Yin Ren stepped out of the red door again.
The terrifying feeling of weightlessness, the powerlessness of being unable to exert strength, and the bombardment of consciousness that made people lose themselves. In less than half a minute, he appeared in the center of the white room again, looking even more miserable than the last time.
At first, all nine groups were still nervous, but when the Great Heavenly Master appeared in the center of the room for the hundredth time, no one paid any attention to him.
Except what Zhong Cheng said.
Zhong Cheng said that there was no need to practice, but it was not easy to leave the team and act alone. After being rejected by Yin Ren, Zhong Cheng said nothing more. He sat there with his knees hugged, staring blankly at Yin Ren flashing again and again.
At first, Yin Ren could only "go out" for less than half a minute. With repeated attempts, the time he stayed outside was extended, but the longest time never exceeded five minutes.
Zhong Cheng said that he had never seen Yin Ren in such a ferocious state. Even when he was fighting against Mr. Chou and Mr. Le, Yin Ren's aura was steady. He was not at all as... helpless as he was now.
Even Zhong Chengshuo was at a loss.
Even though Zhong Cheng said he wanted to help, he couldn't turn his body memory into a clear theory - just like a fish is born to swim, even if it is extremely intelligent, it can't use language to convey this instinct to humans.
So he could only watch.
It's like a wound, scabs form, peel off, and repeat the process. No amount of sweetness or warmth can heal it.
Oh, and he can also cooperate with Zhong Chengshuo... How well did they cooperate in the last battle against Mr. Le? In case of consciousness contamination or emotional influence, he only needs to close his senses and trust Zhong Chengshuo with all his heart and soul... Trust Zhong Chengshuo...
His brain was so overwhelmed with information that it almost turned into pulp.
Whether it was the bloodstains splattered on the walls or the moss growing between the stone steps, every detail was clearly visible. Warm blood flowed over the stone slabs, and the smell of flesh and blood filled my face.
It is indeed a solution to make the best humanoid weapon. It can drive away demons and avoid disasters, use magic, and retreat to protect companions and turn into a blind blade.
As soon as this thought came to his mind, the debris around Yin Ren gradually turned blood red. His imagination quickly constructed the scene, and the sunset and stone steps of that day appeared before him again.
no.
His memory of them was much deeper than that of that useless white room.
Until the day when love and sorrow disappear.
He tasted screams on his tongue, smelled rancid viscera in his ears, and his nose was filled with the sweet smell of expired sugar. There was a dizzying chaos of debris all around him, and he didn't even know how to move, let alone find someone.
So he moved his body and sat closer to the center of the room. So close that Yin Ren flashed for the hundredth time, right at Zhong Chengshuo's feet.
No wonder Qi Xin was unwilling to rescue people first. If Xiaohe's mother settled down, he really wanted to escape from here.
Zhong Cheng said as he took out the photo with some regret. In the photo, Yin Ren was sleeping soundly. Yes, even when he was sleeping soundly, as long as he leaned over, there would always be a strand of warm hair sticking to his skin, stretching out like a lazy waist.
After Yin Ren failed a dozen times in the beginning, he would still smile at him a little embarrassedly. But later on, that person stopped even turning his head, and his brows were filled with fatigue and confusion.
Belonging to others, belonging to oneself. Never seen before, familiar to the heart. Light and shadow were still a mess, Yin Ren seemed to fall into the stomach of a colorful monster. The debris of the surrounding scene rolled and grinded on his body, bringing even heavier pain.
He was responsible for the human world, while Zhong Cheng said he was responsible for the other side. It seemed fair, but it made Yin Ren very uncomfortable. He could not forget the sight of that man who lost his head and fell in front of him.
Not long ago, Zhong Chengshuo solemnly blew out the candle in front of him, and the flame lit up some warm light in his black eyes.
Zhong Cheng looked at his empty hands and tightened his fingers thoughtfully.
Over the years, Yin Ren has developed his own way of adapting to the unknown.
Yin Ren suddenly woke up. As soon as the first two notes of "Happy Birthday to You" sounded in his mind, Yin Ren forced himself to change his mind.
Gradually, what appeared before him was no longer a chaotic storm without any rules, but a scene that merged into one.
