Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1202: Chapter 43: Cursed

Inside the morgue.

Xiaobao blinked, curiously observing Nan Xiao Nan’s autopsy work—Generally speaking, the process of an autopsy should be accompanied by continuously speaking out the examination findings for recording purposes.

But throughout this series of operations, Nan Xiao Nan hadn’t said a single word, leaving Xiaobao with paper and pen without even a word written down so far.

“Alright.” Nan Xiao Nan suddenly stopped, “You can put the body back now.”

Xiaobao was stunned… Alright? He hadn’t recorded anything yet?

Seeing Nan Xiao Nan at this moment taking off her gloves, taking off her mask, and inadvertently using the back of her hand to wipe her lips, without saying a single word, she walked out of the autopsy room.

Not bothering with Xiaobao who was left in disorder within the cold air, Nan Xiao Nan as she walked alone to the office had other thoughts in her mind.

“Absorbing the residual energy from Hai Dagui’s body allowed me to restore about 0.003 units of power… It’s of no use. Instead, if I could absorb the residual natural law power from Wang Liang and Wu Rong…”

“However, with my current ability, it’s impossible to absorb it, and soon this little residual law will dissipate, what a pity.”

“Speaking of which, this Sub-world indeed has the eternal supreme that is aware of natural law power… At that time, I was engaged in a fierce battle with several enemies in the crevice, but had to divert original power to resist the erosion of the dimensional gap’s origin, resulting in just getting a quick glance when this sub-world suddenly had a crack, feeling only that this sub-world had several strong presences… Later, the consciousness investigation fell into it again, thinking my few enemies faced the same.”

“At this time, the mainland will impose a terrible suppression on the transcendent, this piece of consciousness wants to recover to the body’s extent, I fear it will be difficult… The world’s barrier has restored, and the body naturally is unwilling to pay a large price to descend, likely will directly abandon and focus more on dealing with those enemies in the rift. My few enemies’ consciousness trapped here are likely experiencing the same, in this way I’m not afraid. Just worried about others…”

“When I was fighting against those enemies, there seemed to be two Dimensional Travelers of unknown strength who passed by, probably also released consciousness to explore here, and got trapped like me. Such a time, they are probably also worrying about how to break through the sub-world’s constraints?”

Nan Xiao Nan had returned to the office, casually brewed herself a cup of coffee and sat down.

She quickly adapted to the civilization’s development in this world, after all, in her previous sub-world, Magic had completely replaced science, but there were still some people who couldn’t use magic and persisted on the path of science, although not reaching the level of modern civilization, they had already researched out the so-called differential engine…

“I have fought with those enemies for countless years, knowing each other well, even if we got trapped here together, both parties’ conditions still remained on the same level, not being afraid. But if those enemies managed to find the two perhaps Immortal-level beings who passed by, and unite against me, the situation would be quite dangerous.”

“I must quickly find these two unforeseen incoming consciousnesses to see if there is a possibility of alliance… Moreover, the natives in this sub-world seem to have many strong individuals, perhaps I can make use of them.”

Gently blowing on the coffee, just waiting for the temperature to be right to sip, while the warmth given by holding the cup with both hands, brought a look of enjoyment to Nan Xiao Nan—though she couldn’t help feeling a bit frustrated, when was it suitable that she would be so weak?

“The sub-world’s rejection of foreign consciousness is too terrifying, I can only choose to merge with this sub-world’s indigenous Soul to be allowed to exist, otherwise, this consciousness will definitely be obliterated… But in this way, the indigenous soul would influence me, fortunately, the influence is not significant. Nan Xiao Nan, this identity does make it convenient for me to move through society…”

“Though this city’s energy is chaotic, existing a large number of transcendent beings, despite varying in strength, one strong presence could directly threaten my body, but a few days ago, for unknown reasons, it suddenly left. The next thing to be careful of is another dark presence…”

Yes, the darkness.

That day the entire hemisphere was shrouded in a terrifying darkness. Let alone her, who was weak at the time, even her body, which had been walking the road of Immortality for countless years, probably could only shiver in the face of this darkness in an instant.

