This time I chose Paladin

Li Duo jumped over a sharp crack that ran across the cave. The white light rising from the crack was reassuring.

She turned around and glanced at Nie Weiyang's back.

—Is this guy... angry? Or is this just his fighting style?

Come to think of it, it's only been a few months, and someone has already managed to take on dozens of people without any injuries. And this person specifically asked for them from some villains and killed them all. This kind of thing is really...

...Really, I'm so lucky!

Li Duo dry heaved - this smell was really not very pleasant.

She tried to slow her breathing, holding her breath as she entered the camp, took out some cloth equipment from her backpack, and some clothes woven from rattan by students who were tailors, and walked towards the women shivering in the corner.

"Don't, don't be afraid..." She slowly approached them with a warm breath on her body, "It's okay, someone is here to save you." she said.

Li Duo put a piece of clothing around a girl, but heard the other party let out a sharp cry, threw herself into her arms, and burst into tears.

She felt something was wrong with the voice and carefully parted the hair of the girl in her arms, only to discover that it was a face that was so childish that it was much younger than her own - you know, she was only in her second year of high school!

Li Duo took a deep breath and retched silently because of the stench.

This time, she no longer felt any aversion to the corpses. She was too lazy to think about whether Lu Ran was among them. She even wanted to spit at them before leaving - how could Lu Ran have any good intentions by joining forces with Bao Hu and his gang!

……

Outside the cave, in addition to expressing gratitude continuously, several scholars who could not resist their curiosity surrounded Nie Weiyang, trying to observe his expression while asking various questions.

"Excuse me, have you been..."

"Langcheng."

"How do you manage to be so strong?"

"Long-term training."

"Have you seen that world boss?"

"World Boss?" Nie Weiyang paused. "Administrator No. 2? I've met him."

"Wow!" The students around him exclaimed in shock.

"Um, may I ask, is your ancestry giant panda?" Yang Wuji looked at Nie Weiyang's black and white hair and asked cautiously, "Are you wearing sunglasses because... I have big dark circles under my eyes?"

"..." Even Nie Weiyang was stunned for a moment.

Wow, he became a national treasure just by going out?

"No." Nie Weiyang was a little helpless. "Any other questions? I have to leave soon."

"No... Oh, there is one." Yang Wuji seemed to suddenly remember something, and switched his words smoothly. As the surrounding scholars frantically glanced at him, an awkward and embarrassed expression appeared on his face. "Why are you helping us? In today's world, it's common sense for the strong to seize resources from the weak and ignore them when they suffer... I'm really grateful to you, but I also want to know your thoughts."

Several other scholars almost closed their eyes.

Yang Wuji felt a little ashamed, but that was how he was in his bones - on the premise that he was certain that Nie Weiyang would most likely not harm him and others, he really wanted to know why such a strong man would help them.

Never mind the national regulations. It's the end of the world now, and many people can kill others openly or secretly without getting away with it. Someone like Nie Weiyang is so powerful that he can ignore the number of enemies to a certain extent. If he wants, he can turn others into his blood bags at any time and absorb resources to increase his own strength.

Moreover, Yang Wuji was very sure that in places he didn't know, there must be countless people who were more powerful than those around them and were doing this.

So, Nie Weiyang... why is this happening?

Is it because he is kind?

Are there really strong people who still have integrity and kindness in the end times?

"I'm already so strong, why do I still need to snatch resources from ordinary people?" Nie Weiyang smiled and patted Yang Wuji's shoulder. "The new world is full of resources. If you can't fight for them, you won't have them. If you can fight for them, you will have them. Although most people can't fight for them, the old resources seem extremely precious..."

"...But as a powerful individual, you should be able to snatch power from monsters and bosses. If you can only increase your power by oppressing the weak and demanding that they continue to offer sacrifices to individuals like you... what kind of waste would you be?"

He spun Yang Wuji around and pushed him towards the teacher who was holding the little girl not far away. The teacher was arranging several students to bring the people rescued from the cave.

