Translator-Rhapsodite
Editor-PerpetualMreow, Proofreader-adjective
Ren Jianmo stopped chewing and turned to look at Ji Dong. His phoenix heterochromic eyes looked to be able to see through people. He stared at the person who was asking him questions for a moment.
Buh-dump
Ji Dong’s heart beat faster. He swallowed nervously as he waited for the beauty’s answer.
Ren Jianmo smiled lightly and said, “I don’t know.”
The tone of his voice was so steady that Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen couldn’t react for a moment.
“Ah?”
Ji Dong even asked blankly, “You don’t know?”
Ren Jianmo nodded solemnly.
“Then…”
Ji Dong was confused for a second before asking, “Then how did you… come here?”
Ren Jianmo tilted his head and looked serious, “I don’t know.”
Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen: “…”
Ren Jianmo looked at his left and his right. Seeing that neither of them spoke, he bowed his head and continued to eat his bread.
——Wait a minute!
Ji Dong roared in his heart.
——Shouldn’t you be the boss responsible for answering questions and solving doubts for the team!?
——What in the world do you mean with your “I don’t know!?”
“Then…”
Ji Dong tried to continue the topic, “What do you do?”
Ren Jianmo put his bread down and turned to look at Ji Dong. His eyes were quiet and profound—as if there were thousands of thoughts swirling inside, but all he said was, “…”
——I will not ask anymore!
Ji Dong raised his hand and covered his chest.
These eyes, when looking at people, really made everything unfair!
“Ah, yes, yes!”
He suddenly thought of a very important thing. When asking about others, he should first introduce himself, so he quickly pointed to himself.
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“Hey, don’t be cheeky, little one!”
Mo Tiangen elbowed Ji Dong in the waist.
“Don’t listen to his nonsense. I just like fitness. I exercise seriously, and I’m a biology teacher in high school.”
Ren Jianmo pursed his lips and frowned slightly, his expression ambiguous as to whether he found these two’s crosstalk funny or annoyingly noisy.
“I don’t know.”
He repeated the answer for the third time.
Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen: “???”
Seeing the puzzled look on their faces made him feel like he should explain. This time, Ren Jianmo added half a sentence, “I don’t remember anything.”
——WTF!
Ji Dong was shocked.
How could he calmly say such an unexpected answer!
“You… don’t remember?”
Although he was sure that he had no problem with his hearing, he couldn’t help repeating the question, “You really don’t remember anything?”
Ren Jianmo nodded solemnly, “Right, I can’t remember anything.”
Ji Dong’s lips trembled, “You have amnesia?”
——No! Wasn’t this just like in the novel, where the amnesic guy hindered the protagonist!?
“Well, probably.”
Ren Jianmo’s face was so nonchalant that he appeared to be discussing the weather. “I can’t recall anything from before. The only thing I can recall when I opened my eyes here is my name.”
“Since you can’t remember anything…”
Ji Dong refused to give up, and then asked, “How did you know that the lizard was dangerous just now?”
Ren Jianmo lifted his eyelids and looked at him with different eyes. “Of course, it’s because I’ve seen what the consequences will be after someone is bitten by them.”
Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen asked in unison, “What consequences will there be?”
“Do you want to see it?”
Ren Jianmo raised his hand and pointed down with his fingertips, “The body is in the underground parking lot.”
Hearing the mention of a corpse, Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen trembled.
A high percentage of ordinary people living in peaceful times had never encountered an accident in their life, let alone seen a corpse casually.
Most people with ordinary life experiences had a natural fear of death. When they heard that there was a dead man close to them, their first reaction was not curiosity, surprise, or excitement, but unease.
“…At the very least, the dragonflies burn people clean, leaving only their clothing…” Ji Dong whispered, “Why did the lizard leave behind a body?”
Ren Jianmo wrapped up half of the unfinished noodles and tried to stand up, “Do you want to see it?”
“Wait, wait!”
Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen hurriedly pressed on his left and right leg, “No, no, if you want to see it, you can go later!”
Teacher Dagen wiped the cold sweat off his brow. “Can you tell us exactly what the lizard’s traits are and what would happen if it bites people? Let’s figure out a way to prevent that!”
Even if Ji Dong wasn’t entirely certain, as a biology teacher, Mo Tiangen could confidently state that the golden dragonfly— which could burn human flesh to ashes if it came into contact with human skin—was not a species that could be grown naturally in nature.
So, they could assume, the strange crimson lizards that also haunted the city of ashes were also no good.
Now that Ren Jianmo said they were dangerous, could kill people, and that the bodies of their victims were lying in the underground parking lot below them… Mo Tiangen felt that they needed to understand the characteristics of that thing and take precautions in advance.
