Ch 20 - A crowd of evil spirit lines up to confess to me

Chapter 20

The next day, at the time that Gu Wuji woke up, and saw Cheng Jia excitedly looking towards his side while sporting a pair of black circles around his eyes.

“Gu-dashi, I have already sorted out the data!”

“You didn’t sleep the whole night?” Gu Wuji was somewhat surprised.

“After all, it is a task given by Gu-dashi, how could I slack off!” Cheng Jia opened his mouth to say, with the tone containing some embarrassment, “But because some of the data were relatively more private, so in the end, I had no choice but to ask other people to search.”

As a matter of fact, he himself was frightened to death upon investigating a little bit, and immediately commanded other people to do it…… it was also because of this fear that he was unable to sleep, and had just played a game at the side for the whole night.

Gu Wuji also didn’t mind about it, as he originally had not placed any hope on Cheng Jia’s hands-on ability, after washing up he then picked up his cellphone to look over the data that Cheng Jia sent him.

Cheng Jia’s connections was still very reliable, as all the events that had happened in this hospital whether big or small was revealed without any omission, but they were all irrelevant things, the only thing in it that caught his attention, was precisely the woman who had suddenly died inside the hospital elevator a few months ago.

Because the other party originally had a genetic disease, in addition to forces of the wealthy family behind the private hospital who blocked the news, and also gave the other party’s poor family a generous compensation, so that was not even a little bit of news about this incident in the outside world.

“It seems that she is that ghost inside the elevator, it’s just that this matter still has a strange feeling somewhere.”

As for that faceless nurse, with that faceless doctor (who did not have the time to appear) in that single piece of paper attached on that wall, it seems that there really was not a little bit of connection with this hospital.

Gu Wuji was also too lazy to dwell too much in it, he has always been the type to solve the immediate problems first.

Cheng Jia, at the side looked looked at Gu Wuji with fear and trepidation, for fear that there would be something wrong with the content.

After completely reading it, Gu Wuji nodded his head towards him, “There’s nothing wrong, you did very well.”

“That’s great!” Cheng Jia let out a sigh of relief, “Gu-dashi, let’s hurry and get out of here!”

Even if he had continuously been playing games last night, but he had always felt that the surrounding ambience was very strange, which constantly made him filled with suspicion, and was having a nervous breakdown since this early morning, in any case, he cannot stay here any longer.  

“Alright. I need to prepare first.”

Gu Wuji at this time always had a slight sense of crisis, thinking that in any case, he would still need to go and see the director who is more likely to have problems, but he also must not go empty-handed like this, won’t it be troublesome if the other really does have any problems.

Therefore, Gu Wuji instructed Cheng Jia to get some connection in Huang Dao’s side, to look into his past, he also opened the system’s interface, and started browsing the props inside.  

Without a doubt, the most popular were the various types of protective charms, even though there was a restriction to the number of times it can be used, but also wouldn’t last too long when it comes to ghosts, but this, to the players view was completely enough to give them an opportunity to struggle for a chance to survive.

Gu Wu Ji inspected and looked around all the various types of props, and his sight finally fell to one of the items.

[Purification skill lv1: Can purify mindless low level ghosts, so that it won’t continue to be bound here. Price: 1000 points.]

[When facing ghosts with consciousness, their resentments must be resolved first in order for this to function.]

This can be said to be the cheapest skill inside the mall, the rest of the skills to say the least needed a lot of accumulated points to function, and can only make average players covet it.

However, even if it was this cheap, no players were also willing to purchase it, players who have bought this felt that they had been pitted, and even ran back to complain.

“What a rundown purification skill, that can only be used against the lowest level ghosts, if I could resolve the resentments of those powerful ghosts, why would I need this purification skill for?! It is simply very useless.”

“I had mistakenly believed that this skill could be upgraded after purchasing it, so that high-leveled ghosts can be directly purified, but it unexpectedly informed me that this low-level ghost purification skill cannot rise with experience, the 1000 points that this laozi* painstakingly accumulated - ah, is enough to be able to buy lifesaving props!”

*I: in an arrogant manner

“This trashy skill, whoever buys it will be the one who suffers!”

……

Even if this skill to other people’s view was simply very trashy, but Gu Wuji nevertheless produced some interest towards this, and instinctively felt that this skill would certainly be very useful, as a result, he immediately chose to purchase it without thinking too much.

