Judgment Day [Unlimited]

From the depths of the forest came the shrill crowing of crows and the sound of frightened flapping of their wings.

Xie Xingyin stood on the sycamore tree surrounded by the three of them, holding a bloody dagger tightly behind his hand.

The wind from high above stirred his light flaxen-blond hair, clearly revealing the deep facial features with a sense of mixed blood.

The ivory white shirt on his body was torn by something, and it was in a mess. The bright red blood on the corner of the shirt was shocking.

Xie Xingyin had squatted on a branch nearly ten meters high for a long time, until the sun almost set.

At the bottom of the tree not far from his feet, lay a bloody corpse, no longer human.

——Half an hour ago, he was still a living person, trampled into a puddle of flesh by something.

The last ray of sunlight in the sky was about to fade away, Xie Xingyin was not sure if the monster had really left.

He pursed his lips tightly, looking at the invisible forest and mountains in the distance.

The forest in front of me is quite strange, as if there is no end in sight no matter how you walk.

As for why he appeared here, Xie Xingyin actually had no idea at all.He only remembered that he fell from mid-air in his sleep, and then confronted that thing for a long time.

The reason why it is called "that thing" is because I really don't know how to call it——

The size of that thing is quite large, and the outline of a human figure can barely be seen. There is a head and a large number of stumps and broken arms on its body.Xie Xingyin felt that it looked like it was pieced together from corrupted human body parts, and some hands were even painted with nail polish.

It doesn't seem to eat corpses, it just takes pleasure in killing.

The wind in the forest picked up again, mixed with dead branches and gravel, hitting the face, making people almost unable to open their eyes.Xie Xingyin rubbed his dry eyes, and planned to get off the tree.

The wind on the tree was too strong, and the cold wind poured in from his collar, making the back of his neck feel chilly.

"Tick-tock-"

Very slight sound.But very close.

Xie Xingyin was slightly taken aback, and saw something sticky dripping on his feet.It was red and black, and a single drop gave off a strong stench, like oxidized blood.

"Tick-tock-"

Another drop.dripping from the top of the head.

Xie Xingyin's heart tightened and he raised his head abruptly, his eyes caught a huge black shadow hanging over his head.

That ugly monster with limbs quietly appeared on the canopy above his head at some point, holding the crumbling branches with countless hands, staring at Xie Xingyin with those dark and empty eye sockets.

Xie Xingyin let out a "fuck" in his heart.

Without giving him time to react, the sharp claws that cut bones and cut flesh unceremoniously grabbed at him fiercely, and Xie Xingyin raised his head reflexively to avoid it.There were long, sharp nails on the rotten claws, which scraped dangerously across his throat.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly. If the carotid artery was scratched by that blade-like nail, blood would be splashed three feet on the spot.

— Not to mention that the thing doesn't know that it hasn't washed its hands for thousands of years, and it may be infected if scratched by it.

When the blow was missed, the thing let out a strange scream, not giving him a chance to breathe at all, and rushed towards Xie Xingyin with all hands and feet.

It moved as if glued to a tree trunk, crawling on several arms at once, swishing with the wind.In the blink of an eye, Xie Xingyin could already see its dark eye sockets and the corners of its grinning mouth.

Just as it screamed strangely and was about to pounce on it, Xie Xingyin tilted his weight and fell straight from the tree, and fell into the thick bushes under the tree.

It stands to reason that jumping from a height of ten meters is no different from committing suicide, but the bush where he fell is full of layers of vines, softer than imagined.

Although Xie Xingyin's eyes were staring from the fall, he didn't break any bones and could still stand up.

He didn't even care about seeing if the monster was catching up, he shook his dizzy head, got up on the ground with hands and feet and ran.Just as he took a step, there was a sudden tightening on his ankle, which directly tripped his forward body.

Xie Xingyin grinned and lowered his head to see that his ankle was tightly hooked by something.It was a dark green vine, rare and thick.

He tried his best to kick twice but couldn't break free, and when he touched his waist, he missed it.

——The dagger accidentally fell off when he fell, and now it fell under a tree five meters away from him, shining with a metallic luster.

