Chapter 82: Step-by-Step Pressure
Fortunately, Father Gu finally slowly withdrew the cleaver and shook his head.
“Try not to sleep these next two days,” Father Gu said.
“I can’t enter the deeper places to save you.”
[Damn, streamer, did you see that? Even the NPC thinks you’re sleeping a bit too much]
[This is the first time I’ve ever seen a ghost in an instance remind a player not to sleep anymore]
Bai Cha ignored the comments, nodded, and still looked at Father Gu nervously.
“So are you hurt?”
Father Gu silently shook his head.
Bai Cha pursed her lips.
“Really? Don’t lie to me. Is that thing very strong? I broke it several times, but it could recover…”
“I’m indeed fine,” Father Gu said, afraid she wouldn’t believe him, he paused and added, “There was no direct confrontation. It wasn’t there.”
Bai Cha immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but her mind was pondering these words.
What did “wasn’t there” mean?
Was it not in this instance, or not in that place right now, or did it need to be summoned to descend?
It was hard to say, but one thing was indeed as Father Gu said: she really couldn’t sleep anymore.
She had already tested what needed to be tested and confirmed that the thing was the same one she had seen in the first instance.
Dreaming was too dangerous; she had no ability to protect herself.
Fortunately… another day had passed.
It was now 5:00 AM on the 31st.
If one day was counted as 24 hours, then by 11:00 PM tonight, the fifth day would have passed.
There were still two days left. By 11:00 PM on the second, if she survived until then, she could leave this instance.
That meant she just needed to stay up all night tonight.
Hmm… okay.
However, Father Gu had also clearly said not to sleep these two days, so what about after these two days?
Sure enough, the clues on Father Gu probably hadn’t completely ended yet.
She now had two choices. One was to honestly stay by Father Gu’s side until the instance ended.
At that time, he might face the situation where, in the last 30 seconds, Father Gu discovered she was a player and wanted to kill her.
It was even possible that his anger would be deeper than when facing other players because she had deceived him so badly.
But the dodder vine she had left in his body had actually matured today. The mature dodder should grow stronger than the dodder vine in the front hall before, or perhaps be more resilient. The previous ones really broke with a touch.
And it could absorb more of the power in Father Gu’s body, putting him in a weaker state.
This was one layer of protection. Secondly, she still had the Flower of Lies unused, and it wasn’t impossible to continue deceiving him until the last second at the final moment.
So this was the safest path. She had enough confidence that she had a 90% chance of surviving and clearing the instance.
And the second path is the most dangerous one.
That is to kill the ex-boyfriend.
Actually, it might not necessarily be killing the ex-boyfriend, because what she might truly be facing is that Buddha statue and the existence it represents.
There were many things in the last instance that she hadn’t figured out yet.
But when she went to find Xu Mingwang, she didn’t ask either.
Because she felt that Xu Mingwang might not be willing to talk, and she currently didn’t have enough leverage to make the other party willing to provide a lot of information.
Investment is also limited.
Unless she demonstrates even greater advantages.
And now a Buddha statue has also appeared in this instance.
She wants to investigate.
Because of Yu Zhenzhen.
Yu Zhenzhen was directly erased, leaving her anger nowhere to vent.
Moreover… who was instructing Yu Zhenzhen from behind?
Obviously, it’s inseparable from this Buddha statue.
But this path ahead is uncertain.
The ex-boyfriend shouldn’t be a threat, Father Gu can definitely be killed, but the Buddha statue is hard to say.
Father Gu also clearly indicated that if Bai Cha were to fight the other side head-on, he might not be able to protect her.
Putting aside the issue of strength guarantee, choosing this path would inevitably arouse Father Gu’s suspicion.
Gu Baixue would never be the kind of person who knowingly walks into danger.
She would choose the first path.
But the energy in the world is always conserved; gaining something always means losing something.
So she never wants to owe anyone anything, because it will be repaid from somewhere else.
For example, now, if she chooses the first path, it seems like she just needs to leave the game, but… the Buddha statue can appear in the second instance, so there might well be a third or fourth instance, including the previous front desk guesthouse.
If that’s the case, what if she encounters Father Gu again in another instance?
Wouldn’t she eventually die under the accumulation of such encounters?
So… the second path might be safer.
If she can directly make Father Gu sacrifice himself to protect her, there will be no future worries.
Bai Cha thought coldly in her heart.
Father Gu is a very good person, but unfortunately, she is just a liar.
No matter how emotionally she acts.
She has always only regarded the other party as an enemy to be exploited.
Moreover, the reason she can survive is not because Father Gu is kind-hearted.
It’s because of her own efforts.
She relied on her own abilities to make the NPC choose to protect her, not because the NPC was being kind; those are two different things.
This was originally the result of her labor.
Bai Cha sat there as if she had been in a daze for a long time, and sometimes a look of pain would flash across her face.
After she had thought it through in her heart, she seemed to come back to her senses.
“Dad, I…”
She hesitated again and again, but still said, “I still want to investigate.”
Father Gu looked at her.
“I know this is very dangerous… but can I hide for the rest of my life? I always feel like something is wrong. If it were me, I would have been targeted long ago. That’s why my ex-boyfriend died, that’s why he thought only my death could free him, and then you would have been killed by me.”
Father Gu wanted to speak, but Bai Cha interrupted him with tears in her eyes.
“Dad! You can’t protect me forever! And I don’t want you to stay by my side in this state forever!”
Her emotions were on the verge of collapse. She suddenly threw open the quilt, went down barefoot, and pulled open the curtains.
It was just after five in the morning in winter, and there was only a faint light.
But some of the elderly living in the old residential area were already awake, and even the breakfast stalls outside had already come out.
She pointed out the window and looked at Father Gu.
“Look, this world is a world for the living.”
Father Gu’s body trembled slightly.
“I hope you can be reincarnated! I hope you can still enjoy the sunshine outside, instead of being forever wrapped in a cold raincoat!”
“Dad… let me investigate. If I die, then it’s just right, we can be father and daughter again in the next life.”
There was a look of pity in her eyes.
Father Gu looked at her, and slightly turned his head with some reluctance.
“No.” He still insisted.
“If you die… you can’t be reincarnated. Only people who die normally can go through reincarnation.”
“So you really didn’t die normally!” Bai Cha’s voice suddenly became sharp. Filled with guilt and self-blame, she covered her face and burst into tears.
“I’m sorry! It’s all my fault! I’m sorry!”
She apologized desperately.
Father Gu was overwhelmed by her series of emotional attacks.
“No… don’t be like this… it’s not your fault.”
“It is my fault! It’s because of me that you all died. The one who deserves to die is me!”
Moral kidnapping is always the most effective tactic against family members.
No matter how Father Gu explained, Bai Cha just wouldn’t listen, insisting it was her fault and she had to investigate.
In the end, Father Gu indeed gave in.
“Okay, I just hope you can live well, but you’re right… hiding is useless.”
His tone seemed to contain profound meaning, and also carried a certain resolve.
“Dad will accompany you!”
