Black squares divide the view from the corridor, and silhouettes fill the dim gaps. They are breathing amidst the sounds of blows. There is no noise on the crowded benches. For these prepared fighters,
, there is no strength to speak here.
"Where are they from?"
Lin Shuwen retracted his gaze to one side and asked the middle-aged man leading the way.
"Ordinary people."
Huang Yan answered the new apprentice's questions with a smile, looking towards the rest area on one side with pride and nostalgia. He loved the atmosphere that he had been with for most of his life.
"Looks so tired~"
Mo Yunfei massaged the muscles of his left arm and curled his lips. Huang Yan glanced at Mo Yunfei, who had a depressed face, and raised his eyebrows.
"What we have to go through will definitely be more tiring than them, so be mentally prepared."
Lin Shuwen snatched away what Huang Yan was about to say. He put his hand on Mo Yunfei's arm and directed Can Yue to use dark elements to attach to the spasming nerves and muscles, temporarily restoring his bruises.
"Boy, if you are too smart here, you will suffer a loss."
The voice coming from the front sounded like it was knocking the newcomer. Lin Shuwen let go of his hand, lowered his head towards Huang Yan, and replied:
"yes!"
"Tsk!"
Turning his head back boredly, Huang Yan and his party had arrived at the door of the private training ground. With his hands in his pockets, he raised his feet and kicked open the three centimeter-thick sandwich iron door that was slightly closed.
"Yo~"
A huge fighting prison, various wooden stakes and sandbags, and even complete body measurement equipment were all available. The strong woman who was sitting on the computer watching a video stood up and said hello to the three of them.
"Well, you can take a look around first, and I will discuss the next training plan with your senior sister."
Huang Yan grabbed the information sheet originally tucked under his arm with three fingers and pointed at the equipment in the field. Mo Yunfei excitedly rushed to the wooden pile area and hit the wooden piles with all parts of his body. Lin Shuwen gently closed the door.
He walked out of the iron gate and walked slowly to the foot target area scattered on one side. He picked up a double-layered foot target that was shaped like a badminton racket and played with it over and over, his eyes full of nostalgia.
"What? Kicked?"
"Well, I trained with a great Taekwondo coach. It kind of reminds me of the past."
"Oh, that monkey over there, come here."
Huang Yan waved to Mo Yunfei, who was jumping up and down, and walked to the shooting area where Lin Shuwen was, picking up two black hard targets on the ground. He stood in a fighter stance one behind the other and waited for Mo Yunfei to rush over.
"Next, you need to formulate a combo in your mind, and then attack me with all your strength."
"oh!"
Mo Yunfei glanced at Huang Yan's forehead, but his straight punch hit Huang Yan's chest. With the sound of a hard target hitting, his fist was firmly caught by Huang Yan, and the attack was seen through.
Mo Yunfei was stunned for a moment, and at that moment, his head was hit by a target swept towards him.
"Snapped!"
Huang Yan angrily hit Mo Yunfei on various parts of his body with a target, and Mo Yunfei danced around after being beaten.
"Didn't you say that you should think of combos?! Ah? You can't understand people, can you?!"
"I……"
Mo Yunfei huddled up and looked at the coach pitifully. Huang Yan threw away a target, pulled out a large wooden stick from the wooden pile area, and knocked on the ground. Mo Yunfei swallowed and looked for help.
He looked at Lin Shuwen.
"It's no use looking at him, Qin Mu, just practice with him a few times as I told you."
"Come here, Fatty Lin."
"Pfft hahaha! Little fat! Ahhahaha!"
Lin Shuwen had a gloomy look on his face. He looked at his flat abdomen with only a faint vertical line and expanded his broad chest. He walked closer to the fighting cell and caught Mei'er, who was rolling with laughter on his shoulders, to the ground.
"How to practice?"
Squinting his eyes slightly, Lin Shuwen moved his joints, looking for the flaw in the pony-tailed sister in front of him. Qin Mu flicked his eyebrows and assumed a fighter's posture.
"Just come and attack us."
"Full force?"
"Of course I won't use my full strength~"
"snort"
Lin Shuwen thought about several attack plans and stepped forward to the side. Before he could strike with his elbow, Qin Mu's fist had already stopped in front of his face.
"Come again?"
"Tsk!"
Squatting down, Lin Shuwen half-crouched on the ground, ready to turn his body to do a dragon tail swing. The moment he twisted his body, two strong hands grabbed his shoulders, and the ponytail above swept his forehead.
