Chapter 55: , Bai Ge: I am the Honkai (New book, please support)

Even the smallest happiness requires paying a corresponding price—this is the truth that the 14-year-old girl named Xilin learned at the Babylon Laboratory.

"How could this be? This is too much."

When she saw Bai Ge's battered body, Xilin was devastated, her heart aching as if it were being cut by a knife.

Knife cuts, injection wounds, burns, frostbite, lacerations, puncture wounds, bruises, and too many exquisitely executed but numerous suture marks, and so on.

That body, where not a single piece of intact skin could be found, made her heart ache so much that she couldn't breathe just looking at it.

Bai Ge was like a tattered doll, broken and then sewn back together, broken again and sewn back together, repeating this countless times.

And he put on clothes to cover this scarred body, not letting them see it.

Xilin's tears fell in large drops.

This girl, the strongest of the four, was now a tear-stained mess. She hugged Bai Ge's body tightly, not daring to let him leave her sight again.

"This is too much, how could this happen!"

"Why, why treat you like this!"

"Those demons, I'll fight them!"

Galina, Avrora, and Agatha looked at these shocking wounds, and they felt as if their hearts were being gripped by a giant hand, causing them pain.

In the past, every time Bai Ge returned, he acted as if he were completely relaxed, and that heartwarming smile healed them and deceived them.

Until this horrific body was exposed.

Those wounds were all silently telling of the inhumane torture Bai Ge had experienced in places they couldn't see.

And it turned out that everything they had obtained so far had been exchanged for this. Food, clothes, even the storybook in their hands—all were bloody rewards obtained by the boy sacrificing himself.

In this hellish Babylon Tower, Bai Ge used himself as a sacrifice to open up a paradise for them.

When they learned this.

How could they endure it?!

"Bai Ge, please don't do experiments anymore. We don't want anything anymore."

"We'll return the clothes, the storybooks, the beds, and the quilts. Please, ask them not to treat you like this anymore."

"I, I can also do experiments for them. Let us take your place this time, okay?"

"Idiot, Bai Ge, you big idiot. I don't want those things, I just want you to be okay. Hey! People outside, can you hear me? I'll be your test subject, take it out on me! Don't hurt him anymore, don't!"

"............"

Looking at the girls who were sad, crying, and even volunteering to do human experiments because of him.

Even Bai Ge, who hadn't shed a single tear despite knife cuts, fire burns, frostbite, electric shocks, and Honkai energy injections, felt his nose sting, and something blurred his vision.

Unable to control the surging emotions, Bai Ge opened his arms and hugged all these little angels.

"Thank you, thank you, Xilin, Avrora, Agatha, Galina. I'm so happy."

In fact, in the past, Bai Ge had some reservations about the girls.

After all, he wasn't their real childhood friend; that was just a lie fabricated by the system to allow him to exist reasonably in this space-time.

But now, this barrier had disappeared.

Even if the memories of the past were false lies, their feelings for him were undoubtedly real!

And that was enough.

If Bai Ge had decided to save Xilin and the others out of pity for their experiences before, now he truly wanted to protect these girls who were no different from his family.

Therefore, he couldn't stop now.

"Give me a little more time. Soon, very soon, we can leave this place."

"Bai Ge..."

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"Let's live together then, find a better place—a place far warmer than this, full of sunshine, where flowers bloom, a beautiful place to live a happy life."

"Mm."

Xilin bit her lower lip and agreed in a low voice, but her heart became more and more painful, because she understood what Bai Ge meant—he intended to continue doing those experiments.

The five of them huddled together for the night.

However, nothing had changed.

When the iron door opened again the next day, the adults took the boy away again, and they could only watch helplessly.

Xilin: "... I can't do anything."

The intensity of the experiments was getting higher and higher, to the point where even Bai Ge couldn't hold on. Or rather, the fact that he could hold on until now had already shocked those researchers.

However, sympathy was impossible.

This group of demons was like they had discovered a toy that couldn't be broken, so they were increasingly happy to perform even more cruel experiments on him.

Some were even betting on how many more days Bai Ge could last and when he would collapse.

(Collapse? Before I kill all of you and take Xilin and the others to the place we agreed on to start a new life, I will absolutely not lose!)

Bai Ge listened to these people's words, letting his battered body continue to accumulate the power of Honkai.

That power was becoming clearer and clearer. Soon, he would reach that realm and gain the power to take Xilin and the others out of this hell.

However, no matter how firm his will was, Bai Ge's body was indeed nearing the brink of collapse.

When the experiment ended that day, Bai Ge found that he couldn't control his hands and feet, and he was panting heavily with every step he took.

And such high-intensity experiments continued for several days, until he was almost completely unable to move and could no longer get off the experimental table by himself.

He could only be dragged back to the prison by these guys.

Xilin and the others had never seen him in such a wretched state, and they were all terrified. The suppressed emotions finally exploded.

"No, don't touch Bai Ge!"

"Get out, get out! Don't come over!"

"Don't come back, I'll take his place and go with you!"

"Put him down, give Bai Ge back to us!"

Every day after that, they desperately tried to stop Bai Ge from being taken away. The girls, who didn't even have a single stone, could only clench their little fists and hit the adults who were trying to continue hurting Bai Ge.

But the result was obvious: young and weak as they were, they couldn't stop the adults' evil deeds. No matter how hard they tried, Bai Ge was still taken away in the end.

All they could do was cry for him and, when Bai Ge returned battered and bruised at night, hug his body tightly, doing their best to make him feel warm.

Such days continued until today.

Inside the Babylon Laboratory.

The boy, with dull eyes, lay on the experimental table as usual. In Bai Ge's current state, these people were even too lazy to tie him down with restraints.

Bai Ge himself scanned the surroundings with emotion; his blood had splashed into every corner of this place.

However, the days of being a test subject for these animals end today! ===== CHAPTER 56 =====