This time I chose Paladin

After a while, he said, "Rest. When you wake up, you will see your father."

"Okay, uncle..." the little girl murmured.

She slowly closed her eyes, and the turmoil in her soul gradually subsided. She didn't realize that the sea of ​​light was gently drowning her and turning her into ashes.

In just a moment, this half soul turned into a touch of pure energy. For professionals with strong mental power, this was a delicious dessert.

Nie Weiyang quietly watched the tilted runes in the eye sockets of the skull as they quietly vanished. At the same time, that energy, carrying a spark of his spiritual power, gently flew away in the wind.

It passed over the corpse of the leader of the God's Gift, passed between the cordon and the ruins, passed over the sounds of the city, passed over the fields and over the head of the spirit messenger Mei Yan, passed over where the stars and rain clouds were watching, and went straight into the distance.

Nie Weiyang felt a little heavy-hearted, even though he had nothing to do with the child.

He felt bad every time he had to kill an innocent victim who had been demonized by the Return Cult, but he had to do it, because the souls of the demonized were incomplete, and they would instinctively crave to absorb the souls of normal humans. This desire was completely addictive, and almost no demonized person could resist it.

The devouring desire from the soul is completely different from appetite. The pain of human beings starving to death is not even one-tenth or one-twelfth of the pain when the devouring desire of the soul strikes.

A demonized being, especially one with a weak will or undeveloped values, would inevitably devour souls, bringing disaster upon the land. This child had even devoured the souls of her loved ones. After experiencing this brief moment of satisfaction, she might even actively seek out souls to devour.

The Sky-crossing Demon Tolionga is a race that feeds on the souls of ordered creatures. They try to convert humans towards themselves. Those who succeed will become the new Tolionga, while those who fail will become demonized.

The Return Sect will deliberately create demons, and at the same time raise souls that feel and enjoy pain, and even let these souls devour their own blood relatives to gradually purify their energy.

This is the best ingredient and a delicacy in Tolienga's eyes.

Nie Weiyang operated carefully, trying not to damage the skull structure, and took out a complete Netherworld crystal bound by energy from it.

This is one of the main materials of the beacon, and it usually records some information, ranging from the deceased's deepest memories during his lifetime - the Return Sect calls it "material impurities" - to information about rituals, sky magic, coordinates, spells, etc.

He put away the crystal, dug a hole in the beautiful scenery, and buried the skull deep in the ground. Before burying it, he wrapped it with a piece of plastic sheet and put it in a box that was well sealed.

But when he was about to pour the soil, he dug it out, opened it, and put two candies he brought from Langcheng into it.

"This is sugar." Nie Weiyang said softly, "It's quite sweet."

He flattened the ground with his shield, obscuring the appearance of its digging, then stood and headed towards the city. In his mind, a light flickered on the map function, rapidly moving in a familiar direction—the place where Nie Weiyang had once been a guest, the Zhongzhou stronghold of the Return Sect, the Zhongzhou Bone Temple.

As for blood debts, victims have never been able to collect them themselves, and in the new world, the stability of the mechanism that can help victims collect debts has been greatly reduced.

but……

Someone has to settle accounts with them, and Nie Weiyang is used to doing this job.

Nie Weiyang walked into a silver door, and a few hours later, he walked out of the door with an [Artificial Destiny 3539] between his fingers and a gold medal for a speed race hanging on the other finger.

The sky was darker than before, the darkness before dawn.

He signed his name in the City Voice, then grabbed his lucky ticket again and drove off in another direction. The city behind him grew brighter, buildings awakening, and the connection between the mainframe and the shelter was reestablished, but it still couldn't connect to the terrain editor. This must be due to a lack of certain conditions...

As Nie Weiyang pondered, the Lucky Sign sped off into the night, leaving behind a beautiful trail of azure flame.

On the map, the light spot flew to somewhere on the edge of Zhongzhou, suddenly burst out with a bright light, and disappeared silently.

Deep in the mountains, above the gurgling water, lies a magnificent yet mysterious temple.

The main body of the temple, half embedded in the mountain, was like a huge and complex folded skeleton. In the wide hall in the center, a man in a red robe was holding a broken Netherworld crystal. His robe was scorched black. With his other hand, he tightly grasped the sun pendant on his chest, staring at the dissipating crystal. A hint of anger was subtly revealed on the golden mask with his eyes drooping and tears streaming down his face.

