Volume 2 – The Abyss Detective Chapter 15 Darkness
In the afternoon, the breeze blows, and the black curtains are slightly lifted. The sadness in his pupils became more and more solemn, and there was no one around, this was an abandoned modern building. The boy, who had been asleep for an unknown amount of time, finally woke up, and his hand slid gently through the air (either with his mind or manually), and a series of icons floated in the air.
"This is? ...”
The boy saw the icon flashing continuously at the bottom right, and subconsciously touched it. The "drop" hand touched the icon and made a sound, and then a white letter appeared in front of him, and as the words rolled, a heavy voice slowly sounded:
Welcome to this world, all of you in Japan. You must have a lot of questions right now, but don't worry. Let me introduce you to the world. After speaking, one video after another appeared on the blank page, and while the video was playing, a heavy voice followed:
"On July 5, 2020, the 'Virtual Game Research Institute' was established, and the people of the institute worked hard to finally develop many virtual reality technologies, and in 2035, the institute began to prepare a huge project - to turn the whole world into a game. In the beginning, the project was opposed by many people, and the insiders insisted on explaining the rest and the benefits of changing the world, such as being born again!. After months of adjustment, the research finally began on November 17, 2035. Due to the difficulty of the project, no progress has been made after several years of research. Finally, on February 1, 2047, great progress was made. The researchers continued to work hard, and the project finally reached the final stage in 2055. On September 7, 2055, today, the project was launched. But misfortune happened. Turning the world into a game is something that needs to be done through a change, which we call "metamorphosis". But just when the program was "transforming", an error occurred. In the end, the game is limited to all of Japan, and you can't enter or leave the country. In the process, four-fifths of the population of Japan died as a result of the "metamorphosis", which means that only one-fifth of the people in Japan are still alive. And the mistake created another huge mistake, which is that the player dies and cannot respawn! And in this world, in addition to players being enemies of each other, there are also creatures in the system, as well as creatures born from system errors (we call them bad). Isn't it exciting? Okay, let's start your game after the introduction! ”
In addition to a letter, there are other icons, the boy clicked on the sword-shaped icon in the middle, which is the skill bar, and when you click on it, there are only two lines of icons and annotations:
Transmogrification: Players can transform into different characters or monsters in different games, each monster can only be transmogrified once, and all attributes after transmogrification *2.Cooldown: 1 natural day
King's Treasure: Level 50 unlocked!
Although the skill of the King's Treasury is annotated, it is all in Sanskrit. The boy smiled wryly,
"Are newbies so bullied... I can't even understand the introduction of my own skills. ”
He complained.
"But the 'transmogrification' skill is still good."
The boy thought seriously, and strangely enough, he was not surprised that the world had become a game, not only as if he had known it in advance, but also with a feeling that there was no one in his eyes. It feels like he didn't take the game into account.
The boy carefully slid down from the top, now hoping to find a safe zone or something. Walking into the jungle, the light was much darker, and even the field of vision became narrower, and from time to time there would be a few insect chirps, but soon they were gone. I don't know how long I walked, but the boy heard the singing, the voice of an angel.
"This song sounds so familiar."
The boy pricked up his ears and listened to the beautiful song for a moment. Then I found the source of the sound by feeling, and there was a small wooden house in the jungle (a cabin in the woods?). The sound came from within.
The boy cat leaned over slowly, and through the crack in the door he saw the owner of the voice, a girl, and a mossy piano beside him. The piano is not playing, but it still makes sound. The boy stared at the girl: sunlight was shining through the window above on the girl's fair face, and her hair was a rare dark red. The song gradually reaches the climax, and the magnificent music, coupled with the singing voice like a silver bell, makes people feel inexplicably excited. At the end of the song, the whole song seems to tell a story. The song stopped, and the boy was stunned, then pushed the door open.
The girl looked at the boy, and the two eyes met, not only the hair, but the girl's pupils were also dark red.
"Good singing."
The boy clapped his hands in respect. Then, with the idea of making friends, the boy walked forward, stretched out his right hand, and said:
"My name is Shirazen, and we're meeting for the first time."
The girl turned her head, pretending not to hear.
"What is this... I pulled down my face and showed yes first. ”
Bai Ran complained in his heart.
