Chapter 174 Night Candle Rules 52 The truth is revealed, they are all still alive...
A transparent wall separates two worlds.
Nanmenjue opened a window, allowing people from two different worlds to see each other's faces, but they could not cross the boundary or touch each other.
How many people are there? It's impossible to count the number of people inside the barrier. Within the range of the naked eye and the area that this transparent wall can cover, all that can be seen are people. And in places that can't be seen, there are countless people trying to squeeze in, seemingly vying for a chance to be "on camera."
"What's this?"
An answer emerged in everyone's mind, but because it was so shocking, no one could say it aloud.
Without Nanmen Jue needing to answer the question, the people behind the transparent wall provided their answer.
"South Gate!"
The person at the very front was someone Nanmen Jue knew.
Qin Yehan's large face was closest to the camera, pushing President Lin, Hao Hong, Jiang Li, and others to the side.
"My God, I know you're excited to see Nanmen, but Qin Yehan, can't you be a little more reserved?" Jiang Li said.
"Please forgive us, it has been far too long since we last saw Nanmen," President Lin apologized.
"Young man, haha, absence makes the heart grow fonder, it's understandable to be excited." Grandpa Hao Hong laughed heartily.
Their voices pierced through the walls, clearly conveying that they were real people, not fabricated illusions or their fantasies.
They were bustling about, happy and carefree, and hadn't even had time to see what was going on on the other side.
"Nanmen, what's wrong? Are you in danger?"
Qin Yehan's stern and tense voice cut off the lively bickering from the other side.
They stared intently over, and after they understood the situation, the other side quieted down.
The people on both sides looked at each other, and inevitably, no matter which side they were on, they could see Nanmen Jue standing between the two walls.
She looked somewhat surprised. "I didn't expect there to be so many people."
She just conveyed her message to Qin Yehan, whom she knew best, asking him to call a few people to this location.
This is basically calling over everyone who's still alive!
"What's wrong with you? Has someone threatened you?" Qin Yehan's face was grim, still the decisive and ruthless rebel leader who had grown up in the icy wilderness. "Let me through, I'll help you!"
"Nanmen, what's wrong with you? Open this wall, we have more people." In the Spore World, Jiang Li, the base leader who handed Nanmen Yu's letter to Nanmen Jue, said with a frown.
Although they didn't know why Nanmen Jue, who never took the initiative to contact them, would suddenly make such a request, Nanmen Jue's state and appearance clearly indicated that he was fighting someone.
Whoever is fighting against Nanmen Jue, standing on the opposite side of Nanmen Jue, is their enemy.
They were all overlords forged in the apocalypse, none of them were delicate flowers in a greenhouse. Faced with Nanmen Jue's inhuman appearance, none of them felt fear, only the determination to crush Nanmen Jue, who had been driven to this state.
However, a few people with ulterior motives keenly noticed that when Qin Yehan looked at Nanmen Jue, the emotions in his eyes were definitely not just for someone he knew or a comrade-in-arms.
Nanmen Jue smiled slightly at them and gave them a look that said, "Don't be impatient."
Then she turned to the coiled serpent, her smile widening, her dark phoenix eyes and eerie patterns creating a beauty that blended the sacred and the wicked.
She didn't say a word, but just smiled and raised her eyebrows provocatively.
The snake face that the main god had taken form was filled with an expression that could not be described by human language.
Nanmen Jue realized for the first time that snakes could have such complex expressions.
An irrepressible surge of laughter welled up within her, and Nanmen Jue burst into laughter. The laughter grew louder and louder as she laughed wildly, her laughter both unrestrained and fierce.
"How about it, are you surprised?" she said. "Weren't you so confident just now? Why are you so quiet now? Are you going to say again that this is an illusion I created on your turf, and that all these people are fake? Go ahead and say it, I'm waiting for you to say it."
"South Gate." The people on the other side of the isolation wall all looked at Nanmen Jue with worry, unable to describe the shock in their hearts.
Apart from the people in the first world, everyone else was killed by Nanmen Jue without their knowledge and sent to that dreamlike, perfect world.
There are no viruses or monsters here, only a group of people who were also saved and are building a new home with boundless gratitude.
They gradually figured out what was going on, and learned what someone had been carrying alone to save their lives, and what they had gone through.
Although Nanmen Jue never directly contacted the people in the space, they still understood what had happened through various clues and occasional hints from the crows.
They also learned that Nanmenjue had not contacted them because he was afraid of being discovered by the main god.
Now that the gods are blocking the doorway, it doesn't matter whether they see them or not. Since the exit isn't open, even the gods can't penetrate this wall to do anything to the people on the other side.
This is the authority that belongs to the raven. Unless it is devoured and merged with this authority, the supreme god can only remain silent in unbelievable rage, and can only watch.
In the memories of these people, especially those in the first world, the Gray Tower, the past Nanmen Jue and the present Nanmen Jue are vastly different in temperament and appearance.
Let them realize deeply that what she was carrying had driven her to this state.
