Who says those who retire at the speed of light are not heroes?

Lin Cheng looked at her with a smile on his face, "I know, I'll just... ask."

"I hope you're just asking." Lizhi sighed helplessly, and suddenly stretched out her two small hands to hold Lin Cheng's face. Her voice was gentle, "You've retired, so just embrace your life as an ordinary person. Do you understand?"

"Of course I understand."

The distance between their cheeks seemed to be a little closer. Lin Cheng looked at her eyelashes. The moonlight fell on her eyelashes and the shadows intertwined on her cheeks. He suddenly realized that at this distance, if he moved forward a little bit, he could kiss Lizhi's pink lips.

What will it taste like?

Unfortunately, he still had the lollipop in his mouth.

I just put it in my mouth and now I’m reluctant to bite it into pieces.

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"Okay, I'll take you home." Lizhi stood up. The cleaner behind her was still cleaning, but it was almost finished. Lin Cheng followed her to the side of the road and sat in the passenger seat of the silver supercar.

"This car is so cool." Lin Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

"I bought it for you originally. You can drive it when you get your driver's license." Lizhi answered casually and fastened his seat belt.

"Forget it, it's really painful to get a driver's license."

"Wouldn't it be more convenient to pick up girls in a supercar in the future?" Lizhi turned on her sarcastic mode.

"That's even more impossible. Don't let the stinking money corrupt my superb skills in picking up girls."

Lizhi stepped on the accelerator and started to speed up. Lin Cheng gradually found it difficult to breathe and shouted loudly, "Can you slow down? Take care of the elderly!"

"You are only one and a half years older than me." Lizhi had a lollipop in her mouth at some point, and her voice was unclear. Looking at Lin Cheng's pale face, there was some inexplicable excitement in her eyes. Ten minutes later, she sent Lin Cheng downstairs. Lin Cheng opened the car door and got out, waving at her gently.

"Good night." Lizhi muttered casually.

"Good night."

Lin Cheng watched her leave his sight.

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back home.

The room is empty, there will be no plot of a beautiful girl falling from the sky in the house, the cat is lying lazily on the sofa, the TV is on, and an ancient romance drama is playing. It is said that there will be a movie on the theme of "The Judge" online soon, and one of the leading actors is the girl who was interviewed by Lin Cheng last time. Lin Cheng said that he is quite looking forward to it.

Lin Cheng sat down on the sofa and watched TV with the cat for a while. Then he turned off the TV, went back to the room, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.

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The next day, early morning.

Lin Cheng woke up earlier today. After getting up and washing up, he went downstairs and ordered a luxurious version of Jianbing from the stall at the entrance of the community. After getting the Jianbing, he went to the garage where his motorcycle was parked while eating it.

He bought this motorcycle second-hand. Compared with a car license, a motorcycle license is much easier to get. The weather is pretty good today. The temperature is slightly humid but cool, not stuffy. Lin Cheng rode the bike out of the community.

No destination at this time.

This motorcycle is his treasure. He often rides it around when he has nothing to do. If he occasionally sees a pretty girl waiting for a ride on the roadside, he can ask her if she needs a ride. If you ask her directly if she needs a ride, she will most likely refuse. But if you ask her where she is going and if she wants to go for 15 yuan, she will be more likely to get on the bike. As long as he rides faster, the girl will panic and hug his waist, saying softly, "Master, please slow down."

Recently there are new mobile game activities and new treasures to be worked on. Lin Cheng hasn't come out to get some fresh air for a long time. He is a native of City A and is very familiar with everything in City A. After all, he grew up here. While riding along, he first cut a small wound on his wrist, and the blood flowed out at an extremely slow speed. The faint smell of blood blended into the wind.

He liked the early spring season, when peach blossoms were in full bloom. He rode his motorcycle around the city, occasionally stopping to reopen his healed wounds. This time he accidentally made the wound a little bigger, and blood flowed down his arm.

Lin Cheng thought he should get a small speaker on his motorcycle. It would be fun to listen to music while driving next time. There were no restrictions on motorcycles in the city. He had been riding for nearly four hours and had lost nearly two hundred cc of blood, but it seemed that he had gained nothing so far.

At noon, Lin Cheng went to a roadside shop to eat a bowl of braised chicken with rice, then continued to ride his bike around. In the afternoon, he went to the gas station to refill the tank. After filling up the tank, he drove from the west to the south of the city until the sunlight completely dimmed, as if it was almost evening. Lin Cheng accelerated and drove towards the suburbs.

