Chapter 134: Tasker

"Hey, hey, don't misunderstand, we mean no harm!" Zheng Qingyao covered her mouth and looked at Gao Yue on the ground, explaining as she did so:

"You came from outside the world, didn't you? We just want to talk to you!"

A Chu stared fixedly at Ding Mo and nodded along. He spread his hands wide, showing his entire body to Ding Mo.

"See? We aren't carrying any weapons at all."

Zheng Qingyao followed suit, spreading her arms to let Ding Mo look her over.

Outside the world? Who are they?

As for Ding Mo, after sizing them up for a moment, his gaze still fell upon the coffin behind them.

He still did not trust them.

A Chu noticed his gaze but only smiled:

"Sorry about that."

He knocked on the wooden coffin on his back, producing a somewhat dull "thump-thump" sound.

"This is a long story. Why don't you let Gao Yue go first, and then we can slowly—"

But before he could finish his sentence, he froze, watching helplessly as Ding Mo pried open the coffin lid of Gao Yue, which he had been stepping on!

*Splash—* Cold rain fell from the sky, and Ding Mo saw clearly that what was placed inside the coffin was actually a white Wax Figure!

Moreover, its appearance was exactly the same as Gao Yue!

Sure enough, these people are also Guaishou—Ding Mo's gaze turned cold.

And just as he pried open the coffin lid, Gao Yue, who had been unconscious from the heavy blow under his feet, had his body begin to twist strangely! It was as if some kind of mutation was occurring!

"Ugh, ahhhhhh!" Like clothing in a washing machine drum, his twisted face was full of terror!

What is going on? Ding Mo was somewhat puzzled.

"Oh no!"

"Let him go quickly!!"

Seeing this, A Chu and Zheng Qingyao's expressions changed instantly! They rushed over and attacked Ding Mo!

Seeing this situation, Ding Mo originally wanted to fight back and finish them all off, but after thinking about it, he retreated a distance and gave up Gao Yue.

Because they had all run over, moving away from his parents' "remains."

"Hey! Pull yourself together!" Zheng Qingyao ran over, ignoring the retreating Ding Mo, and called out anxiously to Gao Yue.

"You keep his cognition stable, I'll help him reset!" A Chu arrived at the side of the coffin, steadied the 'Gao Yue' inside, and pushed the coffin lid back on.

Meanwhile, Zheng Qingyao tried hard to chat with Gao Yue and strongly demanded a response from him.

Before long, the coffin closed, and Gao Yue returned to normal. Gao Yue panted, sitting on the ground with a somewhat pale face, as if he had just walked through the gates of hell.

"You! I told you not to be so impulsive, and now look, you almost lost your life!" Zheng Qingyao scolded him irritably.

Gao Yue did not speak, only looking at Ding Mo, who had changed his position in the distance, cold sweat on his forehead.

And A Chu finally had time to turn back around and face Ding Mo again.

"Please, don't do this kind of thing next time." His eyes were serious as he stared at Ding Mo:

"To us, this is no different from putting someone to death!"

"—" Ding Mo stood in front of the cart with his parents' remains, looking at the three of them, noncommittal.

These people occupied the cart and even tried to enter without knocking; it was no wonder he reacted so intensely.

One had to know that in this world, humanity had likely already gone extinct. When you are the only person left in this world,

who would the person pushing the door open be?

The atmosphere between the two sides was somewhat stiff; instead, Zheng Qingyao stood out from the side. She pulled A Chu and said to Ding Mo:

"You came here because of a Task from the Typewriter, right?"

Ding Mo's eyes flickered: "Are you also from the Isolation Zone?"

Over there, upon hearing the words 'Isolation Zone,' the three of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief. A Chu lowered his guard slightly and smiled:

"It really is a case of the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple—family members failing to recognize their own kin."

Zheng Qingyao also said: "We are indeed, like you, Polluters from the Isolation Zone, only we are trapped in this world and cannot go back.

"We just want you to help us; we absolutely have no other intentions!

"—We are not Guaishou either! W-we just used a special method to survive in this world!"

Having said that, Zheng Qingyao noticed that the young man opposite remained unmoved.

Ding Mo had no reason to help them; he had other things to do right now—take care of his parents' remains!

"Wait a moment!" Seeing Ding Mo about to leave, Zheng Qingyao grew anxious and hurriedly said:

"That 'Wax Corpse' on the cart is someone very important to you, right? If you want to bury them like this, I advise you not to!"

Her words finally made Ding Mo pause his steps and turn back to look at her.

"Ah, that's right." A Chu also nodded from the side:

"Those Guaishou will dig it up before long; that's how our companion's corpse was snatched away."

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As the voice fell, Ding Mo was silent for a long time.

If that were really the case, he would likely have to take them back to the world of the Processing Bureau and find another way to bury them.

He let out a breath, sat on the cart, and said:

"Fine, let's talk then. How much do you know about this world, and what help do you want from me?

"After you finish speaking, I will consider whether or not to help you."

Seeing this, the three looked at each other.

"Okay!"

Next, A Chu and the others, who were trapped in this world, finally revealed the entire history and truth of this world.

The bizarre catastrophe that swept across this entire world also unveiled its veil at this moment.

It turned out that the current time was 37 years after Ding Mo committed suicide, which was after the failure of the "First Human Anti-Deprivation War" in 2025!

The 37th year!

Ding Mo had only transmigrated for a few months, yet a full 37 years had already passed in this world!

In the ten years following the "First Human Anti-Deprivation War," from 2025 to 2035, humanity continuously improved their methods of resisting the bizarre,

and launched two more "Anti-Deprivation Wars" in succession,

but the results all ended in humanity's failure—

A Chu and the others were the ones who arrived after receiving a Task from the Typewriter during the "Third Human Anti-Deprivation War."

The content of the Task was: 【Survive for one whole year, during which you must not be discovered by 'them'】!

As it turned out, the "Third Human Anti-Deprivation War" failed a year later; at the final moment, A Chu and the others were all eroded by the bizarre, and only two people returned alive to their original world.

As for A Chu and the others, they could only rely on the power from a Polluter who had left to become half-dead existences, surviving and enduring through these twenty-plus years of time.

But over these twenty-plus years, they witnessed a desperate fact:

In this world, the "extinction" of the human race!

Since the failure of the "Third Human Anti-Deprivation War," humanity no longer possessed the ability to resist and became swine rounded up and slaughtered by the Guaishou.

A Chu and the others had already traveled all over the world; it was tragic, for there were no "humans" left in this world—

Even the lost ones like the stubble-bearded man who survived in remote places had all been completely wiped out.

And A Chu and the others, they also gradually reached their limits during this journey of despair.

Their consciousness, maintained by the power of the bizarre, could barely hold on any longer. If they continued like this, they would also lose their sanity and become like those Guaishou in the cities now, trapped in their memories; they would annihilate their humanity, living only for the people they once imitated and for unchanging memories!