Nightmare Light

Chapter 42 The Destruction of the World

After understanding what the paper bride meant, Lin Wang was silent for more than ten seconds.

After a long time, he reached out and gently rubbed the paper bride's head.

I didn't dare use too much force for fear of causing wrinkles.

"Don't play with fire anymore, it's too dangerous... and there's nothing to eat here."

"Once we find suitable food, we'll have the opportunity to cook... I know a place where we can grow our own food."

He said these words very seriously and looked deeply at the paper bride.

"I originally wanted to go back to that ancestral hall with you... but now I have a new idea."

Although the initial encounter with the paper bride was terrifying, as they continued to travel together, Lin Wang discovered that she was indeed harmless and was indeed clumsily concerned about him.

Now seeing her pitiful appearance, Lin Wang felt a little guilty.

The dust and dirt on his body could be dealt with directly with white fire, but burning her with fire again...

Not to mention whether it would ignite, it would probably scare her!

Lin Wang looked at the paper bride, her dirty "clothes," and asked her, "Do you have any ideas for... taking a bath and changing clothes?"

The paper bride tilted her head, was stunned for a moment, then began waving her hands and gesturing vigorously.

Lin Wang tried hard to understand and realized what she meant.

"You mean to say that deep inside this village, there's a spot where you can bathe and change clothes... but you're afraid to go?"

The paper bride nodded, her painted face almost leaving an afterimage, and continued gesturing with her hands.

"That place... is there something that scares you?"

nod.

"Can you take me there?"

The paper bride nodded halfway, then was stunned, then shook her head wildly and gestured vigorously with her hands.

"It's dangerous? Are you scared?"

She shook her head vigorously and continued gesturing.

This time, Lin Wang understood what she meant.

Husband.

very dangerous.

You, don't go.

"Worried about me?" Lin Wang laughed, "Have you forgotten? I'm actually very capable."

The paper bride gestured with her hands again, trying to stop Lin Wang.

But Lin Wang still insisted——

Firstly, he really wanted to help the Paper Bride, and secondly, he felt...

That place can help him deepen his understanding of this strange world.

He said to the paper bride, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid. If that place is really too dangerous, I will definitely turn around and run away."

The paper bride tilted her head and stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly raised her hand. The paper arm raised up, stretched out a piece of paper, rolled it up, and handed it to Lin Wang.

Pinky hook.

"Okay, pinky promise."

……

Led by the paper bride, the two walked out of the courtyard and headed deep into the village. After passing the big tree in the center of the village, they turned and headed towards the hillside behind the village.

From a distance, Lin Wang saw a strange cave at the end of the hillside.

From the low cave entrance, which was as tall as a person, endless paper ribbons stretched out. They were black and dense, dancing in the air without wind.

"Why are those paper strips black?" Lin Wang asked the paper bride.

The paper bride took a step back behind him, raised one hand to shield her face, and used the other hand to poke and gesture.

Cave, root, sick.

"Source?" Some knowledge suddenly flooded Lin Wang's mind, and he understood what the other party meant. "You mean—this cave contains the source of Zhi Village's power? But this source is sick?"

Ah Zhi nodded, the force so strong that it almost threw him out. Lin Wang fell into thought.

That place looks eerie... the source of power that's taken over an entire village... those dark paper strips move on their own...

Wait, the enemy is a paper tape?
And I...playing with fire?

"Wait for me here." Lin Wang exhaled and said to the paper bride, and at the same time strode forward without looking back, leaving a word for the latter -

"Would someone who plays with fire be afraid of someone selling Spring Festival couplets?"

As he got closer, he saw the details of the cave entrance: countless black strips of paper were coiled deep in the cave, wriggling and stretching like snakes spitting out their tongues.

When Lin Wang approached, the black paper strips rushed towards him madly, and when they approached his body, they suddenly shrank back, as if they were afraid.

Sure enough, you are afraid of me...

Lin Wang calmed down a bit, snapped his fingers, and pale flames surged out from his palms. But he thought for a moment, shook his head, and the flames flared up violently. He turned into a giant of white fire and strode forward.

A gentleman does not build walls… Mainly, I want to burn the dust off myself.

The pitch-black paper strip retreated rapidly as if it had encountered a natural enemy, leaving a passage in the way.

Lin Wang saw that at the end of the cave, in a slightly wider space, there was... a group of things.

After getting closer, relying on the white light of the fire, Lin Wang saw that it was a "swollen mass of flesh" protruding from the ground -

The surface is black and rotten, covered with countless pale nodules, and surrounded by black growths that spread out like a skirt and connect to the earth.

In the very center of the swelling, gaseous energy could be seen, spewing out black energy in all directions. After twisting and trembling in the air, it turned into a strip of paper and meandered out of the cave.

Looking at this strange thing, a very appropriate adjective appeared in Lin Wang's mind: bad.

"It seems this place is the source of the Paper Village's power... but I don't know why it has been polluted like this..."

Lin Wang maintained his white fire giant form, stroking his chin and muttering to himself, "I must get rid of this bad guy before Azhi can recover his strength... Let's observe for a while."

Switching to the super-dimensional perspective, Lin Wang glanced at Huai Qi, and this glance surprised him.

The underground scale of the destruction is extremely huge, with dark energy channels extending in all directions underground, into the distance, and to infinite places beyond the super-dimensional perspective.

At that moment, Lin Wang even felt that the corpse was already underground, connected to the entire planet!
Cancer of the planet?
Lin Wang vaguely understood why this world was so strange and weird - because it was sick.

"Will white fire be useful?" Lin Wang pondered. "This thing is too weird. I need to come up with a foolproof plan..."

"Think of a hammer, just give it a try first."

He raised his hand, and a white flame as thick as his wrist flowed towards the corpse, wrapping the entire corpse and burning it fiercely.

At first, the corpse and the black paper tape showed no reaction.

The next second, the entire cave was like a hornet's nest that had exploded. All the paper strips shook violently, and the corpse also emitted a sharp sound wave, and black blood surged.

Lin Wang clearly felt that the bad corpse was injured by the white fire. He was delighted and increased his mental power. More white fire surged up and flowed into the bad corpse along the energy conduit, starting to burn it inch by inch.

But at this moment, Lin Wang suddenly felt an extremely chaotic, violent, and malicious energy climbing up along the white fire and quickly pouring into his body!

He was shocked, but the energy came too fast and too violently. In just a moment, the energy flowed into his body and rushed to his brain along his limbs and bones.

Lin Wang felt that an extremely evil thought invaded his mind and tried to change his consciousness.

At that moment, from the outside, the white fire giant also turned into a black and white interlaced, extremely brutal form.

The evil thought rushed into Lin Wang's mind.

Lin Wang heard his voice.

"Hehehehe! You want to destroy me? I'll assimilate you first! You look very nutritious!"

"Your body is so powerful, your soul must be delicious too!"

The evil thoughts continued to deepen.

Evil thoughts found his soul.

Evil thoughts rushed towards Lin Wang's soul.

Evil thoughts made a confused sound.

"what?"

　I really want to set off firecrackers... Is setting off firecrackers prohibited where you are?