Before him stood a cluster of buildings located in the suburbs of the city. Li Wei took out his old trinkets; the highlight displayed on them was located here.
There were many military vehicles parked at the entrance, and several armed guards stood watch, giving the place a solemn atmosphere. Li Wei noticed that the courtyard in front of the building was spotless, and the lawn was neatly trimmed, indicating that the owner was a very clean and particular person.
Li Wei circled the building and found only one open window on the side. Although it was on the second floor, the height posed no challenge for Li Wei at this moment.
Like a nimble monkey, Li Wei leaped up and grabbed the windowsill with one hand, using his body to slip into the building.
The soles of his shoes made a soft sound as they stepped on the floor, and Li Wei instantly sensed something was wrong.
It's so quiet here!
The corridor resembled that of a high-end hotel, with closed doors on both sides. Li Wei closed his eyes and carefully sensed the surroundings, but couldn't hear any sound; there shouldn't be anyone on this floor.
Li Wei carefully walked past the stairs and saw them.
From down the stairs came faint sounds of conversation and laughter, including the Doctor's voice.
This time, Li Wei directly circulated his true energy, adjusting his state to its best before descending the stairs. Even if there was a group of fully armed reincarnators below, he could instantly kill the person he wanted to kill and then calmly leave.
No one can stop him!
However, when Li Wei came down the stairs, he saw something he would never forget for the rest of his life.
There were no troops waiting for him, no ambushes, not even a single person who could threaten him. There was only a large group of people, a large group of people Li Wei didn't recognize.
Of course, even if he didn't know these people, Li Wei understood what had happened.
Because he saw the Doctor smiling at him, and heard him say, "You've come!"
In an instant, Li Wei understood.
He understood everything.
However, the outcome was not what he had initially anticipated.
The Doctor approached as if he were an old friend.
"Number, I know you have a lot of questions. To be honest, I don't know what's going on either. Maybe this can help you understand something."
The Doctor handed Li Wei a cassette tape, patted him on the shoulder, and continued, "You arrived earlier than he expected. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave now. These people are only staying here for a few days; they'll be sent back soon, so don't worry!"
Throughout the entire ordeal, Li Wei remained silent. He clutched the cassette tape as he walked out of the building, then bought a portable cassette player at a record store and opened the entrance to Shadow Street.
He needed to find an absolutely quiet place to properly process all of this.
Clearly, An Hei himself wasn't there; that large group of people, if I'm not mistaken, should be Zheng Yutong's family.
Walking along Shadow Street, Li Wei found a secluded corner and put the cassette tape into the tape recorder.
Soon, a voice came from inside.
"Li Wei, I'm sorry for deceiving you. Zheng Yutong and your friends are still in the mission world. I only used a little of my authority to let her family stay elsewhere for a few days. So, even if you ignore that letter, no one will be harmed."
"I know you really want to kill someone right now, don't you? Haha, I won't give you that chance. In fact, I really want to thank you face to face. Without you, this disaster would probably have been unavoidable." Now let me answer some of your questions. You must be wondering why I would entrust such an important task to you. Actually, I was gambling. "Because time was tight, and you were the only high-level reincarnator I found who knew how to break through the black mist, I chose you. From your background investigation, I roughly simulated your personality. When I think about problems according to your personality, I can predict your next plan." So I bet you will do as the letter says. As for why I didn't carry out the Dawn Project, I have my reasons."
"Of course, you could also pretend to be coerced to lure me in, using yourself as bait. That would be very clever. Unfortunately, I anticipated this possibility based on your personality simulation. In this world, I am probably the person who knows you best, without exception."
"Now, it's all over. From today onwards, you can continue your life as a reincarnator, and no one will bother you anymore. Furthermore, if you need any help, you can use that phone to find the Doctor; he will help you as much as possible because your account hasn't been cancelled." Okay, that's all for now.
The tape fell silent for a moment as it played. The person who recorded it was clearly working on the final words, but Li Wei could tell that they didn't know how to say them.
After a long while, the tape recorder finally played the words, "Thank you!"
Immediately, the tape drive made a click, the sound of the play button popping up when the tape reached the end.
"Simulate someone else's personality?" This was the first time Li Wei had heard this concept.