Just then, a streak of light flashed from the distant sky and sank into the crystal in his hand. Then, a ray of light imbued with a purifying and sacred aura exploded right in his face. Amidst two consecutive loud explosions, this breathtaking force blasted through his three layers of shields with precise, cold force, nearly shattering his mask.

Several men in black robes rushed in hastily from outside the temple. Seeing this scene, they looked at each other and did not dare to go forward.

The leader hesitated for a long time, then bravely approached and asked, "Your Majesty... what... is going on?"

The Sun Master was silent for a long time, as if he was holding back something, and slowly put down the broken crystal.

"C3510's second target disrupted Plan One." His voice was unusually hoarse, even carrying a hint of calmness and patience. "The beacon has been dismantled, and the other half of the material's soul has been released back, where it merged with the other half here. This allowed the soul to travel to the Netherworld, triggering a displacement wave between the Netherworld and the material world.

"That opponent... is very strong. He has superb skills and advanced awareness."

On the surface, the Japanese Lord praised Nie Weiyang generously, but underneath his red robe, his hands were trembling and clenched, his fists harder than stone.

"Update: That guy... is a Paladin...!"

Thanks to [子亦愆期] for being the leader!!! To be honest, I never thought I could be the leader, so thank you again!!!

The leader's extra chapters will start from tomorrow. After all, today I said I would post as much as I wrote, so it's a bit of a rip-off to count it today x

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Chapter 86 Old City

One afternoon a few days later, Nie Weiyang arrived in a city.

The Earth city corresponding to this was already extremely large in scope. Now that there are no tall buildings, people's residences are spread out flat on the surface, spanning mountains and rivers, and are much larger than before.

Because this is a big city with a population of 12 million, the 'old city'.

The city is located in a convenient location and is the center of transportation in Zhongzhou. No matter which direction you go to in Zhongzhou, you can use it as a transit station.

Now, there are less than six million people left in Gushi, and this is because big cities have strong ability to withstand pressure - during the rising blood moon, nearly three million people died in Gushi, about a quarter of the total population, and the rest of the missing people were all lost.

Among the settlements that Nie Weiyang encountered, there were a large number of people from the old city.

There were too many Chinese people, especially in Central China. Compared to places like America and Oceania, simply migrating to avoid danger wasn't as effective. Therefore, during the ascending blood moon, the Chinese simply forged ahead.

Now, Nie Weiyang came to the ancient city to convey news about Langcheng and the nearby small cities, and also to update his current intelligence database.

Where there are many people, the situation will be more complicated, but correspondingly, information will be more widely available.

……

Now the wilderness is full of monsters and mutant animals, and the people of Gushi have a wide coverage area. Not long after Nie Weiyang entered the jurisdiction of Gushi in his memory, he heard faint rumbling explosions in the distance.

He sat on his lucky lottery ticket, looking out from atop a hill. Unsurprisingly, the nearby forest had been cleared and thinned out considerably. The sound came from somewhere in the distant mountains, and it sounded like homemade explosives and some other skill being activated simultaneously.

Nie Weiyang closed his eyes and listened for a while.

"Hmm...fire, quenching with water, embrittles the stone...and then explodes."

"BOOM!!!!"

A loud bang echoed in the sky. Then there was a crackling sound, like fireworks.

"It turns out that the stone mine is open now." Nie Weiyang made a judgment.

He remembered that there were two large mines in this direction, one for stone and the other for coal. No one would be foolish enough to blow up a coal mine. The very words "gas explosion" were more terrifying than even tigers and wolves.

Nie Weiyang didn't approach the quarry, instead driving toward a cluster of low-rise buildings in the distance. Fields and sparse woods were scattered between the hills and the dirt road. A heavy motorcycle like the Lucky Draw would leave a solid tire mark on the ground.

The tire tracks were a bit strange, shaped like circles of relatively parallel wheat ears.

When Nie Weiyang walked on the loess road, it was like writing with a black pen, making the strange wheat field-like traces extend infinitely, but the wheat field's ability to resist lodging may not be very good.

Nie Weiyang stopped speeding because at this distance, it was normal to see people on the road.

In fact, after a while, he saw a team of more than 30 people moving slowly forward. Some of them were pushing wheelbarrows, while others were pulling scooters. The first and last two people were obviously stronger than the one in the middle, and there was a person on each side, and they were obviously soldiers from their temperament.