This is also why she didn’t dare to make too many big moves… Hibernation, is the only thing she can do now—because she doesn’t know whether the great presence behind that darkness has already noticed her arrival…

As a result, she doesn’t even dare to massively restore power through secret techniques, otherwise, this city with a large number of beings known as ‘monsters’, would be quite suitable for her to restore her power.

She had to proceed with utmost caution—when she went to examine the body in the morning, she felt a trace of residual power from Hai Dagui, naturally, she couldn’t help feeling a bit predatory.

She couldn’t help but let out a bitter smile, “They always say that the lower the number, the more dangerous the sub-world is, indeed it is so.”

Nan Xiao Nan powerlessly rubbed her brow, took a sip of coffee, her tongue instantly getting scalded, “So hot…”

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Before class, Zhao Le walked into the classroom, preoccupied—this class wasn’t a public lecture, so it was just class members, naturally not encountering Dong Shaofeng and others.

Yet he still habitually sat near Chen Mingming—just a row in front of Chen Mingming.

The class had few students to begin with, some students simply didn’t come… Probably because the teacher for this class wouldn’t take attendance, so even as the class officially began, the classroom still appeared rather empty.

The dull lecture began, causing quite a few students to drowse off.

Zhao Le seemed somewhat absent-minded, with his head lowered, his hands tucked beneath the desk… his gaze kept changing.

Suddenly, Zhao Le felt his shoulder was tapped—it was a sudden gentle tap, and his reaction was inexplicably big, as though startled.

He suddenly turned around… the person sitting behind him was, of course, Chen Mingming. Zhao Le seemed to let out a sigh of relief, “Is there, something?”

Chen Mingming expressionless, merely glanced at him, then looked at the floor indifferently, “You dropped something.”

The only thing that fell was just a ballpoint pen, Zhao Le hastily retrieved it, “Thanks…”

“Nothing’s wrong?” Chen Mingming casually asked again.

Zhao Le hastily shook his head—but the phone inside his drawer suddenly chimed, Zhao Le gritted his teeth, then grabbed his backpack, “I…I have something to do, cover for me.”

Having spoken, Zhao Le hurriedly walked out of the classroom through the back door with his backpack.

Only then did Chen Mingming frown thoughtfully.

“What’s up with that student, does anyone know?” The teacher on the podium noticed this scene and asked displeased—he had endured the low attendance, but to leave in the middle of the class, this couldn’t be tolerated!

Chen Mingming also slowly stood up at this point, “I’ll go take a look.”

This teacher frowned but Chen Mingming had already walked out before getting permission… this couldn’t be tolerated!

The teacher slammed the podium heavily, intending to reprimand these lazy students, when suddenly there was a thud!

It was at this moment that a girl in the front row suddenly collapsed onto the ground with no warning, and the surrounding students were alarmed, instantly turning the silent classroom into chaos.

I… I just tapped the podium, did I scare someone into fainting?

He looked at the girl being helped up, who couldn’t be woken no matter what, the teacher blankly stared at his hand… yet unaware, at this moment, a Crow, having stopped for no one knows how long, spread its wings and slowly flew away.

…

Finally, the Crow flew up to the rooftop of the teaching building, landing on the shoulder of a young man with an emaciated face, slightly hunched, and messy hair.

This young man seemed to be sneering, “In a disagreement, just over a man, a good friend forever put to sleep, seems no matter which mainland, once women bear a grudge, they are scary indeed…”

“So, is it because you’re an idiot that you still haven’t found a girlfriend?” The crow suddenly spoke in human language.

The young man scratched his head but didn’t get angry. He yawned and said with a sense of boredom, “Why did I bring nothing but you, this beast?”

Shaking his head, the young man casually took the crow off his shoulder. “This commission doesn’t earn much; I should wrap up another commission… It’s really convenient, this smartphone thing, making customers increase at once. And, there’s one just here…”

Saying that, the young man tossed the crow in his hand, only to see it transform into a shadow as it was thrown. Its body enlarged several times, and its hands directly grabbed onto the young man’s shoulders.

With the flap of wings, the oversized crow carried the young man’s body and flew away.

Unexpectedly, just flying off the rooftop railing, the shadow crow’s body shook, instantly returning to its original size.

