could find cover, an indistinct voice came from the direction where the gunfire came from: "Hey hey... Kill you... Kill you all!"
The voice sounded confused and the speaker did not seem to be in a normal mental state.
Following this abnormal mumbling, two more gunshots were heard.
Xiao Tang subconsciously took several steps back, only then he realized that the gun was not aimed at him this time.
This time, the gun was pointed at Huangmao and Yuan Shanming.
Huangmao was running and narrowly escaped the bullet. If Bai Jinshu had not pulled him back, Yuan Shanming would have been shot in the arm.
"Kill you! Kill you!" the voice shouted loudly, "You all die! If you all die, then I can...hahahaha, then I can!"
"Fuck, is this guy crazy?" Xiao Tang came to his senses and quickly ran to where everyone was gathered. He pulled the yellow-haired man behind him and said, "Is he mentally ill?"
There was no figure in the direction where the gunshot came from, only an arm holding a black hand and a gun sticking out from the edge of the wall.
The arm was shaking, covered with blue and purple bruises. As it shook, the muttering voice sounded again: "I'll beat you all to death... I'll beat you all to death and he'll be mine..."
"I'm going to...I'm going to kill you!"
The gun was suddenly pointed in the direction of the crowd.
"Disperse!" Bai Jinshu shouted.
As everyone scattered, several more bullets were fired from the pistol.
"Ahhhh why aren't you dead! Why why why why why!" The arm holding the pistol waved frantically a few times and started shooting at the crowd without any warning.
He seemed to have given up aiming, and the bullets flew wildly in the air and landed everywhere.
Xiao Tang hid behind a tree, trying to hide himself under the protection of the trunk, cursing: "Is this guy really sick? Are all the Bs psychopaths like this? Damn it! Shooting in the street in broad daylight?"
"In B City, it is true that people are shot on the street—" Yuan Shanming raised his voice, "but this time it doesn't seem to be B City's problem—"
"Then what else could his ancestors have done..." Xiao Tang paused, his voice raised in disbelief, "Er Si?!"
"Damn, is that true?" Xiao Tang's voice suddenly became extremely broken.
The gunshot suddenly stopped, as if there were no bullets in the magazine.
The voice returned to the initial mumbling: "No one is dead... I have no bullets left... I will kill you all, I will, I will kill, all of you die..."
Bai Jinshu frowned and looked towards his live broadcast room.
Just now, Huai Jiamu reacted very quickly and dragged him behind the nearest tree, and without knowing when, there were more and more viewers in the live broadcast room.
【The host's welcome worked. 】
[What is the host's welcome affinity now? ]
[I don’t know. The last time I saw it, it seemed to be 180…]
[That will attract some weird things. ]
【This special buff is really an anti-counterfeiting mark. 】
[It would be fine if the anchor came to the City of Violence before reaching the 100th level, but if you come here after reaching the 100th level, you will indeed encounter some strange things. ]
[Who is this person? When did this person come to the capital of violence? What is this welcome you are talking about? ]
[Limited buff of the City of the Dead. This anchor is from the City of the Dead. ]
[Is this the purpose of the welcome? Is one hundred and eighty really that exaggerated? ]
【People who have seen it can say that 180 is not the complete form of Welcome. There is no difference when the affinity of Welcome is below 100. There is a significant increase when it is above 100, and a qualitative change occurs when it is above 500.】
"What qualitative change?" Bai Jinshu looked at the live broadcast room and asked with a frown.
[Anchor? Anchor is watching the barrage? ]
[Host, look here! You are my favorite newcomer in this episode! ]
【Anchor, I like you so much! 】
[The anchor hasn't interacted for a long time! 】
[Anchor, I am your old fan. I have been following you since the first day you entered here! ]
[Does the anchor have a favorite color? Does he have a favorite food? When is the anchor's birthday? ]
The barrage of comments became lively because of Bai Jinshu's sudden interaction.
Many viewers were very excited, and the comments were overwhelming -
[I like the host very much, I like the host very much, I like the host very much! ]
[Host, look at me. I have liked you for a long time! Host, look at me. I have liked you for a long time! Host, look at me. I have liked you for a long time! ]
[Ahhh, I thought the anchor wasn’t watching the livestream either! Ahhh, I thought the anchor wasn’t watching the livestream either! ]
After the overwhelming barrage of comments had passed, Bai Jinshu nodded slightly: "Thank you, but I want to ask, what qualitative changes will occur if Welcome 500 or more is added?"
[Did the host see my comments? ]
An excited comment flashed across the screen.
[A streamer I followed before reached over 400. When the affinity is below 100, the welcome affinity will only make the undead in the Novice Village naturally favorable and covetous of the holder. When it is above 100, it will spread to all species in the Novice Village, and as the affinity increases, the feelings of other species towards the holder will also change step by step, and the higher the affinity, the more extreme it is.]
