The capital of the Federation.
The aristocratic district.
A heavily-guarded mansion.
"Tong Tong, is there any news today?" a certain calm male voice asked.
"It's in the sky, Chairman" a young girl's voice replied.
"That ocean is very dangerous — — other than that, is there anything else worth paying attention to?" the man asked.
"There is, someone from Chang Ning Steel Mech research department died" Tong Tong replied.
"… What kind of news is that?" the man was speechless.
He was wearing a black trench coat, a pair of black leather gloves with bare fingers, his eyes glowing as he lit a cigar.
"That's right, this isn't really news, but it's on the news" Tong Tong replied.
The man took a puff of the cigar and asked: "So that's why … who died?"
All of a sudden, a voice came from behind them.
"It's me"
The man turned around to see a young man wearing a hoodie standing in front of the window. "Who might you be, sir?"
The man squinted his eyes and asked.
The young man didn't say anything, but his face was full of nostalgia.
All of a sudden.
7-8 people in black appeared in the room in a split second.
These people gave off faint killing intent, as if they were ready to attack at any moment.
The air almost froze.
At the very next moment.
Everyone's communicators rang at the same time.
Without waiting for them to answer, a series of electronic voices came from the communicators:
"Federation citizen Xiao Hui, hitman, living in Chang Ning South Bay Sector 10, Block B, Unit 1, 9th floor, room 9001, single"
"Federation citizen Chai Haoshan, hitman, living in the capital's East Side 5th Avenue Apartment # 330, 15th floor, room 1, also has …"
"Federation citizen Cheng Hui …"
"Federation citizen Zhao Pei …"
"…"
Everyone's expressions changed.
As a hitman, one's true identity is the most important thing, and the organization has always put in the most effort to conceal their identity.
— — -and then everyone's identity was automatically broadcasted by the communicators.
What kind of person would be able to do something like this?
"So that's what it is … which Lord do you represent?" the man asked in a low voice.
He waved his hand and the hitmen retreated.
Gu Qing Shan didn't mind, sat down on the large sofa and smiled: "Congratulations, you finally got your wish"
"Wish?" the man doubtfully asked.
"Yes, I'll become the president of the Assassin Guild. I'll be in charge of assassins."
"… I don't quite understand what you mean …"
"Nice to meet you. I'm Gu Qing Shan."
"Gu … Qing Shan, very good, very good name"
"Guild Leader, he's the guy who was killed by a car in the news," Tong Tong whispered.
Only the three of them were left in the room.
"Gu Qing Shan, do you know who I am?" The man probed.
Gu Qing Shan smiled and said: "You are Jang Young-ho, the president of Hunter Association."
"What about you? And who are you? "Jang Young-ho asked.
"I might be a spoiler" Gu Qing Shan said.
"What mess?"
"The destiny of this world."
Gu Qing Shan said slowly.
He recalled the first time he met Jang Young-ho and continued: "Jang Young-ho, I've seen your past, I agree with your ideals and actions"
"Now, I'm inviting you to become my companion, if you agree, I'll take you to experience something completely different"
"Aside from killing people, I don't have anything else I can help you with" Gu Qing Shan directly refused.
Gu Qing Shan smiled and said: "You should know, following me is a good thing, I'm still different from the two good-for-nothings from the Nie family and Bai family"
"I'm all ears" Jang Young-ho said.
"How do I say this, I personally divide Aristocrats into two types" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Two types?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"Hm, the first type, those who find themselves born with unparalleled superiority, so they endlessly magnify their own existence, squandering money like dirt, using their status to bully others, not seeking to improve themselves, tarnishing the reputation of Aristocrats, turning into a cancer of the entire country" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Interesting, what about the second type?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"The second type, are people like you, or should I say, people like your second uncle" Gu Qing Shan said.
Jang Young-ho put down his cigar and sat up straight.
Gu Qing Shan continued: "There is no such thing as eternal authority, no such thing as an eternally stable social structure. Only by becoming stronger, becoming an unparalleled Combatant, will you be able to lead humanity's civilization forward in both good and bad times"
"You are the true Aristocrats, although the older generation doesn't really like people like you"
Tong Tong who was listening on the side couldn't help but whisper: "What the hell … Boss, why does he think the same way as you …"
Jang Young-ho was also a bit confused, hesitantly asked: "Do you really think that?"
