Vol 3. The Grudge
Chapter 1
The third point was more shocking than the other two combined. Everyone stared
at Xuan with craze. After all, anyone who experienced such terrors, no matter how
disappointed with the real world he was, this person would lust for the real world and
not stay to suffer without an end.
Zheng looked at Xuan with doubt, then said carefully. “You plot too much, I am suspicious
of whether you have something up in your sleeves… So, how do we get back
to the real world?”
Xuan smiled calmly. “I am not forcing you to do anything, it’s your freedom to choose
whether you want to go back… Jie, you never looked at the Days exchange category
carefully right? I checked it yesterday and found that not only can you exchange for
days to live in the previous movie worlds, you can also go back to the real world.”
Jie sneered at him. “We don’t need you to tell us. Anyone can go back with 50000
points, do you think we have the points? Are you trying to tease us or what?”
Xuan glanced at him and said. “Did I say that you can go back completely? At where
you exchange regular days, I found a Record function, it recorded Nightmare on
Elm Street 1, Scream 2, Final Destination, Resident Evil, and Alien, these five movies.
Other than the horror movies, there’s also another world, and that is the real world!”
Jie turned pale when he heard these names. He muttered. “Those are all the movies
I experienced, why is there a record? What about the ones before those?”
Xuan shook his head. “There are no records of anything before them. God probably
deleted them. After all you are the only one among us that survived five movies.
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This is not the key point. The key point is you can unlock the these worlds. After you
unlock them, you can go into any of them, including the real world!”
“You use a rank D reward to unlock a world in the records, then you can exchange
for days to live in that world, but you have to spend five times as many points, that
is you have to pay the high price of 50 points a day (10 points a day in the previous
world they just experienced). In order to go back to the real world temporarily, you
need a rank D reward and a lot of points.”
Everyone fell into silence. Jie had already told them about the rarity of the ranked
rewards. If Zheng didn’t exchange his Qi and Vampire bloodline, then he couldn’t
have survived Alien. For something that directly concerned their life, how can anyone
just use it up so easily? Furthermore, not only did you need a rank D reward, you also
needed a lot of points. The cost was too high for just going back for a few days.
Xuan shook his head as they remained in silence. “I don’t have any intention to make
you waste your rewards and points. To temporarily go back to the real world, at least
one of us can go back is an urgent matter. I don’t know if you ever thought about
this world. I have two hypotheses, one is our consciousnesses were transported
here and our bodies are still in front of the computer. Second is our bodies were
transported here along with our consciousnesses. I think you also obtained an info
from your women. No matter how long we stay in the horror movies, when we come
back, only a day has passed in this dimension. In other words, God can control both
space and time. This is…”
“This is like a real god!” That was the only phrase Xuan could come up with to describe
God. He muttered. “Perhaps you don’t feel that this matters too much, being
able to control space and time, to create independent worlds and real living beings,
I can only describe it as a god. This is the important thing I want to say. If only our
consciousnesses are in this world, then the enhances and everything else are just
illusions. This would be like a virtual reality game. Similarly, our bodies will go into a
vegetative state. If we don’t confirm it as soon as possible, then our bodies might be
ruined by other people.”
“Of course, if our bodies were transported here also… then this is the world of a real
god. If so then all these enhancements… they are the infinite possibilities of human
evolution! We just have to survive, then we will be able to become a real god!”
Zheng rubbed his head. “Becoming god is too far away, I think I understand what
you’re trying to convey. If our bodies are in this world, then we can forget about
everything in the real world before we have the points to go back. We just have to
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focus on surviving. But if only our consciousnesses are here, then nothing can be
brought back to the real world, and our bodies are also in danger.”
Xuan snapped his fingers. “Correct. So my suggestion is, we select someone to go
back to the real world, even if it’s only for a day and confirm whether our bodies were
also transported here. This is the most important thing concerning our lives. What
do you think?”
They all agreed with Xuan. Yet Zheng sighed. “Even though I don’t have any reason
nor evidence, but I feel that there’s a trap in your words, as if it’s waiting for us to
jump into it… No, it’s an overt scheme, you tell us everything every time, yet we can
only follow your plans, then you think that I should be the one to go back?”
Xuan nodded, but Jie objected. “Hey, Xuan, why does Zheng have to be the one
to spend the points? If it isn’t for him, we would have all died. Right, Zheng, how
many points did you spent on the body repair? We can exchange something for you
together as a compensation.”
Zheng smiled at Jie. “It’s not necessary, I killed the Queen and got 3000 points after
all. I still have a lot left after the repair… As to why I am the one to go back, it’s because
I am the only one that enhanced Qi and Vampire bloodline. I can confirm whether
these abilities can be brought back, and at the same time, I don’t need the ranked
reward as much as you guys. But you will need them to enhance yourselves.”
After it was decided, Jie suggested everyone help Zheng get a set of equipment. Of
course, he still had to exchange the expensive parts himself. They still got him a bullet
proof vest, a pair of shoes that can reduce the impact from falls, a small submachine
gun, and a progressive knife (Eva).
Each of them got Zheng an item, but that knife was the most expensive, it cost over
600 points. It was something that hadn’t been invented in the real world. Zheng got
more suspicious when Xuan handed the knife to him. He was certain that Xuan was
plotting something.
They met up in Jie’s room for dinner. The precious and rare materials combined
with Nana’s cooking made them eat like a beast. Even Xuan was the same, he was
actually digging at the food more fierce than anyone else.
After dinner, they agreed to meet up 10am the next day and see Zheng off… Even if
it was only temporary, going back to the real world was a wish that they would beg
for. Compared to the terrors, the ordinary world was heaven.
The next day at 10am, everyone stood on the platform in silence. Zheng was com-
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municating with God with his eyes closed. After a while, he looked at his ring. Xuan
asked. “You exchanged something?”
“Yes, I got one cubic meter of platinum. My family isn’t rich. My parents just have
enough from pension. If these things can be brought back to the real world, then
this is the least I can do for them. And Lori’s parents spent a lot of money for her
illness, their financial state hadn’t been too good… Since we have to test it anyway, I
can feel relieved in this world if they can live well.”
Lori stood next to Zheng, when she heard about her parents her eyes turned red.
Lan took out a handkerchief and handed it to her.
Zheng got a hold of Lori’s hand then checked his items. He put the submachine gun,
knife, vest, some left over bandage and hemostasis sprays and the platinum in the
ring. Basically he brought everything he can, now he just needed to confirm whether
these things can be brought back… and that included Lori.
This was also one of the reason he agreed. He wanted to confirm if Lori can go back
to the real world and not just some illusion created by God. Dreams are good but
he will wake up one day. Instead of investing his feelings then get hurt, he rather
face the the problem right now. He needed to know whether all of these were just
illusions.
