Chapter 87: Willingly
The water vapor around Father Gu was very heavy, as if mixed with an endless downpour. The humidity was so thick it was suffocating.
Outside the window was pitch black, with dark clouds gathering and a gale howling as it beat against the glass, making a series of sounds.
The whole world seemed to be roaring.
An alarm went off in Bai Cha’s heart.
Out of the corner of her eye, she looked at her own face reflected in the Frosty Mountain.
Then she couldn’t help but curse inwardly.
Because she had regained her own face.
Everything happened in a flash. At the same time, the system prompt sounded in his ears.
[Congratulations on successfully surviving to the seventh day!]
[Congratulations on clearing this game! You will be teleported to the settlement interface in 30 seconds.]
[Thirty]
Bai Cha didn’t expect that she would sleep until the final stage. She was just a little puzzled. Did she regain her appearance because she was about to clear the game, or had she regained her appearance long ago but the other party didn’t kill her?
In any case, she breathed a slight sigh of relief and simultaneously used the Flower of Lies skill, opening her mouth. “Dad, it’s Xiaoxue.”
[Lie has taken effect, will expire in 10 seconds]
Damn it, only ten seconds.
The current situation was different from her original plan.
Father Gu didn’t end up in a mutually destructive fight with the evil god. Instead, she had sold herself out.
But fortunately, it was almost over. She could hold on for a while.
Father Gu paused. The hand that wasn’t holding the knife slowly lifted and removed the hood of his raincoat.
On his pale, waterlogged face, his pupils were dilated as he stared at her.
Bai Cha felt the crushing power.
She remained relatively calm. “I love you.”
[Lie has taken effect, will expire in 10 seconds]
Father Gu’s heart trembled.
He was only two steps away from Bai Cha.
Bai Cha sat on the bed, her hand quietly reaching for the Frosty Mountain beside her.
[Twenty-five]
Bai Cha activated Dodder Vine.
Pale yellow, slender vines grew out of Father Gu’s body.
Full of vitality and power, dispelling the discomfort in Bai Cha’s body.
[Twenty-four]
Father Gu looked at her with a painful expression.
Bai Cha’s expression could almost be described as indifferent.
With the blessing of the lie skill, at this moment, it was as if Father Gu’s daughter was killing him.
Perhaps it was because of this that he didn’t resist, his expression both painful and relieved.
[Twenty-three]
Bai Cha threw off the quilt, using all her strength to absorb the power from Father Gu’s body as much as possible, while grabbing the Frosty Mountain and getting off the other side of the bed.
[Twenty-two]
She began to retreat, trying to move closer to the door.
Father Gu also moved. He was faster than her, appearing within two steps in the blink of an eye.
[Twenty-one]
Bai Cha didn’t dare to act rashly anymore, she could only desperately urge the dodder to absorb nutrients and bloom.
Father Gu slowly raised his hand.
[Twenty]
[Lie has expired]
“I’m Xiaoxue,” Bai Cha said.
Still not enough.
The power within Father Gu’s body far exceeded her imagination.
And this was after the loss from the battle outside.
[Lie has taken effect, will expire in 3 seconds]
Bai Cha’s pupils constricted slightly.
Only three seconds? Was it because of the same lie, or something else?
She didn’t have time to investigate.
[Seventeen]
The remaining two lies
Completely expired one after another.
Bai Cha then activated the dodder vine, completely surrounding and entangling Father Gu.
However, Father Gu could turn into water vapor.
He broke free from the encirclement almost instantly, completely arriving in front of Bai Cha.
Even the door behind Bai Cha was closed.
Bai Cha’s heart sank.
[Sixteen]
Countless dodder vines were still growing within Father Gu’s body, these pale yellow vines had spread throughout the entire room.
Countless flowers bloomed simultaneously and poured into Bai Cha’s body at the same time.
She could feel that she might not be able to hold on.
The knife in Father Gu’s hand finally fell.
Bai Cha had been on guard against his knife. The dodder quickly spread out in front of her, forming a dense net.
[Fifteen]
But the knife didn’t fall on her.
Bai Cha looked through the gaps in the dodder vine with some astonishment and saw him thrust the knife into his own chest.
He seemed to make eye contact with her through the gaps, a smile appearing on his pale, waterlogged face hidden beneath the raincoat.
“I know you’re not my daughter,” he said.
Bai Cha was stunned.
[Fourteen]
Bai Cha felt all the dodder vines begin to wither at this moment.
Quickly, they turned into withered yellow vines hanging on the ground.
But new dodder vines grew out of Father Gu’s chest again.
This wasn’t controlled by her.
The newly grown dodder vines gently wrapped around her wrist, piercing her skin and entering her blood vessels.
But it didn’t hurt at all.
They spread throughout her body almost instantly, replacing her original blood vessels.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
The surging power, the kind that truly made her feel incredibly comfortable, was like a gentle infusion of nourishment, completely washing away her fatigue.
She felt an unprecedented lightness in her body, and her mental state had never been so relaxed and powerful as it was at this moment.
[Thirteen]
Father Gu walked up to Bai Cha.
This time, Bai Cha didn’t dodge. She looked at him with an extremely complex and somewhat puzzled gaze. She wasn’t stupid; the other party was truly transferring his power to her.
Father Gu gently hugged Bai Cha.
The cold water vapor enveloped her once again.
She was pulled into Father Gu’s memories.
There was him clumsily coaxing his daughter not to cry, and little Gu Baixue pestering him for candy.
No matter how hard he worked outside, the first thing he did when he got home was to pick up little Gu Baixue and spin her around.
“Let’s see if my little Xiaoxue has grown taller today!”
“Xiaoxue, eat your meals properly, and Dad will buy you peppermint candy.”
“Xiaoxue, don’t cry. Tell Dad who bullied you, and Dad will help you get even!”
“My Xiaoxue has grown up, she’s already in junior high!”
“Isn’t it just that you didn’t do well in the junior high school entrance exam? You can do well in the college entrance exam. You’re already much better than Dad. Here, have a candy, don’t be sad.”
“Great! That’s my Xiaoxue! It’s wonderful that you got into a top-tier university. Dad’s going to share the good news with everyone now!”
“Xiaoxue’s mother, I’ve been thinking about how much money Xiaoxue will need for university. We can’t skimp on our daughter’s money. Otherwise, what if she gets tricked by some boy because she doesn’t have money? I plan to go south to work, so I can earn more.”
He went out.
Without a degree, he could only find manual labor.
Fortunately, the pay was indeed high.
However, the money ultimately didn’t reach Gu Baixue’s hands.
Father Gu simply disappeared from the mother and daughter’s world.
Afraid of making a big deal out of it, the construction site unilaterally concealed the news of his coma and only paid to arrange a hospital for him.
When he lay on the hospital bed, it wasn’t that he had no perception of the outside world, he just couldn’t wake up.
In endless loneliness, he constantly recalled his past and constantly worried about his daughter.
“I wonder how Xiaoxue is doing today…”
“I really want to wake up soon, I want to see Xiaoxue again…”
“Will they blame me? Why don’t they come to see me?”
“Is there anyone who can talk to me? Xiaoxue, where are you?”
“I’m awake, I’m really awake, please save me…”
“I need to wake up…”
