126 - Pass the Fatal Catastrophes

Translated by rabbitrisu

“Without revealing your purpose, help Lin Hao and Lin Ren overcome their obstacle. After the arrival of November 3rd, can you submit the task?” The young man standing to the side looked at his arm. “The names of the brother and sister are… good people? ¹ The task is quite easy, just like helping a game NPC without any combat power.”

“What if the siblings’ ‘Kan’ ² was chased by a group of malicious spirits?” Bai Man poured cold water on them, as usual.

“We have a child on our team. He’s still a newcomer. It shouldn’t be that difficult.” The young man spoke softly as he faced the ‘thighs’ of the Dawn Organization. He didn’t dare show any confidence.

“Xiao didi, no matter what happens, you have to follow behind us, okay?”

Even if Cheng Yun wasn’t very comforting when he squatted down in front of Su Zimo, when the simple, honest man tied a red sachet around Su Zimo’s waist button…

Su Zimo found that the person in front of him was really as good a person as the snake said.

[Temple Sachet (Two Stars)]

[Sale Price: 50 yuan]

[Description:  It exudes a flavour that malicious spirits hate, so some spirits will subconsciously bypass the wearer’s surroundings until the fragrance of the sachet is completely gone.]

This was one of the two star ghost tools that was snatched by the snake in the earlier world. Su Zimo had read the text boxes, so he had a slight impression of it.

Only good people would casually hang a practical ghost tool on a kid who could only drag him down, right?

Su Zimo’s eyes suddenly became complicated as they looked at Cheng Yun.

“Leader, you…” Bai Man also looked helpless. “After you had an accident last time, you can’t say that!”

“He’s a child, not a villain.” Cheng Yun patted the sachet, smiled at Su Zimo, and stood. “Moreover, the effect of the sachet has a diametric range. Even if it just hangs on him, as long as he keeps following us, the exorcism effect will continue to be there.”

Bai Man sighed and didn’t say anything more. Either way, Cheng Yun’s personality couldn’t be changed.

“Let’s look for the two siblings Lin Hao and Lin Ren mentioned in the task objective.” Dr. Jin began to prompt them to progress in their task. There were some novelties. Maybe the plot and environment were just like classic Hong Kong ghost movies.

“We’ll split up to find information about the ‘good people’ siblings separately, ba?” The young people immediately volunteered.

For reasons well-known to the trainers, none of them gave their names. Even the three Su Zimo knew had been calling each other ‘Leader’ and ‘Dr. Jin.’

In the next second, Bai Man and the others shook their heads in denial. In a nightmare world, it was always safest to act together.

When everyone was discussing their plan, the old woman who had been selling vegetables at a nearby stall shouted with a smile. “A-Hao. A-Ren, Popo has fresh vegetables here. Take some back and roast them!”

Following the old lady’s line of sight, everyone looked across the street. There was a dark, narrow staircase between the run-down hardware store and grocery store that seemed to lead to the residential area above.

There was a man and woman who looked young, but they were wearing leather clothing with bleached hair and eyeshadow. They seemed to be chewing on something, and they lowered their heads when they heard the old woman’s voice, thinking about something.

“The task requirements say we shouldn’t reveal our purpose. It should mean that we can be close, but not too close, ba?” Dr. Jin analyzed. “Maybe we should…”

Dr. Jin didn’t finish speaking. Everyone, including Su Zimo saw the breathtaking scene.

Lin Hao and Lin Ren just descended the stairs onto the narrow street. A truck that came out of nowhere ran over the stalls and rushed toward the siblings in the middle of a street at a speed that ordinary people couldn’t dodge!

“Boom!”

The bodies of the two people were unable to withstand it. The truck loaded with cargo directly rammed into the wall of the hardware store, and a drop of blood splashed on Su Zimo’s cheek.

“Aaaaaahhhh!”

Terrified screams filled the entire street.

“Close your eyes.” Dr. Kin knelt down and covered Su Zimo’s eyes. She herself even closed her eyes and seemed unable to bear to see the scene of the car accident.

But because Dr. Jin was rushing and Su Zimo was disobedient, he saw the scene through Dr. Jin’s fingers. In the chaotic scene, two translucent figures appeared near the vehicle that caused the accident.

They were clearly the souls of Lin Hao and Lin Ren. They weren’t ghosts, just ordinary souls.

Su Zimo even saw the two souls look at each other, then sigh helplessly.

That made Su Zimo feel very strange. Based on the appearance of the two siblings, they shouldn’t be so easy-going. Why did the two souls show no surprise, shock, or pain after such a thing happened? They just accepted it instantly.

Su Zimo adjusted his glasses subconsciously, but only touched Dr. Jin’s warm palms. Although he didn’t know how the ring worker, he was wearing the glasses before he transformed. Although he couldn’t touch them, he clearly felt their power and could see the text boxes on ghost tools.

The next second, Su Zimo blinked, and the original screams and panicked discussions disappeared. When Su Zimo opened his eyes again, he found that Dr. Jin had removed the hand covering his eyes. The surrounding streets and people and even the scene of the accident were all covered by white fog.

All the trainers only blinked at that. They were in a vast white space full of white mist, and all of them looked stunned and couldn’t react.

“Did the task fail?”

When that question rose in the trainers’ minds and brought along a sense of panic and absurdity, the white fog ahead of them suddenly dispersed. The noisy sounds of the busy neighborhood returned again.

But… the scene of the accident was gone! The screaming and panicking crowd was gone!

Su Zimo saw that his surroundings were still the same. The hardware store that had been ruined was still intact. The owner of the store smiled and stood chatting in front of the store. He had greeted Lin Hao and Lin Ren before. The old vegetable saleswoman was still greeting customers.

