Looking at the stars, people occasionally ask, is death the end of life or the beginning of another form?
People who have not died cannot give the answer.
People who are dead cannot provide answers.
Shen Yi stood on the top of the building. Looking out from here, he could see a hazy group of buildings.
In the center of the building complex, there is a tower that is as high as the sky, piercing the air like a sharp sword.
Further away, Shen Yi could see the mountains and rivers in the distance, hidden under the light mist.
This is a city located between mountains and rivers, and it is also a chillingly quiet city.
There is no hustle and bustle of the world, and you can't even feel a trace of human breath.
He woke up a minute ago and found himself on the rooftop of a building, and there was no downward entrance to the rooftop.
Beside him lay dozens of sleeping men and women.
This confused Shen Yi greatly.
Is this hell? If so, then it would be a little too out of step with the times, right?
Checked myself.
Everything he owned during his lifetime, including the gun, was gone.
Also missing were the seventeen bullet holes in his body.
Everything is like a dream, but I don’t know if I am in a dream now or just woke up...
"Where is this place?" A pleasant female voice came from behind.
Shen Yi looked back and saw a young girl with big eyes and long hair sitting up from the ground.
"Bloody City." A rich voice suddenly sounded.
Shen Yi and the girl looked at the source of the sound at the same time.
A middle-aged man was standing in an open space not far away.
He looked fierce and fierce, with a slanting scar at the corner of his eye that almost ran through his entire face. He looked as if his head had been split in half and then sewn back together.
"Who are you? Why did I suddenly appear here?" the girl asked loudly.
Scarface snorted coldly: "You will know in a while, but before that, let's wait for others to wake up. I don't want to make meaningless repetitions."
The girl did not back down: "You'd better tell me your origins now and tell me where this place is. Your behavior is suspected of kidnapping. I want..."
Shen Yi suddenly said: "You'd better listen to him."
The girl turned back and glared at Shen Yi. Her eyes were already big, but they were quite beautiful when they stared at her: "Who are you? Why should I listen to you?"
"Because three seconds ago, he was not in that place." Shen Yi looked at the scarred face coldly and said, "There were only seventeen people here just now, but now there are eighteen...in the blink of an eye. "
Scarface looked at Shen Yi with slight surprise. There were not many people who could figure out the surrounding environment clearly in such a short time after waking up.
"Are you kidding? How is this possible?" The girl obviously didn't believe it.
"Two minutes ago, I was a dead person, too dead to die anymore. If dead people could get up and talk, nothing would be impossible."
Shen Yi answered with a smile.
He can handle it calmly when faced with the point of a gun. A person who is not even afraid of death is still afraid of living?
The girl was completely stunned.
People who are sleeping are waking up one after another.
They looked around blankly, not knowing what was happening or where they were.
It wasn't until the last person woke up that Scarface shouted: "Don't make any noise! If you want to know the environment you are in now, shut your mouth first."
"Who do you think you are?" A young man who looked like a gangster who had just woken up, with tattoos all over his body and big gold earrings on his ears, got up from the ground and shouted to the scarred man: "You better Tell me honestly, what exactly is this place? Did you bring me here? Do you know who you provoked?"
The scarred man grinned and let out a low chuckle: "It's so funny, why do people like you exist among the goods that are brought here every time? In my opinion, the only reason for people like you to exist here is …”
Before he finished speaking, a gun suddenly appeared in his hand.
He raised his hand and fired a shot, hitting the tattooed gangster's left hand. The gangster let out a scream, holding his left hand and shaking in pain, and blood flowed down his sleeve.
The scarred man put away the gun and said coldly: "The only purpose is to kill one person as a warning to others and establish prestige!"
All the shouting and yelling disappeared at the same time.
In the face of real death threats, all pride and dignity are vain.
However, Shen Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at Scarface. He could have sworn that Scarface never had a gun in his hand.
His gun, like his people, appeared suddenly.
After a cold glance at the people around him, the scarred man sneered and said: "I know you have a lot of questions, but unfortunately I don't have much time and energy to talk nonsense to you. As for what this place is, I don't Whoever you are, you might as well think about it first, a lot of information is already in your mind."
Shen Yi closed his eyes and thought, and found that there was indeed a bunch of memories in his mind.
This is called the bloody city.
