Player of the Uncanny
Chapter 72

My Aging Self

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[Ghost story: Butterfly Island.] [Cleared.] [Player: Doctor. Spirit Pupil reward received: fifteen.] [Player: Swimming Fish. Spirit Pupil reward received: two.] [Player: Abyss. Spirit Pupil reward received: fifteen.] [Unallocated Spirit Pupil points: twenty.] [...]

At the White Dew Bay pier, thick fog filled the air, and the Single Pure Bell in Qin Manjiang's hand dissolved into particles.

Those twenty unallocated Spirit Pupil points belonged to the person in the fog.

Qin Manjiang stared blankly into the mist.

Not everyone could endure a life so far removed from the ordinary, just as Chen Yu had asked him earlier about the meaning of being alive.

He had merely offered his own understanding, and that understanding could not convince Chen Yu.

Or rather, one human being could never truly convince another.

Just as Chen Yu herself had said, she had lived enough.

She had had enough of this damned life. Her choice to end it all was not a sign of cowardice. On the contrary, if not for her, this game would have wiped out another group of players.

"Let's go."

Doctor spoke.

The three turned around, their figures gradually disappearing into the mist...

[Ghost story: My Aging Self.] [Opening Lines: I am growing older and older.] [Why is this happening? Why can't I stop aging?] [My teeth fall out, my hair turns gray, my back bends, my legs can no longer support my body, and my eyes grow cloudier by the day.] [Why would something like this happen to me?] [Could this be... retribution...]

Game requirements:

``` [Arrive at Twilight Apartment at seven p.m.]

[After midnight, take turns caring for the elderly person for one hour.]

[Game duration: three days.]

[Late arrivals will be deemed to have failed the game.]

[Those who leave the apartment building will be

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