Origin Paradise!

Jiang He pulled out his bayonet and, following Wu He's description, painstakingly carved a plan on the wall. To save time, the enemy soldiers were depicted as stick figures.

Grey Knight Rayman touched the marks and said, "That's enough. Now it's Porcupine's turn."

The four continued forward and reached a flight of stairs. The porcupine explored its surroundings at an appallingly slow pace, its usual irritability gone, replaced by a professional calm.

Everyone present remained patient. The porcupine paused for a moment, then its movements became noticeably faster.

"One easily movable booby trap and one reverse-explosion booby trap. The former is hidden under the stone slab and will explode if you step on it. The latter can be left alone and will not cause any problems. If you insist on dismantling it, wait until I am far away."

No one answered. Porcupine began his engineering work. The booby trap under the stone slab had been activated. Any touch could affect the firing pin and cause an explosion. He pulled out a dozen porcupine quills from his body to support the stone slab, then used his bayonet to thin one of them. Carefully, by feeling around, he inserted the thin quill into the booby trap's safety hole.

"boom!"

The porcupine suddenly stood up, baring its teeth and claws.

A long silence fell over the room.

Grey Knight Rayman clenched his fists and took a deep breath. A booby trap wouldn't kill him, but this action was undoubtedly going too far.

"Naive," Jiang He commented.

“I didn’t feel any danger,” Tommy said.

The porcupine snorted, "Then let's just say you two are deserters with some courage."

"Porcupine!" Grey Knight Rayman said in a low voice, slightly annoyed, "Don't joke around during the mission and delay my progress. Don't blame me for turning against you."

The porcupine shrank its head and said, "I understand."

The four continued upwards to the second floor, where Porcupine again dismantled the booby traps. Standing at the top of the stairs, they could already hear the enemy soldiers talking quietly from above.

With a very slight click, the porcupine stood up. Seeing this, Grey Knight Rayman touched the wall, and a flash of white light appeared.

A few breaths later, screams rang out from the rooftop, but then vanished in an instant.

He said, "You proceed."

Upon receiving the signal, the three members of the team immediately rushed up to the third floor at full speed.

The seven Prussian soldiers, except for the assault soldier lying on the steel beams to the left of the stairwell, huddled together around a nearly extinguished pile of charcoal.

At this moment, all the soldiers were stiff and rigid.

Jiang He moved with the speed of a phantom. His agility of 12 points allowed him to cover the distance in an instant. He thrust his bayonet into the eye socket of a Prussian infantryman, spun around, and took the enemy's life. Then, he raised his leg and kicked out with the force of Ming Jin, directly shattering the skull of another Prussian infantryman.

The porcupine roared angrily and moved even faster, but the enemy showed no intention of giving up their lives. The bayonet pulled from the soldier's eye socket slit the sniper's throat, then plunged into the top of the assault soldier's head. With a flick of the wrist, the bayonet pierced through the eye socket of the third infantryman and exited from the back of his head, killing all five men.

Jiang He snapped the neck of the last soldier. This guy was responsible for carrying a flamethrower and was very strong. When he touched the other's skin, he felt a strong electric shock. The Prussian soldiers on the third floor were all paralyzed by the electric shock that rose from the ground.

D-level military merit +6

Meanwhile, Tommy also took care of the assault soldier next to the stairwell.

The porcupine looked slightly annoyed, "You two are really good at fighting over things."

Jiang He released the soldier's body. "You were too slow. Who will wait for you on the battlefield?"

After the battle, Grey Knight Rayman went up to the third floor.

Tommy pulled out a pistol at him.

"Sir, I remember one of the three leaders of the Prussian Reverse Tree Sword was codenamed Thunder Sword. Do you have anything to explain?"

Grey Knight Rayman's expression remained unchanged. "What's there to explain? The fact that I can inherit the title of Grey Knight means that the vetting process was successful. Do you think you're stricter than the King's Shield?"

Who are you pointing your gun at?!

The porcupine turned its head and immediately became angry, roaring, "Mr. Grey Knight comes from an ancient noble family with a history of hundreds of years. The first generation Thunder Sword of the last century and the current second generation Thunder Sword were just ordinary villagers at the beginning. Don't compare them!"

Tommy hesitated.

