A mysterious realm descends, and I defy fate in comics.

Chapter 292 For no apparent reason

Jiang Xingni was relieved when she took out her phone to read comics.

How could the author's clever ideas be wasted on Jiang Xingni himself?

On the other side, Xiao Jiming also came into contact with crucial information.

She had a premonition—after this, Lu Xianqing's popularity would definitely soar; the "beautiful, strong, and tragic" trope would never go out of style.

Although Jiang Xingni did want to try this method, for her, no matter what she did, it was hard to compare with Lu Xianqing's countless deaths.

*

Meanwhile, Xiao Jiming led a group of teammates into the apartment building.

Pushing open the door, there was still no one alive inside. A woman who looked to be in her thirties was lying on a rocking bed, which swayed back and forth with her weight.

Inside the bed was a child—forgive these children who were just around the age of 18, most of whom were only children in their families and didn't even have a younger brother or sister. There were also orphans like Xiao Jiming who didn't even have parents. They couldn't tell whether the child was one, two, or three years old, or even whether the child was a boy or a girl.

It's very small anyway.

She slept soundly in the baby rocking crib.

Xiao Jiming's first reaction was to go forward and check the child's breathing.

The same condition was present; the person was dead, not breathing, and their pulse and heart had ceased beating.

Xie Yungui leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, his cool eyes staring straight at Lu Xianqing.

Song Juexiao noticed Xie Yungui's gaze, so he moved away from Lu Xianqing's side and focused on looking for clues in the surroundings.

...?

Song Juexiao pulled out the birth record from inside the desk, compared it with the date on the desk, and couldn't help but look at Lu Xianqing's face.

Is this modeled after Lu Xianqing's former home?

The birth certificate states that Lu Xianqing was born on April 1, 20XX, while the date on the calendar is exactly two years after Lu Xianqing's birth certificate.

If these documents weren't deliberately placed here, the baby in the crib would be Lu Xianqing, who is exactly two years old.

"You?" Song Juexiao raised an eyebrow and showed her the documents in his hand, pointing specifically to the line "Lu Xianqing" on it.

Lu Xianqing, whose name was called, looked at her blankly and asked, "Me?"

Then he looked at the documents in front of him again: "Me!"

Lu Xianqing was puzzled: "But I don't remember it."

She truly didn't remember ever growing up here; the entire room felt unfamiliar to her. But for a fleeting moment—just a fleeting moment—Lu Xianqing had a sense of déjà vu.

It was as if this really was her home.

Hearing their conversation, Xiao Jiming turned around and saw the name on the birth certificate as well.

Xiao Jiming was silent for a while. He stared at Lu Xianqing's face, then looked at the baby's face in the crib.

I still couldn't recognize that these two could be the same person.

That's hard to imagine!

Xiao Jiming raised his hand and looked at the task record on his wrist.

[Mission: Are there really living humans in this world?]

[Mission Details: This world is utterly desolate. Besides the examinees, perhaps there are still NPCs alive? Investigate the cause of their unexplained deaths, or find those who survived the accident.]

The line of text in the mission gradually faded away.

[Mission Completed: You have found the survivor of the accident.]

Now that things have come to this, there is no dispute—the survivor is Lu Xianqing.

Xiao Jiming, mimicking Xie Yungui, crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow: "What's your mission?"

Initially, Lu Xianqing embarked on this journey with them because they shared the same mission. Of course, the fact that he was kidnapped by Song Juexiao and his group also played a part.

Lu Xianqing stared at the birth report with a strange expression: "...Nobody told me that."

The silver-haired girl said this in a low voice.

She has been in VOID since she can remember, and she thought that her death and resurrection were all normal.

As Song Juexiao stared at her expression, her first thought at that moment was that this job should be done by Jiang Xingni.

In every respect, Jiang Xingni is more suited to this job than they are.

Leaving Xie Yungui, who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, seemingly oblivious to what was happening in front of him and lost in thought, Xiao Jiming clearly had no empathy for Lu Xianqing becoming an orphan at the age of two.

That's understandable.

After all, Lu Xianqing's first appearance was to kill Jiang Xingni, and among so many people present, only Song Juexiao was not an orphan—although whether his parents existed or not didn't make much difference.

However, now is precisely the time when Lu Xianqing begins to suspect VOID. If we seize this opportunity to press our advantage... we might be able to extract information about VOID from Lu Xianqing.

What does VOID tell you?

Song Juexiao leaned down, her long red hair swirling around Lu Xianqing like mist, mingling with her short white hair, and her voice softly rang in Lu Xianqing's ears.

The supernatural ability was then activated.

Lu Xianqing was suddenly struck by a realization.

Xiao Jiming watched as the task text on his watch quickly disappeared and then was pieced back together stroke by stroke.

[Mission: Victim]

[Task Description: You know very well that she is a victim, don't you?]

Xiao Jiming narrowed his eyes.

If the initial task description was at least somewhat understandable, the current task description has completely baffled Xiao Jiming.

Who is the victim? Are you referring to Jiang Xingni or Lu Xianqing?

Based on the above, it is most likely Lu Xianqing.

To be honest, Lu Xianqing is indeed in her current predicament because of VOID, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her a victim.

However, for Xiao Jiming, people's hearts are always biased, and compared with Lu Xianqing, he would naturally value Jiang Xingni more.

The definition of a victim is clear, so to what extent must this task be completed to be considered finished?

*

Jiang Xingni was behind the scenes modifying the mission.

The system received a message that Bureau 49 had obtained the coordinates from Jiang Xingni and was preparing to temporarily infiltrate the instance.

This instance is almost over—Jiang Xingni's disguise has successfully disrupted the entire storyline.

In order to avoid retaliation from the screenwriter, Jiang Xingni decided to take temporary measures to salvage the situation.

……

"They said..." Lu Xianqing paused for a moment. "I don't know."

"If you do this, you'll get a reward."

She stared at Song Juexiao's face and whispered.

With the aid of his special abilities, Lu Xianqing's words would not be false.

"Since I'm not going to die anyway, isn't it only right that I do things for them?"

Song Juexiao: ?

Where exactly is the connection between cause and effect?

Why did she suddenly find herself unable to understand what Lu Xianqing was saying?