Volume 1: The Inside and Outside of the World 047 Falling into a dream
"Is it over?" said Poplar with his hands on his knees, panting, although his injuries were repaired by the power of white light, the loss of magic and spirit could not be compensated, and he was still extremely tired.
The red liquid kept writhing, and then exploded, and a large blood mist appeared, and then a human figure instantly appeared in the blood mist, and No. 12356 was still not dead.
"There are 40 seconds left. His voice revealed a hint of madness, and his body moved towards the poplar.
Another ordinary side kick, the poplar flew out again, breaking several stone pillars in a row, coughing up a large pool of blood, he looked down, staring at his own blood, his eyes were scattered.
"Come on, kill me!" No. 12356 was not far away, stepping on He Yue's body and shouting.
But the poplar tree really couldn't move, his magic power was exhausted, his spirit was on the verge of collapse, and he was wailing in pain everywhere in his body.
"The sun-shooting bow is used, the fist of love and hatred is also used, and the beautiful girl's transformation is almost unsustainable······ I tried my best······"
"I can't, I can't do ······" Poplar thought so and closed his eyes.
His consciousness left the real world and fell into a dark dream.
"I had this strange dream again. Poplar stayed in the dark dream, crouching in place with his hands on his knees, his head buried between his knees, and all kinds of sounds around him.
"Who's bullying you again?"
"Why are you here again?"
"Cowards, cowards, poor worms. ”
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These voices are chaotic and complex, with men and women, and if you listen closely, you can probably hear seven different voices.
Poplar recalls his past, whenever he encounters something that cannot be solved, he will enter this strange place, just stay quietly, and when he goes out again, the matter will be solved, and the world will be harmonious and beautiful as always.
The first time, when Yang Shu was six years old, he hid in the bedroom and listened to his parents arguing in the living room, he heard the sound of yelling, swearing, throwing things, and hitting people, because he was afraid, he covered himself in the bed, trembling with tears.
That was the first time Poplar saw him, and in that dark dream, he slowly walked towards Poplar and asked gently.
"Let me go, okay?"
Poplar nodded, fell into a deep sleep, and when she woke up again, her parents were sitting on the edge of her bed.
"Baby, Mom and Dad will never quarrel again. Mother said.
"Son, I will definitely care more about you and your mother in the future. Father said.
Another time, the eight-year-old poplar accidentally fell into the water, and while struggling, his consciousness came to this dark dream again.
"Let me go, okay?"
The poplar nodded, and when he woke up again, he found himself lying under the big tree on the shore, as if he had slept a beautiful nap, the sun was sunny, and the wind was beautiful.
At the age of twelve, he was blocked in a small alley by three thugs, fell into a dream, woke up again, and found that the thugs had evaporated from the world, and no one had seen them again.
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Falling into a dream again, poplar again, escaping from reality.
"yes, I'm a coward. "His head was buried even lower.
"Stop. A deep, deep voice appeared, which was particularly eye-catching.
The other seven voices stopped.
Poplar looked up and saw a person walking towards him, who looked exactly like himself, and there was a sense of divine solemnity between his gestures, like a god.
"Let me go, okay?" the man asked, in a soft tone.
Poplar nodded.
In reality, Yang Shu stood up, his hands naturally drooped, his eyes were at No. 12356, and he opened his mouth slightly, his tone was calm and solemn: "I can." ”
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At this time, his body was surrounded by a white halo, which seemed to be illusory and real, making people unable to see his face clearly, like a god.
"And, 30 seconds. Yang Shu raised his left hand, his palm spread out towards No. 12356, and the black tattoo on his left arm had materialized at some point, turning into a black aura that enveloped the entire left arm, slowly flowing.
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"You are indeed the one who has been favored by Chaos, come, kill me. 12356 retracted the foot that had stepped on He Yue's body and slowly walked towards the poplar tree.
Poplar also maintained his previous posture and slowly walked towards No. 12356.
Step by step, the form of No. 12356 continued to change, the bulge of blood vessels under the white skin gradually burst open, several bloody tentacles stretched out from the wound and kept wriggling, and the bloody eyes and bloody mouth on his face were also filled with deformed flesh and blood, becoming more and more inhuman.
Both of them stopped, and one step away, No. 12356 had completely lost its human form, becoming a mass of twisted and deformed flesh, several bloody mouths howling at the poplars, and a huge and grotesque voice hovered over the mountain, which was faintly mixed with human voices.
"Please, kill me. ”
Poplar stretched out his hand and pressed it on his body, and the black aura that was originally slowly circulating seemed to have met its prey, and suddenly attacked, surrounding No. 12356, who had turned into a flesh and blood freak, and some red liquid vaporization from No. 12356's body was absorbed by the black aura.
