Chapter 140 Shan Ran is the dolphin in the sea…
Nan Guishang's body was not easily moved, and he turned his head from side to side, searching for something in the room.
He glanced warily at the expressionless boy, his mind already conjuring up a human figure in the air beside him, identical in appearance to the boy, guessing that the other twin was in this spot.
These brothers give off a... creepy vibe; they're not simple characters.
Gano looked up at Nan Guishang opposite her, her brows furrowing slightly. The other man's gaze kept shifting between her and the air around him.
It looked strange, but there was no malice in it, so Gano didn't bother with it.
After listening to Shan Ran's explanation, Nan Guishang breathed a sigh of relief and said in a light tone, "That was close, Shan Ran. Everything in the dream wasn't real."
I've had nightmares before, and sometimes even nightmares. When I'm trapped in a nightmare, I can't move. In my dream, when I'm in a laboratory tank and can't get out, it's like a nightmare, and I can't escape no matter what I do.
But now that I know it was all a dream, it's so wonderful. You have no idea how desperate I was back then...
Once he relaxed, Nan Guishang resumed his previous state, rambling on and on.
But as he talked, he realized something was wrong.
Chandler, standing to the side, turned his head away, so only his profile could be seen; his shoulders were slightly hunched, as if he wanted to avoid looking at him.
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Shan Ran, who was using her water-based supernatural abilities to wipe his body, trembled slightly, causing the water that had been condensed to spill out and wet Nan Guishang's clothes.
He turned to look at Shanran, "Shanran? Shanran, what's wrong?"
He didn't realize that his voice was trembling slightly.
A sudden, inexplicable sense of foreboding welled up within him; he finally realized something was wrong—
Ever since he woke up, he had been feeling something was off, something that his subconscious was trying to deny.
"Where are I, my mom, and my dad?"
Since Shanran said that people who know her will enter her dreams, then her parents must have dreamed too.
Having experienced such a terrible dream, he would definitely come to see him as soon as he wakes up, but why hasn't he come yet after so long?
Just as Nan Guishang was about to say something, his pupils suddenly contracted.
He suddenly remembered the guard calling her name when Shan Ran entered the room—
"Mountain area chief".
District...Chief?
Shan Ran became the district head, but what about his mother?
"Ah Shang..."
Before Shan Ran could say anything, Nan Guishang suddenly turned over and tried to get out of bed, but almost fell because he lost his balance.
Shan Ran caught him with quick reflexes.
The young man, who had lost the left side of his body, was very light, and Shan Ran pulled him into her arms with almost no effort.
In the past, Nan Guishang would have blushed, his heart pounded, and he was filled with excitement.
But now he had no romantic thoughts whatsoever. He struggled in Shan Ran's arms, "Where are my parents? Where are they? Why don't they come to see me? What's going on with the district head? Shan Ran, you're the district head now, how is my mother?"
Chandler quickly walked over, pressed down on Nan Guishang's shoulder, and said in a trembling voice, "A Shang, calm down first."
Nan Guishang turned to look at Cheadle, his face already streaked with tears, and asked in a desolate voice, "Brother, has something happened to them? Are they injured?"
Chandler didn't dare look him in the eye and instinctively lowered his head to avoid eye contact.
Nan Guishang felt that after waking up this time, his mind was noticeably sharper and his senses were more acute. He understood everything with just this one action.
It's not just about getting injured.
If it's not just injury, then... then...
Nan Guishang hadn't mentioned this before, but actually, every time a limb is lost, there is always phantom limb pain during the regrowth process.
The brain thinks that the limb still exists, so it subconsciously tries to move it, and losing the limb's position will cause severe pain.
It is said that phantom limb pain requires an adaptation period of time, and once the body has fully adapted to the disability, the pain will stop.
But each time, before his body could adapt, that part of the limb would grow back. So every time he was revived and woke up, Nan Guishang would experience phantom limb pain again.
He is now in a lot of pain, especially in his left hand and left leg, which is more intense than any phantom limb pain he has ever experienced before.
He thought he had grabbed Cheadle's arm with his left hand, but it was just his imagination.
So he turned his head and looked at Shanran, crying uncontrollably and unable to find the words to express himself.
"Shan, Shan Ran, Shan District Chief, my brother... he's not telling the truth, please tell me, tell me what really happened..."
Looking at the heartbroken face so close to hers, Shan Ran gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "A Shang, District Chief Lu and Mr. Nan Gui, the two of them have already..."
He sacrificed himself.
After hearing the confirmed news, the returning merchant from the south calmed down.
He collapsed into Shan Ran's arms, his mind blank.