“Then… lets go!”
Zheng exchanged thirty days of time in the real world. That was 1500 points. He used
10 points for that platinum, and enhanced his muscle density and reaction speed by
100 stat points each. So he had 660 points left.
His current stats were reaction speed 387, muscle density 402, intelligence 187, mental
capacity 232, immunization 331. The two enhanced stats were about four times
stronger than a normal person.
Zheng held onto Lori’s hands tight, he almost couldn’t control his strength. After
communicating with God, he finally exchanged for time in the real world.
Everything in front of him flashed for a moment, then he fell into a half awake state.
Time passed by, perhaps it was just a blink of an eye or perhaps it was took very long.
By the time he woke up he was standing inside an office. This was the place he went
to work in the real world, and beside him…
Lori was smiling with teary eyes. Their hands were still holding onto each other.
Zheng took a deep breath. He looked out the window, this really was the place he
used to work as a manager. The weather was sunny, a flock of pigeons flew by, the
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peaceful atmosphere and the the voices from the streets. This was the world he grew
up in. A place without monsters, Aliens, or T virus, without the endless horrors. The
peaceful world was like heaven.
Suddenly Zheng felt that the real world was so unfamiliar. As if it belonged to his
previous life. After struggling in the horrors, he finally came back reborn.
“I was so scared, scared that I am just an illusion created by that sphere of light. Hehe.
We can actually come back to the real world, makes me relieved now… Pervert, what
are you thinking?”
Zheng shook his head, some information appeared in his brain. This was the information
God gave him. Within the thirty days in the real world, he could not mention
anything pertaining to God’s world, otherwise he, and everything that belonged to
him would be erased.
At the end of thirty days he must come back to this office. God would transport him
back. At the same time he must be in contact with everything that belonged to him.
Otherwise those items would be left in this world. If the item could only be obtained
from God’s world, then it would be erased. If he couldn’t come back to the office, he
would be erased.
“That means I can’t say anything about that place, must come back here in thirty days,
and must be holding onto Lori’s hands.”
Zheng nodded and kept these information to his heart. Then he said. “Let’s go. Lori,
I will bring you to my parents.”
Outside the office were people working busily. Several dozen people were in front
of computer desks, some were having a conversation. As Zheng and Lori stepped
out of the office, many people turned to them. For a moment, the place fell into a
silence.
“Manager Zheng…”
After the silence, people gathered around Zheng and started asking questions. Basically
where he had been these days.
Zheng grabbed a young man he was close with and went toward the elevator. “San,
how long ago had I left the company? What’s the current situation?”
San took out a pack of cigarettes and handed one to Zheng. “Zheng, did something
happen in your family? Why did you leave without a word? At least leave us a message.
No one knew where you were so that bitch fired you for absences. She got her
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boyfriend the position and he’s irritating everyone. If you hadn’t come, we would’ve
quit together..”
Zheng took a smoke and said. “Yes something happened… San, I’ll teach you a trick.
Doesn’t she like to play in her office? Buy a hidden camera and put it in her office.
But don’t go too far, just threaten them… I have to leave now, please take care of my
family if something was to happen. My parents‘s health isn’t that great either, so visit
them once in a while with some friends.”
Before San could reply, Zheng had already stepped into the elevator.
The two sighed after coming out from the building. Zheng was due to having experienced
so much, even though it wasn’t enough to be enlightened but he had changed.
Lori was marveled at the cityscape. Her memories were still from ten years ago, when
the city wasn’t so developed. Shortly after, they merged into a sea of people.
As she was having difficulty getting through the crowd, Zheng picked her up. Lori
blushed but said with a laugh. “Such big changes, if you leave me here alone, I will
get lost within a few minutes. Hehe. Perhaps I will get abducted by human traffickers.”
“I won’t leave you… definitely won’t!”
Her smile got even wider, she almost hanged herself on Zheng and asked. “We only
have thirty days. Uh. Let’s go see your parents first then visit my parents, how’s it?”
Zheng nodded, then he suddenly stopped with a daze. “Shit… we don’t have any
money. I left that jacket with money in Alien… Looks like we have to walk back.”
Nothing was more embarrassing than having a cubic meter of platinum in his ring,
yet he didn’t have the money to take a taxi. They had no choice but to walk to his
parents’ house.
The two arrived by noon. This was a condo style apartment. It looked like an area
for middle class families. As they knocked on the door, an old woman in her fifties
opened the door.
She immediately recognized Zheng and smiled. “Son, why did you come over today?
You weren’t home last Saturday, and your cell says out of service area when I called
you. You went on a business trip? Come in.”
Zheng pulled out Lori from the back and said with a smile. “Mom, look who this is?”
Lori came out coyly. “Hi auntie, I came over to play.”
She was confused for a while then grabbed Lori in shock. She looked her over from
head to toes a few times then yelled. “Honey, come out, honey!”
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Zheng quietly closed the door. The old couple were checking out Lori with excitement.
This made her feel embarrassed yet happy. Even though she was told to not
say anything about where she had been. The old couple called Lori’s parents then
started questioning her. After Lori avoided some questions, they changed the topic.
An hour later, when they were eating lunch. There was rapid knocking on the door.
Zheng’s mother opened it and there stood a couple in their fifties. They rushed to Lori
once they saw her. The woman held onto her and started crying. The man remained
calm yet his eyes were red.
“Ok, ok, make things clear first.” The man grabbed the woman. “Are you really Lori?
That’s impossible, we saw her pass away with our own eyes.”
Then he looked at Zheng. “Is this an actress you hired? Tell me, what’s this about?”
He started shouting by the end of the sentence.
As Lori started crying, and was about to say something. Zheng patted her hand and
said. “Uncle, I wouldn’t use Lori for a joke… I can promise that this is the real Lori,
your daughter, please forgive me that I can not say anything more.”
Before the man can reply, Zheng’s father shouted. “What can’t you say? What is this?
This isn’t your company’s secret, this concerns a life! I am your father, you have to
say it when I order you.”
Zheng shook his head bitterly. “Dad, I understand but I really can’t say anything.
Otherwise we will both die. I promise this is the real Lori you know.”
Zheng’s mother stopped his father from saying anything more. She laughed. “No
matter what, it’s good that the child is back. If she really came back from… it’s true
that they can’t tell us.”
Back from where? Of course hell, people their age tend to believe in superstitions.
Someone that died over ten years ago suddenly appeared in front of you, that her
appearance, her expressions and her tone were exactly the same. Furthermore the
fact that Zheng couldn’t say anything all pointed to this.
Zheng felt relieved. He was worried that he couldn’t explain Lori’s background. Even
though their parents were mistaken, he was happy to accept this mistake.
“Dad, mom, uncle, auntie, we can only stay here for a month. After a month, we will
have to leave.” Zheng told them after they calmed down.
