I’m Actually a Bigshot

Chapter 43: Five newcomers

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A very spacious tent, about 100 square meters, can't tell what the outside looks like, but the inside looks a bit dreamy.

The interior of the tent is purple, but the purple seems to be mixed with silver sand. When a string of golden light strips hang on the top of the tent and light up, the soft and not dazzling light makes the whole interior of the tent become starry , Even without stepping out of the tent, it seems that you can feel the starry sky.

A purple multi-layer gauze curtain hangs down in the middle, layer upon layer, and you can vaguely see light shining through the gauze curtain, I don’t know if it’s light or candlelight.

"Master Guide, we are all here~"

The speaker stood outside the gauze curtain, with a red afro head and a clown's makeup on his face. With his fat blue overalls and red striped suit, he was obviously a clown! What is different is that this clown has a crying makeup painted on his face, and there are a few blue teardrops painted on his face, which is a little different from those clowns in the circus who are jumping around with a smile.

The clown held a few balloons in his hand, pretending that he was going to be blown away by the balloons from time to time, crying for a while, terrified for a while, and having fun with himself.

The person standing next to the clown touched him with his elbow, and the clown seemed to remember something, restrained his movements, and stood respectfully with the other people beside him.

"Please introduce yourself, everyone." A voice came from behind the gauze curtain, it sounded like a young male, gentle and calm. However, the speaker seemed to have just woken up, so there was a bit of laziness in his voice.

"I have seen Mr. Guide, I am in charge of performing body cutting in the circus, you can call me a 'magician'." The first person to introduce himself was a gentleman in a black dress and top hat, with a perfect mustache and a thin With a very serious figure and a serious expression, "Standing beside me is the 'Escape Master' of the circus."

"Woohoo!" Standing beside the magician was a strange man who had tied himself up like a mummy. He tied himself up layer after layer with white bandages, and his head and limbs were bound to the extreme. Only the nose part is exposed for ventilation.

"Please forgive me, the guide. This master is an escape maniac. Even in daily life, he hones his escape skills all the time." The magician next to him seemed to be helping his friend who was bound into a mummy to explain, "This It's just his habit, not disrespectful to the guide."

"It's okay, in this world of trials, we are all just colleagues." The voice behind the gauze curtain didn't seem to care.

"Master Guidance is just like the legend, he is a very kind person." Then a man in a black leather jacket and a black motorcycle helmet spoke, "I am the motorcyclist in charge of performing the round-the-world speeder, everyone Likes to call me 'Headless'."

The headless voice didn't come from the motorcycle, but more like it came from the chest cavity, with a stuffy feeling.

"Good afternoon, Master Guide. I am in charge of the aerial rope show, that is, the flying trapeze. Well, everyone likes to call me the 'flying man'." The self-proclaimed flying man is a young man with very long limbs and looks about two meters tall. , with a bald head, and no hair can be seen on the whole body.

The flying man seems to be a little unstable, and his hands and legs will swing subconsciously, as if he is drunk.

"I'm the clown, the clown who brought sadness to the circus, woo woo woo." The last thing left is the clown who started talking, with the crying makeup and the mournful expression, it really doesn't seem to make people happy at all .

"So, you are the main staff of this world?"

After everyone finished their self-introductions, the layers of gauze curtains were automatically closed in front of them, so that the clowns standing in a row could clearly see the "Master Wayfinder" behind the gauze curtains. ".

The guide standing in the candlelight was wearing black clothes and black trousers, looking neat and slender. On the outside, he was wearing a long purple coat, which had the texture and thickness of silk. On the coat, there were various tattoo patterns that looked mysterious, and there were some pendants that looked like crystals.

When the guide stretched out his hand, the wide sleeves of the coat slipped off, and the overlapping sleeves had a wonderful layering, adding a sense of solemnity.

The short black hair was without any decorations, only a long purple earring was worn on the Guider's left ear, which seemed to be composed of silk and crystal, and swayed with the guider's movements.

There is a gentle smile on the delicate face, but because of the light purple lip gloss on the lips, it looks different from the past, it seems more mature and mysterious.

Naturally, there is only one person who appears here as a "guide guide", and that is Su Qingxing, who is the guide of the underworld.

