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"You’re right. I’m glad it’s not you. If it were, I would have died long ago because I’m not as foolish as you."
I thought to myself, damn it. How can someone so twisted still be alive? Truly, there’s no justice in this world.
"Let’s get started," the Evil Being said without wasting any more words.
"How do we start?" As soon as I finished speaking, Zhang the Fat acted like a ritual priest. The Paper Man quickly followed his instructions and opened the Twelve Blood Coffins.
Once the Twelve Blood Coffins were opened, my expression changed. I could smell the scent of blood wafting from them; I knew whose blood it was.
Lin Li. This was Lin Li's blood.
It seemed that the Evil Being had indeed drained Lin Li's blood back then.
I couldn’t help but ask Chen San, "What exactly is this Evil Being?"
Chen San replied, "He’s not human; he’s more like a soul. He has survived for hundreds of years, yet no one has ever seen his true form."
"But he has buried me."
"Bury you?"
"Yes, but he couldn’t bury me completely."
Ke'er mentioned that Chen San was immortal. It might require a specific method to kill him, or perhaps only his own death would suffice. Just like this time, Chen San said his time was running out.
Two souls of Ke'er exchanged for my pair of eyes. Should I exchange them or not? Although I felt conflicted, my steps were already moving forward.
The blood was truly terrifying.
I couldn't imagine the feeling of having Lin Li's blood in my eyes again, but why did Ke'er have so many souls?
I had just taken a step when someone stopped me. It was Ke'er.
"Don't, Husband."
I stared at Ke'er. I asked, "Ke'er, your soul clearly isn't missing, so why do you have so many souls?"
Ke'er called me Husband.
I responded. Ke'er seemed unable to express herself, but in the end, Xiaoru answered on her behalf.
Xiaoru said, "Saning. Because your wife is eternally lost."
After Xiaoru spoke, a storm surged within me. Eternally lost—what it meant was that the soul would continue to rot, rotting away endlessly.
I looked at Ke'er and asked, "Ke'er, is what she said true?"
Ke'er nodded softly.
Eternal loss, with the soul continuously rotting—what immense pain that must be. I couldn't imagine how Ke'er had endured such days.
"Ke'er, how have you managed all these years?"
"Ke'er," she said, "I'm fine, Husband."
How could she be fine? She is my wife. I should never have allowed her to suffer, yet it was only now that I realized Ke'er had been enduring such pain all along.
Xiaoru spoke up, "Saning, the Eternal Abyss Dweller's soul can be fragmented. Each fragment remains whole, but every soul suffers from decay. They do not completely dissipate until they return to their original form, at which point the soul will rot and ultimately vanish. However, the fragmented souls must gather back to the original; otherwise, they will be eternally lost."
But wasn't it said that the Eternal Abyss Dweller neither sees light nor darkness?
Then how did Ke'er come out? This puzzled me deeply.
I stared at Xiaoru, hoping for an answer, but she shook her head, indicating she didn't know.
Xiaoru continued, "But I do know that if even one of those fragmented souls disappears, you can forget about ever reviving your wife."
As soon as Xiaoru finished speaking, my breath became heavy with dread.
Never able to revive her—I suddenly understood why Lin Li mentioned the River of Despair before she faded away. I realized what it meant.
Perhaps Ke'er had emerged from there.
And Lin Li was there too; her surname was also Lin, just like Ke'er's. Could there be a connection between them?
The pervasive aura of blood filled the air.
Damn that Zhang Fatty; he chose this moment to urge me on.
Someone called my name: Saning. However, the tone didn’t seem to carry any emotion; this time, Zhang Fatty must have lost his mind. “Husband, Ke'er doesn’t want to be revived. Just being by your side is enough for me.”
Ke'er held my hand, and we locked eyes.
Wife, wife. When I learned that Ke'er was my wife, and that she was merely a soul, I was taken aback. I thought to myself, how could I possibly marry a soul?
Yet in the end, Ke'er did so much for me. I accepted her, but later when my eyes became an issue, I was always afraid of her finding out.
I feared that Ke'er would be scared of me, scared of my eyes, but she wasn’t afraid at all.
She said she would accept everything about me and promised to protect me.
The Evil Being held two funerals; if it weren't for Ke'er, I might have been dead long ago.
Suddenly, I softly said to Ke'er, “Wife, don’t be afraid.”
“Don’t say that, Husband. If you lose your eyes, you will fall into eternal despair.”
I replied, “Eternal despair is eternal despair. If it means you can escape suffering, then I will fall into the abyss with you.”
Xiaoru interjected, “Saning, you need to think this through. Once you fall into eternal despair, you will see neither light nor darkness.”
“So what?”
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard Xiaoru scolding Chen San, saying that some people were terrified back then.
Chen San wore a dark expression and remained silent.
Wang Wei said, "Saning, are you really going to do this?"
I responded with a slight nod.
However, Ke'er was still unwilling.
I had no idea where the Evil Being had found Ke'er's soul. All I knew was that I couldn't let him harm her soul. If he wanted my eyes, I would give them to him.
Just eyes, nothing more.
The Evil Being seemed to have lost his patience. He said, "Saning, I don't have time to waste with you."
I acknowledged him and then cursed that damn Evil Being, calling him a bastard. To my surprise, the Evil Being laughed at my words.
Damn it, what bad luck to run into this bastard.
Clay Bodhisattva joined in my cursing, shouting, "Bastard! Cowardly turtle bastard!"
Wang Wei also chimed in with a few curses.
But Chen San turned to me and said, "Saning, I have a way to find the Evil Being. You just need to keep him occupied."
I looked at Chen San in surprise.
Xiaoru then remarked, "With your attitude, if you had even half of Saning's courage, it would be enough." Chen San's face darkened at her words.
I couldn't help but wonder what kind of logic this Crazy Girl was using. If only there were a way to find the location of the Evil Being, it would be best; then I wouldn't have to die.
Zhang, the chubby guy, called out to me again.
But Jianjian had summoned Zhang over, yet he remained still.
"Saning, are you going to change or not? If you don't, I can make those two souls disappear forever right now."
The Evil Being was making threats. I believed that if it said it could make Ke'er's two souls vanish, it could indeed do so, because the Evil Being had the power to strip a person's Soul away. Making two souls disappear shouldn't be too difficult for it.
This bastard had a far greater control over souls than I did, but why could it manipulate souls just like me? Did it really need my eyes?
But to take my eyes, it would have to possess my soul.
"Are you going to change or not?"
At that moment, I saw that Ke'er's two souls were already surrounded by Light Spots; this was a sign that they were disappearing.
I panicked and said, "Fine, fine! I'll change!" What was the point of hesitating? I sighed and stepped forward.
The people behind me urged me not to go.
Ke'er was especially insistent, pulling at me. I said to her, "Ke'er, you've always helped me. This time, let me do something for you."
But Ke'er refused.
I said to Ke'er, "Ke'er, trust me, I won't easily give him my eyes."
Ke'er looked at me, her expression hesitant and filled with worry.
"Husband, please don't go. Ke'er isn't afraid of pain."
I slowly pried Ke'er's hand away from my wrist and said, "Ke'er, didn't you say it was time to settle things with the Evil Being? Let me take care of it."
He wants my eyes; I'll give them to him. Of course, the condition is that he must return Ke'er's soul.
Ke'er grasped my hand tightly, unwilling to let go.
Finally, I said to her, "Ke'er, trust your Husband just this once, okay?"
Ke'er looked at me with confusion, but I responded with a determined gaze. "It's going to be fine."
Only then did Ke'er release my hand. My eyes were reborn, no longer the same as before.
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