Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 610 Marriage
Li Meng's preparations for this trip certainly included more than just his own hidden body.

The ability to open a Dead Treasure is based on the quality of the person who opens it. However, if the person who opens it has limited strength, even if they manage to open the Dead Treasure by taking a lucky trick, their strength will not be much different.

Just like how even with all his preparations and a bunch of secret gadgets, he still couldn't defeat a weakened Fan Zhonghong.

However, he has an even greater advantage.

The dark world is incredibly profound and chaotic, its essence pointing to a higher and farther end. Among the various powerful beings in the dark world, most can easily gain attention if one is willing to search.

Given his qualifications, it would be an easy task.

"Come on! Illusion!" He laughed as he crushed the dog-head badge in his hand and stuffed it into his body, summoning a gaze from a distant shore.

Li Meng's eyes disappeared.

Because the dog's head on the badge also had no eyes; its head was only covered by a pair of purplish-black, wing-like ears... Its eyes were deep in its throat, in its open mouth. A single, bloodshot, purple eye peered out from the vicious dog's sharp teeth.

Wing-like membranes sprouted from the back of Li Meng's head and covered it, transforming him into something else entirely.

This thing is not simply an illusion, but a kind of existence that mimics illusions to adapt to most of reality in order to achieve its descent. Actively provoking such an existence or even guiding it into one's body is not a good idea, let alone under the illumination of the prototype beacon nearby.

But Li Meng no longer cared about any of that.

He pursued the power of the Dead Treasure, but even after obtaining it, he was not satisfied and instead wanted more. If he possessed both the Living Treasure and the Dead Treasure, he could probably easily reach the limits of a New Human.

In an instant, he traversed the long path of evolution and marched toward the being deep within the dark world he had once glimpsed!
Therefore, it is worth it to seek help from a tiger in order to obtain the gate of life.

"Woof—Woof!" He tried to speak, but what came out of his mouth was a ripping bark, sharp and piercing, sounding like a mocking laugh to the ears.

"The mad dog of the void".

Everyone present was surprised by Li Meng's sudden change.

At the same time, the ritual that was in progress instantly began to falter because of Li Meng's bark. Some of the surrounding electronic instruments malfunctioned instantly, and even people felt their blood and qi flowing backward, their breathing became disordered, and their endocrine system became imbalanced.

If an ordinary person were present, they might have been killed on the spot upon hearing that bark!
"Li Meng! You!?" Xu Wenli shouted sternly.

Li Meng's reckless and irrational actions definitively demonstrate that his stance is not in Dadu but rather leans towards the black faction. The seriousness of this issue is different from before.

"Woof!" Li Meng responded to Xu Wenli with a bark, and his body began to move.

Fan Zhonghong quickly raised his hand to defend himself, but a sharp pain immediately struck as several purple, semi-transparent crystalline substances pierced through his body without warning.

Li Meng barked incessantly, his mocking barks echoing. The original lighthouse was still waking up, and the other forces had not yet arrived—it was the perfect opportunity for him! The scythe swung towards Fan Zhonghong and hooked onto his neck.

……

Li Busi stood at a distance, watching silently.

He had long been liberated, but with Zheng Fan in power, Li Busi, who was convinced of his authority, naturally dared not act recklessly and didn't even have many ulterior motives.

He had relayed all the information that shouldn't have been leaked to them, and he had long since switched sides, so he had no stance to speak of.

However, he wouldn't do anything more to support or help Fan Zhonghong and Li Miaosheng.

This was his last bit of spirit as the older brother.

That's what they say, but there are some things he had already done long before that.

"Fan Zhonghong is a terrifying and crazy guy... but he and Miaosheng are a perfect match. They will be happy no matter what."

After all, they are willing to sacrifice a lot, even themselves, for their own happiness.

Li Busi gently touched the "Gate of Death" on his chest, quietly awaiting his fate, and his sister's wedding...

……

dong dong——

Black smoke billowed out, impacting Li Meng in front of him and forcing him back.

"Huh?" Li Meng was somewhat surprised and uncertain, feeling the black particles appearing on his body... or rather, the black cracks that were constantly extending and expanding.

Li Miaosheng and Xu Wenli's eyes widened again. The situation was changing too fast. Even though they had a clear understanding of Fan Zhonghong's abilities and were the first and second people in the world who knew Fan Zhonghong best, this change was still beyond their expectations.

Dead Gate Smoke!

A black hole opened up in Fan Zhonghong's chest, from which black substance flowed out.

