StarTie Simulation: Aren’t you NPCs?

"You are my sword, and I... am your eyes."

Wu Xuan savored these simple words carefully, and nodded to Silver Wolf after a moment. Then he tightly grasped the pitch-black straight knife, looked at the darkness in front of him, took a fighting stance, closed his eyes calmly, and said softly to the girl behind him: "Ms. Silver Wolf... I'm ready."

When Silver Wolf saw Wu Xuan's serious look, he said "Hmm" and then said softly, "It's still the same direction as before. According to the current situation... he should be on the platform. Watch your step."

Wu Xuan did not speak. When Silver Wolf told him to watch his step, he flew out like an arrow. Silver Wolf did not show any anxious expression on his face as he watched the young man running out and being gradually swallowed by the darkness.

——Instead, he smiled.

She thought of the serious-looking Wu Xuan just now, and also of the Wu Xuan who was swearing trash while dodging crossbows, and she couldn't help but feel a little funny.

——She really thought... this boy was quite interesting.

"But... now is not the time to lament about such things," Silver Wolf raised the "Glock" in his hand, slightly adjusted the angle of the muzzle, and pulled the trigger at the human-shaped silhouette that had not made any further movements.

boom--

There was a muffled sound; that was the sound of Silver Wolf's pistol bullet being fired, but what greeted this bullet was not the sound of hitting the wall, nor the sound of tearing into the flesh, but a sneer.

"Tsk, I thought I encountered a more interesting prey... So this is it?"

A teasing and gloomy male voice sounded in the darkness. This sentence made Silver Wolf start to worry about Wu Xuan.

——It sounds like... their way of cooperation seems to have been discovered by this guy.

Just like Skull Crusher could read minds, he continued with a sneer: "You two want to use this girl's ability to figure out my position, and then have a head-on confrontation with this guy, right?" Then he disappeared in the "energy ripples" created by the Silver Wolf.

"This trick... has been tried by previous batches of "bounty hunters". Guess where they are?"

Hearing these words, Silver Wolf shouted worriedly into the darkness: "Wu Xuan! Stop! He has moved!"

"Also! Don't listen to this guy! He's messing with your mind!"

While reminding Wu Xuan in the darkness, Silver Wolf hurriedly fired the bullets from his Glock, but in the information fed back to Silver Wolf by each round of "energy ripples"... there was no trace of the human figure.

The girl's heart gradually grew cold... Wu Xuan was now like a blind man, facing an enemy who might have night vision... He was unable to exert his own combat effectiveness at all.

Wu Xuan naturally heard Silver Wolf's reminder, but he didn't dare to reply, especially now that the "Broken Skull" had disappeared from their sight.

"The sound will reveal my position... I'm betting that he is as blind as I am in the dark."

"But how is this possible? A guy who likes to fight in the dark must have some special equipment or other abilities. Otherwise, he would never choose to fight in an environment that he cannot accept."

"Wu Xuan... calm down quickly, and think about any way to break the impasse?" Wu Xuan's palms secreted a lot of sweat, and he could hardly hold the hilt of the sword that was wrapped with some bandages. It can be imagined how nervous he was at this moment.

In desperation, he had to hold the sword with both hands and slowed down his pace. At this moment, his nerves were completely tense, and the blade in his hand would swing towards the first place around him where there was movement in the next second.

In this situation...even the most valiant and skilled warrior would become nervous because of the fundamental fear of darkness in his heart, not to mention Wu Xuan who had never seen such a scene.

This kind of tension will inevitably lead to overly rapid breathing. Even if there are continuous gunshots outside, the bullets will eventually run out, not to mention that it will take some time for Silver Wolf to inject the energy of destiny.

In a higher-level battle... even a moment of distraction is enough for the opponent to kill you directly. Although the "Skullbreaker" that Wu Xuan and Yin Lang are facing now is not an opponent of a higher level, when the gap between the bullet sounds and the heavy breathing caused by nervousness coincide... what awaits Wu Xuan...

There is only death.

In the darkness, the metal-forged corners of Skullbreaker's mouth curved slightly, and he heard the breathing of a prey out of fear in the darkness.

"I've come to find you... my delicious prey~" He whispered to himself and then disappeared like a ghost. The black mechanical eye flashed a green light, which completely penetrated the darkness in front of it. This was the confidence of "Skull Crusher" to fight in the darkness.

This layer of darkness that cannot be easily penetrated... is like a layer of black veil that can be easily lifted for the mechanical prosthetic eye that has turned on the "night vision" mode.

