Chapter 172 - Going to His Source
Chapter 172 - Going to His Source
Collection Department of the Space-Time Administration, 211 time coordinate points (days) after Ning Fei's vacation ends.
Ning Fei walked out of the teleportation chamber, his footsteps accompanied by the system's announcement: "Welcome back, Ning Fei. You have successfully completed the 'Emergency Assistance: Ocean King Collection Mission', which took 209 time coordinate points. Now we will start to settle with you..."
"Ah? Ning Fei?"
Familiar colleagues were a little surprised when they saw Ning Fei: "You're back so soon?"
"That time traveler didn't want to complete the mission, he simply lacked the ability and was indecisive, so it was easy to deal with him." Ning Fei replied casually, "Obedient people are always easy to deal with."
"Only someone of your level can do it so easily." The colleague sighed, "A single-player mission can be completed in less than a year, and you have always scored above S. Why don't you produce another sample material for this mission? I will buy it and let my stupid and useless student learn it frame by frame."
"...I'm not as amazing as you say." Ning Fei didn't want to dwell on his mission, so he changed the subject and asked, "Why did you come back so early?"
"Hey, stop talking. My student asked me for help, and when I went to the scene, everything was fucking ruined. What's the point of urging him? The sooner the bad debt is, the sooner he can go home..."
After chatting and walking casually for a few minutes, Ning Fei said goodbye to his colleagues and returned to his own home.
As soon as he entered the house, Ning Fei threw himself onto the sofa and lay down.
Something in his pocket nagged him, and he fished it out. Then he put one hand behind his head and held up the small thing he had just taken out with the other hand, turning it over and playing with it.
——It was the brooch that Duan Yunhong gave him.
Although Duan Yunhong assured that the brooch was protected and would not be "detected and destroyed" by the Administration and the world, Ning Fei still added an extra layer of cover just in case. He himself didn't understand why he was going through all this trouble. There was no need for him to bring this thing into the mission world - he certainly wouldn't suddenly go to look for Duan Yunhong - but he still brought it with him for some unknown reason.
And this mission... was actually completed a bit sloppily.
A colleague just praised Ning Fei for his always being rated S or above for every mission, but this time, Ning Fei actually only got an A. It’s not that he couldn’t do better, but the main part had been roughly completed, and Ning Fei suddenly lost his patience and couldn’t stay in the mission world. So he hastily completed the task and returned to the administration early.
Ning Fei had never even found anyone to "play" with in that mission world.
It’s not that no one approached him, but he either thought that person was too greasy or that person was too strong and stupid. There was another one, which was good in every way and very much in line with Ning Fei's taste preferences. Moreover, the thought "I don't need to remain a chastity" instantly flashed through Ning Fei's mind. But when the atmosphere became ambiguous, Ning Fei smelled the perfume that the other party had specially chosen, and he lost interest all of a sudden. It was as if a bucket of cold water was poured over my head, and I suddenly calmed down.
Ning Fei didn't want to admit that he had a "standard" in his heart, and he had been unconsciously comparing himself with this "standard". But those candidates are either a little short here or a little short there.
Once Ning Fei reaches a conclusion, his emotions will quickly cool, and he will feel that these people are "unworthy".
After clearly realizing this, Ning Fei's irritability and impatience became more and more obvious. He threw the brooch onto the table beside him and turned over to face the back of the sofa, with his back to the brooch.
“Tsk…”
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Ning Fei was also a little uncomfortable staying at the Administration’s house.
Normally he would take at least half a month's break between each job, but now that he was at home with nothing to do, his mind was filled with thoughts that could not be controlled. Feeling impetuous, Ning Fei decided to go back to work and find something to do to fill his free time.
He opened the system's floating screen and began scrolling through the task list, screening for the next job.
First there was the usual list of high-paying tasks, and then he looked at the tasks that Ning Fei always preferred, which had specific time nodes or tasks that didn't seem to take much time. But coming and going, Ning Fei was either dissatisfied with this or that, and there was never a job that suited him.
——Am I too picky? No way, I’m a model worker.
——It’s just that the Administration has been having a hard time lately…
Inexplicably, Ning Fei entered the coordinates of Duan Yunhong's original world.
"...Tsk, I really suspect that the Luck Bandits have an undercover agent in the bureau. Is there really a mission?!"
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【Last wish made by: Cheng Lingqi
Situation summary: War breaks out and society becomes turbulent. As the adjutant of General Liu Fan in the southwest, Cheng Lingqi was busy with the war and had no time to take care of his family. He entrusted his good friend Shen Zejun to help his family move west to a safe place, and also paid a large sum of money and established connections everywhere. However, something unexpected happened in the army, and Liu Fan doubted Cheng Lingqi's loyalty, so he deliberately arranged for him to handle dangerous matters. Cheng Lingqi fell into a trap, was seriously injured and became disabled for life. At the same time, the news of the murder of his family members dealt a huge blow to Cheng Lingqi. He was eventually abandoned by Liu Fan, his old injuries became infected and relapsed, and he was unable to receive treatment, so he died in a foreign land.
