Chapter 80 Blackrock City and the occasional requests Xie Lu would make for rewards...
"So, who do you need me to help you find in District 1?"
“A little succubus, the one who catches your eye in a crowd at first glance.”
As Jiang Yang walked out of Mr. V's reception room on the third floor, Mr. V's words were still on his mind. When he tried to get more information about the people from Mr. V, Mr. V only said, "You'll know when you see them."
He asked uncertainly, "What if the person isn't in Zone 1?"
Mr. V remained silent for a long time before saying, "Even if he dies, I will find him."
Finally, Mr. V gave Jiang Yang a phone number and told him to let him know if there was any news in the First District.
The Blood Servant Auction takes place at 8 PM. Blackrock City holds such an auction every two weeks. When the new task was posted on the panel, Jiang Yang had already completed it automatically, so he had a lot more time to work during the day. He planned to go downstairs to take a look first.
To Jiang Yang's surprise, the moment the elevator doors opened, Meng Jiang and Zhang Qing were standing at the very front. Their tall figures blocked Xiong Bingxin from behind them. Just as Jiang Yang was about to say something, Meng Jiang quickly pressed the elevator close button and said calmly, "Sorry, please take the next one."
The elevator doors closed immediately, and only just before they were completely shut did Jiang Yang see through the gap the upside-down man who had been drawn up by the sound.
How did they get here...?
Jiang Yang was more concerned about how they had arrived at the Bat Hotel so quickly.
Considering that the progress suddenly unlocked to 50% last night, it seems that they are definitely involved.
The young man frowned slightly and opened the system panel. A single chat window displayed a "connection failed" message. Ji Yang had said that in this situation, one could leave a message in the group chat first, but no one had replied to his message from that morning. This meant the three of them hadn't arrived in Blackrock City yet...
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Nan Ke slept for nearly twelve hours. When he opened his eyes, the bright light coming in from the window startled him. Suddenly, a feeling of discomfort in his stomach surged up, causing him to sit up abruptly in bed.
Then he got out of bed and went straight to the bathroom, where he bent over and dry heaved in front of the toilet.
Xie Lu was talking to Ji Yang outside when he heard the noise and rushed back. The boy's face was covered in blood from vomiting, and his eyes were filled with tears that slid down his cheeks and dripped onto the back of Xie Lu's hand, which was pressed against the edge of the toilet.
"Why are you vomiting so badly?" Xie Lu gently patted the man's back. Although he said he was vomiting, Nan Ke's stomach was already empty at this time, except for the pancake he ate the day before. All he could vomit now was gastric juice.
After vomiting, the discomfort subsided slightly. Nan Ke straightened up, squinted, and slowly adjusted her breathing. Xie Lu leaned forward and gently pried open Nan Ke's fingernails, which were digging into her palm, one by one, calling out with concern, "Xiao Ke..."
He was about to move closer when, a crisp sound rang out from the bathroom.
His head tilted to one side from the force of the slap. He pressed the tip of his tongue against the numb flesh on the inside of his head, and his brain seemed to explode with a roar. He unconsciously let go of the hand that had been holding him. The other hand had hit him, and it was a swift and decisive blow.
Nan Ke pressed the toilet flush button, her emotions unclear. Xie Lu, after regaining his senses, turned to the side, picked up a glass, turned on the tap, filled a glass with water, and placed it in the sink. Before leaving, he said, "Remember to rinse your mouth."
Five minutes later, Xie Lu, suppressing the urge to cry in Ji Yang's room, grabbed a bottle of liquor from the bar and poured it onto the sofa, chugging it down one after another, asking in anguish, "Why? Why did he do this?"
Ji Yang couldn't help but roll his eyes, but ultimately didn't say anything to hurt him further. He just secretly thought to himself, "It's all because you like it."
However, from a friend's perspective, Ji Yang still suggested, "You'd better tell him your identity as soon as possible." Ji Yang had a strange feeling that Nan Ke might already know.
"I dare not," Xie Lu said cowardly, completely losing his elegant and noble demeanor from the castle. He could feel himself being gradually assimilated, especially in front of Ji Yang, he really wanted to howl.
This realization brought him a brief moment of calm. He asked, "How do I usually get along with Nan Ke?" He had figured it out. If Nan Ke liked him this way, he wouldn't mind becoming the way Nan Ke liked him.
Ji Yang hesitated, "Hmm...maybe it's a dog?"
Xie Lu stopped drinking and began coughing violently, his body hunched over. Just as Ji Yang thought he had been shocked, he asked, "Is Nan Ke a dog?"
Ji Yang threw a pillow from the bed at him and said disdainfully, "You're the dog."
"But what's wrong with being a dog for someone you like?" Xie Lu accepted this persona in a second.
"Not only that, you're now acting as your own double. Think about what to do."
Xie Lu didn't know what to do either. He didn't want to become a tool for the tower to restrain Nan Ke, so he went to the wilderness. The wind in the wilderness was as cold as a sharp blade. As a result, he accidentally entered Black Rock City when he was on the verge of death.
