CH 115

Chapter 115: The Dream of the Holy Nun (V)

Although the key NPC Rudd had run away, Qi Leren, who was a “cheating” player, did not panic at all. He said in a word: “That thing is in the dark room of Arnold’s former residence.”

So in less than half an hour, they had snuck into Arnold’s room smoothly and retrieved the key task item - a small and delicate brooch, composed of metal gears and feathers, from which a drop-shaped pendant hung down. The whole brooch was incredibly delicate. At the moment the brooch was picked up, a system prompt appeared:

[Obtained the special task item brooch. Holding this brooch, one can pass through the fog around the Holy City.]

[Player Qi Leren has triggered a special task: The Dream of the Holy Nun. Please bring the memento to the Holy City within 30 days. After arriving at the task site, your survival time will be suspended until the mission ends. Overdue arrival is regarded as a task failure, and 100 survival days will be deducted. Players can receive the task by touching the task item. The current number of participants is ¼.]

Qi Leren handed Ning Zhou the brooch, and Ning Zhou also received the task.

Qi Leren asked, “Would you like to bring a few more people to do the task with? We can find two more teammates… A healer, at least.”

Qi Leren deeply remembered that Chen Baiqi said Ning Zhou’s Holy Spirit cure was broken, and Ning Zhou had also taken medicine with him in the Witchcraft Sacrifice task. It didn’t seem like he had any healing abilities. Although Dr. Lu’s fighting power was unreliable, there was still a lack of healers in the Nightmare World - seeing that he could live so well by opening a clinic. He also brought with him EX luck and treasure hunting skills, but was it a good choice to take him? That is, the task was a bit dangerous… Did he want to take Dr. Lu?

Ning Zhou snorted, but the black bird on his shoulder said noisily, “I won’t bring a healer, clearing the world depends on going wild!”

Qi Leren was speechless about this bird. Ning Zhou was such a serious person. How could there be such a rowdy bird? He didn’t know where it learned to be such a mess.

After leaving Arnold’s former residence, Qi Leren hesitated to go to Dr. Lu’s home, and was just in time for Dr. Lu to be going to get a midnight snack.

Dr. Lu depressedly and asked him if he intentionally came during mealtimes. He’d gone to have a snack that afternoon, but had instead entertained Qi Leren. After eating and drinking, Qi Leren told him about the “Dream of the Holy Nun” task and invited Dr. Lu to join.

“The first ‘monthly exam’ will be held soon, and we’ll have to wait until after that,” Dr. Lu said with an expression of pain.

Because the compulsory task happened to be once a month, it was dubbed the monthly exam by players. Qi Leren and Dr. Lu had entered the game on the same day, and the time of their monthly exams were the same, so he naturally agreed: “That’s fine.”

“To be honest, I don’t want to die. This task sounds very difficult. Why don’t you invite Su He and I’ll go if he goes? Speaking of it, I saw him two days ago. He’s still in the Village of Dusk. He should have a better understanding of the main world’s background. If he’ss willing to help, the task could be much easier,” Dr. Lu suggested.

Qi Leren paused. After receiving the task, he didn’t want to invite Su He, because he was always a little afraid of Su He seeing through him about the laptop. But when he thought about it, Su He wouldn’t know that this is the so-called main task. He could say he’d received it by chance.

But if as the task went on Su He found that this task was inextricably linked with the Nightmare World… Would his half-GM status have an uncontrollable impact on this task?

Just as Qi Leren struggled, a knock sounded on the door and Dr. Lu sighed, “Ah, there are patients at night, it’s really exhausting. Come in, come in!”

When the door opened, Su He pushed the door open and looked slightly surprised to see Qi Leren in the room: “So you’re here.”

“Speak of the devil, Su He, we were talking about a main world task. Do you want to participate?” Dr. Lu asked smoothly.

“A main world task? What’s the task’s name and location?” Su He hung his blazer on the hook behind the door, walking towards the two people. It was a little crowded when three people sat in the spacious room, but Su He gentle aura wouldn’t make people feel oppressed.

Dr. Lu has already started, so Qi Leren simply said: “The task is called 'The Dream of the Holy Nun’ and the location is in the Holy City.”

“The Holy City? It was captured by the Devil more than 20 years ago, tough, and now it’s shrouded in a fog. I am afraid it’s dangerous to enter rashly,” Su He said, recalling the history of the Nightmare World.

“Entering the Holy City isn’t a problem. I accidentally got a task item. With this item, I can pass through the Holy City’s fog.” Qi Leren thought about it, but still didn’t say anything about Maria and her field, because he couldn’t explain the source of the information.

“It seems to be related to the Devil’s invasion in the previous tasks, I’m very interested. Okay, I’ll join,” Su He smiled and readily agreed.

“That’s great!” Dr. Lu breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly remembered something. “Oh, why are you coming to see me so late?”

“I originally came to say goodbye to you. In fact, I went to Qi Leren’s home just now… Your friend opened the door,” Su He paused strangely, his handsome eyebrows raising in a clear sign of curiosity.

Dr. Lu: “Ah?”

Qi Leren: “…”

After the Slaughter Secret Society undercover mission, Qi Leren moved back to his home on Sunset Island. Ning Zhou was staying with him for the time being for convenience while carrying out basic training. Just after the two had come back from Arnold’s former residence, he left Ning Zhou because he came to see Dr. Lu. As a result, Ning Zhou returned to his home and happened to meet Su He who had come to say goodbye to him…

In the Castle Cry task, Qi Leren had talked with Su He about the Witchcraft Sacrifice task… Although he hadn’t used any names and Su He shouldn’t be able to tell that the man he’d mentioned was the same Ning Zhou who opened the door at his house, Qi Leren still felt a little guilty for no reason.

But if Dr. Lu and Su He joined the Holy Nun task, it was only a matter of time before they realized who Ning Zhou was!

The story of going undercover with the Slaughter Secret Society was hidden and couldn’t be made public. How could he explain that the two people who had looked upon each other like death had suddenly made up again and were living together? Could this be explained as a pure friendship between the same sex?!

Qi Leren, who had a headache, forcibly changed the subject: “Well, you came to say goodbye to me? So Su He, you’re going back to the Village of Dawn?”

Su He was really a very gentle person, and even had no objection to the poor change of topic: “I was going to go back to the Village of Dawn, but now that you need it, of course I have to stay and help.”

“No, no, no, if you have something to do, go back.” Qi Leren imagined Dr. Lu and Su He watching Ning Zhou and him together and felt his heart become overwhelmed. He regretted it, he shouldn’t have come here to ask Dr. Lu to take part in the task.

“I don’t mind. In fact, there’s nothing important, I just haven’t been to the Village of Dawn in a while and thought I should go back. I would leave if there was nothing else here, but now that you have difficulties, then of course I can’t stand by,” Su He said with a smile.

Dr. Lu applauded and praised his teammate: “Little friend of love and justice, come, I will invite you to eat cake.”

Qi Leren, who felt that there is no love in his future, was simultaneously angry and comforted as he ate Dr. Lu’s cake: Anyway, there was a healer, a fighter, and a recyclable meat shield, so let the GM come along for the ride.