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Chapter 130 Chapter 120 Eight · BE7 · Seeking Light
Su Mingan returned to the beginning of the dungeon, and everything went according to the original process.

[Go to the ancestral hall] This option seems to have always existed. At night, he also met Jasmine in the ancestral hall.

But he always felt that it would be dangerous to blindly go to the place where Jasmine was last.

He chose to go with the mayor.

The setting sun is as sticky as blood, and people's complexions seem to be covered in blood.The night fell little by little, and the original light snow fell more and more.

There is a banquet by the side of the square, big fish and meat are placed on a long table, a dozen benches are sitting in rows, and people are holding wine glasses, as if they are celebrating.

"Bo Li, you just came back, let's have a meal here." The mayor took him to a seat and told him: "After the start, don't run around."

【——I am Boli, a wanderer returning home from a long journey. 】

【I was brought here to attend this banquet. 】

[People look very happy, they are drinking wine, and even their faces are warm. 】

[The atmosphere was very festive, and my father also asked me not to leave. 】

[...but should I stay here?To witness it all happen? 】

【…】

Options emerge:

【A. Keep up with the mayor. 】

[B. Stand still and run out of banquets. 】

[C. Go to the ancestral hall. 】

……

Su Mingan is ready to pass the level with a few lives, he wants to try to go all the way to the dark first.

He left the banquet and followed the mayor.

Mitchell also noticed him, and the old man sighed slightly and didn't stop him, but let him continue to follow.

He saw the destination of the mayor's trip.

A wedding sedan chair stands in front of the house.When he opened the door and entered, he saw a woman in a wedding dress sitting behind a curtain and covered with a red hijab.

"……Father?"

He heard a crisp female voice, it was Jasmine's voice.

... Today, is Jasmine going to get married?

Su Ming'an felt that something was wrong, Jasmine in Terry Township was clearly single, otherwise she wouldn't have asked Boli if she would marry her.

"It's me. Jasmine, Boli is back today, just in time to watch you get married." The mayor said in a distant voice.

Seeing Jasmine raising her hand, Su Mingan seemed to want to lift the red hijab, but hesitated.

"Could it be that I'm getting married, so I can't just look at other people?" Jasmine whispered.

"The gods don't want you to see other people." The mayor said, "However, Molly, you can talk to Boli."

The mayor patted Su Ming'an's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Jasmine is getting married today... You haven't seen her yet, so talk to her first. When the auspicious time comes, your elder brother will just carry her into the sedan chair." .”

The mayor turned and went out.

Su Mingan looked at Jasmine through the curtain.

"...Brother Polly?"

"Jasmine, it's me." Su Mingan said, and the scene in front of him froze again.

【——I am Boli, a wanderer returning home from a long journey. 】

【I came here with my father, the place where Jasmine got married. 】

【Jasmine is her father's adopted daughter, and she is getting married today. 】

[Today's happy event...is actually her. 】

【How should I persuade her to let her leave here? 】

[If I am powerless and cannot change the overall situation, can I save at least one person and let her see the dawn? 】

Options gradually emerge.

【A. "Jasmine, you look beautiful today."】

【B. "Jasmine, is it your wish to marry?"】

【C. "Jasmine, run away with me."】

……

Su Mingan originally wanted to choose A.

But "Jasmine"'s performance before entering the instance reminded him that the word "will" seemed to be very important to her.

He chose option B.

"Jasmine." He raised his eyes and looked at the thin figure wrapped in festive red. Seeing her expression completely covered by the red hijab, he said in a low tone, "Is it your wish to marry...?"

Jasmine's body trembled slightly.

"You are still very young." Su Mingan looked at her: "What is love like, what is it like to like someone, can you understand? Who is the other party, and what kind of feelings do you have for him... These things you Do you know what you have in mind?"

"I..." Jasmine's voice trembled, "I, I'm very happy... I don't think there's anything wrong with this marriage..."

Su Mingan was slightly taken aback.

He originally thought that this was a forced marriage.

