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[Banana: Technically speaking, the mission world for Shimane has ended but it’s still the same Chapter 36 on the outside so I can’t change the title while keeping the word Part 2, you get what I mean?]

Everyone has been in a tense state for a few days so knowing that they have returned safely to Lazuli, their bodies started to feel the fatigue the moment they relaxed. Seeing Lou Fan yawning constantly, Qin Tan took his backpack and said to everyone, “Go back first and have a good rest. If you have anything to say, we’ll talk about it tomorrow. Everyone has been tired for a few days, and we have half a month to talk.”

No one thinks that Qin Tan is chasing them away, they only felt that Brother Qin is really a reliable team leader, someone who is thinking of everyone’s welfare. Only Lin Man Man suddenly felt that she is disliked by him.

Probably because of too much physical exertion, when Lou Fan woke up, it is already 1.00 pm. But today it rained in Lazuli.

After Lou Fan finished washing up, he went upstairs to find food. His index finger pressed the fingerprint lock, and the door opened with a beep. On the coffee table in the living room are freshly washed fruits, and there is a pot of cooked porridge on the dining table. Lou Fan heard some noise in the kitchen. He picked up a piece of fruit and put it in his mouth, then dumped everything in his backpack on the ground. This time, their harvest has been quite fruitful – they collected more than 100 clocks. In addition, Lou Fan also collected a whip, a spooky doll, a bottle of wine, and a handkerchief.

When Qin Tan walked out of the kitchen, he saw Lou Fan sitting cross-legged on the ground with a small pile of clocks in front of him. He is playing with a whip in his hand, and the spooky doll is placed far away from him. Qin Tan wiped his hands, walked over, and picked up the doll, “You don’t like this, right? Then let’s register this thing at the electronic screen and exchange it away.”

Lou Fan nodded, “Yeah, let’s do that. The doll creeps me out.”

After a while, the other 5 people came to the house. Lin Man Man and Gong Yi came over with things in their hands. Wen Lang got caught by Qin Tan to cook lunch, while the rest chatted in the living room.

Chen Shuyang took the things in Lin Man Man’s hand to see. “Man Man, what animal’s tooth is this?”

Lin Man Man nodded and said, “It’s the monster’s teeth. We are responsible for finding the monster. The intermediate team’s task is to kill the monster.”

Lou Fan turned his face sideways, frowned, and asked, “Just kill the monster?”

Gong Yi nodded, “Yes, the intermediate team only needs to kill the monster.”

Chen Shuyang asked, “Brother Lou, what’s wrong?”

“Something’s wrong.” Lou Fan pondered and said, “Last time, our task is to look for a sunken ship. It seems simple, but we need to find the location of the sunken ship first and kill the fish monsters to get small pearls to breathe underwater. You already know how difficult is it to deal with fish monsters, right? Besides, the Black Scorpion’s team got destroyed. But the mid-level team Man Man mentioned only needs to kill the monster. Isn’t that something not right?”

After Lou Fan said this, everyone felt that as the low-level team, Lou Fan and Qin Tan’s task (during Lao Ye Temple mission world) is indeed not easy. Wen Lang came out of the kitchen and happened to hear the question. With a smug look, he said, “Well, you should ask me.”

Qin Tan at the back gave Wen Lang a kick and said, “Just say it.”

“Oh.” Wen Lang answered honestly, “The task is determined according to the strength of each team member. I believe you all know how smart Lazuli is. After each team is formed, it will issue tasks according to the strength of the team.”

“So we are considered stronger?” Lou Fan asked.

Wen Lang made an exaggerated expression, “Brother Lou, are you not sure about your position? You and Brother Qin are very strong, a’ight?” Then he flipped his non-existing bangs and added, “Of course, I’m a very capable member too.”

Everyone turned back to do their own thing, and no one paid any attention to Wen Lang. Wen Lang couldn’t help but want to whip out his chain whip to express his anger. Lou Fan ignored him and asked everyone to take out their clocks, “Take out the clocks, let me see if they are worth anything.”

Everyone’s backpacks are dead heavy, and the clocks poured out to pile up into a hill. Rubbing his hands excitedly, Lou Fan walked to the exchange machine and put a watch on it. Frowning, he changed another clock. Tsk, the Hell?! Lou Fan is so angry that he wanted to smash the pile of clocks; they painstakingly carried them back and this is what he gets?

When the other members saw Lou Fan’s expression, they realized that the clocks might not be as valuable as they thought, so they went over to take a look. A watch is only worth 20 points, while a bigger clock is worth 25 points. It really doesn’t worth much.

Qin Tan: “Fortunately, we have a lot of them.”

Lou Fan glanced at Qin Tan, is that a word of consolation? It’s not sincere at all.

“Forget it, divide the clocks equally and take what you like.” Lou Fan waved his hand, “You can use it to buy whatever you like!”

Lou Fan didn’t give up, and put the whip on the exchange machine again, which finally lived up to his expectations as it is worth several piles of clocks. The weird doll has similar worth so Lou Fan finally smiled and narrowed his eyes. The points that can be exchanged from the wine and handkerchief are slightly higher than the clocks. Unfortunately, exchanging rare equipment items away would be too wasteful. It would be nice if there are equipment available on the exchange machine. Then they won’t have to go to great lengths to exchange it with others.

As a newsmonger who only gets his information from the grapevine, Wen Lang has no idea about the exchange of high-level items. It happened that they are going to Tong Fei’s party tomorrow, so Lou Fan planned to ask them about this information before releasing the news via the electronic board.

The next day, Lin Man Man and Gong Yi came to Qin Tan to plan a training plan. They are familiar with the training plan set for the first time so this time Qin Tan planned to formulate training related to using weapons. Lin Man Man borrowed points from Lou Fan and exchanged them for a sword as a weapon.

