I don't want to be your wife.

Doesn't that seem more interesting?

Isn't this just a game of hide-and-seek? You can simply stroll leisurely through the ruins, searching for the other person's presence.

And the other person? Even the sound of his own footsteps could make him tremble; he would shudder at the slightest sound. All he had to do was watch the other person struggle in despair…

How interesting!

"Chief, should we just blow up this building...?"

"Need not."

The leader interrupted his subordinate.

To everyone's disbelief, the golden light vanished from the leader and then appeared on each of them, as smoke drifted in, blurring their vision.

Just then, the leader's voice rang out once again, resounding throughout the land.

“Your Holiness, since you want to play hide-and-seek, we will play along with you this time.”

"If you're not dead before sunset, I'll let the girl go. What do you say?"

As if to confirm what the leader had said, the sun, which was originally high in the sky, suddenly and silently came to the edge of the mountain.

The sun is about to set.

Qin Feng could hear the instructor's words clearly even downstairs, and perhaps even throughout the entire space.

Qin Feng glanced out the window.

This is a villa area in the city center, and it consists of isolated villas. In a huge park, you can only see another house every few hundred meters.

There was a pond in front of the house, with a clearly visible line in the pond. On this side of the line, the water rippled with the spring breeze, while on the other side, even the water droplets seemed to freeze in mid-air.

It seems to have been paused.

As the leader said, escaping was out of the question, so according to the leader's intentions, he was destined to die here.

It's understandable, since their target has always been themselves. Whether it's Mu Mu, Yi Lulu, Qin Congzhi, or anyone else, they're all just implicated because of them.

Qin Feng wanted to give up.

What else could he do? He was going to die anyway, and Qin Feng couldn't find a way out of this desperate situation.

I don't think anyone can die twice. I was given a second chance, met Su Mumu, and went from being all alone to having so many friends and family.

I have no regrets about dying.

That's right, I hadn't even been able to protect Mumu before everything was over.

Qin Feng sat weakly on the ground, listening to footsteps coming from upstairs.

The girl beside him seemed to feel the cold floor, curled up slightly, and touched Qin Feng's foot.

Then, as if sensing something, Su Mumu moved a little closer to Qin Feng even in her sleep, and then leaned against Qin Feng and fell asleep peacefully once again.

“Mu Mu…”

Su Mumu seemed to have heard something, and leaned closer to Qin Feng again, just like every night, snuggling against him.

He's about to die, yet he's still sleeping. What a lazybones!

Qin Feng couldn't help but touch Su Mumu's face, which was slightly red and still had a bouncy texture.

Qin Feng smiled.

He was laughing at himself, but even more so at Su Mumu.

"Mumu, how pitiful you are. You've endured so much pain, only to meet someone like me."

What have I done to deserve this?

In my previous life, I gave up hope so easily. My so-called indifference to life and death was nothing but an excuse to escape.

What now?

I have so much now, people I want to protect, and so many people who care about me…

But he still thought about giving up.

What have I done to deserve someone like Su Mumu? I kept saying I wanted to protect her, and now I'm thinking of giving up?

Thinking back to Su Mumu, who was in grave danger and still worried about her safety, Qin Feng, a dignified man, didn't even try and was already thinking of giving up.

"Mu Mu," Qin Feng bent down and picked the girl up in his arms, "You may not be able to see me when you wake up, but I will definitely watch over you before I die."

The rules of victory have been established: to protect the girl in my arms, even my own death would be worthwhile.

After slightly disguising the room to give the leader the illusion that the two of them were hiding there, Qin Feng carried Su Mumu out the window again and disappeared into the courtyard below.

Shortly after they left, there was a knock on the door.

"Master, the door here is locked from the inside."

In other words, someone has been in this room.

It goes without saying who it is; it couldn't possibly be something someone took with them when they went out.

"Oh, will our beloved Holy Son be in this room?"

This time, the head coach's voice wasn't broadcast; it could only be heard in his room.

Then he raised his hand, and a man walked up behind him. With one punch, the thick wooden door, which could withstand the fierce chop of an axe, was quickly broken open by his powerful blows.

The door collapsed limply, with only the lock remaining firmly in the keyhole, creating a sense of putting the cart before the horse.

Footsteps sounded, and the group entered the room. The leader immediately noticed a corner of clothing peeking out from the gap in the wardrobe, which was the "clue" left by Qin Feng before he left.

"Hey, let's find our holy son! Is he under the bed...?"

The leader slowly walked to the wardrobe, then suddenly pulled it open, a strange and ferocious "smile" on his face.

"Or perhaps, it's here!"

But there was nothing in the wardrobe, and the cool spring air seemed to mock the coach's pitiful state.

But he didn't react excessively, as if his hysterical outburst was just an illusion; he simply closed the wardrobe door behind him.

"Tch, since it's not here, let's look somewhere else."

Suddenly, the instructor paused, raised his foot, and with a swift back kick, embedded the cabinet door directly into the inner wall of the cabinet.

Then, as if nothing had happened, the leader walked towards the door, and the others followed closely behind, without anyone glancing at that spot again.