For a long time, Su Qingxing has been pursuing a simple and neat image. It's just that this time Zhu Sha felt that a behind-the-scenes hidden boss must have an aura that fits his identity, so he insisted on giving Su Qingxing the coat and earrings, and even twitched Su Qingxing's lips a little.

In Zhu Sha's words, this is the self-cultivation of a boss.

"I heard from the builder that this is a newly constructed world, and they have encountered some troubles?" Su Qingxing kept in mind the mission he came here for, "What happened?"

"My Lord Guide, the thing is like this..." The magician with the most serious expression bent down respectfully, "Although this trial world has just been built with the efforts of the builder, it has already received five groups of trialists."

"But..." the magician paused, "Whether it is the seniors they claim to be or the newcomers, all the trialists failed at the first level, so the builder thinks that our trial world is too difficult. Gao, I hope Lord Guider can help us."

"Tell me about how many levels you have set up." Su Qingxing sat down on a wooden chair behind the gauze curtain, and on the wooden table opposite the chair was a black candlestick and a large crystal in purple flannel. ball.

The moment Su Qingxing sat down, a little white snow wolf jumped directly onto his lap, and after finding a comfortable position, he closed his eyes and meditated. And Su Qingxing also skillfully helped the little snow wolf smooth his hair, while listening to the reports of the staff in front of him.

"Yes." It was still a serious magician who made the report, but he did seem to be the most reliable of all the staff.

"The theme of our trial world is 'Death Circus City', the main staff are us, and some accompanying actors who act according to the builder's script." The magician said slowly, "Every time you enter the Circus City There are five trial roles, and the clown will assign them to each of us as apprentices."

"There are three levels in the whole trial. The first level is to follow the five teachers to practice 'trapeze', 'global speeder', 'clown acrobatics', 'body cutting' and 'water tank escape'. If the tester is practicing If you die in the process, you will be considered eliminated."

"The second level is the mid-term assessment. The fortune teller of the Circus City...that is, you, the guide, will evaluate and score the testers. Those who fail to pass the test will also be eliminated."

"The third level is the official performance, and all the remaining testers will formally participate in the final death performance in the circus city." The magician emphasized the words "death performance", "Only in the formal performance can the applause of the audience and judges be won." Only the one with the most trials can successfully pass this trial."

"That is to say, there is only one person who clears the level." After the magician finished his last sentence, he bowed and bowed, and retreated to the team of others.

"There doesn't seem to be any problem with the structure." After thinking for a moment, Su Qingxing looked up at the five acrobatic and magic teachers in front of him in the candlelight, "It seems that the problem can only be discovered during the trial process. Have you arrived at the Circus City?"

"Yes, Lord Guide, I will go to meet those five tender newcomers right away~" The clown shook the balloon in his hand, "I hope the newcomers will like my meeting gift~"

"Then our circus city must also open immediately." Su Qingxing got up from the chair holding the little snow wolf in his hand, "Everyone, please go back to your posts."

"Yes, Lord Guide." Everyone bowed respectfully.

"Wrong." Su Qingxing shook his head, "Since the circus has opened, I think everyone should call me by another name."

Several circus teachers were stunned for a moment, and then immediately corrected in unison: "Yes, Mr. Fortune Teller!"

The fortuneteller who mastered the life and death of the tester, the mysterious fortuneteller hidden in this death circus, this is the identity Zhu Sha specially prepared for Su Qingxing.

"Thanks for your hard work, everyone." Seeing the circus teachers turn around and leave, Su Qingxing specially added, "If you encounter any problems, or encounter things that you want to discuss and discuss, you are always welcome to sit in the divination room sit."

"You have worked hard too, Mr. Fortune Teller."

When the five teachers of the circus left the tent of the divination room, the originally spacious tent seemed a little empty, only Su Qingxing and Xiao Xuelang were left standing at the gauze curtain, their figures stretched a little by the candlelight, And swaying with the swaying of candlelight.

When Su Qingxing came to this trial world, he naturally appeared in this tent that was set up as a "divination room", and the familiar little snow wolf was lying on the soft couch next to the tables and chairs in the divination room, sleeping soundly .

Little Snow Wolf looked exactly like "Sisi", and Su Qingxing was a little overjoyed at the scene of such a reunion after a long absence.

But soon, Su Qingxing found that the little snow wolf he held in his arms was a little different from Sisi. Although there was no difference in appearance, when Su Qingxing called out the name "Sisi", little snow wolf didn't respond , Just continue to change places to bury your head and sleep.