When Lin Man Man and Gong Yi are about to leave, Lou Fan stopped Lin Man Man.

“Man Man, stay here. I have something to trouble you.”

Lin Man Man turned back, sat opposite Lou Fan, and asked, “Brother Lou, what’s the matter?”

Seeing her nervous look, Lou Fan said with a smile, “It’s nothing important, it’s just that we are going to a gathering with 3 girls tonight and I want to take you with me. It would be more convenient to have you since the rest of us are guys.”

Lou Fan just got reminded of the gathering and then realized that Tong Fei and the other 2 members are all girls. Although they might not mind, Qin Tan’s side is all men. It doesn’t feel very good to go like this so bringing Lin Man Man along would be better.

Jiang Dong chose 2 bottles of wine from the exchange machine while the others didn’t need much. In the afternoon, everyone walked to Tong Fei’s residence. Tong Fei lived in the southwest area and it’s not too far away so they just went for a walk.

Tong Fei lives on the ground floor, and there are many flowers in the small garden, which are blooming brightly. When the 6 of them arrived, Tong Fei is resting on a reclining chair in the small garden with her eyes closed. Hearing the sound of movement, she opened her eyes and saw them coming. She smiled and said, “Come in, come in.” Her tone is casual like she’s greeting an old friend for many years.

The group of 6 people entered the house, and they can see the table is already filled with hot dishes that had just been made. Lou Fan grinned, “Jiang Rou and Xiaoyun’s skill is very good, I can have a good time today.”

Tong Fei was pouring tea when she heard that. She looked at Lou Fan and asked, “How do you know if I didn’t help to make it?”

Lou Fan said as a matter of course, “Looking at your appearance, you are not someone who cooks. It’s enough for you to be in charge of being beautiful.”

Who doesn’t like to listen to praises? Tong Fei is no exception. Seeing Lin Man Man standing beside Lou Fan, she raised her eyebrows, then turned her head to look at Qin Tan.

Lou Fan pulled Lin Man Man over and introduced, “This is Lin Man Man, my sister. I brought her here to introduce you guys.”

Tong Fei showed an inexplicable smile, “Man Man, come and sit here. The rest of the guys can sit wherever.”

Lou Fan: “…” Isn’t this bias too obvious?

But Lou Fan didn’t mind. He sat down and began to ask Tong Fei about the exchange of equipment.

Speaking of serious business, Tong Fei also put away her joking attitude and said, “The probability of exchanging items depends on your luck. There are mainly 2 ways. One is that you have the item you like from the electronic board so you can exchange your item with the seller, but this depends on the seller’s requirements. The second is that you are the seller and the person who finds you may be able to come up with something you are interested in. However, if the item has a special purpose (can only be used under certain circumstances), then the quality might not be good. After all, the seller may not have used it before.”

Lou Fan fell in silence. He belonged to the category where the seller has never used it, and he has no idea how to use that creepy doll.

Tong Fei’s lips that are painted with auntie’s color lipsticks touched the cup as she took a sip of coffee. She said slowly, “These are all uncontrollable variables so you might as well just check out the board if there is anything you want. If there’s nothing, then you simply post the information of your item and wait for someone to come to exchange it. It’s that simple.”

That’s right! Why does he need to think so complicated? Since no one knows about the item, he should just depend on his luck and wait for a response. Lou Fan felt relieved and went to see the two girls cook, while the rest played the game console and board games in Tong Fei’s house. All in all, it’s not boring at all.

By the time all the dishes are ready, Lou Fan is drooling and he urged everyone to sit down quickly. All the dishes he listed are there, the brightly colored food really whetted his appetite.

“Come on, raise your glass.” Tong Fei stood up and raised her glass. She called out, “To celebrate our survival once again, and to wish our next mission a success.”

Everyone raised their glasses and toasted, making a crisp tinkling sound.

Qin Tan took a piece of boiled fish and put it in his bowl. After he picked out the bones, he then put it in Lou Fan’s bowl. On the other side, Jiang Dong reached out to pick a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, and Wen Lang’s chopsticks are aiming for the same piece too.

“Hey, I saw it first.” Wen Lang growled.

Jiang Dong calmly refused to give in, “I picked it first.”

Wen Lang clenched his chopsticks, “Mine.”

Jiang Dong picked the meat up closer to his bowl, “I just like this one.”

Tong Fei smiled and shook the red wine, acting as if she is not looking, but everything is within her sight. Jiang Rou and Wang Xiaoyun grinned and whispered to each other as their eyes swept around.

“Look, look! Remember what I told you!” Wang Xiaoyun is so excited that she fiercely chomped a bite of the chicken leg.

Jiang Rou nodded her head in excitement, “Yes, yes, you are right. I almost cried with excitement.”

Lin Man Man approached the two of them blankly and asked mysteriously, “Sister Rou, what are you talking about?”

Jiang Rou glanced at Lin Man Man sideways and showed a wretched smile. She patted her head, “You are too young, I will tell you when you grow up.”

Lin Man Man: “…”

After eating, Lou Fan is so full that he is unable to walk and slumped on the sofa to rest. During a chat, the talk about Lin Man Man going into the mission alone comes up and Tong Fei slapped her thigh.

“I just have an idea, but it’s just a plan.” Tong Fei said, “I’m thinking to organize a women-only team. Man Man, do you want to join me?”

Lin Man Man didn’t even think about it, and nodded immediately, “Yes, I want to join Sister Feifei’s team.”

Lou Fan raised his eyebrows, “Okay, then I’ll leave Man Man to you.”

Lin Man Man looked excited, “I will work hard, Brother Lou.”

