Author: ThisIsBanana

Lou Fan went office next door from Qin Tan’s team and found a men’s waterproof sports watch from a drawer. With a smile on his face, he reached for the watch. The next moment, a middle-aged male ghost appeared, holding a wine bottle in his hand. The ghost’s gaze looked confused and drunk. Looking at Lou Fan, he laughed and burped. Lou Fan frowned, the smell of alcohol stink seemed to be in the air.

“Hey hey, come here. Let’s play Morra/fist number game (drinking game)[1]. If you win, I’ll let you adjust the clock.” The drunkard ghost did not waste time and had a clear goal.

Lou Fan seldom drinks, even if he drinks, he doesn’t play Morra so he doesn’t have much experience in it. But it’s not that he can’t. Counting and shouting ‘fifteen and twenty’ are simple, he understands how it works with a glance.

Lou Fan: “Okay, we’ll play it but I’ll take the 1st turn.” He just tried it out to see if he could barter about the conditions.

The drunkard said readily, “Okay, I’m fine with anything, you can draw first.”

Lou Fan didn’t expect the ghost to be so easy. It seems that even though it is a mission world, it still has some humanity in it.

“Fifteen twenty, ten.”

Lou Fan stretched out his hand while shouting. He showed a hand with 5 fingers opened, and the drunkard on the other side is showing the same, it’s his win.

“I won, it’s your turn.”

The drunkard took a sip of wine before saying, “Fifteen twenty, fifteen.”

Lou Fan held 2 fists with fingers curled inside, it means no number.

“You lose. It’s my turn.”

Lou Fan thought about it and said, “Fifteen twenty, five.” He swiftly held out a hand. Another win!

The drunkard hiccupped and drank some wine, “Your skill is not bad! Come, this wine is for you.” He said and handed the bottle to Lou Fan.

Lou Fan is stunned for a moment because he didn’t expect to receive a wine bottle. After picking it up, he found that it is a new unopened bottle. The drunkard took out another bottle of wine from somewhere, opened it, and staggered away while drinking.

Lou Fan set the watch back to the correct time. Then, he put the wine and watch in his backpack, and walked to the next room humming. It turns out that there are props that can be taken away. He wondered how much can it be exchanged after going back. As Lou Fan walked to the next room in a good mood, he thought of something and strolled to the room where Qin Tan and Chen Shuyang entered. There is no one inside as if the two had never been inside. He looked around but there is no clock in plain sight. It seems that in the duel, they can’t see each other.

Without further delay, Lou Fan walked into the next room.

…

“Uncle, let’s play marbles together.”

The little boy stood in front of Qin Tan said that but Qin Tan felt helpless at the moment. He’s never played marbles so how to compete? Turning to look at Chen Shuyang, Chen Shuyang is also showing a confused expression.

Qin Tan had to ask the little boy instead, “How do you play marbles?”

The little boy pursed his lips, “Uncle, don’t you even know how to play marbles? It’s very simple, just shoot the marble into the hole and you’ll win.”

Qin Tan nodded, “Okay, let’s start.”

The little boy squinted and handed Qin Tan a marble. 5 minutes later, Qin Tan watched the little boy’s green marble roll slowly into the hole; he lost. The little boy stood up slowly with his head lowered, making a hohoho sound from his mouth. When he raised his face, his expression looked gloomy and terrifying, “You lose, forfeit your life!” Then the ghost rushed towards Qin Tan.

“Shuyang, get out of the way.” Qin Tan shouted at the back and dodged the little boy sideways. He took advantage of the turn and swung out with the sword in his hand.

A big wound appeared on the side of the little boy’s waist. He screamed and rushed towards Qin Tan without hesitation. Taking advantage of his shortness, the ghost wanted to attack from below. But how could Qin Tan let him succeed? Using the Tang sword to block the ghost, Qin Tan turned around and slashed the little boy from behind. The little boy split in half and dissipated in the air.

Chen Shuyang, who was hiding behind, held a short sword in his hand in a defensive posture. He looked at Qin Tan who is adjusting the clock and said, “Brother Qin, I have an idea. Why don’t we just kill the ghost directly and adjust the time? Anyway, if you lose, you still have to fight, so why waste your time playing games?”

This is a really good question and Qin Tan got taken aback for a moment. Then he nodded after a moment of silence, “You’re right.”

…

Wen Lang and Jiang Dong once again met a ghost who started fighting directly without giving them any chance to play games. Fortunately, after 2 fights, the two cooperated tacitly and quickly finished the ghost. Wen Lang took out the arrow in his backpack. His eyes looked melancholic, and he sighed, “It seems that Brother Lou’s blessing doesn’t work either.”

With Chen Shuyang’s suggestion, Qin Tan’s progress is much faster. At 9.00 am, everyone met in the hall. Except for Lou Fan, the rest looked like they just fought in a fight. Only he still looked casual and had spoils in his hand.

A bottle of wine and a handkerchief.

“Looking at your appearance, it probably didn’t go well. By the way, I’ll tell you this. If you win your game, remember to ask for the loot.” Lou Fan waved the things in his hand with a look of joy.

There are a total of 16 offices on the 1st floor, 11 of which have been cleared at this time, and 5 are still to be cleared. The sun shone in from the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the coldness of the whole building is dispelled, making people feel warm all over. An hour later, no one came to work. Other than them, there is Tong Fei’s team who are on the 6th floor of this building. Besides, there may be various ghosts in each office. The team of 5 members slumped on the sofa in the hall and breathed a sigh of relief.

Wen Lang felt that he couldn’t lift his hands anymore, “Is this mission world using wheel tactic (taking turns) against us? It’s designed to consume our physical strength, right?”

Lou Fan poured out the contents of the bag and replied, “No, it’s an intellectual battle for me.”

Wen Lang rolled his eyes, unable to complain.

Jiang Dong handed Wen Lang a bottle of water, “Wen Lang, how’s the injury on your arm? I’ll give you medicine.”

Wen Lang glanced at his arm, “It’s alright, just a minor injury. I’ll look at it when I have enough rest.”

Jiang Dong put down the food in his hand and took out the medicine from his bag. Next, he sat beside Wen Lang. He moved very swiftly and his skills are good. The antiseptic is applied and bandages are wrapped in one go. Before Wen Lang could resist, Jiang Dong had already wrapped it up.

“It’s done, I don’t want to owe you favor.” Jiang Dong packed up the medicine, sat back, and started eating. Wen Lang got the wound from helping him block an attack. The ghost was so powerful that Wen Lang got scratched before he could dodge it. The wound is big and looked scary.

Wen Lang tsk-ed but didn’t say anything, drinking his water silently.

Lou Fan and Qin Tan looked at each other, and Lou Fan’s eyes are full of smiles. It seemed that after some time of cooperation, the two had developed a revolutionary friendship.

The hall is spacious and there are sofas to lie down. After arranging the person on watch duty, everyone starts to get some sleep.

In the middle of the afternoon, Lou Fan woke up. He went to the bathroom to wash up and started to eat lunch. By the time everyone woke up, it is almost 5.00 pm. Everyone packed up to eat and prepared to continue the mission.

5 offices remained on the first floor, which is settled in 2 hours. Lou Fan still got a battle spoil, while the other 2 groups violently resolved their duels.

“AHH! HELP!”

The team is about to set foot on the 2nd floor got attracted by a scream and they walked to the entrance of the prefecture office. A few familiar figures are wandering in the open space in front of the hall. They are the ghosts they defeated in their duels. When the newcomers in the guard room saw these ghosts, they panicked, and some girls began to scream.

Lou Fan looked at the ghosts and couldn’t help but say, “Could it be we caused them to be let out? Then do we have to pass through them after completing the mission?” He looked back at the rest of the team and asked, “Say, will they take the initiative to attack us?”

Qin Tan and Chen Shuyang simply looked at Lou Fan kindly. Jiang Dong looked calm, and only Wen Lang mercilessly discredited his expectations.

“Brother Lou, you can try it. For us, we started fighting as soon as we enter the duel. Maybe with your lucky physique, the ghosts won’t attack you.”

Lou Fan, relying on being taller than Wen Lang, dropped a punch on him, “How can you talk to your brother Lou like this? Talk properly, or do you still want your equipment?”

“Brother Lou, I was wrong!” Wen Lang readily acknowledged his mistake, not at all cowardly.

Qin Tan glanced at the newcomers who are tapping the window in the guard room and looked unmoved, “Looks like there is still a tough battle to fight when we go out.”

Chen Shuyang optimistically said, “Didn’t they say that as long as we have a breath left, we can come back to life after getting on the train? We are not afraid.”

Wen Lang rolled his eyes, “You’re not afraid but I do. Do you know how painful it is to be scratched by a ghost? As long as we have a breath left? Do you still have the energy to climb into the train?”

Each of these is problems that should not be ignored. But it’s too early to think about this now. Lou Fan turned around and walked in, “We’ll take about it after adjusting all the clocks. Let’s go.”

The newcomers in the guard room who were still holding on to their expectations become stunned when they saw the team turn around and leave. How come no one came to save them? Didn’t they see so many ghosts out there? Do they want them to die? Unbeknownst to everyone, it is safest for them to be in the guard-room next to the entrance at the moment. The moment their time is up, they can get on the train when they go out.

The design of the 2nd floor is somewhat different from that of the 1st floor. Without the hall in the middle, the number of offices has increased, lining next to each other. Qin Tan turned around and counted the offices; there were 24 in total. According to this layout, they can finish 1 floor a day, they should have plenty of time.

Still proceeding according to the previous 3 groups, Lou Fan stepped into the 2nd office alone. A red ladies’ watch is placed on the desk, very eye-catching. Lou Fan walked over and reached out to touch it. The space became isolated, and a long-haired female ghost appeared. It can be seen that she should have been beautiful before her death, with long straight black hair and a decent professional skirt.

Lou Fan is about to say hello in a friendly way, but the female ghost twisted her head into a weird arc without saying a word. He immediately took 2 steps back on guard, and the bow in his hand is already drawn. The female ghost’s mouth is split up to her ears, and bright red blood overflowed from her eyes. She shook her head, and her black hair stretched infinitely toward Lou Fan, just about to touch Lou Fan. Lou Fan turned sideways, pulled up his bow, and shot at the female ghost.

The female ghost’s hair swiftly appeared in front of her, blocking Lou Fan’s arrow.

“Yo, a tough opponent.” Lou Fan scolded secretly.

Lou Fan didn’t dare to be careless and kept shooting, but the arrows are all blocked by her hair. Not only that, Lou Fan had to keep dodging the hair that is coming at him. All he can see is hair.

So disgusting!

Although Lou Fan thinks that girls with long hair are good-looking, but looking at these black hair at the moment, he only felt a little disgusting. Shoot! His foot is tangled! Lou Fan lowered his head and saw a strand of black hair wrapped around his ankles, immobilizing him.

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[1] Banana: I’m not too sure how this is played but I’m guessing that it’s a 2 players game where both players held their hands in front, facing each other. As they called out the game phrase and the numbers they want, both players should either open a hand to show 5 fingers, or both hands to show 10 fingers, or close fist to show none. Hence, you probably can call out numbers in multiplication of 5, until 20.

Wen Lang saw the clock on the wall too. Curling his lips, he turned to ask Jiang Dong, “Who is going to do it, you or me?”

Jiang Dong casually smiled and said, “It’s fine either way.”

Wen Lang said irritably, “Can you put away your fake smile? Don’t smile if you don’t want to.”

Hearing that, Jiang Dong stopped smiling. He didn’t expect Wen Lang to say that. After a while, he said, “Okay. Then don’t waste time. We’ll take turns to take it, I’ll go first.” After his fake smile is exposed, Jiang Dong stopped doing it and immediately became more relaxed, as if he had put down a burden.

Wen Lang: “Better right? Acting all day is really tiring. Alright, hurry up.”

Jiang Dong stretched out his hand to pick the clock. As soon as he touched it, a young male ghost with a steel pipe appeared. However, the ghost looked really ugly. His face looks like it got squeezed out of shape and then stretched out. A ghostly appearance indeed.

“You want to get the clock? It depends on whether I agree with that or not.” After speaking, the ghost didn’t stop to say any more nonsense. He waved the steel pipe and dashed towards the two.

Wen Lang is completely unprepared. So they are going to start fighting without any notice? What about the guessing game? He has already thought about what to pick for the first round. The NPC not following the pattern is too unreasonable! Why is the difference between their team is so big? So he and Jiang Dong are The Unfortunate Ones huh?

Jiang Dong responded quickly. With a flick of his hand, a strip of bandage flew out, wrapping around the ghost. The ghost fell to the ground with a plop.

“Ahhh! I’m going to kill you!” The Steel Pipe Ghost got up and struggled out of the bandage. The next instant, Wen Lang’s whip snapped in the air, hitting the Steel Pipe Ghost instantly. The Steel Pipe Ghost screamed out in pain. Its skin is torn and the flesh is visible, but there is no blood.

Taking the opportunity, Jiang Dong threw out another strip of bandage and wrapped it around the ghost. Next, his blade flew towards the steel pipe ghost like a petal. Wen Lang’s whip keep snapping at the ghost, and after a while, the steel pipe ghost disappeared into the air.

When the surroundings returned to normal, Jiang Dong took off the clock and set it back to the correct time.

