Chapter 444: The Last Group of the Ending Era
The underground concert hall with colorful lights was full of people. Many people waved their light sticks to the bunny-eared girl on the stage. The screams and cheers mixed in the deafening music not only did not dilute the atmosphere, but made it even more fanatical.
It was coming. For some reason, Shan suddenly had this premonition.
Just as he had this thought, the music on the stage entered an extremely rapid rhythm, with dense points of music and the singing that continued to rise. The fiery emotions were like climbing a peak, gradually reaching the climax. It
was so burning, so hearty, so sweaty and life-giving. Shan stared at the girl on the stage in a daze, as if he saw the most primitive and passionate vitality bursting out of some kind of soul.
This feeling and scene, I'm afraid he will remember it for the rest of his life.
Just as he was about to raise his hand and cheer for her like the audience beside him, a burst of noise resounded throughout the venue, the entire concert hall was instantly cut off, and the originally shining stage was also dark.
What is this?
Before Shan could think, he saw the lights of individual terminals light up in the darkness. However, the performance was interrupted after all. The girl with rabbit ears on the stage was exhausted and leaned on the microphone in front of her. After the performance was interrupted, her spirit seemed to disappear.
But things did not end here, or it was just beginning.
At the door of the concert hall, people wearing dark red ghost masks stepped in one by one. They held strong baseball bats in their hands and smashed all the equipment wherever they passed. They also beat up the audience they met.
Various panicked screams rang out in the concert hall. Some people kept running, and some tried to resist. However, as long as they saw such a typical example, these people wearing ghost masks would rush up and knock them down, warning them not to try to resist.
"Get out!"
"All dispersed!"
These people shouted fiercely, causing many audiences to flee in a hurry.
Soon, this underground concert hall became empty. During this time, Shan also followed the crowd to move to the door, but the speed of walking was not fast. From time to time, his eyes secretly looked at these uninvited guests who suddenly broke in.
"Hurry up, this is the 'Ghost Face Gang'." Someone said to his companions, and then quickly pulled them away.
Ghost Face Gang? Are there still gangs in Academy City? Shan couldn't help but doubt and puzzle.
At this time, this group of people wearing ghost masks had surrounded the stage, and the man in the lead was walking towards the rabbit-eared girl Dominica who was singing the lead.
"Hurry up, you are dawdling!"
When Shan wanted to take another look, a member of the Ghost Face Gang swung a baseball bat and hit him on the back, causing him to stagger forward a step, then frown and stand firm.
Slashing Blade Sequence 4, Shan estimated the opponent's strength, and the extraordinary core in his body was running, and the magic power was gradually replenished.
Although he looked young, since he was able to enter the school for free as an outstanding student, he was also a genius who was swept out from countless peers. He had the strength of Soul Sequence 5 before entering the school.
"Still want to resist?"
Sensing that Shan began to gather Aigeka particles, the member of the Ghost Face Gang shouted coldly, and then put one hand directly into Shan's neck.
A blue lattice barrier instantly formed in front of Shan, but it only blocked the first attack. Then, dark red rings appeared on the wrist of the member of the Ghost Face Gang. As he swung his fist, they hit the barrier again. These rings also hit the barrier, corroding it instantly and then shattering it.
Before he could dodge, Shan was grabbed by the neck, and a sharp pain and suffocation came, and then he was lifted up and left the ground.
With one hand pressing the opponent's arm, Shan opened his other hand, and the sharp blue lightsaber gathered. Just as he was about to hold the sword and stab, the heavy baseball bat hit him directly in the face with a clang, like hitting a baseball. Dark red
blood flowed down, and the blue lightsaber that lost consciousness and command dissipated like quicksand. Shan was thrown aside like a rag bag, sliding on the ground, and then rushed to the entrance.
The audience who had not left yet were frightened and silent at this moment. For a moment, they all accelerated their speed to rush to the exit and stepped over the boy.
Inside the concert hall, the leader of the Ghost Face Gang looked at the bunny-eared girl who was kneeling on the ground due to exhaustion. He pressed his hand on the opposite side of her face and slowly lifted her up. During this time, the girl kept struggling, but her hands and feet hitting him were like hitting an iron plate, and she didn't move at all.