But judging by Jasmine's attitude, she is still willing?
... Are you confused?still……

"Jasmine." He emphasized his tone: "Sometimes people can't distinguish their own feelings. You are born to be shaped by the surrounding environment, so that you may not know what is suitable and what is blind love. You need Only when you go out and have a look, can you understand what is suitable for you-this world is still very big, you are still very young, and getting married and having a family is not everything for you.”

Jasmine raised her head slightly.

Su Mingan felt that she was watching him.

"Brother Boli." Jasmine seemed to laugh softly: "...you are not very old."

"I'm different." Su Mingan said, "I'm just asking you."

"I will not regret it." Jasmine's voice was very soft, but she was firm: "I will dedicate all my feelings to him, this is my belief. I will always love him passionately—although, these are what my father told me , but I think so too—I won’t regret it, never.”

Su Mingan was a little hesitant when he heard the bell ringing from outside the door.

"The auspicious hour has come—"

He heard the mayor calling, urging him.

The night is getting thicker and darker, and the red candles in the room are flickering.

Jasmine stood up, the jewelry on her body was jingling, and the gold ring on her wrist was shining brightly.

"Boli...brother." Jasmine approached, "Send me to the wedding sedan chair."

Her voice is extremely soft, as clear as glass:
"—I really love TA."

She said so almost reverently.

Su Mingan suddenly realized that he could no longer control his body. He was going forward, turned around, and carried her on his back.

Jasmine's body was thin and small, and her fingers exposed on her shoulders were extremely white, as if she had been locked up and hadn't experienced much sunlight.When he picked her up, he felt like he was holding a skeleton.

【——I am Boli, a wanderer returning home from a long journey. 】

The voice of the system sounded like a narration.

This time, time did not stand still.

[I want to take her away. 】

[But all of this requires her cooperation. 】

【Father is waiting outside the door, and the townspeople are waiting in the square. 】

[I am powerless to escape alone, let alone help her escape. 】

[Tonight seems to be too late. 】

【Perhaps, I will stay here first, looking for a way to change the townspeople, and I will have a chance in the future...】

……

Then, no options appeared.

Su Mingan watched as he picked up the skinny little Jasmine on his back, walked out step by step, walked down the steps covered with bright red carpets, and walked towards the wedding sedan chair waiting at the door under the blood-red lanterns.

He looked at the wedding sedan chair with its curtain lifted, like a beast with its mouth wide open.

Walking on the road, he seemed to be carrying a girl on his back and sending her to the mouth of the beast.

He sent Jasmine into the sedan chair and saw the curtains closed.

At the last moment, he saw Jasmine lifted her veil, and those eyes, which were as pure as the sky and the sea, were looking at him.

She is laughing.

Smile very happily.

Maybe she was really happy about this marriage, maybe she didn't know what she was going to face.

"Get up the sedan chair!"

The bearer picked up the wedding sedan chair, and the red silk sedan chair gradually drifted away from him in the snowy night. He immediately wanted to follow, but his body refused to obey.

The mayor on the side looked at him, the dragon-headed crutch was covered with a layer of crimson light under the blood-colored lantern.

"Boli." The mayor said with deep eyes, "Don't hinder her happiness."

The mayor's dragon-headed crutch was stuck in front of him, which seemed to be a rule, and he couldn't control his body.

Time seemed to have passed for a long time, until the snow loosened and the upright dragon head crutches fell to the ground, and he was finally able to move.

He turned his head quickly, and the figure of the mayor had already disappeared completely.

He immediately took a step and ran towards the ancestral hall in his memory.

He saw all the way, the exhausted fireworks and the banquet with only leftovers.

He saw the snow all over the sky... The snowflakes fell on him like goose feathers, and the icy water almost covered his whole body.

He even saw the red silk cloth discarded in front of the door, the weaving girls disappeared, the twittering like magpies disappeared, only the sound of him running on the snow in the night.

In the square, only the red lanterns in front of each house were still on and shaking, like a pair of wolf's eyes.

"—a bow to heaven and earth!"

