Ch 101: TGCIR

Shen Cheng couldn’t believe how amazing this scene was unfolding.

But she watched as the people from the Institute took Bai Su away, and couldn’t help but think to herself how ruthless Li Weilan was. Strangely enough, she found herself enjoying it a bit.

It was Li Weilan who had told the Institute about Bai Su’s situation, but what was strange was that after this incident was resolved, Shen Cheng casually refreshed the game and found that the mall had newly stocked “First Tier Spiritual Spring” for 200rb, changing from its original grayed-out status to “available for purchase.”

What’s going on?

Shen Cheng had originally thought that after Bai Su was taken away by the Institute, the Spiritual Spring would disappear. She had been somewhat conflicted about losing the high-yield rice and vegetables that needed to be irrigated with the Spiritual Spring after this task. But now, things had taken a turn, and even Shen Cheng herself was at a loss.

She looked at the description again, which read:

First Tier Shen Cheng Spring, produces 1 drop per day.

“Just one drop?”

Shen Cheng didn’t know what tier Bai Su’s Spirit Spring was, but seeing her produce a small bottle with just one move, if she had to collect drop by drop like this, Bai Su would probably be infuriated by now.

Shen Cheng bought the Spiritual Spring and put it in the space, then called Li Weilan to come and see.

After purchasing the Spiritual Spring, a clear spring appeared between the fields and warehouses in the space. The wellhead trembled weakly, and a drop hung on the edge of the well. It truly looked exactly like the description, just one drop.

It really was just one drop.

Shen Cheng could only see a cartoonish fountain here and couldn’t help but sigh softly, “The system is so stingy.” But Li Weilan caught a whiff of a fresh scent in the air, like entering a forest from the pre-apocalyptic era. He leaned in to smell it and found it emanating from the well. Although only one drop of Spiritual Spring water had condensed at the well’s edge, the scent it emitted was enough to make one feel refreshed. Even though he hadn’t touched the water yet, Li Weilan could feel the surging vitality contained within this drop of water through the thin layer of film on its surface. No wonder Bai Su was confident that her Spiritual Spring water could regenerate severed limbs. Li Weilan even suspected that Bai Su’s healing ability might be related to her long-term consumption of Spiritual Spring water.

Perhaps her so-called healing ability was just an overflow of the energy from the Spiritual Spring water.

He listened to Shen Cheng saying that after Bai Su was taken away by the Institute, the Spiritual Spring was displayed as available for purchase, and involuntarily frowned slightly.

The reason why he didn’t directly grab Bai Su but chose to let Fu Yanzhou go to the Institute was because Li Weilan had heard from Fu Yanzhou that Xia Jinshi was a determined person who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

In Xia Jinshi’s life, what mattered more than anything else was the pursuit of truth, which was more fascinating than any relationship balance or power struggle.

So as long as he discovered Bai Su’s anomaly, he would never consider Bai Su’s relationship with Tang Lu, nor would he care about the disputes that might arise from taking Bai Su away at this time. He wanted to catch her, so he did.

This was Xia Jinshi’s position in the j city base now.

This was Xia Jinshi’s power and capriciousness now.

Li Weilan originally intended to wait until Bai Su was questioned enough by the Institute before figuring out the Spiritual Spring situation, but now that the Spiritual Spring had become available for purchase, it seemed that this step was unnecessary.

At this moment, Shen Cheng cautiously said to Li Weilan, “Lan Lan, we need to be careful. Xia Jinshi said he would catch Bai Su if he wanted to. They are still from the same base. If he sees so many good things in our base…”

Li Weilan smiled faintly. “Cheng Cheng, don’t worry. Xia Jinshi doesn’t have time to bother with us now.”

Xia Jinshi indeed didn’t have time to bother with them.

He cut open Bai Su’s hand, and the bright red blood flowed onto the floor. Bai Su, with tears in her eyes, looked at the demon-like man in front of her as he squatted down and smiled at her, saying, “Heal yourself.”

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She shook her head, tears in her eyes.

“Is it that you can’t, or that you won’t?” the man asked her.

Bai Su turned her face away. Although she was trembling with fear inside, her voice still carried a hint of pride. “You dare to do this to me. Tang-ge won’t let you off, and I won’t let you succeed.”

The man smiled silently.

He took the knife from the person behind him. With a flash of the blade, Bai Su saw that her own hand was missing about half of it. Perhaps the edge of the knife he used was too sharp, as it took a while before large amounts of blood gushed out after that segment was cut off. Bai Su only felt extreme pain then. She looked at her missing wrist, rolled her eyes, and passed out.

When she woke up again, her hand had healed.

Xia Jinshi was speaking to the two people behind him who were busy writing, “It seems she really can’t heal herself. Go back and try one by one.”

Bai Su began to tremble violently.