If this was seen by the other players, then Gu Wuji would certainly had been rebuked without restraint for being a spendthrift.

At the moment of purchasing the skill, Gu Wuji immediately felt a burst of refreshing feeling that poured inside his body, the mind seemed to have obtain a little bit more of knowledge, that would usually stay silent in the innermost part of his subconscious mind, and can be mobilized to come out when needed.

After completely purchasing the skill, Gu Wuji suddenly had a thought: “Come to think of it, I always feel that my accumulated points are still too lacking……”

Wouldn't it be more safer if another prop could be purchased?

“System, would it be possible to enter the next copy more quickly?”

[……]

“Is it not possible?” Gu Wu Ji couldn’t help but wrinkle his brows.

[Of course it’s possible.]

But where can you generally find people who show up that are desperate to go in, ah!

[Entering a copy in advance can receive extra points, and can even choose to enter one of the three copies.]

[Do you really want to choose and enter the copy now?]

“Wait.” Gu Wuji facial expression suddenly changed.

The system then thought, could it be that this guy was finally frightened?

Upon seeing that Cheng Jia was still making an outgoing call, Gu Wuji then said: “I’m going to sleep again.”

After that, Gu Wuji lay down on the bed, and even switched to a comfortable position.

“It’s alright now. I had always been lying down on the ground every time I woke up before, having an aching waist and sore back.”

[……]

[The player can choose from the following 3 copies.

1, Cruise Ship’s Specter: You are a bodyguard of a rich family’s son, and came to board the luxury cruise ship with the invite from the employer, but soon, you found that everything seemed wrong here.

2, Abandoned Hospital: What is actually hidden in this hospital that had been abandoned for many years? As a reporter, after your last expedition in the abandoned villa, you still haven’t given up in the idea of making a big story, and had once again arrived in this kind of strange place.

3, Deserted Island Escape: You were caught and brought to a deserted island with other people, becoming a sacrificial offering to the wealthy people who has special addiction in playing with their prey, but in this place, the hunter were apparently not only limited to people.]

Gu Wuji keenly noticed the introduction of the Abandoned Hospital, and openly inquired: “Is this actually linked to the first copy? Could it be assumed that some copies are located in the same world?”

[The player does not currently have the authority to check these information.]

Even though the system did not answer, but it has this meaning, anyway.

Could it be said that he still had the great possibility of encountering the ghost from the previous copy later?

Gu Wuji upon remembering the formidable ghost that had been encountered in the first copy, couldn’t help but become stiff, this was one of the extremely small things in Gu Wuji’s view that was difficulty to handle.

As for that Deserted Island Escape, Gu Wuji felt that he still needed to take a break for a while, and shouldn’t immediately partake in something this exciting, so the Cruise Ship’s Specter was selected.

After all, the background was of a luxury cruise ship, there should still be some time to have fun even when it’s haunted, right?

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After Gu Wuji had woken up, what greeted his eyes was the dark blue sea, with a slightly cool blowing sea breeze, that makes people feel a burst of relaxation and happiness.

This place was the luxury cruise ship outdoor dinning hall, the scene was extremely beautiful. It’s considerably very lively now, many men and women who looked very rich and noble were sitting all around, eating the food served by the attendants, while having cheerful conversations.

Even though this seemed like a very ordinary scene, but this constantly made Gu Wuji feel that there was a sense of violation somewhere in it. A closer look can reveal that the complexion of the crew members on board appeared to be very bleak, it was just like they were dreading about something.

[You are hired by a rich family’s son as a temporary bodyguard with a high salary before this trip.]

Gu Wuji’s attention was pulled back by the system’s words, noticing that he at this moment was wearing a pitch-black Western-style suit that was tailored to perfectly fit, standing at the back of a blonde young man, and was evidently performing his responsibility as a bodyguard.

He then looked around, and saw that there were still four people standing behind him, three men and a woman, it seemed that they were the other players.

It could be said that this employer was looking for too many bodyguards.

[On the moment of boarding this luxury cruise ship that possesses innumerable foreboding rumors, you have already faintly sensed that there was something amiss here. Can you really continue to safely get through the next few days?]

[Mainline task triggered: Search for the secrets hidden underneath this cruise ship.]

After the systems prompt was over, several people gathered together.