"The song you sing feels a little familiar, but I just can't remember what it is, can you tell me?"
Bai Zhan thought that a change of topic might work. The girl didn't say anything, just looked at the ground quietly. Shirazen looked at the piano and couldn't help but walk over, there seemed to be a mysterious power on the piano that attracted Shirozen. Shirazen thought back to the songs he had heard, and sat on a chair in front of the piano, waving his hands in the air, as if he was already eager to try. "Wow-" Hakuzen pressed the first button, and then played smoothly, the music soaking into the girl's heart like invisible rain.
When the piano ended, Bai Ran stretched. On the side, there was a hint of surprise in the girl's eyes when she looked at Bai Zhan, who closed her eyes and felt the keys again, reminiscing about what she had just played. Shirazome used to play a simulation game similar to playing the piano, and before he knew it, he had learned a lot of tunes, of course, he just memorized the order of the keys, but he didn't know anything about music. Shirazen stood up, and the girl didn't say a word the whole time.
"Forget it, since you have no intention of making friends, then even if I bother."
Shirazen shook his hand, then turned and walked out the door. The girl in the room stood there as if she had taken root, looking at Shirazen from afar.
It was already dark, and night had fallen. Bai Ran looked at the sky, then at the house behind him, and felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart. There was a rustling sound in the jungle.
"Wind?"
Bai Ran looked at the shaking bushes and said, and the next moment, Bai Ran felt: There is no wind tonight. Suddenly, in the bushes, a humanoid monster in armor jumped out, holding a sword, and looked fiercely at Shirazen.
"Damn!"
Bai Ran rolled on his side and dodged, and immediately prepared to escape, but he realized that there was another person in the room behind him, and seeing that the girl didn't look like she was fighting power, Bai Ran didn't know what to do for a while. The monster didn't intend to give Shirazen time to think, so he jumped over again, and with another stab, Shirazen took a step back and dodged again.
"Is there only one war?"
Shiran whispered, and after a split second, he activated his skills:
"Transmogrification!"
The air exploded one after another of purple mist, and then the purple mist violently wrapped Bai Dye, the meridian receded, and Bai Dye had transformed into a monster seven or eight feet tall, the monster's skin color was purple, the huge head was an elder with horns, the upper body was naked, and the lower body was wrapped in a gray blanket, but it did not affect the monster's action. The tail is a giant serpent, which constantly spits letters. Finally, the sheep's head opened his eyes, blue eyes, glowing red, white gas from his nostrils, and a huge big knife pinned to his back.
The girl walked out of the house and stood outside the door, watching what was happening not far away.
"The Bule Demon."
The girl whispered, looked down and thought for a moment before entering the house, apparently not knowing that monsters could not approach the safe zone. At this time, Bai Zhan had turned into a blue-eyed demon, and he pulled out a large sword from behind his back and perfectly slashed an arc in the air, and then the demon held the sword in one hand, and one was gaining momentum. The Great Tai Knife burst out with red light, this is the basic sword technique, the snake tail retreated sharply, and the demon kicked his feet again, and rushed straight towards the monster. Although the volume has become quite larger, the real stats have not increased much. The monster used its sword to block the demon's attack, and the great sword carved a red sword mark on the sword. After the attack of the demon at the moment, the monster is slashing again, this simple move, it is too easy to dodge in the eyes of Bai Ran, and it is another basic sword skill, and the light on the big sword has become brighter than last time, which means that the damage this time is higher and faster! The monster blocked its throat with its hand, but at the cost of one hand, and its health bar dropped from green to yellow (if you don't have the ability to see someone's life, you can only know the percentage of their life). The monster screamed, and a hand grew out of its severing place, wrapped in a layer of bony armor.
"Such a disgusting ability."
In the ensuing battle, the blue-eyed demon continued to unfold the monster's limbs until he slashed down and slashed at the thick bone armor, leaving only white marks that could not be cut off.
"Huh!"
The monster made an ugly mocking sound, but Shiraran just couldn't stand the ridicule of others.
"Dare to mock?"
Bai Ran thought in his heart that at this time, the air near the blue-eyed demon he had incarnated into seemed to have dropped by dozens of degrees.
