Scourge Messenger

Chapter 4 Public Warehouses
After the character dies, the game automatically returns to the character selection interface, and only "Yan Qing" is left in the character column.

From birth to death, 'Yan Yi' lived for less than twenty minutes.

Yan Qing was confused the whole time.

No, why?

From this situation, Yan Qing naturally understood that Yan Yi was killed by the two guards, but... why?

The reason?
'Yan Yi' didn't even have a pair of shoes, and there was nothing on his body. Why would we kill him?
That's just playing games. If Yan Qing encountered this situation in real life, he would die with regrets.

Yan Qing immediately created a new character, Yan Er, with the same appearance and skill builds, but he could only choose "Realistic Mode." Although he could choose another Novice Village, Yan Qing wanted to know why the guards wanted to kill him, so he chose to spawn in the "Never Night City Affiliated Novice Village."

Arriving in the deserted and dilapidated village, Yan Qing controlled the character to go to Pingcheng without stopping.

As soon as he reached the main road, Yan Qing felt the linear motor of the game console vibrate. Turning his head, he saw a group of knights running towards him from behind. These knights were fully armored and wearing devil masks. Even through the screen, Yan Qing could feel their imposing presence.

Yan Qing didn't care and controlled Yan Er to continue moving forward, and then -

chap!
Yan Er was pierced from behind by a spear. The knight in front, using his horsepower, lifted him up, then raised his spear high, flying Yan Er into the air like a kite. The other knights roared with laughter, and the scene reminded Yan Qing of the cheers of a group of young men after seeing their good friend kick a can into a trash can.

When Yan Er's health bar was emptied, the Ghost Knight swung his spear and threw Yan Er towards the woodcutter who was hiding on the side of the road to avoid the knight. Yan Er hit the woodcutter heavily, and the two rolled into a circle and fell to the ground.

It is certain that Yan Er will not survive, and the woodcutter who suffered such an unexpected disaster is probably also in great danger.

As the arrogant sound of the knights' hooves faded away, the game popped up a prompt:

"You're dead."

After this, Yan Qing put down the game console and went to the bathroom to sort out the clues.

First, it's certain that the NPCs encountered in the game are all real people. Only real people would react this way, and they might even be real people in the outside world. When Yan Qing controlled Yan Yi and Yan Er, these two people should have really appeared in the outside world.

Secondly, I don’t know about other places, but the environment in the “Never Night City Subsidiary Area” is very harsh. The guards are like wolves and the knights are like tigers. These people don’t give you any chance to communicate at all. They will kill you if they want.

Logically, since it's hard to get around Nevernight, why not go to Chang'an or Jiangnan? But Yan Qing has been holding a grudge ever since he traveled through time. He traveled through time for no apparent reason, entered a thief's house for no apparent reason, was dragged to a place like this for no apparent reason... He even got killed inexplicably while playing a game!
I am timid in real life, and I don’t even dare to strike hard in the game?

More importantly, Yan Qing discovered that there was no cost for the character's death - or rather, the character's death itself was the cost - so he had more room to maneuver!
Create a new character again, but this time Yan Qing no longer has the default face size 01, but chooses the muscular body size 06.

When it came to the attribute point addition interface, the default "Qi and Blood" suddenly became 3, and Yan Qing's available attribute points were still 10!

Yes, in The Courier, body type does affect default health, but a normal player wouldn't do that—sacrificing precious fashion for a mere two health points is like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons. Of course, some players with unique aesthetics will deliberately choose this body type, carefully selecting various costumes to create an "Ancient God Look" to stun all other players with normal aesthetics.

然后宴青将所有属性点加到气血上，赫然捏出一个初始气血13、神魂1、灵巧1、悟性0的超前期角色。要知道气血也就前期有点用，到了中后期基本都是修炼神魂和灵巧，而悟性为0也意味着在四转就会遇到升级瓶颈——即便有真实模式的5%经验加成。

But Yan Qing created this account not for long-term play, but to vent his anger, so naturally he didn't care about comprehension.

Named 'Yan San', he descended upon the "Novice Village of Nevernight"!
The same dilapidated village, but this time with different characters. Yan Qing noticed that the sun was setting in the west, and it was already afternoon, which further confirmed to him that this game was the real world outside.

Yan San ran to Pingcheng without encountering any more knights this time, and his speed was much faster. The high stamina and stamina recovery from his Qi and blood, combined with the long strides afforded by his tall stature, allowed Yan San to reach the gates of Pingcheng in just a few minutes.

