This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 28 Faith
In most parts of the New World, naturally harmful bloodlines like vampires are eliminated the moment they appear.

His poor speaking skills were particularly severe in his previous life. He seemed withdrawn and lacked a sense of presence, completely fitting the role model of a reclusive and seemingly kind serial killer.

At that time, perhaps only the New World system, which judged him more suitable for the Paladin role, would firmly believe that he was a good person. Even he himself had doubts about himself for a while, always wondering if he was some hidden psychopath...

Did he truly not have a self-absorbed mindset when choosing the assassin class? It's hard to say. A lonely and lost young man fresh out of college, what he's thinking, he often can't even articulate.

But even for a person like him, Langcheng let him live, and Huaxia also let him live.

This is the kindness the world has given him.

At the last moment, facing the threat of death, he felt more powerlessness and hope than the instinctive fear of life.

He hopes that the living can continue to live, so that they can try to find a way forward for humanity. But he also hopes that on this path, people will still uphold justice and kindness, and still unite...

After experiencing death once, he has not changed his mind.

"He may not become a useful person." Nie Weiyang muttered to himself.

Xiang Feng, who had caught up, looked over and said nothing.

He could feel that Nie Weiyang was not talking to anyone, and that some kind of change was taking place in this person. It was not complicated, no, it would be better to say... this person was changing from being complicated to being pure.

"...but he still survived." Nie Weiyang said, his voice getting lower and lower, as if he was talking to himself: "If I survive, I will have everything. Only if I survive can I have a future and do what I want to do...But living is not the goal, but a process and a necessary condition. My goal is...to uphold what is in my heart..."

Bullshit. Pure bullshit. But sometimes, bullshit can be useful.

Nie Weiyang raised his level to 10 without hesitation. With a slight sound, the [Faith] column bar was unlocked, followed by a line of words: [In-depth Exploration].

He clicked it because he no longer hesitated and was no longer unable to face it.

Congratulations to player [Nie Weiyang] for being the first to reach level 10 and earning the temporary title [First Climber (Unique)]. The game world is currently undergoing an online update... The update is complete, and players can now view post-level 10 skills and recipes.

Xiang Feng: “?!”

Xiang Feng turned his head suddenly and looked at Nie Weiyang.

——Not a buddy?

……

Brilliance burst out from the depths of his soul, overwhelming Nie Weiyang's spirit.

The contradiction between the sacred attribute and the dark attribute was fully demonstrated from this moment on. Every one of his blood vessels was being burned, and the malice of the new world finally emerged. The pain caused by the intense conflict overflowed from the depths of Nie Weiyang's chest. He felt his body being burned, and his soul being torn apart and melted. This was a manifestation of the characteristics of the sacred power and the dark power.

He saw several blind people walking briskly from the hospital toward the greenhouses. They were there to help the agricultural students plant vegetables. They were probably of bat or other bloodlines that enhanced their senses. He saw the people in the greenhouses still hard at work. He saw the army conducting drills, the tailors sewing, the workers still chanting "Three, two, one, hey!" He saw the entire city of Lang under construction, for it was the people's new home and a fortress for battle. He also saw higher and farther places, and his soul almost flew higher and farther, soaring into the sky, into the clouds...

The dark and chaotic void descended, and thoughts suddenly returned.

Everything around him seemed to be covered in a layer of strong and bright colors, which then gradually faded away along with the pain.

It was a brief yet long moment as Nie Weiyang came to his senses, the dark shadows fading from his eyes. He took a deep breath, adjusted his sunglasses, and looked toward the hospital.

The hospital, where almost everyone in the city who could heal was located. According to Xiang Feng, aside from a few military doctors assigned to the army, there were only 44 players with healing skills among the city's 50 people. The hospital currently had 44 medical staff, and with these healers, there were less than a hundred people in the brightly lit hospital, ensuring the safety of people.

Everyone is doing their own thing and walking their own path.

Just as the distorted ecology of the new world is still ecology, the strange biosphere is still the biosphere, and everything has its own core.

And Nie Weiyang finally faced up to his inner self.

