Chapter 45.1
Tang Mianmian cried out, âWhat is this? I thought you liked me, but you used me as a subst.i.tute for your lover!â
Xiao Tangqiu rebuked, âShut up!â
Tang Mianmian laughed, âIt doesnât matter, I donât discriminate against gay men.â
âShut up, you rotten man!â
Xiao Tangqiu ignored Tang Mianmian and turned to read the post carefully.
He said softly, ââ¦No one knows when he first arrived at the city of the abyss. People only know that he may be among the first generation of players to come to the city of the abyss and the only survivor among all the first generation players.â
Tang Mianmian asked, âSo all the other first generation players died?â
âThe reincarnation team established by Shen Yuan is the first team in the city of the abyss but now most of the members of the reincarnation team are not the original members. It is rumored that the reincarnation team once encountered an instance with a difficulty exceeding S-level. Except for Shen Yuan, all the other members of the first generation were killed and Shen Yuan was the only one who survivedâ¦â
Tang Mianmian was dumbstruck. âSo all of great G.o.d Shen Yuanâs former teammates have died? And S-plus level mission exists? S-level missions are already so crazy! How much crazier are S-plus level missions?â
Except for Shen Yuan, all the other members of the first generation were killed and Shen Yuan was the only one who survivedâ¦
Shen Yuan was the only one who survived â¦
Xiao Tangqiu suddenly felt his heart slamming hard against his chest. Even if he knew that it might be considered normal for complete annihilation to occur in an S-plus level mission, the thought that Shen Yuan had this sort of encounter made his chest stuffy. He seemed to be holding his breath with no way to let go or vent. He dared not imagine Shen Yuanâs feelings at the time or how Shen Yuan managed to escape later and became how he is now.
Tang Mianmian saw that Xiao Tangqiu was lost in thought and read aloud for him, âAccording to unreliable rumors, Shen Yuan may have encountered the Abyss Demon in the S-plus level mission, but since no one else has survived an S-plus level mission and no one has survived the Abyss Demon in the instance, this source of information isnât reliable. But if this is true, Shen Yuan will be the only one who survived a battle against the Abyss Demon in the city of the abyss and lives up to the t.i.tle of the number one player of the city of the abyss.â
âThatâs all it says. Thereâs nothing else below,â he continued to scroll down. âWe donât know the people below him⦠Wait a minute! I see a few people we know! Duan Hongzhen, Yu Fuling, Sai Lulu⦠Who is this Xue Junli? It says that he also belongs to the reincarnation team.â
Xiao Tangqiu didnât snap out of his daze until now. He perked up and looked at the rest of the list with Tang Mianmian, but just like Shen Yuan, there wasnât much information on Duan Hongzhen and the others. However, the ability of the loli, Sai Lulu, was somewhat remarkable.
âProphecy â the ability to predict using divinations. Doesnât that make her a sorceress?â Tang Mianmian spit out a sentence, âDonât tell me that if she takes out a bunch of tarot cards before fighting the BOSS, sheâll know what the BOSSâ next moves are?â
âXue Junli â a gifted hacker and the think tank of the reincarnation team. Never speak ill of any of the reincarnation team members on the forum, or be careful of him hacking your computer,â Tang Mianmian snickered. âWhy do I feel like heâs a
Chuunibyou
? Heâs even a genius hacker⦠Can he hear me speaking ill of him across the screen?â
Xiao Tangqiu was about to say something but in the next second, the computer suddenly went black.
Tang Mianmian jumped in fright. âf.u.c.k my life! Did he really hear that? He can really hear me speaking ill of him across the screen?!â
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
Xiao Tangqiu also jumped up in fright at once. âHeâs even here in the flesh to
PK
?â
The knock on the door got louder and louder. Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian looked at each other for a moment but both of them didnât dare to open the door.
Suddenly, the originally black screen returned to normal and a line of words appeared on the screen: âQuickly open the door.â
Xiao Tangqiu, âf.u.c.k!â
Tang Mianmian, ââ¦A ghost!â
Tang Mianmian fearfully hugged Xiao Tangqiu while the latter took a deep breath and summoned up the courage to open the door.
When the door opened, the person standing outside left them dumbstruck.
âDuan Hongzhen?â Xiao Tangqiu was very surprised. âWhy are you here?â
The person standing at their door was Duan Hongzhen whom they had been acquainted with in their last instance⦠They had obviously gone their separate ways in the Abyss Square before. How did Duan Hongzhen know their new address?
Duan Hongzhen folded his arms. âIâll explain it to you later. Follow me.â
With that, he grabbed Xiao Tangqiu by the wrist and dragged him downstairs.
âWait a minute! Where are you taking me?â Xiao Tangqiu was shocked and frightened but couldnât shrug off Duan Hongzhen.
Tang Mianmian ran after him. âWhere are you taking Qiuqiu? Let him go! Otherwise, take me with you! â
Duan Hongzhen tutted, âYouâre so annoying. If I didnât know any better, Iâd think that youâre gay lovers.â
Tang Mianmian, âWe are brothers in socialism!â
âI donât care what you are, quickly come with me!â
Soon, Duan Hongzhen brought them to a corner where a statue stood. It was the exact same one as the statue in the middle of the square but much smaller. Xiao Tangqiu guessed that it was also a transmission array.
