Furthermore, since Li Ling can use the Qiankun World to condense the 'World Essence', Gu Ziyun also wants to make sure her adoptive parents can take it. Gu's father is getting old and his body is aging day by day, and Gu's mother has Alzheimer's disease. Gu Ziyun wants them to get healthy.
Li Ling nodded, took Gu Ziyun's hand, and walked out.
The two walked out of the base, and soon after, a burst of fire broke out inside the base, illuminating the dark night in a fiery red. Li Ling and Gu Ziyun then leisurely left.
The two then found the Gu couple in the hospital. Gu's mother was still unconscious, and Gu's father was taking care of her.
The two came to Mr. Gu's side. This was the first time Mr. Gu had seen Li Ling. Seeing Li Ling and his daughter, he had some guesses about Li Ling and Gu Ziyun's identities.
From the time Gu Ziyun was a child, Gu's father knew that Gu Ziyun was different from ordinary people. Now that she has a man by her side, Gu's father will not stop her. Moreover, Li Ling not only looks tall and handsome, but also has a firm and steady temperament. Gu's father has no ill feelings towards him.
After giving Mr. Gu a drop of World Essence, his spirits improved significantly. Then, Mr. Gu left a drop for Mrs. Gu. Gu Ziyun didn't wake her up; it wasn't the right time yet. She would return to the Gu couple after she and Li Ling had dealt with the organization's affairs.
After saying goodbye to Mr. Gu, Gu Ziyun took a deep look at his unconscious mother, then stopped talking, took Li Ling's hand, and left the ward.
In the hospital corridor, Li Ling and Gu Ziyun saw Du Mingji sitting on a bench. The knife wound on Du Mingji's neck had been bandaged. She also saw Li Ling and Gu Ziyun, hesitated for a moment, and then walked up to Gu Ziyun.
Do Myung-hee looked at Koo Ja-yoon for a long time before saying, "No matter what you do in the future, remember to be careful. We're all waiting for you to come back safely."
Then he looked at Li Ling and said, "Brother Li Ling, protect Ziyun."
Gu Ziyun stepped forward and hugged Du Mingji, then said nothing more.
Li Ling nodded to Du Mingji, extended his finger, and touched the wound on her neck. A green fluorescent light flashed, healing Du Mingji's wound.
Du Mingji touched her bandaged wound; it seemed to have stopped hurting.
Li Ling and Gu Ziyun left hand in hand, while Du Mingji watched their departing figures through the window, silently wishing them well.
Then she touched the wound, carefully tore off the gauze, and through the reflection in the window glass, she saw that the original wound had completely healed without leaving any trace.
Du Mingji looked again in the direction the two had left, but they were no longer in sight.
"Brother Li Ling, Ziyun, I'll wait for you to come back." (Wishing Star of All Realms)
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Chapter 139 The Thoughtful System
A flash of light appeared, and Li Ling's figure appeared in his bedroom.
With a wave of her hand, Gu Ziyun appeared to the side. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Li Ling, and then looked around curiously.
Gu Ziyun asked curiously, "Brother Li Ling, is this your room?"
Li Ling nodded: "Yes, I only had the money to buy this house after receiving the system's monetary reward."
"Hehe." Gu Ziyun covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, "It seems that Brother Li Ling didn't have a good life before!"
Li Ling did not deny it and was very frank with her lover: "Yes, in China, the competition is fierce, and I didn't have any special skills before, so it was hard to make money, and even harder to buy a house."
Gu Ziyun grasped Li Ling's hand and said firmly, "In my heart, Brother Li Ling is the most amazing man."
Li Ling chuckled and said, "Ziyun is also the most beautiful little fairy in my heart."
Then Li Ling added in his mind, "When she's not being cunning, a 'witch' can be quite terrifying when she gets cunning."
Gu Ziyun snorted and pouted, "Brother Li Ling has said plenty of those sweet nothings to girls in other worlds, hasn't he?"
Li Ling blinked but did not answer.
Gu Ziyun stopped pursuing the topic. Her mature mind wouldn't pressure Li Ling on this matter. As long as Li Ling was good to her alone in this world, that was enough.
"By the way, I'd like to watch that movie 'The Witch' that Brother Li Ling mentioned."
Li Ling had told Gu Ziyun that the world she was in was the same as the one depicted in the movie 'The Witch'. Li Ling had learned through the system that the worlds he entered were all real worlds. Therefore, when Li Ling brought people into the real world, the people he brought would not think that they were fictional characters.
The movie "The Witch" was released in 2018. It's 2015 now, so it's probably only just been greenlit. There are still more than two years before it's filmed. But Li Ling communicated with the system, and the system can retrieve the movie.
Li Ling opened the laptop and activated the communication system. A beam of light appeared out of thin air and entered the laptop, displaying the movie "The Witch" on the screen.
Holding Ziyun's little hand, the two sat on the bed and watched a movie.
Ziyun watched intently, and when she saw the scenes of the organization conducting gene experiments and her own escape in the movie, a flash of pain crossed her eyes, and she couldn't help but tighten her grip on Li Ling's hand.
When she saw the Gu couple, a warm glint flashed in Ja-yoon's eyes, followed by Do Myung-hee's lively daily life... until finally, in the movie, she herself was captured by the organization, and then she killed everyone and burned down the organization.
After reading the entire story, Gu Ziyun turned to Li Ling and said, "Brother Li Ling, can I choose the world I'm in now?"
Li Ling nodded, wasting no time. He directly communicated with the system and looked at the system panel. He saw a golden key on the panel, labeled 'World Key', with a corresponding prompt below it—
"Congratulations, host, for completing five system tasks and gaining one opportunity to choose a permanent world. You have also obtained a 'World Key'. With the World Key, you can choose any of the mission worlds you have experienced as your permanent world. If you do not choose, the World Key will be retained."
"So, if I don't choose the five worlds I've experienced, can I still use this world key to enter other mission worlds after experiencing them later?" Li Ling asked.
"Yes," the system replied affirmatively.
"As expected, the system is as user-friendly as ever."
"Ding!" The system voice asked, "Would you like to use the World Key to select a world?"
Under Gu Ziyun's expectant gaze, Li Ling gave an affirmative answer: "Use the World Key and select [Witch World] as the permanent world."
With a whoosh, the World Key in the system panel jumped out into the void and instantly solidified into a three-dimensional, realistic golden key. The golden key pierced through the void, causing ripples to spread. To the delight of the two, it opened a transparent portal in the void, as if a door had been opened.
Their gazes fell upon the transparent doorway, revealing the very same secluded alleyway they had chosen to leave the Witch's World.