Unlimited Cycles of DeathChapter 3

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Glasses man introduced himself as “Qiu Zijia.” He was 28 years old and an undergraduate alumnus of X University of Technology as a computer engineering major. He said he was a programmer. Because of hunching in front of a computer for many years, his body was unhealthy, his eyes were nearsighted, and his temperament was gloomy. Essentially, he was a geek.

Mu Qin thought the way he introduced himself was witty, unlike how he would give a tit for a tat when he was speaking with Xu Fu. 2BdWnK

Qiu Zijia’s attitude left a good impression on the female teacher. The female teacher liked this kind of good student and immediately smiled, “An undergraduate degree, not bad!”

After Qiu Zijia, the female teacher introduced herself. Her name was “Han Li.” She was 39 years old and a graduate alumnus from X Normal University. After graduation, her relatives first recommended her to work as an elementary teacher because the salary of kindergarten teachers in that era was very high. But after 5 or 6 years, she somehow ended up switching to the middle school department of X school to be a middle school teacher.

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As for the reason, Han Li did not explain.

Cheng Guoxu stood silent at one side, so Mu Qin stepped forth to introduce himself, “My name is Mu Qin.” 0uIyzi

Mu Qin was an orphan who was abandoned. When he was an infant, he was thrown into a trash can under a bridge and was later found and sent to a nearby orphanage.

However, Mu Qin did not stay at the orphanage for long. At around 3 or 4 years old, he was adopted. The people who adopted him were an old couple who were mourning the loss of their own child. The couple had a son who passed away in an accidental fire. Rendered with grief, the couple decided to adopt Mu Qin from the orphanage.

It was just that the couple was already quite old when they adopted Mu Qin. They were already in their 50s and died of illness when Mu Qin just turned 12. They left Mu Qin with a large inheritance.

The old couple had only one relative, an uncle who had a bad character and was also relatively old. He used the identity of a guardian to take Mu Qin in and then squandered all of the property left for Mu Qin by the old couple. Other than providing Mu Qin with monthly living expenses and tuition, he did not take care of Mu Qin at all. Later on, Mu Qin finished high school and was admitted to college, but the old man claimed to have run out of money. He could only give up on attending college and enlisted in the army.

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He had heard that there were no fees to be a soldier, there were allowances provided, and there were also retirement funds after retiring.

Mu Qin served for five years. After leaving the army, he started looking for a job. At first, he dared to take on any job because most assignments were related to security and bodyguards. However, he felt that the salary was too low, so he taught himself how to be a salesman.

Mu Qin thought his life was pretty ordinary, but the programming geek, Qiu Zijia, and the female teacher both viewed him in a new light, “You were a soldier, so you should be very skilled, right?”

He laughed, “That’s another division. I was part of the logistics division. Because the food was good, I stayed a bit longer. I’m not really skilled.” bvsqfA

Qiu Zijia and Han Li still had a bit of expectation, but they were severely disappointed after hearing this. Finally, they looked towards Cheng Guoxu. Upon hearing him introduce himself as an ordinary factory worker, they immediately lost interest.

Afterward, Mu Qin followed Qiu Zijia and the others to investigate this so-called “game map.”

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There were many old folders in the office where the five people had gathered in the beginning. According to the information found inside, this orphanage was called “Iris Orphanage.”

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In the beginning, many orphans were indeed taken in. This was supposed to be a great non-profit welfare organization, but that era was extremely undeveloped. The slowdown of various industries and the underdeveloped domestic adoption process resulted in the sponsorship of the orphanage becoming a burden in the eyes of the western sponsors. One by one they withdrew their sponsorship of the organization during the following 10 years, and finally, Iris Orphanage was abandoned and became how it was now.

The children living in the orphanage were also sent away one after another to other welfare agencies and social institutions during the remaining time.

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On the surface, this matter did not seem to be abnormal. Many non-profit welfare organizations faced the challenge of a shortage of funds and an eventual decline. However, Mu Qin found a strange truth behind this matter.

Mu Qin had also found multiple newspapers on the office shelves, and the various newspapers from the 1980s to 1990s intermittently recorded different negative reports about Iris Orphanage. ZKuseB

For example, the orphanage staff was suspected of child abuse. For example, the orphanage director was suspected of embezzling funds from the sponsors.

The negative reports formed the public’s opinion at the time against Iris Orphanage, and Mu Qin estimated that it may have been one of the reasons why the orphanage was eventually abandoned.

However, by now the reason why the orphanage was abandoned was no longer important. Their main objective was to find the method to leave the orphanage.

“Isn’t it fine to just go over the wall?” The female teacher in the group of five still had the attitude of not taking this so-called killing game seriously. She opened the door and took a few glances around the courtyard, “Just find a ladder and climb over the wall. Why would we still need to find some key to the main door.” Sh3C7Y

Mu Qin said, “There are spikes and barbed wire at the top of the wall. Moreover, the wall looks around four to five meters high. If you have even the tiniest accident, you won’t be leaving this game by climbing. You’ll be leaving by dying.”

The female teacher rolled her eyes and said, “Isn’t that simple. Just find some pliers to cut the barbed wire. For the spikes, just get a wood board to press on top of the spikes before flipping over the wall… Our middle school department had students who have done this before.”

Qiu Zijia said, “This method is pretty good, but where are we supposed to find pliers and wooden boards? This place is so desolate, and a lot of the equipment has either turned into waste or been moved away. Finding these will take both time and effort. Wouldn’t it be faster to just find the key?” 2lbz4H

Mu Qin agreed with him, “Plus there is still a killer that may or may not exist trying to kill us. There’s essentially no time to take such a risky act of climbing the wall which is no different from seeking a dead end.”

