"It's a sin, it's a sin..."

...

...

At the same time, when Li Lingsheng and Xia Lingyue opened their eyes again.

They found themselves at the entrance of a deserted and dilapidated mountain village.

This place is like a land that time forgot.

The desolate scene slowly unfolded before the eyes of Li Lingsheng and Xia Lingyue like a faded painting.

They stood at the entrance of this small mountain village. There was dead silence all around them, as if even the wind was unwilling to stay here.

The land is cracked, and the cracks are like wrinkles on an old man's face, deeply engraved in this lifeless earth.

Perhaps there had once been fertile fields here, too.

But now only the withered and yellow weeds are left, swaying weakly in the wind, as if telling the sadness of this land.

The houses in the village were dilapidated, and the paint on the walls had long since peeled off, revealing the bricks and stones inside.

The tiles on the roof were broken, and some had fallen off, revealing dark holes.

However, in the center of this desolate village, there stands a towering tree. Its trunk is thick, but if you look closely, you can see that it has very little vitality left.

The leaves have almost fallen, but they have lost their former greenness and turned yellow, as if they will fall at any time. The trunk is covered with traces of time, the bark is dry and cracked, and even the wood is exposed in some places.

"Sister....Look over there."

Li Lingsheng grabbed Xia Lingyue who wanted to get closer to the big tree, and then pointed at the tree.

Xia Lingyue stopped and looked up.

Then I saw that the fruits on the tree were all black, of different sizes, and densely hung on the branches.

But these fruits are not a symbol of a good harvest. They look shriveled and covered with cracks, like water drops that are about to dry up and may fall from the tree at any time.

"...Where exactly is this place?" Xia Lingyue couldn't help but feel a little nauseous.

There is an air of corruption everywhere, as if the whole world is dying silently.

“It’s where I was born.”

That's when.

A voice came from above.

They both looked up at the tree.

I saw that the girl with silver hair and purple eyes had been sitting on the treetop without knowing when. She gently raised her hand and stroked the black fruits on the tree.

There was a hint of vicissitudes and helplessness in his tone.

“And these are my family.”

The moment her fingers gently stroked the pitch-black fruit, the fruit seemed to be touched by something and began to wriggle.

Although in the eyes of Xia Lingyue and Li Lingsheng, this scene was extremely strange.

But it made Mengmeng feel a heart-wrenching pain.

"......sorry."

She held the fruit gently, afraid that it would fall.

"It's my fault... I never thought that I hadn't spread the nightmare, but in return I got the destruction of my people..."

"No, it's not your fault, Sister Mengmeng. Even if your clan is small, it's impossible to put all the responsibility on you alone." Xia Lingyue shouted under the tree.

"Because I am the first bloodline of this Nightmare Demon Clan, I am the mother to these children who are looking forward to their birth."

Mengmeng’s words surprised the two children below.

"It turns out that Sister Mengmeng has so many children. She can give birth to more than her mother."

"Shut your mouth! Just now I thought you were getting smarter, but now you're stupid again! This is totally different from human breastfeeding!"

Then Xia Lingyue looked at Mengmeng above and shouted.

"Even so, but, but you didn't harm anyone, Sister Mengmeng. If the condition for the birth of these fruits is that you spread nightmares and pain and torture everyone who falls asleep, then... then wouldn't you become the same as that old woman?"

Mengmeng sighed, then floated down gently from the tree. After landing on the ground, she smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly.

"But we are the same, silly child... No matter how I package myself and make myself look harmless, I am still just a nightmare demon. In a sense, we are worse than the Tara tribe. The Tara tribe annexed the world through war, and we..."

She slowly stroked the tree trunk.

"We get nourishment by parasitizing the world itself, corrupting it bit by bit."

At least now, Mengmeng finally understood something.

Why did she have a good impression of Li Muhan? Why did she want to get close to the giant tree and the man standing under the tree?

Because that is the target of my parasitism.

Looking up at the sky that was almost never peaceful, Meng Meng said resignedly.

"Even though I don't remember, my body's instinct is still making me get closer to the World Tree. I want to parasitize the heart of the world, spread nightmares and fear, and corrupt the core of this world. In this way, my people will grow in number. It should be like this... But I forgot all of this. Not only did I not bring back any nutrients, but I completely drained the energy of my people and gave them endless dreams."

I am a hopeless creature...

Chapter 952 Chapter 14: As Wish Comes True

suddenly.

