Chapter 659: The Illusion Broken
Lu Weiyi had his back to him, a mist gradually filling his eyes that didn't fall off.
Zhuang Mingxu had a premonition that he seemed to have waited for the end.
He sat next to Lu Weiyi, waiting silently. The two were isolated in a vacuum. The world around them was constantly developing, and people coming and going were all just passers-by.
Until Antonio returned with his team covered in wounds, and handed Lu Weiyi a palm-sized box, made of brand new wood, which looked newly made. He looked at him with pity and complexity, "We were attacked by high-level zombies, and the Ji family was trapped. In order to save them, Zhuang was pushed into the zombies' mouths..."
"Before transforming into a zombie, he asked me to dig out his crystal core and leave it for you...as a memory."
Without seeing Lu Weiyi's reaction, he was stunned first, and all the past events finally made sense.
He recalled the time when Mr. Ji came to ask for supplies in the name of Lu Weiyi. After "Zhuang Mingxu" gave them out, Lu Weiyi lost his temper, but was made red-eyed by a question from "Zhuang Mingxu".
"Zhuang Mingxu" asked him, "Xiaoyi, when you return to normal, is this what you look like?"
He said, "But I am still very happy knowing that you can become independent and strong in the future."
Lu Weiyi couldn't stop crying, hugged himself and whispered something. Zhuang Mingxu didn't react at that time, but now he seemed to hear the missed whisper. He said, "It's a pity that you never saw my normal appearance until you died."
At that time, Lu Weiyi knew the ending of everything. After Lin Yimu's death, he realized that he could not change anything, so he closed himself off. However, he still wanted to make a final stop before "Zhuang Mingxu" set off, but he heard him say that this was fate.
The past that cannot be changed is fate, so... is the future that can be changed also understood by him as fate?
That's why he asked, "What if I changed your fate..."
Zhuang Mingxu initially thought that the existence of this illusion was because Lu Weiyi was unwilling to accept reality, then he thought that he hoped to become stronger, and later he realized that this might belong to the unknown past he had experienced. Now he understands.
This is his cowardice.
Every spine that he held up was afraid of himself who was unwilling to be mediocre. He was afraid that he would change his original destiny - the powerful destiny that seemed to be able to call the wind and rain.
At this moment, Zhuang Mingxu felt a little distressed. He thought about how sad Lu Weiyi must be when he thought about how he insisted on awakening his superpowers again and again, regardless of his own safety.
Is he secretly blaming himself?
Zhuang Mingxu sighed "silly" and watched "Lu Weiyi" open the small box. Inside was a crystal clear golden crystal core, and you could faintly smell the scent of blood on it.
"Lu Weiyi" seemed not to understand and poked it with his finger as if he was treating a fun toy.
He didn't cry or react at all, as if the person who died was not the person who occupied half of his life.
Those who returned from the team talked about how cold-blooded and inhumane he was, and they did not hide their voices.
Zhuang Mingxu was extremely angry. These people, who in the past had only dared to address him as "Young Master Lu" at any time under the suppression of "Zhuang Mingxu", now dared to bully him so openly just after his death.
"Shut up!" Antonio looked around with a cold gaze, and the people around him immediately became as quiet as chickens.
"He asked us to take good care of you and you will still be a member of the only team." Antonio said the promise to "Lu Weiyi".
But "Lu Weiyi" seemed not to hear it and just concentrated on fiddling with the crystal core in his hand.
A little golden curly-haired girl ran in through the crowd, hugged Lu Weiyi, and sobbed while comforting him, "Cry if you are sad, you still have me, don't be sad."
"Lu Weiyi" looked at him in confusion as his tears smeared his face, with a daze in his eyes, as if he was an exquisite doll who did not understand the meaning of death.
Doesn't he understand?
Zhuang Mingxu asked himself.
He understands.
After losing Lin Yimu, the collapse and change of "Lu Weiyi" are still vivid in our minds.
Antonio took Dean away, and the people around him left, leaving Lu Weiyi alone in the empty villa.
He sits alone on the sofa until late at night, as if waiting for someone to come home late. He might ask with a smile if I'm worried, and even if he doesn't get a response he will still talk to himself enthusiastically.
On the first day that "Zhuang Mingxu" left, no one called him to eat, and no one reminded him to go to bed. He woke up from the sofa in the middle of the night coughing, and touched his forehead, which was a little hot.
There is no soft bed under you, no warm quilt on you, and no one says helplessly and tolerantly, "You are not taking your medicine properly."
Zhuang Mingxu watched him looking out the window in the dark, and suddenly understood what he was doing - he was torturing himself in the hope that the person who loved him would come back.
"He hopes... he... lives well." Zhuang Mingxu looked at the expectant figure on the sofa and expressed their common wish. The people around him seemed to have heard something and tears welled up in their eyes.
