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Jian Hua’s acting was poor, at least according to Li Fei. In fact, there were many stars in the entertainment industry who couldn’t act, relying only on their looks, yet insisted on acting. The roles they could perform perfectly were those of expressionless characters.
Jian Hua was similar; ordinary people had a hard time figuring out what he was thinking.
“You seem very familiar with these changes. Looks like you belong to the latter group who knows a lot of things.”
Huo Wei surprisingly didn’t change the topic. He admitted straightforwardly, smiling like a sunny boy, “You can see that? Brother, you really have sharp eyes. Yes, you’re right. I prepared a little food to carry with me, but those monkeys stole my backpack. It was awful!”
He was the first person to admit in front of Jian Hua that he was a transmigrator.
Jian Hua couldn’t help but stare at Huo Wei, trying to find something different about him. Of course, this was futile. Even if this world was a book, there wouldn’t be any outward differences between original characters and transmigrators.
“Brother, stop pretending. You’re so confident and indifferent to food. You must be like me…”
“Huo Wei! That’s enough!”
It was Guan Ling who interrupted the young man’s words. Her expression was unpleasant, and Jian Hua could tell that this hostility was directed at Huo Wei.
The reprimanded person made a pitiful face and slipped to the side, leaving Jian Hua alone to face Guan Ling.
“I’m Guan Ling. That guy was right; are you an informed person?” The white-collar woman didn’t give Jian Hua any time to think and asked directly.
“Informed person? Has someone foreseen the apocalypse?”
People from the film industry could play dumb to the end.
Guan Ling frowned, “Apocalypse? Who told you that?”
“The guy who was banging on the warehouse door.”
“That scoundrel with a brain full of tofu dregs and dirty thoughts?” Guan Ling sneered, “He thinks that any woman driving a luxury car on the road is either a rich second generation or a mistress. Do you believe someone like him?”
“I’m just trying to understand what’s happening in this world.”
“It’s a book, understand? We’re actually living in a book!” Guan Ling said irritably.
Jian Hua’s pupils contracted. He didn’t expect Guan Ling to reveal the secret so easily. Had he misjudged her? Maybe Guan Ling was an imprudent person after all? Jian Hua pondered, noticing that the people squatting by the roadside either curled up instinctively or cried louder after hearing this, but none showed surprise.
It seemed to be an open secret.
Jian Hua stared blankly at Guan Ling, while Huo Wei couldn’t resist chiming in, “It’s like this, Brother…”
“My name is Qiao Di.” Jian Hua had seen many people calling each other brother and sister in his line of work, but Huo Wei, this cheerful young man, always gave him an uneasy feeling.
“Brother Qiao, so you’re not an informed person! Don’t be angry, I was just guessing!” Huo Wei raised his hands, looking innocent, “This dangerous place full of monsters is called the Abandoned World. We were all forced into it. I had an extra experience compared to you; I’m not from your real world either. I fell into your world!”
Jian Hua felt a stirring inside.
As a transmigrator, Huo Wei’s ability to quickly find a “shared experience” to resonate with others and dispel their wariness showed a cunning beyond Jian Hua’s expectations.
“We all want to get back to a safe place. You want to return to the real world, and I want to go back to my own home.” Huo Wei spread his hands and smiled bitterly.
His words made a girl sitting by the roadside burst into tears, sobbing about how “it’s not like in the book,” “regretting it,” and “wanting to go home.”
Someone beside her said impatiently, “Enough already! I worked my ass off day and night, earning money to pay off my mortgage, and now I find out I’m just a character in a book. I haven’t even gotten angry yet!”
“What’s the point of talking about a mortgage when your life is at stake.”
The small group quickly divided into two sides, mocking each other relentlessly.
“Enough!” Guan Ling shouted angrily.
This time, she couldn’t suppress the crowd’s dissatisfaction.
The middle-aged man who had been complaining about his mortgage jumped up: “I think those guys were right! What superpower user! What book! Youโre all in cahoots to deceive us!”
He pointed a finger so close to Guan Ling’s face that she took a step back in disgust.
