Chapter 165 Fragmented (Unedited) Until Suffocation and Death

“Liang Jun…Liang Jun…”

The bedroom door was slightly ajar; the room's occupant had forgotten to close the window before leaving, and there were some dried rain stains on the floor.

The chilly wind of early winter carried a certain attitude, making the windows creak and groan, and casting swaying shadows of the bedroom door across the floor.

“Liang Jun…Liang Jun…”

Two wisps of mist, one black and one white, gathered above the bedroom, gradually revealing human figures.

The bed was in disarray, and the person on it had her eyes closed and her face was pale. If you ignored her faint breathing and heartbeat, she would be almost indistinguishable from a corpse.

“Liang Jun…Liang Jun…”

White mist clung tightly to the bedside, and Zhu Bieming's voice trembled with a sob.

"What's wrong with you! Wake up!"

But the person on the bed was completely unable to respond to his cries.

Liang Jun placed her hands at her sides, as if frozen by the cold wind blowing in from the window.

As a mist, Zhu Bieming cannot shed physical tears, but he has an emotion called "wanting to cry".

He curled up on the side of the bed, turning to look at the black mist guarding the bedroom door. "Brother! What happened to Liang Xun!"

Zhu Shengqing crossed his arms, a hint of regret in his voice, "We might be a little late..."

They arrived when they detected that Liang Jun had lost consciousness.

Despite arriving as quickly as possible, Liang Jun's consciousness was already beyond saving.

Zhu Shengqing's words were like a devastating blow, and Zhu Bieming's bewildered eyes widened instantly.

"Brother, what did you say..."

When they arrived, the room floor was covered with a layer of dust, looking as if it hadn't been cleaned in a long time.

But Liang Jun was already lying on the bed, and the mattress even had marks from being pressed down for so long.

"If Liang Xun was fully conscious after leaving the last instance, she would definitely have cleaned her room thoroughly, given her usual habits."

Zhu Shengqing looked away and glanced at the open window outside the bedroom. "At the very least, they should close the leaky window tightly."

He paused slightly, and then thick black fog swept towards the window.

Under the control of spiritual power, the window was slowly closed back to its original position, and the sound of the lock clicking shut seemed to leave a mark on Zhu Bieming's heart.

"So you're saying she was unconscious from the beginning?"

Zhu Bieming's voice trembled with urgency, "But if that's the case, why are we only now realizing the danger she's in?!"

Guardian spirits never fail to sense death.

Zhu Shengqing naturally understood this as well, and his tone became hesitant for once.

"It is very possible that she experienced something in her sleep that we are unaware of."

As soon as he finished speaking, black mist began to gather and drift above Liang Yun.

But not long after, the slightly dejected black mist once again condensed into a human figure by the door.

"Bie Ming, can you still receive messages from Liang Xun's mind?"

Zhu Shengqing was somewhat stunned, "It seems... I won't be able to see it..."

Zhu Bieming was shocked by the series of events.

"Brother! If you can't do it, how can I!"

Although he only said it verbally, he still put it into practice.

Zhu Bieming tried to close the distance between himself and Liang Yan as much as he could, just like Zhu Shengqing had done, but apart from the cold temperature, he didn't receive any useful information as usual.

As if he didn't believe in superstition, the white mist gathered again and drifted towards Liang Jun's upper body.

But as expected, the result was just as bad.

"Let alone mind reading, even if I wanted to enter the original area of ​​the brain, I simply couldn't get in now."

Zhu Bieming was almost in despair. "It's like some kind of barrier has completely enveloped her. We are completely blocked from the outside, and all our original methods are useless."

This was the first time they had encountered such a difficult situation.

In the past, they would never have allowed Liang Jun to have come to this point.

But this time the change came so quickly that it almost completely caught them off guard, and they didn't receive the real notification until the very last moment.

Only that so-called "system" can do that.

Liang Jun was completely unaware of everything happening in the outside world.

She had no idea that she had actually fallen into a deep sleep when she left the "Zero Yuan Shopping Mall." Everything that happened afterward was a dream story fabricated for her by the system.

Apart from her own memory, no one else knows about this.

The entire process of the hidden level unfolds within Liang Xun's consciousness.

She hadn't anticipated this, and naturally, she couldn't have imagined that when she decided to smash the entire system detection screen, it would be tantamount to destroying her own consciousness with her own hands.

The stone, imbued with the meaning of "salvation," was thrown with great force, but what it ultimately smashed open was the future world that he had long anticipated.

Zhu Bieming sat absentmindedly by the bedside, his emotional ups and downs causing his overall condition to deteriorate rapidly.

He seemed to want to get up, but the white mist that had condensed into a human shape didn't last for more than a few seconds before it began to slowly dissipate in all directions.

Zhu Bieming was stunned, and even his movements stopped in place.

Without further action, the dissipation of the fog became even more apparent.