"South Gate, let me out!" Qin Yehan said. "Let me fight for you. I'm not a piece of trash who only needs your protection!"
"South Gate, is this the snake that bullied you?" President Lin stared at the main god, accurately seizing the most threatening person present.
“We are all alive, real living people.” Jiang Li still remembered what Nanmen Jue had said earlier. Although she was emotionally deranged and somewhat insane, she still grasped the key point and earnestly explained to the people behind her, “Nanmen killed us first, and then saved us, which is why we were able to continue living here.”
In stark contrast to the complete silence within the barrier, the people on the other side of the isolation wall had a lot to say. They vied to prove their authenticity, tried their best to persuade Nanmen Jue to release them, and glared at everyone except Nanmen Jue with hostile eyes.
At this moment, among the stunned people inside the barrier, a native suddenly pointed to the other side of the wall and asked, "Is that... Secretary Tang Shi?"
Right behind Qin Yehan, the woman who had been blocked earlier raised her head. She was the person in charge of the shelter that Huo Wei had taken to when Nanmen Jue first entered this world.
The person who spoke received everyone's attention and lowered their voice, "I met her when I was at a meeting in the capital; that was Secretary Tang."
Not only him, but also Zhang Jin, Mo Gui, Wei Chongru and others who experienced the first ghost realm with Nanmen Jue recognized Tang Shi.
Qin Yehan stared intently at Nanmen Jue, his gaze never leaving her. He stepped aside to let Tang Shi come forward.
Previously, those who spoke were from other worlds, and these reincarnated beings and natives did not have a deep understanding of them. Now that people from this world have appeared, some people have begun to recognize those they know.
"Ah Chun? Is that Ah Chun?"
"Brother! Are you still alive, brother?!"
Compared to the silent reincarnators, the indigenous people became excited, forgetting their fear of the gods and rushing forward desperately.
“That’s right, what they said is true,” Tang Shi said slowly. “We didn’t die, but were sent to this world by Nanmen Jue.”
She was also looking at Nanmen Jue, her gaze extremely complex.
Back then, Nanmen Jue destroyed the entire shelter with just one cannon. She endured excruciating pain, her body ablaze as she desperately crawled out of that hell, clinging to life just to see who the murderer was, so that she would never forget it even as a ghost.
She saw Nanmen Jue, the murderer Nanmen Jue.
Overwhelmed by despair and anger, in a state of near-death madness and agony, she looked at Nanmen Jue and said, "Beast."
She thought she was a sinner because she had trusted others too easily and let the wolf into her house, which led to the deaths of so many people. But she never expected that the moment she opened her eyes, she would open them again.
The pain was gone, the fear was gone, her limbs were intact, and like countless others, she stood in a brand new world, under the newborn sunlight.
They no longer have to worry about the apocalypse, no longer have to fear monsters; they stand in the warm breeze, amidst the fragrant rice paddies.
“Nanmen Jue,” Tang Shi said, “isn’t that right…”
“I truly didn’t expect Him to be so honest with you,” the Supreme God finally spoke.
Everyone fell silent, and Nanmen Jue tilted his head to look at the snake.
The supreme god didn't look at her, but at the raven perched on her shoulder as if nothing had happened. "You 'shared' your authority with this human. Didn't you ever think about what he might do? If he wanted to, he could even severely damage your divine soul."
Nanmen Jue raised an eyebrow in surprise. She didn't know that the ability to actively open and close this space was Xiao Nuo's direct authority.
Her eyes softened; it turned out that Xiao Nuo had trusted her like this a long, long time ago.
And she did not betray His trust.
“Nanmen isn’t that cunning,” Crow said. “After she got the space, the only use she had was to save people. She didn’t even bother to study what the space could offer her.”
“I understand,” Nanmen Jue said. “Your mother has her own space, which is the reincarnation space, and Xiao Nuo also has her own space, which is this mirror space. So you are the only one who doesn’t have your own space? No wonder you wanted to take the inheritance for yourself first. How pitiful.”
The main god's face probably turned green.
Given that the snake's face already radiated a magnificent green light, the green iridescence now appears even more pronounced.
Without any warning, the main god's figure suddenly swelled up, and an overwhelming pressure enveloped the entire area. His voice was deep and resonant, like muffled thunder.
"Kill them! All of them!"
Without Nanmen Jue's command, the crow immediately grew larger and stepped forward to block the main god.
Nanmen Jue also spread her wings and flew into the air. Only when she got closer did she realize that her wings were several times larger than they appeared when they were folded. When she spread them out like this, it was as if she covered the sky and the sun, protecting all the people below.
With a gentle sweep of her wings, she extinguished the eyeball that the Supreme God had dropped. Then she lowered her eyes and looked at Zhang Jin, whose expression was strange.
“Murderer, no matter what tricks you have up your sleeve, you’re going to die here. I’m telling you.”
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Author's Note: Although the high C-line wasn't quite right, after careful consideration, the emotions did flow much better! (Deleted yesterday's draft)
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