Chapter 60. New Task
An unknown amount of time passed before Su Tang retracted her spiritual power bit by bit, her fingertips leaving Yasuo’s skin.
The man was as if drained of all his strength, completely paralyzed on the treatment chair, panting heavily.
The broken hair on his forehead was soaked in sweat, plastered against his full forehead, the bottom of his eyes still bearing undissipated moisture.
Su Tang looked at him in this state, an almost imperceptible trace of appreciation flashing through her eyes. How to say it? With these looks, if placed in a modern society club, he would absolutely qualify as the top card.
Not to mention the sounds from just now were so…
He would also be a dignified generation’s cash cow.
Reeling in her straying thoughts, Su Tang pulled a piece of tissue from the table beside her, meticulously wiping away the sweat drops smeared on her fingertips.
“Alright, it’s getting late. If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back first.”
Yasuo didn’t reply, only gazing at her retreating figure and licking his somewhat dry lips.
Anse originally wanted to escort Su Tang back but was rejected by the woman. A’ning fully fulfilled her promiseājust as she brought the person here, she escorted her back. Before parting, she once again expressed her sincere gratitude.
By the time Su Tang returned to her dormitory, it was already 10:30 PM. Changing back into her pajamas, she closed her eyes. In her consciousness sea, her spiritual power was as if it hadn’t suffered the slightest depletion, still filling her entire body.
It seemed that when she had time, she would have to find Anse and ask him to do another spiritual power test for her.
…
The next day.
The morning light passed through the window lattice, casting slender light spots on the floor. Su Tang got up and leaned against the edge of the bed. From the wristband on the bedside table came bursts of noisy vibrations.
Picking it up, she answered the call from Li Mo.
“Hello, Guide Su. Have you heard? The First Squad and the Third Squad are going to have a joint operation. It’s estimated they will set off within these two days.”
The First Squad and the Third Squad?
Mo Xiao and Zhan Ye?
“I didn’t know yet. Where did you get the news?”
“The mission notification should be issued very soon. I heard it from the staff when I went to the Mission Department to submit data today. They seemed to say something about how, based on the intel from the Fifth Squad’s last mission, there are strange things in the Abyss, so they are dispatching two squads on the mission together.”
Then the mission location should be set at the Abyss.
It sounds quite dangerous.
“Bang bangā”
Su Tang had just gotten up, about to ask Li Mo more about the mission info, when a few knocks sounded from outside the door.
“Li Mo, someone is here, I won’t talk to you for now.”
“Okay, Guide Su. I figure you will probably accompany the squads. If there’s anywhere you need my help to prepare supplies, just ask me, don’t stand on ceremony.”
“Okay, thank you.”
Hanging up the call with Li Mo, Su Tang looked down, glanced at the slip nightgown she was wearing, pulled over a jacket from the side and draped it over her shoulders, and opened the dormitory door.
“Hello, Little Beauty. Haven’t seen you for so many days, did you miss me?”
As soon as the door opened, the first thing to enter her sight was a large bouquet of exaggeratedly packaged fiery red roses.
The corner of Su Tang’s mouth twitched slightly looking at that bling-bling wrapping paper, as well as the dense golden powder sprinkled on every single rose petal. She only felt a throbbing pain in her temples.
Honestly speaking, this guy Zhan Ye must absolutely be a bling-bling fanatic.
“I say, Little Beauty, what’s with that expression? This bouquet of pure, unpolluted plant flowers is very rare. Are they not pretty?”
Su Tang took the flowers the man shoved over and placed them on the cabinet beside her.
Always doing these useless things. In the current environment, what was the point of getting these flowers that could neither be eaten nor used?
“What are you doing here at my place so early in the morning?”
“I came to tell you a piece of news. That guy Mo Xiao went to the Mission Department to oversee collecting the allocated supplies and probably hasn’t had time to tell you yet. This time, the First Squad and the Third Squad are doing a joint mission to the Abyss.”
That perfectly connected with the phone call she just had.
Translator’s Notes:
- A’ning’s Black Cat: In the author’s original text, A’ning’s spiritual entity is referred to as an “orange cat” (ę©č²) but abruptly changes to a “black cat” (é»č²) in Chapter 57. To maintain the original, the translation reflects this sudden change exactly as written.
- Go through fire and water (赓ę¹Æč¹ē«): A common Chinese idiom used to express a willingness to undertake perilous risks or sacrifices on behalf of another.
- Turtle retreating into its shell (ēø®é ēé¾): An idiom used to describe a cowardly person who hides from their problems instead of facing them.
- In heat (ē¼ę ): Often used in this novel to describe Sentinels losing control of their instincts, especially feline spiritual entities, behaving in an overly affectionate or desperate manner when in the presence of a Guide.
- Cash cow (ęé¢ęع): Literally “money-shaking tree,” an idiom referring to a highly profitable person or venture. In modern slang, it can playfully refer to a male host in a club who brings in vast amounts of money due to his looks.
- Bling-bling fanatic (bling blingę§): The suffix “-꧔ (kĆ²ng) is derived from the Japanese “con” (complex) and is used in Chinese internet slang to denote someone who is obsessed with or has a fixation on a specific thing. Zhan Ye’s taste is extremely flashy and gaudy.
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