This time I chose Paladin

Should……

Should I know?

...Oh, I really know...

Looking at the light screen that flashed beside Nie Weiyang, that name that could not be false, that title that could not be false, the level number of 17, and the events recorded on it that completely matched the system announcement... fine drops of cold sweat slid down from the 'big brother's' hair, flowed into his collar, and soaked the clothes on his back.

Although personal information can be adjusted when displayed externally, it is only a self-selected information card display option, and the specific content displayed cannot be changed by yourself.

So, Nie Weiyang?! The one who killed a boss right after the game started, the one who clearly had connections to the Chinese military? Why would he be here looking for someone?

Looking at the murderous aura on this person that even ordinary desperadoes wouldn't dare to look at twice, what's the difference between this and letting me meet the world boss?

'Big Brother' felt Nie Weiyang's gaze on him, and he swallowed slowly.

As the leader, surrendering... or surrendering in the eyes of his subordinates, is a fatal thing.

In comparison, for a strong man like Nie Weiyang, if he is willing to pay a price, perhaps the situation can be slightly improved.

Because in his understanding, the strong always excel at sacrificing the weak and smoothing over conflicts. Now that everyone has arrived in this new world, freed from the constraints of previous laws and regulations, he doesn't think a strong person would turn against him for these weak people - why would he? The law of the jungle is a natural law, and humans are particularly adept at it. All that hypocritical morality and disgusting justice are, in the final analysis, just a disguise, an excuse.

As long as you give him an opportunity and some benefits, everyone can be used by him!

Speaking of which, Mr. Nie's power and connections...

"Hello, Mr. Nie." 'Big Brother' gave a seemingly calm fake smile and extended a hand to Nie Weiyang: "I am Chen Hu, the big brother of the Baohu Camp."

Nie Weiyang's eyebrows and eyes were covered by sunglasses, but his expression remained unchanged in the exposed parts. He was not surprised that the other party did not collapse - he had not taken it seriously at all.

Besides, how can you manage more than a hundred people without this ability?

However, Nie Weiyang didn't even look at the hand that the other party extended. Instead, he glanced inside the cave and turned to the nervous young teacher beside him and gave an order: "Bring the people out and count the number of people."

The male teacher's expression froze. He stole a glance at Chen Hu, whose smile was frozen. After a moment's thought, he quickly ran into the cave and shouted to his students, "Pack your things! Pack your things! The government officials are here to pick us up!"

"Ah?! Oh!!!" The students in the camp shouted loudly and quickly stuffed everything they could take away into their backpacks - running away these days is much easier than before the apocalypse!

Nie Weiyang had no objection to this person's behavior of using a big banner to cover up his own shortcomings. Without this kind of energy, he would not have been able to keep the students here for a full half month.

At this moment, Chen Hu's expression had completely turned cold. He withdrew his hand and winked at his younger brothers to slowly surround Nie Weiyang.

"Mr. Nie, there are no laws now," he said slowly, his voice gradually becoming threatening. "There are fifty or sixty of us here, and you only have yourself..."

Nie Weiyang watched the teachers and students of Lianhe No. 1 High School gather outside the cave. After a quick headcount, the teacher approached him, "We've completed the headcount, Mr. Nie... Actually, there are still three people..."

With Nie Weiyang's tacit approval, he shouted to Lu Ran and the others, "Lu Ran! You three, come here!"

"Fuck!" Lu Ran's voice became louder. He and his two friends surrounded Chen Hu tightly. "You want to control us again?!"

The male teacher was so angry that he closed his eyes. He gave up on the conversation and took a step back. He whispered to Nie Weiyang, "Those three are not our people anymore. There are some women and young boys in the camp across the way who have been victimized. They are innocent. They are simply being... treated like that. These days, they've been living... worse than pigs and dogs."

Nie Weiyang glanced at the students and did not ask why the teacher stayed here even though he knew how miserable those people's experiences were - many of these students had almost no fighting ability, and as for Baohu's people... he had already seen more than a dozen thugs, and there were even more diverse other combat professions.

There are many places in the world where you can't just come and go as you please. Just like justice and kindness, not everyone has the ability to uphold them.

"You two should keep your distance first. Then, take the people in the camp up the river to Langcheng and show them this." He said, pulling out a stone slab and handing it to the other party. "Okay, run."

The teacher took the stone and looked at it with some doubt. It was a map carved with a sharp blade. Turning it over, three sharp characters were engraved on it: Nie Weiyang.

