40 - Enter the Second Floor

Translated by rabbitrisu

Su Zimo wasn’t good at handling long periods of emotion. Apart from getting along well with his grandfather, even he and his father Su Gan were uncomfortable for a long time. Of course, one reason was that Su Gan began to introduce him to his women when he sat down outside.

Even with the black umbrella that was always carried around after adding a ‘contract’ to their relationship. Su Zimo directly dropped him in An Yu Yi Yu, saying that he was leaving the ghost umbrella to study in the store. Really, he felt that their contractual relationship came too quickly.

But when dealing with relationships, Su Zimo understood one thing very well. That is-

Mutual good, mutual evil. ¹

Therefore, Su Zimo was willing to help Qi Xiaomin and they will stand firm against Cheng Yun and their opposites.

In the maids’ room, only Su Zimo, Qi Xiaomin, Cheng Yun, and Du Xin were present. The grunt the attacker made after being hit by the baton was obviously from a male.

If he guessed correctly, it should be Cheng Yun.

Su Zimo didn’t completely trust Du Xin. He just felt that his old classmate didn’t have the ability to knock him out, nor would he attack him without being 100% sure he could.

Because his physique wasn’t as adjusted as those who’ve experienced nightmare worlds over a dozen times, and because the ghost tools with him may not be as many as the other party has, Su Zimo couldn’t swallow his voice until the end and put himself in a dangerous situation again.

Su Zimo needed help, and his help was the other trainers in the villa!

In the remaining two days, it’s probably not enough to continue to slowly reason through things like before. Trainers whose nerves have been tight for a long time need a breakthrough to let them relieve pressure.

And that breakthrough is…. to smash open the door!

When everyone stood at the sealed entrance to the second floor, ‘Cheng Yun’ didn’t stay in the main hall like Su Zimo said before, but stood at the end of the line with a smile, touching the corners of his eyes from time to time.

“It’s really blocked.” The madman who walked in front felt a lot more positive than he had at the beginning. He even rearranged his messy hair with rubber bands, and broke the iron and wooden planks in front of the door. “Haven’t you tried to pry open this door before? It didn’t work then. What’s the use?”

“No. Mr. Su’s suggestion is right.” Liu Xu carefully looked at the crisscrossing iron and wood in front of him. “The blockade here is mostly wooden planks, and most of the iron bars are on the sides. It seems relatively sturdy. Look more closely, though, and the wooden planks appear to have been rotten for a long time. It shouldn’t be as hard to pry open as the villa door.”

“So our tools can be put to use? Everyone back up, it’s time to test our performance.” Xiao Huo grabbed Wan Ling’s hand and walked to the front of the team, holding the shovel and the ghost tool named ‘Ghost Severer’ from the gardener’s room.

The young girl, Wan Ling, shouldn’t know about the ability of the shears in her hand, but she was dragged along by Xiao Huo to help.

“Everyone stay away.” Although Xiao Huo dragged Wan Ling who was also a ‘gardener,’ he didn’t let the young girl work. Instead, he took his shovel and poked it directly into the gap, forcing it outward.

“Pa!”

The fragile wooden plank broke, and Wan Ling obediently used the strong garden shears to pry out the nails that protruded from the plank. Although the iron bars were firm, the wooden planks that made up the main portion not only broke, but also had no sturdy embedded nails, so it was pulled out.

“It seems to be just a fake barrier.” Although Xiao Huo said this, his forehead began to sweat. He was so vigorous that his eyes were crossed after removing one or two. There were dozens of blockades, at least.

“I’ll help too.” Jin Lei grabbed her fragile scalpels and walked forward, cutting into the planks like tofu. “These props from the nightmare world are sometimes useful for more than ghosts. They’re also sharp when aiming at other things.”

“This isn’t what I’m good at.” Because the entrance wasn’t large, at most the width of a door, the madman and other trainers who didn’t have any tools simply stood back.

After Xiao Huo stood there for a while, the madman and Su Zimo wanted to step forward and take over their tools, and alternate trying to open the door, but didn’t expect Liu Xi, who was standing beside them, to stop them.

“Everyone back up a bit.” Liu Xu said as he put on his red gloves, the three star ghost tool.

The trainers saw Liu Xu put on his gloves and flex his muscles, enter a pressure stance, take a deep breath, and then throw a thunder punch at the position where Xiao Huo had removed the planks!

“Boom!”

When that punch flew, the few female trainers present couldn’t help but close their eyes, but after the loud noise, they found that the original blockade had been demolished. There was actually a hole that formed from Liu Xu’s punch!

It’s just that because the inside of the hole was still dark, the trainers couldn’t see or feel anything except for a thick, rotten taste. They would have to continue enlarging the hole.

The red gloves seemed darker after the blow, and there was even the sensation that blood was dripping.

“Are you injured?” Dr. Jin took out a small roll of bandages from her pocked and seemed to want to wrap Liu Xu.