Nothing seemed to have changed. The same people were still queuing, and the same guards were guarding the gate, except that there was an extra head at the city gate—Yan Yi's head was hung at the city gate by a straw rope, with a sign that read "bandit" stuck in his hair.

It has to be said that people adapt quickly. After two deaths of his game characters, Yan Qing no longer felt anything about this scene. However, what he had to do remained the same - control 'Yan San' to walk to the door, and when the guard came over to ask questions, he would charge a punch and knock his teeth out!
The guard, struck so hard, fell to the ground, his spear falling with it. Yan San immediately picked up the spear and stabbed it three times. The guard's scream was choked by the blood, and he thrashed on the ground twice before losing the strength to move.

This sudden scene stunned everyone around. The farmers and woodcutters entering the city immediately hid far away, and the guards at other city gates shouted, but no one dared to approach.

"A bandit has killed someone!"

"Call the archers!"

"Hold the shield!"

"These are bandits who are here to assassinate you! Hurry and call Knight Baibao over!"

If they don’t come over, Yan Qing will go over!
Yan San charged forward, spear in hand, at the guards. These guards were no cowards, aggressively flanking him. But Yan San was a miniature Lu Bu with only 13 HP, so Yan Qing didn't need to do anything. He stabbed and retreated, killing two guards. The remaining guard, seeing the situation was bad, immediately ran away.

Yan Qing originally wanted to chase after him, but at this time the game prompted that 'Yan San' had upgraded -

"You have mastered the Basic Spear Technique, and your current level is 1."

"Your HP increases by 0.1"

"Your spirit level has increased by 0.5."

"Your dexterity increases by 1."

"You reached level 2!"

So, early on, Health, Spirit, and Agility are all easily boosted. It's just that Banquet Three's initial Health is too high, so leveling up only adds 0.1 Health. In a normal game, these three attributes wouldn't be worth specifically increasing. But in this confusing, chaotic world, lacking strength early on means you have no future!

The upgrade was delayed for a moment. Yan Qing watched as the last guard ran off, too lazy to chase after him. He was here to vent his anger, not to die. If he ran inside, he would surely be surrounded and beaten. It would be better to wait outside and see if he could fight guerrilla warfare. If anyone still came to guard the city gate, he would stab them to death. Yan Qing wanted to see how many people in this city could stand guard.

The sound of galloping horses came from afar, and the motor of the handheld game console was vibrating. Yan Qing turned the camera and saw a team of evil ghost knights rushing out of the city and towards the city gate.

He thought to himself, what a coincidence! The enemy he wanted to kill came to him on his own initiative, so he stood at the city gate and waited.

The leading Ghost Knight said something, and the other knights suddenly reined in their reins, leaving him alone to charge at Yan San. Just as his spear was about to strike, Yan San perfectly dodged, entering a 0.1-second airborne slowdown, and stabbed the Ghost Knight with his spear!
There are action elements in "The Messenger", but they require very high precision and the benefits are average - this is also related to the low agility of "Yan San". If he had high agility, he could attack more times during the slow time.

Facing the full force attack of 13 Qi and Blood, a glass-like barrier suddenly appeared on the surface of the Ghost Knight's body. The spear broke directly when it hit it, but the Ghost Knight not only did not fall off the horse, but his body only tilted slightly.

Keepsake!

This Ghost Knight is a messenger who has changed his job!

Yan Qing felt surprised but also felt it was natural. "The Messenger" is a world where supernatural powers exist, and the rulers naturally possess supernatural powers.

But this time I can’t beat him.

Among mortals, the one with 13 HP is indeed invincible, but facing a messenger who has changed his job, he is just a stronger mortal.

Just when Yan Qing was about to fight to the death, the evil ghost knight pulled the reins and stopped attacking, but said: "You are very good! Follow me!" A quarter of an hour later, Yan Qing watched "Yan San" enter the military camp, register his name, receive a set of dirty leather armor stained with blood, a hard bow, a spear and a shield, and even live in a very luxurious single barracks with a riding slave to listen to his orders.

what?
Survived?

I died innocently the first two times without doing anything wrong, but this time I rushed over and killed a few people, but I was dragged into the army?

"Practice your spear and archery tonight and get enough rest. If you can survive tomorrow, I will recommend you to the Baibao class."

The Ghost Rider left after saying this. This man's way of doing things was just like this land: inexplicable, rude and barbaric.

But since he survived, Yan Qing continued to play.