"Accept the verdict."
Bai Ran was already enraged, and it was hard for this guy to provoke him with other things, but once he was ridiculed, he would be angry. Bai Ran kept thinking about the next move of the monster in his mind, and the two creatures kept colliding, and the sound of knives hitting each other was very harsh. Finally, a blue light burst out from the eyes of the blue-eyed demon, and a dark blue glow flashed on the Great Tai Knife, and a mysterious power covered the knife.
That kind of light, the same color in the eyes of the demons, is so murderous. The monster began to roar, his health was already red, and he had entered a certain state, and his sword also flashed with blue light, but this light was as big as the gap between the fireflies and the bright moon compared to the demon. The big knife dragged an afterimage, and fought with the knife, rubbing fierce sparks. Then the demon lifted the knife upwards and shook the monster away with the sword. Although the demon has a large body, it is not sluggish at all, but very agile. Looking at the monster that flew out, the demon took advantage of the hard straight to follow, and this time it was different from last time, and the sound of the iron weapon colliding from the knife on the bone armor began to decrease the life of the monster. Although the monster wanted to fight back immediately, the demon would not give him a chance, and a golden light flashed in his eyes, and a remnant was accompanied by a sword fight. "Whew-" The knife slashed through the monster's body.....
The blue-eyed demon put away the great sword, and in that instant, the monster turned into a beam of white light. Although this battle was very short in the eyes of others, it was already a vicious battle for Bai Zhan. Because Bai Zhan often plays this kind of sword game, usually a battle can be controlled within 2 or 3 minutes even if he is seriously injured, but this time it seems that this is not the case. Bai Zhan's body gradually fell back to its original state, and his vision began to blur, and then he fell to the ground, his eyes slowly closed. There were several knife wounds on his back, cheeks, thighs, and hands, and blood was constantly gushing out, staining his body red, not to mention that the time he had used the transmogrification just now was too long, and for low-level people, his spiritual power would definitely be unbearable.
"White dye? It's a really interesting fight. ”
Not far from the white dye, a man wearing a sky-blue scarf and a pair of sunglasses stood on the branch of a tree and watched the battle. He supported the trunk of the tree with his left hand, pushed his sunglasses with his right hand, and said:
"Hopefully next time I see you won't be so embarrassed."
Then he turned around, and at some point an oval hole appeared in the ground like a void.
"Goodbye."
The man said as he jumped down.
"Bang-"
"Ah~ it hurts..."
The man did not jump into the hole accurately, but fell to the side.
"Damn, I originally wanted to have a handsome ending, which made me embarrassed!"
The man stood up and patted the dust off his body.
"Well~ Since that's the case, then I'll just walk in."
The man said this, and was just about to step into the void, when he suddenly looked back at the place where he had just fought, and Bai Zhan was no longer there, leaving only a pool of blood.
"Oh, it's funny, I didn't expect this guy to take the initiative like this."
The man smiled faintly, although the man's appearance can only be regarded as above average, but his temperament is incomparable, and that smile makes the man even more mysterious. Finally, he stepped into the void of nothingness. The body slowly sank, the hole slowly closed, and slowly, the person and the hole all disappeared, as if nothing had happened. In the end, only a man's complaint was left:
"As one of the twelve orders, since I can't use the door of space to pretend to be forced at any time, it's really embarrassing, and I want to quit the group."
For people in a desperate situation, time seemed like a wild beast running wild, and in an instant, two months had passed. As a result, most of the people who are accustomed to a desperate situation are living well, but those who cannot adapt to this desperate situation have been "eliminated". Except for those who cowardly hide in the safe zone, lying in bed like a dead corpse, waiting for the so-called chosen ones to save them. They don't want to face this reality and only wait for the salvation of others. However, this world will not tolerate them, this is a world of the jungle. Or in the words of "The Origin of Species", this was originally a world of "natural selection, survival of the fittest"!
Killing City, this is the most special of the eleven cities. It's normal during the day, but at night, the whole city changes dramatically. If the killing city during the day is a good student, then at night he is an underworld with tattoos and studs. Because this city has a special setting, whenever night falls, then this city is no longer a safe zone. To put it simply, you can ---- kill! As a result, Killing City is often home to all sorts of gambling and lustful people. In the words of the "old world", this is a paradise for crime! This is the real predator!