The only thing left behind by Qin Feng was a smiling face drawn with bloodstains, with wood chips stuck in it, which looked a bit eerie.

"Let's go, they should already be outside. Let's go look for our Holy Son in the woods behind."

Chapter 270 The Sun Behind the Mountain

"Huff, huff, ahhh—"

Almost an hour had passed, and Qin Feng continued to search for direction in the woods while carrying Su Mumu.

He didn't know where he could escape, but he knew that if he stopped, he would never get out.

So even though he already had many wounds on his body, countless small wounds caused by leaves and insects in the forest, he still did not stop.

Fortunately, this primitive hill was preserved as a scenic spot, giving Qin Feng more time to struggle.

If there's a line in the water, then there must be one in the mountains too?

Regardless of whether it works or not, Qin Feng has to take the gamble.

Recalling the information in her mind, Ilulu said that the leader disappeared suddenly. Since he was able to hide it from Ilulu, it couldn't have been many people who disappeared together.

Qin Feng bet that the footsteps he heard indicated at most six people, and even with the sect leader's blessing, they couldn't find them that quickly.

At least, it has to be delayed until sunset.

Qin Feng looked up at the setting sun again.

As the sun was about to sink below the mountains, its last rays were as feeble as the struggle of a drowning person, only making the shaded woods appear even darker.

It seems the sun is really about to set.

But unease lingered in Qin Feng's heart. He watched the sun slowly set, its light gradually fading, but he just felt...

The sun appeared to remain still.

Even with the facts laid bare before him, Qin Feng still felt uneasy.

Qin Feng shook his head, as if shaking off those chaotic thoughts from his mind, and reaffirming his resolve to continue moving forward.

There's no time for idle thoughts now.

Finally, before darkness completely enveloped everything, Qin Feng, relying on the last glimmer of sunlight, discovered the clue.

Just a few meters in front of him, a clear line was clearly visible.

On one side of the line, half a leaf flutters in the spring breeze; on the other side, half a fruit hangs suspended in mid-air.

Time, on the other side of the line, has been frozen.

Or rather, this world has been stripped away.

Before Qin Feng lay the boundary between this place and the outside world, and now Qin Feng faced yet another high-stakes gamble.

He reached out, trying to touch the boundary.

As Qin Feng's hand approached, ripples suddenly spread across the boundary. Not only that, cracks appeared out of nowhere, as if the confinement was about to collapse.

Qin Feng felt a glimmer of hope for escape and slowly tried to place his hand on the edge. But when the tip of his first finger touched the boundary, Qin Feng suddenly realized something, withdrew his hand, picked up Su Mumu, and started running wildly.

This is a trap! It must be a trap!

This isn't a game where you can win by simply escaping; it's a chase that spans thousands of miles!

Putting aside whether I can get out, even if I do, can I outrun the coach?

The leader is not some kind of earthbound spirit. Even if he escapes all the way, as long as he doesn't meet Ilulu, he's doomed.

The leader should know what's going on here by now, and he's definitely on his way. We can't stay here any longer!

He moved a little further away to make sure that he wouldn't cause any disturbance even if he accidentally got too close, and then ran wildly along the boundary line.

The boundary lines should be continuous. Following the boundary lines not only helps you determine your direction but also allows you to check for any gaps or breaches.

It's not like we can't take another gamble; after all, the sun is about to set.

Just a few minutes after Qin Feng left, the leader appeared here.

He seemed very patient today, not using any special abilities to find Qin Feng, but simply having a few people disperse.

Or rather, instead of simply crushing him, giving Qin Feng a non-existent hope would make his dying struggle more interesting, wouldn't it?

After all, how could Qin Feng possibly escape?

"Chief, what do we do now?"

A short while later, everyone arrived here.

"They've already escaped, let's keep chasing them. I... I'll go this way."

After glancing in the direction Qin Feng had left, the instructor lifted his foot and slowly walked over.

To be honest, carrying Su Mumu while traveling is a very difficult thing, not to mention that Qin Feng would subconsciously move gently to make the girl in his arms more comfortable.

So even after such a long journey, through smoke and dense forest, no trace was left on Su Mumu; even though Qin Feng was drenched in sweat, Su Mumu was still sleeping soundly.

Or rather, they were anesthetized.

Yes, Qin Feng felt that Su Mumu's current condition was more like she was under anesthesia than asleep.

As for when the drug was administered, Qin Feng had no recollection.

Mu Mu has been with me all day and hasn't eaten anything special. Why is that?

In short, everything that happened today seemed sudden and strange.

Only when he could no longer walk did Qin Feng stop to think about this problem.

Everything happened so suddenly and coincidentally, as if it were all a setup orchestrated by someone else. But if it was Qin Congzhi who set it up, what would be his reason for doing so?

Qin Feng trusted Su Mumu, even more than he trusted himself. Since Su Mumu was willing to be close to Qin Congzhi, it meant that Qin Congzhi likely meant no harm.

This wasn't because he was love-struck; rather, he knew that Su Mumu was far more sensitive in these matters than he was.

But if it weren't for Qin Congzhi, would it have been such a coincidence?