After confirming the effectiveness of the Spiritual Spring water, Xia Jinshi lost interest in the auction and Noah Base, which were originally full of exploration. After confirming that the small bottle of water did indeed contain a large amount of life energy, Xia Jinshi only had one question in mind: could the substance in this bottle of water restore zombies or extract an antidote to the zombie virus?

As for the anomaly at Noah Base, it was now at the bottom of his list.

Tang Lu, who was originally waiting at the door for Bai Su, didn’t expect to be knocked out by someone. When he woke up, Bai Su and the patient had disappeared, leaving only a woman’s hand and a puddle of blood on the floor.

The hand was slender and delicate, with limp white fingers. There was no scar or callus on the fingers, indicating an extremely pampered hand. Tang Lu recognized it at a glance as Bai Su’s hand.

What happened to Su Su?

He panicked and rushed out the door.

“Brother Li, that Tang Lu from the j city base…” Xi Nan came over to find Li Weilan in distress. Before he could finish his sentence, Tang Lu burst angrily into Li Weilan’s office.

Li Weilan stopped the pen he was using to approve documents.

Under the bright incandescent light, the man’s handsome and elegant profile carried a kind of detached elegance, as if he had nothing to do with bloodshed or calculations.

Li Weilan was, of course, prepared.

Shen Cheng had already seen Tang Lu’s anxious arrival. Li Weilan met Tang Lu’s crimson eyes and nodded at Xi Nan. “Bring a chair and let Mr. Tang sit down and speak.”

Tang Lu waved his hand, indicating that he wouldn’t sit. Li Weilan didn’t insist, just smiled at Xi Nan, “Mr. Tang has damaged three of our base’s public items on the way here. According to the rules of the base, he should compensate. However, Mr. Tang is my guest, and considering the urgency of the situation, let’s just put it on my account for now. Use my points to offset it.”

Tang Lu was stunned.

He did indeed break two lamps and a trash can on the way here, but even in his hurry, he could see clearly from Li Weilan’s attire and expression that he had been sitting here the whole time.

How did he know?

And every detail seemed as if he had personally witnessed it, which made Tang Lu even more unpredictable.

Tang Lu’s heart tightened, and his previously inflated momentum weakened.

He stammered, “I…” Then he remembered the purpose of his visit. “Bai Su is missing after leaving your base. You need to give me an explanation.”

Li Weilan nodded.

He opened the drawer, which contained a stack of photos and documents. He took them out and handed them to Tang Lu, who opened them and saw everything from their previous visits to the departure of Xia Jinshi and his group. From beginning to end, Noah Base had everything under their control to such an extent that even Xia Jinshi, who was present at the time, was unaware that he had been photographed.

Of course, it’s also possible that Xia Jinshi didn’t care.

Tang Lu looked at the white-skirted girl following Xia Jinshi, and his heart tightened. Bai Su looked okay in the photos, but how could she possibly be willing to walk with Xia Jinshi? She usually avoided him like the plague.

Tang Lu hesitated for a moment, then looked at the man in front of him. Remembering the various benefits Bai Su had brought him, Tang Lu made up his mind. “Mr. Li, after all, Bai Su disappeared from your base. Your base should bear some responsibility for this, right?”

Li Weilan nodded. Before Tang Lu could say anything else, he smiled and stood up. “But this responsibility is not worth making enemies with me and the Academy.” His gaze fell on Tang Lu’s face. “If Mr. Tang wants our help, he should show a little attitude first.”

Shen Cheng, seeing this, felt like she wouldn’t survive a day in this game.

“Lan Lan, you’re so heartless. It’s you who schemed against Bai Su, caused her to be taken by the Academy, benefited from the Spiritual Spring, and couldn’t wait to fight with the Academy.”

“Now, you’ve schemed and schemed, and the plot has turned into Tang Lu’s woman being abducted. Tang Lu must rescue Bai Su, beg Noah, and even shed some blood before you agree.”

“You’ve tricked him like this, and your conscience doesn’t hurt at all.”

“Lan Lan is really ruthless.”

Shen Cheng suspected that if Lan Lan wanted to scheme against her, she would probably be sold off and still have to give him money.

As she was thinking this, a new mission option popped up in the game:

“For 50 credit points, Tang Lu requests the main character and their party to accompany him to rescue Bai Su. Do you agree? (Y/N)”

“Wow, 50 credit points.”

“Rounded up, if you exchange 50 for rb, you’ll get 500 bucks.”

“That’s awesome.”

While marveling at Li Weilan’s tactics, Shen Cheng hesitated for no time and clicked “Yes” without hesitation. She hadn’t forgotten that one of the main tasks was to destroy three of the Academy’s laboratories, and one of them was located in the j city base.

“Okay,” Li Weilan agreed to Tang Lu. After receiving the 50 credit points, he nodded. “Let’s get ready.”

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Thingyan: ummm I’m a little confused. Isn’t 50 credit points like very cheap? I thought I translated it wrong so I double checked but the author did write 50 🤔