Seeing this, the porcupine was about to rush forward, but Grey Knight Rayman waved his hand to stop it and turned to say, "Although your suspicion is unpleasant, for the sake of the team and the mission, I can explain a little. Not everyone who uses the power of lightning is a lightning sword. In the past hundred years, there have been four types of lightning knights in the world, whose power sources are electric eels, electric rays, electric catfish, and starfish. And behind me is a family that has inherited the power of electric eels for generations, with a history of four hundred years. As for the two generations of lightning swordsmen in Prussia, they were both users of the power of electric rays and only came to the supernatural stage in the Victorian era."

A moment later, Tommy put away his pistol.

"Sorry, sir, I got too excited."

“This will not be repeated.” Grey Knight Rayman replied solemnly.

Jiang He, who had been observing almost the entire time, seemed to be deep in thought. Just then, Wu He relayed a message through the communication channels.

[On the Prussian side, the standard team of four has approached your factory. They are not knights of this world; my intelligence map marks them as players—two level 9 and two level 8. They are likely a player group that entered this world together using Legion Tokens.]

Jiang He's heart skipped a beat, and he relayed, "Enemy attack, four knights, they haven't entered the factory yet."

“Looks like this is a trap designed to lure people in,” Grey Knight Rayman said. “Take care of them. Rhine Sniper, Porcupine and Tommy guard the stairwell. I’ll go out and test their mettle.”

Suddenly, Tommy's expression changed drastically. "Quick, hide!"

Seconds later, a Prussian M16 210mm howitzer shell hit the wall on the third floor of the factory. In an instant, like a thunderbolt from the sky, a loud bang swept around, the ground trembled noticeably, and the second and third floors of the factory collapsed, with smoke and dust billowing up.

Chapter 71 Instant Kill

On the streets late at night.

The young mage, bearing the ID "Cannon God Cult," finished a chant, and the bombardment successfully hit the factory in front.

The soldiers of the same legion took a second 210mm heavy shell.

The cannon mage glanced at his remaining three-fifths of energy and immediately prepared to attack again.

Rare-grade Energy Rope Entangling Projectile.

The Rare-grade Light Feather Technique makes the shells lighter.

As the cannon mage's incantation neared its end, a common-grade magic missile appeared before him.

The energy rope connects the 210mm cannonball and the magic missile.

Normal-grade Magic Impact enhances propulsion.

A normal-level Flash spell illuminated the factory ruins a hundred meters away.

With everything ready, the artillery mage, his expression excited, couldn't help but shout, "New magic missile, fire!"

Magic missiles soared into the sky, energy ropes dragging the feather-light 210mm shells. Magic shock released kinetic energy, and flash spells marked the impact points. Under the control of the artillery mage, terrifying explosions and shocks rose amidst the factory ruins.

The ground was shaken.

The soldiers stopped and looked around. The factory was almost completely razed to the ground. The mages served as gunners. Compared to transporting the original heavy and huge cannons, these humanoid mobile gun emplacements were much more convenient and faster.

"No, there's no sign of our military merits."

From the shadows, a thief with the ID "Infernal Affairs" spoke up to warn them.

"To be able to take down an entire firepower squad silently, it must be multiple knights. We've hit the jackpot. Mage brothers, stay where you are. The rest of you, follow me. We'll split the credit."

The leading swordsman, whose ID is "Sword Saint," gave the order. He is currently the leader of this four-person team. The group met during a mission and gradually came together because their areas of expertise were complementary. They also spent a lot of money to buy the Legion Certificate from the Bureau of Order.

Legion Tokens allow multiple players to form groups and enter world quests using only one World Invitation Card, effectively reducing costs.

With the order given, the artillery mage found a place to hide, while the other three immediately headed towards the factory.

The warriors led the way, carrying heavy shields, while the thieves, daggers in hand, disappeared into the night.

The swordsman gripped the knight's sword at his waist, wearing a rare-grade protective trench coat. He and the mage were both LV9 Bronze Age elite players, their life levels not far from the peak. If this world weren't set against the backdrop of World War I amidst gunfire, he believed he should have shone brightly.

"As is customary, I'll take the strongest one. If the Crimson Card yields anything, I'll keep 50% of the loot."

The soldier nodded. "No problem."

The two advanced quickly.

"boom!"

At one point, the swordsman vaguely saw a narrow, crimson light. He quickly turned his head to dodge, but the enemy had not aimed at the head, which had a higher accuracy. The whistling of bullets followed closely behind, and the sound of his trench coat being torn violently rang out.

The swordsman touched his chest, his palms stained with blood. The dizziness of death overwhelmed his mind. In his final moments, with his dying consciousness, he put his main weapon, the knight's sword, back into his inventory.

