Chapter 61: Wang Family Funeral Home
Matters regarding the [Death Platform] had been buzzing on the forum for several days.
These past few days, opening the forum basically showed discussions about topics related to this [Death Platform], but this topic was still a bit too distant for Lu Jinzhao.
On the second day, Lin Lin sent her a message saying that the things she came back to handle were done, and she had already left Yuncheng for the capital. For her hasty arrival and hasty departure, Lu Jinzhao didn’t know what to say.
After all, she no longer really understood what Lin Lin’s daily life was like or what things were waiting for her to resolve.
The calm life lasted less than ten days before another platform mission appeared.
Lu Jinzhao looked at the information on the train ticket and puzzledly took out the parchment: “Why are my missions so frequent? Did you do something bad again?”
According to the forum, normal passengers have at least half a month between missions, commonly one month, and after level increases and mission difficulty increases, two months, three months, or even half a year.
Yet it had only been ten days for her, and she received a new mission—too abnormal.
Since it was abnormal, there must be a problem, so she unhesitatingly suspected the parchment.
After all, this thing was a habitual offender.
And the parchment’s response was also very straightforward.
[Isn’t more missions good?]
[You need to grow]
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Lu Jinzhao couldn’t quite understand, but she knew in her heart that the parchment absolutely wouldn’t be good to her. Arranging more missions for her to grow quickly—was that beneficial to the parchment?
Then she had to consider what the parchment wanted to do next.
The train ticket showed the new platform was still [C] level, which made Lu Jinzhao breathe a slight sigh of relief. At least, no more “level skipping.”
She didn’t think her current self could challenge a [B] level platform; she still needed some experience and preparation.
And for this mission, she didn’t plan to bring the parchment.
On the day of the mission execution, Lu Jinzhao carried her prepared backpack to the train station.
The moment she stepped out the door, a line of blood script suddenly appeared before her eyes.
[Aren’t you going to bring me?]
Lu Jinzhao kept her gaze straight ahead, pretending not to see it.
But the parchment was somewhat persistent.
[You want to abandon me?]
[Impossible]
[You can’t escape me]
[I’ll always follow you]
[Until you die]
[If you’re so scared, go die quickly]
[Once you die, all troubles will disappear]
[How about it?]
The blood script was crooked and slanted, like movie special effects hanging in front of her. Sometimes it appeared on the ground, sometimes on the telephone poles her gaze swept over, on the taxi door handle she was about to pull, or even on the driver’s face.
It was practically a kind of mental pollution.
Lu Jinzhao took a deep breath, still ignoring it.
But the next second.
[I said]
[You can’t escape me]
[Feel your clothes pocket]
Lu Jinzhao’s expression changed, a bad premonition surfacing in her mind.
She no longer ignored the red script and reached into her pocket. Sure enough…
The familiar touch came from her fingertips. She took out the parchment from her pocket, the one she had left at home and not brought out.
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[Great, we’re meeting again.]
See a ghost!
Lu Jinzhao’s face turned a bit more horrified. What the hell was this ghostly thing doing?
Was it getting more active?
It was also getting better at knowing how to disgust people when speaking.
This wasn’t a good sign.
“You go die by yourself.” Lu Jinzhao said in her heart, then viciously threw the parchment out the car window.
She knew this wouldn’t have any effect.
But at least it vented some frustration.
Sure enough, the next second, the blood script twisted like a living creature and came before her eyes again.
[Throwing me away is useless!]
[We signed a contract; you can never escape me!]
[Until you die!]
Lu Jinzhao stopped paying attention to it.
Looking at these words too much would only make her restless, and perhaps that was one of the parchment’s purposes.
Seeing that Lu Jinzhao completely ignored it, the parchment quieted down after a while.
Lu Jinzhao felt her pocket; sure enough, it had returned to her side.
Truly persistent as a ghost!
Arriving at Yuncheng Train Station, Lu Jinzhao was already very familiar with the path underground.
But this time, she didn’t encounter anyone before entering the waiting room.
After she pushed open the waiting room door, there was a slight surprise in her gaze.
So few people.
Including her, only four people.
And she had arrived right on time.
“All present.” Someone spoke up.
Lu Jinzhao confirmed again: this mission really had four people.
A bit of undue novelty surged in her heart, and at the same time, she noticed that the gazes of the other three lingered on her a bit too long.
Was there something wrong with her?
Lu Jinzhao was completely unaware of what she looked like in others’ eyes now.
A somewhat tall figure, overly thin and pale skin, black long hair softly draped behind her, but it seemed too soft, the sheen of the hair color indescribably strange.
Her originally quiet and beautiful features gained an extra hint of coldness due to those overly dark and deep eyes. If she silently appeared behind them on some dark night, everyone would probably be startled at first sight.
They always felt that this new passenger had an indescribable ghostly aura.
But looking closely, she seemed just like a slightly prettier ordinary girl, with features that even appeared quite gentle.
Maybe her temperament was just special.
Everyone thought this way.
“Hello, you’re Lu Jinzhao, right?” One of the girls extended her hand to her, friendly pointing at the waiting information: “I’m Meng Ning.”
The other two also gave simple self-introductions: a male college student named Chen Hai, and an office worker named Xiao Ping.
“The train is coming soon; take a look at the waiting information first.”
Lu Jinzhao nodded and turned her gaze to the waiting information.
[This arriving train level: C]
[This ride personnel: Four]
[Personnel list: Lu Jinzhao, Meng Ning, Chen Hai, Xiao Ping]
[This station: Wang Family Funeral Home]
[The Wang family has been in the family funeral business for generations, all providing funeral services. The family has many customs and taboos passed down through the ages.]
[Although the times are changing, many things have never changed even a bit.]
[As unemployed people, you heard that Wang Family Funeral Home is offering high pay to recruit outsiders as apprentices, so you walked into that place.]
[Survive three days in Wang Family Funeral Home to complete the mission.]
This mission had quite a bit of waiting information.
After Lu Jinzhao finished reading the information, they friendly said: “We discussed it just now and think the key difficulty of this mission might be those customs.”
Lu Jinzhao blinked, wondering if it was because of the smaller number of people?
This time’s teammates all seemed pretty friendly.
