This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 142 Attractive
"Crack!"

The sword flashed, and a head flew out, swarms of parasites splattered out, and the broken body squirmed on the ground, hissing as it was burned by the residual white light.

Nie Weiyang held the shield in his left hand and pushed away the headless corpse.

He wore silver armor and a black windbreaker. His [Zhenhui] blue crystal shield blade shone coldly in the air, and the triangular protrusions covering the shield made one dizzy. In his hand, a decaying black and red liquid dripped from the longsword, and along with the parasites that fell from it, it was burned and purified by the white light.

Nie Weiyang raised his eyes and saw a pair of frightened eyes through the gap in the window blocked by hay.

For a moment, he thought of Langcheng and that classroom—he remembered the feeling of looking at the children through the cracks in the wooden boards. The complicated emotions of that time seemed to resurface for a moment. Nie Weiyang gave the person in the window a soothing smile and raised a finger to his lips.

As expected, no one made a sound in the room.

A moment later, a hand hesitantly parted the straw, as if a scar had been scraped open by the boundary of light and shadow. Nie Weiyang saw a family of three: a young couple and a skinny little boy. The former looked pale but still well-mannered, and he must have received higher education on Earth. The latter timidly hid behind the couple, secretly watching Nie Weiyang.

"Hello..." the woman asked softly, "Excuse me, when will our troops arrive?"

Nie Weiyang was stunned for a moment. Beside him, Yi Jian, who had been looking around, instinctively turned back. Han Jiangxue didn't look back, but a piece of ice crystal flew out with a "whoosh" and blasted a zombie. She lowered her head, kicked the dark red, smelly dirt on the ground, and rubbed her cold hands.

Heavy objects fall to the ground.

"They're already here," Nie Weiyang said softly, "but with you here, they're afraid to act rashly."

When they heard the first half of the sentence, the eyes of the two adults in the room lit up, but when they heard the second half, they became disappointed again.

Then, the woman pursed her lips awkwardly and took out a purse from her backpack. It was a bag that was automatically generated when the 'player' took out the silver ring. It could not be processed again and could not exist independently without the silver ring.

"This is all the money we have," she said, and the man beside her nodded. "We want to use this money in exchange for you three taking the child out. Just take the child with you, and leave him next to the soldiers. What do you think..."

Han Jiangxue kicked the dirt hard, and a sharp pain shot through her ankle, but she endured it silently. Yi Jian looked up at Nie Weiyang, as if he wanted to say something, but he held it back.

"No." Nie Weiyang replied.

Yi Jian got anxious for a moment.

Facing the family's disappointed gazes, Nie Weiyang said in a deep voice, "We have our own things to do now."

Strength and conviction flowed through his voice.

"Stay here." He closed the straw again. "I promise, the army will come, and I will come back." He said in a deep voice.

The sound was not loud, but the surroundings were so quiet that more than one family heard it. Then, several families opened the gaps to look outside. Faces that had been living a life of luxury in the modern city just a few months ago looked at Nie Weiyang with despair and expectation.

Expectation, this word is too heavy.

Nie Weiyang's gaze was unusually averted. He walked quickly through the alley with the two people beside him. He could hear the news he had shared spreading rapidly through the almost nonexistent soundproof walls. The residential area was filled with whispers, not noticeable to Yi Jian and the others, but resounding like a bell to him.

As he rounded another corner, he found what he was looking for. It was a yellow talisman, glowing with a yellowish light, affixed to the edge of the corner, subtly radiating a purple glow. This answered one of Nie Weiyang's questions—why hadn't the Taoist's amulet worked?

Because the enemy first turned the Taoist priest into a puppet.

But in Gushi, each district's administrative priests were registered and rotated daily... This was the Chinese way of doing things. And since the Anju Talismans responded to each other freely, multiple priests were usually assigned to each district. If any one of these priests had a problem, all the priests would be aware. These priests were scheduled so that at least one-third of them would be out of the area, making it easy to mobilize personnel in the event of an emergency.

Therefore, these Taoists must have been subdued at almost the same time.

However, Taoist priests can see where the dangers are lurking nearby. Therefore, this profession is one of the least vulnerable to sneak attacks. They call this ability "heavenly induction".

How could the Soul-Loss Puppet Master be able to sneak attack at least five Taoists at the same time?
Something was very wrong from the beginning, and now it seems even stranger.

Nie Weiyang raised his hand and tore off the Anju Talisman. Although powerful, it was fragile and often torn off by careless hands or intentionally, requiring frequent replacement.

In the small square in the center of Chaoyi District in the distance, five figures sitting in a circle made a low buzzing sound. Their heads were lowered, their faces were decayed, and strange talismans were floating in front of them. The light golden Anju Talisman in front of one of them flashed.

Beside them, a dog whose flesh had rotted to the point where its bones were exposed stood up, and a sticky tearing sound was heard between its body and the stone slabs of the square.

A flash of purple light flashed in its eyes, and several figures with shimmering purple light emerged and disappeared into the shadows. They were assassin puppets that appeared from nowhere, lurking in the shadows and rapidly approaching Nie Weiyang and the others! The corpse dog followed behind them, staring silently into the distance.

“…Chaoyi District, Deye District…” Nie Weiyang muttered to himself.

In the previous life, these two small districts adjacent to the Xinyin District had never encountered such problems as the current one. Therefore, although Nie Weiyang had submitted a large amount of key information, it was normal for Gushi to fail to defend against the enemy given the mixed population.

However, the Lost Soul Puppet Master, with his cautious personality, actually took action in the Ancient City... You know, the current state of the Ancient City is no longer the same as in the previous life! If the total military strength of the current stage of the Ancient City in the previous life was 10, the current Gu City is at least 50!

The early advantage snowballed by the army was no joke. This matter was getting weirder and weirder.

Nie Weiyang shook his head slightly. He watched the talisman in his hand gradually lose its light and then disappear.

He knew that what he wanted to see was probably on the way.

"All right," he said, standing up and brushing off his coat, "get ready for battle."

Behind him, Yi Jian gently caressed the gun in his hand. Han Jiangxue exhaled a breath of cold air and rubbed his hands habitually.

A shooter who is highly threatening to elite units, a spellcaster who starts to clear the sea of ​​monsters as soon as he goes out, and another one... the best in the world who can kill the BOSS at level 1.

This combination itself is more eye-catching than anything else.

And the reason they came here this time was to do something 'eye-catching'!
Yes, change is like a navigation offset. Perhaps it's just a tiny difference at the beginning, but as it spreads, everything becomes different. And everything that's happening now, indicating that Nie Weiyang's rebirth has brought too many variables to this world.

But - after destroying the Zhongzhou Bone Sacrifice Hall and killing the subsequent 'He Bo'... even as early as when Langcheng crossed the blood moon ascending, or even earlier - as early as when he became the BOSS, as early as when he became a paladin, as early as when he was reborn, Nie Weiyang knew very well that sooner or later, the 'strategy' left for him in the previous life would become ineffective.

But ordinary players read guides, and people like him are always the ones who write guides!
　In fact, the current development of things is completely different from the previous life ()
　　
　
(End of this chapter)