First Player

Chapter 403 Chapter 401 · "A world without war."

Su Mingan and Xie Lude came to the East District where Lin Yin said he had seen his sister.

Sherrod was still writing in his notebook.

Su Mingan glanced at it and saw a line of small words on the top: "The seventh day of meeting a traveler from another world."

"I'm afraid you'll have to write in this notebook for hundreds or thousands of days," he said.

He wasn't kidding.

Becoming a player means having the qualification to completely break away from the world game. If Zhai Xing can be redeemed in the end, Xie Lude may really be able to write for decades.

Xie Lude flipped through the pages of the book: "Probably not, this book is almost finished."

He turned to the penultimate page, where his notes had already been written.

Su Mingan took a quick look and saw that various words were recorded on it, such as "ice cream", "air conditioner", and "Lu Xun". Each word was followed by a full explanation, and there was even a paragraph of Xie Lude's own opinions and insights.

It can be seen that he is really looking forward to the new world.

"It's okay. Prices in the Lord God's world are very low. I can buy a new notebook for you to record." Su Mingan said.

"Hmm..." Sherrod rarely responded immediately.

He stopped slightly while recording, then turned sideways and continued writing without letting Su Mingan see what he was writing.

"What did you write?" Su Mingan asked.

"I'm writing..." Sherrod said: "...straw sugar in Praia."

"Grass candy?"

Sherrod suddenly raised his head.

"Captain, the refuge has arrived," he said.

Su Mingan raised his head.

This is the evacuation point in the East District, responsible for housing the injured and their relatives. Logically speaking, if Sherrod's sister is still alive, she will most likely be here.

The venue here is quite lively. When they saw him coming, many people got up from the ground excitedly and knelt down to express their gratitude to the hero of Praia.

Sherlude stopped their behavior and turned to the person in charge of the refuge area: "Excuse me, have you ever seen a girl like this?"

He took off the necklace with the photo on his neck and showed the girl with a smile like a sunflower to the person in charge.

"Let me see..." The person in charge suppressed his excitement, thought about it carefully, and tried to help the hero in front of him who was saving Praia.

But after much thought, he still shook his head regretfully.

"It's a pity. I haven't met her."

"Someone said she saw this girl here," Sherrod said.

"Impossible." The person in charge shook his head: "All the refugees have been placed here. If the girl you mentioned has appeared in the East District, she will definitely be brought here by the patrolling soul hunters. It is impossible to let her run around."

Sherrod frowned.

"Lin Yin said she had seen it before, but she said she just felt a similar aura. Maybe she felt wrong." Su Mingan said.

"Then where should I look for her..." Sherrod clenched his fists.

Su Mingan glanced at the taskbar.

The mission of sending a necklace to Sister Xie Lude still did not fail.

Logically speaking, she should still be alive.

"Let's search in the East District again." Su Mingan said, "Maybe she is being taken care of by some family?"

Sherrod nodded.

As they were leaving, he heard the exchange between the injured.

"...I heard that even if the barrier is established, the group of sea monsters are still blocking the outside."

"What can we do? Our foreign trade depends on that route. If the Kraken keeps blocking it there, our relatives who go to sea will also..."

"Yes, and our island's resources have always relied on trade. If this route is cut off, then we..."

"Is the resource disaster from decades ago going to happen again? But what should we do this time? Will Master Su Lin bring half of the people up there?"

"I don't know... I'm also confused. I miss my father who went to sea. I hope he comes back slower, otherwise he will be sent to the mouths of those sea monsters..."

…

Su Mingan and Xie Ludou did not participate in the celebration held at the Central Government.

The joy, music, and singing over there floated over through the light white snow, and the brilliant fire could be vaguely seen jumping in the pale sky.

He walked silently through the quiet East District and the streets filled with sunset, from beginning to end.

During this period, they heard a lot of discussions about the Kraken disaster coming from the houses on both sides.

Su Ming'an knew why the group of sea monsters didn't leave.

Before, it was Princess Siren King who brought the group of sirens to Praia.

If you want to lure these guys away, unless the Siren King appears again and take them away.

but now,

The princess died, and the Siren King's soul energy in him was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep, unable to suppress the group of sirens.

While passing by the East District Soul Hunting Department, he heard the roar of the newly appointed East District Minister Christie.

"——What do you do for food! Can't you drive away those sea monsters? Hasn't Praia found a way to suppress the sea monsters after so many years?"

"Minister." A helpless subordinate said.

"The only one who can suppress the Kraken is the Kraken King." He said.

"——Then what do you want us to do? Most of the soul hunting casualties, not to mention the soul clan that is about to take action, our route is cut off, and the surrounding area is surrounded by sea monsters——Do you want us to build another airship and take half of the people with us? Going to the clouds and the city?"

