Endless vast other world

Chapter 40
A long scroll was slowly collected.

The curtain was slowly pulled back.A drama is over.

In Sora's own dream, Lucia turned her memories into images.

Sora was on the scene and watched all the pictures.

After Sorama and Keni parted ways at the clock tower.Sora returned to his room in Hellingbort and fell asleep from exhaustion.

Lucia, who was possessed by Kongma, entered Kongma's dream through the ability of "Dream Stealing".

In Sorama's dream, Lucia shows Sorama what happened.

From the beginning to the end, as it was, nothing was missed.

It's all in front of Kong Ma's eyes.

Only then did Kongma understand.It turned out that Gunnar was able to get the shape-changing potion, go to the capital, and fight himself to the death in the Linton Cup. All of this turned out to be no accident.

"Do you understand everything now?" Lucia stared at Sora bitterly.

The look in her eyes made Sora shudder.It seems that the eyes can quench poisonous needles and poison Kong Zhen to death.

"Even if you die, let you die to understand!"

At this time, Sora suddenly remembered something.

a month ago.When Sora, Funo, Karen and his party finished their expedition to Modan Lite and returned to the capital.Such a thing happened once.

then.Sora rode a horse on the streets of the royal capital.A woman in a black robe walked beside her.When she passed by Kong Zhen's side, her legs suddenly gave way, and she bumped into Kong Zhen's horse and fell to the ground.

The kind-hearted Sora immediately dismounted, stretched out his hands, and helped the woman up.

The woman stood up, thanked him, and hurried away immediately.At least that's what Kong Zhen saw in his eyes.

then.In Kong Zhen's mind, he was thinking over and over again about how to explain Bivite's death to King Buson.His head was in a daze and he had other thoughts, so he didn't pay much attention to this trivial matter.

And now.Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that from the moment he stretched out his hand to support the woman, he had always felt that something was wrong all over his body.

It was as if his soul had been pressed against a big rock.Or, there is a red-hot iron ball in his throat, which he still can't swallow.

After watching the experience of Hannes being possessed just now, Sora finally understood.The woman in the black robe at that time was Lucia.When I reached out to help, I was possessed by Lucia.

What a sarcasm.Hannes was possessed because of his lust.Kong Zhen was possessed, but because Kong Zhen was kind.

No wonder.Since returning to the capital and being possessed, Kongzhen has been sick for more than a month, but the illness has not recovered, and the body is not as good as before.Sometimes he would feel a severe headache, which made him almost collapse on the ground, and he could see a woman's figure in a blur.

The woman hated him and kept repeating the word.

revenge.

At first, Sora thought that he was left with some sequelae because of being burned by Gacy.Only now did he realize that he had been possessed since that time.

After Kongzhen fell asleep tonight, Lucia naturally carried out "Dream Stealing" on Kongzhen and controlled Kongzhen's dream.

Before Sorama could think about it, Lucia started to do it.

After Lucia uses the dream stealing ability, she can control Kongzhen's dreams at will.She can construct the content of the dream at will, simulate any scene she wants to construct, and show any scene she wants to show.

Now, Lucia can do whatever she wants.

Lucia waved.The whole dream scene changed immediately.

Sora suddenly felt that he couldn't move up and down.

He wanted to look down, but found that he couldn't even move his head.

Sora could only turn his eyes and look down.

I was buried in a piece of dirty black soil.

The black of the black soil is not a natural black.More like, the color of a lesion.Give off a bad smell.

To be precise, Kongzhen's body was buried up and down, only half of his head was exposed.Yes, even half of his head is exposed, only his nose can barely breathe, and his eyes can see.Even his own mouth was buried in the soil.Tried to shout, but couldn't make a sound.

at this time.Suddenly, a crow flew out of the sky.

The whole body of the crow is black, even so black that it shines.

The crow landed next to Kongzhen's head.

Then.It started pecking at Kongzhen's head.

The crow struck Kong Zhen's head with its sharp and hard beak.

While knocking, he wanted to eat Kongzhen's flesh and blood.

One, two, three...

Sora was in excruciating pain.He wanted to scream, but he couldn't, because his mouth was still buried in the soil.

Although in a dream.However, all pain is real and will exist.

This is also the truly frightening aspect of Succubus's "Dream Stealing" ability.

then.Sora's body was buried under the soil, and his head was eaten by crows.He even lost the right to cry out for his pain.

"Can you understand my pain now?" Lucia yelled at Sorama.

