Lin Sheng took the bus back from the clubhouse.
Although he had money in his pocket, it was not easy to change the habits he had formed. He had planned to keep a low profile for two years, but it had become a habit after a long time.
"To put it bluntly, I'm just lazy."
Standing in the cold wind, Lin Sheng looked back at the white bus that was slowly swaying away. He tightened his collar and slowly walked along the blind alley in front of the shop.
There were not many people on the street. There were not many snacks on this block, and the nightlife was quite quiet.
As Lin Sheng hurried back, he recalled his previous fight with Russell.
"In fact, I almost killed my opponent without drawing my sword. In the mercenary's residual instinctive memory, I'm very good at this kind of sudden close-range attack."
"Using the metal hilt of the sword and precise judgment, I can instantly knock away the opponent's attack. This kind of technique should actually be counted as close-range combat. "
"It's a pity that my physical strength is still a little weak. Otherwise, I wouldn't have needed to use the counterattack to win."
When he practiced with Russell before, the reason why he could easily throw him away was not because he used his own strength, but because he borrowed Russell's momentum.
This was also an instinctive move in the mercenary's memory. When facing an opponent who was much stronger than him, this kind of move was necessary.
"In general, this is using the hardness and material of the long sword as a leverage principle to borrow the opponent's strength. In theory, the stronger the opponent, the greater the damage. The premise is that the material of the sword has to be hard enough. "
As Lin Sheng recalled the previous fight, he had a deeper understanding of this kind of technique.
If Ravel's memory fragments gave him the basic straight thrust, then the mercenary's memory fragments enriched his other fighting experience.
Although it was not much, and in Ravel's environment, he might not even be considered an apprentice. But it was a piece of cake to deal with Russell.
The guy said that he had been trained, but in fact, he was just a little chick that had not seen blood.
Walking through the spacious gate of the community, Lin Sheng walked all the way to the stairway of his house.
Someone had scattered a stack of advertising flyers on the floor of the staircase, and they were scattered all over the floor.
There was a picture of an unknown beauty printed on it, and below it was a line of words: Large sum of money for a child …
Lin Sheng kicked away a leaflet that had been blown upright by the wind and slowly walked upstairs.
The stairwell light was broken again.
He took three steps at a time and reached the third floor in a few steps.
The security door of the house was wide open. His father, Lin Zhounian, was moving goods out. They were all filled with linen bags filled with snacks.
A few big bags were piled up in front of the house, and there was not even a place to stand.
"Come and give me a hand. Just move it downstairs." Lin Zhounian saw Lin Sheng coming and quickly called out.
"Yes."
With the father and son working together, their speed was much faster. In no time at all, they had moved more than ten bags downstairs.
Lin Zhounian drove his family's tricycle over and loaded the goods onto it.
"Alright, go to sleep. I'll send it over. They're in a hurry. "Lin Zhounian stuffed a roll of money into Lin Sheng's hand.
"Your class teacher called to say that she needs a supplementary lesson on the key questions of the college entrance examination. This is the supplementary lesson fee. There's also your allowance for the next few days. Don't ask your sister for it. It's not easy for her to be alone outside. "
After saying that, he waved his hand. Without waiting for Lin Sheng to reply, he rode away on his tricycle.
Lin Sheng watched as his father went further and further into the night until he could no longer be seen.
He looked down at the roll of money in his hand. One 100 yuan and two 20 yuan. The money was crumpled, and there was even a bit of his father's sweat on it.
Such was life. Other than running the grocery store, Lin Zhounian would occasionally help others order large goods.
There were many times when he went out to deliver goods in the evening. He could earn 20 to 30 yuan per trip, but it was hard work.
After a moment of silence, Lin Sheng turned back to the third floor and pushed the door open to enter the house.
He changed into slippers, washed up, changed into his pajamas, and drank a glass of water before going to bed.
Finally, he lay quietly on the bed in his bedroom.
Lying on the bed, he thought of many things for a while.
"I really have to improve my life."
After a long time, Lin Sheng sighed and slowly closed his eyes.
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…
"Whoosh!"
As soon as he opened his eyes, Lin Sheng felt a chill go straight to his head.
He instinctively rolled to the left to avoid it.
"Puff!"
A black sword fell heavily on the place where he had just stood, smashing a big hole in the ground.
The owner of the black sword was a bloated rotten swordsman.
He pulled the sword out of the ground and turned to rush at Lin Sheng again.
In the cold wind, the rotten swordsman was covered in black, and only a black shadow rushed at Lin Sheng.
"Again!"
Lin Sheng couldn't see the figure at all. He could only roll to avoid it again, then got up and ran.
There was a little moonlight outside before, but this time, there was no moonlight.
It was dark around, and he couldn't see anything.
"I have to find a light source first!"
Lin Sheng ran as fast as he could, one foot after another. He didn't dare to stop, for fear that some monsters would appear around him if he stopped.
He didn't want to die inexplicably again. After all, it would take a few days for him to recover after dying again.
He didn't know how far he ran. There was no sound behind him.
Suddenly, Lin Sheng tripped on a stone and almost fell.
There was finally a glimmer of light in the sky.
Moonlight slowly emerged from behind the dark clouds.
Lin Sheng stopped, panting, and carefully looked around.
In front of them was a tall, greyish-white expanse, and as far as the eye could see, there were only greyish-white city walls.
The city walls surrounded the entire town. They were like rotten white cheese that was about to spoil, full of holes.
Lin Sheng took a few steps forward. He was now only a few meters away from the city wall.
"I ran all the way here in one go … Is this Blackfeather City?"
He reached out and touched the grayish-white city wall that was right in front of him.
Unlike what it looked like on the surface, the city wall was extremely hard, and some of the sharp parts even felt like metal.
"It's getting more and more real. This dream …"
Lin Sheng's heart sank. At this point, he was starting to wonder if he was really dreaming.
He retracted his hand, slowly gripped the black sword, and walked through the opening of the city wall.
The three-meter-tall opening was cold and silent, and gusts of cold wind kept rushing in from behind.
Lin Sheng couldn't help but shrink his neck, trying his best to avoid heat loss.
After passing through the opening, it was a decaying gray street.
There were broken carriages on the street. Some fine black fragments of unknown origin were blown around by the wind from time to time.
The run-down shops and residential areas creaked in the wind, as if they could collapse at any time.
Lin Sheng looked up into the distance.
It was all gray there.
The depths of Blackfeather City was still covered in fog, and nothing could be seen.
"Not a single living thing?" Lin Sheng was always on guard.
He didn't believe there would be no monsters in such a big city.
Holding the black sword, he searched left and right, and soon found a direction sign on the right side of the opening.
The sign was made of black metal, and there were a total of five directions.
The words in three directions were completely blurred, and he couldn't see them clearly. He could only barely make out the remaining two.
"Ells Square? Blackfeather City Hall? "
Lin Sheng recognized the words in the two directions.
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