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Vol 2: Chapter 5-3.
Along with the scream came a loud bang on the door. It only took one tackle to bend the whole door. Zheng could see half the Alien's body stuck on the door. Two of the steel bars hit the Alien. One pierced its left chest and the other right under its neck. Both hit the vital spots of the Alien, though not enough to take its life.
This was the second time Zheng fought against an Alien face to face. Even though the situation was better than last time, it was not to be optimistic. This Alien was fully matured, about 30% larger than the previous one. Its black exoskeleton was thick and tough as a piece of metal. In fact, the steel bar only penetrated one third its length. A large section of them were hanging outside the Alien.
Zheng's body trembled as he looked at the terrifying appearance of the Alien. Especially when that tail stabbed at the door and opened up a big hole. If that stab lands on a human… No matter how much Zheng enhanced, he wouldn't think his body was tougher than steel.
(It's this pressure, as if my whole consciousness is gone. All that's left is fear and those instincts…)
Zheng felt something unlocked within his body again. Countless instincts appeared on his mind. These instincts also included ways to use Qi efficiently.
He guided his Qi to raise up through the spine in a spiral, cross over his head and into his right arm. This process only took a blink of an eye. Zheng let his instincts take control over his Qi and the result was notable.
When the Qi crossed over his head, he felt something came from his brain then added into the Qi. He focused this mixture on his right hand. The moment the Alien knocked off the door, he threw a steel bar with a shout. At the same time the Alien's tail hit his belly.
Jie and Lan gave out a cry. Zheng got knocked off the ground and flew into the wall with a bang. The spear he threw was even more powerful. It easily penetrated the Alien's head and went into the wall behind. A third of its head was gone. It wobbled a bit then fell to the ground. On the wall behind the Alien was a fist wide hole.
Lan took some clothes to cover her chest then ran toward Zheng in a hurry. "How's it, how's it? Zheng! Are you alright?" The anxiety sent her crying as she saw Jie standing there in a daze. She kneeled beside Zheng. But as she got down, she saw him stroking his head with an expression of an idiot. She suddenly felt angry and hit his belly without thinking. "You scared us! You attacked it without saying anything, what happens if you failed? You will… and also get both of us in trouble! You will get us killed!"
Zheng groaned with pain as she hit his belly. Lan saw the blood on her hand then went into a panic again. She said as she cried. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't know you're injured. I'm really sorry…"
Zheng took his hands off his belly and looked at it carefully. There was a hole about three fingers wide. Luckily it only pierced the skin and didn't damage the intestines and organs.
Jie went over to where Zheng was at. He found a deep footprint embedded on the ground. He stood up and said in amazement. "That was incredible. You jumped backwards as the Alien's tail hit you. That's why it only got through your skin. If it was me standing there, it would have probably pierce through my intestines."
Jie got more excited as he spoke. He went over to Zheng and patted his shoulder. "Dude how did you do it? That was godlike. If I didn't see it with my eyes I would had thought some martial artist killed it. God, how did you do it, teach me!"
Zheng smiled bitterly. "You two, help me bandage it up first. If you continue like this I will probably die from bleeding. And someone should go fix her clothes…"
Lan then noticed her clothing. She blushed and glared at Zheng. Then ran into a shower room. Zheng took out the hemostasis spray and bandage from his ring. WIth the help of Jie he bandaged the hole on his belly.
By the time Lan came out, he immediately said to them. "There's no time to explain. Jie, carry me on your back and move toward Xuan. Don't stop no matter what happens to me. Lan, my right arm is broken so carry those steel bars for me. Remember to keep up with us. Let's go."
Zheng now firmly believed in his hypothesis. The genetic constraint unlocks during danger and terror but a normal body couldn't bear the power that comes with it. Even with his enhanced physical abilities, his right arm suffered a comminuted fracture from an all out attack. And following that would be the unbearable pain. What if this happened to a normal person?
This is like a double edged sword, and it has to be under a life threatening situation and experiencing terror for the constraint to unlock for just a little while. This is the human's final struggle against death.
"… ha, the only fortunate thing is, I discovered a way to possibly use blood energy, not sure…"
Before he could finish, that feeling of death spread from his internal organs throughout his body. He started to have a seizure on Jie's back. The pain rendered him unable to even open his mouth. His muscles felt like they were ripping apart. The wound on his belly started bleeding through the bandage. Blood flowed along his legs and dripped to the ground.
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Vol 2: Chapter 6-1.
The pain came and went quickly. It didn't bring more injuries to Zheng aside from exhaustion. After the pain had passed away, Jie and Lan immediately laid him on the ground. They took out the bandage and spray and once again covered up the hole in his belly.
Zheng let them do the bandage without moving, while he tried to listen carefully. After they were done, he said to them. "I heard gun shots. Jie, did you hear it?"
Jie immediately listened carefully for a while, then nodded. "Yes, I heard some very faint gun shots… Does this mean they succeeded? They found guns at the arsenal?"
Zheng smiled bitterly. "They probably found the guns, but I think they're fighting against those two Aliens. Otherwise the gun shots wouldn't sound so intense. How many grenades do you still have? Give me all of them. Lan, give me the steel bars also."
Jie put out his palms with a bitter smile. "None, I gave the grenades to them back then. These bastards…"
Though Lan took out two grenades from her pocket. She smiled. "Thankfully I kept an eye on this… What are you planning to do? These are the last two."
Zheng also took out two grenades from his ring. He bit onto the ring with his teeth then threw one of them far off with his left hand. The explosion sent Jie and Lan to the ground.
"I have the timer for the detonation delay now…"
Zheng kept staring at the site of explosion, then said to Jie without turning his head. "Hurry, tear some cloth off from your shirt and tie the grenades on the steel bars. Make sure they're tight!"
Jie took off his shirt without a word. He tore it up and started tying the bombs. Lan sighed as she saw this. "You're planning to risk your life again? Your injuries…"
Zheng turned around and smiled at her. "No problem. That explosion was loud. They probably all heard it. I don't know about the other two but with Xuan's wisdom, he will definitely keep the Aliens' attention. I only have to sneak in from behind and attack them. And as long as I can pierce the steel bar into their body before the grenade detonates, the explosion will deal major damage to them. So rest assured."
Lan sighed and didn't say anything more. Jie said as he was tying the grenades. "I was mistaken about you. Zheng, you are talented in combat. Using the words of my instructor is, you're born to be a fighter. The more desperate the situation is, the more potential you unravel. Whether it's the physical combat or planning."
Zheng took the steel bars from Jie. He tried to aim it with his left hand, then smiled bitterly. "I'm no fighter. I just want to do everythihg to live. Anyone in my situation will probably come up with something. If even people like me are considered fighters then what are Xuan and them? Super fighters? Or super geniuses?"
"You can't say that." Jie laughed then handed him the last steel bar. "They were already doing this kind of jobs in the real world. And they were also at the top of their field. What about you? You were only a normal white collar. Even though there's luck in your enhancements, but you kept putting your life on the line and staying alive, while gradually adapt to these battles… This is your hidden talent. You're a fighter that never gives up!"
"Fighter, huh?"
"I just want to stay alive…"
In order to recover as soon as possible, Jie continued carrying Zheng on his back while Lan carried the steel bars. As they were running, Lan muttered. "Why do we have to save them? Wouldn' that put us in danger?"
Zheng was circulating his Qi. He exhaled and said. "We are actually in danger all along. If we can't eliminate the Aliens, we will die sooner or later. So Xuan's ability to analyze and plan, Zero and Kampa's skills in using modernized weapons are important factors."
Jie asked suddenly. "Then why did you split up with them? If we stayed together then we would have gotten weapons by now instead of having you do all the fighting. Also I don't think Xuan would give us up."
Zheng sighed. "Yes, if we stayed with them, we won't be given up. And we will be safe before Zero and Kampa die… At least Jie and I will be safe. But! This is also one of the reasons."
"One reason is I can't stand his methods. Using comrades like a disposable piece. The other reason is I won't put my fate onto the hand of another person. Perhaps we will be safe in the beginning, but what will happen after some time? I don't want to think about how I will die, I will only think about how I can live! As comrades I will do my best to support and protect them. In return my comrades will not give me up when I need the help. Xuan can't accomplish this, so I chose to leave. This way I can stand on the same level as him."
"Yes, if he can discard his comrades, then we will be someone that can make use of his wisdom while not being his comrades… allies! We're both independent, yet supporting each other. This is the only method to cooperate with him that I can think of."
Lan thought for a moment and said. "Why can't he give up on allies? What's the difference?"
Zheng smiled. "The biggest difference is allies are independent. We will support each other but we can also fight independently. We won't become a burden to the other party, and don't have to be responsible for the other party's mistakes. Comrades are formed by a group of people each with different talents. They have to protect each other. I can't trust Xuan on protecting his comrades. So in order to obtain their power, I can only choose to become their ally."
"We can only get them to understand the importance of our group after leaving them. This way they will accept us as allies and not disposable pieces… That explosion before was to measure the detonation delay and also to let them know… their allies are here!"
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Vol 2: Chapter 6-2.
Zheng didn't have Jie carry him for the last part of the way. It was not too far off so he wanted to use this opportunity to warm up and stretch his arms and legs. Though any movement on his right arm caused him severe pain. He had to tie his arm to his body. It was painful when he tied it, sweat streamed down like rain. Anyone can easily tell the pain he was experiencing. Lan's heart clenched as she watched. She could only held onto his left hand, and that's when she noticed Zheng couldn't even move his left hand a bit due to the pain.
Zheng was soaking wet from sweat after tying his right arm. He tried to move his body and forced a smile. "That's good enough, my right arm won't be troublesome now. Let's go, we have to speed up."
Lan was still holding onto his hand. She hesitated and said. "Can we… can we not go and go back to the control room? I know how to put down the walls. We can stay there until this spacecraft reaches Earth, then let the armies handle them. We don't have to take this risk, especially since you…"
Zheng was surprised for a bit, then he pulled back his hand without her noticing and pointed to the ground. "Take a look at the ground, aren't there a lot of holes from corrosion? Those are from the Aliens' blood, they are an intelligent species. When they feel endangered they will injure themselves to break through the wall. That's how these three Aliens escaped."
"If we are to block them off and go back to Earth, they will certainly break through the wall again when they're hungry. By that time there will be more Aliens. Remember those four people they brought beyond room 15? So we have to kill the Queen before there are four more Aliens. This is our only chance of survival. Otherwise, Xuan wouldn't take the risk and go to the arsenal. Because he knows this is the only chance."
Zheng laughed and stroke her hair. "Just follow behind us. Rest assured we won't give up any comrades. We also won't put our hope to fate. I will live no matter what!"
Due to Zheng's determination, the other two had to follow him toward the arsenal. The gun shots were getting clearer and more intense. Zheng tensed his body. His running looked wobbling due to having one arm tied up. But even so he adapted to this style of running after a while.
"Jie, take this longest steel bar. I don't know if I can kill them instantly with the grenade and steel bar. If I can't kill them, then stand behind my back and hold them away with the bar. I will block them, whether it's their tongues or tails, I will block their attacks. But you will have to hold their body away, don't let them get near. With my current condition, I can only throw the steel bars and block their attacks, I can't get into close combat. Jie, no matter what happens, you can't take a step backward."
Then Zheng took the steel bars from Lan and handed the one without a grenade on it to Jie. They were now only one corner away from the arsenal. After this turn, they would either see two Aliens or pieces of human flesh.
(The gun shots are intense. Xuan probably heard the explosion from before. In other words, they kept the Aliens' attention right now. Two stage three Aliens… The first throw has to hit no matter what! Otherwise we will be dead. Can't die no matter what! I will live!)
Zheng took a deep breath, then sprint forward. That speed left the two in shock. He didn't slow down when he approached the corner and ran straight into the wall.
The air became thick and dense again. Zheng was getting used to this condition as his body reached a limit and but before unlock the genetic constraint. He could push his physical abilities, vision, and reaction speed to the limit, but those combat instincts, and unlocking the constraint would only appear when he was on the brink of death. He still couldn't control them.
Zheng made use of his speed and ran up the wall. The moment he stepped on the wall, he could see the back of an Alien on the door of the arsenal. The front half of its body was already inside the room. The other Alien was not in sight. In other words, the other one was probably already inside the room.
As he was still in mid air, he pulled the ring of the grenade with his mouth. Then he threw the steel bar. Though he was not left handed after all, so this throw wasn't comparable to when he did it with his right hand, in both power and accuracy. He aimed at the Alien's belly but it hit just below its waist. The Alien backed out from the arsenal, when it turned around and looked at Zheng, the grenade on his waist exploded!
That grenade was inserted into the Alien's body. The explosion blew up its waist. Internal organs and yellow blood splashed everywhere. The hall was like splashed with acid and steel started to corrode. Then the hall was filled with white smoke. Zheng could see a faint shadow lying on the ground.
"Is it dead?"
Zheng rolled on the ground as he landed. He couldn't pay attention to the pain from hitting his right arm. He focused his attention on the shadow on the ground. As he was ready to throw another bar, that shadow jumped from the ground and charged toward him. Its speed was too fast, he couldn't throw another bar in time. An Alien with a hole on its waist ran out from the smoke then jumped at Zheng.
As he was going to stab the Alien's head, a hand from behind pushed him away. Jie ran out from behind. He stabbed into the Alien's mouth as it shot it's tongue out. That tongue pierced Jie's shoulder.
For a moment, blood splashed everywhere, it painted Zheng's world red.
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Vol 2: Chapter 6-3.
Jie didn't back off even when the Alien's tongue pierced his shoulder. He stood in front of Zheng and pushed the steel bar further into the Alien's head. He didn't back off when its blood dripped onto his hands. It wasn't long before all that was left of his hands were bones.
"Ah!!!"
Jie moved forward. He kept pushing the bar into the Alien's head. The blood corroded more and more of his arm. Until his forearms had became bones. Fortunately, Zheng reacted immediately. He pulled Jie backward. When the steel bar was pulled out from the Alien, most of it had already been corroded. Only a short portion of it was left.
Zheng shouted Lan's name, at the same time he took fresh water out of his ring and poured it on Jie's arms. Lan woke up from the shock, she used the hemostasis spray on Jie's arms.
When they were healing Jie's injuries, that Alien finally wobbled then fell to the ground. Yellow blood flowed out of the body. Pungent white fog started filling up.
Zheng dragged Jie out of the fog to the back of the hall. He finally saw that the corrosion of Jie's arms had stopped. At this time, both his forearms were gone, not even the bones were left.
Jie had already fainted from the pain. He didn't wake up until Zheng poured water on his arm again. Then he laughed. "Good god, an Alien is worth 500 points. You've been keep this from us, huh? Hehe. A little desert eagle means nothing, I can go straight for an unlimited ammo AK."
Zheng looked at his arms in silence. Jie continued. "That's no problem. As long as I can go back to God's dimension alive, it won't take many points to repair a body. Just that for the rest of this, I will become your burden… Hoho, when I think about it, it's better staying with you than Xuan. He would probably discard me by this point."
Zheng exhaled. "Rest assured, I won't give up on any comrades… You guys wait here. Don't come over until I call you. Otherwise… go back to the control room immediately. Then follow Lan's plan and let fate decide your future!" He picked up a steel bar and went toward the arsenal.
Since the Alien's blood corroded a big hole in the center, Zheng had to walk along the wall carefully. Halfway through, someone walked out of the other white fog. It was Zero holding a rifle. His left chest was roughly bandaged with cloth. Blood flowing through the cloth made him look horrible.
Zheng and Zero smiled at each other bitterly. They both seemed critically injured. Zero looked at the Alien's corpse and said. "The other one's dead? You're strong. You can kill them even without any guns?"
"You guys aren't bad either. Didn't you killed the other one?"
Zero sighed. "Come inside the arsenal, they are both there."
Zheng shouted at Jie and Lan. Zero looked shocked as they came over. He took a deep breath. "Let's go inside first… It seems your hemostasis spray and bandage are still effective? Kampa… may not make it."
The three of them followed Zero into the arsenal. Zheng noticed that this door was thicker than the other doors, it was almost as thick as the wall. In the middle of this door was a hole about one meter tall. Obviously corroded using the Alien's blood. The other Alien was lying on the left side in pieces.
"It was luck. This Alien tried to get in before the hole was big enough. Then it got stuck on the door. We shot it for several minutes before it died. But we couldn't deal with the second one. If you were just half a minute late, then the three of us would had died here."
Zero explained as he walked in front.
Zheng immediately saw Kampa and Xuan inside the arsenal. There was a big hole in Kampa's chest. Going by the sharp shape of it, it was obviously stabbed by the Alien's tail,but because it didn't pierce through his body he didn't die immediately.
Among the three of them, Xuan looked almost unharmed. Aside from some blood, his outfit looked just like when he first arrived to this world. But one could see the exhaustion in his eyes.
"I didn't expect the Aliens to be this powerful."
Xuan spoke before the three of them got a chance. He looked at them silently. "It's my miscalculation. The Aliens never actually fought humans with guns face to face in the first four movies. So I underestimated their strength. If even the normal Aliens are this powerful, then I don't know how strong the Queen is. Perhaps we're really…"
Zheng ignored him and went to bandage Kampa. After a while, Kampa finally stopped bleeding. But he looked so feeble as if he could die from any movement.
"Then let's ally up. You're a team, and we're a team. Neither of us can betray the other, nor is there any way to betray. Of course, you can refuse, but I won't be controlled by you and become your comrade. Your wisdom and planning are important and I indeed need them. But similarly you also need our ability and knowledge of this world. We hold some value to each other. So you can choose."
Xuan bit his finger, he looked at Zheng and said. "Ok, I agree with your proposal. But there's one point you must know… if you can't keep up with my pace, then I will give you up for the majority!"
"But I will save you!" Zheng smiled coldly. "I will save you for your wisdom!"
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Vol 2: Chapter 7-1.
"Although I don't want to admit it, our fighting capacity is at the lowest point." Xuan muttered with his head down.
Out of the six of them here, Kampa was critically injured. He could die any time without proper treatments. Jie had lost both his arms. He couldn't operate any firearms even though they obtained them. Zheng's the strongest one, but his right arm suffered a comminuted fracture and he spent the majority of his Qi already.
Zero had strong sniping skills, but the gun he had was a sub machine gun. Neither its accuracy nor power were strong enough to kill Aliens. Xuan excelled in analysis and planning, but he was inferior to Kampa and Zero in using firearms. And not to mention Lan, even though she trained for a few days, she was even worse than Xuan in handling firearms.
Zheng nodded. "Yes, we are basically all injured. Luckily… we killed all the Aliens. Since no Alien came out from room 15 after all this time, there should only be the Queen inside."
Xuan said. "Just that one Queen… can kill all of us. We basically don't have any meanst to deal with her. The Queen is approximately three times the size of an Alien. I will assume her exoskeleton is twice the thickness of an Alien. Even then, normal bullets can't penetrate it. Perhaps heavy firearms, sniper rifles, or AP shells damage it. But we can only find smaller firearms in this room. This is a normal commercial spacecraft afterall."
Zheng thought for a moment. "What if we can break its exoskeleton? Then all of us focus shooting the part of it without a shell. Will we be able to kill it?"
Xuan looked at Zheng and said. "I won't do any illogical analysis. If you can break its shell, then please show me evidence."
Zheng couldn't help but picked up a steel bar without grenade. Aside from two bars tied with grenades, this was the only bar left intact. He stood up, took a deep breath, focused his Qi then threw the bar. Just like it was before, the bar pierced deeply into the wall.
Xuan stared at the steel bar, then sighed. "You're not left handed. Your right hand is already… It's my fault. If I knew you have this kind of strength, I wouldn't let you get injured no matter what. Yes, like you said if you can break the Queen's shell, then we have a high probability of killing it. If your throw can be more accurate and hit her head, you may even be able to kill it instantly."
Zheng laughed bitterly. "I can't get that accurate, I'm using my left hand after all. I only have the stamina to throw one or two more. Instead of taking this risk to aim for her head, it's more practical to just aim for her body."
"True." Xuan nodded. "We have a higher chance of success aiming for her body. The probability of killing the Queen is… about 30%. It's good enough for us to take this risk. Then lets arrange our responsibilities. Zheng…"
Zheng interrupted him. "Wait. You only have to be responsible for your comrades. Each party will take a separate role. Our responsibilites are to break open the Queen's shell and offer fire support. Your responsiblities are to protect us and also offer fire support. How's it?"
Xuan bit his finger and said. "Is this what you mean by ally? Ok, we will each be responsible for our roles. I agree with your suggestion but this way I won't have to make my plan with extra attention for your safety. We will share our risks equally."
Zheng sneered at him. "This is the equality we need. Why do we need your special protection? So you can discard us in the future? Don't joke wit me. I need your wisdom and you need our power. Our relationship is this simple."
Xuan didn't say anything more. He took out the weapons in this room then handed them to Zheng and the other two and also explained to them the advantage of each gun and how to use them. Lan chose the desert eagle that Zero wasn't using. Zheng took a short range semi automatic rifle.
Xuan said after they picked up the guns. "We are actually quite lucky. If we delay just one or two more days. Then we wouldn't be facing three but seven Aliens! Those four people probably became hosts already. So we have to kill the Queen in the shortest amount of time. Otherwise when those four Aliens come out, we will certainly be dead."
"Aside from that, there's one more thing you should be aware of. Once the Queen is injured and start to bleed, we have to kill her as fast as possible. Alien blood is highly corrosive and the Queen's location is on the edge of this spacecraft. If her blood corrode a large hole, then we will all be sucked into space."
Zheng praised him silently. If Xuan wasn't so cold blooded, he was definitely a genius in analysis. He could consider every detail including everyone's personality and reactions. Even though Zheng didn't agree with some of Xuan's methods, having such a person as an ally would be a big help in survival.
Xuan continued. "Everyone tuck the bottom of your trousers into your shoes, just like what I am doing. We will be going into their nest. Even though their secretions aren't highly acidic, they still have some corrosive property. So keeping your shoes and trousers closed can keep those secretions away in a short period of time. Also, don't touch the wall. If you see any cocoons, shoot them immediately. Don't get close. That's basically it. Everything else will rely on you to act accordingly."
They checked their weapons one last time. Jie and Kampa couldn't really fight anymore. Xuan originally planned to have them stay here but Zheng worried that an Alien may run past them and come to the arsenal. So he insisted on bringing Jie along. Though Kampa belonged to Xuan's team. Xuan's decision was to have him lie here and let fate decide his life.
As Zheng stepped out of the arsenal, he turned around to look at Kampa. This man could barely keep his conscious. Zheng felt a sense of melancholy then turned his eyes away. Looking straight ahead, the area was dim past room 15. That was the Alien's nest… it seemed like an entrance to hell. Will it be death… or the end of this movie?
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Vol 2: Chapter 7-2.
The five of them went toward room 15. The hall leading up was covered with a mucus like substance. A layer of the steel underneath was corroded. Fortunately, it seemed that their acidity lessens over time.
Xuan touched the secretion the wall with a finger cautiously. "The acidity has been oxidized a lot. This is good, even if our bodies get covered in this secretion during combat, we won't have to worry about it being lethal."
Zheng stepped on it then frowned. "But it's too slippery. If the floor is covered with this when we fight the Queen, I'm afraid it's difficulty to keep our balance."
Xuan thought for a moment. "No, even if the battleground is covered with secretion, it is to our advantage. Then we won't have to worry about the Queen's blood corroding the spacecraft. Compared to movement obstacle, I would rather the battleground covered with this."
Zheng smiled bitterly. He looked at Xuan. "To be honest, what are the chances of us surviving this movie?"
Xuan looked at him calmly. "I told you, 30%. This is considering that you will hit with the throw. If you miss your first throw, then two or three people will die within thirty seconds. Within this time frame you have another chance. If you miss again, then we will all die. Similarly, this is also our last chance. If we can't get a hold of it, we will all die after three days. Out of all the decisions I have made in my life, this one has the lowest probability. It feels rather depressing to think of it."
Zheng was silent for a while. He patted Xuan's shoulders and said. "Even though I don't know how to comfort you. And that you probably don't need any one to comfort you. But… live on, we can all live. No matter what, I won't die here!"