He stared blankly at Zhu Shengqing, "Brother, what's wrong with me...?"

However, Zhu Shengqing's condition was not much better than his.

The outlines of the two figures, one black and one white, became increasingly blurred, replaced by a two-tone mist that almost blended together.

Zhu Shengqing's spiritual power was slightly stronger than Zhu Bieming's, and he was still able to barely prevent his body fragments from scattering everywhere.

"We are also affected now, and it is difficult for us to maintain our spiritual power."

Zhu Shengqing gasped, "I'm afraid if we don't take some action soon, the three of us won't make it through today."

The guardian spirit's state changes depending on the host's circumstances.

Generally speaking, the stronger the host's spiritual power, the stronger the corresponding guardian spirit's spiritual power will be.

However, given the current state of the two brothers, who can't even absorb the mist, besides Liang Jun's precarious vegetative state, another major factor is her extremely weak will to live. Once the host loses her will to live, no matter how much effort the guardian spirit puts in, it will be in vain.

Ignoring the drifting mist, Zhu Bieming preserved only the main parts and obediently stayed by Liang Xun's side.

The small wisp of mist at its core gathered around her hand, making it appear as if it were gently yet firmly holding Liang Jun's hand.

"You're so cold. Let me warm you up, okay..."

Zhu Bieming's voice also became barely audible, "I've provoked you so much, and you haven't even given me a proper beating yet... If you can wake up, I promise I'll never argue with you again, and I'll let you hit me or scold me as you please, okay..."

However, despite this, Liang Jun's body temperature, which felt like she had fallen into an ice cave, further confirmed how quickly her life was slipping away.

During this period, Zhu Shengqing and Zhu Bieming tried every possible way to awaken Liang Xuan while maintaining their own core position, but all their efforts were in vain.

The barrier formed by the system was like locking Liang Jun in an airtight box, where she could only wait quietly until she suffocated to death.

Time is of the essence.

Just as Zhu Bieming was about to think of another way, Zhu Shengqing suddenly spoke up, "Bieming, why don't you go find Liang Xun's former teammates?"

"teammate?"

Zhu Bieming was confused. "Why go looking for them?"

"After all, we are not in a rules-based world, so any penalties imposed by the system are naturally only known to the players themselves."

Zhu Shengqing spoke eloquently, "Go and see their situation; perhaps someone there knows a solution."

Upon hearing this, the last wisp of mist that Zhu Bieming had left began to shake violently.

His tone was urgent, and his speech became much faster, "But, brother, we shouldn't be separated at this time."

Zhu Shengqing's last remaining black mist floated in mid-air, and Zhu Bieming glanced at it meaningfully.

"Brother, we are already weak enough, and we barely have any spiritual energy left to sustain our bodies. If we encounter any further accidents in this situation, it will be something that we alone cannot handle!"

White mist slowly rose from Liang Jun's hand and landed not far in front of Zhu Shengqing.

"We should stay together..."

But Zhu Shengqing was not moved in the slightest. Instead, his tone became even more serious. "Bie Ming, don't worry. With me here, nothing unexpected will happen."

He took a deep breath, and the black mist that had drifted away slowly gathered together again.

"With our current spiritual power, simple teleportation is still possible. You won't encounter any danger along the way, so just go ahead and do it."

The room was as quiet as a deserted place, with only the slight sound of the wind outside the window and Liang Jun's almost inaudible breathing.

After a few seconds of pause, Zhu Bieming nodded reluctantly.

"Okay, I believe you, bro."

Gathering the scattered mist again would require a lot of spiritual energy, so Zhu Bieming simply kept only his core essence. After a brief farewell to Zhu Shengqing, he disappeared from the small bedroom in the blink of an eye.

Sensing that there was no trace of Zhu Bieming in his space, Zhu Shengqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The circulation of spiritual energy was more difficult than he had imagined. It took Zhu Shengqing a long time to barely gather all the black mist in the corner.

Then, he used all his strength to command the black mist to surround Liang Jun's body layer by layer.

Zhu Shengqing's original intention was to use his spiritual power to lift Liang Xun up, but after several near-collapse attempts, he finally succumbed to reality.

With his current strength, he is completely unable to do such a simple thing.

If he could lift Liang Jun's body into the air, there might be a chance for the black mist to seep into her body.

Each wisp of mist was the condensed essence of their spiritual power. Since Liang Xuan currently had no power to resist, he could pour all his power into her.

Zhu Shengqing had this plan, so he found a rather clumsy excuse to temporarily send Zhu Bieming, who was his only family, away.

After all, if he decides to do this, it means he is prepared to be torn apart.

Zhu Shengqing didn't want Zhu Bieming to see this scene again.

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Author's note: I was rushing around all day today, and I'm so tired that my eyelids are completely drooping...

I have to get up early tomorrow to climb Huangshan Mountain. Wish me luck...