Chapter 569: Fall into a Dream

Chapter 569: Fall into a Dream

“Hah...ack...ack...”

Like a mute person who had just learned to make a sound, Gao Yang bawled.

Sitting by the black abyss, he broke down and wailed, face covered in tears and blood, helpless like a child.

“I lost my mom and dad again...”

“I finally...had a mom and a dad...”

“What do I do...somebody help...someone...help me...”

Qing Ling stumbled forward and knelt down before Gao Yang, reaching out with her right hand to grab Gao Yang’s head, pulling him into her embrace and resting her chin on his head.

She looked up at the night sky filled with sparkling stars, her voice gentle and hoarse with a hint of exhaustion as she stroked Gao Yang’s head and sang a lullaby she remembered from her childhood—it was one of the few pleasant memories she had about her parents.

A tiny cradle, to and fro.

The night sky is so beautiful.

Mom’s the stars, and Dad’s the moon.

Stay with me until I fall into a dream.

La la la, la la la.

Stay with me until I fall into a dream.

...

Time passed. Gao Yang’s wails gradually quieted, and following the pain was a flood of exhaustion. It put Gao Yang to sleep.

He dreamed again.

He became the same white butterfly in his dream, wandering along the magnificently vast, boundless cosmic corridor.

Soon, he reached the giant ancient tree.

The three girls he had seen before were wearing sacred-looking white robes, on the back of which, a circular pattern of a flying white bird was sewn. Barefooted, the three girls walked on a branch wider than an average road, each holding a softly glowing green lantern.

The giant branch extended into the white wall. Clearly, the three girls were going to enter the world behind the white wall.

They stood before the wall, their expressions turning deferential and pious.

They laid down their lanterns and lowered their heads, putting their hands together in prayer, their faces fair and pure under the light.

—Mom!

—Don’t go, Mom!

Gao Yang flapped his wings as hard as he could, flying toward the black-haired girl, but he couldn’t get any closer. He realized then that it was just like the supernatural barrier at the border of the Mist World. One could never approach the border no matter how hard they ran.

Suddenly, the black-haired girl seemed to have sensed something. She slowly turned around and looked at where Gao Yang was.

“Hey, what are you doing? It’s starting...” The auburn-haired girl opened one eye and whispered a reminder.

The blond girl ignored them, her eyes already closed, devoted.

The black-haired girl broke into a small smile after two seconds.

“Nothing.”

She turned back and put her hands together before her chest, closing her eyes.

Soon, a crack appeared on the white wall before the three girls. It was the portal leading to the other side.

They chanted simultaneously in a devoted tone, and as they prayed, they walked through the crack, quickly overwhelmed by the white light streaming from the other side.

Their prayers lingered and echoed in the empty corridor between the black and white walls.

“Everything has a beginning, and everything has an end.”

“It is unknowable, and there is no need to fear.”

“Fate has a plan for all.”

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[Congratulations, Lucky has reached level 5!]

[End of Act 4]