After getting along for a while, Su Qingxing discovered that the little snow wolf in his arms could not be coquettish or cute, and would only sleep in one place, and then change to another place after a while... Compared with Sisi, it is really far behind up.

"But who made you look exactly the same as Sisi?" Su Qingxing carried Xiao Xuelang all the way back to the table with thoughts of Sisi, and sat down directly opposite the crystal ball.

Through the crystal ball on the table, Su Qingxing can see everything that is happening in the circus city.

Including the five testers who just came to this trial world.

The crystal ball representing the identity of a fortune-teller is as big as a watermelon, but because it looks round and transparent, and even appears a light purple streamer under the light from time to time, it does not make people think that this crystal ball is bulky, but More like a rare work of art.

After Su Qingxing stroked the surface of the crystal ball with his fingers, a strange picture of Su Qingxing appeared in the crystal ball as if playing a movie, and he could even hear the sound in the picture coming into his ears.

This death circus city covers a large area, and tents of all sizes are set up beside the beautiful lake.

The largest colorful tent is hung with bright neon lights, surrounded by various small tents, coupled with the "tourists" coming and going in and out of the circus, and cheerful background music, all this makes the whole circus city appear Lively and energetic.

And outside the gate of the Circus City, five people who looked like testers stood there blankly, looking up at the signboard on the gate of the Circus City, which read "Swann Circus City" in big characters.

"Where is this place?" The first person to speak was a boy with watermelon taro hair, who looked like a student, holding his schoolbag in his arms timidly, "Is there such a circus on the way after school?"

"Don't think about it, if there is such a big circus, how can you miss it?" A tall, thin middle-aged man walked up to Watermelon Head. He should have been wearing a suit, but it was already tattered. Rotten, even dried blood can be seen on it, "Boy, have you read that kind of infinite novel? We are now in an endless horror world."

"Endless horror world?" Standing on the other side was a tall and handsome boy who smiled after hearing what the tall and thin man said, "It sounds very exciting! Uncle, are you the one in the story? Seniors who often appear?"

"Hehe, what a senior, it's just that I have traveled one more world than you and have more experience than you." The thin and tall man said, reaching out to the tall and handsome boy, "Brother, hello, I It's Lin Zexue, an ordinary person trying to survive in a world of terror."

"Don't trust him too much." A girl with a very calm expression stepped forward, "Uncle Lin, as long as he can keep him alive, he can do anything. He is an unscrupulous guy."

"Xiao Ai is still so strict." Lin Zexue, a tall and thin middle-aged man, laughed twice, and introduced to others, "This little girl is called Zhang Ai, and she is a companion who shares weal and woe."

"Don't get me wrong, I just survived by accident." Zhang Ai glanced at Lin Zexue, "It's better to die than to live in this kind of place. I just haven't found a comfortable way to die yet."

"Nice to meet you all, my name is Ouyi, a college student." Ouyi smiled and showed two rows of white teeth, "I like to pursue excitement."

"This, is this really a world of horror?" The boy with a watermelon head cringed while holding his schoolbag, his expression still a little frightened, "I, my name is Wang Peng, and I'm just an ordinary high school student. If this is a world of horror, I would Don’t you just die? Uncle, don’t scare me!”

"Uncle, I also want to tell you good news, but the situation is so bad now, what can I do?" Lin Zexue shrugged, "The good news is that this circus is full of people coming and going, and it doesn't look very scary. Let's put it this way, the cemetery ghost hunt that Zhang Ai and I experienced before was dozens of times more terrifying than the current circus!"

"Isn't the circus scary?" The man who has been silent since just now, and was almost regarded as an ordinary tourist by Lin Zexue and the others suddenly spoke. He was crying like that weird clown, and there was no vitality in his whole body. The sky is also turning gray.

"I always think the scariest thing is the clown in the circus." The man with a bitter face didn't look very old, probably in his twenties or thirties, "Obviously there is nothing to be happy about in this world. The salary is so low, and they have been playing the role of being teased all the time, why are they still laughing so happily?"

All the testers standing near that man subconsciously backed away. Although the contact time is not long, everyone feels that this bitter-faced man is full of negative energy, and his words are too pessimistic.

