Volu 3: High School Arc - Mirror Ga
Looking at the state of the little electric bike, I instantly felt despair.
"Are you okay?"
Lu Haochen's voice ca from behind.
I turned my head sharply and grabbed his collar, trying to lift him up… but I forgot about the height difference.
Even if I raised my hand, it was still hard to lift this guy completely.
Besides, he knew martial arts.
When I tugged at his collar, his arm drew a circle in front of , slashed downward, then bent his knee and dropped his weight like a ton.
I couldn't lift him at all.
The hand holding his collar was blocked back by the large arc of his arm.
I looked at my own hand that had slipped off his collar.
Then looked up into Lu Haochen's eyes.
"Why didn't you grab the bike? Why are you grabbing ?"
"……"
Lu Haochen looked at calmly without saying a word.
Fine, you win.
Damn it.
After staring at him for a while, I felt I might not win the stare-down.
I rubbed my eyes and gave up on the contest.
Of course I knew the right thing to do was to save the bike first.
That would have been the rational choice.
Anyone with a higher level of rationality would definitely go for the bike first.
After all, even if I fell, it would just hurt for a while.
Even if the wind lifted , it couldn’t blow away.
At most I’d fall and tumble a bit.
I had practiced martial arts.
Lu Haochen should have known that.
He should also have known I had dical knowledge.
So even if I fell, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
But the little electric bike couldn’t withstand a fall.
"In a mont like this, you’re still playing the humanitarian card with ? Damn… why did I even let you ride with ?"
"Life is most important. That’s what my master taught ."
Maybe giving in made him a bit proud.
He actually managed to smile.
I endured… endured… I freaking couldn't endure anymore.
"Damn!!!"
I threw a punch without hesitation.
Maybe he wasn't prepared, and I hit him squarely in the face.
But he slightly dodged at the last second.
I didn’t hit his nose but landed on his eye socket.
Imdiately, Lu Haochen staggered back seven or eight steps and fell on his butt.
"What the hell… what are you doing!! I saved you and you hit . Do you even have any sense of reason!?"
Lu Haochen clutched his left eye, the one that got punched, and glared at with his other eye.
"Won don’t need to be reasonable. TikTok taught that!"
Lu Haochen opened his mouth, wanting to say sothing but ended up sighing.
"Sigh…"
I turned away, shaking my sore wrist.
Damn, why was this guy’s face so hard?
I ignored him, glanced at the still burning bike, walked over, picked up the toolbox that hadn’t broken, and strode toward the factory.
Lu Haochen hesitated for a mont.
In the end, he still followed while holding his eye.
No matter what, the city must be extrely dangerous right now.
Forget entering the city.
Even wandering around the suburbs was risky.
I didn’t want Liu Wanqian and Gong Lianyu to notice anything strange about .
So the only solution was to finish this task before entering the city.
The task gave three days.
That’s assuming we could survive that long.
This three-day ti limit was probably ant to give players ti to figure things out.
Once soone figured it out, they would definitely head to the factory.
Of course, the factory had to be dangerous.
No matter what mind ga the APP played, as long as it was a task, it would never be easy.
But if we didn’t go to the factory, we wouldn’t even be able to begin.
Step by step, I walked forward.
The task gave three days.
Right now it didn’t feel terrifying.
But I thought… this must be the APP’s psychological tactic, making players only react to mirror-like surfaces that could reflect images at the start.
Probably later, the pressure would gradually increase.
Three days…
I thought… there was no way anyone could survive the full three days.
This was a rule trap of the task.
In other words, the ga wasn’t about surviving for three days.
It was about finding a solution within those three days.
This APP seed to really enjoy forcing people into dead ends step by step.
And then offering a sliver of hope within that dead end.
I glanced back at Lu Haochen who was following .
If it hadn’t been for his quick reaction, I might’ve entered the city.
Based on my guess, maybe nothing would happen while entering.
But once inside, getting out to look for a solution might not be so easy.
Just thinking about it gave chills.
If the anomaly didn’t stop us from entering, but blocked us from exiting after we were in, it would be the worst-case scenario…
Which would an a direct confrontation with the anomaly.
So… the ga seed to give us three days to survive.
But in reality, the fear would only grow stronger over ti.
And the best chance to clear this task was at the very beginning of the ga?
If at that mont, any of us had turned back to the factory, we might have found clues to clear the task?
Got to say, people who play mind gas are dirty.
And this APP is dirty enough!
Step by step, I kept walking.
Unknowingly, it started raining.
Lu Haochen kept close behind .
Whenever the wind got strong, he would push forward from behind to stop from being blown away.
Hmm… he did have so brains.
In a situation like this, if I was gone, even if he made it back to the factory, it would still be hard to survive.
For first-ti players, surviving usually ca down to luck.
"Lu Haochen…"
"Hmm?"
Against the raging wind, I thought for a mont.
At the very least, I had to teach him so survival thods.
In case sothing really happened, I might need his help.
"Take this. Also, the string around your neck, that substitute doll on it is the sa as this one. Each one can distract an anomaly for five seconds. Use them carefully. At a critical mont, it can save your life."
The reason I gave it to him was because right now, he was my only teammate.
Team dungeon… as the na implies, this should be a task that required cooperation.
And right now, other than Lu Haochen, there was no one else I could rely on.
Besides, once I entered Evil Spirit Form and engaged with the anomaly, maybe he would be the only one able to protect my body.
Actually, during the first ga, I should’ve had a substitute doll too.
But that task ca too suddenly.
There was no ti to prepare.
I didn’t even understand what was happening before I was the first to die.
But it was different for Lu Haochen this ti.
This team task gave him enough preparation ti.
So relatively speaking, he was pretty lucky.
Damn, could this guy be the protagonist of the world?
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