“Shoot!! I forgot my power hasn’t been restored!”

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——”Let’s finish this, Ba Shen!!”

The phone’s voice was extremely loud, seemingly the catchphrase of a character from some game.

Dong Shaofeng looked expressionless, his head lowered as he played a game on his phone. Classes, to him, were optional. Regardless of his grades, when he needed to graduate, he naturally would.

It was a Friday afternoon, and in Lake Heart Park, located in the city’s central district formed by several universities, many families were playing.

Suddenly, a soccer ball fell from the sky, hitting Dong Shaofeng’s hands directly.

“Bro, I’m sorry!” A man in his thirties ran over, looking at the phone that was knocked to the ground by the ball, his heart skipping a beat.

He recognized the phone; even the basic model cost seven to eight thousand dollars…

He couldn’t help but look at the young man before him, and the more he looked, the more ominous he felt.

A height of around 1.8 meters, a strong physique, made the man feel like a skinny monkey in comparison—along with this young man’s gaze, which seemed unfriendly, always containing a hint of anger.

“Daddy…”

The little boy, only a few years old, seemed frightened, as he hid behind his father and clutched his father’s pants.

“Hey, buddy, it wasn’t intentional… I’ll take it for repairs if the phone is broken?” The man said, steeling himself.

Dong Shaofeng suddenly bent down, not to pick up the phone, but to pick up the soccer ball instead.

He came to the father and son, squatted down, and handed the ball to the child… His gaze was still somewhat intimidating.

The little boy hesitated, a bit scared, but received the ball nonetheless.

“Hey, buddy?” The man was unsure about the intimidating young man, hesitantly calling out.

Dong Shaofeng then picked up the phone, casually glanced at it, and turned around, saying calmly, “Go play with your son, it’s fine now.”

“Th-thank you…” The man thanked him with his child before leaving quickly.

Watching the father and son walk away, Dong Shaofeng lay back on the grass with an expressionless face, continuing to play his game. At that moment, someone came jogging towards him.

“Young Master Feng! Young Master Feng! So this is where you were! I thought you had gone to the gym’s rest room again!”

The arrival was Azhen, one of Dong Shaofeng’s teammates.

“What’s up?” Dong Shaofeng stopped playing the game, sat up, and asked casually, “Where’s A Qiang? Why isn’t he with you?”

“No idea.” Azhen shrugged and said, “He was acting strange as soon as he got here today, just sneaked off to the new construction site, not sure what he’s up to.”

“New construction site?” Dong Shaofeng furrowed his brows.

The building wasn’t finished yet and was still under construction… But Dong Shaofeng didn’t pay much attention to it.

“Young Master Feng, it’s a bit boring, how about we mess with that coward?” Azhen suggested.

Dong Shaofeng suddenly said, “You’ve been having fun these days, haven’t you?”

“It’s alright!” Azhen beamed, “Every time I see that coward daring not to speak up, it feels great! I’m thinking about doing something more exciting! You were right, keeping those photos and videos, playing with them slowly is really fun!”

“Hand over your phone.” Dong Shaofeng said abruptly.

“Sure… Young Master Feng, what are you doing?” Azhen was puzzled.

But saw Dong Shaofeng’s gaze was cold, like the December wind, making Azhen shiver. He snapped Azhen’s phone in two, then threw it directly into the lake ahead.

“Young Master Feng, my phone?”

“From now on, you’re not allowed to mess with him anymore.” Dong Shaofeng said coldly, “Get lost.”

“What did I do wrong, Young Master Feng…”

“I said, get lost… Do you want me to stand up and say it?”

“No…” Ming Zhen quickly stood up, feeling extremely unhappy inside, but did not dare to show it, leaving reluctantly.

After that, Dong Shaofeng lay back down again, after a while, he raised his phone and opened social media.

——Stop attending class, come to the school gate, I’ll take you somewhere.

Not long after.

——Just what do you want from me!! One tells me to go to the new construction site, another tells me to come to the school gate!! Enough!! I won’t obey you anymore!! All of you should face… punishment!!

New construction site?

Dong Shaofeng suddenly sat up.