Scarlet Falls

The iron chains contracted, pulling Wei Wei and others into the dark red clouds that filled the sky over the city.

The moment he passed through the clouds, he felt the endless murmurs in his ears magnified instantly, as if a group of people talking about something from a distance suddenly came to his eyes, but then, these murmurs disappeared with a bang. , leaving only many remnants in his brain. When Wei Wei opened his eyes, he saw that he had arrived at a flat and strange place.

There seemed to be a wooden ground beneath my feet, made up of planks piece by piece, extending to an endless place in the distance.

There is no edge visible, only the surging blood mist in the distance, and the field of vision can only see a range of about a hundred meters in the distance at most.

Deeper down was a blood mist that was so thick that it was almost impossible to dissolve it, and only vague and strange shadows could be seen inside.

He took a deep breath and looked around. He could see some strange plants growing on the flat wooden ground. When he looked closely, he realized that those plants were actually people, one after another, dark figures. They stayed quietly, their bodies seemed to have integrated with the deck, but the parts that were not integrated maintained various postures and expressions.

His eyes were wide open, his expression twisted like an earthworm.

His eyes were slightly closed, his expression as numb as rock.

It looks like a sculpture, with a strong post-modernist style.

Wei Wei himself also had great artistic taste, and his home was decorated in a very personal aesthetic style.

At this time, when he looked at these sculptures, he felt faintly touched in his heart.

These sculptures seem to have cut out the most angry, or in other words, the most numb and painful scene of a person, and then placed them here. Their expressions are distorted, and their postures are not all reasonable, but they all carry an intuitive communication. .

When you see these sculptures, you seem to be able to see the most painful and desperate scene in this man's life.

There is a way of treating this pain and despair as a plant and planting it here.

"call……"

While Wei Wei was looking around, suddenly there was a sound of rapid breathing from the side: "Where is this?"

He looked behind him and saw that the betrayers who were climbing up on the chains one by one had all woken up. The numbness and confusion on their faces had disappeared, and there seemed to be only a faint bloody shadow following behind them. , at this time, his eyes were wide open, and he was looking around blankly. The formation, which was originally somewhat scattered, now had a faint tendency to subconsciously move together.

"Wooden floor, strong smell of blood, and some rusty chains and cables..."

The first one to speak was Captain Xue from Crude Oil City. His eyes were slightly focused, he carefully looked at the surrounding environment, and whispered:

"It looks like a big ship. Are we already in the ghost ship Noah?"

"..."

Others were reminded and hurriedly looked around. The more they looked, the more they felt like they were in a big ship.

It's just that this big wooden ship actually gives people the feeling of being endless. No matter how hard you try, you can't see anything else.

“What are these sculptures around?”

"It looks like a dead person, but also like a living person. It can't really be a human, right?"

"..."

In the slightly flustered atmosphere, Wei Wei took out the fingers he put in his mouth, smacked his lips, and said:

"They're all real people."

"..."

"Uh-huh!"

The hairs of the people around him stood on end, and they all looked at him.

Wei Wei said nonchalantly: "But it doesn't look like it's dead, nor does it look like it's alive...it doesn't taste right."

No one around suddenly spoke, and the eyes looking at Wei Wei were somewhat strange. In the silence, Captain Xue from Crude Oil City looked at Wei Wei and said solemnly: "Brother Wei, please tell me what we should do now..."

"this……"

Wei Wei was startled for a moment: "I don't know either..."

Everyone suddenly felt a little angry.

Everyone was forcibly requisitioned a second time and came to help you. Ouyang reminded us over and over again at the meeting that we must respect your opinions in everything after we come in. We must not act arbitrarily, let alone offend you, to avoid this happening. What a terrible thing...

It sounds like you know Noah very well.

As a result, you said you didn’t know either?

"Actually, I don't know what Ghost Ship Noah looks like or what he does when he comes in."

Wei Wei frankly told everyone: "Even the Scarlet Agent is not what I want to do. That's not what I'm interested in."

"So if anything happens, you are all captains, so just listen to you."

"..."

"you……"

Everyone looked a little weird.

Especially many people, seeing what Wei Wei said and his gentle attitude at this time, couldn't help but think: "Oh, this guy talked differently when he was outside than he does now. At that time, he said he would shoot. Just shoot, how harshly?"

"Are you really trying to be cruel so that we can all help him after we come in?"

"Now that he has really come in, without Ouyang to support him, and seeing this strange environment, he shows his timidity?"

