The sunlight outside the window was just right. The shadows of the trees, the halos and the pure gold light sifted through the tree leaves. On the surface, this was an ordinary afternoon journey. Yet on closer inspection, the direction, distribution and brightness of the light outside was too monotonous. The light spots on the ground that rapidly retreated repeated the same shape at 10 meter intervals. It was like a game scene that wasn’t completely rendered.
Jiang Fang leaned against the bus window and observed the monotonous exterior scene. Nan Zhou concentrated on the bracelet that handcuffed the two of them. Jiang Fang told him, “Take it easy. It might open on its own at the end.”
“No.”
“Why?”
Nan Zhou explained, “That mushroom doesn’t like me and won’t open it for me.”
Jiang Fang couldn’t help wondering with a smile, “Then what are you going to do?”
Nan Zhou reached out for the junction of the two silver rings.
“It is very simple…”
Jiang Fang stared at him.
Nan Zhou’s hand paused and he thought for a moment. Then he said something strange. “I don’t think this can be opened.”
“Yes,” Jiang Fang replied with a smile. “The workmanship is pretty solid.”
Nan Zhou immediately sat back in his original position. “That’s it. Let’s talk about it at the end.”
Jiang Fang laughed, relaxed and leaned back. At this time, Nan Zhou had the mind to take a closer look at Jiang Fang. This person’s eyelashes and skin were lighter in color and easily stained by the sunlight. The choker clung to the skin of his neck and was just against his Adam’s apple. The slight movement of the throat caused the soft black leather to move up and down. It looked very…
Tempting to poke.
The others, “……”
They huddled in the middle of the carriage and watched the pair of bigshots handcuffed together while afraid to speak. Only Li Yinhang sat closer to them.
As Nan Zhou’s fingers on the side of the seat were about to move, he heard Li Yinhang say, “Thank you. Without you, we might’ve failed here. The best result… I’m afraid that a few more people would’ve died.”
Nan Zhou’s fingers grabbed the seat cover twice before he reluctantly retracted his thoughts on touching the Adam’s apple. He turned his head and nodded silently at Li Yinhang, calmly accepting her gratitude.
“In fact, Miss Li isn’t bad.” Jiang Fang smiled. “Didn’t you also judge that the fat man might be a ghost?”
Nan Zhou looked curiously at Li Yinhang. Li Yinhang pinched her ear in a slightly embarrassed manner. “I have been following the news about the disappearances these days. At least for now, there have been no records of a child under 18 years old disappearing.”
After hearing Li Yinhang’s words, the others showed expressions of realization. According to the fat man’s age, even if he married at the legal age of 22, it was unlikely he would have a child over 18 years old. So he should… have no daughter at all.
“He was probably a player who entered the game earlier so he didn’t know about it.” Li Yinhang continued to explain. “However, I couldn’t casually make a judgment. What if he played wildly and had many girlfriends… right?”
Nan Zhou nodded. “It’s great.”
It had to be said that Nan Zhou might be cold and indifferent but his charm was at the max.
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“I was just a bit lucky.” Li Yinhang rubbed her red ears. “I didn’t think of using the environment and a fake name to dig a trap for the ghosts.”
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“No one told me I was a ghost when I was sent.” Nan Zhou was very calm and confident. “Since the game has rules, I’m naturally not a ghost.”
Li Yinhang and the others, “……” This logic didn’t seem to be wrong.
Jiang Fang leaned on one hand and looked at him. “Then where were you transmitted from?”
Nan Zhou looked back at him. “I have the same question.”
Jiang Fang wondered, “Hmm?”
“Where did you come from?”
Everyone, “……”
The group of people almost had a brain blockage on the spot.
Jiang Fang stared at Nan Zhou for a moment before smiling. “I thought I disguised myself very well.”
“It was great. I’m just skeptical.” Nan Zhou looked back at him. “It’s just that it is settled now.”
“Why did you suspect me?”
