Chapter 203 The Show Begins

In A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens wrote:

"This is the best of times, it is the worst of times..."

"…people have everything , people have nothing…"

“…People are on the road to heaven, and people are on the road to the gates of hell.”

These words seem to apply to every era and to every person.

On this planet, the post-war order has not yet stabilized, but there are opportunities and wealth everywhere. There is psychic power to enhance strength, potions to improve the body, many terminal illnesses are no longer a problem, and even the path to mechanical immortality is about to be opened.

For some people, this is the best of times.

But for the people living here in the slums, these times can't get any worse, and even another war wouldn't be much worse.

The light of the times cannot shine on everyone, but the evil of the times will try every means to suffocate everyone.

“Bang!”

Su Xia closed the two iron boxes and then used his ability.

He sent the two boxes in through the narrow window and they slowly flew to the head of Liu Hongying's bed.

A trace of confusion appeared on the woman's face. She stretched out her skinny hand and opened the first box.

When she saw the bundles of cash in the box, her hands trembled and she hurriedly turned to look out the window, but there was no one outside.

She opened another box and saw the six potions and the few words Su Xia left.

“Life will always get better…”

It was just a few simple words, but her eyes turned red, she covered her mouth, leaned on the bed, and tears flowed silently from the corners of her eyes.

Su Xia has gone far away.

Before leaving, he used a thin iron needle to silently eliminate several evil people around him.

In this area created by suffering, he couldn't do much and was powerless in many things.

There are many media people in Yuling City who always like to come to places like this to collect information, and then go back to publicize it, praising the people here for their strong lives in the face of hardship.

But suffering is not worth singing about, because suffering should not exist in this world.

If we are born to suffer, then what is the meaning of coming to this world?

It was already past ten in the morning.

Su Xia walked out of the slums and returned to the old city on foot, intending to go back and talk to Xue Lie about his apprentice.

But he had not walked far when he slowly stopped.

"Um?"

Su Xia's eyes moved slightly, and a blurry figure appeared in the swirling white mist in front of him.

Behind him, a figure also emerged.

Not only that, with him as the center, many streets around him were filled with dense footsteps, as if countless people were running towards him.

Su Xia became alert and immediately released countless nanorobots.

Through the vision of these robots, he saw the specific situation.

Around him were countless warriors holding weapons made of wood, ceramics, special plastics and other materials. They were all wearing heavy protective equipment made of ceramics and composite plastics, leaving no trace of weakness.

This group of people came prepared!

"Brother Mask, I am a guest from afar."

A heavy voice came from the fog ahead.

The blurry figure gradually became clear. It was a tall middle-aged man, over two meters tall, with a crew cut, rough and dark skin. He was wearing a black suit, but the clothes were bulging with muscles, and he was as strong as a bear.

He released the spiritual energy fluctuations from his body, which undoubtedly reached level 4.0.

[Jiang Xiong, male, 43 years old, 4.0 level psychic creature, honorary chairman of the Jiang Group in Yulin City]

After reading the panel data, Su Xia remained calm and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"How about going for a few drinks?" The man behind said with a smile, "If we do nothing, I'm afraid people will say that Fish Scale City doesn't treat guests well."

The man walked out of the thick fog step by step. He was a thin middle-aged man.

Su Xia turned around and looked at his character panel.

[Wei Zhong, male, 47 years old, 4.0 level psychic creature, honorary chairman of Wei Group in Yuling City, current human city lord of Yuling City]

This is quite a big deal, even the city lord has come in person. Ordinary people don't get this treatment.

This guy is much stronger than that useless Qi Lang from Coral City, and his aura is incomparable to Qi Lang's.

As expected, the Mechanical Clan’s control over Coral City was too strict, so that the strength of the human race in the city was generally not high, and there was not even a powerful family.

The scale of Fish Scale City is not as large as that of Coral City, but now two level 4 creatures have come to stop Su Xia.

These two people are exactly the leaders of the two super family businesses mentioned by Xue Lin.

The situation in this city is very special. The mayor changes almost every year, and the position is taken turns between two families.

The two families monopolized most of the industries in the city, and even in the human army guarding the city there were many people from the two families.

In ancient times, this kind of behavior would be punishable by death, but the mechanical race doesn't bother to care, as long as the humans in the city don't riot.

Su Xia asked, "Let's go for a few drinks? Will you treat us?"

"Of course we're treating. It doesn't make sense for guests to pay." Wei Zhong laughed. The smile on his face looked sincere, but the spiritual energy fluctuations in his body did not subside at all.

Logically speaking, Su Xia has nothing to do with these two families.

But now it seems that the other party is clearly coming with threats.

"What did Xue Lin tell you?" Su Xia thought of the reason.