"Since I lost Gunnar, every day of my life is like what you are going through now!"

"My body is imprisoned. Even my soul is imprisoned. I am imprisoned in an inescapable darkness. Just like your whole body is buried in it now."

"I really want to yell, but I don't even know where to go, who to yell, what to yell. It's like your mouth is sealed with black dirt right now."

"But the pain will not decrease for me. It will torture me violently one after another, making me feel extremely uncomfortable. It's like this crow is pecking at your head now."

"Do you understand now? This scene, this pain, is what I have to endure every day in my heart."

"That's the feeling, do you understand now!"

The situation Lucia created was the embodiment of the pain she experienced herself.

Pain is a feeling.Lucia was able to turn a feeling into a certain scene and concretize it.To some extent.Lucia seems to be an artist.

The time in the dream is completely different from the time in reality.The passage of time in dreams is much slower than the passage of time in reality.

In an empty dream.It has been a whole day since he was buried in the black soil.

During this whole day, most of his head was buried in this black earth.The head is constantly being pecked by crows.

Sora was so painful that he lost consciousness.

"Five minutes." Lucia said blankly.

"In the real world, only 5 minutes have passed."

Lucia simply sat down.

"Don't worry about not having enough time, Sora." Lucia taunted him.

"The night's still long. We've got plenty of time to play."

next.Sora is constantly enduring the torture of being pecked by crows.

Time has passed for a long time.

It was so long that even Lucia herself didn't know how long it had passed.

Looking at Sora who was being tortured in front of her eyes, Lucia was extremely satisfied.

"You're tired." Lucia said proactively.

"It's still early. We're in no hurry."

"Being buried for so long, you must be tired."

"Then lie down."

"Hey." Lucia snapped her fingers lightly.

for a moment.The scene in Sorama's dream changed again.

And, it's an earth-shaking change.

Sora found himself lying on a soft bed.

Sheets, quilts, pillows, all a flawless white.Shining white.

Not only is the bed upscale, it's also uncluttered.It was as if it had been carefully cleaned by countless servants with small brushes.

The whole bed items are all high-end.Lying on this bed, I just feel extremely soft.It's like lying in a cloud.

Kong Ma had just suffered that kind of suffering, and now he suddenly lay on this bed. At first, he was a little uncomfortable, only feeling that it was too soft.

But gradually.He quickly felt comfortable.A sense of security that I have never had before arises spontaneously from the bottom of my heart.For a moment, he seemed to have forgotten that he was still in a dream and in danger.

gradually.He was about to fall asleep.

Sudden.Kong Zhen felt that there was a strange feeling under his body.

Sora finally noticed.It seemed that there was something lurking in his body all the time.That is, lurking in that bed.

When he hurriedly wanted to get up from the bed, it was already too late.

for a moment.Countless hands stretched out from under the bed.Every hand was covered with blood.

Some of these blood-stained hands are holding onto Kongzhen's head, some are holding onto Kongzhen's limbs, and some are holding onto Kongzhen's stomach...

But without exception.They were all stubborn, just dragging Sora onto the bed.No, it's not just as simple as being dragged on the bed.They seemed to want to drag Kongzhen into the bed, into the bed, into the ground.

Those hands seemed to be alive.Although they are disorganized, they seem to have a mind of their own.

Sora was taken aback.He tried desperately to struggle, but to no avail.The number of hands is really too much.They just tugged on Kongzhen so tightly.

Sora couldn't even move.After struggling for a long time, I couldn't get rid of it.

And those bloody hands took the opportunity to leave all kinds of blood on Kong Zhen's body.Like the spoils of those hands.

No matter how hard Kong Ma struggled, he couldn't get rid of it.

Step by step he sank, sank.Was slowly pulled into the darkness by those hands.

Endless darkness.

"Can you understand my pain now?" Lucia yelled at Sorama.

"Since I lost Gunnar, every day of my life is like what you are going through now!"

"Yes, I do have a good life. I have a high status with the Demon King, just like you are now, lying on a high-end soft bed."

"But even so, what's the use. After losing Gunnar, my life has been going down and down. There are countless pessimistic emotions that keep me down. life. Keep scrolling down."

"These pessimistic emotions are just like now, holding your countless hands. They just ignore you and pull you down."

"And none of those pessimistic emotions cut my heart and drilled my lungs. The piercing pain is just like those hands, which are so bloody."

"That's the feeling, do you understand now!"

Sora couldn't answer at all.Because he was trying to figure out a way to break free from those bloody hands.