Lou Fan didn’t expect going to eat a meal will solve 2 things for him. Lin Man Man is a hardworking girl, and Tong Fei has a good character. Lou Fan felt that if Lin Man Man could follow Tong Fei, the benefit won’t be lesser than following him. Originally, he planned to bring Lin Man Man along with him next time, but now it seems that he doesn’t need to do that anymore. After he exchanged away the weird doll, the next task should be almost time.

The next day, Chen Shuyang stayed to train at home while Lou Fan and Qin Tan went to the North Square bazaar. The bazaar is lively, with huge electronic screens scrolling messages for exchange. Lou Fan looked up at the screen for a long time and his neck felt sore but he still didn’t see anything he liked.

“Forget it, I have a hard time choosing so let’s go to the registration counter.” Lou Fan said to Qin Tan who is still watching the board and walked to the registration office by himself.

There are 2 staff at the registration counter. The electronic screens are said to belong to an organization that manages the electronic screens. However, there is a fee to be paid to put up messages on the electronic screen. Also, a part of the fee will be charged if the exchange is successful, which is paid half and half by the 2 parties. As for the fee, one could give points, or with things which the staff will see how many points are worth on the spot. Lou Fan walked up to the counter and bowed his head, showing a smile with a row of gleaming teeth.

One of the staff is a girl, and when she looked up to see Lou Fan, her face turned red. She screamed in excitement a few times in her heart, how could there be such a good-looking young man? Lou Fan’s appearance is between youthful and mature, he is handsome and bright but also has a calm temperament.

The man next to the girl also got stunned for a moment. Suddenly seeing such a good attitude person here, he is a little uncomfortable. Everyone knows whoever came to exchange stuff on the electronic screen is a powerful character. Hence, those people always wear a look that said ‘I am a bigshot, don’t mess with me’. Who would have such a smile on their faces?

Both of the staff stayed stunned until Lou Fan asked again, “I want to register for an exchange, how do you charge?”

The man coughed lightly, and the girl came back to her senses. With a smile on her face, her attitude is very friendly, “Hello, what do you want to register? Is it information exchange or item exchange?”

“It’s an item exchange.”

The girl took out a form and said, “Then, fill in the information first and briefly describe the item here. The registration fee for item exchange is 20 points.”

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Lou Fan looked at the ghosts wandering in the open space in front of the prefecture office building and felt a little fortunate, “Fortunately, the ghost that was killed no longer appears inside. Otherwise, when the time comes for us to get on the train, it would be a fierce battle.”

Standing next to Lou Fan, Qin Tan didn’t speak, and Chen Shuyang’s voice came from behind him.

“Tomorrow is the 6th day and there’s only the 6th floor is left. Also, there are 6 ghosts to finish off.” After Chen Shuyang said that, he laughed, “It’s really 666/ liu liu liu (amazing)!”

In everyone’s backpack are the clocks that they have adjusted the time, except for the clocks that could not fit due to their size. At this moment, each of their bags is almost full. There are even more loots in Lou Fan’s bag.

Since Wen Lang didn’t fight in any battles yesterday, he felt refreshed physically and mentally. Just as he is about to open his mouth to say something, he stopped and closed his mouth. Then he threw a nut in the air, raised his head, and caught the nut in his mouth. He didn’t want to say anything depressing. Jiang Dong is a little taller than him so the clothes he lent to him are quite suitable. However, Wen Lang is used to wearing his sweater so, suddenly making him wear a white shirt felt awkward.

Lou Fan retracted his gaze from out and looked sideways at Qin Tan. With a long sigh, he said, “I hope everything goes well tomorrow.”

Qin Tan smiled, “It will definitely go well, with you here.”

Such words. Lou Fan’s face felt inexplicably hot, and he shifted his gaze to the other 3 team members sitting on the sofa. Seeing that they are all looking at him, Lou Fan had a feeling like he got exposed or something. “Hey, take a rest, take a rest.” Lou Fan said and went to the other side of the sofa. After he laid down, he added, “We have works to do tomorrow!”

Qin Tan followed behind Lou Fan. Seeing him covering his face like an ostrich, Qin Tan chuckled in a low voice.

…

Stepping on the 6th floor, Lou Fan looked around for Tong Fei and the others but found no one at all. The 6th floor is quiet, and the empty area only had a huge clock in the middle, surrounded by 6 small clocks. The time all stood still at 1:35 am. The team of 5 people frowned so deeply that the wrinkles can squeeze a fly to death. Does that mean they have to deal with 7 ghosts together? Who can handle this kind of difficulty?!

Lou Fan felt in a trance that something is wrong, but he couldn’t figure out what is wrong for a while.

Standing at the front, Qin Tan held the Tang sword in his hand, and said in a deep voice, “Are you all ready?”

Everyone readied themself and replied in a low voice, “Ready.”

As soon as they answered, Qin Tan took a deep breath and reached out to touch the largest clock.

A female ghost with shoulder-length hair appeared, and 6 ghosts stood behind her. Appearing along with them are Tong Fei and 2 team members and they are in a sorry state. Supported by Jiang Rou, Tong Fei had one arm broken, while the other hand is holding a large sword.

“Team leader Qin!” Jiang Rou exclaimed. Her eyes suddenly lit up at the 5 people there, as if she saw a savior.

Jiang Rou and Wang Xiaoyun immediately supported Tong Fei forward and ran behind Qin Tan. Lou Fan looked at their sorry state and knew that the opponent on the other side is definitely not easy to deal with, but he couldn’t help but ask what was going on.

Tong Fei gritted her teeth, unable to speak in pain so Jiang Rou explained quickly. It turned out that their task is to find the murderer. After analysis, they named the murderer, but Riri Ono on the opposite side said no. In the end, there are only three of them left. With the intention to take down Riri Ono, Tong Fei fought with the ghost. They ended up injured, and Tong Fei got her arm cut off by Riri Ono. Fortunately, at a critical moment, the five of them appeared.