"Though our chance of survival is really only 30%…"
Xuan replied emotionlessly without taking a look at Zheng. Suddenly, Zero's voice came from afar. "There's something!"
The two looked at each other, then Zheng said to Jie and Lan. "Follow close to me. Don't fall behind or do anything else. Let's go!" He took the lead and headed toward Zero.
Zero was standing by a corner ahead of them. He waited for the four to come over silently then pointed to the front. "Can't get pass, it's full of this secretion."
Zheng looked forward and saw the hall behind Zero was blocked with a very thick layer of secretion. It looked like the inside of an organism.
He carefully sliced the secretion. By sense of touch, this layer isn't tough. In contrary he can easily slice through it and it's only a few centimeters thick.
So Zheng easily cut through the layer but the area behind it gave him a fright. A thick layer of secretion covered everywhere, the wall, the ground, and the ceiling. If where they just came from still belonged to the spacecraft, then from this point on, it was the real Alien's nest. It felt like walking on flesh, and the walls felt like a living organism.
Xuan suddenly said. "Zero, the lights are dim here. You have the best vision, take a look at the things on that side, are those Alien eggs?"
Zero focused his eyes and looked at it carefully. After quite a while he shook his head. "I can't see clearly. The lights are covered with this disgusting secretion. It's too dim here."
Xuan nodded then turned to Zheng. "These Alien eggs won't attack anything outside twenty meters. So we can safely approach it. Estimating by the distance we had passed, this should be around room 3. Moving onward is warehouse 1 and 2. The Queen is probably there."
Zheng nodded then said to the people behind him. "You guys stay here. I will go take a look at whether or not those are eggs… Zero, if something appears behind me, please take care of it. I trust your aim."
Zero nodded silently. Zheng walked inside the nest with a laugh. Stepping in, it felt soft, just like stepping on flesh. This feeling gave him goose bumps. Due to the lack of adequate lighting, he could only see things up to ten meters. It took him almost a minute to cautiously approach the eggs like things. When he reached ten meters of them, he finally recognized these oval shaped eggs.
"Yes, these are the Alien eggs!"
Zheng shouted without turning his head. He suddenly saw the eggs were slowly opening up. In this movies, this signified that the larvae were coming out. There were several dozens of eggs here, if all of them releases a larva, they would likely hide inside the layer of secretion and attack the people. Once someone became a host, he would become an Alien within several hours.
Without thinking, Zheng raised his semi automatic rifle and started shooting at the eggs. They were easily shot into pieces. Their shells weren't too tough, but even so, a few larvae came out. These larvae jumped at an incredible speed. They closed up on Zheng within a few jumps.
At the same time, gun shots came from behind. The larvae were shot into pieces midair. Zheng turned around and saw Zero holding a submachine gun.
Zheng smiled at him and Zero who had been acting cold this whole time smiled back. Xuan ran over calmly. He crouched beside the egg shells and studied carefully. He stood up after a while. "The Queen will enter a feeble state after laying eggs. The shells of these eggs are soft. They're different from the toughness that I remember… I think the Queen laid her eggs not long ago."
Zheng took a deep breath. "Since we are at this point already, we will have to do everything to kill that big thing… let's go! Kill that last Alien and go back to God's place alive!"
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The five of them continued onward. Gradually, they couldn't make out that this hall once belonged to a spacecraft. All the sides were filled with secretion, there were even big holes on the walls. These holes turned the path from room 3 to warehouse 3 into a maze.
Zheng suddenly said as he was walking. "I am totally lost. I've lost my sense of direction since the last turn."
Jie laughed. "Yeah right? This place looks the same no matter where you go. This disgusting stuff is everywhere. You want to find the direction here, that would be…"
"I can." Xuan said. "If it's only reconstructing the map, leave that to me. We will reach warehouse 2 by going straight down this way. But I am thinking if it's suitable to just walk straight in…"
Zheng interrupted him. "Suitable! We have five people here and that's all we have. Don't try to trick the majority into agreeing with you then force someone to be a bait or something. You know what they call it when the majority bullies the minority legally? That's fascism! Shit, if you want to be the bait I will instantly agree with it, but don't use other people's lives as disposable!"
Xuan replied calmly. "I can be the bait, but can you guarantee that you can kill the Queen immediately when she appears? If you don't want anyone to be the scout then come up with another plan."
As the tension became these two grew, Lan interjected with a smile. "Don't be so serious. Actually I don't think it's effective to have someone scout. The Aliens are intelligent, they are skilled in sneak attacks. If only two people were walking together, then they will attack the one nearest to them. But if they see one person walking in front while four people are on the back with firearms, they won't come out like idiots. They will probably sneak attack the four on the back first. What do you think of this deduction?"
Xuan bit his finger and said. "Your deduction is correct… Is my mind starting to become disorderd due to fear and nervousness? Then… I won't say anymore opinions. I will continue leading the way."
Zheng looked at Xuan's back, then turned to Zero. "Zero, the previous few times I felt a sense of danger when I encountered Aliens. I remember you and Kampa also have this ability to sense danger. Whoever senses danger first later, open fire at that direction, ok?"
"I am feeling in danger now… as if something is staring at us. It's feels cold, like it is regarding us as food. This feeling is terrible. Know why Xuan is getting so anxious? He's probably feeling the same thing. To be honest, I feel so agitated that I want to start shooting at all directions."
Zheng looked at Xuan again. This man was still looking so emotionless and calm, but when Zheng carefully looked at his eyes, he could see agitation and fear, emotions that wouldn't appear on an intelligent person like him.
The five of them had reached the end of the hall. In front of them was a wide open area. The floor was covered in Alien secretions. Other than that, there were several dozens of big cases. It seemed like this was warehouse 2.
Zheng was still pondering Zero's words. Suddenly his heart tensed, and he raised his head. There were four unconscious people hanging upside down on the ceiling. The two middle aged men and that young man and woman. Their whole body was covered in white secretions aside from their head.
Xuan looked up following Zheng, then immediately said. "Zero! Shoot them down! Doesn't matter if you kill them!"
Then he immediately turned to Zheng. "What's our mission? Kill all the Aliens! There are definitely Aliens inside them, so we must kill them before the Queen appears! Otherwise even if we manage to kill the Queen, her blood can corrode the spacecraft. So we have to be out of this place as soon as the Queen dies. But what if the Aliens within them suddenly hatch? Do we still have to chase those four little Aliens?"
Zheng watched as Zero raised his gun and shot at them. He nodded silently. "You're right. I don't have anything to say… We are all just struggling. I will only save my mercy for my comrades, don't think of me as so stubborn."
Xuan smiled, he raised his head to look at those four. Zero had already gunned down two people, the other two were about to get shot down. Then he suddenly remembered something and his face changed. "Wait. Wait. Zero, everyone, hurry and get away from this place! It's a trap!"
As he finished, they felt their feet sunk. As if the whole floor was collapsing.
Xuan shouted immediately. "Stay where you are, listen to me! Warehouse 1 is right below warehouse 2. These four people are probably a trap set by the Queen. She wants us to stay in this place without moving! Zero, hurry up and kill them. The Queen must be below us. The floor has already corroded. Everyone…"
Just as Zero finished shooting the other two people, the floor under them let out a grating sound. Before they can react, the whole floor collapsed.
Fortunately that thick layer of secretion saved them. Even though they fell from ten meters high, the secretion kept them from any injuries. Especially Zero and Zheng could sit right up.
As Zheng sat up, he immediately started shooting above him. He could feel that danger is approaching, and the source was right on top of him! Since the start of this movie, he had sensed danger a few times, but never once was as strong as this time.
Sure enough, a large shadow dropped down from the ceiling. With a loud boom, it landed in front of the five people. As Zheng looked at it carefully, it's a especially huge Alien!
It's three times as big as a normal Alien, seven to eight meters tall, and over ten meters long including its tail. This monster was just like Death in nightmares! Zheng couldn't even see its movements before its tail lashed at his belly. With enourmous pain, he was sent flying over ten meters away.
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This Alien was the Queen! And it was much bigger than the one in the movie.
The Queen's speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye, her tail sent Zheng flying. With a loud bang, Zheng landed over ten meters away. The rest of them recovered from the initial shock, but they were already standing right under the Queen's mouth. There was no place to hide.
Zero's reaction was the fastest. The moment Zheng was hit, he rolled to the side and at the same time started shooting at the Queen's head. The bullets hit the Queen's shell but all of them were repelled. Their contact ignited sparks, you could see how hard the shell was.
Zero's aim was good enough that some of the bullets hit her tongue. Yellow blood splashed from her tongue. She started to scream like crazy and turned around as she swiped at Zero. Luckily Zero rolled forward with a close call. This swipe only scratched his back and blood started flowing out.
Xuan was the second one to recover. His eyes became sharp. He ran toward the Queen. When he was several meters away from her, he accurately hit the Queen's tongue with dual pistols. Consecutive shots crushed the front of the tongue into pieces.
The Queen's scream got even louder. She lashed her tail at Xuan. Before he could even react, the tail hit his left shoulder and knocked him over to one of the cases ten meters away. His whole body got embeded into the steel case.
Zero never stopped shooting with his submachine gun. He kept circling on the side of the Queen, avoiding her tongue and tail. But no matter fast he ran, the Queen was faster than him. She suddenly turned around, and as Zero tried to roll away, her claw had already got a hold of his left arm. At the same time that tongue shot into his right arm, no, it crushed his right arm. Zero's right arm had totally disappeared.
"Ah!"
Zero let out a cry of pain. Blood flowing out of his mouth. A piece of his lungs also disappeared from the attack, resulting in blood from his breathing. Fortunately, the Queen didn't immediately kill him, she started devouring the flesh of his right arm.
Lan only recovered from Zero's cry. She raised the desert eagle with trembling hands and started pulling the trigger, it was a unlimited ammo weapon after all. The power of this gun actually shot through the Queen's shell. Even though it didn't seem to damage her all that much. It created over ten little holes on the Queen.
The Queen threw Zero away and turned to Lan and Jie. Then she started screaming.
Zheng didn't die from the attack. Even though he was hit by the tail unprepared, his body was much stronger than a normal person. The attack only cut through the skin of his belly and the intestines, but didn't cut him in half.
When Zheng landed after the attack, his body went into a frozen state. Aside from feeling pain, he couldn't move his body. So he could only watch the battleground, from when Zero started attacking, to Xuan got knocked away, to the Queen crushed Zero's right arm, and now the Queen is facing Lan and Jie. Zheng was getting more and more anxious. And as he was losing more and more blood through the broken intestines, he was starting to get unconscious.
(I will die, will die… I am going to die right now! No, I can't die here, I want to live on, go back to the real world alive, go back with Lori, no matter what, no matter what I have to live… I don't want to die!)
Zheng felt that sensation of something within him unlocked again. Loads of information streamed into his brain, including how long he can last in this state, how to recover his strength as soon as possible, how to use the blood energy that he had, and much more information… on how he can survive!
"Ah!!!"
Zheng stood up. His instinct took control of the blood energy and circulated it through his whole body. This increased his vitality temporarily. Then he tied a knot with his intestines, so that they wouldn't hinder his movements. That pain was originally unimaginable, but at this moment, it felt more like a stimulant. The pain constantly stimulating him, keeping his mind conscious.
The Queen was now running toward Lan and Jie, her claw swiped at the two. Jie knocked Lan away as he tried to roll away. But the Queen was faster. Lan barely got away but the Queen caught Jie during his roll. She held him up with the claw pierced into his left chest. Jie cough out a a lot of blood. Not sure if his heart was injured or even if he was still alive.
Zheng's eyes were bloody red. He pulled out the steel bar from behind and charged at the Queen at incredible speed, every step he took crossed several meters. As he approached the Queen, he jumped up over three meters high. He pulled the grenade's ring with his teeth then stabbed the bar into the Queen's waist. At the same time, a claw knocked him away.
With an explosion came the Queen's cry. The grenade blasted a large hole in the monster's waist!
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Zheng was knocked several meters away, but he didn't fall to the ground. Instead he kicked at the ground and jumped right back to the Queen's direction. He didn't pause a bit despite his whole right arm was dripping in blood.
That swipe from the Queen caught onto his right arm and the claw took over half his right arm when it pulled away. Immense pain struck him, a normal person would had fainted from the pain, but the moment Zheng felt pain, he instinctly blocked off the pain signals. Yet, he knew he didn't have much time left.
Blood! Yes, blood!
A human will go into a coma after losing twenty percent of his blood. And losing a third will be fatal.
Zheng didn't know how much blood he had lost already. He started bleeding since the first encounter with the Aliens. Then when his belly and intestines were cut off, he suffered a massive haemorrhage. Losing his right arm just then only bled a little. The amount of blood in his body was probably reaching its limit. But the lack of blood was only one of the danger he was in. The other danger was genetic breakdown from unlocking his constraint.
Everytime after unlocking the genetic constraint, aside from the pain he could feel that his whole body was breaking down. It was almost impossible for a normal organism to unlock the genetic constraint because big alterations in genetics were in themselves fatal to the organism. And this time that he was facing the Queen, he unlocked the constraint by a deeper state than the previous two times.
He knew he didn't have much time left. Critical injuries, loss of blood, genetic breakdown, any of those could erase him from this world. If he failed, it didn't even need the Queen to kill him. He was already half way toward death.
Must finish the battle within three minutes!
Zheng was rushing to where he dropped his rifle. The other steel bar was in Lan's hands, so in comparison the rifle's location was closer and a better choice. The Queen had lost her shell on the waist, even a semi automatic rifle could damage her. The only thing he had to be aware of was the Queen's attacks. That speed and power wasn't something he could stand even a hit.
The Queen screamed, that grenade wasn't too powerful. If it exploded on the shell instead of inside the Queen's body, then it couldn't even break open the shell. As she saw Zheng running at her direction, she growled then raised her tail and lashed at Zheng.
As Zheng picked up the rifle, he could hear the sound of the lash approaching his head. He immediately stood up without thinking. It was impossible to dodge it, so instead taking the hit with his head, he rather make use of his remaining right arm… wasn't there still a fraction of his right arm left?
With a thump, he felt like his right chest had been hit by a truck. Blood gushed out from his mouth and new information appeared in his head, right ribs suffered a comminuted fracture, bones pierced into his right lung, internal bleeding and insufficient oxygen. He would die in two to three minutes!
Zheng had gone all out. The moment the Queen's tail hit him, he clampped onto the tail with his right arm desperately. Even though it wasn't too tight, he avoided getting knocked away again. He swung for almost a circle on the Queen's tail then landed on the other side of the Queen, the side where her shell broke!
He immediately aimed the rifle at her waist. With a few shots, yellow blood gushed out from the waist. The blood might be terrifying to normal people, but Zheng could resist the corrosion a bit. Blood got onto his body and burned his skin black. It didn't corrode his body like it did to Jie's arms.
The real danger was the Queen's follow up attacks. Zheng gritted his teeth then jumped at the Queen. Since he was risking his life anyway, he might as well give the Queen a little surprise.
"Die!"
Zheng jumped at the injured part of the Queen's waist. He stepped his feet into her flesh, stabbed the rifle into her waist and started firing. The Queen's growls gradually weakened.
After about ten shots, the Queen got him off her waist. And before he fell to the ground, her claw got a hold of him. The claw pierced through his left chest, and he gushed out more blood.
"Lan… Lan! Give me the steel bar!"
Zheng was exhausted at this point. All those actions had squeezed the last bit of his potential. His Qi was almost gone, the blood energy was being used to keep his body alive, his consciousness was fading. It was the will of living on that was supporting him, but this was also coming to an end.
Lan suffered the least injury among them. Even though the injury on her shoulder looked scary, it was nothing compared to the others. She immediately got herself up upon hearing Zheng, then ran at the Queen's direction without even looking at her. At the same time, gun shots came from the side of the Queen. Zero was lying on his stomach and throwing up blood, but he kept shooting at the Queen's waist with the submachine gun. Before he got a few shots off, the Queen's tail knocked him away. He was on the brink of death.
Lan kept running toward the Queen, but the Queen might had felt that Lan wasn't a threat. She banged Zheng against the corner of one of the steel cases. Zheng could hear the sound of his spine breaking in half. Aside from the immense pain, he realized he had lost sensation of his body below the belly. His whole body was bent at a sharp angle.
(Don't want to die, I don't want to die!)
Zheng started roaring. His final struggle before death allowed him to gather a small amount of Qi on his left hand. He also forced all the blood energy into his hand. Then he clawed at the Queen's shell. Inch by inch, the corrosive property of blood energy appeared for the first time. His fingers clawed five holes on the Queen's shell.
"Zheng! Catch!"
Lan's speed was rather limited. When she saw Zheng's body snapped, she rushed over and at the same time threw the steel bar toward him. Right after she threw the bar, the Queen's tail stabbed into her chest and opened up a large hole in the middle of her chest. It seemed like she wasn't going to live much longer also.
Zheng forced the claw off him before the steel bar arrived. Then he bit at the Queen's shell, while his remaining left hand caught the steel bar. Yet at the same time, the Queen's other claw slapped at him and totally crushed his lower body. That slap split his body in halves.
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Zheng couldn't feel pain anymore. He bit on the Queen's claw and wouldn't let go of it, afraid that he would fall to the ground. He didn't have legs anymore, if he falls off, then he wouldn't be able to do anything even with the steel bar. This was his last chance!
His conscious was fading, Zheng could feel his body was turning cold. He knew this was the prelude to dying. It was said that someone struggled for several minutes after being cut in half from the waist. If it was in a freezing place, some people could even struggler for over half an hour. But he had already suffered critical injuries, after cutting him in the waist, he was about to die any second now.
Since he couldn't move his mouth, he tried to place the grenade's ring over the Queen's claw. Then he pulled it, but before he had time to do anything else, he heard an attack coming toward his head. It was either the other claw or the tongue.
Pah!Pah! A few gun shots came from not far away. Xuan stood trembling next to a steel case. One of his arms had broken in half. His waist was bent at a weird angle.
These gun shots came from Xuan's remaining hand. He accurately hit the Queen's tongue again. His short distance aiming was proven to be excellent again and the pistol he chose was exceptionally powerful. These shots broke off the front part of the tongue and changed the tongue's direction. The tongue barely scratched the side of Zheng's head.
"Hurry up and do what you need! My vision is going blind!" Xuan shouted while shooting non stop.
Zheng put his left hand on the claw. Then he let go of his mouth and concentrated all his strength to push himself up. He jumped over two meters from the claw and toward the Queen's head.
With a sizz, he pierced the steel bar into the side of the Queen's head and through her mouth. The Queen had raised her other claw halfway by this time, but before she could swipe Zheng, the grenade exploded with a bang. The explosion blasted Zheng's left arm into pieces and along with it, the Queen's head. Shrapnels, and pieces of the steel bar hit his body. Yet these shrapnels were so minor compared to the injuries he already had. He closed his eyes and let himself fell to the ground.
His Qi was all used up, his blood energy was almost empty, his body was reaching the limit from unlocking the genetic constraint, he had lost over half his blood. All these injuries could kill any strong man instantly… Zheng didn't have energy to move a muscle. Even just closing his eyes made him feel exhausted. He felt tired, he just wanted to find a place and sleep. Yet, he felt that there was still something he had to do…
"F*ck you God, hurry up and repair our bodies… The points, deduct them however you want…"
Zheng vaguely heard Jie's almost intangible shouting, and along with it, a very familiar weeping from a girl. This made him try to open his eyes, yet he was too tired to do it. If it wasn't for this weeping, he already would had fallen into a deep sleep.
Suddenly a warm sensation enclosed him. He felt as if he was in a hot spring. His whole body felt cozy and comfortable, yet it didn't last long. After the comfort was extreme pain. This pain stimulated him to wake up.
Once Zheng woke up, he felt startled. He recalled that last encounter with the Queen and it made his whole body cold. That was a monster over seven meters tall and almost twenty meters in length. Even an elephant would only take a few lashes from its tail yet he still fought it in close combat. The whole thought of it scared him.
It wasn't until now that he had a look of the surrounding. This was God's dimension, a large platform and a floating sphere of light, and the darkness to the sides. This was the only safe place in the world of horror movies.
He was floating in a beam of light shot from the sphere. There were four other dimmer beams. Xuan was floating in the dimmest one because his injuries weren't as critical. Then it was Zero and Jie. The luminance of Lan's beam was just below his.
Four? Zheng counted again, yes, only four. Kampa wasn't in this platform. That Russian mercenary didn't make it. This made him a bit down. Only those that survived could come back to this dimension.
Then he looked at his own body. The pain was subsiding yet it was still unbearable. His lower body was gone, both his arms were gone, his torso was filled with shrapnels. Luckily there were only scratches on his face, it didn't get hit by the shrapnels.
His muscles were wriggling like they were alive. Under this beam, his muscles and bones were growing back in visible speed.
Zheng didn't want to look at his body anymore, the visible grow of muscles, bones, organs disgusted him. He looked down beyond his body and saw two girls with teary eyes looking at them. One was the woman Jie created, the other was Lori. This fifteen year old girl looked so heart broken.
Zheng still couldn't talk. His throat was cut by a shrapnel. He opened his mouth at Lori and tried to send his message with his lips. Even though he didn't know if she could understand it.
"I came back alive… Lori, I kept our promise, and came back alive!"
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The repairing process took two hours. Zheng's repairing took the longest, everyone else's finished after an hour. As his repairing finished, the beam suddenly changed from sunlight color to a green light. Zheng kind of understood that this was God repairing his genetics.
He still couldn't explain what condition he was in after unlocking the genetic constraint. In that state, a lot of information rushed into his brain. Even though he could only reach this state during combat, it was still terrific. At least he survived after unlocking it. If he could reach this state under any circumstance, like when he was thinking, deducing, and coming up with plans… anyhow, when he can reach the state anytime he wanted, then he could become an almighty human.
Zheng looked below from mid air. Jie was laughing the loudest. He held his wife in his arms and laughed. "Shit, that was a close call but we also made a huge profit. 1000 points from the basic reward, 500 points from each Alien, 1000 points and a rank D reward from completing the mission. You have to take risks for profits but with so many points I am OK with it. Haha!"
Xuan also checked his rewards from God then said. "Body repair cost 107 points. Does it cost so much normally?"
Jie shook his head. "Repairing a part of your body doesn't cost much, like if you lost an arm or a leg and need to repair them, that is cheap. But if your life is in danger and you don't know where to repair, you will need to use the whole body repair function. It will repair every little problem that you have and adds up to a lot of points. You have it easy with just over a hundred points. I used over two hundred points this time."
Lan looked bitter. "My repair cost over four hundred points. I only have about 1600 points left. And this also included that 100 points from giving explanation to newbies. It takes too many points for repair. The only good thing is that rank D reward."
Jie laughed and said. "Be content with it. Movies like this where God changed the plot usually end in a wipe. But we have five people survived. Do you really think it's that easy to get the rewards? Thanks to Zheng, otherwise we would be inside the Queen's stomach now."
The mention of the word Queen turned their face pale. But they survived after all, this was the most important thing. Zheng then closed his eyes and connected to God. A big list of rewards was listed in his brain. 1000 basic points, 1000 points from killing two Aliens, 3000 points from killing the Queen, 1000 points and a rank D reward for the mission. Other than these, there was also the line 'Breaking the genetic limit'…" Though aside from those words, there was no explanation.
That was 6000 bucks, no, 6000 points, and the reward was also good stuff. Zheng got excited from it. But when he looked at the amount of points he had, he was dazed. Only 4170 points left. He remembered having 276 points left from the last time. That meant his body repair cost over two thousand points. This made him laugh bitterly. You can imagine how critical his injuries were. He felt lucky that God could still save him from that.
Anyway, being alive and having four thousand points made him feel fulfilled. He disconnected from God and enjoyed the healing process inside the green light. It took over an hour before he was lowered to the ground.
Once on the ground, Jie gave him a big hug, then Lori jumped onto him crying. She immediately bit on his shoulder, tears were dripping onto his body.
She cared too much for her love and went through both extreme sadness and happiness in this time. Plus she was only a fifteen year old girl. You can't expect a high school girl to get over issues concerning death so easily.