"Settle the bill."
A man in a black trench coat and a white mask placed a case of wine and a large pile of spicy food on the cash register. The white mask had nothing but a smiling face. If you look closely at the wine in the box, you will see that none of the bottles are the same.
"Two gold coins and ten silver coins in total."
The cashier, a woman in her 20s, neatly packs snacks in a plastic bag (1).
(1): Let's talk about the inventory setting here, the same item for each person will occupy a grid in the inventory and the same items cannot be stacked, so you can put a variety of items in a grid in a plastic bag, and of course you can also hold it in your hand.
The masked man picked up the packed things, turned and stepped out of the store. The cashier looked at the time and suddenly panicked.
"Wait a minute!"
The cashier stopped the masked man.
"Can you do me a favor?"
The cashier asked quietly.
"Help? Is it paid? ”
The masked man didn't look back, just asked quietly. The cashier thought for a moment and stretched out the index finger of his right hand:
"Eh~ Is it okay to have a bottle of wine? But...."
Before the cashier could finish speaking, the masked man replied first:
"So what are you waiting for? Let's go. ”
"Boom-" The masked man placed the last bottle of Black Kirishima Taro Brew in the box on the shelf, then turned to the cashier not far away and said:
"It's done!"
The cashier is calculating today's turnover at this time.
"Ale~ so fast!"
The cashier put down his work and ran to the masked man.
"That's amazing! With 183 bottles and 107 varieties, you can even finish them in three minutes according to their preciousness. ”
The cashier couldn't help but sigh when he looked at these "orderly" wines.
"Remuneration?"
The masked man asked straight to the point.
"If you get paid—hey!"
The cashier tried to jump up and take down the wine from the top of the shelf above her head, but found that with her height of 1.5 meters, he couldn't reach it.
"W-that.... Please help me get it. ”
She reluctantly tugged at the masked man's sleeve, then pointed to the wine on her head. The masked man casually pulled it off and said:
"How did you put it up before..."
"I've never done anything like this before, it's always been Miss Mercy, I'm just a cashier. Oh yes, that's what you get paid. ”
The masked man shook the wine in his hand, and then said:
"Well, if you give me something like this, won't you be scolded by the store manager?"
"It's okay, I'll change the data when the time comes."
The cashier smiled.
"Didn't you just say that this kind of thing is that... Did Miss Retiko do it? How did you do it? ”
After the masked man finished speaking, he suddenly realized why he had said so many things today.
"Miss Reticle.... She.... It's dead.."
Just as the masked man was still regretting saying so much, the cashier's answer followed. Her voice was very weak, as if she had lost her soul, in stark contrast to the energetic her before.
"Well... This is Killing City... A paradise for criminals. ”
The masked man said lightly, but with a hint of emotional fluctuation from the previous coldness. The masked man looked at the door in the corner of the store, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, as if he remembered something, and his feet began to shake slowly, but there was no emotion like fear.
"That's it! Not to mention that, if you want to buy things in the future, you can come here often, maybe I'll take care of it! ”
The cashier adjusted his mood, regained his previous vitality, and then stretched out his right hand and said:
"Get to know me, my name is Zhenxin Yixuan, please take care of me in the future!"
The masked man hesitated for a moment, because he felt that the speed of development seemed to be a little beyond recognition, and a woman with a side of the relationship asked you to do a small favor, and then gave you a thank you gift, and finally asked you to take care of it, and even said his name to show his sincerity. It's a bit of a possibility that it happened somewhere else, but where is this place? Killing City, this is a black area full of deceit. The masked man thought for a moment, and finally replied:
"Nagao Fuji Asah."
And when he had finished speaking, he stretched out his right hand to meet it.
"I want to ask a question."
Nagao Fuji Asa let go of his right hand and said solemnly.
"Please!"
Zhen Xin Yixuan was frightened by this serious atmosphere and immediately replied.
"Miss Zhenxin.... I would like to ask... Where's the toilet? ”
Nagao Fuji asked slowly, his feet shaking even more violently, as if he couldn't hold it anymore.
"Huh?"
Zhenxin Yixuan bent her head....