The winds and clouds of heaven and earth gathered together, and a strong wind blew, sweeping across this desolate land with a biting chill.

The whole earth began to tremble at this moment.

The giant dying tree, which had been the only life on the land, began to sway in the strong wind.

Its dry branches twisted in the wind, making a sharp whistling sound, as if it was giving its last wail.

The fruits on the trees fell one by one in the wind, leaving black tracks in the air and finally falling heavily to the ground.

“No…..No no no!”

"No...no, no, no!" Meng Meng waved her hands in the air like crazy, trying to catch the fruits that were about to fall to the ground, but they were too fast and there were too many of them, so she could only watch them slip from her fingertips one by one.

Most of the fruits fell to the ground and turned into a pool of black mud.

They spread out on the ground like black flowers blooming on this barren land.

Mengmeng was kneeling on the ground, her hands covered with black mud, her eyes full of despair and pain.

Just like that day.

That day at the top of the tower.

She watched helplessly as the man shattered one dream bubble after another and ruined one beautiful dream after another.

It wasn't until today that Mengmeng realized how wrong she was.

"No, no, they are all my family, why is this happening..."

"Sister Mengmeng! Let's get out of here first. I feel like this place is just like the defense tower my dad always plays in games. It seems like it's about to collapse!"

Xia Lingyue wanted to hold Mengmeng back, but Mengmeng seemed to understand something and stood there in a daze.

Watching the fruits fall one by one.

"...Is it because I'm here? Is it because you sensed my presence?"

Paji——

The fruits continued to fall, and the towering tree also made a creaking sound, as if it was groaning in pain.

"Li Muhan..."

Meng Meng knelt on the ground, looking up at the giant tree weakly, watching her compatriots one after another bloom black lotus around her.

Tears fell from her eyes and her voice trembled.

It seemed like he was asking a question, but also like he was blaming himself.

"You told me before, 'People should always look forward. No matter what difficulties they encounter, they should live strong. The same goes for you. If you make a mistake, you should accept the punishment.'... Then tell me... where should my fellow tribesmen who have not yet been born look?"

“I thought I could give everyone sweet dreams. I thought that a wave of my hand could bring laughter and joy, enough to make everyone who was sleeping in a dream rest in peace.”

"I was wrong... I only comforted myself by bringing happiness to others."

"My happiness and selfishness are built on the suffering of my people... I was wrong, Li Muhan... I made a mistake, so I should be punished..."

The black lotuses began to slowly wriggle on the ground.

It's as if it has life.

Suddenly, one twisted hand after another stretched out from the black mud, pressing down on the ground, completely polluting the already barren land.

"Ah! What the hell! So disgusting! What are these!?"

Xia Lingyue looked at the black mud under her feet and began to stretch out countless hands.

She was so scared that she jumped up and landed on her brother's back.

“…They are Sister Mengmeng’s family.”

Li Lingsheng frowned and looked around.

As more and more fruits fell from the tree, the area of ​​land contaminated by black mud became larger and larger.

Then more and more black hands stretched out from the mud.

【You are back...】

[Good boy.....Did you bring us nightmares...?]

【We have been waiting for you for a long time...】

【Save us...】

【Save us.....】

Sounds of crying, wailing, scolding and cursing rang in Mengmeng's ears one after another.

The fruit in her arms suddenly exploded, and her cheeks, clothes and hair were all stained with black mud.

"...I came back, but I brought nothing back except myself."

Mengmeng knelt on the ground and did not run away.

Let those arms continue to crawl towards her.

"This is so disgusting! Idiot! Quick! Go and bring Sister Mengmeng out!"

“…It’s so noisy.”

Li Lingsheng covered her head.

"Idiot! It's already this hour, and you're still complaining about me being noisy!?"

"...Sister, can't you hear me?"

"What did you hear...? I didn't hear anything except that the world was going to end!!"

"... there were a lot of people, a lot of people, a lot of noise, men, women, young and old, so many noises, so noisy... it made my head hurt."

"Idiot! Don't scare me! Hey! I didn't hit you on the head just now, did I? Are you okay?!"

Xia Lingyue lay on Li Lingsheng's back and began to observe his head with concern.

"No, it's okay! There's nothing wrong with your brain!? You just wanted to scare me, right!?"

"Sister..." Li Lingsheng felt a splitting headache.

He slowly covered his head, cold sweat running down his forehead.

"Sister Mengmeng...she doesn't want to leave here."

"Ah?! What did you say!?"

Li Lingsheng barely raised his hand and pointed forward.

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