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The song sounded like a whisper or a moan of pleasure. It was as if the song was covered by a thin veil. It rubbed against Lin Sanjiu's eardrums and nerves, sending a tingling sensation down her spine.
Whenever Lin Sanjiu heard the song, she couldn't help thinking of her snake-like body and the smoothness of it. She vaguely recalled that she had never heard the song before. The thought floated into her mind and was blown away like a cloud of smoke by the wind, leaving no trace behind.
She walked forward in a daze. Every step she took felt like she was stepping into a quagmire, and the sound of splashing water could be heard.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know when the sun had risen. It floated coldly in the air behind her. No matter how long she walked under the sun, she couldn't feel any warmth.
Lin Sanjiu raised her head. Everything she saw seemed to be separated by a curtain of water. Amidst the wave-like color, she saw a figure springing up from the ground and running away. Lin Sanjiu stared blankly as the figure grew smaller and smaller. Then, she aimed at the figure and pulled the trigger.
She didn't even have to aim to see a streak of bright red blood leaping into the sky, like a red scarf being flung into the air.
Blood was what she could see the most clearly.
Half a shrill cry came from somewhere on the left, like the cry of a bird that had been shot down from the sky. Lin Sanjiu turned her head calmly and looked at the residential area.
Then, she turned the muzzle of her gun and fired at that direction. The glass shattered into countless pieces and fell down like snowflakes. However, the gunfire did not stop. Bullet after bullet pierced through the window, shattering countless objects and dust. Another sharp cry rang out. Someone was stumbling to avoid the bullets. Suddenly, the scream stopped. A figure was pushed into the wall by the momentum of the bullets. Then, the figure slid down the wall.
Lin Sanjiu touched the warm barrel of the gun. She felt a few strands of hair stuck to her face. It was an uncomfortable itch. She raised her hand to wipe away the hair. When she looked at her fingers again, they were stained with blood.
Of course, it wasn't her blood, but she couldn't remember when or where her face had been splashed with blood. She looked back and saw a long trail of blood on the road she had come from. In her field of vision, there were corpses lying on the road, hanging from the edge of the rooftop, and even hanging from the loudspeakers. They looked like pigs hanging upside down. The only difference between them and pigs was that under their bodies, a thick sea of red was slowly spreading out.
That sweet and soft singing voice seemed to glide past the soul, drifting into the distant sky. She silently turned her head and slowly walked down the street, accompanied by the murmuring of the female voice.
He loaded the gun, aimed at the target, and pulled the trigger.
Some hid in the corners of the building, some hid behind the sofas, and some ran as fast as they could. However, no matter how hard they tried to hide, as long as they appeared in her field of vision and she could hear them, they would be shot in the forehead or chest.
Heavy gunshots rang out one after another. Surrounded by the decadent female voice, the gunshots gradually rose into the sky and became a gust of wind that echoed in the town. Everywhere Lin Sanjiu walked past, there was only dead silence.
Hurried footsteps filled with fear rang out in an alley not far away. The target seemed to be a residential building in front of her. Lin Sanjiu had never entered a residential building until now. In the eyes of the townspeople of Peanut Town, a residential building might be the only safe place.
She stopped and hid herself behind a corner of the wall. The moment she stopped, the man's footsteps quickened, and he lunged at the residential building in a frenzy. Just as he was about to enter the building, Lin Sanjiu poked her head out and shot the man's back with her gun.
She silently watched the man struggle and die like a worm. Rather than saying there was no expression on her face, it was more like she was in a daze.
Oh, right. She was indeed walking in a dream.
Lin Sanjiu walked up to the man quietly and took out a box of matches from the pocket of the man who was still breathing. She shoved the box of matches into her pocket and continued on her way.
When she tried not to kill anyone, the town was filled with malicious intent. However, after she created mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the people who were still alive did not move. It was as if they only knew how to hide in the dark with their eyes shut and did not make a sound.
If this place was not a dream, would she still do it?
This question suddenly appeared in Lin Sanjiu's mind. As if to answer herself, she fired another shot and shattered the window of a residential building beside her. Amid the splattering glass shards that were stained with blood, a figure was sent flying from the side of the window by the force of the bullet. The figure fell heavily under the window.
A woman's hoarse scream finally broke through the fog in her ears. She had no idea how long she had been screaming.
Lin Sanjiu slowly turned around and looked toward the direction of the voice. She saw a black cylindrical loudspeaker.
