Underworld Retrograde

"Urgent news, this evening, the Security Department discovered a criminal gang hiding in the XXX community in the old town of Border City, and immediately arrested them. The criminals resisted stubbornly, and a fierce gun battle broke out between the two sides. In the end, the Security Department successfully killed all the criminals. And start further tracing, any citizen with clues can call. Live reports will follow.”

In a dark basement, the radio made continuous sounds.

On the bed in the dungeon, a man in his thirties suddenly opened his eyes.

His eyes were full of astonishment.

At the last moment, he saw a scene that shocked him through the corpse under his control.

This was completely beyond his plans.

He did guide the handler to find the community, but the handler arrived much faster than he expected.

As a result, after the virtual realm creature was born, it was immediately besieged before it had time to grow.

There was no problem originally. The virtual realm creatures summoned by the ritual were very powerful. Ordinary psykers would probably be overwhelmed by fear and thus unable to exert effective combat power.

As a result, among that team of handlers, there is actually a strong person who can hunt down the virtual realm creatures?

Damn it, what flaw was there in the plan?

Aren't they newcomers? What newcomer can chase a virtual creature like this?

"What kind of variable is this? People in the church must find out the identity of that person!" He suppressed the surprise in his heart and quickly walked out of the basement.

No matter what the change was, he could no longer stay in the giant city.

Now, the church does not have the capital to confront Jucheng head-on.

"But next time, I will definitely take you to a new world!" He whispered and dived into the night.

On the other side, downstairs of the community.

With the arrival of the handler support team and the Guard Hall support force, the chaotic scene was quickly brought under control.

Li Yelai was also watched by digital processors with different expressions.

Previously, he chased and killed the virtual realm creatures with seven steps in the air, which shocked them greatly.

As a result, the senior handlers nodded slightly to Li Yelai, but did not speak. Instead, quickly spread out to rescue the wounded or recover monster corpses.

Li Yelai had no choice but to wait beside the broken car, waiting for Cheese and the others.

The action just now was actually very risky. Li Yelai did not fully master the air stepping. The principle of air stepping is to solidify the air with a psychic barrier, allowing the psychic to settle down in a very short time. Thereby performing multiple jumps.

Due to the urgent situation, Li Yelai just followed the feeling of Xiang Yu performing the air step in the battlefield illusion.

Unexpectedly, he succeeded in one fell swoop and even smashed Cheese's car. Hey, she bought a new car and I don’t know if it can be reimbursed.

Soon, he saw Starfire, who was unconscious and with a broken arm, being quickly pushed into the ambulance. Anxious Shadow Stream followed closely behind.

Also pushed into the ambulance were some commandos who participated in the battle.

"The power of psykers comes from the virtual realm, so when facing virtual realm creatures, we can still remain rational and even fight to the death. But when ordinary people look directly at virtual realm creatures, there is a high probability of mental breakdown." Cheese When he came to Li Yelai, he patted his 'new car' regretfully and responded: "We won. The virtual creatures did not cause more casualties. But we also lost completely."

I wanted to say that the new car was smashed by a monster, but it was stabbed by myself again. Li Yelai, who was wondering whether he could be reimbursed or not, was stunned when he heard this.

Then, looking at Cheese, she found that she fell silent while looking at the crying middle-aged man and woman not far away.

A few seconds later.

"Those are the parents and relatives of the missing children," Cheese said quietly, "They have learned part of the truth. Some of them will choose to forget, and some will choose revenge, which will also drive their subsequent lives. Just like back then. of me.”

Li Yelai's face froze, and he thought of those dead children.

Yes, even if the weird virtual creature was killed, those children were still killed.

It’s really a complete loss.

And that's all the handlers have to deal with.

The two sighed and remained silent for a long time.

"However, I still have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I might have been eaten in one bite. You are my savior, and I won't let you pay for the car. Of course, I won't pledge myself to you." Cheese reached out and patted Li Yelai's shoulder with a low smile.

"Promise me with my body? Then I always suffer a loss." Li Yelai complained, thinking that if you really want to promise me with your body, I won't have to pay for the car, right?

Cheese pinched his shoulder angrily and continued: "Thank you for taking the risk and expelling the virtual creatures. You did not increase the casualties."

"Expulsion?" Li Yelai was stunned, and immediately looked in the direction of the monster's body and asked in astonishment: "He's not dead yet?"

