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It's just in vain

Qi Qiuxue and Li Yiqing parted at the fork in the road.

She followed the system's instructions to find the fence that needed repair and tried to use the tools. It was easy to use and everything was done smoothly in just half an hour.

Soon, she gained three points of goodwill.

Qi Qiuxue opened the data panel and checked the two extra progress bars. The blank progress bar on the left had effectively increased a small amount as the task was completed, about three percent, which matched the points she had earned.

It seems that the progress bar recorded is indeed the goodwill value, while the other one represents her sins.

Goodwill points can be increased daily by completing tasks. It is not yet known whether there is an upper limit to the increase. However, there is only one way to eliminate sins per day, and it can only be achieved through effective prayer.

In other words, they only have six chances to completely eliminate their sins.

But based on the reduction ratio of today's progress bar, ideally, their sins can be successfully ended before time returns to zero.

So the difficulty lies in how to complete as many tasks as possible and fill up another progress bar?

"Is there any other task I need to do?" Qi Qiuxue opened her mouth and tried to communicate with the gods.

"Of course."

Soon, the voice of God sounded.

“There are still many things you can do here.”

“…”

The speed of time in heaven seems to be no different from that in the human world.

Qi Qiuxue was busy all afternoon, completing various tasks, big and small. The points she earned added up to seventeen.

By the time she regained consciousness, it was completely dark. The sky above was filled with a dazzling band of stars, and the aurora borealis was a dazzling display of color, like spilled paint. The surrounding flowers were stained with the color of the moonlight, and at their centers, sparkling points of light gathered, cluster after cluster, spreading into the invisible distance.

Every place is beautiful, a beauty that is different from that in the daytime, a beauty of another kind.

Qi Qiuxue's gaze didn't linger on the scenery for too long. She checked her kindness value again and asked, "Is there anything else I need to do?"

"You have done a lot today. It's getting late. Go back and rest." The voice of the god sounded again.

"No rush." Qi Qiuxue shook her head and said in a somewhat tough tone, "Please assign me a new task."

"You seem a little nervous." As if sensing a subtle ripple beneath the calm, the god's tone suddenly tinged with a hint of laughter. "Based on the information I have and your previous performance in dungeons, you're generally quite stable. You don't seem like someone easily affected by the environment."

"What happened this time?" she asked. "Can you tell me why?"

After he finished speaking, Qi Qiuxue did not respond.

Even if a so-called contract was signed, even if they would be constantly connected in the next few days, gods and humans had never belonged to the same camp. Qi Qiuxue understood this clearly from the beginning.

She didn't want the other party to find out anything from her, nor did she want to communicate with them too much outside of the mission, but more importantly, she actually didn't know what was wrong with her.

Until now, that uneasy feeling has not disappeared.

"Don't you want to talk about it?" Her silence was the answer. After a moment, the god laughed again, "It's okay, let's end this topic."

"What's the current situation of the other players?" Perhaps to ease the uneasiness in her heart, Qi Qiuxue opened her mouth to ask the god.

"All good." The god's calm and comfortable tone was in stark contrast to hers. "Everyone exceeded their tasks today and earned more than ten points."

"By the way, I'll let you in on a secret. They've all returned to their residences now, and you're the only one missing."

"Qi Qiuxue." The god called her name softly, "What about you? Aren't you going back yet?"

After she finished speaking, Qi Qiuxue still didn't move.

"...You are truly a stubborn human." After a moment, the god sighed softly, "Alright, then I can give you one last mission before today ends."

"What?"

"There's a fireworks display tonight," the god said. "Go watch the fireworks with your companions. We'll have plenty of time together in the future, and I don't want you to stay like this forever."

"If you have fun, I can give each of you three points as a gift."

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Qi Qiuxue followed the instructions and returned to her residence.

Standing at the door, the warm light and the aroma of food overflowed from the crack of the door. Qi Qiuxue raised her hand and pushed open the door in front of her. The players in the room looked over and waved at her with a smile.

"Axue, you're finally back!"

"Are you starving? Come and eat with us!"

"I heard there's a fireworks display tonight." Li Yiqing walked over, took her hand, and led her to the table to sit down. "Axue, did you receive the mission reminder? The instructions issued by the system this time are very simple. Just participate in the display and you will receive three points."

"Got it." Qi Qiuxue said softly, glancing sideways at Li Yiqing's face.

