The sedan with the added defensive armor did not seem to have any issues.
The three people inside only felt a violent jolt because they all had their seatbelts fastened.
Sun Ying and Wei looked at Long, somewhat puzzled.
The two noticed that ever since arriving at Yun City, Long seemed a bit off.
The whole person seemed confused and muddleheaded, as if possessed.
Long rubbed his forehead and loosened his seatbelt. He felt like his two colleagues had been a bit odd recently, especially after arriving at Yun City.
Wanting to hit on every girl they saw on the street?
Did they watch too many old idol dramas or something?
However, Long didn't say anything. He just restarted the sedan and began reversing, too lazy to respond to these fools.
"Hello, do you need any help?"
Suddenly, a clear and melodious voice came from outside the sedan.
Hearing this voice, Long reacted as if he had been electrocuted. If not for the seatbelt holding him down, he would have bumped his head on the sedan's roof.
Outside Wei's passenger side window appeared a smiling, beautiful face.
It was that girl in the white floral dress.
Her smile seemed to usher in the blossoming of spring flowers, giving people a sense of warmth.
Her eyes were like two pools of clear spring water, but—
If one observed closely, they could detect a hint of imperceptible grief and sorrow at the bottom of those limpid springs.
Long immediately waved his hand and said, "No need, no need! It's nothing, just an accident..."
In the passenger seat, Wei picked up his phone to speak but Sun Ying reached out from behind and clamped her hand over his mouth.
"Mmph! Mmph!"
Wei struggled in front while Sun Ying looked at the girl, trying to speak in her most sincere tone: "We're fine, go on your way, young lady!"
The girl standing at the roadside smiled at the three people in the car and nodded, then waved her hand.
"Have a nice trip!"
After Long nodded back at her, he instantly floored the gas pedal and the armored sedan shot forward like a loosed arrow.
Poor Wei had been gagged by Sun Ying the whole time. By the time she let go, they were already some distance away.
Wei could only watch the girl from the rear window of the car. He saw the girl slightly lift her right arm, as if embracing someone.
Seeing Wei's lingering gaze, Long gripped the steering wheel with one hand and smacked him with the other.
"Stop looking! She's got nothing to do with you!"
Wei had a disgruntled look. "Sis Sun, why'd you cover my mouth? I could've gotten her contact info."
"Wei, that girl had an aura of death about her."
It wasn't Long who said this, but Sun Ying.
And she said "aura of death", not "aura of a dead person".
Long took a surprised glance at Sun Ying through the rearview mirror.
Sun Ying spoke heavily, "I've seen that look before."
Having said that, Sun Ying rolled down the window and yelled to the girl: "Young lady!"
"There's hope as long as you're alive!"
After Sun Ying yelled, Long twitched for some reason and also turned to yell loudly:
"I don't know what you've been through, but you have to stay strong!"
"A beauty like you mustn't think of ending it all! Don't go to that clinic!"
"Stay away from that Doctor Lu!"
Because of the distance, it seemed the girl only heard Sun Ying's words.
As for Long's, they dissipated into the evening breeze.
Of course, it was also possible the girl heard them but deliberately ignored them.
In the car, only Wei was confused as he looked at his two colleagues. He felt like these two were also disoriented and befuddled, as if possessed.
Watching as the armored sedan disappeared into the sunset on the highway, the girl standing at the roadside turned around, raising her right arm as she continued onward.
From her actions, it seemed as if she was walking arm in arm with someone.
"Mom, look how quiet it is here..."
"We'll arrive at the clinic for your appointment soon!"
Before long, the Eastern Suburbs Medical College appeared in the girl's line of sight.
In an instant, the girl's previously tranquil and smiling face suddenly convulsed, and dots of blood leaked out from her eyes that were once as limpid as springs!
But even so, the girl's face still held a smile. This contradictory expression of opposing emotions created a stark disconnect on her face!
As the evening wind grew colder, the girl lowered her raised right arm and crossed both arms over her chest.
She bowed her head as the spasms on her face slowly settled, then a sinister and vicious voice suddenly erupted from the girl's mouth!
"Lu Yuan! The pain of bereavement will surely be repaid!"
As she spoke, the girl's body started violently trembling.
Only when she took out a small pack of heart-shaped candies, popped one in her mouth and chewed a few times did this trembling subside and slowly disappear.
The girl looked towards the medical college again. She seemed to harbor some urge, but ultimately did not act on it.
The girl turned around, towards where she came from.
But...
Wearing a white coat and black-framed glasses, Lu Yuan stood before her not far away, about five meters apart.
The evening gale blew both Lu Yuan's white coat and the girl's white dress, fluttering lightly.
"Long time no see, pretty girl."
Lu Yuan's words were breezy and carefree, maintaining his usual demeanor.
The girl's elegant face revealed a tranquil smile, like a lily blossoming in the evening wind.
"Nice to see you again, Dr. Lu."
The girl's voice was clear and melodious. She seemed completely different from the one who angrily roared earlier.
"The scarecrow business, that was your doing, right?"
"That's right. Surprised? Dear Dr. Lu, you said you'd make me the most candid person before you!"
"Ah..."
Lu Yuan sighed. "Such heavy grief must have been hard on you."
The girl laughed. "It's not difficult at all. Thinking about how Dr. Lu will join my mother down below gets me so excited!"
Lu Yuan bowed his head slightly. "I'm very sorry about what happened to your mother."
"Can an apology resurrect the dead?"
"I'm not finished yet..."
"Go on, Dr. Lu."
"I'm very sorry about your mother, but if I could do it again, I would still do the same."
"If you don't mind, I can send you to accompany her."
Lu Yuan paused briefly before adding: "In exactly the same way I sent your mother away."
"Pfft!"
The girl laughed exaggeratedly this time as tears welled up in her eyes.
There was also a tinge of red, whether from the blood vessels in her eyes or tears of blood from her grief.
The last ray of sunset vanished below the horizon, plunging the world into darkness.
In this stretch of the earth, it seemed like everything had come to a standstill.
The only things still in motion were the increasingly gusty evening wind and the fluttering white coat and white floral dress within it.
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] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
shall grant"] ["Inscribing the glory of our race upon tombstones"] ["All that is threatened, I shall protect"] How his younger sister sees her brother: A brother who only makes eye contact once a day, mostly fading into the background as he tinkers with who-knows-what in his room all day. Their life paths should have remained largely separate. Until one day. Su Qi created an equipment card for his never-met "online girlfriend." His sister fell into silent contemplation upon receiving the "white stockings." [Card can be upgraded] [Upgrade by fulfilling any of the following conditions] [Condition ①: Consume one hundred higher-tier cards] [Condition ②: Complete one 'Heart-Pounding Adventure'] What constitutes a Heart-Pounding Adventure? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Beginner Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to admire it.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Easy Level): Equip the card, invite 'Su Qi' to touch it, and analyze the equipment's texture.] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Entry Level): Equip the card and invite 'Su Qi' to...] [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Challenge Level): Freely combine the words 'Brother' 'Out' 'Brother' 'Me' 'Please' into a complete sentence...] "Please help me analyze both teams' mistakes in this match, brother..." His sister exhaled in relief—surely... surely there couldn't be anything more difficult? [Heart-Pounding Adventure (Suicide Mission Level): Sneak a peek at the names of the galgames in 'Su Qi's' hidden E-drive folder]
