Nightmare Light

Chapter 77 Only May
May is another example.

After Lin Wang finished speaking, everyone present fell into deep thought.

His words were somewhat unexpected, but upon closer thought, they made sense.

From the very beginning, this child showed characteristics different from other villagers - she was curious about these outsiders, and would "deviate from the main line" because of her interactions with Lin Wang and others.

She will be surprised, scared, and do what she wants.

She would feel happy, angry, sad, and joyful, and would invite people to her home...

This child is a real living person.

but……

"Lin Wang, why is there only one month, 'May', on her family's calendar?"

"I have a guess, but to be truly sure, I need to verify it again." Lin Wang shook his head and asked everyone, "Does anyone among you have a technique that can send people to great heights?"

Gu Shuochuan shook his head: "You know my common skills."

Old Joe thought for a moment and shook his head: "My wooden net is not suitable either."

Dog brother nodded: "I should be able to do it! My stilts..."

Lin Wang's eyes lit up: "How high can your stilts reach?"

"My stilts are so tall! They can reach up to two meters... eh?"

Before Gou Ge could finish his sentence, he felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right. He shrank his neck and saw Lin Wang lowering his head and looking at him expressionlessly.

"Guess how tall I am now?" Lin Wang pointed at himself.

"But at least..."

"I'll use my own method." Lin Wang shook his head, walked to the open space outside the house and stood there.

The next second, white flames blazed, and a giant covered in white flames walked out. In the crackling flames, the giant's body climbed up steadily, gradually rising to seven or eight meters, and continued to increase in height.

"He... is indeed..." Old Joe raised his head and muttered to himself.

"You guessed it too?" Dog Brother said beside him.

"Don't mention that name." Old Joe shook his head.

"Captain Qiao, tell me, is Brother Lin his descendant, or is he himself..."

"Does it matter?" Old Joe curled his lips and smiled calmly, "You've already made your choice."

"You're wrong. I've never made any choices." Dog brother shook his head. "I only believe what I see."

"...With your personality, it's no wonder you chose to leave Lushan back then."

"Good fellow, have you investigated me?"

"I'm from the military."

While the two were talking, Lin Wang's height had grown to more than 20 meters. In the small village, a white fire giant over 20 meters tall had created a terrifying aura comparable to that of a demon.

He raised his hands towards the sky.

Old Joe exhaled slightly: "Although I have made my choice, but..." He shook his head halfway through his words, "I hope my choice is the right one."

"Don't doubt it, your choice is definitely the right one." Dog Brother said firmly, "Time will prove it."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because I'm stubborn." Dog Brother laughed cheerfully, "Otherwise, why did I leave Lushan back then? Why did I cling to this crappy mercenary group later on?"

“…” Old Joe rolled his eyes, “Just pretend I didn’t ask.”

"Actually, I do have a basis for my judgment." Dog Brother's expression suddenly became serious, and he looked up at the giant in the yard.

"Lin Wang...this man. He doesn't realize that he actually possesses enough power to surpass the entire federation."

"If a normal person possessed such power, what would he do? Seize power? Or seize wealth? Or both?"

"But Brother Lin...what did he do?"

"He saved us and helped you."

"He's saving this village."

"He even held a little girl on his shoulders!"

Dog Brother's eyes were bright, and there was an inexplicable smile on his bearded face: "I absolutely do not believe that an evil demon would do such a thing."

Old Joe was silent for a few seconds, then nodded seriously: "I admit, you are right."

……

Lin Wang looked down at the earth.

When the giant reached more than 20 meters high, the view was enough to take in the entire village.

In his sight, the entire Mist Village, all the buildings, all the villagers, as well as the soldiers and mercenaries scattered throughout the village, were all clearly visible to him. He could see that the villagers ignored the giants and continued to move about as they pleased, pretending to be "alive."

He could see the looks of surprise and fear on the faces of the soldiers and mercenaries.

He even saw a soldier with a bronze Taotie pattern engraved on his face, making a prayer gesture and sprinkling a handful of incense ash in his direction.

He also saw an extremely fat old crow on a dead tree at the entrance of the village.

The crow tilted its head to look at him, then flapped its wings and flew away.

Lin Wang lowered his head, looked at the small brick house under his feet, and switched his vision to an energy perspective.

From the energy perspective, he could clearly see that there was a strange energy link around this building.

This energy chain forms a closed loop outside the building, and a section of the closed loop is connected to May.

"These energy links..."

He understood.

Lin Wang retracted the white fire and landed back on the ground.

He said to everyone, "I figured it out—the reason this child is named 'May' is not just because she was born in May, but because... her entire life is only this month."

Lin Wang rubbed the little girl's hair, walked into the house, took out the thick book, and opened it in front of everyone.

Everyone came closer and saw that it was a simple notebook.

"May 1st, starting today, I want to live a good life. Today I will fetch water and cook..."

The lackluster record lasted for thirty days.

Lin Wang turned another page.

A new record began with a line of text in a slightly different font from the previous one.

"May 1st, starting today, I want to live a good life. Today I will fetch water and cook..."

Lin Wang turned over another thirty pages.

A line of trembling fonts continued to repeat the same content.

Dog Brother's voice trembled: "Is this why there is only this month on the calendar?"

Lin Wang looked gloomy and said nothing.

Old Joe also showed an angry but puzzled look: "So every month, they will, re-re-recreate... a new her?"

He opened his mouth several times but couldn't utter the word "manufacture".

"No, it's not... creating a new May." Lin Wang shook his head and corrected Old Qiao, "Rather, every month, this room and everything in it will be 'reset'."

At the same time, May didn't understand their conversation, so she ran to the stove, squatted down, looked at the fire, then ran to the cupboard, grabbed a small bowl of rice, and poured it into the pot.

After pouring it out, she looked at the bodies of several strong men in the room, and her little face showed an expression of distress and heartache.

The next second, she gritted her teeth, took out half a bag of rice from the cupboard, and poured it all into the pot in one breath.

She picked up the pot with some difficulty and ran towards the yard.

Lin Wang looked at the little girl's back and exhaled. "I suspect the cultists have limited control over the sample. If the 'living sandbox' lasts more than a month, they might lose control."

"So, they simplified the sample as much as possible: they only left May in the sample, and made the sample only last for one month. Every month, they reset the sandbox."

After Lin Wang finished speaking, everyone understood.

As they understood, everyone felt shocked and angry.

Let a little girl who is less than ten years old become a sandbox sample that is constantly reset?

Let a child like this only have one month to live?

Let her be trapped in an endless cycle forever?

Isn't this an eternal prison?
"Asshole! Let a child suffer like this!"

Old Joe was furious and punched the wall next to him hard. With a bang, a hole was made in the wall.

May, who was washing rice in the yard, was startled by the noise. She looked up and saw a hole hammered in the wall of her house. Her expression suddenly became aggrieved.

"Ah, don't cry, don't cry, I'll fix it for you, I'll fix it for you right away... Wait, let me give you this!" Old Joe was in a hurry, took out the bear biscuits from his bag and handed them to the little girl.

After finally coaxing the child, Old Joe wiped his sweat and said, "It's more difficult than fighting a cultist..."

The next second, Old Qiao's eyes turned red and he turned to look at Lin Wang: "Brother Lin, do you have any way to save this child... No! Do you have any way to solve this whole thing?"

"Yes." This time, Lin Wang didn't think about it, but nodded very decisively.

"I'm going to burn down the entire sandbox."

(End of this chapter)