Lush City. Dark clouds blanketed the sky, and the drizzle had stopped.
A ray of post-rain sunlight fell upon the orphanage—
The light dispelled the darkness in the hall, and Ji Yan slowly rose to his feet.
He turned his head and looked behind him.
Blood gradually seeped into the floorboards.
With Bai Yu dead, the eerie threads were released. Corpse after corpse collapsed onto the floor, and the pungent stench of blood spread through the air.
Looking at the home where he had grown up, now permeated by the aura of death, Ji Yan's expression was numb and dazed.
As if, at this moment, Ji Yan had fully realized it.
Returning to the real world no longer held any meaning for him.
Once meaning was gone, confusion followed. He would lose the motivation to move in any direction...
At that moment, Ji Yan's expression shifted.
In the game panel, because the Delivery Ghost had refused the order, all the points had been returned to his account.
700 points, plus compensation for the rejected order, gave him an additional 200 points.
900 points in total—
Looking at those 900 points, Ji Yan remained calm and unmoved. Then his ears twitched as he heard something.
A faint sound came from inside Mother Li's body...
Ji Yan's eyes shifted. He placed one hand on Mother Li, his expression changing slightly. "She's still alive..."
He opened the game panel and exchanged 600 points for a [Scepter Card], temporarily raising Spirit of the Pen to Rank 10. "Spirit of the Pen, give it a try."
Spirit of the Pen could clearly feel that her tier had temporarily risen. She asked Ji Yan in return, "Let me make this clear first. This is an unknown variable. Are you sure?"
"No need to ask." Ji Yan