First Player

Chapter 7 "The city lord asked me to hug you, okay?"

【2pm, Doomsday City】

The war has ended, and post-war processing is in full swing. Su Mingan used his 25,000 contribution points to exchange for three props.

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【), points needed to redeem: 10,000 points

Durability: 100/100

Maximum cruising altitude: 5000 meters

Weight: 10kg

Devices: aerial cameras, forward-looking and side-looking radars, infrared reconnaissance equipment, real-time information processing systems and transmission devices

Equipment requirements: Mechanical skill level 6 or above. 】

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[Mechanical Evolution Core (Purple Level), need to redeem points: 10,000 points

Effect: Used on a piece of mechanical equipment to greatly improve the performance of the equipment. 】

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[Biological fusion liquid (red level), points needed to redeem: 5,000 points

Effect: Used on an organism or bionic body to fuse the machine with the organism. 】

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Su Mingan used the Fei bird he had made before and used biofusion liquid to create a purple-level mechanical pet, still named "Fei".

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[Mechanical Flame Bird (Growth: Purple) (Name: Fei)

Level: lv.40

Attack power: 30~70 points

HP: 2000

MP: 0

Direction: Detective type

Talent skills:

Mechanical body: Immune to fire and ice attacks. Immune to high temperatures and extremely low temperatures.

Reconnaissance aircraft: Comes with equipment.

Fire Blast: Spit out a blast of fire, causing 300 points of real damage and a continuous burning effect. The burned area cannot be healed immediately. The attack distance is up to 5000 meters. (Fire impact storage value: 5/5 times)]

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Su Ming'an had never paid much attention to pets. He didn't expect purple-level pets to be so outrageous. Their super-long attacks spanning 5,000 meters were simply unheard of.

The white cat, the black cat, the scarlet bird, the fox Xiao Ai, plus the watch Du, these five things are about to meet on him.

He integrated the mechanical evolution core with the floating cannon, increasing the attack power from 30 to 100 to 50 to 150. The attack power can kill three Aini with one shot.

After a series of operations, the combat effectiveness soared to 3,400 points. Su Mingan took a rest in the afternoon.

As night fell, Yueyue knocked on his door.

"Happy New Year, Ming'an, the whole city is having a celebration banquet, and there is a Fuyuan Festival performance in the city center square. Do you want to come?" Yueyue's voice came.

"Okay." Su Mingan responded. This was a good time to collect emotional points.

He opened the door and realized that Yueyue was wearing a bright red lace dress today, and her black hair hung down on her smooth skin like a dense nebula. She now looks very much like she did at the graduation ceremony in high school, and the expensive price of the dress can no longer restrict her.

"Let's go." She held out her hand.

They walked out the door and were showered with starlight.

After the [One and a Half Dimension] was turned on, the air in the city seemed to be filtered and clean. The rays of light in the distance dissipated, followed by thick darkness.

People danced to the music, their dresses fluttered like flags, and the prosperity of Banli was swaying in their swaying hair. Some people even brought out long-lost musical instruments such as accordions and guitars. The knots are flying on people's wrists and belts, like illusory rainbows in the dark night.

Orange paper lanterns float like half-open small houses, carrying people's blessings to the sky.

Even if the war brings heavy casualties, people will carry the last wishes of the deceased and enjoy the joy together during the Fuyuan Festival and join groups to keep warm.

"How is Che?" Su Ming'an said.

"The battle group is gone..." Yueyue whispered: "Brother is recovering from his injuries now. He doesn't even want to see me. Let's leave it like this for now..."

They chatted about other people. Tredia has returned to normal, and the valley of North Lisel has sent troops to protect it. I believe there will be no problem...

"Ming'an, can you dance with me before going to the square?" Yueyue suddenly said after talking to this point.

"Okay." Su Mingan took her hand.

