Chapter 22: Chapter 21: Such obvious murderous intent, you really think you have him under your thumb?
Entered the first floor lobby.
Doctor Gou didn't take them for an extensive tour, but went straight to one of the elevators and pressed the button for the 68th floor.
When the elevator stopped on the 68th floor, Chen Miao and the others stepped out into a large open space, virtually pillar-free and extremely spacious, which was divided into four areas.
"The secret realms are open for today."
"D-level 'Mom's Good Taste', E-level 'Death of a Gentleman', F-level 'Medal of Warfire', F-level 'The Mang Village Incident'."
"The opening times for the above secret realms are as follows..."
"All citizens, please enter the secret realms within the specified times."
A display in the center of the space continuously scrolled these words, much like the displays at airports that inform passengers of boarding times.
"Wow."
Chen Miao looked around at the entrances to the various secret realms with some curiosity. They were quite different from the secret realm entrances he had seen in the wilderness, seeming more modern and more sophisticated here.
"That F-level 'Medal of Warfire' is our experience secret realm for this mission."
Doctor Gou spoke calmly from the side, "Remember, opportunities in the experience secret realms are very rare. You must do your utmost to kill more monsters and thus earn more experience points."
"Don't waste this opportunity."
"Moreover, after entering, you need to be careful not only of monsters but also of other people. Many have died in the secret realms from a stab in the back, and you know, it's not illegal to kill someone in a secret realm. Of course, whether or not you'll be hunted down afterward is another matter."
"Don't worry."
Chen Miao said seriously, "There definitely won't be any cold arrows hitting my back."
"Don't be so confident in your own charm or so trusting in the goodness of others. The reason they call it a cold arrow is because you don't know who shot it."
"Mm."
Chen Miao nodded and didn't speak any further. Doctor Gou seemed to have misunderstood; it wasn't that he trusted others, but rather that he wouldn't leave his back to a living person.
And just at that moment—
"Oh?"
A middle-aged man followed by two young men strode up to Doctor Gou, looking him up and down with a smirk, "Isn't this our Senior Gou? What have you been up to, not seen for three years? Did you go for further studies somewhere?"
"I heard that since your parents died, you've gone missing. What, went to mourn?"
After saying that, the middle-aged man seemed not quite satisfied as he turned his head toward the two young men behind him and explained with a full face of mocking laughter, "You might not have heard of him, but this one was very famous three years ago."
"He didn't care about his own parents, spent all day in the secret realms. Once he was delayed in a secret realm and did not come out in time, and his parents anxiously went into a secret realm to find him. Guess what happened? Both his parents died in that secret realm."
"Hahahaha!!!"
The middle-aged man then seemed to laugh heartily, tilting his head back with great mirth.
Throughout this, Doctor Gou remained silent, not uttering a word, but his tense posture revealed that he was far from calm inside.
Before long.
Many middle-aged men, accompanied by the younger generation, arrived at this floor via the elevator. Upon seeing Doctor Gou, they approached him one after another, most of them jeering and mocking.
However, it didn't last long, as the secret realms opened, and the mockery came temporarily to an end. All the young people got ready to enter the secret realms in turn.
"Tsk."
Chen Miao, leaning on his cane with one hand, looked at those people and said with a smile, "Doctor Gou made quite a few enemies in his youth, eh?"
"..."
After a silent moment, Doctor Gou spoke without any expression, "When I was young, I was a bit hot-tempered and offended quite a few people. Entering the secret realm this time might be a blessing or a curse for you. Being linked with me, you will definitely face some inexplicable hostility targeted at you."
"Be careful."
"For years I've been investigating. Back then, someone deliberately lured my parents into a deadly secret realm to find me. I haven't discovered who that person is yet, but I can roughly confirm that they're among these people."
"It's possible they'll have their child or student target you within the secret realm."
"Remember my words, I've offended everyone here. If someone approaches you with good intentions, run at the first chance. They're coming for you."
"You've offended them all?"
"Yes."
"Wow, that tough, huh?"
There wasn't time for any more talk, as the secret realm had already opened. A white vortex slowly appeared on the ground not far away, and above it to the right, the number '30' was displayed.
It signified that this was a multiplayer secret realm that allowed a maximum of 30 people to enter.
...
The moment he stepped into the vortex, that familiar sensation of weightlessness came over him again. When he opened his eyes next, he was standing on the wall of an ancient city, one that seemed ravaged by the ravages of war.
The wall was about seven meters high.
Stone wall.
On the moss-splotched walls, one could see the unmistakable traces of dried blood, scarlet in color. The sky above was incredibly bleak, thick black clouds covering the entire sky as if a torrential rain was imminent. It gave the ancient city an atmosphere as if it were about to undergo a cruel battle.
He didn't have time to observe much more.
A panel popped up in front of him.
'Secret Realm Name': Medal of Warfire.
'Secret Realm Level': F.
'Secret Realm Introduction': This is a small city on the verge of collapse, with the enemy preparing to launch successive attacks. Please strive to survive and defend the city.
'Secret Realm Mission': None, all players will automatically exit the secret realm after three hours.
'Secret Realm Progress': The highest clearing progress of this secret realm is 11%, it has not yet been perfectly cleared.
'Secret Realm Introduction': When the heavens wish to destroy the city, who can withstand?
"Killing one enemy grants 1 experience point, killing a centurion grants 10 experience points, killing a chiliarch grants 100 experience points."
At this time.
The others standing on the city walls had more or less finished reading the secret realm introduction, they exchanged glances, each seeing the murderous intent in each other's eyes. They all had received instructions from their elders to eliminate those two following Doctor Gou as soon as they entered the secret realm.
But where had those two gone?
Weren't they just here?
However, they had no time to ponder as roars of enemy troops gathering together could be heard not far from outside the city, clearly indicating the first wave of enemies was about to arrive.
...
Chen Miao, who had already slipped down from the city wall with Hungry Monkey the moment they entered, was now hiding in a civilian house within the inner city, looking at his personal panel.
All he had were two small revolvers. Not only was it hardly enough for self-defense, but it was also far from sufficient to kill enemies and farm experience points.
But if he could manage to get 200 experience points and level up to lv.2, he would meet the prerequisite for wielding the "HK Thomson Submachine Gun." Once he applied the 'Tao Wood' skin to the Thomson, his combat power would increase significantly.
The most important thing now was to sneakily gather those 200 experience points first.
Then transform into a butcher in July and slaughter all of them.
Really!
Such blatant killing intent. Are they really so sure of themselves?
Gifts
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