Lan originally held out her arms as if she was going to run into him, but when she saw Zheng and Lori's faces, she put down her hands and stood aside with a smile.
Jie laughed. "Ok, ok. At least pay attention to where you are if you want to make out. Haha. Everyone, I will take my leave now. If you have anything to say, wait till tomorrow morning. The trial this time was too dangerous. I will have my wife make you guys a big meal tomorrow…" Then he picked up his woman and ran to his room.
Zheng shook his head and said. "You know how to activate your room right? Use your imagination to design the room. Other people can't get in it without your permission. Oh right, about the points… wait till tomorrow, we will discuss how to use those points. If we had heavy firearms in this movie then we wouldn't had so many casualties. Xuan is definitely better than me in this field. We will discuss how to deal with future movies tomorrow."
Then he picked up Lori just like Jie did and ran toward his room laughing. Xuan's voice suddenly came from behind.
"Thank you… for this time."
"You don't have to thank me, if you didn't save me with your gun at the last moment, we would have all been dead… So are we still allies? Haha…"
Zheng replied without turning his head around. Then he walked into his room laughing. Only three people were left in the platform, Xuan, Zero, and Lan who had been staring at his back…
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Once inside the room, Zheng put Lori on the sofa. Her face had turned red since outside the platform. She closed her eyes as soon as she got into the room. As someone that just lost her virginity to Zheng, she immediately associated his actions with something, especially when Zheng put her on the sofa.
"Don't, not here… inside the bedroom." Lori said in a very light voice.
Unexpectedly, Zheng didn't do anything weird. Instead he placed his head on her laps and just lay there without moving. Lori was surprised at first then after a while, she put her hands on his head silently.
Lori said in a low voice. "… I was worried about you, especially how you appeared in front of me… I was so scared."
"Hm…"
"Zheng, I am scared. Nana said you will come back after a day. And maybe one of us will suddenly disappear, just like the other woman she knew. Or perhaps we will both disappear… I am scared that I might not ever see you again. Even if I am going to die, I want to see you one last time…"
She paused, then continued in a light voice. "I've been thinking the whole day today, Zheng. If I didn't die back then, then you wouldn't be disappointed with reality, and wouldn't have been given the YES and NO choice… you also wouldn't have gotten injured like this. I was scared when I saw you came back soaked in blood, and every part of your body was injured. Zheng, I am really scared of losing you…" Lori couldn't continue anymore. She held onto his head and started crying quietly.
Zheng felt tired. Aside from physical exhaustion, his heart was really tired. Struggling in that hopeless place, every step had to be carefully considered, every crisis he had to put his life on the line, up until that last fight of desperation. He had exhausted every little bit of his energy mentally. Once it was safe, he didn't even want to move a bit. He just wanted to lie on Lori's laps and rest.
"Won't die… Lori, won't die! All of us won't die! I promised you, I will bring you back to the real world, to watch that aurora, then cross the Pacific Ocean on a cruise, lie on the deck during midnight and count the stars, to see the statues in Easter Island, ponder all the secrets of mankind, then go listen to the pipe music of Scotland, and also pay tribute for the ancient civilizations under the Greek Pantheons, then we will go back to the Great Wall of China. We will walk up to Bada Ling holding hands… I will live no matter what! I haven't done any of these I promised you… We will live no matter what!"
A whole night without words. Zheng was too tired. He slept peacefully holding onto Lori. The next morning at 10am, he slowly opened his eyes and saw Lori's face right in front of him. She was still sleeping with her eyes closed, but it was like their hearts were linked, shortly after he opened his eyes, she woke up.
"Morning." Lori yawned.
Zheng loved how she acted. In his memories, they sometime slept together when they were about eleven. When she just woke up, she would look so moe just like a cat. Before he realized it, he had already kissed her.
"That's dirty! Doing this so early in the morning you pervert! You haven't even rinsed your mouth! Get away, you lay on me for a whole night already…"
"Then… it wouldn't matter if I lie a little longer…"
"No, pervert…"
By the time the two of them came out from their room, it was already 12pm. Zheng saw there were already a few people standing on the platform. Xuan, Zero and Jie stood in a circle, it seemed like they were discussing something. Considering Xuan's ability, he realized something might have happened. He immediately grabbed Lori and ran over to them.
Xuan had changed to a new pair of glasses, dressed in black casual clothes. It looked normal but the cold and expressionless face gave Zheng a different feel.
Zero and Jie didn't change much, they both changed to new clothes. When they saw Zheng came over, they nodded. Xuan was the first to speak. "Once Lan comes, I will let you know my analysis."
Before Zheng could speak, Lori said with a blush. "Jie, where is Nana? Is she in the room?"
Jie laughed. "She's making a fruit and cream platter with Lan. She had been talking about you since this morning."
Lori pinched Zheng then hopped toward Jie's room. Shortly after, Lan came out laughing.
Xuan saw that the five of them were all there then said. "I found three problems, first is human creation… according to the conditions, it seems like you can even create a God. Because it's not limited to race, age, gender, ability, as long as you can imagine it, you can create anything. I tried it yesterday but there are actually hidden limitations… Arnold!"
Ten seconds later, a huge man of about 2.5 meters tall came out from Xuan's room. He stood besides Xuan without moving. His face was emotionless and cold like Xuan's.
"Originally I chose Alien and Hunter, but God didn't give me any response. It seems like living beings non native to Earth are not available. So I chose human. Height max out at 2.5 meters, I didn't test gender, it's not relevant to combat ability. Age is set at 22 when a person's physical ability is at their highest. Ability wise, I originally imagined an all powerful god, but God didn't create any life. So I gradually decreased his ability, I also tested the genetic mutations and bloodlines you can exchange from God, none of those can be created. So I assume it can only use humans as a blueprint."
"Then I imagined the limit of a human, and gradually reduced his ability. When he was about twice the physical fitness of a normal person, God created him. At the same time I also gave him the experience and personality of a special agent. Basically that's it. Because he looked strong, I gave him the name Arnold…"
Zheng and Jie laughed secretly. Little did they think that Xuan would choose such a name.
"This is not the key point!"
Xuan continued calmly. "He can also get enhanced! I tried to let God give him a point of intelligence, and God actually did enhance him. Do you know what this means? It means that the being you created can definitely go into the horror movies! It only takes 500 points to create a fighter twice as strong as a normal person. Then the rewards from one movie can give you two such bodyguards. You were all wrong! The free human creation God gives you isn't to create women for sex, it's so you can protect your life, to give you a chance to create a bodyguard!"
"Why do so many people die in this world? Especially the physically weaker people are more likely to die. I think it's because a lot of people use the first 1000 points to enhance themselves, then use the free human creation for a woman. But what can you accomplish with 1000 points? Can it double your attributes? Why not make two loyal bodyguards instead! God actually gave you hints early on, how to survive when you are still weak. That's bodyguards! Such is a mortal's wisdom… the inferiority of human nature…"
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Vol 2: Chapter 9-3.
Jie disliked Xuan's tone. He said in a cold voice. "So what if we are mortals' wisdom? So what if I f*cking created a woman? I am still living very well and it will just get better! You…"
Zheng stood in front of Jie and stopped him. "You aren't ridiculing us out of boredom right? Perhaps you may be right, God gave that gift for us to make a strong bodyguard, but that's only your speculation. What if the bodyguard can't follow you into the movies? Even if he can get in, can you guarantee that he can help you survive? When we enter the movies, we have to stand inside a beam of light about one meter in diameter, how many people do you think can fit inside it?"
Xuan snapped his fingers, and replied calmly. "Your reasoning ability is getting more capable, obviously reached Lan's level. I don't have any intention of ridiculing you, but have you thought about why the movies have a limitation of twenty people? That's because a team needs different types of talents. If everyone's direction of growth is on enhancing their body, they can of course increase their survivability in the movies but at the same time the team's abilities will lack diversification. If they encounter special situations, it will likely cause the whole team to wipe out!"
Then Xuan took out a bag and opened it. The bag was filled with tools and little gears. He pointed to them and said. "Aside from finished products, you can also exchange these tools and materials from God. In other words, if you have the relevant knowledge and ability, you can create those high cost items with minimal cost. You can even get around the limitation of ranked rewards. But do you have this kind of knowledge and ability? Definitely no!"
"People with these kind of talents are usually physically weak and has no means for combat. Then how are they going to survive the beginning? The only answer is bodyguards. Similarly, that size of the beam that you just mentioned can just about fit two people in. In other words, why did God only offer one free change to create a bodyguard? That's because you can only bring one into the movies. This is God's hint! People with special talents also have means to protect their lives, this is probably what God tried to tell us."
(Amazing! He deduced all these with so little information, this kind of ability… you can only describe him as non-human.)
Zheng and the others' eyes were filled with astonishment. They continued listening to Xuan. "So these twenty people should include all kinds of talents. I had been pondering how God chooses people. Other than being disappointed at the real world, God can actually also choose people with talents at every field. Yet there are people from young to old, people with real talents to housewives. God actually doesn't know who's more suitable for movies. That's why it selected people of all kinds then let them go through natural selection. Perhaps this is the intention behind having newbies every time. So in order to let those people survive, the first human creation must not go to waste. A special agent bodyguard that's twice as strong as a normal person, I don't have to tell you how useful he can be in sci fi movies right?"
Xuan paused then packed up his bag. "This is the first thing I wanted to say. If I die in the next movie, then when newbies join in the future, if they are craftsmen or worked in other non laborious careers, you can tell them the correct usage of the first human creation. And not creating women for sex."
Jie was about to lose his temper but Zheng stopped him. "Perhaps you are very right, but I don't agree that creating the woman I love will be useless in horror movies. Mental support tends to be more useful than physical support. And God never stated the usage of the first human creation. In other words, this choice has infinite possibilities, no one can say with certainty that their hypothesis are correct, but I will tell these to newbies in the future… what's the second thing?"
Xuan actually smiled to everyone's surprise. He took out five printed documents then handed them out to the other four people. "These are the things you can exchange from God that I categorized. There are four categories. I wrote down the descriptions and functions of some practical items from low levels to high levels. Of course, some functions are just my guesses. This is the second thing, organize the exchange system. So we can know what we can exchange and better prepare for upcoming situations."
"This is also another speculation that I have, perhaps we don't need to appear in horror movies. God's probably wants us to experience dangerous situations, and force us to evolve in danger. It's only because horror movies are the most dangerous, that's why we experience a lot of horror movies. Some very dangerous sci fi movies will probably appear also…"
Zheng got interested, then asked curiously. "Like what? What kind of sci fi movies?"
Xuan adjusted his glasses. "Starship Troopers. If God put us in an Arachnid colony and we don't have any heavy firearms on hand, I don't think we can survive. Of course God probably won't put us in a truly hopeless situation. But to prevent this from happening, I suggest that we equip ourselves with three weapons. Close combat weapon, rapid fire weapon, and heavy firearm."
"For close combat weapons, I suggest magical weapons. To be honest I don't like to watch supernatural horror movies, because they have no scientific basis. I don't waste my brain on things that can't be explained. But the problem now is we are very likely going to face such horror movies. And in order to survive through them, I suggest a magical close combat weapon, that can both deal with normal life forms and also supernatural beings. Zheng did very well on this point, your Na ring included support ability and can attack supernaturals. Given your physical fitness, this is almost a perfect choice."
"Rapid fire weapons are used against enemies in masses, like zombies. For heavy firearms, I suggest Zero pick the Ionic Gauss sniping rifle. It accelerates bullets with ions, the enormous kinetic energy it generates can almost destroy anything in front of you. This weapon is still in testing stage in the real world, but God already has the finished product… as to everyone else, I don't suggest you buy any heavy firearms. Because your ability in handling weapons are horrible. You're better off spending the points on special bullets for the rapid fire weapons. Like the new type of depleted uranium ammunition."
"Basically that's it for choosing weapons. I will add one last thing, these weapons can also damage supernatural beings, you just have to use magical bullets, but those will cost more than usual."
Zheng praised him secretly. This was a real professional. He indeed never thought about any of these last time. Xuan's words increased their chance of survival by a lot. Even though he didn't like some of Xuan's methods, Xuan was really a genius at analysis.
Zheng took a look at the document then said. "But unlimited ammunition version of these guns are all expensive. We don't have that many points to exchange them. And the unlimited ammunition version of that Gauss rifle needs a rank D reward and 5000 points…"
Xuan laughed. "When did I say anything about unlimited ammunition weapons? Remember the first thing I said? Other than bodyguards, you can also exchange tools and materials from God. Gunpowder is very inexpensive, 1 point can get you one ton of high quality gunpowder. and bronze and other metals are also very inexpensive. I can exchange the materials to assemble a workshop and manufacture bullets in mass. Even though we won't have unlimited ammunition, but as long as it isn't the worst possible situation, we should have enough bullets to deal with it. Those magical weapons are expensive, even though we can't create these items, we can at least exchange some bullets with magical properties to deal with possible situations. This is the second thing I want to say, our standard equipment!"
Zheng and the others exchanged a look, they could see the delight in each others' eyes. As long as they can live, even if it was just hope, that was enough to make them feel delighted. Zheng said to Xuan with a smile. "Then continue, Xuan, you are really amazing, if it wasn't for you, we wouldn't be able to come up with these… continue to give us surprises, what's the third thing?"
Xuan bit his finger, then said. "I found the option to go back to the real world… even though it's only temporary and you have to pay a high price. But this is a way to confirm whether we entered this world with just our conscious or whole body, and also confirm whether we can bring these things out to the real world, and bring our enhanced bodies back… Yes, I fouond the option to go back to the real world!"
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Vol 3: Chapter 1-1.
The third point was more shocking than the other two combined. Everyone stared at Xuan with craze. After all, anyone who experienced such terrors, no matter how disappointed with the real world he was, this person would lust for the real world and not stay to suffer without an end.
Zheng looked at Xuan with doubt, then said carefully. "You plot too much, I am suspicious of whether you have something up in your sleeves… So, how do we get back to the real world?"
Xuan smiled calmly. "I am not forcing you to do anything, it's your freedom to choose whether you want to go back… Jie, you never looked at the Days exchange category carefully right? I checked it yesterday and found that not only can you exchange for days to live in the previous movie worlds, you can also go back to the real world."
Jie sneered at him. "We don't need you to tell us. Anyone can go back with 50000 points, do you think we have the points? Are you trying to tease us or what?"
Xuan glanced at him and said. "Did I say that you can go back completely? At where you exchange regular days, I found a Record function, it recorded Nightmare on Elm Street 1, Scream 2, Final Destination, Resident Evil, and Alien, these five movies. Other than the horror movies, there's also another world, and that is the real world!"
Jie turned pale when he heard these names. He muttered. "Those are all the movies I experienced, why is there a record? What about the ones before those?"
Xuan shook his head. "There are no records of anything before them. God probably deleted them. After all you are the only one among us that survived five movies. This is not the key point. The key point is you can unlock the these worlds. After you unlock them, you can go into any of them, including the real world!"
"You use a rank D reward to unlock a world in the records, then you can exchange for days to live in that world, but you have to spend five times as many points, that is you have to pay the high price of 50 points a day (10 points a day in the previous world they just experienced). In order to go back to the real world temporarily, you need a rank D reward and a lot of points."
Everyone fell into silence. Jie had already told them about the rarity of the ranked rewards. If Zheng didn't exchange his Qi and Vampire bloodline, then he couldn't have survived Alien. For something that directly concerned their life, how can anyone just use it up so easily? Furthermore, not only did you need a rank D reward, you also needed a lot of points. The cost was too high for just going back for a few days.
Xuan shook his head as they remained in silence. "I don't have any intention to make you waste your rewards and points. To temporarily go back to the real world, at least one of us can go back is an urgent matter. I don't know if you ever thought about this world. I have two hypotheses, one is our consciousnesses were transported here and our bodies are still in front of the computer. Second is our bodies were transported here along with our consciousnesses. I think you also obtained an info from your women. No matter how long we stay in the horror movies, when we come back, only a day has passed in this dimension. In other words, God can control both space and time. This is…"
"This is like a real god!" That was the only phrase Xuan could come up with to describe God. He muttered. "Perhaps you don't feel that this matters too much, being able to control space and time, to create independent worlds and real living beings, I can only describe it as a god. This is the important thing I want to say. If only our consciousnesses are in this world, then the enhances and everything else are just illusions. This would be like a virtual reality game. Similarly, our bodies will go into a vegetative state. If we don't confirm it as soon as possible, then our bodies might be ruined by other people."
"Of course, if our bodies were transported here also… then this is the world of a real god. If so then all these enhancements… they are the infinite possibilities of human evolution! We just have to survive, then we will be able to become a real god!"
Zheng rubbed his head. "Becoming god is too far away, I think I understand what you're trying to convey. If our bodies are in this world, then we can forget about everything in the real world before we have the points to go back. We just have to focus on surviving. But if only our consciousnesses are here, then nothing can be brought back to the real world, and our bodies are also in danger."
Xuan snapped his fingers. "Correct. So my suggestion is, we select someone to go back to the real world, even if it's only for a day and confirm whether our bodies were also transported here. This is the most important thing concerning our lives. What do you think?"
They all agreed with Xuan. Yet Zheng sighed. "Even though I don't have any reason nor evidence, but I feel that there's a trap in your words, as if it's waiting for us to jump into it… No, it's an overt scheme, you tell us everything every time, yet we can only follow your plans, then you think that I should be the one to go back?"
Xuan nodded, but Jie objected. "Hey, Xuan, why does Zheng have to be the one to spend the points? If it isn't for him, we would have all died. Right, Zheng, how many points did you spent on the body repair? We can exchange something for you together as a compensation."
Zheng smiled at Jie. "It's not necessary, I killed the Queen and got 3000 points after all. I still have a lot left after the repair… As to why I am the one to go back, it's because I am the only one that enhanced Qi and Vampire bloodline. I can confirm whether these abilities can be brought back, and at the same time, I don't need the ranked reward as much as you guys. But you will need them to enhance yourselves."
After it was decided, Jie suggested everyone help Zheng get a set of equipment. Of course, he still had to exchange the expensive parts himself. They still got him a bullet proof vest, a pair of shoes that can reduce the impact from falls, a small submachine gun, and a progressive knife (Eva).
Each of them got Zheng an item, but that knife was the most expensive, it cost over 600 points. It was something that hadn't been invented in the real world. Zheng got more suspicious when Xuan handed the knife to him. He was certain that Xuan was plotting something.
They met up in Jie's room for dinner. The precious and rare materials combined with Nana's cooking made them eat like a beast. Even Xuan was the same, he was actually digging at the food more fierce than anyone else.
After dinner, they agreed to meet up 10am the next day and see Zheng off… Even if it was only temporary, going back to the real world was a wish that they would beg for. Compared to the terrors, the ordinary world was heaven.
The next day at 10am, everyone stood on the platform in silence. Zheng was communicating with God with his eyes closed. After a while, he looked at his ring. Xuan asked. "You exchanged something?"
"Yes, I got one cubic meter of platinum. My family isn't rich. My parents just have enough from pension. If these things can be brought back to the real world, then this is the least I can do for them. And Lori's parents spent a lot of money for her illness, their financial state hadn't been too good… Since we have to test it anyway, I can feel relieved in this world if they can live well."
Lori stood next to Zheng, when she heard about her parents her eyes turned red. Lan took out a handkerchief and handed it to her.
Zheng got a hold of Lori's hand then checked his items. He put the submachine gun, knife, vest, some left over bandage and hemostasis sprays and the platinum in the ring. Basically he brought everything he can, now he just needed to confirm whether these things can be brought back… and that included Lori.
This was also one of the reason he agreed. He wanted to confirm if Lori can go back to the real world and not just some illusion created by God. Dreams are good but he will wake up one day. Instead of investing his feelings then get hurt, he rather face the the problem right now. He needed to know whether all of these were just illusions.
"Then… lets go!"
Zheng exchanged thirty days of time in the real world. That was 1500 points. He used 10 points for that platinum, and enhanced his muscle density and reaction speed by 100 stat points each. So he had 660 points left.
His current stats were reaction speed 387, muscle density 402, intelligence 187, mental capacity 232, cell vitality 321, immunization 331. In simpler words, the two enhanced stats were about four times stronger than a normal person.
Zheng held onto Lori's hands tight, he almost couldn't control his strength. After communicating with God, he finally exchanged for time in the real world.
Everything in front of him flashed for a moment, then he fell into a half awake state. Time passed by, perhaps it was just a blink of an eye or perhaps it was took very long. By the time he woke up he was standing inside an office. This was the place he went to work in the real world, and beside him…
Lori was smiling with teary eyes. Their hands were still holding onto each other.
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Vol 3: Chapter 1-2.
Zheng took a deep breath. He looked out the window, this really was the place he used to work as a manager. The weather was sunny, a flock of pigeons flew by, the peaceful atmosphere and the the voices from the streets. This was the world he grew up in. A place without monsters, Aliens, or T virus, without the endless horrors. The peaceful world was like heaven.
Suddenly Zheng felt that the real world was so unfamiliar. As if it belonged to his previous life. After struggling in the horrors, he finally came back reborn.
"I was so scared, scared that I am just an illusion created by that sphere of light. Hehe. We can actually come back to the real world, makes me relieved now… Pervert, what are you thinking?"
Zheng shook his head, some information appeared in his brain. This was the information God gave him. Within the thirty days in the real world, he could not mention anything pertaining to God's world, otherwise he, and everything that belonged to him would be erased.
At the end of thirty days he must come back to this office. God would transport him back. At the same time he must be in contact with everything that belonged to him. Otherwise those items would be left in this world. If the item could only be obtained from God's world, then it would be erased. If he couldn't come back to the office, he would be erased.
"That means I can't say anything about that place, must come back here in thirty days, and must be holding onto Lori's hands."
Zheng nodded and kept these information to his heart. Then he said. "Let's go. Lori, I will bring you to my parents."
Outside the office were people working busily. Several dozen people were in front of computer desks, some were having a conversation. As Zheng and Lori stepped out of the office, many people turned to them. For a moment, the place fell into a silence.
"Manager Zheng…"
After the silence, people gathered around Zheng and started asking questions. Basically where he had been these days.
Zheng grabbed a young man he was close with and went toward the elevator. "San, how long ago had I left the company? What's the current situation?"
San took out a pack of cigarettes and handed one to Zheng. "Zheng, did something happen in your family? Why did you leave without a word? At least leave us a message. No one knew where you were so that bitch fired you for absences. She got her boyfriend the position and he's irritating everyone. If you hadn't come, we would've quit together.."
Zheng took a smoke and said. "Yes something happened… San, I'll teach you a trick. Doesn't she like to play in her office? Buy a hidden camera and put it in her office. But don't go too far, just threaten them… I have to leave now, please take care of my family if something was to happen. My parentss health isn't that great either, so visit them once in a while with some friends."
Before San could reply, Zheng had already stepped into the elevator.
The two sighed after coming out from the building. Zheng was due to having experienced so much, even though it wasn't enough to be enlightened but he had changed. Lori was marveled at the cityscape. Her memories were still from ten years ago, when the city wasn't so developed. Shortly after, they merged into a sea of people.
As she was having difficulty getting through the crowd, Zheng picked her up. Lori blushed but said with a laugh. "Such big changes, if you leave me here alone, I will get lost within a few minutes. Hehe. Perhaps I will get abducted by human traffickers."
"I won't leave you… definitely won't!"
Her smile got even wider, she almost hanged herself on Zheng and asked. "We only have thirty days. Uh. Let's go see your parents first then visit my parents, how's it?"
Zheng nodded, then he suddenly stopped with a daze. "Shit… we don't have any money. I left that jacket with money in Alien… Looks like we have to walk back."
Nothing was more embarrassing than having a cubic meter of platinum in his ring, yet he didn't have the money to take a taxi. They had no choice but to walk to his parents' house.
The two arrived by noon. This was a condo style apartment. It looked like an area for middle class families. As they knocked on the door, an old woman in her fifties opened the door.
She immediately recognized Zheng and smiled. "Son, why did you come over today? You weren't home last Saturday, and your cell says out of service area when I called you. You went on a business trip? Come in."
Zheng pulled out Lori from the back and said with a smile. "Mom, look who this is?"