“They say this woman is a B-level spatial ability user! Someone that secret government departments want to recruit, also skilled in combat! All I see is that sheโs learned some basic women’s self-defense. Who believes that nonsense? Only a fool would!”
Huo Wei shrugged, nonchalantly saying, “Then uncle, go ahead and leave. We’re not forcing you to stay here; your legs are your own, aren’t they?”
The middle-aged man spat on the ground, “I’m not believing your nonsense. I’m staying because it’s dangerous around here. Being together means we can look out for each other and stay alive. Who cares about flattering that woman!”
Guan Ling frowned deeply, feeling a mix of anger and more than a little embarrassment.
This was understandableโ
As an ordinary person, even with a strong heart and firm beliefs, sticking to your own life, suddenly being praised to the skies by a bunch of people with compliments you’ve never heard of before.
You will become someone very important!
You can change the world!
It would trigger your embarrassment phobia! And you’d still have to face those who tell you the “truth.”
Guan Ling looked like she wanted to use the shovel to sweep all these arguing people away.
Huo Wei reacted quickly, changing the subject, “Everyone, quiet! Our arguing here is meaningless. No matter what, we’re a group now! We have the threat of monsters, and those scumbags who refuse to risk going into the mushroom forest for food, robbing and harming us. Everyone is trying to survive!”
He turned and pointed at Guan Ling, “Regardless of who Guan Ling is, she has the ability to take on three at once. If any of you are dissatisfied and want to be the leader, just say so!”
“Nonsense!” The middle-aged man glared, dragging the quietly observing Jian Hua into the mess, “I see this gentleman here is much more capable than this woman! Why isn’t he the leader?”
“Guan Ling is clearly more capable!”
“If you’re not convinced, have a contest!”
“Yeah! Hey, Brother Qiao, you can’t lose to a woman.” The middle-aged man fanned the flames, clearly upset with Guan Ling for not returning to protect the group during the danger.
The crowd’s attention focused on Guan Ling and Jian Hua.
Guan Ling scrutinized Jian Hua, who didn’t even glance at her and remained expressionless, “Did I agree to join you?”
“……”
Huo Wei quickly broke the awkward silence, speaking earnestly, “Brother Qiao, I know you can handle dangers alone, but the Abandoned World is full of monsters. Burrowing rats dig up from the ground, long-armed monkeys break windows and unlock doors, and there’s a type of black, furry creature that’s a master of hiding. You can’t keep your eyes open all the time to guard against them!”
“That’s right, wanting to be a lone wolf, you won’t even know how you lost your life!” the middle-aged man muttered angrily.
Huo Wei glared at him before continuing to persuade, “We’ve been in the Abandoned World for up to eight days now. This time, the Abandoned World has been open for a very long time! It’s also very unstable. Every day, we meet new people falling into the Abandoned World, like Brother Qiao here!”
This time Jian Hua nodded. He wanted to know more.
According to the rules of the Abandoned World, it overlapped with the real world within a certain range. Ability users and potential ability users within this range would enter the Abandoned World.
No matter how much time passed, in the real world, only one second would have passed, so the entry point into the Abandoned World should be fixed, making mid-journey entrants impossible.
Unlessโ
“We found the Abandoned World to be very unstable. Everyone here entered the Abandoned World at noon on November 22. I entered with Sister Bai Ling at 12:09, but some people entered at 12:25.” Huo Wei gestured and showed his phone screen to Jian Hua.
Jian Hua took out his own phone from his pocket. His entry time was 12:25, while Huo Wei’s was 12:09.
Although the phone time could be changed and wasn’t proof, Huo Wei’s confident assertion in front of everyoneโunless they were all in on itโwould be hard to fake.
Jian Hua’s gaze swept over their faces, including Huo Wei’s.
His conclusion: if they were all acting, they were at Li Fei’s levelโutterly flawless!
Best actors werenโt that common.
“All newcomers fall into the latter category. This solves a mystery for me: if everyone enters the Abandoned World at different times and places… is it the same world? The result proves it is!”
Jian Hua frowned, recalling.
The shaking in the studio was a sign of the Abandoned Worldโs instability. The first time, the mushrooms snatched someone out. The second time, he and Li Fei came in together, with about a fifteen-minute gap between them. That severely injured person unfortunately died.
