Infernal Artist

Liu Ping was led to a table by the bartender.

"This is the new guy who just joined the job - come here, I'll give you a bottle of wine."

The bartender smiled and patted Liu Ping's shoulder, then placed a bottle of wine on the table.

After doing all this, the bartender turned back behind the bar.

Liu Ping looked at the people at the table.

In the center is a middle-aged man with a mustache.

He was wearing a gray hat with a long and flat brim, like a bamboo hat, but slightly smaller than a bamboo hat.

The lighting in the bar was not very good, and the other party was wearing such a hat, so Liu Ping could only see the other party's chin and beard from beginning to end.

Several night watchmen around the wine table were also looking at Liu Ping.

Liu Ping thought for a while, stepped forward, opened the wine, and filled it for everyone.

Several people exchanged glances.

"We must give the bartender face," the middle-aged man with a mustache said: "But I want to say, scavengers who come back from the world of death - if you are just lucky, then you are keeping vigil People don’t work long.”

"I can master the basic power of the Night Watch tomorrow." Liu Ping said.

——The bartender said that he has three professional skills that are being prepared.

You can collect it tomorrow.

Liu Ping had already looked around at the people at the table, withdrew his gaze and fell on the middle-aged man——

It seems that this is the leader of the Night Watch.

"Those are just basic work skills." The middle-aged man took a sip from the wine glass and shook his head: "For the sake of this glass of wine, I will give you a piece of advice -"

"If you want to survive at night, don't expect basic work skills. The key is to look at your own abilities."

This is very true.

In fact, Liu Ping did not attach much importance to the skills of the three night watchmen. In comparison, he paid more attention to the basic common sense of the world that was incidentally instilled.

Basic common sense can help him integrate into this era.

That's what really matters.

Liu Ping thought for a while and said seriously: "My survival ability is not bad."

Five people--

The tall, thin man had two revolvers strapped to his waist.

Although the other two men did not carry weapons, they had a strong evil aura on them. Liu Ping could tell with just a glance that they were veterans who often killed people.

leader--

This middle-aged man always caressed the ruby ​​ring on his finger unconsciously.

In Liu Ping's mind, the slight fluctuations emitted by the ring were somewhat similar to the magic mount statue, and at the same time, he could sense a hint of fire.

The power of fire is mostly used for destruction.

The last person huddled in the shadow of the leader, almost without any sense of presence.

"What's a good idea?" the middle-aged man asked.

Liu Ping pondered for a moment.

Although I don’t know much about this world, there must be similarities when it comes to fighting.

The team composed of these people actually has something to add.

"——My ability is biased toward battlefield first aid." Liu Ping said.

The five people looked at him together.

The leader put down his wine glass and asked slowly: "Oh? Are you a healer?"

"That's right." Liu Ping said.

The man in the leader's shadow suddenly pulled out a dagger and made a slash on the back of his hand.

Blood flowed out immediately.

The man didn't speak or had any expression. He just stretched his hand in front of Liu Ping.

Liu Ping also remained silent and waved a stream of clear water, attaching it to the back of the man's hand.

The wound healed.

"It's a bit like the power on the cultivation side, but I've never seen it before - what kind of magic is this?" the man asked.

"Skin conditioning technique." Liu Ping said.

Everyone was startled.

Looking at the man's hands again, not only the wounds had healed, but the skin had also become smooth, tender, and even whiter.

As a true disciple of Gua Sheng, Liu Ping once understood and mastered everything. He even surpassed his master and created countless unique techniques of his own.

——In order to earn spiritual stones, start the sequence.

This is his unique secret technique. When performing it, there is no trick or incantation, so others can't tell the difference at all.

Liu Ping never accepted disciples, so he naturally did not pass on these techniques to the world.

In this situation, it is just right to use it without exposing any foundation.

The man looked at the soft white back of his hand and murmured: "Actually, as long as it can stop the bleeding..."

Liu Ping spread his hands and said: "This is the effect of this ability. Once it is used, it is no longer under my control."

Everyone was silent.

The tall and thin man with two revolvers stuck in his waist took out a new cup, poured a glass of wine, and pushed it in front of Liu Ping.

