An infinite journey starting from paradise

"Not."

Suzumoto Huimei suddenly grabbed Lin Shangren's hand. Seeing that Lin Shangren had no defense or stress reaction, she continued: "I will help you at the critical moment. Don't look at me like this, I am a super fighter!"

Chapter 40 He's turning!

Late at night, in a grove outside Liuqingguan College.

Lin Shangren, who was hiding in the shadows, raised his head. Above his head was an extremely clear and bright starry sky. The view was full of beauty that had not been polluted by industrialization.

"The complete constellation of Orion, with bright stars Sirius, Procyon, and Betelgeuse... the night sky at the turn of autumn and winter."

Lin Shangren was certain that the night sky he saw at this moment was exactly the same as what he saw in the virtual world.

“It seems that what Rinyin and Hehuan simulated in the virtual world was this starry sky.

why?

Perhaps because this was the first time Rinyin saw the world outside the laboratory, the first time she saw the brilliant and beautiful stars, she remembered this scene deeply.

Lin Shangren made an analysis in his mind.

"So, according to the divine timeline, I will rescue Hehuan and Rinyin tonight, letting them feel the freedom and love of others. And then... I will involuntarily and ruthlessly abandon them to this disgusting past. They will only be able to wait for the salvation that is destined to come in the future."

"That's right, isn't it?"

His question received no response from the cosmic consciousness or anything else, but he still said to himself: "But I will still embark on this path to rescue them."

Thinking of this, Lin Shangren bent down and walked into the secret passage hidden in the bushes, the secret passage that he and Lin Yin had walked through when they raided the academy in the virtual world.

However, unlike the virtual world, Liuqingguan Academy is not dilapidated and deserted. The walls of the academy are covered with searchlights and many sentries, and from a distance it looks like a heavily guarded prison.

Fortunately, this secret passage was well hidden, and the guards patrolling the secret passage had been replaced by members of the Snake Organization loyal to Suzumoto Emi under the operation of an insider. Lin Shangren sneaked into the interior of the academy without any danger.

His target was the gymnasium, where Hokari Ying's laboratory was hidden underground.

Hidden in the shadows, Lin Shangren stared at the guards patrolling the gymnasium. According to the information provided by Suzumoto Emi, there were nearly two hundred Eden Organization mercenaries stationed on the ground floor of the gymnasium.

"How do we get in?" Lin Shangren rubbed his neck. "Use assassin's methods?"

He reached into the shadow of his neck and pulled out a Glock 17 with an extended magazine full of bullets, and then pulled out another one from the shadow of his armpit.

Thanks to his discovery this morning, he used the special characteristics of Shadow Swamp to hide various weapons all over his body, including but not limited to: automatic rifles, submachine guns, fragmentation grenades, smoke bombs, hundreds of various types of matching bullets, and multiple cold weapons.

If it weren't for Suzumoto Emi's inability to provide it, Lin Shangren even wanted to stuff a few RPGs and C4s into his own shadow - just like what Hou Yi taught him in the method of dealing with bad women, if there is a chance to grab resources from a bad woman, then you must grab them hard!

"Shangren-kun, how's it going? Did you manage to get into the school?" Suzumoto Emi's voice came through Lin Shangren's earphones. "Don't force yourself. Your safety is the most important thing."

"The infiltration went smoothly, don't worry." Lin Shangren responded in a deep voice, "I will be in the gym soon."

Gazing at the cameras on the gymnasium walls and the patrolling guards, Lin Shangren, hidden in the shadows, began his warm-up exercises: left straight kick, right whip kick, left jab! He charged up a sure-hit attack, set his target on a guard, and then unleashed Eagle Finger, causing fainting pain.

With a shrill scream, a guard fell to his knees in pain.

"What happened?!" x2

Suzumoto Emi and another guard on the other side of the headset exclaimed at the same time.

"Nothing. Infiltration failed, preparation is unparalleled." Lin Shangren said calmly.

"Nanohito-kun, don't take any risks!" Suzumoto Emi said anxiously.

"Ms. Suzumoto, please be patient for a moment. I need to concentrate now."

Leaving these words behind, Lin Shangren rushed out of the shadow.

In fact, with Lin Shangren's sinister character, what he originally wanted to do was to "surround the point and attack the reinforcements": use the screaming guards to attract other mercenaries in the gymnasium, while he could hide in the shadows and knock them down one by one with a combo of guaranteed hit and Eagle Finger.