"Minister, calm down..."

"--me!"

There was a crisp sound, and Christie, who had thrown something, walked out of the soul hunting department's door with a curse, just in time to see Su Ming'an and Xie Lude passing by.

He quickly suppressed the angry expression on his face and forced a smile.

"Oh, it's you. Why don't you go to the central celebration? You are heroes." He scratched his face and said with an unnatural smile: "If you go, I don't know how crazy those girls will be. "

Obviously, he didn't want to convey negative emotions to the heroes who had just come down from the line of life and death, so he just pretended to smile.

"..." Xie Lude looked away.

"We are looking for his sister." Su Mingan said.

"Okay. Okay." Christie scratched her head: "If you need anything, call me anytime. I can help."

"Soul hunting is quite busy right now." Su Mingan shook his head: "No need."

He turned around.

The setting sun fell in an instant.

As the heavy snow gradually subsided, some sunlight shone from the sky.

In an instant, bright red colors filled the entire sky still covered with white snow. The sun and heavy snow coexist simultaneously, which makes it look like a different world.

Sherrod looked at the photo in the necklace clip, his mood visibly depressed.

"Xie Lude, do you have anything else to explain these days?" Su Mingan said: "After you become a player, you can't come back."

"..." Xie Lude put away the photo.

Even at this moment, he concealed his suppressed emotions.

"Captain, I have nothing to worry about anymore." Sheldon said: "I am looking forward to your world of travelers from another world. I heard that your world prohibits all direct killings and there is no war?"

"Yes." Su Mingan glanced at the barrage: "People in my live broadcast room also like you very much. We have a platform where everyone can see what we say, called the 'World Forum'. You can try it then. It should be There are a lot of people who will talk to you.”

Expectation appeared in Xie Lude's eyes.

He opened his notebook and wrote this record.

[...The cross-sea operation is over and the barrier is successfully established. We...should be considered a victory.

The red rose that can turn me into a player is already in my hand. When I find my sister, I will wear it.

In this way, I should no longer be a so-called NPC.

The captain said that travelers from other worlds have a platform to communicate, and they also like me very much.

If I become a player, I should meet many new friends...]

He closed the notebook and showed a tired smile.

"Captain." He said with a smile: "In this case, I can taste the taste of lemon that Laken said, right? I heard that it will taste much better when you eat barbecue with it..."

The smile on his face gradually stiffened.

Along this stretch of road, where festive music was playing, a hunched-over woman walked towards her.

Her expression was stiff, her eyes were dull, and she dragged her legs as if she had lost her soul. She carried a large broom on her back that was as tall as a person, but it seemed to be weighing down a ten thousand kilogram iron scale.

She held a small mahogany box in her arms and walked in the snow, as if she was holding a warm stove.

The cheerful celebration songs floated in her ears, and she seemed numb, as if she had no reaction to the outside world. Even when she met the two heroes of Praia head-on, she still brushed past their shoulders like a zombie.

In her mouth, she murmured a name, which echoed repeatedly in this deserted street as if she had chewed it out.

"Yongzhi."

"Yongzhi."

Her steps were slow.

Under her white hair, there were a pair of turbid eyes, like a frozen lake. His eyes had lost focus, and bloodshot eyes gradually spread upward, as if reason and instinct were completely separated.

The red urn hugged her tightly. She drooped her eyes and used all her strength to hug it tightly with her extremely thin and rickety frame, as if she was embracing a ball of dead fire.

"Yongzhi..."

The hoarse, almost non-existent call echoed on this street, gradually freezing in the receding wind and snow.

"..."

The forced smile on Sherrod's face disappeared.

He stared blankly at the woman who seemed to have suddenly aged more than ten years, and gradually clenched her fists.

"Captain." He said softly: "If I leave, our world..."

"It will continue." Su Mingan said.

His status as a leader gives him the opportunity to return to the world. Even if Sherlude leaves here, the world will continue.

"We..." Xie Lude said: "Are we really NPCs?"

"Yes." Su Mingan said: "But who said that I am not an NPC?"

He stared at Sherrod's firefly eyes: "...as long as you believe it and understand it, your current thinking is the result of your deep thinking, and you will not regret any of your decisions - you will I believe you are an independent person."

"Don't you regret all your decisions?"

"yes."

"..."

Sherrod stood there for a long time.

Light ice and snow were stained on his golden hair, and the sword at his waist had been broken in the battle just now.

The notebook in his hand was opened and closed, and novel words danced in his field of vision. His eyes were stunned, as if they had lost their luster.

"Hello--!"

A call came from behind. Su Mingan raised his eyes and saw a fiery red figure.

Naraku suddenly appeared and limped after them.

"Bright Knight, are you looking for your sister?" Naraku asked.

