[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-238":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Worlds' Apocalypse Online",{"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},1790884,2388,"Chapter 238 - The clock hand ticks","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-238",238,"\u003Cp>Translated by: La0o9\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edited by: VindiFan#1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proofreader:? Arya\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Clearly already arrived but wouldn’t answer, is she crazy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man mumbled in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a Professionist, Liu Shi Man’s hearing is extremely good, so the mumbling of the young man didn’t escape her ears at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she wasn’t the least bit angry, instead calmly observing the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the 360 degree 3D projection, she was able to see every detail of what’s happening outside the shuttle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no new shuttles landing, no one leaving from having finished their meals, there wasn’t even a car passing by on the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the safest moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Man slowly rubbed the golden ring on her finger, burst out laughing silently and shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man came to the door, yelling: “Your order is here, please receive it”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Man’s order was a bit large so he was already breathing a bit heavily from bringing it all this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the way he looks, it seems he doesn’t intend to bring it up, instead of waiting for her to come down and get it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Liu Shi Man is definitely not coming down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come up here, quickly” she ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man sighed, then said: “Please tell me your caller ID”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Man told him the unconscious man’s number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man had no choice but to carry the big boxes up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he came in, he was slightly shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the shuttle’s owner was standing on the other side of the shuttle, staring at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crazy”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man muttered quietly, then placed the food boxes onto the table in the shuttle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly put everything out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he glanced at her and said: “I wish you a wonderful meal”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying so, he instantly turned to leave, not sparing a single moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at his back, Liu Shi Man thought about how she has at least a couple dozen ways to kill him instantly at this angle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the delivery man was about to walk through the door, a rock lance has silently appeared in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She readied herself to throw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, her Earth Elemental power was still focused on her fingertips, ready to activate the ring at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the very second ——–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man left the shuttle and didn’t even bother to turn back. Making ‘clang clang’ sounds with his shoes as he walked down the shuttle stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really did leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he was hurrying back to the restaurant as soon as he got off the shuttle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked like he was in a rush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-ah right, he still has to clean the store.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he’s perfectly fine as well?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seems like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Man shook her head, finally feeling that she’s a bit too paranoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rock lance disappeared in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the massive amount of food on the table, she couldn’t help but gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she walked to the table to eat, she found that the dashboard of the steering wheel was blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the problem?” Liu Shi Man asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Not enough fuel to reach appointed destination, please make sure to refuel] the electronic voice replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know” Liu Shi Man answered in annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she opened the box of food, the first thing she did was scan it with a device she had on hand, waited until it turned up a green light before eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While she wolfed down the food, she was thinking about how to refuel the shuttle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To refuel, she would have to go into a large-scale energy station, at which point the station will scan the shuttle’s owner certificate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which means, it won’t be long until someone found that this was a missing shuttle from the data scanned at the energy station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s not the only issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once she enters the station, there’s a chance that hackers might be able to gain access to the shuttle’s GPS system, thus finding out her location and destination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Man couldn’t think of any method to circumvent this all the way until she was full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the restaurant door opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl called Tong Tong walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t play too hard, make sure to get home early” her father’s advisory voice came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re so nosy, I want to play a bit longer, I want to go overnight!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl seems to be in her rebellious phase and protested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The father wasn’t able to get through to her, so he just sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few people in the restaurant were laughing without malice at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl quickly went to the shuttle and climbed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting it up, the girl took out a Holo-Brain and spoke with her friends on the other side of the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other side was clearly having a party, the music was very loud, you could almost see the girls and boys dancing to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few young girls wearing fashionable clothes were on the other side of the screen, raising a bottle of liquor and spoke to Tong Tong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come quick, come quick, you’re late already” one of them said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll be there soon, just wait a bit”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll give you a time limit, if you haven’t come yet when that’s up, we’ll leave for the after-party party!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying so, an image of a clock face appeared on Tong Tong’s Holo-Brain’s screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clock hands were ticking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s barely 10 minutes! You guys are mean!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Tong exclaimed, but quickly arranged the route on her GPS system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She doesn’t notice at all how there’s a person already standing behind her inside the shuttle, silently watching all this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Man stopped watching and silently pushed opened the bag on the back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An eye-catching cup reflected in Liu Shi Man’s eyes —–the same cup in the news article she saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some text was carved on the cup: “First place – Fu Ning village wind instrument competition”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to the cup was a metal flute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were some words carved on the flute as well: “A gift to Tong Tong, hoping that she will keep doing her best”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing all of them, Liu Shi Man silently returned the bag to its place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a civilian shuttle so it’s very unassuming, and there won’t be anyone looking for it in the next few hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone saw clearly how Tong Tong didn’t want to go home just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That being the case, even if she’s a little late, her parents might worry, or get a bit angry, but they won’t think too much of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a small village, so the shuttle is unlike those in large cities that have an interconnecting network array of safety monitoring devices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-I’ll just kill her then dump her body in a lake, no more worries along the journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking so, Liu Shi Man raised her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth Elemental power was concentrated into a sharp rock dagger, held tightly in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised the dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, a figure appeared behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure didn’t let out any sound and didn’t emit any presence, like it was nothing but air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Man completely didn’t notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of Liu Shi Man, Tong Tong was concentrated on looking at her Holo-Brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the figure behind Liu Shi Man did nothing but stare at both of the girls’ movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Man moved!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp rock dagger was aimed straight at the young girl’s nape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she receives this, she’ll die instantly without being able to utter a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body will be thrown into some unknown lake, and her parents will never see her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that very moment, like a silent flash, three things happened at the same time\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Tong didn’t turn around but used two fingers to tightly grip the blade of the dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black skull appeared from thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Liu Shi Man was lightly tapped on the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FUCK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Man’s alarms instantly rang as she immediately tried to activate the ring to teleport away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the light tap made her entire body shake uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if struck by lightning, her body became stiff, unable to move even the tiniest bit of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the black skull opened its mouth and bit her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand was instantly charred black, the only thing unharmed was the golden ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ‘second’ hand of the clock on the Holo-Brain ticked once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A streak of blood-red light quickly descended, grabbed Liu Shi Man by the neck and flew away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mission was over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure that stood behind Liu Shi Man suddenly knelt down and coughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tong Tong stood up and offered: “Mr. Gu, should I help you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need, I’ll get him” a clear charming female voice came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anna appeared at the shuttle door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them returned to Liu Shi Man’s shuttle and opened the trunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who was knocked unconscious before was sitting there, smoking a cigar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan and Zhang Ying Hao greeted each other.\u003C\u002Fp>",1519,"2026-06-09T03:05:01.243Z",1,"novelbin.me","ba65c4658b693d3ef47bb51ff9ba4d3ec76ad4d42ff30b4ce8d9dee3a16bf4dd","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-239","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-237",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]