[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster":3,"chapter-help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Help! I Do Not Want to Guide a Disaster",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":18,"prevChapterSlug":19,"totalChapters":20,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":12,"translator":16,"content_hash":17},1709069,2183,"Chapter 1: Why Am I Running From Monsters?","help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>\"Have you ever heard of this song... Devil May Cry?\" Shen Ran asked lazily, pressing the barrel of his gun harder against the president’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>President Jin looked nothing like the powerful man the world saw on television. His face was swollen, lips split, eyes red and watery as he trembled beneath the cold metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pathetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief second, Shen Ran almost felt bad. Almost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please...\" the man choked out. \"I beg you... I’ll give you anything. Money. Power. Just name it. Please don’t kill me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran sighed softly. If this had been a year ago, maybe he would have asked for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now? He didn’t want anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this, he was done being a hitman. He’d leave the country, disappear somewhere quiet. Maybe buy a small island. Build a library. Sleep for a week straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe even reread that BL novel he finished last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Sorry,\" Shen Ran muttered. His finger tightened on the trigger. \"But you have to go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gunshot rang out and the door behind him slammed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"DROP YOUR WEAPON!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dozen armed men flooded into the room, black suits, guns raised, eyes locked onto him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran stiffened. \"Shit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hands on your head!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their voices overlapped, sharp and urgent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then another figure walked in with his gun already raised, pointed directly at him. His pleasant boss and close friend, Yichen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran exhaled slowly, something cold settling in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that’s how it is,\" he scoffed. \"You were never planning to let me walk away, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No reply. Just the steady aim of a gun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran didn’t hesitate. He fired again at president Jin just to make sure the job was done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bullet tore straight through his head and everything went black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~°~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had expected death to be cold and quiet, the slow transition of his soul leaving his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So....why did he feel hot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the abyss always this noisy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he really dead?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out of my way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s getting bigger!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Wenzhi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran was already running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t remember deciding to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His legs just moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People rushed past him on all sides, some even faster than he was. Every single face looked like they were about to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He distinctly remembered getting shot in the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why was he alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why the hell was he running?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more importantly, what the hell was chasing them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran stopped and froze, realizing he was surrounded by rubble and bodies. The thick, suffocating stench of blood and decay filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t the worst part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky... The sky was torn open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive tear in reality stretched across it, dark and unnatural, like something had ripped the world apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And from it, monsters poured out. Creatures that only belonged in horror sci-fi movies, with too many limbs and far too many teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They snarled, growled, and charged straight toward him with terrifying speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold fear shot through Shen Ran’s entire body. \"...Am I in hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait. That voice... That doesn’t sound like his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wenzhi! What are you doing?!\" A woman ahead suddenly stopped and turned back to him. She had pink hair and wide, panicked green eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran stared at her.Did she just call me Wenzhi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters were getting closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One lunged. Its claws came straight for him and before he could think, Shen Ran’s leg snapped up in a clean, practiced motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kick connected hard with its head, sending the creature crashing to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh hell no.\" He turned and ran again, quickly catching up to the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you insane?!\" she snapped. \"Why did you stop? That’s the largest rift any of us have ever seen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rift? Shen Ran stared at her, still trying to catch up mentally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned harder. \"Lin Wenzhi! Focus!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran blinked and pointed at himself. \"...Are you talking to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman’s expression shifted to pure disbelief. \"...Did you hit your head?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran blinked at her. Lin Wenzhi\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that name. But that was impossible....Right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look out!\" The woman suddenly grabbed him, yanking him hard to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hit the ground just as a blazing beam of energy tore through the space where they had been standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth split open, heat bursting upward as flames licked through the cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran’s heart slammed violently against his ribs. \"What the—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain flared in his palm. He looked down. His skin had scraped against the ground, torn open, blood seeping out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck that hurts!\" And felt real. Too real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey... hey...!\" He turned quickly, tapping the woman beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No response. His chest tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Hey.\" He grabbed her shoulder and shook her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her head had struck a piece of broken concrete. Blood trickled down the side of her face, soaking into her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, no... wake up,\" Shen Ran said, his voice rising. \"Hey....!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck!\" He looked around desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahead and behind them, people were dragged down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monsters pounced and tore into bodies like they were nothing. Screams echoed. Bones cracked. Growls filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the larger creatures opened their jaws and fired burning blasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran’s breath hitched. \"...You’ve got to be kidding me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully but quickly, he lifted the woman into his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She needs a hospital...\" he muttered, glancing around wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all he saw was ruin and death. The sky still torn open and a dozen monsters charging towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Shit.\" Shen Ran ran. Faster than he thought he could, even with the weight in his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This can’t be happening... wake up, wake up—\" he muttered under his breath, panic bleeding through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground shook beneath pounding footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closer. Closer....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They lunged. One slammed into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran hit the ground hard, the air knocked from his lungs but his arms tightened instinctively around the girl, shielding her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive maw opened above him. Too many teeth. Too close...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going to die again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters were ripped away. An invisible force crushed them into the ground, the earth cracking beneath the impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re saved!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s an Esper!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh no... it’s Shao Xinyuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Ran’s breath came out shaky. \"...Esper?\" he rasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That name.. He knew that name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widened slowly. \"Shao Xinyuan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold realization crawled up his spine. \"...You’ve got to be kidding me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grip tightened around the unconscious woman. \"I’m in the goddamn novel I read last night?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1096,"2026-06-06T14:53:12.378Z","novelbin.me","e8cb93480b52aeccd28d094c802f54fa4d1f1535dcaa87e4322cdf3791db98d8","help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-2","help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-73",73,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhelp-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-cover.jpg"]