Chapter 109: Five Senses

When he reopened his eyes, Chen Shijin had already entered this world named [Five Senses].

His expression returned to normal after a brief moment of surprise.

It seems he annoyed the cave spider to such an extent, and made it realize that it couldn't kill him in the Exile Lands where they both possessed special energies, so it ultimately chose to kill him in this world, constructed entirely according to their will.

Chen Shijin chuckled lightly; indeed, whether it was the giant spider or the big-eyed monster, they were among the few devouring monsters that actually used their brains.

In this world, it indeed would be easier to kill him than outside—

For instance, this world seems to disallow the existence of supernatural powers.

The small mole on Chen Shijin's right pinky finger, representing his ring, was still there, but he could no longer open his personal space to retrieve any items from it.

"Milk."

After discovering this, he spoke up, and sure enough, the power of verbal spells had completely vanished in this world.

"...This is really, a rare experience."

No, it's an experience he's never had before.

A thoroughly ordinary person.

It was the ordinariness and powerlessness he had never felt since he was born.

Killing him with powers might be difficult, but killing the ordinary him might have just become easier.

"Little Chen! What are you dazing off for? Don’t you have to hand out flyers at the mall today? Breakfast is still two buns and a bowl of spicy soup, right?"

Suddenly, the world became noisy, and Chen Shijin heard a shout from an auntie coming from his right.

Chen Shijin was momentarily stunned.

Then, he politely turned his head and smiled at her: "Ah, do you have fried dough sticks? I’d like one bun and one fried dough stick today."

The breakfast-selling auntie beamed: "Yes, yes, yes! The buns and fried dough sticks are the same price! Today's fried dough sticks are especially crispy and flaky, they taste heavenly dipped in spicy soup!"

Chen Shijin felt a genuine hunger pang, realizing that one of the essential conditions for living in this world was to fill his stomach on time. Moreover, considering the auntie's mention of handing out flyers, he likely needed to work and earn money to survive.

The spicy soup was numbingly spicy and fragrantly fresh, the fried dough sticks crispy and flaky, and although the bun was vegetarian, it was fresh and tasty.

Chen Shijin enjoyed his breakfast immensely.

But when it came time to pay, he felt an unusual sting of spending money.

Searching himself, he found exactly twelve yuan, just enough for the breakfast.

Chen Shijin: "..."

It seems working was inevitable.

"Auntie, do you know a shortcut to the mall? I’d like to take a detour to digest my food and stroll over."

The breakfast shop’s auntie chuckled: "No need for shortcuts! That mall is right in front of us, by that tall building! Even if you take a shortcut, you’d still have to cross two traffic lights, and it'll take the same time—about twenty minutes!"

Chen Shijin shrugged somewhat helplessly: "Alright, then I’ll just go straight there."

The breakfast-selling auntie laughed.

As Chen Shijin turned away, the smile on his face slowly faded; this world seemed all too real.

So real that he couldn’t help but think of the beautiful planet that had given him birth.

Walking towards the mall, Chen Shijin felt his pocket vibrate with the buzz of his cellphone.

Chen Shijin raised his eyebrows; it was the golden cellphone.

He wondered if the golden gemstone cellphone still had any special abilities here, or if the abilities of the golden cellphone were completely restricted in this place.

Chen Shijin took out the golden gemstone cellphone and found that aside from its gold and gemstone casing, all other special abilities seemed to have disappeared.

There was only one unread text message on the phone.

Chen Shijin opened the message and saw the survival task and world mission for this world.

[Survival Task: In this world, you have seven days to survive. Within these seven days, you must find every possible means to stay alive.

This world possesses no superpowers, and all beings and lingering souls here are ordinary people.

The basic conditions for an ordinary person to survive are: food, water, sleep.

Going a day without food will lead to starvation, half a day without water will lead to death by dehydration, and sleeping less than three hours a night will result in sudden death.

In short, everything is ordinary and regular.]

[World Mission: In this world, many people will want to kill you, that's right! They are all my avatars and those of the All-Seeing Eye!

As long as you kill all my avatars who bear malice towards you and seek your death, you will live.

Otherwise, as an ordinary person, you will die in this world!]

Chen Shijin scoffed coldly at the message on the phone.

It seems the giant spider is really out to get him.

But if everyone is just an ordinary person, it’s anyone’s guess who will kill whom.

Chen Shijin put away his phone.

Ready to go to work and earn money as planned.

Clearly, in this place, eating and drinking require money, so working daily and getting paid at the end of the day is essential.

Because of work, one cannot just hide at home for seven days. The more you are out and about, meeting more people, the more likely you are to encounter dangers.

But just this makes the world seem a bit too easy.

It seems a bit off-topic. After all, this world is named [Five Senses], yet neither the survival task nor the world mission seems to have anything to do with the five senses.

Chen Shijin watched the traffic light in front of him, the yellow light flashing, and then the green light came on.

He naturally took two steps forward, then suddenly stopped.

And after stopping, he quickly stepped back three steps, retreating to the safety of the pedestrian path.

The next second, a sports car rushed past where he had just walked, without the slightest pause, and the driver, who seemed like a reckless rich kid, even cursed, "Kid, watch where you're going!"

Chen Shijin: "..."

If this were on Earth, you'd be blown away on the spot, believe it or not?

Chen Shijin rolled his eyes, then looked up again at the traffic light ahead.

He had clearly seen the green light before proceeding, yet he almost got hit.

If we rule out the possibility that the rich kid in the sports car was disregarding traffic rules, thinking his father is someone important.

There might be another very hard to accept reality—

Chen Shijin clicked his tongue and began to observe the pattern of vehicle movement at the intersection more closely, his gaze on the traffic lights becoming more solemn.