Nan Zhou told him, “I was listening to you when you talked in the first round of voting.”
He glanced at the dumbfounded Li Yinhang. “If you really sat in front of her, it took too long between when she spoke to when you relieved her.”
“You could solve her dilemma with just a sentence but you didn’t do it.”
“Apart from the fact that you don’t want to form a team, there is another reasonable explanation. At that time, you needed information and a teammate who could testify for you.”
“So you were probably transmitted here like me and the ghosts.”
Nan Zhou’s voice was purely declarative and there were no fluctuations.
“The order of self-introduction was from front to back. Mr Zhao provided too little information. If Miss Li couldn’t provide enough information then it would be difficult for you to speak next.”
“If you don’t have information then you would be suspected.”
“If you couldn’t be sure that she was helpless and had no one to testify for her, she wouldn’t have become your teammate in that way.”
“Of course, Miss Li gave enough information. As long as you are familiar with C City like the fat man, it won’t be difficult to guess the route of the bus and make an identity for yourself.”
Then Nan Zhou turned to Li Yinhang. “This is a reasonable way to play the game. You don’t have to be nervous.”
Li Yinhang, “……” She wasn’t very nervous but there was still some comfort.
After all, Jiang Fang’s smile toward her was too warm and natural. Even though she was suspicious of Jiang Fang, she couldn’t bear to say it was fake. Moreover, now that she knew that Jiang Fang was also teleported here, his response speed to multiple questions at that time was too terrifying.
Nan Zhou actually discovered more than what he mentioned. For example, the dashcam had always been there. Why did Jiang Fang wait for everyone to start arguing before suggesting they check the dashcam, thus catching the first ghost?
Nan Zhou didn’t believe it was a method that Jiang Fang suddenly came up with. It was because at that time, his grasp on the atmosphere was too accurate. It was ingenious.
…It was as ingenious as catching Li Yinhang’s most desperate moment when she was isolated before testifying for her.
There was only one reasonable explanation. He was waiting for everyone to argue. It was only when the group was angry, their emotions mobilized and most difficult to conceal that his trick would succeed the easiest.
Nan Zhou thought that this person called Jiang Fang was really very special. Nan Zhou turned around only to find that Jiang Fang’s eyes were on him and contained something he couldn’t understand.
Nan Zhou, “……?”
Jiang Fang quickly asked again, “Then why didn’t you suspect I was a ghost?”
“I suspected it.” Nan Zhou nodded happily. “When you took down the dashcam, I suspect you wanted to take the initiative by selling your teammates.”
“Later, you were convinced that the fat man was the ghost and he dragged out Qin Yadong with him so I was no longer the first suspect.” Jiang Fang narrowed his eyes slightly as he muttered softly to himself with a laugh. “So it is like this… you weren’t pretending.”
Nan Zhou didn’t hear clearly. “What?”
“Just because of this?”
Jiang Fang didn’t answer his question and instead asked, “Is there any other reason you judged that I wasn’t a ghost?”
Nan Zhou was a bit confused. “Did you reveal any other flaws?”
After a brief silence, Jiang Fang replied, “No.”
His expression management was really top-notch. In the blink of an eye, Nan Zhou discovered that all the out of control details on this person’s face had been handled cleanly. There was only that beautiful, gentlemanly smile.
Nan Zhou said, “It was done well.”
The others in the car were surprised and shut up. Was this the daily routine of a bigshot?
Wonderful.
Goodbye.
They didn’t understand.
Nan Zhou also didn’t understand. However, he was used to slowly pondering on things he didn’t understand.
“My name is Nan Zhou. I’m 23 years old and an art teacher.” Nan Zhou introduced himself. “What about you?”
Jiang Fang looked down at the outstretched hand. There was a black butterfly on the inside of the wrist. It was beautiful. He quickly shook the hand and stated gently, “Jiang Fang, 25 years old, an unemployed person.”
The others, ‘We fucking believe you.’
They had never seen an art teacher who could break a man’s teeth and an unemployed person who didn’t look unemployed.