It does not belong to any known corner of the earth, but it has power far beyond ordinary people's imagination.
Everything on earth is here.
The most luxurious top cinemas, the largest amusement parks, the top entertainment clubs, the most prosperous shopping malls, and supermarkets. Here you can buy the most expensive sports cars, the largest diamonds, the best Swiss watches, and the most delicious food. Top notch cuisine.
No matter what you want, as long as you ask the city and are willing to pay the price, the city can get it for you.
All the enjoyment you desire but cannot get on earth, you can get here.
But that doesn't mean this is paradise.
When you live here, you must abide by its rules.
The rules of the bloody city are very simple: every month, the city will release a task, and people living here can get bloody points as long as they complete these tasks.
Blood points are the currency here. They are the key to survival. Food, drink, and even housing. Everything you want can and can only be purchased with blood points.
Of course, the most important thing is that the blood points can be strengthened to make you stronger and then face more dangerous tasks.
This is a place composed entirely of people walking on the edge of death, with the functions of a city and the essence of adventure.
There are not many memories left in his mind. What kind of existence the bloody city is is vague and rough. But with just this memory, Shen Yi has already seen the wailing of countless dead people.
He saw many people walking in different worlds, facing the tasks issued by the bloody city, struggling desperately, fighting to the death.
He saw many people die, and each time, only a small number survived.
In a different world.
Then, the city will send some new people here to make up for the dead.
Usually, it replenishes as much as it dies.
The bloody city always maintains a size of about 30,000 people.
And the number of those who died has been a hundred times that...
People struggle hard in the world of tasks, and then live and die in a drunken dream in the world of bloody cities.
This is the bloody city.
Waking up from his memory, Shen Yi saw the cold smile on Scar's face.
The memory in his mind tells Shen Yi that he is the novice instructor of the bloody city and one of the residents of the bloody city. The novice instructor is a job released by the bloody city. Veteran adventurers are responsible for answering the questions of the novices. , remind new people what they need to pay attention to during the mission, and get some extra bloody point rewards in this way.
"So, you all already know where you are, right? Regarding this issue, I think there is no need for me to waste any more words." Scarface said.
"As long as you are still standing here, you have to say something to prove the meaning of your existence." Shen Yi replied: "If you come to the bloody city, you are not just going to shoot at the novices, right?"
Scarface laughed.
"Actually, the most important thing I am here is not to guide novices, but to tell you how true it is. If it were just a bunch of more memories, I believe no one would take it seriously. But when someone stands up for everyone When you devote yourself to teaching the Dharma, your nature will become different."
After a pause, Scarface continued: "But as you said, since I am standing here, I have to say something and do something. So, I will add what you need to know. Just before I say Before, I want to remind everyone one thing, that is, I don’t like others to interrupt me. If someone dares to interrupt me, I will make it look good to them. Don’t ask unnecessary questions. I have no interest in answering questions outside of my responsibilities. Content. My mission is mainly to explain to you some unwritten rules and things you should pay attention to, and then open the door to the mission for you."
As he spoke, the scarred man pointed to his left wrist, where he wore a peculiar black watch.
Not just him, everyone has such a watch on their hand.
"This is called a bloody coat of arms." Scarface said: "It's something Bloody City uses to give us orders. I personally understand it as a collar, which is wrapped around a dog's neck. Wherever it tells us to go, we have to go. Whoever disobeys...die!"
Scarface's serious tone made everyone feel cold.
"The bloody emblem has many functions. You need to discover the specific functions by yourself. What I can tell you is that whether you like the bloody city, whether you don't like it, whether you believe it or not, you are here anyway. , you will never be able to go back. It is the most pragmatic approach to give up all unrealistic fantasies and face the task honestly. Even if you have any worries, it is best to let go of them all."
"One last thing to tell you: since you are newcomers, every newcomer must go through a novice mission before officially entering the bloody city. Only those who have passed the novice mission can be regarded as official bloody people, and novices The mission is the simplest of all missions and the most rewarding..."
Someone shouted: "Will you die in the novice mission?"
The scarred man glanced at the speaker, suddenly rushed over and kicked the speaker on the chin, then turned the handle of the gun upside down and hit the man's head hard, breaking his head. Blood flow.
