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Chapter 315: Punishment: No washing your face! (Third update)

Chapter 315: Punishment: No washing your face! (Third update)

By this time, Knights had truly reached the pinnacle of popularity worldwide. An odd phenomenon appeared in the sports world, where even the hottest top-tier sports stars weren’t as popular as the Knights.

Some people were really puzzled. How could someone who had never shown their real face be so popular?

But on second thought, it made sense. Since the beginning, although being an endorser for TK, the Knight had always been in a win-win situation with them. TK expanded their reach with the fame of the Knight, while he essentially had a dedicated operational team working wholeheartedly for him.

How many people could treat Liu Erbao’s team as their personal filming crew, or have the regional president of a sponsoring company willingly serve as their assistant...

These two points alone showed just how much TK valued the Knight, and in fact, the benefits the Knight brought to TK had already paid off with the release of the "Knight’s Name" video.

After returning to the base of the mountain, Ren He and the others took a short rest in the Sherpa town. At that time, to write the promotional copy, Ren He directly penned the verse "I shall ascend the very top and look down upon all the lesser peaks," which led the Divine Punishment System to issue a task: "Don’t wash your face for a week. Failure to complete it will afflict the host with nail fungus."

Now that Ren He had finally gotten down the mountain and no longer needed to hide his identity, he changed into shorts and a short-sleeved shirt and prepared to take a good bath – only to receive such a bizarre and speechless task from the Divine Punishment System.

Can you be serious for once? I’d accept doing extreme sports, but why can’t I wash my face – tell me that?!

Now that we’re back in normal human society, does it make any sense not to wash my face?

And what’s with this punishment? Getting nail fungus, and then infecting others? What kind of nonsense is this? Why start causing trouble as soon as we’re down from the mountain?!

In the evening, Ren He still shared a room with An Si, while Yang Xi was on her own. After coming down from the mountain, both of them became a bit more reserved. An Si found their behavior amusing.

They all agreed to take a bath and then go out to explore the Sherpa night market. They hadn’t been in the mood when they first arrived, but now, feeling extremely relaxed, and understanding that Ren He needed to unwind after climbing Mount Everest, An Si was fully supportive.

After everyone had bathed and went out, An Si and Yang Xi waited at the door for quite some time before Ren He finally showed up, and then they saw his face... still dirty...

"Why didn’t you take a bath?" An Si asked, puzzled.

"I did," Ren He replied with a grimy face.

"Pfft! What kind of bath did you take?!" An Si burst into laughter on the spot; Ren He had perfectly managed to avoid his face while bathing.

Of course, Ren He had painstakingly avoided his face. Otherwise, why would he have spent so long bathing? It wasn’t that he didn’t want to wash but that he didn’t dare to. He was even certain that even if the task wouldn’t be an outright failure for getting his face wet, receiving a negative review would be perfectly in line with the Divine Punishment System’s character.

Yang Xi asked in confusion, "What happened to you?"

Ren He seriously replied, "Hmm... I might have gotten some frostbitten skin on my face while skiing on the mountain, so I can’t wash my face right now."

"Hahaha," An Si continued laughing cheerfully to the side. The more he laughed, the blacker Ren He’s face became. This darn Divine Punishment System had ruined his reputation once again – last time it was the swollen tongue, this time it was not washing his face.

Last time it was a punishment after failing a task, but this time the task came directly...

Yang Xi was actually quite concerned about whether Ren He’s face had any problems, but Ren He explained it wasn’t serious, and the three began to enjoy the night scenery in this pleasant atmosphere. More specifically, An Si was very happy, Ren He was responsible for creating a pleasant atmosphere, and Yang Xi enjoyed the night scenery.

Because May is the most suitable month for summiting, the Sherpa town welcomes over ten thousand visitors from all around the world during this time every year.

When Ren He and An Si arrived in April, a hotel room was only 18 US Dollars a night, but now it had risen to 47 US Dollars. The Sherpa people weren’t as simple as one might imagine.

In fact, the Sherpa people charge for almost any service they provide to foreign tourists. Despite the fact that Sherpas carry the luggage up the mountain, and even set up the tents at Camp 4, they do so at a hefty price, which is one of the reasons several teams set out at the same time.

After descending the mountain, Ren He had expressed his concern: "I wonder how the people on the mountain are doing."

Because he started to rest as soon as he got back to camp that day, and left again early the next morning, he didn’t know what the situation was like on the mountain.

Following the original timeline, perhaps a large number of people who ignored the warnings would be left on the mountain forever, right? That was a memory he would never forget and one that was unique to him. He knew what was about to happen and how many would perish but was powerless to do anything about it.

What could Ren He have done? If he had a way, he wouldn’t have been forced to descend in such a dangerous situation.

So when time rewound to an hour earlier, all he could do was tell Xia Boyu and notify everyone, but if they didn’t heed the warning, they had to retreat down the North Col in time.

Because Ren He knew very well that it was impossible to reason with the people on Hillary Step.

For Ren He, he had tried his best in his heart, but there was still a sense of regret for the lives lost, after all, those were many living beings including An Si who had given him sunscreen and Lei Ming who had spoken up for him.

He wondered if Xia Boyu would heed his advice and descend the North Col in time. If not, would he too be left forever on Mount Everest?

This was probably the biggest disaster since the start of the climbing season this year, Ren He could only sigh deeply.

They couldn’t return to their country just yet, mainly because Ren He’s face wouldn’t match his ID to pass the security check...

They hadn’t been in the town for even a day when all the climbers and adventurers in town received news: the biggest storm since the start of the climbing season, 20 people miraculously survived, all thanks to Knight’s early warning! Everyone had retreated to the 7900-meter altitude camp in time!

Upon hearing this, Ren He was stunned. What are you saying? Because of my early warning, everyone retreated to their tents? Because of my identity?

Motherfucker, does that mean only I suffered? Just now I was still worried about those lives, and now you’re telling me, after I risked my life sliding down and used two Perfect Level rewards, they obediently retreated?

Dammit, if I had known my identity was so effective, why bother with all the hassle!

Although it’s a good thing that everyone survived and Ren He was also relieved, the issue is this godforsaken annoyance couldn’t be blocked even if you tried! You guys are incredible!

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Many thanks for the additional Chapter.