Chapter 145 Extra (Six) Twin Life and Twin Death

The first person to leave the gate will receive a clue to the next gate. This is the gate's preferential treatment and tolerance for the winner, and also a recognition of the strength of the strong.

Many people don't know that when only one person is left at a door, they will receive a special clue as they leave. The person with this clue not only gets detailed information about the next door, but also a chance to save their life at the next door.

For some reason, Ruan Nanzhu never told Cheng Yixie about this until Cheng Yixie figured it out by accident.

Cheng Yixie, having fled the seventh door in a panic, also realized something. He realized he couldn't protect Cheng Qianli. The world inside the door was treacherous and ever-changing. No matter how smart he was, he was still just a mortal. Everyone makes mistakes. While everyday mistakes might be insignificant, mistakes inside the door could cost someone their life.

Cheng Yixie returned to the villa and saw Cheng Qianli holding toast with a bright smile, and made a decision in his heart.

What happened next became so natural.

Cheng Yixie is a smart man, and smart people are naturally adept at doing bad things.

"Do you know what you're doing, Cheng Yixie?" Ruan Nanzhu quickly noticed something was wrong with Cheng Yixie, and they had their first heated argument. "You're going to kill Cheng Qianli, and you're going to kill yourself too!"

Facing Ruan Nanzhu's questioning, Cheng Yixie chose to remain silent.

"Stop it, there's still time." Ruan Nanzhu said, "It's not too late to turn back..."

Cheng Yixie gave Ruan Nanzhu an answer. He said, "Cheng Qianli isn't even eighteen yet." He leaned on the railing and looked toward the lush green courtyard, where Cheng Qianli was playing and chasing Toast. "If only one of me and him could survive, I hope it would be him."

Ruan Nanzhu said: "But there are always other ways. The method you used is the stupidest one——"

"But this is the most profitable." Cheng Yixie was only fourteen years old, but there was no trace of childish innocence in his eyes. His eyes were like deep lakes, hiding things that even Ruan Nanzhu could not understand. "I'm sorry, Brother Ruan, I really can't bear to watch Qianli die."

Ruan Nanzhu knew that he could not persuade Cheng Yixie to come back, so he said nothing more and turned away.

At that time, the extent of Cheng Yixie's actions was just to watch the person die without helping, but later... Cheng Yixie closed his eyes, he didn't want to talk about what happened later.

Once a person's bottom line is broken, it's like falling into a quagmire and can only continue to sink.

If it were someone else, Ruan Nanzhu would have driven him out of the Obsidian long ago, but Cheng Yixie was just a child. He was like a newly grown sapling, and before he could stand upright, he was bent down by the wind and rain.

Cheng Yixie gradually sank into the abyss and could no longer extricate himself from it.

It is said that everything is predestined, and Cheng Yixie believes that his actions will eventually come back to haunt him. If a person does something wrong, he must pay the price, and Cheng Yixie is willing to atone for this sin with his life.

But when the day came when retribution really came, Cheng Yixie discovered that some things were not as easy as he had imagined.

The tenth door is of hellish difficulty.

Even Cheng Yixie, who had a special note, was in danger of death.

When he ran to the door in a panic with Cheng Qianli, he found that where the door should be, there was a huge bronze statue. The statue had a green face and fangs, like an evil ghost, and the bronze wrapped around its body began to break into pieces, revealing its skin as black and hard as rock.

Cheng Yixie looked at this scene and knew that the ghost in front of him was about to come alive. Although the door was right behind it, they still couldn't get through.

"Brother." Cheng Qianli, who was standing behind Cheng Yixie, spoke softly. He said, "I'm scared." The palms of his hands holding Cheng Yixie were full of sweat, and his tone was trembling uncontrollably.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Cheng Yixie comforted Cheng Qianli softly. After taking a breath, he put his other hand into his trouser pocket, where a sharp folding dagger was placed. "Just be obedient."

Cheng Qianli came closer, he seemed to sense something, and hugged Cheng Yixie tightly. They were twins, and they always felt the same way. Through the thin clothes, Cheng Yixie felt Cheng Qianli's body temperature, and also felt the uneasiness in his heart.

"Brother." Cheng Qianli's voice was filled with sadness, even a little choked up, "Is it going to come back to life?"

The monster behind them had revealed its blood-red eyes, and its huge mouth full of fangs began to open and close ferociously, and it was about to pounce on them.

"Yeah." Cheng Yixie said, "But it can't hurt you."

"Why am I so stupid?" Cheng Qianli said, "If only I were smarter." His tone was extremely painful, "If only I were smarter, my brother wouldn't have to work so hard..."

Cheng Qianli's arms around Cheng Yixie slowly loosened, and his voice became weaker: "But no matter how stupid I am, I know what my brother wants to do..."

