Laughing at Chang'an

Chang'an City, Weiyang Palace.

The most sensitive to the smell of war in this world is undoubtedly the creatures called mercenaries.The mercenaries gathered by the Xiama Bridge enthusiastically, some came to pick up the mission, and some were just to watch the fun. Although the battles between the top mercenary regiments had nothing to do with them, it did not affect them Enthusiasm for watching plays.

"Hey, the one who went in just now was Wang Ziyun from Huofeng, right?"

"Well, the pagoda of the blue flag is also there."

The whispering mercenaries looked at the 'celebrities' who passed by the Xiama Bridge, each guessing their intentions, and there were many people who wanted to show their faces. Some big shots were naturally difficult to reach, but similar to Li Xifeng It's not like there are people who are easy to talk like this, even if it's just to say hello, being watched by so many people, the face is very radiant.

An Aviator [-] series came from a distance and stopped firmly in front of the Xiama Bridge. Someone pushed open the door of the rear seat and got off.

Black hair, black eyes, and a perfect face that is rare even among pure-blooded elves, just standing there, a suffocating sense of presence rushes towards his face.This monster, who had been away for two years, really came back again... Just two years is not enough to make people forget his horror.

Li Shen raised his head and looked up at the majestic and majestic Weiyang Palace City directly in front of him, the headquarters of the mercenary guild and the heart of the city.

At the end of the era of the Blood Slaughter King, the various systems of the Mercenary Guild have been gradually improved, and the nature distorted by privileges has been corrected. Its nature of existence has changed from an organization to a tool.The first thing to be removed is the halo named 'chairman', followed by elders, cadres and other positions. There is no longer the concept of superiors and subordinates. waiter'.As a tool, it does not need any 'will', nor any 'purpose' of existence, the meaning of existence itself is to exist.

However, because it is a 'tool', it will be 'manipulated'.

Under the quiet gaze of the mercenaries, Li Shen walked across the Xiama Bridge and stepped into the palace facing the gate.It was as busy as ever. He came to the window for license matters, opened his mercenary license and handed it over.

"Hello, what business do you want to handle?"

The female clerk behind the counter asked him with a formulaic smile.

"I'm canceling my license."

The female clerk's smile froze on her face, she looked at Li Shen in disbelief, and after a few seconds, she suddenly withdrew her impolite gaze, and continued to say in a sweet and formulaic tone: "Let me confirm, do you want to Cancellation of license?"

"Correct."

"Okay, then I will handle it for you right away, please wait a moment." The female clerk bowed slightly to Li Shen, returned to the backstage with his license, and then came back quickly with a form.

"Please fill out this form, thank you."

Li Shen nodded, picked up a pen and leaned down on the counter, and read the questions on the form one by one.Leaving aside the identity information similar to that at the time of registration, the most critical thing here is undoubtedly the way the contribution value is handled, and his mercenary level can also be converted into a contribution value, which is undoubtedly a considerable number.There are two ways to deal with it given by the guild, one is to return him Datang coins, but the return ratio is really pitifully low, and the other is to exchange items from the guild’s contribution value warehouse, but it is also subject to the total value Cut penalties by a third.A normal person would definitely choose the second option, but a local tyrant like Li Shen, who finds it troublesome, naturally ticked the first option.

He put the completed form on the counter, pressed it down with a pen, and quietly waited for the busy female clerk to come back to collect it.Whether it is registration or cancellation, it can only be done once in a lifetime, and he is not stingy with this patience.Saying goodbye to the identity of a mercenary, I was not as relieved as I imagined, but a little sad.

From today onwards, he is no longer the mercenary Li Shen.

"Ah, found it!"

The adjutant's cry sounded behind him, and Li Shen turned his head to look over, and saw the latter walking through the crowd with light steps like a civet cat, and stretched out his hand to him from a distance, looking very anxious.

"Grandpa!... Mmm."

The adjutant, who had flung himself to nothing, couldn't stop, bumped into the counter with a bang, raised his head and looked at Li Shen aggrievedly, revealing accusing little eyes.

"What's the matter?" Li Shen asked.

The adjutant rubbed his injured waist and straightened up. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, his right hand happened to cover the form that Li Shen had filled out, and he said anxiously, "Master, the Zhanying sent people to surround the Mars Corps Guild Hall. Now the guild's judgment They haven't come out yet, and it's not easy to save people in the desert, so go and see, Zhanying and those people even pulled out the Vulcan Cannon..."

Li Shen didn't respond, and turned to look at the female clerk who was still busy in the background. Before the guild's judgment came out, neither Da Mo nor Zhan Ying should act rashly. Most of the posture they put on was just to put pressure on Da Mo... ...While he was thinking this way, a series of exclamations suddenly sounded in the guild. Li Shen followed the reputation and saw a new announcement on the announcement wall on the right side of the palace.

