Infernal Artist

The tree man lay on the ground and said loudly:

"Hello!"

"do not come!"

"There are traps everywhere here. Only behind me is safe - you go around behind me and I'll tell you how to get through!"

Liu Ping also said loudly: "Okay, wait a moment."

He made a big circle and came to the tree man's back.

"Take three steps to the left, yes, then five steps to the right."

"Take two steps forward."

"Keep right again."

…

After spending a lot of effort, Liu Ping finally put the tree man on his shoulders and slowly retreated from the trap-filled plain.

"There is a very serious problem. You should pay attention to it in future battles." Shuren said.

"What?" Liu Ping asked.

"You shouldn't rush into that house when you hear a little noise - after all, you don't know what's inside. It might be another trap. If it's a trap, you will die." The tree man said.

Liu Ping was stunned for a few breaths, stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and said sincerely: "Thank you for reminding me, I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."

Before he entered, he knew that there was a dead person inside.

But I couldn't say that. After all, I was just a newcomer from the wilderness who didn't know much about anything.

The tree man couldn't help laughing when he saw his scared look.

The only mistake the kid in front of him made in the entire battle was to rush into the house just now.

This mistake is fatal.

But considering his age and experience, he has actually done quite well.

"Hahaha, relax. As a junior night watchman who grew up in the wilderness, you have done very well. Your problem is that you have never met a professional opponent." The tree man said.

"Are all professionals powerful?" Liu Ping asked.

"It's hard to say, sometimes even I don't know what the enemy opposite is good at." Shuren said.

"Why is this happening?" Liu Ping asked with a confused expression.

"Because civilization is always developing in all kinds of strange ways. If you don't know the other person's civilization background, you can't judge which side the other person's ability is biased towards." Shuren said.

"Side?" Liu Ping continued to ask.

The other party finally didn’t want to explain any more and said instead:

"This is where civilization is headed - it's too early to tell you this, now put that card above my head."

There is no more information at the moment.

Liu Ping felt a little regretful, but he still placed the card on the tree man's head.

The card suddenly turned into a ray of light and scattered all over the tree.

Bang!

There was a muffled sound.

The tree split open and a man climbed out of the tree.

This man was covered in bruises and blood. He stood up and said immediately:

"According to the contract with the Demon King, I survived the night and reached the dawn. Please heal all my injuries and restore my deck."

A deep laughter sounded in the light.

"You actually survived... Then, let's take a gamble next time."

All the light disappeared into the man's body.

The injuries on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving no trace of scars.

It wasn't until this moment that the man breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out a windbreaker and put it on his body, nodded to Liu Ping and said:

"As the person who saved my life, you can know my name. My name is Luo Sheng."

"Luo Sheng?" Liu Ping repeated.

"Yes, my affairs are confidential, so don't talk nonsense about how you saved me - I have other ways to repay you."

The man named Luo Sheng thought for a while and said: "Last night's fall from the sky is actually a secret, part of which I can tell you - somewhere outside, some worlds suddenly perished. This is uncontrollable. And no one knows about it yet.”

He lit a cigarette and continued: "——What's your name?"

"Liu Ping."

"Liu Ping, you are responsible for reporting this matter. This will be a great achievement."

"What about you? Since you know this, you should get such credit." Liu Ping said puzzled.

Luo Sheng glanced at Liu Ping unexpectedly and said with a smile: "Young man, it's not good for you to always consider others, but I do appreciate you."

"Because I saved you?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes, before last night, I never thought that I would be in such a situation. It was true despair, so I had to risk it all, use the devil's bet card, and hide in the tree to survive... Fortunately, You showed up, and you wouldn’t know how I felt.”

He reached out and patted Liu Ping's shoulder hard, seeming quite emotional.

Liu Ping didn't say anything, just looked at him blankly.

——Of course I know how you feel, you were made like that by me.

But having said that, you are pretty awesome.

The "Crawling Lord of Nightmares" is a god from the past, but he still failed to kill you and was even avoided by you.

Card Master...is a bit interesting...

Liu Ping thought silently.

"Okay, let's see who that guy is."

Luo Sheng walked towards the corpse.

He turned the man over and over, and found a line of unidentifiable words on the other person's arm.

Luo Sheng gradually became serious.

"This is the divine text to torture the lady... I am her slave. I didn't expect it to come so quickly..."

Liu Ping asked from behind him: "Who is Ms. Torture?"

