Chapter 1271: Fireworks
Compared to the somewhat flamboyantly dressed noble young masters present, Carol, in his formal attire, appeared somewhat out of place. However, his outstanding appearance, combined with the unique temperament brought by his family background, still kept him firmly in the central position, subtly dominating the entire scene.
Carol gazed at the light and shadow refracted from the wine glass in his hand, leaning slightly against the transparent railing, indifferent to the stares and commotion below.
"Young Master Field!" a female admirer shouted up from below. Carol then tilted his head slightly, as if glancing downward. Just that single action sent the screams to a new height.
Someone was so excited they cried, sobbing as they said, "I'm so glad I'm from Fresh Flower City, otherwise I would never have been able to see Young Master Field in my entire life!"
The few noble young masters standing with Carol looked down and surveyed the scene, but after a quick scan, they didn't find their desired prey. The long-haired youth snapped his fingers at the security personnel standing inside, and a player attendant quickly left the club. The youth smiled playfully, "The ones down there are almost wilting. If you want to appreciate flowers, you should look at the ones that have just formed buds and are about to bloom."
The men and women let out knowing laughs. The baby-faced youth beside him said, "Didn't your family take in a few orphans? Why not call them over to play together?"
"Those are future players. The family won't allow them to be touched. We'll talk about it in a year or two." The long-haired youth seemed uninterested.
Before long, a dozen or so boys and girls appeared on the top floor of the club. They all wore coats bearing the insignia of the welfare district, nervously facing these people of noble status.
The youths tacitly picked out the ones they fancied, both male and female. The long-haired youth signaled for the girl standing in the middle to step forward and pour wine for Carol.
The suggestive gaze made the girl very uneasy. Clutching the wine bottle, she walked toward Carol one step at a time. When she was still three meters away, Carol condescendingly raised his hand, and an invisible robot blocked the girl's path, speaking in a human-like tone, "Please do not walk any further."
This was also the reason the noble young masters nearby always maintained a certain distance from Carol. Carol was not only protected by invisible robots, high-tech products from an advanced wormhole point, but also by players whose forms were completely concealed. Anyone who forcibly approached without his permission—at least, people from the E27 wormhole point—risked being killed.
The long-haired youth laughed heartily, pulling the girl into his arms. Ignoring her struggles and resistance, he pinched her face and made her look at Carol. "Tonight, Carol is in a great mood. He didn't even kill you!"
After the girl pushed him away, he shook his head regretfully. "Although she grew up in the welfare district, the old director raised her like a daughter. She's no worse than the girls from the big families in District 001, but she has no cunning. Just looking at her makes me happy..."
His interest in her was also waning. After scanning the top floor, he picked out a waiter delivering drinks. "She's yours."
This was clearly not the first time something like this had happened. The waiter, overjoyed, covered the girl's mouth and dragged her away.
The companions who had come with her were terrified. The long-haired youth turned back and kissed the girl beside him, smiling gently. "Don't you make me unhappy... It's almost time for the fireworks, isn't it?"
The club manager chose that moment to step out and send a signal into the air. The next second, all the lights in the city went out. Accompanied by a dazzling flash of light shooting into the sky, a bursting sound, somewhat mismatched with the massive firework, rang out.
The light from the firework shifted from strong to weak, illuminating the faces of everyone on these streets in the city center. Under the protection of the barrier, the people of Fresh Flower City at this moment wore a strange excitement on their faces, their gazes fervently turning toward the outsiders from other districts.
"Ah!!!" A scream pierced the night sky. The crowd parted slightly due to the scream. In the afterglow of the firework, a headless corpse fell. The people around the corpse, including the screaming woman, had their faces splattered with red and white matter!
"There's... there's a player attack!" Someone shouted, snapping everyone out of their shock. But after only a brief moment of darkness and silence, a second firework rose into the sky...
"Boom!" An explosion sounded from a different location. Amidst a few more screams, another gap appeared in the crowded street, and this time, a player fell!
Panic ensued. People on the street shouted for the Fresh Flower City players in charge of security to handle the situation and move them to a safe place. But after receiving no response for a long time, and after several more heads exploded in succession, they realized that Fresh Flower City simply didn't care whether they lived or died!
In an instant, screams erupted from all directions. Ordinary people from other cities frantically ran into the buildings lining the streets, or desperately smashed the light curtain barriers placed at intervals. Amidst these terrified roars and pleas, the long-haired youth's laughter came from above:
"This firework isn't pretty enough. If we're going to set them off, let's set off more!"
The players, with their keen hearing, heard these words clearly.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Several fireworks rose into the sky one after another. Under the alternating light and shadow, a few more heads suddenly exploded. The smell of blood instantly filled the streets.
But this was only the beginning. Then, a dozen or more flashes of light shot up from all around the city. The intense illumination turned the entire city center almost as bright as day. The somewhat glaring light fell on those upturned faces, making everyone's face uniformly pale. Compared to the smiles of the Fresh Flower City people safely hidden within their barriers, it was like hell versus heaven.
"H-help... save me... save me..." Someone begged the players nearby.
But the players weren't in much better shape. Except for those who had directly entered the station, the others had tried to use items to escape as early as the first death. Unfortunately, this area of the city center had been sealed off. Long-distance movement items were forcibly interrupted, and masked players were guarding both inside and outside the blockade, not giving them any chance to break through directly.
Some players also hid in the surrounding buildings, but hiding anywhere was useless. Buildings, cabinets, and the like couldn't avoid this seemingly random head-exploding attack like the barriers the Fresh Flower City people hid in. Like ordinary people, they would also have their heads explode for no reason. Ordinary defensive items were completely useless!
Realizing that hiding in houses wouldn't save them, a large number of people surged back onto the streets. What followed was a scene of blossoms blooming everywhere. In an extremely short time, the wide, clean streets were splattered with blood, like fallen petals covering the ground.
"Hiding inside and watching the show?" Some players, enraged, used items to attack the light curtain barriers that allowed Fresh Flower City's upper class to watch the spectacle. "Let's see if you Fresh Flower City people's heads will explode too!"
(The chapter ends)