I Rely On Poverty To Sweep Through Survival GamesCh86 - Subway Station 13 (5)

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After leaving the area where they had run into the old man, Xiao Lan and Luo continued onwards.

On the way, they also saw some places that were similar to exits, but they were all sealed. It seemed that the only exit for the entire station was the one upstairs. rflh3q

Something that looked like a ticket booth appeared up ahead. Like the platform, it had an old-fashioned exterior, and from afar, it even seemed like there was a person with their back to them.

Since they had to find a train ticket, a ticket booth was naturally the first thing to come to mind. Looking at the situation, however, it seemed that wanting to obtain the ticket here wouldn’t be easy either.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Xiao Lan approached carefully.

A woman in uniform was behind the window. Her hair was carefully curled and she wore a hat which matched the uniform. Seeing someone approach, she lifted her head and nodded at the two of them with a standard customer service smile. jCSBA3

She looked like a typical service industry employee.

If it wasn’t for the fact that there was only half of her.

There was nothing below this woman’s waist. The cut was uneven, as if her body had been cut off by a crude object. They could still see the bloodstain that had already turned dark red. She thus directly ‘sat’ on the chair, and the area below the chair was already dyed dark red. When Xiao Lan approached the window, he could smell a somewhat unpleasant bloody scent spreading out from within.

“Hello, can I help you?” the woman asked with the standard smile. She wore exquisite makeup to conceal her skin that might have already started to rot and turn grey.

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“May I ask if there are any train tickets?” Xiao Lan asked.

“Yes.” The woman reached her hand into her cut-off waist and forcibly dug out two white coin-shaped tickets that had been dyed a deep red from the blood. She lifted her hand and offered the tickets through the window opening.

“I can give you the train tickets… you just need to give a little something in exchange.”

Xiao Lan looked at the two train tickets that gave off a foreboding smell. With that rough method of taking out the tickets, plus the livor mortis in the other party’s hand, it felt like taking these train tickets would be a problem as well. 7JP5vd

He took a couple of steps back. “Thank you, but we don’t need them anymore.”

The woman’s voice rang out faintly. “You guys… don’t want to leave?”

Xiao Lan didn’t reply. He shot a look at the inside of the ticket booth and, after seeing that there weren’t any other tickets, didn’t even spare her a glance and directly left without looking back.

That back was simply callous and ruthless, like a scumbag who showed no reluctance after saying he wanted to break up. SgrduX

The ignored woman: “…”

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The sound of an angry smack on glass resounded behind him, illustrating her mood from being ignored. If she could come out of the ticket booth, she would definitely beat up those two viciously.

As the two of them continued forward, they took care to check for any train tickets around them. f5GnXs

From a distance, the train entered the station again. There was a rumble of wheels and the ground vibrated slightly.

At that moment, a broadcast rang out in the station: “All… bzz… passengers… please… do not… bzz… casually board the train…”

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The voice sounded very slow and even a little distorted, like something that could only be made by an old and worn gramophone record. In the station, the platform announcement unexpectedly told the passengers not to board the train. This just sounded too bizarre.

When the broadcast rang out, the lights in the subway station which originally weren’t that bright began to flicker, faster and faster, until they finally died from overload. u6XlA7

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“Don’t board the train…” In the darkness, Xiao Lan pondered the announcement they had just heard. “The ghosts on the platform seem to be preventing players from entering the train, but what’s their purpose for doing this?”

Although he already knew about the train accident, he didn’t believe that the Advent World would have such compassionate ghosts that would specially help players. Pd rp0

“The appearance of contradictions are generally due to both parties having different viewpoints; it’s a conflict of interest. Perhaps there’s some conflict between the station and the train that we don’t know of.” Luo’s voice rang out from within the darkness. His speech was still as eloquent as always, as if he was sitting on the sofa at home.

Xiao Lan also thought that what Luo said made a lot of sense.

As he surveyed their surroundings, he said, “Perhaps we have to find a chance to return to the train again to know the source of this conflict.”

“Alright.” Luo had never opposed Xiao Lan’s decisions. 0zLDx9

The two consequently continued to search for clues about the train ticket in the station, and in passing, looked around for more information about the train.

Xiao Lan’s flashlight suddenly lit up a couple of bowls displayed on the wayside. They were packed with rice, and had long turned black and bad by now. However, stuck upright in each bowl of rice was a pair of chopsticks.

They were arranged on the wayside like this and looked just like incense burners.

