Chapter 8: Baffling

Translator: Sparrow Translations  Editor: Sparrow Translations

The night was too dark. With more than 10 meters between them, Lu Shu could not make out what the other party looked like but could feel, from their contracted muscles and standing postures, that they were hostile. He felt as if anyone could be easily hurt by the other party at any time.

However, he could see that the two guys were clad in black coats. The cold atmosphere in the intense winter felt lifeless.

The other party seemed unsure of who Lu Shu was as well. A person standing on the rooftop in the middle of the night. It seemed really unusual…

After contemplating for a moment, Lu Shu decided to climb down the ladder. After all, the other party seemed quite strong, and jumping on the rooftop in the middle of the night seemed extremely weird…

And the most important thing was… The black coats.

This triggered Lu Shu to think. Although numerous people wore black coats, bumping into it again in this sort of scenario, he couldn’t help but think of the encounter from that afternoon.

Not expecting such a reaction from Lu Shu, the other party was stunned for a moment…

It was impossible not to fear. Lu Shu felt troubled. From his birth till now, the closest he found himself to that weird world was only just.

If you were to point out what was different about Lu Shu now, that would be the system in his brain, trees in his palms, the fire in his veins, and the map in his chest.

To complicate things further, his consumption of the refresher fruit also had an effect on him.

Apart from all these, however, he had no battling experience at all. All these numerous new changes might sound intimidating at first but if he really had to fight, he was one hundred percent an unprepared candidate.

Fighting with confidence did not exist in Lu Shu’s mind and the logical action would be to run when you can’t match the opponent. Who knew what happened to the performer in the backstage this afternoon. Lu Shu did not want to end up in that predicament.

He wasn’t a hero, nor was he like any other hot-blooded teenager who possessed thoughts of being a superhero. He was just an average high school student who wanted to discover what the world had to offer him from somewhere safe.

Lu Shu still wanted to discover the secrets of his body and wanted to look after Lu Xiaoyu till she was able to be independent, just like how an older brother would take care of his sister. To nurture her and watch her grow, he felt rather emotional while thinking of it.

Lu Xiaoyu never acknowledged that they were siblings even though she gave herself the surname Lu when coming up with her name.

That was why Lu Shu could not meet with any mishap tonight. He still had much to do in life.

He held onto a bamboo crate as he climbed down the roof slowly. Looking at the two guys staring at him, he shook his head.

The other party grew suspicious, wondering what that action meant.

Lu Shu felt annoyed and thought, “you guys better go quickly. I feel rather anxious with you guys here watching me…”

He pointed towards their original direction of travel, trying to tell them that he had cleared the path for them.

At this point, Lu Shu was prepared to flee immediately as he had no idea who they were.

The numbers of mysterious occurrences tonight was countless, and Lu Shu felt that he could not keep up with the tempo of how quickly things were evolving.

First, it was a flame burning through the skies of Luo Cheng, then it was meeting the black coats, who were from this afternoon, right here.

Although Lu Shu had made way, the problem was that the other party seemed like they did not want to let things go so easily. They stepped towards Lu Shu slowly and cautiously, leaping over two rooftops swiftly and consecutively.

In the dark sky, the moonlight gave the snow-covered rooftop a silver hue. Soft sounds echoed from stepping on the snow, while the footprints left behind were black and looked especially ominous.

Speaking of which, could these people have anything to do with the fire? Lu Shu thought of how the other party appeared and came to realize that they might be fleeing for their lives.

“Who are you?” One of the guys on the rooftop looked down at Lu Shu. His big black coat drifting in the howling wind flapped loudly.

“I stay here, who are you guys?”

The two men on the rooftop studied Lu Shu with their eyes, “What are you doing on the rooftop in the middle of the night?”

“It’s snowing… Collecting dried radishes…” Lu Shu raised the bamboo crate in his arms and swept the residual snow on top of the crate. There were indeed dried radishes in the crate.

The two guys on the roof looked at each other. He really came up to collect dried radishes? He only remembered to collect them after the huge snow had stopped? Is he an idiot?!

“Go home, it’s not safe here.” One of them said on the rooftop.

Lu Shu thought to himself, ‘you guys are the reason it’s unsafe here.’ He acknowledged them and took out his key to return home.

Only when he opened his door with his key did he suddenly feel the stress in his head subside.

Only now did the other party believe there was nothing suspicious about him.

Lu Shu closed the door behind him, panting. This world was indeed strange.

He had some worry previously, what if whatever supernatural incident that happened to him could be detected. What was he to do?

He had this worry as he had sensed something towards the direction of the fire that was especially strange.

It was not just a thought, but a feeling. A feeling of an actual thing which existed.

His heart’s white flame beat continuously and the map swirled mysteriously. If he was detected or found out, he probably would not escape the fate of being brought away.

However, as things were, the aggressors did not have such detection abilities. Whatever happened to his body, they probably could not sense or detect it.

In the process of these two encounters, Lu Shu felt that the other party, the aggressors, were definitely suspicious. But it seemed like they were not the type to harm the innocent. Through the entire process, at least, the aggressors did not resort to any violent means.

Lu Shu laid on his sofa, pondering. What exactly was it like in this world?

Meanwhile, the two men who were moving swiftly away had some soft exchanges, “You sure there’s no problem with that guy?”

“No waves felt, he’s normal.”

“Good.”

…

“Lu Shu, who were you talking to outside?” Lu Xiaoyu said while dragging her slippers on the way out of her room.

Lu Shu did not know how to explain what had happened to her, after all, he didn’t have a chance to even tell Lu Xiaoyu of all the weird occurrences which happened to himself. He wanted to tell her everything when the time was right, to at least let her know that he was no longer a normal person and that she should regard him with more respect!

He had no idea whether this system had other abilities and it would be good if there was something relevant to Lu Xiaoyu.

Just when Lu Shu was wondering how to respond to Lu Xiaoyu, a thud came from the yard outside their house, as if something heavy landed on the ground.

Lu Shu turned his head around. There were too many weird happenings tonight, and he had every reason to worry.