Chapter 18: The System gave my sister a big job

【With the Yaochi Holy Water, your body and consciousness—on the verge of shattering—grow stronger through each restoration.

Although you often feel a thick, almost indissoluble malice assaulting you repeatedly, you even seem to hear malicious voices echoing deep in your heart, urging you to leave the school.

Resisting that malice isn’t easy, but you remember your student said he would come back.

Even though you’re curious about where he went.

The wait is painfully long.】

Su Wanwan’s face flushed red, but this kind of redness was different from the redness inside the blanket when she had just stretched out her hand.

Although she had been a bit frustrated moments ago, seeing the simulation on the panel made Su Wanwan excited.

She had never survived this long in a simulation before!

Even though she hadn’t drawn any talent at all.

Her student really was amazing.

Once she made up her mind to help her, it seemed she could really follow Lin Mo and comfortably survive the Apocalypse!

Su Wanwan began to look forward to it.

She wondered how long she could survive this time.

【Besides you, there’s no living person in the school.

The playground is littered with student corpses, some already beginning to rot.

The corridors are strewn with numerous headless bodies, filling the entire teaching building with a stench of decay.

You don’t want to stay in such an environment.】

It wasn’t until the next afternoon on the second day that he finally arrived, looking exhausted again.

He gave you another portion of Yaochi Holy Water, which filled you with hope to keep living.

You planned to properly thank him in a teacher-like manner.

But once again, he left, citing some urgent matter.

You asked him where he was going, but he didn’t say anything—just shook his head with a troubled expression.

Although you kept in contact, you would occasionally message him asking where he was.

Fortunately, the Apocalypse hadn’t lasted long, and the network was still functioning; otherwise, staying alone in a teaching building full of corpses with no one to talk to would be truly terrifying.

He usually replied that he was busy, but you had no idea what exactly kept him occupied.

It wasn’t until the night of the third day that he once again arrived late.】

Su Wanwan was ecstatic.

Three days!

This was a record high for her.

Su Wanwan continued watching.

【He left another portion of Yaochi Holy Water and a brief message: “Take care, Shizun,” then left once more.

You really wanted to persuade him not to leave, but you knew he was doing it so you could survive.

You often chatted with him and expressed your longing, but somehow, his replies were indifferent and cold, giving you a chill.

He was probably really busy, you told yourself.

You also searched the network for Apocalypse news; almost every city had different degrees of strange phenomena.

You knew that exploring unknown areas alone was never simple, even for him, which made you feel some sympathy amid your sadness.

You just hoped he would come back soon.

Day four…】

Su Wanwan no longer knew how to express her excitement.

It felt like a major breakthrough.

In short: Awesome.

【He looked even more exhausted but still brought you a fresh portion of Yaochi Holy Water.

You were curious where he was getting it from.

Because he had mentioned more than once that Yaochi Holy Water wasn’t a product of this place—even after searching the entire Blue Star.

He remained silent, looking even more troubled.

You tried to read his mind but got nothing.

He looked physically and mentally drained but still gave you hope to survive.

Seeing his worsening state, you finally couldn’t bear his repeated departures.

You asked him directly: Where exactly do you get the Yaochi Holy Water? Are you in danger?

He firmly replied, “No, Shizun. Don’t ask.”

And left once more.

You had no choice but to watch him go.】

Day five…】

What kind of reward would there be?

Su Wanwan started to look forward to it!

【This time, you expressed your wish to stay or leave together with him.

He firmly refused.

Even though you looked pitiful, you could feel his hesitation, but he resolutely left again.

And this time, you finally couldn’t hold back.

Why did he keep abandoning you again and again?

You tried to get an explanation.

The Apocalypse had lasted a while; the network was becoming laggy, and soon it might collapse completely.

Once the network went down, just talking to him would become a luxury.

Were you supposed to spend your whole life in a teaching building filled with decayed corpses?

You couldn’t endure that loneliness.

More importantly, you missed him.

So, you decided to be honest and share your true feelings with him.

You opened the chat window, praying the network still held: “Teacher, I miss you.”

Luckily, the message sent successfully.

You patted your chest—you had so much you wanted to say.

He didn’t reply immediately, probably busy again.

You could wait.

Suddenly, the chat window started loading.

You knew he was replying.

You decided no matter what he said, you would make everything clear.

But he sent a video instead.

This troubled you—receiving videos wasn’t easy, with the network speed barely a few KB per second.

Yet, your curiosity and even a bit of anticipation grew.

What kind of video could it be?

Knowing the network was unstable, sending you such a thing must mean it was important.

Important enough to share.

Or maybe something really exciting?

With this hope, waiting for him didn’t seem so hard.

Until the night of the fifth day…】

He came back.

And you finally received the .rmvb.

He really could survive!

Hahaha!

So happy!

【Through the teaching building’s window, you saw that unique silhouette on the playground—he was back.

At the exact moment, the .rmvb video finished downloading.

While waiting for him to return, you eagerly clicked play.

You thought it would be a scene of fighting qi and magic.

After all, he went to obtain the Yaochi Holy Water—a precious item that surely had an extraordinary acquisition method.

Maybe on some alien planet or something.

But actually, it wasn’t like that.

You felt strange—it was a pink and soft room, the floor covered with soft pink mats.

On the bed was a panda plushie taller than one person.

Nearby, on the balcony, hung some equally pink clothes.

You saw some princess dresses girls would wear, even some girls’ underwear.

It was a girl’s room.

A bad feeling crept in.

Of course, you couldn’t jump to conclusions too soon; after all, this was the Apocalypse, and girls’ and boys’ rooms were no different—most likely, no living people were left inside.

But soon, you gave up that thought because you saw a foot.

Fair and tender—a girl’s foot, clearly.

Wearing pink slippers, nails neatly trimmed.

The view moved upward, and you were certain it was a girl.

You saw a small skirt, and beneath it, a pair of snow-white calves.

You didn’t think those legs were better than yours, but they had another kind of cute charm—you had to admit it.

Then you saw a small bow tie and what looked like an undeveloped chest, possibly prepubescent.

You saw her small hand, as if she was pulling on something.

You saw her cherry lips slightly parted, as if about to speak.

You noticed she seemed to be smiling.

A malicious smile.

You felt a ringing in your ears—you couldn’t believe what you heard.

You rewound the video repeatedly.

You weren’t mistaken.

Your mind was left with just one sentence from the girl:

“Brother Lin Mo, you don’t want your teacher to become a cold corpse, do you…”

You nearly fainted.

But suddenly, the phone notification sounded.

Suppressing the sorrow and fury in your heart, you closed the video and looked back at the chat window.

Your head buzzed, and your blood pressure skyrocketed.

You saw one sentence.

A message utterly inhuman.

“Su Wanwan, your student is really run.”】

Ah, this…

No longer funny…

Mmp!

No, my blood pressure is rising!

I want to cut you!

Ahhhhhh, so angry, so angry!