Qin Xin turned her waist and threw Lin Shuwen's body against the prison isolation net on one side. Canyue immediately spread her wings to block the impending entry into the master's body.
Dirty impact.
"Oh?! Are those wings your ability? Don't hide it and attack together~"
"cough."
Struggling to stand up from the floor, Lin Shuwen analyzed the situation just now, and he noticed that simply being too fast was not enough to explain Qin Xin's counterattack.
"Coach Qin, are you also a person with superpowers?"
"That's right, so you can definitely use your abilities to spar with me~"
"That's it..."
Dark eyes appeared between Lin Shuwen's eyebrows. He took over the power of the moon, and black lines spread on his right arm. With both legs on the ground, Lin Shuwen bent his right arm across his chest and put his left fist on his waist.
Suddenly, he rushed towards Qin Mu with his left hand punching.
"It's really a straightforward tactic."
Qin Mu's white oval face showed a smile just as I expected. She kicked up the short wooden stick on the sidelines, lifted it up directly with her left hand like a sword, and collided with the condensed blade of Lin Shuwen's right arm.
Lin Shuwen bounced away from the bottom up, then tightened his right leg and launched a side kick aimed at the waist, knocking Lin Shuwen out of balance in the air.
"Forehead!"
Lin Shuwen rolled a few times on the field and hit the side pillar of the prison hard. He clutched his severely painful abdomen and held the ground tightly with his right hand with the blade dispelled, struggling to stand up again.
"You really didn't use that devouring ability. You just used it with a blunt weapon. You are a kind child."
Qin Mu looked at the wooden stick, and there were no traces of corrosion on the smooth surface. Lin Shuwen covered his abdomen with his left hand, stood up against the side pillar, gritted his teeth and expressed his conclusion:
"You actually... knew it from the beginning... right!"
Lin Shuwen finally understood the true nature of her ability in the attack test just now. During the sprint, he planned the timing and method of releasing the dark blade of his right arm in "very detailed and specific" terms, without thinking about the obvious attack on the left arm.
The fist exerted force bit by bit. And Qin Mu seemed to "know" the real attack method in advance. He completely exposed his body within the attack range of his left fist and took direct measures against the dark blade. Think about it based on the previous counterattack that was a few seconds faster.
, her ability...
"Your ability...should be predicting attack methods, right?!"
Qin Mu raised her eyebrows like Huang Yan, a little surprised at Lin Shuwen's sensitivity. She put on a satisfied smile and replied to Lin Shuwen's guess:
"As long as the opponent moves against me after thinking about it, I can understand it clearly at the same time, and then use my own experience to counterattack. I am not a rookie who has not fought a few fights. On the contrary, under the guidance of my master
I have experienced countless battles. In other words, counterattack has become my instinct. As long as I understand your intentions, I can easily defeat you."
She raised the wooden stick in her hand, pointed it at Lin Shuwen opposite, and declared proudly:
"As long as they are thoughtful fighters, I can defeat them with my abilities! Do you have any questions?"
"My training program is to defeat you, right?"
"bingo~that's it."
The strong "chest muscles" trembled as Qin Mu nodded. Mo Yunfei glanced at Mo Yunfei with eyes wide open, and was knocked to the ground by Huang Yan with a stick.
"Let's rest for a while~ Once you recover a little, we'll start with basic combo fighting~"
"yes."
Groans and screams came from inside the iron gate from time to time. When the clock in the shopping mall turned three times, two haggard-looking teenagers were walking on the street illuminated by the sunset.
"Really! Didn't I just peek a few times from time to time? As for being so cruel?! Ah hiss!!"
In the Heilong Tea Shop, Mo Yunfei carefully touched the large and small bruises on his body, cursing and complaining. Lin Shuwen tried to contract the muscles in various parts of the body, but could not squeeze out any strength except trembling.
"You wink at the loving couple, it would be weird if you don't get beaten!"
He picked up the porcelain cup of green tea between his index finger and thumb, and the fragrance exploded in his mouth, relieving some of the fatigue and pain. He looked at the traffic outside the window and suddenly asked Mo Yunfei, who was gulping down carbonated carbon dioxide:
"What happened after I rescued you back to the organization?"
"Are you talking about last night? This guy has been hanging around me because he was worried about me. You know, normal people can't see them, but the organization is different. There are not many normal people in it..."
