Marvel: Apocalyptic Beginning, a High-Level Game!

Chapter 257 A Hero's Heart!

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"How's it going, young lady? This is my first time being a team leader, and you're the first person I contacted. Aren't you happy?"

The girl, who had changed into her usual casual uniform, simply stirred the coffee in her cup, her lifeless eyes fixed on the guy in front of her, showing no intention of speaking.

"I really don't understand why you Shanghainese people love drinking coffee so much? Don't you know that this stuff was for cattle and horses centuries ago? Is it some kind of sense of honor you get from working overtime and staying up all night?"

Hanlu spoke casually, and it was obvious that the group of Shanghainese around her were all glaring angrily. However, they paused when they saw her large physique. The next moment, the feeling of a gentle breeze on their faces made them feel inexplicably goodwill towards her, and their original anger gradually disappeared.

"Who are you going to look for next?"

"Of course, it's that guy with the strongest local flavor! A sword immortal!"

"I'm so sorry, I'm late, I'm so late."

When a young man still wearing a school uniform walked in with a head of fluffy brown short hair, he touched the back of his head apologetically, looking somewhat bewildered.

Hanlu immediately raised her right hand, seemingly as a greeting, and then looked at the only person in the coffee shop who reacted to her arrival. Lin Lie naturally walked over as well.

"Hello, are you Mr. Yu?"

"Yes, that's right, it's me."

"Oh, okay. Mr. Yu, what can I do for you?"

"Young man, do you know? The country needs you now."

Lei Ling, who had been tilting his head, couldn't help but chuckle. Damn it, who would believe that if someone said that, especially when it was someone dressed in casual clothes saying it so seriously?

Just as I was about to see how Hanlu should present the facts to the other side, I turned my head and realized that Hanlu seemed to have changed her clothes.

A black suit, trousers, sunglasses, and big leather shoes, plus short hair that looked like it had been coated with hair gel.

Dude, where did you go to change your outfit with one click?

Although Lei Ling did know that Han Lu had many strange and unusual abilities, the speed at which she changed clothes was a bit too fast.

Against such a solemn backdrop, Han Lu, with her cold expression, did indeed exude a slight sense of oppression. Of course, let's ignore that for now, everyone had been precisely harassing a certain person who had provided the correct name and identity information simultaneously via WeChat, QQ, text messages, emails, and phone calls.

Is this how you use the state apparatus?

"Oh, me? But I'm just a college student."

Lin Lie pointed to himself with some uncertainty. Although he also admired those superheroes who fought evil on screen and in real life, as a native-born Easterner, he felt that he should be more down-to-earth.

The idea is to finish university well, then compete with millions of other college graduates for a good job, so as not to disappoint one's parents' expectations, and so on.

He had fantasized about becoming a hero, but he felt he didn't have the ability to do so.

"No, no, no, Lin Lie! Do you know? There is actually a power within you! A power that comes from our ancestors!"

Lin Lie listened attentively.

But in a daze, he felt as if his consciousness had fallen out of a shallow riverbed, and as he continued to fall, he was enveloped by darkness and a sense of sluggishness, until finally he jumped out of the water.

When he tried to focus his mind and see his surroundings clearly again, he found himself still in that room.

However, the coffee shop was already completely empty by then.

"I know you might not believe it yet, but..."

Hanlu suddenly stood up, slightly tugged at her collar, and then pushed open the door that hadn't even existed a second ago with one hand.

"We should take a look at your story."

As the seemingly missing piece of spacetime unfolded before them, Lin Lie followed Han Lu and stepped into that hazy, gray world.

But as time went by, he suddenly found himself as if he were on an ancient battlefield, where countless people roared and fought each other in ancient Eastern armor.

In the midst of this fierce battle, three individuals with distinct appearances stood out: one carried a longsword, another a bracelet, and the third a whip.

As the three of them fought, they faced a colossal giant, tens of meters tall, wearing a cow bone mask, with three heads and six arms, wielding all sorts of weapons, and with muscles bulging all over his body!

"Long, long ago, on this land, the arrival of a dimensional demon god brought famine."

It oppresses this world with endless ice disasters and wants to use this as a starting point to begin its conquest of the real universe.

However, at that time, with the help of the Great Luo Heaven, the ancient sages successfully summoned three divine artifacts. The green one was the Fuxi Sword, and the other two were the Nuwa Bracelet and the Shennong Whip.

Let's ignore for a moment why Nuwa is one of the Three Sovereigns in this world, and what's with the Fuxi Sword? Shouldn't it be the Xuanyuan Sword?

Although the Yellow Emperor was his first user, the name is still quite strange. Let's ignore these details; at least the sword looks like an oriental sword, which is already quite respectable.

"Lin Lie, as a descendant of Yan and Huang, you have the blood of your ancestors flowing in your veins. When your father disappeared, he left you with one last treasure, that long sword. So I want you to raise it now. Fight for this land once again."

The language of Hanlu is always monotonous, but the impassioned tone and the epic battle scene at this moment are enough to fill the gaps in the words.

"Am I... really capable?"

Feeling somewhat exhausted, Lin Lie looked at the vast edge of the battlefield before him, and he could no longer distinguish between reality and illusion.

However, his vanity drove him to want to take that step, but his inner sense of security constantly reminded him of his mediocrity.

"So I will train you!! To make you a true hero!!"

Vanity is not a bad thing; in many cases, it is one of the driving forces for human progress, just like gluttony.

At this moment, the cold dew, which had somehow appeared on a hilltop, was radiating its sun-like brilliance!

He was imitating the movements of a master from Kung Fu Panda, and while intently watching the young man in front of him, he slightly raised his fist, which was already clenched to its limit, to prove his seriousness.

He looked at the boy in front of him.

Even without using a mental scan, he could tell that the person in front of him was extremely shocked. Didn't you see that the other person's eyes started to glow?

"Awesome!"

Lin Lie finally made a move!

His eyes seemed to be sparkling.

Of course, Hanlu suspected that she was being dazzled by the special effects behind her.

"I'd love to!! If I could!! I would definitely join!!"

Plans are in place!

Hanlu nodded in satisfaction, or rather, in this world, whether you are in the East or the West, no matter who you are!

Everyone harbors a dream of becoming a hero, just like I did at the beginning! Who doesn't love being cheered by countless people?

At this very moment, a new hero was born.

He is the Sword Immortal—Lin Lie!