He immediately stuffed the slate into his backpack, called out to the students, and ran off: "Say, thank you, Mr. Nie!"

"Thank you, Mr. Nie!!!"

The students seemed to be more relaxed. Their voices reminded Nie Weiyang of his distant memories of how he read aloud when he was a high school student.

These young children ran past him with smiles on their faces, while Chen Hu opposite had a cold expression on his face. He stared at Nie Weiyang and raised his hand to ask people to block the students' way.

"I didn't agree to let them go!" he roared. "Mr. Nie, you're acting unruly by doing this, aren't you?!"

This is the 'evil guy' - he only recognizes the rules when they are in his favor, but when they are not in his favor, he says "there are no laws and regulations anymore."

"..." Nie Weiyang sighed softly. He put on the earphone he had taken off before and finally looked at Chen Hu straight in the eye.

"You misunderstood. First, I only issued a notice," he said, his voice calm. "Second, there are still laws. It's just a wartime system."

At this moment, a purple light flashed in Chen Hu's eyes—[Mental Interference]! Causes mental damage to the target and initiates a mental attribute confrontation!

As an extremely rare [God's Gift], he has been blessed with the power of the object of his faith. His spiritual attributes will be regarded as double values ​​in confrontations, and his spiritual attributes have reached 45 points, which has made him invincible in the past few months.

Judging from Nie Weiyang's equipment, he is obviously a melee profession, so it is impossible for him to have a very high spiritual attribute!

As long as they can control Nie Weiyang, or just interfere with and kill him...

Chen Hu, filled with excitement and confidence, exerted all his strength to mobilize his mental power. At the edge of his vision, a message appeared: "[Mental]-[Mental] Confrontation Judgment in Progress..."

【…The confrontation failed.】

Chen Hu: “……?”

Equivalent to a confrontation with 90 points of spiritual attributes, a failure?

He didn't have time to wonder for more than a breath before a storm of intense pain overtook his consciousness.

He let out a heart-wrenching scream and fell to the ground. His eyes were bloodshot and bleeding from his mouth and nose. The strong nerve reaction made him retching and twitching continuously. He curled up, his limbs twisted like an epileptic, and he even screamed intermittently.

Darkness wriggled in his mind. At first, it was just the shadows at the edge of his vision, twisting and wrinkling like the edges of film scorched by fire. Then the cave ceiling began to collapse, a thick black liquid raining down, freezing him there. The walls breathed, expanding and contracting, fine beads of black sweat seeping from their surface. The ground dissolved, and he sank into some warm, pulsating flesh. He couldn't tell if the world was laughing, or if he was sinking into his own corpse. Each time he felt like he was burying himself deeper into rotting entrails. The air was thick as lead, and every breath felt like swallowing broken glass. Every nerve burned, burned, burned, and he couldn't tell whether it was the heat of a soul or simple pain.

[The target is increasing the pressure, the target is actively initiating a [spiritual]-[spiritual] confrontation... The confrontation failed.]

[The target is increasing the pressure, the target is actively initiating a [spiritual]-[spiritual] confrontation... The confrontation failed.]

[The target is increasing the pressure, the target is actively initiating a [spiritual]-[spiritual] confrontation... The confrontation failed.]

Chen Hu's cries grew increasingly painful and weaker. The chaotic darkness caused his mind to disintegrate. In his last remaining moments of consciousness, he saw Nie Weiyang looking down at him. He could no longer comprehend the meaning of this scene.

He just saw the light.

A light that burned the infinite darkness in his mind, reflected in the void, pure and white... magnificent as the eternal dawn.

……

Chen Hu's breath was weak, like a candle in the wind.

There was a dead silence inside and outside the cave. Whether it was Lu Ran and the other two, the younger brothers around them, the teachers and students who had not run far, or even the naked men and women in the camp who were looking up, they were all watching this scene in silence.

With panic and hope.

Nie Weiyang lowered his eyes behind his sunglasses. He withdrew his mental strength, stepped over Chen Hu, took off the iron shield behind him, and held it in his left hand.

"Someone come here," he said, "and explain to this elder brother of yours what the rules are."

He slowly drew his sword, scanning the surroundings amidst the chilling sound of the blade being unsheathed, taking note of every face and eye. Those anxious faces, as if they were about to be chopped off by an axe. Those eyes, growing brighter and brighter, filled with hope.

"Why?" he asked. "No one's giving him hospice care?"