Zheng’s mother started trembling. Her eyes filled with tears. “Son, you wouldn’t
also…”
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Zheng got a hold of her and smiled. “No, mom, I haven’t died. I am still living very
well. Touch my hand, see, it’s warm. I only said that I and Lori will leave… leave for
one or two years. We still have some things to finish. Then we will come back and
never leave again.”
As the women were crying, the men started to comfort them. “Yes, it’s good that
they can come back, why are you still crying? Only one or two more years, we have
waited ten years already. One or two years will pass in the blink of an eye…”
Zheng sighed then walked over to the window and closed the curtains. He activated
the ring and poured everything out on the floor.
He picked up a bar of platinum and smiled. “Rest assured, I will definitely come back
with Lori. These platinum is a specialty of that place. These are very cheap over
there. Uncle and auntie, you weren’t well off these years, Lori had credit in earning
these platinum, so you also take half of them. But be careful when you sell them, do
it one bar at a time.”
Compared to his words, the platinum were more shocking to them. For a while the
living room fell into a silence. No one noticed that a little dot under the knife blinked
once.
Chapter 2
Zheng lay on his bed with his eyes closed, sensing the circulation of his Qi.
It had been twenty nine days since he came back to the real world. These days were
the most peaceful days ever since he entered God’s world.
During the day, he either took walks with his parents, or went shopping with Lori. As
for the platinum, he sliced them to little pieces with his knife and sold most of them.
This money would be enough for the two families to lead well off lives for the next
dozens of years. These days were also the most relaxing and comfortable days. If
the worries of God’s world were gone, days like these were like living in heaven.
Yet that sword of Damocles felt so close. Once the thirty days of happiness were over,
he had to continue on with the trials in God’s world. He would have to face monsters
like Aliens, or zombies everywhere like in Resident Evil, perhaps they would be devils
or ghosts. Once he was back in God’s world, he would be facing against death!
That’s why even in these thirty days he still practiced his Qi everyday. Every night he
practiced using the knife, this was the only method that he could think of.
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Having Qi in addition to four times a normal person’s strength and reaction speed
made him reach an unimaginable height. He could beat over ten strong men within
a minute, even if they were special agents he could eventually win. And he wouldn’t
get injured too much. Of course this was under the assumption that neither side used
any weapons.
Zheng was not skilled in guns. He could keep his accuracy within fifty meters but
once distances increased or the target’s speed was too fast, his accuracy would go
downhill. He was strongest in close combat.
Especially now that he had the progressive knife. Even though the knife looked bland,
totally black, about thirty centimeters long, and created using indinstinguishable materials,
just a light swing could slice through metal like it was air.
He didn’t feel any friction when he was slicing the platinum. The only weakness was
if the target was too big and the knife got stuck inside it. The knife would stop its
vibration and became just like a normal knife.
Other than familiarizing himself with using the knife, he practiced the application of
Qi. Aside from using it to increase power and speed, he focused it on a body part
and increase defense temporarily or if he focus all of it on his hand, he could throw
a bar with more power than without. Though every time he practiced it, he would
remember that spacecraft…
Aside from these improvements, he also tested combining Qi and blood energy. He
only successfully used blood energy once when he was not in unlocked mode.
“Still couldn’t do it.”
Zheng shook his head, he had tested it for a few days, yet that blood energy never
moved out of his head. Though his Qi had increased a little bit from the training. Just
like the description said, Qi could also increase from training. If he had enough time
he could become like the characters in Wuxia novels.
A knock on the door followed by a little girl’s voice. “Pervert, are you still not up? You
said you would bring me to take a look at school.”
Zheng got off the bed and opened the door. A girl rushed in then checked the whole
room. “What are you looking at?”
“Woman.” Lori frowned. “It happens a lot in movies. When a man is late at opening
the door, then there’s a woman in his room, or a woman’s number on his phone.”
“Where did you see such boring movies? Those are just the director’s imaginations.
Men in the real world wouldn’t be so careless.”
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“From the way you talked, it seems like you really were talking to a woman on the
phone, just that I am not aware of it?”
Zheng embraced her. “How can that be possible, I don’t even have a phone. You
checked my stuff every time you came over… Ok, stop acting so jealous. We will go
have breakfast then I will take you to our high school.”
She smiled. “I’m only jealous because I know you don’t have a phone. If I find any of
those women from your past in your room, then…”
Zheng knew not to reason with women, especially when they’re this young. They
walked out of the room. He had been living in his parents’ house these days. The
four parents were in the living room chatting and laughed when they saw Zheng and
Lori came out.
Lori blushed then grabbed Zheng’s hand and ran toward the door. “Lori, eat breakfast
first.”
“No, auntie, we are going to eat in the school’s cafeteria. We can make it in time for
lunch now. Dad, mom, we will come back at night.”
Once outside the building, she said. “It’s all your fault, they were laughing at me.
They probably knew what happened between us. It feels so embarrassing. How am
I going to face them again?”
Zheng smiled and was about to reply, then his heart clenched. He was so familiar
with this feeling, he experienced it a few times in Alien. This was a premonition of
danger.
Without hesitation, he picked up Lori then ran to the side and stopped a taxi. It wasn’t
until the taxi started moving did he feel relieved. But his back was already soaked in
sweat.
Lori held onto his hand and said. “What happened just now?”
Zheng shook his head. “I don’t know. For a moment I felt something had locked onto
me. It felt dangerous, like… aim, yes, it was like a sniper rifled aimed at us!”
On top of a tall building not far from them, several people with a sniper rifle on hand
shook their heads. One talked to his communication device. “Target got in a car,
license plate… His senses are sharp, I suspect that he might be a special agent from
another country. He noticed when we just locked onto him. He’s also very strong,
we will proceed with plan two.”
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On the backseat of the taxi. Zheng had already calmed down. He started recalling all
the possible enemies, the most probable were local mafias because he sold several
millions worth of platinum these days. Even though he used a middleman, it was
still possible that the mafias found out about him. Though there’s one problem, why
would the mafias have sniper rifles? This was China, not the US!
China was very strict with gun controls. So it was almost impossible for mafias to
have any high end weapons, especially this type of long distance firearms. The government
wouldn’t allow it.
Then who else could it be? A party belonging to the government? Why? Was it
because of the platinum? A few millions of platinum startled the government? That
would only happen if this country’s population was under a million!
Zheng punched through the seat in front of him. The taxi driver was shocked when
he saw that fist.
Lori got a hold of his arm and shouted. “What happened? Pervert, what happened?
Stop hiding it fro me.”
Zheng forced a smile. “It’s ok, Lori. I’m here. It’s just that we probably can’t say good
bye to our parents. Once the clock reach 12am, thirty days are over… Lori, do you
believe me?”
She was about to cry but she still nodded her head.
