Scarlet Falls

The thought of "promotion" arose in my mind, and I immediately felt an unusual desire.

Wei Wei turned his head and looked at the blurry mirror on the wall, and saw a faint bloodshot streak in his eyes.

Otherwise, what Brother Xiao Lin said before was wrong. How can the demon promotion ceremony be so difficult?

I accidentally awakened the scarlet power at the beginning, and used it very smoothly. In the training camp, I was easily promoted in a mission. Later, some special measures in the training camp helped me control it, and I suppressed it. for a while.

But now, he has returned to the unrestrained scrap iron city, and that long-lost desire is returning.

No, I just added a small class, and the promotion ceremony is already in front of me.

Collapsed on the sofa, Wei Wei put on his clothes, rested his head on the gun bag, and slowly closed his eyes.

With his mental trance, endless ravings and illusions followed, and he seemed to have come to that bright red world again.

There was thick blood-colored mist surrounding it.

In the distance, there are shadows, tall and twisted monsters, slowly wandering in this world.

Wei Wei stepped on the blood that flooded his insteps and walked forward step by step. There was a tall and solid execution frame beside him.

These execution racks were erected above the sea of ​​blood, as if they were hundreds of meters high, towering into the clouds.

On the huge execution rack, one after another, astonishingly tall giants were tied up. Most of their bodies were shrouded in blood mist, and they couldn't see clearly. All they could see was blood constantly slipping from their bodies. They gathered into the sea of ​​blood below.

What Wei Wei stepped on now was their blood.

He slowly moved forward in this world filled with the smell of darkness and blood, and slowly passed the two execution racks in front of him.

The two execution racks are no longer covered in fog, and their appearance can be seen clearly.

The body of the giant on the first execution rack was cut into many pieces, but was nailed to the huge execution rack.

His head was lowered, full of fear and surprise. Looking up from below, he was not sure whether the giant was real or some kind of evil statue, but Wei Wei believed that if it was really a statue, then he would make it The person must be at the master level.

Even beyond the scope of human beings.

Because this giant is so lifelike, you can feel his intense fear even after just one glance.

Just like the intense experience before its death, it is fixed in this moment and will last forever.

The giant on the second execution rack had countless spears inserted into it, as if it had been pricked into a hedgehog.

Even his left eye was pierced by a spear, which made its expression almost unclear, but whether it was the palm trying to lift up into the air or the slightly opened mouth, it seemed that he was telling his story. The moment before death, I was so confused and helpless.

Now, Wei Wei came to the third execution rack, stopped and looked up.

The invisible murmurs filling his ears suddenly became ten times thicker, and Wei Wei's eyes seemed to be bloodshot uncontrollably.

Above his field of vision, the thick fog that shrouded the execution frame slowly dispersed as he cast his gaze, revealing a man bound by iron chains to the execution frame, with his neck broken side by side, but his head. A giant in his arms.

Facing Wei Wei's eyes, the eyelids of his head suddenly blinked and opened slowly.

Because the head was held in its arms, he was closer to Wei Wei under the execution rack.

He looked down at Wei Wei with an empty and mysterious look.

The huge and broken head had a strong sense of oppression, but I don't know if it was an illusion, but his expression gave people an indescribable compassion. His eyes fell on Wei Wei's face blankly, and his lips opened and closed gently, With a mysterious meaning:

"Killing is more than just stupid brutality."

"Scarlet comes to the world, like a deep night, blooming with beautiful flowers."

"Give the souls of the dead peace, and show respect to the living..."

"..."

Wei Wei frowned.

The man on the execution rack looked pitifully, and he didn't know if he was pitying his own tragic fate.

His eyes were dim but empty, and he only kept repeating that sentence.

Before each previous sentence dissipates, the next sentence has already followed, causing the sound to form waves one after another.

They intertwined and impacted Wei Wei's mind.

Promotion ceremony.

If you want to further gain demonic power and enter a higher stage, you need to complete these rituals.

Whenever the demonic activity level of extraordinary people reaches more than 75%, vague pictures and words will often appear in their minds, as well as some more direct and specific things, telling them what their next promotion ceremony and goal is. What.

Wei Wei's demon power activity has always been stable.

More than 95% all year round.

So he actually knew what his next promotion ceremony would be very early on.

