Chapter 108 24-Hour Teacher (11)
Bai Ye quickly finished digesting the information and immediately used the [Unlimited Communication Card] inside the convenience store. With Bai Jin's off-site support, he quickly contacted Kong Yuehan.
[Kong Yuehan, this is Bai Ye. Please respond upon receipt.] Bai Ye typed urgently.
On the other end of the communication line, Kong Yuehan stared blankly at the unknown connection.
I was especially surprised when I saw the words "White Night".
The hospital instance is an immersive experience for the second-highest level players, and only by returning to the instance lobby after completing the mission can they receive all the memories.
Kong Yuehan never expected that she would team up with a stranger.
Especially notice the extra 5000 Ghost Coins in the settlement column, with the attribute suffix stating: "Matched one-time teammates, advanced players day and night".
However, because the two are of different levels, the ghost coins are not worth it.
[Kong Yuehan, extremely urgent, requesting assistance.]
Seeing that there was no response from the other end, Bai Ye sent another message.
Kong Yuehan finally snapped out of her daze. [Bai Ye? The one doing residency training with me?]
Bai Ye: [Yes.]
Kong Yuehan: [Oh, you still have 5000 Ghost Coins with me. Do you want to collect them?]
Bai Ye had long forgotten about this, but now that he was reminded, he finally remembered that the [Strange] event had not been settled after the hospital instance ended.
But since the strange attribute had already been removed and I was eager to complete the mission, I overlooked it.
We can talk about the money later; I'd like to ask you for a favor...
Bai Ye quickly and briefly sent over the details, and then asked if the second-highest player had the ability to teleport into their own instance.
The message had barely been sent when the shop owner, who had been watching the commotion, tapped the table and said, "Why make things so complicated? Just use my spatial passage and let your accomplice enter the weird convenience store. I'll just transfer him here."
It's just a matter of turning the convenience store upside down.
"What if we enter a dungeon game?" Bai Ye turned his head.
The shop owner didn't care at all, "Then let him (or her) go to my shop. You're a second-highest player, right? It's easy to find a small shop in the dungeon. I'll transfer you to the Same Frequency Spacetime Shop."
After a pause, the shop owner finally narrowed his eyes, "It's not expensive, just 30,000 ghost coins to get things done."
"Why don't you just rob it!" Bai Ye blurted out.
The shop owner waved his hand, saying, "I'm doing legitimate business, trying to make a living. I can't just rob and steal. If you run into any seasoned customers, just ask them if I've ever arbitrarily raised the prices of the goods in my shop."
Bai Ye looked at the sign hanging at the shop entrance: "Rebirth Convenience Store, Honest and Fair, No Bargaining."
"Ugh, this is really killing me."
Bai Ye reluctantly paid 30,000 ghost coins and finally met Kong Yuehan in person.
Compared to his previous shock, Kong Yuehan was clearly very calm, as if she had known all along that the strange little shop was unusual.
The two seemed to have spent a long time from contacting each other to meeting, but in reality, it only took a minute.
Afterwards, Kong Yuehan went to the examination hall and successfully entered He Baixuan's dream.
When the last alarm clock rang, Kong Yuehan was excluded and returned to the examination room.
"So, did it change the outcome?" Bai Ye immediately stepped forward.
Kong Yuehan shook her head, "The ending cannot be changed; it's everyone's own life path."
Bai Ye was somewhat disappointed; he hadn't expected that even after spending money, things still wouldn't get done.
But the next second Kong Yuehan said, "But I changed the beginning of his life."
"What?"
"A different life unfolded. Both parents died, and at a young age, he inherited a large family fortune. He grew up amidst the battles of wits and courage with his relatives."
Kong Yuehan seemed quite satisfied with the changes. She looked at the last alarm clock that had been transformed into a cutting machine, picked it up, and turned it on.
"Sizzle—"
The cutting machine runs at high speed, easily cutting off a corner of the desk.
This sharp sound finally "awakened" He Baixuan, who was immersed in weaving a dream of death.
He opened his eyes blankly and saw his homeroom teacher and a very unfamiliar aunt.
"Teacher Bai, what are you doing in my dream?"
"He Baixuan, have you been having nightmares a lot lately?" Bai Ye asked tentatively.
He Baixuan nodded, his expression resolute. "My relatives are all sorts of monsters and demons, they've started causing trouble again, but it's okay, I'll crush them. Even if I want to study sociology, I won't hand over my property to them, even if I suddenly decide to become a monk."
"You want to study sociology? Isn't it philosophy?"
"Did Teacher Bai recommend that I study philosophy? I have indeed been doing some research recently, and I will pay more attention to this area after I enter junior high school. I think the social issue of how robots and humans can coexist peacefully is more worthy of research..."
The dream faded, and Bai Ye awoke from her bed.
He immediately opened his phone to check the parent committee group for Class 601.
The parents who belonged to He Baixuan have disappeared from the group, and no one seems to have noticed anything amiss.
Bai Ye rushed to the office again and opened the student's personal information again. He Baixuan's honors were still there, and his achievements were even more brilliant.
He clicked on several of He Baixuan's award acceptance speeches. The elementary school student in the videos was confident and eloquent, showing no sign of reluctance whatsoever.
This student has changed his mindset about robot programming research and seems to have found a self-consistent logic.