“Are you sure you found the right murderer?” Lou Fan asked.

Jiang Rou and Wang Xiaoyun nodded affirmatively, “Yes.”

Staring at the 7 ghosts on the opposite side, Lou Fan concluded that the ghosts are cheating. Tong Fei and the others should have other ways to complete the task. Still staring at the ghosts, the more he looked at them, the more Lou Fan feel that something is wrong.

Before Lou Fan could think more about it, Riri Ono laughed out strangely. Her laughter echoed on the 6th floor, becoming more and more terrifying.

“Are you all here to help me find out who killed me?”

Behind them, Chen Shuyang had already asked about the testimony of the 6 suspect ghosts from Jiang Rou. He didn’t even think deeply about it and laughed. Then he said to Riri Ono, “What is there to find out? It’s so simple. You can’t even find out who killed you? You are stupid eh?”

What Chen Shuyang said almost angered Riri Ono to death. She looked at Chen Shuyang with a grim expression, and asked in a deep voice, “So you know who killed me?”

Chen Shuyang pointed casually, “It’s the suspect on the 3rd floor!” His words hit the nail on the head with no mercy.

However, Riri Ono obviously didn’t really want this answer. As she said ‘So it was No. 3’, she pounced over to catch Chen Shuyang. The 6 ghosts behind her also started to rush forward together.

Qin Tan’s team had to protect the 3 wounded women and deal with 7 ghosts at the same time so the scene is very chaotic. Tong Fei gritted her teeth in pain. She sat leaning against the big clock and holding a big sword in one hand. She turned to Jiang Rou and Wang Xiaoyun beside her and said, “Hurry up and help them. I’m fine, won’t die yet. Kill that Riri Ono for me!” If she could, Tong Fei really wanted to bite that Riri Ono to death.

Jiang Rou and Wang Xiaoyun looked at each other. They are not seriously injured so they stood up and rushed into the battle to help with their weapons.

Lou Fan is busy shooting arrows and then he saw Tong Fei leaning against the big clock. A flash of inspiration suddenly hit him. He remembered that yesterday Chen Shuyang mentioned the number 666.

“Shuyang, you said 666 yesterday, right?” Lou Fan had to make sure.

“Ah?” Chen Shuyang couldn’t react for a while. What happened? Why did suddenly Brother Lou talk about that? But Chen Shuyang still replied promptly, “Yes, 666.”

Hearing that, Lou Fan walked quickly to Tong Fei’s side. He pursed his lips and laughed, causing Tong Fei to feel horrified. Without saying anything, he grabbed Tong Fei’s big sword and slashed at the big clock behind her…

“AAH!!!!”

The shrill and mournful cry seemed to pierce one’s eardrums. With the scream, Riri Ono disappeared in front of everyone with unwilling and vicious eyes.

Before everyone had time to be happy that they defeated Riri Ono, Lou Fan’s spiritual arrows quickly aimed at the other 6 ghosts, and Qin Tan followed through with a slash of his sword. Soon, the 6 ghosts are wiped out. There are 6 clocks scattered on the ground, and the team set it back to the correct time. At the same time, the tasks of both teams are marked Completed. 8 people collapsed on the empty ground without caring for their image…

“Finally, it’s done…” Wang Xiaoyun muttered while lying on Jiang Rou’s side.

Jiang Rou closed her eyes, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth as she said softly, “It’s great, we’re still alive.” The two of them looked sideways at Tong Fei lying on the ground, the corners of their eyes slightly moist.

Back in the lobby on the first floor, Jiang Dong bandaged Tong Fei’s arm. This charming woman asked him to help her bandage her wound while she chatted with other people as if it is just a small wound. She didn’t even frown. Jiang Dong tied the last knot, put away the things, and said, “It’s bandaged. Your arm will grow out when you get on the train.”

Tong Fei nodded indifferently, and thanked Jiang Dong, “Thank you, Dr. Jiang.”

Jiang Dong waved his hand and said it’s fine.

When Tong Fei stood up, Jiang Rou and Wang Xiaoyun stood beside her. Tong Fei solemnly thanked the 5 people, “Thank you very much today, otherwise we might not be able to get out alive.”

Lou Fan took over the topic with a smile, “We are just completing our task as well but you’re welcome.”

Tong Fei and the other 2 have a good impression of Qin Tan’s team. She is not a hypocritical person to simply pass the favor with a thank you. In her mind, she decided to give them something good in the future as a thank you gift. Looking at the team again, she sighed a little, “It’s so important to find reliable teammates, and I envy you guys. Pairing with random teammates is hard to cooperate.”

Lou Fan and Qin Tan knew this from the beginning, so after working with Wen Lang, they recruited him into the team. As for Jiang Dong, they are also quite satisfied with him. As for whether the recruitment is successful or not, it depends on Jiang Dong himself.

Jiang Dong voiced out at this moment, “Having a good team is indeed very important. I wonder if Team leader Qin can let me join your team?” After he said the words, he looked at Qin Tan. Wen Lang also turned to look at Qin Tan with him.

Qin Tan nodded, “You are welcomed to join us.”

Jiang Dong smiled, “Then, please take care of me from now on.”

After a few days of fighting, everyone felt very tired. And so on this extra day before the deadline, everyone took a good rest in the lobby on the 1st floor. They chatted about everything everywhere. Speaking of their previous life outside, everyone suddenly felt a little depressed, but they recovered after a while.

The 7th night is about to pass. At 11.00 pm, the 8 people got ready and planned to wait for the train in advance.

Ghosts are hanging out in the open space of the prefecture office building. At first, Tong Fei’s team are worried when they saw them. But after they heard that those are the ghosts who lost to Qin Tan’s team, they don’t feel that afraid anymore. Unexpectedly, those ghosts didn’t attack them and let them pass.

