Chapter 751: Mischief
Translator: CKtalon
After a long silence, the honest Shang Jianyao finally couldn’t help but ask, “Why are we staying in here and guarding Room 102 without entering?”
The rash Shang Jianyao tugged at the collar of his grayish-green camouflage uniform. “Who says we aren’t going in? You’re the ones stopping me!
“After clearing Master Zhuang’s dream or a psychological trauma, we can become an Awakened who has explored the Mind Corridor’s depths. When the time comes, we might directly discover the door to the New World inside!”
During the time they took to return to Pangu Biology from Tai City, the Shang Jianyaos were affected by the adventurous one and the one who sought fun again without Jiang Baimian’s urging. They chose a room that didn’t have a detailed ‘strategy guide.’ This resulted in them only clearing the second psychological trauma recently.
In other words, he had to incompletely explore another room before he could be considered an Awakened deep in the Mind Corridor and be qualified to search for the New World’s door.
“Don’t drag us down even if you have a death wish.” The cold Shang Jianyao sat cross-legged on the ground and stared at 102’s vermilion door without blinking.
At this moment, the calm and rational Shang Jianyao stretched and straightened his legs from leaning against the wall. He smiled and said, “I come over every day to see when Room 102 will move. What are you guys doing here?”
102 was originally not beside his Mind Room. It was only when the Old Task Force encountered Master Zhuang’s dream in Tai City that the room suddenly appeared in its current location.
Jiang Baimian originally imagined that with Master Zhuang awakening and her team leaving Tai City, Room 102 would quickly move elsewhere. However, she never expected that even after they returned to Pangu Biology in late autumn, Room 102 remained fixed.
This Shang Jianyao’s answer made his peers fall silent.
After a few seconds, the honest Shang Jianyao voiced his thoughts. “I want to see what illness you’ve contracted.”
“I thought you were planning on supporting me in clearing Master Zhuang’s psychological trauma or dream.” The rash Shang Jianyao found it a pity.
The calm and rational Shang Jianyao smiled and said, “It’s better to find a simpler room and quickly upgrade ourselves to the Mind Corridor’s depths. We can consider 102 when we have Yama Tiger’s strength from back then.”
“Alright.” The cold and sinister Shang Jianyao agreed.
The ten of them combined and turned in the direction they hadn’t explored.
After walking along the thick, dark-yellow carpet for a while, Shang Jianyao’s eyes suddenly lit up as he swept his gaze across the area. He saw a familiar door number: 506!
According to the strategy guide, this room’s psychological trauma had a fixed solution—face the danger directly with courage. Therefore, exploring it was relatively safe and simple.
In other words, Shang Jianyao could become an Awakened in the Mind Corridor’s depths in a few days.
After considering for a few seconds, the rash Shang Jianyao and the Shang Jianyao that sought novelty voted in favor of the calm and rational Shang Jianyao’s suggestion to explore Room 506 in order to enter Room 102.
After an argument, Shang Jianyao turned the brass handle and pushed open the door to Room 506.
As this room was universally acknowledged to be simple, he didn’t even bring the Six Senses Beads or the Life Angel necklace.
After taking two steps forward, a dark sea suddenly appeared in front of Shang Jianyao.
He was on an island surrounded by an endless sea in the dim night.
Violent winds howled as they swept past. From time to time, they would stir up mountain-like waves, making humans appear abnormally insignificant under the mighty force of nature.
Huzzah! Huzzah!
Large waves constantly slammed the edge of the island, making Shang Jianyao feel like he was experiencing an endless earthquake.
Suddenly, a black figure appeared from the dark water.
The black figure was massive like another island, but it was hidden at the bottom of the sea.
The black figure vaguely moved.
Shang Jianyao remembered the ‘clearing strategy’ and muttered to himself, “Face the danger directly with courage… Face the danger directly with courage…”
As he muttered to himself, slippery tentacles covered in eyeballs had appeared at some point in time at the edge of the island.
The black and white eyes quickly darted around as they looked at Shang Jianyao.
“Face the danger directly with courage!” Shang Jianyao—who was being stared at—smiled excitedly. The next second, heads drilled out of his head, shoulders, chest, lower abdomen, and limbs.
Long arms and pairs of legs grew out as well.
The ten Shang Jianyaos appeared on the tottering island in this way. They then rolled, walked, and ran toward the tentacles that were covered in eyeballs, rushing at the gigantic black figure hiding under the boundless sea.
“The hymn of humanity is the hymn of courage!” Shang Jianyao shouted as he rushed forward.
The eyes on the slippery tentacles froze for a second before they screamed in unison, “Don’t come over!”
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The tentacles suddenly retracted into the sea, but the Shang Jianyaos had no intention of stopping.
At this moment, the dark clouds in the sky suddenly split.
The entire world quickly shattered as it shook violently.
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Tarnan, Serene Dream Hotel.
The lady boss—Aynor—sat up trembling while hugging her blanket.
That scared me to death! Why did I have such a terrifying dream!? She quickly switched on the lights.
As the white light ruled over the bedroom and dispersed all the darkness, Aynor heaved a sigh of relief, but she didn’t dare to attempt to sleep.
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“Does this count as clearing it?” The Shang Jianyaos combined again and muttered to themselves in confusion.