Mist

Chapter 59

Transfer Station

Chapter 59

The bed was empty. The night outside could faintly be seen through the curtains.

The blankets on the bed was messy, as if someone had just slept in it. It even made one feel that if they reached over and touched it, there would still be some lingering warmth.

Everything had remained just like how it was when Song Qinglan saw it in the bubble world.

Song Qinglan stood there, his heart beating violently.

In an instant, his ears were filled with the pounding of his heart. Blood seemed to rush from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. He was hot all over. He finally figured out what was going on.

His heart had never been moved in his entire life.

The first time he felt this, the other party turned out to be completely different from what he had imagined when he was younger. Regardless of whether it was the appearance, personality or gender, it was all different.

However, as soon as he received this signal from his heart, the feeling surged inside him like a tide. It was so turbulent that he was caught off guard, but it was also something that he felt was normal. What different? It clearly was something that should’ve been like this in the first place.

As it turned out, the irritation and dissatisfaction he felt towards Ji Yushi as well as the trust and concern, it wasn’t without reason.

Fuck.

Song Qinglan was annoyed by how slow he was. At the same time, he felt a stronger kind of irritation.

Unable to say it, unable to do anything; just standing there was enough to make his body numb and his palms hot.

“Cap Song.”

Ji Yushi’s voice travelled over.

Song Qinglan froze for a moment. At almost the same time as the moment he heard the voice, he had reflexively closed the door with a ‘bang’.

All those shameful hidden desires had been concealed away. The blood that had rushed to the top of his head seemed to have started to flow back.

Reality had pulled his senses back in an instant.

Song Qinglan calmly turned his head. He pretended that nothing had happened.

He saw Ji Yushi come over from the other end of the corridor. The two were only a dozen of steps apart.

It was unknown if it was because of the impact of his realisation just now but his thoughts became clearer. The Ji Yushi at this moment reminded Song Qinglan of the moment he first met him at the Tiangqiong Jiang City branch.

At that time, Ji Yushi stood before a floor-to-ceiling window. With his back against the dazzling lights, that calm and cold look of his was difficult to forget.

But at this moment, even in the dark corridor and without any proper lighting, Ji Yushi’s cold temperament still made it hard for one to look away.

Reaching Song Qinglan, Ji Yushi stopped, “What are you doing standing in front of the door?”

Song Qinglan, “.......”

The difference between them was half a head. Song Qinglan was too tall and once closer, Ji Yushi could feel a sense of oppression.

The same was true this time too.

Song Qinglan’s expression at this moment was still the same but Ji Yushi somehow felt that the oppressiveness was stronger than usual. Compared to before, the current Song Qinglan seemed a little daunting. It was quite confusing.

Since he already knew the other party’s behaviour and habits, Ji Yushi didn’t step back and just calmly stood in place with one hand in his trouser pocket, “Is there anything inside?”

Song Qinglan answered faintly, “Nothing. Just the room I used when I was a child.”

Ji Yushi’s eyes moved slightly. He asked curiously, “Your room as a child? Can I take a look?”

“......” Song Qinglan spoke stiffly, “There’s nothing to see. It’s all toys.”

He appeared expressionless but internally he was trying to figure out what he should do if Ji Yushi insisted on going in.@@@@

Wait a minute. Since this Tianqiong could change the place according to one’s thoughts, it shouldn’t be too difficult to change the illusion in that room. Song Qinglan however wasn’t sure what they would see if they opened that door again.

If it didn’t change, then the situation would be interesting — Seeing your own bed and your own bedroom appearing in another person’s subconscious, it was impossible for someone as intelligent as Ji Yushi to not be able to guess the reason.

Song Qinglan absolutely didn’t want that kind of situation to occur.

The two stood face to face like this in silence for several seconds.

Song Qinglan: “If the enemy doesn’t move, I won’t move.”

Fortunately, Ji Yushi didn’t seem to have noticed anything and didn’t mention the room again.

He instead took out something from his pocket and gave it to Song Qinglan, “I picked it up just now. For you.”