"Go to Langcheng and live a good life. Don't think about those trivial things, little brat." Nie Weiyang said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Nie Weiyang left quickly.

He didn't lie, he really had something to do and had to leave first.

Well, first of all, I have to continue looking for a car.

two is……

Nie Weiyang took a look at the backpack interface, where there was a piece of black stone engraved with runes.

【[Evidence of Returning to the Sect·Senior Cultists]-

The Skywalker is watching you. -

Use to mark the nearest returning sect stronghold on the map.

・You can use this to participate in the demon summoning ceremony.】

The Returning Sect, do they have this kind of technical capabilities so early?

Nie Weiyang felt a vague sense of being watched. Even though he knew it was inappropriate, he still smiled an almost harmless smile as he walked into the forest.

——An old friend again.

I'm going to get a new motorcycle soon. The explosive racing is coming back soon!

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"I Hate Myself for Loving You"-Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

The beat of this song is really exciting. This song was used in Ready Player One.

Chapter 73 T6C3510

Despite saving dozens of people, one-third of whom were scholars, a profession with promising futures, Nie Weiyang remained calm.

There was no need to dwell on such a convenient matter. What he cared about more now was returning to the sect and crossing the sky demon.

In his previous life, when Nie Weiyang encountered the Return Sect, it had already occupied a considerable territory, while he himself was merely an assassin of mid-to-upper combat power. Later investigations into the Return Sect revealed that the sect's founder may have experienced some extraordinary encounters early on, which led to its rapid growth and deep roots...

Now, one of the two founders of the Return Sect has been killed by Nie Weiyang, but the sect is still developing so fast, which is a big problem.

Nie Weiyang had previously searched the memories of the criminal trafficker, only to see him and another founder chanting scriptures with several believers. However, he also gained some information that he had not obtained in his previous life, such as the other founder's appearance.

In a previous life, the two leaders of the Return Sect were known as the 'Lords of the Sun and Moon.' They adorned themselves in ornate robes, constantly concealing their features. Their attire was nearly identical, save for the pattern of a large necklace pendant: the Sun Lord's necklace featured a sun, while the Moon Lord's featured half a sun. These two possessed incredibly complex abilities, and their actions were incredibly cautious. The only time Nie Weiyang nearly killed the Moon Lord, he transformed into a maggot and fled into a cesspool. This incident shocked the world for a whole year: in a sense, this truly exemplified the principle of not being too particular about small details when it came to achieving great things.

Now, the Moon Lord who hadn't yet become the Moon Lord had died during the ascending Blood Moon. Theoretically, the growth of the Return Sect shouldn't be so rapid...

Unless this sect hides deeper and greater secrets, or even it itself may be related to the fact that humans came to the new world.

Nie Weiyang took out the 'Certificate of Return to the Sect' from his backpack and rubbed it in his palm.

This is an oval stone with a deep spiral hollow pattern running through the front and back. There is a groove in the middle, and a black crystal with a dark blue and dark purple hue is embedded in the groove - it is a solidified Netherworld crystal. Nie Weiyang has tried it, but it cannot be taken out, just like in the previous life.

"The Sky-crossing Demon is watching me..."

If the essence of the Mind Crystal is to transform the virtual into the real, gathering the otherwise dissipated sparks of thought into a physical form, then the Netherworld Crystal is to transform the real into the virtual, connecting energy and information to penetrate the barriers of time and space.

The "Sky Crossing Demon" isn't actually a single entity. Any demon that somehow crosses the barrier of time and space is called a Sky Crossing Demon.

Yes, there are demons in this world... No, it should be said that there are demons that can reach this world, even if they are just incarnations.

The origins of these demons remain unknown. However, what is certain is that, as highly intelligent creatures, demons are not as purely barbaric as legends claim. On the contrary, they possess a high level of technological prowess. It's just that their racial characteristics, which are similar to those in legends, make their internal social relations appear relatively primitive, and there's no such thing as a technological revolution leading to social transformation.

