Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 1, Skyfall

Chapter 1, Skyfall
Chang'an City in the second year of Fengyou.The setting sun, which illuminated the city like gold and green, has gradually sunk to the west; the night, as deep as veil, has also begun to fall and shroud this city, which seems to be the eternal city of Xijing.

As the final farewell, the heavy evening bell first came from the Da Ci’en Temple, drifting with the wind through the dense Qionglou and deep buildings, the gray tiles and green ridges of the Forbidden Garden Palace wall; and leisurely drifting through the rushing turbulence Such as Bailian, the yellow strands of Bashui, and Chanshui, disappearing in the dim and distant sky of evening songs.

And when the last round of closing gongs sounded, the chilly westerly wind also blew down from Longshou Mountain, blowing over the majestic millstones on the Wei River, over the hundred-foot-high wall overgrown with old trees and overgrown grass, Went all over the east and west of Chang'an city, 35 wide streets, [-] squares;

Blow the thousands of weeping willows by the Da Nei Taiye Pool and the golden peaches by the bank of the imperial ditch to flutter; also blow the remnants of people's smoke among the neighborhoods all over the city, and change them. Feeling the chill of the night.

However, after the night fell completely, the cold streets with almost no pedestrians were ushered in.Whether it's those Jinwu disciples who started to ride horses and patrol the streets during the time of shuttle running in groups of three or four;

Or in the midst of the small movements of chickens flying and dogs jumping, they yelled like jackals, and wandered around the gates of various squares, waiting to catch those who violated the prohibition.All disappeared at this moment.

Instead, with the crowds and horses rushing out of the houses in the city square, the lanterns on the eaves and railings, pavilions, and canals are gradually lit and shining;

On this special annual day, Xijing is like a graceful lady who takes off her veil and blouse. It is only at this moment that she can fully reveal this magnificent and huge city, which is completely different from the hustle and bustle of the day. , the other side of the completely different cheers and singing.

Frightened by the noisy popularity and brilliant lights, they rose up and hovered among the birds that hadn't landed in the night sky for a long time.There is also a fat jackdaw with shiny feathers.

Amid the ubiquitous popularity and noise, it struggled to ride the wind and fly for a long time, finally expelled the same kind that was in the way, and found a place on the somewhat dilapidated wall beam that would not be disturbed for the time being.

However, it tilted its head and flapped its proud wings with its mouth, but in the dark eyes, it reflected the sporadic flickering lights shrouded in darkness behind the street market full of lights and people.

It was in the dimly lit alley, two sweaty figures, one tall and one short, were dragging something; their reflections squirmed like ghosts on the mottled and peeling low wall along with the constantly shaking and flickering lanterns face.

However, it didn't take long for one of the shorter figures to throw down the things in his hand regardless, and sat down on the ground, smacking his tongue and panting like a dog.

The other tall figure was stumbled by his sudden letting go, and he couldn't help but said in a deep voice of dissatisfaction:

"Sanpier, why did you stop again. How many times is this..."

"We're really exhausted, this guy is too heavy, let's find a solution nearby..."

The short man named Sanpier kept touching the sweat on his forehead and panting.

"That's because you used too much force in the Chunfang Pavilion, you've turned into soft-shelled shrimp..."

The tall man couldn't help but mocked.

"You old hozen who only knows how to spray dung, I'm a soft-shell shrimp, and I can still beat you with one hand..."

Sanpier suddenly became a little anxious and retorted, then kicked again.

"Old... old... Hozen, and don't make up for him a few more times, to ensure the account..."

"Don't make trouble for the bad guys nearby,"

Hearing this, the tall old hozen's expression changed.

"In the place where corpses died in the night of Shangyuan, do you think that the Wuhous of Jinwu and Wuyuan didn't come around to ask the truth... How much money and stoppages will be spent on this place by the uncle in this workshop? capital……"

"Then...then...then I really can't delay..."

San Pi'er pressed his legs hesitantly.

"Then listen to me, and just find a shallow ditch and press it in. Tomorrow, he will be reported to be drunk, stumble and drown, and the people from Jingjie will drag him out to make fat. Even Wu Desi's relatives will not see it." I won't talk too much..."

The old hozen said with a grim expression on his face.

"Look at him, I'll find a deep water channel first, and then I'll bring a broken can and throw it on the side to do my work... This way, if there are scratches on my body, I can get through it..."

However, during their conversation, they ignored the dragging human body on the ground, which had been moving invisibly for quite a while.

"who am I?"

"I am there?"

"What should I do?……"

Following this thought-provoking three-question of the soul, the frozen gray-white picture, as if it were a thick ice surface, suddenly became lively and noisy from the perception and senses of someone who was dragged on the ground.

It's just that in his blurred vision, it seems that there will always be a gray and dark night sky, reflecting the low-pressure clouds with dim lights, and the outlines of buildings that are involuntarily retreating in some kind of upside-down.

In an instant, people fell into some kind of nightmare-like scene. Could this be some kind of supernatural and terrifying world scene?Someone trembled as if captured by horror and abnormality.

Could it be that he crossed over by himself?In an instant, it was like a flood gushing out of pipes.With the flashing scenes of his life pouring out, two life memories with completely different time and space backgrounds were mixed into a pot of paste, which was reciprocally intertwined in his mind.

I almost became the son-in-law of an African and inherited the position of chief because of the skills left by the cook in the army;
No, I was still ordered to live in Wenxin Lane, Guangdeli, Wannian County, Xijing. Gao Yuanming, who had been a teacher and proofreader on the surface, but secretly worked part-time as an inquisitor for a living, was an unlucky ghost who almost died in this shabby alley.

