After raining for an entire day and night, a hand reached out from the pit of corpses outside the barracks.
The patrolling soldiers were so scared that they dropped their lanterns and quickly ran back to the barracks to report to the Squad Leader.
The Squad Leader and the other soldiers picked up their Blades and carried a lantern as they left the barracks to check.
They looked back, only to see a figure silently sitting in the middle of a pile of corpses in the middle of the pouring rain.
The Squad Leader shone his lantern to see that it was a soldier, wearing broken leather armor, leaning on a pile of skulls with his back to the lantern.
The Squad Leader held his Blade tight and asked in a low voice: "Who is that?"
Through the rain, a blurred voice came: "This humble one is a soldier from the Vanguard, heavily injured, unable to move"
Unable to move?
The Squad Leader's expression loosened, raised his Blade and stepped forward: "So it's a brother from the Vanguard, come, let me help you up"
"Thank you"
"You're welcome, die"
The Blade cut through the rain, turned into a cold gleam, heading straight for the man's neck.
The Squad Leader's strike was extremely vicious, and with perfect timing, the man's head was instantly chopped off, falling into the pit of corpses.
One strike and it's over!
The Squad Leader smirked as he pulled his Blade back, then his expression changed: "Wha — — -"
A figure jumped up from the pile of corpses, the cold gleam in his hand sliced through the Squad Leader's arm.
The arm and the Blade were sent flying, a spray of blood came out from where the arm was cut off, disappearing in the howling rain.
Intense pain came, the Squad Leader's face was full of disbelief, his pupils reflected a figure leaping up high.
A dagger appeared right in front of the Squad Leader's eyes.
With a 'poof', the dagger pierced through his eye socket.
The intense pain only lasted for a split second, then everything went black.
A few moments later.
The young man pulled the dagger out from the Squad Leader's eye socket.
The Squad Leader's body fell straight down, falling into the mud.
The young man held the dagger, silently standing still.
The rain continued to fall, washing away the mud on the young man's face, revealing a pair of bright eyes.
Suddenly, the young man's eyes became sharp.
Under his feet, the Squad Leader's stomach suddenly swelled up, letting out a strange gurgling sound.
The young man took a deep breath, gripped his sword with both hands, and stabbed the corporal's stomach with all his might.
An inhuman scream was heard, and a layer of black mist gushed out from the squad leader's stomach. His stomach heaved up and down as if something was struggling inside.
With a loud crash, the corporal's stomach split open, and a pitch-black, withered claw reached out.
Before the terrifying ghostly claw could do anything, the youth gripped the hilt of the sword with both hands and twisted it.
"Die!"
The youth spat out a single word.
The crazily writhing corpse suddenly froze. The ghostly claw also unwillingly dropped down, no longer making any movements.
Everything returned to silence.
The foul stench of black blood slowly spread from the corporal's body.
Seeing this layer of black blood, the young man heaved a sigh of relief and pulled out the dagger.
He looked down at the strange corpse on the ground and muttered to himself.
"What a strange scene. I wonder what the mission reward will be?"
The young man was filled with anticipation as he shouted, "System!"
One breath, two breaths, three breaths.
Time passed quietly, but nothing happened.
In the middle of the night, there was only the sound of the wind blowing and the rain falling.
The young man tilted his head in surprise, looking around — — behind him was a pit of corpses, below him was a demon's corpse, not too far in front of him, a soldier was lying on the ground in fear, even his lips were trembling.
"Strange"
The young man was confused: "The Quest still isn't finished?"
The System remained silent, meaning the Quest isn't finished yet.
Looking at the soldier, the young man suddenly felt like he was missing something.
The young man thought for a bit, struggled to move forward, but almost fell into the mud.
Just now, he was so focused on killing the demon that he didn't feel anything, but now that he's back to normal, he felt pain all over his body.
His legs felt like they were filled with lead, every step he took required all of his strength.
This isn't right.
At the moment when the Apocalypse came, I used all of my strength to kill the final Demon Lord, but not only did I not leave the game, I ended up in this strange place with a body full of pain.
Where exactly is this place?
