Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1027 Strange Dream, Strange Dog

Xia Shou looked down at the out-of-control black shadow, which was like flowing black water, completely beyond his control.

Like a patient vomiting, it poured out the sealed contents that it could not contain.

Then he saw a door emerge from the flowing black water.

It was a half-open metal door, seemingly made of a large amount of different metals melted together, and scalding hot gold gushed out from the door like a fountain!
The scalding hot liquid, like a glowing waterfall, cascaded down the fleshy bridge where Xia Shou was located, seemingly endless.

River of Molten Gold...

This is only the outermost layer of the seal on Velo. The gates to the River of Molten Gold have been opened, and Xia Shou can roughly guess why.

The worst part is that he still can't use the suicide path. He already used it once yesterday in order to fuse the perfect skill, and the [Who Reaches the Pinnacle Here] evolved from the peak has had its skill cooldown refresh removed, so there is no way to activate the reset!
Oh no, is he coming to fight Vero?
The image of his last encounter with Vero flashed through Xia Shou's mind, and a cold sweat immediately broke out on his back.

That wasn't even a real confrontation; it was just a one-sided massacre by Vero.

Although Vero was just a dog, he was no longer a dog; he represented a period of time, a period of freedom.

Even when facing Sprite, Xia Shou always knew the strategy and logic to defeat him, knew the key to why Sprite was so difficult to kill, and knew that as long as he broke through all these defenses, he could kill Sprite.

But even now, Xia Shou is still completely clueless when it comes to dealing with Vero.

Facing Vero is like facing an invisible bloodhound; there's absolutely nothing we can do!
A dog emerged from the gushing golden water, looking exactly like the strange creature in my memory, its body constantly changing in any state a dog could be in throughout its life.

Xia Shou closed one eye, and used the other eye to unleash [Divine Power of Illumination] on Vero!
It didn't work. I saw it, but I couldn't transfer it!
"Damn it!" Xia Shou stepped back.

He knew it was useless because he remembered that Vero's attacks didn't require any contact to take effect; last time, Vero simply disappeared, and he was already affected.

An overwhelming fear gripped Xia Shou, and his mind went blank.

He wasn't panicked. Although he was very scared, his thinking was rational and calm, and this rationality and calmness made him more fully aware of his situation.

He was out of options. Perhaps he could still count on the people around him, since they claimed to have discussed it with the minister before transferring him here.

But Xia Shou saw that the group of people were just standing on the meat bridge in the distance, watching him warily, but doing nothing.

It seems there's no hope left.

Xia Shou then looked at Vero in front of him.

The next second, it disappeared.

……

……

"what!"

Xia Shou shouted and suddenly sat up in bed.

He was breathing heavily, the fear from his dream was rapidly fading away.

"Dong dong dong."

There was a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards, her mother's voice came from outside the door.

"Xiao Shou, why did you suddenly shout?"

"Oh, it's nothing, nothing at all." Xia Shou leaned against the headboard, still savoring some details from his dream.

"A lucid dream? It feels so real." Xia Shou laughed.

Now that he's awake, he doesn't find the dream terrifying at all; on the contrary, he finds it quite amusing.

In dreams, the six realms of existence are clearly present; upon waking, however, all is empty and the vast universe is gone.

Even if he was terrified in his dream, he could easily calm down after waking up. But this dream was indeed very special. He remembered many details after waking up, and he had never had such a magical dream before.

"Perhaps my imagination is actually quite rich?" Xia Shou muttered to himself.

For most of the scenarios in his dreams, he had no idea which source material in his mind it came from. Only for the last and most terrifying scene did he know the source material—the dog.

That dog might really become a lifelong psychological shadow for him.

Xia Shou thought to himself.

"Brother, what are you doing?" Xia Liang walked in with a tablet. "My sister's here, aren't you getting up? Do you want me to just call her in?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Shou jolted awake, twisted his body, and sprang to his feet with a somersault, skillfully getting out of bed, dressing, and putting on his trousers.

"Why is she here so early today?" Xia Shou asked nervously.

"You're the one who woke up late, right? Mom had already made breakfast. I was going to wake you up earlier, but then I remembered that the college entrance exam had just ended, so I decided not to," Xia Liang said with a smile.

Xia Shou put on his pants and hurried toward the door, but then suddenly stopped.

Thinking that the other party might come to visit his bedroom later, Xia Shou walked to the window, opened it to let in fresh air, and tidied up the quilt to make the doghouse-like room look a little more pleasing to the eye.

When he came out of the room, he heard his parents laughing in the dining room.

"Thanks to Xiao Yan, if Xiao Yan hadn't worked so hard to tutor Xiao Shou and Xiao Liang, these two kids definitely wouldn't have done so well on the exam!"

"Auntie, the scores haven't been released yet, but judging from the estimated scores, Xiao Shou and Xiao Liang did a really good job. They should be able to get into top universities, but whether they can choose their favorite majors depends on their actual scores."

Besides, it's definitely not thanks to me. Xiao Shou and Xiao Liang got into a top high school through their own hard work. The learning environment is good, so they're bound to do well. My tutoring was just to fill in the gaps in their knowledge.

"Oh, not at all..."

Hearing that familiar voice, Xia Shou's heart pounded with increasing tension.

He stepped out of the corridor and into the restaurant, gave a mock yawn, and then casually raised his hand to greet her: "Sis, you're here so early?"

"Well, after all, we agreed that I would take you two brothers to have some fun after you finish your college entrance exams. Didn't you say you wanted to learn combat sports before? If you are still interested, I can take you to a combat sports gym today."

"Great!" Xia Liang exclaimed excitedly.

Xia Shouze quietly walked to his seat and began to eat breakfast.

Breakfast was wontons. While eating, Xia Shou secretly glanced at the woman sitting opposite him, chatting and laughing with his parents.

This person is his and Xia Liang's "older sister," but of course she is not their biological sister, nor their cousin, but their god-sister.

Although they are not related by blood, she is practically the same as my older sister, because our two families live very close to each other, right across from each other, and they have been very close since they were very young.

In my mother's words, "If it weren't for your sister Shangguan, you would have been bitten to death by dogs long ago!"

Of course, this is the truth. The story sounds a bit fantastical, but it really happened.

Xia Shou only remembers one incident, but according to his parents, it was twice, including once when he was very young, when he was attacked by a dog.

When he was three years old, he went out to play with other children. While playing in the sandpit in the community, a rabid dog that appeared out of nowhere suddenly rushed out and attacked them.

The children scattered as they ran, but the dog reportedly lunged at him directly. If Shangguan Yan hadn't intervened, he would have been killed.

It is said that when he was only 11 years old, Shangguan Yan took a bamboo broom from a public toilet and fought a fierce battle with the mad dog. In the end, he was left with severe injuries on his right forearm and waist, leaving indelible scars.

After that incident, Shangguan Yan became his and his brother's older sister.

Of course, Xia Shou had forgotten about that incident, probably because the impact of fear was too great. In any case, he didn't remember it at all. However, he still vividly remembered the attack he suffered when he was eight years old.

(End of this chapter)