Keli City
At the checkpoint of the road surrounding the city, many soldiers with solemn expressions held their equipment tightly.
Since a year ago, ghost domains started to break out all over the world. With the assistance from the special affairs department, the federal government of the Dragon Kingdom quickly resolved many catastrophic events and saved countless lives.
After being trained by the personnel from the special affairs department, many soldiers entered these ghost domains while in the dormant stage to explore their sealing methods.
Just like entering a game, these soldiers entered the ghost domains derived from urban legends, and then searched for the seal by obtaining relevant clues using the information of the urban legend circulated in the city.
Since there is a comprehensive world in the ghost domain, it was not easy to find the seal based on these simple urban legends.
Fortunately, dying in the ghost domain will only cause mental damage and they will not be dead in reality. Therefore, the government continuously sent soldiers to enter the ghost domains, using their lives to obtain the clues. At the end, these clues were organised into a book, like gathering all the plot points in the movie to form a world background manual.
Finally, the elite soldiers will enter and follow the ‘plot’ to seal the ghost domain.
The tanned-skin Captain Wang Gang looked at the smart watch on his wrist which contained the plot information, and made a gesture to prepare for battle.
The current ghost domain they were about to enter was highly infectious and could easily destroy the city. This situation must be quickly resolved, if not the lives of the people in Keli city will be in danger.
The crack covering half the sky ahead was getting bigger, even the space was starting to distort slightly.
The black fog was continuously rising and expanding, it looked extremely hideous and terrifying in the eyes of the soldiers. Even though their hearts were firm, they could not help but feel a chill in the bottom of their hearts.
Woosh!!!
In a blink of an eye, dozens of soldiers were swallowed into the black fog.
The whole checkpoint was closed once again, the staff stood on the outer perimeter according to their superiors’ orders, not daring to move an inch closer.
At this moment, a medium-sized tourist bus was heading towards the checkpoint, the tourists in the bus were happily taking pictures.
“Hey driver, drive a little slower, we want to take a picture from this angle!”
Several young tourists with professional cameras continuously took pictures of the city in the first rays of dawn.
The driver at the front shouted impatiently, “Sit properly! Did you wear your seat belt! Must Laozi get a ticket then you’ll do it!”
The young tourists were startled by the fierce rebuke, they immediately became angry and quarrelled with the driver.
“Don’t need to care about us! We have already hired your bus! Don’t be a busybody and just focus on driving! With such a big temper you really must be pampered!”
“This is not being a busybody! Fuck! I’ve said this for the whole journey! If I speak to you nicely, will you listen! I can’t give you a good face! You think that you are so awesome to have that amount of money!”
The driver who’s extremely irritable from the long journey retorted sarcastically, both parties quarrelled until their faces turned red in anger.
“You! You as a driver have no quality! Stop the bus! We won’t hire this bus any longer! You disdained this amount of money so don’t take it!”
An arrogant young man was so angry that he began to fight with the driver for the steering wheel.
“Fuck your whole family! Let go! Do you want to die!”
The driver broke into cold sweat as the bus started to swerve left and right.
“Ah! Ah! Ah!”
The people on the bus were shakened into a frenzy, screams came one after another.
Outside the bus, the staff who were preparing to intercept the bus saw that there was something obviously wrong with the bus, and made more efforts to gesture at the bus to stop. However, with the fight going on, the bus driver did not notice their gestures.
At the last moment, the staff moved out of the bus’ way and narrowly avoided losing their lives.
Bang!!!
The bus rushed forward, crashing through the checkpoint. Like entering a swamp, the bus disappeared into the fog under the eyes of the surrounding people.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“Get off the bus!”
! ! !
The tourists on the bus together with the driver raised their hands in a stupor.
Yao Ye put on a simple shirt and coat, his pale face became more rosy.
Looking at his image in the mirror, Yao Ye smiled. After confirming that he looked normal, he heaved a sigh of relief.
In a moment he will be going to the class gathering, hoping that nothing would go wrong.
After tidying up his sleeves, Yao Ye grabbed his phone and left the house.
Today was a beautiful and sunny day, Yao Ye had not seen the sunlight in a long time. He was not used to it for a while, he could only lower his head and try to avoid the sunlight.
Seeing the time on his phone, Yao Ye realised that he was early. Hence, he decided not to waste his money to hire a taxi and take the train instead.
Di–
Passing through the busy gantry, Yao Ye entered the train.
The train was crowded, Yao Ye sat on the seat and tightened the coat around his body, feeling cold for no reason.