But the dark-skinned, quiet young man just shook his head, and spoke a few words that were hard to hear. “My hand isn’t injured. You can continue.”

That being said, Liu Xu didn’t take off his gloves, but instead leaned against the wall to shut his eyes and rest away his fatigue from the punch. It seemed that he was going to help again after recovering.

“Take off your gloves.” Su Zimo took the garden shears from Wan Ling’s hand and continued to pry open the door with the madman. He lowered his voice and said, “If you use it frequently, bad things will happen.”

Liu Xu opened his eyes and looked at Su Zimo, but didn’t speak.

“I didn’t expect that there were really crouching tigers and hidden dragons here.” ² The madman was tightly gripping the shovel and the others were standing back, so he wasn’t worried about being heard by too many people when he whispered, “Mr. Liu should have experienced nightmare worlds a dozen times?”

“En.” Liu Xu responded.

“Aren’t you afraid? The legendary twentieth nightmare world.” The madman seemed to find a possible confidant, and whispered to Liu Xu, who didn’t speak much.

Liu Xu shook his head in response.

“How many are you missing?” The madman asked curiously.

“Two.” Liu Xu answered seriously. “I’ll break through when I encounter it.”

“I really admire a calm person like you.” The madman pried the door and smiled bitterly. “I’ve been hiding for too long. I don’t remember how many times I’m missing. Maybe this time is the limit.”

“Then you shouldn’t help.” Liu Xu thought about it, then took off his gloves.

“Maybe some of the guys I met this time…” The madman glanced at Su Zimo who was intently prying open the door. “Remind me of when I first entered the nightmare world?”

“Will you continue to stall like this?” Liu Xu rarely spoke more words than were necessary.

“Let’s put it on hold for a while… I’m really scared of death.” The madman smiled bitterly again. “I’ll help you return, so don’t stop me when I die later, myself.”

“Mr. Madman.” Su Zimo thought while prying the nails out with the shears. “Many powerful props brought out of the nightmare world have backlash. The longer they’re used, the more dangerous they may be. Even the twentieth nightmare world may not be as terrifying. Those who’ve experienced more than a dozen nightmare worlds will always have some around them, right? Be sure to prevent them from killing you while they can still be used.”

“You’re a newcomer, but you know a lot of things.” The madman used his strength to expand the hole Liu Xu just punched. “It should be enough to get through now?”

As soon as the madman’s words fell, Liu Xu put on the gloves again and rapidly entered the hole alone.

“Xiao Su, I actually know quite a lot.” The madman grinned and gestured to the hole with his eyes. “I guess this hero Liu isn’t an ordinary person. It looks like he’s been strictly trained.”

“There’s nothing inside, but it’s better to not have too many people entering. It’s easy to damage the area.” Liu Xu’s voice came from inside the hole.

Su Zimo thought for a while, then turned on his cell phone flashlight as his thing figure effortlessly entered. Su Zimo thought about removing a candle from the staircase, but he recalled that the second floor was closed for a long time, so he gave up the idea.

Since Su Zimo was the one who suggested prying open the door, his actions weren’t surprising. After entering the second floor, he adjusted his glasses and joined Liu Xu, who was aiming his light at the other side, and began to look around.

Although the entrance to the second floor was blocked, the layout was similar to the first and third floors. There was a corridor and several rooms to the side of it.

“Family doctor’s room.” Liu Xu pointed to the first door past the stairwell and said, “The original.”

“The family doctor’s room was here?” Su Zimo did see some medical-related things through the light from his phone. “That is to say, the family doctor probably moved to the third floor after something happened?”

“Others are guest rooms and restrooms.” Although Liu Xu spoke little, he was very reliable when working, and he went directly to the deepest part of the corridor. “The bedroom is there.”

But when Liu Xu looked back, he found that Su Zimo stopped in the corridor and picked up a piece of paper that fell to the ground…?

[Gushan Notes: Postscript (Three Stars)]

[Sale Price: 200 yuan]

[Description: The old man’s world is black and white. Everything seems black and white. He sits in a room undisturbed, holds a black pen, and writes lines of text on white manuscript paper. For the old man, the world described by the pen is more exciting than the world outside the door. He can walk on a lonely mountain, can soar above the sky, can dive under the sea. In any case, he is much happier than just being an old man who can’t even go downstairs. But one day, when the baby’s first cry rang out, the pen in his hand fell suddenly, and a flower blossomed on the white manuscript paper. From that day on, the old man no longer walked among lonely mountains. He seemed to transform into a mountain himself, protecting the most precious flowers in his valley. He wrote his postscript on that sheet of paper, and felt that he disliked the ‘Gushan Notes’ he had just completed.]

[Special Ability: No strangers are allowed entry (details unknown). Can attract special customers for the shop.]

Footnotes

<ol>An idiom meaning that what is true for one person in a relationship can be applied to the other person in the relationship; They work together to make things happen. An idiom meaning that there are very skilled people hiding their abilities.</ol>