Lori came out coyly. "Hi auntie, I came over to play."
She was confused for a while then grabbed Lori in shock. She looked her over from head to toes a few times then yelled. "Honey, come out, honey!"
Zheng quietly closed the door. The old couple were checking out Lori with excitement. This made her feel embarrassed yet happy. Even though she was told to not say anything about where she had been. The old couple called Lori's parents then started questioning her. After Lori avoided some questions, they changed the topic.
An hour later, when they were eating lunch. There was rapid knocking on the door. Zheng's mother opened it and there stood a couple in their fifties. They rushed to Lori once they saw her. The woman held onto her and started crying. The man remained calm yet his eyes were red.
"Ok, ok, make things clear first." The man grabbed the woman. "Are you really Lori? That's impossible, we saw her pass away with our own eyes."
Then he looked at Zheng. "Is this an actress you hired? Tell me, what's this about?" He started shouting by the end of the sentence.
As Lori started crying, and was about to say something. Zheng patted her hand and said. "Uncle, I wouldn't use Lori for a joke… I can promise that this is the real Lori, your daughter, please forgive me that I can not say anything more."
Before the man can reply, Zheng's father shouted. "What can't you say? What is this? This isn't your company's secret, this concerns a life! I am your father, you have to say it when I order you."
Zheng shook his head bitterly. "Dad, I understand but I really can't say anything. Otherwise we will both die. I promise this is the real Lori you know."
Zheng's mother stopped his father from saying anything more. She laughed. "No matter what, it's good that the child is back. If she really came back from… it's true that they can't tell us."
Back from where? Of course hell, people their age tend to believe in superstitions. Someone that died over ten years ago suddenly appeared in front of you, that her appearance, her expressions and her tone were exactly the same. Furthermore the fact that Zheng couldn't say anything all pointed to this.
Zheng felt relieved. He was worried that he couldn't explain Lori's background. Even though their parents were mistaken, he was happy to accept this mistake.
"Dad, mom, uncle, auntie, we can only stay here for a month. After a month, we will have to leave." Zheng told them after they calmed down.
Zheng's mother started trembling. Her eyes filled with tears. "Son, you wouldn't also…"
Zheng got a hold of her and smiled. "No, mom, I haven't died. I am still living very well. Touch my hand, see, it's warm. I only said that I and Lori will leave… leave for one or two years. We still have some things to finish. Then we will come back and never leave again."
As the women were crying, the men started to comfort them. "Yes, it's good that they can come back, why are you still crying? Only one or two more years, we have waited ten years already. One or two years will pass in the blink of an eye…"
Zheng sighed then walked over to the window and closed the curtains. He activated the ring and poured everything out on the floor.
He picked up a bar of platinum and smiled. "Rest assured, I will definitely come back with Lori. These platinum is a specialty of that place. These are very cheap over there. Uncle and auntie, you weren't well off these years, Lori had credit in earning these platinum, so you also take half of them. But be careful when you sell them, do it one bar at a time."
Compared to his words, the platinum were more shocking to them. For a while the living room fell into a silence. No one noticed that a little dot under the knife blinked once.
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Vol 3: Chapter 2-1.
Zheng lay on his bed with his eyes closed, sensing the circulation of his Qi.
It had been twenty nine days since he came back to the real world. These days were the most peaceful days ever since he entered God's world.
During the day, he either took walks with his parents, or went shopping with Lori. As for the platinum, he sliced them to little pieces with his knife and sold most of them. This money would be enough for the two families to lead well off lives for the next dozens of years. These days were also the most relaxing and comfortable days. If the worries of God's world were gone, days like these were like living in heaven.
Yet that sword of Damocles felt so close. Once the thirty days of happiness were over, he had to continue on with the trials in God's world. He would have to face monsters like Aliens, or zombies everywhere like in Resident Evil, perhaps they would be devils or ghosts. Once he was back in God's world, he would be facing against death!
That's why even in these thirty days he still practiced his Qi everyday. Every night he practiced using the knife, this was the only method that he could think of.
Having Qi in addition to four times a normal person's strength and reaction speed made him reach an unimaginable height. He could beat over ten strong men within a minute, even if they were special agents he could eventually win. And he wouldn't get injured too much. Of course this was under the assumption that neither side used any weapons.
Zheng was not skilled in guns. He could keep his accuracy within fifty meters but once distances increased or the target's speed was too fast, his accuracy would go downhill. He was strongest in close combat.
Especially now that he had the progressive knife. Even though the knife looked bland, totally black, about thirty centimeters long, and created using indinstinguishable materials, just a light swing could slice through metal like it was air.
He didn't feel any friction when he was slicing the platinum. The only weakness was if the target was too big and the knife got stuck inside it. The knife would stop its vibration and became just like a normal knife.
Other than familiarizing himself with using the knife, he practiced the application of Qi. Aside from using it to increase power and speed, he focused it on a body part and increase defense temporarily or if he focus all of it on his hand, he could throw a bar with more power than without. Though every time he practiced it, he would remember that spacecraft…
Aside from these improvements, he also tested combining Qi and blood energy. He only successfully used blood energy once when he was not in unlocked mode.
"Still couldn't do it."
Zheng shook his head, he had tested it for a few days, yet that blood energy never moved out of his head. Though his Qi had increased a little bit from the training. Just like the description said, Qi could also increase from training. If he had enough time he could become like the characters in Wuxia novels.
A knock on the door followed by a little girl's voice. "Pervert, are you still not up? You said you would bring me to take a look at school."
Zheng got off the bed and opened the door. A girl rushed in then checked the whole room. "What are you looking at?"
"Woman." Lori frowned. "It happens a lot in movies. When a man is late at opening the door, then there's a woman in his room, or a woman's number on his phone."
"Where did you see such boring movies? Those are just the director's imaginations. Men in the real world wouldn't be so careless."
"From the way you talked, it seems like you really were talking to a woman on the phone, just that I am not aware of it?"
Zheng embraced her. "How can that be possible, I don't even have a phone. You checked my stuff every time you came over… Ok, stop acting so jealous. We will go have breakfast then I will take you to our high school."
She smiled. "I'm only jealous because I know you don't have a phone. If I find any of those women from your past in your room, then…"
Zheng knew not to reason with women, especially when they're this young. They walked out of the room. He had been living in his parents' house these days. The four parents were in the living room chatting and laughed when they saw Zheng and Lori came out.
Lori blushed then grabbed Zheng's hand and ran toward the door. "Lori, eat breakfast first."
"No, auntie, we are going to eat in the school's cafeteria. We can make it in time for lunch now. Dad, mom, we will come back at night."
Once outside the building, she said. "It's all your fault, they were laughing at me. They probably knew what happened between us. It feels so embarrassing. How am I going to face them again?"
Zheng smiled and was about to reply, then his heart clenched. He was so familiar with this feeling, he experienced it a few times in Alien. This was a premonition of danger.
Without hesitation, he picked up Lori then ran to the side and stopped a taxi. It wasn't until the taxi started moving did he feel relieved. But his back was already soaked in sweat.
Lori held onto his hand and said. "What happened just now?"
Zheng shook his head. "I don't know. For a moment I felt something had locked onto me. It felt dangerous, like… aim, yes, it was like a sniper rifled aimed at us!"
On top of a tall building not far from them, several people with a sniper rifle on hand shook their heads. One talked to his communication device. "Target got in a car, license plate… His senses are sharp, I suspect that he might be a special agent from another country. He noticed when we just locked onto him. He's also very strong, we will proceed with plan two."
On the backseat of the taxi. Zheng had already calmed down. He started recalling all the possible enemies, the most probable were local mafias because he sold several millions worth of platinum these days. Even though he used a middleman, it was still possible that the mafias found out about him. Though there's one problem, why would the mafias have sniper rifles? This was China, not the US!
China was very strict with gun controls. So it was almost impossible for mafias to have any high end weapons, especially this type of long distance firearms. The government wouldn't allow it.
Then who else could it be? A party belonging to the government? Why? Was it because of the platinum? A few millions of platinum startled the government? That would only happen if this country's population was under a million!
Zheng punched through the seat in front of him. The taxi driver was shocked when he saw that fist.
Lori got a hold of his arm and shouted. "What happened? Pervert, what happened? Stop hiding it fro me."
Zheng forced a smile. "It's ok, Lori. I'm here. It's just that we probably can't say good bye to our parents. Once the clock reach 12am, thirty days are over… Lori, do you believe me?"
She was about to cry but she still nodded her head.
"Then no matter what happens, you have to believe that I won't leave you behind. No matter what!"
Zheng didn't even know who the enemy was, why they attacked him. Was it a misconception? Did they attack him… or was it Lori?
Today was the last day in this world. Zheng tried his best to plan his actions. Should he find a place to hide until 12 then run straight to the office, or should he hide right under the office building? No matter what, he must be there with Lori at 12, otherwise they would be erased once the clock ticked past 12.
As Zheng was pondering anxiously, the taxi was stuck in a traffic jam. He didn't pay much attention at first, because this was a busy area. Yet as the taxi creeped forward, he saw a temporary barricade in the front. At the same time, several police officers came over to their window.
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Zheng quickly cooled down. He held onto Lori's hand as if nothing happened. He looked like a white collar worker and combined with the distress Lori was showing, they seemed just like normal people.
A few policemen looked through the window. Two of them went to check the license then quickly ran back. The others' expression suddenly changed and pulled out their guns.
Zheng's left hand twitched. He was about to take out the sub machine gun but then he saw those policemen pointed their guns at the taxi driver instead. He put down his left hand.
The taxi driver was baffled. First a young man punched through the seat, he had been scared to say a word, and now so many guns were pointing at him. Was today his unlucky day?
The police opened the door and dragged the driver out. Then handcuffed his hands while quickly searched his body.
"We apologize for disturbing you. This driver is a wanted criminal." One of the police walked over to Zheng's window then showed him his ID.
Zheng let out a sigh of relief, yet he still felt a bit of unease. He smiled camly. "Thanks to you all, otherwise he might have robbed us in the car… can we leave now?"
The police smiled along. "Of course, but please follow us to record some notes. This is a civilian's responsibility. Are you two fine with this?"
Zheng had no choice but got off the car with Lori. Then that police led them over to a police van. "I won't get in with you. Just one of you get in to record some notes then you can leave." Then he turned around and walked away.
Zheng watched as the police walked ten meters away, then said to Lori. "I will go inside, you wait here for a bit… I might have been oversensitive. That sniper might have been aiming at that driver. We will go check out our high school later." Then he walked into the van.
The van was rather dark. As his eyes were adjusting to the darkness, his heart suddenly clenched again. A few guns appeared through the darkness almost simultaneously. One gun was even touching his head.
"Don't move! Not even a bit, otherwise we don't mind discloating your joints!"
As that person was talking, the door of the van suddenly closed shut. It wasn't until now that Zheng saw the six people in the car. Five of them were pointing at him with a gun, no, all six of them were, just that the last one was putting his gun on Zheng's head.
Two men walked toward him. One pressed Zheng against the floor and searched his body, while the other scanned his body with a device. After a while, they stood up. "Sir, no weapons!"
The person behind Zheng put away the gun and said. "Li, drive to the police station. And ask have they finished setting up isolation of the interrogation room."
One person nodded then walked to the driver's area. Two people were still pointing a gun at Zheng.
(…Can't, the space inside the car is too small, it's easy to get hit.)
Zheng got up from the floor, and asked coldly. "Why do you have to arrest me? Who are you?"
The person behind Zheng sat down on a seat. He was about twenty nine, and you could easily tell he was in the army from the way he sat. He replied coldly. "We are both smart people. Don't try to send out any information. This car has been completely isolated, electronic signal isolation device, this was an invention by the Colonel Chu Xuan you kidnapped. Don't tell me you don't know. We are group 1 of social security. Then who are you?"
(Social security? Damn you Xuan! This is a plot!)
Ever since Zheng's intelligence increased to 187, his thought process had became more sensitive. He could quickly make out some questions.
Yes, Xuan probably set him up. Even though he didn't know how Xuan notified the government.
That person took a look at Zheng, he thought Zheng was going to confess and smiled. "Understand now? Yes, about twenty days ago, we received the GPS signal of Colonel Chu Xuan's watch. But it appeared on and off. It wasn't until a few days ago that we locked onto you. During these few days of surveillance, we couldn't find any traces of Colonel. The only possibility is he was moved but he left his watch on you. Then do you want to tell me now? Who infitrated into the base and kidnapped Colonel Chu Xuan, who was the traitor that assisted from inside? Who are you serving for?"
Zheng kept his mouth shut. He was trying to figure out how Xuan sent the message. It being on and off was a hint, but why? The only possibility was the signal was isolated or interfered. Then it must be something in his ring. It was not the platinum, Xuan never touched them. The only other thing that he took out regularly was… the progressive knife! The weapon Xuan exchanged for him!
The other person saw that Zheng kept his mouth shut. He closed his eyes and said. "I can tell you… Colonel Chu Xuan knows of several advance technologies. The nation's interest is above everything else. Since you forgot about your country, we won't let you off too easily… There is a neruological drug that can make you answer everything we want to know, even though you will become an idiot afterward. But this is your punishment!"
Zheng was still crouched. He placed his left hand in the shadow and took off the ring. He quickly hid it in his mouth, behind his teeth when he got up. "What about her? The girl outside the van?"
"She? We also found her files, but the files state that she had been dead for ten years. She still looks like a fifteen year old. Heh. That is a powerful party you serve for, secretly brought her away and trained her for ten years. When she came back, her face didn't even change a bit. She will also be there in the interrogation room."
Zheng was relieved. "When are you going to inject the drug into me? Today? Tomorrow?"
That person opened his eyes and looked at Zheng carefully. "Heh. You are actually loyal for a traitor for just a few million dollars worth of platinum. Our interrogators are waiting for you, if you don't tell the truth by tomorrow… you will live the rest of your life as an idiot."
There was still chance! He still had a chance to escape!
After experiencing the horror movies, Zheng was no longer a normal white collar. He was stronger than a normal person, he had experience fighting against death, and most importantly, he was determined to live!
Zheng quickly judged the current situation. One, he must go back to the office by twelve, otherwise he and Lori would die. Two, he must not say anything about God's world.
As to why did these people only bringing him to the local police station, that was because they were also racing against the clock. They thought that Xuan was moved to another location. They wouldn't let a high end talent that knew so much advanced technology go into the hands of another country. In other words, they needed to find out Xuan's whereabout as soon as possible.
The time was about 12pm. Zheng remember it was almost 11 when they left the house. Then it should be about 12 by now. He had twelve hours between now and midnight. He must go back to the office with Lori during this time.
But he couldn't go back too early. He was only one person, even though his close combat ability was stronger than normal people, he wasn't a superman. He didn't think he could defend in the office for too long.
So the best way was to get to the office when it was close to 12. This was the only way he could live!
The van slowed down after ten minutes. Zheng asked. "Was there someone aiming at me with a sniper rifle back at my house?"
That person nodded. "That's correct. We planned to knock you out with anesthesia bullets. You and the girl will lose consciousness instantly and wouldn't be able to send out any messages. But your senses are sharp, that's why we had to set all this up to capture you. In fact, that taxi driver is just a normal civilian."
When he was getting off the car, that person handcuffed his hands on his back. "This handcuff can also absorb electronic signals. No one's coming to save you."
Zheng smiled. He recognized the surrounding area, this police station was about an hour away from the office. If he had a car, it would only take twenty minutes.
(The escape time is… 11:20pm)
Suddenly, Zheng sensed murderous intents from at least three sources. One from inside the van, one from inside the police station, and one on top of a building. If he acted in any way strange, he would probably get shot in the next second.
Without any choice, he had to follow that person into the police station. On the third floor was an interrogation room separated by a glass wall. Anyone who watched movies would know there were people watching him behind the glass.
(I have to endure this.)
Zheng shut his eyes and concentrated on his Qi. The only worry he had was Lori, he hoped nothing would happen to her… Otherwise he would kill Xuan after he goes back!
A few moments later, some people came into the room and started lecturing Zheng on nationalism and his future. They also pointed out they would inject him with the drug and hoped he could spit out everything before it. The government would forgive people that were willing to redeem themselves.
Zheng heard about police brutality, yet these people weren't using any kind of force. They just kept lecturing him until another person came in and said something to the others in a low voice. Zheng could only make out the words 'platinum' 'room' 'search'. His heart clenched, they probably searched his parents' house.
"Zheng Zha, you should understand that the drug will put your brain into a chaos. There's a possibility that we can't get anything out of you, that's why we've been trying to persuade you. If you don't cooperate, we have no choice but to use the drug…"
Zheng interrupted him. "How will you treat my parents?"
Those people smiled. Zheng remained silent the whole time. This was the first time he spoke. "We won't do innocent people injustice, but that depends on how well you tell the truth…"
Zheng said calmly. "Give me a watch. I have to think about it carefully. And don't use the drug on that girl. She doesn't know where we meet. If you do a anything to her, I would rather kill myself than tell you Xuan's whereabout… He's still in this city, we won't move him until the day after tomorrow. I will give you an answer within today."
Those people looked at each other, then one person nodded. He took off his watch and handed it to Zheng. "You must give us a reply today. If we don't receive your reply by 12 midnight, we can only use the drug on you."
Zheng didn't say anything more. He looked at the time, 6:40pm. The interrogation time went faster than he expected.
He held onto the watch and shut his eyes. They took everything from him when he entered the room, even the buttons on his shirt. Luckily he hid the ring in his mouth.
7pm…8pm…9pm…10pm…11pm…
Those people came in to check him a few times already. As 12pm was approaching, Zheng suddenly stood up and asked. "Where is the girl? Have you use the drug on her yet?"
About ten seconds later, he heard through the speakers. "She's doing well. We didn't use any drug on her and even gave her dinner on time."
Zheng shook his head. "I need to see her. If she's fine, then I will tell you Xuan's whereabout immediately. I will also cooperate and assist you in rescuing him, and tell you who the traitor is."
Another ten seconds passed. "Ok, we can fulfill your request. She's in this police station…"
11:20pm… Zheng looked at his watch, then he circulated his Qi throughout his body.
A few minutes later, several soldiers opened the door and Lori ran into the room. She held onto Zheng and started crying.
"Lori, don't move, listen to me… no matter what happens, don't let go of me, understand?"
Zheng took out his ring as Lori was blocking their view. He activated the ring and the knife appeared in his left hand… then slashed at the door.
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The progressive knife's sharpness was unparalleled, it easily slashed through the door. Zheng kicked at and sent both the door and the two people outside flying. At the same time he took out the bullet proof vest and sub machine gun.
This bullet proof vest was also a high tech item, it could expand to accommodate any person's body. Zheng wore the vest over both him and Lori, bounding on his back. He had the knife on his right hand and submachine gun on his left. Then ran toward the exit.
The other side of the interrogation room was in a chaos. They all saw Zheng took stuff out of thin air. If it was only a knife, he could had hidden it somewhere, but what about that vest and submachine gun? The people from social security weren't garbage, how could they not had found those items on him?
Zheng was checking the knife carefully as he ran. He found a dot on the bottom of the knife blinked. It was something the size of a rice when he reached for it. He threw it on the ground and hated Xuan for it.
As he stepped into the hall, footsteps of people running came from the other end. He sprayed at it with the gun without hesitation. Then ran toward stairs leading to third floor. The footsteps were forced to stop from the spray.
Zheng was running fast, the air had became thick and dense. He reached the stairs and jumped down. Lori immediately screamed but closed her mouth right away.
He landed on the ground steadily then jumped down on on the next stairs. Gun shots came right as he jumped and hit where he was standing.
The number of people increased on the second floor, but Zheng didn't pause for a moment. He jumped from one floor to the next. His speed was so much faster than those chasing. A few minutes later he was out of the police station. The moment he stepped outside, a bullet brushed against his left leg and left a deep trail on it.
"Sniper?"
That sense of danger was at its height. Zheng was using his strength and Qi at their limit. Bullets kept passing by his sides yet not one actually hit him.
He didn't dare to even pause for a bit and ran through the main road in a curved line. His company building was straight ahead in this road. The office was his only hope!
The police station was in a chaos by now. Numerous police ran toward the garage, people shouting at their communication device. Then someone suddenly saw a blink on the ground. If the corner wasn't kind of dark, he wouldn't had noticed it.
He ran over and picked up that rice size thing. A few gathered around him in a pleasant surprise. "Hurry, hurry get people from the technology department over! Colonel Chu Xuan left his positioning device! There must be messages left by him…"
Zheng wasn't aware of what happened in the police station. When he got thousand meter away, gun shots stopped. Yet he still ran in a curved line for several hundred meters. Then he stopped a car.
"Are you f*cking looking to die…" A yellow haired teenager was driving, with a pretty girl on the passenger seat.
Zheng sprayed at the ground with his gun then pointed it at the teenager. "Get off!"
The teenager grabbed the girl and jumped off the car without a word. Just as Zheng got in the driver's seat and brought Lori to his front, a bullet shot through the back and front windows of the car.
He stepped on the acceleration pedal then punched the front window. The sound of police siren came from behind. When he took a look at the back, there were at least ten police cars chasing him. As well as people shooting at him.
The yellow haired teenager and girl was in shock. It wasn't until the police cars had gone by did she shouted. "God, it's a gun fight, a real gun fight, it's so cool…" The teenager was about to exclaim when three helicopters flew over them.
Zheng's mind was concentrating intensely. All that's left in his mind was the road ahead. The car was running faster and faster, driving pass other cars on the road. Yet the police cars were following closely, not giving him any chance. The number of cars chasing increased as the chase went on, he also saw the three helicopters on the sky.
"Shit, is Xuan really that valuable? So many people…"
Zheng mumbled bitterly, but before he could finish the sentence, a bullet shot through his left hand. The bullet came from one of the helicopters. For a while he lost control of the driving wheel and almost hit the guardrail.
Zheng clenched his teeth and held on tight with his left hand. Even though his capitate bone was broken, he could still perform simple actions like holding onto the wheel. His other was hand was holding onto Lori.
The sniper fired a few more shots but they all missed due to the speed of the car. They were not aiming for the tires. If the car was to turn over at such speed, the people inside would definitely die.
The car was approaching the company building, it was just one turn away. But before Zheng could get excited, dozens of police cars blocked the street ahead.
"Lori…" Zheng said calmly.
"Eh?" Lori kept her head in Zheng's chest the whole time, she couldn't see what's happening.
"Lori… We won't die! We won't! Whether in the real world or in the movies… We will live!"
"Ah!!!"
Zheng lowered his head and stepped on the acceleration pedal. The car was running at its limit. It kept going despite bullets hitting on its body. With a loud bang, the car bumped through three police cars and broke through the barricade. Though its speed also slowed down. The sniper on the helicopter immediately pulled the trigger and shot its tire. The car slided several thousand meters then hit the guardrail.
Zheng's head also hit the driving wheel. The wheel was smashed to pieces, and scratched a huge wound on his head. He recovered from the concussion in just a second then slashed the door with the knife. Zheng kicked the door away and immediately followed by a round of gunshots.
Without thinking, he carried Lori on his back, grabbed the submachine gun and ran out of the car. After spraying a few rounds at the police, he ran toward the company's building. The building was in sight, about a thousand meter away.
At the same time, a bunch of researchers in the police station. "It's decrypted, the password was Colonel Chu Xuan's personal password!"
Xuan was talking on the monitor, and the printer connected to this computer was printing blueprints non stop. Yet no one even took a look at those blueprints. They were all staring at Xuan in shock. After the file ended, several researchers ran to the blueprints and started going through every page.
"Real, it's real, all real! Haha…"
"Yes, it's all real! This is the Gauss long distance canon! The thing Wang couldn't finish during his lifetime…"
"This is the composition list of high efficient battery. It really exists! Li, you died too early…"
As the researchers were laughing and crying at the same time, someone shouted. "Shit, get in contact with the front line, get everyone back! Don't shoot another bullet… And find a reason to send those four old people back, and…"
At this time Zheng had ran about a hundred meters away from the car. Just as he crossed a guardrail, a bullet shot through his left leg and made him roll on the ground. Then another bullet shot through his right leg.
(Can't die… Can't die! I can't die!)
