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"Could it be that I've been living in a hallucination created by my own obsession these past few days?"
Looking at Mu Qiuyao's gradually turning blue corpse, a powerful sense of powerlessness swept over every inch of his skin.
Finally, unable to bear the blow, he knelt down on the ground.
"Why did this happen? Why!"
His fist clenched so tightly that the veins gradually bulged.
At this moment, Shen Zhao felt utterly exhausted.
He sat blankly beside Mu Qiuyao's body, his empty eyes fixed on the fallen leaves outside the door.
"Didn't I save her? But I clearly felt her heartbeat?"
Why is this happening? Why is this happening?
A wave of intense self-blame washed over me.
Just then, a familiar figure appeared from the void.
"Host, are you feeling extremely desperate right now?"
The system suddenly appeared beside Shen Zhao, transforming into a little girl and sitting on the long table where Mu Qiuyao was placed.
Shen Zhao stared at him expressionlessly, but the knife-wielding man's gaze was almost impossible to conceal.
"Don't look at me like that. All of this is due to your incompetence."
The system looked at Shen Zhao with amusement, and smiled broadly.
"Oh……"
As if exhausted, Shen Zhao shifted his gaze from the system and looked again at the fallen leaves outside the door.
The system continued, "Host, if you think about it carefully, you should realize something is wrong."
Mu Qiuyao has clearly recovered, so why doesn't she leave this room?
Furthermore, when Liang Hao and the others saw you, they never asked you about Mu Qiuyao's condition.
How could someone as shrewd as you overlook such an obvious flaw?
It seems that the release of lust has clouded your basic judgment; but that's what makes you seem more like a human being.
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene around the room changed abruptly.
The scene rewinds to the night Shen Zhao brought the dying Mu Qiuyao into Dingxian Residence.
Shen Zhao combed Mu Qiuyao's hair and drew her eyebrows, whispering sweet nothings to her. She drank the last cup of nuptial wine, and then she collapsed into his arms, never to breathe again.
Immediately afterwards, Shen Zhao began to spare no effort to save Mu Qiuyao.
However, what followed was completely different from what I had experienced.
Despite exhausting all his energy and abilities, he was ultimately unable to save Mu Qiuyao's life.
Thinking of Mu Qiuyao's selfless sacrifice for him, Shen Zhao's spirit completely collapsed at that moment.
He couldn't accept the fact that Mu Qiuyao was dead, and tried to tell himself subconsciously that she was still alive and that he had saved her.
Next, prepare medicinal liquid for Mu Qiuyao and place her body in the bathtub to warm it.
Then, I found myself talking to the air, while there was no one around me.
"Host, did you see that? This is the truth. Mu Qiuyao is really dead."
The system's cruel voice was like a sharp knife, stabbing deeply into Shen Zhao's heart.
In the scene, not long after he left, Liang Hao and his group entered. They were all stunned when they saw Mu Qiuyao's body, and then they left Dingxian Residence with a sigh.
Mu Qiuyao is really dead.
Everything that followed was just a beautiful dream that Shen Zhao had woven for himself.
"Host, you can actually save Mu Qiuyao," the system said. "The effects of the Great Dao Origin Body are beyond your imagination. As long as I bind myself to you again, the seal within your body can be broken."
If you agree to the system's request and continue your pursuit of Yu Xiyan, the system will grant you a chance to turn back time and completely revive Mu Qiuyao.
So, this is a gesture of goodwill from our system; can you accept it?
Shen Zhao remained silent, his eyes fixed on the falling leaves outside the door.
After a long while, he suddenly got up, stumbled to the door, and held onto the door frame.
"Fallen leaves are falling, how desolate! Host, what are you still hesitating for?"
The system floated to Shen Zhao's side, took his hand, and smiled, "Are you still blaming yourself for being useless? If so, that's right. You just lack enough power to change this world."
You could easily stand at the pinnacle of this world, yet you insist on lingering in the clamor of this mortal realm. Host, take my advice: if you truly wish to change this wretched world...
You should become the true master, and all your troubles will be resolved.
Little did anyone know that while the system was still trying to persuade him, a smile gradually appeared on Shen Zhao's face.
"Well, host, have you thought it through? By rebinding our bonds, you will gain the ability to rewind time and successfully revive Mu Qiuyao..."
But Shen Zhao interrupted the system: "I'm thinking about something. I can clearly feel my heartbeat..."
I felt the smoothness on my skin, I felt all sorts of emotional changes, but why was it fake? Does this make sense?
The system frowned.
Shen Zhao pointed to the courtyard and said, "You said my obsession with Mu Qiuyao was so intense that it trapped me within my own self-consciousness."
So why has this courtyard become so desolate? Could it be that I'm still fixated on this courtyard?
System: "Master, what nonsense are you talking about? Mu Qiuyao is really dead, you saw it with your own eyes, do you think the system would lie to you?"
"You say I'm trapped in a self-created illusion, but is it possible that I'm currently trapped in a self-created illusion?"
Shen Zhao pointed at the fallen, withered leaves, his face full of disdain.
The system's expression changed, and then Shen Zhao suddenly began counting: "One, two, three!"
When the count reached "three", the withered leaves that had fallen to the ground suddenly disappeared.
Then another withered leaf fell from above.
"A ridiculous trick."
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