[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done":3,"chapter-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-231":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","National Guardian's Gone and We're Done",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1743928,2228,"Chapter 231 - 230: You Don’t Know You Were Wrong, You Just Know You’re Going to Die","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-231",231,"\u003Cp>Gao Liceng showed no hesitation, giving the Ghost Infant no chance to catch its breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Papermen scattered about,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all raised their arms—which looked as if they were woven from bamboo strips and rice paper—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in perfect, unwavering unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible force seemed to surge quietly through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheets of yellowed Talisman Paper cut through the air, tracing incredibly sharp trajectories at a jaw-dropping speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, they fell upon the Ghost Infant as densely as raindrops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Talisman Paper sheets adhered perfectly to the Ghost Infant’s deathly-blue skin, leaving no gaps,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as if the infant had been wrapped in an impenetrable, sturdy shackle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Infant tried to mobilize the terrifying, malevolent energy within its body in a desperate attempt to break through this restraint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, under Gao Liceng’s empowerment, the seemingly fragile Yellow Paper had become exceptionally tough and firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the Yellow Paper, the Ghost Infant’s body began to twist violently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as if a thousand invisible hands were tearing at it from under the paper, trying to break free, but it was all in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time slowly passed, the Yellow Paper and the Ghost Infant’s body gradually merged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the covering of Yellow Paper, its once deathly-blue skin slowly lost its luster, turning a strange, waxy yellow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Infant’s struggles gradually weakened until they stopped completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, as the last of its power vanished,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Ghost Infant’s body collapsed, limp and powerless, and fell heavily to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had become a lifeless paper doll, its inner Mysterious Power completely devoured by the Yellow Paper,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>without a single trace left behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spare me! I can turn over a new leaf. I can atone to everyone I’ve hurt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how ruthless and decisive Gao Liceng was, Huang Haibo couldn’t help but panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he still had some Mysterious Power left as a trump card,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he understood the situation with stark clarity. He was no match for this Gao Liceng; there was no point in stubbornly holding out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided it was better to beg for mercy and hope for a slim chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Haibo humbled himself completely,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his previous arrogant, vicious, and tyrannical demeanor completely gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Gao Liceng unmoved, Huang Haibo continued, \"You’ve already killed my daughter. She paid the price she deserved, and that has hurt me, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know now that I was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting me atone to those people is far more valuable than just killing me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t know you were wrong. You just know you’re about to die.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night had fallen, and a strange silence enveloped the villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Gao Liceng’s figure stood out, stark against the dead silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was cold as frost, unmoved. She simply raised a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a powerful, unknown energy surged through the air, and countless sheets of yellowed paper materialized out of thin air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They swirled and danced in the air, weaving together until they transformed into incomparably sharp blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gleaming with a cold, sinister light, they resembled the scythes of the Death God, weaving into a terrifying storm of Yellow Paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This storm, carrying an irresistible power, howled as it swept toward Huang Haibo and the middle-aged woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the villa,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every inch of space echoed with the sharp shriek of blades slicing through the air and the gruesome sound of flesh and bone being torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds intertwined, composing a terrifying symphony of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Haibo’s face was as pale as a sheet of paper, his eyes filled with disbelief and deep despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He desperately tried to mobilize the Mysterious Power within him to resist,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but all his efforts were pale and futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The storm of Yellow Paper rolled in like a surging tide and instantly engulfed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each sharp blade sliced his body with chilling precision, making gruesome, mincing sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His screams were so faint at that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as if mercilessly swallowed by the storm’s roar, finally turning into silent despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, blood became the most glaring embellishment to the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blade cleanly severed Huang Haibo’s throat, and blood gushed out like a fountain,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but in the next instant, it was shredded to pieces by the following wave of Yellow Paper blades, turning into tiny droplets of blood\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that scattered in the air, not a single one touching the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman’s fate was just as tragic. She screamed in terror, trying to escape the horrifying storm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the storm of Yellow Paper followed her like a shadow, mercilessly pulling her in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body was also subjected to the same cruel and relentless slicing, her clothes torn to shreds, her flesh a bloody mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood and Yellow Paper intertwined,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>forming a terrifying picture. The air was thick with the cloying stench of blood and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the villa, there was no other sound besides the howling and slicing of the Yellow Paper storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Liceng stood there quietly, like a cold and heartless observer, coldly witnessing it all unfold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t the slightest flicker of emotion in her eyes, only endless indifference and resolve. Perhaps she was already accustomed to such scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the storm’s wanton destruction, every inch of the villa was filled with the chilling aura of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Soon, the villa fell silent.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground, once covered by the storm of Yellow Paper, was devoid of any flesh, gore, or even a single trace of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that remained in the villa were two skeletons. The once-living flesh on their bones had been stripped clean by the sharp Yellow Paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two skeletons stood there, still frozen in the defensive posture they had unconsciously adopted in their final moments of terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You still died too quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Liceng flicked a finger. With the exception of her own body, all the Papermen instantly collapsed into a pile of Yellow Paper scattered on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Gao Liceng took a box of matches from her pocket, struck one, and lit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then tossed it onto the Yellow Paper covering the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flickering flame spread in an instant. All the Yellow Paper lost its strange appearance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>becoming unremarkable, just like ordinary yellow paper, and was immediately set ablaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire spread continuously, engulfing the entire villa in a matter of breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flames lit up the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other residents nearby were soon alarmed by the blaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Security guards from the wealthy neighborhood came running with fire extinguishers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other residents hurriedly dialed the fire department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one noticed the silhouette of a young girl\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as she quietly departed from the other side of the blazing villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu He started walking, heading in the direction the girl had gone.\u003C\u002Fp>",1114,"2026-06-06T16:46:32.086Z",1,"novelbin.me","1d8f282c9b0040bab96a88df2158f11ab8f0b9ab71301973c420cf9164ed4e24","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-182","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-181",274,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnational-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-cover.jpg"]