"This pessimistic... no, what's the name of this gentleman?" Lin Zexue and the others already knew each other's names, and they only needed to know the pessimistic gentleman in front of them.

"Cheng Xiao, degree of Cheng, smiling smile." The pessimistic man said two words "laugh" in a row, but he couldn't smile at all.

"It's really a good name." Looking at Chen Xiao who couldn't laugh at all, Lin Zexue boasted embarrassingly, "Every time we enter the world of horror, we will have a period of self-introduction. Nothing horrific will happen during this time,"

"But now that we have finished introducing ourselves, we have to choose how to go next." Lin Zexue pointed to the gate of "Swann Circus City" in front of everyone, "If I guess correctly, as long as we walk in With this gate, the story begins.”

Five people lined up at the entrance of the circus city, namely the senior uncle Lin Zexue, the senior girl Zhang Ai who wanted to die, the tall and handsome Ouyi, the cowardly high school student Wang Peng, and the whole body. Cheng Xiao bursting with energy.

I have to say, but also a team full of personality.

Su Qingxing has been using the crystal ball to observe the various performances of the team of testers. He really can't figure out how the clown will arrange these new testers, and how these testers should be allocated to various acrobatics and skills. What about magic items

"Swan? The name of this circus city is quite fairytale. Swan means swan, right?" Ouyi raised his head and looked at the signboard of the circus. There were five or six small earrings on his exposed left ear. Added or subtracted points to his external image.

"Fairy tale?" Lin Zexue snorted, "If these two words don't allude to birdsong, but are purely close-sounding words, it would be interesting."

"Approximate phonetic characters?" Ouyi didn't realize it all of a sudden, "What do you mean?"

"Death Circus City." Zhang Ai had been standing aside with a calm expression, but now he said, "Swann and Death, don't you think they are very similar?"

After Zhang Ai finished speaking, Wang Peng, who was terrified with his schoolbag in his arms, didn't seem to want to put himself in the schoolbag now.

"That must be the meaning. I have never encountered any good things in my life. I have been the most unlucky one since I was a child." Cheng Xiao, who was full of negative energy, began to mutter again, "A place like a circus city is very unpleasant. Comfortable, the clown is crying, the performing animals are crying, and the acrobats with all their injuries are crying, only those audiences who don't know the so-called are laughing, and they don't know that their laughter is based on the pain of others... "

"Okay, okay!" Lin Zexue couldn't help interrupting Cheng Xiao, "Things are not that bad yet, let's decide whether to go into the circus city or turn around and run away immediately!"

Among the five people, three people already believed that this was a horror world, so they remembered that since they hadn't entered the circus city yet, they could choose to enter or leave.

"I think it should be more exciting to go in." Ouyi hesitated.

"That's right. If it's called the Circus of Death, maybe there will be people in it who are good at seeking death." Zhang Ai, who wanted to find a comfortable way to die, suddenly reached an agreement with the newcomer Ou Yi.

"Hey! What's the matter with your death-seeking thinking? Do you want to die that much?" Lin Zexue suddenly found himself lonely in this team, and couldn't help but said anxiously, "The most important thing is to get out of here alive As long as you can leave alive, even if you let me kill and set fire, let me lick my shoes and kowtow, it doesn't matter!"

After speaking, Lin Zexue looked at the remaining two newcomers and said loudly, "Wang Peng, Cheng Xiao, you also want to leave here alive and go home safely, right?"

"Yes, yes!" Wang Peng flinched a little, "But, but what if the outside is more terrifying?"

"I don't care." Cheng Xiao still had a bitter face, "Anyway, no matter where I go, I always encounter the most unlucky things. Maybe I will die when I enter the circus city, and I will die when I leave the circus city. Lin Sir, people will always die, it’s just that sooner or later, it’s just in different places, just think about it.”

"How can you think about it!" Lin Zexue almost vomited blood from the anger of the other members of the team.

"Wang Peng, let's go!" Lin Zexue waved decisively to the high school student, "Uncle, I will take you out of here!"

"But..." Wang Peng stood next to Ouyi and Zhang Ai without moving, and buried his head behind his schoolbag, "But there are more people here, uncle."

When a person is afraid, of course he will subconsciously choose the side with more people.

"Hehehehe, if you don't know how to get there, how about following me?" A strange and strange voice suddenly came from the side.

