When his feet stepped on solid ground again, Lu Ban first felt a cool breeze.

He opened his eyes and glanced.

"I forgot to turn off the air conditioner..."

Lu Ban thought about it and turned up the temperature of the air conditioner a few degrees.

"Fortunately I came back early, otherwise the electricity bill would have been wasted a lot."

He looked at himself. His clothes were tattered and his backpack was almost broken. Fortunately, Lu Ban had eaten all the compressed dry food last night and this morning, otherwise it would have been wasted.

The suona, however, was still shiny and was not burned by the pure fire. Lu Ban even felt that even if it was thrown into the pure fire, it might not burn.

Sitting in the bed in a daze for a while, Lu Ban's mind briefly scanned the previous tasks, and finally fixed on a piece of crimson crystal in his hand.

This is the last relic left by Hongye.

[Unlock branch: Homecoming]

[The fallen leaves return to their roots, and the soul that yearns for the sky eventually turns into mud. She longs to return to her hometown, fulfill her last wish, and receive a reward]

"Is it really impossible to save him?"

Lu Ban sighed a little.

Although he and Hongye had only spent one day together, they were friends who had risked their lives for each other. She had also helped him. Thinking about Hongye's life experience and fate, Lu Ban felt sad.

There is actually no essential difference between myself, the chosen one of the Land of Silence, and the priestess of the island.

Everyone must fight against these unspeakable things, and everyone has the possibility of being polluted, eroded, and alienated.

Maybe Lu Ban will become a monster one day.

"Don't worry, if I have the chance, I will definitely take you back to Wajima Taisha."

Lu Ban placed Hongye's ashes on the table, took off his tattered clothes, and prepared to go to the bathroom to take a shower, change clothes, and check his body.

It is now eight o'clock in the morning. About thirteen hours have passed since Lu Ban started the mission. The bathroom is still bright, and he looked in the mirror.

In the mirror, Lu Ban had only slight traces of burns from the flames and the uncertain mist. If someone who didn't know the situation saw it, they would just think that Lu Ban got sunburned after going to the beach.

"Um?"

Lu Ban saw that there seemed to be some wounds on his neck, where the gills should have been split.

He moved closer to the mirror and looked closely.

I saw blood oozing out of the wounds.

The blood gradually flowed down Lu Ban's neck and dripped into the sink.

He looked down and saw that the empty washbasin had no blood stains.

“…”

Lu Ban reached out and touched his neck; it was very smooth, with no wounds at all.

“Don’t be naughty.”

He said something to Lu Ban in the mirror and turned on the shower.

While taking a shower, Lu Ban saw that the water flow on the ground formed the cold words of the system.

【Congratulations on completing the task】

【Start settlement now】

[Mission Exploration Degree: 100%]

[Task completion: Perfect]

[The festival of Uta Island has ended, and the fog that gathered on the sea has dissipated. You have witnessed a grand dream and met someone who is bound by fate like you. The festival will happen again one day, but the people who accompanied you will never come again. The affairs of the gods are unknown.]

[Achieved Silence Points: 13500]

[Reward: Skill: True Vision]

[Obtained career reward: Item: 100 People’s Song]

【Settlement completed】

[It’s time to step onto a new stage. In this era of entertainment first, even ordinary people can express themselves. Keep creating. Your future will be bright and dazzling! ]

[Choose to complete career development tasks and receive career rewards]

【Welcome to the quiet place again】

"One hundred percent completion..."

It was the first time that Lu Ban reached 100% of the mission exploration rate. According to the previous 95% completion rate, the extra 5% completion rate increased Lu Ban's points by 600 points.

"So, 5% exploration degree is enough to pass?"

He glanced at the [Silent Shop].

His current accumulated silence points were 49,800, which was still two hundred points away from the 50,000 required to unlock the next stage of the store.

"It's a bit uncomfortable, being stuck here."

Of course, if Lu Ban can successfully complete the subsequent career development tasks, he will be able to unlock it before the next task. Combined with his current 30,000 silence points, it will be enough for him to spend.

However, according to previous rules, Lu Ban guessed that the goods sold in higher-end stores should be no less than 50,000. He could not afford them at the moment, so he could only satisfy his curiosity and gain some knowledge about foreign lands from the item information of those goods.

[Hyakunin Isshu] It must be video data, probably stored directly in Lu Ban's hard drive. He just hopes that the hard drive won't be filled up and explode. It seems that purchasing a new large-capacity hard drive is imperative.

As for the skill [True Vision], Lu Ban thought from the name alone that it sounded a bit like a skill that could see invisible objects.

"What's the use?"

The water from the shower wet Lu Ban's body, and he tried to use this skill.

Lu Ban's eyes suddenly became deep, changing from the dark brown eye color common among Asians to a dark gray like fog.

Looking around, Lu Ban's gaze froze near the sewer.

He saw a bloodshot eye staring at him from under the drain net.

This was different from the previous glimpse. Lu Ban blinked, but the eyeball still did not disappear.

He squatted down and reached out to uncover the floor drain.

The eyeball shrank into the sewer as if it were a frightened animal.

Lu Ban saw that next to the eyeball, the wet hair was like a reptile's tentacles, clinging to the wall of the sewer pipe like a spider.

"You look like this?"

Lu Ban stretched out his hand and wanted to touch the eyeball, but it quickly retreated deep into the sewer.

"Still shy."

Lu Ban did not force his way into the sewer, but considerately covered the floor drain.

He stood up and looked in the mirror again.

The thing in the mirror looked at Lu Ban.

It was a being that seemed to be burnt all over, with all its flesh and blood peeled off, and only a pair of eyeballs sticking out in the empty eye sockets.

His movements were exactly the same as Lu Ban's, except that his festering skin was really different.

Lu Ban raised his left hand, and the thing in the mirror also raised its left hand.

Lu Ban raised his fist, and the thing in the mirror also raised its fist.

Lu Ban attacked again, but suddenly retracted his attack just before making a gesture.

He saw that the thing in the mirror did not stop and took out the scissors.

Lu Ban then clenched his fist and stretched it out.

"I won."

He smiled, and Lu Ban in the mirror widened his eyes, looking a little frightened.

Lu Ban turned off the shower, dried himself, put on his clothes, and saw a black shadow forming a human figure at the bathroom door.

He immediately opened the door and found a guy with a ferocious expression, who seemed to be made of black fog. He quickly hid in the corner and drifted away with the wind.

When he came to the living room, Lu Ban found that there was a blurry person sitting on the chair next to the dining table.

"Hello."

Lu Ban greeted him.