Chapter 112: A Seed
Xu Shengsheng: I dreamed that I didn’t know why, but I seemed to be going to someone’s wedding, and I had to ask you to come along, so I went to knock on your door.
Bai Cha thought of last night’s dream, and her heart grew heavier.
Xu Shengsheng: After I knocked on your door, you came out. Then we got on a bus.
Xu Shengsheng: There seemed to be quite a few people on that bus, all going to the wedding. After we arrived, the place looked like a village? Anyway, it felt quite dilapidated.
Xu Shengsheng: I was so scared, I kept holding onto you, and you told me not to be afraid. After seeing the bride, the bride said very strange things. Then the groom next to her wanted to eat me, and at this time you were still holding onto me and wouldn’t let me run.
Xu Shengsheng: Crying loudly.jpg.
Xu Shengsheng: Although I know it was just a dream, that dream was too real, it really hurt!!
Xu Shengsheng: I don’t know who to talk to, and now I can’t sleep, I’m really scared.
These messages were sent three hours ago. It’s now 7:45 AM, and Xu Shengsheng sent them around 4:00 AM.
Bai Cha looked at her left wrist, her expression somewhat gloomy.
Following the incident with Yu Zhenzhen, anger welled up in her heart once again.
This time it was much deeper than before.
If Yu Zhenzhen was her own choice, then what about Xu Shengsheng?
She was only seventeen! Her college entrance exam was next year!
Bai Cha took a deep breath, trying her best not to let her emotions fluctuate too much, otherwise her heart would beat too fast, and she couldn’t handle it.
She edited a message and sent it to Xu Shengsheng, although she should be in class now and probably didn’t have her phone with her.
White Peach Oolong Tea: I had that dream too. It might be unusual. Tell your aunt tonight and come sleep over at my place. I’ll make you breakfast tomorrow morning, it won’t delay your school. It’s also one bus stop closer to your school from here.
After sending the message, Bai Cha opened the forum.
She hadn’t been very interested in searching for things related to instances before.
The game itself couldn’t possibly reveal real clues.
Instead of searching for ambiguous things in advance to influence her judgment, it was better to speculate based on the situation at the time.
Including instance items.
But now with Xu Shengsheng, it was different. First, she needed to ensure that she could be with Xu Shengsheng in the instance.
She simply posted a thread.
[Newbie asking, are there any items that can bind two players together or facilitate communication between them?]
The system store should have them, but there were too many things in the store.
Tens of thousands of items, all mixed up.
When she was looking for items in the “Appearance Supreme” instance, she even found things like socks, potato chips, salted fish, and some weren’t even priced at 0.
Someone on the forum quickly replied to her.
[Are you looking for a party card? You can check in the store, but it’s quite expensive, priced at 1000 points per card. It can bind up to three people, and there will be an in-party communication board between the three.]
[But party cards are too expensive, right? However, party cards have one advantage: they can pull in players who shouldn’t have entered, so if there’s a大佬 (big shot) willing to carry, you can bind with them, but that will also cause fluctuations in the level within the instance.]
[Party cards are a bit pricey. If two players within the same instance want to bind together, you can directly buy a location card. That only costs 500. After binding, it will show the other person’s coordinates, but there’s no in-party communication.]
Bai Cha noted it down, sent a thank you, and entered the game.
The game store did indeed have both of these items.
Her total points were 2200. She spent 812 in the last instance, leaving her with 1388. Bai Cha analyzed which card was better.
Objectively speaking, the former, which could directly allow players to cross instances, was obviously the most valuable.
But Xu Shengsheng, as a newbie, had no way to bind in advance. It was highly likely that she would also enter 《Dark Pregnancy of a Ghost Child》.
In the end, Bai Cha naturally bought the location card.
In addition to that, she also searched for life-saving items.
She didn’t care if she died or not, but Xu Shengsheng couldn’t die.
Otherwise, she really wouldn’t be able to face her aunt’s family. She was their only child.
Especially since Xu Shengsheng entering the game might have been because of her.
However, life-saving items each had their own specific targets.
Some might also depend on the game situation.
In the end, she only bought one prop card, costing 300 points.
Golden Bell Shield.
After use, it could form absolute defense, lasting for three seconds.
Three seconds was very short, but if it was similar to having only the last thirty seconds left, every second was crucial.
She would wait until entering the game with the remaining points and see how things went.
After doing all this and returning to reality, all she could do was wait.
She had originally planned to return to school today.
After thinking about it, she simply sent the revised thesis to her tutor.
Then she started tidying up the house, trying her best not to feel anxious because of the wait.
She usually only entered her parents’ room once a year, on their death anniversary. Their two portraits were in the room.
Bai Cha went in and wiped the photos.
Both people in the photos were very good-looking.
Bai Cha’s eyebrows and eyes resembled her father’s, both without any aggression, even seeming to have gentle, affectionate deer-like eyes. Her nose and mouth were more like her mother’s, more delicate.
But looking at her father’s photo, she found it hard to connect the seemingly gentle and refined man in the picture with the crazy and disoriented father in her memory.
As for her mother…
She even seemed to remember her mother being very gentle, yet she couldn’t even recall what her face looked like.
Seeing the photo, that face was both familiar and strange.
Putting the photos back, Bai Cha cleaned up the room.
There were still some clothes in the closet that hadn’t been thrown away and needed to be taken out to air regularly.
Her aunt actually came over at least once a month to clean.
Bai Cha cleaned slowly, went out to buy groceries for lunch, took a nap, and didn’t finish tidying up until evening.
She sat tiredly on the floor, leaning against the cabinet behind her.
Click—
A small drawer fell down from the top of the cabinet, a drawer that Bai Cha hadn’t even noticed at first.
This was because it wasn’t a typical design for the top of a cabinet. It looked like it was added later, and there was almost no gap between it and the cabinet, with no obvious design for pulling it open.
Inside was a red cloth包 (pouch). When opened, a small Buddha pendant lay there.
She recognized this thing; it was the same as Cai Ge’s.
Bai Cha narrowed her eyes and squeezed the Buddha statue with some force.
With a crack, the Buddha statue was actually crushed by her.
The material of this Buddha statue seemed to be just plaster, and it was hollow in the middle. Over time, it had become less sturdy.
Bai Cha brushed aside the plaster and found a seed inside.
It should be a seed, somewhat shriveled, probably due to the long time. It was overall blackish-brown, and its shape was roughly like a segment of an orange, about five or six millimeters in size.
She glanced again at the broken plaster on the red cloth, casually wrapped it up, stuffed it back into the drawer, and threw it back into the cabinet.
She took a photo of the seed and searched for it online.
At the same time, her phone rang.
Xu Shengsheng: !!
Xu Shengsheng: You had that dream too! Then I’ll tell my mom I’m going to your place to ask you about studying!
Xu Shengsheng: She agreed, I’m coming to your place now!
