Chapter 3
“Swoosh—”
A sharp sound of breaking through the air sounded, and it was imminent when it was heard. Rong Yuan tilted his head slightly, and a long arrow was already clamped between his fingers. The crudely made arrowhead had a speed and power beyond the limit. After being stopped suddenly, the tail of the arrow was still buzzing and trembling. The black hair was lifted up by the wind that broke through the air, and then slowly fell on the smooth forehead.
Rong Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the group of people in front of him.
He had been walking around for so long, and many people had their eyes on him, but only these guys were brave enough to stand up.
This is natural, as they are the strongest gang in the area.
The bald leader jumped out from his hiding place. Although Rong Yuan had caught the arrow with great skill, his speed was not very fast, and he did not look like a strong man who could not be provoked. So he roared and called on his men to rush forward!
Ten seconds later...
The robbers were lying on the ground like refugees. The bald man who had escaped the robbery knelt on the ground swiftly, and put on a humble smile without any obstacles on his ferocious face, and begged: "I'm sorry, sir, we didn't recognize the great man, please forgive us! We brothers have elderly parents and young children, without us, they can't survive! As an apology, I can offer a little savings of our brothers over the years..."
The bald man slightly adjusted his body posture while shouting. He glanced up secretly and saw Rong Yuan's eyes passing over his clenched right hand. The bald man's body froze and he couldn't continue with the words he had prepared.
Even though the bald man hadn't blinked, he had no idea how the other party had knocked down his group of brothers. He only knew that the man in front of him just flicked his fingers lightly, and thirteen of his comrades who were not weak at all fell down, and his life or death was unknown. He was able to escape only because he was in a position behind everyone else, and he knelt down faster when he saw the situation was not good, so he was safe and sound. He was not much stronger than his comrades. So unless he attacked by surprise, he was no match for him.
But at this point, the other party has already discovered his hidden little tricks. Does he still have a chance?
The sound of light footsteps gradually approached, and a drop of cold sweat slid down the bald man's forehead, hitting the ground with a bang, leaving a dark mark of water.
Such a strong man... Such a strong man... If he wasn't dominating the imperial capital, why would he come to a wild area like theirs?
Suddenly, thinking of the ice coffin that fell from the sky and his previous inexplicable coma, the bald man wanted to slap himself hard.
He knew that the ice coffin was coming, but he didn't hide properly at this time, and jumped around randomly. Isn't that courting death? It doesn't matter if he dies, but...
"Stand up." A faint voice sounded from above his head. The bald man could feel a cold gaze looking down at him, like a cold knife hanging over his head.
The bald man clenched his right hand suddenly and looked struggling. After a moment, he closed his eyes, slowly relaxed his palm, and stood up.
On the Red Prison Star, when the strength of the two opposing sides is very different, the strong one does not need any reason to kill the weak one. And if death does not come, it is usually not a matter of being spared, but a situation more terrible than death.
But he didn't dare to attack, nor did he dare to escape. Now, he still had a one in ten thousand chance of success. If he attacked without knowing his own danger, he might not even have a one in ten thousand chance.
So his posture now is very strange, his right hand is pressed against his leg in a relaxed posture, while every hair on his left hand is tense and claw-shaped, one leg is slightly bent at the knee with the sole of the foot gripping the ground, the other leg is twisted with the toes pointing to the left, and his torso is also twisted at a twisted angle, as if he is about to attack or escape, but his body is still nailed to the spot.
Rong Yuan saw his fear, but didn't say much. He was too lazy to explain his motives, and didn't want to be a spiritual mentor to enlighten others. If fear can make complex interpersonal relationships simpler, he doesn't mind adding a little spice to it.
In fact, a guy like the bald man with a strong blood color has already exceeded 10,000 negative merits. If Rong Yuan kills him, he can gain a lot of merits. But he has long learned not to judge the good and evil of others based on the positive and negative merits. A person with positive merits may be extremely evil, and a person with negative merits may be extremely good. He has encountered several such contradictory existences in the past. If he only decides his behavior based on the merit value, then he is just a puppet controlled by the "Book of Merits".
What's more, Rong Yuan had long abandoned the shortcut of gaining merit through killing.
