On the Ark.

Lin Ye felt his mentality was about to collapse, and the next second, he heard his own voice again.

"Mom, I know, don't worry, I'm feeling much better lately."

He turned his head sharply and saw his past self coming out of the bathroom, holding a towel in one hand and a cell phone in the other, talking to his mother.

However, Lin Ye now knows what the script will be like next.

Ten minutes later, he will leave this world in great pain.

Under the gaze of others!

……

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Author's BB: 6K delivered, now the number of blades is 21048, which means twelve chapters, plus the previous nine chapters, a total of twenty-one chapters, one more chapter to go, still owe twenty chapters.

Chapter 401 You Should Be Free (3K)

Since his rebirth, Lin Ye has never doubted the existence of any problems with his sudden death in his previous life. After all, he had been plagued by illness for a long time in his previous life. Although his condition had been relatively stable for a period of time and the frequency of his attacks had decreased, he was never truly cured. Moreover, he had foreseen from a very young age that he would hardly live to a ripe old age.

So, regarding his sudden death, Lin Ye felt guilt (towards his parents), resentment (towards himself), and reluctance (towards his cat), but no doubt or...fear. However, he now felt both of those emotions, because he had returned to that day, watching himself about to die, and thinking that there was someone else in this house doing the same thing as him.

Who is he?

Lin Ye didn't know, but if Lin Ye did, he would definitely drag him out, grab him by the neck, and demand to know why he did this? Why did he stand by and watch someone die?!

The thought of this made Lin Ye feel a tightness in his chest. At that moment, his past self had just finished a phone call with his mother. Just as Lin Ye remembered, he leaned down and gently stroked Xiaoxue's chin, then muttered something to himself. Not everyone has the opportunity to witness their own death from a bystander's perspective, but Lin Ye was "fortunate" enough to be one of them. Watching his past self act out his death like a dedicated actor, his heart was filled with complex emotions.

He desperately wanted to take the medicine bottle off the cabinet and shove it into his past self's hands, but he knew it would be useless, because no one can reverse death.

After speaking with Xiaoxue, Lin Ye from his previous life stood up and walked towards the refrigerator.

Lin Ye stood there, looking at his past self. He silently counted a few numbers in his mind, and when he reached five, his past self collapsed to the ground as if following a script, clutching his chest in pain. Startled, Xiao Xue instinctively ran outside, but after only a few steps, she sensed something was wrong with her master and slowly returned.

This was the last thing Lin Ye remembered. He remembered that in his final moments, unable to move, he asked Xiao Xue to get his medicine from the cabinet, but Xiao Xue, whether she understood him or not, simply ran away from him.

after?

How could Lin Ye know what would happen next? He closed his eyes forever before Xiao Xue returned.

In his past life, he had indeed pointed to the medicine on the cabinet with trembling hands, just as he remembered, and Xiaoxue had indeed run over. But as soon as Xiaoxue left, his raised hand slowly lowered, and his eyes slowly closed. Xiaoxue, having run far away, didn't notice that her master was dead; the only one who noticed was Lin Ye himself.

He looked at his past self, slowly closed his eyes, and remained silent.

However, the dream didn't end there, which further indicated that this dream didn't belong to him, since he couldn't possibly know what happened after his death. So he slowly clenched his fist, looked around, and waited for the dream's owner to appear. Because at this moment, he was alone in the house, oh, and there was a cat. He suddenly noticed Xiaoxue struggling to jump onto the cabinet, but each time she just missed.

At that moment, Lin Ye felt a warm current flow through his heart.

He walked up behind Xiaoxue and said softly, "Let it go, Xiaoxue, I... your master is already dead."

Hearing Lin Ye's voice, Xiao Xue turned and glanced at him, then took a wary step back, growling a warning. Realizing Lin Ye meant it no harm, it changed its angle and tried to jump onto the cabinet again. Unfortunately, it was far too thin. Lin Ye had rescued it from a garbage dump, and although it had been well cared for for a while and was no longer emaciated, it was still very weak. The medicine bottle on the cabinet was placed there because Lin Ye didn't want it to be able to reach it; he didn't believe it could.

So he tried to persuade Xiaoxue to give up, because his past self was already dead, and doing so was pointless. But Xiaoxue didn't listen and continued jumping towards the cabinet with unwavering determination. Seeing this, Lin Ye had nothing more to say. It was all in the past anyway; what he needed to do now was wait for the true owner of this dream to appear.

So he sat on the sofa and stared blankly at his own corpse.

Since everything here is so clear, it means the dream's owner was watching the whole time, right? Watching himself die suddenly, watching Xiaoxue's efforts go to waste. Who is he? Why did he do this? Is he someone Lin Ye knew from his past life?

Countless questions flooded Lin Ye's mind at that moment. He pondered these questions while waiting for the dream's owner, but unfortunately, he couldn't find the answers. Time passed second by second, but the dream's owner still hadn't appeared. Lin Ye began to hesitate, wondering if he should take the initiative to find the other party. With this thought in mind, he subconsciously glanced outside, and then froze.

