Chapter 486: Slow Motion

Seeing Xu Ke on the floor gave Lyca some weird emotion that she hadn't felt before. It was the satisfaction of killing someone.

Even in her previous life, Lyca killed people without remorse or any emotions.

She kills.

End of story.

However now, seeing Xu Ke weak gave her something. Some sort of satisfaction that she didn't know she needed. She neared him, eyes beaming, like a predator watching its prey. The need to just kill him right now slowly burned inside her. She wanted to choke him and see the light disappear from his eyes.

But no.

Why would she give him something that he wanted now?

Lyca lifted his shirt up and examined his chest. Just as she expected, his veins had become visible, green and blue veins appeared before her eyes, looking like intertwining rivers.

"What— cough— what are you doing?" Xu Ke struggled to speak. "What— "

"This body…" Lyca started. "This body is not from this world." She stated. "You are obsessed with that creature because you — you are like it?" The veins that Xu Ke had were just like the ones that the creature would have every time it is about to eat its own self. She eyed Xu Ke's wounds and immediately felt relief when she saw that they were not healing. At least, unlike the creature, Xu Ke wouldn't eat himself, right?

Wait….

Xu Ke couldn't eat himself because… he can't heal. But he could… eat someone else! "You — the reason why you wanted me to find a way for that creature to live is that… you wanted to live too?"

Xu Ke was about to say something when he coughed up another mouthful of blood. "Who — Who doesn't want to live?"

Lyca gazed at his cloudy eyes before she sighed. "You were able to cross dimensions purely by accident, right?" Questions upon questions piled up in Lyca's head. If he crossed using his original body, then how did he become Xu Ke? And when the hell did he travel? Was it by pure accident?

Was he telling the truth about the ritual?

Was he really eating humans to survive in this world?

Was it possible that he ate the president and all the people that he killed before?

Lyca stared at Xu Ke's necklace. It had the same moon pendant, the same one as the one that she gave Shen Qui. However, this one is black. Her's looked like the moon, it was white with a few holes. "What's this?" Without any hesitation, Lyca snatched the necklace.

Xu Ke tried to hold the necklace, but he was too weak. His strength had dwindled. Seeing the veins started to show on his face, Lyca stood and took a step back. Then she walked towards the remaining light and examined the necklace against it.

The necklace looked like a shiny black rock that was shaped like a crescent moon. It resembled hers, but upon closer inspection, it wasn't really the same. She looked at him again and to her surprise, Xu Ke managed to sit down.

"You really think it would kill me?" Xu Ke smirked just as he lifted his shaking hand that was holding a small Glock. "Did you know how much I studied this world just so I could have an explanation of my weird dreams about my previous life?"

Lyca lifted an eyebrow. Previous life? Meaning…

"Did you know how depressed I was when I thought I had gone crazy? The memories in my head didn't make any sense!"

So… the transmigration actually happened, but the memories were not complete?

"When I saw those people flying, using elements and magic. Did you know what I felt?"

"Xu Ke— "

"Stop calling me Xu Ke! My name is Ken!"

Lyca squinted at him. "So… you just dreamed of the past," she stated. Was that the reason why he became obsessed with everything? Was that the reason why he didn't reveal anything to her? Because… he just saw Xu Ke's life in his dream?

"I want that world! I want to learn everything in that world! I want to go back to that world!" Xu Ke continued.

Lyca just continued staring at him. If her guess was right, Ken must have dreamed of Xu Ke's memories. Perhaps, they are connected in some ways. The teenager then grew to like Xu Ke's personality and soon started imitating him. Until he realized that he was Xu Ke's reincarnation.

All this was possible in her previous world. But not in this world.

He must have studied his dreams and realized that other things connected with this world into that world. When he didn't find a way to use magic using those stones that he gave to other people, he grew frustrated and became obsessed until he started thinking that he was indeed Xu Ke. That Xu Ke's soul was inside him when all he had access to was Xu Ke's memories.

This could explain why Xu Ke's explanation about the previous life doesn't make any sense to Lyca at all.

This should be the reason why he didn't do anything to touch her. Which… wasn't really Xu Ke's way. If it was the real Xu Ke, he would have touched her body and claimed her the first night that she stayed here. Even without her consent, that man would have touched her over and over.

But this Xu Ke never did.

"You ate those people… thinking that you would attain some sort of power when you do that?" Lyca said. "Did you— did you eat the creature as well? Is that why — the veins — "Crazy. This man is already crazy. Not even therapy could save him!

This is messed up.

Even Lyca couldn't explain this phenomenon.

But at least, she is already aware that there should be some problems, perhaps a hole that connects the two dimensions together.

"Did you think I would die without taking you with me? You are Xu Ke's woman! You are my woman! And you will stay that way, even in death!"

Lyca calmly looked at him, then she smiled. "You already killed me — "

*BANG!"

Lyca let out a curse as she held her arm that was hit by the bullet.

"I was right. You are fooling me! The gun worked even with the gas!" Xu Ke chuckled. He pointed the gun towards Lyca just as one of the broken glass appeared in Lyca's hand. "You — will die with me!"

Then Xu Ke pulled the trigger just as Lyca throw the glass towards him...

"NO!"

It was as if Lyca's world stopped when she heard Shen Qui's voice. She turned towards the door, eyes wide as the bullet move towards her. She saw him approach in a slow-motion that reminded her of those superhero movies.

A smile appeared on her face.

Then she felt herself falling.