In a place like this, robbing and being robbed is just a way of life, Rong Yuan can understand that. Therefore, he did not intend to do anything to the bald man, but just asked: "What did you think of just now? Is it related to me?"
Rong Yuan originally planned to just shock him and then leave, but the sudden change in the bald man's breathing caught his attention. Out of curiosity, he asked casually.
The bald man shuddered, his back was already wet with sweat. He gritted his teeth, slowly raised his head, and asked, "Sir... are you... the one who descended in the ice coffin?"
"Ice coffin?" Rong Yuan asked, "What is that?"
Hearing this, the bald man perked up. Could it be that the person in front of him was not that person? But then his shoulders slumped again - no matter who this person was, he couldn't afford to offend him.
So, the bald man began to introduce himself honestly.
The prisoners who were sent to the Red Prison Star were first given drugs to put their bodies into a hibernation state, and then marshmallows were used to deliver them. Because the dosage of the drug injection was calculated in advance according to the expected delivery time, most prisoners would wake up as soon as they landed. However, there were some unlucky guys who woke up later or were not strong enough, and they would be robbed of the marshmallow silk, clothes, shoes, socks, personal belongings, and even their lives that could sustain them for a short time by the swarming prisoners.
However, there are also some powerful and extremely dangerous prisoners. Because of their strong physique, they often have drug resistance beyond ordinary people. They are very likely to wake up in the middle of transportation, which will not only bring fatal danger to others, but also the possibility of escaping sanctions. For this kind of people, a special tool is needed-the ice coffin. The special material of the ice coffin can keep the human body, including consciousness, in a frozen state at all times. The prisoners inside will never wake up before landing, but there is a certain probability of lethality. After landing, to be precise, under the influence of the atmosphere, the ice coffin will evaporate rapidly in a short period of time and cannot be used again by the prisoners of Red Prison Star. This disposable tool is very expensive, so it is rarely used.
In history, except for a few prisoners who turned into corpses before landing, all the others were famous and powerful. And these people are worthy of their reputation of "extremely vicious", and each of them has caused rivers of blood to flow on the Red Prison. Therefore, the people of the Red Prison, who have always been scattered and fighting, have reached a consensus for the first time - once the ice coffin appears, no matter which force or which region, they must put aside their past grudges, stop fighting, and work together to eliminate the newcomer.
The last recorded visitor to the ice coffin was more than 30 years ago. It was said to be a thin old man who seemed to be terminally ill. The old man could hardly walk and looked extremely weak. At first, everyone looked down on him. It was only because of the covenant of Red Prison Star that they reluctantly started the fight and killed him easily.
But no one thought that the old man had mastered an unknown method of creating plague. After his death, his body continued to emit the plague virus, and the virus continued to spread and mutate during the process of transmission. By the time the top forces of Red Prison Star found out the source of the plague, at least a quarter of the people on Red Prison Star were infected. Moreover, in this resource-poor place, the infected people had no medicine to cure. If they were allowed to continue walking and moving, they would only become new sources of the virus, and then destroy the entire Red Prison Star.
No matter how desperate and miserable this place is, most people still want to survive.
So this time, the butcher knife came from a partner.
The seemingly "weakest" visitor from the ice coffin eventually caused the most tragic and largest death in the history of Red Prison Star. Even though the population density of Red Prison Star is very low and the efficiency of virus transmission has not reached the limit, when the incident was completely over, Red Prison Star was almost half emptied. Since then, no one dared to ignore the warnings of the ancestors. Whenever an ice coffin came, the entire planet would always mobilize the strongest force to fight and kill the visitor when it was at its weakest. So in the past few decades, although there was news of ice coffins every three to five years, there were no large-scale casualties.
As the bald man spoke, he secretly looked at Rong Yuan's face. But he couldn't tell anything from that face, which didn't even show the slightest expression.
In fact, although the Red Prison Star has a convention that all the people on the planet swear to fight against the person in the ice coffin, for a wandering group like Baldy who is struggling to survive in a remote area, there is no such sentiment of heroically going to die. Every time the ice coffin appears, it is the major forces on the planet that take the initiative to provoke a fight, and some small and medium-sized forces that are forced to get involved. Baldy and others always hide as far away as possible, because nothing is more important than their own lives.