"Yes." Xie Lude reluctantly cheered up.

"..." Naraku sighed softly: "I have met your sister, she came to see me."

Su Mingan felt that as expected, the red-level necklace gifting mission called "Immortality" had not been completed yet, so the sister must still be alive.

"Where is she?" Xie Lude said immediately.

"..." Very rarely, there was a slight hesitation in Naraku's voice.

"Knight of Light," she said, "Be mentally prepared."

She took out a jar of ocean blue.

In the jar, a group of huddled-up sirens could be vaguely seen.

…

Southside Pier.

The central celebration seems to have nothing to do with this place.

Joy belongs to those who rejoice, and sorrow is reserved for the friends and families of the victims.

Because it was closest to the battlefield, it became a burial ground for corpses. The Kraken has retreated beyond the outermost barrier that was just established, and the white bridge is now safe.

People stepped onto the city wall, stepped onto the white bridge, and began to collect the bodies of the war dead. Some people had been bitten until their faces were blurred, some were missing arms and legs, and some were left with nothing but a pool of minced flesh, making it impossible to identify who they were.

Blood covered the white bridge, and the screams of the injured echoed throughout the area. Medical personnel are conducting emergency rescue.

The old man Clifford, whose arms were wrapped in gauze, seemed to have aged a few years in this battle. The wrinkles on his face became more obvious, spots were scattered like chess pieces on his stiff old face, and even his eyes were much numb.

"Minister." A soul hunter reported the casualties to him: "A total of 1,065 people in the team, 769 dead and 238 injured. Among them, more than half are seriously injured, and almost all of them will be disabled in the future."

Clifford listened to this number with some numbness.

Of the total team of a thousand people, more than two-thirds were dead, and almost everyone who survived was injured.

"Moreover, Minister." The Soul Hunter said softly: "Since most of the deceased were Soul Hunters and prepared Soul Hunters with combat effectiveness, our number of personnel... is already extremely short. If the Soul Clan continues..."

"The Soul Clan will not take action at this time. Lord Su Lin can take care of them." Clifford said.

"Yes. However, the biggest crisis now is the sea monsters in the outer layer. If they do not leave for a day, our residents who go to sea may encounter the risk of being killed at any time... and our shipping routes will also..."

"……knew."

"Minister, if this continues, the island's resources will soon..."

"knew!"

Cliff blew his beard and glared, his old face flushed: "Young man! Do you think I don't want to expel those sea monsters? Do you know the cost of expelling the sea monsters? It is to awaken the sea monster king in Su Lin! ——If she wakes up, do you know the price of waking her up??"

The young soul hunter immediately lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.

Clifford closed his eyes slightly.

Amidst the wailing of the wounded, his voice was almost silent: "... Let's see for now. If the resources are really insufficient, open up a new route. Although the north is a little further, it's not impossible..."

"Minister. But the Sirens have surrounded us to the north..." Soul Hunter endured it and recounted the bad situation: "Just now, without the control of the Siren King, Praia has been manipulated by them. Surrounded by a circle, no matter which direction we go from, we...can't get out."

Clifford took a deep breath.

He knew that if they continued like this, they could only awaken the Siren King in Su Lin and let the blue Siren King help them drive away the group of Sirens surrounding them.

However, even a kid in Praia knows the price of awakening a siren.

The Siren King fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion of energy.

The only way to wake her up is to feed her the energy she needs.

And the energy the Kraken needs...

It's people.

It's the body, it's the soul.

Because she is the king among the sirens, she needs far more life than a normal siren needs.

...They need to use the lives of countless residents of Praia to fill this hole.

Clifford clenched his fists.

His whole body was shaking with rage.

He felt like his body was driven into the soil by stakes, and the heavy guilt and responsibility made him breathless.

There was a smell of blood in his throat, as if he was suffering from cerebral hemorrhage due to anger.

He suddenly collapsed and punched the wall next to him, creating a spider web-like crack.

"Bang!"

Loud noises echoed throughout the area.

"——God! You're treating me unfairly, Praia!" Clifford screamed miserably, tears falling down his old face that had experienced many vicissitudes of life, and his eyes were almost cloudy and invisible.

"Why - why the hell do you want the people on this land to experience such pain again - haven't we suffered enough? There are so many innocent lives to give you. !?"

He punched out and suddenly collapsed and crouched down, covering his face with his hands, his voice broken.

"So many - so many bodies of young children who once stood there alive..."

His tears fell into the ground and mixed with the pale snow.

And at this time,

A dark shadow, with the light of the setting sun behind it, appeared in front of him.

In the man's hand, he held a blue bottle.

"Minister." The man spoke softly, his voice always steady:

"There is no need to sacrifice so many lives."

"I am coming."

…

[NPC (Xie Lude) HE ending progress: 85%]