Chapter 667: The Creatures (Part II)
Ye Ning's gaze continued to move forward, landing on a skinny, gray-haired old woman. She floated silently in the liquid, like a corpse forgotten by the world, lonely and silent. The face with deep traces of time, the bruised hands, and her sporadic and robust white hair all revealed an endless sadness.
He didn't know her, but the deep wrinkles and old figure told him that this was an old man who had been through the wind and rain. His presence here baffled him, and he wondered why such an old woman was locked up in such a high-tech laboratory.
However, the truth is often more cruel, this old man is actually Ye Ning's old classmate Dong Qi. The one who has always hidden his strength just to live with Wang Shuwei. In order to protect his lover Wang Shuwei, she burned her life into an ability, and fought until the last moment, bombarding the invading Zen wood snake into ashes. And he also aged rapidly because of the exhaustion of his life.
And her existence, because of that special chaotic ability, makes her an important hub for ability fusion. And this real ability fusion experiment is what these aliens want to do.
Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar figure, Ye Ning felt complicated emotions in his heart. He didn't recognize her, but the old woman's appearance and special circumstances deeply moved him, and also inspired him to wonder and think more about this alien laboratory.
Ye Ning continued to let his gaze wander aimlessly between the glass pillars. His eyeballs suddenly froze, it was the brown bear he had encountered by chance in Huaicheng, and was defeated by Lin Jingfeng with his fire ability. Looking at the blackened face, that heart-palpitating battle scene came to his mind again.
The brown bear was powerful and had a strong life force, and with the help of Ma Jiao and Star Soul, it was defeated by Lin Jingfeng's fire ability. After the battle, Ye Ning remembered the blank eyes and the skin scorched by the flames, as well as the little bear that ran away. The picture was as clear as it was yesterday, and now, when the brown bear appeared in this place, it felt as if a movie was being played out with doubts and shocks.
Then, his gaze fell on another familiar figure, which was his former companion and his former partner, the Lion King. They had traveled together, ventured together, and marched together on the Western Continent, although to a large extent the Lion King was forced.
But at the very least, the Lion King has made great efforts to coexist peacefully with humans, he has unified all the demon beasts on the Western Continent, and he expressed his heartfelt desire with Ye Ning at the first time, wanting to cooperate with humans, and his decisiveness and bravery deeply moved Ye Ning.
However, fate was unfair to him. Ye Ning tried to find a way for him to escape, but for many reasons, he was finally poisoned, and the picture in that video has been lingering in Ye Ning's mind. The once mighty lion king was actually trapped here, and the memories of that scene cut his heart like a sharp knife.
These familiar creatures, either defeated by himself or former companions, were now present in this pillar of glass, and his thoughts were swirling. They constitute fragments of his past and also of his present confusion.
Ye Ning's gaze slid again, and he saw a little girl. She is petite and cute, wearing a white and flawless dress, and her long hair hangs down her shoulders, which makes people can't help but look at her a few more times at a glance. Although he was imprisoned, his innocent appearance made people feel pity. However, Ye Ning didn't know her, so he just looked at her in silence for a moment, and then looked away.
However, this seemingly innocent and pitiful girl is actually his sworn enemy, Shi Guangshi.
Maybe his appearance has changed many times, but that kind of creepy ability, soul seizure, is the horror in Ye Ning's heart. Ye Ning has lived in terror for a long time, and he has to be wary of the ability every day.
Shi Guangshi was defeated by Ye Ning for the first time, and he was just an ordinary person at that time. However, he discovered his own powers, and through them, he was reborn, and his soul was taken away, and once upon a time, his soul eroded several bodies and transformed into countless forms. Every rebirth didn't seem to change her hatred for Ye Ning, and she followed her like a shadow.
Shi Guangshi once tried all kinds of means to try to erase Ye Ning, but in the end, he was repeatedly killed by Ye Ning. Ye Ning was sure that he might have disappeared from this world forever.
But in fact, Shi Guangshi did not really disappear, and her soul found a new host - this innocent girl. Shi Guangshi, who had woken Ye Ning up at night, was now lying in the glass jar with her eyebrows lowered, her eyes closed, as if she had a calm coldness. (See Chapter 331 for details)
This brand-new body made Ye Ning unrecognizable, but in fact, Shi Guangshi appeared in front of his eyes again. Only this time, she was trapped in a pillar and seemed to have fallen victim to this unknown world.
