Chapter 1: A New Life
The evening sun is much warmer than in the afternoon, but it can still feel hot in the middle of summer. Xu Xiangjie www.biquge.info pen fun pavilion rode his bicycle through one intersection after another, and finally stopped in front of an ordinary apartment building, he stopped his bicycle and walked up.
The curtains were tightly drawn, the gloomy room was full of beer cans, the dirty room was filled with the smell of smoke, and the boy sat on the floor with his back against the wall. The boy lowered his head and smoked the cigarette in his hand, the door was opened by the key, the boy did not look up, because he knew that it was him, no one would find him except him, no one would even look for him, and more importantly, his second key was in his hand.
"Another day of smoking?" Xu Xiangjie asked, looking at the young man sitting on the ground.
"Hehe, relieve your worries" The young man raised his head, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, unkempt hair, and a pair of dull eyes.
"Let's go out for a walk and play basketball. Xu Xiangjie smiled reluctantly.
"I don't have much strength, but I'll go out for a walk with you. The boy stood up and put on his coat. The two of them walked out together.
"Are you still in a tutoring class during the holidays?" asked Xu Xiangjie as he walked, lighting a cigarette by the way.
Xu Xiangjie sighed, "No way, the grades are poor." β
The two were walking and talking, when a man suddenly appeared and stopped them.
"Hi, Xu Xiangjie, Zheng Wenze. β
"Cai Yuhong, your home is also near here?" This Cai Yuhong and Xu Xiangjie are in the same class, but he transferred a month before the summer vacation, and Xu Xiangjie has a shallow relationship with his classmates, so he is not familiar with him, and Xu Xiangjie only remembers his name.
"Yes, my house is near here, my parents are not at home, how about we have a meal together?" Cai Yuhong responded with a smile.
"Okay, let's go to the barbecue restaurant for a meal. Xu Xiangjie agreed, but Zheng Wen did not speak, although he was unhappy, he could be regarded as acquiescing. So the two became three, and the purpose changed from walking to eating.
Xu Xiangjie was eating hard, but he heard Cai Yuhong say, "Is your life meaningful?" In an instant, Xu Xiangjie raised his head and looked at Cai Yuhong, but saw Cai Yuhong with a serious expression. On the contrary, Zheng Wen ignored it at all and continued to eat the barbecue on his plate. "Are you really living a good life? Xu Xiangjie, just what kind of university can you go to?"
This poked Xu Xiangjie's sore spot, he thought to himself, according to his grades, it is indeed impossible to get into a good university, and he has been a naked waste all these years, no girl likes it, and there is no teacher to take care of him, and even in the physical activity class, he is playing basketball alone, but it's okay, at least Zheng Wen is always standing on the side of the court smoking and watching him play alone.
"What do you mean by that?" Zheng Wen still lowered his head to eat, but said this coldly.
"Have you heard of the Sixth Realm?" Cai Yuhong stared at Xu Xiangjie with a serious look.
Xu Xiangjie was stunned, "What is that?" At the same time, Zheng Wen put down the tendon he had just bitten and listened quietly.
"The dimension we live in is divided into five realms, the first realm of gods is inhabited by gods and the armies of gods, the second realm of demons is inhabited by demons, the third realm of elves is inhabited by various elves, the fourth realm of the undead is inhabited by the undead and the deceased who have not yet been reincarnated, and the fifth realm is the human realm where we live now. As the most powerful of the Six Realms, the God Realm and the Demon Realm always fight each other, but they put the battlefield in the Human Realm or the Elf Realm, causing waves and causing countless lives to be lost. More than 2,000 years ago, an exiled magician in Iceland opened the door to a new space and founded the Sixth Realm, with the purpose of protecting the human and elven realms against the invasion of the gods and demons. Cai Yuhong said a long time, picked up the Coke and drank it in one gulp.
"Hehe, are you kidding me?" Xu Xiangjie didn't want to spend all his time listening to him make up stories.
"Xiang Jie, listen to what he says. Zheng Wen put down his chopsticks and still had that gloomy face, as if he was looking at Cai Yuhong with loveless eyes.
"Due to the invasion of the two worlds of gods and demons, the Sixth Realm was shattered, and later the heads of the major powers learned of the existence of the Sixth Realm, so they divided up the only remaining areas of the Sixth Realm, and each country also had its own official passage to the Sixth Realm, but later the leaders of the Sixth Realm had contradictions with our current leaders of the Human Realm and blocked the passage, but there were still some leaders who sent special personnel to manage the passage, due to the tragic war in the Sixth Realm and the negative population growth, so the job of the channel manager is not only to manage the passage and not let the people of the Fifth Realm enter casually, but also to take people who are unwilling to continue to live in the Fifth Realm to the Sixth Realmγ β
"Go on. Xu Xiangjie smiled slightly. Zheng Wen was silent.
