Chapter 1: The World of Decay - The Age of Conscription
Tiandu City.
At sunset, the sunset slowly fades with the afterglow.
In the TV in the living room, a middle-aged announcer in formal clothes is broadcasting the latest news with a serious expression:
"The frequency of the recruitment of all mankind in Purgatory City is gradually accelerating, and we humans have encountered unprecedented existential crises and challenges......."
In the bathroom, Su Nian listened to the sound from the TV in the living room and looked at himself in the mirror.
In the mirror, he has a handsome and delicate face, two sword eyebrows are inserted obliquely into the sideburns, the bridge of the nose is high, but the complexion is pale, lacking a bit of masculinity that a young man should have, but a little more feminine beauty.
"Su Nian, I'm hungry!"
At this moment, a sweet and soft girl's voice came from the direction of the living room.
"If you're hungry and order takeout, if you can't do it, go to the balcony to drink the northwest wind."
After washing his hands and turning off the faucet, Su Nian turned around and left the bathroom and came to the living room, looking at the girl sitting on the sofa who had no good air.
The girl who was lectured by Su Nian was wearing a little white dress, looking about eight or nine years old, with a pair of clear and bright big eyes, slender eyelashes trembling between words, cherry-colored lips with a restrained smile, and her fair skin glowing with a soft glimmer under the light, and her appearance was quite sweet.
"I'm going to eat your cooking today."
"I don't have time, I'm going to the battlefield, how can I have the heart to cook." With that, Su Nian came to the sofa and sat down, no longer paying attention to the girl's commotion.
The girl's name is "Su Rou", and she is a child adopted by his deceased father seven years ago.
My father was an archaeologist and was often on the go, rarely returning home.
Once when I went home, my father brought Su Rou back.
He clearly remembered Su Rou's appearance when she first came, hiding behind her father timidly, grabbing the corner of his father's trousers, feeling uneasy about the unfamiliar new environment, and looking at him with a pitiful and weak look.
At that time, Su Rou didn't cry or make trouble, she was well-behaved and sensible.
It wasn't until she adapted to her new home that Su Rou's true nature was gradually exposed, especially after her father's death.
Su Nian, who has long regarded Su Rou as his only relative, often feels a headache about this.
After going to school, Su Rou also made many mistakes, resulting in him being often invited to school by teachers as a parent.
I remember one time, there were 43 students in the class, and Su Rou, who was on duty as the representative of the Chinese class, dared to hand in more than a dozen homework after receiving it.
There was obviously a problem with the thickness of the homework book, and the Chinese teacher found that the number of homework books was wrong, so she called Su Rou to the office, but did not explain the reason, but asked earnestly:
"Su Rou, are you sure your homework is complete?"
The teacher obviously wanted to give Su Rou a chance to change, but Su Rou gave an affirmative answer without hesitation:
"I've counted it carefully, and it's all done."
When he learned about this through the teacher's feedback, he also asked Su Rou why she did this.
Su Rou's answer to him was:
"It's all brothers, I'll carry it."
When she said this, Su Rou's forehead was almost engraved with the word "righteousness".
This is to study, it is simply Shangliang Mountain.
The same is true for learning, peers are swimming in the ocean of learning, and Su Rou focuses on not sticking to a drop of water.
Thinking that when Su Rou first entered elementary school, he was also worried that Su Rou would be bullied and excluded by her classmates at school because she had no parents, and Su Nian really wanted to slap herself twice.
In Su Rou's words:
"School violence? I'm afraid it's too boring to be violent enough. ”
Su Nian often suspected that he owed her in his previous life, and he came to pay off his debts in this life, so he had such a living treasure sister in his life.
Thinking that he was about to set foot on the corrupt battlefield, Su Nian couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In addition to worrying about his own safety, he was even more worried that if he died in the decaying world, Su Rou would have no one to take care of him, and he would be alone.
Even though he is usually angry, Su Rou is his only relative after all.
"Su Nian, are you worried about the conscription?"
At some point, Su Rou's head moved to him, staring at him with big eyes and asking.
"I can't escape, I'll be eighteen years old one day."
"Then if you die, will all the property left by your father be inherited to me, and I can spend it as I want...... Hey. ”
Su Nian: ......
The sorrow in his heart was suppressed by anger, and Su Nian's eyes widened:
"Su Rou!"
didn't wait for him to get angry, Su Rou, who had predicted in advance, ran into the bedroom with a smoke.
After Su Rou left, Su Nian couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, then got up and came to the refrigerator and began to take the ingredients.
After a moment of busyness, Su Nian made a table of steaming meals, opened his mouth and shouted:
"Xiaorou, it's time to eat."
"Got it." Su Rou's voice came from her bedroom.
After Su Nian took off his apron and set the dishes and chopsticks, Su Rou came from the bedroom with a chirping.
At this time, he found that Su Rou's eyes were red, and there were obvious traces of crying.
"Crying? Distressed that my brother is about to set foot on the battlefield, and his life and death are uncertain? ”
Hearing this, Su Rou snorted twice and came to the dining table and sat down:
"I was watching the drama just now, that drama is so good to cry, it has nothing to do with you."
In this regard, Su Nian smiled undeniably, and then Su Rou was annoyed and angry.
He knew that Su Rou was actually worried about his safety, but he was unwilling to show his weak side.
The ridicule before the meal was more to dispel the sorrow in his heart.
After dinner, Su Rou began to tidy up the table and clean the dishes and chopsticks, while Su Nian went into the study.
Turning on the computer, he began to look through the information about the corrupt world.
The emergence of the Decaying World dates back to 20 years ago, when there were frequent cases of missing people around the world, until someone returned from the Decaying World and brought shocking news to the world.
It turned out that the missing people had been drafted and sent to a place called "Decaying World".
All conscripted Humans are marked with a faction tag, and if they want to live, they must fight for their faction.
Among them, the camp where the human race is located is called "Purgatory City", and there are four other camp cities that are known, namely the Evil Fallen City, the City of the Dead, the City of the Howl, and the City of Dead Silence, each of which represents a camp, and behind it stands a god that mortals cannot reach.
Fighting for the side to which it belongs is the fate that humans cannot disobey, and it is also the fate of the conscripted creatures in the main cities of other camps.
Among all living beings, only the gods are chess players.
Humans have no bargaining chips to negotiate with the gods, so they can only be forced to get involved in the torrent of the rolling era and become one of the pawns in the game between the gods.
Over the years, the way in which the gods recruit believer warriors has become clear, and there are two main modes.
The first is random recruitment.
This only happens in the age group above the age of 18, and humans on Earth who meet the age requirement can be called up to the decaying world at any time.
Second, every year after the Age of Conscription begins, the day you reach the age of eighteen will be sent to the Corrupt World to become a Conscription Warrior.
Just one day later, he will celebrate his eighteenth birthday.
At that time, he will also be conscripted and sent to the Decayed World, marked with the faction mark of Purgatory City, and will fight for his side for the rest of his life.