Stuck in a Chinese novel

[Something feels amiss]

\'What?\' Wei Jun asked as he slowly made his way towards the room where Xia Lu was being held hostage.

[I can\'t exactly tell]

[But I feel like something\'s different]

[I just can\'t quite put my finger on it]

Wei Jun nodded. The system was incredibly helpful in many scenarios so Wei Jun never dismissed anything the system had to say. Still, since there was no answer, he just made his way inside and waited so the system could properly gauge the situation.

As Wei Jun entered, he saw Xia Lu, unharmed, bound, and gagged to a chair. Seeing her unharmed, Wei Jun didn\'t get angry at all. Instead, he calmly assessed the situation.

Shao Chen was standing next to her. He was sweating as if in pain or in aftereffects of pain. He had a gun which Wei Jun presumed to be real and very harmful to Xia Lu so he stopped in his tracks and raised his hands.

"I\'m here." Wei Jun said, "You don\'t need her anymore."

"You think I\'m stupid, don\'t you?" Shao Chen asked as he put a hand in his pocket.

Wei Jun was stupid enough to mock Shao Chen given the current situation so he replied, "I don\'t think so."

"Yeah, yeah." Shao Chen didn\'t believe anything Wei Jun said and finally pulled what he was looking for in his pocket. A wrist bracelet.

[What the…]

\'What?\' Wei Jun asked when the system reacted upon seeing the bracelet.

[He shouldn\'t have that]

\'What is it?\' Wei Jun asked.

[A dimensional teleportation device]

[Crude but gets the job done as long as it\'s one person]

Wei Jun, when he heard the system\'s explanation, couldn\'t help but think of just one thing. A dimensional teleporter didn\'t sound much related to cultivation. It sounded more scientific than cultivation-related.

[Well, depends on how one\'s looking at it]

[Magic replaces science]

\'So that\'s a magical device?\' Wei Jun asked.

[Yes]

[Back when everyone had a common enemy]

[Magical devices weren\'t made for just mages]

[They were made so that everyone could use them]

[Even cultivators who were harmed by mana usually]

Just as the system finished his explanation and Wei Jun had a question about \'back then\', Shao Chen threw the bracelet towards Wei Jun and said, "Put it on."

As he said so, he also pointed his gun at Xia Lu\'s head. Xia Lu said something which was muffled by the gag but from the looks of it, she was telling Wei Jun not to. Where Wei Jun thought she was feeling guilty, it was entirely something else.

Alas, he had no way of knowing.

Since he didn\'t, Wei Jun quietly put it on his wrist and said, "There. I did what you asked."

"Put your Qi into it." Shao Chen said next.

\'What would that do?\' Wei Jun asked the system just in case but also put his Qi into the bracelet.

[It would activate the bracelet]

\'And then?\' Wei Jun asked.

[It would take you to set coordinates]

Wei Jun didn\'t know what that was about but he did as he was asked to do. He used [Qi discharge] to put his Qi into the bracelet.

As soon as he did, a number of strange symbols began to alight on the bracelet before Wei Jun disappeared from his spot.

As the shine in front of his eyes receded, he found himself surrounded by a forest. A thick forest with trees as tall as a three-story building.

[Unbelievable]

\'What?\' Wei Jun asked.

[You\'re inside of a ruptured dimension]

\'A what now?\' Wei Jun asked.

[You have to be careful, host]

[You\'re inside of what you can think of as a prison]

[Just know for now that there could be certain things inside the rupture that could kill you without a moment\'s hesitation]

\'And how do I get out of here?\' Wei Jun asked as he glanced at the bracelet.

[That wouldn\'t get you out]

[The sect coordinates are for this place]

[For now, just sit tight]

[I finally know what was amiss]

\'What was?\' Wei Jun asked.

[An emergency quest has arrived]

[Main Quest II]

[Shao Chen]

[Description: In his desperation, hate, and desire for revenge, Shao Chen has broken the laws of the universe.

In doing so, he has lost the right to be the apostle of the world.

