Chapter 111: Sharing the same boat in Yuzhou (Part 7) Sharing the same boat, suffering the same disease. ...
Zhang Deng will probably never forget this moment of eye contact.
His inner soul trembled unconsciously as if it had been electrocuted. At that moment, he seemed to understand Wei Yuanye. They seemed to be kissing, saying goodbye, and telling each other their true feelings with their eyes. Zhang Deng's condemnation, regret, and pain were all accepted by Wei Yuanye. They just stared at each other, hating, dying, rebirth, and forgiveness.
Zhang Deng turned his head away, and the goose bumps behind his ears slowly disappeared. Chi Xiaoxia turned back and said to him, "Listen to me, Zhang Deng."
"Don't join them in this fun," Chi Xiaoxia said sternly. "Let them die. They brought this upon themselves. It has nothing to do with you."
Zhang Deng said, "How can it be unrelated?"
His consciousness was still savoring Wei Yuanye's gaze, and he muttered, "How can this have nothing to do with me?"
Chi Xiaoxia didn't notice his abnormality. He was still explaining the next steps. "Zhang Deng, Zhang Xiaodeng!"
Zhang Deng came back to his senses and saw Chi Xiaoxia pinching his shoulder. He said, "What's wrong? We shouldn't have run away."
Although Zhang Deng was good at running, he knew he couldn't run now. He had to go back. Chi Xiaoxia slapped him in the face and said, "Wake up."
Chi Xiaoxia said, "I'm leaving now. I'm leaving right now."
"Where are you going?" Zhang Deng asked, "Why did you hit me? You hit me so hard, it hurts."
Chi Xiaoxia was so angry that she laughed. Zhang Deng was really a coward. He didn't get angry even after being slapped. He was in so much pain that he was about to cry.
Chi Xiaoxia said, "The Heavenly Gate is about to open. Once Bufa opens it, I won't be able to stay here any longer. Zhang Xiaodeng, I'm telling you the truth. I am the supervisor of this universe."
Zhang Deng blinked.
Chi Xiaoxia said, "This universe was once very beloved by God, but the gate to heaven was opened by a cultivator. It was too late to mend it that time, and a high-dimensional prison happened to hold a lot of mischievous prisoners, who took advantage of the chaos to escape. Later, Nuwa mended the sky, and these people were imprisoned on Earth. They attempted to escape Earth through cultivation, a path of ascension. In a fit of rage, God severed all pathways of ascension here. As a result, humanity's spiritual energy is very thin, and there is no possibility of ascending."
"Wei Yuanye is one of the prisoners who sneaked into the high-dimensional prison," Chi Xiaoxia said. "He was waiting for the moment when the Heavenly Gate opened to escape from Earth. Now the Heavenly Gate is bound to be broken, and Bufa is also preparing to make a move. They will definitely succeed, and then I will have to leave. Zhang Xiaodeng, after I leave, the World Tree will be paralyzed. You can use words to travel back to your own world. After you go back, just like Bufa said, include everyone in your novel. Wait until the Heavenly Gate closes again, and then you can come out."
Zhang Deng: "But I——"
"Zhang Xiaodeng," Chi Xiaoxia said seriously, "Everything about Wei Yuanye is a lie. He's a serious criminal imprisoned in the number one prison in the universe. Only crimes as severe as destroying an entire civilization would land one in the number one prison."
Zhang Deng said: "I find it hard to believe this."
Zhang Deng's tears flowed unconsciously. He shook his head and said, "I don't dare to believe you."
"You already believe me," Chi Xiaoxia said, glancing at the sky. "Bufa is planning to use the power of their battle to break through the Heavenly Gate. This state lord is not a good character either. He could have ascended long ago. His so-called seclusion is actually just waiting for the opportunity to break through the Heavenly Gate. This is just a big show of theirs. These people are all fugitives from that year, omniscient and omnipotent. You are being used by them."
Zhang Deng opened his mouth. Chi Xiaoxia couldn't bear it and said, "But not sending him is kind after all. He left a glimmer of hope for humanity, and that's you."