“Ah sorry, did I bump into you?”
With no seats available, the young man could only stand in the train, he smiled apologetically.
Yao Ye shook his head, he raised his head in doubt, “Ah?”
The young man tilted his head and smiled, “I meant that just now I seemed to have made you move your legs inwards, I’m really sorry.”
Yao Ye stared at the young man’s unfamiliar face and had a strange feeling, but he could not discern what that feeling was.
Not wanting to cause any trouble, he vaguely nodded his head and accepted the apology. Afterwards, he lowered his head and continued to play with his phone.
Seeing that Yao Ye continued to remain silent, the young man seemed to not be able to stop talking, he continued to smile while approaching Yao Ye.
Ever since he entered the train, Yao Ye felt a little uncomfortable. Hearing a bunch of nonsense coming from the man, he could not stand it and did not want to reply back.
“I’m about to alight, could you make way for me?”
Yao Ye heard the name of his station, he forced a smile while wanting the young man to move away a little to let him walk over.
Seeing Yao Ye’s smile, the young man had a strange expression and seemed unwilling to move from his position.
The strange feeling in Yao Ye’s heart became stronger and a few goosebumps appeared on his body, he could not wait to leave this train.
After the train doors closed, Yao Ye looked back and happened to meet the staring eyes of the young man in the train.
“Ah!”
Yao Ye was startled, but luckily the train started to move and the young man’s figure disappeared into the long tunnel.
Yao Ye gripped his phone nervously.
Just now…when the train started to move, I seemed to see the man’s eyes…
Turned translucent-colour.
It’s an illusion, I must be too nervous.
Yao Ye comforted himself in a low voice. He quickly left the train station and headed towards the agreed hotel for the gathering.
I must have recently stayed at home for too long and started to hallucinate.
Yao Ye smiled bitterly and sighed to himself that he really had a guilty conscience, everyone seemed to look like Ming An and his brother.
That person clearly had black-coloured eyes, otherwise he would have immediately recognised it, he really scared himself.
Yao Ye patted his head and weakly exhaled.
Soon, he arrived at the gathering place. Yao Ye looked at the magnificent hotel, his mouth twitched slightly.
No wonder so many messages were sent to the group chat. It turned out that such a luxurious private room was specially booked, it would be a loss if fewer people attended.
I also know that the stingy class monitor would not pay the full amount, it must be the AA system, the cost is shared with everyone.
Yao Ye looked at his Alipay balance on his mobile phone, he still had a lot of money left which he had received from the rich man Ming An, he could use the money for a few years if he spent wisely.
Forget it, I have not gone out in a long time. Let’s treat it as a fun outing, even if it’s more expensive it doesn’t matter.
Thinking this way, Yao Ye entered the private room under the guidance of the waiter.
Some people had already arrived in the private room, there were bowls and chopsticks neatly set around the round table. There are waiters standing at the side ready to serve.
The chubby class monitor was busy chatting with other people, he also greeted Yao Ye when he saw Yao Ye had arrived.
Yao Ye used to be a social butterfly, he could strike a conversation with anyone and quickly blend into the atmosphere.
He felt that his choice to come to the class gathering was quite good, getting together with these classmates made him relax a little, his mood was not so gloomy as well.
After half an hour, most of the people had arrived.
“Big beauty Xiao Xiao! Oh ho! I really didn’t expect you to come hahaha!”
The class monitor had very warmly greeted all the classmates as they arrived, he was especially enthusiastic towards this long-haired and slender female classmate.
The long-haired and slender female classmate had fair skin and pretty eyes. She is a rare beauty, attracting everyone’s attention upon arriving.
“Hahaha! Xiao Xiao, I remembered back then you were in a relationship with Yao Ye! At that time you guys were a handsome man and a beautiful lady, really made others envy you guys! It’s a pity it didn’t work out in the end tsk tsk tsk!”
Another classmate with a receding hairline laughed a bit teasingly.
He had a crush on Xiao Xiao back then, he could not stand Yao Ye using his good looks to attract the campus goddess Xiao Xiao. This time he wanted to poke at this sore point and talk about it.
The atmosphere of the private room became a bit awkward the moment this was said.
After all, who in the class did not know that Xiao Xiao had dumped Yao Ye, in those days many people secretly sighed, saying that in this society a handsome man could not compare to a rich man.
The receding hairline man realised the atmosphere had changed and he suddenly felt pleased. Thinking he was speaking softly to the person beside him, he vented, “What did I say just now? This person, what’s the use of having good looks, you need to have skills hahaha!”