In this world, you go on red and stop on green.

When the red light is on, vehicles and pedestrians on this side move, but when the green light is on, both cars and pedestrians stop.

Turns out, if that sports car had hit him just now, he would have been fully responsible.

"Young man! You've been standing here for quite a while now, why aren't you moving?"

An elderly man, looking fit and hearty, came over and patted Chen Shijin on the shoulder.

Chen Shijin gave the elderly man a bashful smile: "Just thinking about something, forgot myself for a moment."

He glanced at the traffic light, now showing a deep crimson at the bottom.

"Oh dear, don't get lost in thought while walking, hurry up and go while it's 'green'. Getting distracted and daydreaming on the road is the biggest taboo; a car could hit you if you're not careful, and then you'd really be in trouble."

Chen Shijin looked at the crimson "green light," tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"Let me help you across."

Alright, this world still operates on red for stop and green for go. But if he had been hit just now, he would still be fully responsible, because he was, in fact, jaywalking during a red light.

Five Senses, Five Senses!

Vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste – the five senses.

On his first day in this world, his vision was already experiencing color confusion.

Indeed, quite a clever spider spirit and big-eyed monster.

They almost killed him silently and unnoticed.

After helping the elderly man across the street, Chen Shijin tentatively asked him about a few colors along the way and discovered that he seemed to be just colorblind to red and green, with no errors in distinguishing other colors.

Chen Shijin nodded, bid farewell to the elderly man, and continued on his way to the mall.

At the second intersection he was to cross, he tested his "vision" again, still seeing red as green.

This time, he crossed the street under the crimson traffic light on his own.

When he arrived at the entrance of the mall, seeing the staff waiting there with flyers in two different colors, red and green, he understood the real malice of this world.

"Chen Shijin?"

Chen Shijin nodded.

"You're a bit late today! If you come late again tomorrow, we'll have to deduct from your salary!"

"Here are five hundred red and five hundred green flyers; you need to distribute them to a thousand customers today. Remember, red for men and green for women, and after you're done, you can come to me to collect one hundred yuan in the afternoon."

"You can go to lunch on your own, but make sure to finish distributing the flyers before 5 p.m. I'll be leaving after 5, and I won't settle your wages if you're late."

Chen Shijin raised his eyebrows high at this: "Not settling wages is against labor laws. If you don't pay me, I'll expose you on Weibo with my real name."

Staff member: "............"

"That's why I told you to come to me before 5 p.m.! If you finish before 5, you'll get paid, got it?!"

"And remember! Red for men and green for women! If you give out the wrong one and someone gets angry or hits you, our mall takes no responsibility!"

The staff member walked away huffing and puffing.

Left behind, Chen Shijin, who had never been a part-time worker before, stood there gradually emanating the resentment of an overworked employee.

Suddenly, he thought about the weekend, his 3+7=8, wondering if it had evolved to not having holidays even on New Year's Eve.

With a rare trace of resentment, Chen Shijin lowered his head to look at the flyers, then his mouth twitched.

The red flyer had green letters: Welcome to Dreamy Beauty Salon, the first fifty customers to visit will enjoy a free beauty massage worth 300 yuan! The first hundred customers will enjoy a facial massage worth 150 yuan for only 15 yuan, with a pair of hugging pillows as a gift!

Red for men.

He's colorblind to red and green, so this is actually green, meant for women.

Then he looked at the green flyer with red letters:

Macho Men's Gym! Become a super macho man in just three days! Professional female trainers will guide you, the first hundred customers to visit enjoy a 20% discount.

Chen Shijin: .

If one had to compare, the green flyer with red letters, actually red with green letters meant for men, seemed easier to hand out.

After finishing his observation, Chen Shijin started distributing the thick stacks of flyers.

He didn't think he was universally adored or irresistible to flowers, but surely he had some charm, right?

Little did he expect his charm to nearly hit rock bottom.

"Handsome guy! I heard that if we take a flyer, we can hold your hand, peck your cheek, and get a picture with you, is that true?"

"Handsome Junior! Rumor has it that by taking a flyer, we can get your WeChat, touch your pectorals and abs, and have an intimate photo with you, am I right?!"

The first exclamation came from a thrilled and squealing young lady, while the second was from a square-faced big brother standing at six feet three inches and weighing around 209 pounds.

Chen Jinyao gritted his teeth and raised his hand. "Who told you that?! No way! There's no holding hands, kissing, or touching my chest or abs! I'm only willing to take a photo with you all!!"

"Well, if there's no hugging or kissing, then I need three photos for a picture!"

"In that case, I want five photos!"

Yu Kouxu Jia.

First, Chen Shijin forced a smile and accompanied the three squealing, infatuated girls for a dozen pictures, where he served as their backdrop.

Next, with a wooden expression, he barely managed to restrain himself from throwing a punch as he posed for a tall, 1.9-meter guy who playfully puckered his lips for a shot.

It wasn't until lunchtime that he finally put an end to this soul-selling modeling job, dragging along an aura of resentment stronger than any ghost. He sought out a staff member.

Staff Member: !!!!

"You, you, you! What are you doing? You won't get paid if you quit now!"

Chen Shijin gritted his teeth. "I've already done half the job! Pay me! Fifty yuan! I need to go have lunch!!"

Damn this damned job that demanded the sacrifice of his body and soul for work!

Where are they?! Where are the people who want to kill me?! Why aren't they here yet? I could bite one to death right now!

"Hey, sweetheart! Working so hard, how about I treat you to lunch?"

As Chen Shijin looked up, he had never realized that amusement could also be so handsome and dashing.