Chapter 50
Chapter 50
Wei Sen opened the envelope. Inside was a slip of paper.
“Eye of Chaos x1: Allows the user to see directly through rules tainted by Contamination.” After reading it aloud, Wei Sen looked at the others. “What about you?”
Lin Xiaoxue was the first to speak. “Substitute Paper Figurine x1. It lets me break a rule once without being eroded by an Eerie Entity!”
Chen Lin said, “Mine is two hours of safe time. I can ignore any rule for two hours.”
“Wow, Sister Lin, that sounds amazing!” Lin Xiaoxue said in delight, then turned to Xu You. “Sister You, what about you?”
At that moment, Xu You was leaning close to the letter paper, counting the digits on it. Her pupils grew wider and wider.
“Sister You, is yours that amazing?!” Lin Xiaoxue excitedly leaned in. “Huh? Reward… 1,000 RMB?!”
Xu You was so excited her hands were trembling. “I love The Organization! I want to grind through ten Instance runs in a row!”
“Um…” Lin Xiaoxue blinked, hesitating before she ventured, “But 1,000 yuan isn’t even enough to buy one pair of shoes…”
“What?!” Xu You tilted her head and looked at Lin Xiaoxue in surprise, then glanced at her shoes. “Don’t those look pretty much the same as my fifty-yuan sneakers?”
“Huh?” Lin Xiaoxue’s mouth fell open in shock.
“Pfft.” Chen Lin covered her lips, unable to hold back a laugh.
None of them had expected that the youngest among them was actually a little rich girl.
Wei Sen carefully checked the letter paper again and said, “This is just an ordinary sheet of paper. We still don’t know how these rewards will be issued.”
What she had not expected was that the rewards would actually be Anomalous Artifact items and money. To her, Anomalous Artifact items and money were basically the same. Even if she received money, she could simply donate it for Merit Points and do another Card Draw.
Besides, if the others really received the Anomalous Artifact items written on their papers, their chances of surviving later Instance scenarios would increase dramatically.
But what exactly was The Organization’s background?
And how many of them held the title of Order Keeper?
At the very least, that woman named CC earlier definitely did. She had a watch on her wrist.
But the man who had led them into the room did not. He had no watch.
In the Zhihui Primary School Instance, Bai Xue had been the only one among all of them to find an Anomalous Artifact. That alone showed how rare an Anomalous Artifact was.
Yet The Organization had casually rewarded each of them with one.
It was utterly unbelievable…
“Maybe it’s like a game. The moment you log in, it’s there!” Lin Xiaoxue guessed.
“Mm, that’s possible.”
Xu You looked doubtful. “Then what about mine?”
As soon as she finished speaking, her phone chimed with a notification.
“Alipay has received 1,000 yuan!”
Everyone was stunned. They had only just opened their envelopes and seen their rewards, yet Xu You’s bonus had already arrived?!
“How do they know my Alipay account???” Xu You was pleasantly surprised, but her face was also filled with enormous confusion.
Wei Sen put the letter paper away and said, “They even know our home addresses. What wouldn’t they know?”
Everyone fell silent. In their hearts, their awe of The Organization deepened.
Now that they all held the title of Order Keeper, if they could gain The Organization’s approval and officially become its members, they would be able to obtain more Anomalous Artifact items and learn more about the Eerie World.
Naturally, their chances of surviving each Instance would also rise. Accumulating Merit Points and meeting “God” again would become that much easier…
Just as they were thinking this, a Maybach VS680 stopped in front of them. The car window rolled down, revealing a handsome man with somewhat Western features.
“Miss, it’s time for us to go back.” The man’s gaze was fixed on Lin Xiaoxue.
Lin Xiaoxue looked at the others openly and said, “When I got out of the car earlier, I messaged Kevin to come pick us up. Come on, let Kevin take you all home first. Then I’ll go back to the hotel and take the helicopter home.”
Those few short sentences left Wei Sen, Xu You, and Chen Lin utterly shocked.
“We’re not in some Mary Sue Instance, are we?” Xu You asked Chen Lin.
