Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 2 I am Lu Mingfei, and I'm doomed.
"What happened!"

Lu Mingze, Lu Mingfei's cousin who shared a room with him, was awakened by the scream. He looked around and then fixed his gaze on Lu Mingfei, but he didn't dare to complain at all. Instead, he hugged the blanket tightly and shrank back against the wall.

There's no other reason than that this scene... is somewhat eerie.

In the dimly lit room, a skinny boy wearing only thermal underwear screamed, then sat up, staring blankly at the air in front of him as if possessed, his body twitching slightly...

Lu Mingfei had no time to pay attention to Lu Mingze.

He just stared blankly at the semi-transparent text floating in the air in front of him—[Warning, please execute the [Wake Up] plan immediately! Otherwise you will be electrocuted again], and subconsciously reached out his still somewhat numb hand to touch it.

He touched nothing.

Or perhaps it's just an illusion?

Hoping for a lucky break, Lu Mingfei turned to look at his cousin Lu Mingze, wanting to offer a smile and say something to ease the awkwardness.

However, the text changed at that moment, and the previously emotionless electronic voice sounded again—[Warning, electric shock countdown, three, two…]

This is not an illusion!
The smile turned into a crying face halfway through, and then froze.

Lu Mingfei's mind was almost blank, but his body instincts had already driven him to throw off the covers and jump out of bed.

He didn't want to suffer that pain again!
But the semi-transparent text didn't disappear; instead, it continued to change—[Warning: It's time for the [Dressing and Washing] plan. Please execute immediately. Failure to complete within the scheduled time will result in electric shock...]

[Time has been automatically allocated based on physical condition and real-time status. Countdown: one minute, 59, 58...]

Without a moment to think, Lu Mingfei hastily put on his clothes at the fastest speed he had ever done, and then charged aggressively toward his cousin Lu Mingze.

His eerie expression, half-crying and half-laughing, had not yet faded. His cousin, Lu Mingze, was so frightened that he let out a "woo-woo" cry. With his scalp tingling, he felt a warm current uncontrollably spreading down his body.

But Lu Mingfei wasn't rushing towards Lu Mingze; he was just grabbing his backpack from the back of the chair, then dashed out the door and headed straight for the bathroom—the countdown had thirty seconds left.

He dipped his toothbrush in water and rummaged around in his mouth a couple of times. He then soaked a washcloth in cold water and vigorously rubbed it on his face. The biting cold finally made Lu Mingfei more awake, but the words still hadn't disappeared; they were just constantly changing.

[Warning: It's time for your planned morning run to school. Please begin immediately...]

"Lu Mingfei! What are you making such a racket so early in the morning!" Aunt's thunderous voice rang out in the living room.

Lu Mingfei's head was buzzing from the shock. Just as he was about to explain, he saw—

[Time has been automatically allocated based on..., countdown 20 minutes...]

"Fuck me!"

Lu Mingfei exclaimed in surprise, not caring about anything else, and rushed through the living room, leaving his aunt bewildered in the wind.

The distance from my aunt's house to Shilan Middle School isn't far, just over three kilometers, about three bus stops. Literally, running three kilometers in twenty minutes seems like plenty of time.

But it's winter now!

With heavy clothing, icy roads, and freezing air, the triple debuff would be enough to kill Lu Mingfei even walking three kilometers, let alone running, let alone in under twenty minutes.

The only saving grace is that Lu Mingfei isn't a "formalist" and doesn't try to stuff all his books into his bag every holiday, making it weigh over ten kilograms... otherwise, he would definitely have been electrocuted.

Now, if we give it our all, is there still hope?

Gasping for breath, Lu Mingfei, his steps heavy, swallowed the metallic taste of blood and rust in his throat with difficulty. He was too weak to speak and could only wail inwardly.

"What the hell is this?!"

……

The tungsten filament lamp cast a dim, yellowish glow in the guard booth, and layers of frost clung to the glass.

Old Zhang yawned at the misty window and turned to look at the wall clock.

He is the night security guard at Shilan Middle School, and his shift changes at 6:30 every morning.

"Six o'clock... Nineteen?"

