Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 360

Lin Shuying laughed and said, "Thank you, you are truly a great being. Remember to give Qiaoqiao a copy of my memories as well, but don't let her support my electronic doppelganger."

Lin Qiaoqiao received a private message that sent an unexpectedly strong shock. She couldn't ignore it while in a meeting, and after reading the message, she rushed out. The meeting video was thoughtfully turned off by the AI.

Private message: Qiaoqiao, I'm leaving. Come to my room within fifteen minutes and retrieve the chip and starter from the holographic container. Keep them safe; someone will come looking for you. Don't be sad. Thank you for your companionship over the past nine years, allowing me to wholeheartedly be a happy hairpin maker and run wildly towards my dreams. I'm sorry I was so focused on running that I forgot to maintain the path I came from and left behind, leaving you with a trail of thorns. From now on, you can do whatever you want, or do nothing at all. If Qingfengyi is gone, take everyone and go solo. With everyone's skills, you'll rise again. Keep going!

I'm so happy to be leaving, I'm sorry. I still can't bring myself to like this world. I love and cherish my hometown, and I think I will go back, even if it's impossible, I believe I will. Wish me luck!

The content is minimal, consisting of only a few sentences.

Lin Shuying didn't have much to say; she's still the same. A thousand words may be in her heart, but her personality dictates that only a few are uttered. Why is there still so much sadness accompanying each word?

Lin Qiaoqiao felt she couldn't bear it, not even a single word.

She ran frantically to Lin Shuying's room. The person beside her was weeping in grief, but she went to get something. When she finally held the item in her hands, she couldn't bear it any longer and knelt down beside the holographic pod, screaming, "Ah!..."

My voice is hoarse, and tears fall uncontrollably, without end. I feel suffocated yet can still breathe; I want to do something but am lost and don't know what to do. Only endless sorrow remains, impossible to dissipate.

.......

In the middle of the night, everyone sat silently in the villa's living room. The surroundings had changed so much since they first arrived; it felt more like home now, a home where they could work. The sofa still had that peacock-patterned cover and the cat-shaped cushion.

Everyone's eyes were swollen, and several were still sobbing.

Lin Qiaoqiao asked her parents, who had rushed over overnight, "What are your plans for the body? When... is the funeral...?"

Each word is like a knife, cutting you painfully.

Lin's mother fainted several times from crying, and tears were still streaming down her face. "Shu, Shuying, what did you say?"

Lin Qiaoqiao said, "She said her body belongs to your daughter, and she'll leave everything to you. If you want things to go her way, she hopes the burial will be broadcast live on the day of the Qingfengyi event, and that the matter of the Interstellar Summoner will be made public, to give her and your daughter justice. The authorities have no right to sacrifice anyone without the consent of the person involved, let alone arbitrarily kidnap someone to come here. No matter how much the world needs someone, how great this cause and project is, or how remarkable it is for humanity, obtaining the consent of the person involved, letting her know the whole process, and giving her the right to choose is essential. The world is not lacking in people who want to be heroes and great men, nor is it lacking in people who don't want to be heroes and great men; at least let them know."

Mr. Lin said, "Let's do it according to Shuying's idea."

Lin Qiaoqiao said, "That would put you under a lot of pressure, and you might even face a lot of criticism."

Heroic endeavors cannot be hindered, much less vilified. If one were to follow the path of heroism normally, such problems would never arise. But reality is that few people have the right to choose, and that right is concentrated in the hands of a minority. Most of them are arrogant, so arrogant that they condescendingly believe those who lack a choice are unwilling to choose, unwilling to work hard, unwilling to enter the circles of power, unwilling to take risks, and unwilling to sacrifice...

Then they arbitrarily made the choice for everyone.

What's even more heartbreaking is that people who have no choice are still foolishly accepting it.

Lin's mother said, "I'm not afraid. I know my daughter was murdered. I know!"

......

The news of Lin Shuying's death was kept secret by Qingfengyi; not a word of it leaked out. No one other than the original few employees is now allowed into the villa area; everyone is trying to appear happy on the outside.

Lin Qiaoqiao even impersonated Lin Shuying to give the items to the contact person because she deduced from the contact list provided by Lin Shuying that the other party was not a good person either.

After receiving and confirming the item, the other party asked with a puzzled look, "I rarely see you wearing a spray coat."

Lin Qiaoqiao said, "At the end of life, one should always experience the differences here."

"Very good. Actually, spray clothing is the best. It's convenient, fast, saves materials, and most importantly, it's comfortable."

Lin Qiaoqiao didn't speak, and the other party smiled and said, "It seems you don't agree. Well then, it's a pleasure to cooperate. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

In just one week, Lin Qiaoqiao lost so much weight that she looked almost as thin as Lin Shuying. Her eyelids were swollen from sadness, and she even resembled Lin Shuying, who was suffering from a genetic disease.

Back home, looking at herself in the mirror, Lin Qiaoqiao forced herself to cheer up.

"Starting today, I will stop being sad and fight back with all my might!"

Judging from the information left by Lin Shuying, she has already made arrangements for Qingfengyi's fate and does not need to worry about her. So, let's focus on revenge!

"Since you all enjoy dividing the cake and raising pigs so much, then take a good look at whether the cake tastes good and whether the pigs are fat enough!"

The pig-raising rhetoric originated from the game "Qingfengyi," and Lin Shuying mentioned it again in a story later. She said that some emperors in ancient China liked to raise their ministers like pigs, fattening them up for slaughter in emergencies or leaving them to their sons to solidify their positions.

Slaughtering a pig for the New Year is a traditional custom in China. People raise a pig at the end of the year and slaughter it to eat at the beginning of the new year. In the game "Qingfengyi: The Legend of the Condor Heroes," NPCs actually slaughter a pig for the New Year during the annual festival, but this little detail seems to go unnoticed by many players.

Thinking of this, Lin Qiaoqiao smiled, "You probably don't know, do you?"

She acted swiftly. Her first step was to distribute a black market bounty list of all the materials Qingfengyi had seized by capital, along with their locations. She even sent separate notices to the space pirates and the military. Qingfengyi didn't want any of these items; whatever she managed to grab was a matter of skill. As long as the items didn't fall into the hands of Qingfengyi's adversaries, she was willing to pay a reward—ranging from one to ten exhibits from her museum.

Many of Qingfengyi's partners—Huaxia Planet and the studio—have expressed their willingness to sponsor, saying they'll do anything to help.

It's clear that Lin Shuying's "Dragon's Journey" plan was a great success.

The Grand Marshal immediately arranged the operation upon receiving the secret list; who wouldn't like free money? Besides, those guys were really arrogant, so arrogant that they were almost oblivious to their own limitations.

Needless to say, space pirates immediately dispatched spaceships to attack the nearest planet, grabbing everything inside and making their escape. Meanwhile, mercenaries and teams on the black market, taking on private jobs, also sprang into action, quietly stealing all of Qingfengyi's confiscated belongings.