The newcomers in the guard room are stunned by the scene. They almost pissed their pants after hiding from them for so many days. Are ghosts nowadays that amiable? The newcomers in the guard room are kindly released from the guard’s room. All of them have yellowed complexion and are unhealthily thin, looking very pitiful. The other teams still have unfinished food in their bags, so they took the food out and distributed them to the newcomers. The newcomers thanked the teams and began to gobble the food.

The whistle of the train sounded, and the old green shell train appeared out of thin air, taking away the surviving people.

…

The journey is still the usual short ride, and by the time they got off the train, Tong Fei’s arms are as good as before. She can move them freely as if they had never been broken. The newcomers stood together in bewilderment, looking at them so Qin Tan asked Chen Shuyang to give them a brief explanation.

Tong Fei put the big sword on her shoulders, like a female bandit leader, worlds apart from the word ‘charming’. She said, “Come to our place for dinner the day after tomorrow as a thank you.”

Jiang Rou also smiled and put her arm around Wang Xiaoyun’s shoulder, “Our Xiaoyun’s skill is very good. We will cook you a table of delicious food.”

Lou Fan immediately nodded in agreement, “Okay, can I add in my order? I want to eat boiled fish, boiled meat, and spicy hot pot…”

Lou Fan couldn’t stand the temptation of food so he agreed on behalf of everyone.

Tong Fei accepted Lou Fan’s order with a smile and took Jiang Rou and Wang Xiaoyun to leave first. As soon as Tong Fei’s team left, Lin Man Man and Gong Yi, who was waiting at the side, walked up to them. Lou Fan saw the two and they looked a little tired. But they seemed to be in good spirits and a good mood. It seemed that their task has completed well.

“Brother Lou, are you all doing well?” Lin Man Man greeted Lou Fan and asked.

Gong Yi smiled and said, “Look, they all came back safely. Their task must have gone well. It’s Brother Qin and Brother Lou after all.”

Wen Lang slapped Gong Yi on the shoulder, “Yo, I haven’t seen you for a few days and your flattery skill has improved.”

Gong Yi hehe-ed and scratched his head.

Lin Man Man is like Lou Fan’s little sister, and Lou Fan likes her character. Looking at her up and down, Lou Fan asked, “How is it, did you get hurt during your mission?”

Lin Man Man shook her head with a smile and said, “My task is quite simple this time, and the people in the team are nice. Brother Lou, I also killed monsters by myself.”

Originally, Lou Fan asked them to join their team, but Gong Yi and Lin Man Man discussed it and felt that they are still in the early stage. It would be best if they could improve their strength by themselves. If they don’t seize the opportunity now, then it will be more difficult in the future. Hence, the two teamed up with random teams. Fortunately, the process went smoothly, and the intermediate teams they met are also very friendly.

Lin Man Man’s tone is excited, like a little sister waiting for her brother’s praise. Lou Fan laughed and said, “En, very good. Keep working hard, and soon you will be able to be stand up on your own.”

Lin Man Man’s eyes brightened and she nodded.

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Prefecture Hall on the 6th floor.

Tong Fei stared at the six suspects in the glass room with bloodshot eyes. 2 women and 1 man stood beside her, and the other 2 are dead. Their task is to find the real killer based on the testimony of the 6 suspects and the testimony of Riri Ono in the adjacent room. It’s already 2 days now and every night at 1:35 a.m., Riri Ono would ask them to name the killer’s number.

However, in 2 days, they still got it wrong.

At first, they thought they would just have to find the killer before the last day. Who knows, at 1:35 midnight, Riri Ono suddenly appeared in their room and killed a person casually. Before leaving, she smiled maliciously.

“You must help me find the murderer tomorrow.”

The homicide went like this: One morning, an unnamed female corpse is found hanging from an electric pole at an intersection. According to initial checking, she is just hanged not long ago so the police managed to find 6 suspects.

The person on the 1st floor said, “I was taking a shower just now, and I didn’t go anywhere.”

The person on the 2nd floor said, “I was washing the dishes just now. Then, I heard someone shouting outside so I went to take a look, and only then did I know that someone was hanged.”

The person on the 3rd floor said, “I was chatting with a friend on the Internet just now. Then, I saw a pair of feet swaying outside the window.”

The person on the 4th floor said, “I was not at home just now. I just got home, so I don’t know anything.”

The person on the 5th floor said, “I was playing with my father. When we went to the living room, I saw a clothed person outside.”[1]

The person on the 6th floor said, “Aiya, how terrible! I suddenly saw a person’s head hanging from outside the window.”

…

Everyone has points of doubt, but only 1 suspect can be mentioned at a time, which makes it more difficult.

Jiang Rou closed her eyes, she is very tired. 2 days without rest made her thinking freeze. She glanced at Tong Fei, whose eyes are red, and said, “Sister Feifei, take a rest. It’s useless to hold on like this.”

Tong Fei clenched her fist and thumped the table, making a loud noise, “Damn!” After venting, she finally nodded, “Everyone, take a rest. Eat something, and save your energy.”

Tong Fei gritted her teeth. If nothing works, she’ll go all out with Riri Ono.

…

Stepping on the 4th floor, everyone in Qin Tan’s team felt disheartened, no longer carrying the dashing attitude they had at the beginning. Even Lou Fan didn’t want to collect equipment anymore, he just wanted to end the fights quickly. Of course, there is nothing in the hands of the ghost for him to grab after that. Fortunately, when to rest is up to them. Otherwise, they will really be exhausted to death.

This task world is actually quite easy. Physical combat and exercising in here worked better than Qin Tan’s training plan at Lazuli. Chen Shuyang’s dagger can now be used with ease, and his body’s reaction speed has also accelerated. Not to mention Wen Lang and Jiang Dong, they got stronger and better sense of cooperation.

