Life Dungeon Game

However, Aleiro had already reached the door, grinning maliciously at the boy, "Then I'll break your neck first!"

He swung his hand into a grabbing motion, and as he did so, a violent whistling sound filled the air as his fingertips sliced ​​through the air.

He Ao glanced at the man blankly.

He just came to ask for directions.

Although he was confused, he reacted quickly.

This man was clearly going for the kill.

With his free left hand, he pulled the black pistol directly from his pocket, lifted it up sharply, pressed it down, and then lifted it up again sharply.

The slide misaligned with the gun body due to inertia and then returned to its original position, chambering the bullet.

The whole process happened in the blink of an eye, so fast that the man didn't even see his movements. Then he raised his pistol and aimed it at the man's forehead.

Sir, times have changed.

boom--

Bright red blood splattered on the back of the man's head.

The man, weakened, leaned forward, while Heo took the opportunity to dodge to the side.

With a muffled thud, the man's body fell to the ground.

The entire courtyard fell silent in an instant, so quiet that you could hear the injured people's labored breathing.

He Ao had intentionally used his body to block the action of firing the gun with one hand, so to most people, it looked like this young, student-looking boy nervously raised his gun and then, with a bang, blew the head off the man who was acting violently.

Even so, this contrast is enough to shock everyone.

After all, the boy with the schoolbag looked like a law-abiding child who wouldn't cause trouble.

After a while, the old man leaning against the wall finally reacted and had one of his disciples bring He Ao in.

"Hello, I'm here to ask for directions."

He Ao looked at the old man somewhat nervously, still holding the pistol that had killed the man in his hand. People around him moved aside as they saw him, and the injured man on the ground looked at him anxiously. "Excuse me, how do I get to Chengde Martial Arts School?"

He was speaking Chinese.

"This is the Chengde Martial Arts School."

With the help of his disciple, the old man struggled to his feet. He coughed, covered his mouth, glanced at the blood on his hand, looked up at He Ao carefully, and then at the pistol in He Ao's hand.

He seemed to realize something.

"Are you Ye Cheng's nephew?" she asked softly.

Ye Cheng is Li Le's alias, a name he randomly picked from a novel.

“Yes,” He Ao nodded, “Are you Uncle Hong Long?”

Then he hesitated for a moment, "You are older than I thought."

“Hahaha,” Hong Long laughed upon hearing this, “Ye Cheng and I are friends despite our age difference. I came to the Western Lands when I was nearly middle-aged.”

He gestured to the disciples who were still able to move to contact vehicles and hospitals to send the injured disciples on the ground to the hospital. Then he turned back to He Ao and said, "I'm sorry, something happened at the temple today. I'm sorry to have startled you."

"it's okay no problem."

He Ao waved the gun in his hand, startling the person next to him into taking two steps back. He glanced at the blood on Hong Long's body and cautiously asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's just a minor injury," Hong Long said with a smile and a shake of his head. "My apprentice has already contacted a doctor at a nearby hospital, and an ambulance will be here soon. It'll be fine."

Then he looked at the thing in He Ao's hand, "Your gun?"

"Oh," He Ao said as if he had just realized it. He first disengaged the safety, ejected the magazine, and unloaded the gun. His movements weren't exactly practiced, but they weren't unfamiliar either.

"This was given to me by Uncle Ye Cheng. He said they don't check these things much here, so it's good for self-defense. I often play games with shooting functions, so I know how to use a gun a little."

Hong Long smiled and nodded, without saying anything.

He invited He Ao into the inner room.

In the inner hall, there was a plaque that read "Chengde Martial Arts School". The plaque was written in three languages: Chinese at the top, then Tia, and the bottom one was a language that He Ao did not recognize, which should be the native language of the Republic of Rhodan.

"Uncle Honglong, why is this sign hanging so far inside?"

He looked around and asked softly.

“They’re not very friendly to us Chinese people here,” Hong Long said as he was helped into a chair.

"Especially those who teach local martial arts feel that we've taken away their livelihoods, so they often come up to challenge us, trying to disrupt our business and drive us away. That's why we're not officially open for business yet; we're currently just recruiting disciples through referrals from friends."

"However, those newly recruited disciples were sent away by me as soon as Aleiro arrived today. Now, those who remain in the courtyard are disciples who have followed me for many years, some of whom came from other countries."

He sighed as he said this.

Even though he felt bad about the injuries to these disciples, he also felt bad about the negative effects caused by the frequent challenges to the school.

With such a serious bloodshed incident happening here today, I'm afraid some of the students who originally registered might be too scared to come anymore.

“But on the bright side,” Hong Long smiled, “once we’ve built up our reputation, business will be much easier.”

He then sighed, "But in the past, when they came to challenge us, they always stopped short of killing us, never injuring anyone, and they never used such lethal force either. I never used my full strength against them either..."