After thinking about it carefully, I roughly understand what this is. The other party must have carefully investigated all the possible files they could obtain from birth, preschool, elementary school, middle school to college graduation and work, and then found their own type and way of doing things from these files, and then simulated how this person would handle a certain situation.
This is a very complex and systematic task, involving personality models and algorithms. Li Wei had only heard of it before, but he never imagined that someone could actually use personality to simulate a person's behavior.
But is there really anyone who can do that?
Li Wei took a deep breath, stood up from the steps where he was sitting, and with a palm strike in the air, blasted the machine into a pile of rubble.
"An Hei, this isn't over yet. I'll dig you out sooner or later, and then..." Li Wei really couldn't muster any hatred for An Hei anymore.
If the other party had truly threatened my friend's life, I would have simply killed them. However, the other party didn't actually do that; instead, they used some tricks to outwit me.
Such pranks would at most earn him a beating, but would never amount to anything more than a fatality. In short, the outcome was completely unexpected by Li Wei.
Suppressing the violent rage within him, Xiao Li Wei slowly walked out of the alley.
Perhaps, deep down, he wanted to help the An Hei Sect achieve their plan, but Li Wei himself wasn't sure.
Since Zheng Yutong and the others are alright, and the darkness in the real world has been contained, let's leave that An Hei alone for now!
He was going to the "Free Market" in Shadow Street.
The spacious open space was still as lively as ever. The new recruits from back then had undergone a baptism of fire during a mission and had become much stronger. Of course, less than 30% of them would be able to return to Shadow Street alive.
At this moment, Li Wei's internal energy had reached its peak. When he fully circulated his true energy, many layers of true energy, resembling fine white threads, would appear on his body surface. Li Wei remembered that during the quest in the Legend of Wulin, he had vaguely heard "Yasha" say that sentence.
"Dragon Whisker Armor!"
Clearly, the other party knew what this protective aura was. It was just a pity that the circumstances at the time were not the time to ask about such things.
"Since this true qi defense layer has a name, let's just call it 'Dragon Whisker Armor.' Alright!" Li Wei really didn't like to spend brain cells thinking about certain things.
For example, when it comes to naming a child, try to save money if possible.
Looking around the market, many new skills and weapons have appeared. Li Wei plans to study the "Upper Clear Sword Marrow" sword manual carefully, so his immediate priority is to find a good sword.
As a result, the Free Market in Shadow Street gradually grew and expanded, and the reincarnators who sold items here began to divide the market into different areas.
For example, the area where firearms, Firearms Mastery, and artillery are sold is located in the south; the reincarnators call this area the "Southern District."
Cold weapons are found in the North District, which is clearly a more popular area. The West District sells consumables, mostly medicines and gems. As for the East District, it's all about defensive armor. Basically, as long as you have enough points, the reincarnators will try to get a set of defensive armor, whether they like it or not, because only this kind of thing can save their lives in missions.
As for the middle area, it was naturally occupied by those "Shadow Merchant." They were basically human-shaped department stores, selling everything, only at ridiculously high prices.
Li Wei opened the Yellow Paper, looked at his points and achievements; he was now a wealthy man with a bulging purse, more than enough to buy a sword.
He also checked the location and status of the three slaves. Of the three, only Liu Piaopiao was in Shadow Street, while Zheng Chenglong and Blood Wolf had already returned to the real world.
Liu Piaopiao's location happened to be in the northern section of this Free Market.
"What's she doing here?" Li Wei, somewhat curious. Since he was also going to the North District to buy a sword, he figured he might as well go over there.
Li Wei was now truly impressed by the wisdom of the reincarnators. At this moment, the place was almost no different from a regular market, with each stall having a fixed table marked with a number.
Li Wei walked slowly along the stalls of varying sizes. The weapons sold here were all good value for money and came in a wide variety, probably all obtained from mission worlds.
Seeing a stall filled with all kinds of swords and other weapons, Li Wei walked over out of curiosity.
There are at least dozens of types of "friends" here. Long swords and short swords are placed there, either horizontally or vertically, gleaming brightly, attracting many reincarnators to stop and watch.
However, after a closer look, Li Wei felt somewhat disappointed. The stall had quite a few swords, but it was hard to find any good ones. They were all low-quality gray or white items, which were pretty but not very practical.