[At 22 o'clock on March [-], [-] in the Tang Dynasty, the Geng Army, Damo, Huofeng, and Lanqi declared war on Zhanying. In the state of war, the mercenaries belonging to the above five teams will not be allowed to accept new tasks or change Regiment membership, until the end of the war, is hereby announced. 】

……it has started.

The war eagle that lost its leader will face a joint attack from the fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth four top mercenary regiments. It is typical to kill you while you are sick. This is not a war, but a unilateral one. obliterate.

The adjutant opened his mouth with an expression that was so surprised that he could stuff a duck's egg in, he suddenly reacted and grabbed Li Shen and said, "Zhanying is definitely going to attack now, Lord, what about Lord Feng?"

Before the guild's judgment result is announced, it is unlikely that Da Mo will risk being judged as an accomplice to help Fenghe... In other words, did he abandon Fenghe in order to catch Zhanying by surprise?

Well done.

The female clerk who was busy in the background finally completed the formalities and returned to the counter with the stamped license. Li Shen glanced at the adjutant. but disappeared.

Li Shen stretched out his hand to the adjutant.

The adjutant laughed dryly, then suddenly lowered his head and rushed out. Li Shen stood there, watching the person running to the door with no expression on his face. He turned to the female clerk and said, "That form, please give me another one."

The female clerk blinked in confusion, and went to get another one for him as she said.

"Stop, stop!" The adjutant who didn't know when came back panted and shouted, grabbing Li Shen's right hand tightly, "What are you trying to do? With all due respect, if you want to go crazy, please think about us Human mood...you can't do this, don't you want to become the second Yun Xiangkong?"

Li Shen raised his eyebrows slightly, he didn't expect to hear the name Yun Xiangkong, he showed displeasure at the adjutant.

"I can understand your feelings." The adjutant looked at him without flinching, "You think you are going to die, so you give up on yourself and want to let go and make a scene before you die, right? Oh, I don't know either What should I say, the Li Shen you know and I are far behind."

"The Li Shen I know is an out-and-out monster. His strength is not only external, but also the crazy heart that will never give up at any time and any desperate situation, and even enjoys it. Remember Is it? What you said to me on the night when I set off to fight Yun Xiangkong, you asked me to prepare the bath water for you to come back, you were laughing, how happy you were laughing at that time, since then, I I've never seen you smile so happily before..."

The adjutant lowered his head deeply, his voice was filled with tears, he choked up and grabbed Li Shen's sleeve, like a child who lost his way.

"Please don't do this, it's not time to give up... Please work hard to live, okay?"

Cancel the mercenary qualifications, let go and do a big job, and then, as a breaker of the rules of the game, be eliminated by the city like Yun Xiangkong.In the final analysis, it was the last carnival before death, to make the craziest and most vicious revenge on this man-eating city that destroyed Yang Huxing and his dream, and still wanted to destroy Fenghe.

Self-defeating...it's not wrong.

Day after day, I experience my own decline, and sooner or later I will become a useless person with no power to restrain the chicken. Instead of waiting until that day really comes, I will meet the so-called peaceful death.It's better to take advantage of the present and die vigorously.

Yang Huxing's death was just an opportunity, igniting the madness that Li Shen tried his best to suppress in his heart. After all, he showed an embarrassing appearance in front of death, but this point was mercilessly exposed by the adjutant, making him unable to deceive himself. , can only face their own ugliness.

——Striving hard to live is really a beautiful thing to say.

The communicator in his pocket buzzed, Li Shen took it out, looked at the name displayed on it, and held it to his ear to connect after a while.

"Hongdao sent a message that Huiguang Li Yi and Xuetu Liu San joined forces to land on the island, Liuhe died in battle, and the excavation site of Hongyu fell into the hands of the other party, but the latest batch of production has been shipped out, and now people need to go Accept."

Lin Guo's voice in the communicator was still as usual cold, and he went straight to the point without talking nonsense.

"Go to Yan Poyuan immediately, the empty boat will wait for you there."

Li Shen didn't answer, just when Lin Guo was about to hang up the communication, he suddenly said, "Stop joking."

"What are you trying to do by transferring me away from Chang'an at this time?" Li Shen took his license from the female clerk while talking, looked at the 'void' steel stamp on it, squinted his eyes and touched it with his fingertips. touched.

"If you want to stop me from going crazy, it's too late." He casually put the license back into his pocket, picked up a pen and quickly filled out the form on the counter, and then handed the written form to the female clerk. Facing the adjutant's disbelieving gaze, Li Shen grinned and smiled.

He smiled very happily.

"I quit the Geng Army."

He said so.