Returning from the abyss

Chapter 170 Opening

It was a dark, cramped room, lit by two old-fashioned light bulbs on both sides separated by bulletproof glass.In the middle of the glass is an ordinary desk, which can be seen everywhere, and two chairs are separated by the glass, with one person sitting on each chair.

Lu Yongming, who was sitting on one of the chairs, slowly opened his eyes, feeling that his brain was still a little uncomfortable, and then found that his neck, waist and legs were firmly bound by strong belts, and the back of his neck was still tight. There's a hard whooping thing.He looked across the glass and found that there was also a man there, who was also tied to a chair, but he was holding a revolver in his hand, and he was loading the six rounds of bullets neatly arranged on the table one by one. In the magazine.

"Hey, hello, can you hear me?"

Lu Yongming struggled and shouted.

"Mr. Lu Yongming, you don't need to make such a loud voice. There is a sound transmission hole in the middle of the glass." The man finished loading the bullets, then shot a row of wine bottles on the wall with his hand, and one of the bottles burst instantly. , The wine immediately flowed all over the floor.

"Good gun."

The man sighed in admiration, and placed the pistol in the middle of the table, on a rotatable circular tray, and the top of the tray was covered by a spherical glass cover, with only a small opening for putting things in.

"Who are you?" Lu Yongming stared at the man's hand.

"You don't need to know. But I do know you, Lu Yongming, 45 years old, married, with a daughter who is in high school. He is in the business of building materials and ores. In fact, he also does some arms smuggling secretly. Now his business is in full swing. You are thriving, and your life is happy." The man crossed his hands and fixed his eyes on Lu Yongming, "It can even be said that you are one of the luckiest people in the world."

"How about that?"

"That's why I brought you here, have you heard of Vice City?" The man laughed, "We are here now."

Lu Yongming's expression changed.

"Yes, a mixed zone of order and disorder, this is heaven... It seems that you know it too? Then it's easy to handle. I won't explain too much, let's get straight to the point."

He turned the turntable slightly, let the turntable turn around, and opened his mouth to Lu Yongming's side.

"This is a roulette game. As you can see, there are five bullets in the gun, and one empty gun. You can turn the wheel of the pistol at will, let it stop freely, and then I will take it to my head. , if I don’t die, just switch it again, and you will shoot yourself in the head.”

The man smiled and motioned Lu Yongming to pick up the gun.

"We all have a bomb on the back of our neck, don't get too nervous, it's just a precaution in case someone cheats. As long as you don't try to unbind it's fine - and as soon as one dies, the other's bomb will sense and It's self-disarming, and there's a blade in the drawer on your left that you can get to, and it'll cut through the belt."

"You...what are you doing all this for? Do you want money? Or something else? I can give it to you." Holding a pistol, Lu Yongming asked with a complicated expression.

"Money? Mr. Lu, most of the things you have are meaningless to me. I have all those things." The man shook his finger, "I just found that you are a lucky person, so I want to try me It's just my luck."

"What's the reason?" Lu Yongming gritted his teeth and asked.

"Luck! Good luck! Don't you understand?" The man suddenly yelled, "Mr. Lu, don't you understand that your current status and life are all because of your strong luck? You have to be careful about it." Awe! In this world, fortune can determine the direction of a person's life! If a person's fortune is not good, even if he is well prepared, he will fail!"

Lu Yongming looked at him like a madman.

"For this reason, I have prepared this game. There is a one-sixth chance of surviving. As long as I can defeat 'Strong Luck', I can be sure that my luck is stronger than yours! Of course, if I die because of this, it means that I am lucky. It’s just that it hasn’t arrived—it’s not shameful to lose to someone with better luck than yourself.” The man slowly settled down, “You can try to refuse, but that means I have to find someone else, such as yours who can marry you The wife of such a good husband, and your daughter from such a wonderful family."

"You bastard... good!" Lu Yongming slammed the table, spun the revolver vigorously, and then put the gun back on the turntable.

Seeing this, the man began to tremble with excitement. He turned the revolver back to his side and picked it up. Sure enough, he pointed it at his temple without checking it. Judging from his trembling hand, he didn't know it was because of Fear or excitement.

click.

