After Crossing Through Ten Worlds, I Failed To Run Away

The moment Huo Wuling grabbed his wrist, Ji Ning's heart stopped for a moment, especially after having that nightmare just now, seeing the bloody scene at that time, now he doesn't even dare to look at Huo Wuling in the mirror .

"Herinos!"

Of course Ji Ning didn't want to be brought to the world of infinite flow by Huo Wuling, he didn't want to die yet, so he asked the blood prince outside the door for help without any hesitation, but he didn't get any response.

Unable to hear the sound from outside, Ji Ning's heart sank. He guessed that this space might have been isolated.

For some reason, Huo Wuling let go of Ji Ning's hand, and his figure disappeared into the mirror.

The light in the bathroom went off with a "click", and fell into complete darkness. Ji Ning couldn't see anything, and didn't dare to stay here any longer. He groped his way to the door, but the automatic sensor on the door had failed. Ning opened a gap slightly on the edge of the door by himself, and carefully looked outside.

"Wow..."

What came out of the gap was not the warm light of the room, but a dim white light, and there was a slight sound of rain, and a cold wind blew in. Ji Ning felt something was wrong, and wanted to close the door again, but the door slammed wide open.

What is shown outside the door is a quiet and dark street. The dense drizzle drips from the night sky, gathering pools of puddles on the street, and the street lamps emit white lights that flicker on and off, reflecting a little bright.

On both sides of the street are neat and exquisite low buildings, only two or three stories high. The first floor is full of shops, with various signboards hanging on the doors, the handwriting is unclear, and the rain-stained window is also pitch black. any light.

Faced with such a strange scene, Ji Ning certainly didn't want to go out, but suddenly there was a force behind him, pushing him out of the door.

He took a staggering step and stood outside the door with both feet. The door immediately slammed shut. The door panel was twisted and deformed, turning into a glass door that was no different from other shops, completely blocking Ji Ning's way back.

The cold rain fell on Ji Ning's body, with a faint smell like fresh blood. He stood there, knowing that he was completely trapped.

Huo Wuling didn't show up at this time, Ji Ning knew that it was Huo Wuling who wanted to inflict mental terror on him and drive him to a dead end little by little.

In the fine night rain, Ji Ning wrapped his pajamas that were gradually getting wet, pursed his lips, and suddenly started to walk a few steps slowly along the street.

He knew that he had no other choice, otherwise it would be like being pushed out just now, Huo Wuling would choose for him, it would only be worse.

It doesn't matter... The worst case is nothing but inhuman torture by Huo Wuling. As long as he finds a way to die in Huo Wuling's hands, his system "future" has promised him that he can apply for resurrection for him.

Ji Ning calmed himself down, raised his hand to wipe off the rain on his face, and began to look around, guessing what Huo Wuling wanted him to do.

There was no one on the street, the rain was falling, and there was a faint white mist. The doors of the shops on both sides were closed, and it was dark inside. There was only light from a shop in the distance, and the lamp hanging under the eaves was shaken by the wind. Shaking, the hazy light also swayed back and forth.

Ji Ning walked towards this shop. As he got closer, he began to hear other sounds besides the sound of rain. It was an ethereal singing, gentle and soothing, like an old record, coming from the open shop door. came.

"..."

He walked up to the shop, raised his hand to cover the rain falling in front of his eyes, and looked at the signboard of the shop. The signboard was too old and had lost many colors. words.

Ji Ning walked into the open door and stood under the eaves, a puddle of water soon accumulated under his feet.

The grocery store is covered with a layer of warm orange light everywhere. The store is not big, but there are a variety of goods everywhere, most of them are colorful glass jars, neatly placed on the storage shelves, and there is a shelf in the corner. The gramophone, the record turns and releases a soft and deep female voice.

There is something in each glass jar, which seems to be a living thing, trembling every now and then.

Before Ji Ning could take a closer look, he heard one of them suddenly making a soft "chi" sound, and a stream of blood spurted out of the jar and sprayed onto the inner wall.

There is a beating heart in the jar, the color is fresh, and the blood vessels all over it can be clearly seen, and the shape of the things stored in other glass jars is also very similar - all the jars placed on the storage shelf contain It's all about the heart.

"what--!"

A scream suddenly appeared on the silent street. It was a man's voice. The store door was opened not far from Ji Ning, and two black figures ran out of it, one behind the other.

These two shadows have no facial features, as if the whole body is composed of black mist, only a man and a woman can be identified from the outlines, the man is running for his life in front, and the woman is holding a sharp knife in her hand, chasing and killing the man behind.

"You said you loved me...you clearly said you loved me!"

The woman screamed terribly, and suddenly rushed forward and pressed the man to the ground, and stabbed the sharp knife into the man's body crazily. There was almost no sound, and there was no movement.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

The woman who looked like a cloud of human mist let out a wail, and sat down next to the corpse, covering her face and weeping. After a while, she raised the sharp knife again, tremblingly opened the chest of the corpse, and took out the blood in the chest cavity. heart.

She dropped the sharp knife and held the heart in her palm, but the heart was still beating slowly and powerfully.She staggered up and walked towards the grocery store, asking in a hoarse and trembling voice.

