Descent into Young and Dangerous

Things are truly wondrous!

One second!

You were happily singing, preparing to meet friends for a barbecue!

The next second!

"CRASH!" You were hit and killed by a drunk driver!

Instantly, Wang Xuan felt his entire body was about to shatter. In that moment, he felt the whole world freeze.

Is it starting...?

...A long time passed. The expected flashback didn't begin. Time seemed to be frozen; only his brain could still think.

"Target has died. Successfully captured by the System."

"Host will enter a movie world to complete a mission. Successful completion will grant a fixed reward of three years of lifespan in the main world. Mission failure will result in complete death."

"Does the host accept the mission?"

"Yes."

"In three seconds, the host will completely die."

"Countdown begins, 3... 2... 1..."

A voice sounded in Wang Xuan's mind. Before he could react, the countdown had already begun!

In a hurry, with no time to think, death didn't matter... but his friends were still waiting for him to get skewers... skewers... he had to get skewers... Accept!

"Ah!!"

He jolted awake in bed. Wang Xuan frantically felt himself all over in panic. Intact! No pain! Not dead!

"Hoo hoo hoo"

Panting heavily, his dazed eyes darted around. A large cockroach was slowly crawling up his leg, moving with a leisurely pace. Its two long antennae swayed back and forth, acting as if it didn't care about him at all!

Wang Xuan was furious!

He suddenly grabbed a magazine from beside him and began wildly smashing it down on the cockroach!

"You crawl on me, you crawl on me! Do you think I'm dead! Ah! Ah! Ah!"

After smashing it more than ten times, until the cockroach was completely flattened, Wang Xuan put down the magazine with a ferocious expression and took a deep breath.

After venting, the fear gradually subsided. Only then did he look up to survey his surroundings.

A room of about 30 square meters. Not much sunlight filtered in through the small window, making the room rather dim. Various sundries were scattered everywhere.

Where is this?

I was definitely hit by a car!

But I'm not dead!

Then... that voice just now?

As he vaguely came to his senses, blood-red characters suddenly appeared on the wall in front of Wang Xuan. The writing was so crimson it looked like it was about to drip down, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

World: Young and Dangerous

Time: 1991 AD.

Location: West Point, Latitude: 22°26', Longitude: 114°12'.

Hong Kong in the nineties, due to the prevailing trend of reunification, the British Hong Kong government relaxed its management, and Triad activities were rampant. Robbery, murder, widespread firearms, rampant drugs, and various criminal cases occurred frequently.

Mission 1: Become a Triad boss in Hong Kong in the 1990s.

Mission 2: Influence spreads throughout Hong Kong Island.

(Mission deadline: three years.)

Fixed Reward: Three years of lifespan in the main world.

Random Reward: Unknown.

Note 1: Death in the mission world will result in complete death.

Note 2: Failure to complete the mission will result in death.

Language memory has been adjusted. Please grasp it yourself, host.

Final interpretation rights belong to this System.

Watching the gradually disappearing text, Wang Xuan became flustered for a moment.

"System... can we chat?"

"Big brother? Are you there?"

"Old man?"

"Ancestor?"

"What the hell!"

What can you do with a System you can't communicate with?

Dead!

Alive again!

Being a Young and Dangerous means either stabbing people or getting stabbed, one foot in the coffin and the other in jail.

If I don't become a Young and Dangerous... I'll still die in three years!

"Hoo, Lu Xun once said: Life is like XX, if you can't resist, just lie down and enjoy it!"

"Young and Dangerous it is... I just want to live... live well... nobody wants to die, why think so much, either wait to die or fight for it! Let's do this!"

Wang Xuan's brows furrowed, his eyes wide open, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

"Xuan Zai, aren't you coming down for dinner? You have to stab people tonight, you'll become a weak shrimp if you don't eat!" Ah Wai's voice called from downstairs.

"Coming!"

With a thudding sound, Wang Xuan quickly came downstairs.

"All day you only know how to eat, eat, eat. When you go stabbing tonight, stay a bit behind. Don't let your fat get scraped off!"

Ah Wai, Wang Xuan's good friend in this world, is a fat guy, the kind of person who always appears beside the protagonist!