All the testers looked towards the place where the sound came from, and then saw a weird clown who was obviously laughing, but the makeup on his face was crying bitterly.

"Hi everyone, it's the clown, and I'm here to show you around the Swann Circus." The clown held five balloons in his hand, and began to perform his favorite show there again, which was to pretend to be blown away by the balloons, Then he showed a terrified and happy expression.

"Sorry, I don't intend to go in." Lin Zexue looked at the weird clown in front of him, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "I'm just passing by."

After speaking, Lin Zexue took a step forward and walked in the opposite direction of the circus.

Before Lin Ze learned to walk a few steps, he found that his footsteps became strange. He had been trying to move forward, but the scenery in front of him did not change at all.

When Lin Zexue came to his senses, he realized that he had been standing still somewhere

"Hee hee hee." The crying clown was laughing, "It's useless, everyone has been in my hands from the beginning."

"You!" Lin Zexue turned his head, but suddenly saw an even weirder scene!

On the five ordinary balloons of different colors held by the clown, at some point sketches of human faces began to appear!

Judging from those facial features, it clearly corresponds to Lin Zexue and the five of them one by one!

"Hee hee hee hee, am I right? You have been in my hands from the very beginning! Hee hee." The crying clown turned around while grabbing the balloon, took a particularly exaggerated goose step, and went straight Walked into the "Swann Circus City" which looked particularly lively.

And the five trainees who were originally staying at the entrance of the circus city seemed to be unable to control their bodies at the moment. Their legs were pulled like marionettes, and they followed closely behind the clown, willingly or unwillingly. Was dragged into the circus city.

"Our circus city is very lively!" The clown jumped forward like a child, "We are definitely the biggest circus city in the vicinity!"

"Because you are the only circus around here, right?" Cheng Xiao continued to spread negative energy, "It's so pitiful, there is no one to compare with."

"..." The clown froze for a few seconds, but recovered quickly, and continued to spin and jump to introduce the circus city in front of the testers.

"Our circus city consists of five main parts." The clown said, and stopped at the door of the largest colorful tent, "This is our acrobatic arena, and many, many spectators come to watch us every night at nine o'clock. Oh, the circus show!"

Nine o'clock every night

Lin Zexue looked around suspiciously, and it looked like it was only one or two o'clock in the afternoon.

If the performance starts at nine o'clock in the evening, why are there so many pedestrians coming and going in the current circus city

But in the next second, Lin Zexue, who knew he couldn't leave, immediately put on a flattering smile, rubbed his hands and said to the clown in front of him: "Boss... no, Mr. Clown, can we leave here after watching the show? "

"Okay, let's keep going, kids!" The clown raised the balloon in his hand high, like the piper of Hamelin, leading the trainees to move on.

The moment the balloon was lifted, the five trainees lined up in a straight line like elementary school students. Lin Zexue, who was walking in the front, was rubbing his hands obsequiously. Looking around curiously and excitedly, the fourth Wang Peng continued to hold his schoolbag to cover his face and tremble, while the last Cheng Xiao sighed and walked forward resignedly with a bitter face.

"Please, help us! We've been kidnapped!" Wang Peng didn't know where he mustered up the courage, but he shouted at the tourists walking around in the circus city, "Please, help us!" us!"

But those tourists walking in the circus city acted as if they didn't hear them at all, chatting and laughing on their own, and walked forward on their own, completely ignoring Wang Peng's plea for help.

"Hehehe." The clown couldn't help snickering a few times, and continued to lead the team forward.

"These two tents are the rest area for the actors." The clown led the five trainees through the two ordinary-looking tents, "The big one is the rest area for the senior teachers, and the small one It’s a resting area for newcomers.”

"What does this kind of thing have to do with us?" Cheng Xiao turned negative energy, and seemed to like talking to the clown very much.

"Dangdangdang!" The clown turned 540 degrees, turned and walked into the small gap between the tents, and walked to the rear of the acrobatic city, "Next, I will show you the most powerful part of our acrobatic city one!"

"Roar!"

The trainee who had to follow behind the clowns heard the roar of the beast before seeing the tent.

"Of course it's the animal room of our Swann Circus City!" The clown danced an ugly-looking dance at the door of the animal room, "As long as there are beasts you can think of, there are there!"