The strength of this vine was astonishing, Xie Xingyin raised his head and broke out in a cold sweat.The limb monster was already climbing down from the tree quickly.

That thing is shaped like a spider, and its countless limbs are like centipedes. The fear of such weird creatures seems to be engraved in human genes.

Watching the monster quickly approaching him, dragging a trail of blood on the grass while running, Xie Xingyin couldn't move and was about to be caught by it.

Bad luck.Even if you can get the dagger, it's too late.

Xie Xingyin stared, seeing that disgusting face getting tighter and tighter, he could almost smell the rancid smell!

——At the critical moment, just when he thought he was going to die, an arrow shot out of the woods behind him with a "whoosh" and shot right into the monster's eye socket.

The sharp arrow body with its snow-white tail feathers sank into most of it, piercing its head halfway.The monster that was attacked suddenly let out a scream.

Xie Xingyin even frowned his eyebrows, he felt pain even looking at it.

Sure enough, the monster was enraged by the attacker, gave up on Xie Xingyin and locked on a new target, gave a strange cry and chased him behind him with hands and feet.

1 minute, 2 minutes...

The monster never came back after running away.Xie Xingyin let out a long breath of relief.

He raised his hand and brushed off the dead leaves and branches that splashed on his shirt, and began to think about what to do with the damn vine under his feet.

——However, it was too late when he discovered that there was more than one vine.

Countless vines came out of the ground, climbed up his ankles, tightly wrapped around his legs, and dragged him into the bushes.

Xie Xingyin was empty-handed and didn't have any weapons, and he couldn't even see stones on the grass full of grass roots and gravel. To fight against so many vines was completely hitting the stone with an egg.

Soon, more and more vines wrapped around his body, and the thick and thin vines became tighter and tighter.The rough skin of the vine was full of sticky secretions, Xie Xingyin felt the place where the skin was rubbed started to feel hot.

He strongly suspected that it was some kind of corrosive liquid that would gradually melt his whole body into the nutrients of the vines!

Countless vines gushed out from the ground, binding his hands and feet, Xie Xingyin couldn't move, he could only watch some vines get into his shirt.

It wasn't enough that they grabbed his wrists, wrapped around his thighs tightly, and some of them wanted to drill into his mouth.

Xie Xingyin frowned and avoided, and found that there were eyes on some branches of the vines, looking at him curiously.

After struggling, the ends of his hair fell in a mess on the side of his face, his skin was slightly red with embarrassment, and he looked a little embarrassed.

Damn it, it's better to let the monster kill it! ! !

—

"It's dead." A man in a silver and black uniform kicked the broken arms and limbs scattered on the ground with the toe of his shoe in disgust.

"Burn it all." Another person said, "How can such a difficult thing fall out of an A-level item?"

"Hey, I said you don't care about it, okay, let's go, it's getting dark. We have to get to the camp before dark."

These people took action one after another, burned the remaining limbs of the monster on the ground to ashes, and then set off again.

"Hey wait! Look, there's someone over there!" After walking a few steps, a sharp-eyed person suddenly called out.

……

"Don't move, the more you move, the tighter it will be."

In a daze, Xie Xingyin seemed to see a vague figure walking towards him.

The suffocating entanglement suddenly disappeared, and he could breathe again.Xie Xingyin's cheeks were slightly flushed due to lack of oxygen, and he looked up lazily, but he couldn't see the man's face clearly.

All he could see was the badge on the man's collar before he passed out completely.

The staggered roses and swords shone with a silvery white luster.

—

[Name: Xie Xingyin, trial number 0910023]

[The novice mission "Escape from the Forbidden Forest" has been completed]

【Settlement in progress...】

【Rating grade: A】

[Gain survival time: 7 days]

Xie Xingyin was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.He had a bizarre dream.

In the dream, someone called his brother in a low voice, and gently put him on the bed, stroking his hot back with his slender and cool knuckles.

But when he wanted to see that person's face clearly, his eyes were blurred, and he could only see the badge on his collar...

When Xie Xingyin suddenly opened his eyes and woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

The sunlight outside the window is just right, and a beautiful halo is reflected on the glass.

