"Nutrition Cabin No. 8531, belonging to the Fifth Prison, Level 2 criminal Su Li awakens autonomously, thus exempt from charges and released immediately."

Su Li held a wooden figurine in her hand, her gaze focused intensely as she carved diligently upon it. Yet her thoughts had long drifted beyond.

The scene of awakening from the nutrition cabin repeatedly flashed in her mind, only the voice of the prison warden reading the release terms buzzed by her ears.

Till now, it’s been over half a month since her release from the Fifth Prison, yet Su Li still remained in a daze.

Anyone who has lived through thousands of profound memories, only to have them overturned as mere fabrications, would find it hard to accept.

If it were anyone else, they might have doubted reality and had a mental breakdown on the spot.

Though right now, Su Li felt she wasn’t in a good place either.

Everything she encountered in her mind, Chongzhong Taoyao... even her long-entwined mortal enemy, Haojun God, were they all just illusions?

Ancient Su Clan, inheritance memories, and her world-destroying energy, were they all imagined as well?

Viewed from this angle, she seemed to possess a formidable imagination.

Feeling the emptiness within her, Su Li let out a long sigh, quickening her hand movements. In an instant, the wooden figurine took shape—a blurry yet ancient Goddess appeared vividly before the eyes.

Su Li used a small brush to dust off the wood debris from the Goddess statue, placing it in a transparent dust cover.

Just as she was about to set the dust cover on the old wooden cabinet with peeling paint, an elderly lady with a bent back pulled aside the bamboo curtain and walked in.

Su Li’s eyes glanced at the elderly woman first, casually rubbing her hands, she emerged from behind the counter, warmly greeting, "Grandma Zhang."

After all, she was the only one to show her kindness during her time of confusion.

Grandma Zhang’s health wasn’t good, taking a few more steps made her breathless.

"I came to see if your wood carving was ready...." As she spoke, Grandma Zhang’s eyes fell on the Goddess statue placed on the wooden cabinet, "...Your carving is better than your father’s."

Grandma Zhang’s eyes showed surprise, but quickly restrained her admiration, her expression turning serious as she warned, "You absolutely mustn’t become obsessed like your father, this stuff can be dangerous...."

Seeing Su Li nod, Grandma Zhang relaxed her smile, happily waving her hand, "Your wood carving has a unique charm, the price I previously quoted to the client was a bit low, it can be increased by two tiers."

Grandma Zhang caressed the smooth surface of the Goddess statue, sighing, "This time, it’s also good luck, just happened to meet someone interested in lost civilizations willing to pay."

Su Li: "Thanks to Grandma for caring about me."

Grandma Zhang seemed to think about something, her gaze towards Su Li filled with pity and compassion, hesitating several times before finally turning into a heavy sigh.

"Su Li, don’t blame your father."

Grandma Zhang’s gaze lingered on Su Li seriously as she explained, "Though he wasn’t a very competent father, he’s been diligent in raising you all these years, no one wanted what happened before to occur. You know how he feels about this store...."

Su Li blinked, swearing she seemed to hear the word ’junk’.

Grandma Zhang paused, pursed her lips, continuing, "Collections... all the collections in the store were painstakingly acquired, Xu’s son did nothing good, who knew he’d go crazy that day, smashed everything your dad cherished til it was in pieces, given your father’s obsession, not going mad would be unusual."

"It’s just...." Grandma Zhang disapprovingly glanced at Su Li, her voice dropping as she said, "it’s just he had bad luck. How come one push sent the boy crashing on an iron corner, dead just like that."

Su Li nodded; Grandma Zhang explained this to her when she just got out of the Fifth Prison.

She had no related memories of this world, and the researchers couldn’t figure out a reason either.

After all, the machine they developed led most criminals to spiritual extinction, followed by death; Su Li had the longest experience, yet woke up as the only clear one, what aftereffects might occur, they couldn’t discern.

According to Su Li’s personal information, the prison staff directly sent her to her previous residence.

A rundown tiny shop: Folklore Antiques Collection Hall.

Seeing Su Li dazed, Grandma Zhang pitied her, "He almost went mad when you went in... later didn’t expect you alive back, he was avoiding grief, that’s why he left. Even abandoned his favorite shop, clearly, he was truly heartbroken. Don’t blame him."

Grandma Zhang spoke dryly, Su Li chuckled lightly at her words, "I don’t blame him, it’s been five years, he might have thought I was dead."

Grandma Zhang sighed deeply along with her, "Yes, five years, indeed."

This shop, already shabby, now seemed on the brink of collapse like a precarious building.

"Thank you for your effort." Su Li gratefully accepted the hundred credit points Grandma Zhang handed over, then passed the Goddess statue along with the dust cover to Grandma Zhang.

She’s completed her tenth transaction.

Finally, accumulating a thousand credit points.

As for Grandma Zhang reselling the Goddess statue potentially at a decent price, Su Li didn’t mind.

Wood carvings, items museum-bound, appreciated by few, Grandma Zhang could help her find customers, already a special neighborly care.

After Grandma Zhang left, Su Li closed the store early; likely no business for the rest of the day.

With the door shut, she sat back in her original spot, took up a piece of original wood, and began carving again.

Her hand movements became increasingly swift as thoughts began to scatter.

Lately, she’s spent time this way, stabilizing her emotions.

Su Li can still recall the experience of universal explosion and annihilation, the soul-ripping pain, and the limitless survival instinct that revived her consciousness.

Upon waking from the nutrient liquid in the transparent glass coffin, the moment she opened her eyes, all around were men and women in special uniforms.

They surrounded her, talking incessantly and curiously.

After a series of examinations, she was declared released without charges. When she hadn’t grasped anything, those people directly sent her home.

Thankfully, Grandma Zhang from the flower cake shop next door found her pitiful, took care of her for a few days, also letting her understand many things, now not so blindly unaware.