It’s as if… as if nothing had ever happened!

Time was starting all over again!

After watching for two or three more minutes, Su Zimo had no time to explain to Cheng Yun and the others after that idea appeared. He relied on his small body to push through the gap between the trainers and rushed across the road to the narrow staircase where Lin Hao and Lin Ren appeared!

“Xiao didi!” Cheng Yun, who hadn’t reacted yet, watched Su Zimo rush away in surprise. He didn’t know what happened.

“A-Hao, A-Ren, Popo has fresh vegetables here. Take some back and roast them!”

It wasn’t until the old woman next to them uttered the same lines as before and the two siblings in leather clothes with bleached hair appeared across the street again that Dr. Jin responded: “We didn’t fail the task. As long as the Lin family dies, the entire nightmare world will be repeated again. We have to prevent them from being hit by that car this time!”

Then they watched the little boy holding the big doll stretch out one of his arms and stop in front of Lin Hao and Lin Ren who were about to cross the road, preventing them from moving forward!

“Excuse me, have you seen my gege?” When Su Zimo pretended to be a trainer, he didn’t forget the task requirement about not revealing his purpose, so he asked a fake question.

The other trainers instantly felt that they were inferior to the child, and they wanted to rush forward.

But at that moment, the familiar big truck had already appeared from around the corner and struck like lightning!

They could stop the Lin family sibling, but they didn’t have the power to stop the big truck. They could only watch the big truck crash into the empty hardware store.

“Boom!”

The accident happened as usual, but Lin Hao and Lin Ren escaped due to Su Zimo’s preventative measures.

Not only that, when the truck rushed over just now, when Lin Hao and Lin Ren tried to avoid it, they didn’t forget to pick up the little Su Zimo and hide in the alley together.

Being held like that by the two NPCs, Su Zimo was really taken aback. The heavy eyeshadow and makeup made it difficult to see their eyes and expressions, but Su Zimo could feel how they were holding him…

Very hard, very hard.

“Oh, heavens! The driver is still alive!” The people on the street seemed to have good personalities. When the owner of the hardware store that had been crashed into walked back from the grocery store, the first thing he was concerned about was the driver of the car in the accident.

“He’s fainted. A little injured, but still breathing. Did you call?!” The hardware store owner announced loudly, and the others were relieved.

“Got it! Both the police and the ambulance picked up!” People around responded quickly.

The horrified screams and bloody scene from before seemed to have never existed.

“Little devil, what are you running around for! You could die!” Seeing that the situation hadn’t worsened, the sister Lin Hao put Su Zimo down, then turned her head and shouted stiffly. “What about you, sir. If we saved you, don’t we get any money for saving your life!”

It sounded terrible. If it weren’t for Su Zimo feeling something else, they would really sound as if their personalities matched their appearances.

“My name is A-Yu. I found him, my gege is over there.” Su Zimo turned and pointed at Cheng Yun, who was still standing across the street, and Cheng Yun and the others ran over immediately.

“I’m sorry. We troubled both of you.” Because of the task requirements, Chen Yun knew that Su Zimo rescued the two siblings, but he wouldn’t reveal anything. “We don’t have any spare money with us, but…”

“You think we do charity! We…”

Lin Hao-jiejie seemed to want to say something, but her younger brother tugged on her sleeves next to her. After the two siblings looked at each other, they waved Cheng Yun off. “Forget it. We’ll just be old ladies and do good things every day. Go away.”

That being said, Lin Hao and Lin Ren seemed to have decided something important. When everyone rushed to the truck to watch the excitement, they went against the flow of people into the opposite direction.

Just as Su Zimo and the others were about to catch up while maintaining a certain distance, there was a sharp woman’s cry–

“Thief, ah! There’s a thief, ah! He stole the life-saving money I just withdrew from the bank!”

Then, on the opposite corner from the truck, a man wearing a clown mask and carrying a large suitcase and barbed saber in his hand rushed out.

The thief was very fast. When he turned his head to look back at the scene, he ran into Lin Hao and Lin Ren, who were strolling around absent-mindedly!

“Not good!” Cheng Yun had a sense of foreboding after the previous truck incident. When he noticed that the two siblings had collided with the thief, he immediately rushed to push away the crowd and reach the Lin family.

“It seems that the task of helping the Lin family survive the catastrophe is to help them survive until November 3rd, tomorrow.” Dr. Jin analyzed as she ran. “This is without a doubt a bodyguard task.”

“How come the Lin family siblings so easily encounter danger? Have they been cursed by ghosts?” The young people following behind couldn’t help but mutter. “Time is too tight, there’s no chance to breathe.”

Su Zimo was being held by Dr. Jin, so he deliberately threw the Treasure Hunting Doll, who he had given instructions to take advantage of the chaotic crowd to go alone and find a ghost tool.

The Treasure Hunting Doll awkwardly wandered within the crowd, but didn’t attract anyone’s attention and disappeared.

“Aaaahhhh! What are you doing, stabbing me!!! We didn’t want to stop… wu…” Lin Hao-jiejie screamed before Cheng Yun arrived.

Although Cheng Yun and the others didn’t know if Lin Ren-gege was injured, the world around them was once again shrouded in white fod, and the noisy sounds around them instantly disappeared. Even the ragdoll that Su Zimo tossed away appeared by his feet.

The second challenge failed.

Translator’s Notes:

JL: *holding Su Zimo*

Ghosts: *see her cradling a grown man* wtf?

SZ: shhh don’t say anything

Footnotes

<ol>Hao + Ren = Haoren, good people. Haoren Kan = Nice Guy, as in the slang derogatory term. Like a fedora guy.</ol>