AMRWFA -Chapter 265 I Am a Calamity Trial Participant

Wang Yukai stepped aside and let them in.

After locking the door behind him, he released Lu Baojing’s hand and completely ignored everyone else as he said, “Jingjing, I didn’t lie to you. Everything I said is true. Everything I’ve done has its reasons. Being with other women—it’s not because I want to. It’s because of a mission…”

“What mission? Don’t tell me you’re trying to fool Jingjing into thinking you’re some kind of undercover agent on assignment?” Lu Rulan pointed at the plainclothes officer beside her and said, “Say that again in front of him—do you dare claim everything you said is true?”

Plainclothes officer: “……”

I’m just here to make up the numbers!

Wang Yukai shot Lu Rulan a glare. “Shut up! I wasn’t talking to you.”

Lu Rulan rolled her eyes and muttered, “You weren’t, but what you’re saying is way too ridiculous. Only Jingjing would fall for it.”

Lu Baojing quickly said, “Lanlan has a point. There’s a plainclothes officer here—if you really are undercover, he could confirm it. So tell me, what mission are you on?”

“It’s not that kind of mission. It’s more like the trial missions you see in novels—an infinite loop, you know?” To convince her, Wang Yukai even pulled out a talisman and slapped it onto Lu Rulan with a “pa!” “This is a ‘Silence Talisman.’ See? Once I stick it on her, she won’t be able to speak.”

System: 【Don’t forget to pay me later!】

Wang Yukai: 【Got it. All you ever think about is money—do you know anything else?】

System: 【……】

“I know plenty!”

“If you don’t believe me, try touching her and make her speak,” Wang Yukai said, urging Lu Baojing to test it.

How was she supposed to test that?

Lu Baojing stepped forward and nudged Lu Rulan, asking her to talk.

Lu Rulan opened her mouth with effort—but no sound came out. A flicker of panic crossed her face, but when her gaze landed on Ruan Yaoyao, she relaxed a little.

It’s fine. President Ruan will definitely save me later!

She must be holding back for now just to see what Wang Yukai is planning.

“Lanlan, can’t you speak? If you really can’t, just nod,” Lu Baojing said.

Lu Rulan nodded.

Yes, that’s right—I can’t speak.

Lu Baojing quickly asked Wang Yukai to remove it.

But Wang Yukai refused. He was already fed up with Lu Rulan. Ever since running into her, nothing good had happened to him.

“No rush. First tell me—do you believe me now?”

Lu Baojing hesitated.

At that moment, Ruan Yaoyao spoke up, “How are we supposed to believe you? It’s just a talisman. Those so-called enlightened monks can do this too. If you’ve got the ability, take us into your mission space and let us see. Didn’t you say it’s like those infinite-loop trial worlds from novels? Don’t tell me you can’t bring others in.”

Of course he couldn’t bring others! Wang Yukai frowned. If he could, he would’ve taken people in long ago instead of struggling through missions alone.

“Those ‘enlightened monks’ are fake. How could their talismans compare to mine? Mine can silence people—can theirs?”

Ruan Yaoyao crossed her arms, looking proud. “Why not? If you don’t believe me, I just happen to have a Water Sphere Talisman. You can try it.”

As she spoke, she really did pull out a talisman from her bag. Unlike Wang Yukai’s eerie, ghostly-looking one, hers was a palm-sized yellow paper covered in intricate cinnabar symbols—it looked refined and impressive at a glance.

Ruan Zhihe’s eyes widened instantly: Wait—Aunt Xu, you’re serious?!

Where did you even get that?!

【Good thing I came prepared!】

Ruan Yaoyao inwardly rejoiced as she handed it to Wang Yukai. “Here, try it.”

The moment Wang Yukai’s fingers touched the talisman, he felt a burning sensation and quickly withdrew his hand. “No need—you do it yourself!”

Alarm bells rang in his mind as he secretly called out:【System! System! Come out!】

System: 【I’m here!】

Wang Yukai: 【What’s going on? Why did my fingers feel like they were burning when I touched that talisman?】

System: 【I’m surprised too. Is this a native talisman from your world? Didn’t you say your world didn’t have these?】

Wang Yukai: 【Wasn’t that what you said?】

System: 【I didn’t!】

No matter what, the system wasn’t going to admit that it had once believed it was the only “special existence” in this world. Who would’ve thought this woman would pull out the real deal?

Holy crap.
A real talisman.
Yellow paper, cinnabar ink—this is genuine.

Could this woman be…?

Ruan Yaoyao’s eyes lit up, and she smiled. “Alright, I’ll do it. But let me make one thing clear—I’m just an ordinary person. I’m not like you people who can make it ignite with a flick of the hand. I need tools…”

【Hehe!】 she gloated inwardly.

【I knew it—I’d succeed. Look at him, he’s scared!】

【Didn’t think I’d notice? He just got burned a second ago.】

【Oho~ got burned, huh?】

While muttering internally, she pulled out a lighter from her bag.

【Hehe!】

【Big sister’s here!】

【Scare you to death!】

Ruan Zhihe: ……

She didn’t know about anyone else, but she herself was about to be scared to death.

She really wanted to know—she was with Aunt Xu every day, so when did she even prepare all this stuff? Why hadn’t she noticed anything at all?!

Ahhh—since when had Aunt Xu started secretly making moves behind her back?!

Even without hearing Ruan Yaoyao’s inner thoughts, Ruan Zhihe had already noticed that Wang Yukai’s fingers had been burned by the talisman.

She clearly realized one thing:

They had already confirmed that Aunt Xu belonged to the “white” side. So if Wang Yukai was burned by her talisman…

Then he was very likely “black.”

It seemed like they had found a way to counter him.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Ruan Yaoyao used the lighter to ignite the talisman in her hand.

【Ta-da—beginning now!】

As her inner voice fell, Ruan Zhihe watched with her own eyes as the burning talisman slowly turned to ash. From the drifting white smoke, a palm-sized sphere of water gradually formed.

Yes—floating right there in midair. Completely defying science.

Even the plainclothes officer and Lu Rulan—who had mentally prepared themselves—were still shocked by the sight.

As for Lu Baojing, it felt like her entire worldview was collapsing.

Ahhh…
Where is my materialist worldview?!
Someone save it!
It’s shattered…

Wang Yukai felt like he was losing his mind: Who uses a lighter to ignite a talisman?!

But Ruan Yaoyao did.

Not only did she use one—she actually succeeded.

For a moment, Wang Yukai couldn’t tell whether this world really had “enlightened masters”…

Or if his previous investigations had simply been too shallow to uncover them.