Wen Lang put away the whip and asked, “Doctor Jiang, are there any usage restrictions on your bandages and blades?”

Jiang Dong is about to smile out of reflex, but immediately pressed down the urge, “No restriction for bandages, but for the blade, I can use about 300 times a day.”

Wen Lang sighed and thought to himself, why other people’s spirit weapons are so awesome while he only gets a limited deck of poker? Still, it’s better than nothing. Fortunately, he managed to exchange a chain whip as a weapon.

There seemed to be nothing in common to talk about between the two, so they walked to the next door in silence. Next, it is Wen Lang’s turn to take the clock.

…

Walking to the 3rd office, Lou Fan found a clock, hidden in a cabinet. Then, he pushed Chen Shuyang towards the clock.

Chen Shuyang: “Brother Lou, can’t you be nicer to your younger brother?”

Lou Fan ignored Chen Shuyang who is pretending to be pitiful and said, “Take out your short sword and get the clock. Qin Tan and I are right behind you, what are you afraid of?”

Chen Shuyang had a martyred expression on his face, “Okay, Brother Lou. But you must look out for me.”

“Don’t talk nonsense, hurry up.”

Chen Shuyang took a deep breath and touched the clock with his fingers. This time, an old man ghost appeared. He looked similar to the type of old man one sees in the guard room, with a chessboard in front of him. Chen Shuyang breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be playing chess, which he knows a bit. He can play a little bit of Go and Chinese chess.

The old man touched his nonexistent beard and said with a smile, “Come here and play a game of chess with this old man. If you win, you can do anything.”

Chen Shuyang sat down with Lou Fan’s encouraging eyes, “Mister, are we playing Go? I only know a little bit.”

The uncle smiled mysteriously and shook his head slowly. He said solemnly, “No, no, I can’t play Go, let’s play Gomoku.”

Gomoku!

Chen Shuyang is speechless, this is really unusual for a game. For a high achiever like him, he has never played a time-wasting game like Gomoku. Is it too late to switch participants? He turned to look at Lou Fan.

Lou Fan shrugged and said he don’t know too well about it either. After thinking for a moment, he said, “You just have to connect 5 points together. It’s very simple. We believe in you.”

Chen Shuyang’s expression is a bit indescribable.

The old man picked up a black piece and placed it in the center, “Your turn. Take the white one, and let’s start.”

Chen Shuyang is worthy of being called a high achiever. Holding the white piece and looking at the board for 2 minutes, he recalled how his deskmate and the classmate behind played chess using a workbook to draw a grid back in high school. But they used one black and one red pen to play and simply draw circles as their piece. Putting down a white piece with a snap, Chen Shuyang felt that he already knew how to play.

Another white and black piece is placed on the board. Seeing that the white piece is about to connect to 5 points, Chen Shuyang secretly felt happy inside and waited for the last one in his hand to be placed. In the next instant, he saw the black piece fall on a white piece and superimposed on it.

Chen Shuyang: “!!!”

“You cheated!” Chen Shuyang yelled, pointing at the old man.

The old man only smiled, “Ah, did anyone see me cheating?”

The three stayed silent for a while. Well, no one really saw him cheating.

“Shuyang, calm down.” Lou Fan comforted Chen Shuyang.

Chen Shuyang is furious inside, but there is nothing he could do. Looking at the chessboard silently, he no longer focused on attacking but turning to defense. He would block one side if the black pieces connected to 3 pieces in a row until the black pieces had nowhere to go. But then he still wouldn’t attack.

The black pieces are once again connected to 3 pieces in a row and the old man is waiting for Chen Shuyang to block one side. As soon as the white piece is placed, the old man moved to put the black piece on the other end to form 4 pieces in a row.

At that moment, Chen Shuyang said quietly, “You lost.”

The old man froze, and he frowned at the chessboard. After the black pieces are blocked 3 consecutive times by the white pieces, they eventually formed a line and connected exactly to 5 pieces; no more, no less!

Seeing the old man’s ghostly expression, Chen Shuyang finally couldn’t hold back and laughed out loud. “Hahahahaha! I won, I won! See if you dare to cheat again! La la la la!” He is so happy that he felt like flying.

This feeling is so cool!

Both Lou Fan and Qin Tan laughed, they didn’t expect Chen Shuyang to be able to play this hand. Lou Fan felt that Chen Shuyang seemed to have grown up. It had only been so long, the boy who was trembling with fear before had become a person who could stand on his own.

The old man probably didn’t expect that he could lose even when he cheated, so he almost got choked. Lou Fan can imagine the ghost might have been angered to death in the first place.

“Hmph! Consider yourself lucky!” The old man snorted arrogantly. Then he shrugged and disappeared.

Chen Shuyang made a face in the direction of the ghost and quickly picked up the clock to set the time back. Lou Fan disdained that the clock is too big, so he didn’t take it with him this time. It is already 3 hours from the time they started looking for the clock, and right now they only adjusted three. To complete adjusting 250 clocks, one does not know how long it’ll take.

Qin Tan glanced at the time, “Let’s go to meet up with Wen Lang and Jiang Dong, and then have a rest.”

When they got to the hall, they did not see Wen Lang and Jiang Dong. The two are probably still in a duel. Lou Fan walked to the sofa beside the hall and sat down. Putting down his backpack, he waved at the other two.

“Come and sit, take a rest.” Lou Fan patted the sofa, “It’s quite comfortable.”

Qin Tan sat next to Lou Fan and took out a bottle of water from his bag. After unscrewing it, he handed it to Lou Fan. Lou Fan took the bottle and drank it. Wiping off the water stains from the corner of his mouth, he suddenly said, “I wonder what the daytime is like in here? If the staff came to work, can we still continue to search for the clocks?”

Chen Shuyang’s eyes widened immediately in surprise, “No way. Brother Lou, don’t raise flags.” The adjustment process took enough time. If they can’t do the task during the day, how can they complete their mission?

Qin Tan: “This possibility is not impossible. There are still 5 hours before working hour so we better speed up. Let’s wait for the two to come out first to discuss it.”

Lou Fan nodded, “It’s best if we can do the tasks during the day, of course. But what if?”

Chen Shuyang rubbed his hair irritably, “Ah ah ah, why aren’t there guides to read? At least with a guide, I can roughly know what should we do. Otherwise, having to guess the rules every time is a waste of time.”

In his heart, Lou Fan thought, it may not be that there are no guides. It’s just that no one talks about it. Perhaps if they have enough things to exchange, they can post the information directly on the electronic screen. Thinking of this, he said melancholy, “Need to collect more things. We should take all the clocks that have been adjusted just now. What if we can take it back and exchange it for points?”

As the saying goes, ‘Poverty stunts ambition.’ (Poor people has lower expectation) Right now, they even wanted to pack up task items to take away.

Hearing that, Qin Tan paused for a moment. Then he got up and walked towards the first office. 10 minutes later, he came back empty-handed.

Lou Fan stood up immediately, “Where’s the clock?”

Qin Tan spread his hands, “It’s gone, it’s all disappeared. Neither the first nor the third room has it.”

“Damn it!” Lou Fan cursed and swiftly turned around to pull his backpack open. Luckily, the watch he found in the second room is still inside. “If you don’t collect it after the adjustment, it will disappear. It’s a big loss!”

As the three are talking, Wen Lang and Jiang Dong came out from the other side and they looked a little disheveled.

Qin Tan asked, “Did you encounter a direct fight?”

Wen Lang is exhausted and Jiang Dong nodded, “Yes, both matches are direct fights.”

Lou Fan: “…” The luck of these two is too bad.

Seeing Lou Fan’s expression, Wen Lang exclaimed, “You guys haven’t met any, have you?”

Chen Shuyang wanted to laugh a little and said, “One arm wrestling, one Gomoku chess game.”

Jiang Dong: “???”

Wen Lang: “!!!”

It’s kind of unfair! Why do they have to fight to the death, while the other team just wrestle their arms and play chess…

Qin Tan also laughed and then he told them about their guess on daytime staff. Hearing that, Wen Lang is about to curse out, but he is a little depressed now. So he slumped on the sofa and pretended to be dead. Jiang Dong agrees with their guess. But thinking of the fights they encountered just now starting right away without notice, he felt that it might be dangerous if they split up.

Lou Fan thought for a while and said, “Let’s do it this way then. Qin Tan and I will split up, so at least we have 3 groups now.”

Lou Fan and Qin Tan are both good with their skills, so it’s no problem to do it alone. Chen Shuyang will follow Qin Tan though. Lou Fan is a little worried about the fact that Qin Tan had a black (unlucky) hand and the duels would be too difficult.

When they arranged the grouping, it is already 4.30 am. They packed up and continued with their search. However, before that, Wen Lang squeezed Lou Fan’s hand and said, “Brother Lou, share a bit of your luck with me. If we continue fighting like this, Jiang Dong and I can’t hold on.”

Hearing Wen Lang said it pitifully, Lou Fan simply wanted to laugh. He drew an arrow from the quiver and handed it to Wen Lang, “Take it, Brother Lou will bless you!”

Wen Lang grinned and inserted the arrow into his backpack. Immediately, he felt like Brother Lou’s light of blessing is shining on him.

Lou Fan stopped Qin Tan too and asked him to take out his dagger. Then he said, “I’ll change my dagger with you. Brother Lou will bless you too.”

Qin Tan: “…”

Next, Lou Fan raised his arms and shouted, “Our goal is to collect all the clocks, go forward!” Except for the ones that are too big, they shall collect as many as they can.

As the person handling the finance, he has hard work ahead of him. In order to get enough stuff to exchange for points, Lou Fan went all out.

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There are 2 sets of desks and chairs in the small office, and 2 data cabinets at the side. Then, there is a storage box for each desk, a computer, and nothing else. It looked normal, nothing ‘unclean’ can be seen.

Qin Tan led the way and walked in slowly, followed by 4 people. When Jiang Dong is about to come in, Lou Fan stopped him and said, “Doctor Jiang, you should stay at the door, in case we all get locked out.” That’s how it’s played out in the movies – the last person goes in, the door slams shut, and the group disappears.

Jiang Dong nodded and stood at the door with a smile as he waited.

At first glance, they don’t see any clocks in the office. Seeing that there isn’t any danger in the office, everyone mustered the courage to look around. Lou Fan opened the data cabinet, which contained a black alarm clock.

“There’s an alarm clock here.” Lou Fan shouted, and everyone gathered around. The time shown in the clock is indeed 1:35 am. Lou Fan reached out to take it, but Qin Tan grabbed his hand, “I’ll do it.”

Lou Fan rejected and said, “I’ll do it.”

Lou Fan reached out and picked up the alarm clock. In a blink of an eye, a figure appeared in the air, suspended 10 centimeters above the ground. His figure is transparent, his face looked pale, and he looked like a ghost no doubt. Lou Fan turned his head around and, unsurprisingly, Jiang Dong is behind them. The entire space seemed to be isolated, and the offices around them were no longer clear but looked blurred through a layer of veil.

“Oh ho ho ho, someone is here again!” The ghost grinned so widely that the corners of his mouth are pulled up to his ears. Obviously, it should be scary, but Lou Fan didn’t know why he wanted to laugh.

The ghost’s eyes swept across the 5 people, and he nodded with satisfaction upon seeing that no one attacked, “You guys did well. Do you want to reset the clock? Then play a guessing game of rock paper scissors with me. If you win, you can adjust it. But if you lose, it’s the end.”

“Guess game? Are you serious?” Lou Fan felt incredible and asked, “What happened when we lose?”

Seeing how Lou Fan is not afraid of him at all, the ghost snorted softly, “If you lose, you’ll lose your life!”

That’s quite expected, but why rock paper scissors?

Before Lou Fan could figure it out, the ghost roared, “Hurry up and send someone out to play the guessing game with me.”

The team gathered around and began to discuss who should do it. Except for Jiang Dong, everyone else pointed to Lou Fan.

Lou Fan turned to Jiang Dong, “Doctor Jiang, are you good at guessing games?”

Jiang Dong got taken aback and replied, “I’ve never played this before.”

Lou Fan nodded and started rolling up his sleeves, looking like he is going to fight – his childhood instinct is a bit stimulated. He hadn’t played this game for a long time. He stood in front of the pale-faced ghost, stretched out a fist, and said, “Let’s start.”

The blue-faced ghost gave Lou Fan a contemptuous look, “It would be 2 wins in 3 rounds, don’t pretend to be ignorant.”

Lou Fan: “…” Who is pretending?

“Rock paper scissors!” The blue-faced ghost said aloud like a child.

In the first round, Lou Fan showed a paper gesture, and he won.

The blue-faced ghost bared his teeth at Lou Fan like a threat, “Again! Rock paper scissors!”

In the second round, both Lou Fan the blue-faced ghost played the scissors so it is a draw.

The blue-faced ghost smiled provocatively, “Haha, come again! Rock paper scissors!”

In the third round, Lou Fan showed the rock gesture, while the blue-faced ghost showed scissors so Lou Fan won.

The blue-faced ghost changed his expression in an instant and wanted to pounce towards Lou Fan. Qin Tan clenched the Tang sword in his hand and was just about to pull Lou Fan’s wrist with force.

Lou Fan: “2 wins in 3 rounds, don’t pretend to be ignorant.”