Cheng Yixie sensed something was wrong. His voice froze slightly, and he slowly turned his head: "Qianli..."

"Hey, I brought it too." Cheng Qianli said, "I hid it secretly in my trouser pocket, just like you." He was smiling, but perhaps because it was too painful, the smile was particularly ugly.

Cheng Yixie lowered his head slightly and saw a dagger stuck in Cheng Qianli's chest. Bright red blood flowed down his chest, wetting his clothes and spilling all over the floor.

Cheng Yixie looked at the dagger and felt dizzy. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but the scene in front of him seemed to have taken away his ability to speak. He could not say anything and his body was about to fall.

"Brother...it hurts..." Cheng Qianli fell into Cheng Yixie's arms. His black eyes were wide open, reflecting Cheng Yixie's appearance. He cried, "Brother..."

"Ah...Ah!!!" Cheng Yixie screamed miserably and watched Cheng Qianli's breath weaken. The roar of the ghost behind him sounded above Cheng Yixie's head. Cheng Yixie did not turn around. The ghost pounced on him——

A black shadow enveloped Cheng Yixie. He should have been torn to pieces by the ghosts, but a faint halo appeared on his body, directly isolating the ghosts' attacks.

In Cheng Yixie's arms, Cheng Qianli's chest had stopped rising and falling. Cheng Yixie turned his head with a numb expression and saw the black door behind the ghost. He looked at the black door, staggered to his feet while holding Cheng Qianli, rushed towards the iron gate, and opened the iron gate with the blood-stained key. He wanted to see Cheng Qianli again, and he still had a lot to say to him.

Cheng Yixie rushed out of the tunnel like crazy and hugged Cheng Qianli outside the door. As soon as Cheng Qianli smiled at him, blood flowed out of his mouth. He touched his face and called him brother to tell him not to be sad.

Cheng Yixie burst into tears. His Qianli, his Qianli - his beloved child still could not grow up, and could not even celebrate his eighteenth birthday, let alone see the beautiful scenery in the world as he wished.

Cheng Yixie didn't remember much about what happened afterwards. He didn't remember how he spent that time. When he came to his senses, he had already left Obsidian and started living with Zhuo Feiquan.

Zhuo Feiquan and he were both wanderers in the world. He lost his sister, and Cheng Yixie lost his brother. However, Zhuo Feiquan was much luckier than Cheng Yixie. He had a pendant inlaid with his sister's soul.

"Hey, you're not going to kill me inside the door and steal my pendant, are you?" Zhuo Feiquan said bluntly, "I'm telling you, I'm very lucky."

Cheng Yixie looked at him and said calmly, "Forget it. Although I've thought about it, I'd better not do it."

"Why not?" Zhuo Feiquan asked.

"I'm afraid that the bad things I did will come back to haunt him." Cheng Yixie said in a cold tone, "Look, isn't that what's happening now?" He didn't even dare to die, because his life was bought with Qianli's life. That little fool was smart just once in his life, but just this one time, he tortured him to death.

Zhuo Feiquan laughed out loud.

Having also experienced the pain of losing a loved one, the two of them had a lot in common. However, such days did not last long. Zhuo Feiquan died in his tenth door. Before his death, he placed his pendant in Cheng Yixie's hand without saying anything, but both of them knew what was going on.

Cheng Yixie held the pendant Zhuo Feiquan gave him and forced a smile, as if accepting Zhuo Feiquan's kindness.

After getting the pendant, Cheng Yixie thought about whether to use it to summon Cheng Qianli. However, he thought about it but did not do it because he remembered that Cheng Qianli was afraid of ghosts.

If Cheng Qianli can only stay inside the door when I am not around, this is probably a kind of torture.

Cheng Yixie couldn't bear to do it after all.

As the days passed, Cheng Yixie thought this was the end of his story with Cheng Qianli. He would continue to pass through the door numbly, perhaps dying there one day. But at this moment, death seemed more like a gift and a relief to him.

This situation continued until Cheng Yixie entered the eleventh door that belonged to him.

When he saw Tan Zaozao on TV at the eleventh door, Cheng Yixie realized something. He hurriedly left the hospital where he first entered, returned to his home, and knocked on the familiar door.

A moment later, a face exactly like his appeared behind the door, and when it saw him, it showed a look of surprise.

Cheng Yixie burst into laughter and hugged Cheng Qianli regardless of his surprise. He said, "Silly boy, I've been looking for you for a long time." I thought I would never find you again after losing you.

Fortunately, now I finally found it.

Now that I've found it, staying inside this seemingly illusory door seems to be a... good thing.

The souls that had been separated finally reunited at this moment, just like the moment they were born in the mother's womb. Cheng Yixie showed a satisfied smile, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and watched the sun outside the window slowly set into the horizon.