“I don’t think so?” Chen Lin looked at Wei Sen.
Wei Sen looked at Lin Xiaoxue and smiled faintly. “You’ve helped us a lot. Let’s go.”
Lin Xiaoxue said pitifully, “If I didn’t have a tutoring session tonight, I’d want to spend more time with you all.”
They got into the car. Xu You curiously examined the interior, while Chen Lin sat perfectly upright, looking a little restrained.
Wei Sen watched Lin Xiaoxue in the passenger seat through the rearview mirror.
She could tell that Lin Xiaoxue wasn’t showing off her wealth on purpose. This was simply the most ordinary part of the life she had lived since childhood, so she saw nothing wrong with it.
But…
Knowing Lin Xiaoxue’s personality, she definitely wanted to stay and hang out with them. Yet because of her tutoring session, she had to rush back by helicopter.
It seemed the important thing wasn’t the class, but the person forcing her to attend it…
On the way, the group briefly got to know each other’s identities and situations in the real world.
Because Kevin was driving, they all tacitly avoided any topic related to the Eerie World.
Xu You had traveled all the way from Sichuan to Jingdu, earning living expenses and travel money along the way by fortune-telling.
Chen Lin worked in Jingdu as an e-commerce customer service representative. She lived alone and normally just went back and forth between home and work.
Lin Xiaoxue was from Modu and was currently in her senior year of high school. She had made a special trip over today because she received the Invitation.
Kevin first drove Wei Sen home, then Xu You and Chen Lin. Last of all, Lin Xiaoxue returned to the hotel and took a helicopter back to Modu.
…
Wei Sen returned to her empty home.
That small black sphere had been taken away by CC, and now the clues she could investigate had been cut off.
All she could do was enter the Instance World tonight, clear it as quickly as possible, and then meet that woman again.
As for Li Chang’s corpse, it was useless now. She could only store it in the Secret Space for the time being.
That Black Ball had a tracking function, and it had been inside Li Chang’s heart.
Why the heart? How had it been implanted? When had it been implanted?
And now that Li Chang was dead, would the person behind the scenes know?
Perhaps they were using the Black Ball’s location to track Li Chang’s movements, so every route she had taken with the Black Ball today, they would assume had been Li Chang?
Or could they also tell through the Black Ball whether Li Chang was still alive…
If the person behind the scenes knew Li Chang was dead, then she was in danger.
She had to clear the next Instance and find that woman before danger arrived!
After Wei Sen sorted through everything, she went to shower. By the time she had finished tidying up and lay down, it was already 11:00 p.m.
She, Xu You, and the others had added each other on WeChat and started a group chat. After washing up, she lay down and opened her phone.
[Wei Sen: Are you guys entering an Instance tonight?
Xu You: Definitely!
Chen Lin: I… I want to rest for one night first.
Lin Xiaoxue: I’m going in~
Wei Sen: Did any of you see the security guard?
Chen Lin: Huang Xinze? No.
Wei Sen: Mm.
Xu You: Nope.
Lin Xiaoxue: Me neither.
Xu You: Maybe their hideout got raided and Huang Xinze arrived late.
Lin Xiaoxue: O(∩_∩)O Haha~ Doesn’t that mean he didn’t get the reward?
Xu You: Hahaha!
Wei Sen: @Chen Lin, remember to set an alarm for 3:50. Wait until after four in the morning before you go back to sleep.
Chen Lin: Mm-hmm, got it!
Xu You: Sleep early, everyone. See you in the new Instance!
Lin Xiaoxue: (¦3[▓▓] Good night]
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“Dear passengers, please ensure your seatbelt is securely fastened, seatback is upright, tray table stowed, window shade open, and all electronic devices are switched to flight mode. Thank you!
Please ensure your seatbelt is securely fastened, seatback is upright, tray table stowed, window shade open, and all electronic devices are switched to flight mode. Thank you!”
Wei Sen’s eyes flew open. What came into view was a neat row of seats. In the next second, she felt a sudden sensation of weightlessness.
She looked around again…
The new Instance was actually on an airplane!