Chapter 348: Rescuing Mother and Daughter (Part One) (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Passes!)
While escaping just now, the energy consumed by two brief rewinds was negligible, activating [Spacetime Fixed Point Insertion] consumed 200 points, activating [Butterfly Effect Stabilization] consumed 500 points.
The original 16,000 points of energy, after Xiang Er extinguished the white-haired old woman, increased by 1,600 points, totaling 17,600 points.
Now, after entering the greatly weakened space-time rift, there are approximately 16,900 points of energy available for use.
The scenery in front of his eyes changed, Yan Junze, who had just been hurrying beneath the earthen ridge, now stood suspended in that familiar yet eerily silent expanse of stars.
Before long, a timeline appeared in front of him, prompting Yan Junze to manipulate the scale and return to the desired point in time.
However, as with his first foray into the space-time rift, he needed to kill Cheng Jingting, but he did not know the exact location or the precise time schedule of the Corpse Refining.
After a brief pause, an idea rose in Yan Junze's mind, "I want to describe the event, and have the Atlas automatically locate the coordinates and time."
The next second, a row of text emerged in his mind.
[Please provide a detailed description to better locate with the Atlas.]
After pondering for a moment, Yan Junze said inwardly, "I'm looking for two strangenesses, a mother and daughter. The mother is called the Back-faced Woman, and the daughter's name is Ke'er. The last time I saw the two women through perspective sharing was over a month ago, they seemed to be in a clinic, or perhaps a hospital, and afterwards many people rushed into the room. I want to locate that moment, that place."
Following a brief pause, the text that popped up in his mind left Yan Junze somewhat disappointed.
[Insufficient information provided, unable to locate precisely.]
He wanted to return to that point in time because Yan Junze felt that it was only then there was a chance to save Ke'er and her mother.
Although he later saw the mother and daughter several times through perspective sharing, by that time they were clearly under control. If he recklessly located himself in that period of time and space, there was a great likelihood he would also be subjected to the confines of the mysterious metal cage and the room brimming with terrestrial fire.
In the end, not only would he fail to save the mother and daughter, but he himself would be in danger.
To go back, he needed a safe time and place. Having made his choice, the only place he could clearly describe before that was this particular location.
But now the Atlas indicated that the information he provided was insufficient to locate the position precisely.
Yan Junze thought for a while before an idea surfaced in his mind again, "I can provide a few reference locations for the Atlas to search and locate. The conditions, time, and situation I described just now remain unchanged. These locations are Mata Town in Yannan District, Zhen City in Luoxia District, Gokri City in Aries District and Grange in Shouzheng District, all in Huaying Great Capital."
[Relocating, please wait...]
[Analyzing...]
As soon as the words "Analyzing" appeared, Yan Junze immediately felt a surge of excitement. If the analysis had started, then there was hope.
After a moment, another prompt appeared.
[Analysis complete, locating...]
[Location Successful. This Spacetime Fixed Point Insertion will consume 4,200 points of Different Dimension Energy. Would you like to enter now?]
They had successfully located the position!
Yan Junze immediately thought, "Enter."
An intense feeling of dizziness overwhelmed him, his feet left the ground, and he began to fall rapidly, but the sensation did not last long. Soon, his feet hit the ground, his body steadied, and he opened his eyes.
Looking around, he discovered he was in a hospital room with four beds.
It was still daytime, but the sky outside the window was overcast, with poor weather.
Yan Junze walked to the window and looked down. He could see the street below, but it was deserted, strewn with garbage, the doorway of the shop across the street piled with dust.
A gust of wind sent the dust flying in all directions.
Some of the shop doors had been damaged, but judging by their appearance, it must have happened a long time ago.
Yan Junze turned back, looked at the beds in the hospital room.
Of the four beds, three were empty. On one lay a person in a hospital gown, but it seemed they had long since died, with skin turned to a dry, waxy yellow, no longer emitting an odor.
Yan Junze didn't examine the body closely; since the Atlas had located him here, he knew that Ke'er and the Back-faced Woman must be nearby, not far away.
He turned and left the hospital room, finding himself in a hallway. Certainly, this was an abandoned hospital, and he was on the third floor.
Glancing down the floors, he immediately saw over a dozen men dressed in brown attire swiftly enter the first floor, searching room by room, with two guarding the staircase, likely soon to come upstairs.
These people moved silently, their footsteps seemingly cushioned by sponge, clearly purposeful in their search.
"Not good, these guys are already here!"
Yan Junze vividly remembered the figures he had glimpsed in the shared perspective before: these men were dressed in brown, a uniform attire with tightenable cuffs and ankles and multiple pockets on the sides, wearing dark brown tactical vests on the outside, each carrying a metal stick the size of a baton in their hands.
The man at the back didn't carry anything, but had a pistol at his waist.
This pistol had a unique design, with a circular muzzle similar to a trumpet, but the body was entirely golden yellow, clearly made from some special metal material.