Infernal Artist

Liu Ping opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

This is a very small room with only one bed and one chair.

——This is the real world?

Liu Ping thought silently.

suddenly.

A memory drilled into my mind.

There once was an extremely strong earthquake in this world, and all my family members died in that earthquake.

Then--

Click!

There was a sound of turning on the door to the room.

The door opened.

A woman wearing a white nurse uniform walked in, looked at him and said:

"Let's go, Liu Ping, today is your day."

Liu Ping looked down at the hospital gown he was wearing.

——I am in good health and not sick.

The nurse urged:

"Come on, don't keep the doctor waiting."

Liu Ping stood up silently and followed the other person out of the room.

The two of them walked forward along the stairs.

Liu Ping saw several people wearing hospital gowns already appearing in the corridor.

None of these people seemed to be sick, but they always gave Liu Ping an indescribable strange feeling in his heart.

As they were walking, someone suddenly grabbed Liu Ping's hand and said seriously: "Xiao Liu, I did see a huge bronze pillar that night."

Liu Ping was stunned.

The nurse turned around and smiled: "Yeah, we all saw it."

She gently helped the man aside.

The man seemed to be relieved when he heard what the nurse said, and slowly stood facing the wall, falling into a kind of sluggishness.

Liu Ping followed the nurse and walked forward, crossed two iron gates, and came to an office.

"Doctor Wang, Liu Ping is here."

the nurse said.

Sitting in the office was a short, fat, middle-aged man, wearing white work clothes, lowering his head and writing something.

Hearing this, he looked at Liu Ping and said with a smile: "Very good, Liu Ping, come sit down and let's talk slowly."

Liu Ping sat down as instructed.

The nurse closed the door and went out.

Dr. Wang asked: "How do you feel now?"

"Very good." Liu Ping said.

"Is the planet round or square?" Dr. Wang asked.

"Since it is a planet, of course it is round." Liu Ping said.

"So where is the planet? Is it on the top of a bronze pillar, or in the vast universe?" Dr. Wang asked.

"Of course in the universe." Liu Ping said.

"How many kinds of man-eating monsters have you seen in total?" Dr. Wang asked.

"Do tigers in the zoo count?" Liu Ping asked.

"Not really." Dr. Wang smiled.

"Then no." Liu Ping said.

Dr. Wang nodded and said thoughtfully: "Your condition has entered a stable stage. The tests we conducted on you lasted for six months. You performed very well, and you have not had an illness for more than a year... "

He took a file from the file shelf nearby, wrote something quickly on it, and then stamped it.

"Liu Ping, come with me, the car is ready." He said.

Liu Ping stood up and followed the doctor out of the office.

The two continued along the corridor, went down the stairs, and came to the courtyard.

There is already a car waiting here.

The doctor handed the file bag to Liu Ping, shook his hand and said, "I'm very sorry for what happened to you, but fortunately you have recovered -"

"Congratulations on your return to society."

"Thank you, doctor." Liu Ping said.

He got into the car with the portfolio.

The car started immediately and slowly left the closed courtyard, drove out of the entire building complex and onto the road outside.

Liu Ping looked back.

I saw a signboard standing in front of the main building of that building:

"City Mental Hospital."

The driver chimed in: "Congratulations, young man, you have finally recovered from that nightmare."

This driver is a driver who specializes in transporting patients to a mental hospital, so he already knows about his situation.

"Thank you, uncle driver."

Liu Ping said, opening the file bag and looking down.

Exactly the same as in memory.

A huge earthquake swept the entire world, causing the boy to lose his relatives.

Because he saw some strange phenomena during the earthquake, he himself fell into a mental breakdown and confusion.

Now finally cured.

Fortunately, there is still some money left at home, so it is not a problem for him to live independently now.

——This is who you are in the real world.

Liu Ping read the documents one by one, packed them up again, and then looked out the window.

In the sky.

There was a constant flow of shuttles.

Further up in the sky, the suspended low-Earth space orbit and floating airport are clearly visible.

——That is the temporary resting place of the space fleet.