"Indeed, even if the outcome remains the same, the initial intention—whether it was voluntary or forced—is of utmost importance."
Bai Jin was not happy with the result. "Dad, you spent tens of thousands of yuan on He Baixuan."
Thinking of all the students in the class who were waiting for help, Bai Jin's face scrunched up. "Will my dad become penniless in a single dungeon?"
"Dad, how much money do you have left?" Bai Jin asked.
Bai Ye opened the screen to check and saw that the Ghost Coin balance was 0.
Sometime during the day, [weird] automatically activated the loan mode, and now I owe 13,000.
white night:"……"
Bai Jin: "..."
"Xiao Bai, Kong Yuehan still has my 5000. Once I reach the second-highest player level, I can transfer it over," Bai Ye offered as compensation.
Bai Jin sighed, "Distant water can't quench a fire nearby. Dad, you should think of a way to make money."
As she spoke, Bai Jin's eyes suddenly lit up, "We can sell death energy! How could I forget about that?"
"What?"
"Dad, aren't most of the students in the class already dead? Instead of letting that unknown force take away this death energy, why don't we intercept it first? I think that weird little shop collects weird trash, so we can definitely exchange it for that weird death energy."
The two went directly to the school store and asked the owner for confirmation.
Upon hearing this, the shop owner nodded and said, "Of course I'll take it, why wouldn't I?"
"We don't want to exchange for life points, can we exchange them for ghost coins instead?" Bai Ye asked again.
The shop owner looked puzzled. "Players who value money over their lives? You're the first one like this."
Bai Ye has no way to express his suffering. Isn't this a case of hidden benefits? [Strange] things never forget to dig a pit. I'm helpless too.
Finally, after negotiating the exchange value with the shop owner, Bai Ye took Bai Jin back to the office and began calculating the amount of death energy that could be collected.
"Dad, I've discovered something." Bai Jin looked at the curve of the death kinetic analyzer and realized something.
Bai Ye looked over and waited quietly for a reply.
Bai Jin: "Life and death are closely related. The more death energy there is in a class, the more it will affect the vitality. But similarly, a strong vitality will suppress the death energy."
Bai Ye looked at the recent trends of several students and nodded, "That's right, after He Baixuan and Li Xiaoman skipped the death point, the overall vitality of the students who are still alive in the class has improved."
“But rescuing them and changing their death points is too expensive. It should be more cost-effective for us to collect that death energy.”
Bai Jin didn't want her father to spend money on strangers; in her opinion, unimportant people weren't worth it.
One He Baixuan was an accident, but if another one came along, she would be an idiot.
"Dad, let's hurry up and get started, let's start with him."
Looking over, Bai Jin was pointing at An Wenyuan.
“Alright, let’s start with An Wenyuan. But how do we collect death energy from someone who is already dead?” Bai Ye had never studied the strange phenomena of life and death.
He only knew some basics, such as that a mysterious death would cause the spirit to dissipate or melt away and return to its home.
"Xiao Bai, do you know about the eerie old house?" Bai Ye couldn't help but ask.
But in the end, he was going to be disappointed.
“Dad, I don’t know where the home of the eerie creatures is. From the time I can remember, I’ve been in the small world of dungeons. Without your guidance, no matter how hard I try, I might only ever be a high-level eerie creature.”
If that's the case, they won't even be able to escape their small world.
Bai Ye nodded, skipping the topic, and began to listen to Bai Jin's plan for the night's operations.
During the day, all the students in Class 601 were normal, and they studied very hard for their graduation exams.
Bai Ye also had to fulfill her responsibilities as a teacher and teach as much as possible.
But nighttime is the time for the hunt!
In the dead of night, Bai Ye followed Bai Jin away from the school and walked on the deserted streets.
For the first time, he was free to move around, instead of entering a dreamlike, unreal environment.
Bai Jin instinctively searched for An Wenyuan and soon arrived at the Jinyao Building.
“Dad, the death energy is hidden inside.” Bai Jin sniffed and said with certainty, “It’s very strong, and it’s about to break away from the body.”
"What will happen to An Wenyuan if the death energy is released?" Bai Ye had a bad feeling.
Bai Jin looked back with a puzzled look in her eyes, but she still answered truthfully: "Without death energy, he can't be like a 'normal person'. We should receive news of his death tomorrow."
"Does he have to die?" Bai Ye couldn't bear it.
Bai Jin's heart sank. Sure enough, her father was still too kind-hearted, wanting to spend money on these unnecessary strangers.
Unexpectedly, Bai Ye muttered to himself, "Little Bai, [The Strange] said that each student would cost two thousand, and there would be an even bigger surprise based on the student's evaluation after a successful rescue. Since these students who have already died are all Strange, could we also save the dead Strange?"
"What?"
"What if it's a lottery? I heard the shop owner at the convenience store say that if you collect three Rebirth Candies, you can exchange them for a transformation."
Bai Ye began to calculate in his mind, "If I get the resurrection ticket, I am destined to leave this world, but if I buy you three rebirth candies, can I take you with me? However, I wasted one opportunity. I can still think of a way to get the second one for one million, but the third one for one hundred million is absolutely impossible."
“Dad…” Bai Jin was deeply moved.
Bai Ye: "So I was thinking, could we increase the odds of winning the lottery by obtaining it from another channel?"
He always felt that life and death couldn't be that simple.
If life can be saved, why can't death?
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