“Then no matter what happens, you have to believe that I won’t leave you behind.
No matter what!”
Zheng didn’t even know who the enemy was, why they attacked him. Was it a misconception?
Did they attack him… or was it Lori?
Today was the last day in this world. Zheng tried his best to plan his actions. Should
he find a place to hide until 12 then run straight to the office, or should he hide right
under the office building? No matter what, he must be there with Lori at 12, otherwise
they would be erased once the clock ticked past 12.
As Zheng was pondering anxiously, the taxi was stuck in a traffic jam. He didn’t pay
much attention at first, because this was a busy area. Yet as the taxi creeped forward,
he saw a temporary barricade in the front. At the same time, several police officers
came over to their window.
Zheng quickly cooled down. He held onto Lori’s hand as if nothing happened. He
looked like a white collar worker and combined with the distress Lori was showing,
they seemed just like normal people.
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A few policemen looked through the window. Two of them went to check the license
then quickly ran back. The others’ expression suddenly changed and pulled out their
guns.
Zheng’s left hand twitched. He was about to take out the sub machine gun but then
he saw those policemen pointed their guns at the taxi driver instead. He put down
his left hand.
The taxi driver was baffled. First a young man punched through the seat, he had
been scared to say a word, and now so many guns were pointing at him. Was today
his unlucky day?
The police opened the door and dragged the driver out. Then handcuffed his hands
while quickly searched his body.
“We apologize for disturbing you. This driver is a wanted criminal.” One of the police
walked over to Zheng’s window then showed him his ID.
Zheng let out a sigh of relief, yet he still felt a bit of unease. He smiled camly. “Thanks
to you all, otherwise he might have robbed us in the car… can we leave now?”
The police smiled along. “Of course, but please follow us to record some notes. This
is a civilian’s responsibility. Are you two fine with this?”
Zheng had no choice but got off the car with Lori. Then that police led them over to
a police van. “I won’t get in with you. Just one of you get in to record some notes
then you can leave.” Then he turned around and walked away.
Zheng watched as the police walked ten meters away, then said to Lori. “I will go
inside, you wait here for a bit… I might have been oversensitive. That sniper might
have been aiming at that driver. We will go check out our high school later.” Then he
walked into the van.
The van was rather dark. As his eyes were adjusting to the darkness, his heart suddenly
clenched again. A few guns appeared through the darkness almost simultaneously.
One gun was even touching his head.
“Don’t move! Not even a bit, otherwise we don’t mind discloating your joints!”
As that person was talking, the door of the van suddenly closed shut. It wasn’t until
now that Zheng saw the six people in the car. Five of them were pointing at him with
a gun, no, all six of them were, just that the last one was putting his gun on Zheng’s
head.
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Two men walked toward him. One pressed Zheng against the floor and searched his
body, while the other scanned his body with a device. After a while, they stood up.
“Sir, no weapons!”
The person behind Zheng put away the gun and said. “Li, drive to the police station.
And ask have they finished setting up isolation of the interrogation room.”
One person nodded then walked to the driver’s area. Two people were still pointing
a gun at Zheng.
(…Can’t, the space inside the car is too small, it’s easy to get hit.)
Zheng got up from the floor, and asked coldly. “Why do you have to arrest me? Who
are you?”
The person behind Zheng sat down on a seat. He was about twenty nine, and you
could easily tell he was in the army from the way he sat. He replied coldly. “We
are both smart people. Don’t try to send out any information. This car has been
completely isolated, electronic signal isolation device, this was an invention by the
Colonel Chu Xuan you kidnapped. Don’t tell me you don’t know. We are group 1 of
social security. Then who are you?”
(Social security? Damn you Xuan! This is a plot!)
Ever since Zheng’s intelligence increased to 187, his thought process had became
more sensitive. He could quickly make out some questions.
Yes, Xuan probably set him up. Even though he didn’t know how Xuan notified the
government.
That person took a look at Zheng, he thought Zheng was going to confess and
smiled. “Understand now? Yes, about twenty days ago, we received the GPS signal
of Colonel Chu Xuan’s watch. But it appeared on and off. It wasn’t until a few days
ago that we locked onto you. During these few days of surveillance, we couldn’t find
any traces of Colonel. The only possibility is he was moved but he left his watch on
you. Then do you want to tell me now? Who infitrated into the base and kidnapped
Colonel Chu Xuan, who was the traitor that assisted from inside? Who are you serving
for?”
Zheng kept his mouth shut. He was trying to figure out how Xuan sent the message.
It being on and off was a hint, but why? The only possibility was the signal was
isolated or interfered. Then it must be something in his ring. It was not the platinum,
Xuan never touched them. The only other thing that he took out regularly was… the
progressive knife! The weapon Xuan exchanged for him!
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The other person saw that Zheng kept his mouth shut. He closed his eyes and said. “I
can tell you… Colonel Chu Xuan knows of several advance technologies. The nation’s
interest is above everything else. Since you forgot about your country, we won’t let
you off too easily… There is a neruological drug that can make you answer everything
we want to know, even though you will become an idiot afterward. But this is your
punishment!”
Zheng was still crouched. He placed his left hand in the shadow and took off the
ring. He quickly hid it in his mouth, behind his teeth when he got up. “What about
her? The girl outside the van?”
“She? We also found her files, but the files state that she had been dead for ten
years. She still looks like a fifteen year old. Heh. That is a powerful party you serve
for, secretly brought her away and trained her for ten years. When she came back,
her face didn’t even change a bit. She will also be there in the interrogation room.”
Zheng was relieved. “When are you going to inject the drug into me? Today? Tomorrow?”
That person opened his eyes and looked at Zheng carefully. “Heh. You are actually
loyal for a traitor for just a few million dollars worth of platinum. Our interrogators are
waiting for you, if you don’t tell the truth by tomorrow… you will live the rest of your
life as an idiot.”
There was still chance! He still had a chance to escape!
After experiencing the horror movies, Zheng was no longer a normal white collar. He
was stronger than a normal person, he had experience fighting against death, and
most importantly, he was determined to live!
Zheng quickly judged the current situation. One, he must go back to the office by
twelve, otherwise he and Lori would die. Two, he must not say anything about God’s
world.
As to why did these people only bringing him to the local police station, that was
because they were also racing against the clock. They thought that Xuan was moved
to another location. They wouldn’t let a high end talent that knew so much advanced
technology go into the hands of another country. In other words, they needed to find
out Xuan’s whereabout as soon as possible.
The time was about 12pm. Zheng remember it was almost 11 when they left the house.
Then it should be about 12 by now. He had twelve hours between now and midnight.
He must go back to the office with Lori during this time.
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But he couldn’t go back too early. He was only one person, even though his close
combat ability was stronger than normal people, he wasn’t a superman. He didn’t
think he could defend in the office for too long.