As Li Wei continued walking, Li Wei became increasingly disappointed. The quality of the weapons here was terrible. There were quite a few green-quality weapons, but their attributes were mediocre. There were only a few blue-quality weapons along the way, but they were all marked with exorbitant prices, which even Li Wei himself found astonishing.
Suddenly, a commotion arose from one of the stalls in front.
There were quite a few onlookers among the reincarnators. Li Wei curiously squeezed through the crowd, only to see Liu Piaopiao with an angry expression, confronting several reincarnators.
Liu Piaopiao was so angry that her fingers were clenched tightly together. She hadn't expected to encounter such a bunch of scoundrels today.
After parting ways with Li Wei the day before, she only stayed in the real world for a short while before returning to Shadow Street according to Professor Li Wei's method.
Although she was still a college student, she was exceptionally intelligent, and despite her poor family background, she possessed a maturity beyond her years. Li Wei once said that the only guarantee for survival here was one's own strength.
Therefore, Liu Piaopiao decided to try her best to understand the wondrous world of Shadow Street before the seven-day mandatory mission.
The Free Market was undoubtedly the best place. She learned a lot there and understood the importance of points.
Unfortunately, the points she had for her blade were far from enough to justify the price of the bloodline, so the clever girl decided to sell her items.
In the world of the Legend of Wulin, besides cultivating her skills, she also collected a large number of cold weapons.
Li Wei was unaware that after Liu Piaopiao left, several cases of weapon theft occurred at the Heavenly Sword Sect. Fortunately, these were all ordinary disciples' swords and old swords that had not been used for many years in the storeroom, so the matter did not cause much of a stir.
In fact, all those weapons ended up in Liu Piaopiao's pocket.
Stealing was a bad habit she developed from childhood, a habit she never broke even as an adult. However, she was quite skilled at it and avoided the grave offense of "insatiable greed," so things remained peaceful for a long time.
She couldn't steal the points, so she thought of selling the weapons.
The Heavenly Sword Sect is renowned throughout the world for its swords, and the swords in this sect are naturally not ordinary. For example, the large iron sword that Li Wei used to test his strength when he entered the sect had remarkable attributes.
Of course, there are many such swords in the Sword Heavenly Sword Sect, and Liu Piaopiao managed to get her hands on one.
There were many similar small but excellent items. In short, her stall immediately attracted the attention of many reincarnators as soon as it appeared. From morning until now, she had sold five or six longswords and earned nearly enough points to reach her goal, which gave Liu Piaopiao hope.
Just a few minutes ago, three reincarnators wearing defensive armor and with roguish looks walked over and demanded payment for her stall.
Liu Piaopiao was a delinquent at school; she was always the one extorting others, never the one being extorted. Meanwhile, those three reincarnators, confident in their powerful backers, didn't care at all.
He took it all in stride, especially after seeing Liu Piaopiao's pretty face, and the two women started to fight, which led to this conflict.
"Little girl, don't be stubborn and ask for trouble. Everyone who sets up a stall in the North District has to pay us a stall fee. If you don't pay, we'll leave your goods here!"
Among the three reincarnators, a young man with a parted hairstyle grinned strangely.
Clearly, he noticed that the weapons being sold by the female reincarnator were not ordinary items. At this moment, he actually hoped that the woman would resist, so that he could gain both wealth and beauty.
"You dare? I won't give you any points. And don't even think about taking those weapons!" Liu Piaopiao was just like a little tiger protecting its food.
Having cultivated the Heavenly Sword Sect's friendly techniques and internal energy, as well as the advanced martial art "Falling Blossoms Divine Sword Palm" given to her by Li Wei, her combat strength rating has reached the top level. Such combat strength can no longer be considered that of a newcomer.
For this reason, the three reincarnators dared not act rashly.
They are waiting.
Once they have that powerful backer, this little girl will be like meat on a chopping block, at their mercy.
To a newbie, they might be considered experts, but to a seasoned veteran, they're nothing but a joke.
Hiding behind the crowd, Li Wei overheard the discussions among the other reincarnators and understood what had happened. To be honest, he himself hadn't known that setting up a stall in the Free Market required paying a fee (points).
A fellow reincarnator, around 30 years old and clearly overly enthusiastic, provided Li Wei with an answer to this question.
"Not everyone pays this booth fee; only those reincarnators without powerful backers and whose rating is below level 1 pay it. To put it bluntly, it's extortion. Unfortunately, they don't mess with the experts; they target the newbies. I heard they've already amassed quite a few points in the last couple of days!"