"Dead but not dead, uh... that's actually not accurate."

Cheese compiled some words: "This virtual realm creature came to the physical world by relying on some forbidden ritual. Although you killed his physical body, you just exiled him back to the virtual realm.

Unless you are a psyker with a high number of awakenings, or you use some special taboo items. Otherwise, it is impossible to completely kill the virtual realm creatures. After they find an opportunity, they will still come to the physical world. "

Li Yelai couldn't believe it: "Even if we pay a lot of money and casualties, and kill virtual creatures again and again, he is still alive?"

It's like a video game, no matter how the characters die. No real-world players will be fine.

On the contrary, through the death of the character again and again, the power in the level will be eliminated.

At the same time, gain experience and become more skilled and powerful!

This is completely an unequal confrontation!

"Fortunately, except for those disaster restricted areas entrenched in the wilderness, it is basically difficult for other virtual realm creatures to come to the physical world." Cheese said: "Of course, the premise is that there are no humans to help them."

Li Yelai suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He found a possibility.

After making a deal with the black shadow guy, he gained the power of the All-Seeing Faceless One. The Skinner he killed was sacrificed to the shadow.

Now, he has killed the virtual realm creature. Does this mean that this virtual creature will also be sacrificed to the black shadow?

In this case, can the virtual realm creatures still survive?

If not, it means that Li Yelai actually has the ability to completely eliminate creatures in the virtual realm!

However, this will have to wait until the next time I dream for sure. Maybe Black Shadow has very picky tastes and won't eat virtual creatures.

Then, Cheese said: "I wanted to train your psychic skills. I didn't expect you to learn so quickly. I'm sure your code name will be given tomorrow."

Li Yelai's weird learning ability allowed him to master the skills of psychic barrier and air stepping at the same time in one day.

That’s enough to become a qualified handler.

But that weirdly powerful talent frightened the entire top management.

For this reason, the executives informed Cheese not to reveal Li Yelai's talent.

It would be too scary to master two techniques at once.

Mastering two skills in one day, although frightening enough, can also be regarded as a kind of protection for Li Yelai.

Cheese is convinced of this.

And said: "And if you kill the virtual creature, the bonus and merit points will come down soon."

Li Yelai nodded, and then raised the scarlet sword in his hand.

Cheese took a look and said: "This is your trophy. After registering it, you can choose to deal with it yourself. You can sell it to the equipment department in exchange for merit points. You can also use it yourself. But it is best not to be discovered by the outside world."

Discover?

Li Yelai looked at the sword in silence, which was as tall as a person. It had a blade length that was half a person's height and a handle that was half a person's height. There were also several eyeballs on the blade.

How to hide this thing?

Li Yelai actually wanted to keep this scarlet sword. After all, it was a psychic weapon and felt good in the hand. It could strengthen himself to a great extent. Don't be so passive when encountering danger.

But...you can't patrol everywhere with this knife, right?

"You can also let the branch keep it, and the branch will deliver the weapon to you before performing the mission. Of course, if an emergency occurs, you may not have time to wait for the weapon. Therefore, it is best to go to the preparation department to prepare a suitable weapon. Hidden weapons or firearms," ​​Cheese suggested.

Li Yelai nodded, but looked at the blocked street and sighed.

Cheese was a little strange, but he quickly reacted: "Yes, your curse has been triggered again. You can't walk on the street at this time."

Through the previous battle, Cheese had a better understanding of Li Yelai's curse.

It was a fateful curse of cause and effect, and everything around him seemed to be exuding malice toward Li Yelai.

It was an accident with a small probability, but it became inevitable after the curse was triggered.

For example, if you step on the sewer manhole cover with cheese, there will be no problem at all. And when Li Ye came to step on it after triggering the curse, there was probably something wrong with the manhole cover.

Either it shattered directly, or it suddenly flipped over. In short, all ‘accidents’ are possible.

If Li Yelai had dealt with virtual creatures on the street before, they would have been hit by dozens of cars parked on the roadside, right?

Cheese thought.

Maybe the reason why Li Yelai met the Skinner was related to this bad luck.

"You still have to strengthen yourself, your misfortune is too terrible." Cheese said with emotion.

Li Yelai nodded in agreement. This is also the reason why he agreed to join Yang Chen's team.

"By the way, which teams will Xinghuo and the others be assigned to in the future? Will they be our teammates?" Li Yelai asked. After today, everyone can be considered comrades-in-arms.

