Chapter 352 : Time Rewind
In this world, every day is full of opportunities and uncertainties.
When uncertain sudden events occur, these events might, in some sense, force you to change your decisions.
Just like this moment—on this quiet night at ten o'clock, Su Mo, who had just filled her little belly, was originally still troubled about when exactly to perform time rewind after obtaining tonight's popularity value reward.
"Beep beep beep~"
She saw a Dayun truck approaching head-on, loaded with cargo and looking heavy and oppressively imposing.
Unlike normal vehicles driving on the right side.
This Dayun truck had clearly encountered some kind of trouble.
At this moment it had deviated from the right lane, straddling the middle of the road, swaying left and right from time to time!
Perhaps because there were few cars on the road at night, its speed wasn't slow either.
Roughly estimating it should be about 60km/h.
From the moment it appeared in view, it drove toward An Xiaoqian's car without warning.
As the driver, An Xiaoqian, though she had sensed the abnormality from far away and honked her horn early to remind the other party.
After three horn blasts, the other party showed no reaction and even seemed to accelerate slightly.
This made the small car, originally filled with the girls' fragrance and relaxation, suddenly filled with tense, murderous atmosphere.
Although the girls usually had good mental states.
Facing the approaching Dayun truck and the crisis of life, the car interior still seemed somewhat chaotic.
"Xiaoqian, go left... no... go right!"
"What is that driver doing!"
"Senior Mo Mo, we... seem like we're going to die! But dying together with you doesn't seem too bad!"
"Yun Xia, don't set up death flags!!!"
And while the girls were talking, the Dayun truck imperceptibly pressed closer by another stretch.
Perhaps it was the ominous premonitions of the past few days that gave Su Mo today some psychological preparation for this kind of sudden situation.
Su Mo at this moment wasn't panicking like the other girls in the car, her thinking was unexpectedly calm.
Through this calmness, by the warm, dim neon lights from the roadside, Su Mo observed and discovered that in the approaching Dayun truck.
The driver was painfully clutching his heart, his whole body beginning to convulse slightly with signs of fainting—clearly symptoms of myocardial infarction caused by the Alpha virus.
With this discovery, looking at the Dayun truck driving completely unavoidably down the middle of the road, like the trucks described at the beginning of many novels that could make people transmigrate.
At this moment, Su Mo's mood was mixed—helpless, angry, yet also somewhat grateful.
Helpless because of the driver uncle's sudden condition.
If... if she had made the decision one day earlier, exchanging the system pendant from the system space, with the vaccine officially sold one day sooner, perhaps this unexpected crisis could have been avoided now.
Angry because Su Mo was now only one step away from the 150 million popularity value reward, yet once again an accident occurred at the final moment.
As for the final feeling of gratitude.
This was easiest to explain—although Su Mo was often bullied by the beautiful girls in daily life, deep in her bones she possessed a man's heart.
As a boy, who wouldn't want to protect the girls close to them in times of difficulty!
This was both a responsibility and an instinct.
And Su Mo happened to truly have such an opportunity now.
Watching the Dayun truck getting closer and closer—100 meters... 50 meters... 30 meters.
When the distance was only 25 meters, Su Mo silently said to her sister system in her mind.
"Now I choose time rewind, to go back to the past and re-challenge Heartbeat Hide and Seek."
Following Su Mo's silent recitation.
The next second, the originally somewhat noisy world became instantly silent, the frantically approaching Dayun truck also stopped its forward motion, and the beautiful girls' faces were completely frozen.
At the same time, a series of electronic notification sounds rang in Su Mo's mind.
[Ding, host application detected, time rewind teleportation circle generating approximately three minutes, teleporting host to Heartbeat Hide and Seek ① mission first ring starting point, transmission circle cannot be regenerated after cancellation, host please be aware]
[Challenge System warm reminder: Given the agreement previously reached with the host. For this time rewind, if the host successfully challenges Heartbeat Hide and Seek ①, you can become a tough guy, with bonus skill unlimited energy; if the host fails the challenge, you will be forced to complete S-level mission "Eight Treasures in One Birth" within two years]
[Ding, given that bugs appeared in the final stage of host's Heartbeat Hide and Seek ②, during the time rewind re-challenge of Heartbeat Hide and Seek ① mission, unexpected adventure situations may occur, with greatly increased difficulty and danger and uncertainty. Challenge System confirms once more: Host, do you confirm time rewind?]