The blue-faced ghost deflated like a balloon that has been punctured. He turned around and waved his hand dejectedly, “You have won, goodbye.” How pitiful his back looks!

The next moment, the scenery around the team returned to when they went in just now. There are no ghosts around, and Qin Tan held the clock in his hand. Taking a glance at Lou Fan, Qin Tan twisted the spring at the back and adjusted to the same time as his watch.

“This is the end?” Chen Shuyang and Wen Lang felt a little weird.

Chen Shuyang scratched his head, “What kind of mission is this? It couldn’t be we simply play rock paper scissors for the rest of the clocks and then win the game?”

Looking into Chen Shuyang’s sincere questioning eyes, Lou Fan said, “Won’t it be too casual?”

Even Jiang Dong is a little dumbfounded, confused.

Qin Tan stayed calm as he looked at the clock that is back to normal and started to think. After a while, he said, “Except for the time to find the clock, it took us 10 minutes from contact with this ghost to the end. If we stay together all the time, the time is a bit tight. Moreover, we still need to rest, and we cannot rule out that we might need to fight the ghost for real to win them.”

Lou Fan thought for a while and nodded in agreement, “Qin Tan is right. Guessing game maybe just one of the ways. But the basic should be we need to deal with the ghosts behind every clock, and we can only set the time back to the correct time if we win. Thinking it this way, it’s too inefficient if we all stay together.”

It is too dangerous to separate individually so they finally determine to split into 2 groups. But it is difficult to decide how to divide the group. Lou Fan waved his hand and said that they should play a hand flip game to decide – who flipped to the same side will form the same team.

Team 1 would be Qin Tan, Lou Fan, and Chen Shuyang, while Wen Lang and Jiang Dong would be in Team 2.

The result caused Wen Lang to show a dark face, but he couldn’t say anything. With such a fair method of grouping, he could only say that he is unlucky. Jiang Dong only smiled indifferently, as if he didn’t mind who he is teamed with.

“That’s it then, we will meet in the lobby in 2 hours.” Qin Tan said, “Wen Lang and Jiang Dong, you go to the right, and the three of us are in charge of this side, is it alright?”

Everyone nodded their heads. Wen Lang and Jiang Dong walked out of the office to the right of the hall.

Lou Fan said with a smile, “It’s good to let those 2 get familiar with each other. Jiang Dong is actually pretty good, so I don’t know why Wen Lang felt that he is not pleasing to the eye.”

Qin Tan: “Even if he dislikes him, he still has to get along. We are doing this to survive, not to form a team to play games.”

Lou Fan laughed, it actually felt a bit like playing a game, at least he thought this time is easier than the first 2 missions.

The planning of the office in this prefecture hall is a bit strange. The office doors on both sides are not aligned as usual design. If one doesn’t go to the opposite side to see, one won’t be able to see what’s happening there on this side.

The 3 walked into the office next door, and the layout is exactly the same as the first one. It seemed that all office rooms had the same layout. After another carpet search, Chen Shuyang found a watch in the file box. Qin Tan gestured towards the two of them and reached for the watch. A burly man appeared in front of them and the surroundings became blurred again. Lou Fan clenched the bow in his hand, ready to shoot an arrow at any time. In his heart, he thought to himself that this time there should be a tough fight.

The appearance of the big man is not terrifying, but it can still be seen that he is dead and is a ghost.

Chen Shuyang stood behind Lou Fan and whispered, “Fortunately, these ghosts are not as scary as the ones in the movie.” In the movie, they were all bloodied, with blue faces and fangs. Their hair is so long that it touched the ground, aiming to scare people to the maximum.

Without waiting for the big man to speak, Qin Tan said, “What kind of match do you want?”

Since Qin Tan asked first, the big man didn’t say what he is going to say. His eyes swept the three of them and he smiled, “Hehe, arm wrestling.”

Lou Fan glanced at the ghost’s arms that are comparable to his own thighs, and turned speechless: This is a blatant cheat.

Lou Fan looked at Qin Tan worriedly but Qin Tan returned a soothing look and turned to the big man to ask, “What are the rules?”

“1 match to decide the winner.” The big man is going to win so he said with a smug look on his face.

Qin Tan nodded and removed his backpack. A set of tables and chairs suddenly appeared in front of him. Qin Tan sat on it, rolled up his sleeves, and showed his strong arms. The big guy on the opposite side is wearing a tank top and his arms are bulging, it’s obvious that he is not easy to mess with. He sat down on the chair with a plop, and his small mountain-like body seemed to be about to collapse the chair.

“We’ll start at the count of 1, 2, 3.”

The two linked their arms. Lou Fan is a little curious if Qin Tan could actually touch a ghost, but it seems he really can. The two of them charged with energy and their arm muscles bulged. At first glance, Qin Tan seemed to have no chance of winning.

“1, 2, 3, start.”

After the big man counted down, the two of them immediately exerted force, refused to give in to each other. Qin Tan’s expression is stern as he secretly exerted his strength, while the big man is grinning. Without a doubt, he is also going all out. The big man is still smiling at first, but after a while, beads of sweat could be seen on his forehead. Qin Tan also gritted his teeth secretly, and the two are evenly matched.

Chen Shuyang opened his mouth in surprise. He didn’t expect Qin Tan’s strength to be so strong. Compared to the ghost’s arm, the size of Qin Tan’s arm obviously belongs to the category of normal people, but he can fight against the big man, not to mention that the opponent is a ghost.

Lou Fan was cheering Qin Tan secretly from behind when he suddenly glimpsed the grim expression of the big man on the opposite side. Without thinking, he made a face at the big man. The big man got stunned for a moment, and just like that, Qin Tan suddenly exerted his strength. With a bang, the big man’s arm is pushed down on the table.

He actually lost?! The big man widened his eyes in disbelief. Then suddenly realized that it was Lou Fan’s fault, he jumped up from the chair, “I’m going to crush you!”

Lou Fan pulled Qin Tan back and said, “You bet, you pay. Don’t act dumb!”

The big man glared at Lou Fan angrily but stopped moving forward. He warned fiercely, “Don’t let me see you again. Otherwise, next time, I will definitely crush you.”

Lou Fan grinned and waved at the ghost, “See you next time then.”

Ghost: “…” I’ve never seen someone with such thick skin.

Chen Shuyang got stunned by Lou Fan’s bizarre behavior and didn’t recover from that for a while. Then he murmured, “Brother Lou, you are really amazing.”

Lou Fan: “It’s not amazing, it’s cleverness. At the same time, I wanted to test if it’s true that they won’t be able to fight back as long as we win. Now, it seems like this is the case.” These ghosts must be restricted by something, as long as the winner is determined, the ghost can’t do anything about it.

The surroundings recovered again and Qin Tan picked up the watch to adjust the time. The watch started to work normally, and he put the watch back in place. Lou Fan paused and picked up the watch. After a moment of thought, he put it in his backpack.

Wen Lang and Jiang Dong walked into the first office on the right. They didn’t speak a word and started looking for the clock in tacit understanding. However, they searched all over and couldn’t find it. Who would have thought when Jiang Dong turned around, he saw the round clock hanging on the wall.

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Banana: Hey guys, please forgive me for the late chapter yo. It was Chinese New Year holidays and I got no time to translate. Moreover, I didn’t stockpile after jj’s news _(;3/ gimme some time and the schedule will continue as usual yo~

Banana: The mission world this time refers to something happened back in Shimane on 2013.

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Jiang Dong came to Lou Fan’s residence on time, at 10.00 am again. The group of 5 people sat together, with a pot of sweet fruit tea at the side, which is Lou Fan’s favorite.

After Chen Shuyang made the last stroke on the notebook, he raised his head and adjusted his glasses. Then he said, “In 2013, there was a supernatural incident in the Shimane Prefecture Office. There were 250 clocks in the prefecture office, and they all stopped at 1.35 am at the same time. The next morning, the staff set the clock back to the correct time, but no one knows why the 250 clocks stopped working together. This is my summary of the paranormal event in Shimane Prefecture.”

Jiang Dong has a smile on his face as he listened to Chen Shuyang’s words attentively, occasionally showing a contemplative expression.

Lou Fan spread his hands, “Alright, the mission world is completely paranormal. Does anyone else know more about it?”

Qin Tan and Wen Lang cannot be counted on so Lou Fan looked at Jiang Dong expectantly. Seeing Lou Fan’s hopeful eyes, Jiang Dong couldn’t hold back and chuckled. He is a handsome guy with a defined face, so his smile is quite attractive.

“I don’t understand this kind of thing. So sorry.” Jiang Dong said.

Fine then. Lou Fan doesn’t expect anyone to know the inside story anyway. After all, he is not from the R country (Japan). For Chen Shuyang to know even about this, it’s amazing.

“Okay.” Lou Fan slumped on the table weakly, “Qin Tan, I’ll leave it to you.”

Qin Tan gave Lou Fan a helpless look but his eyes are filled with smiles, “Okay. Then, let’s discuss what we need to prepare.”

The world background is a modern society and a prefecture office no less so field tools are not needed. The most important thing is food and drink, as well as lighting tools, etc. These are not within the scope of Lou Fan’s consideration. He only needs to know what to bring in the end, and then proceed with the exchange. To put it bluntly, he only needs to spend money.

However…

“Doctor Jiang, this is only a suggestion of what to prepare. You can see for yourself what else needs to be added or removed.” Lou Fan is afraid that Jiang Dong would mistakenly think that they are making a list of must-bring items, so he quickly explained.

Jiang Dong nodded, “I know. Your plan is very comprehensive, I think it’s very good.” However, he is currently a poor man. He didn’t bring anything back from the last mission, so the things he can bring to the next mission are not much.

Wen Lang and Chen Shuyang developed a new function for Chen Shuyang’s book. They put everything that could be put in and brought a lot of gadgets. For example, food and drink, knives, daily necessities, etc… It has become a treasure chest of small items. As for the big items, they didn’t bring much this time. Chen Shuyang felt relaxed and only has to carry his precious book in his backpack. Now, he no longer felt that his book is useless.

When Jiang Dong is about to leave, Qin Tan stopped him. “Doctor Jiang, do you need our help? If you don’t have enough points, we can prepare a set of necessities for you. Even if you are not in our team in the future, we can continue to use the items. Or, you can return it to us when you have points, which is fine too.”

Jiang Dong felt surprised but he is an easy-going person, “Okay, please help me to prepare a set.”

When Jiang Dong didn’t speak, Qin Tan can guess about his situation. They are in the same team now. Daily necessities are actually very cheap, but when one has nothing to exchange for them, it is a huge sum of money.

December 6th at 11:00 pm.

The group of 5 gathered at the station on time. Anticipating that there might be a fierce battle tonight, everyone took a nap a while earlier. Except for Lou Fan, they all waited energetically for the train to arrive.

At 11.30 pm, 3 men and 3 women walked to the platform and stood beside their group. The leader is a long-haired woman who is a charming and mature big sister type. She is very beautiful, the type with a high rate of turning heads (to check her out). If she wears a pair of garter stockings, it can make all men have nosebleeds.

Lou Fan is dozing off against the pillar when he heard someone talking nearby. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful woman standing in front of Qin Tan, and immediately woke up.

“Are you the leader?” The big beauty is a little cold, but she looked at Qin Tan with a friendly look, “My name is Tong Fei, and I’m the leader of the intermediate level[1] team. Your mission world is Shimane Prefecture office, right?”

Qin Tan nodded, “Yes, Shimane Prefecture office. I’m Qin Tan.”

Tong Fei narrowed her eyes and is about to speak again when Lou Fan called out, “Qin Tan, come here for a second.”

Qin Tan turned around immediately. Lou Fan pretended to search around in his bag and asked Qin Tan, “I don’t think I brought my flashlight?”

Qin Tan took the bag and fished out the flashlight from the inner compartment, “I put it in the inner compartment for you.”

Lou Fan smiled, “Oh, I thought I didn’t bring it.”

Behind Tong Fei, Jiang Rou and Wang Xiaoyun get together and scream in a low voice, “Damn, that person felt like a true ‘shou’ ah! He’s a good match with the team leader!”

Wang Xiaoyun glanced at the group of 5 people and nodded with satisfaction, “All 5 are good-looking and have a great appearance. I bet there are 2 pairs (of lovers inside).”

“Why don’t you say that there is a love triangle inside instead?” Jiang Rou rolled her eyes and stared at Lou Fan and Qin Tan. Drooling again, she said, “Look at how gentle that leader is, he even helped to take the backpack! Come on, give a princess carry.”

Wang Xiaoyun felt speechless and said, “Hey, calm down! Don’t be so loud.”

Tong Fei looked back at the 2 lightly, “You two behave. It’s not nice if the others heard it.”

Jiang Rou and Wang Xiaoyun immediately motioned to zip their mouth with a smile.

Lou Fan got up and walked to Tong Fei with Qin Tan. Tong Fei’s eyes swept over the two of them, revealing a thoughtful smile. “Can you tell me about your mission?”

Qin Tan: “Restore 250 clocks to the correct time. The time limit is 7 days.”

Tong Fei raised her eyebrows, “Our mission is to find the murderer of Riri Ono before 01:35 am, based on the testimony of the 6 suspects and Riri Ono. The location is the innermost conference room on the 6th floor of the prefecture office.”

