Chapter 28: After Coma
During the bumpy journey downhill, Liu Haoyu’s consciousness gradually blurred, his body felt lighter and lighter, but his eyelids grew heavier.
He felt as if it was extremely difficult to even move a finger.
Then, he closed his eyes completely.
He heard faint murmurs, as if countless people were saying something to him.
“Where is this…”
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a desolate land.
As far as his gaze could reach, there were all ruins and dead trees.
Liu Haoyu couldn’t help but sigh.
It seemed he had arrived at the borderland of life and death.
He had been here so many times, and now coming here felt like returning home, all that was missing was someone pleasant to talk to.
Because he didn’t know if he was dead or not, Liu Haoyu couldn’t help but mock himself.
Then he started to walk forward.
Unlike his previous experiences here, this time he felt his steps were light and airy, as if walking on cotton.
Since it was the borderland of life and death, no matter which way he walked, he would eventually reach the Nai River.
However, instead of Qin Liu greeting him, he was met by a beautiful and solemn young girl, who looked no more than twenty years old.
She stood by the riverbank, quietly gazing at the Nai River before her.
Liu Haoyu felt a strange sense of familiarity with the girl before him.
How should he put it? Even though he had never seen her before, it felt like meeting a childhood friend, he couldn’t say he knew her, but he couldn’t say he didn’t either.
“You are?”
Upon hearing Liu Haoyu’s voice, the girl slowly turned around.
The girl’s skin was as fair as jade, her eyebrows and eyes were like paintings, her expression was clear yet so cold, and just standing there gave Liu Haoyu an inexplicable sense of majesty.
However, the girl did not rush to answer Liu Haoyu’s question, but simply looked at him and said slowly.
“Don’t mind my identity, you just need to know that you are about to die.”
“…”
Liu Haoyu fell silent.
Indeed, given the amount of bleeding and being in the mountains, it would be a miracle if he survived.
Therefore, Liu Haoyu’s emotions remained quite calm.
The girl looked at Liu Haoyu and sighed slowly.
“Being too reckless is not a good thing, and you have already paid the price for it…”
“But at least I won, right?”
Liu Haoyu smiled slightly, not showing much dejection.
“Anyway, even if I die, being a ghost couple with a certain stupid ghost wouldn’t be bad.”
“Sigh… Everyone should cherish their hard-earned life.”
The girl sighed again.
“So, am I dead? No… you just said I was about to die, meaning I’m not dead yet?”
“Look.”
The majestic girl pointed lightly, and something like a virtual screen appeared before Liu Haoyu.
The man clearly saw himself lying in an ICU bed, comatose.
Among the busy doctors and nurses, a red shadow exuded a chilling aura.
Because it was a video, Liu Haoyu couldn’t see the expression of this red shadow, but one thing was clearly perceptible…
It was terrifying.
Just looking at it made him feel like his breathing was completely locked, and his heart had almost stopped beating.
The people in the hospital clearly couldn’t see it, but they all avoided that corner in unison.
As for who this red shadow was, it was self-evident.
Seeing this, Liu Haoyu secretly swallowed.
This seemed to be the first time he had seen Qin Liu angry.
He felt a bit scared, but also a bit heartbroken.
The screen in front of Liu Haoyu disappeared, and he looked at the girl before him again, coughed awkwardly twice, and said.
“This… I’m not completely dead yet, am I? Should…”
However, upon hearing this, the girl laughed mockingly.
“If you were already dead, she wouldn’t be standing here.”
“Then where is she standing?”
In response to Liu Haoyu’s question, the girl pointed lightly again, and a new scene appeared before Liu Haoyu.
However, this scene did not seem to be something that was happening now, but rather something that might happen in the future.
The scene depicted a mountain peak engulfed in raging fires, with flames soaring into the sky and transforming into fiery dragons rampaging through the mountain forest.
The fierce flames dyed the dark night sky blood-red, thick smoke covered the sky, and the air was filled with the smell of burning. Just looking at the scene made Liu Haoyu feel his breath become scorching hot.
The girl in the red wedding dress stared with hollow eyes at the sea of fire that had consumed countless living beings.
From time to time, strange sounds emerged from the sea of fire and then disappeared.
It was like the piercing screams of people before death, or the pained cries of some animals.
Vaguely, some entity could be seen struggling and rolling inside.
“Save… save…”
A burnt hand from an unknown source stretched out from the sea of fire, seemingly begging the girl holding the lantern.
“Ahhhhh!!”
But she just looked at the hand indifferently, and then with a scream, something in the sea of fire seemed to drag it in directly.
The flames continued to rage, and no one knew how long they would last.
Liu Haoyu was filled with shock and fear at this scene.
“Did Qin Liu cause this?”
“What else do you think? If you had died, she would have really done something like this,” the solemn girl looked at Liu Haoyu. “So you have no thoughts on this?”
“Thoughts…”
Liu Haoyu pondered for a moment before speaking.
“Setting fire to mountains, spending years in prison?”
“…”
“…”
They seemed to fall into silence, and even the serious girl couldn’t help but say.
“What are you talking about? I’m telling you to cherish your life!”
“Ahem…” Liu Haoyu coughed awkwardly twice, then said, “Sorry, sorry.”
“Huff…” The girl calmed herself down, and her momentarily unguarded expression returned to normal. “In short, you are not dead yet, but please cherish your life. You are not always this lucky.”
“I will keep it in mind.”
Although he didn’t know who she was, Liu Haoyu still nodded.
Well… regardless of anything else, this girl was quite beautiful, and looking at her more to admire her beauty wouldn’t hurt him.
“Since you understand, please return. Walk along the small path behind you, and you can return to the human world.”
With that said, the girl turned and left. However, after taking just two steps, a black book slipped from her waist and fell to the ground.
Looking at the book on the ground, the girl’s steps froze, and Liu Haoyu also stood still.
This… wasn’t this his black book?
