Chapter 94 - Bewilderment

Chapter 94 - Bewilderment

Li Huowang chased after anything red as he ran on the road. He constantly felt the Eighteenth Lunar changing its location as he chased after it. Sometimes it took the form of a red hat, while at other times, it was a red store sign. But no matter how many times it changed, Li Huowang still chased after it fervently and never lost sight of it. He had finally gotten a chance to kill it, so he would never give up so easily. After all, whether or not he would be released from Dan Yangzi’s grasp depended on whether or not he could obtain the Eighteenth Lunar’s eyes.

He also realized something bizarre while chasing the Eighteenth Lunar. The thing somehow didn’t have an eyelid. It had no choice but to look at everything within its field of vision, even itself.

What a weird being. I wonder what it looks like back in reality?

Li Huowang silently thought to himself as he chased after it. This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.

Thanks to him chasing it so intensely, Li Huowang was getting closer and closer to the Eighteenth Lunar. Five meters ... Three meters ... One meter!

Li Huowang suddenly raised his right hand and leapt, pouncing toward the red-colored blob right in front of him.

However, just as he was about to capture it, a hand grabbed his wrist and stopped him. “Li... Li Huowang? Are you Li Huowang from the second year, class four?”

Li Huowang glared at the one holding his wrist. The one who stopped him was a bald man in his fifties.

The man propped his square glasses up and continued talking. “Have you forgotten me? I’m your class teacher. Where are your shoes?”

Li Huowang gazed at the familiar face and uttered unconsciously. “Teacher Tong?”

“I recall that your mother submitted the notice to terminate your studies due to your disease. Why are you out here, running in a hospital gown? Are you okay?” Teacher Tong was very worried as he tidied up Li Huowang’s collar that was within the hospital gown.

Li Huowang looked at the Eighteenth Lunar in his hand and then stared at them. He smiled coldly. “Trying to trick me again? This is fake! Everything is fake!”

The girl in Li Huowang’s arm started crying even louder.

Just as Li Huowang was about to end the Eighteenth Lunar with his own hands, a figure suddenly ran out from the surrounding crowd and stood between him and the gun. “Stop! Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot! He’s my son! He... He’s always been a good son. He turned into this because of an illness. Please... please let me talk to him, alright? He will listen to me... He will listen to me for sure... He’s my good son.”

Hearing the familiar voice, Li Huowang stopped his hands. Then, he saw the figure with whitening hair slowly turn around. It was none other than his mother, Sun Xiaoqin. But... her face looked very disheveled. Compared to the last time he had seen her, she looked like she had aged quite a lot.

Looking at her son behind the iron fence, Sun Xiaoqin tried to force out a smile but ultimately failed. Her warm tears fell as she pleaded. “My good son, please listen to your mother. Let the little girl down, alright? Let’s go home. You can play video games for as long as you want. I will not stop you.”

Li Huowang once more felt conflicted. He stared at his mother, who looked ever so real, and then gazed back to the Eighteenth Lunar in his hand.

Just as Sun Xiaoqin gingerly walked toward Li Huowang, he took a step back, his face twisting in pain. “No, no this is fake! Everything is fake! All of these things are just hallucinations made by the Eighteenth Lunar! The world over there is real! I will not let the hallucinations control me again!”

Li Huowang tried to persuade himself but he couldn’t move the sharp glass in his hand. His breathing turned rapid as his pupils dilated and shrank over and over.

Meanwhile, Sun Xiaoqin slowly closed in on the fence, to the point that she could almost touch it, and then she slowly kneeled down. “Son, please... Please stop. We sold our house because of you. We don’t have any money left for compensation.”

Her words broke Li Huowang. He hugged the girl in front of him and cried, tears streaking down his face.

“Mom!” Veins started to bulge on his face as opened his mouth and shouted. Saliva and tears dripped down onto the floor tiles with the image of a kids’ cartoon.

Then, looking at his mother in front of him, he took a deep breath and shouted out everything he had kept in his heart, including his struggle and confusion.

“MOM! I CAN’T! I REALLY CAN’T DETERMINE WHICH SIDE IS REAL!!”