[Hint: You have been hit by the sniper rifle Crimson Baptism]

[Hint: Your senses are suppressed by the hidden killing intent]

[Note: You have taken 28% additional armor-piercing damage]

[Note: You have taken 10% additional piercing damage]

[Note: You have taken 22% additional corrosion damage]

[Hint: You have taken 20 additional flesh damage]

[Note: The Frenzy Mark on you has been triggered, dealing 5% additional damage]

[Notification: You are dead]

The swordsman fell backward and died instantly, his chest and abdomen almost completely shattered, blood gushing out.

"team leader?"

The warrior turned around blankly, his eyes still filled with a dreamlike bewilderment. It seemed that some strange thing had just flown by and instantly killed the captain. Death in the Origin Game and many mission worlds is real; once the soul is extinguished, there is absolutely no possibility of resurrection.

The whistling of the second bullet rang out.

The warrior instinctively raised his heavy shield, releasing a tremendous force that propelled him backward several meters. His powerful legs carved out a shallow ravine, and then a roar filled his ears.

A giant nearly two and a half meters tall seized the opportunity to charge. His body was covered with short, spear-like porcupine quills, and his four tusks protected his neck and forearms. With a powerful ramming motion, he sent his enemy flying into the air, displaying the full strength of a porcupine.

……

Factory ruins, piles of buildings.

Jiang He stopped pulling the bolt midway and continued aiming at the fallen swordsman. Although the military merit proved that the target was dead, this was still the first time he had killed a level 9 player.

"No need to aim anymore," Wuhe said. "With all those resources you've consumed, a one-shot kill is normal. How much mixed damage did you use?"

"Sniper rifle effects, piercing bullets, blue and red blood energy, red knight title, and fanaticism mark, a total of five types."

"How is he supposed to live?!"

Jiang He abandoned observation and began moving the scope to search for the enemy mage's location.

"How is player health calculated? The hint says that the swordsman's rare trench coat reduces bullet damage by 80 points."

Wuhe explained, "Health is a hidden setting, and it is more for reference. After all, most players will die without their head and heart. Generally speaking, 5 points of constitution is the average value of a normal person, which corresponds to 100 points of health. Between 5 and 10 points, every 1 point of constitution increases health by 50 points."

"A player with a constitution of 10 points, without considering various bonuses, usually has 350 points of health. If it drops by 70%, they will basically be unable to move."

"As for those with 10 points or more but less than 20 points, each time you improve your constitution, you will gain 100 points of health."

"By the way, in this kind of real world, players can get a Crimson Card by killing their own kind. When opening the card, they can randomly draw an item from the deceased player's inventory."

Jiang He chuckled, "Why didn't you say so sooner?"

Upon hearing the presence of the Scarlet Card, he immediately grabbed his sniper rifle, rolled down the pile of buildings, and made his way to loot the corpses.

Wuhe perched on someone's shoulder and cackled, "Although kills are rewarding, don't get your hopes up too high. Players who know this will usually stuff their inventory with a bunch of junk. Half of my inventory is filled with leaves."

In front of the factory, the porcupine repeatedly rammed into the enemy soldiers, sending them flying more than ten meters away. The tusks on its forearms wore down the shields, leaving deep scratches.

Jiang He approached the swordsman's corpse and affixed a scarlet card, visible only to players, to the man's forehead.

After a brief body search, only an officer's revolver and two boxes of ammunition were worth seizing. In addition, there was a bullet hole the size of a human head in the back of the swordsman's black trench coat.

[Name: Weidan Trench Coat]

[Category: Armor]

[Quality: Rare]

[Condition: Severely damaged]

[Effect 1: The trench coat's surface is deepened with a jet-black luster, making it easier to blend into the night]

[Effect 2: Intermediate Toughness (Effect halved)]

[Effect 3: Stamina recovery increased by 20% (During breakage and solidification)]

[Note: Slightly better than a rag]

Jiang He, unsure of the extent of the damage, asked, "Is there any hope for this injury?"

Wuhe replied, "After we return, we'll find someone to fix it. I'm a professional at intelligence gathering, and I know two equipment repairmen with pretty good reputations. If you're in a hurry, after this operation, you can go to Amiens, an industrial town behind the Somme. It's the British army's logistics hub, and there are alchemists who are truly skilled at repairing secret artifacts there."

Chapter 72, Second Crimson Card