Borrowing a sword

Chapter 4 "Talking at Cross purposes"

"No, who the hell am I?"

Chu Huaixu squatted beside the corpse, frowning, cursing inwardly.

He had no past memories of this "character" and had not received any information from the system at the moment.

Therefore, he didn't even know which side his character belonged to.

who am I? Where do I come from? Where do I go?

He knew nothing about it!
"Oh wait! This person said that I wanted to infiltrate the Daoist sect."

With this thought in mind, Chu Huaixu immediately made a decision: "I refuse!"

He is now convinced that he has definitely traveled through time.

If he follows the predetermined route, he will experience great uncertainty and insecurity due to the lack of memory and information.

"There are [resurrection coins] in the game, so you can revive after dying by inserting a coin."

"Although my character panel shows that I, like every initial account, come with three resurrection coins."

"But what if...?"

"This is time travel, not a game. What if it doesn't work?"

Therefore, he felt he should be relatively cautious.

Just now, he heard a system notification informing him that the [Task System] was being activated.

This is of exceptional importance to the Chu Huai Preface.

"Borrowing Swords" is a game with a high degree of freedom. Players can explore and develop on their own, and there are many ways to obtain experience points, which can then be used to upgrade their characters, skills, or equipment.

The most official way to gain experience points is definitely by completing tasks.

"If these functions still work, then they will be my cheat codes for survival after I transmigrate," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

On Earth, he could survive by "selling his looks," engaging in borderline activities in games, and creating sensational articles.

You can't just go back to your old profession after time travel, can you?

Then he wouldn't be a so-called "virtual male model" anymore, and he'd really start yelling nonsense.

Chu Huaixu knew very well that in "Borrowing a Sword", strength was the most important thing!
His fox-like face, so handsome that it appeals to both men and women, is at most a bonus.

A few seconds later, the [Task System] was finally fully activated.

He heard a system notification tone that only he could hear, just like the legendary telepathic communication.

"【Ding! The mission system has been activated!】"

"[Assessing your initial completion status]"

"[It has been determined that you have escaped the ambush by 'Xue Hu']"

"[It has been determined that you successfully killed him during your escape.]"

"[Based on judgment]"

As Chu Huaixu listened to the rating prompts one after another, he couldn't help but silently complain in his heart: "What do you mean I turned the tables while on the run? I didn't even run away!"

"I should have walked the dog around twice. That way, I might have been able to get some useful information out of it while we were running."

"And then, he was killed in one strike!"

With this thought in mind, Chu Huaixu slapped the corpse hard across the face again.

"Snapped--!"

It's important to understand that since the game "Borrowing Swords" was able to pass censorship, the game's guidance for players must generally be positive and not lead them in an overly evil or heretical direction.

Therefore, Xue Hu, who was lying in front of him at this moment, must be a person who deserved to die. He was no good and belonged to the category of "red-name monsters". He would not feel any psychological burden.

Even after killing him, Chu Huaixu gained 100 experience points.

Meanwhile, the two masked men who had been secretly observing Chu Huaixu from a distance couldn't help but twitch their lips slightly beneath their masks.

The two were completely baffled as to why he would slap Xue Hu every now and then.
Does it really feel that good?
However, as members of the [Organization], they have the strongest sense of belonging to the [Moon Kingdom] and the strongest hostility towards the [Mirror Kingdom].

Since Xue Hu is from the Jing Kingdom, they wouldn't find the fox-faced man's actions too crude.

Moreover, the people in the organization actually live very repressed lives, and there are quite a few with unusual fetishes, so...
I don't understand, but I respect it!

After exchanging a glance, the man wearing the golden mask said, "We should go."

“My lord, this newcomer is quite interesting. I would like to observe him further,” the silver-masked man replied.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the other party immediately let out a cold snort, and a strong sense of oppression instantly swept over them:

"Hmph! Have you forgotten what the organization taught us beforehand, and what instructions we received before departing for Mirror Country?"

The golden-masked man said in a deep voice, "Article Three of the 'Admonitions' states: One must not have excessive prying thoughts about fellow members of the organization!"

"This is good for you, and good for him too!"

The silver-masked man immediately lowered his head and respectfully replied, "Yes, sir!"

Seeing that his attitude was good, the golden-masked man nodded slightly and softened his voice: "We both have important matters to attend to. This is the last new recruit reception mission we will be responsible for."

"You should return to the Mirror Kingdom court and do your duty." "I should also return to the Daoist sect."

The silver-masked man immediately bowed and said, "Yes, sir."

The two parted ways and soon disappeared into the rainy night.