[I have never seen more than 500, but I have heard that there will be a qualitative change after 500.]
I don't know about the barrage either...
Bai Jinshu's thoughtful gaze swept across the live broadcast room and fell again to the direction where the bullet came from.
So, was this resident of the violent city who wanted to kill others also affected by [Welcome!]?
As the bullets were fired, the man seemed to calm down, or rather, he returned to his previous confused state.
The arm holding the gun slanted down to the ground, and a very faint voice floated in the air: "Don't bother to die... Don't bother to be shot by me... Why can't I be with him..."
"What's the situation with this guy, your fanatical pursuer?" Xiao Tang poked his head out from behind the tree, "Do you know him?"
Bai Jinshu: "...Do you think it's possible?"
"I think so," Xiao Tang muttered, "Could this be your buff?"
"What should we do, Sister Tang?" Huangmao shouted from behind another tree farther away, "That guy seems to be out of bullets, why don't we go and subdue him!"
"Tsk," Xiao Tang said, "Brother Yuan, B doesn't care about it, right?"
"No matter," Yuan Shanming replied quickly, "The public security in B City is already in chaos. If someone dies on the street, as long as the body is not too obvious, the B City police will not be held accountable."
"That's fine." Xiao Tang agreed and tiptoed towards the man.
The man holding the gun was still muttering: "Kill you...why...why did you walk beside him! It's mine, it's mine, it's mine..."
Bai Jinshu turned his head and looked at Yuan Shanming, then walked over quietly.
The man holding the pistol didn't seem to notice someone approaching, and continued to mutter: "I like it so much... I like it so much..."
Xiao Tang was getting closer and closer to the corner. Just when she got the right angle and was about to step forward and snatch the man's gun, the hand holding the gun was actually raised.
With a "bang", the sound of a bullet being fired was accompanied by his suddenly shrill laughter: "Hahahahahahaha, you didn't expect that! I still have one bullet! I'll kill you!"
Xiao Tang was so close to him that he could hardly get away.
Fortunately, Yuan Shanming knew more about B City than they did, and he had been following carefully behind, paying attention to Xiao Tang's every move.
The moment the sharp laughter was heard, he pulled Xiao Tang down before he could react.
As the two men fell to the ground with a heavy thud, the bullet grazed Xiao Tang's shoulder and landed on the ground behind him, raising a cloud of dust.
Xiao Tang covered the bruised area with one hand, the anger on his face was even more obvious than the pain.
Without waiting for Yuan Shanming to make the next reaction, she quickly got up from the ground, covering her wound.
The shop glass at hand, which had already broken into pieces, was kicked into pieces by her. The glass shattered all over the ground. Xiao Tang picked up a sharp piece of glass from the ground and threw it towards the man with all his strength.
The accuracy is amazing.
The piece of glass penetrated directly into the wrist of the hand, cutting at least several centimeters deep.
And that person's wailing became even sharper: "Ahhh! It hurts! It hurts so much!"
“It hurts so much!!!”
"Fuck your ancestors," Xiao Tang stood up, his face full of anger, "This is the first time I've fallen for something like this, I want to see what you are made of!"
She strode towards the man.
The pistol had fallen to the ground when his arm was injured. Xiao Tang stepped on the pistol, grabbed the arm and tried to pull the man out.
Just then, she realized that the arm was surprisingly light.
But the strength had already been exerted, and it was too late to stop.
So everyone watched as Xiao Tang grabbed the arm and pulled it out.
The imagined "person" did not appear.
What Xiao Tang pulled out was an arm.
Only "one arm".
What was hidden behind the wall was actually just the back half of the arm.
There was a mouth growing on the cross-section of the back half of the arm, and that mouth was still emitting a sharp sound: "Ahhhhhhhhh!"
"Don't touch me! Don't touch me!"
"You disgusting newcomer! Dirty newcomer! You are not allowed to walk with him! Ahhhh it hurts! Ah——"
Xiao Tang simply broke the limb at the back with the mouth into pieces.
The back half of its mouth fell to the ground, and the broken flesh and blood squirmed and crawled towards Bai Jinshu.
"Look at me... I want you to see... me..."
With a "creak" sound.
Huai Jiamu's feet rolled over it mercilessly.
The mouth finally turned into a pool of blurred flesh and blood, and the arm held by Xiao Tang quickly turned into a dried corpse.
"It's just some small stuff from the violent city," everyone heard Huai Jiamu's voice, "This pistol was probably obtained from some unlucky guy who died in a street fight."
"Gadgets".
Everyone's eyes involuntarily fell on that arm.
You call... this thing a gadget?
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