[{"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-58":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},1709053,2183,"Chapter 58: Trigger (1)","help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-58",58,"\u003Cp>The next morning, inside the research facility, Doctor Bai Qinian sat inside her office with a deeply disturbed expression on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes kept drifting toward the timer displayed across the wall screen. Impatience tightened her features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, she rose to her feet, pulled her phone from her pocket, and spoke coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bring Shao Xinyuan to me immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused briefly before adding, \"You still have the controller connected to the torture device, don’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Doctor.\" The response came through the phone instantly. \"But he’s already inside the building. He just arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Bai froze. \"Oh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shoulders visibly relaxed. \"Good. Bring him directly to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slight pause followed before the voice spoke again. \"Doctor Bai, Director Shen Jue has called for an emergency meeting. All research staff are required to attend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll attend after I’m done here,\" Doctor Bai snapped. \"And make sure no one sees him enter. I want this handled confidentially. There’s already enough chaos happening right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Doctor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The call disconnected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doctor Bai let out a heavy breath before stepping out of her office entirely unaware that the man she had just spoken to was currently pinned face-first against the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi stood over him calmly, one leg pressing hard against the armed personnel’s neck while the phone remained in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man struggled violently beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi simply smiled and shifted his foot slightly harder against the man’s throat, forcing a choked sound out of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now,\" Wenzhi said brightly, \"that wasn’t so hard, was it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man gasped painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi ignored him completely and pressed the earpiece in his own ear. \"Are you in position, Sleeping Beauty?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Xinyuan walked silently through the facility halls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark mist poured endlessly from his body like living shadows, spreading rapidly through the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every corridor the mist touched, some armed personnel were slammed unconscious against the walls. Others were restrained where they stood, dark tendrils wrapping around their throats before dropping them cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xinyuan didn’t even bother looking toward the security cameras.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment his senses brushed against them, the screens shattered one after another across the facility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Wenzhi’s voice through the earpiece, the cold expression on Xinyuan’s face disappeared instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bright smile spread across his lips instead, the tips of his ears already beginning to redden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m almost there,\" he said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark mist surrounding his body suddenly swirled violently around him, and then he vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Xinyuan appeared directly inside the facility’s central system room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rows upon rows of massive supercomputers filled the enormous chamber, glowing cables spreading across the ceiling and floors like tangled veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charging stations lined the walls. And standing at the very center of the room was a massive cylindrical glass pod. Glowing wires connected into it from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Xinyuan saw it, his steps halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And like a memory violently dragged back to the surface, the reflection inside the pod shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, there was a boy inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young Xinyuan. No older than sixteen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head had been completely shaved, his thin body suspended inside clear liquid as though he was drowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slammed desperately against the glass walls. Again. Again. Again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muffled screams escaped his mouth through the water. \"No... please! Get me out! It hurts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His terrified eyes searched frantically outside the pod. \"Mother! Please!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xinyuan’s breathing slowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the pod stood a younger Doctor Bai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hand rested gently against the glass as she stared at the struggling child with a painfully calm expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m doing this for you, Xinyuan,\" she whispered softly. \"I’m protecting you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something inside Xinyuan snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory shattered apart as he drove his fist directly into the pod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiderweb fractures spread across the glass surface before the entire structure exploded apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shards crashed across the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xinyuan’s clenched hand trembled at his side. His pupils had dilated completely from rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sleeping Beauty, are you there yet?\" Wenzhi’s voice drifted through the earpiece again in an almost lazy singsong tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xinyuan froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, the fury dragging him under loosened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heartbeat steadied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted a hand slowly toward the earpiece. \"...I’m here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, back in the hallway, Wenzhi crouched beside the unconscious armed personnel calmly searching through the man’s pockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was Doctor Bai’s main security personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant the torture device controller.... Wenzhi pulled out a small black controller with a single red button sitting at its center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at it for a second and pouted. \"That crazy woman really did implant one...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he shoved the controller into his pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night before, he and Xinyuan had agreed to destroy the research facility together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so far, the plan was going surprisingly well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wenzhi had another objective too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His kill list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator beside him opened with a soft chime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing inside was one of the higher-ranking officials meant to attend the emergency meeting the armed personnel had mentioned earlier to Doctor Bai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several armed guards surrounded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the guards noticed Wenzhi, they reached for their weapons but Wenzhi was faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bullet went straight through the official’s forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood splattered across the elevator wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards froze for half a second in complete shock and that was all the time Wenzhi needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and bolted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunfire erupted behind him instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire facility descended into chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Armed personnel flooded through the hallways searching for the intruder while alarms blared overhead and destroyed surveillance cameras sparked uselessly from the ceilings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi moved quickly through the corridors, avoiding direct confrontation whenever possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when avoiding wasn’t possible, he fought dirty. Very dirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he got close enough for hand-to-hand combat, he slammed his gun directly into someone’s face, kicked another guard hard between the legs, then used the confusion to disappear around another corner before more personnel arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But through all of it, his target remained the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Jue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi wasn’t about to let something as simple as an explosion rob him of the satisfaction of killing that bastard personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, he found another elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Empty this time. Finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi slipped inside and leaned heavily against the wall, rubbing his sore neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\" he yelled in frustration, clutching his stomach as it suddenly growled loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the earpiece, Xinyuan’s voice came filled with worry. \"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m starving,\" Wenzhi snapped. \"I haven’t eaten since yesterday. I couldn’t even finish my dinner because of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe we can have breakfast together,\" Xinyuan suggested casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi looked genuinely offended. \"If I don’t get killed because of this reckless nonsense first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s your idea, Freckles,\" Xinyuan teased lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi rolled his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the elevator doors opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And directly outside, another squad of armed personnel stood waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenzhi stared at them silently for one long second before slowly pressing himself back against the elevator wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yep,\" he sighed tiredly. \"This is definitely my idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1155,"2026-06-06T14:53:12.659Z",1,"novelbin.me","b1955d87e698c047e60eec2b556b57aa88cbac33588f5040f008e070f972087f","help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-59","help-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-chapter-57",73,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhelp-i-do-not-want-to-guide-a-disaster-cover.jpg"]