Lin Mu Ci returned and sat by the window, lost in thought, yet feeling as if she had forgotten something important again.
She zoned out for a moment before asking the system.
“Wait a moment…”
“What is Ling Qian He’s life value?”
The system perked up.
“Host, you finally remembered.”
“Mmm, I was planning to tell you when I had the chance anyway.”
“Thirty-seven percent.”
Lin Mu Ci was taken aback.
“How can that be? Wasn’t he… wasn’t he not self-harming anymore?”
When she was eating today, she had specifically gone to look at Ling Qian He’s wrists. There were no marks of self-harm on them.
That’s right, since he had found her again.
He had no reason to self-harm.
How could it have dropped to only thirty-seven percent!
The system sighed helplessly.
“There’s nothing that can be done about it.”
“Ling Qian He’s life value, well, it’s really hard to increase.”
“You know that he was injected with a drug in his body when he was young, so his life value was already below fifty percent.”
“Although his physical examinations are normal, and he even appears more energetic than an ordinary person, according to traditional Chinese medicine, he exchanged his future vitality for it.”
“And he’s been taking medication himself…”
Lin Mu Ci was even more confused.
“Taking medication?”
“What medication is he taking? Don’t tell me it’s medicine for depression.”
The system shook its head.
“The medication he’s taking… mmm, next time you have the chance, you can ask him yourself.”
“Don’t worry, it won’t have too great an impact on his physical health. It affects him in other aspects. However, it has been calculated into our life value algorithm.”
Lin Mu Ci found it very strange. Ling Qian He was taking medication?
What kind of medication was he taking?
Why couldn’t she tell at all?
“Does this medication have anything to do with me?”
“Why didn’t you warn me in advance?”
The system shook its head.
“It shouldn’t be related to you. To be honest, the medicine he’s taking is related to the mess in his family.”
“It’s precisely because it’s not related to you that I didn’t warn you.”
Lin Mu Ci was still a little confused.
However, looking at it this way, she needed to prioritize her trip to Dr. Stephen’s mysterious laboratory overseas.
No matter how she thought about it, she couldn’t feel at ease.
She got up and called Yang Lan Yan.
It was so late, and Yang Lan Yan was not yet asleep.
When he heard Lin Mu Ci ask about the laboratory, he readily replied.
“In two weeks, the laboratory will be open. You can go then.”
Lin Mu Ci calculated the time. It was just when the global premiere of “Fang Fei Jue Dai” was scheduled. She would need to walk the red carpet, and the global premiere was to be held overseas. She could go then, and the timing would be just right.
Yang Lan Yan paused for a moment, then asked.
“So, Xiao Ci, you’ve decided to enter that laboratory? I warned you, it’s very dangerous. Even with the connections I’ve built for you, it’s difficult for you to fully inherit my network, and many of the laboratory’s projects hide immense secrets.”
“I only glanced at the information about that crew member back then, but it was chilling.”
“You should know that I have seen many… horrific scenes, but the photos in that document were still frightening. They were neither human nor ghost. Such existences might be equivalent to suffering while alive.”
Lin Mu Ci took a deep breath.
She was silent for a moment.
Then she asked.
“When you saw the photos, was that crew member still alive?”
Yang Lan Yan gave her an affirmative answer.
“At least when I saw him, he was indeed still alive. But…”
Yang Lan Yan coughed.
“Whether he can live on indefinitely, I cannot be sure.”
…
After hanging up the phone, Lin Mu Ci had trouble sleeping.
Was Zhou Yuan An’s father still alive?
And… what exactly was Ling Qian He taking that was so secretive?
According to the system, it had no impact on his physical health.
She had checked his pulse, and indeed, she couldn’t detect anything.
But—it couldn’t be a good thing, could it?
She tossed and turned in bed, and a clear sound echoed in her mind.
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering a new mission!”
“Rescue Zhou Yuan An’s father from the laboratory!”
“The difficulty of this mission is Hell level.”
“The reward for this mission is five hundred points.”
From the points, it was evident that this mission was indeed hell level.
Lin Mu Ci could hardly believe her eyes. When had the system ever been so generous? But the system wouldn’t issue a mission that was impossible to complete.
So, this means.
Zhou Yuan An’s father was indeed not dead yet?
After issuing the mission, the system slowly chatted with Lin Mu Ci.
“Zhou Yuan An’s father was never dead. But his current state is a secret… it might not be what you imagine.”
“That cruise ship hid major secrets, even involving the greatest secret of this world. Zhou Yuan An’s father can be considered an important breakthrough, which is why so many points are being offered.”
“Be careful. Find him and bring him out. We can win.”
The system spoke casually.
But it hadn’t seen that glaring hell-level difficulty placed right there?
The system was full of confidence in her.
“Ling Qian He is more than just a hell-level dungeon; he’s a hellish nightmare… a villain who is said to be absolutely impossible to conquer. Host, haven’t you already pushed his favorability to one hundred percent? Tsk tsk tsk, what are you afraid of?”
Lin Mu Ci still felt overwhelmed and had a splitting headache.
She didn’t sleep well that night.
The next day, Ms. Lin Cui Ping excitedly pulled her out of bed.
“Xiao Ci?”
“Are you about to have your debut stage performance?”
“I saw it written in the news…”
“After school, you have to go directly to the TV station for the live broadcast, the global debut stage. The attention is very high. I saw the live broadcast room, and there are already ten million viewers…”
Lin Mu Ci was startled.
Ah, today was the debut stage.
…
The song “Breaking the Fog” had been a sensation for a month without fading, and it was even intensifying. Their debut single was playing everywhere, on every street and alley.
Yang Wei Yang reported her recent progress to Lin Mu Ci.
“My drama has also finished filming!”
“And it was originally a small-budget web drama, but now it has directly taken over the schedule of Ke Hai Yang and Lu Ke Ke’s drama, directly landing on a satellite platform. It’s also being broadcast simultaneously on several major websites, and the trailer has started playing. I’m so nervous.”
“I don’t know if the reviews will be good.”
Lin Mu Ci comforted her.
“Don’t worry, you have good audience appeal.” Da Feng Novel Network
She knew Yang Wei Yang would be a huge hit!
Yang Wei Yang’s hands and feet were numb with nervousness.
“I still can’t believe I’ve actually entered the entertainment industry. Xiao Ci, do you understand how I feel? I’m really so nervous I could die.”
Han Jiu Zhen smiled.
“Don’t be scared, we can’t be cowards. Let’s go, let’s go on stage and perform live! For our debut stage, we must show the world that we also have an incredibly strong girl group!”
“It’s a good thing Lu Ke Ke didn’t debut in the end, otherwise it would be a global embarrassment.”
For the debut stage, they had practiced so many times, and they were about to attract a wave of global fans.
Idols are all about their professional capabilities, aren’t they? Coincidentally, when it comes to professional capabilities, they had never lost to anyone!