Chapter 216: Hundred-eyed Demon’s Precious Gift! Secret Realm Challenge Top 100 Ranking! Characteristic Eye Of Interpretation
Cannot lie!
Cannot lie!!
Cannot lie!!!
For no reason, Shangshan Che’s heart issued a frantic warning.
If he lied in front of this Y Mister who was smiling and watching him, something absolutely terrifying would happen.
After an extremely brief silence, Shangshan Che stared straight at this face where every facial feature was unremarkable, but when combined, it blurred the entire face, making it hard to remember.
He calmly spoke up and replied,
“Because just now on the way here, I was secretly targeted by someone unknown, and I was really concerned about it.”
“I see.”
Y Mister nodded and said with concern: “Lately the tides have been relentless, with forces from the Eternal World probing frequently. Young talents like you, Shangshan Jun, should be extra careful.”
Shangshan Che responded: “I will.”
So Y Mister turned back and continued looking at the constantly rotating silver vortex, saying,
“This Sengoku Secret Realm summons soldiers within the influence range of the secret realm at regular intervals, while also expanding the influence range.”
Listening to Y Mister’s casual explanation, Shangshan Che could clearly feel that he had just passed through some major crisis.
The director of the Countermeasures Room, Y… was absolutely not connected to “normal” or “ordinary.”
This man carried a certain twisted and terrifying “otherness.”
Shangshan Che thought to himself.
“—And the more outsiders challenge the secret realm and defeat the strong projections within, the weaker the soldiers summoned next time by the secret realm will become, and the influence range will no longer expand.”
Y Mister spoke loudly, also explaining to Tamamo and Yagyu Oshi who were a bit farther away: “Everyone has a total of three challenge opportunities, which means three lives.
And according to records, the general situation of the secret realm is—first ten floors are one-star lower projections, tenth to twentieth floors are two-star lower, twentieth to thirtieth floors are three-star lower.
After the thirtieth floor, they are projections with three-star combat power and above.”
Y Mister pointed at the elegant text with the black steel pen in his hand: “Currently, we’ve only figured this much out, so that’s why I came to its front to record.”
Y Mister was just about to continue speaking when a blurry light cluster appeared in front of the silver vortex.
He immediately looked over there.
Shangshan Che followed and turned his head.
The next moment, the light cluster disappeared, and a black-haired young man wearing a white haori, no different from an ordinary person, fell to the ground.
Though his body was originally spotless, he looked quite disheveled.
The young man got up from the ground, patted the dust off his knees, frowned and muttered,
“Damn, this is way too perverted. How is this lightning magic so strong… Wasn’t the Sengoku Period supposed to be an absolute spiritless heaven and earth back then?”
Hearing the young man’s words, Shangshan Che was stunned for a moment.
The young man happened to sense several gazes directed at him, so he instinctively looked over and was slightly startled upon seeing Shangshan Che.
But the young man in the haori didn’t say another word, hurriedly stood up from the ground, and left the barrier.
Y Mister looked at the young man’s back and smiled: “Although being slain in the secret realm doesn’t result in real death, it’s been verified by many that you do genuinely experience the sensation of death.”
Hearing this, Tamamo shuddered all over, pulling Yagyu Oshi in front of her, afraid of accidentally being sucked into this thing.
Shangshan Che thought to himself that he was familiar with this—lying down, standing up, flattened, exploded, he’d tried them all.
No one understood the feeling of death better than him.
But the words the young man had just said upon emerging made him somewhat concerned…
“Y Mister, do you know how many floors this secret realm has been cleared up to so far, and what projections have been encountered?”
“Of course I do.”
Y Mister replied without thinking: “Currently, the highest clear is up to the thirty-ninth floor, where the strong projection is the three-and-a-half-star demon Ootama Hoshi.
Related information has already been sent to your app, Shangshan Jun. You can choose to view it or not.”
Ootama Hoshi?
Hearing the “acquaintance’s” name unexpectedly, Shangshan Che raised an eyebrow.
He hadn’t expected fate to be so wondrous—separated by five hundred years and life and death, yet able to meet past enemies again.
Just thinking about entering this secret realm vortex later and encountering Ootama Hoshi, whom he had personally slain again, made Shangshan Che’s mood a bit strange.
Though Ootama Hoshi was strong… could she alone block so many young talents from the Mortal Realm?
