Chapter 7 Chapter 7 (1/2)
Ouroboros
Chapter 7
“Everyone get ready. Tianqiong’s seventh squad, the thirteenth A-level mission, let’s go!”
A low male voice sounded in his ears.
It passed through into his mind, numbing his auditory nerves.
【Warning! Warning! You have deviated from the destination coordinates! You have deviated from the destination coordinates!】
The warning light in the capsule flashed nonstop and the transparent panel before him flickered over and over again. White light flashed in front of him and it was followed by a sharp alarm sound.
【Illegal transition detected!】
【Illegal transition detected!】
Something went wrong!!
Ji Yushi gritted his teeth and tried to press the emergency button several times but the capsule continued to spin and jolt around violently. He could only use all his strength to grab the seats armrest to prevent him from being thrown around.
After what felt like a century, the capsule gradually stabilised. As soon as the capsule completely stopped moving, Ju Yushi quickly grabbed the nutrient solution handed over by a robotic arm and downed it in one go. It took him more than ten seconds to slowly recover.
Wait a second…..
Why did this scene…..give him a feeling of déjà vu?
It was as if he had already experienced it once before.
But that feeling disappeared very quickly. Before Ji Yushi could grab onto its tail, it had faded away.
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Indecipherable garbled characters were displayed on the panel. It seemed to be completely broken.
The voices of his teammates could be heard outside the capsule.
Stepping out of the capsule, Ji Yushi saw that the place they had arrived at was a forest. The sky was dark, and the forest was also filled with shadows. Except for the seven capsules which emitted some light, there were no other sources of light here. It was eerie and quiet.
The teammates were complaining about something.
Song Qinglan’s voice sounded, “I told you to sit on the pendulum ten times before the next mission. Tell me the truth, how many times did you do it?”
Another voice answered with some agony, “T-twice….Bleagh ——-”
Turns out, someone was vomiting.
Ji Yushi: “………”
Using the lights from the capsules, he could make out that the person vomiting was Li Chun. Some unknown substances even landed on his capsule nearby.
Ji Yushi held his breathe and retreated several steps.
He also felt a little sick.
The teammates complaints about Li Chun continued. Ji Yushi stood in the distance, waiting for the smell to dissipate and also waiting for their complaints to end.
Li Chun seemed to have finally finished vomiting. His voice was weak: “……..No, don’t you smell it? The air here smells bad.”
Someone said, “Chun’er, don’t make excuses. Rinse your mouth first.”
“Thanks Brother Wen……..Huh? Where’s Advisor Ji?”
Just as Li Chun asked this, Ji Yushi subconsciously answered, “I’m here.”
He had spoken so quickly it was as if he knew Li Chun was going to ask this.
Ji Yushi: “…….”
That feeling of déjà vu from earlier was back.
Song Qinglan seemed to have glanced in his direction. His expression was cold and then he looked down at the communicator.
Ji Yushi also looked at his communicator.
[1470.8.05 04:41:31]
This clearly wasn’t their intended time coordinate.
Song Qinglan must have also noticed this too. He ordered, “Duan Wen. Check the main control panel and see if there are any data leaks or data hijacking and contact the command centre immediately.”
“Yes.” Duan Wen worked quickly and soon returned to report, “Cap Song, our equipment seems to be locked.”
Ji Yushi walked over.
Equipments are locked?
Song Qinglan’s profile was very attractive. He furrowed his brows, “How is it locked?”
Duan Wen explained, ““The main control panel is offline, and the command centre cannot be contacted. The capsules also don’t work. It seems to be because of the electromagnetic waves here. The magnetic field here seems a little different but it’s still not certain. Perhaps the transition just now had something to do with it. Right now, all that we can use is the communicator. We’re basically trapped here.”
Everyone heard the news and one after another they began to cuss.
“What about the mission?”
“I even said that the mission would be over tomorrow and invited a girl out for dinner.”
“You’ve fucking slagged so many. It’s endless.”
At this moment, footsteps could suddenly be heard from the forest.
Adhering to the principle that a traverser must remain low profile and shouldn’t be discovered by the original residents of the land, everyone quietened down.
Duan Wen who was in charge of the machinery immediately turned off the capsules and changed into a hidden state under his control, turning them completely invisible.
Everyone waited quietly in the forest, motionless.
As the sound of chaotic footsteps approached, Ji Yushi suddenly had a strong hunch…….Sure enough, when he finally adapted to the darkness, he saw that it was a filthy looking drifter.
“Grrr—– grrr—-”
The drifter growled strangely and lashed out only to be thrown onto the ground by Li Chun. Soon afterwards, the man lashed out again.
“What the hell?!” Li Chun didn’t expect the other party to fight back. He only felt a strong stench flash by and then it was followed by a sharp pain in his shoulder, “Fuck!!!”
The drifter had left a vicious bite on Li Chun’s shoulder!
With a ‘thud’, the drifter was kicked three or four metres away by Song Qinglan!
Duan Wen supported Li Chun up, asking worriedly, “Chun’er! How are you?!”
Fortunately, the Guardian’s combat uniform had armour on the shoulders. Li Chun hissed in pain. Fortunately, that bite just now only left toothmarks and didn’t seem to have pierced through the skin.
In the darkness, Song Qinglan smoothly subdued the drifter and then raised his chin, “Chun’er, is this someone you have slagged? Seemed to have chased you all the way here.”
Amidst the teammate’s laughter, Li Chun had already tied the man to a tree.
And so Ji Yushi turned on the flashlight and walked over.
Under the strong light from the flashlight, the man’s grey and turbid eyes as well as his pale skin covered in blue-green blood vessels was revealed. There were also blood stains and small pieces of flesh on him which emitted a strong, disgusting stench.
“Grrrr——” The drifter’s expressions were hardly human. He still had his mouth wide open, trying to bite the people around him as he struggled against the rope.
The expressions of the teammates changed.
This scene was too shocking. Ji Yushi however looked on without flinching, as if he wasn’t disturbed by this at all.
Li Chun whispered in a small voice, “I told you the air here smells.”
Song Qinglan frowned. He looked at the man for a while before turning off the flashlight and speaking, “Alright, I should’ve checked my fortune for today before leaving. To think that we broke the record of being discovered by the original residents of the land the fastest. No one is allowed to report about this when we go back. If we get any more points deducted, those bastards in the ninth squad will surpass us.”
He stood up and continued, “For now, leave that person nearby. Someone will naturally find him and call the police. We can’t see anything in this darkness so we will need to get out of here to find a way to contact the Tianqiong in this time period. When we go out, pay attention to your surroundings. Be very vigilant as you may come across a murder scene.”
Everyone: “Yes sir!”
Everyone very efficiently got themselves equipped.
Soon, it was Ji Yushi’s turn to choose his weapon. He chose a pistol he had often used lately in the training rooms.
Song Qinglan stood beside him and said the guns name: “Diamond Bird.”