Zheng screamed and that feeling of something within him unlocked appeared. He immediately shut off the pain from his legs and started running on all fours like an animal. That speed was even much faster than a regular person running. Not only that, he also became more sensitive to danger. He would start dodging before a shot was fired. That speed and the way he was running shocked the snipers.
He was getting closer to the building, yet because the door was tightly shut at this time, he needed to break open it. This would require him to stop for a second. One second was enough for a sniper to headshot him. He wasn't sure if they were attempting to capture him alive, but he couldn't take the risk.
"Ah!!!"
Zheng's eyes turned red. He didn't have the time to worry anymore. As he reached the door, he jumped over four meters high and slashed at it. At the same time Zheng felt an impact.
People in the helicopters were not only shocked, they were horrified. If you suddenly see someone jump four meters high, you would feel shocked and horrified. They watched as Zheng rolled into the building. Only one person fired a shot and hit Zheng on the back.
Zheng immediately got up from the ground and ran toward the emergency exit.
"We made it, Lori, we made it… We can definitely survive, we won't… Lori?"
Zheng suddenly noticed something wrong with Lori. He brought her from his back to the front, then stopped dead. Lori's waist was soaked with blood. It happened to be an area the vest didn't cover. The bullet shot through her from the back. When he brought her to the front, the bullet fell off.
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Lori tried her best to open her eyes. Her pale face broke into a smile. "Pervert, hurry and run, you don't want to carry Lori anymore?"
Tear streamed down Zheng's face. Lori's face as though turned into that of ten years ago, when her hair all fell off, when she was skinny as a skeleton, yet she kept this same smile, calling him the same pervert, and he… didn't want to lose her a second time.
Even though Zheng's heart had broken inside, he still carried Lori and sprinted upstairs. "Lori, talk to me, don't stop talking to me… don't fall asleep, Lori, you promised to stay by my side until our hair turn to silver, I kept our promise and survived, so don't break your promise again… please, live on with me!"
"But what should I say? I'm so sleepy, pervert, I want to sleep… want me to sing you a song?"
Zheng was running faster and faster then, pah! His left leg snapped at the point of the gunshot. Unprepared for it, he fell backward and rolled down the stairs. He embraced Lori in his arms to protect her from the fall.
Luckily Zheng was only up a few steps in this set of stairs and the fall didn't cause much injury. He got up as soon as he landed then bounded Lori on his back with the vest. He started climbing the stairs using both his hands and legs. Yet dragging that broken leg slowed his speed in half.
Zheng clenched his teeth, raised the knife and slashed at his left leg. He was still in the unlocked mode, the muscles on the cut off point squeezed together to stop the bleeding. Zheng continued climbing up the stairs.
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Lori's singing echoed by his ears, yet that song felt so sentimental. Tear had blurred his vision. His nails soon flipped and torn under the intense climbing, left his hands looking bloody and horrifying.
Her voice was getting weaker and weaker. Zheng screamed like an animal. He sprint toward the floor of his office and tackled at the door. The office was bright as in daylight despite that none of the lights were on. The brightness came from a computer screen. Zheng raised his head and looked forward. Outside the windows floated several helicopters. They were probably attracted by the brightness also. As soon as they saw Zheng, the snipers aimed their rifles at him. Almost simultaneously, their communication device rang.
"… Yes, sir. They… disappeared!"
The same half awaken staten. When Zheng regained consciousness, he saw the people in front of him looking surprised. They were Jie, Lan, Zero, and… Xuan!
He carried Lori and shouted to God. "God, hurry and heal her injuries…"
Jie suddenly shouted. "Wait, wait!"
He ran over and took over Lori. "God, heal her injuries and deduct the points from me!"
Zheng was still in shock but Jie shouted. "Hurry and heal your own injuries. I know you don't have too many points left. If your points are negative you will get erased! Hurry and heal your injuries!"
He watched as a beam of light shone down on Lori. She immediately floated to midair, her pale face started to gain back color. "God, heal my injuries!"
The repair process took Zheng over 400 points. His left leg also grew back. Lori had been waiting for him on the ground. Once he landed on the ground, she jumped into his arms.
"Lori… stand behind me.
Zheng smiled at her then charged at Xuan with the knife. Only Zero reacted in time, he threw Xuan to the ground but that knife still took an arm off Zero.
Jie immediately got a hold of Zheng and shouted. "Zheng! You gone mad? What are you doing to your own people?"
"Our own people? F*ck! I spent the points and reward to go back for everyone but do you know what he did? He put the positioning device from his watch in this knife! You know why I came back like this? I was chased back! The social securities arrested me, I struggled to come back at the last second! Do you still think he counts as one of us?"
Everyone looked at Xuan. He got up from the floor as if nothing happened. "Is that so? Then my conjectures are correct…"
Zheng kicked at his chest and knocked him over ten feet away. Blood gushed out of Xuan's mouth.
"F*ck!" Zheng screamed. "Is my life so worthless? Just for your stupid conjectures? And we were even allies, I risked my life in the last movie! Is this how you pay someone back? I will kill you now!"
Jie tried to hold him back, but Zheng was so much stronger than him. As Zheng walked toward Xuan, Lan shouted. "You want to kill Lori? Killing someone will cost you 1000 points. Do you have 1000 points now? You can kill yourself if you want to but why do you have to drag her along?"
Zheng stopped his steps, his face looked less crazy but still hideous. "Xuan, I don't know how long the social security will lock up my parents. I won't kill you but I will cut off your limbs. You can repair them but I will do it again! You will either starve to death or get erased because you can get into the circle of light!"
Xuan sat up and brushed off the blood on his mouth. He said calmly. "What about the positioning device? You threw it away?"
"Of course, do you think I will bring it back to you?"
Xuan nodded. "Then I can promise that nothing will happen to your parents. In fact the positioning device can also store a limited amount of information. I entered the existence of this world and also exchanged blueprints of some advanced technologies. If you left the positioning device in the real world, they will release your parents and even give them better care. This I can promise."
Zheng had started to calm down a bit. He said coldly. "How can I trust you? And why did you do this? Why do you do this even if it breaks our alliance? If you don't give me a reason, I will cut off your limbs!"
Xuan smiled calmly. "Good, then listen to my reasons… I have three reasons that I want to do this."
"First, to test whether the 'Real World' you go to is the original world we were from. Because since God can create the horror worlds, that real world may also be a virtual world. The only way to prove it is if something you are unexpected of happens. Just like I put the positioning device on your knife. You don't know about this. Only the military base from my memory can receive signal from that device. If you came back without a scratch, that means the real world you went to was created by God. But if you encountered people from the social security, then that is the actual real world. Judging from your injuries, we entered God's World with our body. That also means the things we exchanged and our body enhancements can also be brought back. This is the first point I want to prove."
"Second, I think God probably gave you some limitation when you go back. Can you tell us the limitations?"
Zheng replied coldly. "Yes, first you can't tell anyone about God's World in any way. Second, I must go back to where you were transported at a fixed time, like I pressed YES in front of my computer, so I must go back there in thirty days. Third, you must be in contact with everything that belonged to you. Otherwise those items would be left in the real world. If the item could only be obtained from God's world, then it would be erased."
Xuan adjusted his glasses. "As expected, almost identical to my speculation. Can't tell the other world about God's World? Yet I haven't been erased, so my second reason is God doesn't have the ability to think. It is just a super computer that's running a program!"
"Because I got you to bring the positioning device to the real world when you weren't aware of it. You don't know the information it contained, yet it revealed the existence of God's World. According to the rules, the one disclosing this information will be erased, but I am still here. That means this rule only applies to people returned to the real world. I was still in God's World so even if I disclosed the information, nothing will happen. Similarly, because you don't know anything about me doing it, you didn't get erased. Therefore I can assert that God doesn't have the ability to think. It will only follow a set of rules. It is only a super computer and not an organism with thinking ability!"
Zheng shouted. "So what? I don't care if it's a computer or what, because of your set up, we almost lost our lives! Just for your conjectures?"
Xuan ignored him and continued. "Once you know it's a program, then we can get around its limitation for many things. It will be the same in horror movies… It's pointless saying this to you. The third reason, I wish to bring some advanced technologies back. If the first two conjectures are sound, then the government should have those blueprints. They should have also received my message. In my message, I told them to find some special agents and hypnotize them to be disappointed with life. Then stay in front of the computers all day long. This way we might get some special agents in our team and will increase our chance of survivability by a lot…"
"Sorry that got you in danger. This was off from my speculation. I thought they could find you earlier. Once they found the positioning device on the knife, you can come back safely… This is my fault. If you still want to kill me, go ahead, I won't resist."
Xuan stood there calmly after saying all this. Yet Zheng hesitated, then he threw the knife on the ground. "F*ck! If you let me know these earlier, it's not like I don't love my country, I will bring the positioning device back. I hate how you set up your allies, don't you have any normal emotions in your thinking?"
Xuan replied calmly. "I can't tell you anything beforehand. If you have these details in your memory, then God can erase you according to your memory, because this can be a way of you sending out the message. It must be done when you are completely unaware of everything."
Zheng took a deep breath. "I can't trust you anymore! No matter how dangerous the next movie is, we will terminate our alliance! Don't ever set me up again, otherwise I will kill you with my own hands! I promise!"
Zheng took Lori's hand and walked back to his room in silence. Jie and Lan both sighed and went to their rooms. The only ones left in the platform were Zero repairing under a light beam and Xuan… He picked up the knife then walked back to his room in silence…
P.S. No update tomorrow. You can check out the grudge, at least how the ghost operates. It can be difficult to follow if you are not familiar with Asian horrors.
The last few chapters had gotten longer and I spent more time than I want to. From now on, I will fall back on my translating schedule, so you won't see updates daily. You should expect an update every 1-2 days.
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Vol 3: Chapter 4-1.
"Enter the beam within thirty seconds. Target locked, starting transportation to The Grudge."
Five people, no, it was five people and Arnold standing inside the beam.
That same half awake state, by the time they woke up, they were inside a very normal room. The floor was covered with tatami (rice straw mat), the rooms were divided by shoji (paper door). By the style and decorations of this room, this was a Japanese house.
The five of them immediately counted the people on the floor. The result terrified them. There were fifteen newbies, including the five of them would make the difficulty reach twenty.
The more people there were, the more difficult the movie was. In Alien, fifteen people caused God to change the plot and almost wiped them out. And this time, the number of people reached the maximum allowed.
Jie fell on the floor and mumbled. "The Grudge, it's The Grudge, and it's The Grudge with twenty people difficulty… we are…"
Lan recovered from the shock and ran over to the window. This was a residential house. She was looking outside from the second floor, but if she were to look at the house from outside, this house was exactly the same as the one in the movie.
Lan turned around with a pale face and said to Xuan. "You're probably not experienced in this type of movies, let me analyze it this time?"
Xuan nodded silently.
Some newbies had started to wake up, but Lan didn't pay much attention to them. She began to explain the concept of a Ju on (curse).
"A Ju on is when a person filled with grudge dies, that grudge becomes a curse. This curse usually lingers at the place where the person lived. Once someone enters this place, this person will be killed by the curse. The cursed place in this movie… is this house!"
Lan touched her forehead and continued. "Once someone gets cursed in this movie, that person will definitely die. Perhaps after a few days, or a few weeks, the ghost will kill that person eventually!"
Zheng sighed. "You're saying we have all been cursed? Once the movie starts, we can get killed anytime?"
Lan forced a smile. "Yes… this is the type of movies that can't be explained with science. We don't have any means to analyze how the ghost kills, we don't even know how to avoid them… Then what can be our mission?"
They looked at their watches at the same time. Their mission was to survive seven days. There was also another option, killing the main body of Kayako once will be rewarded with a rank B reward and 5000 points!
"A rank B reward and 5000 points?" Jie jumped up from the tatami and shouted excitedly. "Shit, that's worth risking our lives. We just have to complete this one then we can do whatever we want."
That lighten up the stressful atmosphere. Zheng laughed. "You really think it would be easy? Think how scary the Queen was and everyone only got a rank D reward, and I got an extra 3000 points. Kayako must be even scarier."
The five of them fell into silence again…
It had been nine days since Zheng returned to God's World. He almost hadn't spoken a word to Xuan since then. He spent the time discussing combat techniques with Jie and Zero, and training to use guns and other survival skills. It wasn't until right before they were about to enter the third movie did Xuan came up to him. He handed them each a cellphone looking device.
"One each, they can communicate without getting interfered by satellite signals. Maximum distance is 50 kilometers. I think this should be useful in a team."
Xuan also barely spoke with anyone since then. He spent his time making this device and a large amount of bullets. To everyone's curiosity, he spent the rest of his points in magical bullets. These bullets looked the same as normal ones but had rune words carved on the shells.
Without rhyme and reason, the rest of them, including Zheng, also exchanged a large amount of magical bullets. This was the cheapest item that can damage spiritual monsters, and it could be used in any gun. Zheng stored a cubic meter of bullets in his ring. In contrast, he only got a few armor piercing shells.
The people without a Na ring exchanged tactical backpacks and stocked them with hemostasis sprays, bandage, antidotes, rations, solidified water in capsules, and a winter jacket. These things spent every point they had. Since some people had more points than others, Zheng had to fill the gaps with his points.
Zheng sat on the tatami in silence as he watched Lan explain the rules to the newbies. He recalled the plot of this movie in his mind.
The Grudge was a trilogy. He had actually watched this famous movie within the past few days. He could still recall the details vividly. The most unforgettable thing was no one survived the Ju on.
The plot started with Kayako loving a man in secret during college. Yet due to her unsocial personality, she could only stare at him from a distance and write her feelings down in diary. That man wasn't aware of Kayako and dated another woman at the same time. He married that woman shortly after, but it left Kayako with hatred.
Then Kayako went through a serious of unfortunate events. The cat that grew up with her died, both her parents died in a car accident. And at this time, her heart was filled with grudge.
Kayako married another man shortly after and gave birth to a boy. She lived in peace for a few years until the boy was old enough to go to school. She found out that the boy's teacher was the man she had loved.
At the same time her husband found out he suffered from male infidelity, that it was difficult for him to have a child. He also discovered Kayako's diary and assumed that boy was the product of an affair. He became abusive and tortured and killed Kayako then hid the body in the attic. He also killed the man Kayako loved afterward.
Yet the fact was that child actually belonged to Kayako and her husband. The misunderstanding and torture from her husband drove her grudge to the limit. So this place became cursed.
This was the plot he knew. Even though The Grudge was a trilogy, all three movies told the same thing, how Kayako killed anyone that entered this house.
(Kill Kayako? When her ghost appears, can we kill her with magical bullets? If it is possible then wouldn't it be too easy compared with the difficulty and rewards?)
As Zheng was thinking, a bulky man with his face red shouted. "I was doing business on the internet and clicked on a pop up, how did I get here? F*ck, have you knocked me out with anesthesia from behind then brought me to the room next door to blackmail me? Don't you think this is creative, countless people had done it before…"
All the newbies aside from three people seemed rather normal, whether it was their clothing, expressions, or reactions. These three people started talking loudly and the red faced man even started to go downstairs, eight people followed him.
Of the three people, a boy about fifteen years old sat there reading a book quietly. A man was studying the tatami and shoji. A young woman was lying on the tatami, it looked like she wasn't even awake, dressed in sexy pajamas with her eyes out of focus.
There were also three young men in their twenties that stayed. The reason was they had been staring at that sexy woman.
Lan was about to stop people from leaving but Zheng got a hold of her. "Let them leave. This is the first spirit type movie we encountered. We don't have the ability to help anybody. If they want to trust us and stay beside us, then we can protect them a bit, but if they want to leave… then let luck decide their fate."
The man that was studying the tatami stopped and sighed. "I am starting to believe your words. This is the layout of a Japanese residential house. The designs of tatami and shoji were also popular in Japan ten years ago…"
The woman yawned. "Japan? How did I get here? I remember I was chatting on the internet. Oh right, why are you in my house?" She took a look around, realized the environment was different and screamed.
A woman's voice came from downstairs when Zheng was about to speak. She was speaking in Japanese! This woman was probably one of the movie characters. The movie starts when they can interact with the characters.
Suddenly a chill wind swept across everyone. Yet no one else except Zheng felt this coldness. His body trembled and he immediately took out the submachine gun, it was coincidentally loaded with magical bullets, and fired at the attic.
Everyone looked at him in confusion, but Zheng could sense that coldness subsided. They didn't realize an air of darkness stuck to their body… even on Zheng's body.
"Is this… the Ju on?"
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Vol 3: Chapter 4-2.
Screams followed the gunshot from both upstair and downstair. The newbies downstair immediately ran out to the streets screaming. The six newbies upstair froze in place. Then Xuan stood up.
"I've seen the movie. The number of people doesn't help the probability of surviving. Even if you escape to another country, even if there are dozens of people guarding you, you will still get killed… I will leave this team, if we can live to see each other… Jie, Nana's cooking looked delicious."
Xuan and Arnold took their backpacks then went downstair.
Zheng watched as he left in silence. "You can ask us if you have any questions. Lan, have you gotten the 100 points bonus?"
Lan nodded, she suddenly remembered when she first saw Zheng. This man changed so much in two movies, he had gotten the characteristics of a leader.
"Then we will leave this place." Zheng smiled bitterly. "This place is… not safe."
Everyone agreed to the suggestion. The three young men rushed downstair in panic. That woman followed them. Though the boy and the other man took the stairs calmly.
Jie and Zero followed after. They could see that these two probably had some talent, or at least the potential. After Xuan left, they desperately needed someone with the wisdom. Even though Lan could fill the position, she was incomparable to Xuan.
Zheng checked the surroundings while holding the gun. Then he noticed Lan staring at him. "What are you waiting for? Hurry, I'll cover the retreat."
Lan blushed a little. "You don't have to be so nervous. There's usually a pattern in this type of movie. We should be safe within one or two days. Those things usually attack us when we are not paying attention… Did you find out anything?"
"If I tell you I can see… no, I can sense those things, will you believe? I sense an air of darkness stuck to our bodies, including me. This is probably the mark of Ju On… It will find us using this mark!"
Lan immediately started patting herself while screaming. "Is it clean? Is it clean?" Which led Jie to run back.
When she saw Jie, she stopped, pushed Jie away and went downstair.
"Women are scary huh?"
"Yea, really."
All of them left the house as soon as possible. Zheng let out a sigh of relief once outside. That house gave him stress him so much he almost couldn't breathe. This sense of danger was way beyond anything he experienced in Alien. The worst part was he didn't even see the ghost.
Zheng found the six newbies outside, the red faced man and those who followed him were gone. Even Xuan was gone.
"It is 10am, so we will first find a place to discuss how to survive these seven days. If there aren't any problems then…"
As Zheng put back the gun in the ring, he suddenly noticed everyone stared at the house behind him in shock. He could see the fear in their eyes.
Zheng turned around subconsciously and he saw a woman in white leaning on the window on the second floor staring at him with a pair of black eyes. Zheng couldn't explain how he felt, as if coldness, death, horror, and grudge were hidden behind those eyes.
When he recovered from the shock, he took out the gun once again and sprayed at the window. Yet, the bullets only shattered the glass, the woman was nowhere to be seen.
Jie and Zero got a hold of him and shouted. "Zheng! Calm down, we are safe now! Hurry, otherwise the Japanese police will come!"
They dragged Zheng away. He felt feeble and couldn't even stand by himself. As the house was going out of sight, Zheng took one last look at it and that woman was there again…
"You calmed down yet?"
Zero handed him a can of coke and Zheng forced a smile. "Thanks for that… It seems like I have become a deadweight."
They were sitting in a small park. Zero went away when he dragged Zheng here and brought back soda and packaged food. Even though the rations they exchanged didn't cost much, they wanted to save the rations until necessary.
Zheng took a drink and felt much better from the coldness. Lan said. "Are you alright? I've told them that you can sense the curse. You're the only one among us that can sense it, so we will have to depend on you."
"This feeling is too sensitive. If it continues, I will probably go crazy from the scariness before the ghosts get me."
The boy suddenly said in a cold voice. "You are not calm enough. When you encounter unexplainable things, the first thing isn't to panic but try to understand them… Even though you have such powers, you're just a weakling."
He said it without raising his head. His voice sounded like a girl, and his skin was even fairer than Lan's. But he had been reading the book this whole time so no one got a clear look of his face.
Zheng was surprised. "Yeah, I am not calm enough… then let's get to know each other. You have seen that thing back there, so you will believe us now right? Even though it sounds unbelievable but we are in another world… I'll go first. My name is Zheng Zha, the temporary leader of this team."
This was the result the four of them came up with. They couldn't agree with Xuan during those nine days, so even Zero joined their team. Though Zheng only thought of himself as a temporary leader since no one knew if they were going to die.
Jie took out a bag of cigarettes and handed one to Zheng and Zero. "My name is Zhang Jie, I can count as a gunner."
Lan laughed. "I am Zhan Lan, a support, not good in combat but I can bandage and help analyze some situations."
"Zero, sniper."
The three young men looked at each other. "Lu Renjia, I'm still a college student."
"Xiao Binyi, unemployed."
"Qun Zhongding (Ding), senior college student."
The woman yawned. "Ming Yanwei, HR manager, but Japan huh, I've always wanted to travel around Japan. Didn't expect to fulfill this wish before I die."
Of the two people left, the man that checked the house said. "Qi Tengyi, I'm an otaku… just kidding, I'm an appraiser… for grave robbers. I wish to join your team."
Zheng smiled, an appraiser would be someone they need. He could be useful in many movies.
The boy put down his book and when they took a look at his face, they realized she was a girl! She was about fifteen, and had a pair of eyes similar to Xuan's.
"Zhao Yinkong, assassin…" Her voice was cold. She went back to her book. Zheng, Jie, and Lan turned to Zero.
"Zheng, you're the leader so we'll have you explain our plans. Assassins are good, this team needs all kinds of talent."
Zheng nodded, he was worried if there were any conflicts between Zero and Yinkong, but it seemed like they didn't know each other. Even assassins wouldn't necessarily know each other.
"I think we need Japanese Yen the most. We have to live here for seven days after all, unless you all want to stay in the streets."
Zheng laughed then took out two gold bars from the ring. He handed them to Zero and said. "Luckily I exchanged these gold bars from God. Zero, you're probably more familiar with the underworld than us. Exchange these gold bars to Japanese Yen, it should be enough for us. And buy a few copies of the local map. Including hotel locations and temples which are here… Oh and can any of you speak Japanese?"
Yanwei and Tengyi both said. "I know a little."
As Zheng was going to continue, Yinkong also said. "I know Japanese… why do you want the location of temples?"
Zheng smiled at her. "Since there are curses in this world, why couldn't there be temples that can remove the curse? If logic from the real world doesn't apply here, then we will think using the logic of this world."
She put down her book. "You're quite interesting, even though you're a weakling with power, but you seem like a leader… Ok, I will join the team."
As Zheng smiled at her, Lan suddenly said in a low voice. "There's still a minor at home…"
Zheng coughed. "Then this is decided. Zero, try to get some guns also, we have a lot of magical bullets. Try to arm everyone with a gun."
Zero put the gold bars in his pocket and walked away. The weather was sunny, kids playing, and old people resting in the park. It all looked so peaceful.
But who could say with certainty? This was the world of a horror movie, especially one that couldn't be explained with science, a world with ghosts and curses!
Zheng looked up to the sky, sunlight felt cold to him, then he remembered that woman in white… Who knew how many of them could go back this time.
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Vol 3: Chapter 5-1.
Zero came back to the park by evening. Nightfall was within two hours. Aside from having some snacks, they spent most of their time observing all sides nervously. Especially now that the sun was setting, they felt more and more anxious.
Anyone that had seen The Grudge should know the ghosts in this movie weren't afraid of sunlight. They could hunt day and night. Yet everyone still hoped to stay under the lights. Such an odd mentality, even when they knew the ghosts weren't afraid of light, staying under the light gave them a little bit of courage.
Jie ran up to Zero and patted his shoulder with a laugh. "Shit, I thought you ran away with the gold. Haha, how did it go? How much money did you get?"