Song Qinglan curiously received it. Ji Yushi had given him a white starfish. The small starfish was still a little heavy and it carried along with it the subtle smell of sea water. His heart felt like it was tickled by a feather, but Song Qinglan spoke coldly, “Starfish? You two went to the beach?”

Intuitively sensing that the other party was a little upset, Ji Yushi was confused.

Could it be that men can also have those days of the month?

Song Qinglan took another sip of his beer, “What are everyone’s opinions?”

As soon as he said that everyone no longer kept to themselves. Anyone could tell that Song Qinglan’s tone was serious.

“After sleeping for a night, it should be enough.” Duan Wen said, “I want to get out of this as soon as possible. Regardless of how much time has passed for me in the real world, I just want it to be over soon.”

Tang Qi, “I agree.”

Tang Le, “.......”

Zhou Mingxuan was chill, “I think staying another day or staying another three days makes no difference to me so of course the sooner the better.”

With this, the only one left who hadn’t expressed their opinion yet was Ji Yushi.

Sensing everyone’s gazes, Ji Yushi calmly spoke, “Why don’t we first take a look at what the next mission is?”

“I agree.” Song Qinglan’s used his slender finger to wipe away the beer stain on his lips, “It would be better to be more prepared this time.”

After saying that, Song Qinglan who was standing in the centre turned on the communicator.

“Next mission.”

He spoke coldly, omitting even the title.

Tianqiong’s voice system soon appeared, “Detected that you have already completed a Super S-level mission ‘Ouroboros’, an A-level mission ‘Chaos’, and an S-level side mission ‘Who Am I’. You currently have the ability to complete Super S-level missions. As such, the next mission is Super-S level. It is recommended that you rest well before unlocking the next mission.”

Those words were very familiar.

When they first arrived at the transfer station last time, Tianqiong had said something similar before disappearing, not giving them an opportunity to control now long they could rest for.

Everyone’s expression was poor. Song Qinglan spoke, “If you shut off, I will reject the mission. Tell me what the next mission is.”

Everyone, “......”

Tianqiong kindly explained, “Your next mission is ‘Rubik’s Cube’.”

As soon as it finished saying that a prompt appeared on the holographic projection.

[Mission mode: Rubik’s Cube.]

[Mission rule: Death elimination.]

[Mission objective: Joining.]

Death elimination.

Ji Yushi’s pupils instantly constricted. The scenes from the Ouroboros mission surfaced to his mind.

Tang Qi who was bitten to death by zombies, Duan Wen who sacrificed himself, Zhou Mingxuan who died in the car....The deaths of his teammates as well as himself played over and over again. That terrible world where there was no end in sight, could it be that it was about to start again?

Seeing those two words, all the teammates were silent.

Song Qinglan, “Is there a time anchor in this mission?”

Having a time anchor meant that they could be reborn indefinitely.

Tianqiong, “Unfortunately no5. A time anchor cannot be set for this mission.”

“The fuck?”

“Dammit. Can we just not do the mission?”

“How on earth are we going to go back?!”

Outbursts sounded from the crowd. If Tianqiong had a physical body, it would most definitely be rendered into dust in an instant.

Unfortunately, it was just a system. Hearing the question, it just answered mechanically, “You are already very close to the objective.”

It was another ambiguous answer. The group cursed angrily but no matter how they asked and no matter how they threatened, the system was unwilling to say anything else.

The teammates couldn’t be blamed for getting angry. Even Song Qinglan wanted to explode, but he said calmly, “Mission objective: Join. What does it mean? Be more detailed.”

In the first few missions, a lot of time had been lost due to the ambiguity of the mission.

If they could figure out the objective faster, perhaps they could avoid too many losses and also complete the mission faster.

Tianqiong, “I do not understand what you mean.”

It was just a system.

It seems that asking it to be clearer on the objective was too much for it.

JI Yushi asked, “Are there any other information you can give us?”

As soon as he spoke, everyone quietened down.

It was as if Ji Yushi had become their anchor. As long as he could solve a problem, it wasn’t a problem.

Tianqiong said, “In this mission, you will meet other squads that I have recruited. It will be a multiplayer mission.”