Her opinion was rejected, and the female teacher not happy. She snorted coldly, “Since you guys are so smart, then you guys think of a way!”

Qiu Zijia seemed to think that he and this woman named Han Li could not get along, so he could not help but approach Mu Qin. He told Mu Qin, “Brother, even if you took care of logistics in the army, you should still have done basic training. If there really happens to be a killer facing off against you, do you have any assurance?”

Mu Qin touched his chin and thought a bit before replying, “I have already retired for many years, and my physical fitness is not as good as back then. Therefore, it depends on the situation and the other party’s physique, reflexes, and power. Suppose the other has a weapon… if it’s a sword, there may still be some way… if it’s a gun, then…” MDYd46

This situation made Qi Zijia feel not very optimistic. He began to regret, “Earlier, we should not have allowed that guy named Xu Fu or whatever to leave.”

Mu Qin felt the same way, “We really should not have. He seemed to have a lot of information, and we should have at least dug some more information out of him.”

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“Moreover, I have a question that I never got the chance to ask him.” Mu Qin spoke as he took out the tarot card of The Fool from his pocket, “Do you guys have this thing?”

Qiu Zijia, Han Li, and Cheng Guoxu all heard this and looked towards Mu Qin’s hands. They answered in succession, “Yes!” ZJ1WoP

After speaking, the three of them took out their own tarot cards from their pockets. What was interesting was the four tarot cards were all The Fool. Four cards showing The Fool were put together, causing them to look at each other in incomprehension.

“What does this card even mean?” Han Li flipped the card back and forth and looked at it.

Qiu Zijia was indeed a senior computer geek. He speculated, “I think this may be a game prop. Have you guys ever played a card game? Maybe it’s similar to that.”

“A card game?” Han Li probably has never played it before. Her face held a hint of disdain, “You young people only understand how to play games all day long.” K92Diq

Qiu Zijia could not stand Han Li anymore, ignoring her as much as possible, and said, “I think this tarot card is like a card prop in a game. Each card has a different effect. The card we have, The Fool, says on the back that it can increase our luck value. It should be the effect of this prop.”

“Hold on!” When Qiu Zijia reached this point, Han Li beside him suddenly screamed. Her voice when she raised it was very shrill, and Qiu Zijia and Mu Qin both cringed when they heard it. Only the taciturn Guo Chengxu had no reaction at all.

“What’s wrong?” Qiu Zijia rubbed his ears and looked at Han Li, only to find Han Li holding her tarot card with a face distorted in horror.

“Just now you said this card increases the luck value?” Han Li held her tarot card in front of Qiu Zijia. Vt7Zkc

He did not understand and glanced at her tarot card, carelessly saying, “Yes, isn’t it written on the back of the card…”

In the middle of what he was saying, Qiu Zijia suddenly cut off. He looked at the tarot card that Han Li held up with a strange gaze and wondered, “Strange. The image on your card is flipped upside down.”

When Mu Qin heard this, he suddenly went around and stood in front of Qiu Zijia. Facing Han Li, he said, “May I see your card for a second?”

Despite asking politely, Mu Qin was not courteous at all. He reached out and directly took Han Li’s card. He lowered his head and carefully looked, discovering that the image on the tarot card was indeed inverted… nTYSDA

The writing of “The Fool” and the patterned border of the tarot card were upright, just like on the cards of Mu Qin, Qiu Zijia, and Cheng Guoxu, but the image of the fool in the center of the card was upside down.

Mu Qin looked at the flipped fool in contemplation and turned the card over to look at the back. He found the lines of words on the back of the card were also flipped upside down, so Mu Qin rotated the card to make the words face upright. The text was written like this:

The perilous adventure has already ended. You are in the endless abyss.

Ready to receive despair and pain? 1GocJ7

P.S.: Curse Card. This card will decrease your luck value.

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Translator's Note

iris flower CHLPl1

Image result for iris flower

apparently they mean faith, hope, wisdom, courage, and admiration

Purple irises were planted over the graves of women to summon the Goddess to guide the dead in their journey

Translator's Note

there are many different kinds of pliers, but I’d assume the author means either diagonal pliers or bolt cutters…? They can both be used to cut wires.

diagonal pliers:

Image result for diagonal pliers dHnkxi

bolt cutters:

Image result for bolt cutter

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16 comments

  1. Omg the teacher’s getting more annoying… also, rip to her…

    Thanks for the chapter~ ( ^ ♡ ^ )/

  2. Intuition says the lady’s a pedophile, either that or involved in some sort of child abuse

    Thanks for the new novel 😄

    • Yeah it does seem like it, but let’s hope it’s not :>

    • Or, she’s the kind of teacher who likes to bully the students that cannot reach her expectation. There are so many teachers like that in the real world. Heck, there are even teachers who drove their students into commit suicide.

  3. I would be the Cheng Guoxu of the group lol Why tell some strangers your life history? :’D A name is enough to know, a fake name too xD

    Can’t stand that teacher too >__<

  4. Haha even the game is sick of her

    Also, glasses guy and the teacher seem to be the type to use others as a meat shield

  5. ..I feel like she’s the murderer. Firstly, she refuses to tell much about herself. Secondly, she’s portraying herself as ‘annoying’ and trying to make herself ‘seen’ constantly. Thirdly, she keeps trying to convince everyone to behave foolishly and is attempting to isolate them from Xu Fu who seems to have info. Fourthly (?), her card is strange. I feel like she’s trying to behave helplessly to lower everyone’s guard. “Oh, Han Li? That annoyance can’t even think properly, killing us is out of the question! Though maybe she’ll kill us with her annoying personality. Sigh She’s so foolish… thinking we’re pulling a prank on her when she’s clearly dead by poisoning because her students hate her for visiting them at home. tsk tsk