When Shen Jiayi opened his eyes next, he realized that the scenery before him has changed. At the moment, he’s currently laying on the floor. Sitting up, he began looking around and he realized that he is currently within a small room with a single door.

“What is with my current situation? When I woke up earlier, I was in a room with a single door. Now I’m feeling a sense of deja vu,” Shen Jiayi grumbled. “Except this time…” Shen Jiayi looked down at his wrists which were bound by a handcuff.

“It looks like I’m… kidnapped?”

[Xiao Wu: Transfer completed. Host, please look at the following information of this world.]

World Level: E

Main Task: Win the game.

Side Tasks:

1. Survive until the end.
2. Find the Wolves.
3. Make sure at least three other villagers survives.

Minimum passing requirement:

Host have to survive at least five days.

“So, to pass this world, I just have to survive for five days?” Shen Jiayi asked.

[Xiao Wu: No. That is the minimum passing requirement if host doesn’t wish to receive punishment.]

[Xiao Wu: Also, the host’s identity in this world is a 22-year old business student named, Luo Feng. He was raised by an abusive father when he’s young, and escaped when he reached 16. He was supposed to live a peaceful life when a loan shark came knocking on his door and he was told to pay for his father’s debt.]

“So, this guy was really kidnapped? Is he now waiting to be sold?”

[Xiao Wu: No. The loan shark is part of the underground circle. Right now, Luo Feng was forced to join an illegal ‘entertainment’ show.]

Shen Jiayi’s face changed when he heard the word ‘illegal entertainment show’. He felt like whatever it is, its going to be dangerous. Not to mention, the side tasks alone is making him anxious.

‘Find the wolves… Villagers… Survival and game… From these information, there is one game that fits,’ Shen Jiayi thought. But before he could think more, there was a sound of footsteps, followed by the sound of jiggling.

Clack!

Click!

The sound of door unlocking traveled to Shen Jiayi’s ear. He got up and waited for the door to be open. Shen Jiayi felt his heart started to beat faster. He once again looked around the room, wondering if there’s anything that he can use as a weapon.

[Xiao Wu: A friendly reminder for the host. Please make sure not to get found out by the inhibitor of this world. Which means, host must not act suspiciously.]

[Xiao Wu: This system will give the host another information so that the host can understand more about the original body. Please read them, then act accordingly.]

Shen Jiayi then felt a splitting headache as memories of the original rushed into his mind. Everything was being replayed like a movie, from his childhood to the time he got kidnapped.

During the process of his kidnapping, Luo Feng’s head were hit from behind, knocking him unconscious. His kidnapper didn’t realize this but it had caused Luo Feng to suffer hemorrhage that night, which caused him to die.

‘Wait, he died? And this body suffers hemorrhage?!’ 

[Xiao Wu: Do not worry. When the system transferred the host in, the body damage was first repaired.]

Shen Jiayi was sure that wasn’t how science works, but what happened to him right now, he doubt it could be explained by science.

Just as Shen Jiayi finished his thought, there was a sound of door knobs being twisted before the door was opened. By the door, Shen Jiayi saw a man wearing a black suit standing while holding the door handle.

“Luo Feng? You’re up next. Let’s get you fixed up,” the man addressed Shen Jiayi.

Shen Jiayi stared at the other’s face, which was covered with a white mask. Save for the two small slit showing the eyes, Shen Jiayi couldn’t even see a single skin of the man’s face.

“What if I refuse to follow?” Shen Jiayi asked.

The man only let out a sigh as his free hand reached out behind him. “You really don’t learn,” he said before finally bringing his hand back forward. This time, there was a gun in his hand.

Click.

Shen Jiayi could clearly hear the safety lock of the gun being removed. It made him swallow a mouthful of saliva as sweats began to form at the palms of his hands.

“Will you cooperate?” the man asked calmly.

With no other choice, Shen Jiayi was forced to nod his head. But the man didn’t remove the gun away from him, and kept on pointing the muzzle at his direction.

“You can put the gun away. I’ll be obedient,” Shen Jiayi said out loud. With the gun pointing at him, Shen Jiayi couldn’t bring himself to feel safe. ‘What if his hand slipped and he accidentally shot me?’ was what is running through his mind.

One cannot blame him for being negative. One after another, he was forced in a situation where his own life and death is being questioned. Unfortunately for Shen Jiayi, the man did not put the gun away but he did put the safety lock back on.