"Thank you," Liu Ping took the cup, raised it to the leader and said, "Boss, my name is Liu Ping."

The leader seemed to smile and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect a clever guy to come."

He picked up the glass and took a sip.

Liu Ping found that the atmosphere here was gradually different and began to become somewhat harmonious.

The tall and thin man patted Liu Ping on the shoulder and asked, "Liu Ping?"

"yes."

"I am Old K, and my profession is an exorcist."

Old K said, turned to the leader and said:

"Boss, although he is only a teenager, he should have no problem following us on night patrol today."

"You can indeed take him with you today. Tomorrow is the end of the month and let him rest." The leader said.

--tomorrow.

Several people looked thoughtful.

"Yes, we haven't had a healer for a long time, and there hasn't been anyone with healing skills in the town for a long time. He must rest tomorrow." The man raised his voice.

"Exactly," agreed another.

Liu Ping couldn't help but ask: "Why do I have to rest tomorrow?"

Several people looked at him together.

"Tomorrow is the last day of the end of the month, and the end of the month is the most dangerous day of the month. You are only a teenager, and you just came to Dark Mist Town today. If you encounter any danger, wouldn't it be lost in vain? Do you think we can afford the loss? A healer?" the leader said seriously.

"I see, I will obey the arrangement." Liu Ping said.

At this time, a bell rang outside.

After hearing this, several night watchmen stood up one after another.

"As soon as the bell rings, night will soon fall. Let's go get ready." One person said to Liu Ping.

Liu Ping followed a few people out of the bar and walked along the long street towards the edge of the town.

The leader said: "Liu Ping will follow Lao K and Qi Lu. The arrangements for the others remain unchanged. Now wake up all the lazy ones who are still sleeping and start working."

"Yes!" everyone said in unison.

As the crowd dispersed, steel walls several meters thick were slowly rising from the ground.

Surrounding the entire town, a steel wall is forming.

Liu Ping noticed that there were some strange patterns engraved on the outer wall of the city wall, which gave off a rough and barbaric atmosphere.

"This is a wild totem - it is a relatively cheap breath isolation method. It is used in large buildings and can block the breath of living creatures to a certain extent." Old K patted the city wall and said.

He jumped onto the city wall with a slight leap, turned back and waved to Liu Ping.

Liu Ping jumped up.

"Okay, the three of us will guard this section of the city wall." Another night watchman said.

This night watchman is the Qilu mentioned by the leader.

He has a strong build, wears rough and heavy iron armor, carries a three-meter-long battle ax, and has a simple and honest expression.

Even though Liu Ping had a lot of experience with a battle ax of this length, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

The three of them stood on the city wall and waited quietly.

At this time, the city wall made of steel gradually rose to tens of meters high. From the city wall, they could see far away places in the wilderness.

The wilderness is like a desert, without any life in sight.

The dim sunset hung on the horizon, reflecting the earth into a golden color.

It's getting dark.

Dang Dang Dang!

A bell sounded again.

"The bell has rung for the second time. There are still about five minutes of free time. If you need to go to the toilet or eat, hurry up and solve your personal problems." Old K said.

"I'm ready." Liu Ping said.

"I hope no scary guy will pass by our place tonight." Qi Lu sighed.

No one said anything.

Old K stood against the wall, took out a small bottle, opened the cork and took a few sips.

Liu Ping stared at the horizon in trance, as if trapped in memories of the past.

When Qi Lu saw the two men's appearance, he casually punched the battle ax on the ground, took out a whetstone, and slowly sharpened the ax blade.

The sun sets gradually.

Without any delay, the sky turned into pitch black night in an instant.

"It gets dark too fast." Liu Ping said with emotion.

"Of course, we are now in a world of death." Qi Lu said in a dull voice.

Just as Liu Ping was about to answer, lines of small words suddenly appeared in the void:

"Notice!"

"The space has changed, and the world of death has overlapped with the current world."

"An extremely rare law is governing both worlds."

"Everything is affected by the law of the world: 'death spreads'."

"Explanation: The entire living world is under the shroud of the world of death. It is best for you to stay within the confines of the town, otherwise you are very likely to be involved in the world of death by the 'spread of death' and be unable to return."