"is the boss around……"

Ji Ning took a step back and looked at the black silhouette of the woman with some trepidation, but the woman didn't seem to be looking for him, she even nodded politely at Ji Ning, and then continued to look inside.

"Here we come."

A smiling male voice came from behind the heavy storage racks. Upon hearing this voice, Ji Ning's body tensed up, but his body seemed to be embedded in a nail, and he couldn't move at all, and couldn't even make any sound. Huo Wuling's beautiful face was revealed behind the storage shelf.

Huo Wuling was still wearing a snow-white shirt, every button was fastened neatly, and the shirt was ironed straight, making his figure more slender and straight.

He smiled at the woman and asked gently: "Madam, what do you need?"

"I want to deposit it with you..."

"no problem."

Huo Wuling nodded, took out a glass jar to put the heart in, and placed it on the storage shelf. When registering, he wrote a pen and asked the woman with a smile: "What is the reason for you to store this heart?"

"His heart has changed..."

The woman murmured sadly.

"He doesn't love me that much anymore, so I'm going to save this heart before it's completely broken so it doesn't rot."

Huo Wuling recorded it in his notebook according to his words. The woman stood in the store, staring at the lavender glass jar for a long, long time before turning around and walking out of the store slowly. The misty figure dissipated with her steps. in the air.

"Then, guest," Huo Wuling closed the notebook in his hand, and looked at Ji Ning with a smile, "What do you need me to do?"

Ji Ning's voice was blocked, so he couldn't answer this question, but Huo Wuling didn't seem to need his answer, he just hooked his lips and continued talking.

"You don't look like you're stockpiling or selling hearts...need to buy? We can sell hearts too."

"Whose heart do you want?"

He showed a gentle smile, took Ji Ning's hand, and led him to browse the glass jars on the storage shelf, and the beating hearts inside.

There were still some old posters on the wall, all in sketch style, only black, white and grey, and the figures painted on them also had no facial features, only the outlines of human figures, but Ji Ning quickly recognized that the ones drawn here were him and Huo soulless.

These posters depict what they have experienced before.

Huo Wuling pulled him out of the ghost pit and fed him with his own blood.

On a hot summer night, Huo Wuling hugged him lazily and fell asleep like a cat, because his body was very cool.

He was captured by the monsters in the dungeon, and Huo Wuling quickly slaughtered the whole dungeon, stepping on the dirty bones and blood all over the floor, but his eyes were clean and gentle, and he stretched out his hand to him again.

And the last poster is——

"Like these posters?"

In the grocery store, Huo Wuling held Ji Ning's wrist, stood in front of the poster, looked at Ji Ning for a while, and suddenly laughed.

"I understand."

"I think you'll like it too."

He raised his hand to press his heart, his fingers sank into the flesh, spattered a large amount of blood, dug out his heart, tore off the blood vessels connected to his body, and handed it bloody to Ji Ning.

"Just give you my heart, okay?"

"Don't you want it?"

The female voice from the phonograph became more and more sluggish and dry, distorted out of tune, the surrounding lights were instantly extinguished, and at some point it had turned into Ji Ning holding the heart, while Huo Wuling hugged him from behind , put his hands on his chest.

"In exchange, give me your heart too, Ningning."

"Let me seal it up before it rots away."

"So, won't you leave me?"

The extreme cold began to seep into Ji Ning's heart, his face quickly turned pale, his consciousness became more and more blurred, and he gradually closed his eyes.

"Crack-"

However, at the moment when he was about to be completely engulfed by the cold, the surrounding darkness suddenly spread with cracks like spider webs, and then shattered like a mirror, revealing the warm lights and the structure inside the bathroom.

Ji Ning's fallen body was caught by a pair of powerful arms. He was dizzy and couldn't see anything clearly. He only glimpsed a pair of dark red pupils that were cold and fierce, and then passed out.

"..."

Helinos hugged Ji Ning in his arms, looking at the figure in the mirror with a gloomy expression.

The glossy mirror surface was covered with cobweb-like cracks, and Huo Wuling's body was also cracked into many pieces in the mirror, dissipating at a very fast speed.

Before he completely dispersed, Helinos narrowed his eyes dangerously and said with a warning tone.

"No matter who you are, you are not allowed to approach Ji Ning again."

"This time you won, but..."

Huo Wuling smiled, his eyes fell on Helinos' blood-dripping fingertips, and he said meaningfully.

"Next time we meet, I will take Ningning away and kill you."

"Oh!"

As his figure completely dissipated, the mirror suddenly shattered and exploded, and the sharp fragments splashed everywhere. Helinos raised his hand slightly, and an invisible force blocked these fragments and fell to the ground one after another.

He gently put the unconscious Ji Ning on the bed, spread out his hands, and looked at the bloody palm, the wound that usually disappears quickly is now faintly black, without any tendency to heal.

Helinos' eyes were deep, and he looked at Ji Ning who was in a coma. After a while, he touched Ji Ning's face with his fingertips, as if he was talking to himself, but he seemed to be asking Ji Ning, The voice spoke in a low voice.

"……Who is he?"