Both teams have different types of tasks. One is paranormal while the other is puzzle-solving. It seems they can’t help each other.

Lou Fan felt like he heard something wrong and asked, “What about the time limit? It just stated ‘before 01:35 am’?” This time limit is too strange.

Tong Fei looked helpless as she said, “We don’t know either. The mission only gave us this time limit, we can only find out later.” Glancing at Lou Fan’s bow, Tong Fei gave a word of appreciation, “Your spirit weapon is good.”

Lou Fan laughed and glanced at the weapon beside her, “My name is Lou Fan. Your weapon is cool too.”

Tong Fei’s weapon is a big sword, which is close to 1 meter long. With her temperament, she is extremely domineering. It seems that no one would be that blind to covet her beauty.

The two smiled at each other. After that, the teams stood separately. When the whistle of the train appeared, everyone who seemed to be calm took a deep breath and stepped on the train.

10 minutes later, the train arrived at its destination, the Shimane Prefectural Office.

Time: 01:00 am.

As usual, the newcomers screamed and shouted but this time no one tore up the flyers, and they all left the station smoothly. When they saw the Japanese words, they realized that this is not a prank.

The lower-level team has 5 members, the higher-level team has 6 members, and there are 5 newcomers. A group of 16 people stood outside the door of the prefectural office in the early hours of midnight. Looking at the gloomy prefectural office in front of them, they only felt a chill running down their bodies.

“Where the hell is this place? Wuuuu…”

“I want to go home…”

The newcomers huddled together and cried softly.

Chen Shuyang pulled up his collar, “It’s really cold, what season are they having now? Fortunately, I listened to Brother Lou and wore more clothes.”

Lou Fan also pulled up the zipper silently but the cold air is still pouring in from his neck. This cold is not a problem of lack of clothes, but a type of bone-bitting cold.

The newcomers at the back are very noisy. Jiang Dong kept his eyes fixed to the front. But Wen Lang felt a little irritable, and shouted at the back, “You guys, keep quiet and don’t talk nonsense. Just follow along and obey the instructions on the watch. Talk more will only make you die faster.”

The newcomers got frightened by the last part of his sentence and stopped talking as they looked at their watches.

Tong Fei and her team took out their weapons, getting ready. Tong Fei said to Lou Fan’s team, “We are going first, I wish you all the best.”

Qin Tan nodded, and Lou Fan said, “You too. If we finish ahead of time, we’ll come up and take a look.”

Tong Fei showed a friendly smile but said nothing, and left with her team members. Their goal is the conference room on the 6th floor. There is still half an hour left, and they don’t know what kind of situation they will meet.

Watching the other team leave, Qin Tan asked Wen Lang to explain a little to the newcomers and ask them to find a place to stay by themselves. As for food and water, they couldn’t provide for them this time. The newcomers could only rely on themselves.

Seeing that it is already 1:20 am, Qin Tan and the others are about to enter the prefectural office. Walking to the door, Jiang Dong suddenly called out to stop Qin Tan.

“Leader Qin, shouldn’t we go in after 1:35 am?” Jiang Dong glanced at his watch and said, “Since the clock stops at 1:35 am, it’s not time yet, which means it’s still running. It’s useless to go in now.”

After Jiang Dong said that, Lou Fan felt that his words are reasonable. He hadn’t thought about this issue before. Since the time limit is 7 days, waiting a few more minutes won’t hurt. Lou Fan and Qin Tan looked at each other and nodded, “Dr. Jiang is right. Why didn’t we think of this issue before?”

Jiang Dong: “I’m also reminded of this after hearing Tong Fei’s task.”

The newcomers hid in the reception room tremblingly. Their task only needed them to stay in the prefectural office for 7 days. Once they entered the building, the countdown began.

15 minutes later, their group of 5 people entered the gate of the prefectural office. Tong Fei and her team members had already disappeared from the door, and the inside looked no different from the general prefectural office. The only difference is that it is colder inside.

There is not much difference between this prefectural office from China’s one, they are all the same office space. As soon as one enters the building, there is the main hall, and then there are various offices on both sides.

Lou Fan suddenly had a headache, “Could it be we have to search in every office? I have a bad hunch, maybe this is a game of hide-and-seek. It will take a lot of time to find all 250 clocks.”

Qin Tan glanced left and right, “Let’s take a look together first, where to go?”

Lou Fan thought for a while, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the left, “This way.” Qin Tan raised his foot and walked to the left.

Jiang Dong walked beside Chen Shuyang and asked in a low voice, “Why Leader Qin…”

Before Jiang Dong could finish his words, Chen Shuyang understandingly took over, “Brother Qin doesn’t like to make choices, so he usually let Brother Lou choose. Also, Brother Lou has good luck every time.”

Jiang Dong nodded to show his understanding. Luck is also a part of strength, especially in this world.

The doors of the office are all closed. Lou Fan don’t recognize the words on the doors, and of course, he didn’t want to either. Qin Tan held his Tang sword in his hand and gestures everyone to stand behind him. Lou Fan held the bow in his hand while Wen Lang pinched a poker at his fingertips. Chen Shuyang stood behind Lou Fan with the short sword in his hand, and Jiang Dong stood at the back with a relaxed look.

Qin Tan gently twisted the doorknob and pushed it open with the tip of his Tang sword. The door creaked and opened slowly.

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[1] Banana: The author wrote intermediate level but their mission is the harder one. Not sure if the author mentioned about the levels somewhere and I missed it, but from what I understand, whichever team has higher overall level than the other team, they will be taking the higher level mission despite their level is not high enough to be expert or something.

Random: If you don’t know already, 250 means idiot in Chinese slang, hehe

Banana: Also, I am going to continue the translation of this novel until further announcements from JJ, like the intl ver is starting and this novel received its official MTL heh.

He Yong’s mission this time is in a notorious ghost town. Both the mission of the lower-level team and the newcomer team is only to survive for 7 days, while the mission of the higher-level team is to get one thing from the town’s police station. He Yong is a cautious person, but unfortunately, he got careless before the task started and did not make sufficient preparations. Lack of weapons and medicines, and misjudgment have resulted in too many casualties among team members, making it impossible to treat all of them. If it wasn’t for a doctor in the lower-level team, neither he nor Li Xin would have survived.

When He Yong talked about the town, there is a slight trembling in his tone, and Li Xin showed fear in her eyes. Lou Fan sighed and filled their cup with hot tea. He comforted, “Team leader He, don’t blame yourself too much. I’m sure they won’t blame you.”

He Yong sighed and shook his head.

This time, the blow to He Yong is great, they are afraid he won’t be able to recover for a while. Lou Fan smiled and invited, “Team leader He, Sister Li Xin, stay for lunch. In our mission this time, we are lucky and it went well. Consider this meal as us wishing you all the best in your next mission.”

Qin Tan patted He Yong on the shoulder, pulled him to the table, and handed him a bottle of beer. He Yong is probably suffocated with frustration, so he picked up the beer and poured it down his mouth. Li Xin is also pulled to the table by Lou Fan. Lin Man Man tactfully sat beside Li Xin, placing some food and beer for her. At the same time, she talked with her to relieve her emotion.

After drinking for a long time, He Yong’s sullen anger is almost dissipated. He pulled Qin Tan and said, “Actually, I have something to discuss with you today.”

“Just say it.”

Lou Fan listened at the side with pricked ears. He knew that He Yong definitely didn’t come over simply just to see them.

“In the lower-level team who survived with us this time, the doctor is the only one left. Of course, his team is randomly assigned to begin with, so he asked me if I had any recommendations for reliable teams. I thought of you and Lou Fan, so I came to see you about it. If it works between you guys, this can be regarded as redeeming my debt to him.” He Yong raised his head and drank a glass of beer. Putting down the glass, he said, “His skills are not bad and he knows about medicinal stuff. I think he’s quite suitable for your team.”

Qin Tan: “Then let him come over tomorrow and we’ll have a look at each other. We haven’t found all team members yet anyway.”

He Yong finally smiled, “Okay, I’ll tell him when I go back.”

Adding another team member sounds pretty good. As far as the doctor is concerned, at least if someone is injured during the mission, they can be given first aid. As long as they can hold on until they reach the train, everything will be fine. It seems that a doctor should be very popular with all teams. Lou Fan is looking forward to it.

The next day, the doctor arrived at 10.00 am. He’s neither too early nor too late, so it didn’t make people feel awkward. The first impression he gave Lou Fan is he doesn’t look like a refined doctor as Lou Fan imagined. The doctor looks about the same age as Lou Fan, quite handsome but gives a very gentle and stable feeling. Across the gate railing, the doctor stretched out his hand to Lou Fan with a gentle smile, “Hello, I’m Jiang Dong. Team leader He should have introduced me.”

Lou Fan stretched out his hand and smiled, “My name is Lou Fan. Come in first, I’ll call the rest of the team over.”

Jiang Dong retracted his hand and nodded politely, “Thank you.”

Good-looking, gentle and polite. Also, with a strong body and seemed to have regular exercise, Lou Fan had a good first impression of the man.

In 5 minutes, everyone arrived and they sat around the table. Lou Fan made tea for them. The rest of the team had just finished exercising so there seemed to be body heat left in the air. Jiang Dong took out a piece of tissue from his pocket and wiped off the water stains on the edge of the cup. He clasped his hands together and said with a smile, “Hello everyone, it’s the first time we meet. My name is Jiang Dong.”

Qin Tan remained calm while Chen Shuyang smiled friendly. Wen Lang rolled his eyes silently but got spotted by Lou Fan. Lou Fan touched his nose awkwardly, what happened to these people? Not welcoming the new guy?

Lou Fan said with a smile, “I’m sorry, they are a little afraid of strangers. This is our team leader Qin Tan, his spirit weapon is a Tang sword and my spirit weapon is a bow. This is Chen Shuyang, his spirit weapon is a book. Over there is Wen Lang, and his spirit weapon is poker cards.”

Just after Lou Fan finished speaking, Jiang Dong nodded, “En, my spirit weapon is a bandage and a blade.”

Bandage?! Lou Fan felt a little confused, what can a bandage do?

Jiang Dong smiled and stretched out his hand. A white strip of fabric quickly slid across the air, instantly wrapping the chair in front of him a few times. Next, a silver light flashed and a blade swishes out in the air and then swirls back again. The bandages are neatly cut and wrapped tightly around the armrests of the chair. There is no bandage or blade in Jiang Dong’s hands at all.

Amazing! Lou Fan sighed in admiration in his heart. Though this action is a bit flashy, it’s clean and neat. Also, it is unexpected that a bandage can be used like this.

On the other than, speaking of offensive weapons, there are too few people whose spirit weapons are swords like Qin Tan. The main reason is most people don’t usually touch weapons, so Lou Fan wondered what business does Qin Tan does after he retires? Is it selling knives? But that is regulated by the government.

“Good skill.” Qin Tan praised.

Jiang Dong smiled and did not deny the praise; acquiescing to this sentence.

Since this is the first time they met, they are not familiar with each other so Jiang Dong left after a while. Before leaving, they agreed to team up the day before the task is released, and then they will discuss the specifics after the task is released. Lou Fan and Qin Tan sent Jiang Dong outside the door and watched him walk away. Lou Fan squinted, “This doctor is not as simple as he looks.”

Qin Tan nodded, “He’s very good at using bandages and surgical blades. It means he should have practiced a lot with it.”

“As expected, opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared. Those are the people who can adapt quickly to the environment,” Lou Fan sighed.

Qin Tan turned to look at Lou Fan and smiled, “You’re not too bad.”

Being praised inexplicably, Lou Fan raised the corner of his mouth and smiled. Feeling in a good mood, he said, “Let’s go and start training.”

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Wen Lang looked at the bandage wrapped around the chair, and said with a face full of displease, “The hell he comes here to show off? Is it to look down on us? ” His expression is ugly, like a kid whose candy got snatched.

“The guy is just showing his strength.” Chen Shuyang puzzled said. “Jiang Dong looks pretty good. He is gentle and polite. Also, he looks healthier than the average pale and weak doctor. It’s pretty good.”

“Humph!” Wen Lang snorted softly, “That’s just made up for you to see. I know this kind of person best. They are two-faced. They are gentle and polite in front of outsiders, but who knows how they are behind other people’s backs.”

Chen Shuyang raised his glasses and looked at Wen Lang seriously, “I think you probably have persecution paranoia.”

Just as Wen Lang is trying to say something, he saw Lou Fan and Qin Tan coming in. He stopped chatting and asked, “Brother Lou, Brother Qin, what do you think of that Jiang Dong?”

“Very good.” Lou Fan replied, “He looks very reliable, Qin Tan also said that we can cooperate.”

Wen Lang glanced at Qin Tan’s back as he walked towards the kitchen. Pursing his lips, he followed Lou Fan and said, “Actually, I also think he’s pretty good, but we don’t know what his character is like.”

Lou Fan gave Wen Lang a sideways glance. His eyes seemed to ask, are you serious (coming from you, that’s rich)? Wen Lang immediately kept silent and ran into the gym to train.

The training went well, and on the 3rd day, Zhang Xue texted Lou Fan, telling him that she won’t be doing the mission with them this time. Lou Fan replied with an acknowledgment and didn’t say anything more.