Just like the graduation ceremony that year, Su Ming'an danced with her in the night. Her dance steps were mature and she kept moving lightly with him. The bright red dance skirt swayed behind her, and her eyes seemed to be filled with moonlight.

There were no scars of domestic violence on her smooth skin, and there were no marks on his hands from being hit by the piano board.

Starlight shone behind them, and they seemed to be stepping on the ground full of stars.

"I hope I can meet you again in the next world." Yueyue said.

"Most definitely."

"Ming'an, what kind of world do you like?" Yueyue asked.

"Vacation world, the kind where you can sleep every day."

"It seems a bit difficult..."

They let go and the dance ended. She led Su Mingan towards the square, where the lively music could be heard far away.

When Su Mingan arrived at the scene, the scene instantly burst into flames. People's cheers were so frightening that he almost stepped back.

"City Lord——!! I love you!!" This was an excited man.

"City Lord! I heard that you like white hair, right? Everyone on our street has dyed white hair!" This is an excited girl, her hair is dyed white, and there are dozens of white haired people around her, under the age of to an eight-year-old young lady, and to an eighty-year-old old lady.

"The city lord asked me to hug you! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey - a kitten like you was born to be eaten by me..." This is a player, there is no doubt about it.

The level of enthusiasm among the people exceeded Su Mingan's expectations. He took half a step back, thankful that he was in a behind-the-scenes area far away from the crowd.

"Xiao Shuai, you actually came to such an occasion." Xi was also dressed in red today. Behind her was a stage raised high, and the performance of Fuyuan Festival was on the stage.

What surprised Su Mingan was Sen Kelstia standing on the stage. Sen can actually sing, and many people are singing with him. It is obviously a scattered chorus, but when tens of thousands of people sing together, there is a shocking feeling that directly touches the soul.

Only at this moment will it feel like a trip to a different world.

"According to the custom of Fuyuan Festival, Xiaoshuai, don't you perform something?" Xi said with a bad smile on her face.

Cheng Luohe glanced here: "Don't embarrass the city lord."

"That's right. The city lord is so powerful, and he still needs to perform. Isn't it embarrassing?" Noah next to him agreed and put his arm on Su Mingan's left shoulder: "If you don't know anything, city lord, I can teach you. As long as you chat with me often..."

Xi then put her arm around Su Mingan’s right shoulder, and she and Noah said:

"Xiao Shuai, you are so popular now. If you pick anyone out from the crowd, there will be no one who is unwilling to marry you. Of course, this is just my metaphor."

"This metaphor is terrible." Su Mingan was speechless.

"At least I let you know how popular you are." Xi said, "Come on, don't spoil the fun."

"You don't have the musical instruments I know how to play here," Su Mingan said.

"have."

With a "Bang!" sound, a piano hit the ground, deafening.

Su Mingan took half a step back again.

"This is an instrument found in the battlefield relics before the catastrophe of the century. It has been machined and can withstand level three collisions." Xi picked up the piano with one hand again, and her wild Hercules posture was incompatible with her childish face: "Come on. , the instruments are all ready for you."

Su Mingan finally realized why Yueyue dragged him here. It turned out that she was determined to let him play the piano. He looked back and saw Yueyue snickering.

The announcement has already begun on the stage:

"——Let us welcome the supreme leader of the human freedom camp, Lord Asa Akto, and play a piano piece for the Blissful Fate Festival——"

Suddenly, cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami sounded, and people clapped like crazy. The waves of applause made people's scalp numb even from a distance.

The fanaticism of this group of people is even scarier than Zhai Xing's group of casual players.

It's just... like worshiping a god.

"Go." Xi said.

At this moment, her sly eyes, which had always been hidden, suddenly became very soft: "All of us here repay kindness, and we always have respect for leaders. No one will not be grateful to you or jealous of you...also No one will bear you any ill will.”

She smiled and let go of his shoulders: "We like you the most, Xiaoshuai. We will always love you. No one will insult a hero."

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Su Mingan tightened her fingers.