During those university days, the handsome Yao Ye had a bright personality, he always had a very good relationship with the class. Therefore, no one wanted to reply to the receding hairline man.
Others even had the urge to cover his mouth.
Is it appropriate to talk about relationships at this gathering? You deliberately pull the rug, there’s simply no friendship with your classmate.
Yao Ye ignored the provocation from the receding hairline man. Seeing Xiao Xiao entering, his face became stiff.
To be honest, too many things had happened recently, Yao Ye had almost forgotten about this person, the hand holding the wine glass could not help but froze.
Xiao Xiao was his ex-girlfriend who hated the poor and loved the rich. He heard she had left the country, never thought that she would attend the gathering today.
The class monitor was a person with high EQ, seeing that the atmosphere wasn’t right, he immediately requested for the dishes to be served which eased the atmosphere.
Xiao Xiao never spoke, she stared straight at Yao Ye with a blank expression. He could not figure out what she was thinking about.
Just as the class monitor was directing her to sit at the seat across from Yao Ye, far away from him to avoid being close to her ex, she sat down on the seat next to Yao Ye.
“Long time no see, Yao Ye.”
Xiao Xiao tilted her head pretending to be cute, smiling beautifully as her eyes were glistening.
People with a discerning eye could see that Xiao Xiao was slightly hinting to rekindle old feelings.
The receding hairline man waiting to watch a show at the sidelines turned green all of a sudden. It was bad enough to be looked at with others unfriendly eyes, the campus goddess Xiao Xiao still wanted to turn back and eat the grass which was a big blow to him.
He was shot down, so he could only keep quiet and turn off the mic.
Yao Ye was not enjoying himself as much as what others thought, like a blade on his back, he felt very uncomfortable.
Because Xiao Xiao kept on talking to him, he did not wish to talk to her.
After all, she had dumped him at that time. Although Yao Ye did not like this girl as much as before, he was still a little uneased.
“Yao Ye, how are you doing recently?”
“En, alright.”
Even though Yao Ye looked very quiet, Xiao Xiao still delightfully chatted with Yao Ye, looking extremely like a licking dog.
After the dishes were served, Yao Ye soon became full. Unable to stand Xiao Xiao’s endless pestering, he sat on the sofa in the rest area at the corner of the private room to rest.
Xiao Xiao had followed along.
Yao Ye was speechless, he could only pretend to watch the television, not wanting to reply back.
A television was mounted on the wall of the rest area, the LCD screen looks very clear, now it was broadcasting the news.
“…Ming An, the president of Ming’s Real Estate, visited XX community today and cooperated with the urban planning department to build…”
A familiar face appeared on the television, the man dressed like a successful person had translucent-coloured eyes and a blank expression.
! ! !
Yao Ye all of a sudden stood up in fright, his breath quickened.
How could it be? How could it be?
Isn’t he dead? Why is it like this?
Xiao Xiao followed Yao Ye and stood up, she asked in concern if there was anything wrong. She saw that Yao Ye kept on staring at the screen and looked over.
“Does Yao Ye also find this person to be very unpleasant?”
Wh…What?
Yao Ye numbly turned his head to look at Xiao Xiao, only to see Xiao Xiao’s smooth side profile and her eyes shining with an unknown light.
Xiao Xiao did not notice the abnormality in Yao Ye who’s still staring at “Ming An” speaking eloquently on the screen. The smile at the corner of her lips was a bit mysterious, “Me too, I don’t know what’s been going on with me recently, whenever I see this guy I feel that he’s an eyesore. I feel that this guy being alive is a stain on this world…”
Xiao Xiao turned her head and realised that Yao Ye’s forehead was covered in cold sweat. She hurriedly covered her mouth and apologised, “Ah sorry, I didn’t mean to think in this way, um, it’s very weird…”
Xiao Xiao casually brushed the hair on the back of her neck and coquettishly hinted, “By the way, Yao Ye, are you free tonight?”
Yao Ye saw the glistening translucent-coloured eyes on Xiao Xiao under the private room’s dim lights, and suddenly felt that he had fallen into an ice cellar.
I remember there is a novel called “The whole city is my husband”. Well, seems this whole city is slowly becoming Yao Ye’s husband (and wife) now. Good luck, Yaoyao, you will need it. Thank you for the chapter!
this is getting interesting
In the first two arcs, I still kinda cared about Yao Ye. Now? Eh… don’t mention it. Him suffering is retribution for his previous contempt.