So the best way was to get to the office when it was close to 12. This was the only
way he could live!
The van slowed down after ten minutes. Zheng asked. “Was there someone aiming
at me with a sniper rifle back at my house?”
That person nodded. “That’s correct. We planned to knock you out with anesthesia
bullets. You and the girl will lose consciousness instantly and wouldn’t be able to
send out any messages. But your senses are sharp, that’s why we had to set all this
up to capture you. In fact, that taxi driver is just a normal civilian.”
When he was getting off the car, that person handcuffed his hands on his back. “This
handcuff can also absorb electronic signals. No one’s coming to save you.”
Zheng smiled. He recognized the surrounding area, this police station was about an
hour away from the office. If he had a car, it would only take twenty minutes.
(The escape time is… 11:20pm)
Suddenly, Zheng sensed murderous intents from at least three sources. One from
inside the van, one from inside the police station, and one on top of a building. If he
acted in any way strange, he would probably get shot in the next second.
Without any choice, he had to follow that person into the police station. On the third
floor was an interrogation room separated by a glass wall. Anyone who watched
movies would know there were people watching him behind the glass.
(I have to endure this.)
Zheng shut his eyes and concentrated on his Qi. The only worry he had was Lori,
he hoped nothing would happen to her… Otherwise he would kill Xuan after he goes
back!
A few moments later, some people came into the room and started lecturing Zheng
on nationalism and his future. They also pointed out they would inject him with the
drug and hoped he could spit out everything before it. The government would forgive
people that were willing to redeem themselves.
Zheng heard about police brutality, yet these people weren’t using any kind of force.
They just kept lecturing him until another person came in and said something to the
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others in a low voice. Zheng could only make out the words ‘platinum’ ‘room’ ‘search’.
His heart clenched, they probably searched his parents’ house.
“Zheng Zha, you should understand that the drug will put your brain into a chaos.
There’s a possibility that we can’t get anything out of you, that’s why we’ve been
trying to persuade you. If you don’t cooperate, we have no choice but to use the
drug…”
Zheng interrupted him. “How will you treat my parents?”
Those people smiled. Zheng remained silent the whole time. This was the first time
he spoke. “We won’t do innocent people injustice, but that depends on how well you
tell the truth…”
Zheng said calmly. “Give me a watch. I have to think about it carefully. And don’t use
the drug on that girl. She doesn’t know where we meet. If you do a anything to her,
I would rather kill myself than tell you Xuan’s whereabout… He’s still in this city, we
won’t move him until the day after tomorrow. I will give you an answer within today.”
Those people looked at each other, then one person nodded. He took off his watch
and handed it to Zheng. “You must give us a reply today. If we don’t receive your
reply by 12 midnight, we can only use the drug on you.”
Zheng didn’t say anything more. He looked at the time, 6:40pm. The interrogation
time went faster than he expected.
He held onto the watch and shut his eyes. They took everything from him when he
entered the room, even the buttons on his shirt. Luckily he hid the ring in his mouth.
7pm…8pm…9pm…10pm…11pm…
Those people came in to check him a few times already. As 12pm was approaching,
Zheng suddenly stood up and asked. “Where is the girl? Have you use the drug on
her yet?”
About ten seconds later, he heard through the speakers. “She’s doing well. We didn’t
use any drug on her and even gave her dinner on time.”
Zheng shook his head. “I need to see her. If she’s fine, then I will tell you Xuan’s
whereabout immediately. I will also cooperate and assist you in rescuing him, and
tell you who the traitor is.”
Another ten seconds passed. “Ok, we can fulfill your request. She’s in this police
station…”
11:20pm… Zheng looked at his watch, then he circulated his Qi throughout his body.
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A few minutes later, several soldiers opened the door and Lori ran into the room. She
held onto Zheng and started crying.
“Lori, don’t move, listen to me… no matter what happens, don’t let go of me, understand?”
Zheng took out his ring as Lori was blocking their view. He activated the ring and the
knife appeared in his left hand… then slashed at the door.
Chapter 3
The progressive knife’s sharpness was unparalleled, it easily slashed through the
door. Zheng kicked at and sent both the door and the two people outside flying. At
the same time he took out the bullet proof vest and sub machine gun.
This bullet proof vest was also a high tech item, it could expand to accommodate any
person’s body. Zheng wore the vest over both him and Lori, bounding on his back.
He had the knife on his right hand and submachine gun on his left. Then ran toward
the exit.
The other side of the interrogation room was in a chaos. They all saw Zheng took
stuff out of thin air. If it was only a knife, he could had hidden it somewhere, but
what about that vest and submachine gun? The people from social security weren’t
garbage, how could they not had found those items on him?
Zheng was checking the knife carefully as he ran. He found a dot on the bottom of
the knife blinked. It was something the size of a rice when he reached for it. He
threw it on the ground and hated Xuan for it.
As he stepped into the hall, footsteps of people running came from the other end.
He sprayed at it with the gun without hesitation. Then ran toward stairs leading to
third floor. The footsteps were forced to stop from the spray.
Zheng was running fast, the air had became thick and dense. He reached the stairs
and jumped down. Lori immediately screamed but closed her mouth right away.
He landed on the ground steadily then jumped down on on the next stairs. Gun shots
came right as he jumped and hit where he was standing.
The number of people increased on the second floor, but Zheng didn’t pause for a
moment. He jumped from one floor to the next. His speed was so much faster than
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those chasing. A few minutes later he was out of the police station. The moment he
stepped outside, a bullet brushed against his left leg and left a deep trail on it.
“Sniper?”
That sense of danger was at its height. Zheng was using his strength and Qi at their
limit. Bullets kept passing by his sides yet not one actually hit him.
He didn’t dare to even pause for a bit and ran through the main road in a curved line.
His company building was straight ahead in this road. The office was his only hope!
The police station was in a chaos by now. Numerous police ran toward the garage,
people shouting at their communication device. Then someone suddenly saw a blink
on the ground. If the corner wasn’t kind of dark, he wouldn’t had noticed it.
He ran over and picked up that rice size thing. A few gathered around him in a
pleasant surprise. “Hurry, hurry get people from the technology department over!
Colonel Chu Xuan left his positioning device! There must be messages left by him…”
Zheng wasn’t aware of what happened in the police station. When he got thousand
meter away, gun shots stopped. Yet he still ran in a curved line for several hundred
meters. Then he stopped a car.
“Are you fucking looking to die…” A yellow haired teenager was driving, with a pretty
girl on the passenger seat.
Zheng sprayed at the ground with his gun then pointed it at the teenager. “Get off!”
The teenager grabbed the girl and jumped off the car without a word. Just as Zheng
got in the driver’s seat and brought Lori to his front, a bullet shot through the back
and front windows of the car.