The truth was completely ignored by Ye Ning, he only cared about finding the next person he knew, and Shi Guangshi passed by Ye Ning again in another way in that closed glass jar.
Ye Ning's gaze shifted again, only to see a familiar face in the next pillar, which seemed to hit all his soft underbelly. That face reflected every trace of his nostalgia and thoughts like a mirror, a face he had only seen in photographs, but it was truly displayed in front of his eyes at this moment - his mother, Huang Huiying.
Huang Huiying, a name that exists in the depths of Ye Ning's memory, an image that he can't touch because it's too beautiful. He had only heard of her from his father, Ye Chin, and had only seen her on photographs in Ye Chin's hands. The woman in the photo has a pair of rippling eyes, and the corners of her mouth are slightly upturned, brilliant as a flower.
However, even though she looked so warm in the photo, Ye Ning knew that it was only once. His mother died in childbirth when he was born, and it is said that he wanted to "pass on" the ability, but he never really saw her, and only learned from his father that his mother's body had mysteriously disappeared.
And in front of him, in that transparent container, the figure of the mother suddenly appeared. Huang Huiying lay there quietly, time seemed to stand still in her, she still maintained the appearance of her life, without the slightest aging and change. Her eyes were closed, as if in a quiet sleep. The endless thoughts and doubts in Ye Ning's heart were surging at this moment, and he seemed to see his mother's hard back, and he also saw the chasm that they had never been able to cross.
Ye Ning looked at this scene, but his heart couldn't calm down for a long time. His fear of the unknown, his nostalgia for his mother, all emotions collided at this moment, triggering endless thoughts.
His gaze crossed again, but Ye Ning's heart felt a throbbing because of the figure in the next glass pillar. That was the man he deeply respected and trusted, the High Priest.
The high priest's old body curled up in the deepest part of the pillar, his wrinkled cheeks like the bark of a tree, recording the years he had experienced. His back was bent, as if he carried too many secrets and prophecies. He is soaked in liquid, reminiscent of whether he was brutally deprived of his life by drowning before he died.
Ye Ning's respect and admiration for this old man came from the Taoist priesthood and prophecy abilities he had predicted. Every word he said was like a holy decree that was deeply seared into Ye Ning's memory, leaving the shadow of the high priest's steadfastness and wisdom in his subconscious. Ye Ning has been acting according to the prophecy of the high priest, trying to change the possible disaster.
At this moment, watching the body of the high priest he respected come out of nowhere, Ye Ning's heart was filled with a huge shock. He understood that his prophecy did not come out of thin air at all, but a true picture of the future. The disasters that he revealed but couldn't understand were led by these aliens from distant stars!
Those prophetic scenes of the high priests, those so-called apocalypse, those so-called dark futures. It's not the towering tree that Ye Ning thought, nor the overlord insect that Ye Ning thought! It's these aliens who have never met and are hard to think of!
Looking at this scene, Ye Ning's heart deepened his worries and anxieties about the future. He also strengthened his determination to stop the disaster, even at all costs. Because for him, this is no longer a simple way to survive, but a mission to die.
And after seeing all these imprisoned creatures, Ye Ning knew a lot, and because of this, endless turbulent waves shook in his heart. He understood that it was not just his friends and relatives who were imprisoned here, but every top powerhouse on their planet.
They are not just ordinary creatures, but each of them is incredibly powerful. Their existence is like a grand experiment aimed at studying various abilities in order to achieve some inexplicable purpose. And your own planet, your own life, is only part of this experiment.
This deep realization was like a hammer slammed into Ye Ning's heart, and his belief completely collapsed. He never imagined that his life, his home, would be just a laboratory for a group of aliens. His life, his death, and even his choices were all just their bargaining chips.
Thoughts poured into Ye Ning's mind like a tide, and his heart seemed to be hollowed out. However, Ye Ning had to force himself to cheer up, he knew that he couldn't give up at this moment, he couldn't despair, because he was the only one who could change all this.
Under the impact of reality and belief, Ye Ning's inner determination became firmer. He wants to find out the truth of this experiment, and he wants to find a way to liberate his comrades-in-arms, relatives, and even the creatures of the entire planet, even at the cost of his life!