Purgatory Artist

The truck wobbled and stopped in front of a construction site.

The four of them got out of the car and turned to leave.

"Wait!"

The driver got out of the car and shouted at them.

"Is there anything else?" Liu Ping asked.

"No matter what you want to do, having no identity is a big problem. Here's an address. Spend some money to buy an identity. That's the best plan." The driver handed over a note.

Liu Ping took the note and looked at the driver.

"We all came in like this. Of course, you're rich. You're different from us." The driver shrugged.

"Thanks." Liu Ping patted him on the shoulder and walked back with the note.

They left the construction site.

Star whispered, "The driver just now emitted a white light."

"Seems like he thinks he's doing a good deed." Fierce Tiger said.

"What about this note?" Liu Ping asked.

The leader said, "Keep it. If there's a need, go and get an identity. But I guess we won't stay here for long ..."

At this point, it was already late at night.

The lights on the streets were waning and people were surging. It was as if this was the beginning of people's lives.

They passed through an alley.

The four of them witnessed a bloody fight between two gangs.

They passed through another alley.

Melodious music sounded in the bar. People drank, sang, and danced.

They crossed a road.

Gunshots sounded.

A potbellied man was shot to death as soon as he got out of the car.

The killer sped up and left quickly.

The onlookers swarmed forward and took away the man's wallet, clothes, and shoes.

Liu Ping randomly grabbed a drunkard by the side of the road and whispered, "No one cares about this place?"

The drunkard laughed and said, "This is the City of Ruins. Killing people on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday is not against the law. Robbing on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday is not against the law. Everything on Sunday is not against the law. You rookies. "He reached into his arms and took out a pistol.

Liu Ping did not move. He was still thinking about what he just said.

Fierce Tiger stepped forward and gently pressed the man against the wall.

The surrounding people looked at them coldly. Some of them were ready to take action, but after Fierce Tiger showed his hand, they retracted their gazes.

The leader smiled and said softly,

"No wonder so many people are praying in my ears ..."

"Speaking of which, how are we going to find clues?" Fierce Tiger asked.

"What I'm most concerned about is the Purgatory Sacrificial Summoning in Rabbit's hand. It already has the scent of a prisoner — — let's start searching for clues from those extremely evil offerings and see if we can get to the bottom of this," Captain ordered.

They quickened their pace and passed through the streets, arriving at a relatively remote area.

The surroundings quieted down.

Abandoned buildings could be seen everywhere.

It was rare to see people walking on the streets. Occasionally, one would see drug addicts staggering around like walking corpses.

This was an old city that had been abandoned by the bustling city.

The four of them walked for a while.

"Are we being followed?" The leader asked.

"Five. I killed three. The other two were underage. I let them go." Stars Daughter giggled.

She pointed to a large building not far away and said,

"The resentment in that place is very strong. No one has dared to approach it for a long time."

"That's right," Captain said.

They changed direction and soon arrived in front of the building. They gently climbed over the wall and walked slowly in the corridor.

They went all the way to the fifth floor.

Captain stood still and said satisfied: "This place isn't bad, let's meet here from now on."

Star took a few steps forward, casually drew a few Cards from the void of space, and muttered:

"Death Star, manifest."

Streaks of light flew from all around, forming a jet-black color on the Cards in her hand and sealing them away.

Star handed the Cards to Captain and Fierce Tiger, then said: "I'll create a star hole here that leads to Evernight. If you run into any danger, immediately activate the Cards and return here, we'll return to Evernight."

"Very well, then we'll be on our way" Captain said.

Fierce Tiger nodded.

The two of them disappeared without a trace.

In this abandoned building, only Liu Ping and Star were left.

Star's Daughter opened her Card Tome, drew the Cards one by one, and slowly pieced them together.

"Rabbit, do you have any plans? If there's nothing else, wait for me for a bit. Once I've finished setting up the star hole, we can play some cards together."

Star said.

The Cards slowly gave off starlight, creating a spectacular sight.

Liu Ping hesitated: "I want to take a stroll in the city."

A Card floated from Star's hand and landed in Liu Ping's.

"Take this Card, if you run into any situation that you can't handle, crush it and you'll be able to return to my place" Stars Daughter said.

"Thank you, is there anything else I need to pay attention to?" Liu Ping asked.

"You managed to kill your way out of a dark play all by yourself, I don't think there's any need to remind you." Star smiled.

Liu Ping sighed.

Indeed, although this place was chaotic, it didn't have the darkness and despair of Evernight.

Even if someone died in front of him, he would still feel that it was the atmosphere of the mortal world, filled with a sense of security that was logical.

— — -in Evernight, there's no telling what you'll run into, or when you'll die.

If I didn't defeat the prisoner and turn him into a Dark Undead Puppet on my waist ...

I can't imagine it.

Liu Ping looked at the Card in his hand.

It was completely black, the card's face couldn't be seen at all, and it didn't give off any power fluctuations.

A line of burning text appeared:

[Card: Black Hole]

[Escape Card, one-time use Card]

[Crush it to create a powerful hole of Star Force around you, instantly transporting you to a predetermined location]

Star said: "Go play, at your age, it's the best time to see the world, if there's any danger, use this Card to return."

"Thank you, Star," Liu Ping said.

"No need to be so polite, once you reach level 50, you won't have time to play," Star said.

"Why? what happens when I reach level 50?" Liu Ping asked.

