Chapter 3: The Magical Leaf
The business of the bookstore, as usual.
All morning, and not a single customer.
Ling Ping'an lay down on the counter and slept all morning.
When I woke up, I found that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
"It's been another boring day!" He rubbed his temples and opened the drawer on the counter, and saw a delicate short knife inside, and a bag of things next to it.
"Doesn't it seem like tea?" Ling Ping'an picked it up, put it in front of his eyes, and looked at it carefully.
I didn't look carefully last night, so I put it away.
Only now did I realize that what was in the bag was not tea at all.
What seems to be the leaves of some kind of plant?
Out of curiosity, Ling Ping'an poured out a piece, held it in his hand, and observed.
The leaves in the hands of "Strange ......" have a very special structure, and from the outside, they seem to be a kind of plant leaf with many serrations on the edge, which has been dried and baked.
It looks shriveled and shriveled, but it feels tactile when pinched.
Even, Ling Ping'an could still feel that there was still a little bit of temperature in the shriveled dead leaves.
He carefully used his fingers to break open the curled up leaves, and an alluring fragrance immediately came to his nose.
"Some kind of spice?" Ling Ping'an put the leaf back in the bag.
After all, it was someone else's, and he didn't want to break it.
Otherwise, what if he wants to pay for it?
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The sun is setting in the west.
Night is coming.
Unlike during the day, the world at night is more dangerous.
After the cataclysm, half of the world's population became monsters and evil spirits.
This makes the night a nightmare for mankind.
With the exception of the safe zone, all areas are red danger zones at night.
Sometimes, in some areas, it even turns extremely dangerous crimson, as well as black, which symbolizes disaster.
According to the standards published by the Joint National Security Organization.
Security levels around the world are divided into: Very Safe (dark green), Safe (green), Dangerous (light red), Extremely dangerous (dark red), Catastrophe (black), and the highest level of Fall (dark black).
It is bordered by the city to the east and is a dangerous area.
With the exception of the security zone, all other areas are danger zones and are off-limits to civilians.
At night, the danger level will increase in most areas.
Even the army and the witchers did not dare to haunt the danger zone in the middle of the night.
Because, at night, the ability and activity of ghosts and evil spirits will be greatly improved.
Moreover, those low-level ghosts and evil spirits that are suppressed by the sun's rays and dare not haunt during the day will appear in droves.
But Han Li sat on the roof of a building in the Eastern District, which was clearly marked as extremely dangerous.
A pair of slender and toned legs dangled on the roof balcony of the building more than 20 stories high.
It used to be an upscale neighborhood in the heart of the city.
Not far away are the ruins of the University to the East.
At the time of the cataclysm, there was a fierce battle here.
A whole regiment of soldiers, here, in order to cover the retreat of women, children and students, were all killed.
Therefore, in the community, you can still see the trenches and fortresses built temporarily by those respectable warriors on that day.
The tanks, which had already crawled all over the rust, were aimed at the underground parking lot of the community.
The garden of the community is full of craters and scattered bullet casings.
In the south and north of the complex, all the buildings have become rubble.
It was the most dangerous time when bombers took off from the eastern airfield and dropped napalm incendiary bombs, causing damage.
Night is gradually falling.
In the rubble of the collapsed building, figures began to crawl out.
They are spider-like, eight-legged, and crawl like lizards.
Their outer skin and bones are as hard as steel.
Their speeds can exceed two hundred kilometers per hour.
Their minions, their sharpness, their blood, can corrode most armor.
So, unite with the national security organization and name them 'spiders'.
It is one of the most feared of the B-class ghosts.
Because they live in groups.
Moreover, a group of spider demons often has hundreds of spider demons.
At most, humans have recorded clusters of tens of thousands of spider demons.
And this spider demon colony here used to be as many as thousands.
So, a mechanized armored regiment was torn apart by them here.
But now, the population of this colony has been reduced to less than 100 heads.
Don't be happy!
Because if the individuals in the goblin community start to decrease, it can only mean one thing - they are expanding.
Han Li looked at the spider demons who were approaching the building.
The corners of the mouth are slightly upturned in a nice arc.
The crimson book she held in the book kept flipping, and the whispering sound echoed low in her ears.
"Abyss General, Demon Genus, Insect Family, Human-faced Spider!"
This is the true origin and name of the spider demon!
Their most vulnerable place is – the third cervical vertebrae under the neck!
Han Li jumped from the roof of the building.
The black tight-fitting combat suit, which set off her beautiful figure, fell like a Valkyrie.
Spiritual power bloomed from her hands, turning her hands into two blade-like blades.
"Die!" Han Li had already locked onto the neck of a human-faced spider in the air, and as soon as he landed, with the help of the bouncing force of the landing, he jumped lightly and landed on its back, and his knife-like left hand accurately slashed at the cervical vertebrae of the human-faced spider.