"Dominica." He said the girl's name slowly and sinisterly, and then let go of his hand, causing the bunny-eared girl to kneel on the ground again.
A mocking laugh came from under the mask, and he raised his body and looked down at the girl who was holding her chest and gasping for breath.
"I warned you, either sign the contract I gave you or stop singing for the rest of your life."
"Do you think you can raise enough money to release an album by hiding here and holding a concert?"
"No way. Have you ever thought that even if you raise enough money, how many people will know about the album without any media promotion?"
"Any popular person you can see on social media is the result of countless teams' operations. It's no longer the era where you can become famous just by singing well."
He said one sentence at a time. Some of the other members on the stage wanted to stop him, but they were knocked down by the Ghost Face Gang members on the side. The remaining two did not dare to move at this time and could only watch this scene in pain.
"Do you know how big the Federation is? On average, there are billions or tens of billions of people in each star field. There are countless girls who sing well here. You don't think you are special, do you?"
The man continued to break down the rabbit-eared girl's defenses, making her face pale and her fingers pressed down the hem of her skirt on the ground.
"I..." She raised her head, and her fragile face wanted to explain something.
"I don't have such big ambitions. I just want to have a little fame, and then have people listen to me."
"Hahahaha..." Hearing this, the man laughed loudly, arrogantly and sarcasticly, and the people from the Ghost Face Gang around him also laughed.
Facing such laughter, the girl's eyes gradually dimmed.
"Oh, so you also know that as long as you have a little fame, it will be fine. I thought you were ambitious and wanted to learn from that recently popular Jasmine Kexing and touch the singing girl's porcelain."
"So, what are you insisting on? Do you think you are noble? Do you think you can create a name for yourself without relying on others?"
"Just join the company I told you about. If someone listens to you, won't the fame you want come? I really don't understand you, you silly rabbit."
"But..." Thinking of the harsh terms in the contract, Dominica still felt an extremely oppressive pain.
If she signed that kind of contract, would she still be the one in the future? She would just be a puppet and a toy for others to make money. Any compensation after breach of contract would be a sky-high price that she could never afford, which also meant that she would never be able to escape in her life.
"No buts, Dominica."
"I will no longer have the patience to accommodate you and let you think about it." The man snapped his fingers, and then a member handed him a special contract.
"I want to see the results today."
After he said that, two members beside him took out special equipment and instruments, aimed them at Dominica, and shone bright light, and then constructed a three-dimensional space projection, surrounding and reflecting her.
[The agreement recording begins. Please ask the contract signer to stay in the designated space. The entire process will be recorded and backed up to ensure the fairness of the contract.]
The prompt sounded, and then the contract was placed in front of Dominica. The pages of the contract were turned one by one, and the instruments on both sides kept recording and uploading to the central network.
"Did you hear that? It says it can start."
The man leaned over and said in Dominica's ear. These words were like the words of a devil, which made the girl's pupils shrink and she felt like she had lost her soul.
She looked around, and people with scarlet ghost faces looked down at her, leaving her no room to escape.
Trembling, she slowly raised her hand and looked at the designated signature box on the contract. If she pressed it, the chip in her wrist would be read immediately and the contract would be signed.
With great difficulty, she slowly stretched out her hand and finally stopped on the box. Dominica struggled and couldn't make up her mind to press it.
"Huh." In response, the man clapped his hands and winked at the two people beside him.
Then the two nodded and left the concert hall, and soon they came back.
The bunny-eared girl who looked similar to Dominica was picked up by them and dragged to Dominica's front. She wanted to rush to Dominica's side, but was held down tightly and could only kick the ground with her feet.
"No, sister, don't sign. If you sign, your life will be over."
"Pa--" A slap slapped her in the face, making the girl speechless.
"I think if you don't sign, it will be over." The man's eyes swept coldly over the bunny-eared girl with a red and swollen face.
"Dominica, I have something to tell you." His voice made the girl look up.
"Your sister, Pamenica, has done a lot for you."
