Chapter 252: Infinite Flow: Saving the Crazy Beautiful Person 11

Nanyu clenched Jin Chen's collar tightly, his phoenix eyes blood-red, as if he couldn't believe seeing him here.

"Why are you here…… why……"

"What?"

Jin Chen didn't understand, but still tried to soothe his emotions, his warm palm constantly rubbing his back, "Speak slowly, where is this?"

"This place…… this place is, a nightmare."

Nanyu covered his face with both hands, unlike his usual smiling tone, he now appeared extremely fragile.

But before Jin Chen could react, his emotions shifted in an instant, his shoulders trembling, laughter spilling out.

Nanyu seemed to have thought of something, laughing openly, he fell into Jin Chen's embrace, his fingertips tracing circles on his chest, like a sprite, luring one into the abyss.

"How are you also here…… do you know, after falling into this abyss dream with me, there's no escape."

Abyss dream?

Jin Chen frowned, afraid he'd laugh himself out of breath, quickly patted his back, "Alright, alright, I get it, can you calm down?"

"Oh."

Nanyu instantly withdrew his smile, dazed for a moment, fell silent, eyes downcast, looking somewhat aggrieved.

Jin Chen: "……"

He sighed, touching his forehead, "What is the abyss dream? Aren't we still in the instance?"

"Yeah, still in the instance."

Nanyu seemed to just remember, nodded, hugged Jin Chen's waist, not answering but asking back, "Where did you just go?"

Seeing him hesitate to answer, Jin Chen resignedly recounted the scene he had just witnessed.

"A living human sacrifice……"

After hearing that, Nanyu's interest was flat, seeming bored, he lifted his eyelids to glance at Jin Chen, "Why does your tone sound so sorrowful for them?"

"……It's that I feel helpless for them, living in such a distorted stronghold, with no room for choice, life and death left to the so-called gods."

Jin Chen shook his head after speaking, noticing Nanyu staring intently at him, his phoenix eyes bright, his body trembling slightly from heightened emotion.

"But what if the sacrifice himself is guilty, born despised by everyone, so he offers to the gods praying for a sliver of hope."

He gathered, Nanyu seemed not to be referring to those women, but had a specific target in mind.

"No one is born guilty; don't take the sin others impose on you and make it a cocoon that binds you."

Jin Chen caressed his gorgeous, beautiful cheek, forehead to forehead, softly said, "Anan, calm down."

After many seconds, Nanyu gradually stopped the inexplicable trembling, locked eyes with Jin Chen for a long while, pouted his lips and leaned back into his embrace.

"Abyss dream……"

Nanyu's red lips parted slightly, leaning against Jin Chen's chest, hearing his strong heartbeat, his own heart also revived, like a butterfly fluttering inside the chest, stirring ripples in the heart-lake.

He whispered, "It's this game, the cage that traps me."

He extended a finger, his slender fingertips slowly moving in the air, simulating a butterfly taking flight.

"To be precise, it's I who trapped myself in this cage; I cannot, between instances, return to reality to await the next trial game, only to come back here, repeating the nightmare."

"So I gave it a name, abyss dream."

Upon hearing that, Jin Chen's eyes flickered, gazing at the surrounding darkness, his heart filling with a myriad of tiny aches.

Thus his gaze moved Nanyu, laughter rang out again, both hands cupping Jin Chen's face, "What are you thinking about? This place is quite vast."

Nanyu rose, taking Jin Chen's hand and walking into the darkness.

Not knowing how long they walked, long enough for the darkness to give Jin Chen a faint feeling of suffocation, light finally appeared before them.

A dim room with lights on appeared before them, Nanyu opened it familiarly, inside was…… a hospital‑style room.

On the white metal‑frame bed lay a white three‑piece set, the floor also glaring white, only the lighting dim, making the space feel empty and oppressive.

"When I rest, I come here; after going out a bit further, there's also a kitchen."

Nanyu smiled, sitting on the bed and swinging his legs.

He appeared composed, long accustomed to it.

Jin Chen approached, one arm around Nanyu's neck, leaning in to kiss him.

It was a kiss filled with ache and pity.

Nanyu stared for a long while, as if through their joined lips he empathized with Jin Chen's pity, slightly raising his hand.

He slowly, hesitantly, grabbed the corner of Jin Chen's clothing.

But Jin Chen's response came more fervently, he enfolded Nanyu tightly in his arms, repeatedly stroking his back, as if across years, comforting that lonely, desperate soul in the dream.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +20, total 45!】

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -10, total 70!】

Nanyu felt for the first time that this room, darker than a cage, could also have beautiful moments, like now.

After the kiss, he tightly embraced Jin Chen, possessiveness breaking through the suppressed emotions at this moment.

After a long while, Nanyu's fluctuating emotions finally stabilized.

"Let's go out."

He smiled again, still that captivating, flamboyant grin, just a touch less affected.

The two once again passed through that endless stretch of darkness, returning to that open ground, Nanyu's phoenix eyes slightly curved, he tiptoed, arms around Jin Chen's neck, imprinting a kiss on his lip corner.

"Close your eyes."

Jin Chen, hearing him say that, obediently closed his eyes.

Instantly, mist shrouded, countless images flashed in the darkness: a slender Nanyu covered in wounds, collapsed in a pool of blood; him being pointed at by countless fingers, crouching with tears streaming down his face; him in a sky of firelight, smiling broadly for the first time……

These images flickered by like a rewinding tape; Nanyu watched calmly, also closing his eyes and leaning into Jin Chen's embrace.

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Upon opening their eyes again, the two returned to the spirit hall.

The paper effigies that had turned to ash reappeared; this time they came even closer, their fingers almost clutching the two's necks.

Nanyu glanced askance, the blade slashed the approaching paper effigy's face to ribbons, "Why get so close? It's creepy."

He muttered.

Seeing Nanyu's emotions settle, Jin Chen breathed a sigh of relief, but the oppression and heartache in his own chest had not yet faded; he embraced him, rubbing his shoulder with his thumb.

"Jin Chen! Nanyu!"

From outside the house came Zhaoling's voice, full of surprise.

"You really are unharmed!"

Zhaoling and Baiyi stood side by side, waving at them, "An hour has passed; we're here to take over."

"You... you triggered... a side quest, a mission?"

Baiyi asked curiously.

Jin Chen pondered briefly, glanced at the three still sitting in the outer courtyard, nodded, "I saw some images; I'll tell you after you come out."

"All right!" Baiyi nodded heavily.

Both groups stepped over the high threshold at the same time.