Chapter 28: 28, Mission Chapter 28: 28, Mission Song Yanxue stood outside the Task Hall, looking into the distance expectantly, “Why hasn’t Brother Yushen come yet today? He’s not coming, is he?” To enter the Emperor Realm system, one must sleep so that their consciousness can enter. Moreover, it had a time limit. Once it passed midnight, the Emperor Realm would automatically shut down. To enter, one had to wait until the next day.
A tall figure approached slowly from a distance. Although his face was hidden behind a mask and his features were unseen, the noble and aloof demeanor he emitted made him instantly noticeable.
“Brother Yushen!” Upon seeing Qin Yushen, Song Yanxue’s face immediately blossomed into a smile like spring flowers, and she hurried toward Qin Yushen.
“Brother Yushen, why are you so late today? I thought you weren’t coming.” As Song Yanxue approached Qin Yushen, she reached out to hook his arm.
Qin Yushen moved a step aside, dodging Song Yanxue’s extended hand, his gaze coldly fixed on her, “I hate it when people touch me. If there’s a next time, you’ll team up with someone else.” If it weren’t for his mother instructing him to take more care of Song Yanxue in the Emperor Realm, he would have already parted ways with her and moved on to a higher level. Due to Song Yanxue’s dragging him down, he had lost points twice.
Song Yanxue pouted, looking at Qin Yushen with a hurt expression, “I was just so happy to see you that I forgot. I won’t do it next time. Brother Yushen, please don’t be mad at me, okay?” She knew Brother Yushen hated being touched by others, but she wasn’t just anyone; she was his future wife, a fact both families had tacitly agreed upon. She was just testing the waters; once there is a first time, a second time follows, and then it becomes a habit.
“Hmm.” Qin Yushen responded indifferently and walked toward the Task Hall.
Song Yanxue looked at Qin Yushen, her eyes flashing with a determined glint, then followed him. Brother Yushen had to be hers, and hers alone. No one else should even dream about it.
Seeing that Ling Yu was already waiting for her, Song Yanxue walked over with a smile, “Have you been here long?” Today she had gone with her grandfather to gather herbs in the mountains and found a two-hundred-year-old wild ginseng. Her grandfather was so pleased that he even drank a rare glass of wine at dinner and enthusiastically shared stories of his youth with her grandmother, which made her come in late.
“I just entered myself. Let’s go to the Task Hall. I haven’t seen this one yet.” Ling Yu walked eagerly toward the Task Hall. He hadn’t expected to level up to the Intermediate system so soon.
“I won’t come in tomorrow night,” Song Yanxue said.
Ling Yu looked at her in surprise, “Why? Is there something up?”
“I’m going to Beijing with my grandparents. It’s inconvenient on the train, and I might not be able to come in every day for the next few days,” explained Song Yanxue. They were catching the early morning train to Beijing and wouldn’t arrive until noon the day after tomorrow.
Ling Yu nodded, “Then when will you be back?”
“The time isn’t set yet, probably about a week,” Song Yanxue replied. Her grandparents hadn’t been back to Beijing for many years, and this trip was definitely meant for reuniting with old friends.
In the midst of their conversation, they walked into the Task Hall.
Ling Yu scanned the surroundings, slightly disappointed, “Apart from fewer people, there isn’t much difference here.”
Song Yanxue smiled and approached the large screen, watching the tasks that scrolled continuously.
“Which task should we take today?” Ling Yu asked as he came beside Song Yanxue. He had already decided to make her the center of his decisions in the future; whatever task she chose, he had no objections.
“Let’s take the one hundred and twenty-third task.” Song Yanxue decided. She thought that task seemed interesting.
“Okay!” Ling Yu nodded, looked at the large screen, and after a while, the one hundred and twenty-third task displayed.
When he saw the content of the task, he paused. The task was set by the system and assigned a virtual role to everyone participating in this task. Once accepted, no matter the role assigned by the system, participants must act according to the system’s settings, or failing to comply would mean failure.
Whoever completed the task first among all participants would receive a reward besides points, but of course, the last one would be directly eliminated by the Emperor Realm.
“Brother Yushen, which task are we taking?” Song Yanxue had been looking for a while before turning to ask Qin Yushen.
“The one hundred and twenty-third task,” Qin Yushen turned and walked toward the service desk.
Song Yanxue looked at the large screen and just saw the task Qin Yushen had picked pop up. She smiled and followed him.
She had also participated in similar tasks with Brother Yushen before. Unfortunately, she hadn’t encountered Brother Yushen in those two tasks, and both ended in failure. If not for Brother Yushen giving her points, she might have already been eliminated from the Emperor Realm by now. However, she believed in the saying “third time’s the charm.” She hadn’t met him the first or second time, but maybe this time she would.
She hoped that in this task, she and Brother Yushen would be assigned as a couple. That was the role set by the system, and even if Brother Yushen disliked it, he would have to follow the system’s arrangement.
Song Yanxue and Ling Yu approached the service desk and handed over their Peace Pendants. “Hello! We choose the one hundred and twenty-third task.”
The staff nodded, took Song Yanxue and Ling Yu’s Peace Pendants for registration.
Qin Yushen was right behind Song Yanxue and Ling Yu, and hearing their choice, he raised an eyebrow slightly.
“You go to the back of the Task Hall, there’s a blue door there. Just push it open to enter the task. Good luck with your mission!” The staff handed back the Peace Pendants to Song Yanxue and Ling Yu.
“Thank you!” Song Yanxue and Ling Yu took their Peace Pendants and walked toward the back of the Task Hall.
“I see that door; let’s hurry over,” Ling Yu said as they left the Task Hall. He saw the blue door the staff had mentioned and hastened toward it. It was his first time taking on such a task, and he was quite excited.
Pushing open the blue door, Song Yanxue stepped forward, and in the next instant, she felt a void beneath her feet, and her entire body fell.
