Chapter Twenty: The Secret of the Shadow

  Lian Xi seems much calmer than Qiao Jia. After all, these are just speculations. But they realized that their "enemy" might not be just the monsters in their nightmares... Lian Xi tried hard to recall the two games. Ying had always been an enigmatic figure. They knew almost nothing about Ying.

  "Profession! The last time Blue Sky proposed that everyone talk about their profession, Ying didn't say anything. He just said it was an international secret and couldn't be discussed."

  Qiao Jia thought for a long time before speaking, her words shocking Lian Xi.

  "What kind of profession can't be talked about? From the beginning, he gave people a cold feeling. Moreover, his disregard for other people's lives wouldn't lead one to think that he would kill everyone to complete the task."

  "So he is very likely to be..."

  "What did you say? What is it? Have you thought of something! Tell me quickly." Xiaojia was eager to know Lianxi's judgment, although it was just a guess, she also wanted to know immediately.

  "Assassin!"; As soon as these two words were spoken, Qiao Jia was shocked and lost color, her mind suddenly a mess. In Qiao Jia's impression, assassins only existed in virtual games or movies, how could such an occupation exist in real life?!

  But the shadow's every move; abnormal; indeed proved that he was no ordinary person. And his speed as swift as a broken bamboo and his extraordinary skills, even a movie killer couldn't kill the target in front of everyone, so cleanly and efficiently... just thinking about it makes one's heart tremble with fear, and their hair stand on end.

  "All of this is just my speculation and even if it's true, he doesn't necessarily have a reason to kill us."

  Lian Xi grasped Qiao Jia's trembling hands to comfort her. "But Lian Xi, if he really is an assassin, he can kill us without batting an eye, even if there's no reason." Qiao Jia was terrified.

  "No, if that were the case, he could have killed us when we first met." This made Qiao Jia feel slightly relieved.

  The existence of this nightmare game has almost crushed these two lively girls, now they are like frightened birds, thinking about the appearance of shadows in the next game makes them scared to death. Sometimes ghosts are not the most terrifying, the cruelty of human hearts far exceeds the brutality of ghosts.

  Ying Wú Fēi has already become the most terrifying existence in Qiao Jia's heart. Lian Xi dare not express her own fear, afraid of scaring Qiao Jia again, she knows that now only she is Qiao Jia's last hope. She can only control her emotions by herself, calm... calm... silently suppressing the unease in her heart.

  He sat alone in his rented house, occasionally letting out a cold laugh. His profession restricted him to being alone and wandering around. He had no fixed abode, always running east and west.

  This is an ordinary high-rise building in a small city district, and Shadow now lives on the top floor of this high-rise building. Shadow chose this place because it is easily accessible from all directions, after all, he is an assassin, and may encounter unexpected threats at any time, so convenient transportation is naturally a superior condition for evading pursuit.

  His house is decorated in a simple style, with a single bed, an antique clock, a wardrobe, a sofa chair, and a round glass coffee table, on which sits a very distinctive computer. Amidst the simplicity, a hint of mystery lingers. Although the furnishings are not luxurious, for him, this is his elegant retreat.

  That computer is not an ordinary computer, but a tool used to receive assassination missions.

  The organization of assassins that Ying belongs to is a very prestigious and powerful existence in the dark world. They won't accept ordinary assassination tasks, so those who come to ask for their help are never ordinary people. All assassins are trained from a young age, they don't have normal names like regular people, their names are usually just one word - like Ying. In fact, this name is just a code name.

  In this organization, killers are divided into levels based on their comprehensive abilities and given different levels of commission. C-level refers to killers who are still in training, mostly children, and is actually a screening process where most kids will be eliminated, or killed, during the "graduation task". This selection process is very cruel, putting 60 children in an enclosed space to kill each other until only three survive. Indeed, what the killer organization needs is not quantity but "quality".

  B-level - has some combat skills, overall strength is average, most assassins are at this level. Assassins of this level are generally not sent out alone to complete tasks.

  A-level - Proficient mastery of killing skills, overall strength is very strong. Can take on tasks independently. It's unknown how many people's corpses paved the way to reach this level, it's truly a one-in-a-hundred selection. Unknown how many waves need to be cultivated to have just one like that.

  S-level - People at this level have always been solo operators, with comprehensive strength reaching a very high degree. Can instantly kill the target in an instant, one hit and one kill, leaving no trace. Shadow is one of the S-level killers in this organization!

  X-level - The most mysterious existence in the organization, people at this level will not expose their identity, no one has seen them, or those who have seen them are all dead... Other situations unknown...

  Shin passed the C-level selection and skipped B-level to become A-level directly. In "Graduation Task", he eliminated the remaining 59 people at an astonishing speed. Later, he was reused to complete multiple secret tasks and promoted to S-level. At this level, the commission for one action is enough for a person to squander for several years. Shin had actually earned enough money that would last him several lifetimes. What Shin possesses is a dream that many people cannot achieve even after striving hard for their entire lives.

  Because he grew up in a killer's base since childhood, Sheng had no emotions at all, cold as ice. In his memory, there were only piles and piles of dead people. From young to old, his only dream was to become an X-level killer, money wasn't that important to him. For this dream, he risked his life time and again. Of course, he had also failed before, and had moments where his life hung by a thread.

  But he never thought of giving up his "career", he always knew that one second he was alive, the next second he might be dead.

  "Good evening, through this game, with your intelligence you probably have guessed my identity already!"

  Rei was definitely frightened by her own previous move. It seems that I can only explain it to Rei next time we meet in the game. I must protect Rei and escape this game with her.

  From the moment he first saw Reng Yui, he had an inexplicable desire to protect her. In their subsequent interactions, Reng Yui's calmness, kindness and wisdom increasingly captivated Ying. Ying would often find himself unconsciously thinking of Reng Yui, and then inexplicably break into a foolish smile - Ying was always one to only give cold smiles.

  When he thought of Lian Xi, his smile was warm. Lian Xi's appearance changed Ying's fate, and Ying found himself suddenly wanting to live a peaceful life, an ordinary person's life.

  Ying is the most likely person to survive and leave among the three people now. The different aspects of training he received from an early age gave him a great advantage in the game, and the white gaming rules given by the game were like adding wings to a tiger.