Empty gun.

The man couldn't help laughing wildly, and it took a long time before he put the gun back on the turntable panting heavily, and said to Lu Yongming with a little apology: "Mr. Lu, I'm sorry for wasting so much time...it's your turn. To ensure fairness, you can spin the wheel yourself."

Lu Yongming picked up the revolver again, turned it hard again, and aimed it at his head.

He is terrified, but now there is no better way to solve the current predicament.He had just confirmed that there was indeed a blade in the drawer, so the man in front of him was indeed just a lunatic who kidnapped himself to test some shit "good luck".

click.

Lu Yongming let out a long breath, and only now did he realize that he was drenched in cold sweat. He rubbed the wheel again and put the gun back.

The man on the opposite side was not afraid because of this, but even happier.

"Yes! That's it! You really are the kind of person I'm looking for with great luck! Both of us have passed a round of screening! I was right! I was right! Hahahaha!"

He laughed, and this time he grabbed the gun and shot himself in the head without hesitation!
Still empty guns.

"Strong luck! Victory! Thank you, Mr. Lu! I have confirmed it! Even if I lose to you, I can still die with glory!"

The pistol returned to Lu Yongming's hand again.

"You bastard, why don't you play this game with a gun yourself..." Lu Yongming gritted his teeth and turned the wheel, then pointed it at his head.

The moment he pulled the trigger, he smelled gunpowder smoke.

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The sound of car horns went away, which also brought about the hustle and bustle of the morning.

[The name of this city is no longer remembered by people, people will only remember its nickname, Sin City.

Exactly when this unusual city began to exist is unknown, only that all countries have acquiesced in the existence of such a place.There is no traditionally recognized "crime" here, and no criminals will be tried here, but the strange thing is that the city has not become more chaotic because of this, but has gradually become more chaotic under the organization of some promoters. Developed and livable—even though the crime rate recognized by normal people remains high, the daily life of the city continues.

But one thing is for sure, if you are not a murderous criminal, you will not be able to live a peaceful and stable life here.

Your father Lu Yongming disappeared three months ago. His body was found two months ago. The cause of death was a bullet in the head and he committed suicide.After the case was reported, no progress has been made. Through some news channels left by your father, you know that your father is likely to have died in this city, so there will be no further investigation.And your father's company was quickly seized by other companies after his death, and your mother has also absconded after the arms smuggling incident was exposed.You came to this city relying on part of the remaining property of your family, wanting to find the murderer who killed your father, and even more wondering why such a place can continue to exist.

Be careful to keep some of your current secrets:
[-]. Your current name and appearance are different from before (use your own appearance), and no one who knows you will recognize you as Lu Yongming’s daughter. You can use a pseudonym to reveal the purpose of your trip and Original identity is of no benefit to you.

[-]. You are currently studying in a nearby high school. Please be sure to maintain a normal life and rest as a student. Although abnormal behavior is nothing in this city, it is also nothing to conduct secret investigations on abnormal people.

Third, some of the past of this identity needs to be explored by yourself.

mission target:

(Mandatory) Use the computer in front of you to complete the HELLSPEED.COM questionnaire before [-] o'clock this evening.

0. Avoid death (10/[-]).

[-]. Find and kill a serial killer.

[-]. Visit the "Sacrifice Club".

[-]. (Optional) Log in to HELLSPEED.COM on the Sabbath and complete the advanced questionnaire.

[-]. (Optional) Obtain a "prime evil".

[-]. (Optional) Destroy the "Heaven Council".

The relevant information is attached. 】

Lu Ning leaned on the computer chair with her arms folded, and did not click the link attached at the back of the document to log in to the website first.

It is now April [-]st, Saturday, [-]:[-] in the morning, and there is no need to go to school today, and it is probably also the investigation time specially arranged by the task.Although the safety period may not be available at the second level, but going to school, which takes a lot of time, will inevitably affect the investigation, and it is normal to give a little preparation period.

Outside were selling prank toys for April Fool's Day, and some people dressed as clowns were stabbing each other with fake knives and running across the street. There was a large shopping mall a little farther away, where Lu Ning is now staying. The place is an apartment - the rent is already paid, no need to worry about that.

