Black Snake

The wind whistled past my ears, taking away my body heat, and the force of gravity pulled my whole body as I plummeted downwards.

This was not the first time Lin Yu had fallen from a great height. Previously, when entering the [Heavenly Feast Above] Instance, Lin Yu had deliberately jumped off a tall building.

At this moment, the scene is being recreated.

But this time...

Lin Yu had no intention of freefalling.

As he plummeted through the air, he watched the windows flash by, precisely calculating the number of floors.

"Seventy-seven, seventy-six, seventy-five..."

Lin Yu was calculating the number of floors.

Finally, just as he was about to reach the seventieth floor, Lin Yu activated the skill "[Those the Virtuous and Frugal Drinkers]" in mid-air.

In that instant, Lin Yu felt as if time had frozen.

"So slow—slower than I expected."

Based on my current sensations of falling, the time difference is at least more than 1 to 30!

"This thing is really useful."

If you stretch one second into the equivalent of thirty seconds, and Lin Yu's already incredibly fast reaction time, just one second is enough for him to do a lot of things.

He skillfully adjusted his posture in mid-air, then began to survey the rooms on the seventieth floor.

"Starting from the left, it should be 7001... so room 7037..."

Lin Yu quickly found room 7037—also a room with a view, the curtains on the balcony were drawn, and a faint light shone through the gaps.

"This is it."

Water gushed out from the [Water Prayer Necklace], and Lin Yu manipulated the water to provide himself with some forward momentum in the air.

Then, Lin Yu nimbly grabbed the railing of the 70th floor, put away the [Those the Virtuous and Frugal Drinkers], and flipped down onto the balcony of the room.

The flow of time has returned to normal.

Through the glass door of the balcony, Lin Yu could vaguely hear cheerful laughter and music coming from inside.

It appears that someone is having a Revelry party in this hotel room.

Lin Yu took a deep breath, and then...

"Bang!"

He smashed the entire glass door with his shoulder, and with a crash of shattering glass, Lin Yu stepped into the room.

Inside the room, four men sat on a spacious bed, with open pizza boxes in front of them and cans of drinks and beer scattered on the floor. A third installment of a cheesy Comedy series was playing on a large screen in front of them.

Looking at the suddenly shattered glass, the men wore expressions of bewilderment mixed with wariness.

"What the hell? Why did the glass suddenly shatter on its own?"

Did the glass shatter spontaneously?

"Could it be an attack?!"

"Are you kidding me? If it was an attack... where are they?"

"This glass doesn't look like it was shattered by a gun."

The men chattered amongst themselves, but their expressions gradually shifted from wariness to annoyance.

"Damn Baiyuque, such an expensive hotel, and the glass quality is so poor?!"

Just when they almost thought it was an accident...

Lin Yu gently patted his shoulder.

"Alright, Hannah, let them see me... but slowly, let my form gradually appear."

"Quack! Yes, Director!"

After giving instructions to his capable assistant, Lin Yu slowly took a step forward—he deliberately made sure his foot was firmly planted.

The soles of their shoes crunched on the broken glass, instantly tightening the expressions of the four men.

Hey, did you guys hear that?

"Wait... what the hell is this?!"

From the invisible air, the outline of a human figure gradually emerged.

It was as if a ghost or demon had appeared, leaving them completely stunned for a moment.

Lin Yu's voice rang out calmly.

"Good evening, esteemed 'middlemen' and the best 'brokers' in the City That Never Sleeps —I have some matters to discuss with Mr. 'Black Snake'!"

At this moment, Lin Yu's figure was fully revealed.

Having seen Lin Yu's appearance clearly, although still shocked by his sudden appearance, the astonishment and fear in their hearts naturally subsided by most!

"Where did this scoundrel come from, playing tricks here!"

A man with a scorpion tattoo on his hand growled, then pulled a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at Lin Yu.

The bald, burly man next to him wore an amused smile, "Wow, which company's latest technology is this? It can achieve this level of disguise!"

"But kid, do you think you can do whatever you want in front of us just because you got some good equipment?"

As the bald man spoke, he suddenly raised his hand.

A cold light shot out from his sleeve, directly towards Lin Yu!

At the same time, the man with the scorpion tattoo on his hand also fired his gun.

However, the moment the two made their move, the "Lin Yu" who was hit dissipated like a bubble.

Admittedly, Lin Yu instructed Hannah to let them see him, but that didn't mean for Hannah to remove her disguise.

What they struck was, of course, an illusion.

"Oh... it seems you're planning to kill me."

Lin Yu looked calmly at the cold arrows and bullets that had pierced through the throat and heart of his illusion and spoke.

At this moment, he had already silently arrived at his position...

Behind the two of them.

"Bang!"

"Snap--"

Gunshots rang out, mingling with the sound of Dagger slicing through skin. The two men who struck first instantly had their brains and blood splattered all over the bed.

The bald man's skull exploded, and blood gushed from the throat of the man with the scorpion tattoo.

Lin Yu sheathed the [Targeting Dagger] and the [One-Shot Hit Revolver], and calmly wiped the blood from his face.

He patted the two men next to him who were reaching for their weapons, and slowly shoved the guns back into their arms.

"I already said, I just wanted to talk to Black Snake. You two... which one of you is Black Snake?"

Lin Yu said softly.

The remaining two men were wearing sunglasses and had lip piercings.

Before any of them could admit it, Lin Yu suddenly raised his hand.

"Ah, just a moment, you two."

He pulled an old pocket watch from his pocket that made an abnormal clicking sound, then opened the dial and smeared blood on it.

"Take advantage of its freshness, don't waste it -- you won't be able to receive it if you wait any longer."

Lin Yu spoke with a smile, and then a violent and painful "shriek" came from the two corpses.

It was as if they had died again.

The Repaired Mist Pocket Watch absorbed the souls of two people, and its previously dull and rusty exterior finally returned to normal, no longer appearing extremely irritable.

"I haven't had a chance to kill anyone lately, so it's a bit starving. I need to feed it first. If you have pets, you'll understand..."

Lin Yu spoke in a friendly and rambling manner, then looked at the two of them.

Where were we?

As he spoke, these two seemingly fierce, composed, and seasoned brokers from the City That Never Sleeps of sleepless nights spoke at the same time.

"He is the Black Snake!"

"I am the Black Snake!"