Although technology has developed to the stage where space navigation is possible, there are still the cheapest and oldest cars on the ground.

This is a means of transportation for the poor, and it is an alternative manifestation of the gap between rich and poor in the interstellar era.

Liu Ping withdrew his gaze and saw lines of small words gradually emerging in the void:

"Arrived in the real world of history."

"Identity connection completed."

"It has been detected that there are currently no sequences or decks in the world. From this, it can be judged that the current era is before the birth of dimensional cards."

"The Prison Suppressing Sword is doing its best to suppress the backlash of fate."

"You must speed up to find a way to make the scabbard, otherwise the power of fate on the prison knife will surely plunge you into death."

Collect all the fine print.

Liu Ping stretched out his hand and gently grabbed it in the void, and immediately grasped a long sword in the void.

"If you bear with me a little longer, I will find a solution as soon as possible."

he whispered.

The long knife shook slightly to indicate receipt.

At this time, the speed of the car gradually dropped.

The car stopped in front of an apartment building.

"Thanks, uncle driver."

"You're welcome. I hope everything goes well for you."

The car left.

Liu Ping stood there for a while, then walked into the apartment building according to the instructions on the document, followed the stairs to the fifth floor, took out a key from the file bag, and opened a room in the corridor.

This is a government rescue house, part of the aftermath work done specifically for that world-wide earthquake.

Liu Ping walked into the room.

I saw that the curtains were drawn in the room, and it was so dark that it was almost impossible to see clearly.

He turned on the light.

There is only a bed, a table and a chair in the room.

It seems like everything else will have to be purchased by yourself.

"Huh?"

Liu Ping raised his eyebrows slightly, closed the door, and slowly walked to the table.

There is a written note on the table and a small player next to it.

I saw the note saying:

"If you want to live a normal life and never care about what happened back then, please throw the player into the trash can. It will self-destruct in three minutes."

Who left such a note before he came back?

There is a button on the player.

Liu Ping pressed it smoothly, and the player immediately started working.

A holographic image appeared in front of his eyes.

I saw a masked man saying:

"Liu Ping, your whole family was killed in the earthquake that year, so we want to recruit you to join us."

"This is a video from that year. If you watch it, you are exploring what happened back then."

"Once you know the secret of the image, you automatically join us."

"This is a very dangerous thing, like you - just because you saw the bronze pillar, you were put in a lunatic asylum."

"If you continue to explore, you will face even more serious consequences."

"Now, you still have ten seconds to regret-"

"If you regret it, turn off the player."

Liu Ping glanced at the player.

How do you close this thing?

He went to press the start button, but found that it could no longer be turned off.

He groped around the player again, but couldn't find any other buttons.

——You made such a crude player and didn’t provide an instruction manual. Are you assuming that everyone knows how to play with this crappy thing?

He was thinking of a way to turn off the player when he heard the masked man in the light and shadow say: "Very good, ten seconds are up. It seems that you are a determined seeker of the truth."

"You are our comrade!"

Liu Ping sighed and put the player back on the table helplessly.

It was obviously only nine seconds.

But forget it——

Anyway, I need clues.

The holographic image began to slowly change.

The masked man disappeared from the screen, leaving only a voice:

"There were once some of the most powerful professionals in our world, and their levels have all exceeded level 200. They formed organizations that could eliminate all disasters, and saved many kinds of sudden crises. Therefore, they are also called for--"

"Savior."

"Please read it carefully. This is precious information. It is a top-secret government document. It only has a short paragraph..."

There was a flash of light and shadow.

A woman with her face covered in blood sat on the ground, looking dazed and her eyes dull.

Many people flew from far away and landed in front of her.

A man in military uniform stepped forward and asked loudly:

"What's going on? Although an earthquake of this magnitude is terrifying, haven't the saviors already arrived?"

"Savior?"

The woman murmured, as if she had regained consciousness, and pointed in one direction.

The soldier followed her gaze and followed with his camera towards the huge crack behind the woman.

There was unconcealable fear on the woman's face and she said:

"The saviors are dead."