Cyan looked at the trendy youth who was researching how to get out of the barrier and said calmly, "What kind of place this is is already in your head. You were already dead before you came here."
Her gaze shifted from the trendy youth onto the four who had already woken up. "The same goes for all of you. Think carefully. You were already dead before you came here."
"Also, on your chests there is a tattoo called the Survival Brand. Concentrate your spirit on the tattoo and it will answer your questions." As Cyan spoke she was about to unbutton her clothes to show them the tattoo on her chest, but Nishi and Asuka, with quick eyes and hands, stopped her.
"Are you an idiot?!"
Asuka, who was pressing down on Cyan's hands, thought of what this idiot had just been about to do and really wanted to grab her by the ears and roar at her to make it clear—girls must not casually take off their clothes in front of strangers, especially men!
Of course, she could only grab Cyan's ears in her imagination. In reality she did not dare to do so. If she did, the most likely thing to happen would be that she would be punched flying and stuck to the barrier.
"I forgot…"
Only then did Cyan remember that girls could not casually take off their clothes.
The Avengers. Modern society, is it?
Cyan put the Demon Blade away to avoid attracting unnecessary trouble with the weapons on her body after the countdown ended.
"Pei Hongwei! You dead pervert! I'll fight you to the death!" The woman in the ballet costume screamed like a screaming chicken and lunged at the man in the gorgeous clothing. Both hands clamped around his neck. Her eyes were filled with hysterical madness as she desperately wanted to strangle him to death.
"Have you had enough yet?! You crazy woman, was killing me once not enough for you?! You want to kill me again?!"
Pei Hongwei discovered that being choked by the neck did nothing to him. He forcefully pushed the woman away.
"Before the countdown ends, survivors cannot harm each other."
Nishi rested her chin in both hands and looked at the two people, clearing up the confusion in their hearts. Just from the words of the two of them, she had already filled in enough grudges and emotional entanglements for an entire television series.
"Big brother, can you tell me where we are right now?"
The trendy boy showed an ingratiating smile and walked toward Cyan. After clearly seeing her appearance, his eyes widened in amazement.
"You're so beautiful! Uh, no—I mean, big brother, you're so handsome!"
This is the first time I've seen someone this beautiful. Many times more good-looking than the oppa stars on TV!
"The world of The Avengers 1. Current location: New York."
Cyan's cold silver eyes glanced at the trendy boy and pointed at the large sign over there.
"The Avengers 1?! Isn't New York about to have the Chitauri army invasion event? How are we in such a dangerous place?"
Hearing Cyan's words, the trendy boy's face changed. He no longer had the leisure to stare hard at Cyan's perfect face! He fell into panic. If he had come to this world at any other time, he might have been very happy. But right now this place was about to be invaded by the Chitauri army!
Whether he could even survive was still uncertain. What was there to be happy about?!
"I remember I was smashed to death by something that fell from a tower crane."
The construction worker crossed his arms and recalled the moment of his death. His dark, honest face turned pale and he began trembling.
"I was poisoned to death."
The man with gold-rimmed glasses stood up, patted the dust from his butt, took out a comb and combed his slightly messy hair, looked around, and took a deep breath as if savoring the beauty of being alive.
"This place is truly magical. It can actually give the dead a second life."
"It's not without a price. Your price is completing twenty rounds of Survival Games. Only then can you completely leave the Survival Space."
Hearing the words of the man with gold-rimmed glasses, Cyan glanced at him and silently waited for the countdown to end.
"Is all of this some scheme cooked up by you, you non-mainstream multicolored-haired freak?!" The tough ballet woman walked toward Cyan and reached out to grab her collar. Before she could touch it, she flew backward and heavily crashed into the invisible barrier, sticking to it like a mural.
"Don't take kindness for granted! My Master told you some things about the Survival Space. Not only are you ungrateful, you even try to lay hands on my Master. You're really looking to die!" Nishi cracked her knuckles with her clenched fists. Clearly, the one who had punched the ballet woman flying just now was her, not Cyan.
Master? The Survival Space can even take servants?
Hearing Nishi's words, the man with gold-rimmed glasses' eyes lit up. He pushed his glasses up and stared at Nishi, sizing her up.
"Hmph!"
Sensing the gaze of the man with gold-rimmed glasses, Nishi glared at him and raised her clenched pink fist. The meaning was very clear.
This girl is really fierce…
In order not to end up the same as the ballet woman, the man with gold-rimmed glasses shifted his gaze away.
"Hahaha! You can't hurt me here! After the countdown ends I'll call the police and have you all arrested!" Under the protection of the Survival Space, the ballet woman felt no pain even after being punched flying. She laughed maniacally and glared viciously at everyone.
"Is this person crazy?"
Asuka looked at the ballet woman who was no different from a psychiatric patient, furrowed her brows, and tugged at the hood on her head.
"Ignore her."
Cyan treated the ballet woman's threats as the wailing of the weak and had no intention of paying them any attention. Looking at the countdown that was about to end, she stood up.
The countdown ended. The barrier that had isolated this place from the outside world disappeared along with it.
At the same moment the barrier disappeared, the clothes on the construction worker, the ballet woman, and the man in the gorgeous clothing turned into ordinary clothes.
[The Chitauri army will invade New York in 24 hours.] [After the Chitauri army invades New York, Survival Mission 1 will be issued.] [Senior Survivor Mission: For every one of the five newcomer survivors who survives, reward 3000 Survival Points. If all survive, additional reward of 2 Attribute Points and 2 Skill Points.]
