[{"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-13":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Help! I Do Not Want to Guide a Disaster",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1709081,2183,"Chapter 13: I Don’t Have A Choice","help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-13",13,"\u003Cp>Wenzhi was making a mental kill list for obvious reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First was Shen Jue. Second, Director Wei Kang. Third, Shao Xinyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That last one might seem unreasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... If it wasn’t for him, Wenzhi wouldn’t be trapped here, dragged through this entire mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, why the hell was Shao Xinyuan trying to kill Gu Luhan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t how it went. In the novel, they met, they clashed, and they fell in love. It wasn’t a happy ending, but it was still love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what changed? The fact that Wenzhi guided him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi clicked his tongue, the cigarette resting between his lips as his brows furrowed in irritation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze drifted toward the two doctors who were still working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Lin.\" A new voice cut through the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman stood at the entrance, flanked by two armed personnel. She appeared to be in her mid-forties, looking elegant, composed, and smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Yiran straightened immediately. \"Dr. Bai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Mei followed suit, her posture tightening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi ’s eyes narrowed.Ah... Her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Bai Qinian was a key figure at the CEA facility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was the one obsessed with controlling Shao Xinyuan, the researcher who had him forcibly placed into a three-year induced sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was brilliant, ambitious, and unhinged. Worst of all was that smile. It never meant anything good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve completed his evaluation,\" Song Mei said, professional as ever. \"His energy levels are stable but he’ll require external support.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course he will,\" Doctor Bai replied as her sharp, assessing gaze settled directly on Wenzhi like she was looking at something... valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shao Xinyuan is nearing instability again,\" she said calmly. \"Mr. Lin, your timing is excellent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi pulled the cigarette from his lips, exhaling slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you people practice smiling like that in a mirror?\" he said flatly. \"Or does it just come naturally when you’re about to send someone to their death?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Bai’s smile stayed exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand Director Shen Jue’s methods may have been... unpleasant,\" she said smoothly. \"But truly, it wasn’t meant to escalate this far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her voice softened, turning almost curious. \"You’re quite unusual, Mr. Lin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi said nothing, watching her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most guides would consider this an opportunity,\" she continued, her eyes flickering with interest. \"After all, there is a lot to gain by guiding a disaster-class Esper, money, status, influence. And yet, you keep trying to run. Why is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that he remained silent, Doctor Bai hummed and left the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi took another drag from his cigarette, exhaled, and walked out without resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The armed personnel followed in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long, sterile corridor was quiet. It didn’t feel like a facility; it felt like containment, a prison pretending to be a laboratory. With steel walls, reinforced doors, and no windows, everything was built for one purpose: holding something dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They reached the elevator, which took them down, much further down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the doors opened again, the air felt heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi stepped out without hesitation, his eyes noting everything. The security layers, door thickness, and exit points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Useless. The bracelet on his ankle made sure of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stopped in front of a massive reinforced door, thicker than the rest and sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi exhaled smoke slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait here,\" Doctor Bai told the armed personnel, before pressing her thumb to the panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system scanned. Unlocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the doors opened, she spoke. \"Mr. Lin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone had changed. No smile, no softness, just control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand you’ve been put under difficult circumstances,\" she said, \"which is why I need you to take this seriously.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi huffed softly. \"Do I look like a clown to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doors slid open and they stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space beyond was wider and deeper, another layer and another cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi walked in fully this time, cigarette between his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to be here.\" He shot her a sharp glance. \"I’m only cooperating because I don’t feel like dying. So yeah, this is me taking it seriously.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Bai exhaled slowly. \"Shao Xinyuan’s wavelength is unstable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice remained calm. \"It is highly aggressive. Expansive. Consuming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi didn’t interrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For years, we’ve maintained control using suppression drugs,\" she continued. \"But as his strength increases, he’s developing resistance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course he is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Which is why we began introducing guides.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean you started killing them.\" Wenzhi’s voice cut through her sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Bai Qinian didn’t deny it, and she didn’t confirm it. Which was answer enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, Wenzhi felt it. A subtle, but unmistakable shift in the room’s frequency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body tensed before his mind could process the change, a heavy, familiar, violent pressure bearing down on him. It was as if the air itself had solidified, crackling with the jagged static of an unstable sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes narrowed. Shao Xinyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Bai glanced ahead and exhaled slowly. \"If he dies, or loses control, there will be nothing left to save.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course there wouldn’t be. Wenzhi already knew how this ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the cigarette back between his lips. \"I don’t care about this world, Dr. Bai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dull gaze flicked to her. \"But I’ll do it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he lifted his foot slightly, just enough to reveal the metal restraint around his ankle. \"Because I don’t have a choice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Bai exhaled in visible relief. She pulled a card from her pocket and handed it to him. \"This will grant you access.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi took it and walked past her without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deeper he went, the worse the pressure felt. It crawled under his skin like something alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped in front of another reinforced door where there were no guards and no noise, leaving only that presence and pressed the card to the panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door slid open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the moment it did, a crushing wave hit him. His breath caught sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, he couldn’t move. Then, he stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was far too small, containing only a bed and a few scattered books. It was a cage disguised as a bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center was Shao Xinyuan, floating with eyes closed and wrapped in a mass of dark, twisting energy that sparked like something barely contained. The air felt dangerously unstable, turning the room into a space that was far too dense and heavy to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi’s back pressed instinctively against the door behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he understood why Gu Luhan had failed and nearly died. He understood why no guide lasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi swallowed, muttering under his breath, \"You look like shit, Sleeping Beauty.\" Then louder, he said, \"I’m here, Shao Xinyuan!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shao Xinyuan’s eyes opened, one crimson and one brown, locking onto him with an instant, piercing focus. A brief flicker of surprise was quickly replaced by agony as a sharp, broken grunt tore from his throat and the energy around him surged violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He coughed, blood spilling from his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi’s eyes widened, a quiet \"ouch\" slipping out as he pushed himself off the door and began to move forward. His steps were careful and measured, like someone approaching a predator that could snap at any second with no protection or barrier between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is insane,\" he muttered under his breath before finally closing the distance. He took a single breath and reached out, his fingers pressing against Shao Xinyuan’s forehead while he held and intertwined their hands, and then everything shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room disappeared, and the pressure vanished only to be replaced by a coldness that seeped into his bones. A vast void stretched in every direction, a dark and silent abyss where floating rocks drifted like debris in the wake of a broken world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi’s mind went quiet. \"...What the hell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1289,"2026-06-06T14:53:12.378Z",1,"novelbin.me","d82982105bb0a931a671901bb0ed242396ce13ab45b7779474bb06f4664fb45e","help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-14","help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-12",73,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhelp-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-cover.jpg"]