Time just passed by like this.

Sora had lost his strength and could no longer fight those hands.

"Ten minutes." Lucia said coldly.

"Not bad, Sora...Although in reality, only 10 minutes have passed. But in the dream, you have persisted for more than ten hours...Amazing."

"It seems that this dream is no longer difficult for you."

"Let's try another trick."

Lucia snapped her fingers lightly.

"Shh!"

The entire dream scene has changed again.

This time, Kong Ma was not buried or lying down, but standing upright.

but.It was standing in a narrow aisle.

There is room in the aisle.Sora isn't even "standing", but "squeezed".

Sora was just like that, being "squeezed" in this narrow aisle.

The only thing Sora could see was the front of the aisle.Except for the front, everything around is dark.Can't see anything.

It's like, there are countless carriages of carriages, one after another, connected together.

Kong Zhen felt that he seemed to be standing in one of the carriages.

This carriage is really crowded.Sora couldn't even turn around.His face was painfully worn by the wall of the corridor.

At this moment, suddenly.Sora vaguely saw a figure in front of him.

who?Is it an enemy?
Sora tried to open his eyes wide and looked forward.

To be precise, it is the back of a person.

etc!That, that is...

It's Sorama's back!

How can this be?Sora really knew that he was stuck in this carriage.How could he see his back when he looked forward?

What is the principle?
Sora felt a twinge of fear.A fear that comes from the bottom of my heart.

This fear is a primitive instinct of human beings.It's like, even a newborn baby is afraid of poisonous snakes and beasts.This kind of fear is engraved in the bones and hearts of human beings.It is unavoidable in the process of human evolution.

This kind of fear cannot be shaken off for a lifetime.

This completely unreasonable thing brings people this kind of fear.Fear of the unknown.

Sora tried his best and walked forward as hard as he could.It's not easy though, because he has to squeeze his way through the tiny passage.

Let's imagine.On one side of the wall, through a gap in the wall, drill to the other side of the wall.

It's hard to do.This is what Kong Ma is trying to do now.

Disregarding his own skin, he was ground to blood by the narrow aisle.Gritting his teeth, Sora forced to squeeze forward.

He had to see why he saw his back in front of him.

finally.He was only one step away from that figure.

He raised his hand and patted the back figure on the shoulder.

Just then, something even weirder happened.

Kong Zhen himself, felt that his shoulder was also patted.

What!Could it be that behind him, there is also a self?
and.The self behind him also moved over step by step, and patted himself?
When he first entered this scene, Kong Zhen had noticed it.The situation I am in now is like the carriages of countless carriages, one after another, connected together.

And I am just out of one of the trains.

If you say, there is a self in front of you.And behind him, there is also a self.

However, there are countless sections in the carriages of the train.And I was just in one of the carriages.

So.Is it predictable.In every carriage, there is a self?
It is the same as the number of train cars, which is "unlimited".Is the number of oneself also "infinite"?

and.Why is every "self" repeating its actions?

Just think about the logic.Kongzhen felt terrified thinking about it, and was going to be dizzy.

Sora tried hard to turn around and look behind him.Look at that scene with an infinite number of "selves".

If you really see it, you will be shocked.

The aisle walls are rough.Kongzhen's face was rubbed against such a rough wall.

This kind of pain was almost no less than Ling Chi's torture.

but.Even though Sora had ground half of his face to a bloody mess.He also failed to turn around because the aisle was too narrow.

Behind me, in front of me, what is the situation?
The fear of the unknown almost drowned Kong Zhen.

However, he was helpless.

"Can you understand my pain now?" Lucia yelled at Sorama.

"Since I lost Gunnar, every day of my life is like what you are going through now!"

"After losing Gunnar, my living space has become so narrow. Just like now, the aisle in the carriage is extremely narrow."

"My day-to-day life has lost its color. It has become monotonous, dull, dull, and gloomy. There is no hope of life. There is no end in sight for such days."

"It's like now, every car on the train is exactly the same. Moreover, the number of cars is still unlimited."

"My life has become rough. A little bit of unwillingness will be ground to a bloody mess. Just like the walls of this carriage now, it is so rough. As long as you want to turn your head and turn around a little, you will Grinded to the point of bleeding."

"In this ridiculous life, my personality seems to be split. Sometimes, I can see countless me. Some are sad, some regret, some are regretful...these countless me are all part of me , but they are all torturing me. It’s like you can feel countless you now.”

"That's the feeling, do you understand now!"