Under normal circumstances, unless Nie Weiyang intentionally amplified the sound, the Lucky Sign wasn't very loud. Not only among motorcycles of its size, but even among all vehicles, it was practically silent.

But when he came within thirty meters of the group, one of the two soldiers suddenly turned around and held a sheathed long sword across his hand towards him.

"Hello! This is the garrison of the ancient city of Yuzhou, China. Please stop approaching and present your personal information interface. Please open the options for name, age, lineage, occupation, rank, and major event records!"

Okay, routine.

Nie Weiyang had no intention of arguing. He looked at the group of freight transporters who were quickening their pace and moving away from him, tilted his head, raised his hands slightly, and showed that he had no ill intentions. He then opened his personal information as the other party asked, but did not open his bloodline information. Instead, he showed - belief.

"Name, Nie Weiyang... Nie Weiyang?!" The young soldier suddenly raised his voice. "Level... 18?! Blood Moon Rising was fought in Lang City?! Your belief is... 'Practice My Righteousness'?!"

"Huh? Level 18?" The convoy behind them suddenly stopped moving. They all turned back to look at the public information panel floating in front of Nie Weiyang:

"Nie Weiyang? The number one in the world? Why is he here?"

"Fuck, that car is so cool..."

"Paladin? What kind of class is that? A hidden class? Oh, and why doesn't he reveal his bloodline information?"

"Level 18! What did he eat to level up so quickly? The average level of Gushi announced two days ago was only 13, and I'm only level 11..."

"What did they eat? They ate the boss experience." Someone complained, "What's so fussy about this? He was able to single-handedly fight the boss at the beginning, and then he got a series of first kills later. If you can do that, you'd be 18 now."

"What...what do you mean by a one-on-one boss fight?" the doubtful person raised his voice. "Maybe he's taking advantage of some terrain conditions!"

"There are 36 bosses around Gucheng, and many of them are located on rugged terrain. You're already level 11, 10 levels higher than the others. Why don't you try to fight them one-on-one?"

Try what? Try and die?

The man held his breath and remained silent because he noticed that the soldier next to him frowned and gave him a look.

"He's a real capable man," the soldier said coldly, walking towards Nie Weiyang with his partner. "We should respect heroes."

Not far away, Nie Weiyang was a little nervous.

What is the best in the world... This wording is too much like a martial arts novel!

He pretended not to hear and smiled gently, "There's probably no other level 18 Paladin Nie Weiyang right now."

At this point, or at most within two weeks, there should be two mines, 36 boss spawn points, and nearly 80 permanent nests of mutant animals around Gu City. Within the city, there are over 50 violent gangs, over 120 black markets, and 13 different religious beliefs, the majority of which are cults, including a branch of the Return Sect.

In addition, there are more than 50 surrendered spies working for Gushi.

Nie Weiyang knew this information because Gushi was the capital of Zhongzhou in his previous life, and it was also the place where he had spent the longest time. A month after his previous life, he came here alone and blended into the crowd.

Many of his skills were developed during this period.

At that time, he had no status but some ability. He was aloof, silent and insisted on not harming anyone. He was once forced to kill innocent people with a homemade pistol pointed at his head. What did he do at that time?

He killed that group of people, even though he was on the verge of death for a second time - the last time was when the blood moon ascended.

Among the five people he protected, two tried to steal his belongings secretly, two beat the first two away and hid him in a corner, and one slipped away at some point. He was suspected of going to inform them and harm them, but that was not the case.

Compared to the simplicity of Langcheng, life in Gushi made Nie Weiyang fully understand the complexity of human nature. It was also here that he first lied with a smile to cover up his beliefs, and also the first time he killed someone with a smile.

But from beginning to end, he never changed: Nie Weiyang, a man who does what others cannot do.

Such an innocent idea was silently carried out by him throughout his life.

And now, Nie Weiyang is back here again, and this time, he is open and honest.

Nie Weiyang had a gentle smile on his face, his short black and white hair reflected in the sunlight, as did his slightly pale skin.

Logically speaking, it would be hard to trust a man who was still wearing sunglasses in such a situation, but his rank, occupation, beliefs, absolutely impressive experience, and the mountain-like calmness that lingered around him made sure that no one here had any doubts.

Even because of his extraordinary charisma and the direction of his beliefs, people subconsciously developed a favorable impression of him and let down their guard.

Nie Weiyang still smiled. This time, everything would be different.