The layout of the 4th floor is no different from the 2nd and 3rd floors, but on this floor, the corridors are deep and dark. It is bright outside, but none of the light could come in.

“It doesn’t look good.” Lou Fan casually shot a spiritual arrow into the distance. The arrow disappeared into the darkness.

Even if Lou Fan didn’t say it, Qin Tan felt that they couldn’t be careless. Hence, he decided to move forward together with the whole team, no longer act separately.

In the first 3 offices, everyone worked together, and they managed to complete it in less than 2 hours. Walking into the 4th office with a relaxed look, the team saw an electronic watch with cartoon design inside, which looks like a child’s watch. Lou Fan was thinking about whether it would be another game duel when a little girl about 5 or 6 years old appeared in front of him. She has two pigtails, is wearing a dusty pink dress, and holds a dirty doll in her hand. The doll’s eyes are big, and the corners of the mouth are curved in a strange arc. It looked as if it is alive so it gave people a chilling sensation.

“Hee hee hee, are brothers here to play with me?” The little girl raised her face with a smile. Her face is pale, and there are dark shadows under her eyes.

No one answers her question. Lou Fan’s spirit arrow shot at her, but she flexibly avoided it. Wen Lang’s poker came right after, brushing the little girl’s skirt and cutting the fabric.

The little girl glared at Wen Lang and said grimly, “How dare you cut my skirt!”

As soon as the voice fell, the girl disappeared from their sight and suddenly appeared behind Wen Lang. Wen Lang only felt a pain in his back, and there is already a long wound, which made him grimace with pain.

The little girl moved so fast that their eyes couldn’t catch her. She flashed back and forth around them, and each of them received wounds of different sizes. On the other hand, her doll appeared on the other side alone, waiting quietly.

“Jiang Dong, bandages!”

Lou Fan shouted, and Jiang Dong quickly threw out the bandage. After taking the bandage, Lou Fan wrapped it around his arm. Next, Jiang Dong threw the other end to Qin Tan, and all five of them held the bandage in their hands, surrounding the girl in a circle. After that, the five of them ran towards each other, tightly wrapping her in the middle. The little girl only stared at them and grinned. In the next instant, she and the doll switched places.

She can even switch places?!

Lou Fan’s eyes narrowed. With the bandage wrapped tightly around his arm, he pulled out the phoenix feather arrow from the quiver on his side. The phoenix feather is shot at the doll with a swoosh and the doll got pinned to the wall, rendered immobile.

The little girl screamed and pounced towards Lou Fan. Lou Fan didn’t dodge and he kept pulling the bowstring with his right hand, shooting spiritual arrows towards the little girl. The little girl had to back down, just in time for 5 people to surround her again. Finally, they managed to tie the little girl. Qin Tan swiftly stepped forward and cut down without hesitation.

“Ah?” Lou Fan is about to speak, but the little girl had disappeared before his eyes, “I haven’t asked how to use the doll yet!”

Qin Tan glanced back at the doll pinned to the wall, helplessly spreading his hands, “I’m sorry, I forgot.”

Lou Fan took the doll down and put the arrow back into the quiver, “Forget it, I don’t like it very much either. After we returned to Lazuli, I’ll just exchange it, or give it to someone else. ” This thing looked eerie, It also feels creepy to carry around. Besides, he never played with this kind of thing before.

Wen Lang gasped in pain and sucked in a breath. That little devil just scratched so deep that one could see the bone. It’s super painful. Chen Shuyang helped him to the side and sat down. He called Jiang Dong, “Doctor Jiang, come and help Wen Lang to have a look. I can even see the bones. Man, it hurts to look at.”

Jiang Dong walked over and asked, “Does it hurt?”

Wen Lang tightened his back and gritted his teeth, “It doesn’t hurt that much, just a little bit.”

Amused, Lou Fan is not feeling sympathetic at all but wanted to give Wen Lang a slap. “Okay, don’t hold on. Jiang Dong, you can do whatever you need to. Use the medicine as you like.”

Jiang Dong nodded responsibly, “It looks a bit serious, I hope the medicine will work well.”

Hands moving quickly as they are talking, Jiang Dong cut open the clothes on Wen Lang’s back. After disinfection, he sprinkled hemostatic agents and anti-inflammatory medicine. When the bleeding stopped, he wrapped the bandages around a few times.

Wen Lang felt heartbroken about his clothes, “I only have this clothing left that doesn’t have holes but you cut it up. What should I wear now?”

Chen Shuyang is about to lend a helping hand when Jiang Dong said, “I’ll lend mine to you. After we returned to Lazuli, you can return a new one to me.”

“Tsk, how short-sighted. Do you need to be that calculative with a piece of clothing?” Wen Lang wrinkled his nose in disgust.

Wen Lang is seriously injured this time so the other 4 members left him to rest alone, and they continued to move forward. Fortunately, Lazuli’s medicine is really good. It’s just 1 day and the wound no longer hurts, though still looked quite scary.

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[1] Banana: That’s what the raw said lol. Such a weird thing to say. Not sure if it’s intentional or not, Banana cannot remember what’s the answer (who is the murderer) anymore. It’s been a long while.

Btw, this kind of guessing-the-murderer-game reminds me of ‘A Sunday Morning Murder’ quiz. Those who never heard of it can google it up and try to guess the murderer yo~

Without hesitation, Lou Fan took out the dagger from his waist and slashed, the hair fell. He rolled on the spot, dodging another bundle of hair that is coming straight in.

Shit, it’s not over yet!