This was the method used for offering sacrifices to the deceased; displaying them here was like greeting all the ghosts that came and went. There was a ring of crowded footprints around the bowls which only circled around them; there were no visible signs of coming or going. V9 oTG

Xiao Lan aimed the flashlight at the surroundings.

Not far away, a person’s back faced them. He was standing quietly on the side and looked stiff and wooden; he didn’t react to the flashlight sweeping past his body at all.

However, he was standing at a key position in the passage. If they wanted to move forward, they had to walk past him.

The two carefully detoured around him. He still didn’t move, his ashy skin making him look like a stone statue. icOEP1

After they approached him, Xiao Lan realised that this person’s mouth was constantly opening and closing.

Xiao Lan listened carefully. It turned out that what he was saying was, “Don’t wash your feet during spring, mosquitos will sting. Once athlete’s foot is gained, there’s unbearably itchy pain. Sir, check out this effective cure for athlete’s foot. There’s a promotion now that’s buy one, get one free…”

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Xiao Lan: “…”

Luo: “…” TAdUHh

Perhaps this guy had been a salesperson when he was alive. Who knew what sort of obsession was this that made him unable to forget to promote his effective cure for athlete’s foot even in death.

A sort of pity specifically for company slaves promptly appeared in their gazes.

After bidding this company slave farewell, they continued on.

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Shha… 

After walking for yet some while, what sounded like someone sweeping the floor echoed in the darkness up ahead.

Who in the world was so dedicated to their work that they would actually still think about sweeping the floor in pitch-darkness?

A few more steps forward and a toilet sign finally appeared in the light of the flashlight. There indeed was a hunched figure sweeping the floor at the entrance to the toilets. duwSRU

She was wearing an old-fashioned janitor’s uniform. The clothes looked very dirty and even had a lot of black stains on it. Her hair was a little messy and in knots, as if it hadn’t been washed in a long while, and was tied up in a perfunctory bun.

At a closer look, the hand that was holding the broom was astonishingly lacking two fingers.

Sensing the approach of the two people, the janitor paused. She raised her head and her dead-grey face looked in the direction of the flashlight.

She stretched out the hand that still had all the fingers intact and pointed next to Xiao Lan. “You dropped your bag.” AxZVKv

Xiao Lan tilted his gaze and discovered a big duffle bag on the floor nearby. The logo on the duffle bag was very familiar, and even the poor Xiao Lan had heard of this internationally famous brand.

The bag was full and bulging, and was clearly stuffed with many things, so much so that they could see a trace of banknotes through the zip opening.

This lure was a little too low-level ba

It wasn’t that Xiao Lan was purposely mocking her, but this was the most outdated routine in this instance at the moment. Even in the real world, this sort of defraud routine of picking up money already no longer worked, much less in the Advent World where money was completely useless. d672Nb

Who would be stupid enough to pick up the money ah? Wang Taidi might be an exception…

Xiao Lan didn’t move. Don’t think about fooling him into picking up money; he had to firmly stand on the line of poverty, and couldn’t be swayed.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

He shook his head and said earnestly, “No need. I adore poverty; only poverty can make me happy!”

The janitor: “…” SlfcDk

Damn, did this guy go crazy from poverty?

Luo calmly revealed, “I don’t need money. I have no interest in money.”

The janitor: “…”

Damn! Is it that great to be rich?! TpBOIr

Seeing that the lure was ineffective, the janitor still wanted to say something, when a figure walked out from the toilets.

“Huh? I just went to the toilet; there’s no need for so many people to welcome me ba?!”

The fluorescent green hair and scenester hairstyle, as well as the leather shirt and pants, glittered and dazzled in the light — it was Diyi Fugui.

She was holding a glow stick that switched between seven colours, and she looked like she had just come out of a concert. Cn2M0w

Xiao Lan was startled. “Fugui, what are you doing here?”

“Xiao ge!” Diyi Fugui recognised Xiao Lan’s voice. “I went to the toilet and fixed my makeup in passing, but the light in the toilet is seriously awful. I used the glow stick for a long time and I still couldn’t see clearly, hahaha!”

Xiao Lan sank into silence for a time. He didn’t know whether to say that she really was brave to still have the mind to use the toilet at this time, or if there was still a need to fix makeup of that level…

This girl really had nerves as thick as a steel pipe. N2nR3U

At this time, the ignored janitor was unwilling to be left out and spoke up. “You take a look ba…”

Her voice was raspy, hoarse and unpleasant to listen to; when she spoke slowly, it was like old metal rubbing together.