Shen Yi could see this series of attacks clearly. The movements were fast and fierce, swift and powerful, and had completely exceeded the limit of human body reaction. This guy who calls himself a novice instructor, with this hand alone, is more powerful than the most cruel black market on earth. A boxing champion is even better.
The scarred man sneered and returned to his original position, moving so quickly that the naked eye could hardly capture his movements.
Then his face straightened: "I told you, don't interrupt me!"
Everyone was shocked.
"So everyone understands what I said now?"
"I understand." There were sparse responses from the crowd.
"So, to answer your question just now. Yes, if you are not careful enough, you will die. So for everyone's own sake, it is best to brace yourself and face the risks you may face. Who wants to do it again? If you don’t take what I said seriously like you did just now, then I guarantee that when he joins the mission, he will die an ugly death!"
As he spoke, the scarred man pressed the bloody emblem on his wrist. The bloody emblem made a soft sound, and a light door suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The appearance of this light door made everyone stunned.
If they had reasons not to believe everything the scarred man said before, then the appearance of the light gate completely subverted their cognition.
"Now you go in through this door, and it will take you to different worlds. You can choose to do the mission alone, or you can choose to do it in a team. If you want to team up, just go in together. Anyway, after entering, the Bloody Emblem I will give you instructions, which are the novice tasks you have to complete. Finally, a warning to you, although the world inside is composed of the plot world we are familiar with, don’t be superstitious about the plot, it is just a background, danger is the essence! "
The scarred man said and pressed the bloody crest on his wrist again: "The novice guidance task is completed, please return."
Another door of light appeared behind the scarred man.
The scarred man turned around and walked towards the second light door.
"Please wait!" Shen Yi suddenly shouted.
The scarred man suddenly turned around and glared at Shen Yi: "I told you not to ask unnecessary questions!"
"I'm not asking anything, I'm just making a request." Shen Yi replied quickly. He looked at the scarred man and said, "I want your gun."
The scarred man was slightly stunned. He obviously did not expect that Shen Yi would dare to make such a request.
Didn't he see that he had crippled one and knocked another away just now?
Looking at Shen Yi, the scarred man suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Very good, you have the guts! Then tell me why should I give you a gun?"
"Because you don't care." Shen Yi quickly replied: "I have played with guns. Shooting a gun seems simple on the surface, but in fact, from taking out the gun, to opening the safety, to pulling the bolt, aiming at the enemy, to the final A series of actions such as shooting actually have very strict action standards... I'm sorry that I don't see any professional training in you. And judging from your actions just now, you can do it alone even without a gun. Kill everyone here. In this case, the gun you hold in your hand is just to scare people. After all, the deterrent power of a gun is much greater than that of a fist. The final reason is, You don't care much about this gun. A person who really loves guns will cherish the gun in his hand very much and will never use it to do the same thing as hitting someone with a gun. It can easily damage the butt of the gun. .So I believe that to you, this gun is nothing at all. In this case, it is necessary for me to try to get this gun from you, even if it means being beaten by you."
Scarface was stunned when he heard this: "Beat me? Aren't you afraid that I will kill you directly?"
Shen Yi immediately smiled and replied: "You are a new instructor, not a new executioner. I think there is an essential difference between the two. I don't believe that a new instructor can kill people at will. If that is the case, you can do it from the beginning. killed."
Scar looked at Shen Yi for a while, probably because he didn't expect that behind his fierce appearance, the other party could still see his scruples. He looked at Shen Yi with half-squinted eyes for a while: "Very good. Boy, even if I don’t care about this gun anymore, it doesn’t mean I have to give it to you. Anyway, it cost me 150 blood points..."
"Five times the return." Shen Yi interrupted Scarface directly.
Dao Scar looked at Shen Yi in shock: "What did you say?"
"Give me your gun. As long as I come out alive, I will give you 750 blood points. Didn't you say that the novice mission is the most rewarding?" Shen Yi looked at Scarface seriously and said.
"What if you die?"
"If I die, you will be unlucky. Five times the rate of return, usury among loan sharks, you don't dare to take this risk? Marx once said that a profit of 300% is enough for capitalists to take risks. "Shen Yi said with a smile.
Scarface stared at Shanyi blankly for a while, then suddenly laughed up to the sky: "Okay, okay, good boy. You are so good, I have to add one more thing to you...your boy has investment value."