"Tch, we're just there to make the numbers look good. It's always like this, hundreds of people standing together shouting a few slogans and that's it. They only give us 100 bucks each time, who's stupid enough to actually fight?" Ah Wai said dismissively.

"Are you kidding me! The boss of the boss of the boss got stabbed!" Wang Xuan mumbled, shoveling char siu rice into his mouth, his voice muffled, "If we don't get serious now, how is our East Star going to survive in the future!"

Just last night, East Star's boss, Camel, was ambushed by Yan Tze Tak of the Hong Yi Society and his men. After safely escaping, he immediately ordered the destruction of the Hong Yi Society. So this morning, Wang Xuan's boss, Baki, passed down the word that tonight they would lead people to smash the territory of Jackals, who manages Mong Kok's Portland Street for the Hong Yi Society.

Stabbing people was something very distant for Wang Xuan. That was back in middle school, influenced by the movie Young and Dangerous, he used to carry a knife to school.

He had indeed been in group fights, but he had never actually stabbed anyone. However, he had seen some of the big thugs at school do it. Of course, those guys didn't end up well either.

Prison was their only destination.

"Is it that serious?!" Ah Wai asked, a little uncertain, patting Wang Xuan. "Then tonight, let's both hide in the back. We have Red Pole enforcers in the gang for the stabbing, I'm absolutely not going!"

Seeing Ah Wai's somewhat timid look, Wang Xuan put down his chopsticks and looked at him solemnly.

"If you want to be a good boy, then go back and study hard. If you're going to hang out on the streets, you have to be prepared. Being a Young and Dangerous means one foot in the coffin and the other in jail."

Ah Wai stared blankly at Wang Xuan, who turned to leave. "Hey, I'm just a small-time punk, not a Young and Dangerous. Where are you going?"

"I've eaten enough, I'm going to get ready. We can't just get stabbed, it really hurts!" Wang Xuan waved his hand and went upstairs by himself.

Calling it a building was an exaggeration; the conditions were worse than those in the urban villages on the mainland.

Hong Kong, what's so great about this place? Why do so many people like to come here!

Looking at the surroundings, Wang Xuan grumbled in his heart. A thousand square feet is called a mansion, which is less than 90 square meters!

And most Hong Kong people live in small, cramped places. A 30-square-meter apartment like Wang Xuan's could house a family of four or even five!

He rummaged through drawers and cabinets, under the bed and on it, looking for anything that could be used for stabbing tonight.

A complete one, hehe, keep it, it's useful!

Another one, damn it, used!

Quickly throwing away the item in his hand, Wang Xuan cursed inwardly, so unhygienic!

What kind of junk is this!

Wang Xuan looked at the things in his hand... his veins bulged!

Something felt wrong?

Wang Xuan suddenly sat up. He was going to stab people tonight, do you know? It's tiring!

Wang Xuan cursed in his heart.

Do these things make you energetic when you're stabbing people?

But... my heart feels less oppressed and irritable!

Forget it!

Let's just think about how to protect myself tonight!

As the saying goes, before you can hit, you have to learn to take a hit! Before you can stab, you have to learn to be stabbed!

The problem is, getting stabbed really hurts!

So, I need to do a good job of protection!

Fortunately, I have rich life experience. Back when I was a student, I used to stuff all sorts of textbooks into my arms when I went to fight people, and I was so fierce!

It seems I can only use the old method!

Of course, this isn't the student era anymore, and there are plenty of opportunities to use knives. So, besides books, it's best to prepare some harder objects!

Let's do this! Wang Xuan ran to a pile of garbage on the street. Glancing around to make sure no one was watching, he started rummaging through it.

"This piece of sheet metal is good!"

"Hey, Xuan Zai, what are you doing?"

A voice called out, startling Wang Xuan. He quickly turned around, hiding the item behind his back.

"Damn it! You scared me!" Seeing Ah Wai suddenly appear behind him, Wang Xuan let out a sigh of relief. "It's you, you little punk!"

"Wanna go out and play?"

"Play what? I'm planning to make a big splash tonight. Since I've started down this path, there's no turning back. Live or die, I'm facing it head-on!"

Wang Xuan waved his hand and walked away as he spoke, leaving Ah Wai with a somewhat unfamiliar silhouette.