Chapter 178
In the mall, the girl in his arms reluctantly let go and showed a bright smile.
Song Yue looked at her, looking a little dazed.
It feels like a long time has passed since we last met, but if we convert it into real time, it’s only been two months.
I couldn't help but sigh inwardly, and quickly returned to the present.
She walked around the towering shelves and found that she could light up the holographic screen by touching the shelves.
A holographic projection screen more than one meter wide appears in front of you. Through sliding, searching, querying and other functions, you can find what you want on this row of shelves.
After operating for a while, Song Yue added several medicines that he liked to the shopping cart.
They are [Comfrey Herb Medicine], [Bandage], [Refreshing Water] and other therapeutic and health-care medicines. All of them are of the highest quality, with a minimum quantity of 10.
Normally, she doesn't have that many points for purchases.
However, perhaps because of her status as a customs passer, she discovered that the prices of items in this special mall were cheaper than those in ordinary malls, just like the difference between passers-by and VVVIP consumers, the discounts were very different.
Therefore, even if you add so much to the shopping cart, when you look at the payment total, you will find that there are less than 100 points.
Song Yue was in a good mood.
Aloyna, who was picking and choosing, exclaimed in delight: "Oh my god, these things are so cheap! I added a lot of things to the shopping cart, and it only cost less than 300 points!"
After hearing the first half of the sentence, Song Yue's expression was ^_^, but the next second, when she heard Aloyna say the words "less than 300", her expression suddenly turned to 0_0.
Well, the rich woman is indeed a rich woman. She spends three times her money at a time.
Aloyna once told her that her system had a built-in double points function, which meant that when entering the same dungeon and completing the same tasks, Aloyna would always get twice as much as others.
Didn’t she give herself nearly 200 points before because she had too many points and couldn’t use them all?
However, although Aloyna's double reward is enviable, she has no room for upgrades, which in a sense is also a restriction on her.
Think about myself again. I don’t have many points, but the space is large enough, and as the level of the copy increases, I unlock functions such as farmland, farms, and ponds.
In short, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and as long as you play the advantages properly, you can still pass the dungeon.
After the two of them had finished their selection in the medicine area, they went to other areas to take a look. They found that most of the items were daily necessities, which were not very useful to them. Therefore, they did not go shopping anymore and went directly to the self-service area to check out.
About five meters in front of the self-service area, there was a tall water curtain. Song Yue knew that as long as she stepped over it, she could return to the bedroom.
This also means that she will say goodbye to Aloyna completely.
Aloyna seemed to realize this as well. She stood in front of the water curtain and did not move for a long time.
"Sister." She raised her sparkling eyes and looked at Song Yue. "I'm glad to meet you in this dungeon world. I will always remember you."
Song Yue arched her brows and couldn't help but raise her hand and touch her head: "Me too."
"Sister, go ahead. I'll watch you go in."
When parting, the person who feels the most uncomfortable is not the one who turns around and leaves first, but the one who stays behind and watches the background disappear from his sight.
Aloyna wanted to keep this bitterness to herself, and at the same time she also hoped to take this opportunity to see Song Yue one more time and remember her appearance.
Song Yue's heart trembled slightly. She looked at the person in front of her, and after a while, she said "Okay".
Suddenly, she remembered something.
She reached out into the air and grabbed a pearl necklace.
A tiny diamond is inlaid in the middle of the pearl necklace, which shines like a kaleidoscope under the light.
"I made this when I was bored. I think it suits you. Do you think it suits you?"
When Aloyna saw what was in her palm, her eyes lit up instantly: "Beautiful! Really beautiful! I like it very much~"
"I'm glad you like it. Come, let me put it on you." Song Yue smiled and put the necklace on her. After a pause, she said, "Okay, I'm leaving now."
"Well, bye, sister!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the person in front of him stepped into the water curtain and disappeared without a trace.
Aloyna stood there, stunned for a long time.
She slowly raised her hand and touched the warm touch on her neck.
Then a smile appeared on his face again, and he strode into the water curtain.
The surface of the water curtain trembled slightly a few times, and soon returned to calm because no one stepped in.
Back to reality, it was the early morning of January 1, 2041.
Song Yue got out of bed and prepared to go to the next bedroom to take a look.
