Monument of Life and Death

  Chapter 1091 Desperate swimming

  What does it feel like..." Li Muyuan scratched his head, "It's hard to imagine. "

   "Even if I recall it now, I can't describe it," Xiaolan said. "That feeling only appeared for a moment, and soon disappeared."

  When Xiaolan was speaking, the Taoist priest was looking at the endless end of the black water, meditating silently.

   A few seconds later, he held onto the ground and stood up little by little.

   Dao Chang frowned, his eyes flickering.

   He stared into the distance.

   "Taoist?"

   Several people didn't know where they were, but they followed him and stood up one after another, following his gaze and looking into the distance.

  There seemed to be some waves on the calm black water.

   "What is that?" Li Muyuan turned his head and asked.

  Xiaolan knew that Li Muyuan was asking her without even looking. She only shook her head quickly, then walked to the Taoist priest, stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance.

  The waves of the black water seem to be approaching them.

   "It seems like a person is swimming," Luo Jiutian regained his energy, squinting his eyes and said, "He's swimming over."

   "Could it be the two missing people?" Yi Yao asked.

   "Those two people...should be in a coma," the Taoist priest hesitated, "but...it's hard to say..."

   "But it shouldn't be a bad person." Xiao Lan said.

   Several people were attracted by the determination in her tone.

   "Why?" Li Muyuan asked, "Did you feel something?"

"Ah? No, I don't feel it..." Xiaolan waved her hands again and again, and said awkwardly, "If it's a bad guy, it shouldn't be so hard to swim all the way here. If we want to run, wait for him to swim over, we Already ran away."

  It is very simple reason.

   But it is actually very logical.

   "Then... shall we help him?" Luo Jiutian said, "Looking at how he swims, it seems that he is really strenuous."

   "Not yet," the Taoist chief shook his head and said, "Let's watch the fun first."

"Oh well."

  Luo Jiutian didn't insist at all, just like that, a group of people stood neatly in the shallows, staring intently at the desperately swimming figure.

   That person is getting closer.

  The first guess was confirmed—first of all, it was indeed a person, not anything else.

   Slowly, they also heard the voice of that person.

  Like calling for help.

   Occasionally mixed with one or two insults... I don't know if I heard it wrong...

   And, that seems to be a…

   "It seems to be a woman." Li Muyuan said.

  Xiao Lan's eyeballs are getting bigger and bigger.

   It was indeed a woman's voice.

   Moreover, it was a voice I was extremely familiar with.

  Suddenly, Xiaolan shuddered and rushed forward.

   "Miss Xiaoyin!" Xiaolan ran wildly, shouting at the few people behind who hadn't reacted, "That's Miss Xiaoyin!"

  ***

  Xia Hua was awakened by Zhou Ye.

   "Sister Xia Hua! Sister Xia Hua!..."

   Zhou Ye's voice seemed to squeeze in from the gaps in dreams, lingering in Xia Hua's ears non-stop, and finally put an end to Xia Hua's messy dream.

  Xia Hua opened her eyes, and the moment she saw Zhou Ye's face, she was startled.

  She thought she saw a skeleton.

  Zhou Ye saw her wake up, two lines of clear tears gushed out of his sunken eye sockets, he cried and smiled, and helped Xia Hua up with difficulty.

  Xia Hua collected herself, gasped and looked around.

  The surrounding scenes still haven't changed, Xia Hua no longer expects any changes here, the world around her changes as soon as she closes her eyes and opens her eyes, this good thing must really only be seen in dreams.

   "Those things...all disappeared..." Zhou Ye's voice was filled with air, almost as if his throat was leaking air, "Sister Xia Hua...you are so amazing, you are so powerful..."

  Xia Hua put her hand on the center of her chest, nodded in shock, "That's good, just disappear..."

  Then, Xia Hua's eyes fell on Zhou Ye's face. She tried to recall, and after successfully extracting the contents of her memory, she was shocked again.

   "Zhou Ye, how did you become like this?"

  Xia Hua held Zhou Ye's face with both hands, that bony face was like a piece of ice on a human face, so cold that Xia Hua almost retracted her hands instinctively.

   "I...I'm fine..." Zhou Ye smiled again, it's okay not to smile, but when he smiled, his face looked even more pitiful, "Sister Xia Hua, let's continue..."

"How could you be fine?" Xia Hua could no longer remember how he looked when he first met Zhou Ye, but at least when she passed out, Zhou Ye's face still looked like a human being, "Are you... Those weirdos haven't disappeared completely, have you been attacked?"

   "No, neither..."

  Zhou Ye just smiled and shook his head, the smile was calm and lazy, Xia Hua felt angry and distressed at the sight, and he almost yelled "Stop laughing!"

   "You... tell me the truth..." Xia Hua suppressed her excitement, lowered her eyes and said, "Do you have any physical problems?"

   "Sister Xia Hua..." The crying on Zhou Ye's face overcame the smile again, "I just hope you can get out of here..."

   "Let's leave here together," Xia Hua corrected his wording, "We can definitely do it."

  Zhou Ye pursed his lips tightly, his jaw trembled twice, he looked into Xia Hua's eyes, and shook his head vigorously.

   "What do you mean?" Xia Hua felt a splitting headache and was about to lose the ability to think, "Don't you want to leave?"

"I can't go," Zhou Ye closed his eyes, two strings of tears crawled over his bony cheeks one by one, and fell on the back of Xia Hua's hand, "It's true... Sister Xia Hua, you have to remember the secret I told you .”

  Although Xia Hua was exhausted, she did not forget that whisper.

   "I haven't forgotten," Xia Hua's tone softened, "Zhou Ye, now I completely regard you as my real brother."

   Zhou Ye covered his face and cried loudly.

  Xia Hua supported his shoulder, letting him lean on her shoulder.

   "So..." Xia Hua continued, "I hope you can tell me everything you know."

  Zhou Ye's sobbing slowly stopped.

  Xia Hua didn't stop, she tilted her head slightly, and said softly, "You still have a secret, don't you?"

  Zhou Ye remained motionless, only the warm breath beating against Xia Hua's shoulder wave after wave.

   "Tell me," Xia Hua's words sounded like an order, "Tell, tell, me."

  Zhou Ye gently pushed Xia Hua's arms, and used her strength to straighten her body.

   "I have one last secret."

   Sure enough!

  Xia Hua's lips were trembling with excitement, she knelt on the ground, grabbed Zhou Ye's arm and said urgently, "Hurry up."

   "I can't leave here..." When he spoke, the last trace of blood on Zhou Ye's face seemed to disappear, "It's because I belong here..."

  (end of this chapter)