Chapter 55 Chapter 55 (2/2)
The simulated electromagnetic wave frequency was completely synchronised with the other reality. As long as they connect the phone and dial the number, everything would be over.
Ji Yushi moved away from the window, took the phone from Song Qinglan and got ready to enter the number.
At this moment, there was a loud ‘boom’ outside.
Everyone’s expression changed.
The door to the room shook violently. It was the people in this world trying to break through. Just one more hit and the door would probably collapse!
“Come here! Gather around!”
“Hurry!!”
There was another loud boom. Even the floor shook.
That second felt extremely long. After Duan Wen turned off the projection, Song Qinglan’s ‘don’t move’ seemed to have been spoken at the same time as the loud noise.
The heavy door fell to the ground with a loud clang. A layer of dust scattered through the air.
Dozens of Tianqiong Guardians stood at the door, loaded with guns and live ammunition. They looked around at the still figures inside the entertainment room.
With the nursing home being the starting point of the overlapping of the two realities, the phantoms here could no longer be described as phantoms. All the people from the other reality looked no different from the people here with the exception that they were at a standstill.
To the Guardians, it looked like there were no living people in this room.
“Next room!” Someone said.
They filed in, set up the equipment as required according to the regulations and then quickly glanced around before getting ready to go to the next place.
A voice spoke, “Wait.”
Among the Guardians wearing black combat uniforms, someone walked out.
It was a very young man with the number ‘9’ written on his chest. He was thin, fair-skinned and he had a pair of peach blossom eyes. On his back, he carried a shotgun similar in style to Song Qinglan’s.
The voices of the people outside were loud. The Guardians running in the corridor, the shouts from the crowds outside as well as the sirens blaring all indicated how chaotic this world had become.
This young man stopped in front of Song Qinglan.
His peach blossom eyes stared at the unfamiliar, ordinary face for a while and then a smile appeared, “Tell Chief Qi that our Cap Song is naughty and likes to play hide and seek. Should he be left off lightly?”
In that instant, even the sound of a pin dropping could be heard.
Three more steps to go.
Ji Yushi pressed the last number key on the phone inside his pocket.
The young main raised his hand and reached towards the small disc concealed behind Song Qinglan’s unfamiliar face.
Two more steps to go.
Ji Yushi, “Cap Song.”
Everyone in the Seventh squad moved at the same time. They held each other’s hands one by one.
The young man stepped back.
“Whoosh!” The Guardians surrounding them immedaitley raised their guns.
One more step to go.
The guns were pointed at them. Ji Yushi pressed the call button.
“Brrring——–”
The Guardians got closer.
“Brrring——–“
While they were surrounded, Chief Qi who wore a combat uniform strode in. The hairs on his temples were white but his appearance was almost unchanged compared to how he looked when they first met in Chaos.
“Brrring——-”
The nursing home began to shake. From the ceiling to the walls, more phantoms appeared. The world was beginning to collapse.
Everyone was shocked. There was however a big gap between realities. All the sounds could no longer be heard.
Everything was set.
“Hello?”
A familiar middle-aged female voice sounded through the phone.
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【Warning! Warning! You have deviated from the destination coordinates! You have deviated from the destination coordinates!】
As the capsule shook violently, Ji Yushi gripped tightly onto the armrest. Even his lips had become pale. Red light flickered on and off in front of him nonstop. Ji Yushi knew that he had returned to the moment of transition, back to the so-called point ‘B’.
Back to the reality where they belonged.
Back to [1456.05.17 10:00:03], the third second after they set off from the third command centre.
—-And also back to that perfect case of time and space hijacking.
【Illegal transition detected!】
【Illegal transition detected!】
The deafening sounds didn’t elicit any reaction from Ji Yushi. He simply closed his eyes and waited for the dizziness and ringing in his ears to go so that he wouldn’t vomit inside his own capsule.
It was unknown how much time had passed. Perhaps it was only a few seconds, but for Ji Yushi, it felt like several hours.
The landing of the capsule didn’t happen as he had expected. When everything was calm and he opened his eyes again, what greeted him was a clear blue sky.
The sun was just right.
A damp breeze scattered leaves around. There were sounds of laughter.
Ji Yushi sat up and found that he was lying on a sun lounger by a beach with the blue sea about ten metres away from him. The sea was beating against the fine sandy beach. Occasionally seagulls flew over and there were children picking up shells on the beach as well as tourists in swimsuits coming and going.
For a while, he was in a daze.
It was very similar to the beach he had visited alone when he graduated high school.
No, this is that beach.
He lowered his head and saw that he was wearing clothes from that time. There was however a black communicator on his wrist that didn’t belong to that time which helped remind him that this wasn’t a dream.
There was an unread message on the communicator.
Ji Yushi turned on the holographic projection.
[Welcome, Ji Yushi. Welcome back to Tianqiong.]
Without even thinking about it, Ji Yushi knew that this message came from the ‘Tianqiong of all eras’. Only it had the ability to create seemingly realistic things like this.
[Congratulations, you have completed the new A-level mission: 【Chaos】.]
Ji Yushi frowned. So this meant that…….The Chaos mission hadn’t been completed until just now?
[Congratulations, you have triggered a side mission. The rating is: S.]
[Mission mode: 【Who am I】.]
[Mission rules: None.]
[Mission objective: None.]
[Congratulations, you have completed the side mission: 【Who am I】. Now unlocking the next one.]
Ji Yushi: “…………”
Was it taking the bubble world as a side mission and combining it together to settle the accounts?
“Where is this?” Ji Yushi asked.
The voice system was turned on.
Tianqiong’s gentle female voice sounded, “After system upgrade, this is a time and space transfer station tailored for you. You can rest, train and dine here. I have everything you need. I suggest that you make the most of it before proceeding to the next mission.”
Ji Yushi, “Where are the others?”
Tianqiong, “The others are also in a time and space transfer station tailored for them. Do you wish to transition to another person’s transfer station?”
Ji Yushi, “Yes.”
Tianqiong, “Please select the transition target: Song Qinglan, Zhou Mingxuan, Duan Wen, Tang Qi, Tang Le, Li Chun.”
The sea breeze was calming.
Ji Yushi laid back in the chair and thought for a long time before speaking again, “Song Qinglan.”