The female ghost didn’t care at all. Her hair soared, and they all rushed towards Lou Fan. Lou Fan dodged left and right, and the wounds on his body kept increasing. He can’t continue like this. Lou Fan pulled out the arrow from the quiver at his waist and ran around the female ghost. The incision on the ankle continued to bleed, dripping on the ground. Lou Fan’s movement is very fast, and while running, he took out the arrow and shot forward. The dense black hair blocked the arrow, but Lou Fan saw a gap with his sharp eyes. Lou Fan is overjoyed but his hands are still moving continuously.

Seeing that there are only a few arrows left, he saw the gap in the defense and quickly shot 2 arrows, followed by a spiritual arrow. The arrow shot through the middle of the back of the female ghost’s head. The female ghost gave a shrill scream, and her figure disappeared in the air. The phoenix feather arrows fell to the ground with clumps of long black hair, looking a little disgusting.

Lou Fan struggled to get up and adjust the time before putting the watch in his pocket. Finally, he couldn’t hold it any longer and fell to his knees. All wounds on his body and feet are bleeding profusely. His clothes got cut open and stained with his blood. There are also some blood dripping on the ground, which looked shocking.

Qin Tan rushed into the room and hugged Lou Fan. His expression is ugly, pitch-black like the bottom of a pot.

Chen Shuyang is startled by the bloody scene. He quickly took off his clothes and laid them on the bench in the corridor, “Brother Qin, put Brother Lou here.” Then, he quickly unloaded his backpack and pulled out the medicine from it.

Qin Tan took it and disinfected Lou Fan first. The disinfectant irritated the wound, causing it to sting a bit. Lou Fan didn’t say anything but gasped in a low voice. In fact, it is not very painful, but there are too many wounds, so the effect is quite stimulating.

“You are not allowed to act alone again and you must listen to me.” Qin Tan said in a deep voice.

Lou Fan twitched the corners of his mouth and nodded. How could he dare to be alone again? If he met a more ruthless ghost, his life would not be enough to bet on.

When Wen Lang and Jiang Dong came out of another office, they were shocked to see Lou Fan lying on the bench in an injured state. After asking and knowing that the injury isn’t serious but looked scary, Wen Lang breathed a sigh of relief. He and Jiang Dong also didn’t have it easy. There are one or two wounds on their bodies, their hair is messy, and they looked like they just went through a tough battle.

Jiang Dong who rarely opens his mouth said, “The 2nd floor is more difficult than the 1st floor.” He and Wen Lang had the most say because they are the ones who fought their way through all the way.

Qin Tan and Chen Shuyang also have started fighting as soon as they arrived, but Qin Tan had a high battle skills and a powerful spirit weapon, so it didn’t take much effort. Chen Shuyang also helped with a few stabs.

Qin Tan treated Lou Fan’s wound with a cold face. When Lou Fan sat up, he got pushed down by Qin Tan, “Lie down and rest, don’t move.”

Qin Tan’s tone sounded a little displeased so Lou Fan obediently stopped moving. He laid there and met Qin Tan’s eyes. Lou Fan blinked, blinked, blinked again. Qin Tan sighed helplessly in his heart and stretched out his hand to support Lou Fan’s back. His tone softened as he said, “Sit up then, do you want to eat something?”

Lou Fan shook his head, he ate quite a bit just now and is not hungry yet.

The situation on the 2nd floor is not as good as on the 1st floor so Qin Tan regrouped the arrangement. He teamed up with Lou Fan this time, while Chen Shuyang teamed up with Wen Lang and Jiang Dong. After half an hour, Lou Fan moved his ankle and is able to move normally.

“Let’s us start too,” he said to Qin Tan. Wen Lang and the rest has continued their task half an hour ago.

Qin Tan helped Lou Fan to stand up and squat down to look at his ankle, “Is it alright?”

Lou Fan turned his ankles flexibly, “No problem. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and cut down the hair with a dagger.”

The moment Lou Fan mentioned the fight, Qin Tan’s expression sank again. He let Lou Fan walk behind him as they head to an office, “Follow me and don’t move randomly. I’ll do the rest.”

Lou Fan: “Qin Tan, I’m fine. I’m a man.”

Qin Tan: “I know. But you are injured and need to rest. There are still so many days to come, and there are still more than 200 clocks to adjust. Are you going to endure the injuries all the time?”

Lou Fan knew that Qin Tan is right, but Lou Fan doesn’t allow himself to be weak in his heart. Even when he strained his wrist in the past, he still insisted on training every day. Also, his father would not allow him to rest. But now, his ankle injury is treated and Lazuli’s medicine is very effective. He feels better, but Qin Tan insisted on letting him rest. Lou Fan looked at Qin Tan’s serious expression and finally compromised, “Okay, I’ll be right behind you. I won’t help if there’s no danger.”

The two walked into the office and started rummaging, but unexpectedly found 2 clocks; a small alarm clock and a watch.

“Handle it one by one?” Lou Fan asked.

Qin Tan nodded and reached for the alarm clock. 2 figures appeared in the air.

Lou Fan: “…” So taking one is no different than taking two.

“Oho ho ho, two people together.” The yellow-haired ghost looked very excited.

Another ghost thought for a second before saying, “Two people huh? Let’s play a game then. It’s too rude to start fighting right away.”

Blondie ghost’s eyes lit up, “Really? Do you want to play that game?”

Lou Fan asked, “What game?”

Both ghosts answered in unison, “Of course, the most suitable for 2 people to play together – horse-riding fight (Piggyback fight)!”

Lou Fan: “…” These two are just mentally retarded, right?

Afraid that Qin Tan would not understand what game is that, Lou Fan leaned over and explained to him in a low voice. In the end, he said, “It seems that I’m going to play with you, you better carry me properly.” Not sure why but Lou Fan feel excited about this childhood game.

Seeing Lou Fan eager to try, Qin Tan reminded, “Be careful, these two don’t seem to be easy to deal with.”

