Li Xiao stared at Cheng Shaolin, bewildered. He kept calling her, but she had no idea why. And everyone was watching them—what was going on?
Li Xiao had no idea how dangerous her situation had been. If she didn't wake up and remained trapped in her own consciousness, she would continue to sink deeper and deeper until she could wake up.
This is something you can only do yourself; no one else can help you.
Li Xiao was almost swallowed up by the darkness in her heart. Only by making her consciousness stronger and more determined could she overcome herself and defeat herself.
Yes, she defeated herself through sheer willpower. It took some effort, though; she certainly gave everyone around her quite a fright.
Li Xiao looked at Cheng Shaolin with confusion. Cheng Shaolin affectionately patted her head and said, "Xiao Xiao, what happened to you just now? I called you for a long time and you didn't respond."
Li Xiao's dark eyes were fixed on Cheng Shaolin; she herself hadn't quite figured out what had just happened. How should she put it?
"What did you see? Did you call me?" Li Xiao asked, looking up.
“You suddenly acted strangely just now. I called you, but you didn’t respond at all, as if you couldn’t hear me.”
At this moment, everyone gathered around. Seeing that Li Xiao seemed to be better, they all came over with concern to see what had happened.
"Yeah, Xiaoxiao, what happened to you just now? You looked so strange, and you didn't answer when I called you." Tian Tian walked over quickly, her voice already reaching them before she even arrived.
Li Xiao smiled at her and said, "I don't know what happened either."
Everyone was even more puzzled.
It wasn't good for a bunch of people to be gathered here, and seeing that things were already settled, Yu Yanbin told everyone to go back and talk more, since it seemed things couldn't be explained in a short time.
After cleaning up the surrounding area, Yu Yanbin led everyone to the supermarket behind the car.
The car was parked in front of the supermarket. Xiao Peng built a wall around the perimeter to keep the zombies away.
When Tan Jian and the others arrived, Xiao Peng removed the earthen wall and let the car out.
At this point, Xiao Peng continued to surround the car, and the group went inside the supermarket.
Yu Yanbin led Cheng Shaolin, Li Xiao, and the others to the second floor. The second floor was filled with daily necessities, clothes, shoes, socks, and the like.
Yu Yanbin and his team had already cleaned up the place, so it's quite nice to rest here.
Cheng Shaolin pulled Li Xiao to sit on the mat that had been laid out, gave her a bottle of water, and told her to drink it slowly.
Yu Yanbin instructed Xiao Peng to take safety precautions before returning to Cheng Shaolin's place.
Li Xiao had already finished half a bottle of water. Seeing that Cheng Shaolin was still staring at her, she asked him directly, "What do you want to ask?"
Cheng Shaolin could see that Li Xiao was helpless. He was actually just scared, afraid that Li Xiao would have some other problems and he would be helpless. He felt very useless.
"Xiaoxiao, you were really scary just now, you know? What happened to you?" Cheng Shaolin asked, still worried.
Li Xiao thought for a moment, unsure of what was wrong with her or how to explain it. Frowning, she lowered her head and whispered, "I don't know how to say it either."
"Then take your time and tell me, there's no rush," Cheng Shaolin comforted her.
At this moment, Tian Tian, who was standing next to her, also came closer to her. "Xiaoxiao, it's okay. Just tell me, what happened to you just now?"
Li Xiao felt a little embarrassed that she had disturbed everyone.
“I’m not quite sure, back then,” Li Xiao said, noticing everyone looking at her except for Zhou Lingyu and a few others who were standing at a distance.
Everyone looked on with such curiosity that Li Xiao paused. They were all staring at her with wide eyes, making her unsure how to continue, and she felt quite embarrassed.
"Speak up, Xiaoxiao." This time, Shao Jie was the one who got impatient.
He was clearing away the zombies around him, holding a gun and keeping an eye on his surroundings, when he was drawn over by Cheng Shaolin's anxious shouts. He saw that Li Xiao's expression was off; her eyes were closed, and she looked like she was in great pain.
"Well, I don't know where to begin, so let's start from the beginning." Li Xiao was a little embarrassed, as she didn't understand the specifics of what was going on. Perhaps, others could analyze it for her.
"Yes, yes, that's good." Everyone agreed.
"It's like this, I came over to see if I needed any help, so I walked over..." Li Xiao recounted as she recalled the events, and everyone listened attentively.
"So, you saw all of this, and then you got caught up in a picture you created yourself?" Cheng Shaolin asked Li Xiao, while Yu Yanbin and the others were also thinking about it.
"Is it like in the novels, where one goes mad from practicing qi cultivation?" Yu Yanbin asked uncertainly.
Shao Jie nodded slightly, "It does look quite like that."
Li Xiao wasn't sure either, and continued, "I don't know either. Later, I started thinking that if I failed, I might be killed or eaten by zombies, and then I got scared and didn't want that to happen." She seemed embarrassed, as if she thought of those terrible scenarios because she was scared.
Cheng Shaolin patted her head, and it seemed that she was still frightened, which was why she had this idea.
"And then what happened next?" Shao Jie urged.
Li Xiao tilted her head and thought carefully: "I just saw those people kill us and feed us to the zombies. And I felt like I was bound by something and couldn't move. I just watched helplessly as the zombies pounced on everyone."
Even now, the thought of it makes Li Xiao feel like she's in unbearable pain. Watching herself being eaten bit by bit, her blood slowly draining away, it felt like the pain was magnified infinitely, and she was almost suffocating.
Cheng Shaolin held Li Xiao's cold hand and listened to her slowly recount her feelings at the time. His heart ached as if a knife was slowly cutting his flesh.
"Xiaoxiao—" Tian Tian called Li Xiao's name softly, her eyes filled with tears. Even now, hearing Li Xiao talk about it was hard for her to accept, let alone how much pain Li Xiao must have been in at the time.
Li Xiao shook her head. Now that she thought about it, perhaps it was her own overthinking that caused all of this, and it was her own fault.
Seeing Li Xiao's dejected state, Cheng Shaolin comforted her, saying, "Xiao Xiao, don't think so much. None of this will happen. You'll be fine. Everyone will be alright. I'll always be with you and won't let anything happen to you, understand?"
Li Xiao looked into his eyes and nodded, "Yes."
Qiu Fengyu spoke up from the side, "How did you wake up later? I heard they said you couldn't be woken up before, how did you wake up later?"
Li Xiao looked at Qiu Fengyu and saw that her eyes were clear and had a faint, almost imperceptible light in them.
"Yes, then I fought back with all my might, not wanting to be trampled underfoot. Then, I don't know how, I broke free." At this moment, Li Xiao seemed to have returned to that time, feeling warm and comfortable, so comfortable that she wanted to hum.
Seeing that Li Xiao seemed to be getting lost in that state of bliss again, everyone looked at each other, unsure whether they should call out to her.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