Is the most merciful thing to do to not send it? Zhang Deng thought it was ridiculous.
Is that really the case? The most formidable defense was not launched, and it actually left a spark of fire for humanity. Wei Yuanye really wanted the world to be completely extinct.
Chi Xiaoxia said, "This is the first universe I've supervised, and I actually cherish it very much. I hope you can at least survive. After I return, I will do my best to restore this world to normal. After all, all the fugitives will escape this time, and there's no need to control this universe anymore."
Zhang Deng asked: "What about Wei Yuanye—"
"You're truly hopeless," Chi Xiaoxia sighed and said, "Let's see if God can catch him."
Zhang Deng said "Oh" and slumped down on the stone beside him, looking at the strange phenomenon in the sky and earth in the distance. Enchanting purple, red and yellow lights flashed among the dark clouds. It was extremely beautiful.
This is the picture of the end of the world, so beautiful and stunning.
Zhang Deng still found it hard to believe that all this was true. His love was shattered in this way, and he had become a complete fool.
Seeing him like this, Chi Xiaoxia felt pity for him and said, "You know, Wei Yuanye has never lost his memory."
"I don't know." Zhang Deng smiled.
Of course he knows nothing.
All along, Zhang Deng believed whatever Wei Yuanye said. He rarely questioned it and never asked the reason.
Chi Xiaoxia said, "Wei Yuanye has a special skill. I just discovered it recently. He only needs to use this breathing method every day to store memories in his body. They can't be erased. I've been in contact with him for a while and found that every night after returning home, he would go to the bathroom to wash up. I guess that's when he uses that breathing method."
Oh, that might be the case, Zhang Deng thought to himself.
Wei Yuanye would indeed go to the bathroom immediately every time he returned home, close the door, and turn on the light, never going in.
In fact, thinking back on it, they had been together day and night, and Zhang Deng had already noticed these strange things, but he just never thought about it in other directions.
He deserved to be cheated by a bad man.
Chi Xiaoxia said, "His memories are like books in a library. He can access them whenever he needs them. However, I suspect there are some inconveniences, and they can still be a bit confusing at times."
"Well," Zhang Deng said, "sometimes he really can't remember clearly. It's all in his mind, but he can't explain it."
Chi Xiaoxia: "That's why he's always like this, mixing truth and lies so you can't tell the difference."
Zhang Deng smiled and said, "You don't have to comfort me."
"I like him," Zhang Deng said. "I deserve it."
Chi Xiaoxia said, "Actually, I think you're unlucky to have been chosen by them. It's hard for anyone not to be deceived by them, and Wei Yuanye was really attentive in deceiving you."
"Yeah," Zhang Deng felt a little happier, "He's been really good to me."
Maybe, Zhang Deng thought in his heart, I am indeed the kind of person who is not worthy of being loved, and others would only treat me like this in order to deceive me.
Indeed, every minute and every second he spent with Wei Yuanye, he felt like he was dreaming. He had an unrealistic feeling that he was a commoner princess who was inexplicably favored by a prince. How could such a good thing happen to him?
If this is the truth, it makes much more sense.
Zhang Deng even felt more at ease, as he no longer felt unworthy of the reward.
"So what do we do now?" Zhang Deng asked, "Wait until they're done fighting?"
"Wait." Chi Xiaoxia looked at the sky, feeling somewhat bored. He said, "I've been waiting for hundreds of years."
Zhang Deng, sitting beside him, also had nothing to do, and asked, "Why did you come here in person?"
Chi Xiaoxia said, "This is also my punishment. Problems have arisen in the universe I oversee, so naturally I must deal with them. But I can't defeat these prisoners. I'm a civilian, after all. So I decided to let them go. It's not me who released them anyway."
"Then what are they going to do after they run out?" Zhang Deng was puzzled. "Is it comfortable outside?"