As he said that, he actually threw the gun in his hand to Shen Yi: "I'll give you the bullets. I'm optimistic about you, kid."
At the moment when the gun was in hand, Shen Yi heard a ticking sound coming from the bloody coat of arms.
A few rows of words appeared on the surface: Obtain a Type 92 novice gun, with a blood point value of 150. The pistol has no kinetic energy bonus, and the rate of fire is 1 round/second. The effective range is 50 meters. An ungraded ordinary bullet box, with ammo capacity. The quantity is 100, the current inventory is 99, the basic damage is 7, and the blood point value is 1.5.
After obtaining the item, the Bloody Emblem storage function is turned on. The Bloody Emblem can store 1 cubic meter of items, only for non-living objects. Current military rank: None.
Following this series of prompts, a void appeared on the bloody crest on Shen Yi's wrist.
It turns out that this is how Scarface's gun was transformed.
The scarred face took out another thing and threw it to Shen Yi, but it was a small mirror.
Heraldic Tips: The Breast Guard is a one-time item that can block a fatal blow and reduce the damage by 50%. It can only be used below the initial difficulty level. The blood points are worth 50 points.
The Scarface said: "The gadget I got in the last mission is of no use to me. I originally planned to sell it, so I will give it to you now."
Shen Yi immediately said: "There are 1,000 blood points in total. If I can come back alive, I will give them to you."
Scarface nodded: "Then sign an agreement."
It turns out that this bloody emblem actually has an agreement function. As long as both parties sign the agreement, when the agreement conditions are fulfilled, all the agreement contents will automatically take effect, so there is no need to worry about who will default on the bill.
After signing the agreement, Scarface turned around and was about to leave.
Someone behind him shouted: "Please wait a moment."
Scarface looked back and saw a young man who looked like a student. He was summoning the courage to say to Scarface: "I also want to borrow something, and I am also willing to pay five times in return."
"You?" Scarface twisted a cold smile: "I forgot to tell you that although the novice mission is the lowest difficulty and the most rewarding mission, it is also the mission with the highest mortality rate. The biggest key here is that... Some newcomers lack good psychological quality when facing danger. So so far, the mortality rate of newcomers is more than 80%. And even if you can come back alive, can you guarantee that you can earn 1,000 blood points? Yes Okay, let me remind you one more thing: If any of you does not have enough blood points to execute the agreement after borrowing the loan, congratulations, the city will judge your blood point value as negative, and even if you complete the task, you will be immediately banned. Urban obliteration. I don’t care whether you can live or not, but I do care whether my investment can be recovered. So unfortunately, most of you here have no investment value."
As he said that, he turned around and walked towards the light gate. The light gate swallowed up a huge wave of silver, and the scarred man and the light gate disappeared at the same time.
It's like it has never existed here.
Everyone on the rooftop stared at each other blankly. You looked at me, I looked at you, not knowing what to say.
Only Shen Yi stared blankly at the gun in his hand.
Obviously, Scar Man is optimistic about his ability to still observe the surrounding environment and make careful inferences under such circumstances. For experienced adventurers, investing in newcomers is obviously not a worthwhile deal, but if there are obvious Newcomers with good potential are worth a try.
The so-called good potential does not necessarily refer to intelligence. First of all, it should be the ability to remain calm in the face of danger.
For Shen Yi, who was resurrected from the dead, there was indeed no danger that could scare him.
The worst he can do is die again.
At this moment, Shen Yi suddenly felt a noise behind him, and someone was sneaking up on him.
He quickly turned around and pointed his gun at the person behind him.
It was the beauty with long hair and big eyes. She was obviously startled by Shen Yi's actions and quickly took a step back: "I don't mean any harm, I just want to..."
"Shut up." Shen Yi said coldly: "Although I don't know much about this place, at least I already know that human life here does not seem valuable. Compared with the novice instructor just now, I may I'm not as capable as he is, but I'm definitely more ruthless than him. I don't know you, so any action that I think is threatening to me may cause me to overreact. Your behavior just now is enough to give me too many reasons to let you go. Bullets are flying in your face."
The beautiful woman remained silent.
"I will complete my mission by myself, and no one should follow me in."
With that said, Shen Yi put away his gun, turned around and walked into the light door.