"Didn't she tell you that she is now in college and occasionally works on weekends to earn money?"
"Yes..." She suddenly realized something and looked at her sister beside her.
"Do you think she really went to college? And does she really go to class every day?" A series of questions made Pamenica lower her head.
"No, the tuition fees of federal universities are extremely high. She lied to you before that you got free admission to reassure you, but if you think about it carefully, you will know how rare such places are. Everything is just to let you pursue your dreams with peace of mind."
"As for going to class every day, haha, Pamenica, you go to class in a high-end hotel every day, right?" The man's words made the two sisters silent at the same time.
"I don't want to be a bad person, nor do I want to force you to do anything. This will not be effective and will affect your subsequent earnings."
"But this is the era. If you want to become famous without paying a price, that's impossible."
"After signing the contract, the company can provide a sum of money for your sister to go to college. Although you have no hope, she still has hope. As a sister, you don't want to see your sister sink like this, right?"
Finally, Dominica's eyes no longer had any thoughts of struggle. She just looked at her sister, and then slowly placed her hand on the signing box.
[The identity chip has been checked for access, the contract is being confirmed, and the connection to the central database has begun. Please keep your palm in the box for ten seconds]
[Countdown... 6, 5, 4, 3, 2——]
A blue stream of light came out of the darkness and hit Dominica's wrist, bringing a touch of blood.
[The contractor has been injured. There is suspicion of coercion in the signing process. The contract has been cancelled and the alarm has been automatically called. Please discuss it later.]
The previously pale golden micro-space instantly turned red and then shattered.
This failure at the last moment made the ghost-faced man furious. He turned his head suddenly and looked at the boy in the corner with bloodshot eyes.
"You did a good job." He laughed in anger and asked his men to rush forward.
Faced with such a situation, Shan ran away, and soon a layer of light blue mist enveloped him, making his running resistance less. He
quickly went up in the corridor, kicked the wall with one foot, then reversed direction and continued to go up. In just a few seconds, he rushed out of the underground concert hall and came to the entrance of the alley.
At this time, there were two members of the ghost-faced gang guarding outside the door. Seeing him running out in a hurry and hearing the urgent shouting behind him, they immediately rushed up to stop him.
[Dieke Luo Formula·Spin Cang XI]
Two baseball bats swept towards Shan with dark red trajectories, blocking his escape route. He also collided with one of the members with blue debris magic at this moment. The part of his arm collided with the baseball bat, flashing a hard barrier, as crisp as a steel plate. Then the man of the Ghost Face Gang who blocked him swung his fist again, and dark red rings spread from his wrist.
Facing the same attack, Shan did not resist it as before, but suddenly swept his legs towards the opponent. At the moment of contact, the blue impact exploded, causing the opponent to lose balance, break bones, and fall to the ground.
With this short gap, Shan jumped into the air, and several ring-shaped rotors condensed by magic appeared on his side, pulling him into the air.
The spirit sub sequence is proficient in calculation and magic projection construction, and is not good at close combat. Only by keeping a distance can he be safer.
"Get down!" A deep red meteor passed through the night sky and hit the boy in the night sky, causing him to fall to the ground.
Unfortunately, these members of the Ghost Face Gang are professional thugs, and Shan's methods are not sharp enough. If he had not chosen to fly, but turned the corner and left the opponent's sight, it would be easier to escape. He
quickly chased Shan to the place where he fell. There was a noise in the alley. Shan, who was shot, also covered his chest, struggled to stand up, and continued to run forward.
The blood could not stop flowing out. Every time he ran, the wound in his body would tear open partly, and he felt a sharp pain. Shan felt that he was going to die, but he didn't have time to think so much at this time. He just ran towards the main street in the distance. There were bright lights and complete surveillance. Going there, these gang members would probably be very cautious and dare not mess around.
However, just as he stumbled and ran towards the intersection, a girl happened to pass by. It seemed that the other party was still a high school student, carrying a square schoolbag.
The pursuers behind him were rushing non-stop, and the sound of the baseball bat hitting was like a nightmare. If he slowed down at this time, it would mean that he would be caught up, and his life and death were unknown. If he hit him, the girl would probably not be spared.