Zero smiled and took out ten credit cards. He handed the golden one to Zheng. "100% pure gold. I got each of you a card after selling them. The passwords are all 123456. There are…"
Zheng took the card and laughed. "It doesn't matter. As long as there's enough to last us seven days. Not like we will bring these money back to God's dimension. Haha…"
The ten of them finally left this park. They took three taxis and headed toward the best five star hotel in this city. Even though Japan's cost of living was high, those gold bars were enough to let them live luxuriously for seven days.
The three women got in a taxi, the three college students got in one, and Zheng, Jie, Zero, and Tengyi got in one.
Inside the taxi, Zero took out a few copies of maps. "City map with hotels, transportation, and sight seeing points of interests…"
Zheng took one and started studying with the other two. Zero continued. "I chose Sunlight Hotel. It is surrounded by open roads, very accessible. We can escape at any direction. Of course, if you are not ok with it…"
Zheng said. "No, this type of hotels is suitable to our current situation. Complex surroundings can trap us when we get attacked. Were you able to buy guns?"
Zero nodded. "No problem, but we need to pick it up tomorrow… Zheng, can magical bullets really damage those things? Did you damage it before?"
Zheng smiled bitterly. "I don't know. I felt danger back them, that's why I lost control of myself. To be honest, I also felt a premonition of death, as if I was going to get killed any second. I'm really scared of dying. People that are afraid of dying tend to lose control easily when they feel death is coming."
"Is that so? You're also scared of dying huh…"
The four of them fell into a silence. Before long, the taxis arrived at Sunlight Hotel.
Zero was very dependable. Not only had he sold all the gold within half a day, he also got them fake IDs. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to live in the hotel even if they had the money.
It was summer season in the movie, most of the rooms were already taken. The left over rooms weren't in the same floor, so they had to settle on a presidential suite that could fit all of them.
Yinkong immediately said. "I don't want to live with anyone. Get me a single room, one with a computer."
They looked at her in surprise. Zheng said. "Isn't it better to live together? That way we can help each other."
She put down her book and replied coldly. "I don't want to live with deadweight. I think what the person that left in the beginning said was correct. I had also watched all three movies of The Grudge. This curse isn't something you can defend with more people. Instead of getting dragged in when you get killed, it's easier to escape alone."
Zheng sighed. He discussed with the others and to his surprise, the majority wanted to split up into groups and not stay together. This way they could help each other while not dragging the whole team in an encounter.
Lan naturally grouped up with Yanwei. The seven men were split into two groups randomly. Zheng, Tengyi, and Renjia in a group, Jie, Zero, Binyi, and Ding in a group.
These four rooms were all in different floors. Yinkong in 11th floor, Zheng in 12th, Jie in 14th, and Lan in 16th.
The night passed peacefully. Everyone met up in Zheng's room at noon the next day with sleepy eyes. Aside from Zero and Yinkong, the rest of them couldn't fall asleep until it was past midnight.
"Good, seems like we are all doing fine. Today is the second day, we just have to last until the seventh day. Then we can all go back alive."
Zheng rubbed his puffed eyes.
"All doing fine? Maybe not." Yinkong put down her book and sneered. "I hacked into this city's police network. There were two murders today just past midnight. The police found two bodies in a park not far away from us. In one of the body, all its internal organs were gone, its face was twisted. The other body was penetrated by a utility pole through its stomach. Yet the rest of the pole was intact. All the police in this city was put into action but they couldn't find the identities of these two people. According to the residents, they saw these two people with seven others. Are you feeling surprised?"
Their faces suddenly turned pale, a few people even trembled violently. Death wasn't scary, yet dying in an unknown way wasn't something they could endure.
Zheng took a deep breath and asked Zero. "You got the guns yet?"
Zero took out six guns from a briefcase behind him and Zheng took out six hundred magical bullets. "Don't shoot normal people. I don't want to evade the police at the same time. Even though killing a team member costs 1000 points… I don't mind tying you up and leaving you in a dark place. I think the ghosts like people that can't resist."
The three college students got excited when they saw the guns but Zheng's words shut them up immediately. Tengyi took a bullet and studied it carefully. "This seems to be made of regular silver? The rune words look like a combination of oracle bone script and cuneiform script… Perhaps, oh right, I remember seeing similar rune words on some coffins."
Zheng grabbed his hand and said. "You saw these rune words on coffins? What do they mean? What do they do? These are magical bullets exchanged from God, even though they're the cheapest ones, they can damage spiritual beings!"
Tengyi rubbed his head. "I don't know what the rune words mean, I am just an appraiser, not a professional grave robber. But I heard some professionals said that these rune words can prevent a corpse from becoming a zombie (Chinese zombies). Of course, I always thought of those as superstitions."
Zheng was rather disappointed, but he suddenly remembered something and took out a stack of Taoist paper charms. He said with excitement. "I almost forgot about these. Come, one for each of you. These charms will start to burn when a ghost comes near. While it's burning, the ghost can't harm you. It should buy you enough time to run or yell for help."
Jie and Lan also took out a few charms from their backpack excitedly. They exchanged these charms after Resident Evil but since so many things had happened afterwards, that they had forgotten about the charms. Even though they put them in the backpack, if Zheng didn't mention it, they would've forgotten their existence. Under current situation when they couldn't know when the ghosts will come, this was the most useful item.
Zheng laughed and patted Tengyi on the shoulder. "Thanks for reminding me. If the real world has rune words to counter spiritual beings, then why can't there be similar items in this world? Those temples shouldn't just be there for sightseeing. Haha, maybe we can even learn some spells. Doesn't God also have these type of enhancements for exchange?"
"Good! We will visit those temples this afternoon… to find a hope to beat the Ju On!"
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Vol 3: Chapter 5-2.
The ten of them discussed their plans after lunch. Aside from finding a way to eliminate the Ju On from the temples, it was also important to keep an eye on the police network. Zero also wanted to find a suitable sniping spot. Yanwei wanted to go shopping and those three students volunteered to protect her.
The situation was totally unexpected for Zheng. It seemed like no one placed any hope on the temples. As if the guns and magical bullets were enough to ward off the ghosts.
Zheng was the only one who was aware of the horror. The Ju On was way beyond anything they could imagine. Yet ignorance was a bliss. If it was an Alien that was standing in front of them, they would probably feel scared. But these people had only seen the movies and they didn't have the sharp senses Zheng possessed. To be honest, the magical bullets didn't bring their lives safety.
Zheng couldn't help it, he couldn't just drag everyone to the temples. It was only his conjecture after all.
Even though he didn't want to admit it… but if it was Xuan in his place, what would he do in this situation?
Zheng shook his head and shook away these thoughts. The bus had arrived at their third temple. The four of them visited two temples already, and aside from the numerous visitors signifying the status of the temples, the abbots (priests) didn't know anything about curses. They recited some scriptures and gave the four incense ashes but they couldn't sense the marks on their body.
It was tourist season this time of the year. The third temple was also filled with visitors.
Zheng took a deep breath. "Let's go and hope we can find what we want here… Is it 3pm already?"
The other three people sighed. Even though they didn't had much hope from the start, the result was still disappointing.
No matter what, they still had to continue. As they merged into the crowd and slowly climbed the mountain, Zheng suddenly shivered. He saw a pale little boy disappeared into the crowd. An indescribable sense of chill swept through them. He felt as if a hand grabbed his left ankle.
The charm in Zheng's pocket immediately flared up. The fire didn't burn him and instead gave him a feeling of warmth. This warmth moved down his body to his left ankle and that cold hand retreated. It wasn't until now that Zheng recovered from the horror. His left leg had become numb.
The other three saw Zheng paused for a moment then stumbled. Jie immediately got hold of him. "What's wrong? You sprained your leg?"
To their surprise, Zheng took out the submachine gun and said to them in a serious tone. "I was attacked just now. Hurry, get into the temple! The charm in my pocket is burning…"
Without another word, Jie and Tengyi carried Zheng and sprinted toward the temple. Tengyi was a large man and Jie's strength was just second to Zheng. They forced their way through the crowd and finally reached the main gate (still outside the actual temple) before the charm burned out.
Once inside, Zheng felt that a weight was lifted. That chill and stress disappeared. He stopped Jie and Tengyi then walked toward a sideway, away from the crowd.
When they were alone, Zheng crouched down and lifted the bottom of his trousers. There was a grey handprint on his leg, the size of a child's hand. He also took out the charm from his pocket, it had already burned to ashes, yet his shirt was intact.
"It was really an attack." He smiled bitterly. "You still remember the two ghosts in The Grudge? This was probably that little boy's ghost. He merely grabbed my leg and I couldn't move a bit. If the adult ghost is also like this, or even stronger… then the magical bullets won't be enough. We are dead if they get a hold of us."
Jie and the other two turned pale. They stared at the ashes in silence. Lan touched her forehead and asked. "Then why did you stop here? Hurry up and get inside the temple."
"Can't you feel it? Right, I am the only one that can feel it. Once we stepped beyond the gate, the chill and stress were gone. It seems like this temple is authentic. Maybe they have what we are looking for. I also suspect the ghost attacked us because they didn't want us to come in here!"
Jie cried with excitement. "That's good, I never thought we could actually find something useful. Haha, let's go, hurry to the temple!"
The reason Zheng found a place to stop was really because his left leg felt numb. Since the others were excited to reach the temple, Jie and Tengyi had to carry Zheng up.
The biggest difference between this temple and the other two was a sense of old age. This temple felt like it had survived many centuries. Tengyi observed the walls and doors then said to them in a low voice. "It's a style from Tang dynasty, probably left by monks that visited Japan."
This gave them a sense of safety. Monks from the ancient times were probably more skilled at handling ghosts. Even though people in the modern days thought of them as superstitions, but they choose to believe these superstition, at least while they were in this world.
The four of them found the abbot of this temple. Unfortunately this abbot was the same as the last two. He couldn't sense the mark of Ju On on them and just recited some scriptures. They felt awful as the sun was moving down the horizon.
Zheng suddenly asked. "Master, did the first abbot of this temple came from the Tang dynasty?"
Tengyi translated the words for him. The old abbot answered. "This temple was built by the local residents when the disciple of Xuanzang visited Japan. It was said this monk passed away inside the main hall. The buddha on the main hall was modeled after the position that he died in."
"Then master, where is his body? And was there anything strange about the main gate outside?"
The abbot shook his head then continued. "That monk's body was burned by Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku period. Nobunaga then ordered people to spray his ashes on the main gate so everyone that walks pass will step on him."
As the abbot sighed, they finally realized what happened. That monk's ashes could counter evil but this also took away their last hope.
The four of them also sighed and when they were about to leave, the abbot handed them a few pieces of yellow paper.
"These are hand copied scriptures by that monk. He said he would go back to Tang dynasty once he finished preaching in Japan. Unfortunately he died in this mountain… Since fate led you here, why don't you take these scriptures. Perhaps you can find a way to remove the curse in them."
The generosity of the abbot gained their respect. Even though these pages were old and some corners were cracked, they were invaluable antiques.
As Zheng took the scriptures, he felt a sense of warmth in his body. At the same time the mark on his body faded, he almost couldn't feel it anymore. He hadn't felt so comfortable ever since he came into this movie.
"We can definitely survive, definitely!"
P.S. The easy days are over.
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Vol 3: Chapter 6-1.
As the four returned to the hotel, the situation inside the suite shocked them before they had a chance to announce the good news.
Inside the same suite Zheng stayed in the night before. When they opened the door, they heard the screams of two men.
"Don't, don't come over! Gun, right, I have a gun…" This was Renjia's voice.
"Don't drag me inside. I didn't see anything. Don't drag me in…" This was Ding's sobbing.
All the lights were turned on, the TV was also on and at maximum volume. Fortunately, the room had good soundproof and didn't attract any employees over. The two young men were sitting together in the center of the carpet. One of them pointed a gun at the door with a pair of trembling hands.
Zheng and Jie sprinted toward him at then same time and grabbed the gun before he could fire it.
It wasn't until now that the two young men realized who these four people were. Renjia grabbed Zheng's leg and started crying while Ding curled up on the floor.
Zheng and the other three looked at each other. They had a bad feeling about this. Zheng helped Renjia stand up and asked. "What happened? Where is Bingyi? and Yanwei? Why are you two the only ones here? What happened?"
"No use asking them, they became retarded from the scare."
Yanwei's voice came from the side. They turned around and saw her dressed in lingerie leaning on a bedroom door.
She looked like she had make up on. She laughed and said. "These three idiots couldn't hold it when they were peeking at me trying on clothes and went to the toilet. But there were gunshots shortly after and these two came back out from the toilet. Ha, and they said they were going to protect me. Men will always leave the women behind and run away in danger, no matter what that danger is. Haha…"
Her words seemed to indicate more than this, yet they didn't have the time think. Lan took a look at Yanwei while the other three started asking the young men questions. Yet, aside from crying, they couldn't spit out a logical sentence. Then the door was opened once again. Yinkong walked in slowly with that book on her hand.
"Interesting ways of dying. There are new ways of dying on the police network. A young man was found inside the water pipes of a toilet in a mall. His whole body was squeezed inside a pipe just over ten centimeters wide. They couldn't even make out that was a human when they took him out. I really want to see how it looks."
She sat down on the sofa and said all these ignoring the people in the room. When she got to the last line, there was a bloodlust-filled smile on her face.
"They found four more bodies. One was separated into several hundred pieces, every piece was the size of a fingernail. It looked like a bomb exploded from inside his body but they did not find any explosives on the flesh. Two died from bloating. The forensic examiners found all their internal organs aside from their stomaches disappeared. These organs went inside the stomach of the other person. And the last one…"
"That's enough!" Zheng lifted Yinkong and shouted. "Why are you saying this in such details? You want us to lose our confidence and morale? You think a bunch of people that have given up can last through these seven days?"
Her eyes became sharp and said in a cold tone. "Let go of me… I say what I like. Joining this team doesn't mean that I acknowledge you. To me, Zero is the only one qualified to be my teammate, you're all…"
Before Zheng could reply, he felt pain on his wrist and blood gushed out. Her little hand was as sharp as a knife. It easily sliced Zheng's wrist. She then stepped closer to him and her hand aimed at the artery on his neck.
Zheng threw her upward and at the same time kicked on her belly. She got knocked away to the wall, but jumped right back at Zheng even faster with her hand aiming at his heart.
(This, this feeling?!)
Zheng had taken out the progressive knife by this time. He went into the unlocked state. The sense of danger let him know that the girl in front of him was in the same unlocked state!
As the knife and her hand were about to hit each other, they both jumped back. Their senses toward danger were extremely sensitive during this state, just then a bullet went through between them. When they looked toward the door, Zero was standing there holding a gun on his hand.
Yinkong exited from the unlocked state. She picked up the book she dropped and returned to the sofa then said emotionlessly. "Including you, I acknowledge two people in this team…"
Zheng didn't exit the state and replied coldly. "These same f*cking words, who do you think you are? Why does everyone in this team need your acknowledgment? One Xuan was enough, I don't want to see people backstabbing teammates! Either you leave or treat everyone sincerely. If you think your power lets you stand above everyone else, I will kill you now!"
The submachine gun appeared in his left hand. "I am serious, don't assume I am joking!"
She said without raising her head. "No problem, you're the leader. If I am not satisfied with your performance, I will challenge and kill you. Before that happens, your words are orders… Continuing the previous topic, there was one more person who died. In other words, five people died today. One from our group and four from theirs."
Zheng finally exited his unlocked state. He sat down beside Jie, and Zero also came over to him. With these two people guarding him, he said. "So they only have three newbies left… and Xuan?"
Yinkong didn't reply but Lan laughed. "With this speed, we have no chance of lasting through seven days. Should we get in touch with Xuan?"
"No." Zheng gritted his teeth. His body started trembling, this was the after effect of unlocking the genetic constraint. He had to experience this immense pain every time. It took almost a minute for him to calm down. As to Yinkong, she didn't exhibit anything unusual aside from a bit of sweat.
Zheng wiped away the sweat on his head. "If he wants to get in touch with us… he will do it. If he sincerely wants to get back into the team, as long as he gets rid of those thoughts, we will…"
The newbies who weren't familiar with Xuan were indifferent toward his words but Jie and the other veterans sighed. Then Tengyi started to explain the background of the scriptures excitedly. Zero and Yinkong were surprised to see the scriptures. They never expected the temples to be of any help. At first they were still suspicious. It wasn't until after touching the scripture and experiencing the warmth did they believe in it.
Tengyi was talking nonstop. He looked the lively type of person. "You didn't see it. We were attacked by the little boy's ghost but once we stepped inside the main gate, the ghost didn't go away. Haha. It seems like we can definitely survive these seven days with the scriptures."
After a discussion, they decided to guard the scriptures in groups of threes while the other six people take naps in turns. The three girls formed a team and the other two groups were decided randomly. Zheng, Jie, and Zero formed a team, Tengyi and the two college students in the remaining team. Each group would guard the scriptures for three hours every night from now on.
Even though Yinkong disliked this arrangement, she followed her words from before and accepted living in this suite with the other two girls.
Everything seemed perfect but they didn't notice the two college students who looked at each other in the eyes, and also Yanwei who stared at them with a smile.
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Vol 3: Chapter 6-2.
The first group to guard the scriptures was Zheng's. They sat there in silence. Jie took out a pack of cigarettes and said. "Feeling irritated? Why did you get so mad over a little girl?"
Zheng took a cigarette and forced a smile. "It's not really irritated as much as I just don't want to see another Xuan in this team. The type of emotionless nature that can give up on a comrade any time. I don't want to see another one."
After he mentioned Xuan, all three of them fell into a silence again, as if his name was a taboo. Zero diverged the topic. "How did you get injured? Did she have a knife on her hand?"
Jie also seemed interested in this question. Even though the fight was short but the artery on Zheng's wrist was cut open. His enhanced body and vampire bloodline quickly healed the wound, but one could still see a trace of it.
Zheng held up his wrist. "Can you believe it? She cut through my skin with just her fingernails, even steel can't cut through it that easily. How can a sixteen year old girls' fingernails be tougher than steel?"
Zero's expression changed. He looked at the wound carefully then said. "With just nails? Can she come from the clan of assassins?"
"Clan of assassins?" Zheng and Jie asked curiously.
"Assassins existed since the ancient times, whether it was in Asia or Europe. The earliest assassins had superior skills and a heart cold as ice. They could kill normal people easily barehanded. These assassins also mastered a cruel training technique to stimulate human potentials… But as technology advanced and guns appeared, this type of assassins declined. The new type of assassins is adept in using guns. No matter how good your skills are, one little bullet from afar will kill you. So true assassins have almost disappeared."
"I have only heard rumors of it that there still exist two clans of assassins in this world. One in Asia and one in Europe. They still have that training technique handed down from the past. If this little girl's nails are really so strong, I think she may have come from one of the clans, and probably belongs to the inner circle of the clan."
Zheng recalled when she unlocked her genetic constraint. If it was a cruel training technique, then fear and death could lead her to unlock the constraint. Also the way that she handled the pain afterward looked like she was already used to this pain. Perhaps she really was from one of the clans.
"No wonder she was so arrogant. If she can get along with us peacefully, she will become a comrade we can depend upon."
At the same time in the girls' room. Lan and Yanwei stared at Yinkong in shock. The blood on Yinkong's clothes had dried but as she was getting on the only bed in this room without changing clothes, Lan and Yanwei annoyed her until she took them off. Even though Yinkong was mean to the men, she was actually gentle and well mannered when she interacted with the two women. After she took off her shirt, she exposed a pair of breasts wrapped around by a piece of cloth very tightly.
(Omitted some lewd lines)
She hurried onto the bed and covered herself with a blanket while the other two women laughed.
"Why do you have to wrap them up? It will cause them to deform and you're more prone to breast cancer. Why don't we take you to buy a pair of bras tomorrow?"
Yinkong blushed and asid. "They will get in the way if I don't wrap them up. Others will also make fun of me and touch them intentionally. Mine are… too big. If I don't wrap them up, they will just grow larger."
Yanwei got close to Yinkong and said. "Hehe, let me tell you. They will just get larger the more you wrap them up. Choosing the right bras can stop them from growing."
"Really?"
Lan and Yanwei nodded. Yanwei stroke her hair and said. "Who are they that you mentioned? You're so strong, why don't you… kill them all? Men can not be trusted, all men are disgusting beings!"
Lan was going to say something but she sighed. "Yanwei, did something happen before you come here that left you in despair? Can you tell us?"
She paused for a moment then laughed miserably. "Nothing special. My boyfriend and I drove outside the city and the car broke down. Then a bunch of thugs surrounded us. He ran away alone… Aren't all men like this? Once they're in danger, they'll think about themselves first?"
Lan sighed again. She recalled the last movie when Zheng was fighting like a madman… Not all men were like this.
When it was time for the second group, Zheng prepared a can of cold coffee for each of them. The two colleeg students sat there discussing something in a low voice, while Tengyi studied the scriptures excitedly.
Pah!
Tengyi felt pain on the back of his head then fell forward. Two hands on left and right got a hold of him.
Ding put down the blood stained ashtray lightly. He and Renjia grabbed the scriptures with a crazy yet relieved expression.
"These idiots. They never saw how terrifying those things are. They thought it's safe to just put the scriptures in the living room. They can all go die…" Ding and Renjia laughed in a low voice.
"Will you take me along?"
This voice scared the two men. Renjia pointed his gun at the origin of the voice. Yanwei was leaning on the wall in her sexy lingerie. She laughed and walked over to them slowly.
"I don't want to die, can you take me along? I will have to depend on you from now on…"
Zheng was sleeping soundly. After he got a hold of the scriptures, that chill and stress never came back. He felt relieved when he laid down. But somehow he was feeling colder and colder in his dream, as if something was reaching toward his head from the bedside. As that thing almost touched his head, a series of rapid knockings on the door woke him and the other two up.
Zheng immediately woke up with a shock. He saw a glimpse of an white arm disappeared from the bedside. He immediately jumped up then heard Lan's voice from outside the room. "Zheng! Come out! Those two college students stole the scriptures!"
They hurried to the living room and saw Tengyi sitting on the ground with a pale face. By the blood on his head and the disappearance of Renjia, Ding, and the scriptures, it was obvious what had happened.
Lan said hastily. "After we fell asleep, Yanwei seemingly said that she wanted to use the bathroom. Then some time after the alarm on her phone rang. There was the word danger on it. We ran out to take a look and found this situation."
Zheng touched the canned coffee then said with a livid face. "Stay calm, they couldn't have gotten too far. Probably just got out of the hotel. We should be able to catch them… Zero, is your sniper rifle still in the backpack?"
Zero was surprised by the question. "Yes. I put it in the backpack disassembled, but due to the high cost of Gauss bullets and magical Gauss bullets, I only exchanged five of each… you mean?"
"It takes less than a minute to get to the roof, much faster than we can go downstairs. Get up there and find them then contact us… Then shoot their legs! I will take their hands myself!"
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Vol 3: Chapter 6-3.
After a quick discussion, Zero and Lan went upstairs. Zero was responsible for the sniping while Lan guarded his back. Lan also had a small submachine gun. As for Tengyi, he still hadn't recovered from the concussion, so he had to stay in the room. Zheng, Jie and Yinkong took the elevators down.
"Found them. At the entrance to YL street. They're withdrawing money at the ATM. Ding is holding the scriptures. Go left from where you are, you should catch up to them within 30 seconds. I will shoot after 20 seconds… Zheng, hurry, we need to take back the scriptures before the police arrives."
"… Ok!"
The three of them ran to the left, Zheng asked Yinkong on the way. "Is there any way prevent them from telling the police our location?"
She was surprised for a bit. "Just kill them."
"Killing takes off points. Any other way? You assassins surely have some methods right?"
"That's simple, cut off their limbs and tongues, gouge out their eyes. If you want something even simpler, pierce a needle into their spine and they will go into a vegetative state… You need my help?"
"No! I will bear my own responsibility…"
The ATM was in sight by this time and beside it was Renjia and the other two. Renjia was withdrawing money while Ding was looking at him. Only Yanwei saw Zheng coming their way, then she smiled at them.
With a loud bang, Ding's left leg disappeared. The huge impact totally crushed his leg. The bullet even shot into the concrete ground and blasted a hole the size of a bowl.
