Survival in the apocalypse: I exploited a bug in an infinite dungeon.

I stayed with my grandmother all day, and she passed away that night.

The next day, both my parents were admitted to the hospital.

The company was in complete chaos, and I had no time to attend to it. I turned off both of their phones and stayed by their side.

Seeing their pain, I kept calling out "Xu Nian".

That night, the parents fell asleep.

The two hospital beds were side by side, and I sat in the chair in the middle.

Stroking the red agate on her wrist, tears streamed down her face.

I resent my parents, and I hate myself even more; I have no right to blame Xu Nian.

But since it all started because of me, why not end it because of me?

I couldn't help but call out "Brother".

The temperature in the ward suddenly dropped a few degrees, and the dim lights seemed to dim as well.

Through her teary eyes, a young man in a white shirt and black casual pants stood before her.

Compared to the boy in my dreams and the exquisite features on stage, the person in front of me has grown up a lot, and his height has made him appear even taller.

The familiar features were still there in his memory, but he couldn't bring himself to call him "brother."

This man gave me my life, but he was also the murderer who destroyed my family.

I asked it, "Can you stop? I'll give you my life in return."

He reached out his long, slender fingers and gently wiped away my tears, his voice clear and cold: "No."

This was a deal he made with the bizarre world; once it began, there was no turning back.

But I wasn't even involved in this deal.

Xu Nian, how cruel you are?

They took away my beloved family, leaving me alone to face this excruciating pain!

He chuckled softly, his features revealing a hint of wickedness.

He said, "Manman, you are my only light, my only attachment to this world. I've been talking to you on the phone for ten years, waiting for you to grow up. How could I let you die?"

My mind is a jumbled mess; I don't understand what he means.

He glanced at his watch: "It's time. I'll come see you again next time."

He said that before leaving, he bent down and hugged my trembling body tightly.

The force was so great that it seemed to penetrate to the very marrow.

"Xu Manman," he called in my ear.

This was the first time we'd been this close, like a lover whispering: "If you really want to make it up to me, stay by my side after everything is over."

After he finished speaking, his figure turned into black smoke.

At this moment, my only thought is, how can I let you have your way?

In the early hours of the morning, the parents died in agony.

I did not press the call button.

He held a small dagger in his hand, which he bought when he went abroad.

I stepped into the foreign country full of anticipation to find that boy, and bought this dagger to bolster my courage.

Despite its small size, it can easily pierce human skin and sever arteries.

Within a few days, my grandparents died.

My parents are dead.

My home is gone.

If there is cause and effect in this world, then let me end it all.

Give the heart back to the youth, and let it all end today.

May my hopeful soul enter the deepest hell and suffer all the hardships for my family.

May they be human again and able to treat all beings equally.

I hope that the boy's life will be smooth and carefree from now on.

If he has an afterlife, I hope he will have a loving family, live a peaceful and happy life, and enjoy good health throughout his life!

With trembling hands, he slashed his wrist open, letting the blood gush out.

The blood flowed onto the red bracelet, making it impossible to tell which was redder.

But that wasn't enough. I raised the dagger again and pointed it at my heart.

The moment the knife tip pierced through, I suddenly felt my heart, which had been throbbing with pain, stop hurting.

The bracelet on my wrist finally couldn't bear my sorrow and shattered.

In a blur, I saw the black mist gather into a black hole, and a man hurriedly walked out of it and hugged me tightly.

Xu Nian...

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The old Taoist priest was a man of great virtue.

Although Xu Nian had already become a cunning general, it still took quite a bit of time to track him down.

The old man wasn't surprised to see Xu Nian, but sighed deeply: "It was still a failure."

Xu Nian sneered: "With your current strength, failure is not inevitable."

The old man replied, "Back when the Ghost Realm descended, we old folks foresaw that a few great ghosts would be born in the human world. But great ghosts are born and raised by nature, and cannot be killed directly, so I had no choice but to resort to this tactic."

He was willing to bear the child's hatred and resentment, only wanting to save more people at the lowest cost, but the result was the opposite!

Xu Nian laughed: "Who do you think you are? Who can you represent?"

He felt only resentment towards Xu Manman's family, but he hated the old Taoist priest to the core.

If he hadn't appeared, a few years later with advancements in medical technology, Xu Manman would naturally have received an artificial heart, and she and her family wouldn't have had to bear the burden of a life.

Xu Nian grew up according to her own path.

Although we don't know what he will become in the end, the fact that he still remembers the sunshine of his childhood when he becomes a villain shows that he is not a bad person at heart.

It seems that without the old man's intervention, he might not have become a great monster.

To put it bluntly, the old Taoist priest meant well but did bad things, and his self-righteousness harmed a group of people.

The old Taoist priest naturally knew this, so he stopped running away and waited there for Xu Nian, letting him do as he pleased.

In this life, he has no regrets except for the young man before him and the Xu family.

Xu Nian scoffed, not wanting to listen to the old man's rambling anymore, and with a swift movement, he finished him off.

Blood splattered on the young man's face. He wiped it lightly with his index finger and licked it.

A faint smile still lingered at the corners of her lips.

Cruel yet alluring.

Suddenly, his expression changed drastically, and a black vortex appeared behind him.

When they arrived at the hospital, Xu Manman's eyes were slightly closed, her whole body was covered in blood, and a dagger was stuck in her heart.

Xu Nian trembled as she moved the person from the chair into her arms.

The movement was as gentle as possible, yet it still aggravated the girl's wound. Her eyes, which had been closed, slowly opened, looking somewhat listless.

Seeing the young man with reddened eyes, she wanted to reach out and touch his face.

The bloodied hand slowly rose, but fell limply to its side. The man felt it and immediately grasped it, pressing it against his face.

Her blood stained his face, and the girl murmured, "Brother, I'm sorry."

With all her might, Xu Manman uttered those words.

The following murmurs were too soft for Xu Nian to hear, no matter how good her hearing was.

A rare look of bewilderment appeared on his face as he watched the girl completely lifeless in his arms.

The entire ward went completely dark.

Xu Nian's body was surrounded by churning black mist, and it looked like it was about to get out of control.

A figure appeared out of thin air, patted him on the shoulder, and the surroundings lit up again.

Seeing the person beside her, Xu Nian suppressed her grief and respectfully asked, "King of Ghosts, do you have a solution?"

The Demon King remained silent, but with a gentle grasp of his hand in the air, a gray bead quickly materialized in his palm.

"This is her soul. She died without resentment and could not become a ghost; only this many can be condensed." The Ghost King's voice was neither male nor female, sending chills down one's spine.

Xu Nian respectfully accepted the bead and asked in a low voice, "Is there really no other way?"

The dark figure beneath the hood glanced at him indifferently: "With the two worlds completely merged, she can reassemble her ghostly form."

After speaking, the black figure vanished.

Xu Nian gripped the beads in her hand, her gaze growing increasingly resolute...

[The End]