Therefore, they did not see Chu Huaixu's next move.

He searched Xue Hu's body for a while, put the money bag and other "dropped items" from defeating monsters into his pocket, and then took off running.

The reason is simple: the [Task System] just gave him an initial completion score of 9.93, almost perfect, and quickly gave him a new system task—to escape the police station's blockade!

"Why am I being targeted by the police?" Chu Huaixu thought to himself as he ran while looking at the map.

There's probably something fishy going on here.

But he doesn't have time to think about it now.

On this dark, rainy night, he needed to find a place that would give him a sense of security.

He knew the police station very well.

Once, when he was playing a game, he was immediately pursued by the police. Wanting to experience the police's special services, he set his pain level to the lowest setting and deliberately got arrested, enduring a whole night of torture.

The results of it?
Damn it, it's nothing like in those anti-Japanese war dramas where you endure all the torture before unlocking the "honey trap"—a game-breaking surprise!

Chu Huaixu has now transmigrated and is unable to regulate his sense of pain. He knows very well that if he gets caught by the police, he'll be in for a rough time.

At this moment, during his escape, he looked at the map and quickly analyzed his escape route.

After much deliberation, he decided to head to the nearby Wumeng Mountains.

In the game "Borrowing Swords," the map features many mountains and rivers from around the world.

It has the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the Five Sacred Mountains.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Wumeng Mountains appeared.

In fact, Wumeng Mountain is quite famous in "Borrowing the Sword".

The reason is simple: the Daoist sect, one of the four major sects, is located right next to Mount Wumeng.

Players believe that the game team must have fans of the legendary duo Phoenix Legend among them when they designed this map.

The song "Lady Shexiang" by Phoenix Legend contains the lyrics: "The Wumeng Mountains connect to mountains beyond mountains."

Therefore, it's not hard to guess that the place where the Taoist sect is located is called—Mountain Beyond the Mountain!

Chu Huaixu's current choice to flee to Wumeng Mountain actually goes against his original intention.

Just now, he was thinking of refusing to join the Taoist sect and instead choosing to rebel.

At this moment, he didn't actually want to infiltrate the Daoist sect; it was simply because Wumeng Mountain might be the nearest safe zone.

According to the information provided by the task system, Chu Huaixu's current situation is not actually that dangerous.

He had just browsed the mission information, and from what it revealed, it seemed that only Xue Hu knew the inside story.

However, Xue Hu was greedy for money, lustful, and ambitious, and he did not reveal anything to his colleagues.

The police officers arrived at this moment simply because they all carried a "life token." Once they died, the police would know that the person was dead, and the life token had a location tracking function.

"In that case, it should be better if I run towards the outer area of ​​the [Daoist Sect]," Chu Huaixu concluded.

He is a veteran player of "Borrowing Swords" and knows the game's background inside and out.

In the Mirror Kingdom where he is now, the four major sects are the leaders, and the Mirror Kingdom's court is weak.

Simply put, the Taoist sect is above the imperial court!

However, the neighboring Moon Kingdom is different. The imperial court controls all the major sects, and the sects follow the imperial court's lead.

Wumeng Mountain is like a small plot of land right at the doorstep of the Taoist sect. Even if the imperial court officials go there, they will be more restrained in their actions to avoid angering the Taoists.

Even under special circumstances, no one from the imperial court dared to set foot there.

"As for the death of a scoundrel from the police station, is that a special case?" Chu Huaixu didn't think so.

And so, he ran wildly through the rainy night, his lower body covered in mud, his black hair soaked, and with his fox-like face, he gained an unruly and slightly wicked handsomeness amidst the wetness.

He followed the navigation function on the map and took shortcuts all the way.

Chu Huaixu passed through the dense forest and arrived at the foot of Wumeng Mountain.

Immediately afterwards, his pupils contracted slightly.

Because there are people ahead of us!

On this night of torrential rain, he saw a woman holding an oil-paper umbrella, dressed in light blue, and wearing a veil.

She must be about 1.7 meters tall, with a slender figure, graceful curves, and amazing leg proportions.

Even if only the upper half of her face is visible through the veil, she would still be considered a beauty.

Unfortunately, she gave off an extremely aloof vibe. Her slightly furrowed brows and scrutinizing eyes created a great sense of distance.

The woman held up an oil-paper umbrella and looked at Chu Huaixu, who was standing in the downpour.

To her own surprise, she inexplicably blurted out her true feelings, her voice icy cold, yet the content of her words contrasted sharply with her tone and demeanor:
"Hmm? This is truly a top-quality furnace."

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