Wish: to save my life, bring my mother and sister to my side safely, and protect my family from the war. 】
"The wish is simple, but it's not surprising that things go wrong in the midst of war..."
Ning Fei muttered to himself and casually adjusted his sleeves when there were two knocks on the door of the reception room. Before he could answer, the door opened and a soldier opened it, letting in an officer.
A dark green, straight uniform with epaulettes, belt, long boots, and a holster around the waist. This is a young military officer in his twenties. As soon as he entered the room, he cast a puzzled and vigilant look at Ning Fei: "Are you Ning Fei, the young master of the president of the Southwest Chamber of Commerce? What do you want from me?"
"Don't be nervous, Adjutant Cheng." Ning Fei stood up and shook his hand, then glanced at the soldier who followed him in, "I do have something important to discuss, is it convenient for us to talk alone?"
Cheng Lingqi was stunned for a moment: "We just met, Mr. Ning, I don't even know..."
"This is your territory, Adjutant Cheng, and I came in to search you." Ning Fei smiled, "I am just a small businessman, how can I cause any trouble in your base camp?"
"You are not a small businessman..." Cheng Lingqi thought for a few seconds, agreed, and signaled the soldier at the door to go out.
After the door of the reception room was closed again, Cheng Lingqi tilted his head and said, "Can you tell me now, Mr. Ning?"
"Sit down first." Ning Fei's attitude was so natural that it seemed as if he was the master here. He sat back in his original seat and pointed to the single sofa next to him: "Sit down, we have something to talk about, and it won't be clear in a few words."
Cheng Lingqi's expression became more and more puzzled, and he did not hide the doubt on his face at all, but he still sat down with his eyes half closed.
Just when he thought Ning Fei was going to say something strange as a prelude, Ning Fei suddenly got straight to the point.
Ning Fei said: "To make a long story short - I know you are a time traveler."
Cheng Lingqi sat up straight:! ! !
"Don't ask first, listen to me first." Ning Fei saw him opening his mouth to ask, and interrupted him directly, "I know you are here with a mission, you have to fulfill the original Cheng Lingqi's wish. But now the progress is too slow, you are likely to fail. Therefore, the original owner entrusted a 'debt collector' like me to come to you and help you realize the original owner's wish."
"How can I believe what you said?" Cheng Lingqi finally found an opportunity to interrupt and asked with a frown, "And how do you know I will fail? How can you help me?"
"I don't want to waste time proving myself." Ning Fei casually leaned on the armrest, "Tell me where Shen Zejun helped your mother and sister go, and why they are stuck there. And has Liu Fan started to doubt you? What are the signs and reasons?"
"...Tsk, you really know everything?!" Cheng Lingqi could no longer control his surprised expression, his thoughts were also confused, "Are you really here to help me? What do you want from me?"
"It's my job to help you fulfill your wish, and I get my reward from the original owner. If the mission fails, I'll just work for nothing, but you...even if you don't have feelings for Cheng Lingqi's mother and sister, you yourself will probably die under Liu Fan's hostility, right? You know whether you have any hope of success on your own. I can only tell you that if I hadn't objectively determined that your probability of success was too low, I wouldn't have been sent to help you."
"Who decided that?"
Ning Fei pointed upwards.
Cheng Lingqi didn't fully understand: "You mean, heaven? Or some god?"
"You don't have to think too much about it. Anyway, someone will monitor your transaction. You can't just take the reward and give up your mission easily, right?" Ning Fei replied, "I'm glad you have learned to question. This is a good way to guard against being framed. But our conversation is obviously not within the story framework of 'Cheng Lingqi'. What else do you have to doubt? If I want to do something bad, why would I look for you? Can't I just go and kill your mother and sister?"
"They are not mine..."
"They are now." Ning Fei placed his fingertips on the armrest and tapped it twice with his nails. "Do you want to waste more time, Adjutant Cheng? I am also an outsider. I will leave after helping you. The benefits gained in this world are useless to me. You need a helper now, a friend who is devoted to you. I am here to help you."
He smiled as he spoke, his outstanding appearance amplified the impact of his smile, and his words with a smile were a little strange, but also carried an irresistible closeness. What’s important is that Cheng Lingqi has really been isolated and helpless recently. This feeling of being "isolated and helpless" is more psychological. He has no one to vent to or discuss with. He had a lot of things that needed to be discussed and understood by others, but he couldn't tell them to his so-called "comrades-in-arms" or "friends". He was almost driving himself crazy.
He felt that Ning Fei's logic was impeccable: Yes, this person knows what I am going to do. If he wants to target me, why doesn't he just do it directly? Why does he have to come to me to confess?
——He should be here to help me!
"Then I will tell you the current situation."
Once Cheng Lingqi agreed with Ning Fei's words, he couldn't stop talking.
"——I suspect that Shen Zejun is an underground party member. Cheng Lingqi's sister must have fallen in love with him and has been secretly helping him. Perhaps it was because of this relationship that Cheng Lingqi was implicated and suspected before. His family may also have died because of Shen Zejun!"
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