Volume 13: The Lights in the Sky Are All Enemies Chapter 27: Recruitment (Part 1)
"Go join the Hall of the Undead."
"Eh? Why?"
Looking at the old man in front of him talking to him seriously, Leng Feng - a player who had never appeared before - was slightly stunned.
Strictly speaking, Leng Feng was a star player among the players. Although he was not as famous as Li Lin, he was still a little famous. In the early stage, he attracted many fans through his charming operation and planet-hopping tactics, and even established something like a pirate group.
But what can I say? Walking too much at night will always lead to ghosts. During a live broadcast of a boarding battle, the small merchant ship on the opposite side blew itself up. The pirate ship Leng Feng was on was naturally not a high-end product, otherwise it would not be used by current players, so it was natural that it exploded as well. Although he himself was not killed in the explosion, his situation was almost the same as death. Because he fell alive on a remote planet.
How remote is this planet? The people above him don't even know about spaceships. They can't even speak the common language clearly. It's just an uncivilized planet. And it's always covered in ice and snow. It doesn't look like a place that people often come to. And his audience only watch him boarding battles. Not only did he become a distressed anchor, but his popularity also continued to decline due to repeated deaths in the 24-hour ice and snow in his live broadcast room. There was almost no possibility of a comeback, so he simply stopped being an anchor and began to wander aimlessly on this icy planet.
Fortunately, there is always a way out. On this marginal planet, he still found an old man who could talk. In a place similar to a hotel, setting up a resurrection point and finding an old man to chat with him was basically Leng Feng's final ideal. Different from the bloody and cruel accumulation at the beginning, he also felt another meaning of life on this primitive planet.
Because it is so real, the world here is just like my own life. From the initial lack of involvement, to the subsequent struggles, and finally to now having hope and starting to hunt on my own, everything seems to be developing in a good direction.
As for the community? The players? What are those? Can you give me a piece of meat right now?
After all, he had been trapped on this unknown planet for quite some time. No matter how lucky and optimistic he was, there was a limit. He temporarily gave up the idea of leaving and started leveling up honestly. It was fun to explore those wonderful ancient ruins in the ice and snow. However, he didn't expect that the old gentleman who was staying there suddenly gave him such an inexplicable proposal.
It has been countless days since Leng Feng stopped being an anchor. How should I put it? Since he left the anchor industry, he felt that his life had been purified in this icy and snowy place. However, the old gentleman who was staying with him suddenly gave him a surreal topic.
Yes, for the current Leng Feng, this topic is surreal because it is not practical at all.
"The Hall of the Undead? What am I going to do there?"
Besides, I can’t go.
Tightening his leather jacket, Leng Feng sniffed with a smile, took an axe to chop the firewood at his feet, and then piled it in the stove.
There were still some mammoth and other creature corpses left piled outside, most of the dried meat had been pickled, and a batch of food was stored in the ice cellar. Leng Feng, who had now completely turned into a savage player, was roasting meat on the fire with a smile on his face, and just shook his head at the old man's proposal.
"I am very satisfied with my life now. I will stay with you, old man, and go out hunting for food and fuel. Or I can choose a good time to go out for adventure, and come back to tell you about the magnificent wonders I saw. These are enough, more than enough. I made too many mistakes before, and I also killed many innocent people. Now this cage in the ice and snow is the right place for me. I think this is good."
He casually threw a few pieces of dry wood into the fire, watched the flames weaken slightly, blew on them to warm them up, and said calmly:
"I don't have any special views on the outside world. I don't have to think about so many things. I don't have to think about it. I can just find a few monsters in this icy and snowy place and kill them happily. Then I can eat their meat and appreciate the ancient ruins on this planet. If I get bored, I can die and come back. Isn't that great? I am very satisfied——"
"Ridiculous. If you have no opinion, why do you want to explore? If you don't want to go out, why do you still stay here tirelessly? You are not from this world, right? Then why did you come in? Why don't you just stay over there? They are all excuses. Petty."
"I didn't, I wasn't..."
"Didn't you say you couldn't go out? Now you have a chance to go out."
As if he hadn't noticed Leng Feng's shuddering and hesitant look, the old man sat on the rocking chair with his crutches in both hands and said to himself:
"You've also seen those pale tracks in the sky, right? The ones that scared you half to death back then, those are the tracks left by the Pale Expedition. My grandfather was once one of those stars, and it's recorded in the books he left behind, which means the Holy War has begun again."
"Old man, you haven't given up yet? How can the things written there be true?" Leng Feng finally got a chance to refute, and he immediately became energetic, and said sarcastically to the burly old man: "Holy Light directly wipes out Hell? Pale Crusade? Now the starry sky belongs to the Free Alliance and the demons. I have never heard of the Holy Temple and the Pale Crusade. There is a small organization in a remote corner with only a few star systems called the Pale Holy Temple. Could it be the one you are talking about?"
"…You will soon understand."
"Understand what?"
"Mission, destiny, justice, evil, and the reason why you must join the Undead Hall."
You will understand immediately.
Slowly raising his head, the old man looked deeply at the player and nodded as if confirming something.
Then, while the player was not paying attention, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the player's wrist. As he screamed, a pure white mark suddenly flashed on the old man's wrist, and countless knowledge and experience flooded into the player's brain like a wave. Endless experience drowned him like a wave, and it took a long time for him to come back to his senses.
“This…I…”
Who are you and what is this knowledge?
Coming back to his senses from his trance, taking in the countless knowledge and key points, Leng Feng was about to ask something when he saw the old man's head slowly drooping.
It was not a nod of sleep, but a calmness of eternal sleep. The flames in the fireplace next to him were crackling and burning, but the old man's body was cold to the bone. It was so cold that Leng Feng, a complete player, shivered and his eyes trembled, as if he couldn't believe this scene.
But he quickly found the ending of this scene from the magnificent memory. It was the mark of inheritance, the skill of a Holy Light warrior who, convinced that he had little time left, dedicated everything he had to a trustworthy person. Also instilled was the only resonance array on this planet, the only chance to resonate with the core of Holy Light. The moment he was inspired by the void, this old man who looked like he could live for another 20 years gave up his life and left hope to the young man.
Even though Leng Feng was an immortal player, the old man still did it, without hesitation, just because his future might be brighter.
"...I'll go, and I will complete the task you gave me."
Even though this task doesn't exist in the taskbar, I will complete it and show you.
Looking at the old man who seemed to be asleep in the rocking chair, Leng Feng took a deep breath and his eyes became firm.
Suddenly, there was a dull roar between heaven and earth, and the world in front of the player was replaced and turned into nothingness. The warm hut, the rich food, the serious and tough old man all turned into nothingness in a flurry of snow.
Magic operation - ice and snow.
In this terrifying and cruel world , only the strong can have their own adventures among the forests and beasts. After using tens of thousands of cubic meters of ice and snow to completely bury the old man's existence, and then erecting a huge nameless monument on the spot, the player pulled up his animal skin scarf and bowed deeply to the crystal clear ice and snow cross. His body turned and dissipated like a phantom, turning into ice and snow and flying towards the recorded magic circle.
