Chapter 31

Chapter 31

In the lounge, Fu Yang opened his eyes. His head felt fuzzy, and it hurt like hell.

Just then, Liu Ye came in from outside with a towel in his hand. Seeing that Fu Yang was awake, he immediately said in excitement, “You’re awake! Thank goodness. You nearly scared me to death.”

“What happened to me?”

Fu Yang felt as if he had forgotten something.

The moment Liu Ye saw him like this, he was delighted and hurriedly said, “You suddenly passed out outside just now. I carried you back.”

In a certain sense, there was nothing wrong with that statement. He had just omitted a few details.

“I see.”

Fu Yang figured he must have had low blood sugar. After all, he really had gone a little too wild these past few days.

He picked up the ring on the table and put it on, then asked Liu Ye to pour him a glass of water. Still dizzy, he made his way to the bathroom, intending to wash his face.

Splash…

Fu Yang turned on the faucet and cupped a handful of water, about to splash it onto his face, when he suddenly smelled a foul stench.

Confused, he opened his eyes-and saw that what he was holding was a pool of bloody water.

“Ahhh!!!”

Fu Yang was so frightened that he collapsed onto the floor. Then he saw the version of himself in the mirror smile at him. It suddenly bit off its own finger, blood spraying out, and reached out to write bloody words across the mirror.

“Welcome to the Fiendish World!”

[Ding! Novice Mission activated!]

[Mission: Oblivion]

[Mission Objective: Escape the Grim Reaper’s pursuit.]

[Mission Reward 1: 200 points]

[Mission Reward 2: 300 EXP]

[Mission Reward 3: Fierce Ghost-quality random item x1. Random-quality item or skill x1]

At the same time, a screen of light appeared before Liu Ye’s eyes, and a voice rang in his ears as well.

[Ding! Fixed Mission activated!]

[Mission: Protection]

[Mission Objective: Help Fu Yang, Zhao Ze, Huang Shiya, Lyu Jicheng, Zhao Na, and Xie Baoguo escape their destined deaths.]

[Mission Reward 1: 0 points]

[Mission Reward 2: 0 EXP]

[Mission Reward 3: Fierce Ghost-quality random item]

That’s right. Under Liu Ye’s pressure, the Fiendish World had been forced to specially upgrade itself with an audio plug-in aimed specifically at illiterate people who couldn’t read.

So this time was different. Although he still didn’t quite understand what this thing was-after all, he had barely watched any novels or TV dramas, and had never been exposed to anything like a system-he did understand one thing: those six people were going to face a threat to their lives. That was a major problem.

So he immediately picked up Fu Yang’s phone from the sofa, intending to call the police.

But once he had the phone in his hand, he discovered a problem.

He recognized that it was a phone, but he didn’t know how to use it…

“Ahhh!!!”

Fu Yang’s scream suddenly rang out from the bathroom. Liu Ye immediately kicked the door open and rushed in.

He found Fu Yang sitting on the floor in terror, a wet patch spreading across his pants.

The moment Fu Yang saw Liu Ye come in, he grabbed him.

Liu Ye quickly asked, “What happened to you?”

“There’s… there’s a Fiend!” Fu Yang shouted.

Liu Ye: “…”

“Brother Yang, can we not mess around? Spreading feudal superstition is illegal.”

“Who the hell is spreading feudal superstition? Those huge words right there-you didn’t see them?!” Fu Yang snapped.

Liu Ye glanced over, then nodded. “I saw them. But I can’t read.”

Fu Yang: “…”

“Idiot!”

Fu Yang shoved Liu Ye aside and headed out.

He bent down to grab the clothes on the sofa, but at that exact moment, a faint breeze suddenly swept through.

Fu Yang’s foot slipped, and his entire body pitched forward. Meanwhile, the fruit knife his agent had used earlier to peel fruit was lying on the sofa, just happened to be wedged in the gap between the cushions, its tip pointing upward-right at Fu Yang’s neck.
“Fuck!”

Fu Yang had no time to dodge.

But just then, a shout rang out from behind him.

“Watch out!”

A fierce gust swept past. Fu Yang felt a sharp pain in his hip, and then his entire body went flying.

Crash!

Liu Ye picked up the sharp knife from the sofa and said, speechless, “You can’t just leave a knife lying around after you’re done with it. What if there was an accident, right, Brother Yang… Hm? Brother Yang?”

Liu Ye looked up. Where was Brother Yang?

Then he looked again and saw shattered window glass all over the floor… Holy shit!

Liu Ye hurried to the window and saw Fu Yang lying facedown on the ground below.

“Brother Yang!!!”

“…”

…

“Breaking news. At 2:50 this afternoon, Fu Yang, a celebrity under Ace Entertainment, jumped from the second floor. According to informed sources, Fu Yang is suspected to have been troubled by matters of the heart…”

At Rose Apartment, the three Fiends sat with cigarettes in their mouths, staring blankly at the news on TV.

“No, wait. Didn’t you only send him over there an hour ago? It’s been one hour and you already drove the guy to jump off a building? Even when we kill people, we at least give them a grace period.”

“He should be able to keep this job for a while, right?” Old Man asked uneasily.

The driver: “…”

…

In the hospital, Fu Yang slowly opened his eyes. He had just tried to move when a wave of agony shot through his body, leaving him completely unable to budge. He lifted his head and realized he was wrapped up tightly in bandages.

His head spun in waves, as if he had forgotten something. Just as he tried to think about it, a voice came from beside him.

“Brother Yang, you’re awake.”

Liu Ye walked over with a hot water kettle.

Fu Yang turned his head. The moment he saw Liu Ye, his heart lurched, and he immediately tossed that bit of discomfort to the back of his mind.

“What are you doing? Don’t come near me!”

“Brother Yang, don’t misunderstand! I’m the one who saved you! If it wasn’t for me, that knife would’ve stabbed you to death,” Liu Ye quickly said.

“Then I really should thank you,” Fu Yang said through gritted teeth.

“Aw, no need to thank me. I’m your assistant, after all. It’s what I’m supposed to do,” Liu Ye said, embarrassed.

“You seriously think I was praising you? I clearly remember you kicking me out the window!”

“It was an emergency.”

“Bed 26.”

“Here!”

Liu Ye raised his hand and casually set the hot water kettle down to the side.

“Aaaah!!!”

Liu Ye turned and saw that he had put the kettle right on Fu Yang’s hand.

“Oh, oh, sorry! Momentary mistake. Just a momentary mistake!”

Liu Ye hurriedly took the kettle away.

Fu Yang glared at him viciously.

“Get out!!!”

“Brother Yang, I still have to take care of you,” Liu Ye said.

“Like I need you taking care of me! Get out!!!”

Liu Ye sighed, turned around, and left.

At the same time, a man in a suit was sitting in a café, looking at a tablet. A cup of coffee sat in front of him. As he swiped across the tablet with one hand, he kept adding sugar to the coffee with the other.

On the tablet was the information on the people involved in this mission.

“Yuelang~”

A soft, delicate voice rose from behind him. A long, slender neck coiled around his body.

John set down his coffee helplessly.

“Didn’t I tell you not to show yourself outside?”

“Yuelang~ You’re so cold. But I like it so much~”

Miss Zhang giggled as she stuck out her tongue and licked John’s cheek.

After the last mission ended, John had brought her out with him.

Although she was a Fiend, in a certain sense, she could also serve as his helper, so he did not mind her clinging to him.

This mission, however, felt extremely strange to him.