He found himself lying in a strange room with a bouquet of roses in a porcelain vase beside the bed.I don't know who brought him out of the forest, changed his clothes and bandaged his wound.

It was a dream.

If there were other people here, they would find that Xie Xingyin was lying on his back on the bed at this moment, staring at the blank ceiling in a daze with a puzzled expression.

From the moment he opened his eyes, the scene in front of him became a little strange.

A fluorescent screen floated in front of his eyes, a bit like the operation interface of a holographic game.

His name and number are written in the upper left corner, and a conspicuous countdown column is in the upper right corner.

[Remaining survival time: 6 days, 02 hours, 25 minutes and 00 seconds]

24 minutes 59 seconds.

24 minutes 58 seconds.

57 second, 56 seconds, 55 seconds...

Xie Xingyin's expression changed slightly as he watched the survival time go backwards minute by minute.

No one told him what would happen when the time to live reached zero, but there was no doubt that at the end of the countdown was death.

It looked like he was running out of time.

There are several row of option icons on the left and right of the fluorescent screen. Xie Xingyin found that he could choose with his mind, so he clicked on them one by one and glanced at them.

Among them is a store function, which only unlocks one thing:

[Tongtian Tower Ordinary Ticket]

Fare: 1 day survival time

Customs clearance reward: 5-15 days survival time

*Note: Only one ticket can be purchased per day, valid for 24 hours.Please board the tower before the expiration date.

Xie Xingyin didn't know how to use the ticket, but he looked at the countdown in the upper right corner and was worried.

There is not much time left to survive, and the seconds that are constantly regressing seem to be urging one's life.

—

The night is dark.

On the top terrace of the Daylight Guild base, a young man in a silver and black uniform leaned against the railing to smoke.

Cigarettes were held between his slender fingertips, and a few strands of his half-length black hair were scattered.Amidst the smog, a small half of a nearly perfect side face was revealed.

Players who haven't seen Lu Fen with their own eyes would absolutely never have imagined that the famous president of the Daylight Guild is so young.

——The rumored Shura is evil, with a handsome face that makes people think about it.

In the silent darkness behind him, there was a crisp "ding" sound suddenly, like the sound of an empty wine bottle falling to the ground.

The patio door opened and a woman walked in.

The woman was in her early thirties, with long burgundy curly hair, a black tight uniform wrapped a hot and uneven figure, and sharp eyebrows and eyes like a cold-blooded female agent in a foreign movie.

"Hey, didn't you take someone out of the city and come back so soon?" The woman kicked away the empty wine bottle and walked over with her arms folded.

"Something." Lu Fen leaned against the railing, shaking his cigarette lazily.

"What could be more important than hunting..."

She picked up the wine bottle on the side and poured it into the empty glass: "I just heard from the Night Walkers that you brought someone back from the Forbidden Forest?"

Lu Fen was expressionless, just staring at the light on the cigarette butt in his hand. "He's injured, bring it back for you to see."

The woman laughed: "I mean, President Lu never cared about other people's business, so he has such good intentions to be a babysitter for newcomers? It turns out he wanted to send me along."

"..." Lu Fen finally raised his eyelids to look at her.

"Just kidding." The woman smiled like a fox, staring at him with burning eyes.

"I'm really curious, what kind of rookie can make you come back in the middle of the hunt—how old is that?"

"It's nothing, don't listen to their nonsense." Lu Fen put the cigarette to his lips, not bothering to continue.

His expression looked the same as usual, but he was obviously in a good mood.

"Natalie."

After a while, Lu Fen called the woman by name, "Do me a favor."

"Ok?"

A woman named Natalie responded.

Lu Fen put out the cigarette butt:

"I still have to go to the Forbidden Forest, take care of him these few days."

—

Natalie went up to the top floor of the base with the dinner plate.Before that, she almost never entered Lu Fen's room.

To be honest, she was really curious, who did that bastard Lu Fen bring back.

President Lu has just turned 20 years old. It is hard to believe that he has lived in the main city for nearly ten years, and he is one of the earliest players.Those people who died back then were dead and disabled, but now he is the only one left.

Growing up in such a dangerous environment, he is invincible in terms of qualifications, but he is also a lot of cold-blooded.