He went to Luobo Mountain in the suburbs. There were almost no vehicles and pedestrians on the winding mountain road. He sped up and drove all the way to the top of the mountain. Finally, he stopped the car, took a big sip of the iced Coke in the car, then sat on the bluestone steps and watched the sunset.

He could look directly at the gentle light of the setting sun, holding a dogtail grass in his mouth. The sunset glow was the afterglow of the clouds ignited by the setting sun. He looked at it for a long time until the sky darkened. He spit out the dogtail grass in his mouth and sighed softly, "The sunset is infinitely beautiful."

"It's just getting dark."

A young man's voice came from behind him. Lin Cheng turned his head and saw the young man behind him looking at him calmly.

"You also understand this?" Lin Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

"I have the memories of more than sixty humans." The young man answered him calmly.

His face looked ordinary, and his voice was not stiff, as if he was no different from a human. Lin Cheng couldn't help but feel confused, "Why did you come when you clearly knew I was luring you into a trap?"

"Your blood has an almost fatal attraction to my instincts. In fact, even if you didn't release the smell of blood on purpose, the mark left on your body by my child last night is a reason for me to find you. This is my instinct, and I can't resist it."

"Grass."

A curse word came out of Lin Cheng's mouth. He slowly tore off a band-aid and patched the wound on his wrist. "The blood was shed in vain."

Lin Cheng stretched out his hand, touched the ear clip on his ear, clenched the pistol in his hand, and pointed the gun at the young man in front of him, or to be more precise, the blood-sucking queen.

"Since you know you will die, have you decided to come?" Lin Cheng looked at the other person in confusion.

"I didn't sense any energy from you, only old age. Your strength has been exhausted, but your blood is still mellow. I have no reason to refuse, but I didn't find you to devour you."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"Cooperation." The eyes of the blood-sucking worm queen had turned scarlet.

"cooperate?"

"The human race is a weak race, unable to bear our parasites, so I have to constantly change hosts, but you are different. Although you have lost the source of energy, your body is still supreme. I want to cooperate with you. You offer me blood sacrifices, and I will provide you with power."

Lin Cheng smiled contemptuously, "Do you think I will agree?"

"You humans seem to have divided power into six levels, from D to SS. If you cooperate with me and provide enough blood sacrifices, I can raise your power to SS level. As someone who once possessed power and authority, you have no reason to refuse."

"I thought you really understood humans." Lin Cheng pulled the trigger.

The explosive bomb was fired in an instant, but the body of the blood-sucking worm just shook slightly, and the bullet was dodged by him. The bullet landed on the tree behind him. The tree exploded directly and collapsed slowly, and the birds on the tree flew away.

"I don't understand. What's the reason for your refusal?..."

"Because I'm human, it's that simple!"

Lin Cheng pulled the trigger again.

14 Branches

There was once a talented sniper in Lin Cheng's previous team. He specifically asked the other party how to improve his shooting skills, and the other party's answer to him was also very simple.

Aim, then shoot.

Well said, don't say it next time.

But it was indeed the case. Good marksmanship was nothing more than aiming and then shooting. He had been able to accurately hit the seven mid-level blood-sucking worms before because he had predicted their movement trajectory and calculated the time it took for the bullet to leave the chamber and fall, thus achieving a perfectly accurate hit.

The explosive power of the explosive bomb is perfectly compressed within a range, so its power is particularly terrifying. Until now, the production method is still a mystery. Lizhi can get so many explosive bombs because the fruit shop itself has a cooperative relationship with the alliance. The alliance is obliged to provide some scientific research results to the fruit shop.

"I don't understand." The body of the blood-sucking queen began to twist, and the flesh and blood directly tore his clothes apart. The one standing in front of Lin Cheng at this moment was the blood-sucking queen in her complete form in the true sense.

After his clothes were torn into pieces, his appearance was still human-like, but his skin was replaced with red scales that flashed with cold light, and a few more red eyes opened on his cheeks, each of which seemed to be flashing with red light, and saliva was still inevitably flowing from the corners of his mouth.

"You have clearly been to the abyss and have the mark of the abyss on your body. You should understand me." The blood-sucking queen spoke slowly.

"When I was in the abyss, I could crush hundreds of bugs like you with one hand."