But this efficiency was far too low. Furthermore, the cosmic consciousness was still on his side, and He would not allow Lin Shangren to die before completing the sacred timeline. Therefore, He would definitely help Lin Shangren in secret, just as He had done before when Lin Shangren attempted suicide and faced the recovery team members who faked their own deaths.

Since Lin Shangren took advantage of the bad woman, how could he not take advantage of the real mastermind behind the scenes?

"Come, let me experience the feeling of being through a hail of bullets without getting shrapnel on me!"

He pulled the trigger while running, and the ejected shell grazed Lin Shangren's cheek, burning his skin with the intense heat, only to heal instantly. The distinct smell of nitrate gunpowder and burning human flesh filled his nostrils. Watching the bullet rip open the guard's skull, Lin Shangren felt a surge of excitement, a feeling that something in his soul had ignited.

He is going to kill!

"Wuhu~Classmate Xiao Ai!" Lin Shangren cheered in his mind.

I'm here!

"Can you play some music? If not, you can sing for me. This kind of scene needs some background music to make it more exciting! Like this."

"Bang! Bang! Bong!!!"

Lin Shangren kept pulling the trigger, playing a passionate melody with the sound of gunfire.

The guards of Eden could never have imagined that a madman would rush out from the shadows and start killing indiscriminately.

"Everyone in this anti-human organization must die!"

After killing several guards near the gate, Lin Shangren did not stop running. He jumped up and kicked the door of the gymnasium open.

At the same time, he heard the sound of a deep breath in his head, followed by a manic guitar.

I used to hideaway and only try to save myself

"BLG's 'Stunning Shot'? Good, that's quite impressive! Thanks, Xiao Ai."

Kicked down the door and rushed into the gymnasium.

What greeted Lin Shangren was... gunfire!

Eden's mercenaries are all professional killing machines, and the team responsible for protecting the researchers and Manaka Hehuan are the elite among them.

The moment they heard the screams outside the gymnasium, they were ready for battle.

However, the bullets they fired were meaningless to Lin Shangren. Most of the bullets avoided him as if they had eyes, and the rest just grazed his body, not even leaving a fleeting scar.

"Good evening, everyone! Hello! And then, goodbye!"

Shouting joyfully, Lin Shangren threw the Glock in his hand into the shadow at his feet, took out two MP7 submachine guns from the shadow behind him, and started firing crazily.

In fact, the most common submachine gun at Suzumoto Emi's place is the Uzi. However, Hayashi Shangren doesn't like the Uzi. On the one hand, it is unstable and prone to overheating. On the other hand, he hates Israeli-made guns. If he really wants to, he prefers the Chinese Type 05. The Type 05 was the submachine gun he used most in his previous life.

But it doesn’t matter, the German-made MP7 is also pretty good.

After the first round of strafing failed to score, the Eden mercenaries in the gym were confused. Did the enemy start to attack? How could they be so unaffected after being strafed?

Lin Shangren doesn't care about these things. So what if he opened it? If you have the ability, then you can kill me!!!

Soon, more mercenaries arrived. They occupied the high-level audience seats around the stadium and began shooting down at Lin Shangren who was dodging below.

Just at this moment, the music played by the system girl also reached the chorus.

'cause I found out there's no such thing as, (because I found out there's no such thing as)

a miracle, a miracle

And I know you can't hide.

it's the shot heard 'round the world

"Are you going to surround me? I'm surrounding you! Bastards!"

As Lin Shangren roared, Eden's mercenaries continued to fall. They not only died from Lin Shangren's bullets, which were almost always accurate, but many of them died from stray bullets shot by their teammates, and some died from sudden gun explosions.

Lin Shangren remained unscathed. Although bullets could still hit him, the moment they touched his clothes or skin, they would be sucked into the shadow swamp. They couldn't hurt Lin Shangren at all, leaving only a black shadow dot on his body.

The bullets that grazed his body could only scratch his skin at most. Under the healing effect of the "perpetual motion chicken", those scars would not even last for a second.

I'm gonna learn to fly tonight.

and you're invited,

'cause all the things that we've bee,

are make me so fu＊k numb,

and this time I have had enough, (I've had enough this time)

goodbye, and say hello to the end of the world

“Hahahaha, this is so cool!!!”

While unilaterally killing the mercenaries, Lin Shangren began to dance to the rhythm of the music.

He kept throwing out bullets from the round holes in his shadow, and then he kept cheering: "Come on, come on, let's dance together! People who can't hear the music must think that the dancers are crazy, hahahaha!"