Zhong Cheng said he was surprised to find that he didn't like this feeling. Whether it was Yin Ren's insistence or Yin Ren's indifference, it was a very subtle sadness, like a black thread stuck on the snow-white fabric.
[I hope that no matter what happens in the future, we will be the best accomplices.] The man made a sincere wish to himself.
Although he came to the other side, he initially wanted to fulfill his promise to Lu Xiaohe. But was the promise he wanted to fulfill really only the one with Lu Xiaohe
Amidst the dizziness and severe pain, Yin Ren forced himself to think.
His figure was swallowed up by the red gate for the one hundred and first time.
Even though he suppressed the urge to return to the white room, all kinds of thoughts of giving up still screamed in his ears.
Yin Ren tried desperately to recall the green grassy mountain a thousand years ago and the cozy living room a thousand years later. The impression of the "white room" that Shi An had put into his mind became increasingly faint. He forced himself to stay outside the red door, his perception switching back and forth between "chaos" and "emptiness".
He is the cub of "Fear" and he has the ability to move freely here.
Push yourself to the edge.
But then what
Maybe Ai will be sealed and return to the other side to check Qi Xin. If so, will Qi Xin let him and Zhong Chengshuo go? Mr. Qiu can still destroy Zhong Chengshuo's body and kidnap him. At that time, whether it is fighting against the Great Yuan Object or protecting himself, these problems need to be dealt with by Zhong Chengshuo.
Yin Ren struggled to control his perception, just like controlling a sinking ship in a storm.
Yin Ren didn't notice the abnormality that Zhong Cheng mentioned at this moment. To be more precise, he couldn't even take care of his own abnormality - he forced himself to immerse himself in the other side environment again and again, and his perception became a complete mess.
It shouldn't be like this.
The two of them, one standing and one sitting, Zhong Cheng looked up at Yin Ren. The latter just wiped the sweat off his face and strode towards the red door.
Ever since Zhong Cheng said "resurrection from the dead", Yin Ren would always look over at him from time to time, as if there was some kind of red line between them that was maintained by their gazes. But in these six hours, forty-two minutes and fifty-seven seconds, to Yin Ren, he seemed to be no different from the other people in Group Nine.
With his power, he can still help Zhi'an protect a city. Li Nian's "sealing" proposal also makes sense... There are so many ways to get rid of it, why do you choose the most difficult one
Information explosion, nothingness. Information explosion, nothingness... Yin Ren opened and closed his senses countless times. His nerves seemed to be tempered over and over again, and his brain was almost filled with messy information. He seemed to be crushed into pieces alive, and then put together again.
Yin Ren tried to imitate the previous battle and block his own perception, but without Zhong Cheng's guidance, he could only stay like a vegetable for a few minutes.
Yin Ren was a little dazed for a moment, and his thoughts became more and more vague in the colorful world. He didn't know whether he had really reached the other side or had fallen into a nightmare.
When death is imminent, the potential in the body will naturally be squeezed out. This trick has been tried and tested in fighting and foraging thousands of years ago.
How many times have you seen this scene
Yin Ren reached out his hand and touched the blood-stained stone wall. The scene froze, and Zhong Chengshuo's body leaned stiffly against the wall, his body covered in broken flesh and blood. Although there was no head, Yin Ren could still recognize the man at a glance just by his body shape.
Yin Ren squatted down in front of the corpse, and gently arranged Zhong Cheng's clothes that were blown to pieces and soaked in blood. The wound on his lover's chest was horribly torn, and Yin Ren also closed it carefully. But after doing everything, the breath of death still lingered, twisting Yin Ren's heart.
Perhaps because his hatred had been avenged, the tragedy of Yin Village had settled in his heart. Instead, this scene became a terrifying curse that made one shiver all over the body at a glance.
This time, Yin Ren did not look away.
He stared at the headless body, the blood stains on his hands were still fresh and had not dried.
"When you reach the end of the tunnel, there will always be a way out. Enjoying life in time is the most important thing. I have always thought so. But you and I will take responsibility for everything and muddle through... I think this is not the best accomplice."
That was the wish you made to me, how could you just do it perfunctorily
Yin Ren stroked the mutilated neck of the body. The snow-white spine revealed through the broken flesh, like a pale seed.
“… a long time ago, I never thought about the future.”
