"Hah! Speaking of which, Buddy Impetuous, have you been a participant for a long time?"
In the center of the supermarket building, the two of them sat on the floor opposite of each other and leaned against the store's shelves as they chatted. Fang Ran then took a bag of potato chips from the shelf next to him, grabbed a handful of chips and stuffed it into his mouth as he asked this question.
Scratching his head, Impetuous said smilingly, "Well… Quite a while, I suppose." After that, he pulled out a bar of chocolate from behind him and bit into it.
"In that case, tell me what's up with Night Battles."
Groping around the shelf, Fang Ran got his hands on a bag of melon seeds and started cracking them between his teeth in full concentration. Ling, who was standing on the shelf behind him as if pretending to be a merchandise, stuck out like a sore thumb amongst the surrounding snacks.
"Younger brother, are you a newcomer?" Impetuous asked. Fang Ran nodded vigorously, "Yep yep yep!"
Impetuous thumped his chest, opened a can of beer, raised his head to take a gulp of the beer, before wiping his mouth and saying, "Well then, let this older brother talk to you about it. If anything, I basically know everything about the Night Battle World and the Darknet!"
Brag, continue bragging.
The true Lord of the Darknet sneered.
"First of all, younger brother, do you have an organization?" Impetuous asked. Fang Ran was slightly puzzled and asked,
"Organization, what organization?"
Impetuous looked as if he had expected that answer. He smacked his lips and felt that the beer in his mouth didn't taste too good, so he grabbed another bottle before explaining, "Well, Night Battle… Think about it, it is so dangerous. In some special scenarios, people can even die. With this risk, people will naturally form groups."
"There is always someone who is particularly outstanding amongst the bunch of participants. Naturally, these people at the top will beckon and call for people. As a result, Night Battle participants gather into groups. Some are large organizations, some are small teams."
"Similar to gangs?" Fang Ran was filled with curiosity.
"That's not really accurate. Most of them would just agree to cooperate with each other in the particular scenario. In real life, there is little interaction between them. Of course, if their relationship is good, it is not strange for them to know each other in reality," Impetuous shrugged and said.
Realisation suddenly dawned on Fang Ran. "Right, right. No wonder I saw many people wearing masks. In such a dog-eat-dog world, they definitely would not show their faces."
"That's right! It's only straightforward and upright people like you and I, who do not need to hide their identities. Cheers!" Impetuous slapped his thigh and raised his glass!
'Two newbies. Is it necessary for you to hide your identities,'
Ling thought truthfully in her heart as she looked at the two idiots speechlessly, one of whom was holding a Coke while the other was holding Nutri-Express.
"Older brother, have you already joined an organisation?" Fang Ran asked the most important question.
Impetuous' hand that was holding the Nutrition Express froze. Then he slowly put it down. He looked at Fang Ran and said,
"Younger brother, we are still good friends if we don't talk about this."
"Heh, although I don't know what his power is, with his grade, how can he be in an organisation."
A heart-piercing voice came from the power bank on the shelf, and Impetuous immediately clutched his chest in pain. 'Don't tell me the reality of the situation. Do all the newest-gen power banks nowadays break your heart like that?'
"Hey, older brother, are the leaders of those organizations exceptionally powerful?" Fang Ran asked with an extremely curious expression on his face.
"Exceptionally powerful?" Impetuous glanced at Fang Ran disdainfully. Then he poured a mouthful of Nutri-Express into his mouth.
"The words 'exceptionally powerful' cannot even begin to describe those big shots standing at the top, who can even face the heavens and stare down Hades."
"With that statement, they sound really strong! It must be those kinds of top-tier powers like immortal cultivation powers or arcane magical powers!" At the mention of this, Fang Ran suddenly became excited, and his eyes were full of longing for the awesome powers of the big shots.
"Hurr, who is to say it's good. Putting aside the top figures of the major forces, just the mysterious and unknown gentleman known as 'Midnight' in Asia, the queen who rules the 'Night Palace' in Europe, and the Chief of the association in North America that gathers all kinds of large and small teams, no one knows what their powers are, let alone that of the special existences that are not part of the various organisations," Impetuous said casually.
Ling, who was listening from behind, frowned all of a sudden. 'For someone who has such rotten abilities, he actually knows quite a lot?'
"Oh oh! Oh oh!!" Fang Ran exclaimed in amazement with a satisfied expression on his face.
"Ahem." Impetuous suddenly coughed twice, as if suddenly realising that he had rambled on about matters that he was unsure of or should not have said.
"Special existences… Who are these special existences?" Fang Ran asked persistently, completely intrigued by this topic.
"Um, I don't know the specifics. It's probably like those mavericks in Song of the Wanderer." Wiping his sweat, Impetuous quickly changed the subject, "However, those people are too far away from us. Our goal should be more practical!"
"For example, like our country's Supreme Beauty Ye who's with the authorities. That should be the goal we're chasing after!"
"Is that so-called Supreme Beauty Ye very powerful?" Fang Ran asked.
Impetuous took another swig of Nutri-Express. Only after he finished drinking, did he say in satisfaction,
"Not powerful, just A-grade."
Pfft! How's that not powerful. I'm only an E-grade now meh!
Just as the both of them were chattering, outside the supermarket building, a sudden explosion blared out!
Boom !!!!
"What the f*ck!"
"What the f*ck!"
Both of them panicked in unison. Impetuous fumbled for his binoculars in a fluster and dashed over to the window with Fang Ran to look outside where the explosion had occurred.
All they saw were electrical flashes crackling all over the street nearby, like a slithering, winding snake. The heat and current brought about by the flashes instantly detonated the nearby street!
"Ding! Release time begins!"
The unchanging sound of the system suddenly rang out, frightening the both of them. In many places along the street, the light blue light flashed. A succession of black figures were thrown out. There were some in the form of humans and some in the form in animals. In short, they were oddities in all forms. However, the similarity they had was that they were all black figures, and they were all emitting a sense of danger!
"The release has begun. You two better start hunting, seize the advantage, and quickly increase your strength. Remember, there will also be high grades participants in this scenario, such as the possessor of that electrical flashes. You guys are definitely not her match. If you run into that person, remember to escape immediately…"
Floating behind them, Ling instructed unenthusiastically. But before she could finish talking…
"Oh no! Younger brother! We need to get away quickly! There is a fight over there! Hurry up and run! We must not make a move. We must continue hiding!"
"That's right! We'd better hurry up and find a safe place to hide. I think the roof will do the job!"
"Okay!"
After the two of them exchanged opinions, they ran (escaped) like the wind towards the emergency escape. F*ck, that speed… Ling was momentarily dumbstruck.
"You two cowards, get back here!!!"