His title as an apostle would be taken away within an hour.

Be warned that if his title is taken away, you will fail the quest]

[Task: Kill Shao Chen in the next hour]

[Reward(s)

#1: All stats +20

#2: System update

#3: Inventory update

#4: An item of your own choosing from the shop

#5: +10 levels

#6: A special reward from the administrator]

[Punishment: Death]

[Time limit: 59:59:13]

As Wei Jun read the enhanced quest, Wei Jun couldn\'t help but know what the system was about to tell him.

[Well, now you know]

As much as Wei Jun should have been happy about the increased reward, he couldn\'t help but curse the situation he was in.

Luckily, the quest also meant that there would be a way to complete it in an hour.

And just as he thought so, he saw light shining in the distance. It was the same as his own when he appeared in this forest so Wei Jun\'s good guess was that that one belonged to Shao Chen.

Without thinking for another second, Wei Jun launched himself in the direction. Although there were thick trees in his way, he could still maneuver himself through them.

It wasn\'t long before Wei Jun arrived at the spot where the shining light was just a few moments ago. As soon as he arrived, he saw Shao Chen standing there, with a maniacal look on his face.

But that wasn\'t what attracted Wei Jun\'s eyes. What really shocked him was the thing standing next to Shao Chen. It looked like a dog, only there were no eyes and the drool coming out of its mouth was horrifyingly disgusting as it smelled all the way over where Wei Jun was standing.

It growled like a dog as soon as it saw Wei Jun and jumped at him.

[Host, dodge]

Wei Jun didn\'t think for a moment more and dodged the charge of the dog-like creature, ran towards Shao Chen, and rammed into him without giving Shao Chen a chance to do anything.

\'What the fu*k is that?\' Wei Jun asked.

[That\'s a monster in simpler terms]

[Don\'t go for Shao Chen but focus on the Barghest]

[Barghests are strong at offense but they have terrible defense that even a gun can kill them if not for their miasma]

Wei Jun decided to heed the system\'s advice and focused on the dog-like creature rather than Shao Chen who was also trying to gather himself.

[No eyed Barghest]

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[Strength: 168]

[Agility: 173]

[Stamina: 156]

[Defense: 12]

[Miasma: 199]

Wei Jun didn\'t really understand what was going on and he figured he had to have a long talk with the system regarding everything that was going on.

But the first and foremost task was to survive. And for that…

[Death Qi has been used]

[Skill \'Qi empowerment\' has been activated]

Wei Jun didn\'t activate anything regarding Yang Qi. He also didn\'t activate the [Qi armament] because he didn\'t really need anything like that. Granted that [Qi armament] provided him with an extra layer of protection, but right now, \'Death Qi\' was his only way of getting out of this and he couldn\'t use it like he could use Yang Qi.

After all, Death Qi wasn\'t even one-third of his yang Qi. He couldn\'t afford to waste it.

"You…" Shao Chen was left speechless when he saw the power of corruption around Wei Jun.

Wei Jun knew what he was thinking, but Wei Jun didn\'t have the time to think about that. Instead, Wei Jun turned to the dog to see it was now wary of Wei Jun and Wei Jun could see a thin layer of slight black color around it which he suspected was from the Miasma written in the system description of the dog.

As Wei Jun moved to the side, trying to gauge the dog\'s reaction, Shao Chen came out of his stupor and attacked Wei Jun from his left side.

Of course, Wei Jun was easily able to dodge him given he was using death Qi, and the increase was double the usual. Wei Jun\'s stats were increased by a whopping 70. It wasn\'t an insignificant increase with his base stats at all.

He was easily in the realm of [Qi manifestation realm]. However, he was in that realm for only five minutes before he needed to extend that time. Shao Chen wasn\'t.

He was permanently in that realm and he didn\'t need anything else.

And to make things worse, seeing the opening when Wei Jun dodged Shao Chen, the dog jumped at Wei Jun, opening its mouth and trying to bite into Wei Jun.

\'Fu*k my life.\' Wei Jun couldn\'t help but curse.