He stepped on the acceleration pedal then punched the front window. The sound of
police siren came from behind. When he took a look at the back, there were at least
ten police cars chasing him. As well as people shooting at him.
The yellow haired teenager and girl was in shock. It wasn’t until the police cars had
gone by did she shouted. “God, it’s a gun fight, a real gun fight, it’s so cool…” The
teenager was about to exclaim when three helicopters flew over them.
Zheng’s mind was concentrating intensely. All that’s left in his mind was the road
ahead. The car was running faster and faster, driving pass other cars on the road.
Yet the police cars were following closely, not giving him any chance. The number of
cars chasing increased as the chase went on, he also saw the three helicopters on
the sky.
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“Shit, is Xuan really that valuable? So many people…”
Zheng mumbled bitterly, but before he could finish the sentence, a bullet shot
through his left hand. The bullet came from one of the helicopters. For a while he
lost control of the driving wheel and almost hit the guardrail.
Zheng clenched his teeth and held on tight with his left hand. Even though his capitate
bone was broken, he could still perform simple actions like holding onto the
wheel. His other was hand was holding onto Lori.
The sniper fired a few more shots but they all missed due to the speed of the car.
They were not aiming for the tires. If the car was to turn over at such speed, the
people inside would definitely die.
The car was approaching the company building, it was just one turn away. But before
Zheng could get excited, dozens of police cars blocked the street ahead.
“Lori…” Zheng said calmly.
“Eh?” Lori kept her head in Zheng’s chest the whole time, she couldn’t see what’s
happening.
“Lori… We won’t die! We won’t! Whether in the real world or in the movies… We will
live!”
“Ah!!!”
Zheng lowered his head and stepped on the acceleration pedal. The car was running
at its limit. It kept going despite bullets hitting on its body. With a loud bang, the
car bumped through three police cars and broke through the barricade. Though its
speed also slowed down. The sniper on the helicopter immediately pulled the trigger
and shot its tire. The car slided several thousand meters then hit the guardrail.
Zheng’s head also hit the driving wheel. The wheel was smashed to pieces, and
scratched a huge wound on his head. He recovered from the concussion in just
a second then slashed the door with the knife. Zheng kicked the door away and
immediately followed by a round of gunshots.
Without thinking, he carried Lori on his back, grabbed the submachine gun and ran
out of the car. After spraying a few rounds at the police, he ran toward the company’s
building. The building was in sight, about a thousand meter away.
At the same time, a bunch of researchers in the police station. “It’s decrypted, the
password was Colonel Chu Xuan’s personal password!”
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Xuan was talking on the monitor, and the printer connected to this computer was
printing blueprints non stop. Yet no one even took a look at those blueprints. They
were all staring at Xuan in shock. After the file ended, several researchers ran to the
blueprints and started going through every page.
“Real, it’s real, all real! Haha…”
“Yes, it’s all real! This is the Gauss long distance canon! The thing Wang couldn’t
finish during his lifetime…”
“This is the composition list of high efficient battery. It really exists! Li, you died too
early…”
As the researchers were laughing and crying at the same time, someone shouted.
“Shit, get in contact with the front line, get everyone back! Don’t shoot another bullet…
And find a reason to send those four old people back, and…”
At this time Zheng had ran about a hundred meters away from the car. Just as he
crossed a guardrail, a bullet shot through his left leg and made him roll on the ground.
Then another bullet shot through his right leg.
(Can’t die… Can’t die! I can’t die!)
Zheng screamed and that feeling of something within him unlocked appeared. He
immediately shut off the pain from his legs and started running on all fours like an
animal. That speed was even much faster than a regular person running. Not only
that, he also became more sensitive to danger. He would start dodging before a shot
was fired. That speed and the way he was running shocked the snipers.
He was getting closer to the building, yet because the door was tightly shut at this
time, he needed to break open it. This would require him to stop for a second. One
second was enough for a sniper to headshot him. He wasn’t sure if they were attempting
to capture him alive, but he couldn’t take the risk.
“Ah!!!”
Zheng’s eyes turned red. He didn’t have the time to worry anymore. As he reached
the door, he jumped over four meters high and slashed at it. At the same time Zheng
felt an impact.
People in the helicopters were not only shocked, they were horrified. If you suddenly
see someone jump four meters high, you would feel shocked and horrified. They
watched as Zheng rolled into the building. Only one person fired a shot and hit
Zheng on the back.
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Zheng immediately got up from the ground and ran toward the emergency exit.
“We made it, Lori, we made it… We can definitely survive, we won’t… Lori?”
Zheng suddenly noticed something wrong with Lori. He brought her from his back
to the front, then stopped dead. Lori’s waist was soaked with blood. It happened to
be an area the vest didn’t cover. The bullet shot through her from the back. When
he brought her to the front, the bullet fell off.
Lori tried her best to open her eyes. Her pale face broke into a smile. “Pervert, hurry
and run, you don’t want to carry Lori anymore?”
Tear streamed down Zheng’s face. Lori’s face as though turned into that of ten years
ago, when her hair all fell off, when she was skinny as a skeleton, yet she kept this
same smile, calling him the same pervert, and he… didn’t want to lose her a second
time.
Even though Zheng’s heart had broken inside, he still carried Lori and sprinted upstairs.
“Lori, talk to me, don’t stop talking to me… don’t fall asleep, Lori, you promised
to stay by my side until our hair turn to silver, I kept our promise and survived, so
don’t break your promise again… please, live on with me!”
“But what should I say? I’m so sleepy, pervert, I want to sleep… want me to sing you
a song?”
Zheng was running faster and faster then, pah! His left leg snapped at the point
of the gunshot. Unprepared for it, he fell backward and rolled down the stairs. He
embraced Lori in his arms to protect her from the fall.
Luckily Zheng was only up a few steps in this set of stairs and the fall didn’t cause
much injury. He got up as soon as he landed then bounded Lori on his back with the
vest. He started climbing the stairs using both his hands and legs. Yet dragging that
broken leg slowed his speed in half.
Zheng clenched his teeth, raised the knife and slashed at his left leg. He was still in
the unlocked mode, the muscles on the cut off point squeezed together to stop the
bleeding. Zheng continued climbing up the stairs.
~~~
Lyrics
“Childhood”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRKTOZmX2cE
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~~~
Lori’s singing echoed by his ears, yet that song felt so sentimental. Tear had blurred
his vision. His nails soon flipped and torn under the intense climbing, left his hands
looking bloody and horrifying.
Her voice was getting weaker and weaker. Zheng screamed like an animal. He
sprint toward the floor of his office and tackled at the door. The office was bright
as in daylight despite that none of the lights were on. The brightness came from a
computer screen. Zheng raised his head and looked forward. Outside the windows
floated several helicopters. They were probably attracted by the brightness also. As
soon as they saw Zheng, the snipers aimed their rifles at him. Almost simultaneously,
their communication device rang.
