Chapter 3405: Demon Record (28)

She had taken the demon king core and the snake king’s corpses to create a smokescreen.

She couldn’t afford to be linked to this event in any way, especially not when facing the power of the state.

Until her entrustor returned, the goal was to avoid as much trouble as possible.

Ning Shu sat in a peach tree, her body shrouded in a water barrier that rendered her invisible.

She asked 2333, “Do you think Hong Yu will return to this plane?”

If she came back again, that would be a total screw-up.

“Maybe. That woman likely has a background. Being able to pinpoint your location among countless planes isn’t easy,” 2333 said in a heavy voice.

Ning Shu’s heart sank. What kind of mess was this?

Would her location be easily trackable by anyone in the future?

“We can shield our location so the main system can’t pinpoint it. Most task-takers choose to shield their locations. We can do the same,” 2333 said.

Ning Shu nodded. “Then let’s block our information and location.”

“2,000 merit points.”

Ning Shu: “Screw you!”

Ning Shu then asked 2333, “What does blocking information mean?”

“It basically means the main system knows a task-taker like you exists, but it won’t know where you are. However, you still have to turn in your soul power.”

Ning Shu just wanted to scream about what a rip-off this was. She had zero privacy. She couldn’t even block her social feed without paying And it cost two thousand merit points?

Go to hell!!

Still, Ning Shu gritted her teeth and said, “Block it.”

If people could always locate her, her tasks would be twice as hard. She wouldn’t just have to complete the task. She’d have to deal with other task-takers too.

It would be fine if it were a task-taker willing to cooperate, but if it were someone with malicious intent, Ning Shu’s workload would double.

There was a saying, ‘You can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can’t stay on guard against a thief for a thousand days.’

Ning Shu pressed her lips together. When necessary, she would have to use forceful means so people wouldn’t think she was easy to bully.

As if anyone could just come and provoke her.

Had they ever killed a task-taker before?

Especially a task-taker who possessed an ordinance imprint?

“Is it blocked?” Ning Shu asked 2333.

“Yep, blocked. When you’re on a task, others won’t be able to track your location anymore,” 2333 replied.

“Can I track other people’s locations?” Ning Shu asked. There was no reason for her to take a hit and just swallow it.

She’d give them a taste of their own medicine!

“You can’t locate them. I should say that basically no task-taker can locate another task-taker. That’s why I said that woman has some serious backing. If we take her down, we might pull out a whole string of people behind her.”

2333 sighed.

Ning Shu curled her lip. “So we just let it go?”

It was truly frustrating.

2333 said, “‘Those who accomplish great things in ancient times not only had extraordinary talent but also unwavering determination.’1A famous quote by Su Shi (Su Dongpo), a renowned poet and statesman of the Song Dynasty. They endured what ordinary people could not endure and achieved what ordinary people could not achieve. You don’t have to take your revenge right this moment. Your foundation is a bit weak. You are indeed weaker compared to a veteran task-taker like her.

“In terms of connections and resources, you can’t compare in any aspect. But as task-taker, the one thing you have plenty of is time.”

2333 comforted Ning Shu.

Ning Shu nodded. “I understand.”

She stretched her back and lay on the tree branch with her head resting on her arms.

This task should be about done. The snake king was dead, and the demon king core was in her hand.

Ning Shu squinted and dozed off. When she woke up, she saw a white rabbit under the tree, holding a peach and eating it.

It was one of the peaches that had fallen to the ground.

Tsk, tsk.

The little rabbit is very white, his two ears go up; cut the artery, then the vein. It doesn’t move, it feels no pain.2A dark parody of a popular Chinese nursery rhyme, Little White Rabbit.

How cute.

Ning Shu sat on the branch, watching the rabbit eat the peach.

Eagles and rabbits were natural enemies, right?

Ning Shu rested her chin on her hand, watching the fluffy rabbit munching away.

There was demonic energy on this rabbit. It was likely a demon that hadn’t taken human form yet.

Ning Shu pointed a finger, and a splash of water fell onto the rabbit. Its fur was instantly soaked, making it shrink into a small ball.

The rabbit looked up, glancing around, but it couldn’t see anyone, nor could it see Ning Shu sitting in the tree.

The little rabbit was baffled. It shook the water off its body, causing its fur to stick up in clumps like a hedgehog.

Ning Shu couldn’t help but laugh out loud. What a cute little bunny.

“Little rabbit.” Ning Shu burst the water barrier covering her body and revealed herself.

The little rabbit held the peach, turned its head stiffly, and looked at Ning Shu with pink eyes.

Seeing Ning Shu, the rabbit’s fur stood on end. It scrambled to run away like it had gone mad.

A water barrier blocked the rabbit’s path. It bounced off, turned to run in another direction, but bounced back again.

The rabbit ran around frantically, with fur completely puffed up.

Ning Shu jumped down from the tree and picked the rabbit up by its ears. The rabbit struggled. “I just came to eat some peaches! I didn’t do anything! Nothing! I didn’t!”

The little rabbit spoke with total innocence, with tears welling up in its eyes.

“I’m so weak, so small, and not tasty at all! Eating me won’t do you any good!” The rabbit begged Ning Shu for mercy.

Ning Shu stroked the rabbit’s ears. “Don’t be scared. I’m not going to do anything to you.”

Rabbit: ‘No, I’m scared…’

Ning Shu let go of the rabbit, and it immediately bolted, running far away.

Ning Shu smiled. She picked a peach, wiped it on her clothes, and leaned against the tree to gnaw on it.

“Task complete. Do you wish to leave the task world?” 2333’s voice rang in Ning Shu’s mind.

Ning Shu nodded. “Yes.”

She had actually wanted to leave this world for a while now. She was terrified that Hong Yu would pull a sudden counter-attack.

If she left the world and her entrustor had returned, Hong Yu would have made the trip for nothing.

Right now, Ning Shu couldn’t do anything to Hong Yu, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t do anything to her in the future.

Ning Shu’s vision blurred. When she opened her eyes again, she was in her system space.

Ning Shu collapsed onto the sofa and sighed. She touched the water drop between her eyebrows. Yep, still there.

This incident had truly left Ning Shu with lingering fear.

There would probably be many more incidents like this in the future.

Keep going, Ning Shu.

She had walked this far. She’d taken the ninety-nine steps. She had to finish that last step no matter what.

In the past, she faced people within the task worlds. Now, she had to face her colleagues. It was the same thing. She just had to deal with it.

If anyone wanted to rob her, she would chop off the hand they stretched toward her.

She had worked hard to comprehend the ordinance. Why should she yield to others? Why should they be allowed to take it just because they said so?

Ning Shu stroked the water drop on her forehead. The more people coveted something, the better that thing was.

Good things belonged to her. Let those people die of envy.

Ning Shu gave herself a pep talk and felt her whole body fill with strength.

Fighting with Heaven, fighting with people—it really was endless fun.

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