Because all that was left around him was darkness.

No, to be precise, the entire world, except for the living room, was being swallowed by darkness. The sky, the courtyard, and the path had all disappeared, leaving only this not-so-spacious living room.

How could this be?

This is a sign that the dream is beginning to shrink. The dream world is not the real world; it is extremely unstable. When the dreamer only focuses on a small area, the area outside of that area will become "non-existent." In other words, if the dream world now only contains the living room, it means the dreamer's subsequent memories will be limited to that small space.

But how could this be?! He's still the only one in the living room, so who is the owner of this dream?!

Just as Lin Ye was feeling completely puzzled, a soft "meow" sounded. He subconsciously turned his head and saw that Xiao Xue had walked to his corpse, with a white medicine bottle next to her paws.

Lin Ye's mouth opened slightly wider.

It...it got the medicine? How is that possible? That cabinet is so tall, did someone help it?

Lin Ye looked around but still didn't see anyone. The dream space had shrunk to half the living room, and there was no way anyone could hide in that space. This meant that Xiao Xue could only have gotten the medicine herself; she had jumped onto that cabinet that Lin Ye thought was impossible for her to reach.

While Lin Ye was still puzzled, Xiao Xue held the medicine bottle to the mouth of Lin Ye's corpse from his previous life, seemingly trying to feed him medicine. However, feeding medicine was a complex action that a cat could not possibly perform, and even if it could, it would be useless because Lin Ye was already dead. So Xiao Xue could only meow and lick Lin Ye's face.

Lin Ye watched silently from the side, looking at the last cat he had adopted in his previous life.

Xiao Xue kept licking Lin Ye's face, just like when she kept jumping up and down, trying to get the medicine from the cabinet. Before this, Lin Ye had never imagined that Xiao Xue would be such a persistent cat, after all, he had adopted Xiao Xue the shortest of all the cats he owned. Her only impression on Lin Ye was that she was well-behaved and obedient.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiaoxue finally stopped and then made a completely different sound than before.

The sound was mournful and sorrowful, like weeping, as if someone had lost something important. Lin Ye, who witnessed it all, felt his eyes sting. He had always thought that his death would at most cause grief to his parents and relatives. He didn't have any particularly close friends, let alone a girlfriend. But now, Xiaoxue's behavior showed him that someone still cared about him, even if it was just a cat.

Suddenly, Lin Ye felt a darkness in his peripheral vision. He instinctively turned his head and was surprised to find that the dream was still shrinking. Darkness had now engulfed almost the entire living room, leaving only a small patch of space beside Lin Ye's corpse from his past life. But Lin Ye still couldn't find the dream's owner. Logically, this was absolutely impossible. Wait!

Lin Ye suddenly realized something, and he turned his head again to look at Xiao Xue, who was crying beside his body.

He remembered that when he was on the steps at the door, he had simply called Xiaoxue's name, and Xiaoxue had looked up at him.

Could it be...? But how could that be!?

Is Xiaoxue the one who owns this dream?!

Lin Ye felt incredulous.

Because Xiaoxue is just a cat!

As Lin Ye was filled with disbelief, Xiao Xue's cries gradually changed, from a shrill meow to soft sobs. When Lin Ye looked again, Xiao Xue was gone, replaced by a black-haired girl, who was curled up beside Lin Ye's body, hugging her knees and weeping.

Guigu Xuehui!

Lin Ye was stunned.

At this moment, he finally understood everything. He had never left Guigu Xuehui's dream. Yes, from the very beginning of the dream until now, it all belonged to Guigu Xuehui. However, this dream was different from the previous ones because it came from a past life, and it was precisely because it came from a past life that it was so unstable.

Is Guigu Xuehui the reincarnation of Xiaoxue?!

Even with the facts laid bare before him, Lin Ye still found it hard to believe.

But regardless, the culprit who tormented Guigu Xuehui for more than 20 years has been found, and that is... himself.

Having understood everything, Lin Ye slowly bent down and hugged Guigu Xuehui from behind, then whispered in her ear, "I'm sorry, Xuehui... and you did very well."

"Now you should be free."

The Nightmare That Ended in Chapter 402 (3K)

Lin Ye slowly reached out and removed the mask from the girl's face, revealing Gui Gu Xuehui's beautiful face reflected in his eyes.

"It really is you," Lin Ye said softly.

At this moment, Guigu Xuehui was still asleep, while Lin Ye had woken up first. Even now, he still felt that Guigu Xuehui was the reincarnation of the seventh cat he had adopted in his previous life, the last cat, Xiaoxue. This kind of plot, which usually only appears in novels and comics, had actually happened to him, leaving Lin Ye somewhat speechless.