He struggled through the Fourth District for a year with his crippled body, and was nearly able to unify the Fourth District when he was betrayed. He thought he would die in Blackrock City, but Kirby's father saved him. There was constant strife in Blackrock City, and Kirby was young. The old prince needed someone to take over Blackrock City, so he chose Sheru.
With both new and old injuries combined, Xie Lu wouldn't be able to hold out in Blackrock City for long.
Later, Kirby's vampire talent awakened, splitting him into the first and second generations. The second generation, who lost Shel's will, took Kirby back to the No Man's Land, while the first generation, who retained Shel's will, stayed behind to govern Blackrock City. Under his methods, Blackrock City regained peace, and he became the first human administrator of Blackrock City.
Xie Lu simply didn't expect that the second generation would be used as a substitute by Nan Ke after meeting him.
There was a knock on the door of room 706. Ji Yang got up and opened the door. Nan Ke appeared in the door. Xie Lu felt a little guilty when he saw him. He put the wine bottle on the ground, put his toes on the bottle, and carefully kicked it under the sofa.
However, the sound of the bottle rolling was too obvious, so Ji Yang changed the subject and asked, "What's wrong?"
"When do we set off?" Nan Ke asked in return.
The task of acquiring the identity of a blood slave has been assigned. Ji Yang deliberately raised his voice and shouted meaningfully, "Yes, so how do we get into Blackrock City?"
Xie Lu was still holding a grudge. It was one thing for him to be Nan Ke's dog, but it was another thing for Nan Ke to attack him for no reason. Thinking this, he lay down on the sofa, looking like he didn't want to leave at all.
Nan Ke pushed Ji Yang aside and went inside. Ji Yang stared expressionlessly at the two living fathers and closed the door behind him. Before leaving, he added through gritted teeth, "Hurry up."
Inside the room, Nan Ke walked to the sofa, and Xie Lu, who was half-lying down, involuntarily straightened up.
The sofa was large. Nan Ke straddled the person's waist, his hair falling down. He looked at Xie Lu, who raised his hand to gather his hair behind him. Nan Ke awkwardly leaned back, his cheek brushing against the person's palm, his lips pressed into a straight line.
Nan Ke said, "I don't like you calling me Xiao Ke."
Xie Lu's pupils dilated, and his breathing caused his upper body to rise and fall noticeably. He hadn't thought of this as the reason. He didn't know that in the years since he left, Nan Ke had been having recurring dreams about Xiao Ke, whom he couldn't escape or hide from, and along with that name, Xie Lu dying again and again.
Before entering Blackrock City, Nan Ke had a dream.
In the dream, Xie Lu's heart was cut open, and Xie Lu died in a dirty basement. Someone covered Xie Lu with clothes and said, "If Nan Ke knew that Xie Lu would be treated like this, he would kill them all."
Yes, Nan Ke will definitely kill them all.
Nan Ke turned his head to the side, pressing his ear against Xie Lu's heart.
The devout believer cupped the face of the deity in his hands and said once again with utmost sincerity, "I'm sorry."
This time, the god bent down and kissed his believer.
Nan Ke had never kissed Xie Lu like this before. Their breaths mingled, their knees trembled involuntarily from sinking into the soft sofa and maintaining the same position for too long, and the rough touch caressed his waist. His toes curled up unconsciously as he felt a slight sense of suffocation. This was completely different from the occasional kisses Xie Lu would ask for as a reward. Nan Ke liked this feeling.
Xie Lu was appeased.
When Ji Yang saw the two of them come out, he curled his lip in disdain, and then said viciously, "Useless."
Xie Lu didn't care at all, and his face clearly showed a satisfied look. Nan Ke said arrogantly, "Alright, let's get ready to go to Blackrock City." He responded in a second, turned around and led his people downstairs.
It wasn't until the three entered Blackrock City that Ji Yang and Nan Ke manually opened the observation room. Xie Lu, on the other hand, didn't have player privileges in the first game. Fortunately, the observer assumed he had other plans and didn't want to open the observation room.
However, he eventually came into the tower's view.
A message from Jiang Yang popped up on the panel in the group chat.
Jiang Yang said, "I'm with the chariot at the Bat Hotel. Where are you guys?"
Jiang Yang also said, "To become a blood slave, you must first find Mr. V, the blood broker. He is in the meeting room on the third floor of the Bat Hotel, but it is best to have someone kidnap you there," just like Jiang Yang was kidnapped by DisKi.
At the same time, all members of the war corps completed the task of becoming blood slaves and servants, and a new task popped up on the panel: [Main Quest: Participate in the Blood Servant Auction].
Ji Yang casually read the message Jiang Yang sent to Xie Lu. Xie Lu pondered for a moment and looked at Nan Ke. He swallowed the "little..." part before he could finish speaking. He stiffly instructed, "After you find Mr. V, he should arrange for you to be auctioned off as a blood servant. The auction happens to be tonight."
Ji Yang raised an eyebrow. "And what about you?"
“I… no, it’s us, the two of us are attending the auction as buyers.”
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Author's Note: Ahhh, who had a blast writing again! Hehehe, so happy~
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