Sure enough, when they stepped into the transmission range of the statue, a transparent screen appeared in front of them. Duan Hongzhen stepped forward to click on it and a line of words popped up: â200,000 points are required to enter District S. Please confirm paymentâ
Naturally, Duan Hongzhen, as a resident of District S, didnât need to pay any more points to enter. However, Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian, as rookies who had just left Newbie Village, needed to pay 200,000 points just to enter District S. For a long time, they silently counted all those zeroes, not saying anything.
âWe donât have so many pointsâ¦â Xiao Tangqiu couldnât help muttering.
âEven if you sold us, you wonât get that much!â Tang Mianmian also chimed in.
Duan Hongzhen merely ignored them and clicked to confirm. Xiao Tangqiu didnât even feel anything as the surrounding environment changed in the next instant.
âWelcome to District S, the Fallen Paradiseâ¦â Duan Hongzhen curved his lips in a smile. âFollow me or youâll get lost in this world of opulence.â
Duan Hongzhenâs description wasnât in exaggeration at all. Compared to Newbie Village and District D, District S was simply a world filled with luxury. There were modern and futuristic looking buildings everywhere. Those tall buildings towered into the sky, their tops completely hidden from below.
Besides those buildings that looked like residential areas, there were all sorts of recreational ones â casinos, hunting grounds, racetracks, and a colosseum⦠All sorts of colorful buildings filled both Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmianâs sight.
They were overwhelmed by different forms of transportation on the street. Carriages, trams, trains, flying cars â both old and modern styles coexisted. There was a sense of nostalgia mixed with a futuristic feel which made them wonder if they had crossed time and s.p.a.ce.
Xiao Tangqiu suddenly realized,
this was District S? So this was how District S wasâ¦
Duan Hongzhen was right. Compared to the slum-like Newbie Village and District D, District S was indeed a fallen paradise filled with opulence.
Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian obediently followed behind Duan Hongzhen. They didnât dare to wander around casually for fear that they would be lost in this fallen city of temptations.
âWait!â Tang Mianmian suddenly remembered something, âAbout those points⦠Let me make it clear to you, Qiuqiu and I donât have so many points now! Even if we sold ourselves, we wouldnât get that much!â
Duan Hongzhen said casually, âThen sell your bodies.â
Tang Mianmianâs face turned red, âSell our bodies? If the object is a beautiful rich woman, then we might be able to consider⦠â
Duan Hongzhen gave Tang Mianmian a smile that could be hardly called one, as if trying to say something, but at this time, his watch suddenly rang with a
ding.
Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian watched Duan Hongzhen press a b.u.t.ton. In the next second, a transparent screen appeared in front of them, showing a human figure. The man frowned slightly, âDuan Hongzhen, have you brought him? Stop wasting time!â
âWeâre heading back,â Duan Hongzhen said impatiently. âWhat are rus.h.i.+ng me for? Anyways, the captain wonât wake up for a while.â
After that, he hung up the video call without waiting for the man to reply.
Xiao Tangqiu didnât have time to guess who the man was. He quickly asked Duan Hongzhen, âHasnât Shen Yuan woken up yet?â
Duan Hongzhen expression was grim. âIf he woke up, I wouldnât have come to you.â
Xiao Tangqiu wondered what use there was looking for him. Despite this, he didnât speak up. Even if he didnât have a way to wake him, he still wanted to use this opportunity to see Shen Yuan.
A few minutes later, Duan Hongzhen brought Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian to the front of a building, which also towered up into the sky.
After entering the building, Xiao Tangqiu discovered that there were no human servers in this place. Instead, there were cleaning robots everywhere. Even the front desk was manned by a cylindrical robot. After seeing Duan Hongzhen, it greeted him with a cold mechanical voice, âWelcome back, Mr. Duan Hongzhen. Please register these two gentlemen.â
âVisitors.â
âd.a.m.n, itâs so advanced!â Tang Mianmian looked amazed, but before he could take a second glance at the front desk robot, Duan Hongzhen brought Xiao Tangqiu to the elevator. He quickly followed behind them.
Duan Hongzhen pressed on a floor b.u.t.ton. After the elevator doors opened, the three entered.
This was a see-through elevator so Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian could see the scenery outside. But almost immediately, the elevator started to rise at an extremely terrifying speed.
âf.u.c.k, f.u.c.k, f.u.c.kâ¦â The two men couldnât help but exclaim at the same time and in a few seconds, the elevator reached the designated floor. The scenery outside the gla.s.s looked extremely small now. Even if they didnât have a fear of heights, this would definitely bring it out of them.
When Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian walked out of the elevator, they were once again shocked by the sight before them. The hall that extended as far as the eye could see was covered in soft carpeting, huge crystal chandeliers and all kinds of gold and silver ornaments. It was as if they had accidentally walked into a hotel specially built for the rich.
âWhat luxury!â
âHow extravagant!â