However, some signs could have been seen in his previous conversation with Guigu Xuehui, right? For example, Guigu Xuehui's complaints about her name—thinking about it carefully, it seems like it was his fault too. He didn't know what he was thinking back then, thinking that naming a black cat Xiaoxue (Little Snow) would be incredibly endearing, but he never expected it would bring trouble to Guigu Xuehui in this life. Of course, what he didn't expect was an even greater trouble, no, it should be called torment—the nightmare that tormented Guigu Xuehui for over twenty years was his own death.

Lin Ye couldn't imagine what would have happened if she hadn't met him tonight. But then again, was her meeting him tonight also fate's arrangement? Could it be that even the heavens didn't want this kind-hearted cat from her past life to be tormented to death by endless nightmares in this life, so they arranged for her to meet him on her last night?

Lin Ye didn't know, because fate is something no one can truly explain. But he did know that neither Guigu Xuehui nor Xiaoxue should be responsible for their deaths, nor should they feel guilty about them. Therefore, Lin Ye resolutely ended Guigu Xuehui's nightmare. In the dream, he held Guigu Xuehui, who was also Xiaoxue. Xiaoxue, who had previously been unable to recognize Lin Ye's identity, felt a familiar warmth at that moment. When Lin Ye found her in the garbage dump on a rainy night, he had carried her all the way back. This feeling, even after a whole lifetime, had not been completely erased.

Of course, this was just Lin Ye's own speculation. Neither the dream world nor his own abilities could unravel all the mysteries. But it didn't matter. Not everything needed to be understood so thoroughly; as long as the ending was good, that was enough. Besides, Lin Ye already had a general idea of ​​what happened after he fell into a coma.

He slowly opened his hand, revealing a maple leaf bearing traces of snow in his palm.

"Thank you, Messiah."

As Lin Ye spoke softly, the face of Messiah appeared in his mind, and then slowly changed into a cat with heterochromatic eyes.

Even you are? Lin Ye thought to himself, then put the maple leaf into his pocket.

If given the chance, he really wanted to ask Messiah a good question, because Messiah, as a deity, obviously knew a lot of things, but that was a matter for later. Right now, he needed to deal with Guigu Xuehui.

Lin Ye turned to look at Gui Gu Xuehui lying on the bed. She was sleeping peacefully, her face unusually calm. In his previous dreams, Lin Ye had seen Gui Gu Xuehui wake up from nightmares countless times, then hug her blankets and cry. But he knew that such a thing would never happen again.

After emerging from the dream and seeing what Guigu Xuehui looked like now, Lin Ye made up his mind.

Regardless of whether Guigu Xuehui was Xiaoxue in her past life, in this life she is Guigu Xuehui, nothing else. She has lived with pain and guilt that she shouldn't have to bear for more than twenty years, so in the rest of her life, she has every reason to let go of everything and live a good life, to live a good life as Guigu Xuehui.

The pain, guilt, and torment of her past life, and even the fact that Lin Ye was her master, should no longer haunt her.

He will leave with her nightmares and the guilt he feels for his cat, Xiaoxue.

Lin Ye placed Guigu Xuehui's fox demon mask beside her, and then softly said, "Sweet dreams."

Just then, the sound of firecrackers rang out outside the window. Lin Ye turned his head and saw fireworks shoot into the sky, then burst forth, dyeing the entire night sky in vibrant colors. Standing by the window, Lin Ye watched silently, then glanced at his phone. The time on his phone showed that it would be midnight in half an hour. According to the tradition of Halloween, half an hour later, "ghost hunters" would be searching the streets for the "most evil ghost." However, tonight was an exception; there would be no "ghost hunters" and no "most evil ghost."

There won't be any more like this in the future.

It's all time to end this.

Lin Ye closed his eyes and thought to himself.

……

The young man fell to the ground, his face contorted in pain.

The little black cat circled anxiously around him, then the young man slowly raised his hand and pointed to the white medicine bottle on the cabinet. The black cat understood what the young man meant and immediately ran towards the cabinet. However, the cabinet was far too high for it, and no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't reach the white medicine bottle. Just as it was falling from the air again, a pair of hands gently caught it from behind and lifted it onto the cabinet.

The kitten turned its head, and there stood a young man behind it, his face full of smiles.

"You've worked hard, Xiaoxue." The young man slowly bent down and kissed the kitten's forehead. "And goodbye. You must live well from now on."

The kitten blinked, and the young man vanished, while sunlight pierced the darkness.

"Meow".

The kitten meowed softly, its eyes filled with tears.

……

Guigu Xuehui slowly opened her eyes, her eyes filled with tears.

Sunlight streamed in through the window, falling on her face, making her feel warm yet somewhat disoriented. This was a very unfamiliar way of waking her; she couldn't remember the last time she'd woken up to sunlight on her face—she had absolutely no recollection of it.

Although my eyes were still brimming with tears, it felt a little different from before.

Guigu Xuehui slowly sat up from the bed and then held her head.

What exactly happened? Why can't she remember? Also, the nightmares that haunted her last night seem to have changed?