“That lizard is poisonous.”
Ren Jianmo didn’t keep his listeners in suspense and directly answered Mo Tiangen’s question, “If they bite, the wound will become very strange…”
He only said half of his words, and suddenly stopped and then stood up.
Not only did he, but also Ji Dong, saw the changes outside the door, followed by Mo Tiangen, who had his back to the door.
“Ouch!”
Teacher Dagen was startled and turned back quickly.
Through the dusty glass door, he saw a group of people running down the street.
At first, those people were a little far away, the light was bad, and the falling ash made the visibility even worse. They could only see a few shadows moving in the haze.
As the newcomers got closer and closer to the supermarket, however, the three finally saw it.
There were seven people, men, and women, who were vastly different in height, and body weight. The only thing that was the same was that they were running with all their strength, and their expressions looked very panicked. They turned back frequently while running as if they were being chased by something.
Mo Tiangen jumped up from the ground suddenly, the last fat man suddenly gave a hysterical scream, and then his body caught fire. His body melted like a candle and crumbled into powder, leaving only a set of clothes that settled into maintaining the final posture of a painful struggle as they, now empty, fell to the ground.
“Fuck!”
Mo Tiangen cried, “It must be that damn dragonfly again!”
As he spoke, Ji Dong stepped forward, pulled open the glass door of Walmart, and shouted to the several people who were still running in the street, “Come here! Hurry up!”
A tall guy sprinting in front heard Ji Dong’s voice and glanced in the direction of the sound, surprised and delighted.
He quickly changed direction and ran towards the Walmart. While running, he didn’t forget to turn back and motion for the people behind him to follow.
It was as if these six people who were drowning in the ocean had finally seen a piece of wood floating not far away from them. They ran with all their strength across the long street and stumbled towards the door opened by Ji Dong for them.
“Close the door! Close the door!”
A girl plunged into the supermarket and couldn’t stop, leaving her to crash into the floor. Before she could get up, she screamed, “Don’t let it fly in!”
Ji Dong didn’t need her to shout that warning at all. The second the last man stepped towards the door, he pushed hard and slammed the glass door.
At the same time, a golden light just arrived, hitting the door head-on. With a ‘squish’ sound, the stomach broke, and the belly, like a ping pong ball, split in two. The white golden body fluid trailed like a comet tail on the dirty glass.
“I said, aren’t you looking for death!”
Mo Tiangen looked around at the people who had just come in and clicked his tongue, “You, you, and you were all turning on your cell phone flashlight. Are you afraid you won’t die fast enough?”
He shook his head. “Didn’t you notice that the dragonflies that chased you just now are drawn to light?”
Hearing Teacher Dagen’s words, everyone looked up, and it was clear that they all had a confused expression.
The companions who had been walking around earlier that day, were burned to ashes in the next second. They panicked and could only run for their lives. Most of these survivors didn’t even have time to see what attacked them, let alone notice the characteristics of dragonflies.
“You…”
While panting, a man in dark blue sportswear looked at Mo Tiangen’s face carefully and vigilantly. After scanning him twice from top to bottom, he moved to Ji Dong and did the same. Then he asked cautiously.
“Are you… experienced?”
Ji Dong and Teacher Dagen looked at each other and said nothing.
Ji Dong remembered that this man was the one who ran in front just now. It seemed that he was also the leader of these people.
He appeared to be in his twenties. He had a broad face with normal brows and eyes. Although he didn’t appear to be as powerful as Mo Tiangen, he was still a tall and strong man.
And when Ji Dong opened the door just now, he observed that this man sprinted incredibly quickly, even amid a life-or-death situation, he effortlessly flung the others ten meters away.
Mo Tiangen’s lips moved, and a syllable slipped out of his mouth, “Ji…”
Ji Dong quickly raised his arm and gave him a turn.
Mr. Mo wanted to ask what he meant by ‘experienced’, but he was touched by Ji Dong and tactfully shut his mouth.
“No…”
The muscular man in blue sportswear saw the two of them frowning, but he didn’t speak. His eyebrows were scrunched up together.
“It shouldn’t be like this… It’s obviously against the rules…”
He whispered to himself.
Proofreader’s Note~
Mo Tiangen: You, you, and you!
adj: *scary teacher flashbacks*
thank you for the chapter!
Thank you for the chapter (*＾3＾)/～♡
Hmmm… newcomer is sus…
When will be the new chapter ah?..by the way you doing good work…I like your translations
One thing I know is: novice-level horror game veterans are always black-hearted beings~~