At this moment, Edward's resentful eyes before his death, Mizushima Kawaharu's words cursing him, and the harsh words directed at the first player on the audience forum, all passed through his mind.

"Well, I love you too." Su Mingan said.

He took a step forward and sat at the piano.

The black and white piano keys turned into wandering phantoms before his eyes, and pain came from his temples. Only then did he realize...it turned out that the aftereffects of the three hundred doses of medicine did not fade away so quickly...

Suddenly, he heard a clear flute sound.

"Woo——"

Like the long and graceful moonlight, the distant sound of the flute penetrates the vast night and comes through the silence. People turned back to make way. A white-haired young man holding a flute came slowly.

"That person seems to be... the owner of a teahouse in the inner city?" Xi said.

Su Mingan pressed the keys.

In an instant, the sound of the piano combined with the distant and melodious sound of the flute, and together they composed a harmonious piece of music. Just like the meeting of a stream and the moonlight, the transparent ice particles danced in the music, and then the ice and snow melted, and the stream flowed freely. Running towards the next day——

Few people have ever heard the sound of a piano.

It originated from the world before the catastrophe of the century. It is said that the population at that time had not yet dropped sharply, the sky had not yet turned blood-colored, flowers could grow on the land, and people still had spring...

People over fifty years old shed tears. They were vaguely aware that the century-old disaster they had forgotten seemed to be a very important memory.

The song stopped and thunderous applause broke out.

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[Emotional value: max]

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Su Mingan stood up and Xi handed a microphone to him.

"Say something." Xi said.

Su Mingan thought for a moment, turned around, faced the sea of ​​people, and said:

"Everyone."

People looked up.

"It's a pity that I have not been with you all the way through these sixteen years of war." Su Mingan looked at the countless people:

“Next, please continue walking with me.

"We are all humans who cannot transcend this world, not gods. Therefore, please try to stay close to each other, keep warm with fire and body temperature, and survive this cold winter."

His booming voice carried through the loudspeaker throughout the city.

As he said this, he suddenly remembered the girl he met wearing a demon fox mask and who could paint gouache when he first entered Kaiusta in the 32nd year of the Catastrophe.

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[Xiao Shuai, do you know why our shelter is called Fenghuo? 】

【People are afraid of the dark night because it will be very cold at night. Terrifying alien beasts will become active, and many temporary gathering places like District 11 will be destroyed. 】

[But our leader, he will lead us...towards a 'new century' without gods. 】

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【Xiao Shuai...】

【Will you...remember me...】

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Across sixteen years, he did it.

He still remembers.

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There was a moment of silence.

Then, first Xi, she bowed slightly to him.

Then came Noah and Sen, then the leaders gathered in the background, and then the ocean-like crowd. One by one, they lowered their heads towards him, like rolling waves.

A heavy thing called responsibility weighed on his shoulders.

People can choose to become saints by themselves, but outsiders must not impose their wishes on others. He can say, "I will save you." But sentient beings should not use words like "You are our savior, you can definitely save us" to put people on the altar.

However, he has been burning on such an altar for a long time, from the second world to the ninth world.

Now, he himself has stepped onto such an altar.

"..."

Su Mingan put down the microphone and looked at the approaching teahouse owner.

"Happy New Year," said the teahouse owner.

"Happy New Year..." Su Mingan said.

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"Ding dong!"

[Dawn War: The transition period has been completed. As the sponsor, please decide whether to enter the rest period? (If you want to experience the complete Caius Tower, please choose to enter the rest time.)]

[This rest period is five hours, and you will be automatically teleported back to Caius Tower after five hours. 】

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The surroundings suddenly fell into stillness.

Su Mingan glanced at the words "transit period", then looked at the still Xi, Sen, Noah, Cheng Luohe... and finally looked at the teahouse owner.

He still remembered the taste of tea from last week.

…That’s the smell of disinfectant.

"Enter," he said.