The military camp was very large, even spectacular. It had a dining hall, a bathhouse, and everything you need. It was like a city within a city. All the buildings were made of blue bricks, standing in neat rows. Compared with the military camp, Pingcheng outside was as shabby as a poor relative's home.

The training areas and equipment were also unusually numerous, even simulating sieges, urban battles, and forest warfare. When Yan San approached the spear and bow training areas, the game prompted a "Do you want to participate in spearmanship/archery training?"

Select "Yes" and 'Yan San' will automatically participate in the exercise without Yan Qing having to do anything.

"You have mastered the Basic Spear Technique, and your current level is 2."

"You have mastered the Basic Spear Technique, and your current level is 3."

"Your HP increases by 0.1"

"Your spirit level has increased by 0.5."

"Your dexterity increases by 1.5."

"You reached level 3!"

……

"You have mastered the Basic Spear Technique, and your current level is 5."

"You have mastered the Basic Archery Skill, currently at level 4."

"Your HP increases by 0.1"

"Your spirit level has increased by 0.5."

"Your dexterity increases by 1."

"You reached level 5!"

"You have unlocked your personal and public warehouses. Please press the + button to view them."

By the time the sky was blazing blood-red under the dusk, Yan San had reached level five, and his spearmanship and archery skills were significantly superior to those of ordinary Hundred Guard Knights. The others had initially been wary of Yan San, a stranger, but after two hours of training, many had completely changed their attitudes, some even inviting him to dine with them.

It seems that in this place, the strong are naturally entitled to preferential treatment.

The food at Baibao Knight is very good, with meat, steamed buns and pork rib soup. This looks like an ancient place, and the living conditions are not much inferior to those in modern society.

However, Yan Qing sighed when he saw this scene, because he had a very realistic problem: he was also hungry.

What does it matter if your game character is awesome? Everything is fake. Even if your game character is full, your real self will still be hungry.

At this moment, Yan Qing saw a "pick up" icon displayed on the roasted leg of lamb on the screen, and subconsciously pressed it, and then a prompt appeared on the right to put the roasted leg of lamb into the personal warehouse.

Yes, after "Yan San" is upgraded to level 5, the personal warehouse and public warehouse will be unlocked.

When I opened my personal warehouse, I immediately saw the roasted leg of lamb in the first grid. There are a total of 4*4=16 grids in my personal warehouse. If the same items can be stacked, it is not a small number.

Open the public warehouse, there are a total of 5*5=25 grids, which is a bit too few. There should be warehouse expansion props in the game, otherwise it will definitely not be enough for players.

Just as he was about to exit the warehouse page, Yan Qing suddenly thought of something.

Public warehouse?

In other words, this is a common warehouse that can be used by all accounts, right?
Yan Qing returned to Yan San's personal warehouse and selected the roasted lamb leg. Sure enough, the option to "move to public warehouse" popped up. After moving the roasted lamb leg to the public warehouse, Yan Qing clicked on the roasted lamb leg again, and the game popped up three options:

"Take"

「Transfer to another character's personal warehouse」

"throw away"

Yan Qing felt his heart pounding nervously and clicked "Take".

Two options will pop up for "Take": "Take by Yan Qing" and "Take by Yan San".

The next second, a hot roasted leg of lamb appeared out of thin air in front of him. If Yan Qing had not been quick, this greasy roasted leg of lamb would have fallen to the ground - then he would only be able to eat the roasted leg of lamb mixed with dirt and dust.

The meat burst with juices as he took a bite. The meat was incredibly tender, and even with minimal seasoning, it was delicious enough. It was just a little burnt, suggesting the chef wasn't very skilled. But Yan Qing felt as if he'd been hungry for a long time. The more he ate, the faster he ate, the more energy he gained. By the end, only a thick bone remained of the roasted lamb leg, completely clean, without a single shred of meat left.

Snap.

A teardrop fell on the lamb leg bone, and Yan Qing was stunned for a moment. He rubbed his moist eyes and said to himself, "It's so delicious that it makes me cry, but it's okay..."

He covered his eyes, his shoulders trembling slightly, and gasped for air, as if he was venting all the boredom, anxiety, apprehension, fear, and regret in his body. After an unknown amount of time, he took a deep breath, rubbed his slightly red eyes, and patted his face hard to wake his soul.

Through this leg of lamb, Yan Qing finally found his way to salvation in this world.

Although he cannot log in to his own account, all accounts can exchange items through the public warehouse. This means that even if Yan Qing stays in the House of Thieves, he can still obtain the cultivation resources of this world through his small account!

There are still five days until the first theft.

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