……

Not long ago, in the car. "Brother-in-law, can you help me?"

"Huh?" Li Busi, who was tightly bound, looked up impatiently at the grinning Fan Zhonghong.

"I want to open the Gate of Death."

"Huh?" Li Busi's "impatient" expression turned into "you're tired of living" expression. "Your current strength is completely natural. Even if you open the Death Gate and manipulate the death energy behind it, the improvement in strength will be very limited, and you will also have to take huge risks. It's not very meaningful. You'd be better off replenishing your talisman reserves."

"No, no, no, the next opponent might be very troublesome, so I'm going to take a risky approach." Fan Zhonghong gave him a "watch your brother-in-law's moves" look, which made Li Busi quite unhappy.

"Let me help you," Zheng Fan said cheerfully from the passenger seat.

“That works too.” Fan Zhonghong immediately abandoned his brother-in-law.

"Tsk, I didn't say I wouldn't help." Li Busi was even more annoyed.

"Hey, is my brother-in-law actually a tsundere?"

“He’s not arrogant, he’s just plain shameless,” Zheng Fan said mercilessly.

"Are you going to open it or not?!" Li Busi shouted, his head aching.

“Alright, it will be more convenient with you as a backup and Fan Benn.” Zheng didn’t stand on ceremony and continued to Fan Zhonghong: “Can your body handle it? Although it’s easy for me to help open a passage now, the difficulty lies in the fact that the person who opens the passage has to bear considerable pressure. Your body doesn’t have the same kind of modifications as his, so it might be very strenuous and become a hindrance.”

"It's nothing, just a prelude," Fan Zhonghong shook his head and smiled.

Zheng Fan looked at him, understanding dawning on him: "I see. I think I know what you're thinking. It's a crazy idea, but it's very valuable. Very good, I'm looking forward to it too."

Lin Yilin glanced at the rearview mirror and asked, "Are you really determined to do this?"

"Regardless of what Li Miaosheng thinks, I still have to take responsibility for her for the rest of her life. Since that's the case, then I have no choice but to do it." Fan Zhonghong's mind was made up.

……

“Zhonghong…you!” Xu Wenli suddenly noticed that the direction of the ceremony had changed.

Although Fan Zhonghong had expended a lot of energy in his battle with Li Busi, he shouldn't have been completely exhausted after just a few exchanges. Before Fan Zhonghong appeared, he had already used all his talismans on more crucial areas.

This is a combination ceremony, referred to as a wedding.

Li Miaosheng temporarily adapted the few skills she learned from Fan Zhonghong to manage her alone.

As the prototype lighthouse projected the power of the white world, Xu Wenli struggled to start the ceremony along the normal route.

The two routes, which were originally competing for space, have now changed direction simultaneously.

marry!

The opening of the birth gate and the ritual of "union" all had an effect on Fan Zhonghong.

The people who will unite will not be Li Miaosheng and White World, but Li Miaosheng and Fan Zhonghong! And the ones who will push open the door to life will also be these two!
This is the real wedding.

Fan Zhonghong turned around and took Li Miaosheng's hand: "Are you willing to give me the rest of your life?"

Li Miaosheng was stunned for half a second, his expression rapidly changing from a gentle smile to blank stare, to tears welling up, and then to a smile through his tears: "I've been waiting for so long..."

"I am willing!"

"Thank you."

Fan Zhonghong wondered what he should say to Li Miaosheng when he met her at the wedding, and whether he should apologize for his concealment and hesitation.

But after Lin Yilin and Zheng Fan helped him open the Death Gate, they looked at him with disdain when they heard his idea. Zheng Fan said, "Do you really want to hear your apology?"

Lin Yilin said, "Miaosheng is waiting for something more important."

Only now did Fan Zhonghong truly understand this feeling.

From childhood to adulthood, it's truly been a long journey we've shared...

Lin Yilin and Luo Ye also arrived at the scene. Upon seeing this, Lin Yilin subconsciously reached out to the side and actually managed to grab something.

He glanced sideways and saw that Zheng Fan, who had just disappeared to trick Luo Ye, had reappeared at some point.

Lin Yilin held his hand, but Zheng Fan just silently watched the two people in front of the wedding hall, his eyes fixed on them. He didn't say anything, but he didn't let go of her hand.

Luo Ye noticed this, then looked away from Fan Zhonghong and Li Miaosheng, revealing a gentle smile that was out of character for her.

(End of this chapter)