In the afternoon, all the brothers who signed up and received the money came to the headquarters, and no one left after taking the money. Although we are poor, poor people also have their own backbone. As the saying goes, one effort means one money. Since you have taken the money, you must live up to your own conscience. Besides, the boss clearly trusted us when he asked us to go back and spend time with our families after we took the money. We can't betray the trust the boss has placed in us just for money. As my mother often said: You must have a conscience.
We didn¡¯t have to wait long. The three heads of the family all came. The boss told us, brothers, I'm sorry, the place you go must be kept secret, so I have to cover your eyes. After saying that, someone handed us a black cloth strip. I put it on without thinking. Anyway, I already had the money and my mother had arranged it. Even if the boss told me to die, I wouldn't even blink an eye. What's more, we believe that the master will not harm us.
We were then taken into the car. After walking for a long time, we got down and walked some distance, then got on the boat, and finally got in the car and walked again. I don¡¯t know how long I walked before someone mentioned it and asked us to untie the black cloth strips.
When I untied the black cloth, I realized that it was already dark. I didn¡¯t know where we were because it was dark. There were just some houses in front of us, and there was the sound of water coming from there, so there must be a river.
Just when we didn¡¯t know what to do, someone arranged for twenty of us to go into a room and sleep on our own. As I passed by that person, I took a look and suddenly I felt like I was naked in the winter and my whole body was cold. Because that person's eyes seemed to be able to see through me, I was so frightened that I quickly lowered my head and ran into the house to sleep. But I couldn't fall asleep all night, those cold eyes kept lingering in front of me.
The next morning, after getting up, everyone was arranged to eat in a big room. The breakfast was not bad, much better than when we had it. There were also eggs and rice porridge with meat. This was the best breakfast I had eaten growing up. A good breakfast.
After everyone had breakfast, we were gathered together, and then I saw clearly where we were: it was in a small valley, with a small river running through it, and a small pool near the mountain wall. A waterfall fell into the pool. The sound of water heard last night probably came from somewhere. The place where we are standing now is in front of the house, which has been deliberately leveled. There is a high platform in front of us. The man was standing on the platform last night, and there was also a fat old man with a bald head and the third boss. What I'm most happy about is seeing the Third Leader. I thought I couldn't see her anymore, but I didn't expect to see her again.
After we stood up, the cold man told us that his name was No. 0 and he was our instructor. He and some other instructors will train us in the future. The bald uncle's surname is Zhao, and he will be responsible for making weapons for us from now on. As for the third leader, he is called the instructor above, a name I have never heard of before. He is probably the same senior official as the instructor above.
Instructor No. 0 also told us that we should forget our current names. Everyone corresponds to a number. Because I am standing at the thirty-third position, so I am called No. 33. Zhang Dabiao is next to me, so I am called No. 33. Number thirty-four. At the same time, he said that the one-month training that was about to begin was a physical and mental exercise, and those who could not meet the requirements would be kicked out. And he also said that if you don't work hard and be careful during training, you may die.
I didn't quite believe it at first, but a month later, I realized that what he said was not wrong at all, because that month was an extremely cruel training for us. We spent most of the day running, lifting logs, climb mountains. Many brothers did not wake up after falling down. We have also resisted. We went to the third boss and asked why we were treated like this. We didn't take everyone's lives seriously. After we finished complaining, the third boss said to you, stick with it. You will know why after a month. At the same time, he told us to rest assured that if anything happens to us, our family members will take care of us for the rest of our lives. Now we will have money. , don¡¯t worry at all.
We don¡¯t know why the Third Master didn¡¯t tell us the reason, and we don¡¯t know why there was suddenly money in the meeting. Since she told us to rest assured and to persevere, then we will persevere. In the following days, we will still be Some brothers fell down, maybe after seeing too much, we were also numb.
After waiting for a month, there were only 66 people left out of more than 100 people. Fortunately, Dabiao was still there.
April 15th is another day that I will never forget. That day, we finally met that person.
In the morning, we arranged to wait for that person in front of the house. Everyone was standing still and motionless. Instructor No. 0 once told us: A good soldier should stand like a pine and sit like a bell. Even if the knife is placed on his neck, he cannot move. After a month and a half of training, we were able to do this.
? ?Finally, we saw that person, a very young man, probably a little younger than me. In fact, he might be older than me. It¡¯s just that he comes from a rich family and lives a good life, so he doesn¡¯t look old. As for why I am sure he is from a rich family, do you even need to ask? If not, how could he have so much money?
He looked very kind and had no airs. After taking the stage, he looked at everyone and then told us that he was the current head of the Deng family: Deng Long!
Who doesn¡¯t know Deng Long? Isn't he the one who severely injured the Li family members? I immediately felt that this guy was okay. After all, the person he hit was a member of the Li family, which was quite relieved.
After saying his name, he suddenly bowed to us and said that because of him we would walk on a road that would never see the light of day, and many people had already been lying in an open space in the valley forever, and would still be there in the future. Someone would lie in it, so he was very sorry, but promised that he would never treat our family members badly, and the Deng family would take care of them for the rest of their lives. I still believe in this, after all, it is impossible for the boss to betray us. And this Deng Long looks okay.
Later, he also said something, which I still remember clearly. After he gave everyone his assurance, he also told us a story, saying that in a distant place, there was a continent, and there was a world of gods on the continent. The human world and the underworld. The divine world is a symbol of light, the human world is pretty much what we have now, and the underworld is darkness. And everyone standing here today is about to face darkness, and it will also bring darkness to the enemy. We are the killers from the underworld, and we will all become a sharp blade in his hands, a force free in the darkness. , a force without reason or justice. From now on, we will only face killing and blood. Finally, he gave us a unified name: Hades Fang!
When I heard this name, I was really scared. I still remember the look in Teacher No. 0¡¯s eyes when I saw him that night. There was no anger, no emotion, only blood and death. Maybe I will become like him. Then, each of us was given a weapon. Our weapon was very special. It was a weapon about three feet long. It was said to be a sword, but it was not. It was a bit curved and had an edge. It is said to be a knife, but it does not look like a knife, because no knife has such a narrow blade. Moreover, the entire weapon is completely black, with only the cold light appearing where the blade is sharpened. There are two small grooves on the back of the blade, running from the grip to the tip of the blade. At first we didn't know what it was used for, but later we learned during the battle that the wound would not stop bleeding easily after being stabbed by this weapon.
In addition to the strange knives, some of us also got a small crossbow, about half a foot long, with 10 arrows each. Although it is relatively small, we dare not underestimate this. During our training, we saw the bald man using this thing. He actually shot through a two-inch thick board at a distance of thirty steps, and his accuracy was particularly good. When the instructor introduced it, he said that the uncle was our weapons manufacturer, so when we saw his weapon being tested, everyone was wondering whether they would use it in the future. As expected, it was sent to us today, and of course everyone was very happy.
But when the weapons were distributed, I was not happy, because I and the other six people only received knives, but not crossbows. Everyone else had them. Zhang Dabiao also showed off the small crossbow in front of me, which made me angry. Kill me.
Finally, when the disbandment was announced, the six of us without crossbows were left behind, along with 12 people who were all members of our team. According to the original establishment, we were in groups of three. We were left behind, and of course they stayed with us.
We were called into a room and stood quietly. On the table in front of us were six flat boxes, about 2 and a half feet long and half a foot wide.