It turned out that the lights were on in their rooms and they were still awake.
Knock on the door gently.
Immediately, there was the sound of someone getting out of bed and hurried footsteps.
The door was opened quickly.
Song Yue looked at the two of them: "Dad, Mom, I'm back."
He paused for two seconds and then said, "I will never leave again."
This is the best New Year gift Song Yue gave to the two elders.
The next morning, when Lin Xiaojuan heard Song Yue say that she would never have to enter the Calamity Dungeon again at the dinner table, she burst into tears of joy and couldn't stop wiping her tears.
"That's great... Our daughter won't have to suffer anymore..."
Song Tianyuan couldn't help but tear up, but he probably didn't want to show his vulnerable side in front of his wife and daughter. He deliberately turned his head away and said in a muffled voice, "It's good that it's over."
Song Yue had prepared herself mentally and secretly told herself not to get angry, but when she was touched by the two of them, her nose started to feel sour.
She felt sad not only because her family was reunited, but also because she had to leave this world.
Yes, just like my childhood friend Ling Feng.
They are all taskers summoned from the future into the original body. After completing the mission, according to the rules issued by the main system, they must leave the original body and return to their original world.
During the S-level copy, Song Yue had asked Shen Xin to contact 001, trying to find a compromise so that she could accompany Lin Xiaojuan and Song Tianyuan again.
Although they are not her biological parents, after living together for half a year, her emotions have long been integrated with the original owner, and she has long regarded them as her closest relatives.
Now that she is asked to leave, she feels extremely reluctant.
But she has to leave eventually.
The words that 001 asked Shen Xin to convey to her were very clear - the taskers were always aliens, and they should return to where they came from. Staying in a world that did not belong to them would only plunge the entire universe into chaos.
"However, there is a relatively compromise solution." Shen Xin suddenly changed the subject, "But it depends on whether you are willing."
Those who complete the mission are only allowed to stay in the mission world for a maximum of 3 days.
At 11:50 p.m. on January 3, Song Yue entered the backstage, looked at his remaining 794 life points, and raised his hand firmly.
Shen Xin’s voice came out simultaneously: “Have you thought about it?”
Song Yue: "Yeah, I've thought about it."
The original owner gave her this body, as well as the happiest little home and the parents she never had.
500 years later, she is an orphan, without a father or a mother, and has never experienced what family love is.
Because of this, in order to survive, she signed up to join the Investigation Bureau and decided to become an investigator.
Unlike Shen Xin at that time, she did not have so many grand ambitions.
What about investigating unjust cases, killing monsters, and getting rid of harm for the people? Sorry, she doesn't have the ambition to do so.
Her only request for joining the investigation bureau was to have enough food to eat and a place to live, nothing more.
It was only after she came to this era that she truly experienced what family affection and parental love were.
Lin Xiaojuan and Song Tianyuan had trouble sleeping at the end of every month because they were worried that she would not come back.
He was also worried that knocking on the door would disturb her, so he would rather stay awake all night than dare to open the door to look at her.
It was neither moral nor logical for her to leave selfishly after completing the mission, leaving Lin Xiaojuan and Song Tianyuan to see their son off.
And her situation is different from that of her childhood friend Ling Feng.
Ling Feng was abandoned by his parents at an early age and was raised by his grandparents.
During his freshman year, his grandparents passed away one after another.
From then on, he had no close relatives in this world.
Therefore, after the outsider Ling Feng completes his mission, he can leave without any worries and let the main system deal with the remaining body on its own.
But she is different, she also has Lin Xiaojuan and Song Tianyuan.
Thinking of this, Song Yue entered a string of numbers in the input box.
[Please confirm whether to give 397 life points to Song Yue in this world?]
Song Yue did not hesitate.
【confirm】
[Gift completed, current remaining life value is 397 points]
One point of lifespan can be exchanged for one month. She gave half of it to the original owner, who was pushed off the balcony by a scumbag in her previous life, and extended her life by 397 months, or 33 years.
The original owner is 27 this year, plus 33 is exactly 60.
This number is not considered longevity in peacetime, but it is the best result under the current circumstances.
As for the remaining lifespan value, it all belongs to her personally and is converted into her future lifespan, which is also 33 years.
