Chapter 129 This kiss was both heavy and fierce
Reality is different from dreams, and Shanran is not as thin and weak as she appears in her dreams.
Rhine once thought that if Shanran were an ordinary superhuman, he wouldn't need to get close to so many people, and he might be able to have Shanran all to himself.
After that experience in the dream, he will no longer have such thoughts.
If it weren't for Shan Ran's special constitution, she would never have taken the initiative to approach him, nor would she have made those demands, and he would never have had the chance to stay by Shan Ran's side.
In the dream, the biggest variable is that Shan Ran doesn't have any special abilities. It's just because of this one variable that there's such a huge contrast with reality.
Like dominoes, a chain reaction occurred, and the future development of the world was drastically different.
He vaguely understood why, out of so many people in the world, only Shan Ran possessed such a special physique.
Fortunately, Shan Ran was able to acquire other people's supernatural abilities, and now she is exceptionally powerful, enabling her to expand her own power and have the ability to contend with aristocratic families.
That was close.
None of the things in your dreams will happen.
Rhine rushed forward impatiently, nimbly dodging attack after attack, moving at an incredible speed, and was about to reach the island.
Suddenly, the downy feathers on his wings stood up instantly, as if sensing some danger and hurriedly warning him.
Rhine instinctively flapped its wings, deviating from its original path and veering to the left.
Several icicles suddenly appeared on his path, their sharp peaks gleaming with a cold light.
A huge dolphin head slowly rose from the sea, revealing a pair of round, bright eyes filled with anger.
"Don't go near Ranran!"
Immediately following was another string of ice spikes, hurtling towards the Rhine at incredible speed.
He was forced to change direction, dodging the icicles.
These ice spikes are fast and powerful; if they hit him, they would definitely pierce his body.
The other party's superpower was superior to his, but they didn't chase after Rhine; they just wanted to force him to change his path. He could still escape if he wanted to save his life.
But he couldn't leave. Everything that happened in the dream was too real. He desperately wanted to see Shanran and prove the difference between reality and dreams.
The panic in his dream spread rapidly, quickly seizing his reason.
If what happens in a dream is real, then what you experienced before was actually a dream.
He would definitely go crazy.
As Rhine watched the island recede further and further away, he gritted his teeth and prepared to charge headlong into the ice spikes, disregarding everything else.
Just then, a familiar female voice rang out.
"Rou Rou, he is a very important person to me, please don't hurt him."
The man and the dolphin, facing off in the air and at sea, stopped simultaneously. Their eyes lit up as they looked toward the source of the sound.
A girl appeared out of nowhere.
"Dye it!"
"Dye it~"
The fleshy creature was too big and couldn't go ashore, so it could only anxiously spin around in the sea, watching helplessly as the bird-like figure in the air suddenly rushed to Shan Ran's side and pulled her into his arms.
"Hmph~" Rou Rou hummed a few times in dissatisfaction.
"Ranran, Ranran..." Rhine murmured Shanran's name, feeling her body temperature again, which finally eased the fear in the dream.
The immense force of the descent caused Shanran to take a step back before regaining her footing.
The man holding her tightly trembled, his arms tightening around her. Just as she was about to say something, she felt warm liquid flowing down her neck.
Shanran was stunned; this was the first time Rhine had cried in front of her.
She was a little confused.
I didn't see Rhine shed any tears when I went in and out of the mist twice before, so what happened this time?
She had just woken up when she heard the commotion outside, so she teleported out and saw Rou Rou attacking Rhine.
Gano lay beside her, probably because it was his first time entering the mist, and he was still unconscious and not fully awake.
She raised her hand and put her arm around Rhine's slender waist, gently patting his back with her right hand to soothe his emotions.
She softened her tone: "What's wrong? I'm out safely, don't worry too much, I'm fine..."
"I..." Rhine wanted to say something, but her voice trembled with sobs, and she couldn't continue.
[He also participated in the illusion you experienced in the mist, and he has memories of it, which is why he's crying like this.]
Shan Ran: ...Although he has wings and can fly, "bird-like" doesn't seem like a very nice word.
The voice of the world's will suddenly resounded in my mind.
Why were no deities present this time?
The world consciousness laughed: [What? Feeling regretful for not being able to kill a single one?]
There's some truth to that.
[They were few in number to begin with, and with one dead and one crippled, plus their fortune greatly diminished, they certainly won't appear before you anytime soon.]
After thinking for a moment, Shanran asked, "Why did Rhine participate in the illusion within the mist? Was he also on the island at the time?"
No, he's not in the mist, but everyone you know will participate in this misty illusion in your dream.
[Everyone I know? This has never happened before. Did you do this?]
