Chapter 440 – A Strange Worldview

“What is this situation…”

This feeling of just being in front of a projector and then suddenly entering a film made Ling Mo somewhat uncomfortable.

It took him several seconds to slowly regain his composure.

At a glance, the sky seemed to be covered with a layer of blood light, and “underfoot” was a cracked road.

The buildings on both sides were dilapidated, with windows creaking and swaying.

A gust of wind blew past, lifting fragments of old newspapers and dirty white plastic bags.

Everywhere were visible corpses, abandoned vehicles, and smoldering ruins…

This scene seemed like the onset of a Cataclysm, overlapping with the current situation.

“This… should be the center of X City, right? And it feels somewhat familiar…” Ling Mo looked around for a moment and then slowly walked forward.

Ling Mo had already made a judgment about what this place was.

But why was he brought here? What was the purpose?

Ling Mo would have to find the answers to these questions on his own.

This place appeared to be a “real” world, but upon closer inspection, it was clear that beyond this street, there was only a void of chaos…

In this light cluster, only this street existed…

“I wonder where this road leads?”

After about a hundred meters, Ling Mo suddenly saw a gate.

“No. 3 High School…”

It was a middle school, and Ling Mo was indeed familiar with it.

Because he had been here before…

“Sure enough, this really is… Xia Na’s psychic realm…”

The black light cluster where he “awoke” was evidently his own consciousness realm.

As for why it was black, it might be because his main body was in a coma.

Those strands of Red Glimmer were the psychic links between him and the female Zombies.

Passing through the Red Glimmer was actually Ling Mo’s primary consciousness approaching their psychic light clusters.

However, determining whether these scenes, formed by consciousness and visible only to a conscious entity, were transmitted by Xia Na or existed within Ling Mo’s own subconscious was quite difficult.

Nevertheless, ever since he jumped into that gigantic light cluster, he had truly entered Xia Na’s psychic realm.

Those black spots should be the parts of Xia Na’s memory that were not yet fully “unlocked” in her psychic realm as a Zombie.

“I thought Xia Na’s memory had fully recovered. It seems that’s not the case… Does this mean Xia Na’s psychic power still has room for growth?”

In deep thought, Ling Mo stepped through the gate of No. 3 High School.

This was No. 3 High School as it existed in Xia Na’s consciousness. Due to the infusion of her subjective thoughts, it differed somewhat from the real middle school Ling Mo remembered.

And this difference was mainly reflected in the hellish, bloody hues…

“Where did all this blood come from… The ground is splattered with blood, and I could barely convince myself that Zombies with ripped-open bellies once crawled here. But the buildings’ exterior walls are also covered in blood. What kind of bizarre worldview is this…” Ling Mo sighed and slowly walked along the tree-lined path.

“Even the walls are bleeding…”

Ling Mo leaned closer to take a look. The blood on the walls seemed to be alive, constantly wriggling…

“I definitely need to guide Xia Na properly when I wake up. Such grotesque and twisted memories can’t remain in her psychic realm…”

For some reason, despite the horrifying backdrop, the place was empty, with no Zombies in sight.

It wasn’t until Ling Mo reached a building drenched in dark red blood that he suddenly saw a figure.

The figure flickered and disappeared into the dark corridor.

“Uh… Could it be Xia Na?” Ling Mo wondered as he followed.

As soon as he entered the corridor, Ling Mo was taken aback again.

The staircase looked like writhing entrails, and the hallway resembled numerous esophagi…

“What exactly does Xia Na think about all the time…”

Fortunately, he was just a spiritual body, and this was just an illusory psychic realm. There wasn’t actually any nauseating sensation.

Ling Mo followed closely behind, attempting to catch up with the figure.

Whether it was to understand Xia Na’s intentions or to leave this place, Ling Mo couldn’t afford to let this clue slip away.

“With Xia Na’s psychic power, she shouldn’t be able to do something like this. Let me think…”

As he chased, Ling Mo pondered, “In a Frenzy state, my psychic power is more focused than ever. But in the moment of unconsciousness, it’s also more vulnerable than ever. Maybe it was during this transition that I received a call from Xia Na’s subconscious? But was it Silly Na or Black Na who summoned me?”

At this moment, he suddenly heard some noise coming from the stairs.

When he got closer, he saw a figure gradually dissipating.

“Huh? Liu Yuhao? Xia Na’s classmate?”

Ling Mo quickly ran over, but found he couldn’t touch the figure at all.

And the figure seemed completely unaware of him, soon vanishing.

“Just a phantom from memory… So if he’s here…”

Ling Mo quickly realized that what was happening in this building was exactly the scene of Xia Na being ambushed back then!

Recalling the location where he had found Xia Na, he sprinted faster.

Within seconds, Ling Mo appeared outside the dormitory where he had initially found Xia Na.

But when he pushed the door open, he discovered that Lu Xin, who had attacked her back then, had already tied an unconscious Xia Na to the bed.

At this moment, Lu Xin was clenching his fist, aiming at Xia Na’s wound, squeezing out his own blood to drip onto Xia Na’s hand.

Seeing the blood about to fall, Ling Mo rushed forward with a shout.

“Get lost!”

Unexpectedly, with this collision, “Lu Xin” was actually thrown back, slamming heavily into the wall.

“Huh?”

Ling Mo had considered two possibilities: either he wouldn’t be able to touch Lu Xin, unable to change or participate in this already occurred memory; or “Lu Xin,” as a psychic projection, would be dispersed by his impact…

But regardless, this situation shouldn’t have happened…

Lu Xin wiped his already decaying face, grinning menacingly as he slowly got up.

“Hey, it seems like memories can be altered at will here!”

Ling Mo glanced down at Xia Na and found that she had indeed woken up, staring at him with a somewhat confused look in her eyes. “I… what happened to me…”

“How should I know what happened to you! I’m still trying to figure out what you’re up to…”

Ling Mo shouted in his mind, then shifted his gaze back to “Lu Xin.”

Knowing that the other was just a psychic phantom, the exaggerated grin on his face looked even more awkward.

“His mouth wasn’t this big at the time! Although he was indeed a fool, this one looks like a reinforced version… Is this a manifestation of hatred?”

As if to confirm Ling Mo’s speculation, the laughing “Lu Xin” suddenly opened his mouth wide.

Under Ling Mo’s astonished gaze, “Lu Xin” slowly transformed from a human shape into a bizarre, gigantic monster.

Except for the head, which still resembled “Lu Xin,” the body had turned into a combination of numerous limbs and torsos.

“I’ve never seen or heard of such a monster before…”

Before Ling Mo could finish his thought, the monster suddenly lunged at him.

“Hey, hey, hey!”

At first, Ling Mo stood calmly in place, but he soon felt a surge of pressure: “It’s actually serious!”

With this grotesque monster suddenly charging at him, and seemingly capable of directly hurting him, Ling Mo’s spiritual body instantly deformed.

His head shot up, and a look of fear appeared on his face…

“Ah!”

With a shout, Ling Mo immediately turned and ran, pulling the still-dazed Xia Na along with him.

“Ling Mo, what… what is that!”

Xia Na asked, looking back as they ran.

“Shouldn’t you be the one to answer that!”

Ling Mo wanted to retort, but considering that this Xia Na was probably just a memory fragment within the psychic realm, she was quite innocent in all this…

“I don’t know, just run! I’m really weak right now…”

If his psychic power were strong, he wouldn’t have been dragged into Xia Na’s psychic realm. At this moment, he was indeed very vulnerable.