…

The phoenix feather arrow steadily hit the bullseye. Lou Fan rolled around on the ground and stood up smoothly. Before he could stand firm, a moving target quickly appeared. He drew his bow but did not aim at all, and the arrow is already fired. With a swoosh, the arrow pierced through the target.

Chen Shuyang ran over and picked the arrow up, “Wow, Brother Lou, you are really a sharpshooter. Every arrow you shot hits the bulls-eye.”

Lou Fan smiled and walked over to pick up all the arrows that had been shot. He exchanged a bucket of phoenix feather arrows from the exchange machine earlier. There are 20 of them, and he spent a few hundred points, which is too expensive. However, the weight of the arrow is suitable and the arrow tip is sharp. All and all, it is a good arrow.

Their team harvested 32 small pearls from Lao Ye Temple mission world. Except for the 4 beads that were given to Zhang Xue, the rest are kept at Lou Fan. There are 28 beads in total, plus some jewelry and stuff. Lou Fan himself had a fish scale robe, and also the little Taoist priest’s half-eaten dry pastry. A small pearl can be exchanged for almost 300 points so it adds up to 8400 points. Lou Fan’s arrows cost nearly 700 points. Not forgetting Wen Lang’s chain whip and Qin Tan’s new dagger, their expenses cost more than a third of their points. After the new mission is released, they will have to exchange consumables too. In the last mission world, the medicines they brought are almost used. They need to replenish that as well as food and necessary tools…

Unfortunately, those beautiful jewels don’t worth much so Lou Fan didn’t even bother to exchange them, and simply threw them into a plate at the side. After doing some calculations, Lou Fan only felt a headache coming. The points are not enough to be spent! Not only do they have to do the task to survive, but they also need to work hard to make money, this is simply squeezing the labor force to the max. Lou Fan looked up at the sky in melancholy, and at of the corner of his eye, he saw Wen Lang absent-mindedly practicing the chain whip. The whip snapped but missed the target.

“Wen Lang, what’s the matter?” One must know that since Wen Lang got the whip, he has been practicing every day like he has been injected chicken blood (stimulant).

Seeing Lou Fan, Wen Lang only pursed his lips and didn’t speak. Lou Fan is not in a hurry and waited for him quietly. After a while, Wen Lang seemed to gather up his courage and said, “Brother Lou, it’s like this… you know that my previous behavior is a bit wrong, right? Someone just came to ask me to return their thing, but I have already exchanged it for points a long time ago. At that time, I really have no other way. If I didn’t get some points before entering the mission, I would probably starve to death, so…”

Lou Fan is also one of those people who got cheated by Wen Lang after all. But Wen Lang is not a bad person, he just likes to trick people.

“En, what do they want?” Since the item is already exchanged for points, they can’t be insisting on the original item, right?

Wen Lang whispered, “Something that worth 50 points.”

Lou Fan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, “You gave me a scare. So, it’s only 50 points, huh? Here, take my jade.” The gems Wen Lang brought back were worth less than jade, and even less than 2 radish flowers added together.

Seeing Wen Lang still looking guilty, Lou Fan said, “Alright now, I’ll still say the same thing. As long as you stay in our team, work hard to survive, and collect more things, you will soon become rich too. We don’t have much use of those jades either. Think how much you can exchange for with a small pearl.”

Wen Lang nodded and looked more relaxed. He promised, “Don’t worry, Brother Lou. I will work hard. I will do whatever you ask me to do in the future.”

On the morning of the 3rd day after resolving Wen Lang’s problems, the mission’s notification arrived.

Mission: Restore the 250 clocks in the Shimane prefectural office to the correct time. Please get on the train on time at 01:00 on December 7th.

Mission time limit: 7 days

Team members: Lou Fan Level 2, Chen Shuyang Level 2, Jiang Dong Level 2, Qin Tan Level 3, Wen Lang Level 3.

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Wen Lang is beaming with happiness. Benefits from joining a team are sure good and choosing to join Lou Fan’s team is a super wise decision.

Qin Tan came out of the room, holding a notebook in his hand, and greeted, “Everyone is here, so let’s begin the meeting.”

Wen Lang immediately put away his sloppy appearance and put on a serious attitude. He walked to the sofa and sat down, ready to listen attentively in the meeting. Everyone sat around the coffee table, with a pot of black tea puffing steam next to them. The cups are filled with tea, and the steam wafted gently, looking very warm.

Lou Fan wrinkled his nose, feeling like there is a strange smell in the air, and asked, “What smell is that? It smells so bad, who hasn’t taken a bath?”

Chen Shuyang and Wen Lang both lowered their heads and sniffed at themselves, only Qin Tan sat undisturbed.

Chen Shuyang raised his head and reported, “I took a shower and changed my clothes yesterday. There’s only the smell of detergent now.”

Lou Fan squinted at Wen Lang. He is still wearing that red sweater, which seemed to have been worn since they got into the small fishing village until now. Could this person be…

“Wen Lang, why didn’t you change your clothes?”

Wen Lang looked stunned as he replied, “I washed it yesterday when I went back home. Could it be I didn’t wash it properly?” He pinched a spot on his chest and smelled it again. Sure enough, there is still an unpleasant smell.

Lou Fan: “Why don’t you change your clothes?”

Wen Lang: “I don’t have any items to exchange for clothes. It’s already good enough if I could exchange for things to eat.”

“Tsk!” Lou Fan shot a disgusted look at Wen Lang before getting up from his seat. He walked to the exchange machine and pressed it a few times. A red sweater and a pair of black pants appeared on the tray. Lou Fan picked it up and threw it to Wen Lang, “Go and change it now. You have already returned to Lazuli but still live so sloppily. Be careful that we might kick you out of the team.”

Wen Lang: “…” Bro, aren’t you a little bit too headstrong? Sure enough, having money in hand is really amazing!

After Wen Lang changed his clothes, Lou Fan signaled Qin Tan to continue the meeting. The three of them didn’t feel anything wrong with Lou Fan’s action just now but Wen Lang simply felt powerless to complain. Their life in Lazuli is precarious, so do they need to be so elaborate with the quality of living? It feels like they are on vacation instead. This atmosphere inexplicably relaxed his tense heart.

Qin Tan put the notebook in the middle, wrote everyone’s name on it, and analyzed them one by one. First is himself. His weapon is the Tang sword, which can be used to deal with monsters or supernatural beings in the mission world. But if he encounters people who are hostile to them, he has no suitable weapon to use so he is currently lacking a close-combat weapon.

Next is Lou Fan. Lou Fan uses a bow, there is no limit to usage, and he has a dagger with him. But speaking of which, his most useful weapon is the bow, so he should carry some arrows with him[1]. The dagger could be used as a surprise weapon.

Chen Shuyang’s book can only be used as a container, of course, they can put some emergency items in for emergencies. The short sword is actually very suitable as his weapon, but he is not familiar with it yet. Hence, the next task is to learn to use the short sword as soon as possible.

As for Wen Lang, his spirit weapon is a poker, which can be used as a hidden weapon. But it cannot be used as the main weapon, with its limited lethality and quantity.

Qin Tan concluded, “In general, the general problem is these that I have listed. Chen Shuyang and Wen Lang need to keep up with the basic physical training, and Wen Lang needs to choose a weapon that he is familiar with. Finally, we need to prepare necessary items for the next mission world. As for what we need, let’s discuss it again later.”

An example of necessary items is the flashlight they used this time. If their team didn’t have the waterproof flashlight, they really have to search blindly in the dark.

Wen Lang took out a bead from his bag and handed it to Qin Tan, “Brother Qin, please help me choose a weapon, I’m not very good at this.”

Qin Tan looked at Wen Lang with a half-smiling smile, “You play poker very well and seemed to be very social, you must have used weapons before.”

Wen Lang showed a wry smile, “I’ve been mingling in the society for a long time so I can play cards. But I’m a good young man. Using a knife or gun is not good! Ha, ha, ha.”

Qin Tan stopped making fun of Wen Lang. Who hasn’t fallen into the pit of life before? He didn’t reject Wen Lang’s little pearl and gave it to Lou Fan. “Okay, I’ll help you choose the weapon. Our beads are all kept at Lou Fan’s storage and yours too. If you need to use it, just ask him to exchange the item.”

Wen Lang smiled and waved his hands again and again, “No, no, it’s fine to let Brother Lou holds them. I’m fine if my meals are taken care of. You see, even my clothing right now is exchanged by Brother Lou.”

Playing with beads in his hands, Lou Fan smiled like a benevolent aunt, “I can take care of your meals and clothing but not including getting you a wife. Work hard to find one yourself!”

Chen Shuyang laughed out loud, and Wen Lang kicked him, “What are you laughing at? You are in a similar situation as mine.”

At noon, in order to celebrate that he has joined the team, Wen Lang took the initiative to prepare lunch and cooked a pulled noodle meal. He is from the north and loves noodles, but he hasn’t eaten it for a long time so he misses it very much.

Lou Fan huddled on the sofa with a small notebook to record the necessities to prepare. Qin Tan sat next to him and wrote the training plan. Lou Fan had long legs, and his legs slid forward as he wrote, casually touching Qin Tan’s foot. Qin Tan didn’t mind as he continued with his planning. After a while, the pair of long legs stretched out onto his lap. During this movement, the bottom of the trousers got rolled up, revealing the fair feet and ankles, as well as a nice-proportioned and firm calf. Qin Tan looked up and saw that Lou Fan had fallen asleep, leaning against the armrest of the sofa. The small book on his chest rose up and down along with his breathing. The way this man fell asleep is completely different from when he is shooting arrows. When holding a bow and arrow, Lou Fan is focused, as if he only has the target ahead in his eyes, his eyes are firm and confident. When he fell asleep, it would remind one of a puppy. The hair on the forehead drooped down, covering the beautiful eyebrows.

Qin Tan lifted the feet from his lap and couldn’t help massaging them. Seem to feel itchy, Lou Fan made an unconscious protest. Qin Tan smiled, straightened Lou Fan’s legs, and took out a blanket to cover him.

“Time to eat…” Wen Lang happily brought out a bowl of noodles, but Qin Tan stopped him before he finished speaking. “Be quiet, we’ll eat first.”

Wen Lang nodded and put down the big bowl. Then he gently went outside to call Chen Shuyang.

…

When Lou Fan woke up from hunger, the other three are leaning in front of the exchange machine to look at the weapons.

Qin Tan: “Can you use a knife?”

Wen Lang thought for 3 seconds before asking, “Does a kitchen knife count?”

Qin Tan: “How about a stick/rod?”

Wen Lang: “Baseball bat?”

Qin Tan: “What do you know actually?”

Wen Lang frowned and thought for a long time. Why does he feel like he is worthless? Just as Chen Shuyang swiped the screen, Wen Lang’s eyes suddenly lit up. He pointed at the screen and said, “Brother Qin, I played this when I was a kid.”

It’s a chain whip. The quality looked good, just that… it’s a little expensive.

“Alright, choose that then.” Lou Fan’s voice sounded behind them. Then, like a devil, he said, “but I can’t buy you even if I sell you. How about this? I’ll lend it to you, but you won’t get anything when we come back from the next mission.”

Wen Lang smiled, “Okay, okay, I will work hard for you on the next mission and collect more things for you.”

Qin Tan glanced at Wen Lang, “Make the noodles first, I’ll study this whip.”

“Okay, just wait 10 minutes, it’ll be ready soon!” Wen Lang cheered and ran into the kitchen with brisk steps.

Chen Shuyang shook his head, “How silly, he got sold and even helped to count the money.”

Lou Fan: “En? Who got sold?”

One should not mess with the money manager, Chen Shuyang immediately smiled, “Brother Lou is awesome! Brother Lou is the best!”

This flattery is so bad that Lou Fan ignored Chen Shuyang and turned to wait for Wen Lang’s noodles. Then, Lou Fan is immediately immersed in the temptation of the food – it is delicious! The noodles are elastic, the marinade is fresh and fragrant, and the seasoning is also excellent.

“Wen Lang, what did you do before? Why don’t we open a noodle shop together after going out of Lazuli?” Lou Fan wanted to promote this craft to the sky.

Qin Tan spoke up, “I’ll chip in a share too.”

Wen Lang smiled but as if thought of something, he said, “I don’t know if I can go out alive. If we can go out, we should open one.”

Speaking of this, the morale suddenly dropped, and Lou Fan poked at the noodle, “We will definitely go out. We work hard and be fully prepared every time, so I believe we will definitely be able to go out.”

Wen Lang looked in the direction of the South Square. Did the person who passed level 16 manage to get out alive or die there in the last mission world?

As the two are talking, Qin Tan had already studied chain whip. The nine-section whip is surprisingly easy to use. With a clever swing, it becomes a stick, and when it is retracted, it becomes a whip.

Qin Tan handed it to Wen Lang, “Take it and study it yourself, it’s very useful.”

“Thank you, Brother Qin.” Wen Lang happily took the whip and tried to shake it. Obviously, he still hadn’t grasped the essence and didn’t succeed on the first try. He touched his head, “Ey, I forgot how to use it, but the quality is really good and it’s quite heavy.”

“The things that are exchanged in Lazuli all are good and excellent quality.” Chen Shuyang has a short sword from Lazuli so he could vouch for that. Then he added, “And your whip is twice as expensive as my sword, so it’s not surprising.”