"From level 50 onwards, you won't be able to rely too much on Cards in battle, you'll have to personally experience the mysteries of the multitude of Laws — — - you'll know when the time comes" Star covered her mouth and chuckled.

"Go and play. Have fun."

She said.

Liu Ping nodded, his figure flashed and disappeared from this rendezvous point.

The abandoned building returned to silence once more.

Star stretched her back and muttered: "I'm the only one guarding the warp point again ..."

She waved her hand towards the darkness and said: "Vengeful spirits, right? Come here, play cards with me."

...

Liu Ping walked through one street after another until he reached the address written on the piece of paper.

This was a secluded alleyway, he didn't know what kind of business was being done on both sides, there were faint lights, but he couldn't see anyone coming in or out.

"Door number 6 ..."

Liu Ping walked up to the door and knocked a few times.

The door opened.

A thin old man observed him and asked in a low voice: "What is it?"

"Someone introduced me."

Liu Ping handed the piece of paper in his hand over.

The old man glanced at it and said: "Come in quickly."

Liu Ping was welcomed inside.

This place didn't look like a place to get a ID, but more like a morgue.

In the main hall of the room, there were a few dozen corpses covered in white cloth, each with a long piece of information written at their feet.

"Then, what kind of ID Card do you want?" the old man asked.

"An official one, one that can withstand inspection" Liu Ping replied.

"That won't be cheap, and we don't accept paper money, only gold coins" the old man said.

"Money isn't an issue" Liu Ping said.

"Very good. Ten minutes ago, a few youths died in a fight in the west side of the city, the youngest of them was 16 years old, their ID and paperwork were complete, their gang sent the corpses over — —"

The old man walked inside and opened the white cloth covering one of the corpses.

Under the white cloth was the corpse of a young man covered in wounds, his face still looked a little young.

"Alright" Liu Ping said.

The old man took out a box and handed over the ID Card inside.

"Only the ID Card?" Liu Ping asked.

"That's right, nothing, only the ID Card — — this is the cleanest kind of ID, it costs 50 gold coins, and there won't be any trouble" the old man said.

Liu Ping squatted down and looked at the young man carefully, asking:

"Why is he so miserable?"

The old man said calmly: "He wanted to learn how to fight, so he joined the gang as a fighter, but he didn't even survive the first night."

"What's so good about fighting for the gang, it's just asking for death" Liu Ping said.

"There's no choice, the gang teaches fist techniques."

"And then?"

"You can participate in the selection after learning fist techniques — — the devils have started to select slaves again, even those who make the cut will be rewarded, that's a chance to rise to the top, who wouldn't be jealous?" the old man said.

Liu Ping nodded, counted out 50 gold coins and handed it over.

"Money and goods are done."

"Thank you for your patronage."

Liu Ping tossed out another gold coin and said, "Bury him."

"You're so kind boss" the old man received the gold coin and said.

Liu Ping patted the young man's corpse on the ground and said: "I'll use your ID but i'll bury you, don't blame me."

Saying so, he took the ID Card and walked out the door.

Bam!

The door closed.

The old man sighed in relief, turned around and said: "Turn off the lights, we won't be doing business tonight."

The two corpses suddenly came back to life, crawling up from the ground, one of them didn't understand: "Boss, that young man just now casually took out a bunch of gold coins, he's obviously a fat sheep, why didn't you signal him?"

The other person shouted: "That's right, we'll definitely take his life if we act!"

While they were talking, a few burly men came out from the room with the same doubtful look on their faces.

"A bunch of idiots."

The old man suddenly scolded: "When have you ever seen a 14 year old young man talk to me so casually while facing a room full of corpses?"

His spittle flew everywhere, pointing at the group and scolding them: "If he had shown even the slightest bit of panic, I would have take his life, but he's even calmer than your boss, I don't even know what he does, can any of you guess? Can you tell me? "

The group exchanged glances.

The old man was furious, pointed at the young man's corpse and said: "Look carefully"

Everyone turned to look.

Only to see that the corpse on the ground was intact.

The young man's eyes were closed, his expression was lifelike, there wasn't a single wound on his body, there was even a hint of a smile on his face.

— — -as if he heard the old man's words, or as if he could come back to life at any moment.

Everyone felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts.

"Without me, your boss, do you blind, black-hearted pigs think you can survive in this city?

Hmph!

You'll definitely be eaten alive by others without leaving even your bones! "

The old man sighed and said tiredly: "Let's go, follow me to bury this young man"

A burly man's eyes showed a vicious glint: "Are we really going to bury him? His organs ... I've already talked to the shady doctor Zhao, he'll come and take them, he'll get 1000 gold "

"Tell the shady doctor Zhao not to come" the old man said.

"I've already taken that young man's gold, if I don't bury this scapegoat, we'll all be buried, do you believe me?"

The burly man gritted his teeth: "I don't believe you!"

As soon as he said that, the young man on the ground suddenly opened his eyes and stood up: "Who said I don't believe you?"

Everyone quickly scattered.

The man who spoke felt his legs go limp, he couldn't even run and collapsed on the ground.

As expected of someone who's been through a lot, the old man quickly smiled: "His words don't count, I'm the boss here, we'll bury you right away!"

The young man casually glanced at him, then said: "Remember, if you take the money, you'll bury me, otherwise I'll kill your entire gang"

Saying so, he laid back down and closed his eyes.

The room was completely silent.

The old man took out a handkerchief, wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Come, let's bury him"

He spoke with a hoarse voice.