"You've seen it yourself, the 9 Lords want to kill me" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Then, we've indeed reached an agreement on our ideals … but I really don't know what exactly you want to do. After all, I have a lot of subordinates working for me, just having ideals isn't enough, do you have any actual projects?" Jang Young-ho was a bit confused.
"Now isn't the time yet … there are some things that you shouldn't know too early, but you need to prepare yourself, the next time we meet, we'll need to do something practical" Gu Qing Shan said.
Jang Young-ho went silent for a few moments.
— — -so mysterious?
Who exactly is this guy?
Looking for the Assassin's Guild, it's obvious that he wants to assassinate someone in the dark, other than that, what other goals could he have?
"Let me make it clear first, my organization doesn't kill the old, the weak, the sick, pregnant, normal people, people with good intentions, basically, we don't kill the innocent" Jang Young-ho said.
"Don't worry, it's because of this that I'm willing to come to you" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Then we've reached an agreement — — - but if you're not a member of the 9 Lords, which organization do you belong to?" Jang Young-ho tried to probe again.
"I can't think of anything" Gu Qing Shan casually answered.
"… You can't even think of a name for your organization?" Jang Young-ho hesitantly asked.
"We'll just call it 'I can't think of anything'"
"… Are you serious?"
"Think of a name if you can" Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but say.
Jang Young-ho stopped and scowled.
If I think of a name for my organization … that's not impossible …
— — -but what exactly does this organization do?
He asked Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: "It's related to the thing we're going to kill — — the next time we meet, I'll tell you about it"
He walked to the window and was about to leave. Suddenly, Jang Young-ho's voice came from behind:
"Wait a minute!"
"Hm? Is there something else? "Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Just like you said, if there's really something we're going to kill, I'll have to make arrangements for everyone — — after all, with so many people working for me, you should at least give them some money" Jang Young-ho shrugged.
Gu Qing Shan understood and nodded as if that was the case.
"— — give him some money"
After saying this, he directly flew out of the window and disappeared without a trace in a few leaps.
After he left, Jang Young-ho and Tong Tong both stood in front of the window.
What happened just now was truly strange.
"Boss"
"Hm?"
"That person is too strange, do you really want to cooperate with him?"
"We're doing business, every door is a customer, if he really does have a good connection … then what's wrong with cooperating? After all, he's even able to obtain our identities" Jang Young-ho said.
"Boss, just now I wanted to act a few times, but as soon as he glanced at me, I stopped, I don't know why" Tong Tong doubtfully said.
"That's a very rare situation, basically because you feel like you're going to die as soon as you act" Jang Young-ho casually said.
At this moment, a beeping sound came from his communicator.
As soon as he looked at it, he froze like a statue.
"Chairman, what's the matter?" Tong Tong became anxious.
"It's nothing …"
"You're sweating all over your head, something must've happened!"
Tong Tong glanced at his communicator.
Only to see a few lines of text hovering there:
[Your bank account has been changed]
[Your bank account has been classified by Impartial Goddess as a Federation war expenditure, classified as Top Secret]
[You may use all of the Federation's war funds]
[No need for any invoices, Impartial Goddess will immediately reimburse all of your expenses]
[— — This authority has been activated]
Tong Tong quickly read through it, her mind blank.
"— — Use my citizen ID to log into the Federation's Central Bank, enter the personal credit center and see if it's real" Jang Young-ho spoke in a low voice.
Tong Tong didn't say anything else, quickly took out a small Holo-Brain and operated it.
She quickly connected to the Federation's Central Bank and saw the corresponding information.
"Boss, it's real …"
Tong Tong muttered in a low voice.
Jang Young-ho took the Holo-Brain and looked at it.
There was only one line of text:
[Federation citizen Jang Young-ho, credit limit: ∞]
…
Gu Qing Shan was walking alone on the street.
He purposely found a deserted alley, walked to the end and stood still.
Bam!
A barrier emitting spiritual light emerged from his body. It flickered for a moment before completely disappearing.
Qi Training stage 6.
Gu Suan's voice came: "Sir, your evolution speed suddenly sped up a bit, 1 hour and 30 minutes earlier than I expected, why is that?"
Gu Qing Shan looked at the dark ocean in the sky and muttered: "Time is of the essence, so I remembered a martial scripture … I might as well cultivate it first"
"What kind of martial scripture is it?" Gu Suan asked.
