Chapter 356: Help Me, Miss Bai Yu!
I have to say, this letter reeks of “Nightmare.” Only that guy could write something so shamelessly pointless—it’s almost devoid of useful clues and lays everything out like it’s a perfectly arranged picnic.
She didn’t mention a single word about important stuff—like how she met the Dark Moon God, what preparations she’s made during this time, how powerful the Dark Moon God is, and what happens to the Ghost Domain after she’s gone.
Nope, none of that. Instead, we get a heap of trivial nonsense.
“I never thought you’d ask the enemy for help,” Dragon Lady scoffed as she walked out of the room.
This guy sure knows how to pat herself on the back, especially with Yutong in the mix.
And to top it off, she casually mentioned erasing her own existence. Dragon Lady would bet her scales that the reason was nothing more than wanting to avoid hurting her family—real noble speech there.
A request for help and yet it exudes so much bravado; who knows if this counts as a “talent.”
After chatting a bit with Jiang Yutong at home, Dragon Lady made up some excuse to skedaddle out of there. If she didn’t, she’d definitely be roped into lunch.
She hopped in her car and zoomed towards Zhao Mingyue’s neighborhood, grumbling along the way.
“How on earth did such a nice family raise someone like Nightmare?”
“Seriously, it’s hard to understand. Everyone else is doing great, and then there’s Nightmare, who went off the rails?”
“Let’s hope she didn’t give us junk. If she’s dead and still trying to screw us over, that brain of hers must be malfunctioning.”
“Should be fine. I’m not as easygoing as that Bai Yu. If she hands over any counterfeit cr*p that causes trouble for Zhao Mingyue, Bai Yu will literally make sure her whole family goes down with her.”
In Dragon Lady’s eyes, Nightmare was 98% sincere about this.
She valued her family a lot. Playing tricks at a time like this? Bai Yu wouldn’t be sparing her family if that was the case.
When it came to Bai Yu, she was all about “an eye for an eye.”
You mess with my family? I wipe yours out. You only go after me? I’ll pretend I didn’t see your parents walking their dog on the street.
Once home, Dragon Lady handed over the crystal bottle to Bai Yu along with Nightmare’s letter.
“Nightmare left this for us. Even in d*ath, she won’t let things be. Take a look at what it says. You can judge for yourself, but I think this thing she gave us is usable. We can treat it as a backup plan. If worse comes to worst, we’ll gamble on it.”
She shrugged, and Zhao Mingyue leaned in closer.
By the end of it, Zhao Mingyue looked a bit touched. Though she didn’t speak, Dragon Lady could tell she wanted to plead for Jiang Yutong.
“This girl, Jiang Yutong, is my student. Honestly, it’s not that I’m helping Nightmare. Just looking out for my girl Yutong’s sake, I’d help her. Of course, if it’s beyond my abilities, I can’t do much.”
That was her attitude. Dragon Lady mainly wanted to see Bai Yu’s response.
Both sisters had their eyes glued on Bai Yu. If Bai Yu said no way, they wouldn’t push it further; after all, Nightmare was the nemesis who always wanted to take Bai Yu out. She died due to her own shortcomings—does that mean Bai Yu has to babysit her family?
Not culling her family would be the mercy.
“If the stuff is real, I’ll help her,” Bai Yu spoke up.
She eyed the crystal bottle and recalled what Chen Yunshi had said to her.
Once Mingyue awakens to her status, she might not be able to come out, so entering a dream to push through the Ghost Gate will be crucial.
Right now, she’s just awakened—it’s not as simple as wanting to sleep.
Time is tight, and what Nightmare offered is key.
That guy definitely knows something; otherwise, she wouldn’t have emphasized that the contents of this crystal bottle can induce hypnosis under any circumstance in her letter.
Bai Yu wasn’t surprised by this. For Nightmare, the realm of the Ghost Gate and the Dark Moon God was merely a source of potential assistance. Before accepting the Dark Moon God’s baptism, she must grasp the underlying rules; otherwise, she’d d*e a very miserable d*ath.
As for Lu Liangting and Zhao Mingyue’s identities, Bai Yu certainly knew a fair bit. It was very likely she was aware long before but never acted.
