Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 5254 (Five Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Four) Cycle

"Why can't we even think more?" said the man with gray hands.

"I...if I think about it more, I will...take action. Action means...I will try to move over there, but...as soon as I move, I can feel the invisible iron shackles binding me." said the man.

"You can think about it, but... don't move." said the man with gray hands.

"Then... I can't do it. I absolutely can't do it." The man said, "Anger will... consume me. I am really angry. I am a Tiecang person, but I have... fallen to this point! Looking at the spring where the blue-armored people are... I know that those blue-armored people are angry with me, but I can only look at the spring there, powerless!"

"You don't have to watch." said the man with gray hands.

"But... I couldn't help but look at it." said the man.

"Why can't you help but look?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"Or is it because... I hope to go over, grab the soft cloth of spring, and bring all the light and warmth to... my place." said the man.

"The more you think about it, the more painful it will be?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"Yes." said the man.

"Then just don't look at it and reduce the pain first." said the man with gray hands.

“That’s what I said, but… people are like this sometimes…” the man said, “I know that not looking will reduce the pain, but… I just have to look. I can clearly feel that my pain is increasing, and I don’t know… I don’t know whether to make another choice, or… I just keep looking. Not only do I continue to look, but… the desire to grab spring and pull it to me will… become stronger and stronger. As this desire increases, I… I want to move even more. I try again and again, but… no matter how I try, I can’t do what I want. I… can’t achieve my goal at all… Oh… Not only can I not achieve my goal… I can’t even… I can’t even move towards my goal… I can’t do anything to achieve my goal. The more I feel this way, the more I feel… The more disappointed and angry I am, the more unwilling I am to accept it. The more unwilling I am to accept it, the more I cannot move my eyes away from their spring. I will keep looking at it, just keep looking at it. The more I look, the more urgent I want to grab the spring there and pull it out. The more painful it is, the more it hurts. It goes on like this. I know that the more I repeat the cycle, the more painful it will be. I know that if I don’t continue to look there, I may be able to reduce my pain, but I just can’t do it. Sometimes, struggling is painful, and not struggling may make me feel better, but the more painful it is, the more I want to struggle, and the more I struggle, the more painful it is. That’s it. It’s a cycle. It goes on like this.”

"How long has this cycle lasted?" asked the Gray Hand Man.

"I don't know. There... I still don't know time." The man said, "The only thing I know is... when I feel pain, I also feel that a long time has passed. Not only can I not jump out of space, I also... can't jump out of time... I can't even... even jump out of my own thoughts. Everything is a cocoon. I don't think I am trapped in it, but... but I can't break out."

(End of this chapter)