Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 2458 - 2394: What If We Can’t Come Back?

Previously on Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s...

Chiang Xiao and Meng Xinian experimented with the Talisman Diagram, discovering it could function when placed in fixed locations rather than on a person, successfully teleporting between the study and kitchen. To test longer distances, Meng Xinian drove away with provisions, while Chiang Xiao drew additional diagrams, including illusionary ones, and hid halves at home for emergency returns. Eager to verify if objects could teleport too, she activated a diagram for a distant connection while holding a cushion, only to endure a fierce, prolonged sense of weightlessness that filled her with dizziness and foreboding.

Floating endlessly through the voids between time and space?

Should that turn out to be true, it's downright frightening.

Yet now, it's far too late to do anything about it.

Luckily, just as Chiang Xiao began to truly panic, the odd feeling ceased, and a burst of light suddenly filled her vision.

Chiang Xiao sensed her stability vanish beneath her.

Still, she struggled to stay upright, nearly toppling over, but Meng Xinian quickly extended a hand to support her.

His expression showed clear unease.

"Little one, are you alright?"

On the way here, he'd pondered this very matter, yet it was too late to warn Chiang Xiao.

In the end, he eased off the accelerator and veered away from his initial destination.

They'd arrived in the Neighboring City by now. Past the boundary lay a highway, the area around it barren and empty, with hardly any vehicles in sight.

His vehicle sat halted along the edge of the road, though to avoid prying eyes, he'd draped newspapers over the windows.

Chiang Xiao believed she was planted solidly on solid earth, holding steady, but actually, she'd rematerialized in the passenger seat, nearly keeling over into the glass.

Only at that moment did she pull herself together.

Her awareness slowly sharpened once more.

"I'm okay, though a little lightheaded." Chiang Xiao shook her head, "But I'm good now. Probably the long jump caused the spin, that's all. Brother Xinian, where have we ended up?"

"We're en route to D State, with a little town coming up soon."

He cast a look at the cushion clutched in Chiang Xiao's embrace.

Wasn't that the sofa pillow from their place?

Why on earth was she gripping a pillow?

Chiang Xiao traced his stare down to her hold, spotted the pillow there, and immediately burst out happily, "I tested if I could carry stuff with me, and looks like it works!"

So she chose to haul a pillow?

Meng Xinian eyed her with fresh worry, "Was the stretch too great? Might it hurt you somehow?"

A trip that far could be risky if it damaged her, and he wouldn't want her relying on it often.

Chiang Xiao checked herself over carefully.

She shook her head and replied, "No worries, it won't do any damage. As I mentioned, it's merely that floating sensation and a touch of vertigo, but everything settles once I'm here, and I feel perfectly normal right now."

Thus, it remained within what she could handle.

Plus, her recovery came swiftly, making it no big deal.

"Stay seated a while and relax, to check for any lingering effects." Meng Xinian stretched out to feel her cheek, "Your skin's a tad chilly."

"I'm truly alright."

Chiang Xiao pressed her face into the pillow and let out a soft laugh she couldn't hold back.

"Brother Xinian, how many kilometers are we from home?"

"About one hundred eighty, give or take."

"What?" Chiang Xiao bolted upright, "Didn't we plan to speed ahead and cover maximum ground?"

So they'd only managed a bit past one hundred eighty kilometers?

Meng Xinian explained his prior doubts to her.

"I considered that earlier, but since it'll just bring on some dizziness or a short lag, it ought to be safe," Chiang Xiao said, passing him a tiny fabric pouch, "Hold onto this for now; it can whisk you straight back to our bedroom at home."

It was smarter to have one on him for emergencies.

Meng Xinian accepted it and stepped from the vehicle.

"No need to test it right away; let's pause and catch our breath."

She'd just shifted over one hundred eighty kilometers, and with her admitting to lingering dizziness, some toll had been taken; of course, he had no intention of letting her rush back to Capital City so soon.