Chapter 227: [Blessed with Longevity] To Blow It Up or Not?
This stretch of memory was regarding Zhao Qun.
Due to the interference from the instance back then, chaos had erupted in the location where Li Yun lived.
Consequently, when Bai Cha first arrived, the memory version she obtained was merely the most basic one.
That initial version of her memories hadn’t involved any ghosts or monsters whatsoever.
In her current memories, however, traces of supernatural entities were present.
Setting aside Li Qunfang and her daughter—who matched what she saw in her dream—why Zhao Qun had met with an accident back then turned out to be clear as well.
On the day her mother passed away, Li Yun had sought out Zhao Qun. Aside from informing him of her mother’s passing, she disclosed one other matter.
Specifically, that the daughter belonging to Zhao Qun and Li Qunfang had been continuously haunting Li Qunfang. Furthermore, her yearning for parental affection had reached a point where she wished to murder Li Yun—the cuckoo who had usurped her nest. Now that her mother was dead, she wanted to find someone to resolve the issue; if Zhao Qun wished, he could go back and take a look.
Zhao Qun had displayed zero issues at the time, yet whether he felt increasingly miserable the more he pondered it afterward remained unknown—he suffered a myocardial infarction and never went back.
As for Li Yun, she had been aware of the existence of Zhao Xiaoai’s ghost throughout her upbringing.
She indeed had been scammed regarding that reincarnation stone she purchased—the claim being that the stone could entice souls away and guide them into the Yellow Springs for reincarnation, when in truth it was entirely useless.
The Reincarnation Cult she joined was merely a money-scamming organization that couldn’t even be deemed an evil cult.
It differed entirely from the concept of reincarnation at Xingfu Nursing Home.
It was simply that when Bai Cha was present back then, the police hadn’t investigated that detail, uncovering only the surface-level concept of reincarnation at Xingfu Nursing Home right off the bat.
Looking at the reincarnation at Xingfu Nursing Home now, it was indeed reincarnation to a certain degree—given that they transformed from elderly folks into young people.
Everything seemed to make complete sense.
Except for one detail: what on earth did this world count as? If the instance was a projection of reality, then Li Yun experiencing memory confusion right up until assuming her current identity in the instance had all been issues arising in reality… right?
Rubbing her forehead, Bai Cha set these thoughts aside for the time being.
Dwelling on them was truly meaningless.
Intriguingly, however, with noon fast approaching, she was informed that her treatment session for this noon was temporarily canceled.
“Why? Is there something wrong with my condition? Why do I feel fine?”
Bai Cha looked at Lin Hong with a touch of confusion.
“No, your condition is very good. Precisely because your condition is so good, it’s been decided to hold off on your noon treatment for now, maintaining the previous schedule of once every afternoon.”
“Eat up and get a good rest. I’ll take my leave first.”
Lin Hong set the meal boxes on the table and departed straight away.
As Bai Cha picked up a meal box and handed portions to the two patients on either side, she sank into quiet contemplation.
This was certainly Qin Fa’s intention, eight or nine out of ten due to the words she spoke today.
Those words were made up on the spot, fabricated based on He Yan’s description.
Adding the part about Qin Fa turning into a Tai Sui afterward was purely to test his attitude.
The man had decided on the spot to cancel the morning treatment.
At the time, Bai Cha merely felt that the other party had realized she sensed something, prompting him to stop acting so hastily.
Yet even canceling this session at noon rendered his attitude subtly peculiar.
It could only signify that her dream might genuinely match Qin Fa’s state.
Would he turn into a Tai Sui?
If that were truly the case, killing him would likely turn out to be difficult.
Not undergoing treatment was a positive development; after considering it back and forth, Bai Cha intended to take another trip outside.
Once lunch was finished, Lin Hong inserted the IV needle into her hand, and Bai Cha employed her old trick to divert the medicinal liquid into the Dodder Vine tendril.
After the needle was removed, putting on a front of fighting off deep drowsiness, she prepared to get up to use the restroom.
Lin Hong thought nothing of it.
This was completely normal—no matter how potent the sleeping drugs were, they couldn’t prevent a person from needing the restroom, and one would naturally wake up when the urge struck.
Bai Cha walked to the restroom with her eyes nearly closed.
She pulled out her puppet substitute.
Though she didn’t know puppet techniques, under the cover of the Invisibility Cloak, she could still use the Dodder Vine to make the puppet take small steps, though its body required manual support.
She propped up the puppet’s eyelids to maintain a half-lidded, squinting appearance, returning to the ward like a roaming spirit, looking no different from when she arrived.
When she got up earlier, she had deliberately flipped the blanket wide open, precisely to make it convenient for the puppet to lie down.
The Dodder Vine threaded through the puppet’s clothing to its arm, controlling its arm to rest atop the blanket, yet positioning its hand so it was just barely covered by a corner of the blanket.
That way, when she reached out to pull the blanket up, no anomalies would be detected.
Once the puppet was laid down, Bai Cha stepped out the door.
During the day, the doors to the ward rooms weren’t locked, facilitating her movements.
Passing by other ward rooms, she observed her surroundings; several players had vanished, likely having been taken upstairs for treatment.
Bai Cha headed straight downstairs, pressing flush against the wall and shrinking into the shadows as much as possible. Stepping onto the lawn, she made an effort to land on her toes, avoiding leaving obvious impressions on the ground.
She wasn’t in a hurry to head to the location where Qin Fa had descended last night, opting instead to head near the main gate. From there, she drove the Dodder Vine through the soil toward the nursing home sector where the elderly residents lived.
Having gone two consecutive instances without obtaining sacrifices, the remaining power in her body could likely only sustain her through this single instance.
Regrettably, this instance clearly lacked sacrifice targets as well.
Setting aside her initial anxiety—where she had been desperate to enter instances to gain power—her mindset was far more stable now.
With or without this layer of power, she could clear the game.
Furthermore, certain things couldn’t be forced no matter how hard one tried.
Sacrifices relied on fortune; she could scheme, but only on the condition that there were targets available to scheme against.
In some instances, there were simply no targets to utilize.
Unlike the condition over on the young people’s side, these elderly folks held no habit of taking afternoon naps, nor were they forced to do so.
As the Dodder Vine crept across the lawn, she could sense elderly individuals walking above.
The Dodder Vine took a lap outside until it reached the true main gate of the nursing home.
This expended no small amount of Bai Cha’s strength and time.
A special power lingered near the main gate—overwhelmingly the Tai Sui.
Connected mind-to-mind with the Dodder Vine, Bai Cha halted the moment she sensed something amiss.
Sure enough, escaping wasn’t so simple.
Pondering for a moment, Bai Cha redeemed an item card from the shop.
Detonation Card: Usable three times, can be used consecutively, causes small-area explosions, specific blast effects depend on circumstances.
She buried the item card directly underground near the main gate, moved the Dodder Vine further away, and detonated the card.
With a deafening boom, the ground shuddered violently.
The elderly folks soaking in the sun outside were all collectively startled.
Let alone over there—the medical staff and security personnel on this end all turned their eyes to look over as well.
Before long, security personnel over here were dispatched, arriving at the gate and unlocking the heavy entrance.
Seizing the opportunity, Bai Cha slipped out behind them.
By the time she reached the main gate, security personnel had already gathered.
They stood around a large crater, observing it with shock and uncertainty.
“What happened?” A few elderly individuals walked over, their faces displeased.
“What’s going on? Why was there a sudden explosion?”