Old Zhang frowned slightly and looked closely. The hour and minute hands of the clock had stopped for some reason, only the second hand was ticking, but it was just trembling slightly in place.

"No power?" Old Zhang was taken aback.

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound came from the glass in front of me.

When Old Zhang's gaze returned to the present, a jolt of electricity suddenly shot through the back of his neck—outside the window frame covered in icicles, there was a pale hand pressed against it.

The darkness outside the window was as thick as melting asphalt, and the hand suddenly appeared as if it had been torn out from a crack in another world!

"Who is it? Who is it?!"

Old Zhang swallowed hard, his voice stammering. He instinctively reached for his side, thankfully touching not some tangled hair, but a sturdy rubber baton. "Open...open the door!"

A breathless male voice came from outside the window.

Old Zhang was stunned. Are ghosts nowadays so particular about rules?
"Don't open it!"

The person outside the window paused for two seconds, then shouted anxiously, "Hey, hey, if you don't open the school gate, I'll report you for desertion! There's only a rule against being late or leaving early, which school rule says students can't arrive early?"

……

Lu Mingfei pushed open the classroom door, pressed the switch, and threw himself onto the desk under the bright light, like a fish that had just jumped out of a pot of boiling water, with white steam slowly rising from his head.

Throughout the journey, his mind went blank, he breathed only by instinct, and his abdomen was in excruciating pain... but in the end, he still managed to do it!

The only unexpected thing was the security guard who inexplicably refused to open the door at first. Fortunately, with the countdown to his death fast approaching, Lu Mingfei came up with a clever threat and successfully resolved the situation.

The price he pays is that he's now completely exhausted and just wants to lie on the table for a few minutes, close his eyes, and get a good night's sleep...

[Warning: It's time for breakfast. Please comply immediately...]

[Remaining scheduled time has been automatically allocated; countdown: half an hour...]

"half an hour?"

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened. In winter, when you're wearing thick clothes, you only get 20 minutes to run 3 kilometers, but you get half an hour to eat breakfast?

Who came up with such an outrageous plan?!

[Warning, electric shock countdown, three...]

"Eat, okay? I'll eat it."

Lu Mingfei let out a wail, rummaged through his bag and pulled out the discounted bread he had bought yesterday. He was glad he had acted on a whim yesterday, otherwise where would he have found breakfast now? He would probably have to study instead!

Half an hour is plenty of time for breakfast.

Although he had no appetite after strenuous exercise, it was enough for Lu Mingfei to force himself to eat, while relying on his gradually recovering mental capacity to figure out what was going on.

"Thinking about it this way, this plan does indeed feel somewhat familiar..."

"Wait a minute, isn't this the schedule I made yesterday?" Lu Mingfei finally realized, "How did it actually come true!"

He held the bread in his mouth and pulled his schoolbag into his arms, rummaging through it.

If that's true, that thing must be changed immediately!
[Warning: No unnecessary movements are allowed during the "Eat Breakfast" plan! Electric shock countdown: three, two...]

Startled, Lu Mingfei immediately stuffed his schoolbag back into place.

There weren't many things in the backpack, and those few seconds were enough for him to see everything.

That booklet is gone!

"My backpack wasn't broken, so no one else could have touched it. How could it be gone? Wait, the floating words and voice warnings are invisible and inaudible to others. This thing is just not scientific!"

A very ominous thought popped into Lu Mingfei's mind—could that schedule planner just disappear after it's written and can't be changed?
"I made a plan for thirty days... a full thirty days!"

Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei swallowed a bite of bread with difficulty.

"And there are so many outrageous things..."

Lu Mingfei stared blankly out the window.

As the sun rises and the sky gradually brightens, fiery red clouds burn on the horizon.

But he only felt that he was falling into a dark abyss... and he would fall for another month!

"I'm doomed."

The semi-transparent text reappeared before Lu Mingfei's eyes.

[Through your diligent morning runs, your running skills have improved, gaining 3 proficiency points.]

[You can view the proficiency level of each item in the current schedule through the panel.]

"Eh?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

Outside the window, a ray of golden light pierced through the clouds, startling the snow that had fallen from the bare branches, which was reflected in his eyes.

Perhaps... it's not over yet?

(End of this chapter)