See the Law of Deception

Chapter 40 The Long Street Slaughterhouse (1)

The time for each passenger's mission is not fixed.

Generally, there will be a gap of about half a month to a month. The higher the level and the more dangerous the mission, the longer the rest period will be.

Therefore, Lu Jinzhao rested for a full twenty-four days before receiving the notification for the next platform mission.

According to the information on the ticket, this time the platform task is still Class C, and it has not been exaggerated to upgrade her to a Class B train. The time is 2 pm tomorrow. As for the address, it is not a reference and is still a place name that does not exist in the real world.

Passengers are allowed to bring their personal belongings on board, but electronic devices are likely to malfunction. As for items used to ward off ghosts in real life, they will be completely ineffective. In addition, most people will need to escape once they enter the station, so they will not bring much. They will only bring enough water to drink for a short time and food to replenish their energy.

While packing his gear, Lu Jinzhao hesitated for a moment and decided not to bring the box he had brought back from his hometown.

She looked at the box, then took out the sheepskin and asked, "Did you interfere with the difficulty of this platform mission?"

After waiting for a while, the sheepskin did not respond.

But this can be considered an answer. Judging from Lu Jinzhao's occasional probing of Yangpi over the past twenty days, if it has done something "bad," it is not stingy in telling Lu Jinzhao. In fact, when it succeeds in doing something bad, or when it is likely to achieve its goal, it will be very honest and even maliciously show off to Lu Jinzhao.

Therefore, its silence at this moment can only mean that the difficulty of this mission is normal, and it has not changed anything.

Lu Jinzhao didn't think that Yangpi would suddenly be so kind as to let him experience normal platform tasks.

Is it that it suddenly can't do it anymore?
why?
Because it devoured a third of its own soul?
No matter how you look at it, there seems to be only this one variable.

However, the fact that the sheepskin no longer changes the difficulty of the mission is undoubtedly a good thing for Lu Jinzhao.

And perhaps because only she and Wei Ling survived the last mission, this time, after receiving a message from Wei Ling, she discovered that the two were on the same train.

Wei Ling: That's great!

Wei Ling: I had a nightmare a few days ago that I died on the platform while on a mission alone.
Wei Ling: I feel much more at ease if you come along too.

Wei Ling was a smart person. After coming out of the platform and recovering, she realized that Lu Jinzhao was a good partner. Therefore, she took the initiative to befriend Lu Jinzhao. Although Lu Jinzhao's response was indifferent, he was clearly not resistant.

Therefore, although the two have not met in real life for long, they are already quite familiar with each other.

The next day, Lu Jinzhao and Wei Ling met at the agreed location and went to the train station together.

"I wonder how difficult this mission will be," Wei Ling thought with a hint of unease.

Lu Jinzhao knew that without Yangpi's interference, this platform mission would definitely be much simpler than [Out of Control]. However, she had too few platform experiences and it was difficult to make any horizontal comparisons. Therefore, she did not answer Wei Ling's question.

Wei Ling's personality doesn't require Lu Jinzhao to respond to every word she says; she can save face on her own.

"It's definitely not as difficult as last time. I asked a senior colleague I know, and she said that the difficulty level we encountered last time was almost equivalent to a Class B platform. It should just be an exception."

"I just don't know what the personalities of my teammates will be like this time."

"Let's test the waters later."

For Wei Ling, she wasn't afraid of offending her teammates on the same platform. She was used to testing her teammates' personalities with words before the train arrived, so as to observe who was approachable and who was best to stay away from.

More than offending people, she fears getting into trouble by sabotaging her teammates during a mission.

Lu Jinzhao did not object to her approach, even though it would make Wei Ling appear "stupid" in the eyes of most people.

Once they arrived at the underground platform, as always, they were separated by only one door, yet they were in completely different worlds. The moment Wei Ling stepped onto the platform, her expression subtly changed; she became more flamboyant, and her every move was more aggressive than before.

Lu Jinzhao, on the other hand, remained as calm as ever.

They arrived neither early nor late, but when they pushed open the door to the waiting room, they found that there were already quite a few people standing inside.

Wei Ling raised an eyebrow, her gaze sweeping over everyone in the room without any attempt to conceal her presence. "Huh, why are there so many people this time?"

To be honest, this gave her a bad feeling, which is why the last time there were a large number of people at the platform, it was "out of control".

And this time, it seems there's no less [out of control].

Although she felt uneasy, Wei Ling did not show any fear on her face.

As soon as she finished speaking, she carefully observed the reactions of everyone in the room.

Most people reacted as she expected, either frowning slightly at her or completely ignoring her. Only one person, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, smiled and said, "Yes, I was thinking the same thing. It seems like there are quite a lot of people for this platform mission."

This person is probably not someone to mess with.

Wei Ling instantly made a decision in her mind.

Although she seemed smiling and kind, and even responded to her words in a good-natured way, Wei Ling had already glimpsed a hint of cunning in her simple words and actions.

She blinked, deliberately not responding to confirm her suspicions, and instead turned to look at the waiting information.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the woman who had spoken to her maintained that kind expression, showing not the slightest displeasure at her rude behavior.

Now Wei Ling was certain that this guy was also a smart person.

She glanced at the waiting information, then leaned closer to Lu Jinzhao and whispered, "Did you figure something out?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jinzhao gave a slightly helpless smile: "It's just some waiting information, what can you glean from that?"

Wei Ling was overestimating her abilities.

"Oh, okay." Wei Ling wasn't disappointed; she was just asking casually anyway.

Lu Jinzhao couldn't tell anything right now, but she felt that Lu Jinzhao must have some ideas in mind. She would observe her more after going in and maybe she could figure it out.

Lu Jinzhao had no idea what Wei Ling was thinking. She looked at the waiting information in front of her but couldn't get many clues because there was so little written on it.

[Train class arriving at this station: C]

[This stop: Changjie Slaughterhouse]

[Number of passengers on this trip: twelve]

The pungent smell of blood wafted through the iron gate, and the agonizing screams of animals before their death pierced the ears. In the dim shadows, the butcher stood with his cleaver raised, waiting for his next prey to be brought to him.

The task is completed by transporting the correct animal to the slaughterhouse and helping the butcher slaughter it.

My sleep schedule has started to go into a very strange state again.
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(End of this chapter)