He adjusted the position of the Fire Toad, adjusted his perspective, and looked inside the experimental building.

Inside were all female staff members, a bed, and a few tables were visible.

On one table was a potion... one he had previously co-developed.

Other tables held silver needles, turtle shells, and copper plates of the array map.

"Huh?

"Her promotion not only relies on potion assistance but also requires other auxiliary pathways?

"Will that lead to greater side effects?"

Bai Mo watched as she lay on the bed, changed into more convenient dance practice attire, drank the potion, and had silver needles pierced into her limbs, waist, and neck, with a turtle shell around her neck and copper plates tied to her chest.

Peacock Red Treasure in the nearby laboratory was likewise prepared, having various things hung on it and many iron needles inserted into it.

"Is this relying on the array pathway and the divination pathway’s assistance?

"Divination pathway?"

Involving this, Bai Mo was indeed perplexed.

Before long, Su Yaoyao, clad in this "armor," left the laboratory to meet with Chairman Chen Shu.

"Chairman, the livestream is using long-range cameras, right? They can’t clearly see me, right?"

Upon the chairman’s reply, she personally went to check the cameras around the Puppet Arena, checked the monitors, and confirmed they were long-range cameras.

...

In the pitch-black carriage, Bai Mo still couldn’t understand.

"Why does it have to be long-range cameras?

"To make sure the farewell is complete?"

Soon, music began playing in the phone’s livestream.

On screen, amid the Puppet Arena’s central stage surrounded by concentric viewing platforms and dazzling lights, people and peacocks were gracefully dancing!

The bullet comments were even more dense.

[Oh my God, so beautiful!!]

[Can’t see clearly, why is the camera so far away?]

[Hey hey hey, was there some mistake?]

[Can the camera be zoomed in a bit?]

Bai Mo turned off his phone, closed his eyes.

"Luckily, I have the Fire Toad."

At twenty thousand meters in altitude, the Fire Toad’s eye suddenly zoomed in, peering through the sprawling nighttime scenery, through the vast clouds, down to the arena’s valley, to the stage lights, seeing Su Yaoyao dancing like a puppet, with silver needles, turtle shells, and copper plates attached to her!

Bai Mo’s brows suddenly furrowed tightly!

He saw...

As she danced, Su Yaoyao’s hair was turning white, whiter and whiter!

As she danced, lines began to crease Su Yaoyao’s face, becoming more and more wrinkled!

As she danced, Su Yaoyao’s eyes became turbid, more and more murky!

As she danced, Su Yaoyao’s physique became emaciated, more and more withered!

In the prime of her youth, Su Yaoyao had shed her fiery red dress today and donned a simple practice outfit, tying up her long wavy hair, as in this dance, her beautiful years were fast-forwarded, her radiant countenance rapidly aging!

Bai Mo suddenly understood...

Understood why she insisted on the long-range camera, understood why she wanted to leave those photos, understood why she insisted on leaving overnight without a goodbye... because she didn’t want to be seen aging, didn’t want to be seen as a granny, only wanted to be remembered as that beautiful sister’s face.

Bai Mo found it hard to accept... just like that, from being youthful and graceful, in one dance, she turned into a white-haired, elderly woman?

Wasn’t she about to start the happy life she had long envisioned after years of diligent study?

Hadn’t she never been in a relationship?

Wasn’t she wishing to get married?

Wasn’t she wanting to have a baby?

Didn’t she want to have an intelligent dad tutor her child in homework?

Bai Mo then understood why, in those previous days, she suddenly seemed different, it turned out she wanted to quickly fall in love before aging?

She genuinely didn’t have the time, she indeed couldn’t make it. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Her promotion might not have much risk.

But the cost was decades of her life, was what she had long yearned for, dreamed of, aspired to while burying herself in books!