This is the compromise 001 told her.
The original owner is already dead and cannot be resurrected.
But if she, as the tasker, is willing to share some of her lifespan to extend the life of the original owner, the original owner's body can continue to be preserved.
However, the person inside is no longer the original owner, nor the tasker, but an emotionless proxy mechanism.
Worried that she might have concerns about the agency mechanism, 001 later added:
Don't worry, the proxy mechanism may not be as vivid as a human, but it inherits all the memories of you and the original owner. It will intelligently calculate how to react in different situations, and the character will not deviate from the original character's behavior pattern.
This was fine. Song Yue accepted this artificial intelligence-like proxy mechanism. As long as the original owner still existed in this world, Lin Xiaojuan and Song Tianyuan would not have to endure the pain of losing their daughter.
At this time, the minute hand is pointing to 55.
There are only 5 minutes left.
Song Yue put the medicines she bought from the mall into a plastic bag and stuffed the bag with the efficacy and instructions for use.
These medicines bought from the mall are more effective than real-life medicines, especially the [Comfrey Medicine] and [Bandage], which can be regarded as miracle drugs for stopping bleeding and curing diseases.
She hoped the medication would help them both.
At least, before the end of life, you can leave peacefully and happily without any illness.
Click.
The minute hand jumps to 12.
Song Yue felt his body sink and his consciousness was instantly taken away.
When she opened her eyes again, she was in the familiar tunnel again.
The bright starlight continued to recede, and just like last time, her consciousness shuttled through it.
But the difference is that this time, she is no longer like a helpless duckweed.
And like a piece of a puzzle, it moves towards filling the gap that belongs to it.
A golden light flashed and then slowly faded away.
While still regaining consciousness, I could hear voices beside me.
"Student Song?"
"Hello, Song, can you hear me?"
"Mr. Song, please sign your name in the lower right corner of the document. There are other new employees waiting in line behind you. Could you please be quick?"
As the last sentence fell into my ears, the scene in front of me finally became clear from blurry.
Song Yue lowered her head and saw a document on the clean and tidy front desk.
There were a few words written right above the document.
After seeing the content clearly, her pupils trembled slightly.
——"Employment Letter from the Investigation Bureau"
She went back to the day when she first joined the Investigation Bureau.
Even though I was mentally prepared and knew that I would return to the world 500 years later, when I really faced it, my heart still couldn't stop surging!
but.
She quickly calmed down and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
I remember when I first started working there, the decoration of the Investigation Bureau was not as neat as it is today.
On the contrary, due to the perennial shortage of staff in the Investigation Bureau, the clerks in the bureau are often too busy to take care of the front desk. The documents are basically piled up in a mess, and when they are needed, they have to go in with a messy hair to look through them.
Therefore, the front desk has always been well-known for its "battle-damaged garbage style", and it has become a topic of conversation for everyone in their spare time from time to time.
But now, the front desk was spotlessly clean, and the documents were neatly placed in the cabinets.
Incredibly neat.
Could it be that... history has been changed?
Song Yue was complaining in his heart when suddenly, several voices came from behind him.
“Hey, Shen Xin is back?”
"How was the mission? Pretty easy, right?"
"I heard from your branch chief that you're going to be bringing in new people starting today?"
Song Yue's breathing suddenly stopped.
She turned slowly, looking through the crowd and meeting the eyes of the person walking towards her.
It’s Shen Xin…
It really is him...
His eyes are still there.
He was looking at himself with a smile.
Song Yue looked at the person who was gradually approaching her, and her eyes couldn't help but become moist.
"Hello, my name is Song Yue, and I'm an investigator who's about to start work."
"Hello, I'm Shen Xin. From today on, you're my new recruit."
(End of text)
The author has something to say:
There will be some extra chapters after the end, which will supplement the main text's ending and the story lines of some supporting characters, such as the future ending of Lin Xiaojuan and Song Tianyuan after Song Yue left; the experience of Chen Xin's biological parents and the acquaintance of Bai Chen and his wife; and the former partners of the Investigation Bureau, the respective endings of Yuan Ling, Ran Yan, and Yan Zhuo... In short, I want to give an explanation to the important supporting characters in my writing, and I hope everyone will like it!
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