Cai Yuhong also smiled, "Although I am not a channel manager, I am a friend of a channel manager, and he entrusted me to recruit people to enter the sixth realm for him. β
"Go on. Xu Xiangjie was a little impatient.
"Hehe, I'm not kidding. Cai Yuhong kept a smile, "I hope that the two of you can go to the Sixth Realm with me, where the Sixth Realm Academy will receive you, arrange courses for you to learn skills, and finally stand in front of the gods to fight with you." Haven't you had enough of your present life, and are you willing to live a life of humility and mediocrity?"
"I don't want to. Zheng Wen spoke, his tone calm.
"Wen Ze, what are you talking about?" Xu Xiangjie couldn't understand how Zheng Wenze believed Cai Yuhong's nonsense.
"I mean, I don't want to be mediocre, I want to go where he says, I want to be strong and I want to kill gods. Zheng Wenze's tone was still calm.
"He's just talking nonsense."
"Okay, just let him talk nonsense, but if there really is this place, are you willing to give up going there now to change your life?"
Xu Xiangjie was stunned, Zheng Wenze's question seemed simple, but if he really had such a chance to choose, how should he choose?
Will it be even more unbearable than it is now. If it's scrap wood, no matter how many times you try again, it's just scrap wood. But in the heart, who wouldn't want to change the status quo?
"Maybe I also hope to change," Xu Xiangjie looked at Zheng Wenze, "I think I'm willing to go, leave this boring life and start a new life." β
"It's your choice. I didn't lie to you, I will take you to the Sixth Realm, but what happens after you arrive at the Sixth Realm Academy is up to you. Cai Yuhong kept smiling. "Well, this bar. β
On the top floor of a skyscraper, a man stands in front of a window looking out at the world.
A young man in a white suit pushed the door open with a plate in his hand, put coffee on the coffee table, and then walked to the man's side. "Father, tomorrow is the opening day of the Sixth Realm Academy, and my brother and sister and I should also enter the academy to study. β
"Yes, you're old too. The man was still looking out the window.
"I can't be at home with my father anymore. β
"What I want is not your company, but that you can become stronger, strong enough to carry the burden, to take my place. β
"Yes, father, I will do it. β
The man looked out the window, and couldn't help but recall his past time, a heroic and domineering appearance, in an instant, his sons were taller than himself, and his former comrades-in-arms now have little left, but he climbed to a high position, should he really thank God for letting him survive and his achievements today, but what is there to be thankful for thinking about it, now he is just glad, living in this sixth realm, today is fine, tomorrow may not even be the bones. Therefore, men hope that their sons will surpass themselves as soon as possible, so that they can succeed themselves and make themselves feel at ease.
"Go back and rest, I want to be quiet again. The man still looked out the window and pondered alone, obviously there were so many things he wanted to warn or motivate his son, but he couldn't say the words when the words came to his mouth, and in the end he could only silently say to himself in his heart.
"Okay, please rest early, too. With that, the boy walked out of the room and closed the door gently.
In the gloomy forest, "This is the place where the woodcutter said he saw an unknown creature?" a young man dressed in black asked another man in a scarf. "That's right, the northwest of the Forest of Eternal Night. β
In the dim forest, there were a total of four people, and they were the Sixth Realm Imperial Spirit Guards who had graduated from the Sixth Realm Academy. The captain wearing a scarf is called Lu Shanhe, and the other two men and one woman are members of the mission team.
A woman wearing a ponytail and a black tights walked up to Lu Shanhe, "Listening to the eyewitness's description, I feel that this should be the Devourer of the Demon Realm." β
"Could it be that there is a loophole in the enchantment?"
"Quite possibly. The woman touched her chin with a pensive look.
"I said Tan Na, don't talk nonsense, if there was a loophole, the army of the demon realm would have been killed a long time ago, how could you still let you and me stand here? Those demon kings of the second realm are not blind, how can they not see the loopholes that can be found by brainless creatures. The young man in black looked impatient.
"Indeed, the Devourer is a loophole that can be found by creatures, and the Demon Lord and Demon King should have discovered it earlier, it seems that this matter has nothing to do with the enchantment, let's hurry up and hunt the creature suspected of being the Devourer. "Lu Shanhe was also made strange by this, the Forest of Eternal Night is buried with a sigil, and it stands to reason that it should be one of the best defensive places in the enchantment, but why is there a Devourer now?
Now Lu Shanhe can only pray that this mysterious creature is not a devourer, so that everything makes sense, and he can live a more leisurely life. But God, will it really be what he wants?