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"Tap—tap—tap..." In the pitch-black Underworld, only the monotonous sound of shoes echoing on the ground could be heard, step by step, with no sense of direction. After walking for so long, I couldn't tell where I was; it felt like everything around me was the same, completely identical. My vision had long since fatigued, leaving me numb...
"Here we are, Mad Zi, look!" Dabao's voice suddenly broke through my daze. I blinked awake and followed Dabao's gaze. Before me, the darkness had vanished at some point, and the space suddenly opened up. Against the backdrop of dense green fluorescence, the scenery ahead resembled something out of a fantasy novel, with glowing specks dancing like fireflies. In this pitch-black setting, they appeared even more dazzling and brilliant, akin to the vast universe, mysterious yet exuding an incomparable beauty!
In that moment, I was mesmerized. My head felt a bit heavy from hunger, and I couldn't help but rub my eyes. How could there be such a beautiful place in the Underworld? Was I hallucinating? When I opened my eyes again, the sight before me was still a sea of Green Dots of Fluorescence, seemingly trying to illuminate the entire space!
It wasn't a hallucination!
Unconsciously taking a few steps forward, I suddenly sensed a wave of danger. My feet halted, and in the next moment, my mind became exceptionally clear; even my vision sharpened slightly. Gazing at the extraordinarily beautiful scene before me, my breathing quickened, and my heart felt like it wanted to leap out of my chest. But when I saw the decaying and mutilated corpses under the fluorescence, that ultimate beauty instantly transformed into an extreme Hell of Asura!
I had never seen so many dead bodies. The open area ahead, over three thousand six hundred square meters—comparable to half a football field—was all shimmering with green light. Did this mean that this entire space was filled with corpses?!
"Dabao?" I looked at Dabao beside me, who had a smirk on his face. His expression had lost its previous daze and confusion; although his face remained pale, his slightly upturned lips indicated he was in a good mood?
"Feng Zi, what do you think of this place?" Dabao suddenly turned to me and smiled. His jet-black eyes sparkled with Green Dots of Fluorescence.
"It's okay, but..." There are too many dead bodies! I felt my legs trembling; can you imagine standing in front of countless decaying corpses with only a ghost for company? There wasn't a single living person around, no trace of life at all. The entire space was permeated with an intensely rotten smell—a scent of death... the closest place to death...
"Aren't we good brothers? Didn't you say you wouldn't leave me behind? Now and forever, just stay here with me..." Dabao's smile grew increasingly radiant. Under the glow, his smile took on a slightly distorted and eerie quality. A sense of foreboding washed over me as I looked at him in disbelief and asked, "Stay with you? Here?"
"What's wrong? Don't you want to?!" Dabao's smile vanished instantly as he glared at me coldly.
Although I had always been unwilling to believe it, at this point, I knew that no matter how selfishly I wished for Dabao, it was impossible. He wanted me to stay with him until death... right? No, if I stayed here, what difference would it make from being dead? If there were to be a difference, it would be that it would be more painful than death! I wouldn't starve to death, but I would eventually die of fear...
"Dabao, do you really want to stay here?" I looked at his cold eyes and couldn't help but frown. I continued, "It's just the two of us here. My body can't hold out much longer. Would you really be happy if I died?"
"Die?" Dabao paused for a moment and suddenly pointed at me, laughing loudly, "Are you afraid of death? Ha, so you’re afraid of death too! Hahaha, this is just too funny!"
Dabao kept laughing over there; it was more like crying in this eerie Vast Space, which made it feel even more desolate. Afraid of death? Of course, I was! I was afraid that if I died, I would never know the truth! I was afraid that if I died, I couldn't take revenge for my family! I was afraid that if I died, I would never see the moment when the Murderer atoned for his sins!
"I know you resent me." Dabao's laughter gradually stopped. I said with guilt, "They all say you want me dead. I don't believe it; I don't want to believe it. Have our years of feelings really been destroyed like this?"
"Hmph, even now you still want to feign sincerity to move me? Feng Zi, why weren't you the one who died? Why weren't you the one who died!" Dabao shouted madly. His sadness, pain, and hatred burst forth in an instant!
"Yes! It's my fault; it's my indirect fault that led to your death. But don't you really want revenge!? Don't you want me to find out who the real Murderers are? Don't you want to see those who harmed you all go to hell?"
"Do you think I would still believe you now?!" Dabao suddenly lunged at me. The icy breath instantly penetrated my bones as he sat on top of me, gripping my neck tightly and shouting, "Now you're regretting it? Are you scared? Are you so scared that you want to kill me completely!? Hahaha, Feng Zi, you're truly hopelessly naive! Do you know how much I've hated wanting to kill you these past few years? When we were in the forest, I could have killed you directly. Just look at how scared you were back then; it almost made me laugh myself to death!"
While laughing, Dabao sneered, "Even though I wanted to kill you quickly, I can't! I can't let you die so easily! I want to slowly torment you in despair; this is all your fault!" Dabao shouted angrily and tightened his grip on my neck again. He continued, "It's all your fault for coming to this damn place! Now that my body has become like this, you're happy about it, right? I originally wanted to play with you a bit longer, but blame yourself for being so eager to die. I know I don't have much time left, so just wait here and slowly die. This place is so big; there are so many people here with you as company in death; at least you'll die with some purpose!"
My neck was being choked so tightly that breathing became difficult. Dabao's expression twisted more and more as intense hatred erupted from his eyes. It shocked me deeply; Dabao hated me so much! Did he already hate me enough to want to kill me from the very first time we met after my return? So all those days we spent together—his smiles and actions—were they all just an act? Did deeper hatred lead to brighter smiles?
Just when I felt an overwhelming sense of suffocation, the pressure on my neck suddenly loosened. I coughed heavily a few times and saw Dabao looking at his hands in disbelief, murmuring, "Why? Why has it changed again! Why! Why!" Dabao's expression faced another breakdown as he yelled while reaching out his hands to hit me. However, the expected pain did not come; his hands passed through my body—only coldness remained...
"I'm sorry, Dabao. I can't die yet; let me take my revenge first! After I've avenged you, I'll definitely come find you to apologize. I know you're unwilling too, right? You also don't want those Murderers to go unpunished, right?" Letting him sit on top of me with an angry glare, I continued speaking: "If you don't believe me, I can take you away from here right now. We can go somewhere else to look for clues; there's no way we can't find those people!"
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