“… Yes, sir. They… disappeared!”
The same half awaken staten. When Zheng regained consciousness, he saw the
people in front of him looking surprised. They were Jie, Lan, Zero, and… Xuan!
He carried Lori and shouted to God. “God, hurry and heal her injuries…”
Jie suddenly shouted. “Wait, wait!”
He ran over and took over Lori. “God, heal her injuries and deduct the points from
me!”
Zheng was still in shock but Jie shouted. “Hurry and heal your own injuries. I know
you don’t have too many points left. If your points are negative you will get erased!
Hurry and heal your injuries!”
He watched as a beam of light shone down on Lori. She immediately floated to midair,
her pale face started to gain back color. “God, heal my injuries!”
The repair process took Zheng over 400 points. His left leg also grew back. Lori had
been waiting for him on the ground. Once he landed on the ground, she jumped into
his arms.
”Lori… stand behind me.
Zheng smiled at her then charged at Xuan with the knife. Only Zero reacted in time,
he threw Xuan to the ground but that knife still took an arm off Zero.
Jie immediately got a hold of Zheng and shouted. “Zheng! You gone mad? What are
you doing to your own people?”
“Our own people? Fuck! I spent the points and reward to go back for everyone but do
you know what he did? He put the positioning device from his watch in this knife! You
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know why I came back like this? I was chased back! The social securities arrested
me, I struggled to come back at the last second! Do you still think he counts as one
of us?”
Everyone looked at Xuan. He got up from the floor as if nothing happened. “Is that
so? Then my conjectures are correct…”
Zheng kicked at his chest and knocked him over ten feet away. Blood gushed out of
Xuan’s mouth.
“Fuck!” Zheng screamed. “Is my life so worthless? Just for your stupid conjectures?
And we were even allies, I risked my life in the last movie! Is this how you pay someone
back? I will kill you now!”
Jie tried to hold him back, but Zheng was so much stronger than him. As Zheng
walked toward Xuan, Lan shouted. “You want to kill Lori? Killing someone will cost
you 1000 points. Do you have 1000 points now? You can kill yourself if you want to
but why do you have to drag her along?”
Zheng stopped his steps, his face looked less crazy but still hideous. “Xuan, I don’t
know how long the social security will lock up my parents. I won’t kill you but I will
cut off your limbs. You can repair them but I will do it again! You will either starve to
death or get erased because you can get into the circle of light!”
Xuan sat up and brushed off the blood on his mouth. He said calmly. “What about
the positioning device? You threw it away?”
“Of course, do you think I will bring it back to you?”
Xuan nodded. “Then I can promise that nothing will happen to your parents. In fact
the positioning device can also store a limited amount of information. I entered the
existence of this world and also exchanged blueprints of some advanced technologies.
If you left the positioning device in the real world, they will release your parents
and even give them better care. This I can promise.”
Zheng had started to calm down a bit. He said coldly. “How can I trust you? And why
did you do this? Why do you do this even if it breaks our alliance? If you don’t give
me a reason, I will cut off your limbs!”
Xuan smiled calmly. “Good, then listen to my reasons… I have three reasons that I
want to do this.”
“First, to test whether the ‘Real World’ you go to is the original world we were from.
Because since God can create the horror worlds, that real world may also be a virtual
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world. The only way to prove it is if something you are unexpected of happens. Just
like I put the positioning device on your knife. You don’t know about this. Only the
military base from my memory can receive signal from that device. If you came back
without a scratch, that means the real world you went to was created by God. But
if you encountered people from the social security, then that is the actual real world.
Judging from your injuries, we entered God’s World with our body. That also means
the things we exchanged and our body enhancements can also be brought back.
This is the first point I want to prove.”
“Second, I think God probably gave you some limitation when you go back. Can you
tell us the limitations?”
Zheng replied coldly. “Yes, first you can’t tell anyone about God’s World in any way.
Second, I must go back to where you were transported at a fixed time, like I pressed
YES in front of my computer, so I must go back there in thirty days. Third, you must
be in contact with everything that belonged to you. Otherwise those items would
be left in the real world. If the item could only be obtained from God’s world, then it
would be erased.”
Xuan adjusted his glasses. “As expected, almost identical to my speculation. Can’t
tell the other world about God’s World? Yet I haven’t been erased, so my second
reason is God doesn’t have the ability to think. It is just a super computer that’s
running a program!”
“Because I got you to bring the positioning device to the real world when you weren’t
aware of it. You don’t know the information it contained, yet it revealed the existence
of God’s World. According to the rules, the one disclosing this information will be
erased, but I am still here. That means this rule only applies to people returned to
the real world. I was still in God’s World so even if I disclosed the information, nothing
will happen. Similarly, because you don’t know anything about me doing it, you didn’t
get erased. Therefore I can assert that God doesn’t have the ability to think. It will
only follow a set of rules. It is only a super computer and not an organism with thinking
ability!”
Zheng shouted. “So what? I don’t care if it’s a computer or what, because of your set
up, we almost lost our lives! Just for your conjectures?”
Xuan ignored him and continued. “Once you know it’s a program, then we can get
around its limitation for many things. It will be the same in horror movies… It’s pointless
saying this to you. The third reason, I wish to bring some advanced technologies
back. If the first two conjectures are sound, then the government should have those
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blueprints. They should have also received my message. In my message, I told them
to find some special agents and hypnotize them to be disappointed with life. Then
stay in front of the computers all day long. This way we might get some special
agents in our team and will increase our chance of survivability by a lot…”
“Sorry that got you in danger. This was off from my speculation. I thought they could
find you earlier. Once they found the positioning device on the knife, you can come
back safely… This is my fault. If you still want to kill me, go ahead, I won’t resist.”
Xuan stood there calmly after saying all this. Yet Zheng hesitated, then he threw the
knife on the ground. “Fuck! If you let me know these earlier, it’s not like I don’t love
my country, I will bring the positioning device back. I hate how you set up your allies,
don’t you have any normal emotions in your thinking?”
Xuan replied calmly. “I can’t tell you anything beforehand. If you have these details in
your memory, then God can erase you according to your memory, because this can
be a way of you sending out the message. It must be done when you are completely
unaware of everything.”
Zheng took a deep breath. “I can’t trust you anymore! No matter how dangerous the
next movie is, we will terminate our alliance! Don’t ever set me up again, otherwise I
will kill you with my own hands! I promise!”
Zheng took Lori’s hand and walked back to his room in silence. Jie and Lan both
sighed and went to their rooms. The only ones left in the platform were Zero repairing
under a light beam and Xuan… He picked up the knife then walked back to his room
in silence…
Chapter 4
“Enter the beam within thirty seconds. Target locked, starting transportation to The
Grudge.”