Therefore, at this time, although he was very suspicious that Rong Yuan was the one in the ice coffin, he was still respectful and answered every question without any deception or concealment. Because he had a feeling that if he lied, the person in front of him would notice it immediately, and then his fate would probably not be good.
The bald man regretted his impulsive questioning. He tried his best to pretend that he didn't think Rong Yuan had anything to do with the ice coffin, and he tried to clear Rong Yuan in a subtle way. But Rong Yuan didn't cooperate at all. He touched his chin and said thoughtfully, "So that thing is called an ice coffin... The hypnotic effect is really good. I was also fooled."
The bald man wished he could poke out his ears.
——Brother, did I say all these words just now in vain? I told you that the person in the ice coffin would be attacked by the entire planet, why are you so eager to admit your identity?
At this moment, the man in front of him seemed to realize his mistake and whispered, "Ah, I let it slip." He turned around and asked with a smile, "Hey, will you betray me?"
Suddenly , the bald man felt cold all over and shivered.
He suddenly realized that the smile of the man in front of him frightened him more than his expressionless and serious look.
"No...no..." The bald man stammered, with a clicking sound between his teeth.
"That's good." Rong Yuan put away his smile and asked, "I'm Rong Yuan, what's your name?"
"My name is...Heifeng." said the bald man.
"Black Wind?" Rong Yuan was a little surprised . "Nickname?"
The naming rules of the Landia Empire are very similar to those of the former Earth motherland, but names like Black Wind are rare.
“…No, that’s my real name.” said the bald man.
"Oh." Rong Yuan nodded, not caring much, and continued: "I'm new here, please be my guide." His tone was light, as if to say "Please show me the way" - as if this was not a difficult matter at all.
"Ah?" Bald Black Wind's eyes widened. Although they were like insects and were never taken seriously by the big powers, if they were found to have any connection with the person in the ice coffin, they would be crushed to pieces without hesitation.
Rong Yuan asked: "What? Is there a problem?"
"No, no...it's my honor to serve you." Hei Feng said with a toothache. Don't worry about what will happen in the future. As long as he shook his head at this moment, he probably won't have a "future".
In fact, he also understood that Rong Yuan did not need a guide, but to avoid people like him who knew his identity from talking nonsense and causing trouble for him. Letting it slip was just a joke. He deliberately exposed his identity because even if he didn't say it, it would not be difficult for Baldy and others to guess his origins. Confirming his guess in person would make Heifeng more awed and dare not act rashly.
At this time, he also realized that he had made a mistake before because he did not understand the situation - with the ability he showed, it would not be difficult for Mia and Midong to guess his identity, which might become a variable in the future.
However, it is impossible to say that Rong Yuan is worried. He just hates trouble, not afraid of it.
"That's good." Rong Yuan put aside these thoughts and said to Hei Feng, "Go and wake up your people."
"They are not dead?" Heifeng asked subconsciously.
Rong Yuan glanced at him and didn't answer.
Heifeng was surprised and happy. He ran over and found that his companions were indeed still alive. After a few slaps, they all woke up. They looked dazed and didn't understand what had happened. It seemed like they had just taken a nap.
"Boss, what's wrong?" A young boy with a childish face rubbed his red face and asked blankly.
Heifeng laughed loudly, and all the grudges and hatred he had towards Rongyuan disappeared, and he even felt a little grateful.
——First a slap in the face and then a sweet date, this is exactly the method he used on Mia not long ago. Now it was his turn, but he fell into the trap without any suspense.
It was because Heifeng knew very well that in front of such a strong man, they, who were blind, were truly worthless. Moreover, since he knew his identity, killing him was the simplest and most common choice at this time. Therefore, Heifeng was naturally very grateful that Rong Yuan was willing to let them go.
He also did not intend to tell his companions that Rong Yuan was brought down with the ice coffin. The more they knew about this kind of thing, the faster they would die. If Rong Yuan changed his mind in the future, he hoped that only he would be killed, while the others could survive.
On the other side, Rong Yuan looked at the sky. Because the Red Prison Star was located very remotely in the galaxy, even on a cloudless night, not many stars could be seen in the night sky. But his eyes seemed to have traveled through countless light years and saw the dazzling Imperial Star of the Landia Empire.
"Ice coffin..." Rong Yuan muttered to himself, "Selinda, do you want me to die? Or... you don't want me to die at all?"