"..."

In the silence, Captain Xue from Crude Oil City said, "You don't know how to become a scarlet agent?"

"Um."

"Since the foundation has chosen us to help you, has it told you any special secrets?"

"No."

"You didn't make any plans before coming in?"

"No……"

"..."

As everyone listened to their questions and answers, their expressions gradually changed: "Damn, this kid doesn't look like he's lying..."

"Does he know nothing but being cruel?"

"..."

"Everyone, it's time for us to have a serious discussion..."

Captain Xue from Crude Oil City also took a deep breath, looked at the people around him, and said: "It's very dangerous here, that's for sure. We are not the only ones coming in, there are also many lords in the wilderness. People from the mysterious family are all lunatics. I even heard that there was a guy codenamed Doctor Death who said he would kill all the competitors..."

"In order for us to get out alive, we shouldn't have anything to hide now..."

"..."

Those present were all city captains, but at this moment they couldn't help but feel anxious.

They looked at each other and said, "I don't know what Holy Noah's requirements are for the selection of agents."

"Other demonic systems don't seem to have a unified standard for the selection of agents. Some ordinary extraordinary people sacrifice step by step and are promoted. Finally, when they are promoted to the seventh state, they naturally become agents, and some are unintentional. In the middle, I heard the devil’s instruction, and after completing the instruction, I immediately received the gift and became an agent.”

"There are also some who seem to be born to be targeted by demons and directly become agents."

"Some of them are recognized by demons and become agents because of their deep understanding of biblical doctrines..."

“…What should we do to gain the approval of Holy Noah?”

"..."

Everyone was discussing, but could not get a definite idea in a short time.

Some people think that since it is a competition, maybe they need to compete with other Scarlet agent candidates. Others think that since they have come to such a place, it may be necessary for everyone to explore and show their love for Scarlet in the process of exploration. understanding.

Captain Xue, on the other hand, showed the knowledge that a captain should have at this time and said in a deep voice:

"Perhaps, the answer teacher has warned us a long time ago."

"..."

When they heard the word "teacher", no one even reacted for a moment.

Seeing Captain Xue's eyes, they remembered that these people did have a common mentor.

The "mourner" who planned this competition before was this person who gave him the power of scarlet and promoted himself to the rank of demon priest. He was also the one who had been contacting everyone before, but this mourner, After the Foundation's special investigators and the White Ghost Knights began investigating and killed a dozen Black Gloves in Star City, they went into hiding.

"I don't know about you, but when my mentor contacted me, he asked me two questions."

Captain Xue was silent for a moment and said, "The first question is, what is scarlet?"

“The second question is, what is despair?”

"..."

He paused and glanced at the faces of the people around him, especially at Wei Wei's face, and then said: "He only gave me the scarlet power after asking me these two questions. , and told me how to be promoted to Demon Sacrifice, and told me that if I think about these two questions seriously, the deeper I think about it, the deeper I can understand the power of scarlet..."

Everyone frowned and thought hard as they listened.

It can be seen from their expressions that they have actually had similar experiences, but they just seem to have not thought about it seriously.

Or, no sure answer can be found.

Captain Xue turned to look at Wei Wei and said, "Brother Wei, what do you understand by these two questions?"

"No……"

Wei Wei looked confused: "I don't even know the mourner..."

What is scarlet...

How do I know this? Isn't it because I don't understand scarlet that I came in to look for the manual?

As for what despair is...

...Captain Ouyang's kind of being banned from his favorite red light district is called despair, right?

…But this answer doesn’t apply here either!

…

As everyone listened, they felt more and more dissatisfied, and the eyes they looked at Wei Wei were no longer friendly.

"Isn't it because of your background?"

"Wouldn't it be extremely unlucky to follow him in the Scarlet Race?"

"..."

At this time, the doubts, worries, and apprehensions in my heart were all tangled together, and I was actually becoming more and more uneasy.

Wei Wei was quite bored and carefully suggested in front of his seniors: "Or, kill all the others."

"There is only one left in the entire trial field, so Ghost Ship Noah has no other choice, right?"

"..."

"Pooh!"

All the betrayer captains were furious when they heard this: "This kid really knows nothing but being ruthless."

"Do you know how many terrifying guys came in this time, and they actually dared to say that they would kill everyone..."

"As you said, you are so fierce, are you capable of killing the rest of us?"

Update one chapter first, the second chapter is being refined