Having known Lu Fen for a long time, Natalie rarely saw Lu Fen showing concern for anyone.It was hard for her not to be curious about the relationship between this newcomer and him.

But Lu Fen had warned her not to talk nonsense.

Lu Fen's room was on the top floor of the base. When Natalie opened the door and entered, Xie Xingyin had already woken up and was sitting on the bed in a daze.

Seeing the person sitting on the bed, she raised her eyebrows happily.

Yo, the one surnamed Lu actually got a handsome guy back.

The corners of Natalie's lips hooked unconsciously.If it's really what she thinks, it seems that President Lu, who doesn't recognize his relatives, has similar aesthetics to her.

"Hello." Seeing the woman push the door open and come in, Xie Xingyin was a little confused about the situation.

"you're awake?"

Natalie put the dinner plate on the bedside table, and saw Xie Xingyin looking at her blankly.

"It's okay, just ask whatever you want. This is the base of the Daytime Guild. My name is Natalie, and I'm a doctor in the guild."

Xie Xingyin shook hands with her cautiously.

Natalie was the first person he saw after waking up, but Xie Xingyin vaguely remembered that it was a man who saved him in the forest.

"Did you bring me out of the forest?" Xie Xingyin asked.

"It's not me, I'm just a doctor in the guild." Natalie said, "The president brought you back. You've been in a coma for almost two days. They're back hunting now."

Mentioning Lu Fen, Natalie shrugged, pushed the dinner plate in front of Xie Xingyin, and changed the subject. "You haven't eaten for two days, aren't you hungry?"

I'm a little hungry.

So Xie Xingyin thanked him and brought over the dinner plate.But when he saw the familiar dark green vines in one of the dishes, he choked unexpectedly.

"This is……?"

"Devil vine fried meat, it's not easy to eat fresh vegetables here." Natalie didn't seem to care, sat down next to him, and brushed her hair.

"..." Xie Xingyin was silent for a moment, swallowed hard, and poked the plate of "fresh vegetables" with a fork.

With a grunt, an eyeball in the vine was squeezed out.

"..."

I am grass.

Xie Xingyin silently put down the fork.

"Why don't you eat?" Natalie looked at him enthusiastically.

Xie Xingyin said with difficulty: "It's nothing, I was attacked by it when I was in the forest."

"Ah, no wonder you've been in a coma for so long..." Natalie blinked, "Although the devil vine is not poisonous, its juice has strong aphrodisiac and hallucinogenic effects. It seldom actively attacks people, it may It happened to be attracted by the smell of your blood."

"..." Aphrodisiac.

Xie Xingyin's expression stiffened imperceptibly.

Natalie is still enthusiastically recommending the dish of devil vine: "If you don't mind, you can try it, it's delicious."

It's hard to give up.Xie Xingyin bit his back molars and took a sip, the taste was as crisp as pickled radish.

Okay.

But as soon as he saw this thing, he remembered the embarrassing scene of being entangled by rattan before, so he didn't dare to eat more, and picked up a spoon to drink porridge.

From Natalie's tone, it seems that she has been here for a long time and is very familiar with this place.

So Xie Xingyin asked her while eating: "Have you lived here for a long time?"

"Almost two years."

"That's quite a long time." Xie Xingyin nodded, if he was allowed to eat devil vines here every day, it would probably be enough to live for two weeks.

"I still find it incredible, what is this place, why did I suddenly appear in that forest?"

"Mr. Xie, everything you have experienced is not a dream." Natalie paused for a moment, as if trying to organize her words, "Have you heard of Judgment Day?"

As soon as the three words came out, Xie Xingyin's hand holding the tableware stopped, the expression on his face suddenly became alert, and he raised his head to look at the woman in front of him.

The coldness climbed straight up his spine.

judgment day.

So all these things he encountered were related to Judgment Day?

Xie Xingyin's face became more and more ugly.

Ten years ago, his father and younger brother disappeared on Judgment Day.

Although the mainstream media banned reporting, this incident was widely circulated in the curiosity hunting forums and websites.

Xie Xingyin was only 14 years old at that time.It is said that after Judgment Day came, millions of people disappeared out of thin air in the world.