Yin Ren's fingertips moved from Zhong Chengshuo's stump to his ribs, and the remaining warmth of his skin lingered on his fingertips. After hesitating for a moment, Yin Ren leaned forward and held him in his arms.
Without the weight of the head, the body seemed much lighter than he had imagined.
"But after waking up in this era, I thought about the 'future' twice. The first time I thought, I like you so much, and you are a human. If you grow old and die in the future, I will definitely be very sad."
"The second time I thought, I like you so much, but you lost your original power. If I were to be 'powerless' again... I don't even dare to imagine it."
Yin Ren closed his eyes. The only smell in his nostrils was the smell of blood and wet rocks.
And the aura of Zhong Chengshuo.
It was as clear and chilly as a mountain forest, with a faint minty scent. This was Yin Ren's favorite smell, but when it was mixed with the smell of blood, it became a terrifying smell that made him feel like he was falling into an icy cave.
"I think there is only one way to get rid of this image completely—"
Yin Ren hugged the body tightly and carefully closed his senses. There were many subtle sensory controls between the closed "closed" and the open "maximum firepower". He forgot how many times he had repeated it, but Yin Ren was very sure that he had vaguely felt the edge of the invisible "knob".
"—I must be able to build an indestructible 'future'."
Click.
The smell in my nose disappeared, and the weight in my arms dissipated like smoke.
Just like finding the right combination to a safe or tuning the radio to the right channel, the environment around Yin Ren shook slightly, and the lingering pain disappeared.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Zhong Cheng said, stopping beside Qi Xin.
Yin Ren did not return for a long time, and Zhong Cheng said that his knees were stiff from sitting. He had nothing to do but to use all his energy to worry and guess, and the feeling was self-evident.
Yin Ren didn't know how to move on the other side, but Zhong Cheng said he knew. Ten seconds after he opened the door, he found Ms. Qi Xin, who had nothing to do.
"Have I made it clear? I want 'fear' to return." Qi Xin floated in the air and glanced at Zhong Cheng. For some reason, she seemed not to want to look him in the face. "Of course, I'm not referring to you."
"...Isn't it possible for me?" Zhong Cheng was stunned.
"You have merged with humans so well that I can't do anything about it." Qi Xin lowered his eyes, "... But it's no wonder. You didn't think clearly before, so it's inevitable that you didn't know the seriousness of the matter."
Zhong Cheng stared at her for a while and said, "You remember what happened back then."
"The time when I was hunting you was a carnival on the other side. Love, happiness, disgust... they tore this place apart to trap you. Why, you don't remember anything?"
“I just remember it hurting.”
"Haha," Qi Xin laughed dryly, "Let's not talk about that. You're so scared. You don't seem like the type to talk to people."
"Listen, even if you don't have any skills, at least the elements here - including me - can't completely kill you. If you have anything to say, just say it."
As she said this, her body subconsciously tensed up.
"I seem to be useless." Zhong Cheng said thoughtfully.
Qi Xin: “Ah?”
Her defensive posture collapsed instantly, and a look of bewilderment appeared on her face. What on earth was this god of death, who once dominated the other side, talking about
"If Yin Ren just wanted to find the missing person, he wouldn't ignore me. I can see that Yin Ren wants to be a real terror." Zhong Cheng said seriously.
Qi Xin gritted her teeth. This person's narration made her angry for no reason, but she was indeed very interested in this topic: "You continue."
"When that time comes, I won't be able to intervene in his battle with love. Even if I force myself to join, it will only become a burden." Zhong Cheng analyzed himself in detail, "When I think about this, I feel a little sad."
Qi Xin: “…” It’s true that her nature is “sad”. She just went to Yuan Wu for emotional counseling, and it seemed like something was wrong, but she couldn’t put her finger on it.
"I don't think you need to be too sad." Qi Xin cleared his throat. "I don't even know how things will turn out. Yin Ren can only take one step at a time. To be honest, he may not become a real terror."
"What do you mean?" Zhong Cheng's face immediately became solemn.
Qi Xin pointed to the distance - a dozen steps away from them, two white creatures were fighting. One of them had been eaten by the other, but it was still struggling desperately. Judging from their appearance, the two little creatures were undoubtedly of the same species.