A few seconds later, Li Yiqing lowered his eyes and came closer, pressing his forehead against hers and rubbing it affectionately a few times: "What are you looking at?"

Qi Qiuxue: "Is everything going well? Did you encounter any danger? How about everyone else?"

"Everything went well, nothing happened." Li Yiqing replied.

That's good.

Nothing happened, that's good.

"Let's eat." Qi Qiuxue nodded, and the uneasiness in her heart eased a little.

After dinner, several people changed into light clothes and went to the corresponding location according to the system's instructions.

Along the way, they passed through a long, bustling street, brushing shoulders with all kinds of people. On both sides of the street were a dazzling array of stalls selling apple candies, flower weaving, goldfish scooping, lacquer fans...

Su Wen tried to buy them, but unfortunately the boss, who was a human, could not see their existence or hear their voices, so the transaction could not be completed.

Su Wen felt extremely sorry about this.

"Stop looking, come here!" Liu Ge, who was not far away, had found a suitable viewing spot and waved vigorously to Su Wen who was lagging behind. So Su Wen ran over quickly, and before he could stand firm, a huge firework exploded above his head.

Then came the second flower, the third flower, and so on, one after another, countless.

It had been a long time since they had been able to relax like this.

“…”

When was the last time you watched fireworks?

Perhaps it was the scene that brought back memories for Liu Ge, who couldn't help but recall the past. At that time, her Ah Yue was still alive, and the two of them were like Qi Qiuxue and Li Yiqing, spending all day together and never apart.

I forgot who told them that there would be a grand fireworks show in City C on the summer solstice. They wanted to go so badly that they worked hard and saved money to keep the best memories of this summer.

They bought two very beautiful dresses, combed each other's beautiful hairstyles, and took a very long car ride and traveled a very long way. Finally, they got what they wanted and saw the beautiful fireworks that they had never seen in their lives.

But at that time, Liu Ge felt that he had actually seen something more beautiful than fireworks.

Those were Meng Yiyue's eyes. When she looked at her lover beside her, Meng Yiyue was also looking at her silently.

The moment their eyes met, Meng Yiyue slowly raised her lips, revealing a smile that was a thousand times more beautiful than fireworks.

She said, "Yixin, you are more important than my life."

"I will love you forever and ever."

"...Bang!" A huge blue firework exploded from above his head, so close that it briefly brought Liu Ge back to his senses. The world, which had become a little hazy due to his distraction, suddenly became clear at this moment.

Including her hearing and her sight.

Inexplicably, Liu Ge seemed to hear someone calling her name. She was very familiar with that voice. It was Meng Yiyue's voice, her Ah Yue!

Like this huge blue firework, Meng Yiyue's voice was also very close.

Liu Ge's heart started beating wildly at this moment. She turned around suddenly in the crowd and looked in the direction where the voice came from. There were bustling people standing there, one after another, all of them were unfamiliar faces she had never seen before. She couldn't find the person she wanted to see at all.

So in the next second, Liu Ge turned around in embarrassment and anxiety. She left the team on her own without even saying hello to Qi Qiuxue and the others, frequently "colliding" with the humans behind her, and passing through their bodies one after another.

She kept searching and running until there were fewer and fewer people around her, and finally she was the only one left.

No, she didn't see Meng Yiyue.

People who died in the copy would be trapped in the game forever. Heaven was not a place that players like them could go after death, but if possible, she still hoped that her lover, the good and kind Meng Yiyue, could stay in heaven.

But even if she was really in heaven, as the nun said, their conditions were different. Meng Yiyue couldn't see her or hear her, so how could he call her?

"Can I believe what the nun said?" She asked the system with hope, "Are there any lies in her words?"

【There are no lies, you can trust her. 】

System answer.

"Really?" Liu Ge continued to ask without giving up.

【Really, I never lie.】

[You have confirmed this countless times in previous instances.]

indeed.

Liu Ge hung his head in despair.

“…”

So she was hallucinating again?

This was not the first time she had auditory hallucinations. For a long time after Meng Yiyue left, she was unable to adjust herself. She always felt that Meng Yiyue's death was just a dream. In fact, she was still alive and by her side, smiling at her every day and talking to her every day.

She could always "see" or "hear" Meng Yiyue.

But every time she tried to catch it, it was all in vain.

【Author’s words】

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