Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

Lin Bai did not turn around.

One step, two steps.

With each step he took, his face grew paler, like a paper doll drained of its life force.

That brief one-minute "spectacular performance" not only exhausted his physical strength but also drained his life.

Simulating the aura of the [Calamity Witch], it is a mortal trying to bear the weight of Mount Tai;

Forcibly distorting the toll collector's perception instantly drained his extraordinary spirituality.

Right now, he's like a broken-down car with its fuel tank empty, coasting along by sheer inertia.

It felt like my lungs were stuffed with a burning steel wool ball, and with every breath, a strong metallic rusty taste filled my throat.

The fingers are twitching uncontrollably—a red light warning that the body's systems are about to collapse.

But he couldn't stop, and he dared not stop.

In the deep, inky darkness of the night, that gray-white dividing line was right before my eyes.

Those were the coordinates he filled in with his life during those 365 cycles of death—

Gray fog.

If you get over it, you'll survive!

One hundred meters.

Eighty meters.

Lin Bai's steps abruptly halted, his pupils shrinking sharply.

The road is blocked.

A massive mountain of flesh, emitting an appalling stench, suddenly blocked the middle of the highway, like an insurmountable wall of sighs.

This thing has absolutely no disguise.

Its five-meter-tall body was covered with rotting strips of flesh, and thousands of distorted human faces floated and wailed on its skin.

This is not a living being, but a monstrous amalgamation forcibly stitched together from countless corpses!

The rules are completely invalid here.

It is the last guard of this cage, and also the final despair.

"roar--!!"

The mountain of flesh suddenly opened its gaping maw, which split open to its chest, spewing out a cloud of yellowish-green poisonous mist.

The surrounding streetlights barely touched it, flickering twice before breaking down on the spot.

"call......"

Lin Bai exhaled a long breath and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

A boss is in front, pursuers are behind, mana bar is depleted, and skills are on cooldown.

This is a complete collapse.

"You really think highly of me."

Lin Bai chuckled to himself, but a small smile crept across his face.

There was no fear in that smile, only the madness of a desperado.

"Since we're not allowed to act anymore, then... let's do something real!"

With a flick of his right hand, the sharp fruit knife slid back into his palm.

On the blade, a dark red stain of blood glowed eerily in the darkness, looking eerily frightening.

That was Su Wan's blood.

It was also his last trump card.

"Come on! Let me see what you're really made of!!"

With a loud shout, Lin Bai advanced instead of retreating!

He squeezed out the last bit of strength from his very marrow, and like a cannonball, he crashed straight into that mountain of rotting flesh.

The five-meter-tall monster let out a deafening roar, and its arm, thicker than Lin Bai's waist, slammed down like a pile driver!

A strong wind blew in; with this punch, even a tank would turn into a pancake.

But just before he was about to be hit, a flash of extreme calmness appeared in Lin Bai's bloodshot eyes.

His body twisted in mid-air in a way that defied the laws of physics, barely avoiding the attack.

"boom!"

A huge, rotting hand slammed into the ground, scraping his scalp. The concrete pavement instantly cracked, sending rubble flying everywhere.

Using the shockwave, Lin Bai leaped directly onto the monster's arm.

Running wildly, stepping over the writhing, rotting flesh!

Enraged, the monster slammed its other hand down on its arm, trying to kill the damned insect.

"Too late!"

Lin Bai pushed off with his feet and leaped high into the air.

At that moment, his gaze was level with the monster's murky eyes.

The fruit knife in his hand transformed into a bleak red line.

"Die!!"

"Pfft!"

The blade pierced precisely between the monster's eyebrows.

This was originally just a broken knife that could barely even scratch pigskin.

However, the moment that dark red blood touched the monster—

"Zzzzzzz—!!!"

It's like boiling oil being poured into ice water, or strong acid being poured onto foam!

An absolute suppression of status, originating from the soul level, erupted instantly!

"Awooooo—!!"

The five-meter-high mountain of flesh let out a shrill, distorted scream, as if it had witnessed some great horror.

With the center of its brow as the focal point, black flames spread wildly, and its flesh and blood disintegrated and melted at a visible speed.

This is not physical damage at all; it is a dimensional attack from a "superior"!

Lin Bai gripped the knife handle tightly with both hands and, using the force of the fall, pulled it down hard!

hiss-

A huge gash stretched from the monster's brow all the way to its chest cavity.

Boom!!

Its massive body collapsed like a toppling mountain, turning into a pool of foul-smelling pus.

Lin Bai landed and rolled several times on the ground before he could dissipate the force.

He knelt on the ground, panting heavily, his lungs aching as if they were about to explode.

But he dared not stop, not even for a second.

Because the moment the monster fell, the whole world erupted in chaos.

"Waaaaah—waaaah—"

The piercing sound of air raid sirens suddenly rang out over the city.

Immediately afterwards, countless overlapping roars came from all directions.

Those things that were originally posing as passersby, buildings, flowers, and trees... have all awakened!

The earth began to tremble.

Lin Bai glanced back and felt a chill run down his spine.

Behind them, the city lights shone brightly, and beneath those lights, a dark, monstrous wave surged forward at an alarming speed.

Gargoyles flying in the sky, deformed creatures running on the ground, even the roadside trash cans have grown legs and are rushing towards us with their mouths wide open.

Citywide riots!

They have only one goal—the living person trying to escape!