Su Qingxing, who was staring at the crystal ball, suddenly found that the clown turned his head to the sky and found the camera very accurately. No, at a certain key point of the crystal ball, he blinked at Su Qingxing outside the crystal ball.

"Hush! Our beasts are all made of pure natural materials, designed and created by the master builder himself, and they can enjoy VIP-level luxury treatment every day." The clown said in a very soft voice, Judging from the strange gaze of the other party, this sentence was obviously explaining to Su Qingxing on the other side of the crystal ball.

"No matter how good the treatment is, isn't it locked up?" The negative energy Cheng Xiao started to activate again, "It's like we are now bound by unknown forces and become puppets manipulated by others. No, From the very beginning, human beings are just puppets bound by this world and this society.”

clown:"… "

"Beast?" Seeing the animal room in front of him, Zhang Ai blinked, and finally said, "It sounds like it hurts, so forget it."

"It's so exciting, can we take a group photo?" Ouyi's eyes lit up instantly, "Lions and tigers are a bit old-fashioned. I wonder if there are crocodiles and pythons?"

clown:"… "

"Next is the main event!" The clown twirled while jumping, hiding his cold sweat unknowingly tossed out by this group of strange trainees.

The clown led the five trainees behind him to the last part of the circus city, which looked like the busiest place in the whole circus city. There were many stalls selling magic props and small toys, and there were colorful tents It also operates a variety of popular playground games, such as shooting games, ring games, and various hanging crane machines.

But this is a circus city after all, and all kinds of people who are performing circuses are indispensable, and the most common ones are all kinds of clowns who ride around on unicycles and throw colored balls.

Those clowns looked much more normal than the one who dragged the trainees forward.

"This is the entertainment city of our circus city. After night, it will become more exciting!" The clown led the trainees through a series of lively booths and tents, and finally walked outside a big purple tent. .

Su Qingxing, who had been staring at the crystal ball for a long time, noticed that the clown had brought the trainees outside the divination room, and immediately waved his hand to make the crystal ball that was "playing" the influence return to its original state. Watching Xiao Xuelang sitting upright on his seat.

Seeing that the trainees were about to enter the divination room, Su Qingxing looked at the divination room where he was, and after thinking for a while, he raised his finger on the table. Su Qingxing inside the curtain was completely covered.

In this way, the trainees who entered the divination room would not be able to see Su Qingxing's true face.

"When we meet for the first time, it's better to keep some sense of mystery, don't you think?" Su Qingxing teased the little snow wolf on his lap, but the little guy was still sleeping on his own, with no intention of waking up at all. .

"This is the divination room of our circus city." The clown and other trainees have already walked in from outside the tent, "Mr. fortune teller here is the most powerful divination in the whole circus city, hehehehe, maybe you can How to go from divination here to leaving~"

"Welcome to Swan Circus City. I believe you will have a great time here." Su Qingxing's voice came to the ears of the trainees from behind the gauze curtain.

The tense mood that started just now seems to be slowly calming down.

"Mr. Clown, the guests seem to be very tired, why don't you let them rest here, can you wait outside for a while?" The trainees couldn't see Su Qingxing behind the gauze curtain, but Su Qingxing couldn't see the gauze either. The trainee on the other side of the curtain.

However, Su Qingxing looked through the crystal ball for so long just now, and he could distinguish the trainees standing outside the gauze curtain just by the sound.

"Okay, Mr. Fortune Teller." The clown turned around in a circle, and did another trick of pretending to be dragged away by the balloon. Come on, I'll be right back!"

With the standard lines of the villain, the figure of the crying clown disappeared from the tent of the divination house.

"Okay, before the guests leave the divination room, you can take a good rest." Su Qingxing continued to speak behind the gauze curtain, "I am the fortune teller of this circus city, and my surname is Su."

"Although I sympathize with all the guests, I am just like everyone else, just a part of the circus city." Although Su Qingxing's voice was still gentle, it gradually sank, "There are people in this circus. A very terrifying existence, no matter where you are, he can find you. So no matter what you do, it is impossible to escape from here."

"If you want to escape from here, please work hard to live. Only by living desperately can you have a chance to escape."

The candlelight was blown by the wind that shouldn't exist, Su Qingxing's figure was reflected on the thick gauze curtain, and the last words he said kept lingering in the ears of the five trainees—

"After all, this is... the Death Circus City."