Lou Fan nodded. They put down their backpacks and took their weapons. Lou Fan jumped on Qin Tan’s back, but luckily he wasn’t heavy. At best he is a sturdy type, otherwise, it would be too hard on Qin Tan to carry him.

The other party looked more relaxed. The yellow-haired ghost is lying on the back of the black-haired ghost but the ghost below couldn’t feel the weight at all. He even had his hands free. This is so unfair!

The two ghosts on the opposite side rushed to the two of them with a battle call, and shouted excitedly, “If the person above falls down, you will lose. If you lose, you will be eaten by us.”

Lou Fan doesn’t care if he loses or falls. What he cared about is the whip in the blondie ghost’s hand. With a snap from the whip, the ghost below will run faster, he saw it.

“Qin Tan, I want that whip.” Lou Fan lowered his head and leaned into Qin Tan’s ear.

The wet breath sprayed in his ears, causing Qin Tan to be in a trance for a while. He couldn’t hear what Lou Fan is saying at all. But then Lou Fan added, “We’ll grab the whip first, and then we’ll question them.”

This time, Qin Tan heard it. He nodded and said yes.

Lou Fan sat on Qin Tan’s back, protected by Qin Tan’s hands, as they quickly ran to the side. Lou Fan shot spiritual arrows at the yellow-haired ghost one by one but the ghost simply smiled and ducked with his head tilted.

Both sides gradually approached each other, and Lou Fan kept shooting, forcing the black hair ghost below to dodge left and right. Blondie ghost shouted ‘Come on’, and the whip in his hand kept hitting the ghost below. The ghost didn’t shout or scream, but his expression couldn’t be said to be enjoyable. However, his feet quickly changed direction and charged straight towards Qin Tan and Lou Fan.

Seizing the opportunity, Lou Fan pulled out Qin Tan’s Tang sword. At this moment, Blondie ghost and his partner ran to his side. Without blinking, Lou Fan slashed at the ghost’s hand holding the whip. The seemingly transparent and insubstantial hand actually got chopped off with a single slash, and the whip fell to the ground. Lou Fan jumped off Qin Tan and picked up the whip. The whip in his hand felt cold and smooth. He looked left and right at it with satisfaction.

The yellow-haired ghost became furious and he jumped down too. A new hand instantly grew out of the decapitated wound and grabbed at Lou Fan. But how could Qin Tan allow him to catch Lou Fan? The Tang sword swung over and slashed at the yellow-haired ghost. The black-haired ghost also rushed over to grab at Qin Tan. Lou Fan inserted the whip into his waistband, and then he shot spiritual arrows at the two ghosts one after another.

It would be nice if he has a rope at this moment. Then he can just tie them up, and it’s done! He should make sure to exchange for a bundle of rope when he goes back! These are the thought that flitted past Lou Fan’s mind in an instant.

Qin Tan stopped the yellow-haired ghost, and the black-haired ghost wanted to help. Lou Fan simply aimed at the black-haired ghost and kept shooting spirit arrows until the black-haired ghost got shot into a sieve and dissipated in the air. Next, he turned his head to look and Qin Tan is about to slash at the yellow-haired ghost. Lou Fan hurriedly shouted, “Blondie, tell me how to use this whip!”

Blondie glanced at Lou Fan sideways and stuck out his long tongue, “Bleh, I won’t tell you!” After he finished speaking, he turned around and slowly disappeared while Qin Tan’s sword is stopped in the air.

Lou Fan: “…”

Ran away already? By the way, his tongue is really long.

Qin Tan retracted the sword, adjusted the alarm clock and watch, and put it in his backpack.

Lou Fan is checking out the whip when he saw Qin Tan holding the 2 clocks. He said, “It turns out that there can be 2 clocks in one office, so there are 2 ghosts. Earlier I was still thinking if there are really 250 offices in this building. Ain’t that be too much? Anyway, even if we don’t touch the other clock, the ghosts will appear together.”

Qin Tan nodded, “Let’s go and tell them about this. We’ll try the whip in your hand in the next office?”

Lou Fan said with a smile, “You sure know me. I think it’s very useful, but I don’t know if it can cause harm to ghosts.”

“Then we’ll try a few more times, and I’ll be watching at the side.”

The two waited until Wen Lang’s group came out to inform them about the situation. After hearing that, Wen Lang looked depressed, “Brother Qin, you overestimated us. Even with us 3, it’s quite hard to deal with just a ghost. If 2 ghosts come at us together, you will not see us coming out anymore.”

Lou Fan thought for a while. It is really not safe indeed. So he said, “Then if you find an office with 2 clocks, just leave the room and focus on the room with only one ghost. Leave the office with 2 clocks for me and Qin Tan.”

Chen Shuyang: “What if there are 3?” This possibility is not impossible.

Lou Fan answered, “Then we’ll go together.”

In the ensuing battle, Lou Fan fully experimented with the use of the whip. This whip has a considerable restraining force on the ghost. Once the whip is drawn, the ghost will not dare to rush forward. If getting hit from the back, the ghost will run faster without complaining. Having mastered the skills and with the cooperation from Qin Tan, the two quickly cleaned the rooms on the 2nd floor. Wen Lang’s group left the rooms with 2 clocks for Qin Tan and Lou Fan, so their group can deal with only a ghost quite well. Until it is dawn, everyone managed to clean the 2nd floor and collapsed on the sofa in the hall.

This task is simply physically laborious. At this moment, everyone doesn’t even have the strength to eat. They just want to get a good night’s sleep.

Qin Tan sat up, took out his notebook, and made plans, “Later, everyone take a quick rest. We shall try to clean up the rooms during the day tomorrow to save lighting.” The reversal of day and night is not in line with their resting habits.

Lou Fan looked up at the stairs and murmured, “I wondered what happened to Tong Fei and the others?”

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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.”

…

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