Such a cry sounded out of nowhere, accompanied by a burst of prayer.

It's like hearing the prayers of the townspeople when they were exiled when they first arrived in Terry Town.There was a dark tone in that voice.When running in the snowy night, he heard the prayers of people on both sides merged into one, passed from house to house.

The whole of Terry was shrouded in the sound of prayers.

"—Second salute, Gaotang!"

The voice continued.

The setting sun had completely receded.

Night fell over the town like a pot lid.

He suddenly heard a suona, a high-pitched and melodious suona, with a strong penetrating power. howling.

——Happy and sad.

"—Husband and wife, farewell!"

The voice continued.

He ran all the way and rushed to the ancestral hall in his memory. The moment he stepped into that street, he heard a hoarse shout from the townspeople:
……

"—May Terry be reborn!"

……

Su Mingan rushed to the front of the ancestral hall. He saw some big and three rough townspeople around the door, and they seemed to want to stop him.

He immediately shifted space, broke into the ancestral hall, and saw the scene in front of him——

The gorgeous, bright red wedding dress was completely lifted off, and the streamer swaying at the tail of the skirt was like a flamingo dragging its fiery tail feathers, like sparks falling off the wedding dress in an instant.

The murmurs of everyone in the village seemed to penetrate the wet and cold wall, and the snow outside the window slapped him on the face like a slap.

——He saw Jasmine.

—Jasmine was lying in the coffin.

Her wedding dress was like fire, her jewelry was expensive, and the gold ring around her neck shone with a beautiful golden light.

Four wooden thorns pierced through her limbs, and she still had a smile on her face.

Under the swaying red candle, this smile looked a bit bitter.

The writing on her hand was dipped in her blood, and it was vermilion, which was very bright on the dark coffin:
【Is this really my belief? 】

Below, there is a line of small words, the blood is getting weaker and weaker, as if she has no strength:
……

[Poli. 】

【I regret. 】

……

Su Mingan stood where he was, looking at the line of writing, and the door behind him was kicked open.

"Boy Li! Come out quickly! Don't disturb the bride of Lord Shenming—!" The townspeople came over and wanted to pull him.

Su Mingan didn't speak, he turned his head and looked at this group of crazy townspeople.

—Jasmine is dead.

She died thoroughly without any weight.

She was crucified on her wedding night because she was going to marry the bride of what Terry called "Master God".

Jasmine regretted it. She had been so looking forward to marrying the god she loved the most, but she didn't realize that this might not be love until she died.

But this ridiculous god...he has never seen it until now.

He is really God?It is an omnipotent god who protects the world and saves all people from water and fire.Or... the evil god that tempted the townspeople, led them to kill each other, exiled themselves, and took the lives of innocent girls?
Su Mingan stood where he was, facing the crazy townspeople.

He heard Boli's narrator-like voice again:

【——I am Boli, a wanderer returning home from a long journey. 】

[She is dead. 】

[I still couldn't save her. 】

【Her death was ridiculous... so heavy, yet so light. 】

[The townspeople repeated this behavior, thinking that the werewolf would not appear. 】

【—God, what are you thinking? 】

【The people you protect are killing each other. 】

【A girl who loves you blindly, her life withers like a flower. 】

[Your Terry town lives like a grave.Your believers are like a group of grave guards struggling blindly. 】

……

[I shouldn't come back, I can't save anyone, I can't change anything. 】

[We are not pilgrims with firm convictions. 】

【We are just ghosts who don’t want to leave our homeland. 】

【We burn ourselves like a fire, burning up our lives and emotions, just for the little bit of warmth from the gods. 】

【…… In this hot land surrounded by faith, the warmth comes from ourselves who are burning. 】

[But in that embers. 】

……

【—Is there really the light we are looking for? 】

……

The system prompt sounds:
[You have completed the S-level mission before dawn]

[Task Evaluation: B+]

【…】

……

Su Mingan looked at the girl who died in the coffin, her wedding dress was as red as blood, and sighed slightly.

——Still one step too late.

he raised his hand,
file back.

(End of this chapter)