Gu Qing Shan recalled Lin's words at the time and replied:
"I'm not too sure about the name, but it was Lin who gave it to me. I heard that simply reciting this scripture will cause an unimaginable seed of power to take root, not to mention reciting and cultivating it — — I didn't find any traces of this martial scripture among the human inheritances of the Samsara, so I can see how precious it is"
"Please recite it to me, I've recorded many secret records of human cultivation, perhaps I'll be able to find a match" Gu Suan said.
Gu Qing Shan recited it.
"Strange, there's no corresponding information in the database" Gu Suan said.
"That's … a bit strange, I'll have to ask Lin next time" Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.
He abruptly stopped.
At some unknown point, layers of fog had appeared around them.
Everything became blurry.
Gu Qing Shan turned around to see the girl silently standing at the entrance of the alleyway.
"Xie Shuang Yan … I remember you saying that you would only appear in front of me again after I've won this Apocalypse" Gu Qing Shan said.
The girl spoke: "The situation has changed, listen — — -"
Gu Qing Shan listened.
There was silence all around.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
Gu Qing Shan shook his head and was about to say something when an extremely faint sound resounded from the street outside.
— — as if something extremely heavy was being dragged along the ground.
And then.
The scent of blood drifted with the wind.
A shrill scream resounded, then abruptly stopped, as if something was choking its throat.
The sound of explosions resounded in the sky. The police Mech squad had moved out.
A group of people screamed in fear as they ran from the entrance of the alleyway.
The entire city seemed to have fallen into some sort of inexplicable chaos.
Xie Shuang Yan's expression was cold as she quickly spoke: "Man Killer Fiends and Man Eater Fiends have begun to appear, this isn't a weaker version of the Apocalypse, but its full power — — there are over a thousand related variants"
"How do they spread?" Gu Qing Shan calmly asked.
"Randomly selected, if selected, they will immediately mutate" Xie Shuang Yan answered.
"Then what do you want to tell me by appearing here?" Gu Qing Shan asked again.
"Look at your feet" Xie Shuang Yan answered.
Gu Qing Shan looked down, only to see the shadow under her feet suddenly moved.
Feng Huo De.
This is Feng Huo De's God's Chosen Skill, he's going to take me to find Anna.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
— — -looking at the time, it should be about time for this to happen.
Xie Shuang Yan's voice came again:
"You have two choices, Gu Qing Shan"
"The first choice is not to meet Anna, let her return to the Holy Empire just like in the past life. This way, everything will remain the same, and there won't be any more Apocalypses, you might be able to deal with it"
"But why?" Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but cut her off.
"Because in this timeline, you won't actually meet her, and she won't stay in the Federation. Instead, she will return to the Holy Empire, return to her father's place, endure all the hardships, become the 'Queen of Annihilation' and accept her final fate — — - this is the real reality of your past life" Xie Shuang Yan explained.
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised, then slowly understood.
Following the shadow to find Anna — — - this will change the events of this world, making it the same as the other side of the closed loop — —
This will completely change the past life.
But!
If I don't meet Anna, then once she returns to the Holy Empire, the only thing waiting for her will be a terrible fate.
— — -how can I let her go?
I'll always owe her that cup of wine, how can I not meet her?
Xie Shuang Yan looked at his expression and continued: "If you choose to meet Anna, the Apocalypses of the main timeline will become even more violent, even more undefeatable, this is fate's revenge"
"If you choose to meet Anna, this world will head towards destruction even faster"
Xie Shuang Yan said.
Gu Qing Shan went silent for a moment.
The shadow under his feet waved at him, left his feet, and ran towards a small alley.
Xie Shuang Yan continued: "The time has come, Gu Qing Shan, what will you choose?"
Gu Qing Shan looked at the shadow and muttered:
"… Truthfully, the reason I returned to this era … is to change the fate of this era"
"You're only Qi Training stage 5" Xie Shuang Yan replied.
Gu Qing Shan looked at her: "You might not know, but ever since I completed the first closed loop and woke up from the pit of corpses, I've been thinking about how to change everything. After a long period of fighting, until I became a Star River Saint, until I found my own path, until I had many powerful companions by my side — — - I've always been thinking about how to redeem these tragic events of the past. And now, I've finally returned to this era — — -"
"Do you think I'll let this era continue on its original path?"
"But more and more powerful Apocalypses will appear, this is reality, they will destroy everything" Xie Shuang Yan replied.
Gu Qing Shan shook his head and quickly followed the shadow.
His final words came from the fog:
"If any Apocalypse dares to touch this era, I will let them know the true taste of eternal destruction"
"— — I guarantee that I will accomplish this"
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