Chapter 900 - 850: Walking Corpses, Numb and Unfeeling! (2)

Memory.

The memories on Kunlun Mountain were not just nightmares for Qin Chu and his wife.

For other friends and family who experienced the turmoil at the peak of Kunlun Mountain, it was just as much a nightmare!

For several consecutive days.

Qin Fan’s phone remained off.

Messages on WeChat were also unanswered.

No sight of the living, no sight of the dead.

It was as if he had evaporated and vanished from this world.

Only a man calling himself Six Paths gave them a vague explanation, telling them not to worry.

But how could this possibly calm their inner fears?

Is there something wrong?

What kind of matter would completely cut off contact by phone?

Under such circumstances, if there was an emergency, why didn’t he even leave them a message?

Even a short message on WeChat would have sufficed!

But none of this was provided.

Aside from the unilateral and baseless narrative given by the man calling himself Six Paths, there was no other answer that could offer them peace.

Despite the deep anxiety in their hearts, they had no choice but to trust the words of Six Paths.

They could only keep persuading themselves: Qin Fan is fine, Qin Fan is fine, Qin Fan will definitely be fine.

"Miss Jiang, you’re walking in the wrong direction! This is not the way to the canteen!"

On the campus of Jinling.

Jiang Yino, looking haggard and with vacant eyes, walked with a lunchbox in hand.

Suddenly, behind her, the worried voice of Amber rang out.

"Oh! Thank you!" Forcing a smile, Jiang Yino turned around and started walking in the other direction.

In these past few days, she hadn’t had a moment of peace.

Even falling asleep would bring nightmares!

How she longed to hear that sly, flamboyant voice ring in her ears once more.

How she hoped to see that handsome, sunny smile once again.

In the past, Qin Fan’s frequent disappearances had become something she was accustomed to.

But this time, under the shadow of the incident atop Kunlun Mountain, she couldn’t get used to it.

Instinct told her that Qin Fan was in grave danger.

The man who had made her fall hopelessly in love seemed to have completely drifted away from her.

Even though she resisted the voice of her instinct with all her might.

Her body, however, was uncontrollably tormented by mental anguish and distress.

Watching Jiang Yino walking back toward the canteen.

Amber couldn’t help but burst into tears.

She clenched her fists tightly, "It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault for being useless, it’s all our fault for being a bunch of failures!"

Her nails pierced her palm.

Blood seeped out and dripped down.

Yet Amber was completely oblivious.

She had learned bits and pieces about the situation on Kunlun Mountain.

At this moment, all she felt was the overwhelming guilt, wishing for it all to end.

If not for the need to protect Jiang Yino, she probably wouldn’t have had the courage to continue living.

...

In a bar somewhere in Jinling.

Night had just fallen.

Li Qiuzhe dragged his weary body and stumbled inside.

Amidst the voices calling him "Boss Ze," he hoarsely gave instructions to the waiter.

Before long.

A dozen chilled beers were brought to the table.

A look of world-weariness crossed his intoxicated expression.

With trembling hands, he opened the beers and, without a word, started chugging them one after another.

"Boss Ze, something has happened!"

Just as Li Qiuzhe had nearly finished the dozen beers.

A few young men hurriedly ran into the bar, looking anxious.

"Speak!" Burping from the alcohol, Li Qiuzhe continued drinking and indifferently said.

"A group of people from the Jiang tribe got into a conflict with the venue we’re protecting. Out of fear of their ethnic identity, we suffered some losses. Now, taking advantage of the situation, they’re threatening to start a sweep at nine o’clock. What should we do?" one of the young men asked, a bit frightened.

After all, Li Qiuzhe’s current state had really scared him.

Bam!!!

As soon as he finished talking.

Li Qiuzhe paused.

Then suddenly grabbed a beer bottle and smashed it onto the ground with force.

"Fools, fools!"

"Do I need to teach you what to do?"

"Kill! Beat them to death! Leave no one behind!"

"A sweep at nine, is it? Get me steel pipes and machetes ready, tonight we’re going to have a bloody massacre! Jiang tribe? I don’t care if it’s the Jiang tribe or the Royal Family, not even the Emperor himself will be able to save them tonight!"

After his frenzied shout.

Li Qiuzhe overturned the bottles in front of him.

Swaying as he walked, "Everyone follow me! I feel like killing, I just damn well feel like killing!"

Ignoring the stunned and confused looks behind him.

Li Qiuzhe took out his phone and called Chang Yuanyi, "Old Chang! I want to kill tonight, cover for me with the officials!"

"Alright!" On the other end, Chang Yuanyi, who hadn’t left his room for days, immediately and hoarsely agreed without a second thought.

His hair was disheveled beyond description.

His unkempt beard had grown wild.

The man once known as Jiangsu and Zhejiang’s finest young gentleman had lost all semblance of that title.

The events on Kunlun Mountain.

Had been an indelible mental blow to them!

Without concrete news from Qin Fan.

They lived like walking corpses.

The guys in dorm room 708 huddled in their beds, crying under their covers.

Apart from ordering some takeout from the campus, they hid weakly in their beds, the sound of their sobbing echoing from the dorm day and night.

Sister Ji Yi had rushed from Hangzhou to Jiangzhou to stay with Qin Chu and Wei Shuying.

To avoid upsetting the elders, every night in her room, she cried over Qin Fan’s photo.

Not just Jiang Yino, Li Qiuzhe, and the others.

But also Ji Yuchen, Zhuge, Ma Yunbin, and the Ye Family had all changed completely after the Kunlun Mountain incident.

They dared not sleep, nor could they fall asleep.

Whenever they closed their eyes, the scenes from Kunlun Mountain would replay.

If they did fall asleep, nightmares would relentlessly arise.

No sight of the living.

No sight of the dead.

Their rational minds were all spelling out certain doom.

Yet, days passed, and nobody was willing to admit to their rational fears. Nobody dared to acknowledge it!

They all fantasized about Qin Fan’s return.

They all hoped the nightmare would end.

The peculiar behavior of this group of friends also caught the notice of the Guardian Institute.

Upon learning the reason, Hua Xiaotian was stunned as if struck by lightning.

Thinking of the strange phenomena in the sky earlier on.

He rushed overnight to the Forbidden City.

After explaining the situation to Wang Anshi.

The latter immediately convened a Forbidden Meeting.

In the grand and majestic conference room, the atmosphere was solemn.

When the few elders of the Forbidden City arrived hastily that night,

they were all surprised to see Wang Anshi in the main seat and asked, "Old Wang, what happened?"

"Hua, you explain!" With a slightly low voice, Wang Anshi took a deep breath and looked at Hua Xiaotian.

Hua Xiaotian?

This involves Hua Xiaotian?

The few elders of the Forbidden City immediately cast their puzzled and confused gaze at Hua Xiaotian.

"According to what I have learned, Qin Fan might have or should already be in grave danger? If I’m not mistaken, the strange phenomena in the sky earlier were caused by him! According to historical legends, we usually refer to these phenomena as Heaven’s Punishment! Punishment from the heavens! And Master Qin, he should be the target of this Heaven’s Punishment! Judging from the current mental state and lifestyle of his numerous friends and family, it’s likely that Master Qin already...already...has, you know..."

Toward the end, Hua Xiaotian’s voice carried a rarely heard choke and sorrow.

PS: Two more Chapters to go!