Keep Flirting and Don't Get Killed

29...28...27...

Jiang Ran counted silently in his heart, and at the same time, he was synchronizing the time with Master Nissen.

Life or death, it would be sorted out soon.

At this critical moment of life and death, even a calm person like Jiang Ran couldn't help but tremble slightly. But he was not afraid of death; he was afraid that his death would affect his parents.

10...9...

Just when Jiang Ran counted to "9", a loud noise suddenly came from the sky in the distance, making his ears throb in pain. The clouds in the sky were violently split apart as if something came flying from afar. Then, there was another "boom!" And a terrifying vibration came from the direction of the village as if something heavy had hit the ground. 

The energy of the vibration spread to the woods and frightened countless birds into the sky, making the atmosphere before the arrival of death even more awful.

8...7...6...

Jiang Ran resisted the urge to climb up the tree to see what was going on. He continued to count silently, and when he reached "4", a pillar of fire suddenly burst into flames in the direction of the village! The scarlet flames dyed half of the sky red, and the billowing flames soared straight upward as if they were going to burn the sky!

Although Jiang Ran was hiding in the woods one or two kilometers away, he could still feel the rolling heat waves of the fire. The extremely high temperature even caused the surrounding trees to spontaneously combust without open flames; one could only imagine what would happen to the people who were hit by the fire column.

Master Nissen: (Fire, a pillar of fire! It's the pillar of fire from the death scene! But, but, but how come the pillar of fire appeared earlier???)

Jiang Ran ignored the stupid loli and continued to count silently. When he counted to "2", there was another loud noise, as if something flew away quickly. The clouds in the sky were cut open again, but this time, the wide blue sky was revealed.

1...0… Time is up.

The countdown ended, but Jiang Ran did not die. Although it was unknown how long he could live, at least he had changed the future where his death was imminent.

Death arrived earlier, and the plan was executed smoothly.

Master Nissen: (Hmm? What, what plan? What does it mean that the death arrived earlier? You, you, aren't you still here?)

Master Nissen was a little confused. She wanted to celebrate with Jiang Ran for escaping death, but she didn't understand his riddles.

You don't understand?

Master Nissen: (No, I don't understand, tell me what's going on!)

Master Nissen didn't realize that Jiang Ran had changed the way he addressed her at this time.

Then think about it yourself. I'm going to do something.

Master Nissen: (No, no, no! You have to tell me what you did, wooooooooooooo!!!)

Jiang Ran's indifference made Master Nissen throw a tantrum. (I don't care, I don’t care, I want to hear it, I want you to explain!!) 

This stupid loli whiny voice that went straight into his head was simply unstoppable. In the end, Jiang Ran was so annoyed that he had to briefly explain the basis for his actions.

According to his style, Jiang Ran reckoned that after entering the parallel world, he would indeed try to communicate with a nearby village to obtain local information. After all, "Master Nissen knows nothing" (Jiang Ran deliberately emphasized). 

However, he did not think that regardless of his communication ability, he would be in danger of death as soon as he arrived in the village. Besides, it was unlikely that such a common village would hide someone with such terrible strength. Even if there was someone, there was no reason to kill him immediately.

After ruling out these possibilities, he concluded that the enemy most likely came from outside the village, and came with the clear intention to kill him.

Jiang Ran had nothing to do with this world. If he had to find a reason for his death, it would be his identity as a ‘traveler’. It seemed that in this Prison Star World with the difficulty level Impossible, someone was hunting down ‘travelers’.

Since the enemy came to kill him on purpose, it meant that the other party had the ability to find his position in the parallel world. However, Jiang Ran did not die as soon as he landed in this ‘future of death’. In fact, he had thirteen minutes to live. What did this mean? It meant that even if the enemy knew his location, it still took time to get there, so until the enemy arrived, Jiang Ran was safe and could act at will.

Then, from the ‘death scene’, it could be inferred that the large area of ​​cracks on the ground was likely caused by the enemy falling from the air, which showed that the enemy moved by flying.

From the landing position, the location of the fire column, and the location and reaction of the villagers, it was not difficult to see that the enemy moved to kill Jiang Ran as soon as he landed, without doing anything extra. This meant that the enemy was probably not a killing enthusiast, and would leave once it was confirmed that the ‘traveler’ had been killed.

The last point, the most important one, was: how did the enemy identify Jiang Ran as the ‘traveler’ after arriving at the scene?

Jiang Ran believed there were two possibilities: one was based on the clothing; the ‘traveler’ who had just arrived in the other world was basically dressed in strange clothes. The other was that the enemy had the ability to sense who the ‘traveler’ was.

Considering the results, the enemy only judged based on the clothes. I hope he won't find out that he killed the wrong person later.

Master Nissen: (Hey, if the enemy has the ability to sense the traveler, you're as good as dead, right?)

No, I have a backup plan.

Master Nissen: (Eh? What backup plan?)

Think about it yourself, silly Ni.

(Master Nissen: (What? What did you call me?)

Silly Master Nissen, or Silly Ni for short.

Jiang Ran's ridicule really pissed off Master Nissen, and she started shouting "Stupid Jiang Ran, stupid Jiang Ran" non-stop, and also said something like "The one who calls others stupid is the biggest idiot." 

Perhaps Jiang Ran's tolerance had increased. This time, he pretended not to hear the stupid loli's noise. Even when the stupid loli got tired of making noise, he did not tell her the backup plan. 

However, this seemingly favorable outcome for Jiang Ran was actually a win-win situation.

The fundamental reason why Master Nissen questioned Jiang Ran's logic of action was that she wanted to make a more comprehensive judgment of his ability. Because if his ability was not good, even if he was not killed for the time being, she would take the initiative to let the Super Dimensional Eye self-destruct to kill Jiang Ran, thereby freeing up a spot for the ‘good god camp’ to recruit new ‘chess pieces’.

Now, although she didn't hear the entire plan, Master Nissen had made a judgment. She believed that Jiang Ran did have some ability. Changing the impending death just now was the best proof, and his calm state throughout the action deserved extra points.

(But this does not mean that I acknowledge you.)

… 

As the huge column of fire and smoke rose to the sky and the villagers were fleeing, Jiang Ran slipped into the village. He got himself some clothes and food before returning to the woods.

Silly Ni: (Eh? Why are you back in the woods? Are you afraid that the enemy will come to kill you again?)

If the enemy has the ability to keep track of my position, it doesn't matter where I hide.

Jiang Ran dismissed the silly loli with a sentence and quieted his mind, starting to think. Now that he no longer had the future death prediction ability to protect him, he could die anytime and anywhere in this "Impossible Level" world. 

In order to reduce the risk of sudden death, the most important thing right now was finding a member of the opposite sex as soon as possible and making her confess to him. But before that, Jiang Ran had something that he had been putting off for a long time:

It was time to study his curse.