Here Lies The Wicked

Chapter 40: Grip the Fleece

Strands of Gray Qi + one, + two.

The moment they got out of the car, the Human Skin Scripture had gripped the fleece and got two strands of Gray Qi.

The moment the two runes were lit, Fang Zheng was delighted.

However, he still had to maintain the lonely and cold expert personality all the time. He warned himself over and over again in his heart not to get smug. ‘You’re currently a husky assimilating in the wolf pack. Don’t attract the attention of the wolf pack.’

At this moment only Fang Zheng noticed that he seemed to be at a logistic base because he could see tents, material vehicles, and a wounded casualty.

There was a thick scent of blood in the air.

At the moment, a burly man in his thirties, who looked strong like an iron tower and was 200 centimeters tall with bloody bandages on his upper torso, passed by Fang Zheng and the others. He had a cold look in his eyes. He glanced at the five of them coldly and walked by them.

This man was definitely strong.

At that moment, The Human Skin Scripture actually reacted.

Gray Qi + one.

The Human Skin Scripture actually gripped the fleece directly in front of everybody and instantly absorbed a strand of Gray Qi. Fang Zheng did not feel any happiness, but was instead shocked and felt a chill at his back—he looked a little guilty.

Fortunately, even at such a close distance, the tower man did not seem to notice the anomaly and simply passed by several people and proceeded toward the area at the bottom of the lake.

Fang Zheng secretly sighed a sense of relief in his heart. He then felt ecstatic and excited.

In that time, he already accumulated three strands of Gray Qi, and he suddenly felt a sense of extravagance of a parvenu.

“That man just now has a terrifying glance. One glance and I felt as if the blood in my body froze like water droplets in the air from the ice-cold sensation of his stare.”

“The vigor of his body is very similar to our instructors. I think that he should be at the same level as our instructors. He should at least be on the fourth or fifth level of Deity[1].”

“Now I just feel lucky that after I awakened, I didn’t go berserk and run around robbing banks or committing crimes! This is our national machinery[2]. Even if we awakened in front of the national machine, we’re still small as dust.”

The voices of the discussion of Le Tian and the others immediately caught Fang Zheng’s attention.

Fourth and fifth level of Deity?

Fang Zheng thought indifferently in his heart. It seemed like the awakened followed another set of ability systems.

It was obviously different from ghosts—they belong to the first and second level of Sky Dog…

Then a question emerged; which level was he in?

He should be in the… Second level of Deity?

He actually differed from the instructors by two or three levels… That was stressful.

Fang Zheng also managed to grasp some information from the short amount of time he spent with Le Tian and the gang in the car.

Not only were this small group of newcomers there, but a large number of newcomers from the training camp were also present at the Tongjiang Bridge. The trainers wanted to let this batch of newcomers adapt to the atmosphere of fighting ghosts in advance, and also to cultivate the psychological quality of these newcomers.

You cannot blindly grow flowers in the greenhouse…

Otherwise, it would be difficult to face difficulties alone in the future.

Then, after the newcomers like Le Tian arrived at the Tongjiang Bridge, they were organized into groups of several people, and were responsible for patrolling at the area around Tongjiang Bridge.

In fact, these newcomers were not stupid. They naturally understood that it was because the veterans thought that these newcomers were a hindrance. No one was willing to be their babysitters, and definitely no one was willing to bring them into the dungeon to challenge the boss[3]. So they casually sent them to be in charge of patrolling the outermost circle, saying that it was to prevent any fish that escaped the net at the bottom of the river from running away[4]. They even said that it was to train the mentality of the newcomers.

When Le Tian and the team were patrolling, they found signs of ghost activity in the nearby area.

Then they accidentally met Fang Zheng.

As the battle at the bottom of the river became heated, there were insufficient logistics staff. Hence, these recruits were urgently called back by their respective instructors to temporarily serve as logistics help.

At this time, another tired-looking wounded casualty withdrew from the front line. When passing Fang Zheng’s side, one strand of Gray Qi was added.

Fang Zheng almost forgot to keep up the expression on his face and laughed out in surprise.

Fortunately, he lowered his head in time and the group of four with Le Tian did not notice his abnormal behavior.

Within this short period of effort, Fang Zheng had already accumulated four runes—how could he not be overjoyed.

This was clearly a land of treasure to gain experience!

Afterward, Fang Zheng followed Le Tian and the others, feeling a little guilty and also happy at the same time as he walked toward the gathering point.

Soon, Fang Zheng could not continue being happy anymore as his scalp felt tingling thrills… At the gathering point, instructors with amazing aura were waiting for the arrival of their newcomers and started to roll call one by one.

“…” Fang Zheng did not say a word.

At this moment, hundreds of newcomers were gathered by the side of the instructors, and more and more people were gathering.

However, Fang Zheng was in no mood to care about that. How could there be so many new awakenings in Zhou City? He was only left with a guilty conscience, and his feet unconsciously stopped.

Fang Zheng stopped abruptly, resulting in Le Tian and the gang looking over at him in doubt. When all five of them unexpectedly stopped, they immediately stood out like a crane in a flock of chicken [5]. Fang Zheng clearly felt the sight of the instructors move toward and focused on him.

Fang Zheng was afraid that he would be exposed so he could only bite the bullet and continue walking toward the gathering point with Le Tian and the gang.

Ten thousand mythical beasts kept running in his heart…

Sure enough, there was nothing good about pies that dropped from the sky. Fang Zheng felt that he had fallen into the fire pit this time but he did not dare to show any abnormal expression. This whole time, he kept up with the cold expression of ‘Cold Master’ on the way there.

However, no matter how devout he prayed in his heart, hoping that the time would pass even slower, in the end, the group of people still reached the gathering point.

“Dude, have you found your instructor? We’ve found our instructor, and it looks like we need to separate for the time being” Le Tian asked Fang Zheng in a familiarized manner.

“…” Fang Zheng was speechless.

‘Motherf*cker’, Fang Zheng cursed to himself. At this very moment, a cool guy wearing a leather jacket hurried toward the gathering spot of the newcomers with a loudspeaker in his hand.

“Who can kill ghosts of the first level of Sky Dog?”

“Must be someone who can kill ghosts of the first level of Sky Dog alone.”

“If someone can kill ghosts of the first level of sky dog alone, come over to me for an urgent gathering right now. I need you to cooperate with me to save people at the bottom of the river. Just sign up with me and each person will be rewarded with ten thousand yuan and 12 hours of training time in the blessed land.”

“I’m warning you guys not to hide your intentions with me. Whoever tries to take this opportunity to fish in the muddy water [6]will be stripped of their powers and kicked out of the camp forever.”

The voice that was transmitted from the loudspeaker was cool and ruthless.

“Anyone that meets the requirements, come over to me immediately for emergency gathering! You’ll follow me to the bottom of the river in three minutes!”

[1] A level of the strength of a person on the compass.

[2] National Machine [国家机器] is a political term. It implies that the State is a class ruling over another class; the ruling class has to establish laws, systems and et cetera.

[3] Reference of online games.

[4] A Chinese proverb that means to prevent anyone from escaping.

[5] A Chinese proverb, meaning to stand out.

[6] This is a Chinese proverb which means taking advantage of a crisis for personal gain.