This is Cheng Jinzhao's fourth death.
She died in the fire, and when she opened her eyes again, the world had changed.
She didn't expect that she would travel through the dungeon, nor did she expect that repeated cycles would become her way of escaping reality.
Compared to the suffocating reality, she would rather be trapped in a meaningless and absurd place - at least here, every time she opens her eyes, there is still the unknown waiting.
But this is the first time she has entered Qingwan Town - the wooden building pharmacy and the lantern shadows on the old streets. The doctor Shen Yungui in front of her is too calm to be a system-generated NPC.
"Can you take me to live again?" Cheng Jinzhao suddenly asked.
"You just... Need a chance to see yourself again." In a small town pharmacy with wooden windows and paper lanterns, Shen Yungui took her pulse.
She knew she hadn't said anything, and this time, she wanted to find the answer with her.
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Shen Yungui was awakened by a muffled sound - someone knocked on the door of the medical center.
When the door was opened, the girl was huddled on the steps outside the threshold. Her lips were pale, and the burnt black could still be seen on her fingertips.
She knew she was coming.
She even knows who she is.
She understands her mission - not only as a doctor, but also for the world in Qingwan Town.
But in those moments, her heart would still tighten, fearing that the girl in front of her would never wake up again.
I don't know that day, Shen Yungui stuffed a round warm jade into her palm.
"Don't be brave."
They started visiting every part of the town.
An abandoned well behind a ruined temple, an abandoned house behind an old tea stall. There is something hidden in every corner, but I still refuse to speak easily.
The turbulent wind blew up the dust in the corner, and also disrupted the supposedly cold distance between the two.
Shen Yungui understood his duty: not to change, but to protect, to watch the copy proceed step by step, and to watch Cheng Jinzhao get closer to the truth - or die - again and again.
But she didn't know when she started hoping that this person could leave alive.
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Shen Yungui Cheng Jinzhao he
Purpose: Carry forward traditional Chinese culture