Chapter 390 This World is Fake
Given Gu Nan's current physical condition, there are many ways to die, but dying outside is the most peaceful.
It had been agreed long ago that Chunyi would help Gu Nan go to the cliff, and as soon as she died, he would immediately gather her soul to help her become a ghost and practice.
But not everyone can become a ghost after death. Anyone who becomes a ghost must have obsessions that they cannot let go of during their lifetime, such as joy, anger, sorrow, love, hate, and desire.
What is Gu Nan’s obsession?
Is it evil? Yes, but it is mostly about seeking liberation.
Can a person who is determined to leave become a ghost in a world he doesn't like?
Junyi wasn't sure.
He hesitated and held Gu Nan's hand tightly.
The wind was so strong at the cliff's edge that it made his clothes rustle. Gu Nan, wearing a red plush hat with a lion pattern, squinted his eyes and looked at the brightly lit Kyoto city below the mountain.
Kyoto is a city that never sleeps, and it was even brighter on New Year's Eve. However, the dark tones and fluorescent colors highlighted the metallic and technological feel, and it was not lively.
Gu Nan leaned on the handrail of the plank road and looked up at the sky.
The sun has been shining brightly these past few days, and the sky is filled with densely packed stars, just like the starry sky pictures taken by professional photographers, with a kind of abrupt and shocking beauty.
"How strange." said Gu Nan.
She could actually see such a night sky with her naked eyes in this era.
But it doesn't matter anymore, she's leaving.
Gu Nan gently shook Chunyi's hand and said, "Turn your back and don't look at me."
Death by jumping off a cliff is definitely not a pretty sight.
Junyi's body stiffened, his deep voice trembling slightly in the howling cold wind, "Promise me that you will become a ghost."
Gu Nan didn't look up at him and nodded.
Then she broke free from his hand and pushed him to the end of the plank road, making him face away from the cliff.
His body was tense, his muscles stiff, and when he stuck it against the door, he looked like a solid wooden stake.
"Don't move." Gu Nan instructed.
Junyi's body trembled, but he didn't look back.
Gu Nan held the handrail and slowly moved back to the end of the plank road.
A thin face was wrapped in a festive lion dance hat, and there was a strange glimmer in the surprisingly bright eyes.
She wanted to leave and fly away from this land that bound her.
Maybe he turned into a ghost, maybe he disappeared, or maybe... he returned home by accident?
Gu Nan had a vague fantasy in his mind. With a smile on his face, he leaned over to look at the bottom of the cliff outside the plank road.
There was no light strip below, and it was pitch black. The height of several meters would not be enough to smash her into a pulp, but it was enough to kill this fragile body.
Gu Nan pressed his abdomen against the armrest, with his entire upper body leaning out.
The thin figure was like a piece of old cardboard full of holes, swaying lightly in the wind.
The hat fell off, and the dry hair fluttered in the wind, followed by a dull "bang" sound.
Gu Nan landed.
Junyi shuddered violently, and huge tears fell onto the glass walkway.
He quickly formed a seal to protect Gu Nan's soul, and at the same time turned around and rushed to the bottom of the cliff.
His night vision was excellent, and even though it was pitch black at the bottom of the cliff, he could still see Gu Nan's current situation clearly.
She lay on the dry grass, her neck bent back, blood bubbles coming out of her mouth, and only her pair of dazed eyes looked at him from a distance.
The heart-wrenching pain instantly overwhelmed all rationality. Chunyi stumbled over and poured his powerful spiritual power into her body without hesitation.
"Gu Nan, become a ghost, please, become a ghost..." Tears fell down in big drops, and her voice trembled so much that her words were almost inaudible.
Gu Nan's consciousness was only blurred for a moment, and soon became clear again. Just as his vision focused, a hot tear fell into his eyes.
She subconsciously looked at Junyi, but found that it was too dark at the bottom of the cliff and she couldn't see his face clearly.
Just like that night more than two hundred years ago, Junyi was also crying in the darkness.
Gu Nan raised his hand and patted his hand gently, saying in a whisper: "Don't cry, it doesn't hurt."
It was not known whether it was due to a slow reaction of the sensory nerves or a last burst of energy, but apart from a little breathlessness, Gu Nan did not feel any discomfort, and was even more energetic than when he just woke up.
