Urban Sims

At dusk.

The sky is dark and the brightness is quite low.

The lights in the city lit up one after another, and the light emitted by spiritual energy brought colorful brilliance to this giant city with a population of nearly 10 million.

These artificial lights are the most amazing sight during the five or six darkest days of the month.

In the light, an almost transparent afterimage flashed back and forth at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye, getting closer and closer to a luxurious mansion in the west of the city.

…

Zhang Mansion.

In a study room in the back house.

Under the illumination of the psychic chandelier on the ceiling, a middle-aged man wearing green clothes stood in the room with his hands behind his back, his brows knitted together in front of the miniature sand table.

He was preoccupied, pacing back and forth, thinking about a solution to an unusually difficult matter.

How to stop the constant infiltration of immortals?

Yes.

With the rapid development of Zhenlin City, the infiltration of various forces into Zhenlin City in recent years has reached an extremely serious level.

Either a Lingyuan Cannon was lost in the weapons depot today, or equipment blueprints and confidential formulas were lost in a certain workshop tomorrow. Three of Zhou Ming's stand-ins were assassinated, and more than a hundred scientists were kidnapped.

It was the powerful leader of Zhenlin City, three of whom had been murdered one after another in the past few years.

Without exception, it was all done by immortals.

Among these immortals, there are even a few ancestors in the trance stage.

They regard Zhenlin City as their own backyard, taking whatever they like and walking along with whatever they like.

No greetings, no spiritual coins.

After he succeeded, he basically fled without a trace.

Zhenlin City suffered heavy losses, but there was no good way to effectively contain it.

Zhou Ming had no choice but to make an announcement: If an immortal dares to kill the citizens of Zhenlin City after stealing, if it is found that the immortal comes from that sect or a specific person, Zhenlin City will dispatch the Lingyuan battleship to completely destroy it. Someone and the sect behind him!

If the sect from which it comes is not found, Zhenlin City will issue an "Immortal Slaughter Order" to kill all the immortals within Zhongyuan Continent (Zhongyuan Continent, the collective name for places within a radius of 100,000 miles)!

This warning has some effect. Many sects have heard about the power of the Lingyuan battleship and are quite afraid of it. It is said that one ship can destroy a medium-sized sect, and one cannon can kill the ancestors of the gods.

The various forces are not sure how many Lingyuan battleships Zhenlin City has built in total, so they dare not offend them to death.

As for the casual cultivating immortals, they can steal and kill without any scruples, but Zhenlin City has an "immortal-killing team" of eight people. The members are all immortals who have cultivated in the solid core stage. They have elite equipment and fewer than three people. The rogue cultivators want to steal in Zhenlin City. Once discovered, the fate can be foreseen.

Even so, even if various countermeasures are taken, as long as an immortal enters the city or sneaks into the industrial area, he can basically return with a full load.

If Zhou Ming hadn't promptly moved some of the most important industrial facilities to a mysterious base in Feiyun Mountain a few years ago, the losses would have been even greater.

He shook his head and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Who would have thought that a high-ranking immortal could do such a sneaky thing and go to a mortal city to become a professional thief?"

"This is indeed the best way to deal with Zhenlin City. It is impossible for the monks to aim the muzzle of the Lingyuan Cannon at the densely packed houses and the immortals fleeing in the crowd."

"These methods bring losses to Zhenlin City exceeding hundreds of millions of spiritual coins every year."

"The economic losses are secondary. The most serious impact is the kidnapping of senior scientists and the assassination of high-level figures."

"Even three of my stand-ins were killed. I hid all day long and didn't dare to show up. I couldn't manage many tasks and I became more and more passive..."

"But some forces have the momentum to not give up until they kill me. They even sent an ancestor in the trance stage to stay in Zhenlin City for a long time..."

"What should I do?"

Thinking of this problem, Zhou Ming's head felt bursts of pain.

"Zhang Shanhe, so you are here."

A voice suddenly sounded in my ears.

This voice made Zhou Ming feel a little dazed. His thoughts were interrupted. He turned his head and looked back. A woman in white with purple eyes and red lips was standing behind him.

"Who are you……"

Just as he opened his mouth to ask who she was, a hand appeared on his neck. With a slight exertion, his feet were lifted off the ground and hung in the air.

The hand holding him was white and without any flaws, but the nails were very long and embedded in the flesh, as sharp as a blade.

There was a feeling of suffocation, and the whole body was also imprisoned. Even if he wanted to use the skills, the spiritual energy in his body would not move at all.

Even if I wanted to call for help, I couldn't shout even half a syllable.

My heart skipped a beat, it's over, it's probably going to be over this time.

Another sighing voice came from my ears:

"I haven't seen you for twenty years. The young and handsome you are no longer there. You have become a thick, black, bad old man. You are so ugly. You are so ugly!"

"Just now I was thinking about torturing you and then giving you a good time. Now it seems that this is not necessary. It is better for this old and ugly person to die as soon as possible."

