No. 97 Fengming Road, Linjiang Market.
Walking slowly down the deserted street, Lin An suddenly sped up and violently kicked the shop door at the corner.
"Bang!"
The sturdy boot kick barrier door made a loud and jarring sound.
As the entertainment street of Linjiang City, there is hardly any foot traffic during the day.
But at night, when bars and nightclubs open, it gets very lively.
Without any reservations.
The flimsy metal door, which was merely symbolic, was kicked open with brute force, leaving a gap of nearly half a person's height.
As a "teahouse" for nighttime gambling, the guard didn't even close the inner door.
After all, it is a gathering place for many black forces, and no one dares to steal here.
"Who the hell kicked the door? Are you crazy?"
In the teahouse, a middle-aged man with full arms of tattoos was seen cursing and running briskly, with a cigarette in his mouth.
The flip-flops hanging from her feet made a slapping sound on the floor.
The store is dimly lit, but the decoration is quite nice.
Lin An's expression was cold. She bent down and looked around the store, comparing the location on her phone.
The route and the marked red dot coincide.
"I'm talking to you, dare to pretend you didn't hear me?"
"Are you deaf, you fucking bastard?"
"This must be it."
He muttered to himself, completely ignoring the tattooed man who was swinging a fist at him.
Put your phone away casually, and with a slight movement, you easily dodge the fierce punch.
Step side and drive your elbow!
As expected, Lin An, who had extensive combat experience in his previous life, swiftly moved behind the tattooed man.
"Bang!"
The elbow tip flicks out, and the hard elbow joint crashes into the tattooed man's spine three inches below the shoulder blade.
Screams and groans.
"Shut up."
The right fist flies out with a roar.
Lin An delivered a powerful punch, knocking him to the ground.
The fallen tattooed man cursed and groaned, his chin covered in blood from the impact when he fell, looking utterly disheveled.
"You're asking for trouble!"
Filled with resentment and anger.
The man struggled to sit up using his hands, and reached for his waist with his right hand.
Seeking death.
Lin An's eyes were cold, and he stepped down with a foot.
The hard sole of the shoe crushed down on his temple with a sudden, brutal force, and the man had no resistance. He collapsed in an instant, his hand dropping the short knife to the ground.
Kicking away the obstruction with a single kick, Lin An casually surveyed the interior of the teahouse.
In the past, there were some signs of the end of the world before it arrived.
There are nodes where reality and alternate dimensions intersect, which have already appeared before the end of the world.
In memory, there will be an extremely rare piece of equipment appearing.
That is a ring that has been fused with space debris!
As a must-have space ring for characters in movies and novels, it is exceptionally rare in the post-apocalyptic world.
Not only that, but there is also a shortage of equipment.
Unlike regular games, anything that looks weird will drop equipment.
In the post-apocalyptic game, most awakened individuals with far superior abilities than average people may not have even one piece of their own equipment until they die, let alone a space ring.
In a previous life, this precious space ring was acquired by a small hoodlum.
Not only did he awaken his talent with the aid of equipment, but he also established a safe zone with the storage function of the ring.
Space rings can store supplies and keep them fresh and warm.
It can be considered as a lethal weapon for committing murder and arson while traveling abroad!
Lin An looked around expectantly, searching for something.
Half an hour later.
"Glug."
He reluctantly poured a bucket of ice water over the tattooed man's head.
I can't find it.
The man was startled by the cold water, shivered all over, and instinctively opened his mouth to curse.
"You...!"
Kick it out with a swift kick.
Before the tattooed man could finish speaking, Lin An kicked him in the face, breaking his teeth.
Blood mixed with broken teeth fell to the ground.
"Ask and answer."
"Clean your mouth or die."
I don't know where this guy gets all his dirty words from.
Lin An stepped on his neck with one foot, looking coldly at him.
If there's even the slightest suspicion, he would rather kill the man first and then search for himself slowly.
"Gurgle."
"Don't kill me!"
Spitting out his saliva, the tattooed man seemed to come to his senses. He looked at him with a sense of fear.
He used to bully others and act arrogantly, taking advantage of his association with the underworld.
But when faced with a real tough guy, their true cowardly nature is immediately exposed.
"Where is the ring?"
"Or where are the jewelry or similar things?"
The tattooed man was taken aback. He had thought that Lin An was there specifically to cause trouble.
Is this stealing?
No.
Should it be about stealing things?
You should have told me earlier!
The tattooed man felt a little aggrieved.
He just stayed here last night because he played cards too late.
To know that Lin An was here to get something, he would never have come up and attacked without warning.
"I don't know, I'm not the boss here."
The tattooed man hesitated for a moment and spoke cautiously, with a slurred speech.
Seeing that Lin An's eyes were not right and looked like he was about to kill him, he quickly continued:
"There seem to be a lot of things in the office on the second floor, but they are locked!"
"Bang!"
Lin An got the answer he wanted and immediately kicked the man's temple violently.
Under such a heavy blow, the tattooed man fell unconscious to the ground.
As for unlocking?
No problem.
He also learned the skill of lockpicking while serving in the military.
Time passed, half an hour later.
Lin An carried a fire axe and forcefully broke down the door.
On the expensive wooden door, the burglar-proof security lock was intact, but the central part of the door was full of marks where it had been smashed open.
High-end locking mechanisms often have a simple and unassuming appearance.
"Plop."
Turn on the light by the wall when you enter the room.
Lin An carefully examined the interior of the room, and one abnormality caught his attention.
"Is this a fluctuation in space?"
The room seemed to have been unoccupied for a while, and a faint musty smell was drifting in the air.
In the corner of the room.
A fist-sized, eerie and mysterious black object floats eerily in the air.
Black seems to have taken over a blank space.
Lin An took a deep breath and fixed her eyes on a silvery patch in the darkness.
Delighted beyond words.
That's a space ring!
This ring caused quite a stir in its previous life.
Everyone in Linjiang City knows that the gangster made his fortune right here.
Go from being an ordinary person to becoming a powerful awakened one.
The safety zones were finally established outside the city.
The legendary equipment is right in front of us!
Lin An decisively reached out to touch the ring, but the sensation of her fingertip disappeared.
Ignoring the abnormality, he frowned and swiftly reached into the water with half of his hand, grabbing the ring.
"Buzz! Buzz!"
The continuous ripples vanished instantly, and a chilling aura emanated from the black hole.
"Roar!!"
A roar suddenly emanated from the black hole, and the thick, stifling death energy was desperately trying to spread outward.
Run!
Lin An grabbed the ring and ran away as fast as she could!
Although I don't know what it is, it seems that he has annoyed a formidable entity.
I didn't hear anything about it in my previous life.
I don't know if it was because he took the ring away earlier.
Lin An didn't have time to think much and dashed out of the door in a flash.
The silver ring was tightly clutched in the palm.
"Beep."
"A doomsday gamer has been detected."
"Beep. Test failure, no data-encoded body detected."
"Warning!"
"Warning!"
The piercing alarm echoed in his mind, causing a sense of unease that was inexplicable.
The thick, suffocating death energy behind me seemed like the vines of a deep abyss, growing wildly and insanely outwards.
There's no escape!
Lin An's expression turned stern as he decided to smash the glass window with his head and jump out of the second-floor window.
As soon as he hit the ground, an overwhelming sense of weakness and darkness filled his entire field of vision.
Consciousness fades away, and he passes out in an instant.
The ring on his palm slowly faded away and merged with him.