"Nothing." Jiang Xiong smiled, "That young man said, Brother Mask, you are very dissatisfied with our industry, and you seem to be planning to get rid of them one by one?"

"You are not so stupid that you would not do anything for such stupid talk."

Su Xia knew it well, so she asked, "What did Xue Lin promise you? Did he give you all his property?"

"Hehe, I guess so. Using his property to exchange for a life, so that he won't have to live in fear for the rest of his life, it's worth it no matter how you look at it."

"Yeah, I see."

Xue Lin does have some means and courage, and is very decisive.

This was a huge industry that he had worked hard to build for a long time. He had poured countless efforts into it, but he could just let it go and give it away directly in exchange for the protection of two huge groups.

If it were other people, most of them would not be able to do this and would only try to fight to the death with Su Xia.

Jiang Xiong relaxed his muscles and said, "Brother Mask, there aren't so many life-and-death issues in this world. Nothing is impossible to negotiate. What do you think? How about going for a few drinks?"

Su Xia smiled: "You brought hundreds of thugs to treat me to a drink?"

"Bring more people, I'm afraid I can't hire you."

"I'm not in the mood for drinking today."

"Some wines are not based on mood." Wei Zhong said from behind, "Brother Mask, you know what I mean."

Neither of them was afraid of Su Xia. Their confidence came from their own strong strength and the huge families behind them. Both of their families were absolute authorities in Yuling City.

Although Su Xia is well-known, he has never killed a level 4 creature head-on as the Masked Stranger.

There are really too few level four creatures. Most of them are well-known entities in a city and rarely fight with .

He could only fight to a draw with the Lord of Yutuo City, and he never responded to Wang Teng's challenge to a fight in the wilderness, which made a few people think that he did not have the ability to defeat creatures of the same level.

Now it's two people against one, and there are hundreds of people around to assist, so it's obvious who has the advantage.

"Brother Mask, have you thought it through?"

Jiang Xiong asked, a sharp composite dagger appeared , and the threat in his words was self-evident.

Su Xia nodded: "I've thought about it."

Jiang Xiong thought Su Xia had given in: "Well, let's go to the tavern and settle the matter..."

But before he could finish his words, Su Xia moved.

A sharp sword suddenly pierced through the mist and attacked Jiang Xiong from behind at an extremely tricky angle.

Jiang Xiong was horrified. The sword was too close to him. When did it come over?

"Sneak attack! Despicable villain!"

He cursed loudly, instantly activated his psychic shield, and fell to the ground in a mess, barely avoiding the attack.

As expected of a level 4 creature, its reaction speed is indeed much faster than that of a level 3 creature.

The long sword flew past his shield, making a sharp sound.

This action instantly triggered a series of chain reactions.

"call out--"

A flashing flare rose into the sky, drawing a dazzling arc in the foggy sky.

All the soldiers on standby saw it.

"We didn't reach an agreement, so the masked man took action."

"Let's go together and kill him!"

"You dare to be so arrogant after coming to my Fish Scale City. Do you really think you are a big shot?"

"Come on, brothers! Whoever kills the masked man will be the focus of the family's training!"

“…”

In fact, all of these soldiers were transferred from the Yuling City troops. They are all well-trained and their combat qualities are much higher than ordinary people.

But at this moment they were not fighting to defend the city, but for their own families.

These hundreds of people either had the surname Wei or Jiang, and they were all soldiers from the army.

Wei Zhong roared, "Masked man, I think you have been blinded by those false reputations!"

"Where do you get the confidence to face us?!"

Jiang Xiong was also extremely angry. He stood up from the ground and confronted Su Xia with his weapon in hand.

The long street was filled with fog and murderous intent.

Su Xia remained calm and took up the sword. The cold blade reflected his cold gaze.

On the rooftops of the houses on both sides of the street, warriors poked their heads out, holding wooden crossbows, pulling the strings and nodding arrows.

"put!"

In an instant, the bowstring vibrated, the air exploded, and countless arrows rained down on Su Xia, as if to shoot him into a hedgehog.

Su Xia flew into the sky and directly avoided this round of attack.

Wei Zhong, who was standing behind him, suddenly stretched out his thin hand, pointed his five fingers at Su Xia, and shouted angrily, "Get down!"

Psychic talent, gravitational cage!

Su Xia only felt that the gravity below suddenly became stronger, pulling him down.

The opponent had obviously used all his strength. His face turned red, veins bulged on his forehead, and his fingers were twisted like chicken claws.

But he smiled calmly, steadied himself, and asked, "That's it?"

…

In the Midnight Bar, Xue Lin sat on the red sofa, holding his wine glass tightly, feeling anxious and glancing at his mobile phone from time to time.

When the flare went off on the other side, he finally received the message from the two families.

The message was short, only five words.