12356 let out a piercing scream, and part of its body tried to retreat, but part of it stopped in place, allowing the black aura to do its thing.
"Did there be two consciousness bodies?" Yang Shu was unmoved, maintaining his previous posture and speaking in a relaxed tone, "So this is the reason why you are begging for death?" ”
A human face appeared on the flesh monster shape, with a painful expression, a middle-aged appearance, and said with difficulty: "Kill me, I'm about to hold on, I can't stop it." ”
The human face sank into flesh and blood, disappeared, and was replaced by a blank face, only a red tongue writhing: "Don't kill me, I can give you power! Give you the power to distort reality and change the rules! You can be above all beings and become an omnipotent god!"
"Omnipotent? who can be called omnipotent but Him?" Poplar chuckled, "As for the gods, I am." ”
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"Alright, the conversation is over, little worm, let's die. The outstretched palm of the poplar tree slowly clenched, and the black aura formed the shape of a fist, grasping the flesh monster shape into it.
"You can actually master the [Chaos Shard]!" the monster's voice revealed obvious horror, and it immediately exploded, turning into red mist and escaping in all directions, and the gray fire also surrounded to block the Chaos Shard.
"If you can't escape, it's over. Poplar pronounced the end of the story, reaching out and pressing downward.
[Chaos Fragments] dispersed, swept in all directions, and devoured all the red mist and gray fire, but did not hurt a single flower or grass, and quickly retracted, absorbed by the poplar's left arm, and the black tattoo reappeared.
Yang Shu looked at the broken walls and ruins all over the ground, shrugged helplessly, stretched his waist and walked towards He Yue, picked her up by the waist, and walked in the direction of the cabin before.
His steps were slow, but as if he were teleporting, one step of more than a hundred meters, and soon he was back in the cabin.
He gently put He Yue on the bed, sat at the head of the bed by himself, and fell asleep against the wall.
In the ruins of the Colosseum, another portal opened, and out of it came out six members of the fourth team and Chu Qiu, who came together, and it was the young captain who was the first.
"Rose, is the source here?" he asked.
"Yes, there was an extremely strong energy fluctuation here 5 minutes ago, there was a clear residual signal of [Eternal Wine], and there was also the [Chaos Fragment] mastered by Jiayu's predecessors. The woman, known as Rose, replied that she was the same member of the team who had operated the instrument.
"Why are there traces of [Chaos Fragments]? The young man muttered to himself.
"Yo, the captain who is known as the god of the sun, there are things I can't figure out. On the side, a strong man with a large shotgun teased.
"Be careful, gunfire. Another woman with a blue glint in her eyes spoke to stop her.
"Rose, follow the information trail of [Chaos Fragment]. The captain ignored the strong man who was called the gunfire, and said straight to Rose.
"Yes. Rose pulled out a capsule from her waist bag, pressed a button and fell to the ground, and after a puff of smoke, a large complex instrument appeared on the ground, and there were more than a dozen of them on the instrument panel alone.
Rose's fingers turned into afterimages, and after a few manipulations, the instrument spat out a small chip.
Then she took out another capsule and threw it on the ground, and a small dog-like machine appeared on the ground, and Rose inserted the previous chip into the mechanical dog's port to start the power.
The mechanical dog runs in the direction of the cabin, and the group follows.
Poplar woke up in the cabin and found that he was safe and sound, having been released from the state of the transformation of a beautiful girl, and He Yue on the side was lying on the bed with a steady breath and was safe.
It was supposed to be a happy ending, but instead of being happy, he was filled with frustration and powerlessness.
"I'm a coward and can't do anything but escape from reality. He laughed to himself.
Out of the corner of his eye, he swept over the bedside cabinet, and a thick notebook caught Poplar's attention.
It was a cowhide encapsulated notebook, the cover was somewhat damaged, the word "Hu Jin" was written on the side seam, and the pages were yellow, which should be Hu Jin's diary.
Poplar restrained his mood and, driven by curiosity, opened the diary.
"My name is Hu Jin, and this is the third day of my escape from the institute. I killed someone for the first time today, she was a cute little girl, and I actually ······ I came home and vomited for a long time, but it was undeniable that I actually experienced a hint of pleasure in it, I don't know what happened to me, but I swear, I will never kill again. ”
"My name is No. 12356, also known as Hu Jin. This is the seventh day of the escape from the Institute. Damn! I'm killing again, she's beautiful, I can't help it······ I repented, but blood flowed from my neck, my breathing weakened, my heart stopped, and my body temperature became cold······ I'm intoxicated, and I'll try to restrain my desires. ”
"My name is No. 12356, also known as Hu Jin. I seem to have lost control, I don't remember how many people I've killed······ But when I woke up, I found all kinds of corpses around, all of them, beautiful. ”