Unlikely.
Shangshan Che raised this doubt to Y Mister.
“Because this Sengoku Secret Realm hasn’t been around long, few people know about it, and no one has spent contributions to buy a recommendation spot on the app to promote it, so the progress has stopped here.”
Y Mister cast a curious gaze,
“So, Shangshan Jun, do you want to go in and try now?”
“Hmm…”
Shangshan Che pondered.
Hundred-Eyed Demon had just completed her transformation, so checking her changes now was more important. It wouldn’t be too late to tackle the secret realm later.
So he shook his head: “I’ll try later. Let more people test the waters first.”
Y Mister nodded slightly regretfully but didn’t say much, instead pulling out three silver passes from somewhere and handing them to Shangshan Che,
“Passes for you all. This way, you won’t need to show your personal information when entering later.”
“Thanks.”
The three politely thanked him together.
Then, Shangshan Che saw Y Mister tear a page full of handwriting from his notebook.
He cautiously took two steps back before asking,
“Y Mister, what are you doing?”
“Hmm… We’ve been standing here observing for a while. Besides recording, we should do something more, right?”
Y Mister grinned slightly, let go, and let the rough-edged paper slowly drift to the ground.
He said pleasantly: “Don’t you feel the atmosphere around here is a bit too cold?”
“So many strong young people gathered here, yet all silently observing without a word.”
Y Mister shook his head,
“That’s not right.”
“—Young people should be more vibrant!”
Rumble!
The torn paper fell onto the barren slope along with his words, and a towering black stone stele burst out of the soil and rose up.
Over five or six meters tall, with an ancient and solid texture, the stele stood right next to the entrance of the Sengoku Secret Realm.
—【Secret Realm Challenge Top 100 Ranking】!
On the stele, one hundred golden names were vividly engraved.
And beside these names, the number of floors they had cleared was meticulously inscribed.
At the very top of the stele was a name Shangshan Che hadn’t expected.
—【First Saito Ryuichi 39th Floor】
Cleared thirty-nine floors—that meant the other party had already slain Ootama Hoshi, only to be defeated by the opponent on the fortieth floor.
In an instant, Shangshan Che felt his phone in his pocket vibrate intensely several times.
He pulled it out and saw several messages on the Special Affairs Office app related to the Sengoku Secret Realm and the stele Y Mister had just conjured out of thin air.
Opening the app, he saw the related messages inexplicably dominating the hot search list at number one.
And as soon as he tapped into the forum, the messages were right in his face.
He even had to wait two seconds to close it and continue browsing.
In the forum, countless Special Affairs Office agents were spamming, asking if only their app was glitching or if it had been infected with some cyber demons and monsters virus.
But in just dozens of seconds, everyone realized all apps were experiencing this.
Instantly, the entire forum erupted, wildly discussing which big hand was behind this.
Did this even need asking?
Shangshan Che turned his head to look at Y Mister, who was nodding satisfactorily beside him.
“That’s more like it!”
Y Mister clapped happily,
“A safe challenge-type secret realm finally appeared. It has to be hyped up… I heard the seed battle is about to start, so this can serve as a prelude to the seed battle, right?”
【If you are not affiliated with the Special Affairs Office, you can still get a one-time free chance right now. Come challenge…】
Tamamo speechlessly closed a bunch of push notifications that looked like P2P breeders or Greedy Blue Moon ads.
But upon seeing the cyber-style 【Top 100 Ranking】 and the number one Saito Ryuichi, she instinctively waved her hands and vented harshly in Kansai dialect,
“Hey, this is totally invading personal privacy, right?!”
“I did provide an option to hide names.”
Y Mister pointed to the upper right corner of the screen, a black option about the size of a shrimp hidden in the black background: “Look, doesn’t it say 【Anonymous Ranking】 over there?”
Tamamo looked down and memorized all one hundred names without any cover.
She said speechlessly: “No… Then aren’t these one hundred guys total suckers…”
Shangshan Che looked at the forum and saw that in just over ten seconds, someone had found the option in the upper right corner and started cursing.
A moment later, most of the one hundred names turned into 【Anonymous Person】.
Only 【Saito Ryuichi】 remained high at the top, emanating brilliant golden light.
Shangshan Che’s own name, like most agents who hadn’t challenged yet, was at the very bottom of the list, gray and nondescript, with the name crooked.