What else can I say?After three scenes, he had lost his strength and was exhausted.

"Fifteen minutes," Lucia said.

"Together, in the real world, only half an hour has passed."

"Sorama, we have plenty of time."

"Lucia, listen to me."

Sora struggled, trying to stand up.

"I didn't kill Gunnar. The cause of his death was..."

"Shut up!" Lucia yelled.

"It's you! It's you! It's you, Gunnar who killed me..."

"I'm going to break every bone in your body!"

As soon as Lucia raised her hand, she began to construct another dream.

The dark clouds pressed down on the sky with overwhelming momentum.

The entire sky was surrounded so airtight that not even a little light could penetrate.

From an entity, Lucia slowly turned into a puff of air.A cloud of white air.

then.The cloud of white air slowly rose from the ground to the sky.Then gather in the sky, and slowly become larger.

From a few wisps of green smoke, it finally turned into a huge storm that could sweep the entire city.

Under the rotation of that huge storm, it unexpectedly slowly transformed into the appearance of a huge female ghost.

Pale complexion, creepy claws... The most frightening thing is that this female ghost is only half of her body above the waist!

Sora raised his eyes and looked at the huge Lucia in front of him, who was only half of his body.

In contrast, Sora is only about the size of a little finger of this huge female ghost.

Unceremoniously, Lucia stretched out her sharp claws and grabbed Sora.

Lucia lifted Souma up into the air.

Then, she began to tighten her strength, gripped Kongzhen in her hand, and pinched him desperately.

Sora wasn't wearing a battle suit.Every bone in his body was pinched and creaked.It seems that every meridian and every bone in the body has been cracked.

Kong really felt that his internal organs were about to be crushed.I had difficulty breathing, and my eyeballs were protruding.

God.Not to mention not wearing a battle suit.Under the torment of this kind of power, even if Sorama welded the battle suit to his body, it would probably be useless.

"Lu, Lucia, you, listen to me..."

Sora struggled, trying to speak.

"In everyone's life, there will be such a period of time. Struggling silently, gradually sinking. Can't find a way out, and can't return to the beginning."

"The only thing I can do is to suffer quietly and grow up quietly."

"On this journey, no one knows what you have experienced. Maybe, after crossing all the mountains and seas, your appearance is still exquisite. But under the skin, it has long been broken."

"And this is life telling you with pain that you still grow up."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lucia roared.

She squeezed Kongzhen tightly, and squeezed it even tighter.

"I'm not talking nonsense." Sora resisted the pressure and continued.

"It doesn't matter whether it's love or anything in the world. What a person owns doesn't belong to him. He just keeps them temporarily."

"Only sometimes. Even the eternal love will come to an end. From then on, it can only be treasured in the passing time along with the gentle tune, and it is hard to find it again. "

"Lucia, I know that your feelings have been bound by shackles for a long time. Your body has long been corroded by spreading rust. It is even more difficult to break free from the shackles."

"In the face of all the difficulties, injustice, and oppression. People must do their best to survive. Live until the day when we can see the light."

"It is the gloomy today that makes the yesterday in my memory always so sunny."

"What qualifications do you have to comfort me?" Lucia became even more annoyed.

"You are not as old as I am. What have you experienced that you dare to come and preach to me?"

Kong Zhen said: "When I was very young, I saw that there were many stubborn people around me. They looked at themselves and felt self-righteous. They thought that the world was wrong, and only they could find the only correct answer."

"However, I am completely opposite. Because I always believe that this world always makes me awed."

"When I first started building the suit, I didn't have any reference materials. Since the predecessors didn't leave footprints, I had no choice but to step on my own new footprints."

"I thought for a long time about whether to invest in the experience to make the suit, or choose to live step by step. But in the end, I decided to stop pleasing others and let myself live happily."

"In the process of making the suit, I really gained a lot. Because every step I take is creating history, and it is impossible to overthrow it."

"The reason why I feel that I am qualified to comfort you is also because, after reading your memory, I found that the two of us really have many similarities."

"Before, when I was looking at your memory, I felt that your charming and moving memory just happened to be projected into my desolate background."

Speaking of this, Sora realized.Lucia had tightly squeezed her hand before, but now she has relaxed a lot.At the very least, Sora can breathe now.

Kong Ma continued: "For Gunnar's death and for you losing your lover, I really regret it."

"Actually. No matter who we are, no matter what position we are in, what role we play. We will all face various changes in our lives."