Without a doubt, Gu Wuji in here was the one way above the others, his figure was originally perfect, after putting on this Western-style suit, his temperament and face, was completely not something like that of a bodyguard, everyone will believe if he said that he is a son of a rich family.

Three of the four people seemed to have a pretty good relationship, it is estimated that they were a team that came together.

Gu Wuji had seen it in the mall before, through some props a team can come and enter a copy together, however, he at present still does not have those kind of teammates, and there was also not enough points to buy those props.

The attitude of those three people were somewhat exclusive, headed by a person that appeared to be a very common middle-aged man, the other two addressed him as Zheng-ge. At this time, Zheng-ge was watching Gu Wuji and the other person with vigilance, and said: “Each of us can do this time’s task individually, don’t disturb other people, you should take care of yourselves.”

The remaining person was a gloomy youth that appeared to be 17 or 18 of age, called Jiang Ling, with an appearance that looked outstandingly handsome, but had an obvious intention of not wanting to communicate with others, apart from introducing himself at the beginning, he had not said another word since then, and only made a sneering sound now after hearing Zheng-ge’s words.

Gu Wuji was also able to understand this, after all, there were always people in these copies who wants to exploit other people to survive, as a result, some people believing only in themselves were also normal, but it’s improbable for him to become like this.

“Zheng-ge, you have been into several number of copies, ah! This is my third time, I always feel so worried, there are so many people aboard this cruise ship, if they all turned into ghosts, wouldn’t we die right away?” The middle-aged man heard the sound of a female voice at that side.

A sneering sound was immediately heard at this side, Jiang Ling speaking out of turn said: “How inexperienced, copies have their own restrictions, we who are in this kind of low level copy are more safer, the more powerful a ghost is the more restrictions there are, and are more incapable of hurting people.”

The woman’s complexion at the other side, by this kind of contemptuousness immediately changed, and was obviously unhappy, but she was restricted by the surrounding environment and was unable to express it out.

For a moment, the situation became a little tense, but no one would actually like to find an enemy for themselves at this time, and in the end, this situation was regarded as something that didn’t happen.

Gu Wuji suddenly felt very uncomfortable, as if there was something like an intense line of sight that kept staring at him, but turning his head to look over, he only caught sight of the completely vast and empty surface of the sea below.

The sea’s surface at this side was covered by the shadow of the cruise ship, making the color appear to be somewhat turbid, that made it completely impossible to clearly see what was below, and can let people have a lot of bad associations.

“Could it be……something in the seawater?”

At this time, Auston-shaoye* who had been sitting from the beginning had finally finished his breakfast, and stood up, then turned his head to look at the people following him.

*young master of the house, son of the boss

Everyone at this time suddenly stood stock still, not expecting that the employer of this copy……would still be such a handsome young man.

Under the morning’s sunshine, Auston’s blond hair seemed to be even more stunning, the sky blue eyes swept through everyone, and finally fell on the body of Gu Wuji.

He revealed an arrogant and a somewhat contemptuous smiling expression, “In the following itinerary, you will be coming to accompany me.”

[Without a doubt, Auston-shaoye your employer, is a hedonistic son who has neither the learning nor skill, but also has an egoistic personality, and has never listened to the opinions of the other people.]

[You, as a bodyguard of Auston-shaoye, is required to keep him safe.]

[Side task triggered: Must not let the employer be at risk.]

This side task was very common, but in addition to protecting themselves they must also guarantee the life of another person, and it was still in this kind of extremely dangerous supernatural copy, other people would obviously not be fine to find trouble for themselves.

For Gu Wuji being directly designated by Auston-shaoye, the expression of the other people became somewhat sympathetic. Who knows what kind of things this employer, who is a hedonistic son of rich parents and has this kind of look can come up with? Perhaps Gu Wuji won’t even be able to investigate anything, and that this person’s life will be pitted and lost by this young master.

However, there was not even a little bit of dilemma in the appearance of Gu Wuji, he even showed a a friendly smiling expression that was brimming with professionalism, “Auston-shaoye, it’s only natural, I will absolutely protect you very carefully.”

There was no need to mention something like a dilemma, Gu Wuji even had a great sense of familiarity. This kind of hedonistic son of rich parents, he seemed to have been acquainted to one not so long ago……

Without even knowing why, Auston-shaoye who has always been undisciplined and out of control, at this moment had a faint foreboding premonition that emerge from his heart.

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