"...Goodness and justice." He murmured to himself, a voice only he could hear. "This is my morality."

The golden light flows through the blood-red iris, expands and contracts along the cracks, and finally returns to the depths of the pupil, making it even more dazzling!

【[Faith]: Follow my morality! 】

The facts have proven, at least to this day, that he was right. So let's continue!

Isn't the Paladin, a profession born from fantasy, one of people's most simple imaginations of kindness, integrity, and morality? People have a tendency to be drawn to good people and good deeds. This feeling transcends everything because this is what it means to be human.

—This time I chose the Paladin because I wanted to uphold the moral principles in my heart and protect the future I wanted. I wanted to temper those who deserved to survive while allowing them to survive as long as possible, and, incidentally, send some people permanently out of the new world.

This may require Nie Weiyang to use his own way to challenge the way the world works, and challenge the evil deeds that the whole world cannot bear to see.

If you can do it, do your best.

he said to himself.

Don't be discouraged if you can't do it, because there will always be a place where you need him.

It might seem a bit extreme, too idealistic, but this is Nie Weiyang's future, this is the smooth road he sees.

In this case, there is only death!

……

Nie Weiyang took a deep breath, and his mind became clearer than ever before.

Reaching level 10 gave him a new skill. Every profession’s level 10 skill is called [xx Faith], and his... wait?
He saw his skill tree begin to fall into chaos, and a golden-red light spread from the BOSS template, eroding the original level 10 skill [Holy Faith] and gradually rewriting it.

Soon after, the skill icon and text became clear again, and the four words [My Morality] shone brightly.

“…” Nie Weiyang’s brows relaxed.

Well, although players can create and fuse skills independently after reaching level 20, and he has long been accustomed to it, he did not expect that the BOSS template would actually rewrite a skill in some way when he was at level 10.

Although he never let down his guard against this identity that was beyond his original plan, after checking the effects of the skills, Nie Weiyang became more confident in his next plan.

"I have something to do, so I'll be leaving for a moment," Nie Weiyang said, offering Xiang Feng a gentle smile. This time, his smile wasn't just harmless and gentle, but rather warm and approachable. His charisma, which had been nearing transcendence, finally began to shine.

Xiang Feng didn't ask him what he was going to do, but asked: "Do you need me to clean up a place for you?"

"No need. Let's give the accommodation to those who need it more." Nie Weiyang said with a smile, "I'm in good health, and it's convenient for me to bring a tent with me. I can just stay in the tent when I come back."

Half an hour later, Nie Weiyang returned to his camp. The pain of the intertwined forces of light and darkness still lingered on him, but he parked the car calmly, changed his clothes under the straw shed, and then crawled into the tent to study a map in his hand.

[4701 Shelter Map-No. 3490]
Type: [Heart]-
A mysterious map, made of unknown material, pointing to a certain [Shelter]. --
An invitation, or a trap. -
Using it at a specific location will open the copy [4701 Shelter], which is the 3490th 'voucher' sent out.

Interpretation conditions: Possessing [Earth Homo sapiens] bloodline, Spirit 30+
Information memory condition: Spirit 30+]

The map of Vault 4701 looked like two elegant long sticks stretched parallel to form a key. When the two sticks were pulled apart, a fuzzy map would gradually be pulled out from the middle. It felt like some kind of resilient and silky paper or cloth. Nie Weiyang was certain it wasn't human skin; his judgment on this point couldn't be wrong.

The classification of 'Heart Phase' matches the type of item Sam obtained, and Sam quickly entered this shelter in his previous life, proving that its location is most likely in Zhongzhou, or even near Langcheng.

"Interpret the map." Nie Weiyang said softly.

A light flashed in his eyes, and an idea suddenly appeared in his mind. The fog on the map quickly dissipated, and a clear image came into view and was recorded deep in his brain.

Nie Weiyang closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then compared the map of Zhongzhou in his mind with this map and suddenly opened his eyes.

——Sure enough, it’s in the mountains of the next city!

Shelters, this is something that already exists in the New World...

Nie Weiyang decided to take a gamble.

He needs to explore Shelter 4701 before the blood moon rises!

(End of this chapter)