"But you have become very old now." The blood-sucking worm queen answered slowly, and once again dodged the bullets shot by Lin Cheng. His speed was so fast that Lin Cheng could not catch him even with prediction, because he waited until Lin Cheng fired the gun and then dodged with absolute speed. Every bullet just grazed him.

"I suggest you give up such futile means. I still have the desire to cooperate with you."

While dodging the bullets, the blood-sucking queen was also approaching Lin Cheng step by step. His movements were not quick, which fully demonstrated his patience, but Lin Cheng's expression did not change, and he was still serious and indifferent.

He turned a knob on the pistol, and the patterns on the barrel lit up. This time, the bullets poured out with bright light. The blood-sucking queen subconsciously avoided the trajectory of the bullet, but the bullet exploded when it landed beside him without touching anything.

The blood-sucking worm queen growled, and the exploding bullet blasted his right arm, shattering his phosphorus armor and revealing the scarlet flesh inside. In the instant that his body froze, Lin Cheng had already fired the second shot and the third shot.

The two bullets hit his chest and head accurately and exploded, shattering his phosphorus armor, but there was only flesh and blood in his head. At the moment when he was blocked from moving forward, Lin Cheng's body quickly retreated and replaced the second magazine.

boom! boom! boom!

Each shot hit the wound on the queen's phosphorus armor accurately. The explosions made the space seem to ripple. The queen's head was now shattered to the ground like a smashed watermelon.

But his body kept moving forward, and new eyes and a mouth opened from his chest.

"Flesh and blood are only part of my form. You know, this is not my true form. It is impossible to kill me with just this alchemical tool."

"Then tell me where your real body is hiding?" Lin Cheng asked while shooting.

"Heart." The blood-sucking worm queen actually answered Lin Cheng's question. Lin Cheng pointed the gun at the heart in an instant. However, even though the bullet hit his chest and exploded at the position of his heart, leaving a hole in his chest, the crystal core in the center of his chest, which looked like a crystal stone, still did not suffer the slightest damage.

The shape of the crystal core was slightly transparent, and inside the crystal core was the faint outline of a red worm.

Lin Cheng had been retreating while shooting, and the blood-sucking worm queen was also moving forward. At this moment, Lin Cheng had almost retreated to the guardrail at the edge of the cliff, and the sunset in the sky was gradually dimming, and it seemed that he had nowhere to retreat.

"I don't understand." The blood-sucking queen spoke again.

"I don't understand why you have so much patience to talk to me." Lin Cheng had run out of bullets. He put the pistol back into the ear clip and looked at the bloody and hideous blood-sucking worm in front of him.

"You are a higher-level being than me. The lower-level beings... can only submit to the higher-level beings. This is the rule of the abyss. Even though this is not the abyss, the rule of the abyss has long been imprinted in my heart. You can understand it as what you humans call habits. If I have a choice... I would rather cooperate with you than parasitize you. It is my honor to be able to coexist with you."

"But I think your eyes are full of greed."

"I have devoured too many humans and been forced to learn human greed. This is not the abyss. Perhaps I should not abide by the rules of the abyss." The voice of the blood-sucking worm revealed some self-doubt. It moved again and took a step forward. At this moment, Lin Cheng had nowhere to retreat. He stood on the edge of the cliff and watched him approach step by step. His breathing became steadier at this moment. He raised his hand and touched the ear clip again.

The footsteps of the blood-sucking worm suddenly stopped.

Because he saw something that suddenly appeared in Lin Cheng's hand. In his eyes, it was an alchemical instrument filled with energy. It was the instinctive fear that made him stop.

In Lin Cheng's eyes, what he was holding in his hand at this moment was a black and gold sword with densely packed runes engraved on the blade. At this moment, dark golden light was flowing on the runes.

"Is this... an alchemical instrument created by humans?" The voice of the blood-sucking queen trembled.

"Yes, an old friend lent it to me. When I wanted to return it to her... I couldn't find her." Lin Cheng gripped the hilt of the sword tightly. The old friend once told him that the name of this sword was - Zhezhi, and it was one of the greatest alchemical creations of mankind.

But for Lin Cheng, the most useful thing about this sword is that some energy is stored in its blade, and he can use this energy to integrate into himself. At this moment, he held the hilt tightly, and he remembered the sword manual that the old friend had given him. The sixth move of the sword manual gathered all the energy in one place.

Lin Cheng also asked her about the secret of swordsmanship, and her answer was... cut where the opponent is most vulnerable.