Five people, no, it was five people and Arnold standing inside the beam.
That same half awake state, by the time they woke up, they were inside a very normal
room. The floor was covered with tatami (rice straw mat), the rooms were divided by
shoji (paper door). By the style and decorations of this room, this was a Japanese
house.
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The five of them immediately counted the people on the floor. The result terrified
them. There were fifteen newbies, including the five of them would make the difficulty
reach twenty.
The more people there were, the more difficult the movie was. In Alien, fifteen people
caused God to change the plot and almost wiped them out. And this time, the number
of people reached the maximum allowed.
Jie fell on the floor and mumbled. “The Grudge, it’s The Grudge, and it’s The Grudge
with twenty people difficulty… we are…”
Lan recovered from the shock and ran over to the window. This was a residential
house. She was looking outside from the second floor, but if she were to look at the
house from outside, this house was exactly the same as the one in the movie.
Lan turned around with a pale face and said to Xuan. “You’re probably not experienced
in this type of movies, let me analyze it this time?”
Xuan nodded silently.
Some newbies had started to wake up, but Lan didn’t pay much attention to them.
She began to explain the concept of a Ju on (curse).
“A Ju on is when a person filled with grudge dies, that grudge becomes a curse. This
curse usually lingers at the place where the person lived. Once someone enters this
place, this person will be killed by the curse. The cursed place in this movie… is this
house!”
Lan touched her forehead and continued. “Once someone gets cursed in this movie,
that person will definitely die. Perhaps after a few days, or a few weeks, the ghost
will kill that person eventually!”
Zheng sighed. “You’re saying we have all been cursed? Once the movie starts, we
can get killed anytime?”
Lan forced a smile. “Yes… this is the type of movies that can’t be explained with
science. We don’t have any means to analyze how the ghost kills, we don’t even
know how to avoid them… Then what can be our mission?”
They looked at their watches at the same time. Their mission was to survive seven
days. There was also another option, killing the main body of Kayako once will be
rewarded with a rank B reward and 5000 points!
“A rank B reward and 5000 points?” Jie jumped up from the tatami and shouted
excitedly. “Shit, that’s worth risking our lives. We just have to complete this one then
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we can do whatever we want.”
That lighten up the stressful atmosphere. Zheng laughed. “You really think it would
be easy? Think how scary the Queen was and everyone only got a rank D reward,
and I got an extra 3000 points. Kayako must be even scarier.”
The five of them fell into silence again…
It had been nine days since Zheng returned to God’s World. He almost hadn’t spoken
a word to Xuan since then. He spent the time discussing combat techniques with Jie
and Zero, and training to use guns and other survival skills. It wasn’t until right before
they were about to enter the third movie did Xuan came up to him. He handed them
each a cellphone looking device.
“One each, they can communicate without getting interfered by satellite signals. Maximum
distance is 50 kilometers. I think this should be useful in a team.”
Xuan also barely spoke with anyone since then. He spent his time making this device
and a large amount of bullets. To everyone’s curiosity, he spent the rest of his points
in magical bullets. These bullets looked the same as normal ones but had rune words
carved on the shells.
Without rhyme and reason, the rest of them, including Zheng, also exchanged a large
amount of magical bullets. This was the cheapest item that can damage spiritual
monsters, and it could be used in any gun. Zheng stored a cubic meter of bullets in
his ring. In contrast, he only got a few armor piercing shells.
The people without a Na ring exchanged tactical backpacks and stocked them with
hemostasis sprays, bandage, antidotes, rations, solidified water in capsules, and a
winter jacket. These things spent every point they had. Since some people had
more points than others, Zheng had to fill the gaps with his points.
Zheng sat on the tatami in silence as he watched Lan explain the rules to the newbies.
He recalled the plot of this movie in his mind.
The Grudge was a trilogy. He had actually watched this famous movie within the past
few days. He could still recall the details vividly. The most unforgettable thing was
no one survived the Ju on.
The plot started with Kayako loving a man in secret during college. Yet due to her
unsocial personality, she could only stare at him from a distance and write her feelings
down in diary. That man wasn’t aware of Kayako and dated another woman at the
same time. He married that woman shortly after, but it left Kayako with hatred.
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Then Kayako went through a serious of unfortunate events. The cat that grew up
with her died, both her parents died in a car accident. And at this time, her heart was
filled with grudge.
Kayako married another man shortly after and gave birth to a boy. She lived in peace
for a few years until the boy was old enough to go to school. She found out that the
boy’s teacher was the man she had loved.
At the same time her husband found out he suffered from male infidelity, that it was
difficult for him to have a child. He also discovered Kayako’s diary and assumed that
boy was the product of an affair. He became abusive and tortured and killed Kayako
then hid the body in the attic. He also killed the man Kayako loved afterward.
Yet the fact was that child actually belonged to Kayako and her husband. The misunderstanding
and torture from her husband drove her grudge to the limit. So this
place became cursed.
This was the plot he knew. Even though The Grudge was a trilogy, all three movies
told the same thing, how Kayako killed anyone that entered this house.
(Kill Kayako? When her ghost appears, can we kill her with magical bullets? If it is
possible then wouldn’t it be too easy compared with the difficulty and rewards?)
As Zheng was thinking, a bulky man with his face red shouted. “I was doing business
on the internet and clicked on a pop up, how did I get here? Fuck, have you knocked
me out with anesthesia from behind then brought me to the room next door to blackmail
me? Don’t you think this is creative, countless people had done it before…”
All the newbies aside from three people seemed rather normal, whether it was their
clothing, expressions, or reactions. These three people started talking loudly and
the red faced man even started to go downstairs, eight people followed him.
Of the three people, a boy about fifteen years old sat there reading a book quietly.
A man was studying the tatami and shoji. A young woman was lying on the tatami,
it looked like she wasn’t even awake, dressed in sexy pajamas with her eyes out of
focus.
There were also three young men in their twenties that stayed. The reason was they
had been staring at that sexy woman.
Lan was about to stop people from leaving but Zheng got a hold of her. “Let them
leave. This is the first spirit type movie we encountered. We don’t have the ability to
help anybody. If they want to trust us and stay beside us, then we can protect them
a bit, but if they want to leave… then let luck decide their fate.”
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The man that was studying the tatami stopped and sighed. “I am starting to believe
your words. This is the layout of a Japanese residential house. The designs of tatami
and shoji were also popular in Japan ten years ago…”
The woman yawned. “Japan? How did I get here? I remember I was chatting on the
internet. Oh right, why are you in my house?” She took a look around, realized the
environment was different and screamed.
A woman’s voice came from downstairs when Zheng was about to speak. She was
speaking in Japanese! This woman was probably one of the movie characters. The
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