Chapter 5 I Only Need to Save Human Order
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 5
Chapter Title: I Only Need to Save Human Order
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Whether it was this supernatural-like ability or everything displayed before his eyes, both far exceeded Che Yongchang's imagination, and it even exceeded the cognition of all humanity. This reality gave this experienced official a chilling sensation that made his entire body tremble.
Mo Qiu's heart was even more incomparably shaken.
She was merely a young woman who loved being a chef, her heart filled with gentleness, but at this moment, it was precisely this gentleness that instead became the culprit torturing her. At the thought of the disaster that might occur, at the thought of her family, at the thought of the culinary art that she loved...
An unspeakable fear almost swallowed her up.
"When facing a colossal disaster, fear, bewilderment, and despair are all unavoidable emotions." Shen Yi's voice resounded in the ears of the two once again, except this time, it seemed to carry a trace of faint gentleness and a wonderful magic, quietly smoothing away the inner turmoil of the two.
Mo Qiu turned her head, looking at the young man with a unique temperament.
Within her watery eyes, there was a timidness that inspired protective pity…
Different from Che Yongchang.
Facing such a reality, the only one who could give her confidence seemed to be the mysterious man in front of her.
"But we have no other choice but to fight against the disaster." A trace of a smile seemed to appear on the corners of Shen Yi's mouth. He looked at the two people in front of him,
"You don’t need to doubt my purpose and my determination. This is also my task and mission. In saving the world, I’m a professional."
The surrounding scenes receded once again like the tide.
The two of them seemed to have returned to the restaurant.
Both had a feeling as if they had suddenly woken up from a dream.
However, their state of mind was completely different.
Che Yongchang's head was in a mess, still immersed in this extraordinary news. His gaze stared stiffly at Shen Yi, attempting to see something, but this was obviously in vain.
This man was far too mysterious.
And the news he brought was also far too shocking.
As for Mo Qiu, although her mind was likewise in a mess and she likewise stared intently at Shen Yi, it was very clear that, to some extent, she already trusted the mysterious man and even regarded him as a sort of reliance.
"Mr. Shen," Che Yongchang took a deep breath, as if he had inwardly made some sort of resolution, "Everything you said, including everything I saw, I’ll pass them all up exactly as they were. However, can you give me some more evidence? Such a matter... is really very hard to accept all at once."
After all, what he represented weren’t just ordinary people.
But an organization that needed to be responsible for this world.
If everything he had learned was true…
Then they likewise shouldered the heavy burden of saving the world.
"Understandable."
Shen Yi nodded. He also didn’t expect to be able to convince all of these people all at once. This required a process.
After pondering for a moment, he spoke:
"What we’ve grasped is merely the outcome of the destruction of human order, and we aren’t clear about the specific process. However, according to the changes in the ‘sparks’ of civilization here, we can still observe some of the disasters that will occur within the next few days. I’ll write them down for you."
Actually, this used a type of prop that he had drawn from his lucky draw in the previous world.
Disaster Prediction Card.
As long as it was drawn from the lucky draw, it could be purchased infinitely by consuming points in the mall.
It was one hundred points per use, though.
But to Shen Yi, who still had over one million points remaining, it was just a small matter.
If he could truly rely on these predictions to save some people, he could even obtain quite a few points.
He picked up a pen.
Shen Yi directly used a few prediction cards.
World-wide disasters.
"At 7:15 tonight, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake will occur in the Mount Apu crater area, inducing a volcanic eruption, which in turn will trigger a forest fire, leaving thirteen people dead and seventy-eight injured."
"At 3:17 early tomorrow morning, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake will occur in Songshan County, with two houses collapsing and three people dying."
"At 9:28 tomorrow morning, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake will occur on the coast of Velumanla, triggering a tsunami, with one hundred and twenty-three people on the beach going missing."
"At 3:43 tomorrow afternoon, a flight bound for West Asia will suddenly encounter extreme weather, leading to a crash, with all one hundred and fifty-seven people on board losing their lives."
Writing up to here, Shen Yi also paused slightly.
This world...
Had a bit too many earthquakes, right?
Plane crash incidents also rarely happened, let alone ones being caused by extreme weather.
A coincidence?
"Mr. Shen." Che Yongchang didn’t care about the earthquakes. He was just somewhat surprised, "Can plane crash incidents also be predicted?"
"The closer the time, the more detailed the human order observation. We also have some other means to use as our assistance," Shen Yi simply bluffed briefly, and then he handed the slip of paper to him, "That’s all."
"Thank you very much." Che Yongchang stood up and bowed deeply to Shen Yi.
Regardless of whether all of this was true or not.
With an outsider like Shen Yi coming to save them, it was only natural for him to be grateful.
"Lastly, I need to remind you of one thing." Shen Yi looked at him, knowing he planned to leave, and spoke calmly, "Strictly speaking, my mission’s to save human order."
"Human order... refers to human civilization, right?" Che Yongchang didn’t understand why Shen Yi said it this way.
"That's right."
Shen Yi looked at him calmly, his gaze so profound that Che Yongchang suddenly felt himself panic.
Then, he heard Shen Yi's voice once again.
"In the last world, to me, the mission was a failure, but to the Association... my mission was still completed. Do you understand what I mean?"
The mission… was still completed?
Che Yongchang shuddered violently.
Because he understood.
Although there were fewer than two million people left, humanity's civilization could still continue. From the perspective of human order, humanity was indeed saved.
But... that was only two million people!
In a modern society, how many humans were there globally? Two million people in comparison was just like a drop in the ocean. Even two or three thousand years ago, the global human population was far more than this.
Could this really be considered saving?
"If I didn’t appear in that world, even this final spark wouldn’t have been left behind," Shen Yi spoke in a low voice, as if he knew what the latter was thinking, "I’ll naturally do my utmost to save more people, but I also hope that you... don’t underestimate the doomsday."
"...These words, I’ll definitely pass them along." Che Yongchang bowed deeply once again, for a longer duration than just now. His movements were also firmer, "Thank you very much for your arrival, Mr. Shen."
He already understood the meaning of that sentence Shen Yi had spoken just now.
Although the other party said that he came to save this world…
Yet, this world was still theirs.
And the ones encountering the disaster were still them.
"Miss Mo, please don’t spread this news," Che Yongchang said to Mo Qiu again.
"I know," Mo Qiu nodded, and then she said with her soft, fine voice, "I’ll only tell my father and grandfather."
Che Yongchang nodded.
With the status and positions of Mo Qiu's father and grandfather.
Even if they knew, they wouldn’t be so foolish as to spread this.
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T/N - To be honest, the MC seems to have told them a whole lot of nothing about their doomsday. They don’t even know what kind of doomsday apocalypse they’re going to face. To be fair, the MC probably doesn’t know either nor does he have a way to know in advance, otherwise he probably would have already told them about it.