As soon as Lin Yan finished handling Qin Cong’s funeral arrangements, she lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.
This was the first time she had seen him off; she was always the one who left first. But this time, his body had suffered too much damage. Even if he had recovered later, it would have affected his lifespan.
Moreover, Lin Yan herself possessed martial arts skills, so even as Qin Cong’s body weakened later on, she remained robust.
In his final years, Qin Cong constantly worried about Lin Yan after he was gone. He hadn't wanted to leave before her, as the one left behind would be the most heartbroken.
But his body truly couldn't hold on any longer. Every time she saw him struggling to endure in bed, Lin Yan felt immense sadness. She wanted to persuade him to give up, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.
She could only stay by his side, trying her best to comfort him.
“Yan’er, I have kept my promise to your father. I have never wronged you in this life. If there is a next life, will we be together again?”
She still remembered his words when he was on his deathbed, gripping her hand tightly.
Tears were streaming down her face at that moment, her throat choked with emotion, rendering her unable to speak. Yet, she nodded earnestly, wanting him to understand that her heart was as one with his.
Actually, why worry? After he departed, she had no other lingering attachments to this world. In this world, her career had successors.
Their children had already grown into adults and could support their own families. Her mission had been completed beyond expectation, so she wouldn't linger for long.
They would be reunited soon. She would strive to find him, and if she couldn't, then in the next world.
Even if not in the next world, she would use all her might to bring his soul back to their world. They would surely be together; no one could separate them!
“System, let’s detach from this world! We’ll go to the next world to continue completing missions!”
“Okay, Host.” This was the first time her Host had voluntarily detached from a world. In previous worlds, she would only detach after the original host’s body reached its natural end.
It seemed that man named Liang Ming Hao was truly important to her Host! Thank him! If not for him, the Host would certainly not have been willing to bind with the system!
Just as Lin Yan was detaching from the world, she heard the system’s prompt.
“System has detected a similar fluctuation and is requesting to establish contact…”
“Contact established. The other party requests a call. Does the Host agree?”
“Detecting that the Host is currently in a special period, the call has been rejected.”
“Detecting a similar mission with the other party. Inquiring whether to bind the mission?”
A similar fluctuation… was it also a system? A similar mission? Could it be Ming Hao?
Lin Yan didn’t know if she had clicked any option, but she had an intuition that the one requesting the call was definitely Ming Hao.
However, just as she was about to make a choice, her vision went black, and she completely lost consciousness. Therefore, she couldn't confirm whether she had pressed the confirmation button.
When she regained consciousness, the familiar feeling told her she had arrived in a new world. But she didn't rush to open her eyes and look at her surroundings. Instead, she asked the system in her mind.
“System, when I detached from the world, did I bind a mission?”
“Host, please rest assured, I have already bound a mission for you.” The system's voice was filled with pride.
It already knew how important Lin Yan considered Liang Ming Hao, so how could it not bind the mission?
“So, that person was indeed Ming Hao?”
“Yes, Host. When you detached from the world, I detected the system on the other side. Therefore, Mr. Liang should also have bound a system, which is why he travels through various worlds.”
“It’s just that the Host was in the process of traversing worlds at that time and couldn't communicate with the other side, otherwise, the situation there could have been confirmed.
However, I detected that the wish mission on the other side was the same as the Host’s, so I directly bound the mission with them.”
The system’s voice was somewhat airy, as if every word carried a hint of seeking praise.
“Thank you, System.”
Lin Yan looked at her panel.
Host: Lin Yan
Identity: White Moonlight
Points: 774269
Worlds Experienced: 5
Titles: Pillar of the Nation, Medicine King of Benevolence, Jianghu Terminator (Novice), Feminist Awakener
Missions:
Mission One: Plot Change Degree 0
Mission Two: Change Original Host’s Ending 0%
Mission Three: Change Other Characters’ Endings 0%
Mission Four: Redeem Lover’s Soul 774269/50000000
She looked at Mission Four. She remembered that when the system negotiated with the main god for her, it was set at one hundred million points, but now it had become half that.
So, was this the result of binding the mission? They would each bear half the points and together pay the one hundred million points. The main god was quite humane.
However, in the last world, she had earned over 300,000 points, which was almost as much as the points the main god had compensated her. Indeed, the more dangerous the world, the higher the points.
Furthermore, in the martial arts world, she had changed the destinies of many people, especially the ordinary civilians. Although they were still oppressed, she had given them the power to resist.
As long as they continued to live diligently, their lives would not be too difficult!
“System, can we contact Ming Hao’s side?”
“No, Host. I’ve tried several times before, but the system on the other side has not responded.”
“Why is that? Is Ming Hao not in this world?”
“Host, Mr. Liang likely belongs to another group. That group is known for its complete immersion.
When they enter a world, they seal the Host’s memories, leaving only the original host’s memories, and the system automatically enters hibernation.
Then they let the Host live out their life. This is also why I didn’t detect any other system fluctuations in the previous worlds.
In the last world, Mr. Liang passed away first, so he regained his memories, and the system also woke up as it prepared to take Mr. Liang to the next world, which is how I was able to detect the fluctuation on the other side.”
“I see!” She still had to thank Qin Cong’s poor health in the last world. Otherwise, she wouldn't have known about the other system.
This also explained why she could always meet Ming Hao, yet Ming Hao had no memory of it.
“Then, System, can you confirm if Ming Hao is in this world?”
“Host, please rest assured. Since you have bound the mission, he is definitely in this world.”
“So, after binding the mission, will he and I travel together to other worlds?”
“Yes, Host. However, you and Mr. Liang are truly destined. Even without binding before, you could still meet each other in the Three Thousand Worlds!” The system also found it particularly coincidental, thinking that its Host and Mr. Liang were truly a fated couple!
“Then I can rest assured! Let’s start transmitting the plot and the original host’s memories now!”
Lin Yan opened her eyes and saw a room draped with lace.