So that's how it is. No wonder these five newcomers were assigned together. No wonder the Survival Difficulty this time is B-rank.
Wanting to earn Survival Points means taking responsibility for looking after these newcomers, and if they all survive there will be a high reward of 15,000 Survival Points.
Cyan's steps paused for a moment. Her gaze swept over the five newcomers.
The risk of protecting them is too high…
Cyan casually walked in one direction, not wanting to stay together with these newcomers.
"Not doing the Senior Survivor Mission?"
Asuka walked beside Cyan. The hood covered her face.
"Generous rewards are accompanied by unavoidable danger. The difficulty of this round of the Survival Game is B-rank. The degree of danger is unknown. Rather than bringing along newcomers who will hold us back, it's better to let them fend for themselves." Cyan analyzed the degree of danger of this round of the Survival Game. Under the premise of ensuring the safety of the squad members, the best choice was to abandon these newcomers and abandon the so-called Senior Survivor Mission rather than being dazzled by the generous rewards.
"You're really decisive…"
Asuka sighed. She could not be as decisive as Cyan. Facing the extra Attribute Points and Survival Points as rewards, she was truly tempted.
"Staying alive is the most important thing. Even when facing generous compensation, you still need to have a life left to take it."
"Big brother! Wait for me!" The trendy youth chased after them.
Cyan stopped walking, looked at the youth who had chased over, and asked, "Something the matter?"
"Of course I chased after you to stay alive!"
The youth showed an ingratiating smile. Within the smile was a trace of cunning. "Moreover, big brothers, you seem not to know the plot of The Avengers, right?"
"A trade?"
Cyan stared at the youth and perceived the other party's intention.
"That's right!"
The youth nodded and looked at Cyan with a mix of expectation and nervousness in his eyes.
"Wait a moment."
Cyan pulled Nishi and Asuka to the side and said in a low voice, "What do you two think?"
Although Cyan was the captain of the Gatherers Squad, she did not feel she could make decisions on behalf of others.
"I haven't watched the Avengers movies. I've only seen some clips online. The information that can be known from just the clips is too little." Asuka leaned toward cooperating with the youth. Knowing the plot of The Avengers 1 would make their actions more convenient as well.
"Master, you make the decision. I'll listen to you."
Nishi looked at Cyan with trust. She believed her Master would, as always, make the correct choice.
I never expected that my chance to stay alive would come from the plot I learned by watching movies…
The trendy youth lightly sighed and looked at the people coming and going on the street. He felt that he and they were like people from two different worlds. No—not "like." They truly were people from two different worlds.
Looking at the large screen playing the scene of Iron Man accepting a news interview, seeing that familiar face of Tony "Shitstark," even though it was such a funny meme, he could not laugh at all right now.
People can truly die in this world. Before long, when the Chitauri army attacks, at the time of watching the movie he had not felt much. Thinking carefully about it, when the Chitauri army attacked, a large number of people must have died. Yet those deaths were deliberately downplayed by the movie. After just a few shots it moved on, and the camera focused entirely on the heroes of the Avengers.
After all, it was a popcorn movie selling superheroes…
The youth scratched his hair, lowered his head, and smiled self-mockingly.
"Let's go."
Cyan walked over next to the youth. After speaking, she turned and left.
This means she agreed?!
A look of joy appeared on the youth's face. He quickly followed. Having senior survivors protecting him was equivalent to having a guarantee for his life.
Have we been abandoned?
The man with gold-rimmed glasses looked at the group in the distance. A mocking expression appeared on his face as he raised a hand and pushed his glasses up.
In the world of The Avengers 1, staying alive was not that difficult. The only question was what the Survival Mission issued after 24 hours would be.
"You crazy woman!"
Pei Hongwei had originally wanted to chase after them like that trendy youth. In this unfamiliar place, following people with experience could not be wrong. However, before he could chase after them he was grabbed by the ballet woman. The two of them tangled together in a fight, attracting the attention of passersby.
These two are completely useless…
The man with gold-rimmed glasses looked toward the construction worker who was looking around blankly, smiled slightly, and walked over.
Burger King
Sitting in a corner and taking big bites of a cheeseburger, the youth's gaze swept over Nishi, Cyan, and Asuka. He introduced himself. "My name is Lan Yu."
"Tell the plot."
Cyan urged him. She took a bite of the burger and slightly furrowed her brows. This burger did not suit her taste very well.
"Okay. Simply put, the plot is that the God of Mischief Loki reached a deal with Thanos, came to Earth holding the Mind Scepter that contains the Mind Stone, controlled Hawkeye and a scientist, used the machine the scientist created, used the Tesseract as the power source to open a portal, and released the Chitauri army to attack New York. Then the superheroes joined together to resist the Chitauri army's invasion and incidentally beat up Loki."
Lan Yu simply summarized the plot of The Avengers 1.
Asuka's fingers tapped on the table as she urged, "Be more detailed."
"Don't rush. If I go into detail, it will take a long time…"
Lan Yu detailed the plot of The Avengers 1 once. By the end his mouth was dry. He picked up the cola and took a large gulp, then summarized, "The plot of Avengers 1 is merely the first step of Thanos's plan. His goal is to reduce half the population of the universe… Sorry, I digressed. That has nothing to do with us."
Lan Yu finished the cola in the cup in one breath and summarized, "In short, the plot of Avengers 1 is like that."
After speaking, he let out a belch, picked up a french fry and stuffed it into his mouth. Feeling that eating like this was not satisfying enough, he simply picked them up and poured them into his mouth, then squeezed ketchup into his mouth.