Chapter 94
Chapter 94
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 94
>Chapter Title: Red
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Chapter 94: Red
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> Li Huowang, sitting on the hospital bed, recalled everything that had just happened.
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> He never imagined that the Twelfth Moon Eighteenth was even stranger than anything he had encountered before. It could fundamentally alter cognition, silently replacing a person's identity.
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> And it even transferred other people's identities onto that person.
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> When his own identity had turned into that of an old man earlier, if he had truly believed he was dead at that moment, he probably really would have died.
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> Dying in that state likely wouldn't even have triggered Danyangzi.
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> However, it could never have anticipated that Li Huowang was insane. Changing a madman's cognition wasn't that easy.
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> The hallucinations he had deliberately avoided before had now become the key to breaking free from the other's control.
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> No matter how powerful the Twelfth Moon Eighteenth was, it could only alter one cognition. Yet as a heart elemental, Li Huowang uniquely possessed two different cognitions.
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> Looking at the fellow patients outside basking in the sun, Li Huowang didn't act immediately. Instead, he began silently calculating in his mind.
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> "I can't just sit here waiting now. Once the hallucination fades, the Twelfth Moon Eighteenth might alter my cognition again. I must use actions in the hallucination to influence the other side."
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> Fortunately, Li Huowang still had other cards to play. After the previous two incidents, he had realized that events in the hallucination would also occur in reality, and he had gained some understanding of the Twelfth Moon Eighteenth.
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> Li Huowang firmly memorized the path he had just taken. He needed to head back now—to the Wu family compound—to warn the others that this Li Huowang was a fake!
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> From start to finish, the Twelfth Moon Eighteenth only dared to strike from the shadows, never showing its face. That meant its ability to confront head-on was definitely lacking.
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> Once its tricks failed, it would probably be even weaker than that bound-foot woman from before. Even the Wandering Lord could easily deal with them.
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> With his plan set, Li Huowang prepared to sit up, only to find both his hands bound to the bed.
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> But this couldn't restrain Li Huowang. He was already very familiar with everything in this hallucination. He turned his head toward the microphone by the bed and shouted in his usual manner:
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> "Which beautiful nurse sister is on duty today? Could you please loosen the straps for me? I really need to pee."
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> Soon, a chubby nurse rushed in excitedly and untied him.
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> "My goodness!! Little Li, you're finally lucid?! How did it last so long this time? You really scared me to death—I thought you'd never wake up again!"
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> "Wait a sec, I'll go notify Yang Na right away. Your little girlfriend will be over the moon when she hears you're better. You have no idea how many times she's cried during this period."
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> The nurse's words didn't stir the slightest ripple in Li Huowang's calm heart. No matter how wonderful things were here, fake was still fake.
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> Abbess Jingxin always said that the heart of a heart elemental was filled with confusion, but Li Huowang didn't think so. He had already seen through everything and would never mistake this false reality for the truth.
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> While the nurse turned to rush out and notify the doctors, Li Huowang quickly rolled off the bed and began fleeing along the route in his mind.
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> He was extremely familiar with this hospital. Escaping was a piece of cake.
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> He ignored the security whistles blaring in the courtyard and charged straight toward the road.
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> "Hallucinations—these are all hallucinations!"
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> Li Huowang had no time to deal with these hallucinations now. Bai Lingmiao and the others were still under the Twelfth Moon Eighteenth's control and could be in danger at any moment.
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> On the road, the blue-and-white hospital gown on Li Huowang's body immediately drew attention. Many people even pulled out their phones.
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> "Hey, what's up with that guy? How'd he come out barefoot? Isn't he cold?"
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> "Look, his clothes have the hospital name on them. Oh my god, he escaped from the mental hospital! Should we call the cops?"
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> "Real or fake? Could be some internet celeb. Those guys will do anything to go viral."
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> "Fake—all of it fake! You've tricked me once already. I won't fall for it a second time!" Li Huowang shouted resolutely in his heart, his gums bleeding from clenching his teeth so hard.
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> Darting and weaving through the roads, Li Huowang arrived at the Wu family compound from his memory. In this hallucination, however, he stood right in the middle of a busy thoroughfare.
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> Cars whizzed by all around, but Li Huowang felt no fear. He knew they were all fake—hallucinations. The cars couldn't hit him.
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> Li Huowang shouted loudly at the endless stream of vehicles before him:
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> "Bai Lingmiao! Grab my bell quick! Ring it! Summon the Wandering Lord! The Li Huowang next to you is a fake! Have the Wandering Lord attack him!"
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> "Honk honk honk! Beep beep beep!!" Thanks to Li Huowang's "efforts," the road predictably jammed up.
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> Every car horn blared, but Li Huowang grinned. Clearly, Bai Lingmiao had done as told. These horn sounds were the result of the bell distorted by the hallucination.
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> At that moment, the driver of a red sports car stuck his head out the window and yelled arrogantly:
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> "Crazy bastard! Trying to get yourself killed?! Get lost! Watch out or I'll cripple you!!"
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> In his exhilarated state, Li Huowang whipped his head around and stared fixedly at the bright red sports car. He felt a gaze shoot from it onto him.
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> "This car is watching me!!"
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> He walked over, bared his teeth in a grin revealing white fangs, and leaned down toward the red sports car:
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> "Heh heh, so you're corporeal in the hallucination, huh, Twelfth Moon Eighteenth!! I've found you!"
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> The Twelfth Moon Eighteenth, which had never shown itself in Wu Family Village, had appeared before Li Huowang in this form—an unexpected windfall.
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> Li Huowang continued shouting to his unseen fellow disciples:
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> "Everyone look over here! No matter what’s in front of me, attack it with everything you've got! This thing is the Twelfth Moon Eighteenth!!"
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> By now, the sports car driver had noticed the red letters "Anning Mental Hospital" on Li Huowang's left chest.
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> He jolted in fright, his earlier bravado gone. He scrambled back into the car, slammed the window shut, and shakily grabbed his phone.
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> "Hello! 110? Get here quick! There's a lunatic loose at the big roundabout! Yeah, the one next to Walmart—hurry!"
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> Just as Li Huowang raised his foot to kick the sports car's hood, he suddenly stopped.
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> Under everyone's stares, he jerked his head toward a red electric scooter in the distance. The gaze from the sports car had shifted there.
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> Not good! The Twelfth Moon Eighteenth realized it was exposed and was trying to flee!
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> "Trying to run? Not so easy! Everyone, follow it!! It's definitely hurt! It's shrinking!!" Li Huowang bolted toward the red electric scooter.
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> (End of chapter)