As if being mocked and trampled by the one hundred names above.
This made Shangshan Che chuckle.
Hype it, hype it hard.
If he guessed right, the young man who had just fallen to the ground was probably Saito Ryuichi.
And the other party, having just finished challenging and preparing to calmly process the gains from one death, would probably feel the sky falling after picking up his phone.
Shangshan Che shook his head: “Y Mister, that was ruthless.”
“Right? I’m really looking forward to seeing some heaven-defying prodigies battling it out and stepping on each other.”
Y Mister capped his steel pen and elegantly tucked it into the small pocket on his chest: “I bet this place will be bustling in a couple of days.”
“About time. If I stay here longer, the big leader will catch me and give me a lecture.”
A black business card appeared in Shangshan Che’s palm, followed by Y Mister’s voice,
“If you need anything in the future, you can try finding me.”
“Because I think you’re a promising stock worth investing in.” Y Mister shrugged. “At least much better than seeds from a lot of other places.”
With that, Y Mister looked at Tamamo, who was browsing the forum with an incredibly expressive face: “Little Tamamo, want to jump ship to the Countermeasures Room?”
“Whoa—no, stay away!”
Hearing the invitation, Tamamo jumped back in fright: “Who in their right mind would go to a ghost place like that where you can’t do anything after entering and get squeezed to death in no time? I ask you!”
But the next instant, Tamamo realized the one inviting her was the director of the Countermeasures Room, Y.
She immediately covered her mouth and laughed stiffly: “Uh… Director Y, you know I didn’t mean that…”
Y Mister nodded with a smile instead,
“No worries, Little Tamamo. You spoke the plain truth. The Countermeasures Room needs people brave enough to speak up.”
So it was the plain truth.
Shangshan Che and Yagyu Oshi were speechless.
Y Mister waved, and an exquisite black invitation letter appeared in Tamamo’s small hand,
“Anyway, Little Tamamo, if you want to come, just tear it open. The Countermeasures Room is really short on manpower lately.”
Tamamo mumbled submissively, nearly saying “yes, sir.”
“Well then, you three, I’ll head out first. The next place is waiting for me to record.”
Y Mister tore another page from his notebook, stepped forward, and vanished from Shangshan Che’s sight.
Without the slightest spiritual power fluctuation.
With Y Mister’s departure, Shangshan Che stunnedly found that his memories and image of him… her… it in his mind began to blur.
In just one breath, Shangshan Che could no longer recall the attire and appearance of Y Mister, who had chatted with him at length and brought great terror.
He couldn’t even remember the gender clearly.
Only the three characters 【Y Mister】 remained normally in Shangshan Che’s memory.
This cognitive disruption made Shangshan Che furrow his brow involuntarily.
He turned back and saw Yagyu Oshi’s expression even more severe than his own, while Tamamo looked unsurprised, her face full of accustomed indifference.
But before Shangshan Che could adjust to this bizarre sensation, he puzzledly found his memories related to Y Mister rapidly restoring in his mind.
What was going on?
As if answering him, Y Mister, who had reversed back, popped his head out of the void and smiled at him. “Almost forgot to say, Shangshan Jun, remember to give my regards to Nanjō Great Officer.”
With those words, Y Mister disappeared again.
The memories receded like a flood once more.
Shangshan Che’s mouth twitched slightly as he covered his mouth.
The repeated memory shifts caused an intense nausea, nearly making him vomit on the spot.
“Urp…”
Behind him came Yagyu Oshi’s vomiting sounds.
Tamamo immediately threw the black invitation letter to the ground and stomped on it hard twice.
But the invitation letter seemed protected by some mysterious force; even treated this way, it wasn’t dirty at all.
Finally suppressing the dry heaving urge, Shangshan Che asked,
“Why throw it on the ground?”
Tamamo chuckled: “If it accidentally opens, life is definitely over.”
That serious?
The Countermeasures Room… what kind of existence was it in the Special Affairs Office?
Come to think of it, he had never heard of this organization before. It seemed to have a very high security clearance.
Since Tamamo said so, Shangshan Che didn’t plan to lecture her.
But beside the girl, Yagyu Oshi, who had finally finished vomiting, squatted down, gasping heavily, picked up the invitation letter from the ground, and handed it back to Tamamo.