After all, times have changed. It's no longer an era where people can kill indiscriminately. Even though the situation in the Republic of Rhodan has been turbulent recently, there is still a basic order.

Upon hearing this, He Ao fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

The man he just killed was clearly a superhuman, and one who had only recently awakened to superhuman abilities.

However, something was wrong with the opponent; he clearly hadn't controlled his power and was showing signs of going berserk.

According to the information He Aozi saw at the research institute, newly awakened superhumans in the main world are generally in a relatively stable state, unlike in the dungeon world where there is a risk of losing control from the moment they embark on the path of superhumans.

Something is changing in this world.

On the way here, Yang De sent He Ao some information about the location where the passage to the ruins would open.

It was mentioned that the concentration of extraordinary energy at the location where the relic passage is about to open will be higher than that of the outside world, making it easier for extraordinary individuals to awaken nearby, and also making it easier for strange phenomena to emerge.

It looks as if the power of the ruins is leaking out through this passage.

Therefore, the concentration of extraordinary energy in Ellen City should be higher than that outside.

However, with the increase in the concentration of extraordinary energy throughout the world, Ellen City at this moment may well be the future of the main world.

He Ao looked up and chatted with Hong Long about other things. Hong Long also told He Ao where the room he had arranged for him was.

While He Ao and Hong Long were chatting, the ambulance and military police arrived.

The Republic of Ruodan did not have a police force during the Kingdom era. The police force was added after the Republic era, but it was only responsible for some municipal management and road traffic work. Important cases were basically investigated and maintained by the gendarmerie.

After the military police arrived, they first questioned He Ao, Hong Long, and the disciples present about the situation. With multiple witnesses testifying, it was confirmed that Aleiro had indeed committed intentional acts of harm.

Then Hong Long had a private chat with the leaders of these military police officers.

Then the military police chief, whose pockets were stuffed full, came back.

These military police officers all speak Tia, and after this 'one-on-one chat,' their attitude changed significantly. They even chatted with Heo for a while while tidying up.

During his conversation with the military police, Heo learned that Aleiro himself had no background and only owned a small martial arts school with virtually no business. He did odd jobs and errands, basically working as an underground thug.

He was often hired by large martial arts schools to take on jobs like challenging other schools or disrupting their operations to collect protection money.

These military police were also quite familiar with Aleiro. After he was beaten out by Hong Long last time, the surrounding martial arts schools felt that he was no good and stopped hiring him. It was said that he didn't even receive his full payment.

He dared not be angry with those large martial arts schools, so he could only resent Hong Long, which led to what happened today.

Finally, the military police gave Heo a verbal warning, telling him to find time to get a new gun license, and then carried Ariello's body away.

Most of the injured in the yard have been taken away, and even Hong Long has been put in an ambulance.

"While I'm in the hospital, I'll trouble you to look after the martial arts school for me."

Sitting in the ambulance, Hong Long said slowly, "After this incident, the martial arts school should be relatively quiet lately. Just be careful of pickpockets in the neighborhood. I'll have to trouble you with that."

flood

Most of Long's capable disciples were injured. The only ones left were some staff members hired by the martial arts school and some less skilled disciples who didn't participate. These disciples were all from the neighborhood and would be going home that night.

“It’s nothing,” He Ao shook his head. “I was just looking for a place to stay, and I’ve already troubled you with spending so much money on me.”

“Don’t say that,” Honglong quickly said. “Without you, we might all be dead here today.”

After exchanging pleasantries, the ambulance slowly drove away.

The courtyard fell silent again.

He Ao knew that Hong Long had probably guessed his possible identity, so he had been covering for him.

Hong Long had guessed Li Le's identity after all, and following this line of reasoning, it wasn't difficult.

However, Hong Long had not entered the extraordinary world and probably did not know about the existence of the research institute, so he probably just thought they were people from some special department.

However, He Ao hadn't intended to keep it a secret in the first place. Since he was here, he needed someone familiar with the local situation to cooperate with him.

For example, he can't have a 'chat' with someone alone. The local military police aren't familiar with him and wouldn't dare to 'chat' with him.

The remaining disciples began cleaning up and removing the bloodstains, a task assigned by Hong Long.

He Ao entered the house, intending to check out the room Hong Long had prepared for him.

At this moment, a disciple rushed in and called out He Ao's name several times, his voice trembling slightly.

He rattled off a string of words, but He Ao couldn't understand a single one.

"Ok?"

He Ao turned around, took out his phone, and opened a translation app. "Speak slowly."

"Young master, someone else has come to challenge us!!!"

The disciple's voice trembled slightly, as if he were somewhat afraid of He Ao.

"Ok?"

He Ao was taken aback. "Is this never going to end?"

He asked softly, "What kind?"

Upon hearing the question, the disciple thought for a moment and quickly answered,

"Quite good looking."