Hearing her sister system's three consecutive system notifications, especially the final deliberate repeated reminder.
Although her sister system's electronic synthesized voice had no fluctuation or waves.
For some reason, Su Mo faintly sensed that her sister system was hinting that the mission would be very difficult.
But Su Mo could understand this.
Because originally her sister system intended for her to begin the time rewind challenge after obtaining the ten treasure boxes from 150 million popularity value.
Without the bonus equipment from the treasure boxes was equivalent to playing a game with less equipment—naturally the completion rate would be lower.
This was the logic, and Su Mo understood it.
But looking at the Dayun truck rushing toward them unavoidably under time stop, then looking at the beautiful girls beside her.
Su Mo finally nodded her little head, confirming very solemnly:
"Yes, begin time rewind now!"
Following Su Mo's confirmation of her choice.
The next second, a light blue teleportation circle with mysterious runic marks began gathering in front of An Xiaoqian's car.
Facing this continuously forming teleportation circle, Su Mo didn't pay too much attention.
Recalling the details the Challenge System had just mentioned, the teleportation circle needed three minutes to gather.
Su Mo first left reluctant fragrant marks on all the beautiful girls' cheeks under time stop.
Then to protect the beautiful girls, Su Mo left the car, kicked off her somewhat bothersome transparent high heels, and ran barefoot toward the Dayun truck.
As someone with congenital heart disease, Su Mo rarely engaged in vigorous running.
But at this critical moment, Su Mo was surprised to discover she could actually run so fast.
Her tender white feet like mutton-fat jade ran across the somewhat rough road surface, gradually becoming abnormally flushed, then delicate skin showing faint bloodstains.
But Su Mo, with adrenaline pumping madly at this moment, paid no attention to this.
Running with all her might to beneath the Dayun truck, stepping on the ladder and using a girl's slender figure, Su Mo successfully jumped through the open window into the vehicle.
Although Su Mo hadn't obtained a driver's license due to her heart condition, she still understood basic vehicle knowledge.
Gently pushing the unconscious driver uncle aside, Su Mo turned the steering wheel in the opposite direction from An Xiaoqian's car, then pulled out the car key and moved the driver uncle's foot from the gas pedal to the brake.
After doing all this, a countdown sound began in Su Mo's mind.
[Ding, time rewind formation has been completed, please enter within 30s, 30...29]
Hearing the continuous notification sounds in her mind.
Having silently completed everything, Su Mo got down from the Dayun truck and began walking toward the teleportation circle.
Looking at the generated mysterious teleportation circle, and through it seeing the beautiful girls in An Xiaoqian's car.
Thinking that she had protected their safety, Su Mo's heart couldn't help but relax.
But as she got closer to the teleportation circle, Su Mo clearly realized something.
She really, truly couldn't bear to part with them!
[5...4...3...2]
Reaching the teleportation circle, hearing the increasingly urgent countdown in her mind.
Su Mo only reluctantly entered the teleportation circle at the final 2 seconds.
And Su Mo didn't know if it was her imagination, but when she entered the teleportation circle, even though everything should still be in time stop.
She faintly felt that the girls in the car had all moved slightly.
She even seemed to hear someone calling her name!
But just as Su Mo wanted to try verifying her guess.
The next second, her vision began to blur, then the real world's scenery completely disappeared, and Su Mo began wandering in an ocean of green numbers.
At the same time, a series of notification sounds rang in her mind.
[Ding, time rewind searching for correct timeline, timeline rewind 10%...timeline rewind 31%...rewind 41%...rewind 68%...rewind 66.6%...rewind 78%...rewind 92%...rewind 99%...rewind 99.99%...rewind 99.999999%...timeline rewind 99.999999%...rewind error]