He rarely put on a stern face and said seriously,
“It’s someone’s good intentions after all. Even if not accepting the invitation, you can’t treat it like this.”
Tamamo was silent for a long time but ultimately couldn’t outstubborn Yagyu Oshi.
She sighed helplessly and took back the invitation letter,
“Fine…”
They waited in place for a few minutes until the effects related to Y Mister faded, then Tamamo eagerly asked them both: “Are you two challenging now?”
—With the 【Top 100 Ranking】 Y Mister made, in a couple of days, the secret realm vortex might change from its current desolation to being crowded watertight.
After all, for young people who were also accomplished experts and geniuses.
What they lacked least was the drive to compete and the arrogance of being the best under heaven.
They didn’t need any extra rewards or temptations.
As long as there was a chance to trample famous geniuses like “Saito Ryuichi” underfoot, countless young geniuses claiming to be stronger than him would definitely come to challenge the secret realm.
Yagyu Oshi shook his head, his face pale as he said: “I still need a bit more preparation.”
Shangshan Che glanced at the Edo Castle gacha pool waiting for his favor and replied: “I’ve had some insights to digest.”
Tamamo assumed he was also nauseated by the changes.
The girl nodded: “Then let’s find a place to stay first.”
She beckoned them to follow, and in less than ten minutes, they smoothly arrived at the doorway of a guesthouse that someone had just left.
After checking in, they entered an extra-large room spacious enough for over a dozen people to sleep together.
Having settled tonight’s lodging, Tamamo clapped her hands,
“After such a big event, we should go out and chat properly with friends… Elder Brother Shangshan, coming?”
Already seated in the corner, Shangshan Che countered: “Didn’t I say I’ve had some insights?”
Tamamo sighed.
—Big Brother, you’re serious?!
“I thought…”
She scratched her head embarrassedly and clapped once: “Then I’ll go out with Yagyu first. Message us later if you need to find us, Elder Brother Shangshan.”
Accompanied by the sound of the door lock clicking shut, their footsteps gradually faded.
Shangshan Che took a deep breath and looked at the prompt that had long popped up in the corner of his vision.
【Hundred-Eyed Demon, quality promotion completed!】
He rubbed his hands expectantly.
Next, it was time to see what the Hundred-Eyed Demon had become after consuming that Ghost God level eyeball fragment and completing her promotion…
【Two-Star Limited Summoning: Edo Suburbs!】
The Edo Castle gacha pool page popped up before Shangshan Che’s eyes.
In an instant, he spotted the Hundred-Eyed Demon loli in the center of the pool, sitting in mid-air over Edo Castle, reaching out to fiddle with the clouds.
Her hair had somehow grown longer, the smooth black hair reaching past her waist, and her entire demeanor had become more serene and composed.
The white bone throne beneath her was now wrapped in a layer of black-red agate, becoming crystalline and transparent. From afar, it exuded a sense of nobility.
As for the pile of treasures originally heaped on the mud, they were now held in pale, flawless white bone cups, fully displayed before Shangshan Che’s eyes.
He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but Shangshan Che felt the lighting in this Edo Castle pool had darkened.
【Quality: Epic+】
A deep purple massive label like that hovered above the Hundred-Eyed Demon’s head.
Just as Shangshan Che was about to shift his gaze, a massive scarlet giant eye suddenly emerged from the layered pitch-black clouds.
The giant eye fixed him with an icy gaze, staring him down.
Several seconds later, the Hundred-Eyed Demon, hugging her knees on the throne, suddenly giggled.
She waved her hand, making the scarlet giant eye in the clouds flip over, wobbling down, shrinking smaller and smaller.
By the time the giant eye reached the Hundred-Eyed Demon loli’s hand, it had become a small black-red gem emitting captivating light.
She tossed the gem backward, embedding it right in the center at the top of the throne.
Then, the Hundred-Eyed Demon raised her hand toward the sky—or rather, toward Shangshan Che who was examining her.
【”Hundred-Eyed Demon” has proposed a transaction request to you.】
Hmm?
Still savoring the nurturing pleasure, Shangshan Che blinked.
He pondered if the Hundred-Eyed Demon was an insatiable little glutton, wanting more right after promotion?
But the prompt that appeared next mercilessly shattered Shangshan Che’s assumption.
Because the transaction proposed by the Hundred-Eyed Demon… no, this couldn’t even be called a transaction anymore.