Then Jian Hua considered another issue: the destruction they caused in the Abandoned World didnโt seem to appear in the earlier timeline. Otherwise, people in the dressing room would have complained when the studio got haunted.
Jian Hua’s thoughts drifted far with this hypothesis. If Red Dragon had a repair team, forcibly inserting themselves into the Abandoned World, wouldnโt they be able to fix the damage caused by the previous wave of ability users to public facilities?
As for the technology to smuggle into the Abandoned World, probably only… mushrooms?
Jian Hua’s face darkened.
Huo Wei couldnโt extract any information from Jian Hua. Instead, he noticed Jian Hua looking impatient and annoyed.
“Brother Qiao, I know you might not believe these things…”
The middle-aged man sneered, but Huo Wei ignored him, sincerely saying, “But please believe me, the phone proves it. The timing has a pattern. We can definitely return to the safe, monster-free city.”
Jian Hua was indifferent, thinking Guan Ling and Huo Wei probably couldnโt go back to 12:09. Fifteen minutes had passed in the real world.
While pondering, Jian Hua felt a chill down his spine. His ability scanned a fire beast in the distance, provocatively staring at him. This was a clash of powers; it craved battle and conquest.
The feeling was very familiar!
Simultaneously, the quiet mushroom forest “came alive.” They grew rapidly, startling everyone who jumped up and tried to evade.
“Don’t move, nobody move, don’t provoke these mushrooms!” Huo Wei shouted urgently.
Too late. Someone was already entangled by the mushroom threads, causing chaos as the mushrooms rapidly enveloped them like a tide.
Guan Ling used her shovel to try and escape the encirclement, but the threads grew along the shovel, turning into a giant mushroom with an internal frame. Pressing her hand against the cap, Guan Ling had no choice but to stop struggling, letting the threads assess her threat level before discarding her to the side.
People like Huo Wei and Guan Ling, who cooperated, were temporarily trapped but unharmed. However, it was uncertain if they could find their way out of the two-meter-high mushroom forest.
Jian Hua was stuck amidst a pile of massive mushrooms, unable to see anyone else.
The threat from the beast vanished quickly, and Jian Hua simultaneously suppressed his abilityโs devouring nature. The mushrooms cleared a narrow path, and Jian Hua hurriedly headed towards the studio.
If he guessed correctly, Li Fei had just woken up.
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This is machine translated and all copyrights belong to the author. Please note that the translator might take creative liberties for better readability. Thank you for reading.
Last Edit: May 15, 2024 6:50am
Uwah, I donโt like any of those people! I only like Jian Hua and Li Fei! I wonder if Jian Hua will allow his mushrooms to devour humans at one point…
Thank you ^^
Thank you for the update and your hard work ๐. He can tell hubby is woke up from his nap.
Um, if you’ll allow me to make a suggestion, I think “book wearer” would be better translated as “book transmigrator.” Like when MTL says “fast-wear” for the genre, it actually is something closer to “fast-transmigration.”
Anyways, that middle-aged man likes trouble eh? You know what they say, no zuo no die! Ahahaha! And Li Fei woke up, huh? I wonder what his reaction will be to Jian Hua leaving him.
Thanks for the chapter!
A pheonix and….a mushroom king…… what a villain combo, lol. Their relationship is interesting, complicated by their jobs and abilities.
Hmm…๐ค
Are the mushrooms escorting Jian Hua back to future hubby?
Will Li Fei join the new group or send Jian Hua back as a spy after interrogating him?
I don’t think Li Fei would join them as they could probably recognize him and that would lead to complications…
True, but he is possessive of Jian Hua.
Ahhh I love this power tension between Jian hua and li fei, it’s like they both are equals and Dominant. Trying to hold in their powers as they work together and slowly fall in love ๐
So long book transmigraters totally gonna forget u now..
No one realized that the big BOSS was amongst them fufufu ~ just like a real villain ~
Thanks for the update!
thank you ~
Thanks for the chapter~ (๏ฝ๏ฟฃโฝ๏ฟฃ)๏ฝ
i can’t trust anyone other than the MC and ML