An Unusual Life Beginning with Evil Spirits-Chapter 113 : Lucky Guy

Volume 3: High School Arc - Mirror Game
Looking at the state of the little electric bike, I instantly felt despair.
"Are you okay?"
Lu Haochen's voice came from behind.
I turned my head sharply and grabbed his collar, trying to lift him up… but I forgot about the height difference.
Even if I raised my hand, it was still hard to lift this guy completely.
Besides, he knew martial arts.
When I tugged at his collar, his arm drew a circle in front of me, slashed downward, then bent his knee and dropped his weight like a ton.
I couldn't lift him at all.
The hand holding his collar was blocked back by the large arc of his arm.
I looked at my own hand that had slipped off his collar.
Then looked up into Lu Haochen's eyes.
"Why didn't you grab the bike? Why are you grabbing me?"
"……"
Lu Haochen looked at me calmly without saying a word.
Fine, you win.
Damn it.
After staring at him for a while, I felt I might not win the stare-down.
I rubbed my eyes and gave up on the contest.
Of course I knew the right thing to do was to save the bike first.
That would have been the rational choice.
Anyone with a higher level of rationality would definitely go for the bike first.
After all, even if I fell, it would just hurt for a while.
Even if the wind lifted me, it couldn’t blow me away.
At most I’d fall and tumble a bit.
I had practiced martial arts.
Lu Haochen should have known that.
He should also have known I had medical knowledge.
So even if I fell, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
But the little electric bike couldn’t withstand a fall.
"In a moment like this, you’re still playing the humanitarian card with me? Damn… why did I even let you ride with me?"
"Life is most important. That’s what my master taught me."
Maybe me giving in made him a bit proud.
He actually managed to smile.
I endured… endured… I freaking couldn't endure anymore.
"Damn!!!"
I threw a punch without hesitation.
Maybe he wasn't prepared, and I hit him squarely in the face.
But he slightly dodged at the last second.
I didn’t hit his nose but landed on his eye socket.
Immediately, Lu Haochen staggered back seven or eight steps and fell on his butt.
"What the hell… what are you doing!! I saved you and you hit me. Do you even have any sense of reason!?"
Lu Haochen clutched his left eye, the one that got punched, and glared at me with his other eye.
"Women don’t need to be reasonable. TikTok taught me that!"
Lu Haochen opened his mouth, wanting to say something but ended up sighing.
"Sigh…"
I turned away, shaking my sore wrist.
Damn, why was this guy’s face so hard?
I ignored him, glanced at the still burning bike, walked over, picked up the toolbox that hadn’t broken, and strode toward the factory.
Lu Haochen hesitated for a moment.
In the end, he still followed me while holding his eye.
No matter what, the city must be extremely dangerous right now.
Forget entering the city.
Even wandering around the suburbs was risky.
I didn’t want Liu Wanqian and Gong Lianyu to notice anything strange about me.
So the only solution was to finish this task before entering the city.
The task gave three days.
That’s assuming we could survive that long.
This three-day time limit was probably meant to give players time to figure things out.
Once someone figured it out, they would definitely head to the factory.
Of course, the factory had to be dangerous.
No matter what mind game the APP played, as long as it was a task, it would never be easy.
But if we didn’t go to the factory, we wouldn’t even be able to begin.
Step by step, I walked forward.
The task gave three days.
Right now it didn’t feel terrifying.
But I thought… this must be the APP’s psychological tactic, making players only react to mirror-like surfaces that could reflect images at the start.
Probably later, the pressure would gradually increase.
Three days…
I thought… there was no way anyone could survive the full three days.
This was a rule trap of the task.
In other words, the game wasn’t about surviving for three days.
It was about finding a solution within those three days.
This APP seemed to really enjoy forcing people into dead ends step by step.
And then offering a sliver of hope within that dead end.
I glanced back at Lu Haochen who was following me.
If it hadn’t been for his quick reaction, I might’ve entered the city.
Based on my guess, maybe nothing would happen while entering.
But once inside, getting out to look for a solution might not be so easy.
Just thinking about it gave me chills.
If the anomaly didn’t stop us from entering, but blocked us from exiting after we were in, it would be the worst-case scenario…
Which would mean a direct confrontation with the anomaly.
So… the game seemed to give us three days to survive.
But in reality, the fear would only grow stronger over time.
And the best chance to clear this task was at the very beginning of the game?
If at that moment, any of us had turned back to the factory, we might have found clues to clear the task?
Got to say, people who play mind games are dirty.
And this APP is dirty enough!
Step by step, I kept walking.
Unknowingly, it started raining.
Lu Haochen kept close behind me.
Whenever the wind got strong, he would push me forward from behind to stop me from being blown away.
Hmm… he did have some brains.
In a situation like this, if I was gone, even if he made it back to the factory, it would still be hard to survive.
For first-time players, surviving usually came down to luck.
"Lu Haochen…"
"Hmm?"
Against the raging wind, I thought for a moment.
At the very least, I had to teach him some survival methods.
In case something really happened, I might need his help.
"Take this. Also, the string around your neck, that substitute doll on it is the same as this one. Each one can distract an anomaly for five seconds. Use them carefully. At a critical moment, it can save your life."
The reason I gave it to him was because right now, he was my only teammate.
Team dungeon… as the name implies, this should be a task that required cooperation.
And right now, other than Lu Haochen, there was no one else I could rely on.
Besides, once I entered Evil Spirit Form and engaged with the anomaly, maybe he would be the only one able to protect my body.
Actually, during the first game, I should’ve had a substitute doll too.
But that task came too suddenly.
There was no time to prepare.
I didn’t even understand what was happening before I was the first to die.
But it was different for Lu Haochen this time.
This team task gave him enough preparation time.
So relatively speaking, he was pretty lucky.
Damn, could this guy be the protagonist of the world?