This was completely a free gift!
The Hundred-Eyed Demon usually seemed cold and unsmiling, but he hadn’t expected her to do something like this.
Shangshan Che’s pupils contracted slightly, wanting to observe what the Hundred-Eyed Demon was thinking.
But she had now maneuvered her throne to turn away, not letting him see.
【Hundred-Eyed Demon’s demand: Soul Ash ×1】
【You can obtain: Hundred-Eyed Demon’s Eye ×1】
So Shangshan Che could only look at this transaction request… Just one point of soul ash, why would he refuse?
1 point of soul ash deducted, replaced by a smooth, round, exquisitely crafted black-red eyeball falling into Shangshan Che’s palm.
Acquisition prompt and panel popped up.
【You obtained Hundred-Eyed Demon’s Eye!】
【Hundred-Eyed Demon’s Eye】
【Quality: Epic】
【Effect: After use, your eyes will gain a designated unknown trait.】
【—A gift, a thank you.】
An Epic grade item granting a trait, obtained with just one soul ash.
Shangshan Che swallowed.
This wasn’t just a huge profit—it was an insane one!
From the item description, it was clearly a thank-you gift from the Hundred-Eyed Demon.
But in reality, Shangshan Che hadn’t helped the Hundred-Eyed Demon much.
Collecting eyeballs to upgrade the Hundred-Eyed Demon’s quality was ultimately just for his own benefit.
Shangshan Che looked at the pool again and saw the Hundred-Eyed Demon on the ground still expressionless, just curling her hair with her finger.
As if nothing had happened.
A brand new progress bar appeared above her head.
Representing the incredibly long path to Super Epic quality.
Shangshan Che smiled, feeling both happy and a bit indescribable.
Happy because the Hundred-Eyed Demon’s quality could still be upgraded further, meaning higher potential and possibilities.
Indescribable because even going from Epic to Epic+ had exhausted all his efforts.
Who knew how long it would take to upgrade her another level.
Shangshan Che sighed: “The path is long and arduous…”
He’d check while walking later, but at least finish the Mokumokuren labyrinth full of thousands of eyeballs first before planning.
Maybe the eyeballs in the labyrinth would be enough for another quality upgrade for the Hundred-Eyed Demon.
Shangshan Che exhaled softly, recalling the first time he saw the Hundred-Eyed Demon in the pool, thinking she was just a simple projection.
He remembered being startled by the Hundred-Eyed Demon’s transaction request back then.
Now, she could even use this function to “remotely” gift him such a precious item.
This was a kind of wondrous bond.
Shangshan Che gazed at the black-haired loli who, by herself, surpassed the value of all other items in the pool.
For a moment, he wanted to thank the Hundred-Eyed Demon, who had her eyes downcast.
But remembering she couldn’t hear, Shangshan Che didn’t speak.
He scanned the 【Epic+】 label several more times before closing the Edo Castle gacha pool page, ready to use the Hundred-Eyed Demon’s Eye in his hand.
……
In the “Edo Castle Gacha Pool.”
Feeling the gaze that had watched her for so long finally disappear, the Hundred-Eyed Demon breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked up at the eternal darkness.
This darkness that had devoured countless lives and deaths in the past and would continue to do so in the future—how long had it lasted?
The Hundred-Eyed Demon didn’t know.
She simply closed her eyes with a faint, ethereal anticipation and hummed an ancient nursery rhyme,
“Please come quickly, please come quickly, please come grant us all an end and peace…”
……
Press the Hundred-Eyed Demon’s Eye to the forehead, and it will auto-use.
That was the sensation in Shangshan Che’s heart as he held the eyeball.
He did so.
The black-red eyeball, upon touching his forehead, melted like warm snow into a warm fluid that seeped into Shangshan Che’s eyes.
A subtle stinging arose in the depths of his eyes, gone in a flash.
【You used Hundred-Eyed Demon’s Eye!】
【You obtained Trait · Eye of Interpretation!】
Shangshan Che opened his eyes smoothly and found everything before him clearer, sharper, more… comprehensible.
Still a simple analogy.
If the world in Shangshan Che’s eyes was originally 1k, now his vision had become 4k, just like when he first used the Soul Incense Ash （micro） effect.
