Chapter 351

"Once, someone also warned me like this… 'Showing no mercy to enemies is not compassion, it's cruelty to oneself. But you must recognize who the true enemy is……' And, you must understand the meaning and price of swinging that blade."

"This is the only advice a person burdened with countless blood debts can give you."

"While the two were talking, Hei Tian'e had already returned, bringing words from Ji Zi and San Yue Qi Xiaojie, among which there was bad news and also good news."

"She handed a memory bubble to Xing, and soon Xing saw the images of several people."

"Ji Zi and San Yue Qi Xiaojie were blocked in their path by family members, while Hei Tian'e stood beside them, but the family members did not notice her."

"Ji Zi: 'I understand the situation. Please be sure to bring Xing to retreat to a safe place. If you have the leisure, you can first investigate the matter of Liuying. We'll meet later at the Clock Boy statue.'"

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"Is it wrong to seek an encounter in the Dungeon?"

"Hah…"

"Seeing Ji Zi and San Yue Qi Xiaojie safe and sound, Bei Er also let out a relieved breath. Having experienced Liuying's tragic death, his spirit had become as taut as a bowstring, fearing that the knife named 'Meme' would point toward Xing's other companions."

""Liuying Miss has completely turned into a puddle of water…" Li Li Lu Ka lowered her head in thought, saying, 'If Liuying Miss died in the dream, what about her physical body? Can she re-enter the dream in the dream-entry pool?'"

"San Yue Qi Xiaojie had said before that after entering the primordial dream, Xing could not be found in either reality or the dream. Perhaps… Liuying's physical body has also disappeared now."

"He Si Ti Ya couldn't help but shiver; at first she thought Pinokangni was merely coming for a vacation, but now it seems Pinokangni might be even more dangerous than the Dungeon. At least adventurers who come to explore the Dungeon know the danger of their destination and prepare in advance, but in the dream…… who knows if a Meme won't pop out to feed you a blade?"

"The key is that after it kills someone, it flees—you can come and go as you please, and you can't even mount a joint subjugation against it."

"Bei Er shook his head: 'I still think it's unlikely for the physical body to disappear. Perhaps the family tampered with something, hiding the person. After all, once you arrive in the primordial dream, you essentially know the family's truth; the family would never let her go.'"

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"Everyone planned to find a safe place to talk again."

""Miss Hei Tian'e, you don't intend to open a… portal, or something like that?""

""Hmm… I don't advise doing that. Her mental state is still unstable; we should as much as possible avoid that kind of 'violent' movement just now. Moreover—while withdrawing, we can still do more for Miss Liuying, right? Some traces she left remain nearby. Before they completely vanish, let them become your 'memory'.""

"... If we can conduct the investigation along the way, that would be good." Huangquan looked at the puddle of water Liuying left on the ground, her eyes trembling slightly, "Sorry, can you give me a few more minutes?"

"Perhaps, under the influence of the dream, these traces are gradually fading."

"They watched Huangquan turn and walk away. Xing remembered that she had turned into bubbles there."

"Everyone saw her stop, only pursing her lips and lowering her gaze. After a moment, she bent over, using her hand as if to pick up something, then rose again."

""May death end your long dream… and lead you back to the waking world.""

"In Huangquan's palm, those specks of water turned into dream-bubbles; fine points of light, like fireflies, rose from between her fingers and flew toward the unseen distance of the dream."

"On the ground lay a half‑dissipating mobile phone, retaining an unsent message… a group photo, in which the two people smiled happily."

"After Xing sent the photo to her phone, Liuying's last trace completely dissipated, turning into dream‑bubbles that vanished."

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Nezha: The Demon Child Stirs the Sea.

Taiyi Zhenren, belly protruding, wobbled back to the Golden Light Cave; from afar he heard Nezha's roar like thunder inside.

"I, the little master, will skin that monster! I'll dig out its eyeballs one by one to use as marbles!"

Next came Ao Bing's voice: "Nezha, you first calm down……"

"Calm my ass!" Inside the cave, immediately followed by a ding-ling clang-clang, "People have turned to water, how can they stay calm! We should first kill this monster, then throw it at the man with wings growing behind his head, see what he says, how he explains!"

Hearing his disciple's furious outburst, Taiyi Zhenren merely gave a light sigh, he pretentiously stroked his two whiskers, about to put on the master's airs and step forward, when suddenly a fruit platter flew out, breaking the door——

"Pa!"

Ice-cold watermelon pulp smeared his face, a few grapes and dates rolling down his belly. Ao Bing saw that Taiyi Zhenren had been hit, exclaimed in alarm and rushed out to help, while Nezha stood barefoot on the stone table, still fuming.

""Oh dear…" Taiyi Zhenren wiped his face, cleaned the melon pulp off, then fixed a stern gaze on Nezha: "If you keep like this, you'll eventually cause trouble. Before dealing with things, you must stay calm and learn to analyze——"

""Can analysis save people?! The dreams of Pinokangni are all fabricated by the family; this monster must be related to the winged man! We should find him, no need for explanations—just yank out his two wings hard!"

""In short, anyone from the family…… none can escape responsibility!"

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""In the dream, the black swan sensed a slight anomaly: "…What's happening? A bit of… heat has suddenly appeared in the recollection?""

""Huangquan warned: "You've noticed too. It seems something is burning……""

""The three arrived at a hall, finding it littered with the charred remains of the Startling Dream Troupe; even tiny sparks lingered on their corpses, proving the perpetrator hadn't gone far"

""Some of the monsters' remains were pierced by a kind of thermal weapon; the tissue beneath their shells seemed to have vaporized entirely in a short time due to intense heat"

""From the memories of these remains… that person is tall, much more robust than an adult male, his methods clean and efficient—every strike a kill—perhaps a mercenary, or an assassin"

""He entered through the side door of the lobby, pressing deeper into the hotel… if so, he must have witnessed everything that happened earlier……" The black swan's expression instantly turned grave: "…Withdraw my previous statement. We must hurry to the memory realm imprinted with Miss Liuying's figure. Given this friend's manner of doing things……"

""If his destination is also that place——then the scene would leave no clues at all.""