"Normal Yuanwu should be born on the other side under the influence of 'Satisfaction'. If the little Yuanwu has enough food after birth, they can survive by eating only emotions. Cannibalism will only occur in a famine environment."
"As a large species like us, we are bound to kill the previous generation after birth... After all, resources are limited. As long as the previous generation is alive, it will unconsciously absorb emotional nutrients, and the new generation will soon die of malnutrition."
Qi Xin made a light-hearted gesture.
"But according to what you said. First, Yin Ren was born in the human world without the intervention of 'Satisfaction'. This is unprecedented. Second, he has been slow to eat you who was just taking up space, but you are quite healthy."
Zhong Cheng's brows knitted tighter and tighter as he spoke: "You mean to say that Yin Ren is not a normal elemental object?"
"Yes, I don't know what he will become." Qi Xin rolled his eyes, squeezing the corners of his dark eyes, "But he looks like fear, his breath is like fear, and his destructive power is no different from fear. In my eyes, he is the 'fear' cub."
Zhong Cheng said nothing.
"As long as I can solve the problem on the other side, I don't mind whether his bloodline is pure or not. In this situation, I don't seem to have a choice." Qi Xin said, "So no one can predict what will happen in the future, and it's useless for you to mind."
"Yin Ren's condition is more unstable than expected, and you have no way to restore my strength." Zhong Cheng concluded dryly, "It's impossible for me not to mind."
“I can’t help, and I don’t care.”
Qi Xin looked away.
"To the other side, you are now no different from a dead object, Mr. Fear."
Zhong Cheng raised his eyes and saw that the two small white creatures had finished fighting. One of them disappeared without a trace, while the other swam lightly as if nothing had happened.
The one that was eaten was completely devoid of any residue.
There was no fear on the other side, only this kind of "death". Even if he stood here now, he couldn't interfere with anything.
Zhong Cheng said as he took off the glasses made of "illusions" and raised his dark eyes. He waited for the small object to move away, and then he touched his lower back. Under the loose white sweater, there was a hint of red.
Perhaps it was because of the infiltration of Yin Ren's blood that the evil consequences were not an illusion, but were brought in for real. The red color on the blade was breathtakingly beautiful. Zhong Cheng said that he put his fingertips on the blade, and the blade, as thin as a cicada's wing, exuded a hint of coldness.
Qi Xin was unable to provide effective advice, and Zhi An's information was limited.
This won't work, he thought.
Since Yin Ren wouldn't slow down, he had to catch up.
Yin Ren opened his eyes.
He was in an exceptionally wide tunnel, with countless scenes and fragments squeezed onto the dark grey tunnel walls, like a wall inlaid with festive lights. This passage was like an anthill, with the origin and destination far away, and countless forks in the road. Everything in the world intersected here, brilliant enough to take your breath away.
It's like a never-ending festival.
Yin Ren imagined solid ground, and the next moment, he felt a suitable weight under his feet. He was not sure if this was the true appearance of the other side, but at least now, his body was no longer in pain.
Yin Ren quickly made a suggestion, but things in the world are not always as planned, and he still couldn't even create a spark.
Forget it, I have to eat one bite at a time. Yin Ren took a step forward curiously and looked at everything around him.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about you."
As soon as he took a step, Yin Ren suddenly slapped his head. He took out the trembling dog thing from his pocket and rapped it with his knuckles.
"You're frightened to death here. Qi Xin already knows about your existence. So, do you have anything to say now?"
[Home! Home! Home!]
Dog's happy thoughts came.
Can I go home
"… Go back. Now that Qi Xin is watching you, there's no point in me trying to keep you here." Yin Ren smiled. He extended his hand, and the phone floated in the air.
[Go home!!!]The dog cheered.
Suddenly, a mass of black seeped out of the phone. Its skin was a watery lead-gray color, covered with dense and regular pores. And around this round body, long spider-like legs protruded.
The thing floated lightly in the air, shaped like a variant of Saturn with insect legs as rings. The legs moved rhythmically, carrying the round body in the air.
"'Uneasy' looks like this." Yin Ren rubbed the goose bumps on his arms, "Okay, stop being so lazy and hurry up."
[Thank you.]
The dog circled around Yin Ren, kicking its legs happily.
[goodbye.]
