208 Time Limit

◎Is there a possibility?◎

Qi Qiuxue noticed her teammates leaving, and hurried over to look for them. She saw the distraught Liu Ge at the end of the crowd.

It was like being at the intersection of two worlds. Behind him, fireworks were dazzling, people were cheering and laughing; in front of him, Liu Ge looked at him with lifeless eyes, her body trembling unconsciously, and tears rolling down her eyes.

The fireworks above my head exploded one after another, colorful, lighting up the dark night sky one after another. But no matter how bright the fireworks were, they still couldn't dispel the haze in my heart.

Qi Qiuxue was startled when she saw this. She intuitively felt that something must have happened in these few minutes, so she did not rush back to the team. Instead, she pulled Liu Ge to sit on a bench somewhere on the street.

"You mean, you seemed to hear A Yue's voice?" Qi Qiuxue asked after a brief communication.

"Yeah." Liu Ge lowered his eyes weakly and nodded slightly.

"But I'm not sure if this is just an illusion." She pressed her hand against her forehead. The overwhelming emotional turmoil gave her a splitting headache, but she forced herself to continue. "Tonight's fireworks display brought back memories. Before I heard that call, I happened to be thinking about Ah Yue. Perhaps that's why I'm hallucinating."

"Has something similar happened before?" Qi Qiuxue asked.

Liu Ge sighed: "Yeah."

"From this perspective, the possibility of an illusion is indeed greater," Qi Qiuxue analyzed. "Especially since Ah Yue is a player, if she dies in the game, her soul will be forever trapped in the dungeon, unable to leave."

"I know." Liu Ge clenched his fists painfully, "I understand..."

"But there's another possibility." Qi Qiuxue interrupted her softly, frowning slightly. "Remember the dungeon 'Eglit Town'?"

"Back then, the Lord God deliberately placed Shanyue's mother's soul, Aqing's memories, and Ayue's soul into the dungeon. It wasn't until the dungeon ended that Aqing's memories shattered and Shanyue's mother's soul returned to the real world."

"What about Ah Yue? Where did she go? Is it possible that the Lord God didn't send her soul back to the previous copy, but instead placed it somewhere else?"

"You mean...!" Liu Ge looked up suddenly, like a drowning man who had suddenly grabbed a lifeline. "Perhaps there's a possibility that Ah Yue's soul isn't trapped in the dungeon right now, but has been temporarily cast into heaven by the Lord God?!"

"Yes." Qi Qiuxue nodded in response. "Perhaps she used some method, or perhaps for some reason, she saw you at a certain moment and called out to you, trying to convey some message to you."

"But these are just my guesses. Whether they're true or not is currently uncertain," Qi Qiuxue said solemnly. "Fortunately, we still have five days left. During these five days, while completing our mission, we must not give up on exploring Heaven."

"I will ask other players to join us in searching for your loved one in heaven, but whether we can find him or not is entirely up to fate."

"Thank you, Xue."

Liu Ge's eyes turned red, and she looked over with gratitude, "Thank you so much."

Qi Qiuxue smiled, shook her head, and patted her shoulder gently.

"It doesn't matter."

“…”

-

One night passes in a flash.

Early in the morning, after the players had packed up and had a simple breakfast, they went to the church to pray together.

But when they arrived, the church door was closed. Liu Ge walked quickly to the door to check. There was a circle of golden, slowly flowing chains wrapped around the center of the handles on both sides of the door. It looked soft, but when you tried to pull it, it was very hard and could not be broken.

"What's going on?" Liu Ge was stunned. He turned around and looked at the people behind him with a serious expression, "We can't get in at all."

"Is this another trick of the Lord God?" Seeing this, Su Wen quickly stepped forward and tried to pull the strange chain. The result was the same as Liu Ge's. No matter how hard she tried, the chain remained indestructible.

This made every player present frown.

If they cannot enter the church, it means that the prayer cannot proceed smoothly and the sin value cannot be reduced. If this is the case, even if they earn more goodwill points later, it will be meaningless and the mission will definitely fail.

"What's going on?" Qi Qiuxue tried to communicate with the gods, but received no response.

But at this moment, the nun from yesterday suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.

She still seemed to be in a good mood today, humming a song softly and sweeping the fallen leaves on both sides of the church with a broom in her hand. She seemed not to notice the arrival of several people and was immersed in her own little world, happy and joyful.

Until Su Wen grabbed her wrist.

The nun looked up with a puzzled look on her face, and then smiled even brighter when she saw these familiar faces: "It's you!"

"Did you come here just to chat with me?!" Her tone was filled with surprise and joy. "Oh, I knew we'd get along. You must have missed me a lot, so you came here so early in the morning..."

"No." Su Wenqi interrupted her, "We are here to pray."

"So you're just here to pray?" The nun lowered her head in disappointment, muttering softly, "I thought you came to see me specifically."

"What's going on?" Su Wen ignored her disappointed look and cast his gaze on the chain on the door, "Why is the church locked?"

"Lock it..." Hearing her question, the nun raised her head again.

But soon, as if she suddenly realized something, the nun widened her eyes with an apologetic look on her face. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I was so careless and forgot to tell you that the church is actually open only from 12 noon to 2 pm daily. It's closed to the public at other times."

"If you want to pray, just come at noon every day." She embarrassedly tried to make amends, "For example, the time you came yesterday was just right."

So that's how it is.

It seems that they not only have to remember to complete daily tasks, but also have to balance the time for the two. After all, there are many opportunities to increase goodwill points, but there are only six opportunities to reduce sin points.

If you forget once, you will never have a chance to complete the game again.

"Are there any other precautions?" In order to avoid such a situation from happening again, Qi Qiuxue took a few steps forward and asked.

"No more." The nun held up four fingers and said firmly, "I swear to the Lord, this time it's really gone."

"Although the church isn't always open, I'm always here~" She smiled broadly again, trying to convince the others, "If you have nothing to do, just come and hang out with me!"

"How about I tell you a joke? Or sing a song? Or maybe play sandbag tossing and cat's tuck with you?"

"Why don't you tell me what happened in the dungeon? I'm a good listener. I love to hear whatever you say! Really! Really, really!"

“…”

Realizing that he would be forced to listen to the nun's endless nonsense again, Su Wen let go of her wrist without saying a word.

She sighed, turned to look at everyone, and whispered to ask for their opinions: "Shall we go?"

"Yeah." Qi Qiuxue nodded slightly, and her tone was quite helpless when she spoke again.

"Walk."

【Author’s words】

In fact, there are a lot of foreshadowing in these chapters, hehe

I didn't have time to update yesterday, so I'm sending out red envelopes for this chapter. Thank you for your votes and nutrient solution. Thank you for your comments and reading~