“Just sit here for a while.” Jiang Fang didn’t expect the others to believe his words. “It will end soon.”
Nan Zhou hummed in agreement and obediently stayed silent. The vehicle moved gently and headed to an unknown place. A small bulge moved all the way from Nan Zhou’s shoulder to the cuff of his left hand.
Nanji Star raised the silver ring with his small claws and squeezed his buttocks out of the cuff. He crouched between the overlapping silver rings. After looking left and right, he placed his chin on the web between the thumb and forefinger of Nan Zhou’s hand and stared with round eyes at Jiang Fang.
Jiang Fang smiled at Nanji Star, raised his right index finger and gently stroked his soft forehead. Nanji Star couldn’t help humming.
Nan Zhou thought about it for a long time but he still didn’t know what flaw Jiang Fang had revealed that he didn’t know about. He just wanted to ask when the vehicle entered the last tunnel of their short journey without warning. In the complete darkness, he heard Jiang Fang laugh very lightly.
“This is also very good,” he said. “It is better that we… start from scratch.”
Before Nan Zhou could react, the darkness disappeared and it became bright. The scene in front of them was… an ordinary parking lot. The bus stopped slowly in one parking spot and obeyed the parking rules.
Before the door opened, a muscular steel rabbit with a height of around 2.5 meters fell from the sky. It landed in front of the bus and shook the entire bus. In the midst of the ‘fucks’ and screams, Nan Zhou thought that the original DM really ran away out of anger. Mushrooms were really fragile creatures.
The rabbit obviously didn’t know why it was called by its colleague as a replacement. It shook its ears happily and declared, “There were nine people in the human camp and eight people survived.”
“The winning camp is rated: A+!”
“Congratulations, this is a rare high score in a trial game.”
“Every human camp player will be rewarded with a base score of 300 points.”
“The extra contribution points totals 1,000 points. Players Nan Zhou and Jiang Fang have received 450 contribution points each and player Li Yinhang has received 100 contribution points.”
“The trial level is over. I am your guide, little Pika!”
“Welcome to the world of Forces of Temptation!”
Proofreader: Purichan
Thnx for the chappie~ ( •̀ ω •́ )✧
So they knew each other before but Nan Zhou forgot…
+1 I also think it’s like this. Maybe they erased his memories.
+2
+3 Very possible!
+4 I looked it up in NU and there’s an amnesia tag…
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+6!!
Thank you very much❤️❤️❤️❤️
I thought the guide was gonna say little pikachu hahahaha
In this game all guides are Pika?
thanks for the chapter~
So, Nan Zhou forgot Jiang Fang? And something bad happened?
Nanji Star ꉂ(ˊᗜˋ*)♡
Thank you for the chapter 💕
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I just thought of something. Maybe….. Nanji Star is fond of Jiang Fang because it knows-! But, it’s just a theory lol. Hopefully their backstory isn’t too angsty TwT
Right! that’s what I thought as well! ( •̀ ω •́ )✧
me go pika pika
Lmao~ How do people work these days?!?! An art teacher with fighting skills and an unemployed person with a detective mind…
hmmm after this first trial run, I expect a lot more craziness..
thanks for the chapter! <3
An exciting ending for the trial! Can’t wait for more mysteries to pop up~
Thank you for the chapter!!
When JF implied to NZ that “We could start again” i was enlightened like in the first chapter it’s impossible for the Gong to suddenly love or have that kind of affection to the Shou i mean that’s too fast. Now i’m excited for their backstory. Wishing its not all angsty or i will not handle it well🤧
[ “This is also very good,” he said. “It is better that we… start from scratch.” ]
Hmm, so they have known each other before ? 🤔
Thank you for the chapter 💜
I think I am too dumb for this novel…. Thank you
Maybe they have history then Mc doesn’t remember him currently. Something bad happened that’s why Jiang Fang wanted their relationship to start from scratch? Maybe. Idk