The young man scowled, staggered in front of the soldier and saluted.
"Valiant Steed Battalion, Gu Qing Shan reporting"
"You, you, you killed Shangguan!" the soldier stammered.
"He's not human" Gu Qing Shan observed the soldier and spoke.
The soldier was wearing an ancient leather armor, this type of armor doesn't even have a spirit energy source — — no matter how unimportant a military unit is, they wouldn't wear this kind of antique armor.
Gu Qing Shan looked at herself, only to find that she was also wearing an antique armor, her original equipment was already gone.
That's strange.
The soldier quickly glanced at the pit of corpses. The Corporal's strange corpse was still lying motionless in the mud.
The soldier hesitantly asked: "But … but when you killed him, how did you know he wasn't human?"
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: "I was only being a bit careful, he attacked first"
Gu Qing Shan walked back and dragged the Corporal's corpse in front of the soldier, letting him take a closer look.
"Take a look, this is a Skin-shedding Blood Demon"
Gu Qing Shan used her dagger to cut open the Corporal's stomach, revealing a black monster with vertical pupils and a ferocious expression.
Seeing the monster's corpse with his own eyes, the soldier was even more shocked.
The soldier recalled his companions who died for no reason these past few days, feeling a bit scared, but also grateful to the young man.
The soldier calmed himself down and asked: "You're called Gu Qing Shan?"
"Yes"
"Valiant Steed Battalion?"
"Yes"
"Where's your badge?"
Gu Qing Shan took out his badge, looked at it for a bit, then gave it to the soldier for inspection.
This badge is heavier than he thought.
With the current Smithing technology, an ID badge can be made as light as a piece of paper, so why is my badge as heavy as a weight?
The young man was getting more and more confused.
The soldier took the badge and looked at it carefully, sure enough, the words "Valiant Steed Battalion Gu Qing Shan" were written on it. The badge itself was glowing with a light full of life.
The badge is real.
The soldier sighed in relief, the nervousness on his face faded away, replaced with exhaustion: "Finally a living person, hurry, we can't stay out here for too long, quickly follow me into the camp"
That's right, Gu Qing Shan lightly nodded: "Got it"
The soldier returned the badge, turned around and walked into the camp.
Gu Qing Shan took the badge and carefully looked at it.
— — – not only is this badge heavy, it's also made of bronze, with a few crude words carved on it, clumsy and ugly, a completely outdated design.
Outdated design …
Gu Qing Shan felt a flash of light in his mind, followed by an indescribable sense of fear.
He suddenly looked up, staring at the soldier in front of him.
An ancient leather armor.
The answer was so unimaginable that Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but loudly ask: "Brother, what year is it now?"
The soldier turned around, looking at him strangely: "It's the 681st year of peace"
Gu Qing Shan was stunned.
All of a sudden, the waterfall of data turned into a blinding flash of blue light, like a tidal wave, flashing across Gu Qing Shan's eyes.
Oom — —
A cold mechanical voice came.
[Current time confirmed to be the last year of peace]
[Time flow is stable, confirmed to have escaped from the Space-time vortex]
[Conclusion: Successfully escaped from the Apocalypse!]
[Identity reset successful, current identity: Humanity's Vanguard, Vanguard Cavalry]
The System finally activated, but Gu Qing Shan didn't feel any joy at all, only disbelief at what he was seeing.
How could it be the last year of peace? The game hasn't even started yet!
This is a past that only exists in the game's background and history, humans in Reality haven't even officially entered this terrifying game world yet.
When players enter the game, it'll already be a year later.
Did I return to before the game started?
Then what about Reality? Did I also return to the past in Reality?
Gu Qing Shan's heart skipped a beat as he looked around.
In front of him, the soldier had gone further, already past the main gate of the camp.
On the door of the barracks, the light from the Concealment formation would occasionally come out.
Looking past the barracks, in the dark and desolate wilderness, he could faintly see a large figure flashing through the rain.
Gu Qing Shan slowly raised his arm, opened his mouth and bit down.
A row of clear teeth marks appeared on his arm, where he bit down a bit deeper, blood began to seep out.
So painful!
This isn't a dream!
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