"All of you, stop hiding. Let's work together. She's only one person and one gun …"
Lin Sanjiu stood not far from the black loudspeaker and waited for a while. However, no one 'worked together'. Feeling a little disappointed, she raised her gun and shot a bullet through the loudspeaker. She watched as the electric sparks flickered. Then, she lit a match and threw it into the loudspeaker.
Boom! The female voice suddenly raised her voice and sang. The black cylindrical loudspeaker was engulfed in flames.
Following this method, she lit up all the loudspeakers by the roadside. The fire grew with the wind. Even the thick layer of blood on the ground could not stop it from spreading. There was no running water in this town. Nobody knew how long it had been dried up in the wind. The old buildings were soon dyed red by the fire, creaking and twisting in the extreme heat, and countless billows of black smoke rose into the air.
The survivors who were chased into the residential buildings screamed and ran out. Then, they were hit by the whistling bullets and fell one after another under the scorching hot sky.
Lin Sanjiu stood in the middle of the singing, the puddles of blood, the corpses, the wailing, and the fire. She took a deep breath.
The smell of gunpowder mixed with the stench of iron flowed into her organs. It was so hot that her limbs trembled.
Now, there was only one thing left for her to do.
The color of blood and fire intertwined with each other and dyed half of the town red. Gradually, the whole town was turned into a blood-red hell. In this hell, there was only one person still walking through the sea of fire.
When she found Yu Yuan, everything around him had been warped by the fire. The steel bars and wooden frames were all on the verge of collapse.
Lin Sanjiu took a few steps forward and gently picked him up from the ground. His body was warmed up by the heat, and he fell into her arms softly. She lowered her head to look at Yu Yuan's wrist, only to find that the word "straw" had disappeared. Just as she furrowed her brows, a female voice that she hadn't heard for a long time suddenly rang in her ears.
"Congratulations, you have completed the plot of the Reverie Libretto. You are about to leave the Reverie Libretto. The reward for completing the plot has been given to you. Please check it outside the Reverie Libretto. "
"Completed?"
Lin Sanjiu shuddered. The hazy feeling in her mind that felt like a veil suddenly disappeared. Everything became clear again.
"It's done," Mrs. Manas mumbled in her mind, "It's done! It's finally done! "
Lin Sanjiu sat on the ground in a daze. She hugged Yu Yuan in her arms.
"That's it?" Lin Sanjiu asked in a low voice, "I … I don't even know what my plot is. How did I complete the Reverie Libretto just like that?"
"You know." Mrs. Manas suddenly lowered her voice, "At least in your subconscious mind, you knew it a long time ago."
"What is it?"
The fire in front of Lin Sanjiu's eyes gradually faded. It seemed like it was going to disappear. "The Reverie Libretto is about to end."
As soon as she asked the question, she suddenly realized something. She looked at the darkness spreading from the horizon and swallowing the fire and the buildings in Peanut Town. She chuckled, "I understand now. What an … unpleasant story. "
"Do you understand now?"
"To put it in a clichéd way, the teenager who wanted to slay a dragon to save the world eventually became a demon who was even more violent than the dragon." When she said that, she glanced at the disappearing Peanut Town from the corner of her eyes. Her voice became softer and softer. "However, I don't think this story should be told like this. This is just the experience of a street sweeper. It's not even a story. "
When her voice trailed off, Peanut Town was finally engulfed in darkness. Lin Sanjiu could only see the black torrent in front of her. Only Yu Yuan was still lying quietly in her arms, slightly warm. Together with her, they were swept into the darkness where there was no light.
"If he died, would he still leave the Reverie Libretto with me?"
Lin Sanjiu suddenly realized that she had not checked Yu Yuan's pulse, so she could not be sure that he was dead. She couldn't help but feel excited. However, when she reached out her hand to touch Yu Yuan's neck, she felt as if she was swept up by an undercurrent. Both her body and Soul were thrown high into the air, and they were separated from each other. Then, she lost consciousness.
When she regained consciousness, she was jolted awake by the feeling of something pushing her.
This time, she opened her eyes from the real world.
The first thing she saw was darkness. There seemed to be a lot of low-hanging rocks above her head, forming a jagged shadow in the darkness. She remembered clearly that she had fallen asleep on a flat ground, but now, she was under a group of rocks. The ground under her was pushing her forward like a rolling ladder. She could vaguely hear the voices of the posthumans around her.
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