There should never be infighting within the team, so Lou Fan quickly comforted, “It’s okay, Shuyang. When you’re familiar with your weapon, let’s change for a higher-quality one. There are a lot of good things in the exchange machine.”

Chen Shuyang grinned, “Brother Lou, I’m not jealous of Wen Lang. Just that I wonder when he will be able to pay off his debts, hahaha.”

Lou Fan: “…” He shouldn’t have overestimated Chen Shuyang’s IQ.

In the evening, as planned, Lou Fan called Lin Man Man and Gong Yi over for a big meal to celebrate them getting back to Lazuli alive. Unexpectedly, He Yong and Li Xin also came right after the newcomers arrived.

“Team leader He, long time no see.” Qin Tan said.

He Yong looked exhausted, and though his body looked alright and intact, one could see that he is in poor condition. It seems that their mission this time didn’t go well. Li Xin is much quieter, and her eyes completely lost their luster when Lou Fan first saw her.

Qin Tan brought the two in and Lou Fan asked Chen Shuyang to pour tea for them. Hearing that, He Yong waved his hand, “No need, we’ll go right away. I just come here to see how you guys are doing.” He looked around and took in everyone’s expressions. Then, relief appeared on his face, “It seems that your mission this time went well, that’s good.”

Seeing that He Yong’s state is not right, Qin Tan and Lou Fan looked at each other. They both saw the doubts in the other’s eyes.

“Team leader He, what happened to you this time?” Qin Tan asked.

He Yong sighed and stayed silent for a long time as if caught in a memory. No one bothered him, everyone waited quietly, He Yong finally turned his head to look at the team, his eyes showing the harsh vicissitudes of life, “This time, the whole team almost got annihilated.”

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[1] Banana: A bit confused with this one. My guess is Lou Fan has unlimited arrows but only works to non-human so he needs physical arrow to guard against humans

Lou Fan didn’t know that someone has noted them down in his little black book. They are currently taking Lin Man Man and Gong Yi to register themselves and choose a place to live.

Wen Lang asked, a little worried, “Will Black Scorpion comes to make trouble for us?”

Chen Shuyang who doesn’t have complicated thoughts on the matter patted Wen Lang on the shoulder to comfort him, “Don’t be afraid. Aren’t Brother Qin and Brother Lou here with us? Besides, there are nearly 5,000 people in Lazuli. It won’t be so easy to bump into them.”

With a domineering aura, Qin Tan said, “If Black Scorpion came looking for you, just say what I said earlier. If they still have questions, let them come to me.”

Wen Lang nodded hesitantly, and Chen Shuyang laughed loudly, “Wen Lang, you see, I lived alone but my room is next to Brother Qin’s, so I’m not afraid at all.”

Wen Lang rolled his eyes at Chen Shuyang and ignored him. Back when the time he chose a place to live, he didn’t have any seniors that he is familiar with. It was his mid-level teammate who reminded him to choose a room to stay. He simply pointed to a spot randomly, and his room is decided permanently. Right now, he can’t change it even if he wanted to.

Lin Man Man and Gong Yi are like someone from a village going into a city for the first time, looking around and exclaiming from time to time.

Taking the two into Lazuli’s trading hall, Lou Fan said with a smile, “Go and choose a place to live. After that, go back and take a good rest. I’m exhausted.”

The two agreed and nodded. Gong Yi let Lin Man Man pick first. Lin Man Man looked at the map for a long time and asked Lou Fan, “Brother Lou, where do you live?”

Lou Fan pointed his finger at the screen at one of the buildings, “Here, and Shuyang lives next door.”

Lin Man Man’s eyes lit up, and she selected the room at the other side where Lou Fan lived, “I’ll choose here then.”

Gong Yi chose the room below Lin Man Man’s room. Hence, the 5 of them are staying next to each other.

Lin Man Man turned her head and asked Zhang Xue, “Sister Xue, where do you live?”

Zhang Xue lives further, to the north. Lou Fan and the other 4 live in the south’s 2nd ring, while Wen Lang lives in the southeast area, which is closer. After the room is selected, the group went on their separate ways for today.

Lou Fan said to Wen Lang, “If Black Scorpion comes to find you, remember to direct them to us. Qin Tan and I can deal with them.” He waved his bow after saying that.

Wen Lang pursed his lips but didn’t reply. He just says, “I’ll take my leave first.”

The other 5 people searched for bicycles and rode back to their rooms. Lou Fan asked Chen Shuyang to take the newcomers to their new house while he returned to his room. After a quick shower, Lou Fan soon fell asleep. He didn’t eat dinner and slept until 10.00 the next morning. When he woke up, Lou Fan felt refreshed and felt that he could kill 10 more fish monsters.

His watch beeped. It is a message from Qin Tan saying that after he woke up, he should come over for breakfast. Lou Fan grinned and quickly washed up. Changing his clothes, he rushed upstairs. Chen Shuyang is drinking porridge when he saw Lou Fan come up. He put down his spoon and swallowed the mouthful of seafood porridge with a big gulp. Then, he said with a smile, “Brother Lou, come and have a taste. Brother Qin made a delicious seafood porridge, and the shrimps were still alive when he exchanged it.”

Lou Fan: “…” The exchange machine seemed a little bit too user-friendly.

Hearing Chen Shuyang’s voice, Qin Tan brought out another bowl of porridge and greeted Lou Fan, “Come and eat while it’s hot.”

Lou Fan stared at Qin Tan who is wearing an apron. Qin Tan is a tall and strong person, so the apron is stretched out of shape on his body. Lou Fan held back his smile and gave a thumbs-up, “The apron suits you very well, I give full marks.” After speaking, he lowered his head to hide his laughter.

Qin Tan said helplessly, “Eat properly and don’t choke.”

Lou Fan made a sound of acknowledgment and ate his porridge obediently.

Chen Shuyang felt that there is something strange between the two, but he couldn’t tell what is wrong, so he could only continue to drink his porridge.

“Shuyang, later go out and inform Wen Lang and Zhang Xue to come over. There are still many small pearls to be sorted. I will sort them out later and divide the pearls.” Chen Shuyang changed contact information with the two yesterday. Managing logistics is suitable to be handled by Shuyang in the future.

Lou Fan didn’t think to keep everything, but Wen Lang and Zhang Xue felt a little surprised when they knew Lou Fan wanted to share the small pearls with them. Their 1st and 2nd mission world are probably a bit unpleasant. Lou Fan could even see that they distrusted them as teammates at the beginning. But after that, Qin Tan, Lou Fan, and Chen Shuyang are more reliable than expected so they got along fairly harmoniously. Qin Tan has never been interested in other people’s thoughts while Chen Shuyang’s focus is not on the people. Lou Fan is more sensitive, so he could guess what people are thinking by looking at their expressions.

In addition to the pearls they used, Lou Fan has 32 small pearls in his hand. He and Qin Tan contributed the most, so they received 10 pearls per person. As for Chen Shuyang, Wen Lang, and Zhang Xue, they each received 4 pearls. No one had any opinion on this arrangement. Zhang Xue blushed more than usual, though she only pursed her lips and thanked him. But Lou Fan could see that she is happy. In the small fishing village, the trio only got these pearls, as well as the jewelry from the ship. Lou Fan didn’t take out the fish scale suit and kept it for himself, only Qin Tan knew about it.

After the things are divided, everyone sat together to drink tea. Lou Fan supported his head in his hand, coughed lightly, and glanced over Wen Lang and Zhang Xue. Then he asked, “Not sure what you guys going to do for your next world. Do you want to come with us and team up?”

Lou Fan discussed it with Qin Tan just now and thought that adding Wen Lang and Zhang Xue is fine. Both of them worked hard and they are not lazy. Although Wen Lang cheated them before, he also tried his best to show his worth in the small fishing village. Zhang Xue speaks less but works hard and is not hypocritical. Lou Fan likes this kind of girl.

Both stayed silent as if they didn’t expect Lou Fan to say this.

Zhang Xue only hesitated and said, “I’ll go back and think about it. I’ll give you an answer in 3 days.”

Her attitude is very clear and open so Lou Fan doesn’t feel unhappy. It is normal that people need time to think about it, and of course, he didn’t ask why she would want to think more about it. Zhang Xue left after speaking but Wen Lang is still sitting there, thinking. The others didn’t press him to decide immediately and went to do their own thing. Chen Shuyang got his book out and put one of the beads in it.

When Wen Lang regained his senses and raised his head to speak, he found that there is no one in front of him. He coughed lightly, which caught Lou Fan’s attention, who was lying on the sofa.

Lou Fan sat up and looked at Wen Lang, “So, what is your decision?” He is about to fall asleep.

Wen Lang: “I have thought about it, I want to join you guys.”

Wen Lang has carefully analyzed everyone in the team. Not to mention Qin Tan whose fighting skill is indisputable, Lou Fan is a sharpshooter and each shot is accurate. Also, he found that Lou Fan is very lucky somehow. As for Chen Shuyang, although his fighting skill is not very good, his knowledge is extensive, and his honesty and courage are commendable. Overall, it’s a team worth joining, and would even be better if they add him who is a good talker. This is what Wen Lang thought in his heart, but he still felt a little uneasy. After saying his decision, he looked at Lou Fan and even felt a little nervous.

Lou Fan nodded, “Oh, alright then. Remember to come over for training tomorrow.”

Wen Lang: “…” That’s it?

No, wait. Training?

Just as Wen Lang is about to ask, Lou Fan turned his head back to him and said with a smile, “Oh, by the way, before this, someone tricked away a radish flower from us. I think as a condition for joining us, you should beat him up.”

Wen Lang: “!!!” So the trap is waiting here for him? He admits his wrong, a’ight?

Chen Shuyang, who is beside Wen Lang only shook his shoulders, trying to contain his laughter but didn’t make a sound.

Wen Lang took a deep breath and showed a smile, “Brother Lou, I was wrong. Can I return the radish flower? Also, I don’t want these 4 beads anymore.” Then he put the beads on the table, with his hands spread out, his face looked innocent.

Lou Fan snorted, “Forget it. For your poor sake, the radish flower is a gift to you.”

And so, their team added 1 more team member.

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Everyone stood close together, and Lin Man Man nervously took Zhang Xue’s hand, feeling a little scared. Seeing that the situation is not right, Qin Tan told everyone to follow him to the outside of the village. Listening to the shouting as they walked, it felt heartbreaking.

A faint mist began to appear on the lake.

“Come on, let’s go to camp outside the village.”

“It must be Shan Hu and the rest are gone.” Lin Man Man whispered.

Lou Fan gesture to stop talking at Lin Man Man. Even if no one is around, what if they are overheard? They are going to get on the train tomorrow so they must make sure that nothing wrong could happen.

Gong Yi looked at the countdown on his watch; 4 hours left. He is very excited, he can finally get out of this hellish place.

The group moved quickly and swiftly walked outside the village, making sure not to leave the area belonging to the village. Suddenly, Gong Yi exclaimed.

“What happened?! The countdown is over!” Gong Yi raised his wrist in confusion.

“Shouldn’t there be a few more hours?” Chen Shuyang remembered the actual time clearly.

Gong Yi felt a little anxious as he replied, “Yeah, I took a look earlier. It said 4 hours! But just a minute has passed and now it’s 0!”

Lin Man Man looked like she is about to cry. Their mission is clearly almost finished, so how could it suddenly change?

Everyone glanced at the 2 newcomer’s watches in a daze, confirming that the countdown is really over, but no one knew what went wrong. At this moment, terrible screaming could be heard from the village! The group of 7 people looked back, and what they saw seemed like a scene of hell. Countless fish monsters crawled out of the lake and rushed straight into the village. They chomped at anyone they saw, and the villagers screamed in agony.

“Help!”

“Ahhhh!”

“Help me!”

“NOOO!”

Without the invisible protection, the villagers are like sheeps trapped by a pack of wolves, fresh, tender, and delicious.

Wen Lang suddenly had a flash of inspiration and murmured, “Did the Black Scorpion capsize?”

The rest heard it but they don’t understand. Lou Fan asked, “What?”

Qin Tan pulled him up and ran, “Let’s go first. Go back to the station to talk about it!”

Lin Man Man and Gong Yi didn’t dare to move. They just stood there, at a loss.

Wen Lang shouted, “Go, go, go! What are you doing, the boat has capsized! The Black Scorpion has capsized!” He pushed at the 2 newcomers, and they finally recovered to their senses. Understood that Wen Lang knew what is going on, they ran quickly.

“Wen Lang, keep talking!” Chen Shuyang urged as he ran. When he looked back, the fish monsters seemed to be heading towards them and he quickened his pace.

Wen Lang said as he ran, “Someone said in Lazuli before. Once the higher-level team in the mission world dies before completing their mission, it is called capsize. That is when emergencies occur. For example, now, the Black Scorpion’s team may be all dead, or their key NPC may have died or escaped. If so, their mission certainly won’t be able to complete. Hence, the massacre started in the village. At this moment, if the countdown for newcomers is not over yet, there will be only a dead-end for them. Therefore, the countdown for Lin Man Man and Gong Yi is immediately reset. This means their mission is completed.”

Both Lin Man Man and Gong Yi listened attentively, and their nervous hearts can finally relax. Gong Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it didn’t say that they have to stay in the village, otherwise, they would really die.