The slender figure of "Skull Crusher" quickly flashed to the side of Wu Xuan, and Wu Xuan also caught a flash of red light with his high alert. He swung his sword towards the red light with the instinct he had acquired from years of fighting in the "wilderness".

Ding--

The sound of metal clashing rang in Wu Xuan's ears, followed by the slightly teasing ridicule of "Skull Crusher": "Boy... you react very quickly, but... what do you rely on in the dark? Your girlfriend outside?"

Wu Xuan raised his head slightly, and in the red light emitted by the mechanical eye, he saw clearly what was colliding with his straight knife.

——It was a mechanical dagger that looked like a...multi-functional weapon.

Wu Xuan felt the tremendous force of his straight knife. His face twitched slightly because of the force. At this moment, even if he wanted to say something to retort to "Skull Crusher", he couldn't say it.

"Hey~ Forget it, I'll play with you for a while~" "Skull Crusher" said this while disappearing into the darkness. Wu Xuan also took this opportunity to shout out loudly: "Miss Silver Wolf! Shoot in my direction at an angle of about ten degrees downward! Quick!"

Silver Wolf was slightly stunned when he heard this, but his grey eyes widened in an instant, as if he suddenly understood something.

The time interval from Wu Xuan's words to Silver Wolf's shooting... was roughly no more than one second, and Silver Wolf fired a shot without hesitation in the general direction described by Wu Xuan.

boom--

The sound of a bullet hitting the ground was heard, and Wu Xuan, holding a straight knife for defense, appeared in Silver Wolf's "vision". However, she was not excited about it. Instead, she stared at the darkness more nervously, fearing that she would make a little noise in advance and be noticed by that damn guy.

"Oh? You're quite smart~ But... it's useless!" "Skull Crusher" said as he rushed over from the side of Wu Xuan, waving a dagger.

The speed of "skull crushing" is extremely fast, like a ghost that chooses people to devour, but this speed is compared to the reaction speed of something like "energy"...

too slow.

Almost at the moment when the somewhat dry outline of the Broken Skull appeared in Silver Wolf's field of vision, she shouted loudly: "Wu Xuan! He's coming from the upper right!"

Wu Xuan completely trusted Silver Wolf. After slightly sensing the air flow, he directly placed the straight knife on the impact path of the dagger.

Ding--

Another sound of metal clashing was heard, and Wu Xuan once again blocked the "skull-crushing" attack.

"You have some skills... then none of you can leave today!"

As the dagger on the straight knife disappeared, the sound of "skull crushing" was heard again. This time... he was going to be serious.

"laugh--"

As a sound of steam rang out, Wu Xuan instantly remembered the "Iron Fist" he met in the "Tavern". His mechanical limbs also made a steam-like sound before pressurization, which made Wu Xuan scream in his heart that something was wrong.

However, the next second...the skinny figure appeared in Silver Wolf's sight, but before she could shout, the skinny figure disappeared, and was replaced by the sound of Wu Xuan inhaling due to pain.

"Wu Xuan?! How are you?!"

"This guy... is playing tricks... It's definitely not just half of his face that has been mechanically modified, his entire left half of his body has been replaced with machinery!" Wu Xuan's voice of pain came from the darkness, which made Silver Wolf nervous.

"You have a good eye, kid. If I had given you a little more time to grow up, I would have died here a long time ago."

"But... there aren't so many ifs in this world."

"go to hell!"

As the brutal sound of "Skull Crushing" rang out in the darkness, Wu Xuan closed his eyes, feeling the flow of the air around him, trying to resist some attacks as much as possible to give himself and Silver Wolf more time to think.

However, just as Wu Xuan and Yin Lang were fighting hard with "Skull Crusher"... a screen in "reality" was showing the expressions of Wu Xuan and Yin Lang at that moment.

And not far from the screen... sat a man with an indescribable face.

Rather than saying it is a face...it is better to say that his head is a sphere composed of faces with various expressions. The "face" representing "happy" was looking at the screen in front of him. Then a flash of red appeared in his hand, and it quickly flew into the body of the struggling Wu Xuan.

“Ahahahaha, this is so interesting... I decided to add a little “catalyst” for you. I’m really looking forward to the expressions on your faces when you finally find out that you are both “players”~”

"Myth... My old friend, you've provided me with so much entertainment! Hahahahahahaha!"

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Where is my picture? My picture is stuck again???

As usual, the end of the month flag, this time the challenge is to reach 10 words before February