"You can't imagine," Chi Xiaoxia said. "Even I don't want to stay here. They are all high-dimensional beings, unburdened by their bodies, unconstrained by cause and effect, and all-knowing and omnipotent. After living that kind of life, who would want to be a human being?"
"Oh," Zhang Deng said, "so that's how it is."
Zhang Deng had experienced that moment before. He said, "When you were drunk that time, did you also deliberately throw us into that world?"
"I was just testing Wei Yuanye's strength," Chi Xiaoxia said, "but I couldn't find any flaws in him. To be honest, I can't beat him."
Chi Xiaoxia said, "If Wei Yuanye wasn't a criminal, I would really admire him. He and Bufa are both quite capable."
As they were talking here, there was a rustling sound suddenly coming from the bushes. The two men looked nervous, and saw a woman in red running out and kneeling at their feet. She was pale, and it was Hongzhu.
Zhang Deng asked, "Why are you here?"
"Shi Hong is dying." Hong Zhu's pupils were completely black, with a red light in the middle, which looked particularly strange. Her expression was sad. She said, "I-from what you said, this matter has nothing to do with Shi Hong!"
Chi Xiaoxia said, "What a fool he is! Why would he come forward when those people are fighting?"
"Shi Hong is the most loyal and righteous man," Hong Zhu said. "He thinks he's doing things for his brothers, but how could he know that these things are completely beyond his control? I beg you to save Shi Hong, save him. I'm willing to serve you with all my might."
Zhang Deng said: "I'll go and take a look——"
"Are you crazy?" Chi Xiaoxia grabbed him and said, "If you die, the whole world will be over."
Chi Xiaoxia thought about it and just made up his mind to go and take a look himself, when at this moment, a loud thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. The thunder was so loud that it scared people so much that their internal organs seemed to shift and their scalps went numb.
Zhang Deng looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man with golden light all over his body and a majestic demeanor falling from the sky.
"It's broken. It won't be sent anymore." Chi Xiaoxia said, "It seems the time has come."
"The heavens and the earth are in a state of great disturbance," Chi Xiaoxia said to Hongzhu. "The whole world will be plunged into a bloody storm. Shi Hong's life will depend on his own efforts."
Hongzhu screamed, her scream ripping through one's eardrums. Her entire body cracked, and black marks crawled all over her body as if burned by fire. Hongzhu looked in excruciating pain. Then, vines sprouted from her side at a speed visible to the naked eye, and on these vines grew those familiar ventriloquist flowers—
Zhang Deng watched as the ventriloquist climbed the hillside, following the battlefield. Wherever the ventriloquist passed, no grass grew. It had actually moved the rocks and carved a path. Hongzhu cried out in sorrow, and Shi Hong's heart skipped a beat. He turned around and saw Hongzhu in the distance. He cried out in grief, "Hongzhu—!"
Black tears flowed from the corners of Hongzhu's eyes. She seemed to have run out of energy in an instant and said, "The ventriloquist flower blooms——"
Hongzhu said: "Ventriloquism is in full bloom, and there are no lies in the world. Shi Hong, this is all a trick of their superiors-"
Her words passed through the ventriloquist flowers, one by one, and finally reached Shi Hong's ears: "Don't risk your life for them, I beg you."
Shi Hong picked up a flower in sorrow. Looking at the enchanting flower, he said, "Why do you have to come to persuade me when you are already dead?"
Hongzhu said, "You never believe what women say."
Black blood oozed from the corners of Hongzhu's mouth. She seemed like a withered flower, devoid of life. Her voice instantly grew old and hoarse. She was dying at an extremely fast speed. She said, "I knew you were ignorant and frivolous, but I still fell in love with you. My stupidity made me die three times for men."
"Live on," Hongzhu said slowly, "Shi Hong, I won't see you in the next life."
Hongzhu turned into a withered flower. The ventriloquial flower withered all the way and fell into Shi Hong's hands, turning into fragments on the ground. Shi Hong picked up the knife, turned around and left.
Dong Yu said: "Shi Hong!"
Shi Hong said without even turning his head, "I have done my best. If you want to live, stay away."
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