I slay demons and monsters in a bizarre city.

Chapter 19 Lin Jiuge

Li Changgeng ran like a headless fly, unable to discern directions in the fog. He could only rely on the hazy outlines of tall buildings appearing in the mist and on his years of memory to run towards home.

The city was shrouded in mist at night. Looking up, a dozen scarlet moons hung in the sky, and the entire night sky was bathed in crimson moonlight, making the mist appear blood red as well.

This was the first time Li Changgeng had gone out at night in nearly half a year since the eternal night began. There were exactly thirteen crimson moons, no more and no less, and the moons were very low in the sky, as if one could reach out and pluck them down from the top of a building.

The street scene was familiar; yes, this was where his home was. Li Changgeng felt no fatigue at all, not even sweating. He was running at an incredible speed, which was very strange. He had been too nervous on the hearse at the Bridge of Helplessness. Li Changgeng looked down and was terrified. He had already lifted his feet off the ground and was flying.

Li Changgeng's home is in an urban village in Black Sea City. Black Sea City is economically developed. Before the Eternal Night descended, Black Sea City was still a seaside garden city and an international tourist city. However, the urban villages in Black Sea City have never been demolished and are blocked by other high-rise buildings. Not many people know about the urban villages in Black Sea City. Li Changgeng turned a corner and saw the slanted alley he was most familiar with. After passing through this alley, the first house was his home.

Along the way, apart from hearing some strange sounds like the roars and chewing of wild beasts, Li Changgeng did not sense anything else unusual.

Finally seeing his home, Li Changgeng's feet touched the ground.

Li Changgeng was about to reach out and push the door open.

The ragged, yellow-robed strange man reappeared at the gate, blocking Li Changgeng's way home.

The man in yellow had no face, remained motionless, silent, and undisturbed. His hands, like octopus tentacles, were intertwined, and above them was a bronze shrine with the name Li Changgeng engraved in seal script. Li Changgeng was terrified by this silent and inexplicable fear. The bronze shrine with his name engraved on it seemed to have a lock on it. What did it mean?
At KMS Games, Li Changgeng first saw this strange man in yellow when he used a laptop to demonstrate the game using 3D stereoscopic imaging technology. At the time, Li Changgeng was quite flustered, thinking that there was some kind of bug in the game code that caused such a character to appear. Fortunately, he was the only one who saw it.

"What do you mean?"

"This is my home. You're blocking my doorway. Isn't that inappropriate? Please leave, or I'll have the police arrest you."

"Or what you want."

Li Changgeng desperately wanted to go home, but the man in yellow was blocking his doorway, making it clear that he wouldn't be allowed inside unless things were settled today. The man in yellow exuded a peculiar sense of fear and desolation, leaving one feeling powerless, filled with both awe and an urge to kill him.

The yellow-clad figure floating in mid-air remained silent. The bronze shrine continued to flash with colorful light, the colors constantly changing. As a game concept designer, Li Changgeng was very familiar with and sensitive to colors. There were exactly nine colors in the light, and the bronze shrine seemed to be summoning Li Changgeng.

The blue card number 9 in Li Changgeng's pocket also emitted a dazzling blue light. Li Changgeng realized that the bronze shrine was related to the card. At this moment, Li Changgeng saw clearly that the hearse appeared on the other blank side of the card number 9. The card number 9 and the bronze shrine shone with the same frequency, and the color of the light did not change.

"Brother, please, can you say something?"

Li Changgeng helplessly shrugged. Even if it's about negotiating terms, the terms should be stated first, right?

whoosh...

Card number 9 traced a graceful arc in the air and landed perfectly in the bronze shrine.

"Stealing things." Li Changgeng didn't want to lose Card No. 9. With a thought, Card No. 9 reappeared in his hand. At the same time, the white hearse with the summoning bell hanging on it also appeared out of thin air beside him.

With a loud crash, it slammed into the wall of the urban village... Li Changgeng imagined the hearse disappearing, and the next second, the hearse really was gone, as if it had never been there at all.

This is?

Li Changgeng understood. The bronze shrine engraved with his name was a card collector that could store physical cards. Whenever Li Changgeng wanted a card, it would appear, and at the same time, the thing that the card represented would also appear.

There's a purple Skeleton Reaper card at home. If that's really the case, wouldn't it be able to summon a Skeleton Reaper? Just thinking about it is pretty exciting.

The man in yellow remained motionless, still holding the bronze shrine in his octopus-like hands.

Now they have no choice but to take the bronze shrine. Li Changgeng doesn't want to lose the hearse; it will definitely save his life in a critical moment.

Mustering his courage, Li Changgeng walked over, stretched out his arms, and the instant his hands touched the bronze shrine, his body convulsed as if electrocuted, his eyes almost popped out. The bronze shrine disappeared and appeared in Li Changgeng's mind. The figure of the man in yellow gradually faded until it slowly disappeared completely.

Li Changgeng tapped his head, and the bronze shrine really appeared in his head. It was amazing. As long as he thought about it, the number 9 card appeared in his hand again. This time, Li Changgeng did not want the hearse to appear, so he could not take it indefinitely. Li Changgeng felt very tired now.

The moment Li Changgeng stepped into his home and closed the security door, a long-lost sense of security enveloped him. The purple skull and death card number 15, which was placed on the table leg, shimmered with purple light. In the blink of an eye, the card number 15 appeared in the bronze shrine in Li Changgeng's mind, confirming his thoughts.

Li Changgeng spent a long time trying to open the lock on the bronze shrine, but he couldn't. Without opening the lock, he couldn't see what was inside the bronze shrine at all.

Oh, and take your medicine!
Li Changgeng opened the drawer, took out two pea-sized red capsules from the neatly arranged pills, and swallowed them with warm water.

After taking the medicine, drowsiness overcame him, and Li Changgeng lay on the bed and gradually fell asleep.

KMS Games Company, 33rd floor of the underground beehive, Zhan Ye Si.

"What's the situation outside? Have any new superhumans been discovered? Although ordinary awakened superhumans are very useful to us, and joining the Night Slayer Division would be very helpful, what we need are the pillar gods of the ten Heavenly Stems to fight against the Thirteen Coffins of Evil Spirits."

"Those who become pillar gods must have all had bizarre and extraordinary experiences. Xia Mengmeng from Black Sea City University is probably the only fire pillar god we have discovered so far!"

"Jiuge, tell me."

The Night Slayer, the Underworld King, dressed in a Bagua Taoist robe, stood with his back to Lin Jiuge, letting out a few resentful sighs. His hair and beard were gray, indicating that he was already in his eighties. The Night Slayer's strength was very weak. Currently, the strongest person was Lin Jiuge, one of the Dark Night Inspectors. However, it was a great pity that Lin Jiuge was not one of the Ten Heavenly Stems and Ten Pillar Gods, at least not from the current situation.

After discovering Li Changgeng's secret, Lin Jiuge immediately met with the leader of the Night Slayer Division. "Lord Hades, I have discovered someone named Li Changgeng. He has a divine mark on him! He may be helpful to us, or he may be our greatest threat!"

"Oh?" Hades frowned slightly. "Better to kill a hundred innocent people than let one guilty person go free. The Thirteen Coffins of Evil Spirits have already given us a lot of trouble. Kill this person at all costs!"

(End of this chapter)