The day after "Zhuang Mingxu" left, the Zhuang family re-elected the person in power. "Zhuang Mingxu" was quickly replaced without even a proper funeral. The villa where "Lu Weiyi" lived was forcibly taken back. He stood at the intersection in a daze, like an abandoned kitten, waiting to be taken home.
Pedestrians came and went, onlookers pointed and talked, but the person he expected did not show up. "Lu Weiyi" waited until night fell and whispered, "Zhuang Mingxu, I want to go home."
On the morning of the third day after "Zhuang Mingxu" left, "Lu Weiyi" finally accepted his fate - the person who had always been in his heart would never come back.
Zhuang Mingxu watched him leave holding the crystal core, feeling sad. The fledgling that was protected under the bird's wings had grown up long ago. He had the strength to face the wind and rain, but he was not yet used to the days of leaving the big bird's protection.
He knew that one day, he could...
Zhuang Mingxu turned his head to look at the person next to him... He would grow up to be what he is now.
With sadness and relief, Zhuang Mingxu saw "Lu Weiyi" arrive at Ji's house. The Ji family was having breakfast in a lively atmosphere. The death of "Zhuang Mingxu" did not bring any impact to them. When they saw "Lu Weiyi" appear, the atmosphere became stiff for a moment.
"This is not a good place," Zhuang Mingxu reminded in a low voice, even though he knew he couldn't hear him.
"Lu Weiyi" with a normal expression grabbed Ji Jin's shoulders and covered his forehead with his other hand when Ji Jin called him brother. A scream broke the quiet morning of the Ji family.
The first psychic in the Kyoto base demonstrated the power of his S-level psychic force to everyone. The entire Ji family team covered an area of nearly one kilometer, which was isolated into another world by the psychic barrier.
Countless spiritual threads radiated from the barrier, heading in all directions, and finally gathered in the center of Kyoto not far from the Kyoto base. Here gathered the zombies that could not be cleared out of the entire Kyoto, and their level was astonishingly high.
They seemed to be summoned and controlled as they ran and chased in the direction of the Kyoto base, eventually forming a zombie tide that surged forward without hesitation.
One kilometer away from the Kyoto base, all the zombies gathered together in an underground passage that few people knew about. They passed through layers of secret passages and when they reappeared, they were already inside the Kyoto base.
Ignoring the exclamations and screams of the people around them, they moved towards the direction of the Ji family with a clear goal, and finally used the zombies' bodies to form an isolation zone, surrounding the entire Ji family.
The God of Death inside had a face covered in blood and a calm expression. He had nothing in his hands, but he took all the crystal cores of everyone. Screams, cries, and repentance echoed all around.
When the last psychic disappeared, the space of "Lu Weiyi" was already filled with psychic crystal cores. The ground was in a state of tragedy, and ordinary people who were overly frightened huddled in the corner. Those who used to suck his blood and look down on him with an air of superiority did not even dare to look at him.
The old man of the Ji family was leaning on a crutch, standing in front of his screaming children and grandchildren, helplessly shouting "Wei Yi, Wei Yi" over and over again.
"Lu Weiyi" pretended not to hear it. After removing the mental barrier, the zombies outside instantly surged up.
He walked a few steps to Ji Jin, grabbed his hair as he struggled backwards, and a dagger appeared in his hand, which he used to neatly cut the man's tendons, cutting off his way to escape.
The miserable screams made everyone around couldn't help but step back. They looked at "Lu Weiyi" like a devil crawling out of hell. The zombies bit everyone they saw, and the blood further stimulated them. Soon, the scene turned into a purgatory on earth.
Zhuang Mingxu stared blankly at "Lu Weiyi" sitting idly on the roof, his face and hands were covered in splattered blood, which gave off a dangerous aura against his fair skin. This calm yet crazy look made his heart pound, yet sadness spread throughout his body.
"What do you want to do?" Zhuang Mingxu turned and looked at Lu Weiyi who was silent beside him.
"Xiaoyi, what do you want to do?" He wanted to grab his shoulders and question him, but he had no body and couldn't even touch him.
The surrounding energy was in chaos, and the human figures turned uncontrollably into blurred circles. When there was no living person around, all the zombies focused their eyes on "Lu Weiyi".
He smiled gently, like a red rose with dewdrops, facing the morning sunshine, and then it shattered with a bang. A golden crystal core fell from his hand, and then it was activated by the energy and made another bang. Everything around it turned to ashes, and they merged into one in the ashes, unable to be separated anymore.
The illusion returned to a vast expanse of white, and Lu Weiyi beside him also disappeared. The story came to an end, and Zhuang Mingxu was shocked by this tragic scene and could not recover for a long time.
The unstable energy was fluctuating and trembling, and could push his consciousness out at any time. Zhuang Mingxu gathered his mind and looked around, "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi——"
He could feel that an invisible thing was expelling him, and getting no response, Zhuang Mingxu could only call Taotao.
His consciousness was pulled towards a place, and Zhuang Mingxu found Lu Weiyi in a corner. He was hugging himself with his eyes closed, curled up in a ball, in an extremely uneasy posture.
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