He hadn't even returned to Scrap Iron City at that time.

But here's the problem. Although he had clearly heard the contents of the promotion ceremony, but...

...didn't understand.

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According to what Wei Wei learned, the promotion rituals of other demonic systems are often very clear, just like the promotion ritual of war sequence mentioned by Xiaolin before. How he needs to do it, to what extent, and even how many souls to sacrifice are all clear and direct.

The other sequences are pretty much the same, each with its own strict requirements and almost greedy sacrifice requirements.

They have no regard for the stability and peace of this world, and put cruel instructions into the minds of demon-infected people.

As long as such a ritual can be completed, more powerful demonic power can be obtained.

It seems difficult, but it is extremely simple. Everyone has their own clear direction in their mind.

The more loyal you are to the devil, the clearer this direction will be.

It is precisely because of this that countless ambitious extraordinary beings, in order to achieve their own promotion, have caused a bloody storm on the spiritual barrier or in the wilderness, leaving mountains of corpses or destroying a city, which is completely within their scope of acceptance. .

Human lives, or cities, are just numbers in the ritual, a necessary part.

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But here's Wei Wei's problem. He first awakened his scarlet ability when he entered this room with a scythe.

At that time, I basically didn't know why I was awakened, and I didn't notice the awakening. I only knew that I had to kill these monsters in front of me. So, scarlet whispers rang in my ears, and the blood flowing out of the wound was wrapped around the sickle. superior.

That was the first time. Before I could react, I had already awakened.

As for the second time, during the training camp, the instructor took them on a mission with a high mortality rate. Wei Wei happened to be placed in the group with the highest mortality rate. They were trapped by a group of wandering mobs protected by demons. Gathered around an abandoned gymnasium, everyone thought they were bound to die, but when the rescue team arrived, they saw Wei Wei sitting on a pile of corpses and laughing.

After that time, the instructor must send himself to a mental sanatorium to stay for a few days...

However, it was only these two times.

After that, he was selected by the foundation to join a mysterious project as an experimental subject and tried another path.

However, now that road has been recycled as a success sample before returning.

It has nothing to do with itself, and it has nothing to do with scarlet.

It can be said that only after officially leaving the training camp and returning to Scrap Iron City did he prepare to continue on the scarlet path.

Then the problem arises here.

The first two times, I was promoted unknowingly, but this time it was different.

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Promotion ceremonies are often divided into two parts: sacrifice and ceremony.

His own sacrifices should have been prepared long ago, or even exceeded.

But this last ritual has become the part that bothers me the most.

Wei Wei can feel that the most critical step related to his promotion to the third state - scarlet mentor, is in this ceremony.

But maybe there is something subtle in it that I don't understand.

It's just as thin as a layer of window paper.

Perhaps as long as you understand it, you can enter the third state safely in the next second.

But what exactly is this subtle thing?

Wei Wei felt very distressed.

Isn’t it enough to work overtime on your own? He actually got stuck in this promotion ceremony.

Maybe, I am still too kind?

Legend has it that the crazier a person is, the faster he can be promoted. He is law-abiding and kind-hearted, so he is stuck.

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The famous haunted house in Block 15, in Room 302.

Because the thick curtains were drawn, the room was dark even though it was daytime.

Wei Wei curled up on the sofa in his clothes and fell asleep with his gun bag on his pillow.

As if the doubts in his dream had affected him, his brows were furrowed tightly.

Until a "tick" sound sounded from somewhere, quietly appearing in the room, and also appeared in the deep dreamland.

There seemed to be some voice right next to his ear, quietly explaining and telling him...

"Touch the soul and trigger a true awakening..."

"..."

It was also at this time that the human head pendant hanging on the wall was sleeping quietly, but it was different from its usual state. Although it was sleeping, it occasionally moved its mouth and closed its eyes, as if it were a normal machine. Computers that run at high speeds.

After an unknown amount of time, it suddenly opened its eyes, with a look of horror on its face:

"God's legacy..."

"The devil's forbidden object - the death knell of the gods!"

"..."

"Uh-huh!"

At the same time, Wei Wei was awakened and instantly took out his gun and looked at the head pendant.

Tick, tick, tick...

In this unreal daytime, between sleep and wakefulness, both he and the head pendant heard the clear sound of the hands moving.

It's like it's in your ears.