I suppose so. Rong Shuyao is dead. The other world chose her, placing its fortune upon her. You saw it in the Misty Illusion; her existence was inconspicuous, yet it silently altered the course of the entire world, accelerating its destruction. Even if you eliminate them later, the world's population will be dwindling. The reason the other world is so eager to invade is because their numbers are small. Any race, once its population decreases by a certain threshold, is not far from extinction.
The past life you remember unfolded in a path I didn't intervene in. If Rong Shuyao hadn't died, causing the other world's fortunes to decline and preventing me from intervening, you would have endlessly repeated that memory, died shortly after the apocalypse began, and continued repeating the cycle until you suffered a mental breakdown.
Therefore, the people I encountered in the illusion all possessed their own consciousness.
Yes, their actions reflect the real choices they would make in such a situation. They don't have the same resistance to illusions as you do; they might experience a brief period of disorientation after waking up, so their current agitation is understandable.
Can't distinguish between reality and dreams?
Shan Ran understood. No wonder the usually composed Rhine suddenly acted this way, willing to get injured rather than leave the island.
"Ranran, Ranran, it's good that you're here, it's good that you're alright..."
Rhine hugged Shanran tightly, her breath falling on the back of her neck, sending a shiver down her spine and making her involuntarily shrink back.
Seeing that Shanran was showing signs of backing away, Rhine's insecurity completely erupted. He leaned down, placed his left hand on her waist, and his right hand on the back of her head, and kissed her.
The kiss was heavy and fierce, pressing down hard and seizing everything in Shanran's mouth.
The veins on Rhine's neck bulged, and his body was still trembling uncontrollably, but the kiss gradually calmed him down.
However, the kiss lasted less than a minute before Rhine and Shanran's phones rang almost simultaneously.
Rhine initially didn't want to pay attention, but the phone kept ringing, ringing again after being hung up, as if they wouldn't give up until they answered.
Shanran patted Rhein, signaling him to let go, and then took out her phone.
The caller was Meng Xinye, along with countless other messages.
Just as she picked up her phone, Meng Xin hung up, and Xie Qingheng's call came in.
When Meng Xin couldn't get through to Shan Ran by phone, he turned to contact Rhein instead. He didn't have much hope, but to his surprise, he got through very quickly.
"Hello." Rhine's voice came through the phone, still slightly hoarse from the kiss.
Meng Xin gritted her teeth in anger, "Rhine, you shameless bastard! There were people live-streaming from the shore! So many people were watching, and you were still hugging and kissing Ranran, you have no shame!"
Rhine: ......
The people on the shore have pretty good live streaming equipment. Rhine has seen it too. Even from that distance, they can see what's happening on the island. Although it's not very clear, they can still vaguely see what the two people are doing.
Shan Ran first received a call from Kunwu Yecheng.
"Ranran, you're finally out! Are you alright?"
"Captain Kunwu, I'm fine. How about you?"
Kunwu Yecheng paused for a moment. He had a lot to say, but with his team members around, he couldn't bring himself to speak. He keenly sensed that something was off about last night's dream, but he wanted to ask about it in person.
"Ranran, my team and I have reached the Second Continent and are now on our way to you."
Shan Ran was surprised. She only had time to answer the phone and didn't have time to check the message. "You and your team are here? Is there some kind of mission?"
"Yes, the mission assigned by the safe zone this time is to bring you home safely."
Shan Ran paused for a moment, then smiled, "Okay, then I'll wait for Captain Kunwu to come and take me home."
Immediately afterwards, Shanran received a call from Chandel.
With his sharp mind, Chandler guessed what the dream was all about.
"Ranran, was my dream something you experienced in a fantasy world?"
"Yes, this situation is special. People who know me will be affected by the mist and experience this illusion in their dreams."
"Ranran, I..." Cheadle gripped the phone tightly, momentarily speechless.
Like Rhine, he floated after death, witnessing the subsequent events intermittently until Shanran invaded the First Continent, at which point he awoke.
He coughed lightly to clear his slightly hoarse throat, and then continued, "Ranran, the First Continent probably also has this memory, and they will likely start making preparations now, so you must be careful."
"Yes, I will. Reality is different from illusion. I developed superpowers a long time ago and saw through their tricks early on. The current situation is different from the dream, so don't worry too much."
Thinking of the last person she saw in the illusion, Shanran asked, "How is A-Shang?"
"After you entered the dream, A Shang received a mission to go out, but he was somewhat distracted and was ambushed by a nightmare beast, and died. He is currently in the recovery period and has not yet woken up. Many people are taking care of him."
Hearing that Nan Guishang was alright, Shan Ran was completely relieved.
She never expected that the person she saw in the last moment of her dream would be Nan Guishang.
She desperately wanted to know what had happened to him and how he had been in the lab for those years, but she could only wait until he woke up.
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