"She is a god, an evil god, and is waging war against us." Luo Sheng said.

He was pacing back and forth, as if thinking about something important.

For a while.

He stopped abruptly and threw out a card.

Bang!

The card turned into a mobile armor several meters high, and the cockpit opened.

"I have to report other things. Boy, work hard and become stronger. If you can live long enough in this war, maybe we will meet again."

Luo Sheng jumped on the mecha and said to Liu Ping.

The mecha quickly rushed into the sky, drew a long line of clouds, and disappeared at the end of the sky.

Liu Ping stood there for a while.

Lines of burning small characters appeared before his eyes:

"You have obtained war intelligence: impending danger."

"You have witnessed the battles of gods of torture and agony, and fought against the slaves of tormenting ladies."

"You learned the name of a master ghost hunter, established contact with him, and received information as a gift."

"Your role increases by 1 point."

"The current scene is 5/10."

--okay.

This person is still alive and has a name.

The secrets of the living are easier to discern than those of the dead.

Since this person knows the bartender's number, he must be related to the organization behind the bartender.

This is easy to handle.

Sooner or later, he will follow the clues and figure out the secret behind this person.

Liu Ping said: "Hey, I have found out so many things. You can give me some hints and tell me what to do next."

Lines of burning small characters appeared quickly:

"This sequence knows nothing about this world and cannot remind you of anything."

"You need to look for clues yourself."

"When you obtain the secret, you can exchange scenes with this sequence and gain some extraordinary ability."

After reading it, Liu Ping shook his head and said: "Others want money, but you want secrets - forget it, in fact, I also urgently need to know all the secrets in this world."

He suddenly heard some movement.

I saw another figure walking out from the depths of the ruins.

——S0005 robot.

It walked through the ruins step by step and walked towards Liu Ping's position, making a mechanized voice:

"Please take out your ID card, I need to verify your identity."

Liu Ping stared at the robot.

No text appears above the robot's head.

But the gun in the robot's hand pointed at Liu Ping, emitting a thin light.

These rays of light shone straight on Liu Ping, as if carrying some kind of murderous intent.

"It's the same thing again."

Liu Ping sighed, took out his Night Watch card from his body, and handed it to the robot.

——The last time the team was wiped out, this robot came out and helped the bartender complete the resurrection.

The robot's eyes flashed with light, and it scanned the card.

"Verification passed."

"Damn, it's really you. I didn't expect that the whole town would be razed to the ground this time. It really scared me."

The robot's voice became more emotional and no longer stiff as before.

The gun in its hand folded quickly, and finally turned into a wrench, which it put into its crotch.

"It's just a card, how do you confirm my identity?" Liu Ping asked.

"The identity card always monitors the fluctuation of the owner's soul. If the soul is occupied by something else, the card will immediately self-destruct." The robot said.

"So, you've been waiting here for our return?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes." said the robot.

"Now that it's just you and me, it's really difficult to hold on to this place." Liu Ping said with emotion.

"What happened last night?" the robot asked.

"You don't know?" Liu Ping said.

"My job is different from yours. My duty is to save my life and wash the floor the next day, so I hide in the underground secret room every night." The robot said.

"I see."

Liu Ping told him what happened last night.

"Really or not? This matter is very important. You cannot lie, otherwise the consequences will be serious." The robot said solemnly.

"Really." Liu Ping said.

"Good, so now we have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear?" the robot asked.

"Bad news." Liu Ping said.

"The bad news is that the bartender and the others are dead," the robot said.

"Isn't this what I just told you?" Liu Ping said with a wooden face.

"But it's really bad news," the robot insisted.

"...You'd better tell me the good news."

"The good news is that you have gained good information. If we pass the information on, and the people above know the whole story, maybe you and I will not be punished in any way." The robot said.

"The people above - who are they referring to?" Liu Ping asked.

"We all belong to the company, and Dark Mist Town was founded by the company." The robot said.

Liu Ping hesitated and said: "The company is——"

"A for-profit organization. By the way, you have received too little common sense education." The robot said.

"Who is the owner of the company?" Liu Ping asked keenly.

"God." The robot said.

"God?" Liu Ping repeated.

"Boy, listen carefully, our company is run by the Goddess of Pain, and it is her business in this area." The robot said.

"Do gods also do business?" Liu Ping spread his hands and said, somewhat unbelievable.

"Of course, who doesn't need money? You, me, the bartender and everything here is the property of the Goddess of Pain."

The robot said impatiently.