Chapter 122
Chapter 122
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 122
>Chapter Title: Yang Na
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Chapter 122: Yang Na
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> Such a body with extreme visual impact was laid out before Li Huowang, filling him with profound shock.
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> “These…… all of them were done to you by them?”
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> A tremor crept into Li Huowang’s voice as his disgust toward the Ao Jing cult deepened even further.
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> “At first, yes, but later some were done by me myself. Only like this could I blend into the cult and become one of them.” Yingzi calmly pulled her large robe back on.
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> A hint of sarcasm appeared on her face next. “I always thought that by sacrificing so much, I had fully integrated. But I never imagined it wasn’t the case at all. In their eyes, I’m not family at all—just something that can be discarded at any time.”
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> Li Huowang wanted to say something, but in the end, he said nothing and lay back down.
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> “Don’t worry, I’ll take you away from this damned place. You can start over.”
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> This time, Yingzi didn’t respond.
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> Li Huowang knew that a casual sentence like that from him couldn’t solve anything. She couldn’t start over—her life was utterly ruined.
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> “Slurp~” A wet tongue suddenly licked Li Huowang’s face—it was Mantou’s tongue from his embrace.
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> Li Huowang pressed down on its dog head, eyes wide open as he stared wordlessly into the darkness above.
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> The next day when he woke, breakfast had already been brought to the door: sweet potato porridge with multigrain flatbread.
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> He first fed some of their food to Mantou and confirmed it wasn’t poisoned before Li Huowang and Yingzi ate together.
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> Today, Li Huowang didn’t ask Yingzi anything further. Her status in the Ao Jing cult was low, and what she knew was all ordinary stuff. It would be better to go out himself and see—he’d find opportunities that way.
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> If Hand Three asked, Li Huowang had his excuse ready: he wanted to learn how these people created torment.
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> Led by Yingzi, Li Huowang wandered through the entire cavern.
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> He didn’t know if it was because they truly kept their word or if the abbess’s letter had worked.
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> The Ao Jing cultists didn’t stop Li Huowang’s free movement—they just watched him intently.
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> His increasingly sharp senses now picked up that their gazes held not just vigilance and curiosity, but some other indescribable emotion.
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> But soon, Li Huowang had no attention for their stares. The sights in the cavern made his eyelids twitch.
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> If Buddhism’s eighteen levels of hell truly existed, they had to be here.
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> Skinning, waist-chopping, dismemberment by chariots, all five punishments, death by a thousand cuts—countless unimaginable tortures made Li Huowang’s breakfast churn in his stomach as the thick stench of blood assaulted his nose.
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> He finally escaped the area filled with screams and the sound of tearing flesh. Before Li Huowang, who was leaning against the wall, could catch his breath,
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> A small figure holding a paper pinwheel ran past from up ahead. It was a little boy in tiger-head shoes and a tiger-head hat, waving his paper pinwheel and laughing loudly. “Daddy, you’re so slow.”
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> Behind him came an Ao Jing cultist in robes, arms covered in scars, chasing after with arms outstretched. “Son, you run so fast.”
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> Watching them disappear together into the distance, Li Huowang’s face turned extremely ugly. “These lunatics! Don’t they have hearts at all?”
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> Yingzi, leading the way ahead, turned her head to glance at Li Huowang but said nothing, continuing forward.
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> “Benefactor, you seemed interested in the Ao Jing cult’s other scriptures last night. If you want, I can give you mine. How about it?”
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> Yingzi spoke for a long time but got no response.
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> When she turned back, she saw the red-robed Daoist clutching his head in agony.
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> “Damn it, it’s happening again!” Li Huowang felt the world around him collapse and cave in—he knew the hallucination was coming again.
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> “Benefactor? Benefactor, what’s wrong?” Jiang Yingzi hurried back to him.
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> Breathing rapidly, Li Huowang watched as the Yingzi before him twisted into the form of a nurse.
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> “Keep your tongue curled in, be good, don’t bite it again.” She instructed Li Huowang.
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> Seeing Li Huowang staring blankly at her without ranting, the nurse shook her head regretfully and turned to leave.
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> Li Huowang turned to look at the bright sunny sky outside the window. His mind went blank for a moment, unsure what to do next.
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> “Wait! Over there, I’m still outside. This situation is very dangerous!”
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> Suddenly alert, Li Huowang spoke urgently. “Yingzi, listen to me. Take me back to the room right now, get rope and tie me up—”
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> “Huowang.”
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> Li Huowang instinctively looked up and saw Yang Na at the door, tears streaming down her face.
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> She was dressed simply as always: white sweater with jeans, a small lady’s crossbody bag slung over her waist.
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> “Huowang, you reacted to my voice? You’re clear-headed, right? You recognize me, right?” Yang Na rushed over and gripped Li Huowang’s hand.
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> Feeling that familiar touch, Li Huowang’s mind was a whirlwind of chaos. Almost instinctively, he froze in place, pretending to be in the midst of an episode.
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> After calling out to him a few more times, Yang Na’s excited expression slid gradually into utter disappointment.
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> Tears clung to her long lashes. Her soft voice trembled slightly.
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> “Huowang, you big liar. We promised to go to university together! Why haven’t you woken up even though I’m already in my freshman year!”
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> Hearing this, Li Huowang’s heart ached. He knew it was a hallucination, but he truly couldn’t remain indifferent. “Nana, I’m sorry.”
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> At those words, Yang Na’s expression shifted from utter disappointment to utter excitement. She threw herself onto Li Huowang and burst into sobs.
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> “I’m sorry, I really did want to come see you, but ever since you were on TV, my mom and dad forbade me from coming. I finally sneaked away today.”
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> Li Huowang gently hugged Yang Na before pushing her away.
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> “Nana, your dad’s right. Don’t come anymore. I’m afraid I really won’t be able to hold back……”
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> He buried the rest in his heart. “I’m afraid I really won’t be able to hold back and mistake this side for reality again.”
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> Yang Na could hardly believe her ears. It was like a bolt from the blue, or a bucket of cold water dumped over her from head to toe—she stood there stunned.
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> She never imagined that after Li Huowang finally came to his senses, the first words out of his mouth would be these.
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> Suddenly snapping back, she raised her little crossbody bag with her phone and smashed it down on Li Huowang’s head, crying and shouting all the while.
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> “When you say things like that, have you ever considered how I feel? Why are even you saying this!”
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> “My parents tell me to give up! My little brother tells me to give up! My best friend tells me to give up! Now even you want me to give up! I’m so tired from holding on—why do you have to twist the knife? You said you liked me! I don’t want to give up!”
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> (End of chapter)