There are also many pedestrians on the street, and there are people of all skin colors. As a mixed city, it seems that multilingual communication is also supported here, but there is not much chaos happening, which is obviously a place without legal sanctions. Orderly, it touches a very new thing.

After looking at the surrounding environment, Lu Ning turned on the Internet and first searched for the word "Sacrifice Club". After some useless information, she finally found a link.

Somewhat surprisingly, this link leads to a website that not only requires registration, but also verification by a real person.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ning gave up and clicked on the link to enter the HELLSPEED.COM website.

On the black background of the website, there is only one huge [Login] button.

After clicking the button, the interface for entering the password soon appeared, but there was no user name, and there was a line of small characters below.

【Login for the first time and fill out the questionnaire to get the password account】

Lu Ning clicked the small characters, and the page immediately jumped to a questionnaire. From the question axis above, you can see that there are fifteen questions, and you can enter the next question after answering one question.

[[-]. What kind of crime do you like? 】

Although it is said that these questions should be answered in disguise, Lu Ning feels that if the answers are filled here casually, the mission on the Sabbath may not have a chance.

She began to seriously answer these questions—with some reservations, answering with some original characteristics of this identity as much as possible.

[[-]. To what extent can you murder someone related to you? 】

[[-]. So far, have you taken any practical actions? 】

[[-]. When entrusted to kill someone, did you shy away from it? 】

[[-]. Have you ever been diagnosed with a mental illness? 】

……

Lu Ning's answering speed became slower and slower, and these questions gradually began to turn around from being straightforward, making it somewhat unclear what the intention behind it was.She always has to be cautious before typing in the answer.

【[-]. Do you think you are evil? 】

After the last question popped up, Lu Ning's fingers stayed on the keyboard for a while.

Compared with what people like to discuss about justice, this question is too easy to answer. However, for Lu Ning, she couldn't figure out whether she should answer her current identity or herself.

【Yes】.

She thought about it and typed in the answer.

Soon after submitting the questionnaire, the page changed. A line of meaningless gibberish consisting of letters, numbers, and symbols appeared on the screen, with a ten-second countdown at the bottom. Lu Ning quickly took out her phone and took a picture of the gibberish line. , ten seconds later, the webpage returns to the interface where the password was entered when logging in initially.

"Is this... a success?"

Lu Ning typed that line of garbled characters into the password box, clicked to log in, and immediately, the webpage returned to normal, and a seemingly ordinary forum appeared in front of her.

[User No.674, first login reminder.

This site does not provide any identity information, everyone directly uses passwords to log in, task release entrustment, etc. are all completed using the built-in monitoring system of the site, quality assurance.

The levels of the client and the executor will be calculated separately. Please do not discuss any information related to your real identity in the forum, and this site will not be responsible for the death caused by it.

Protect your password, and all website verifications will pass.

May you find fulfillment here. 】

After reading it, Lu Ning turned off the prompt.The forum is divided into two parts, the client and the executor. The client publishes some tasks, and the executor receives and completes the tasks to get the reward agreed by the client.Most of these tasks are very simple in style. There are only three things: task content, deadline, and rewards. In addition, there will be some post discussions on the forums on both sides. It is nothing more than which employer is generous and which executor works neatly The other is some rumors.When discussing other people here, they are all directly using code names. Many posts have reading permissions, and they need to reach a certain level of qualifications to enter.

To put it simply, this is a killer commission network, and the name "Hell Highway" is also very simple and straightforward.

Lu Ning felt a little unbelievable that she could come in so easily, but she didn't know that some people were so busy with this compulsory task.

In a dilapidated Internet cafe full of smoke and alcohol, a burly man was hiding in a single room trying to answer questions.

Fifteen questions, he originally thought that it would be enough to answer casually to meet the mentality of a perverted murderer, but he didn't expect that after answering the questions, he said "Sorry, you don't meet our conditions" and disappeared.And exit to click on that line of small words again will prompt "identity token locked, please try again after three hours".

The result of changing the computer and re-entering the URL is that the URL does not exist. It seems that only the document link given at the beginning can enter this website. After a long time of tossing, the big guy can only ask for a pack of cigarettes and wait for three hours.

(End of this chapter)