The humanoid elf wrapped in flames licked the small cup of milk specially prepared for it by Mo Yunfei, and obediently accepted the owner's touch. Mei'er opposite witnessed this scene, stopped licking the juice, and looked at the owner behind her
, Lin Shuwen touched her head as she wished.
"That is to say, because the elemental spirit was discovered, the organization forced you to join according to the procedures?"
"It doesn't count.
Forced, that terrible "lady" asked me a few inexplicable questions, what, shadow, light and so on. I asked her if it was possible for me to go back unscathed? She shook her head. Just when I was about to continue.
When asked, she directly..."
Mo Yunfei suddenly stopped talking and glanced at his wallet. He seemed to have thought of something, and then showed his free and easy smile again.
"Anyway, the higher your ability, the better you do, and the more money you get, so I found you, the boss."
Even people like him have secrets. Lin Shuwen took a sip of green tea, and the two fell silent again. A few minutes later, Ye Lanxin's voice sounded in Lin Shuwen's headphones:
"Do you need me to answer your questions about him?"
To a certain extent, it's really scary... Lin Shuwen smiled bitterly, glanced at Mo Yunfei, who was looking at the inside of the wallet in a daze, looked out the window, and replied "Lady" calmly:
"If it doesn't affect our actions together, is he already 'dead'?"
"According to my arrangement, his "death" should be in the first action. Of course, I promised that if he really dies, I will provide him with enough money."
"Does it mean it's his choice to join or die?"
Pouring his lips in disgust, Lin Shuwen felt an irritation welling up in his heart, and he remained silent.
"If you want him to live, you can "save him" while he trusts you."
"I'm not good at getting in the way of other people's lives."
"But you may have hindered some people but not necessarily (laughs)"
"I'm so sorry"
After hanging up the call with Lin Shuwen, Ye Lanxin looked back at the funny cartoon being broadcast on TV. Ye Wenxin next to her hugged the pillow tightly and laughed freely on the sofa. Ye Lanxin leaned on the back of the sofa and looked at the
The warm scene was recorded in my mind.
"Now, you know? Everyone will leave their "hometown" and then find a new "home" while wandering, but is this a kind of betrayal? I left forcefully for my "hometown"
I have become the "hometown" of many people. What's the difference between me and those who break up families by killing?"
Ye Lanxin answered the call again. The warmth in front of her reminded her of the two people who had been snatched away from the warmth of home. She didn't know what attitude and stance she took to ask them. She might
I just want to get an answer from him, whether it's reproach or... no, it's impossible for him to approve of her.
"I once suffered from paranoia, imagining that I would be unable to protect my family. In that desperate situation, I chose the most cowardly decision: Please let me die before my family dies."
Lin Shuwen's voice penetrated Ye Lanxin's eardrum, and she couldn't understand the meaning of Lin Shuwen's words.
"I don't have a similar dream like protecting the whole world. I just want the people I care about to live a better life, not to worry about food and clothing, and to have spare money to satisfy small desires. For this, no matter how much I pay, it is worth it.
Therefore, what I can't let go of the most is that I have caused these beings to be harmed because of my own powerlessness. You can call me a chauvinist, but... hmm, that's just the kind of person I am."
The voice coming from the headphones was calm and firm, touching the girl's heartstrings.
"You gave me the ones I care about, and you also gave me strength. Although you took away my family and my peaceful life. However, after learning that I was powerless, I couldn't even protect her who loved me.
, I will also bet everything to ask you for strength."
"You have given us a certain ability to choose. Whether it is death or social death, it is the best option to preserve our family. We are special beings. If we are not careful, we will violate the "rules" and suffer "sanctions", no matter what
No matter how powerful we are, we cannot protect ourselves and our families in the endless "sanctions". In comparison, a "death" can guarantee the integrity and happiness of our families. If we live well, we still have the opportunity to return to our families. This way
Buying and selling is actually the best deal."
"As long as you abide by our agreement, I will also fully serve this organization."
Mo Yunfei's voice appeared on the channel, listening to the jokes between boys. Ye Lanxin re-established a connection with Lin Shuwen, her earlobes were red, and she whispered:
"Thank you, my blue enchantress..."
"Ah? Then I won't exist anymore? Haha, you want to kill me and silence me?"
"That's right~ I will "kill" you immediately to silence you, so I can play with you however I want!"
After hanging up the contact, Ye Lanxin threw herself on the sofa pillow. The "lady" rubbed her whole body into the pillow. In the gaps between the scattered hair, there was a blush overflowing the skin.