The gunshot shocked them for a bit then Renjia immediately turned around and grabbed Yanwei as a shield. He pointed his gun on her head. Ding was screaming on the ground.
Renjia saw Zheng running over and shouted. "Don't come over! Otherwise I will kill her… and the scriptures, Ding! If they take another step, tear up the scriptures!"
Zheng immediately stopped. They were less than fifty meters away from Renjia now. "I don't want to say anything else. Put down the scriptures and I will let you leave safely."
Ding yelled as he held onto the broken leg. "Leave your ass! Do you know how scary that thing is? We may as well just kill ourselves if we don't have the scriptures. F*ck, why do you have to chase us? Why don't you let us take the scriptures? You're strong why don't you give them to the weaker ones? Leaving them in the living room to help everyone? You veterans just want to monopolize them!"
Zheng was filled with hatred. It was the first time he saw such ugliness in people. Even though this happened frequently in books and movies but when it happened right in front of his eyes, the shock was indescribable.
(Am I… really wrong?)
Another gunshot as Ding was talking. The arm that was holding the scriptures fell to the ground. Zheng and Yinkong sprinted at them immediately.
Yet Ding had his mind set. He knew Zero was sniping him at distance. He remembered their introduction. And without hesitation he grabbed the scriptures and threw them to the streets. Right after he threw them, his other arm was shot. The scriptures landed on the street and a car drove on top of them, crushing them into pieces then blew away by the wind.
"No!"
Zheng was totally enraged. He raised the knife and swung at Ding. Ding's head flew off to the distance then it was crushed by a car driving by.
"Killed a team member. Deducted 1000 points." God's voice rang inside Zheng's head but didn't pay any attention to what God said. He walked over to Renjia with a pair of red eyes.
Renjia was so scared he couldn't even move. Yellow liquid leaked out of his trousers. When he saw Zheng looking his way, his body was trembling. "Don't, don't kill me, don't kill me, don't you lose 1000 points for killing? Don't kill me…"
Another loud bang. Renjia's hand was trembling also and the gun he was holding went off. It blew away half of Yanwei's head. Everyone watched in shock as this woman fell to the ground. A few seconds later Renjia started laughing crazily.
Before Zheng could do anything, Yinkong ran up to him and with a swing of her hand, Renjia's arm fell off, then it was the other arm and both legs. She didn't even blink as the blood sprayed her whole body. Afterward she did everything she had told Zheng before walking back.
Zheng used the hemostasis spray on Renjia then took out the communication device. "Zero, if there are any security cameras please shoot them off. Also find a place that we can hide. We will come back after the police leaves."
"Understood. Go straight five hundred meters. There's a manhole cover leading to the sewers. Then run right in the sewers, on top of the twelfth manhole should be a park. We will come back in the afternoon. Remember to change the blood stained clothes."
"Zero, thank you… I will apologize when we get back together…"
(Was I really wrong?)
The three of them reached the park. It was past midnight and the area was totally black. They had to stand together with their backs to each other so they could each guard a side. In between them were a few charms.
(Was I really wrong? Is the right way to use newbies as bait and not to trust them in the beginning?)
As his head was in a chaos, the communication device vibrated.
"Zero? What's wrong?"
"It's me…"
This voice… was Xuan!
"I've seen what happened and can probably guess how you're feeling. Then do you want to talk to me?"
Zheng took a deep breath. "How do you know what happened? And where were you hiding these few days?"
"It isn't important where you hide. The Ju On won't let you off because of distance. I also went to the temple you visited. Unfortunately the main gate doesn't have its ability at night. In fact, the scriptures you were holding on were probably a critical item to surviving this movie…"
"… Is it because you can listen through the communication device?"
"Correct. I have the main device so I can listen through all the connected devices, even if you don't turn them on."
Zheng looked at the device then laughed bitterly. "Are you here to laugh at me? Yes, I admit I failed, I was wrong to trust anyone as a comrade then get backstabbed by the same people… Xuan, did you predict this will happen, was that why you left this insecure team?"
"No, I just want to find a quiet place and look at the stars…"
On top of a roof not far away from the Sunlight Hotel. Xuan looked at the sky as he sat on the edge. He continued calmly. "There's no absolute right or wrong. You think too much… Comrades are important but as a leader you can't put yourself on even grounds with them. With power comes responsibility. You're responsible for the safety of all team members. You're still lacking on when you should give up and when you should persist…"
"The only thing you did wrong was treating everyone equally… This world needs choices. The paths we take, the newbies that God chooses, or the survivors that the movies choose. You have to know who can become your comrade. It's not the people who can't adapt to this world. If you choose them, they will drag you along when this world eliminates them."
"Life is a long path, you will learn and grow up gradually. I am jealous of you guys… You will correct yourselves when you know it's wrong and not have all the knowledge in the beginning. Zheng, you will grow up, and remember to put yourself in the position of a leader, not complain like a team member. It's also important to choose your comrades. Those without talents, those that may betray, those with an ugly heart, you can't save those people. Remember you are not a savior. You are not alive to save them. You need their strength so you can live. Don't mess up the order…"
Zheng listened quietly to every word Xuan said. He gradually calmed down. "Why are you saying this to me? This doesn't fit your personality, helping someone without any gain… Xuan, are you listening?"
"Yeah, I'm listening." Xuan laughed. "It's not totally unrelated, I owe you a favor. Remember the data I made you bring back to the real world? Thank you… Ha, it's actually not that difficult to thank someone."
Zheng was silent for a bit. "Do you really love…"
"Love my country? I think you're mistaken. In actuality, once we entered this world, we no longer belong to the other world. Patriotism is rather fake here… It's because I can finally rest, so tired…"
Xuan paused, then laughed again. "It seems like my time has come… If we can see each other again, I hope you can grow up to become a real leader. Remember nothing is absolutely right or wrong. What you want is merely living on right? So crush all the obstacles preventing you from living!"
"I'll give you a hint. Since God can be thought of as a program, then aside from the scriptures, maybe the number seven is also a hint. Seven…"
This was the last line Zheng heard. Then he heard creepy noises through the device. (The Kakaka like noise in the movie)
"… Seven days, maybe this seven hints at the number of times you have to kill the Ju On's main body… It's cut off already?"
Xuan turned around. Not far away from him was a woman in white hanging on the wall. The kakaka sounds were coming from her mouth…
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Vol 3: Chapter 7-1 7-2.
Here it comes again?
An infant floated in a glass tank filled with transparent liquid. A group of over ten researchers surrounded it enthusiastically.
"That's the only surviving test subject! Chief Chu, we've finally done it… Ten years, we finally get a surviving subject after ten years!"
"Yes, the government has become impatient. Dozens of billions over ten years… but we finally achieved it."
"Born with the knowledge of a researcher, unparalleled intelligence, a strong body, resistant to all diseases, a mind that never gets tired or weak. This is a super human…"
As the researchers discussed excitedly, the old man was the only one who didn't participate in the discussions. He looked at the little life inside the tank tenderly, then placed his hand on the glass.
The little life as though felt it. He tried to reach that hand with his little hand. Yet he was just created and could only move his fingers. The old man laughed out loud as he saw this.
Xuan stared at the pale woman calmly. Two large pistols appeared on his hands.
"Then let me verify my last conjecture…"
He started firing at the woman. And it looked like he didn't even need to aim, every shot accurately hit her forehead. A few seconds later, the woman's head was crushed.
Yet it seemed that the woman had no physical body. The bullets went through his body and hit the wall behind her. Her body restructured like it was made of fog, including an intact head.
"Immune to physical damage? Illusion? Or perhaps… Arnold, attack!"
Gun fire lighted the dark area on the side. Her whole body was covered with bullet holes and it didn't restructure like last time. The holes on her body expanded slowly and the silver bullets that went through her quickly darkened. Finally she disappeared under the heavy fire.
"As expected… no rewards. And it takes a large amount of magical bullets to eliminate a ghost…"
The magazines on his pistols dropped to the ground and Xuan replaced them with new magazines. "Arnold, be cautious of your back, the ghost is likely to attack the one that damaged her."
As the big guy was about to turn around, a pale hand reached out from behind, and along with it the woman with a twisted face appeared out of nowhere. She looked at Arnold then he stopped moving, but his body was trembling, his skin also started turning pale white.
"… Physical contact causes you to lose control of the body?"
Xuan started shooting and crushed her head at once. She wasn't able to restructure her head due to the magical bullets. Yet her body could still move. As she embraced Arnold from behind, the skin that was in touch with her body had turned gray. He could only look at Xuan with his eyes.
"Must attack every part of the body…"
Xuan closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again he started firing, shooting Arnold along with the woman. Arnold died instantly and the woman also disappeared.
Inside a military base, a little boy was turning a Rubik's cube emotionlessly. After he got all sides to the same color, he dropped it on the ground and started with another puzzle. The meter big jigsaw puzzle formed without any mistakes.
"Very high intelligence, his memory can remember the location of every piece. Instead of a human brain, it's more like…"
"Like a computer right? And this child never even smiled. That emotionless face feels so creepy."
"Not only has he never smiled, he doesn't feel pain, and no sense of touch, smell, or taste. Also because we stressed him being mentally strong during the genetic modification, his body lacks some chemicals. He won't feel depressed because his body doesn't have the chemicals, he won't feel pain nor happiness, he won't feel fear, and he won't have sexual desires…"
"Just like a robot. A genetically modified human without even a desire to live. Is this the super human we hoped for? Maybe he is thinking of killing himself right now. If it is me… I don't think I can last a second. Life like this is too painful."
"That's enough! All of you shut up!"
As the researchers talked behind a glass wall, an old man shouted. He stared at the researchers behind him and everyone avoided his eye contact.
The old man opened the door next to the glass wall and walked over to the boy. The boy took a look at him then moved his attention back to his puzzle.
"Xuan, want to see the stars?"
"…Stars?"
"Yes, you can only see them outside the base. Ha, even though you have knowledge of the stars but they aren't something you can describe with knowledge. You must see them with your eyes to realize their beauty… Let's go, I'll take you to see the stars."
Xuan raised his head and looked at the sky. Stars… really weren't something that could be describe with knowledge. Every time he looked at them, a little bit of knowledge disappeared and was replaced with unexplainable beauty.
A pale hand appeared next to Xuan's neck. As the hand was going to touch him, he suddenly flipped forward while firing nonstop. By the time he landed, the woman behind him disappeared again.
If Zheng and Yinkong were here, they would be surprised that Xuan was in the unlocked state. After he crushed the woman, he replaced the magazines on his pistols.
"Still no reward, does the number seven hint at…"
As Xuan was pondering, the kakaka sounds came from all sides. Countless pale white arms appeared on the edge of the roof, then almost a hundred white woman climbed up. They started crawling toward Xuan while making the sounds.
"The ghost becomes stronger after every wave… I've killed it three times so this is the fourth wave?"
Xuan started running at a direction while shooting nonstop. By the time he emptied the magazines, all the women in front of him disappeared. He replaced the magazines again and turned around to the other women…
"Ha, so Xuan, how does it feel being outside for the first time?"
"… It's dark."
"Of course it's dark compared to the base. Let's go, there's a grass field nearby. We can lie there and look at the stars."
An old man holding onto a little boy's hand. The boy's face remained expressionless the whole time they walked. Even though the old man tried to make him laugh. Until they lied on the grass and looked at the sky.
"Haha, isn't it beautiful? There are no lights here so we can see the stars easily. If it's in a city, we won't be able to see them with just our eyes…"
The old man kept talking to Xuan but he stared at the sky without a word. Then the old man fell into a silence. "Sorry, it's my fault. I thought a person born knowing everything, feels no pain, and mentally strong would be the new type of super human, but…"
"Even though normal people make mistakes, but they can correct themselves. They know how to adapt to this world, to improve themselves. They will start off weak and make numerous mistakes, but as long as they have the desire to improve, as long as they are still alive, they will keep improving and advancing. And they have desires. Desires for money, to reproduce, to dominate, to save, to live… I was wrong. I seized all your desires and didn't even leave you with a reason to live. I was wrong…"
The old man held onto the boy and broke down crying. He touched the old man's tears and felt as if his eyes got a little wet. Yet tears just couldn't come out no matter what…
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"By modern medicine, human emotions are controlled by hormones and neurotransmitters…"
It feels like covered in a thick armor made of flesh. No senses of touch, pain, smell, taste. Can only distinguish the world through vision and sound. No emotions so don't know how to laugh or cry, yet forced myself to think of these expressions. I have to keep thinking what expressions and actions to use…
I'm tired. Really want to walk out from this armor, to smell the world, to taste delicious food, to feel the sense of touch and hardness, to be injured and feel pain, to be happy and laugh, to express my true self…
But it isn't possible anymore. Even God can only repair damaged genetic code and there is no damage in my genetic code. It's just modified since the beginning, no way to repair it…
So, I'm tired. Don't want to think about what expressions to use anymore. If I can calm down and don't have to think, don't have to simulate, just fall into sleep quietly, that would be good enough…
Xuan was shooting at the women nonstop. His pistols were extremely powerful, every shot blasted away a part of a woman. It only took ten shots to kill one of them. Yet there were still over twenty women crawling toward him. Two pistols just weren't enough to kill all of them.
Xuan shook his hands and the magazines fell out of the pistols. Two new magazines had took their place by the time they reached the ground. When the women were only a few meters away from him, he suddenly ran over to the wall, used the wall to jump up and over the women. His pistols also finally finished killing all of them.
"The fourth wave!"
Xuan looked around him. He was very sensitive to danger after unlocking his genetic constraint but somehow he wasn't feeling any danger at the moment… Was that it for the Ju On?
"No! Still no reward, no notification. It will continue…"
As he took guard of the situation, a series of shoji suddenly appeared on this roof. The shoji slowly opened up and behind them was a regular bedroom. A man and woman were having a heated debate.
The man then started hitting the woman. He took a knife from a table and stabbed her. She fell to the ground with her eyes wide open in disbelief. Yet that man didn't stop there. He started dissecting the woman's body. The body was twitching nonstop, but those eyes stared at Xuan without moving. This woman's face was exactly the same as those ghosts and the blood on her face made her more horrifying.
Xuan watched everything in silence. He had replaced the magazines in his pistols again. When that man suddenly turned his head around, Xuan opened fire at him. Yet the magical bullets didn't crush the man this time, they went straight through his body.
"Illusion? Or…"
Xuan stopped shooting. His senses told him that there was nothing in front of him, No physical object closing in, no bedroom, and no danger. He watched as the man slowly walked toward him then the man raised his knife and slashed at him.
(Danger! This feeling…)
Xuan immediately jumped backward but the knife still cut off a part of his chest. No, not cut off but rather the flesh and clothes on his chest disappeared… Then he felt his intestines weighted down and along with it a feeling of bloated.
"The attacked part disappears then goes into my intestines. How did he do it? Not physical and not a mental attack… A spirit type attack that's unexplainable by science."
Xuan fired at the man again, yet it was just the same as before. The bullets went through his body. His senses told him again there was nothing around, and no danger.
"It can't not exist. In other words, attacks are normally ineffective. Only the moment he attacks you…"
Xuan held out an arm toward the man calmly. Then as this man slashed the knife at his arm, Xuan shot at him with his other hand. His arm disappeared and at the same time the man was crushed then disappeared like the other ghost.
"… Feels so bloated. I still prefer delicious looking food…"
Xuan was still in the unlocked state. His arm stopped bleeding shortly after. He shook the other hand and replaced the magazines on the pistol again
"The fifth wave is… over!"
He waited in place for a few seconds, then the sense of danger was getting stronger and stronger, as if the ghost was attacking him. Yet when he looked around, there was nothing. This sense of danger gradually reached his limit.
"Invisible? Or is it… inside my body?"
Xuan felt his internal organs convulsing. Blood gushed out of his mouth and nose. Then he vomited out a mouthful of blood and fragments of organs.
"So this is the sixth wave? Attacking organs from inside…"
Xuan smiled and without hesitation he pointed the pistol at his stomach and pulled the trigger.
"Do you see it? He's pondering those four unsolved math problems again. I don't know if he has any desires other than a thirst for knowledge…"
"Shh, keep your voice down. He's already the associate leader of this research team. Once chief Chu passes away, he will be the one in charge… Aren't you scared he will get you in trouble?"
"Heh, you probably don't know. How will this zombie like person know to get others in trouble? He probably doesn't even have the desire to do it…"
Xuan was reading his notebook silently. He could easily hear the whispers around him with his hearing but compared to the math problems in his hands, he didn't even have the desire to take a look at them. He just wanted to do the calculations silently…
The old man's hair had turned all white after these years. He lay on the sickbed and looked at Xuan who was sitting beside him silently. The young man was looking at him emotionlessly, as if these two people were just strangers to each other.
The old man's hands were filled with IVs. He tried hard to open his mouth. "Xuan, do you still hate me?"
"Why hate?" Xuan said calmly. "Why should I hate you?"
The old man laughed bitterly. "Yeah, why should you hate me? You can't hate me… If you actually hate me, then maybe I can leave this world peacefully."
Xuan opened his mouth for a bit, but he finally said calmly. "They said you're going to die. Is there… no more way to save you?"
The old man shook his head lightly. "With our current technology, I am fortunate enough to be able to talk to you now… Xuan, don't be like us and try to change human nature with technology. What a mortal's wisdom, always filled with resentment toward life. Yet who can realize that our weaknesses, our desires, our defects are the most valuable gifts the world gave us… Xuan, I'm sorry. If I can do it again, I wish to give you a real childhood, a normal life. I'm sorry…"
Xuan's eyes dimmed down. "Is that so? You're dying soon… when will you die?"
The old man suddenly lifted himself up and shouted. "You want to die too right? No, you have wanted to die for so long right? Is it because I am constraining you? That's why you're living in such pain… You want to kill yourself after I die? Or find someone to kill you? No…"
"Xuan, I still have a lot of unfinished research. Yes, so many technologies yet to be developed, like the Gauss long distance canon, the stable hydrogen fusion reactor, the high efficient battery… Xuan, finish all these research for me. Promise me, you can't die before our team gets these technologies! Promise me!"
Xuan looked at the old man silently. It wasn't until the old man started breathing rapidly did he nod his head. Then the hand that was holding onto him slid off…
"… Son, if you don't have the desire to live, then live on with my desires. Just one last time, let me constrain you one last time. Live on no matter what happens…"
Xuan lay on the ground and watched the starry sky. The sky's beauty was really indescribable. He could only stop all the thinking when he looked at the stars. They were the only times he could really calm down.
"That's not a constraint, father… I'm really too tired. Let me calm down a bit…"
Not far away from Xuan, a pale woman of over ten meters tall slowly stood up from the shadows. This woman was the main body of the Ju On, Kayako.
Xuan closed his eyes before the huge ghost crawled over to him. His face had a calm and peaceful smile…
"Zheng, this is my last hint… Thank you…"
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Zheng and the other two waited until the area was crowded then came out from under the trees. Since Yinkong's clothes were stained with blood, Zheng gave her his jacket put an arm over her shoulders just like a brother holding his little sister.
Jie and Yinkong looked at him in surprise. Zheng smiled calmly. "It looks more natural this way. After we get inside the hotel, just chat about random stuff. Best if you can keep a smile. We won't attract attention this way… Hoho, is it alright to hold onto you for a while, Yinkong?"
She turned her head away and replied coldly. "Doesn't matter."
Zheng and Jie realized her figure was so different when she took off her jacket. The little girl's chest was so big it instantly attracted the two men's attention.
Although Yinkong didn't care about their stares, her expression changed a bit when Zheng put his jacket on her. So that was why she wasn't annoyed when Zheng put his arm around her.
"… Jie, Yinkong, I think our thoughts had gone into the wrong direction. Maybe it was over confidence or maybe I lost myself after I came back from the real world, so much that I forgot our original goal… to survive."
"We all just want to survive."
As the two of them looked confused, Zheng smiled bitterly. "Jie, do you still remember what I said to you in the last movie? I said I will do my best to protect my comrades, to trust and support them, then we will survive with the power of the team… My thoughts went in the wrong direction. The problem is who can become my comrade?"
"Like those normal people, they're mentally weak and can drag us in danger, and those that can betray us at critical moments are not qualified to become our comrades. Yet I included all these newbies. This was a fatal mistake."
"I will continue with my ideology. The power of comrades is very important. We should trust and support each other. I won't treat everyone as a number like Xuan did! But I will change what I did wrong. Only people who gained the trust of everyone in our team, have the talent, and pass a trial can become our comrade. As for those normal people…"
Zheng fell into a silence when he reached these words. Jie and Yinkong looked at him quietly.
"As for those normal people… I can offer them some help, like weapons and warnings, but their lives won't be a reason to put this team in danger. In necessity, I will abandon normal people for the team. Xuan was right with this point. This is a cruel world, everyone is just struggling to stay alive. We are the same…"
It didn't take long for their bus to reach Sunlight Hotel. Thanks to it being the tourist season, they easily mixed into the crowd and got into the stairs. They didn't want to take the elevator because of the smell of blood. It wasn't until they climbed over a dozen floors and opened the door to their room did they let out a sigh of relief.
Zero, Lan and Tengyi were having breakfast on a table. Aside from the bandage on Tengyi's head, they looked like they were in good shape. At least they didn't panic when the three opened the door.
Zero asked. "Doing well?"
Zheng replied with a smile. "Yeah, stayed in the darkness for a night. Fortunately we haven't been killed by the ghost…"
The atmosphere became relaxed. Zheng and the other two also sat down for breakfast. After eating, Zheng had them sitting on the sofa then stood in from of them.
"I'm sorry." Zheng bowed at them then said. "This was my fault. I forgot that the most important thing as a leader… is to be responsible for the safety of my team, and not for everyone like a savior. They want to live. We too want to live. Sorry… From now on, I will only be responsible for our team. I can help newbies but I will not risk our team to help them. At the same time, any newbies that want to join our team must have the talent, be someone we can trust and over half our team have to agree… Sorry! Let us do our best to survive!"
The other five people looked at him in shock. Jie was the first one to jump up. "Zheng, you don't have to blame yourself. We were all too careless. We're also responsible for the loss of the scriptures…"
"No, I think he is right." Yinkong adjusted the jacket and said calmly. "As a leader, perhaps you don't need to have overwhelming power, or an unparalleled intelligence. What you need is to be able to identify and make use of everyone's strengths. You actually have the potential to bring together people around you. And anyone who isn't a team member… you have to view them as enemies before they become a team member."
Zheng smiled at her then her turned to Lan, who had been staring at him in a daze. "Ok, that's it for the self-blaming. Lan, aside from Xuan, you're the best at deduction. I want to ask why do you think God puts us through various horror movies."
Lan blushed and forced herself to calm down. "Probably to have us experience horror? Or to face death? No… If we include Xuan's deduction, I think God wants us to evolve, to break through the limitation of our body on the brink of death. Then evolve and unlock the genetic constraint. If Xuan's deductions are correct, I think this is the only answer."
Zheng nodded. "Right, I think so as well. God probably wouldn't just want to put us in the horror movies to die. There's actually a method to solve or defeat the enemies in each movie. In other words, God won't put us in a hopeless situation."
Jie finally got it. "You mean the scriptures were the hint God gave us? F*ck, those two assholes…"
"No, I mean… uh, how should I put it. The scriptures may be one of the methods that can fight the Ju On, but why should we be so scared of the Ju On?"
The other people were confused by what he said. Then Lan's eyes lit up as she thought of a possibility. Zheng continued with a smile. "Yes, why should we be afraid of it? The main reason is that we can't understand it. We had put ourselves in the place of the movie characters! But we forgot that we aren't actually people from this world. We know that we are fighting against ghosts, even though we don't know how they attack but this is enough…"
"We don't actually have to be scared of the Ju On. Just think of it as an Alien with invisibility! Perhaps it will sneak up on us when we are not paying attention but it isn't something unbeatable, as long as we have the courage to fight it! It isn't impossible to kill the Ju On because we have the magical bullets!"