"My Lord... please be more reserved! Your image as a smart gamer is almost shattered."

The system girl just felt like she had played the wrong song.

Is it too late for me to change the background music to "What You See Me"? Chapter 41: Is the Maginot Line also considered a defense?

"That's it! Kill them all! Kill all these beasts!"

The exploding adrenaline rushed through Lin Shangren's brain, sending him shivers of joy from the crown of his head to the base of his tail. Thanks to the effects of [Little Bird Healer], his arms didn't tremble from the recoil, and his gun remained steady and accurate.

The Eden mercenaries were already in a panic. They were sure that the bullets could not hurt this madman who was dancing and killing people. It seemed that the weapons in this madman's hands were endless. When the bullets in his submachine gun ran out, he would throw them away and a rifle would appear in his hand.

They were clearly outnumbered, yet they were suppressed by the enemy's firepower. The weirdest thing was that their guns would jam and explode for no apparent reason!

The mercenary leader, Mason Waynes, had half of his hand blown off by his own exploding gun.

"Shit, this thing is a monster!" a mercenary shouted. "Captain Waynes, if all else fails, let's retreat first, or use RPGs and explosives to blow the hell out of it!"

"Are you fucking crazy? Using explosives here? What about the lab on the ground floor? Protect the lab entrance first, backup will be here soon..."

Before he could finish his words, Mason was shot through the temple.

"Fuck it, I'm not going to fight anymore. It's not worth risking my life for the little money Eden gave me."

The number of mercenaries continued to decrease, and many of them had become afraid of fighting and wanted to make a strategic retreat. However, Lin Shangren was not going to let them go:

"Keep resisting! Keep shooting!"

"Tonight, all sinners will be punished, and no one will escape!"

The gunshots gradually died down, and Lin Shangren walked over the hot bullet casings and human debris on the ground, heading towards the last living mercenary. Wherever he passed, bullets kept falling from the small black holes on his body to the ground, making a tinkling sound.

"I used my spider sense to liquefy my shadow before getting hit, and it worked pretty well. Aside from a few damages to my clothes, I was mostly unharmed... Ugh."

While thinking, Lin Shangren spat out a bullet from his mouth - at the beginning his technique was not very proficient, and he accidentally let a stray bullet hit his cheek.

This was harmless to Lin Shangren, as it didn't actually cause him any harm. However, this bizarre scene frightened the last Eden mercenary.

"Devil! You are a devil! Don't come over here! Don't come over here! Don't come over here!!!"

He wanted to escape, but with bullets all over his limbs, he could only lean against the wall like a dead dog.

"Please... please!"

"Oh!"

After killing the last mercenary with a single shot, Lin Shangren turned on the headset he used to communicate with Suzumoto Emi again.

"Shang Renjun, are you okay? Are you hurt?!"

Listening to Suzumoto Emi's anxious voice, Lin Shangren did not answer immediately. He let out a long sigh and then said, "Kill them all, but their support should arrive soon."

Walking past the last mercenary's corpse, his eyes still open, Lin Shangren bounded briskly onto the stadium stage. Looking at the bullet-riddled curtain, Lin Shangren drew his renowned sword, Fengling Yueying.

"The entrance to the underground lab is right behind the stage, right?"

"Yes... Shangren-kun, you are sure you are okay, right?"

"I'm very good."

Lin Shangren lifted the red curtain with a knife and walked all the way to the pure white elevator door behind the stage.

Looking at the flashing red display, Lin Shangren asked, "Hmm... the elevator seems to be locked. Miss Suzumoto, what should we do?"

"This……"

Suzumoto Emi was also confused. In fact, she had been confused five minutes ago when Hayashi Naoto said, "The infiltration failed, prepare to be unparalleled." Hayashi Naoto had clearly agreed with her to sneak into the gymnasium in the shadows of the guards, and then hide in the shadows of the mercenaries and follow them into the laboratory.

Who could have imagined he would fight so aggressively? Most importantly, he could actually wipe out an entire Eden mercenary group by himself!

Originally, Suzumoto Emi had doubts about the story that Hayashi Naoto told about saving his sister alone, but now she is sure that this guy is indeed capable of fighting against the Eden Organization alone.

"Ms. Suzumoto, how do I get in? Do I need to enter the password?" Lin Shangren asked again.

"Shang Renjun, why don't you retreat? You're making too much noise. My insider in the lab told me that the lab is under complete martial law and you can't enter via the elevator."

"Ms. Suzumoto, my sister and the Paradise System are on the third floor of the underground laboratory, right?"