Lin Cheng thought it made sense.

If Lin Cheng remembered correctly, the name of the sixth move in the sword manual should be - Zhezhiyin.

The blades in his hands lit up at this moment, and the dark golden runes were all illuminated. The energy was transmitted into his body along the hilt, giving him strength for a short time. The trajectory of the blade was like a full moon in the dim air. Finally, the blade touched the crystal on the chest of the blood-sucking worm. With a clang, the crystal shattered, and the sword edge cut the red worm in the crystal into two pieces.

Lin Cheng put the sword away after using it. The power of this sword becomes less and less with each use. He hasn't taken it out for several years. His arms were shaking uncontrollably. The rear body of the blood-sucking worm in front of him had fallen down. The severed worm was looking up at him. Lin Cheng heard the message he conveyed with his mind.

"I don't understand."

Lin Cheng could sense the confusion and bewilderment in his emotions. He didn't seem to be sad or angry. As the most humble creature in the abyss, death was not something to be afraid of.

The abyss he mentioned was the source of natural disasters. Three years ago, Lin Cheng accidentally entered the abyss. In the abyss, Lin Cheng had seen too many blood-sucking queens like him. If all those blood-sucking queens came into this world, it might only take a few months to turn the entire world into a breeding ground.

But they are the lowest creatures in the abyss.

"Why do insects try to understand humans?" Lin Cheng came to the squirming insect, raised his leg and crushed it to death. Without the protection of blood crystals, the blood-sucking worms were extremely fragile and could even be strangled to death by a six-year-old child. Their strength lies in their parasitic methods that are hard to guard against in their childhood. Once parasitic, they are like maggots attached to the bones, and are particularly difficult to remove with the methods currently mastered by humans.

This blood-sucking worm should be just a larva that came with the space rift. After repeated parasitism, division, and reproduction, it was promoted to a blood-sucking queen. However, because it has only been in this world for a short time, it has not really grown to the point where it is difficult to control. If it is converted into the human strength classification standard, its strength is only between B and A.

Lin Cheng had seen an S-class vampire queen before. Its true form was several meters tall, and its phosphorus armor was as hard as diamond.

Lin Cheng raised his leg. The body that the blood-sucking queen had transformed into had now turned into a pool of blood, which gradually seeped into the ground. Lin Cheng knew the habits of this creature very well. It was already dead and there would be no possibility of resurrection, so he did not contact the cleaner again. If Lizhi knew about it, she would inevitably nag him for a while. Lizhi had recently been turning from a young and beautiful girl into a nagging old woman.

Lin Cheng walked towards the parked motorcycle. As he walked, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest, and then he had an uncontrollable urge to vomit. A mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and the blood mist fell on his white T-shirt. Apart from that, Lin Cheng didn't feel anything else. He took off the T-shirt, wiped his mouth with a relatively clean place, then touched the ear clip, took out a flamethrower from the ear clip, burned the clothes to ashes, and by the way, roasted the little bug that he had just crushed to death, as a humanitarian cremation for it.

Bugs cannot comprehend human thoughts, just as humans cannot comprehend the abyss.

Lin Cheng returned to his motorcycle, shirtless, with the wind blowing on his body. The sky had darkened completely, and the street lights on the winding mountain road came on. He turned on the high beams, returned to the city, and drove to a roadside night market stall to buy a T-shirt.

After parking the motorcycle, Lin Cheng got off. His appearance inevitably attracted a lot of attention. After all, he had a lot of ugly scars on his upper body, but his muscles were well-defined. Lin Cheng wanted to speed up his pace and buy some clothes quickly, but unexpectedly, his eyes were attracted by a pair of white silk calves in front of an earring stall.

Such familiar calves.

Lin Cheng walked past her, and she just finished her work. When she turned around, Lu Xiaoxiao noticed him right away, probably because Lin Cheng's shirtless appearance was too eye-catching. She suddenly laughed, then walked in front of him, looked him up and down with a strange look in her eyes, "What are you doing...?"

Lin Cheng waved his hand, "I was dating a rich woman at her house, and her husband drove home. He just put on a pair of pants and ran away. Fortunately, he ran fast."

“……” Lu Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him.

15 Wrong

The night market was crowded with people.

Lu Xiaoxiao crossed her arms and looked at Lin Cheng in front of her with suspicion. The girl's intuition told her that Lin Cheng was lying. She always felt that this guy rarely spoke the truth.