It glided lightly like a jellyfish and drifted to one of the forks in the tunnel. I don't know how these things find their way, Yin Ren smiled and shook his head.
Next, all I had to do was find Qi Xin. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and I had already completed the most difficult step!
Yin Ren began to move forward along the tunnel.
For the first hour, he held his head high and was in high spirits.
In the second hour, he walked with heavy steps and a frown on his face.
In the third hour, he lay on the ground.
This place was too big, like an infinite space with a wrong model. He might as well go to the riverbed and dig for gold with his bare hands to find Qi Xin. But going back to the white room like this, Yin Ren felt resentful of "rolling back to the game's spawn point in disgrace".
Qi Xin shouldn't stray too far from the white room, right? After all, how exactly is this damn place located
Yin Ren was lying on the ground, looking at the brilliant colors in all directions. There were hundreds of millions of white buildings inside, and it was impossible to tell where they were coming from.
Forget it. If he still can't find Qi Xin within an hour, he will just go back in shame. Zhong Cheng said he would definitely get worried if he left for too long.
Yin Ren sighed and was about to get up when he saw something round and round rushing towards him from a distance, surrounded by a circle of familiar legs.
"Dog stuff?!"
[Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!]
The dog arrived before the dog, and a series of screams pierced Yin Ren's brain. Yin Ren jumped up with a start, just in time to see the huge pursuit behind the dog.
Various black and gray elements tangled together and turned into a black tornado. They squeezed each other and rushed straight towards Goudongxi. Goudongxi's legs were about to break, and a large amount of transparent liquid oozed out of the pores on his body. He didn't know whether it was cold sweat or tears.
[Help, help, help, help!!!] The dog screamed loudly, and it squeezed into Yin Ren's hand and turned into a mobile phone. This unfortunate mobile phone then turned on the vibration mode and vibrated endlessly in Yin Ren's hand.
Yin Ren: “You—”
Before he could finish his sentence, he was completely submerged by the dark army of Yuanwu.
The familiar pain came back. It was just internal injury, but this time it was external injury. These ghost things are gnawing at me!
Yin Ren was so scared that he turned around and ran, but he was surrounded by these things and could not move at all.
Yin Ren tried to imagine a white room, but these unknown elements were releasing emotions crazily, and his mind was like a big dye vat, and he couldn't concentrate at all.
Unable to escape, unable to use magic, is this going to be a disaster?! Yin Ren covered his head, he had no doubt that if he dragged on like this for a few more minutes, he would be skinned alive.
Is this how Qi Xin "takes care" of the cubs
Etc. I am a "fear" cub, theoretically at the top of the emotional level, and I can eat it back.
Yin Ren did what he thought. He grabbed a slippery Yuanwu and took a big bite. He didn't know what this feeling was, but the taste of this thing was a bit like turtle jelly.
The taste is ok.
Yin Ren's spirits lifted, and he ate even faster. He tore off a piece of skin here, and swallowed a whole thing there. Soon, as if he realized that one mouth was eating too slowly, Yin Ren instinctively unfolded his body and devoured it with his whole body.
As soon as his true form appeared, the group of elements were like being cast under a spell of immobilization, and all of them stopped in place.
The next second, they once again tangled into a black tornado, but this time they rushed in the opposite direction.
"Want to run?"
Yin Ren had already consumed a lot of energy, and he was relieved just now. He moved his body forward, closely following the black tornado and sucking it in.
Something in his body was awakening, and his body became lighter and faster, like darkness itself. Yin Blade swept towards the evil creatures like a wave, and the black wave hit them, leaving only a few survivors. The rest were swept up by the huge body and disappeared into the darkness.
I am full, but the taste is missing.
After making sure that everything around him was clean, Yin Ren slowly returned to his human form. It is said that people feel good when they are full. The Ghost King took a walk to digest his food and decided to go back openly. He held the dog food tightly in his right hand and held the remaining Yuanwu in his left hand, intending to take it back to Zhong Cheng for research.
It can be said that they returned with a full load, and Lord Ghost King was in a better mood.
Not far away, somewhere in the shadows, a pair of human eyes did not blink, and the pupils moved slowly following Yin Ren.
"Evil thing? Original thing? Or..."
The man muttered to himself.
"I haven't seen something this interesting in a long time."
(End of this chapter)