Chapter 773: I Must Find Them Back!

Three days later, the Star Dou Great Forest, Life Lake.

Qin Jian stood alone on the surface of the central lake.

Faint white mist lingered, like strands of longing, entwined together.

Memories regarding Na'er and Gu Yue surged into his heart, bit by bit.

That consciousness that had accompanied him for Ten Thousand Year, that little Na'er who protected him, that proud yet lovely girl, was the attachment in the depths of his heart that he could never let go of.

Gu Yue, who chose to protect him, Gu Yue, who chose to give up herself, Gu Yue, who chose to disappear and leave, was the deepest regret in the depths of his heart.

Now, he must find them all back!

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Qin Jian extended his right hand, and the power belonging to Gu Yue and Na'er emerged, turning into streams of light that swirled around him.

It was both attachment and protection.

"I don't want power..."

"Don't want protection..."

"Don't want you to sacrifice yourselves to fulfill me..."

"I..."

"Just want you... to come back..."

He slowly crouched down and pressed both hands onto Life Lake.

"Hum!"

Life Lake suddenly burst into fluorescent light, then gradually extinguished.

"Hum, hum, hum..."

The next moment, the streams of light around him poured into the lake one by one, emitting thousands of fluorescent glows.

The bodies, Spirit, and power belonging to Na'er and Gu Yue were all sent back into Life Lake by Qin Jian.

"In the end, only..."

"Consciousness remains."

Qin Jian closed his eyes, and a Phantom Purple light screen abruptly enveloped the entire lake.

Using his own consciousness as a medium, he constructed a true illusion and projected his heart's intent.

Under such an illusion, the one who could find themselves and wake up must be an independent consciousness.

That is to say, if he could not find the consciousness of Na'er and Gu Yue, he himself would also be unable to wake up.

Darkness swept over, and he did not have the slightest hesitation.

If I cannot find you...

Then let me sink.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Just as Qin Jian's consciousness disappeared, nine rays of light suddenly broke through the air and landed simultaneously on the shore of Life Lake.

"You all sensed it too?" Bibi Dong looked at them and said.

Ning Rongrong said worriedly: "It should be Brother Jian inside; something seems to be telling me that he needs protection."

"That's right, we have the same feeling," said Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu.

Everyone else nodded.

"Protection? How to protect?"

Qian Renxue frowned as she looked at the massive illusion before her: "This was created by Qin Jian; do we need to go in as well?"

"It's his own illusion, why would there be danger?" Hu Liena asked curiously.

"Unless he set some condition for himself to wake up, and if he can't reach it, he can't come out..." Poseixi speculated.

"He won't wake up if he can't find Gu Yuena?!" Bibi Dong blurted out.

The others were shocked.

"Swish!"

Xiao Wu's figure instantly used Teleportation to the edge of the illusion, and her slender hand pressed onto it without the slightest hesitation.

With a hum, her figure disappeared.

"Xiao Wu!"

Ning Rongrong was startled and hurried forward to check, but when her own hand touched the edge of the illusion, she was also absorbed inside.

"It seems this is the way to enter; let's go too," Bibi Dong smoothed her sideburns: "We can't just let this foolish man sink into his own illusion."

Saying this, the remaining few entered the illusion one after another without hesitation...

"Tap."

In the darkness, Qin Jian took his first step.

With a hum under his feet, a blue-purple light bloomed and then vanished.

"Is this... the depths of my consciousness..."

He tried to stretch out his hand, but he couldn't even see his own five fingers.

"Tap... tap..."

One step, one purple light; he walked forward slowly and firmly.

"Lit... tle... one..."

Gradually, a faint, ethereal call arose out of thin air.

Qin Jian stopped his steps and looked up: "Gu Yue, is that you?"

"Is that you... you... you..."

It seemed to be within an empty world, with echoes coming from all directions, masking that murmuring call.

He closed his mouth and took a few more tapping steps.

"Hum!"

Suddenly, a blurry screen of light appeared at his side.

"Little fellow..."

Gu Yue's blurry figure appeared in the light screen.

"Is there a god bullying you..."

"I will help you kill them..."

The light screen vanished, and Qin Jian felt a blockage in his heart.

"Hum."

Another light screen was born.

"Little fellow, you are my own flesh and blood; if I don't protect you, who would I protect..."

One light screen after another arrived in quick succession.

"Little fellow, don't be sad; Na'er has disappeared, but I am still here to accompany you..."

"Little fellow, I don't understand why I have... such an impulse toward you..."

"Little fellow, there is still one way... I can also give up my own consciousness for you..."

"Little fellow, bring Gu Yuena back... We believe in you..."

"Little fellow..."

Qin Jian suddenly knelt down with a thud, gasping for air: "Hoo... hoo..."

In Gu Yue's dozen or so days of life, she had done almost nothing for herself; everything she did was for him!

Recovering for him, repelling enemies for him, resisting the Asura God for him, giving up her consciousness for him, perishing for him...

Without her, he would not have made it to this point, and might have already been captured in the God Realm's schemes, locked away and stripped of his laws.

"Puff, puff, puff..."

Suddenly, countless pitch-black hands stretched out from around his body, grabbing onto Qin Jian in circles.

"Stay..."

"Stay and keep me company..."

Amidst those eerie murmurs, endless feelings of regret drowned him, wanting to make him sink.

Those arms were like the embodiment of negative emotions, dragging him down firmly.

"No..."

Qin Jian struggled to get up, but was dragged fiercely, sinking into the darkness.

"No..."

"I want to find them and bring them back..."

He crawled up bit by bit, struggling forward with difficulty.

"I want to find them and bring them back!"

The dark shadows were like an outer garment, gradually peeling off his body.

"I must! Find them! And bring them! Back! ——"

Amidst the roar, the entire dark space shattered with a boom.

The scene before his eyes suddenly cleared, and Qin Jian felt the world spinning, as if falling from a great height to the earth.

"Hm?"

A blinding light appeared, and he subconsciously covered his eyes.

"Qin Jian! Qin Jian!"

A faint girl's voice sounded beside him: "Hurry and come back to your senses, it's your turn to speak!"

As if the light and shadow of memory were pulled open, the sounds of wind and birds returned to his ears, and pleasant floral scents lingered at the tip of his nose.

Qin Jian slowly lowered his hand, and the sunlight shone down all at once, causing his eyes some slight stinging pain.

The light and shadow before him gradually became clear, but the scene before him left him in a trance.

On the emerald green playground, thousands of students wearing clothes of a familiar style looked at him in surprise, while he himself stood on the rostrum, with a microphone in front of him.

"Is this... my modern memory from my past life... projected into an illusion..." he muttered to himself.

"Qin Jian!"

The extremely familiar girl's voice sounded again beside him, and Qin Jian gave a violent jolt.

He turned his head so fast that he almost twisted his neck.

A pair of pure eyes appeared in his line of sight; the girl's face was so familiar, so familiar that Qin Jian's lips were trembling slightly: "Na... er..."

(End of chapter)