Click!
Like a toppled domino, a huge human-faced spider, before it could even howl, it collapsed to the ground, like a part that had been twisted open by someone.
With a bang, the goblin, which could resist a grenade head-on, shattered to the ground.
Dark green blood and stenching internal organs flowed all over the ground.
Erodes the ground into a deep pit of earth.
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Bored afternoons, boring games.
I've already knelt five times.
Ling Ping'an felt that his emotions were a little impetuous.
"It's either five shooters, five mages, and five junglers......"
"Bronze segmentation, it's really hell on earth!"
Dropping the mobile phone in his hand, he rubbed his temples that were a little sore, and the sequelae of last night's all-night stay have not subsided.
So......
"Looks like I can't update it today......"
Turn on the TV, on the TV, it is the familiar soap opera at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The length of the family, the disputes between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the spirit of watching peace and sleepiness.
Subconsciously, he picked up the teacup and began to make tea.
The sound of water in the water dispenser, when it sounds, the pleasant fragrance overflows the mouth and nose, just smelling the fragrance, the whole person immediately has energy, it seems that the exhaustion of last night and the emptiness of the present are swept away.
"Why does it smell so good?" Ling Ping'an bowed his head.
I saw something floating in the teacup.
That's a few golden-yellow leaves.
Full and vibrant.
"Brewed the wrong tea?" Ling Ping'an was stunned, and he remembered that he had just confused the tea leaves in the drawer and used the bag of leaves that the girl had pledged here last night.
He pinched a leaf from the teacup, and the unknown leaf soaked in boiling water was golden all over, like gold, and when he pinched it gently, juice overflowed from it, and the fragrance was full of his nose.
Ling Ping'an tentatively dipped his finger in a little golden liquid from the leaves, put it in his mouth, and tasted it: "It's so sweet!" ”
The taste buds in your mouth are immediately conquered by this sweet and fragrant taste.
Ling Ping'an swore that he had never drunk such a delicious drink!
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There are more and more whispers in my ears.
Han Li shook his head to sober himself up.
She gasped slightly, kicking the head of a human-faced spider at her feet.
Then, she walked forward, all the way into the dark underground parking lot.
Taking out the flashlight from his body, Han Li turned on the power and shone it on the parking lot, which no one had been to for decades.
Luxury cars that have been abandoned for an unknown amount of time are crowded together.
Many vehicles have been rolled over on their sides.
In the body that has long been decayed, there are white bones.
Han Li bypassed these obstacles and continued to move forward.
Then, she saw a picture that shocked her inexplicably.
The skeletons of more than a dozen soldiers in military uniforms were scattered in a bunker in front.
Several heavy machine guns, aimed at the front.
The bunker was littered with machine-gun bullet casings.
And the stone pillars and walls of the parking lot in front of this bunker are densely packed with gun holes.
Han Li walked over, looked at the skeleton of an obvious officer, and picked up a photograph buried in the rotting soil, which had turned yellow and discolored, and could not be seen clearly.
However, in the photo, you can still see the silhouette of two couples snuggling together and smiling brightly.
Underneath the photo, there is also a nameplate.
The steel recorded the officer's name and the number of the unit to which he belonged.
Captain Yu Aiguo, Captain of the 7th Company of the 3rd Rapid Reaction Battalion of the 5th Airborne Division of the People's Army.
This is the number of the first army to rush to the rescue of Donglin City during the cataclysm.
Looking at the nameplate and photo in his hand, Han Li scolded softly: "This damn world!" ”
So, she crouched down and found the nameplates among the bones and mud.
Then put them away.
Han Li continued forward, walking to the depths of the underground parking lot, in front of a large cavernous cavern.
The flashlight shines down, and in the dark underground, the gray grass is densely packed.
That's Necromancy.
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"That's amazing!" Ling Ping'an held the teacup that had been drunk and even the scum had been licked clean, sat on the counter, and muttered to himself.
He now feels like his energy is endless.
I'm full of strength, and I might be able to hit ten.
What's more, his eyesight has also improved a lot.
When you take off your glasses, you can see clearly!
"What the hell are you?" He grabbed the bag of dried leaves, tilted his head back, and recalled the woman from last night: "Could it be that these leaves are secretly developed by a large enterprise and specially supplied to the nobles?" ”
If you think about it, there really is such a possibility.
After all, the nobility of the Federal Empire has been playing very well since ancient times.
The romantic characters of the Wei and Jin dynasties flew up scattered, and in modern times, the nobles of the Federal Empire did not lose much to the Wei and Jin dynasties.
Thinking of this, he quietly put away the bag of dried leaves.
"I can't touch it again!"
"I can't afford something so expensive!"