To harness the couple’s strength, timing is everything. Otherwise, capturing the duo and merging their souls wouldn’t change much.
Plus, let’s be real, they’re not exactly easy targets to catch.
Good thing Nightmare got taken out, otherwise Zhao Mingyue would’ve been in serious trouble. Dragon Lady’s strength wasn’t a match for Nightmare, especially since Nightmare used the Dark Moon God’s power. Had it not been for her extreme familiarity with the Dark Moon God’s strengths, who knows how that battle might’ve turned out.
“Nightmare really does have a cruel heart. I actually found out last night she erased all traces of her existence. I was left wondering, what kind of mindset would lead her to do that?”
“She can’t have completely wiped all traces. Her family will notice something eventually. It’s hard to say, but it seems pretty cruel for her family.”
“Nightmare’s methods are indeed impressive,” Zhao Mingyue lamented. She pondered for a moment; erasing all traces of one’s existence is nearly impossible. For the world, an individual’s existence may not matter, and their disappearance won’t disturb the world’s functioning.
But for the people around them? How could they possibly forget someone completely? Even if one person’s memories could be altered, can we just say that only those few know her?
Absolutely not! Surely someone will remember. Even if people forget, a material existence can’t just vanish. Take bank transactions, for instance—just a glance at the spending history would reveal something. Now that would be a nightmare.
What if, in a moment of stimuli, they remembered? How horrible would that be?
“She probably doesn’t want to worry her family.”
“Forget about Nightmare. Let’s move on,” Bai Yu said, pulling out her phone to explain the next steps to Dragon Lady.
The remaining ten tasks varied in difficulty. Honestly, it didn’t matter which one they tackled first. The most troublesome one had absolutely no valuable clues, nor did it specify who to even deal with.
With about twenty days left, Bai Yu planned to tackle one a day. In those ten days, she had to recover her resources before preparing for Zhao Mingyue’s awakening.
Both Dragon Lady and Zhao Mingyue fully supported the tight scheduling.
By the afternoon, the trio set off. This time, they didn’t even bring Shen Shuyun. In Shen Shuyun’s words, she had even more crucial matters to attend to—essentially, to go woo Lu Liangting.
At the rate they were going, don’t even mention a month; it’d be hard to wrap things up in a year.
Shen Shuyun’s approach was simple: test the waters first, and if that failed, stall for time. As long as Bai Yu succeeded, Lu Liangting was a side issue. She had to try her best, and if she failed, at least she wouldn’t allow anyone else to succeed.
If someone happened to wrap things up at that moment, now that would be awkward. What if Bai Yu took down the Dark Moon God?
For Lu Liangting, he was truly trapped in a bind.
He was harassed to the point of losing his normal life, and he had also been kidnapped by Li Tianan once.
A week flew by.
During that week, things stayed relatively harmonious—at least, no lives were lost.
Most of them had caught wind of the Dark Moon God and Bai Yu situation, understanding that the big shots were quietly working behind the scenes. Thus, Lu Liangting’s side was selectively ignoring certain realities.
Every ounce of effort was on the line; dying now would be a huge waste.
With Bai Yu eliminating Nightmare, that meant this one-month deadline was completely over. So why even try to woo Lu Liangting? Everyone decided to just live well in this world.
After all, their ultimate goal was nearly achieved in this world; what would it matter to go back to the sc*m Game? Who knows what kind of messed-up tasks await upon returning?
Also, during this week, everyone’s perception of Bai Yu took a 180-degree turn.
From fearing being discovered by the redeeming executor named Bai Yu, it swung to hoping to be chosen.
They all heard the stories: those who completed redemption tasks were satisfied with their lives, and to top it off, a stroke of luck allowed one person to pull a rare weapon straight out of a lucky draw.
So in those short seven days, the number of “Female Madmen” around Lu Liangting drastically decreased. Those who did show up were merely clocking in, looking for some validation.
What were they up to?
The answer: searching for their redemption tasks.
Finding redemption isn’t too hard; they all have some past regrets, but some simply didn’t know how to resolve them, or the timing just wasn’t right. Rushing won’t help.