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Chapter 72 Because He Is Kind

No one knew what had happened. In the eyes of the people around him, Chen Hu knocked himself down with a flash of light in his eyes.

But everyone knew that Chen Hu wouldn't just sit there and commit suicide, especially in such a tragic way. Therefore, a silent, unknown terror spread, making the young man in the middle appear even more terrifying and mysterious.

In all directions, all the Baohu people were slowly retreating. The smart ones had already started to go into the woods, while the stupid ones turned around and ran back to the camp or rushed into the crowd of students to take hostages.

The combat professions among the students surrounded the other professions in the middle. Li Duo led several combat profession students and stood in front of a group of scholars with a roar. Her long red hair was burning and flying, and fiery patterns spread to her limbs!

She raised her hands to the sky and shouted, "[Sky Light Convergence]!"

Layers of flames like flaming clouds emerged from the air, reflecting each other, covering everyone with her as the center and burning all targets that approached.

She stomped her foot again, and a surge of energy poured into the ground, leaving a scorched, radioactive trail on the surface: "[Earth Fire Transformation]!"

The fire flowed like a vein, spreading underground, rapidly warming the cold air and even gradually increasing its heat until it began to burn. But a moment later, the underground fire erupted, sending earth and rocks flying. The nearest thugs were caught off guard and blasted into the sky, turning them into ash!

Li Duo pointed at one of them.

"[Chidan]!"

A fireball more than half a person's height gathered and flashed by.

Amidst a huge roar, the compressed fireball collided with the human body and exploded, burning the target to ashes and igniting the surrounding mountains and forests!

Yang Wuji stared at the girl standing in front of him in amazement.

—You said you were a better fighter than me, is that really how good you are?!

I thought you could just throw a fireball!

"What are you standing there for? Run! These are all the tricks I have now!"

Everyone was at about the same level, so high skill damage naturally came at the cost of a higher number of passive skills and longer cooldown times. Li Duo turned and grabbed Yang Wuji's hand, dragging him along as they ran wildly with their teachers and classmates. Spellcasters and scholars had similar physiques, so running together wasn't much different. Yang Wuji followed her blankly, not daring to look at her face, only following the whirlwind of her long hair.

Around them, some people who couldn't keep up with the team were being carried and run, some melee professions grabbed others and carried them on their shoulders, and some even screamed, "It won't be fresh if they die! The chef's daily task requires me to make fresh dishes!" And a man was running wildly with six fish and a chicken on his back. The chicken kept nigging at his head. A group of people next to him laughed while running away nervously, and the laughter was complex but relaxed.

Nie Weiyang at the entrance of the cave looked back at those figures.

I have to say, he didn't quite understand what these kids were laughing at... and when they ran, they only cared about their heads and not their butts, and some people followed them and were not killed in time.

Forget it, they are just kids. I can't think of them like a trained warrior.

Nie Weiyang threw the iron shield in his hand with his backhand. The round shield was shining with a sharp light. A few ricochets knocked down several thugs who were chasing him. Then he made a move with one hand, and the iron shield flew back with a cold light and was caught by him.

He swung his arm like a whip and struck sideways with his shield. "Bang!!!" He slapped the faces of the two warriors who were rushing towards him, knocking them back. Then he slashed diagonally with his right sword!

"Crack!"

The divine power eroded the darkness with a sizzling sound. Nie Weiyang shook off the two corpses and strode forward, pouncing like a tiger or leopard at the person who had just entered the Baohu camp!

Now is... the time to kill!

……

Ten minutes later, the teachers and students of Lianhe No. 1 High School, who were hiding in the mountains and waiting anxiously, finally saw someone coming out of the cave again.

Nie Weiyang walked out of the cave, a gentle breeze ruffling his hair, making its strange black and white color flutter in the sunlight. A trace of blood stained his silver light armor, gleaming along with the metal as he waved.

Someone among the students immediately ran over, and the man in silver armor and black clothes came out with two handsome boys and pointed back into the cave.

"Go and give some brave girls some clothes or extra gear if they have any," Nie Weiyang said helplessly, his eyes fixed on the outside of the cave. "Men, stay away."

As he spoke, he walked a little further away, waved to the male teacher, and handed the two teenagers over to him. The others didn't understand why he was so bold as to ask girls to go in, but when Li Duo led a few female students into the cave, the corpses and even body parts scattered throughout the cave, as well as the lingering bloody stench, made them terrified.

"This looks really hard to clean up..." a girl murmured. Her face was pale and she was about to vomit, but she still forced herself to look away.