The government didn't care about it, and just blindly covered up something. Even searching for the words "judgment day" could only find a blank.

The original meaning of the word "Judgment Day" is the day when God judges the world before the end of the world, so it has been appropriately given a new meaning.

——After all, no one can give a reasonable explanation for such a large-scale disappearance except for the handwriting of God.

It turned out to be like this.Those who disappeared have come here.

Xie Xingyin couldn't calm down for a while when he heard the strange talk about "Judgment Day" was so shocking.

When he looked up again, his eyes just fell on a wall calendar on the opposite wall.On the wall calendar is a cross illuminated by holy light, with a line of small characters written on it.

"God loves the world."

The statue of the Virgin in the sun smiled kindly.The room was obviously not cold, but he shivered physiologically.

"Then, can we go back?"

Natalie shook her head: "I don't know, maybe."

There was no need for her to continue, Xie Xingyin already had the answer in his heart.He suddenly appeared here, whether to accept it or not, this is obviously beyond the scope of science.

There are supernatural forces at work.And the tens of thousands of missing people must represent the fate of the losers.

"Don't think too much, the first thing you have to do now is to live and find a way to live."

Natalie patted him on the shoulder and told him to rest here. When the dinner plate was about to leave, Xie Xingyin suddenly stopped her.

"Excuse me, is there a place like an archive here?"

—

In the archives.

Xie Xingyin took a deep breath, even though he was mentally prepared.

"... Xie Sheng did participate in the trial and passed away seven years ago. But are you sure that the other person is called 'Lu Jie'? Has the ID number been reported incorrectly?" The man sitting behind the computer pushed his glasses .

"This user does not exist, and I have not found any relevant information."

"Doesn't exist?" Xie Xingyin was silent for a moment, and confirmed that the identity information was correct.

Finally he sighed: "Okay, thanks."

Maybe he guessed wrong.

The man behind the computer nodded and shouted behind him: "Next."

—

"Is Xie Sheng your father? Who is the other person?" Natalie asked him after leaving the house.

"My brother." Xie Xingyin's expression was blurred under the dim light in the corridor, "It's not my own brother, it's a boy brought back by my father. He also disappeared on Judgment Day ten years ago."

But no information about him can be found here, maybe Xie Xingyin made a mistake, his disappearance has nothing to do with Judgment Day at all.

Natalie nodded regretfully after hearing this: "Don't be too sad. Since he's not here, maybe he's living well in the real world."

Xie Xingyin raised his head: "I hope."

Over the years, Xie Xingyin has learned a lot about the legends about the Judgment Day, but unfortunately none of the people who really participated in the Judgment Day came back alive.The dead can't tell them the answer. The so-called rumors and secrets are just speculation.

Now that he really participated in it, Xie Xingyin didn't know what to say.

—

Coming out of the Forbidden Forest, Xie Xingyin suffered some traumatic injuries, but he was the only one among the group of newcomers who escaped from death, which is quite lucky in comparison.

Xie Xingyin rested in the guild for two days and never saw the legendary guild leader.

When there were two days left in the survival time, Natalie told him to buy the tickets.

"Go to the tower tomorrow." Natalie reassured him, "Don't be too nervous, ordinary tickets should not be too difficult. This is your first time entering the tower, I hope you can come back smoothly."

Xie Xingyin smiled lightly: "I hope."

The next day, Xie Xingyin spent one day of survival time and bought a ticket.After breakfast, he went out with Natalie.

Walking along the street, Xie Xingyin noticed that this place looked no different from the real world.There are familiar building layouts on both sides of the street, and he thought he was still in Hengcheng in a trance.

There is also a wide square at the end of the commercial street, the layout of which is almost exactly the same as the central square of Hengcheng.

"Look." Natalie's eyes lit up, "This is the center of the main city - Tongtian Tower."

Xie Xingyin looked up and saw a huge tower standing in the center of the square.

Tower of Babel.

He had never seen such a tall building, like a towering and steep mountain, with towering spires like a medieval Gothic church, exuding a sense of sacred and inviolable majesty.

Anyone who reads it can't help but sigh, it's a miracle.

A little girl with shofar braids was selling newspapers in the square, and ran towards them bouncing around.