There should not be many Sky-crossing Demons that are connected with the Return Sect. In the previous life, there was only one Sky-crossing Demon who was the main messenger and was called the "Return Lord".

When these demonic incarnations die, their true bodies will be damaged to a certain extent, and the strength of the incarnation is related to the price paid by the summoner in the summoning ceremony.

Now is the early stage, and the Return Sect cannot possibly have any precious ritual materials. Even if it has contacted a Sky-crossing Demon so early, its strength should not be very high. According to Nie Weiyang's opinion, it may have to use some tricks to survive in the world and cooperate with the Return Sect.

But here’s the problem—

——In this infinite universe and time, why did Dukongmo choose the new world and return to the sect?

What good is this lousy New World? What can a long-awaited summoning ritual give you? You have lobsters and abalone at home, but you insist on eating instant noodles at a construction site?

Is this reasonable?

Is there a possibility... In the early days of the previous life, the major forces did not notice the Return Sect. Therefore, it successfully concealed some very important information.

For example, earlier, even before the New World Advent incident, Dukongmo had already established contact with them?

Nie Weiyang seemed to be thinking about something, and put away the certificate of returning to the sect again.

The feeling of being watched lingering around him still had not dissipated, which proved that Dukongmo had been staring at him and he had aroused the other party's high alert and attention.

This kind of peeping is very secretive and will not be noticed by ordinary people. Therefore, even if the other party knows that Nie Weiyang's mental strength is strong, it must be confident that it will not be discovered, otherwise it would not keep staring.

This is a condition that can be exploited.

Nie Weiyang jumped several meters into the air, jumped over a stream, climbed onto the bicycle, and continued to move forward.

Return to the sect, cross the sky demon...

He will investigate these matters. After all, he is professional and competent in matters related to demons.

Who asked him to kill the incarnations of those things countless times in his previous life?

……

Half a month later, before dawn, Nie Weiyang dealt with the bear that had just attacked him and stuffed it into his backpack.

Each bear was three meters long, and when standing up it was as tall as a floor. Even someone like Li Duo, whom he had met before, who was considered a powerful spellcaster among ordinary people, could only run away from such a thing. Otherwise, once it got close to him, ordinary low-armored units would die after just two slaps from it.

In the new world, in the eyes of the strong, there are food and resources everywhere; in the eyes of the weak, there are disasters and dangers everywhere.

Nie Weiyang threw some bear entrails that were difficult to handle far away, washed his hands, put out the fire, and packed the tent and sleeping bag together and put them into his backpack.

He met many people along the way, such as scouts from scattered counties and garrisons in various places, logistics personnel who hunted and fished in the mountains and rivers of various settlements, farmers who were reclaiming farmland, wanderers who could not defend their homes and fled in all directions during the rising blood moon, or people like him who were confident in going out because they were stronger than others... and so on.

Humans are social animals, but not all humans like to live in close groups with others.

The same is true on Earth, in the New World, and in some small places where there is a shortage of manpower... when suddenly faced with a rising blood moon, the majority of people are unable to defend their homes.

At this moment, a world ravaged by a billion deaths was in complete chaos. Along the way, Nie Weiyang discovered seven new settlements hidden in the mountains. Some had a population of 180, while others had only a dozen or so. The inhabitants lived in the wilderness, their living conditions regressing to those of a feudal, even primitive, society.

The loss of the modern industrial system and social order has had an impact on all aspects. The survival crisis and the collapse of order have forced people to change their thinking and establish extremely primitive small social structures within most settlements.

In most settlement structures, the person in the dominant position is the one with the highest combat effectiveness, followed by the smartest person.

Sometimes the two may be reversed, or power and wisdom may reside in the same person. The latter type of settlement is usually larger and is also trying to establish its own agricultural and pastoral system.

Nie Weiyang told them that there were still cities, and even the structures of some large cities were intact. If they wanted, they could move to the city.