Attention caught by that voice, Diyi Fugui also looked at the bag on the ground and was instantly delighted. “Wahaha, this bag is identical to the bag my neighbour auntie uses to buy veggies, hey!”

The janitor: “…” ofz6Je

Damn, this moron who doesn’t know what’s what!

The janitor auntie’s face sank thoroughly.

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With the change in her complexion, something inside the bag began to squirm, and there was a sticky and disgusting sound of rubbing. White spheres spilt out from inside the bag one after another, tumbling to the ground with clacking sounds.

As they rolled, Xiao Lan clearly saw that they were eyes. As if taken from human bodies when still alive, there were even chunks of things like nerves, muscle, and veins on the backs of these eyes. H9R3Vh

“You take a look ba

“You… take a look ba…”

These eyes poured out from the bag in an unending stream and instantly spread out over a small area. Whispers rang out among them.

They seemed to form a whole entity. The eyes piled up together and swiftly pounced on the three of them like a wave. Even as they did so, the wave continued to grow larger; it felt like it wanted to swallow them alive. WM9Kgx

“Eugh… this is too gross…” There was also a limit to the aesthetics that the scenester girl could appreciate. Diyi Fugui couldn’t quite bear this sight.

“Run ah!” Xiao Lan then turned and ran at lightning speed. This was a fucking psychological attack ah! Just one look made goosebumps dance all over his body.

Diyi Fugui asked as she ran, “Xiao ge, what’s this thing’s weakness ah?”

Xiao Lan didn’t stop running. “The eyes ah.” lT6A3t

Diyi Fugui: “But this thing has nothing but eyes all over ah!”

Xiao Lan: “Then why are you still asking?! If you want, you can try stepping on them and see what they’re scared of.”

“Blergh…” Diyi Fugui snuck a peek behind them. The image of the increasing crowd nearly made her vomit, and she hastily covered her mouth.

Even Luo, whose expression usually remained unchanged, had a look of revulsion right now. He clearly didn’t want to have any intimate contact with these things; there were some images that even an abstract artist would find unacceptable. ajdRSk

After a while, Diyi Fugui was a little winded. “Aiya, Xiao ge, I just saw an eye that’s still wearing a cosmetic contact lens!”

Xiao Lan: “…”

 

The author has something to say: RiqtIA

After writing about that old man looking for a scapegoat yesterday, I kept feeling like he was next to me as I slept last night, constantly staring at me with those gloomy eyes.

This is probably what is called reaping what you sow…

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I scared myself QAQ…

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Translator's Note

What is specifically said is 看一眼. While it means take a look, catch a glimpse, etc, 眼 means eye. So double creepy, since it literally translates to: look with an eye

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18 comments

  1. That’s called defense mechanism. To not be scared by the horror around you, you pick the fault all around you. If you see a gentleman-like ghost, you will thinking “That was sooooo ancient”. If you see a pregnant ghost, you will think “Is she okay running with such big belly?”. If you see eyes demon, you will think “Holy shit! Why the hell that eye wearing contact lens? Is she nearsighted?”. 😂😂😂😂

  2. Does Diyi Figui have rich neighbors or terrible vision? I mean, I suppose “internationally famous” doesn’t necessarily mean expensive, but it feels implied from context if “even the poor Xiao Lan” has heard of it haha. Anyway, rip to the eye that doesn’t even get to be the color it wants in supernatural undeath, still relying on outside accessories…

    Thank you for translating! <3

  3. Once upon a time their was a famous, cool, internationally branded Bag. After it was born and sold, it was employed to be stuffed will money and riches, just oozing expensive high quality, anyone would just die for.

    Aaannnnd they did die, and brought it with them. It was even more unlucky to be stuck into the business of holding eyes, all kinds of eyes.

    It’s horrible luck didn’t end their. One day while it was immersed in his rich days when it was alive, it’s fragile heart was shattered to pieces.

    Nima, in a single day it met one with multiple attacks.

    One despised it for being too rich and preferred his poverty. Well that’s fine since how could a lowly person understand the rich upper class.

    But next one was uninterested because he thout it was too Vulgar!!!

    Another one even said that some nobody even used it’s kind to carry some Vulgar vegetables!!!! How could some knock-off compare and degrade it’s image!!

    The ultimate Unlucky and Broken Bag, burst it’s vessels in anger and let out a bride of Disgusting Eye Monsters to get it’s Revenge!!!!

    LoL🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