"Sir, do you want to buy a copy of "The Beginner's Guide to Climbing the Tower?"

Xie Xingyin looked at the long line under the tower: "Climbing the tower?"

The little girl who sold the manual smiled when she heard it: "Sir, you are really new here, haven't you climbed the tower yet?"

"To climb the tower is to enter the tower to do tasks." Natalie explained to him, "Use your survival time to redeem tickets in the store, and you will get more survival time rewards after completing the tasks."

"Everyone has to climb the tower, sir." The little girl blinked, "The survival time cannot be transferred. If you fail to climb the tower or the survival time runs out, then you will die."

The little girl was holding a stack of manuals and looked at him eagerly, speaking cruel words in an innocent voice.Xie Xingyin was silent for a moment, and subconsciously reached into his pocket to get the money, but Natalie preempted him.

"The currency here is not the same as outside. Cash is worthless here." Natalie took out a shiny gold coin from her pocket.

"This kind of Tarrant gold coin is uniformly used in the city, and it can only be exchanged for something of real value—such as your survival time."

Xie Xingyin's survival time was pitifully short.Hearing what Natalie said, he remembered that he was being taken care of by Natalie these days, and they were responsible for his food and lodging.

Looking at his expression, Natalie guessed what he wanted to say.She smiled slyly: "You don't have to pay it back, it's not my money anyway."

—

There was a long queue under Tongtian Tower, and Xie Xingyin stood at the end of the queue.

Although Natalie had given him a general introduction to the rules of entering the tower, there were still some detailed details in the manual that she hadn't considered.

While waiting, Xie Xingyin carefully read the manual, and then took out the tickets to read.

[Tongtian Tower Ordinary Ticket]

Note: This ticket is valid for 24 hours and becomes invalid upon expiration.Please read the task prompt on the back of the ticket carefully!

He turned the ticket over, and saw a small line written on the back:

"No. 11, Wangchuan Road."

There was only this vague reminder on the ticket, Xie Xingyin had no idea where Wangchuan Road was.

The only good thing is that the "Tower Climbing Guide" that the little girl sold to him said that the survival time will not be deducted during the mission in the tower.

"How long do we have to wait?" the person in front muttered.

Xie Xingyin turned his head and glanced at the end of the line, and found a young boy with black hair and black eyes standing behind him at some point, lowering his head and fiddling with the Rubik's Cube in his hand.

The boy looked about twelve or thirteen years old, his delicate and pretty face revealed a little almost sickly paleness, his slender eyelashes fluttered like two beautiful and fragile black butterflies, and he looked like a delicate and fragile porcelain doll.

Xie Xingyin stared at his slender fingers, thinking that he was also waiting to enter the tower, he couldn't help frowning.

The young man seemed to sense Xie Xingyin's gaze, and raised his head to look at him.There was no emotion in a pair of obsidian-like bright eyes, Xie Xingyin suddenly caught a trace of familiarity, but he didn't know where he had seen it.

That illusory feeling disappeared in a flash, like a thread that slipped through the fingers without a sound, and couldn't be grasped at all.Looking up again, the boy lowered his head again and continued to fiddle with his Rubik's Cube.

That Rubik's cube is very strange, all six sides are black, only the lines are different.

Xie Xingyin had never seen such a Rubik's Cube.He smiled a little because his younger brother also likes to play Rubik's Cube.

The boy made him feel very kind.

The young man flexibly "clicked" his fingertips, restored the Rubik's Cube, and then broke it up again in boredom.Xie Xingyin looked at it for a while, then turned back.

After a quarter of an hour, they finally lined up under the tower.

"—It's your turn, please check the tickets and enter the tower one by one!"

The staff maintaining order urged: "Don't be crowded, move faster."

When Xie Xingyin looked up after checking the tickets, the people in front of him had already entered the tower.So he walked alone towards the dark door of the tower.

In just a dozen or so steps, Xie Xingyin noticed that the surrounding scene quickly darkened.The crowd waiting in line behind disappeared, and only a single light was left on in front of the door.

The dark door was pulled open, Xie Xingyin took a deep breath and walked in.

Volume 11, No. [-], Wangchuan Road