“Come along now. We can’t waste anymore time,” the man said to Shen Jiayi.

Shen Jiayi could only obey the man’s order quietly. When he exits the room, he noticed that the hallway was empty. Just like the room before, the hallway was well lighted and clean. There was even a distinct smell of disinfectant. If one were to close their eyes, they would think that they are in a hospital.

“Go straight down that hallway,” the man gestured to the direction to Shen Jiayi’s left with his gun. Following the man’s direction, Shen Jiayi walked through the hallway. Occasionally, they would meet with people wearing black suits, or white lab coats. But they all share one same feature, they are all wearing a full mask with only holes for their eyes.

“Stop.”

After a while of walking, Shen Jiayi finally heard the man behind him tells him to stop. Shen Jiayi looked at the door to his left, then glanced back at the man.

“Go on inside,” he told Shen Jiayi.

Eyeing the man cautiously, it took Shen Jiayi about five minutes before he finally made a move to open the door. The man himself didn’t rush him, only waiting for him patiently. Once the door is opened, a heavier scent of disinfectant entered Shen Jiayi’s nose, making his face scrunch up. Inside, a woman was sitting on a chair, facing the door as if waiting for him.

Unlike others, she did not wear any masks but instead, she wore a huge round glasses. The frame rests perfectly on her tall, nose bridge.

His suspicion was proven to be correct when the woman clapped her hands together and greeted him. “Luo Feng! I’ve been waiting for you!” she said excitedly. “Go and lay on your stomach at that bed over there.”

Shen Jiayi’s gaze followed the direction where the woman was pointing. The so called ‘bed’ was actually an operating table. Dread filled him as he stared at the table worriedly. While he was hesitating, he felt a muzzle being pressed on his back.

“Go on,” he heard the voice of the man from before.

Being threatened openly, there was nothing that Shen Jiayi could do. So, despite his unwillingness, he could only walk over to the operating table and lay down on his stomach. He watched as the woman approached the operating table and looked down on him. She then reached out and lightly pinched Shen Jiayi’s face.

“Luo Feng’s face is very good. He’s really my type. Can’t I just buy him?” she suddenly said as she turned to the masked man.

“No. The investor has already paid a huge sum of money and the cast was already revealed. If we change it at the last minute, they’ll be enraged,” the man replied.

“That’s really a shame,” she said with a heavy sigh. “Luo Feng, ah! I hope that you’ll survive. If you do, let this elder sister take care of you, hmm?”

Then, she turned to the side and walked away. “Usually, when we fix a participant, we don’t really care about their well beings. But elder sister took fancy of you, so you’re lucky,” as she said this, she walked over to a cabinet filled with different kinds of bottles which, Shen Jiayi assumed containing drugs.

He listened to her humming a song that was unfamiliar to him, and watched as she took out a syringe from its cover. Shen Jiayi didn’t get to watch long before he was suddenly blindfolded.

“Hey!” he cried out as he struggled against the hand that was tying the cloth around his head.

“Quit struggling. This is for your own good,” the voice of the masked man reached Shen Jiayi’s ear.

‘What do you mean my own good?! If I can’t see what you’re doing to me, how can I run away?’ Shen Jiayi thought to himself, but remembering the cold sensation of the gun muzzle, he stopped struggling and turned docile.

“Such a good boy. I like you more now,” he heard the woman’s voice. Now that one of his senses were taken away, his other senses were heightened. He could hear better and the footstep that was getting louder indicated to him that the woman has approached the operating table once more.

With no idea what was happening, Shen Jiayi could feel his breathing became erratic as panic raise from his chest. There were several things that one can do with a syringe, and every scenario ran through Shen Jiayi’s mind.

“He’s panicking. Hold him down so I don’t accidentally make mistake,” the woman said and before long, Shen Jiayi felt a heavy weight on his back, and both his wrist were pinned down in place.

He was just about to struggle when he felt his neck being pricked, and liquids were introduced into his vein. Soon, he felt the needles being pulled out.

“He should be out in few seconds,” Shen Jiayi heard the woman say.

‘Few seconds?! What…’ before Shen Jiayi could finish his thought, he suddenly felt his consciousness slipping.

“… the chips… oh… and the…”

Shen Jiayi could barely process what was being said as he slowly succumbed to the darkness.