"Zhang Shanhe, die!"

Looking at the man in his hands, Jiang Ruonan was very disappointed and pinched his hands with increasing force.

"etc……"

Zhou Ming, who felt that his life was about to die, still uttered two words at the last moment.

Jiang Ruonan was unmoved and pinched him for a while. Seeing the man rolling his eyes and his breath getting weaker and weaker, he felt that killing him like this seemed a bit too easy for him, and he would at least have to torture him for a while longer.

She let go of her hand, put the man down, and gave him a breath.

"Cough~cough~cough!"

Zhou Ming coughed desperately. He had just heard the system prompt "The character is in a dying state. Do you want to exit the dungeon?" It took him a while to recover.

"Jiang Ruonan, why do you want to kill me?"

He asked the woman in front of him: "I ask myself that I have nothing to do with you, so why did you want to take my life as soon as we met?"

"Why should I kill you?"

Jiang Ruonan let out a shuddering laugh, then suddenly reached for his chest and inserted it into his chest before he could dodge.

"ah!"

A burst of severe pain struck, and Zhou Ming found that after a hand penetrated his chest, it held his heart. If he squeezed it hard, he would die of a broken heart...

I thought to myself: This woman is so cruel!

"You are so smart, you still ask me why I killed you?"

She said with a cold face, then turned to look intoxicated: "Tsk, tsk, I really want to take out this heart and see if it is red, black, or not a heart at all, but a stone."

The nail at the end of her index finger was scratching over her heart, and her five fingers were gently wrapped around it, as if she was really trying to dig out the heart.

Zhou Ming couldn't breathe, and for the first time in the unspeakable pain, he felt his own weakness.

For the first time, I deeply realized the importance of individual strength.

Especially in this world, the stronger you are, the freer you are!

"This game is almost done here. The seeds of science have been sown, and the power of artifacts has been valued by people. Even if I am suddenly absent, we will continue to move forward..."

"So, just die. In the next round, you will be matched with someone with better qualifications. Practice hard, keep making breakthroughs, and strive to become an immortal or a saint in terms of cultivation!"

Thinking of this, he closed his eyes silently.

"Eh~"

Seeing his appearance, the playful smile on Jiang Ruonan's face froze and became cold and ugly, "Why, aren't you afraid of death? Why don't you struggle anymore? I'm still waiting for you to beg me not to kill you?"

Zhou Ming shook his head: "Stop playing. If you want to kill me, no matter what I say, it will be useless. Instead of that, you should give me a good time. If you want to see my heart, just take it out and have a look." "

After saying that, he closed his eyes again.

"Haha, I won't take advantage of you so easily!"

Jiang Ruonan took out the hand that was inserted into his chest, licked the blood on his nails, and his eyes shone with a coquettish light: "I will not let this sweet and hot blood drain away easily."

She took some measures to stop the bleeding, blocked a few arteries that had suffered a lot of blood loss, and said in his ear: "You are always self-righteous, you always think you know everything in the world, you always think about everything, and you will follow your instructions." Develop in the direction you envisioned; always thinking that everything is in your hands..."

"You even think that I owe you a favor and won't come back to kill you?"

"Haha, how ridiculous!"

She sneered and her expression became solemn: "Zhang Shanhe, I will give you one last chance to answer this question yourself: Why do I, Jiang Ruonan, want to kill you?"

"If you get the answer right, I can spare your life!"

"If you answer wrong, I will take your life!"

"Give you half a moment and answer me right away!"

Her words that didn't sound like a joke made Zhou Ming look stern and start to think about it.

Why did Jiang Ruonan want to kill him?

What had she done to make her so resentful?

Could it be that the shot that severely injured the Nether Ancestor did not consider her safety?

No, it shouldn't be that simple, because Jiang Ruonan was not very resentful at that time. On the contrary, after killing the Nether Ancestor, she felt relieved and much happier.

Then what she cares about is her lukewarm attitude towards her and her repeated expulsion.

Just because of her shamelessness, does she really mind?

Shaking his head, Zhou Ming said:

"I really don't know. If you are upset because I drove you out of Zhenlin City, I can only express my apology. I didn't have enough self-protection at that time. If I had enough ability, why should I drive you away? ? If I had the ability, if I had a hundred years, I would protect your safety for a hundred years... But at that time, I really didn’t have that ability."

"So, you'd better do it."

Jiang Ruonan nodded, slowly pulled out the thin sword from his waist, and said:

"I killed you not because you were expelled from me, but because you helped me, but you can't be like other men who are willing to die to protect me!"

"Those men all died in order to protect me. All those who wanted to help me, Jiang Ruonan, risked their lives to help."

"But you regard your life as more important than my Jiang Ruonan's life!"

"This is the damnedest place for you!"

"That's why I want to kill you!"

"So, go to hell!"

Jiang Ruonan aimed his sword at the big hole in Zhou Ming's chest and stabbed straight at it.