Zheng's words affected everyone. They had never encountered the Ju On face to face since they came into the movie. The reason Zheng was so scared since the beginning was because he put himself into the shoes of the movie characters. All the victims died in the movies. In contrast if it was someone who hadn't watched this movie and he had a gun and magical bullets, he would probably have the courage to fight the Ju On. Because he would only think of the ghosts as a monster, and not an unbeatable and unavoidable curse!
Yes, just think of the Ju On as a monster, a monster that one can hit and kill!
"Now then, we have just to verify one thing. That is if the magical bullets can damage the ghosts from the Ju On!"
After Zheng finished talking and was about to assign them tasks, the communication device he was carrying started vibrating. He quickly turned it on and there came the familiar voice.
"This is Xuan…"
P.S. The title of this chapter is Growing Up and… Message
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Zheng replied immediately. "Is it Xuan? Where are you? What was that creepy noise from last night? Hello?"
"… If you hear this message, that means I am dead. This message will be sent twelve hours after I died. As my final message… being able to meet all of you… thank you."
"Then let me verify my last conjecture…"
"Immune to physical damage? Illusion? Or perhaps… Arnold, attack!"
"As expected… no rewards. And it takes a large amount of magical bullets to eliminate a ghost…"
Xuan's voice was sent through the device and along with it, the sound of gunshots. Zheng put the device on the coffee table.
"Arnold, be cautious of your back, the ghost is likely to attack the one that damaged her."
"… Physical contact causes you to lose control of the body?"
"Must attack every part of the body…"
Another round of gunshots and the sound of a large object falling onto the ground.
"Still no reward, does the number seven hint at…"
"The ghost becomes stronger after every wave… I've killed it three times so this is the fourth wave?"
"The fourth wave!"
"No! Still no reward, no notification. It will continue…"
After a period of silence, they heard a quarrel between a man and woman. Then the woman screamed and shortly after followed by the sound of a knife slashing onto meat.
"Illusion? Or…"
"The attacked part disappears then goes into my intestines. How did he do it? Not physical and not a mental attack… A spirit type attack that's unexplainable by science."
"It can't not exist. In other words, attacks are normally ineffective. Only the moment he attacks you…"
"… Feels so bloated. I still prefer delicious looking food…"
"The fifth wave is… over!"
Then came the creepy kakaka sounds, as if the ghost making the sounds right into the device.
"Invisible? Or is it… inside my body?"
"So this is the sixth wave? Attacking organs from inside…"
After a few more shots was the sound of another object falling onto the ground.
"Zheng, this is my last hint… Thank you…"
That was the end of the message.
"Xuan…"
Zheng sighed. He took a deep breath then said to Lan. "Lan, can you deduce what happened during this message? I can remember every word, can you try to analyze it?"
Lan gave him a strange look, then nodded lightly. "It began with Xuan encountering the Ju On, probably quite far away from him. That was why he could still talk while shooting. He used normal bullets in the first round, which was why he said ghosts are immune to physical damage. Then he had Arnold attack it, this time with magical bullets…"
"Then?" Zheng sat down and thought for a moment. "Did Arnold kill the ghost? No, if he did then what attacked him afterward? The other ghost?"
Lan also thought for a bit. "Maybe it was eliminated temporarily. Then it comes back even stronger. That's what he probably meant… He warned Arnold to be careful of his back. Probably because the ghost had already reached Arnold. So he said don't get in contact with it. Then…"
"Then Xuan killed Arnold along with the ghost." Zheng sighed.
Lan nodded. "Xuan didn't say a word after that. There were only gunshots and creepy noises. He was shooting nonstop during this period. I think he probably encountered many ghosts, so many that he couldn't get a chance to talk. This is the fourth wave of attack."
"Then the fifth wave, the quarrel between a man and woman. This scene is also in the movie. It depicted the formation of the Ju On. The husband suspected his wife was cheating on him. So he killed her and hid her body in the attic. I think Xuan saw an illusion of this scene then got attacked by either Kayako or her husband."
"He shot at it but found that the magical bullets were ineffective. So he waited for the ghost to approach him. After he was attacked he found the part of him that got attacked disappeared then went inside his intestines… Uh, such a disgusting method. But since the ghost can attack us, we should also be able to attack it the moment it attacks. That was probably how Xuan killed the ghost once more…"
Zheng mumbled. "Then the sixth wave was the ghost entering his internal organs? Then… he's…"
Lan touched her forehead. "Yes, Xuan is probably already…"
Zheng sighed deeply. He suddenly felt a little empty, just like a friend that was on bad terms passed away. That calm and intelligent Xuan…
(Farewell, Xuan… I should be the one to thank you.)
Ten seconds later, Zheng's mind came back to the present. "Let's organize this information. Xuan kept mentioning the number seven. He said God wouldn't assign us a number randomly. This seven is probably the number of times we have to defeat the Ju On. I have some thoughts about this. Lan, do you get what I am thinking?"
Lan nodded and smiled. "It's you that thought about what I was thinking… Ahem, anyway, it seems like from Xuan's message, the Ju On's ghost comes back stronger every time it gets defeated. Especially the sixth time. It's almost unavoidable death… So, that seven hints at the number of times it will come back. The seventh time…"
Zheng continued. "When the ghost appears for the seventh time, it will probably be its main body. We just have to kill the last ghost then we can defeat the Ju On!"
No matter what Xuan's goal was, this message was as valuable as the scriptures. It verified that the ghosts could be defeated and also gave them hope… The Ju On wasn't something they have to keep running away from. Sometimes horror wasn't scary, what was worse was when you didn't even have the courage to resist. Perhaps when you raise your weapon against it, it was just a slightly stronger monster. You could also defeat it!
The rest of the afternoon was spent discussing how to defeat the Ju On. They could guess that the first wave would start from afar then slowly approach you. At this point you just had to attack it with magical bullets. These ghosts might be horrifying for a normal person, but for them, as long as they could damage the ghosts, the rest was easy.
The second and third waves probably appear from behind. They would have to attack both the ghost and person.
"Bulletproof vest, we need five bulletproof vests. We also need six helmets to guard against stray bullets. Zero, can you get them from the yakuza?" Zheng asked.
Yinkong suddenly said. "If it's only bulletproof vests and helmets, I think I can get them from the police network. But we will have to wait till tomorrow noon…"
Zero also said. "That's about the same time I can get those."
Zheng nodded. "Good, then I'll leave it to you two. Please get them by tomorrow noon. For the fourth wave, if we are going to get attacked by a lot of ghosts, I think we need a large open area. Being in a room or a hallway would be disadvantageous for us. I suggest that starting tonight, we will camp outside the park. It would be best to pick one that's over a hundred meters wide. Any opinions?"
Aside from Lan, everyone else nodded. Jie suddenly asked. "What about the fifth wave? How should we deal with the ghost? We can only counterattack the moment it starts attacking. And the part that gets attacked will go into your intestine…"
"So." Zheng smiled. "So during the fifth wave, I will be the bait! I am very sensitive to danger when I am in the unlocked mode. I will evade its attack and don't forget I have a weapon that counters ghosts, the Na ring. It's a good opportunity to use the Na ring to attack when the ghost closes in."
"So let me be the bait for the fifth wave. That is the best plan for the whole team's safety!"
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No time was wasted after their discussion. Everyone packed their stuff and checked out. Then they went to the park.
The time was evening and the park was still rather crowded. The six of them found some empty seats. Then Zero and Yinkong went to scout the place without a word, while the other four people kept a lookout of the surroundings.
As the sky gradually darkened, people began to leave the park. By the time there were only a few people left, Zero and Yinkong came back.
Zheng smiled and said. "Thanks for your work, have you checked the whole area? Did you get attacked?"
Zero nodded. Yinkong replied. "Nothing happened to the charms. We've gotten most of the area down. There are several retail buildings west from here suitable for sniping. The other three sides are wide streets. If our gunshots attracted the police after we eliminated the Ju On, we should run east. There's a manhole to the sewers… That's all we have for now. It will take another day or two to get everything down."
Zheng laughed. "No, that's enough. We're only afraid of the Ju On. Once we eliminated it, we can surrender to the police. We will go back to God's dimension after seven days. So we don't have to be afraid of the police."
Zheng and the others sat together with their back to each other. A few groups of patrols had walked pass them already. Of course there were no laws prohibiting people to sit on the park at night. So the patrols didn't do anything but they still glanced at the six people occasionally.
"I placed two charms in between us. We will take turns guarding through the night, two people at a time. If you see the charms start to burn, wake everyone up immediately. If there are no objections, I will assign the groups."
When the clock reached twelve, everyone started to feel a bit sleepy. They had lived the past few days in constant fear after all. Aside from the night that they had the scriptures, how could they had slept in peace?
"Then Zero and Yinkong in a group, Jie and Tengyi a group, Lan and me a group. Jie and Tengyi will start with the first shift. I will take the second, and Zero will take the third. Three hours each shift. Is it alright with everyone?"
Zheng was cautious when he assigned the groups. He put a veteran into each group. Jie could handle Tengyi if something were to happen. Even though Zero was a bit weaker than Yinkong, he would wake everyone if Yinkong acted in any way strange. Things like the scriptures being stolen shouldn't happen again.
Three hours passed in the blink of an eye, especially when one was sleepy. Zheng felt as though they woke him up right as he lay down. He slapped his face to wake himself up. Though Lan didn't have such willpower. She tried to open her eyes but those eyelids felt so heavy. The sight looked so pitiful to Zheng.
"Lan, you can continue sleeping. I can take guard alone. It's only paying attention to see if the charms start to burn, one person is enough for this." Zheng smiled and said tenderly.
Lan shook her head with half open eyes. "No, talk to me. I will wake up when I start talking."
"Then we'll have a chat…" Zheng thought for a bit but smiled bitterly. "But what should I say? I'll tell you a cold (lame) joke. A polar bear was bored so it starts pulling its fur. By the time all its furs are gone…"
"No, no, don't tell cold jokes. That's all you ever say to me but they aren't funny at all…" Lan shook her head and sat beside Zheng. Then she slowly moved into his arms.
Zheng froze, and without moving an inch he said. "Ok then… Then we will talk about our current situation. Do you think I look like an idiot? I thought I am like a savior, but in reality I can't even guarantee the safety of my own life. Yet I was trying to save this and save that person. I almost put my own team in danger for the newbies. No, I've already put us in danger. If it wasn't me, those scriptures…"
"If it wasn't you, maybe we wouldn't have went to look for the scriptures." Even though her eyes were still cloudy, she was starting to wake up. She leaned against his chest and muttered.
"I don't know how the others think but I feel safe when I am at your side… I've seen so many similar things happened in the real world. People act indifferent when they see someone gets robbed, but when they are the victims, they will complain about everyone being apathetic… In this world, no one should have trusted anyone. People would suspect and even attack each other. But the five of us sincerely followed you. We all believe that if any of us are in danger, you will definitely do your best to save us. That's why this team exists."
Zheng laughed bitterly then shook his head. "I'm not as great as you think. I just want to combine everyone's power to survive the horror movies… Compared to my idiotic kindness, Xuan's methods are more effective. He can lead the majority back alive but I may be leading you toward an abyss. Isn't that it?"
Lan shook her head lightly. "I don't know why but I felt pity toward Xuan. Every time I see his emotionless face, it makes people feel like he's very tired… Enough about him, your kindness isn't idiotic. It got a hold of our hearts. You just have to choose the newbies more carefully next time. Please keep that kindness… If I or any other team member is in danger, will you come save me?"
Zheng nodded seriously. "Yes, I will… I said I won't leave behind any member that I acknowledged. If it is his fault that he got in danger, I will put the team's safety ahead, but if he got in danger for the team, I will go save him even if I am the only one left!"
"Really? You're…" Lan started crying on his chest. She muttered. "Why are you so similar to him? You're an idiot, baka. Why do you have to act like a Samaritan… why!? No one will remember you. Even I will forget about your face, your height, your smell after a few years… Even I will forget about you, you idiot. Why are you a nice person…"
Zheng couldn't move a bit. He just sat there in silence. Lan's tears had soaked his chest. Not only that, her hands held onto him tightly.
Time passed, when her crying started to fade, Zheng said. "If you want to talk, I will listen quietly…"
Lan shook her head. Even though she had stopped crying, she still didn't let go of Zheng, as if this was the only way she could feel any safety. It wasn't until they heard a cough from behind them did she let go of him. Then she lay down on a chair without looking at Zheng.
Zero and Yinkong had woken up. As they stared at Zheng quietly, he blushed and also found a chair to lie down. Yet Lan's crying still filled his mind.
They basically stayed together the whole time the next day. They ate some meals in a restaurant then cleaned themselves up in a nearby hotel. Then they went back to this park. When the sun set, it was the same guarding through the night in groups. By the time it was Zheng's turn, Lan sat next to him without a word and held onto him.
Time flew by… It was already the seventh day. They just had to last seven more hours, then they could go back to God's dimension. Even though it was pity that they couldn't kill the Ju On's main body but at least they could go back alive.
The park was crowded during the evening. They were all exhausted after these few days of guarding throughout the night. That was why they started to rest during the evening.
Zheng was sleeping peacefully when he got woke up. His mind was still a little fuzzy then he heard Jie's voice. "Zheng! Lan is gone!"
"What's gone?" Zheng jumped up and yelled. "Lan's gone? Wasn't she sleeping here? How can she disappear suddenly? Where is the charm? Is it burning?"
Zero and Yinkong also woke up from the yelling. Jie replied hastily. "Tengyi and I didn't even take a break. We were paying full attention to the surrounding. The two charms are also intact. There were a lot of people before, did she go away with the crowd?"
Zheng had noticed the sky had darkened. The time should be about eight or nine pm. When he was about to ask more questions, the communication device vibrated. "Lan? Where are you? Why didn't you tell us when you leave? We are worried about you… Lan?"
He heard Lan's crying through the device. "I don't know what happened. I just suddenly woke up from a chill and found myself in that room in Sunlight Hotel. I don't know how I got here, I was sleeping on the chair… Zheng, the charm I am carrying is burning. I am scared…"
Zheng shivered. The charm was burning… that meant…
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"Zero, Yinkong, wait at the sniping spot on the roof. We will communicate through the device. Don't shoot until I say so. The ghost's next wave will attack the one who attacked it… Jie and Tengyi, you guys wait here. If the ghost follows me, please open fire…"
Zheng turned off the device and said to them hurriedly. Then he ran outside the park.
Jie shouted at him. "Zheng! Where are you going?"
"To keep my promise! And… to save our team!"
A team existed because it had the ability to unite people with common interests. Their current common interest was to survive with the help of each other. This was one of the most powerful common interests, but it was his promise to never leave anyone behind that got them together. Even without this promise… he would still go. Otherwise this team would cease to exist and… he would live under Xuan's shadow!
The way to Sunlight Hotel from the park wasn't far. Though it would still take a few minutes if he were to run there. Zheng's thoughts became clearer as the situation got more urgent. He didn't see any taxis on the road so he blocked in front of a car passing by. As the car was going to hit him, he jumped straight into the driver's seat.
The owner of the car was shocked that someone suddenly ran out from the side. He immediately stepped on the brake but the car still moved ahead due to inertia. Then the front window shattered and the owner fainted from the impact.
He only felt a little dizzy from the intense impact. After a few deep breaths, he refreshed himself. He pushed the owner off the car and apologized. Then blocked the door and flew to the hotel.
"Lan, what's the situation? Don't cry, tell me the current situation!" Zheng stepped on the gas pedal and shouted to the communication device.
Lan slowly stopped crying and muttered. "I haven't seen the ghost yet. The charm is burning slow but if I approach the door it will burn out very fast. I only have four charms left, I can't get near the door anymore… Zheng, what is that sound, are you driving?"
"Rest assured, I will be at the hotel within two minutes! Wait for me no matter what!"
"No! I don't allow you to come here! Please don't come, the Ju On will kill you… Please, no one will remember you. If you died, people who love you will be sad… Lori will be so sad." Lan suddenly got emotional, her voice was almost shouting.
Zheng was quiet for a bit then said. "This is the promise I made to you… I also promised Lori. I won't die no matter what, I will survive… I will keep my promises, so I will definitely live!"
With a squeak, the car slid on the road for over ten meters then stopped. Zheng kicked open the door and sprinted toward the hotel. He was inside the hotel before the receptionist could react.
Zheng ran up through the stairs. His speed was very fast already but he still heard Lan's cry through the device. "No more charms!" Followed by gunshots from upstairs.
(Speed! Speed!)
Zheng screamed silently in his mind. He desperately recalled the feeling he had when he unlocked his genetic constraint. After some time, he felt something within him had unlocked. This was the first time he tried to unlock it when there weren't any immediate danger… and he succeeded!
Yet it came with a price. Zheng spit out several gulps of blood. He felt worse than dying, his muscles were convulsing and cramping, he felt as if a hand was stirring in his stomach, and his bones were crackling. If it wasn't that his charms were still intact, he would have thought the ghost had attacked him.
Along with the pain was a sensation of power even greater than the previous times he had unlocked the constraint. The countless fighting instincts, the ability to sense danger, and the techniques to use his strength made him feel so powerful.
If someone was to see Zheng's movements right now, they would be scared. Because he was running on all fours on the wall. His speed was so fast that kept him on the wall without falling… just like a beast.
"Ah!"
Zheng screamed as he got to the floor Lan was in. At the same time, the charm in his pocket started to burn. It was burning faster and faster as he moved closer to Lan. Then he saw the suite with an opened door.
The situation inside enraged him. Lan was standing there shivering. A pale white hand reached out from behind her and grabbed her neck. Then a woman's head appeared next to her shoulder.
Zheng sprinted over to Lan and placed a charm on her face. That pale woman fell back while making the kakaka sounds as if she just got burned. Once she got away from, Zheng took out his submachine gun and sprayed at her. This woman was laughing hideously as the magical bullets dispersed her.
Lan fell on the ground once the ghost got away from her. Then her body started trembling. The charm on her face was burning even faster. It only took a moment for the whole charm to finish burning. But the paleness on her face gradually subsided and blood started to come back.
"The second…" Lan tried to open her mouth. But she was so weak right now that her voice was barely audible.
Fortunately Zheng was in the unlocked state and could hear her voice. He held onto her while he took out his last charm and placed it on her face. He asked in a hurry. "Second what?"
"The second… that's the second wave…"
The second wave, then the third wave is also going to be from behind?
Zheng's eyes became sharp. He put down Lan and ran to the nearest wall. He ran up to the wall as that feeling of danger swept at him. Then a pale hand appeared from behind his neck but before the hand could reach him, he turned himself around in midair and punched at it… using the hand that was wearing the Na ring. He channeled his Qi to the ring and the punch went straight through the woman. The invisible field surrounding the ring was like acid. The woman immediately disappeared once the field touched her.
"This is the third wave. Then the fourth wave… getting attacked by a lot of ghosts?"
Zheng immediately ran over to Lan after he landed on the floor. Just as he brought her into his arms, the kakaka sounds came from every direction, like several hundred ghosts were making these creepy sounds nonstop. The feeling of danger reached its extreme. It was a sense of terror like death was looming in.
The first pale farm reached in from the door. A pale woman with a twisted body was crawling in on the wall. Then there was a second, and third…
Zheng started spraying with his gun. Even though the gun wasn't too powerful, it was fast and could carry a fair amount of bullets at a time. After killing off ten women, a sense of danger came from behind. He turned around just to see more arms were crawling up from the windows. He ran over to the window after shooting them off then he suddenly calmed down when he looked out the window.
The roads outside the hotel were packed with these pale women. There were almost a thousand from what he could see and who knew how many more beyond the roads. There deaths were only a matter of time…
"Lan, do you believe me? Even if it looks like death…"
Lan had recovered a bit of energy. She nodded lightly and said. "Yes. Even if you want me to die… I will still believe you."
"Ok!"
Zheng wrapped Lan inside his bulletproof vest… Just like that time he carried Lori. They were held together tightly.
"Hold onto me! Believe me… we will survive no matter what!"
Then Zheng screamed in pain. To Lan's shock, his right arm started to enlarge in visible speed. It looked three times as thick as a normal person's arm. The puffed muscle felt like a mutated organism.
"So this is the second stage of the unlocked mode… Hold on to me! Lan!"
Zheng held onto her with his left hand, and onto the progressive knife with his mutated right hand. He shattered the window with a kick then jumped down the hotel. It was the twelfth floor of the Sunlight Hotel…
"Ah!"
Right as Zheng jumped out, he stabbed the knife into the wall. The two of them started falling rapidly along with the split on the wall caused by the knife.
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The knife's sharpness was unparalleled. It sliced the wall all the way as they fell. When they got to the sixth floor, the knife finally stopped its vibration. But the inertia still kept them going down. Zheng's arm absorbed the force that was generated by the sudden drop in speed.
Even his mutated arm was almost not enough to sustain this force. He felt pain from his arm along with the sound of muscle and bones pulling apart. It was as if his whole arm was pulled off. But being in the unlocked mode allowed him to suppress the pain signals instantly.
"Ah!"
Zheng pulled out the knife, shook it and immediately stabbed it back in the wall. Then he and Lan continued falling as the knife regained its vibration…
When they got to second floor, the vibration stopped again. Zheng pulled out the knife and jumped down. His landing generated two cracks on the concrete ground. Then he sprinted toward the car he used to get there.
Numerous ghosts closed in from all sides. Zheng sprayed at them with the gun as he ran. His right arm had returned to normal but it was red and swelling, and a lot of the blood vessels were broken.
"Lan! Can you drive? Can your arms and legs move?" Zheng shouted when he got the chance.
Lan also shouted in reply. "Probably, but I don't have any energy to step on the gas pedal."
"Good! I'll leave the driving to you!"
Zheng got to the car and emptied his gun. He carried Lan inside then took off the bulletproof vest at once. He stepped on the gas pedal and shouted. "Hurry! Take control of the wheel!"
Lan immediately held onto the wheel with both hands. The car started driving along the road. She was sitting on Zheng's laps like a little girl. Before she had the chance to think of anything strange, Zheng started trembling violently. It was trembling from extreme pain, the pain that came after unlocking the constraint.
A minute later, Zheng began calming down from the pain. He exhaled and said. "We were lucky. We escaped before my unlocked state ends. Lan, how did you suddenly get to Sunlight Hotel?"
Lan moved a bit from unease. "I don't know. I was sleeping then suddenly a large door appeared in my dream. I opened it then walked inside. When I woke up, I was already in that room." She began sobbing as she said this.
"… I'm sorry. I almost got you killed back there…"
Zheng smiled tenderly. As he was about to comfort her, his expression changed. He turned around and saw a crowd of ghosts following behind the car. They were crawling faster than the car was moving.
"What's wrong? What's there behind?" Lan felt Zheng turned his body then asked.
Zheng immediately took out a magazine from the ring and put it in his gun. "Focus on driving. We just have to get back to the park. Jie and the others are waiting there. We will have enough firepower to kill all these ghosts!"
The ghosts in the front were getting so close the car. At the same time the park also came into view. Zheng said. "Don't stop! Drive into the pedestrian street. They will open fire when they see these ghosts. Then we will stop."
It was almost 10pm, yet there were no one in the park, not even the patrols. Zheng also just realized there were no other cars on the whole way they were driving. Did everyone disappeared when the ghosts attacked?
As he was thinking, gunshots came from the other side of the park. When he carried Lan out of the car, he saw Jie was standing there with a heavy machine gun.
Jie looked excited as he sprayed at the ghosts. Tengyi was also looking fanatical as he was holding on the ammunition belt for the machine gun.
"Shit, this feels so good. We were getting scared by these ghosts the whole time and, it's so satisfying killing them!" Jie shouted as he looked at those ghosts.
The ghosts couldn't get near them under this firepower. They also returned to their normal crawling speed once Zheng got off the car. When the machine gun ran out of ammunition, there were only a hundred ghosts left.
Zheng and the others finished these hundred ghosts with ease. Then they let out a sigh of relief. Even though they had a machine gun, the amount of ghosts still looked horrifying. They didn't have enough to give each ghost a piece if they didn't have the magical bullets.
"Wow you guys, where did you attract so many of them?" Jie let out a sigh of relief and asked.
Zheng and Lan forced a smile but before they get to answer, the area in front of them lit up. A series of shoji appeared and a man and woman were quarreling behind the shoji.
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