The most unexpected thing for everyone is that everyone in the Black Scorpion team has died. Lou Fan sighed, they really don’t look very smart, but after completing so many missions, how could they simply die like this? Lou Fan couldn’t figure it out, and no one could tell him what is going on.

Although Qin Tan led the way, they still took the whole night to reach the station. At this moment, the sky has turned faintly white; it is almost dawn. Everyone sat in a circle to rest and Wen Lang said, “The mission worlds are actually very scary. If you took the wrong step, you may all die. I really didn’t expect the Black Scorpion team to…”

Lou Fan thought about the day he got out of the train where Wen Lang said not to mess with them. But because of their deliberate alienation, they really didn’t mess with Black Scorpion, so they didn’t know what is going on.

“Finally, everything is settled.” Qin Tan said, “For the next mission, we need to be more prepared.”

Wen Lang was sighing at first, but after a while, he suddenly realized something. “My god! The entire Black Scorpion team has game over, but our lower-level team survived with no casualties! Aren’t we too awesome?!”

Lou Fan’s team of 3 ignored Wen Lang. Only Zhang Xue gave Wen Lang a light look and said, “It’s not that we are awesome, it’s just that your fate is good.”

Wen Lang didn’t speak for a while. He knew what Zhang Xue meant. He and Zhang Xue got lucky and met a reliable team. Otherwise, they might get eaten by the fish monsters when they stayed in the cabin on the first day.

“Wooo…”

The whistle of the train finally sounded. Watching it slowly approach, everyone felt a sense of rejoicing for their new lease of life. They got into the coaches separately, they would meet again in 15 minutes.

As soon as Lou Fan got on the train, he threw his bag on the ground and put the bow beside him. Laying down, he stretched without caring for his image, and blurted out, “Finally, we are going home.”

The moment Lou Fan said that, he got stunned for a moment. It hasn’t been for a long time but it seems that he has already regarded Lazuli as home. Resting his hands behind his head, Lou Fan did the math, it has only been more than a month since he came to this world. So, why does he have the illusion that it has been a long, long time?

As Lou Fan is thinking about it, he actually fell asleep in a daze.

When Lou Fan woke up again, Qin Tan is trying to wake him. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Qin Tan’s face in front of him, and he subconsciously smiled. Qin Tan also smiled, “We have reached the station, get up.”

Lou Fan nodded and turned over. His backpack is already hanging on Qin Tan’s shoulder. Grabbing his bow, Lou Fan put it over his back and followed Qin Tan to get off the train. The other 5 people are already waiting on the platform.

“You people just returned from Lao Ye Temple’s mission world?” A man walked up to them with a puzzled expression.

Qin Tan: “What do you want?”

The man frowned and asked, “You are in the same mission world as Hu Nan, right? Where are they?” His question sounded a bit strange. Since they didn’t come back, it means they didn’t complete the mission, but that’s where it got strange.

So, it turned out to be someone from the Black Scorpion group.

Qin Tan: “After getting out of the train, we have gone our separate ways, and we haven’t seen them since. We are unable to answer your question. We still have something to do, so we are leaving first.”

“You are in the same mission world, it’s impossible not to meet once, right?” The man obviously didn’t believe it, his expression as if saying ‘don’t lie to me’.

“No.” Qin Tan said coldly. After saying that, he took everyone and prepared to leave.

The man stopped them, “Wait a minute, tell me about your mission world. Those people are from Black Scorpion, they can’t just die in such a vague way.”

So what if it’s Black Scorpion? Is Black Scorpion amazing?

Lou Fan couldn’t help but say, “What is Black Scorpion, an animal? I’m sorry but we’re not interested. Please let us go, we almost got wiped out, and we need to go back to soothe our wounded heart.”

Man: “…”

Who exactly got wiped out here? He clearly saw 5 people getting off the lower-level carriage? Can this person give a bit more thought to his lie?

Watching the people walk away, the man’s expression turned cruel. Good, he has noted down these people. The next time they meet, don’t blame them Black Scorpion for being ruthless.

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Everyone didn’t say anything as they swiftly picked up the oars and started rowing vigorously. They didn’t even have time to put down the bag on their backs, and they don’t dare to look back at what is behind. Seeing that they are about to reach the shore of the lake, Qin Tan yelled, “Get off the boat and get ashore!”

Qin Tan’s voice is like a gunshot at a race. Everyone dropped the oars, jumped into the water, and started swimming to the shore. Lou Fan didn’t hesitate at all. Qin Tan didn’t say to stop so he continue to run into the village, and the people behind him soon followed. Lou Fan didn’t stop until he entered the village. He didn’t have time to catch his breath and looked back into the lake. He can see dense numbers of fish monsters popping up in the lake, but they didn’t mean to go ashore at all, as if they are just enjoying the moisture of the rain. It’s like a carnival, and he could even feel their joy.

“Look at that!” Lin Man Man exclaimed shrilly, pointing to the village and became speechless.

Everyone looked over. The village square is full of people. They all knelt on the ground, facing the direction of the lake. The villagers keep bowing and paying respects while muttering something like a chant. The group couldn’t hear what the villagers are talking about, but it seemed like they are begging for something.

“The villagers are begging the fish monsters not to come to harass the village. The sacrificial day will arrive in one day. I feel that the fish monsters can’t wait!” Lou Fan said while looking at the fish monsters in the lake.

Lin Man Man came back to her senses and said, “I remember when they were talking about offering sacrifices, it is to those things in the lake and Lao Ye Temple’s general. Does that means the gods of Lao Ye Temple also accept human sacrifices?”

No one can answer this question. No one knows when fish monsters began to appear in this village, and when did the villagers start to offer sacrifices? Or how many people died for this sacrificial event?

“They won’t go ashore, will they?” Chen Shuyang’s heart is trembling, and his voice sounded a little trembling.

It seemed that the monsters would not go ashore. Hence, the group returned to the lakeside cottage. Lou Fan threw his backpack on the ground and sat down. The backpack is so heavy that it made his shoulder sore. The moment he threw it down, the bag opened up and scattered gems on the ground, making Lin Man Man and Gong Yi’s eyes bulge in shock.

“B, Brother Lou, did you go to rob a bank?” Gong Yi’s eyes are dazzled and he couldn’t turn away.

Lou Fan hasn’t reply when the other 4 people threw their backpacks on the floor as well. Suddenly, the hut sparkled like a small cave full of treasures, and the gleaming light almost flipped the roof. Surrounded by jewels and jades, Lin Man Man and Gong Yi don’t know what to say.

Wen Lang grinned and said, “This is just what we have taken back casually. If it is not because the load is too heavy, we can still take more back. Fortunately, I only took this much. If it is any heavier, I might not be able to come back. Those fish monsters will just swallow me whole without hesitation.”

Chen Shuyang didn’t feel much about the haul, and only sighed, “Finally, we have completed the task and can leave here.”

Lou Fan also had a relaxed look on his face. He can finally return to Lazuli to take a good rest. Ever since he arrived here, except for the 2 nights at Lao Ye Temple, he hadn’t slept a solid sleep, fighting with the monsters every day.

Sitting beside Lou Fan, Qin Tan runs his fingers through his own hair. Lou Fan looked sideways and got dazzled by the handsomeness. Qin Tan’s face is well-defined, it’s Lou Fan’s favorite appearance. Oh, and also Qin Tan’s temperament and personality is his type too! Lou Fan turned away. He has to wait a bit more, what if Qin Tan is straight? That would be embarrassing!

Lou Fan got up and walked outside the hut. Watching the fish monster emerge from the water, there is an unprecedented peace. Their group can leave here and return to Lazuli early morning after tomorrow. The countdown for Lin Man Man and Gong Yi has ended in the early morning of the 10th day.

Someone came to stand beside him. Lou Fan knew who it is without turning his head. He asked, “Qin Tan, if you live in this world, would you feel despair?”

“No. No matter where is it, one has to have hope.”

Lou Fan turned his head to the side, he didn’t seem to expect Qin Tan to be such a positive person. He smiled and said, “I didn’t expect you to be so optimistic and cheerful, and maintain a passion for life.”

Qin Tan also smiled, “Indeed.”

Feeling moved in his heart, Lou Fan blurted out, “Are you married?” After saying this, Lou Fan wanted to strangle himself to death. Didn’t he decide to wait a bit longer just now? Why did he suddenly ask the question?

Qin Tan looked at Lou Fan with deep eyes and paused for a while. Just as Lou Fan feels a little guilty and wanted to turn his head as if nothing had happened, Qin Tan replied, “No, I don’t like women.”

Lou Fan’s eyes widened, “!!!”

What did he just hear? Qin Tan said he doesn’t like women?! That is to say, he likes men too!! Lou Fan straightened his expression and tried to calm himself down so he doesn’t look too happy. He is about to speak when Lin Man Man walked out of the cabin. He took back what he wanted to say and glanced at Qin Tan.

“Brother Lou, do you really let us choose some from the bag?” Lin Man Man pointed at the treasures in the hut with a dreamy expression.

Lou Fan nodded, “Just choose whatever you want. Remember to leave us some.”

Although Lin Man Man is very happy, she still hesitated, “But you are the one who took the risk and brought them back.”

“Going down is to complete the task and the loot is what we get by the way.” Lou Fan said with a smile, “It’s alright. Go and pick the one you like.”

The people still left in this group are well-mannered. Lou Fan didn’t think Lin Man Man and Gong Yi would choose a lot, so he doesn’t mind giving them out as a souvenir. It is hard to say if there is a chance to meet again in the future. Lin Man Man and Gong Yi ran into the cabin with a cheer while Wen Lang, Chen Shuyang, and Zhang Xue sat down beside them. Chen Shuyang has put his glasses back on.

At this moment, the rain is getting smaller so there are a lot lesser fish monsters on the surface of the lake. Only some of them still soaking up the rain, reluctant to leave. The villagers have stood up but still stayed in place.

“Brother Qin, let’s have some good food tonight?” Chen Shuyang is almost dying for good food. He has been eating dry food these days, and his throat is about to turn bland. This time, he finally completed the task and let go of the big worry in his heart. So, the glutton in him is going to riot soon.

Qin Tan smiled, “Okay, go and exchange for some ingredients. I will make it tonight.”

Wen Lang also smiled, “I also lend a hand.”

Lou Fan only knows to eat so he has no opinions at all. Zhang Xue felt a little embarrassed. She didn’t do much cooking in real life, so she said she will take over the cleaning work. Lin Man Man and Gong Yi took the initiative to exchange for ingredients. Everyone divided the labor and cooperated so the atmosphere felt relaxed.

The dinner is quite hearty. The ingredients in the village are limited but they managed to get a chicken and some meat, as well as a lot of vegetables. Qin Tan made a large plate of a chicken dish while Wen Lang made braised pork. Everyone in the group gobbled up the food as if they have not eaten for days so soon the food is all gone. After the meal, each of them took a bottle of beer and sipped it.

Chen Shuyang took the beer bottle and looked at the label on it. After a while, he shouted, “Frck, this beer has expired.”

But in such a village, it’s already good enough that they could find these things so who cares about the expiry date? They won’t die from that anyway!

It is almost 7.00 pm, and there is a gust of wind on the lake. Wen Lang turned his head and asked, “What should we do tonight? Are we still going to kill those fish monsters?” He only has a small pearl left in his hand, but Wen Lang still wants to collect a few more.

Lou Fan shook his head, “No, I want to sleep. I don’t want to see those things anymore.” He still has 30 little pearls in his hand, and he doesn’t want to have any contact with those disgusting things again.

Qin Tan: “Go to sleep then, I will go with Wen Lang.”

Lou Fan’s eyes widened immediately, “You can’t!” It seemed that his reaction is a little big, so Lou Fan lowered his voice, “I still have 30 little pearls in hand. We can just divide it up.”

Qin Tan’s eyes are firm, “It’s better to be prepared so we need more.”

When Lou Fan saw Qin Tan like this, Lou Fan couldn’t refute it, knowing that Qin Tan won’t change his decision. Also, it made sense. This little pearl can definitely be exchanged for many things. Like this time, if they didn’t exchange for medicine in advance to treat the injury, Wen Lang’s arm will definitely not be suitable for him to get into the water. If their flashlight is not waterproof, then they would only blindly search underwater. Lou Fan couldn’t imagine how terrible is that, let alone spending time to get any gems. Hence, the little pearl’s value must be more than gems.

Lou Fan sighed, “Okay, let’s do it together. It’s only just for tonight anyway. Tomorrow night is the sacrificial event and it has nothing to do with us. We should be ready to run away.”

Chen Shuyang gritted his teeth, “I will join too.”

“Me too.” Zhang Xue didn’t even flinch.

After several days of unfriendly interaction with the fish monsters, Chen Shuyang and Zhang Xue made rapid progress. They are now flexible in avoiding the attacks of the fish monsters. Even if they couldn’t help much, they could still exercise themselves. Wen Lang uses the harpoon to disturb the fish monster and his movements are as slippery as a loach so the fish monster basically couldn’t hurt him. Three people can kill a fish monster together, but it takes a long time.

“Incoming.”

After the first fish monster came ashore, the team of 5 people obviously felt that the fish monster is a little different and it can move faster. It rushed in front of them almost in a short time. Qin Tan lifted the sword without hesitation while Lou Fan drew the bow and let out the arrows.