They now realized that it wasn’t that their redemption hadn’t come; rather, the redeeming executor simply hadn’t appeared yet, thus not triggering anything.
Moreover, each person commonly had more than one redemption task, but ultimately, only one could be completed.
For example, one individual’s first redemption task was to rescue their mother. They managed to achieve this on their own without Bai Yu’s interference.
Then Bai Yu showed up, declared the task failed, and immediately re-triggered a new one: finding the unfortunate mom’s soul from the Ghost Gate realm.
The good news? Her mom’s soul was wandering nearby. Without rousing the Dark Moon God, Bai Yu directly fetched her back, marking the mission as complete.
In a sense, Bai Yu’s reputation was flipping upside down.
You could say as long as she found a “Female Madman,” the look they cast her wouldn’t be the same wary glances as before. Instead, they looked at her as if she were a “Doctor,” almost ready to cling to Bai Yu’s legs and plead, “Doctor, do I have hope?!”
Among them, Shen Shuyun felt it the most.
When she was gathering the list of eleven individuals, it was a tough ordeal; each one cast her side-eye as if she were holding the d*ath note—jot down someone’s name and poof, they would d*e.
And, in that brief time, those folks turned faster than flipping a page in a book. If they weren’t coming to thank her, they were bribing her to put in a good word for them to Bai Yu, hoping to get their redemptions done first.
One evening, Shen Shuyun found herself in quite the bind, turning into a second Lu Liangting.
She understood. After witnessing the tangible benefits of redemption tasks, they couldn’t be just envious; they didn’t need the rewards, but the past regrets and memories were genuinely painful to mend.
In some sense, Bai Yu wasn’t merely a doctor but a saving angel for them.
However, this angel wasn’t easy to approach. She would only redeem eleven people, and so far, eight had been completed, leaving only three more.
“Stop coming to me! You really think I’m tight with the doctor? Ever since I sent her the list, I hardly bothered her,” Shen Shuyun exclaimed, unable to hold back while strolling down the street.
At least seven people were tailing her, and that number would only grow.
“If I could sway the doctor with my words, why would I need to avoid you all?”
“Just shove three random people in, and I’d be free!”
“Forget three; I’d get beat up just for saying a word, do you believe that?”
“If you genuinely want redemption, just go find Zhao Mingyue.”
“Zhao Mingyue? She’s the living bodhisattva; her words have the most weight. If you can get her to talk, ten of the tasks would be a breeze for the doctor.”
“And hey, I suggest you make your sob stories a bit more touching, but don’t overdo it or rush in like a madman. Otherwise, you might get slapped before you even finish your pitch. Got it?”
As soon as Shen Shuyun finished, everyone behind her suddenly felt enlightened.
Right! What’s the point of looking for Shen Shuyun? Going to Zhao Mingyue is the way to go!
Just a bit of danger is all—that’s if Bai Yu doesn’t perceive them as attackers and beat them up on sight.
Watching them leave, Shen Shuyun sighed in relief.
“Finally gone! Now they know how good redemption tasks can feel. What took them so long?”
“Hope Bai Yu doesn’t come looking for trouble with me; I really can’t handle it.”
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“Bai Yu, they’re…” Zhao Mingyue stared at the several girls standing at attention nearby like they were ready to rumble but flinching away, only daring to nudge each other now and then, utterly bewildered.
What on earth did these girls want?
“Scram,” Bai Yu responded with a dangerous glint in her eye.
“Wait! I genuinely have a request. To be upfront, my sister has been in a soul-lost state for six days. Tomorrow marks the seventh day—the so-called ‘returning soul night.’ If we can’t retrieve her soul tonight, then she…she…”
The girl at the front lamented as her eyes welled up, and while her acting could use improvement, it was enough to tug at Zhao Mingyue’s heartstrings.
“I swear I’m telling the truth! She’s only ten years old!”
“You’re the only one who can save her, boss! Please help me!”
Seeing the girl so emotional about her sister did indeed spark a bit of genuine feeling.
Zhao Mingyue tugged at Bai Yu’s sleeve. “Bai Yu…”
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Hang tight for two more chapters!
