Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

After reciting this line of poetry, Zhou Ning let out a hearty laugh, driving the last trace of melancholy from his mind. His demeanor became calm again, and as he walked forward, his black windbreaker transformed into a bachelor's gown of the same color, and his top hat into a scholar's cap.

This made Zhou Ning look bookish and like a real scholar.

At this time, it started to drizzle again, making the ground extremely muddy.

Zhou Ning materialized a black umbrella, held it above his head, and walked to No. 25 Rambla Street, located in the middle of the street. He reached out and pressed the doorbell.

The sound of tinkling followed and spread into the house. About two minutes later, footsteps were heard from inside. The person who opened the door was an old lady in a simple black dress. Her back was completely hunched, and there were deep wrinkles on her face. She kept coughing while walking. Zhou Ning could tell at a glance that she must have a serious lung disease.

She looked Zhou Ning up and down, with a hint of expectation in her eyes, and asked:

"Hello, what can I do for you? Is Jay coming home soon?"

Zhou Ning sighed secretly and said softly:

"Hello, I'm Jay Stewell's colleague on the exploration team. I'm here to bring you some unfortunate news."

"She tragically passed away while exploring the historic city of Waters."

"No..." The old lady's body shook slightly and began to cough violently.

"I'm really not suited to doing this kind of thing..."

Zhou Ning exhaled, patted her back to soothe her, and helped her calm down. He then took out the badge he had taken from Jay Stewell from his inventory and handed it to the old lady.

"This is a relic left by Jay Stewell. You can keep it as a souvenir."

The old lady stretched out her trembling hands to take the relic. Every wrinkle on her face seemed to reflect deep sorrow, and she told Zhou Ning the story of Jay Stewell.

This is the pain of separation from life and death.

Zhou Ning did not leave in a hurry, but listened to her gently and patiently.

Jay Stewell is her granddaughter, whose parents died when she was young.

Like Zhou Ning, Jay Stewell studied archaeology at the University of Wake Forest.

I have been a child from other families since I was young and my grades are very good.

Her junior year was a turning point in her life.

In that year, he met a young nobleman named Richards and quickly fell in love with him. In order to be with the other party, Jay Stwell made a lot of efforts.

He worked even harder in his studies, and even joined an exploration team despite others' advice, because completing the development was the best way to become a noble.

Over the past few years, she worked almost tooth and nail, becoming not only the leader of the exploration team but also soon becoming a noble. However, she died in the ancient city of Waters before fulfilling her wish.

Zhou Ning sighed after hearing this. In fact, he didn't quite agree with the other party's behavior. He was a little too love-brained. He was desperate for love, but somewhat ignored family affection.

This old lady worked hard to raise her granddaughter, and she should have lived a better life, instead of the life she is facing now, full of separation and death, and lonely and helpless.

But from Jay Stewell's perspective, this choice cannot be said to be wrong.

Love has been a difficult problem since ancient times, and most people cannot overcome it.

A prompt came on the panel:

[Missing Distant Relatives Series Quest]

[Current step: Informing the public of the bad news (Level B) has been completed.]

[Mission Description: In the Kingdom of Braxton, there is a saying that fallen leaves return to their roots. Return to your hometown and tell her family the sad news.]

[Mission deadline: None. 】

[Mission Reward: 620 million experience points, 1 random reward. Do you want to claim it?]

【You have triggered the subsequent task. 】

[Announcement of Bad News (B-Rank) →Announcement of Bad News (A-Rank)]

[Mission Description: Please go to Dockland and tell her lover in the most tactful way possible not to wait for her anymore.]

[Task Reward: 800 million experience points, 1 random reward.]

This is another difficult problem... Is this task going to make things difficult for me, Fat Tiger?

Despite all the complaints, Zhou Ning still took on the task. It was not only for the reward, but also for it to be a "witness" and "help" to himself.

After listening to the old lady's rambling story about Jay Stewell, perhaps because she was too old or too lonely, she told this short story three times. It was not until she was obviously exhausted that Zhou Ning gently slapped the photo paper and let her fall asleep on the recliner.

She needs to rest.

Zhou Ning thought about it, left a stack of money and a note on the table, and then chose to leave.

Although the Wayne Group is still struggling on the brink of bankruptcy, taking into account the money previously given to another family, this little money can help a few mortals comfort their souls, which is good.

On the note, Zhou Ning specifically left a note: This is Jay Stewell's pension.

I don’t know whether the other party will believe it, but I hope the old lady will have a smoother life in the future.

The moment he walked out of the house, Zhou Ning pondered for a moment, grabbed an oil lamp from his inventory, rubbed the lamp face with his hand, and a huge werewolf lamp spirit emerged from inside, saying in a magnificent voice:

"Do you have any wish? Van... the great god of knowledge and wishes."

"I wish to restore the old man inside to health." Zhou Ning said calmly, "In exchange, you can let me do two things."

This is the only way for Zhou Ning, Alfred's successor after his departure, to make a wish when he is unable to use his authority, by exchanging wishes for fulfilling conditions.

"As you wish!" The werewolf genie made a heartfelt, joyful sound.

"As for your two wishes, could you please smile at me and say you did a great job?"

……

After finishing all this, Zhou Ning returned to the muddy street, looked up at the sky calmly, and let the raindrops hit his face.

He had never felt so clear-minded and at peace.

He could already feel that he had basically adapted to and stabilized his own condition, and his spirit had almost settled.

Then, Zhou Ning looked towards the northeast, which was the direction of Daklan.

That’s right, Zhou Ning got an inspiration at this moment.

At this time, as long as he could fulfill Jay Stewell's last wish, he would be able to completely complete his spiritual precipitation and thus meet the requirements for holding the ceremony of promotion to the true god.

His figure slowly disappeared from the spot where he was standing, and when he reappeared, he had arrived in Darkland, the capital of the Braxton Theocracy, a city that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

The panel prompted again at this time:

【The current task progress has been updated.】

Please go to 33 Rose Street in the old town and tell her lover in the most tactful way possible not to wait for her anymore.

Old Town? 33 Rose Street? Zhou Ning stretched out his right palm to press down on his hat, a hint of doubt in his eyes.