"But the important thing is that we must stick to the 'unchanged' things deep in our hearts amidst this 'change'. That is, those things that we regard as the most important part in our hearts."

"People have to withstand the pain and grasp the last, the exquisiteness and brilliance of the twilight. Before it completely dissipates, enjoy it to the fullest. It has a long aftertaste that it once presented to us."

"When those numb and unaware people are anxious to run for what has been lost, to convict for the mistakes they have made, and to hurt for irreparable things. Those of us who are sober, should More purely, perceiving life, perceiving life, perceiving life.”

"I also used to lose my purpose in life and feel lost like you now. I also used to blame others."

"Until that day."

"At that time, I was still in Beran Town, studying my battle suit all day long."

"That day. In the process of researching the battle suit, I failed again. I was so depressed in my heart that I was about to give up."

"I went to the window and opened it to get some air."

"It's different from my messy mood. Under the shining of the setting sun, my hometown, the small town of Beran, looks so peaceful and peaceful."

"I stood by the window, leaning on the window sill, watching the setting sun reflected in the sunset. Watching the crowds coming and going in the small town."

"I can't help but start thinking, what is my future direction?"

"Encountered successive failures and continuous blows. Like you now, I am a little bit blaming and confused."

"What is my future direction?"

"The crowds on the street are bustling. The sunset shines alone, bringing warmth to people for a short moment."

"But no one can answer my question."

"Just when I was so troubled and about to give up. Suddenly, a slight evening breeze gently brushed my face."

"At that moment. I actually had the feeling of practicing Zen and enlightenment."

"For the question I had before, I immediately had the answer."

Sora felt that Lucia gradually loosened her grip on Sora's hand.

The huge Lucia stared closely at Sora with eyes that were much bigger than Sora's whole body at this time, and asked, "Your question is, 'What is the direction of the future? '. What answer do you think of?"

Kong Zhen said: "That gust of wind gave me inspiration."

"My answer is," Sora said.

"In the future, let's see where the wind will blow me."

long silence.

The gigantic Lucia grabbed Sorama.I didn't speak for a long time.

Kong Zhen didn't speak either.

Lucia just held Souma up in the air for a long time.

After a long silence, Lucia let go of her hand and lowered Kuma to the ground.

The dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated.The light pierced through the dark clouds and gradually shone into the dream.

The huge female ghost that Lucia turned into was like burnt aloes, bit by bit, turned into ashes with the wind, and turned into nothing.

Lucia was back to her original size, her original look.

From mid-air, she slowly landed on the ground.

She slumped on the ground.

then.Lucia began to cry.Wept miserably.

That kind of crying is simply scary.Sora had never heard such a miserable cry.

It wasn't crying at all.And like a beast, badly wounded, howling alone in the cave in the cold night.

Lucia cried for a long, long time.It seems to be longer than her tormenting Sora.

after a long time.Lucia was really tired from crying, so she stopped crying completely and changed to sobbing.

She looked up.

I really see it.Because of crying too hard, Lucia's eyes were already bleeding.

The tears that Lucia shed were all bloody.Blood and tears in the true sense.

Human joys and sorrows are not the same.Human tears are actually shed for themselves.

Especially when remembering the time that has passed away.

Sobbing, Lucia asked Sora, "You know why I let you down?"

Without waiting for Kongzhen to speak, Lucia replied self-consciously: "Don't get me wrong. It's not because of your moralist-like preaching just now. What I hate most are chattering moralists."

"The moralists are always chattering. Sometimes they say that the folk customs are simple, and sometimes they say that the world is poor. But in fact, the world has never changed, and it will not change because of the comments of those sanctimonious moralists."

"A true moral person puts his own moral principles into his own actions. Instead of being like those hypocrites who only preach, they say one thing and do dirty things behind their backs. "

"The reason why I'm willing to let you go is not because your words just convinced me."

"It's because your words helped me understand a person."

"A person? What person?" Sora asked.

"Someone I couldn't understand before," Lucia said.

"Before, I couldn't understand her behavior, her principles, and her purpose. But after listening to your words, I seem to be able to understand her."

"What really moved me was not your boring empty words. It was only after listening to your words that I gradually understood, that her."

With a line of blood and tears on his face.Lucia waved.

The scene of the dream has changed.

"You haven't finished the previous story. Now, go ahead and read it."

Lucia turned her memory into an image again and showed it to Sora.

Picture after picture, slowly spread out in front of Kong Zhen.

The curtain was slowly opened.Like the beginning of a play.

(End of this chapter)