"Grass!"

Lin Bai cursed, forcibly squeezing out his body's potential, and turned to run.

This is a 100-meter sprint between life and death.

Fifty meters ahead, a swirling gray fog. That was the end of the world, and also the only gate of life.

Forty meters.

A foul stench wafted from behind, and a monstrous, incredibly fast-moving crawling creature pounced on him, its claws even touching the hem of Lin Bai's clothes.

Thirty meters.

In the sky, a large bird with a human face swooped down, its sharp beak aimed straight at the back of Lin Bai's head.

[Magic Space]!

Without turning his head, Lin Bai conjured a brick he had casually picked up earlier into his hand and slammed it behind him.

"Bang!"

The brick hit the big bird squarely in the face.

Twenty meters.

The earth roared, and the monstrous tide behind him was less than five meters away.

Ten meters!

Lin Bai could even feel countless greedy eyes staring intently at his back, their saliva practically dripping down his neck.

"Get...out of my way!!"

Lin Bai roared, his legs slamming into the ground, and he shot towards the churning gray mist like an arrow released from a bow.

call--

The wind stopped.

The roar disappeared.

Lin Bai's body crashed heavily to the ground, the momentum carrying him forward two meters, leaving a trail of blood.

He was breathing heavily, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to break his ribs.

After a long while, he slowly raised his head.

It was less than half a meter behind him.

Thousands upon thousands of monsters huddled together, like a high black wall.

The strangely crawling claw hovered in mid-air, only a few centimeters away from his heel;

The large bird hovered low in the air, its eyes filled with resentment.

They were roaring, going berserk, and tearing each other apart.

But no monster dared to cross that invisible boundary.

It was as if that line was an absolute forbidden zone drawn by the gods.

Lin Bai braced himself against the ground and stood up unsteadily.

He stood at the boundary between the gray fog and the city.

Before him lay an unknown mist, and behind him, a hell of wailing ghosts.

This kind of scene is enough to drive any artist crazy.

"Heh...hehe..."

Lin Bai laughed, his shoulders shaking with laughter, and tears almost welling up in his eyes.

Won.

I won!

No matter how many times it resets, I'll always be the winner!

But just then...

A voice, so gentle it could melt bones, yet so chilling it could freeze the soul, pierced through the monster's roar and rang clearly in his ears:

"husband......"

Lin Bai's body stiffened abruptly.

The voice seemed to be breathing right behind his ear, carrying a chilling intimacy:

Where are you going?

"It's dangerous outside. No one will cook for you, no one will do your laundry..."

"Come back, sweetheart, let's go home..."

It's Su Wan.

The voice carried a strange, magical power, causing Lin Bai's foot, which had just stepped out, to uncontrollably want to retract.

Come back home?

Yes, it's so good to be home.

There's hot soup, a soft bed, and a wife whose eyes are always on you...

Lin Bai closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Then, he suddenly opened his eyes and turned around.

Facing the monstrous tide of gods and Buddhas that filled the sky, and facing the ethereal yet omnipresent voice of a woman.

He slowly raised his right hand.

make a fist.

Extend your middle finger.

Straight up, high up, pointing towards this damned city.

"Go back to your grandpa."

Lin Bai's lips curled into an extremely bright smile, his eyes filled with arrogance and liberation.

"Wife, our fate has run its course."

"I'm tired of acting too."

"I'm not playing along with this show!"

Done.

Without further hesitation, he turned around and stepped into the thick gray fog.

"Farewell, ex-wife."

......

boom--

The very instant he crossed the boundary.

The world before my eyes suddenly shattered.

The darkness receded like a tide, and the blinding sunlight pierced my eyelids like a sharp sword.

Gone was the nauseating smell of blood; in its place came a dry, acrid odor, mixed with the smell of sand and dust.

The roaring sound in my ears disappeared.

Only the howling wind echoed across the empty plains.

Lin Bai opened his eyes with difficulty and looked back.

The next second, his eyes narrowed.

There was no bustling metropolis, no heavy traffic.

Behind him, there was no eerie atmosphere.

All that remains is a vast, boundless expanse of city ruins, long since collapsed into rubble.

The broken walls and ruins pierce the sky, like the skeleton of a dead giant beast, telling the story of its glory a thousand years ago under the scorching sun.

That was... the place he had been going around for a year?

This is no city, it's a giant tomb!

"Never mind..."

A vague voice echoed intermittently from the depths of his mind.

It was still Su Wan's voice.

However, it lacked a morbid desire for control and gained an indescribable sense of vicissitude.

"Since we're already out... let's go."

"Lin Bai, if one day you can reach the top of the 'Upside-Down Tower'..."

"Remember to return the apple you owe me."

The sound grew fainter and fainter until it finally dissipated in the wind.

What's an inverted tower? What's an apple?

Lin Bai didn't even have time to think about what all of this meant.

The memories from the previous 364 cycles flooded into his mind, directly overwhelming his mental defenses.

My vision began to spin, and darkness swallowed everything.

Through his blurred vision, he saw a rolling yellow dragon rising at the edge of the horizon.

The roaring sound grew louder as it approached.

It was a fully armed convoy.

On the hood of the pickup truck, modified to resemble a steel monster, a tattered flag fluttered in the strong wind.

The flag has a black pattern on it.

A spiral symbol that keeps contracting inward and circulating downwards...

......