"Get out of the way!" He yelled loudly, and the other party seemed to notice and turned around.
Unfortunately, the other party just stood there, seemingly unaware of Shan's rush. This action also made Shan unable to avoid it, and he could only try his best to slow down and hit her head-on.
However, the expected result did not appear. He seemed to miss the girl's figure and came to the street. The truck in the distance was speeding, so he had to dodge again and narrowly avoided it.
When he looked back again, the girl at the alley was gone, and the pursuer was catching up with him fiercely.
"Big brother is so nice." A slightly childish voice sounded in his ears, which made Shan turn his head sharply.
The girl from before was standing next to him at this moment, but she was taking off her schoolbag in an orderly manner and putting it on the ground.
"Aren't you going to run?" Shan wanted to leave immediately, but seeing the girl next to him, he couldn't help but remind her, after all, he almost ran into her just now.
"If it was before, I would indeed run, because not long ago, I was hit like this and was knocked into the hospital." The girl shook her head slightly.
"Although I don't remember exactly why I was hit by the truck, I still remember the appearance of these people."
"Actually, big brother is also a talented person." After she said this, she took out a black card with a boiling and burning 'Z' symbol on it.
The lemon yellow 'Z' split like lightning in the black background. When the girl put the card in front of her, it immediately spread out a square shadow.
[Connector, Synchronization Begins]
What is this? Shan was still thinking about what special supernatural prop this was, when he saw the girl pass through the square phantom and then walk out of another completely different figure. At this moment, 'she' had pale hair and a thin body, as if she had replaced a person.
Facing the Ghost Face Gang members rushing in front of her, the pale-haired girl raised her hand, and colorless flames ignited in her pupils. Then she opened her mouth slightly, and the silent wailing ripples spread. All the Ghost Face Gang members affected fell down one by one like dominoes and fainted on the ground. Secret arts such as
the Withering Secret Art and the Howl of Mourning
that directly attack the soul consciousness are difficult for most supernaturals to defend against, and they can only resist it head-on, but it is obvious that these gang members in front of them have no strength to resist.
After finishing the spell, the pale-haired girl turned her head and glanced at Shan, and then her figure became blurred, and then after several changes, it condensed into the girl's previous appearance again.
"Hu, hu——"
The transformation in just a short while made the girl very tired, but she looked at the people who fell on the opposite side with excitement in her eyes.
"This power is indeed a miracle that revolutionizes everything."
Then, she turned around and looked at Shan, who was standing at the foot of the wall with some uneasiness.
"Can you feel what happened to me just now?" She looked at Shan, and there seemed to be many symbols spinning in her eyes, like extremely precise instruments.
"On you..." Shan frowned slightly at this moment. He did realize something. The one who cast the spell just now was definitely not the girl in front of him. It seemed that her inner self was replaced, as if another person temporarily replaced her.
"It was another person who cast the spell just now."
"Sure enough, from the moment I saw you, big brother, I knew that you were also a talented person." The symbols in the girl's eyes seemed to be brighter.
"You should have had similar experiences, like seeing some kind of scene that seems real and fake, as if you are another person, or just the first contact, there is a vague feeling of perspective switching, and you are looking at yourself from the perspective of another person."
"This." Shan didn't want to admit it, but he seemed to have had similar experiences.
The 'Ling' who died that day, the unconscious mother who was gasping for life next door in his dream, and the blue-haired girl he saw on the first day of school, all made him feel this way.
"Indeed."
"Correct, so do you want to join us, and have such special abilities like the secret technique I just performed."
"Who are you?" He was a little confused, but he also vaguely realized that the girl in front of him was not fighting alone, but a member of a secret organization, and the strange secret technique she just performed was unique to this organization.
"We are the last group to end this gradually divided era and resist all the singers and giant companies, the 'Z' group!"
"Or, you can call us 'connectors'."
When this sentence sounded, it was not only the girl in front of him, but Shan seemed to hear countless voices echoing in his mind, including men and women, old and young, thousands and thousands, across the galaxy.
(End of this chapter)
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