So she reached out her hand to Junyi's face again and wiped away the tears on his face.
Unfortunately it didn't help much. My tears kept falling like beads from a broken string and I couldn't wipe them away.
Gu Nan gave up, his eyes moved slightly, and he looked into the distant deep space.
Originally, Chunyi wasn't supposed to witness this moment, but being fragile, she couldn't escape Chunyi's close watch. Even without Chunyi, she wouldn't have been able to leave the villa corridor without Lin Jingchun, Qi Yan, and the others taking her back to their room.
I was able to jump off this cliff thanks to Chunyi.
Gu Nan twitched his lips. Even his death depended on his help. Truly, he was getting worse and worse as he lived.
The stars are twinkling in the deep blue sky, unusually bright and unusually dense.
Gu Nan suddenly remembered that Junyi had taught her how to look at stars before, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes to look for familiar stars among the densely packed stars.
There are sixty-five constellations in the Northern Mansions, with a total of more than eight hundred stars, which together form the image of the mythical beast Xuanwu.
Calculating the time, it is now the turn of the Wei constellation to be on duty, and it is the turn of the Shi constellation to be on duty.
I thought it would be easy to find, but Gu Nan searched twice and couldn't find it.
Not only is there no Room, but there is also no Canopus, which is easy to find in winter.
Gu Nan didn't think he would make a mistake. Betelgeuse among the seven stars of Rigel was particularly easy to recognize, not to mention Procyon and Sirius, which formed the Winter Triangle with it. They were all very easy to recognize stars.
But in this overly grand starry sky, not a single familiar star can be seen.
It seems as if the stars in the sky are just a handful of glitter scattered randomly, chaotic, disordered, and meaningless.
So strange.
How could the starry sky be like this?
Gu Nan coughed up blood foam and stared motionlessly at the deep blue sky above his head.
Then, Gu Nan watched the sky slowly flow with scattered glitter like the swaying glue in a child's creative painting.
As the stars move, the constellation of Shi suddenly appears among the stars in the north.
Also appearing are the most common winter stars, Orion and the Grand Trine.
Gu Nan suddenly opened his eyes wide.
She suddenly raised her right hand, pointing at the stars that suddenly appeared in the sky, and her pale lips opened and closed vigorously.
Gu Nan tried his best to say something, but when he spoke, he could only cough weakly.
The broken ribs pierced her fragile lungs. She did not feel the pain, but the blood bubbles that filled her lungs had spread to her trachea and throat. Every time she exhaled, she spat out a string of blood foam.
The constellations are a star system used to observe the coordinates of the movement of the sun, moon and five planets. The positions of the stars will not change. At a certain time, a certain constellation will take turns to be on duty.
This is an objective law. There should be no exceptions and there can be no exceptions.
But it changed strangely.
It was as if an invisible giant hand was fiddling with those stars, old or young, as easily as moving the hands of a clock.
The owner of the big hand was contemptuous and arrogant, treating the people under the starry sky as stupid ants and playing with them at will.
Gu Nan stared with his eyes wide open, his blood vessels ruptured, his cloudy eye whites were blood red, and a "ho ho" sound came from his throat.
Chunyi thought Gu Nan had something to say to him, so he quickly lowered his head and leaned over to listen, tears streaming down his face.
"Don't worry, I'm listening." He said sobbing.
Gu Nan's lips kept moving, his heart was beating wildly in his thin chest, and the blood in his body was boiling at this moment.
There is a problem.
There is something wrong with the stars in the sky.
There is something wrong with this world.
The familiar stream of light flickered again.
This time, Gu Nan saw it clearly.
It was the blurred light and shadow of the villa's roof in the darkness, as well as the marble load-bearing columns, the glass skylight and alloy frame of the plank road.
They repeatedly switch between reality and illusion in the silent night.
But Chunyi was completely unaware, as if he hadn't even noticed that the glass walkway above his head had disappeared.
Gu Nan suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, and the blood foam and tissue fragments further blocked his trachea and throat.
She couldn't say anything, and her gray and skinny face was shining with a strange light because of great fear.
She opened and closed her blood-stained lips silently, repeating over and over again.
Fake.
Fake.
This world is fake.
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