Even though they were just blurry shapes, he recognized the figures at a glance.

Because they were his family members whom he once knew very well.

They huddled together in a circle, whispering amongst themselves, seemingly discussing something.

A familiar yet aged voice came from behind:

"Our food reserves are running low. With another mouth to feed, we'll have to eat for a few less days."

"Li Yong, what do you think?" The old man looked to the side.

"Father, Mother, I don't know, but he is still my son." A middle-aged man said with a pained expression and a trembling voice.

"In my opinion, we should just turn that idiot into food right now." The old man's voice was hoarse and cold, his eyes vacant, as if he had lost his humanity.

"This child has been a burden since he was little, and he eats too much. Now it's time for us to make a choice." The old woman beside her gripped her cane tightly, looking particularly sinister.

Seeing the scene from her memory clearly presented before her eyes, the strong sense of reality made Li Yu unconsciously take a step back.

Suddenly, something occurred to him. Just as he was about to turn around and stop them, a child's innocent yet terrified voice came from behind him:

"Grandpa and Grandma, what are you talking about?"

A sinister smile appeared on the old man's face: "We've been discovered, but that's fine, it saves us trouble."

"In this world, people eat people, it's no big deal. You're useless, but at least you can keep us alive for a few more days, so you're not entirely useless."

The old woman, leaning on her cane, slowly walked towards Li Yu. There was no warmth in her eyes, only bone-chilling coldness: "Yu'er, don't blame your grandmother for being heartless, it's all fate."

The child was filled with fear and despair. He turned to run away, but the other 'family members' had already blocked his way.

Their faces all bore the same twisted and crazed expression, a craving for flesh, a dark side that overwhelmed humanity.

Suddenly, a woman rushed over without regard for anything else, and with all her might, she smashed through the crowd that was blocking her way.

She shoved a wooden bow into the child's arms, then turned around without hesitation to block the crowd's pursuit, shouting repeatedly at the child:

Run! Don't look back!

The child, clutching the wooden bow, glanced back at the woman, then quickly disappeared into the rain, his eyes filled with tears.

Li Yu stared blankly at the scene before her, tears streaming down her face without her realizing it.

Only after watching her child successfully escape did the woman, who hadn't eaten for two days, collapse weakly to the ground.

"You worthless wretch! What will we eat if you let him get away?!" The old woman was furious, her voice sharp and piercing.

"You've been working so hard without eating? You deserve to starve to death!" the old man complained, his face full of disgust for the mother and son.

"Outsiders are outsiders; they can't possibly meddle in everything!"

"The offspring of a slut cannot be considered one of our own."

"Since the smaller one ran away, let's use the bigger one to take its place!"

These inhuman "family members" spoke one after another, clearly having no intention of letting the woman go.

They roughly and cruelly forced the woman to the ground, using her to take the place of the runaway child.

Li Yong, a middle-aged man standing behind the group, watched everything unfold with a helpless expression. On one side were his woman and child, and on the other side were his parents and sister.

Li Yong was extremely conflicted, but in the end he did not step forward to stop them. He could only close his eyes in anguish and choose silence and escape.

At this moment, Li Yu suddenly realized something.

This is his memory, the actual events that once happened.

Li Yu thought she would gradually forget everything over time, but she didn't expect to remember it so clearly.

But a memory is a memory; it can't be real.

All of this was simply a manifestation of the pain he had been experiencing due to the constant depletion of his mental energy.

It was as if only by taking this step could he continue forward.

Suddenly, the old man seemed to sense something, and slowly turned his head, his fierce gaze piercing through the mist and fixing on Li Yu.

Li Yu felt as if a raging fire was burning in his chest. Even knowing it was fake, he couldn't help but curse:

"You dare look at me? You old bastard! I'll kill you."

A surge of overwhelming rage rose within him; the hatred that had been hidden in his heart for many years could no longer be suppressed and surged forth once more.

Li Yu quickly picked up his bow and arrow and shot an arrow at the old man without hesitation.

With a "bang".

The armor-piercing arrow instantly shattered the old man's head, splattering blood everywhere as his skull burst open.

Without any hesitation, Li Yu quickly fired another arrow.

"puff!"

Another arrow pierced the old man's heart, and his body instantly collapsed to the ground.

As the old man's body fell to the ground, beyond any doubt, Li Yu clearly felt a surge of energy merging into his own vortex.

The surrounding 'family' also noticed Li Yu and pounced on her like evil spirits, baring their fangs and claws.

"Whoosh!"

Li Yu raised his hand and shot an arrow, directly blasting the old woman's head apart. The old woman's body fell to the ground, and once again, an invisible energy flowed into his vortex.

The remaining three figures charged forward with increasing frenzy.

Li Yu's body trembled slightly with anger and agitation.

"Fire in a volley!" Li Yu shouted in a low voice.

"Puff, puff, puff!"

The three figures were shot down simultaneously, their energy transforming into his body.

"call--"

Only at this moment did Li Yu slowly exhale a breath of stale air.

He could feel the vortex in his abdomen changing differently, becoming slightly warm.

At this moment, Li Yu suddenly froze.

Li Yu noticed that the woman on the ground seemed to be able to see him too, and was still watching him.

He quickly squatted down and took out a wooden bow from behind his back, which was exactly the same as the wooden bow that the child had just taken.

Tears streamed down Li Yu's face as she gently grasped the woman's cold hand, her voice trembling:

"Mom...it's me."

When the woman saw the wooden bow in Li Yu's hand, she seemed to understand everything. She smiled gently and nodded at Li Yu.

Immediately afterwards, her body dissipated, turning into energy that flowed into Li Yu's vortex through her hand.

Li Yong, who was behind, witnessed everything but remained motionless.

But when he saw the wooden bow that Li Yu took out, his expression changed.

Then, after carefully examining Li Yu, it transformed into a stream of energy and drifted into Li Yu's vortex.

The cyclone, enveloped in light, seemed to become whole at that moment.

The cyclone finally gained all its energy and began to spin again.

As the cyclone in his abdomen began to rotate again, the surrounding illusions gradually dissipated, and Li Yu returned to the mist.

Seeing that the surrounding environment had turned back into mist instead of the real world, Li Yu finally realized that something was wrong.

"This place is fake too!"

"It's an illusion!"

"I'm under a deep hallucination and haven't woken up yet."