【Eye of Interpretation: Actively consume energy, and all things in the world will slow down in your eyes, while you can perform deeper interpretation of everything happening before you.】
And the upgrade from 1k to 4k was just the passive effect.
Shangshan Che blinked and activated the Eye of Interpretation’s active effect.
Just opening his eyes, he saw the floating dust in the air moving several times slower… As for “deeper interpretation,” Shangshan Che hadn’t figured it out yet.
Even so, the boost from the Eye of Interpretation was enormous!
Whether in combat or learning, the Eye of Interpretation had solidly elevated his combat power by a noticeable margin!
—She’s definitely mine in the future, yet she still gives such a valuable dowry beforehand.
Hundred-Eyed Demon, you…
After spending over ten minutes adapting to the Eye of Interpretation’s effects, Shangshan Che pulled out his phone again.
Just opening the Special Affairs Office app popped up: 【Detected you are not four-star or above and are near the secret realm. Join the “Top 100 Ranking” stats range?】
【Yes/Yes】
Seeing this option, Shangshan Che laughed in exasperation.
He searched the screen and found the 【No】 option conveniently below the two yeses, but dimmed, completely incomparable to the shining yes.
He casually tapped “Yes,” then immediately clicked anonymous in the upper right corner.
He didn’t want to attract trouble just from challenging the secret realm.
Shangshan Che browsed the forum a bit longer and found that people in different cities and regions had indeed been stirred up by this Top 100 Ranking.
The most numerous and hottest posts discussed which famous genius was stronger and could reach higher floors in the secret realm.
Saito Ryuichi, Kujo Tsubaki, Tokugawa Haruhiko, Takizawa Kai, Minamoto Shizuka…
Even Shangshan Che spotted his own name in some corners.
Electronic cockfighting always had an audience.
Not to mention these geniuses really existed in reality and would soon gather for the seed battle. Some were even opening bets with Special Affairs Office contributions.
But under the unknown big hand’s control, the maximum bet was no more than “1” point—more for fun than substance.
“Since everything’s done, going in to test the waters with a life isn’t a bad idea.”
Shangshan Che stretched lazily, left the room, strolled around the area for over half an hour, and found the atmosphere had completely changed in such a short time.
Restless, fervent, competitive…
The reason the Top 100 Ranking hadn’t changed much yet was probably because many were waiting for the vanguard to test and probe the intel on the powerful projections in the secret realm.
Because everyone only had three challenge chances, most potential challengers took it very seriously.
Shangshan Che didn’t mind.
He flashed his pass to enter the barrier, saw several unfamiliar figures, and also Yagyu Oshi who had just slammed to the ground with a thud, shaking his head.
Tamamo was clenching her fists with starry expectant eyes: “Yagyu, how many floors?”
“Thirty-four floors.”
Yagyu Oshi replied, his face showing no regret or fear, already pondering and reviewing how to shore up weaknesses and win.
Shangshan Che glanced at the stele beside them and saw Yagyu Oshi’s name shoot straight to the top.
Fourth place.
From top to bottom: Saito Ryuichi’s thirty-nine floors, second place’s thirty-eight, third place’s thirty-five.
The top three had all gone anonymous.
Below Yagyu Oshi, it dropped straight to thirty floors.
Probably because there still weren’t enough challengers yet.
Tamamo was comforting the frowning, pondering Yagyu Oshi when she suddenly spotted Shangshan Che and waved,
“Elder Brother Shangshan, you’re here too!”
Shangshan Che smiled and nodded at her: “Just finished digesting my cultivation gains. Came to try this out while at it.”
Tamamo asked again: “Did you accidentally tap yes to join this Top 100 Ranking?”
“A mere trifle, how could it stump me.”
Shangshan Che said impassively: “I don’t like trouble, so I tapped no.”
Tamamo hummed and pumped her fist at him,
“Go for it, Elder Brother Shangshan! Blast straight to the fortieth floor and knock that Saito Ryuichi down!”
Shangshan Che blinked: “You have a grudge with him?”
Tamamo hurriedly made an X with her hands: “No, I just purely don’t like him standing on Yagyu’s head.”
“Then I’ll try…”
Shangshan Che chuckled, raised his hand, and touched the edge of the silver-white vortex.
Consciousness went black then lit up.
Shangshan Che opened his eyes.
Then, he saw a task prompt inexplicably pop up before him.
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