This night’s fierce battle is beyond the expectations of the team. The fish monsters moved faster, and their mental and physical strength is stronger. 2 days ago, Qin Tan and Lou Fan could work together to kill a monster in 2 minutes. However, it took them 5 minutes tonight. The fish monsters are getting stronger!

…

Lou Fan put away the last little pearl he collected. Watching the sun rising to the surface of the lake, he has a vague premonition.

Seeing Lou Fan in a daze, Qin Tan walked over and stood beside him. “What’s the matter?”

Lou Fan frowned, “I don’t know, I had a bad feeling. It felt like something is going to happen.”

Qin Tan comforted Lou Fan, “We will leave early tomorrow morning.”

Lou Fan shook his head, “Get everything packed and be ready to leave at any time. I have a hunch.” In fact, he has always been instinctively accurate. Whenever he has a hunch, Lou Fan never doubts his own hunch and only proceeds with what he feels. It’s the same this time.

Qin Tan nodded without the slightest doubt, “Okay, I will let them prepare.”

“You believe me just like that? What if I’m wrong?” Lou Fan smiled, not knowing what’s there to be happy about.

Qin Tan raised his eyebrows, “If you got it wrong, it’s wrong. Even if something happens, there will be me.”

Lou Fan showed a big smile, “En.”

After resting for 2 hours, the village began to be lively. Every villager has a strange smile on their face, which becomes more and more horrifying as one looks at it.

Lou Fan pulled Lin Man Man and asked quietly, “How is Shan Hu’s side with their plan?”

Lin Man Man who went to find Shan Hu again in the morning answered, “They have already prepared for their plan. They are waiting quietly for the night to come to make the run.”

Lou Fan patted Lin Man Man, “Okay, your mission is already complete so don’t look for her again. Go and pack up your things.”

Lin Man Man made a sound of acknowledgment and went to pack her things. In fact, there’s nothing much to pack. She only has her skipping rope and a small bag, which Shan Hu has given to her some time ago. Other than that, she only has 10 gems and 2 little pearls that are given by Lou Fan. Gong Yi received that much loot like her too. Lin Man Man put the skipping rope in the bag and hung the bag on her body. If only Xiao Yu could share these things with her…

Gong Yi knew what Lin Man Man is thinking when he saw her head hanging down. He pursed his lips in silence, and finally sighed without speaking. He saw Xiao Yu’s clothes scattered outside a hut that day, and there were bloodstains on the ground. He didn’t need to think about what Xiao Yu ended up with.

When it got dark, Lou Fan glanced at the time, it’s 7.00 pm. A commotion erupted in the village and shouting could be heard. The villagers looked flustered as if they had lost some important treasure, and their expressions are unspeakable horror.

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Because the team is afraid of delaying too much time underwater, all 7 of them came to the lakeside where the boat is parked early in the morning of the 8th day. With everything ready and prepared, they just look forward to going to the lake smoothly. Lou Fan gave each person 6 small pearls, which is enough for one to spend 3 hours underwater, and put the rest in his close-fitting bag. Lou Fan’s team has torches exchanged in Lazuli, they are fully charged and waterproof. Wen Lang and Zhang Xue found 2 old flashlights in the village yesterday, better than nothing. The flashlight is wrapped in plastic bags one layer after another to prevent water from entering. Wen Lang envied Lou Fan’s equipment and secretly vowed to bring more things back to Lazuli this time. Then he can level up his equipment greatly.

Lin Man Man and Gong Yi will wait for them on the boat, which is still tied with a rope. When the 5 people went into the water, Lin Man Man waved at them worriedly and watched them plunge into the lake one by one.

“Do you think they will be in danger?”

Lin Man Man grabbed the ship’s edge and looked down. It is just a black hole underwater, and nothing was visible, which made people very worried.

Gong Yi looked relaxed as he said, “Don’t worry, Brother Qin and Brother Lou are so powerful, they will definitely be able to bring the rest back to complete the task.” Honestly, Gong Yi doesn’t feel so sure in his heart, but at this moment, what they need is not to be weak-willed.

Lin Man Man’s gaze slowly became resolute, “Yes, they are all so powerful. They will definitely be able to complete the task.”

Qin Tan swam at the front, followed by Lou Fan, Chen Shuyang, Zhang Xue, and Wen Lang is at the end. Chen Shuyang’s swimming skill is so-so, and he could only do dog paddle. He has never dived underwater before. In fact, he was very scared before entering the water, but he didn’t dare to speak out. There’s nothing he could do about his fear because the task is under the water, he still has to push on. But what Chen Shuyang didn’t expect is he doesn’t feel uncomfortable at all after entering the water. At first, he is still holding his breath but he couldn’t hold it anymore after a minute. The unexpectedly smooth breathing made him stunned. The little pearl from the fish monster’s head is sure easy to use. Although its origin felt a bit disgusting, he didn’t feel that scared anymore underwater. Chen Shuyang paddled his limbs and swam freely in the water, imagining that he is a fish. However, after 10 minutes, Chen Shuyang couldn’t feel excited anymore. Through the faint light, he could see the densely packed fish monsters floating in front of him. The little pearl’s function seemed to be not working at this moment. Chen Shuyang felt like he couldn’t breathe, as if he had been filled with lead, so stiff that he could not move.

Qin Tan at the front stopped swimming, seeming to observe where to get through.

Zhang Xue bit her lips firmly, not letting herself make a sound. She is scared, but she knew she had to hold back. No one could help her with this, she had to adapt. At this moment, her face is even paler than the female ghost in the ghost movie. Wen Lang seemed to sense the fear of the person in front of him. He swam to Zhang Xue’s side and looked at her sideways. Seeing that she noticed him, Wen Lang reached out and patted her shoulder. He gave her a thumbs-up and patted his chest. Zhang Xue is amused by Wen Lang and a small smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She blinked at Wen Lang, the fear in her heart loosened a lot – she still has so many team members with her!

Chen Shuyang followed Lou Fan too closely and accidentally bumped at Lou Fan. Lou Fan turned his head to look at him, so Chen Shuyang shook his head quickly, indicating that he is okay. He(CSY) can’t act like this! He absolutely cannot be a coward!

The group of fish monsters is quiet at this moment. Qin Tan chose a passable gap and gestured towards the back. The group immediately mustered some spirit, lined up, and followed downward. The fish monsters are close at hand as if it is possible to wake up at any time and bite at them with sharp teeth. Everyone held their breath carefully, for fear of awakening them. Finally, all members passed through the group of fish monsters smoothly. Chen Shuyang, Zhang Xue, and Wen Lang looked back at the group of fish monsters. All they wanted in their heart is to be as far away as possible from the monsters, and it is best not to meet them again.

The underwater pressure increases and it takes a lot of effort to go downstream. The five people are tied to each other with ropes to prevent anyone from being left behind due to a decrease in strength. After swallowing another pearl, from a distance, it seemed that the ship could be clearly seen. That is really a huge ship! Lou Fan raised his watch and glanced at it. It still didn’t show that the task is completed, so he could only continue downward. When the light beams in their hands shone on the mast of the giant ship, it seemed like they could imagine the magnificence of the ship when it is still sailing on the sea. At this moment, their watch finally showed that the mission is completed.

The team of 5 people smiled and held each other’s hands tightly, forming a circle to express their joy – they finally completed the task! Chen Shuyang grinned with joy and a series of bubbles popped out of his mouth. Lou Fan hurriedly pointed up; there are still fish monsters there. Chen Shuyang immediately covered his mouth. Qin Tan chuckled, and pointed to the ship below — they had to move faster as they still want to look for good things in the ship!

Though they said they want to look for good things, it is in fact just trying their luck in treasure hunting. After all, no one knew if there are any monsters in that huge ship. They only dared to search at the outer area of the ship. It is said on the rock monument after all that this ship is full of rare treasures.

The chest started to feel a little uncomfortable, it means the little pearl’s time limit is approaching. Wen Lang held his breath wanting to hold on for a while before swallowing another small pearl. Although everyone has 6 little pearls in their hand, Wen Lang has already swallowed 2 of them now and has 4 left in his hand. If he can save 2 and bring them back to Lazuli, he can get a lot of good things. But after the little pearl’s time limit expired, he couldn’t hold on for more than 30 seconds and immediately swallowed the pearl he had prepared in his hand. It’s so uncomfortable! Wen Lang almost felt that he is about to suffocate and his head almost burst due to the water pressure. Forget it, his life is more important!

The huge sunken ship is already covered with seaweed, and the hull looks like a giant beast. No one knows if there is anything hidden inside. Qin Tan pointed to a cabin, Lou Fan nodded, and the other three nodded. This is what they agreed in advance. For the sake of safety, they will only go to 1 cabin. No matter whether there are any treasures or not, they will no longer venture to explore and must return to the surface. Qin Tan took the lead as usual. When he is about to enter a cabin, Qin Tan paused as if thinking of something. He pointed towards Lou Fan and then at the ship.

Lou Fan is taken aback, and pointed to himself, ‘You are letting me choose the cabin?’

Qin Tan nodded, his expression looked somewhat inexplicable.

Lou Fan nodded and swam in front of Qin Tan. The cabin aisle is very dark, and the light from their flashlights could only shine at a very short distance. Lou Fan skimmed the cabins and stopped in front of one of them. He reached out and pushed. The cabin door has decayed so it swayed away as soon as Lou Fan pushed at it. The scene in the cabin immediately appeared before his eyes. Boxes are stacked one by one, so high that the entire cabin is half full. Lou Fan swam in first, followed by Qin Tan.

Everyone’s eyes lit up seeing so many boxes. It turns out that Lou Fan’s hands are extremely blessed, and every time he is quite lucky. He opened a box casually, and the sparkling jewels and stones in it almost blinded him. No one in the team has seen so many jewels before. If they are taken out in the real world, they may be caught by the authorities, but now, these boxes piled up to the roof are up to them to take. Lou Fan pursed his lips and grinned, and reached out his hand to take as he pleased. Unfortunately, no matter the size of their backpack, they cannot bear to fill it to the brim and can only choose what they like. If it’s too heavy, they won’t be able to swim up. Then, it would be all for naught.

Lou Fan likes shining gems a lot so he took some jade and a lot of gems. On the other hand, Qin Tan picked up some jade that is pleasing to the eye. He didn’t know much about jades, so he just grabbed some and put them in his bag. Chen Shuyang likes everything and can’t choose, so he closes his eyes and grabbed casually. This kind of nouveau riche feels so cool! Wen Lang is so happy that he wants to laugh out loud with his arms on his hips; he is also a rich person now! No need to trick people anymore! Zhang Xue is a girl so she likes shining jewels. Almost all of the items she took are gems, which seem to be very valuable.

Qin Tan glanced at the time and patted the members one by one – they are about to go back. Wen Lang and Chen Shuyang looked at the treasures reluctantly, looking like they really wanted to go in and grab a handful more. It’s a pity that their backpack is already heavy, and they really can’t swim back after taking more. They could only feel regret as they waved goodbye at the boxes one by one. They didn’t even bear to think that this ship still has so many cabins and imagine how many rare and exotic treasures there are. It’s a pity that these things can never be seen on the surface again!

After swimming out of Shenzhou, the team looked back to glance at this ancient luxury giant cruise ship. It is luxurious and magnificent, sleeping on the bottom of this deep lake, not knowing when it would see the sky again.

Right now, their task is completed, this is their biggest gain.

Waving his hand, Lou Fan put a small pearl in his mouth and took the lead upstream. Qin Tan followed up, and the three people behind did not stay anymore and followed up. With a group of fish monsters floating on top in a dense amount, Lou Fan swam slowly and slowly. Then, his hand is caught and Qin Tan swam to him. Squeezing his hand, Qin Tan swam in front of Lou Fan. Lou Fan pursed his lips and smiled. A hint of joy appeared in his heart, and he swam up close.

Wen Lang is still the one swimming at the end. Just as he swam past the fish monsters, he subconsciously held his breath. Inexplicably, he turned his head and glanced at the fish monster next to him. Who knew, the fish monster’s eyes opened suddenly. Wen Lang got startled and felt like his hands and feet have turned numb and he couldn’t feel anything. When he looked up again, the fish monster’s eyes are still closed. Wen Lang’s body shook and he swiped his hands and feet quickly. He caught up with Qin Tan in front of him and pointed upwards vigorously.

Qin Tan saw Wen Lang’s movements and immediately looked behind him. He shone the flashlight across the group of fish monsters and sensed that the fish monsters who were calm just now seemed to be moving.

They can’t delay anymore! Qin Tan waved his hands vigorously at the people behind. Everyone realized that something is wrong and speeded up their movements. Lou Fan is about to look back but Qin Tan pulled him up and swam quickly. Lou Fan didn’t have time to think about it, so he swam vigorously.

SPLASH! The team members came out from the water one after another. Without saying anything, they hurriedly climbed onto the boat.

“Hurry up!” Wen Lang shouted eagerly, looking behind him from time to time.

Lou Fan climbed onto the boat and realized that the sky looked dim at the moment. It looked a little bit like dusk as if the rain is about to hit.

Seeing everyone has boarded the boat, Qin Tan immediately shouted, “Quickly row the boat and get ashore!”

Behind them, the lake started to churn!

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