I see!
Li Wei's face instantly turned cold. Since this matter involved his slaves, he couldn't stand idly by. Moreover, he had been holding back his anger for the past few days, and now he finally had a place to vent it.
Soon, several people who were clearly veterans walked over with arrogant expressions. The one leading them was a small, burly man who was terrifyingly strong. As soon as he walked over, the surrounding reincarnators seemed to shrink by half a head.
"It's a bloodline exchanger!" Someone shouted first, and immediately some timid people hid in the distance.
Generally speaking, those who have exchanged bloodlines are usually powerful veterans with numbers within the range of "kiss" and ratings above level 1. Obviously, only Liu Piaopiao, who is at level 1, is going to suffer.
"Who dares not to pay the stall fee?" the man shouted in a booming voice as soon as he arrived, making everyone's hearts tremble.
Liu Piaopiao was also frightened at this moment. She could clearly feel the powerful strength of the reincarnator in front of her, who was nearly 2.5 meters tall and looked like a black bear.
The giant glanced at Liu Piaopiao, a playful smile appearing on his face.
"Numbered Bear Beast Bloodline Enhancer, Strength Enhancement, Agility Enhancement, Spiritual Power 8, Stamina Defect, Combat Power Rating: Is he a guy who prioritizes strength above all else?"
Standing in the crowd, Li Wei felt a surge of violent energy welling up inside him, which he could no longer suppress. Li Wei didn't want to hold back any longer; all he wanted to do was vent his anger.
Ahead, the reincarnated one in quotes has already begun reaching out to grab Liu Piaopiao.
No one stood up to help her in Shadow Street. The darkness of human nature was amplified without restraint. Murders and robberies occurred here far more frequently than in the real world. People here were not bound by law or morality. Some even anticipated a steamy scene of a beast playing with a beauty.
However, what awaited them next was not what they expected, but a different kind of performance, just as exciting!
The person in quotes, the reincarnator, was stopped by a single hand.
Everyone witnessed this bizarre scene. They were quite familiar with this giant; his combat power rating was terrifying, and he had once single-handedly crushed a low-level reincarnator into a pulp.
Now, a punch that could have weighed at least tens of thousands of kilograms was easily blocked by one hand. Not only that, but with a "light push," the reincarnator stumbled backward and landed on his buttocks.
In an instant, the scene fell into a deathly silence.
Quickly scrambling to his feet, the Reincarnator angrily lunged at the suddenly appearing Reincarnator, only to be met with a nightmarish attack.
That reincarnator was none other than Li Wei.
At that moment, seeing the quotation mark reincarnated one still charging towards him, a terrifying murderous aura flashed across his face.
With a single punch, Li Wei knocked Reincarnator No. 6 to the ground again. Not only that, Li Wei rushed forward and continued to hurl punches at him relentlessly.
A black aura was currently swirling around his body, like countless black venomous snakes writhing incessantly, and all of this black aura was emanating from a ring on Li Wei's finger.
Bang bang bang bang!
The continuous attacks completely broke the quote reincarnator's resistance. The final punch smashed a four-pointed hole in his chest, and the sound of bones breaking was so jarring that it reached the ears of the onlookers.
The Reincarnator in quotes was already half-dead, with large amounts of blood gushing from his mouth and nose. The ground beneath him had also been blasted open by Li Wei, creating a circular crater five or six meters in diameter, demonstrating the power of those punches.
Sensing that the balance within his body was about to be disrupted, Li Wei removed the "Ring of the Lord of Destruction" from his finger, and the black aura surrounding him instantly vanished.
The battle just now, or rather, the one-sided slaughter, completely dispelled the gloom in Li Wei's heart caused by "An Hei." After putting on the "Ring of the Lord of Destruction," his strength and agility reached a terrifying value of four. He didn't need to use any skills; he could completely annihilate a level-one reincarnator simply by relying on his strength and speed.
As Li Wei gradually regained his composure, he suddenly noticed that the other reincarnators around him were looking at him as if he were a monster.
"Devil,
Someone shouted first, and everyone scattered and fled. No one was sure if this person was a madman; if the other party got carried away and attacked them, they would probably be meeting their maker right away.
That punch is not something an ordinary person can withstand.