This back and forth, chaotic and upside-down cognition made him want to cover his bulging and painful forehead, but his whole body was so soft that he had no strength at all, and he was still unable to lift a finger; after a while, Only then did he rearrange the fragments and restore them to what happened before.

I just finished filming with the program team from the magnificent savannah, and returned to the container dormitory where I was temporarily stationed. I owed a lot of web serials and hadn’t read them yet. As a result, when I logged in, I found that the website convulsions 404 were all taken off the shelves;

Then there are several terabytes of various Chinese and foreign collections accumulated in the solid-state hard drive. Many paper figurine wives and their colleagues’ works that were used to chat in the AIDS-infested Black Continent were also ruined by an inexplicable virus; The moment I was electrocuted.

The next moment, it turned into a brightly lit street running frantically, a bustling festive night with singing and dancing, the intense emotion of losing important things, and finally the chaotic scene fragments of a sudden sharp pain in the back of the head and sinking into darkness.

"Lord God", "System" and "Grass Grass", are still indescribable existences in the power, so hurry up and give me a hint and guidance. . . .Then, as if feeling his heart's prayers and roars, the reverse scene stops abruptly.

In a still field of vision, a reminder text with green subtitles suddenly popped up:

"Do you want to change the world?"

"In no mood!"

"Do you want to save lives?"

"In no mood!"

"Do you want to gain power?"

"I don't want to either!"

Jiang Tian almost roared out in consciousness:

"I just want to go back,"

After all, he has already tasted enough of the barbaric taste of modern social elements away from the hydropower network.

What's more, he still has several gigabytes of collections on the hard drive that he hasn't read, and he hasn't had time to catch up on a lot of episodes and episodes of "Your wife is awesome"; new mods for custom games such as "Artificial Girl" and "Custom Maid" No achievement unlocked yet. . .

"..."

In the empty static field of vision, I don't know how long it took to pause before picking out a prompt again:

"Survival mission release: "Alive!""

Then it turned into a bunch of explanatory text:

"The materialistic city, the prosperous and prosperous Shangjing, the place where the world gathers, the indescribable darkness under the lights, and the desperate cry for help... The different bodies with different time and space, where will they go?"

"Grass (plant attribute)!"

Now that he has understood everything he is encountering, as a modern person with normal three views and a promising future, Jiang Tian is naturally unwilling to sit still and suddenly wants to struggle and do something;
But he only felt the ubiquitous weakness of his body, and it seemed that even trying to turn his neck and waist became very difficult.

But Jiang Tian did not give up easily.With the departure of the other person, he tried his best to calm down the rhythm of his breathing and his beating heart. With the help of the shadow of the corner of the wall, he began to grope for the rough but sharp ground with his backward palms;

Finally, after unintentionally wearing out two fingertips, he felt a loose edge on the hard sandy ground that had been trampled on.That may be a broken tile, but it is also Jiang Tian's only way of life at the moment.

"Moved!!"

However, at this time, Sanpier, who was watching by the side, also turned his head with a cry of surprise; it was a pockmarked face that was malnourished and emaciated; the expression twitched with surprise, as if with a funny face mask.

It's just that something he raised in his hand made Jiang Tian unable to laugh at all.There was a whistling wind and screams.I saw that the swung stick hit Jiang Tian's ear with a puff, and the splashed sand even splashed into his mouth.

But at the next moment, Sanpi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his foot, and it was the sharp end of the broken tile that Jiang Tian pulled out, and it hit his ankle without any gap; it was like an open baby's mouth in an instant , A stream of blood sprayed out, and the painful Sanpier suddenly fell to the ground with his feet hugged sideways and howled loudly.

But was followed by Jiang Tian, ​​who suddenly kicked his leg and put it on his face, the mourning stopped abruptly, and the back of his head hit the dirt wall heavily, making a muffled bang.Suddenly everything turned upside down.Then he shook his head and wanted to reach out to touch the fallen stick.

However, Jiang Tian, ​​who was about to explode in a turbulent mood at the moment, made persistent efforts to muster up the little strength left in his upper body, pinched his middle finger bone sideways, and punched Sanpier's raised nose head-on;

It was as if there was something soft and crunchy, and it split from his face that was about to scream, and the movement of slapping the ground and kicking his legs suddenly seemed to be cut off out of thin air, and the softness stopped abruptly. Push against the wall and fall to one side.

Seeing that the other party's breath is getting weaker and weaker, and finally he doesn't move at all and his body becomes stiff; he tries his best to prevent if he falls into the collapsed river again, and then he suddenly comes to his senses. On the first day after passing through, he had to kill in self-defense.

"Fuck, this should be considered a legitimate defense..."

At this moment, he silently muttered helplessly in his heart.

You know, I have shot antelopes and wildebeests in the tribal private area, hunted ferocious crocodiles and tough wild buffaloes, and also used guns to shoot and deter armed robbers from a distance in the aid construction site. molecular.

But it was the first time in his life to kill someone in close combat with bare hands.However, there was no discomfort or disgust in such a one-stop killing, as if it was an instinctive reaction to survive.Could it be that there is still a repressed murderer hidden in his body?

Then, in the new barracks when he joined the army, the words of the old squad leader who looked exactly like "Secretary Dakang" rang in his ears again:

"You have such a bad temper that likes to hide your boredom, you should have joined the army for training..."

At this time, a line of green words flashed in the field of vision again:
"The first step of survival is completed. Energy collection..."

"The body is endangered, and it is being repaired automatically... Insufficient charge, the body is seriously weak (29.1%)."

(End of this chapter)