As soon as Liu Ping finished reading, Old K's instructions rang in his ears:

"Remember, don't leave the town, otherwise you may not be able to come back after dawn."

Liu Ping stepped back a few steps: "I know, I'll hide behind you."

Old K and Qi Lu nodded slightly.

As a newcomer and a healer, it would be extremely stupid for Liu Ping to rush ahead.

The three of them stood guard on the city wall, quietly waiting for the long night to pass.

In the wilderness.

Everything fades away, nothing moves.

In the beginning, nothing really happened.

Liu Ping looked at Lao K and Qi Lu from time to time.

The two people looked serious and were always on guard.

time flies.

An hour passed.

Liu Pingzheng felt bored, and suddenly there was a throbbing in his heart.

At the same time, Qi Lu strode to the city wall, held his battle ax in front of him, and made a defensive posture.

"Did you see it?" he said in a low voice.

"I saw it." Old K also whispered.

Old K pulled out a revolver from the holster on his side and pointed it into the darkness.

Liu Ping looked in the direction the gun was pointing.

A few hundred meters away from the city wall, a woman appeared on the ground.

The woman's appearance couldn't be seen clearly. She was wearing a gray-white dress and was swaying forward in the wilderness.

The direction she was heading was exactly parallel to the town. If there were no accidents, she would pass by the town.

The night is darker.

In such darkness, it was almost impossible to see clearly anything dozens of meters away.

Thanks to the night watchman's professional talent "Dark Insight", Old K and Qi Luren monitored the woman's movements throughout the process.

Time passes slowly.

Seventeen or eight minutes later, the woman walked out of the sight of the three people and disappeared.

Liu Ping just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Old K and Qi Lu standing still, one maintaining an offensive posture and the other maintaining a defensive posture, as if the woman had never left.

A few more minutes passed.

The woman suddenly appeared in the sight of the three people again.

This time, her walking direction changed slightly, moving closer to Dark Mist Town.

Tens of minutes later.

The woman walked out of the three people's sight and disappeared.

Time passes slowly.

The woman did not reappear.

It wasn't until two quarters of an hour later that Old K and Qi Lu relaxed slightly.

"What was that woman doing just now?" Liu Ping asked.

"I don't know." Old K said.

"Is she a human?" Liu Ping asked again.

"I don't know." Qi Lu said.

Old K and Qi Lu looked at each other, both feeling helpless.

——Because we don’t know, we don’t dare to take it lightly.

Qi Lu said in a speculative tone: "It may be a monster from the world of death - there are too many monsters for us to recognize; of course, it may be just an ordinary dead person, no one knows."

Old K said: "The reason why it came twice is probably because our Dark Mist Town suddenly appeared in the world of death, which attracted its attention, so it came again."

The next moment.

The three of them all looked at each other and looked towards the dark depths outside the city wall.

I saw a figure appearing again in the wilderness hundreds of meters away.

That woman!

Wearing a gray and white dress, she stood alone in the dark wilderness, looking towards Dark Mist Town with a blank expression.

The woman looked at it for a while, and a look of confusion gradually appeared on her face.

"There's...something...strange..."

She murmured and took steps forward.

——She walked towards the direction of Dark Mist Town!

step.

Another step.

The woman staggered forward, but eventually she got closer and closer to the section of the city wall where the three of them were.

The expression on the woman's face gradually changed.

She began to look more energetic.

On the city wall, Old K pulled out his revolver, and Qi Lu slowly raised his battle ax.

"Liu Ping." Old K called out in a low voice.

"I'm here," Liu Ping said.

"Hide well."

As soon as the words fell, the woman had already arrived in front of the city wall.

The woman slowly raised her head and looked towards the city wall.

"No matter who you are, leave here immediately, otherwise we will attack you." Old K said.

The woman listened quietly.

She stood for a few breaths, and a strange light suddenly burst out on her face.

"It's...a voice, the voice of a living person..."

The woman's eyes gradually turned into vertical pupils, and her entire body rose into the air, while the ground collapsed under her feet, revealing her true mammoth body.