Cheese responded: "The detective plans to join the logistics team, which is the sixth team. After experiencing this battle, he found that he is really not suitable for fighting.

And Shadow Stream still plans to follow her brother Starfire.

Starfire waited until his arm was reattached before speaking. In fact, he performed well, whether he was facing strange women or virtual creatures. But Naihe encountered a special enemy. I hope it doesn't damage his self-confidence.

As for Chongqi, she is a very talented and powerful girl. She is actually similar to you. She encountered a victim half a month ago. Under the stimulation, he awakens as a true martial path psyker. and tore the victim alive. She is also the strongest among the newcomers in terms of strength. If he fights alone, he is no weaker than you. She joined the third team. "

"Then which team are we in?" Li Yelai asked in surprise. Yes, it was his second day as a handler and he still didn't know his team.

"Actually, you will know tomorrow that we are the first team of the Border City Disaster Management Department!" Cheese showed a plain smile: "Once, we were the ace, a team known as the champion."

once? Li Yelai was a little confused: "Then it's not the case now?"

Cheese nodded faintly, but did not continue.

After a while, after Li Yelai was sure that his curse would no longer last, he left the scene on foot and returned to the apartment.

After making sure there were no blood stains or wounds on his body, he entered the house.

After complaining and joking with Li Yunyan, he fell asleep.

Sure enough, he saw the strange light, shadow and thick fog again. The environment remained unchanged from before, and the tentacle holding the mask was already in front of Li Yelai.

And the ugly-looking virtual creature was indeed in a dream.

At this moment, the monster lost all its previous flamboyance and fear. Instead, it knelt on its trembling knees and kowtowed to Li Yelai repeatedly. His face was full of fear and pleading.

Is he afraid of himself? Or are you afraid of the dark shadow?

What is the identity of this dark shadow?

Li Yelai was indeed a little surprised when he saw the monster's expression, but that was all. This kind of monster is the enemy of mankind, there is no mercy!

The next moment, the long-lost tentacles in the mist stretched out, dragging the virtual creatures into the depths of the mist amid the screams.

Then, there was a numbing chewing sound.

But this time, Black Shadow did not give out a white mask.

Are the sacrifices not enough?

Or has the demand for sacrifices become greater?

Li Yelai thought about it, but still didn't pick up the white mask.

Instead, he looked into the depths of the mist and shouted, "Mr. Ying, is he really dead? Eat clean!"

In the fog, the black shadow ignored him.

Li Yelai continued to shout: "Next time I want to trade with you, what secret code should I use?"

The shadow still ignored him.

"Can Macabaka do it?"

The black shadow waved his hand and threw Li Yelai directly out of the dream.

Li Yelai couldn't help but complain, he has such a bad temper when he treats customers like this!

The next day, Li Yelai returned to the antique shop and started working. On the way, I secretly practiced stepping in the air.

The official does not need to patrol when there is no mission, and does not care about the private activities of the handlers.

It seems that the intention is to hide the handlers in the market.

This is normal, the border city has a population of tens of millions. Even if all the handlers went on patrol, nothing would be accomplished.

So, handlers have different identities. Some are teachers, some are college students, some are white-collar workers, etc.

Coupled with the secret agreement, if they have never met each other.

Even if they meet, they don’t know that the other person is their colleague.

And just when Li Yelai was thinking about whether any of his past customers might be his colleagues.

The official communicator on his arm chimed.

He quietly clicked on it while no one was around to take a look.

I found out that they were two official messages sent to me.

[Mr. Li Yelai, thank you for your efforts in the mission. You have received a bonus of 20,000 city coins and 20 merit points. There are currently 30 merit points]

Li Ye was very excited when he saw it, 20,000 huge city coins! Another 1/40!

And 30 merit points is actually a lot, enough for Li Ye to match up with a piece of equipment or a psychic weapon nowadays.

If necessary, you can also sell it to colleagues for cash.

Of course, Li Yelai didn't think about this. His goal is to save some points to buy items to suppress the curse. Now he doesn't even know the price, so how can he spend the contribution points?

Then, Li Yelai clicked on the second message.

[You have completed all basic training and received excellent evaluations from instructors. Officially become a handler]

[Get code name: Night General]

[Acquired qualifications to enter the Disaster Dealer Forum]

[Processor Cheese invites you to join the group chat]