After a long while, he looked up at Shanran and asked her what had happened.
Even if they keep it from Nan Guishang now, he will find out the truth after he gets his phone and sees the forum. So Shan Ran and Chandel had already discussed it beforehand and decided not to hide it from him.
Shan Ran placed Nan Gui Shang on the bed, and Meng Xin also came over and placed a cushion at her waist.
Chandler was present at the time, so he provided the explanation.
"So... they originally came to kidnap me, but my parents happened to arrive and were killed while trying to stop them?"
Chandler lowered his head and grasped Nan Guishang's only remaining right hand, his eyelashes moist, his voice hoarse, "Ah Shang..."
"Is it because they know about my special ability?"
Chandler shook his head. "It's uncertain. They were suicide squads. Those who were captured committed suicide, but the others are still on the run. We are intensifying our pursuit."
“It should be,” Nan Guishang said, his eyes unfocused, looking somewhere. “Just like in the dream, they somehow found out about my abilities and want to capture me for research.”
It's all my fault. I blame myself for having this superpower, and for not listening to my mother. I was too willful every time I went on a mission and failed to keep this secret.
In my dream, they stormed the safe zone, killed my parents, killed my brother, killed many people, kidnapped me, and put me in a huge experimental vat filled with poison. Every time I woke up, I would die shortly afterward. I don't know how long this went on, but I finally found a way to escape, though I don't know if it will work in reality..."
The further the story went, the softer the voice of the returning merchant from the south became.
Shanran keenly sensed that something was amiss.
In her dream, when she finally stormed the laboratory, she saw Nan Guishang on the ground, his body mangled, his head rolled to the side of the operating table.
Recalling the scene at the last moment, Shanran felt that something was wrong; it didn't seem like the way Nan Guishang was before his death.
She leaned forward, grabbed Nan Guishang's arm, and asked with concern, "A Shang, what kind of solution are you talking about?"
The merchant from the south remained silent, showing no intention of answering.
After that, he stopped talking, closed his eyes, and seemed to fall asleep from exhaustion.
After leaving the room, Shan Ran still felt uneasy, so she contacted Yu Yuan and asked him to come to the Third Continent to help her enter Nan Guishang's dream and find out his true thoughts.
Yu Yuan's mental abilities are very special; he can not only destroy the opponent's mental body in dreams, but also soothe and effectively heal mental trauma.
However, few people could trouble the young master of the Yu family, so his skills in comforting others were not very proficient.
It's okay if you're not skilled at it yet; you'll get the hang of it with practice.
Chandler followed closely behind, "Ranran, did you discover something?"
Shan Ran sighed, "A Shang is too calm right now. I would rather he cried or vented than be like this."
Chandel adjusted his glasses and asked Shanran what the Southern Merchants looked like in the dream.
After listening, his expression turned grave. "According to your description, they were preparing to perform the power transfer surgery when something happened. Suddenly, there was a huge explosion inside, which killed everyone present."
"right."
"Ranran, try to recall, was the explosion centered on A Shang's location?"
Shan Ran thought about it carefully, widened her eyes, looked at Cheadle, and nodded, "Yes."
Chandler pinched the bridge of his nose, his tone helpless, "A Shang was imprisoned for several years, and he was completely despondent. He wanted to take everyone down with him and found a way to self-destruct. He probably wants to use the same method now."
Shan Ran was puzzled, "Why did he self-destruct when no one from the Gongyang family was around?"
"He has a strong self-destructive tendency now. He blames himself for his parents' deaths. I suspect he may want to imitate what he did in his dream, thinking that as long as he, who has the ability to be immortal, dies completely, others will no longer covet his ability."
And you too..…
"Huh?" Shanran asked, puzzled.
"If people knew that he had the superpower of immortality, they would easily associate it with you. Such a superpower is equivalent to having countless extra lives, and countless people would go crazy for it."
One attack can lead to another. But once he dies, everyone will know that immortality doesn't last forever, and the allure will fade.
Prior to this, there were already rumors circulating online that one of Shan Ran's superpowers was immortality.
However, Shan Ran has not yet revealed all of her special abilities, leading to all sorts of speculations.
Besides her obvious superpowers, some speculate that she has the ability to shapeshift or control others' actions...
There are even more animal-related superpowers. People online have speculated about all kinds of animals, and some even think that the Ocean Leader is actually Shan Ran, who has transformed into the appearance of a dolphin. Otherwise, how can you explain why the marine creatures obey her so much?
The superpower of immortality was also among these speculations, but because it was so extraordinary, no one took it seriously.
Shanran was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected that Chandel had already thought about so much in such a short time.
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