There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

Children's hearts are pure, and it is precisely because of this purity that they are more easily tainted by darkness.

You didn't intend to witness the abyss, yet you're forced to accept it.

"It was a dream. I dreamt that I was drowning in the deep ocean, unable to see a single ray of light."

"It's as if some terrifying monster lurks in the darkness, ready to tear me apart and devour me in an instant..."

["I shrank back in fear, afraid to make a sound. Fear made me tremble all over, and tears gradually blurred my vision. I was lost in the darkness, and in the darkness, I became one with the darkness..."]

"!!"

Hao Meng suddenly opened her eyes, her forehead covered in cold sweat. She only breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that the room she was in was a safe place.

"You're awake?" Lu Qing, who was sitting next to Hao Meng, noticed Hao Meng's unusual behavior and asked with concern, "Did you have a nightmare?"

"Hmm..." Hao Meng responded softly to Lu Qing. She sat up and found that she had no wounds on her body.

"This is the real world. The PvP ended yesterday," Lu Qing explained, seeing Hao Meng's blank expression.

"After yesterday's PvP match, you passed out. Since I didn't know where you lived, I brought you to my house."

...........

Let's go back to the time after Lu Qing killed Bing Kele.

After confirming that the Wind Sprite Bow had pierced the opponent's throat, Lu Qing put away the longbow and prepared to go downstairs and leave.

At that moment, the iron gate behind her was suddenly opened.

Almost the instant the iron gate was opened, Lu Qing turned around and threw a Ripper's throwing knife.

The person who was able to approach her silently is definitely not an ordinary person. You can make your move without worry.

"Huh? Ahhh!"

The young man who opened the door was startled by the throwing knife and collapsed to the ground, unexpectedly dodging the knife thrown by Lu Qing.

"Ok?"

Lu Qing raised an eyebrow and threw another throwing knife at the young man who was already slumped on the ground. She was absolutely certain that this attack would not miss!

"clang!"

Whether out of fright or not, the young man placed his hand on the door before Lu Qing threw the second throwing knife. The moment Lu Qing threw the knife, he closed the door, allowing Lu Qing's sure-fire knife to strike the door.

"???"

Lu Qing was stunned for a moment, and even doubted her own judgment. But when she thought about how the other party dodged the flying knife, although the posture was a bit awkward, the speed was not slow at all. He didn't look like an ordinary person at all.

"boom!"

Realizing this, Lu Qing immediately ran to the door and kicked it open. Then, she looked down along the stair railing and found the young man running away down the stairs.

Without hesitation, he flipped over and jumped off the armrest. His right hand trembled slightly, and a sharp hidden blade shot out from under his wrist.

The young man never expected Lu Qing to catch up in this way. Caught off guard, he was pinned down and had his throat pierced by a hidden sword.

However, the wound on the corpse did not spurt out much blood as Lu Qing had imagined. The young man, whose neck had been pierced by the hidden sword, lay on the ground like a dummy, slowly turning into a straw man under her gaze.

"Is it a mannequin?"

Lu Qing glanced at the scarecrow on the ground with a puzzled look, but after thinking for a moment, she decided to continue going downstairs.

"That's strange, is this building really that tall?"

Lu Qing ran around for a long time but still couldn't get to the first floor of the mall. Just as she was feeling puzzled, she saw the floor number hanging on the wall of the corridor, which showed that it was the eighth floor!

Unconvinced, Lu Qing ran down again, only to find herself still on the eighth floor when she looked up.

“Straw man, ghost wall…” She stopped running and lowered her head to think carefully.

Without a doubt, this was done by the opposing player. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the work of the same person, since the two things seem quite similar.

But thinking about that seems pointless; the real question is, how is she going to get out?

Her gaze gradually shifted to the back of her left hand. Looking at the lantern pattern there, Lu Qing felt as if she had come up with a solution.

"A thick fog is coming."

Lu Qing pronounced the four Chinese characters clearly and distinctly. Accompanied by a thick fog, a hand-held lantern with mysterious black iron patterns appeared in her hand.

A soft light emanated from the handheld lamp, and Lu Qing felt as if something had disappeared from the surrounding space.

As she walked down the stairs, sure enough, when she looked up, she found that she had successfully arrived at the seventh floor of the mall.

"Let's continue downwards."

Having wasted a lot of time on the eighth floor, Lu Qing took a deep breath, grabbed a lantern in one hand, and quickly ran downstairs.

Upon entering the bustling shopping mall, Lu Qing, carrying a strange lantern, immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Ignoring these people, she quickly ran out of the mall and headed towards the building where Hao Meng was.

As fewer and fewer pedestrians appeared around, ordinary people completely ignored the street where the building was located, which allowed Lu Qing to see two figures collapsed on the ground in the distance.

The blood-soaked ground, numerous wounds, and pale severed limbs caused Lu Qing's expression to change slightly.

"Even if you won't die in PvP, this is still too much..."

Lu Qing frowned, then saw Chang Gong Xiao Wo, whose chest was almost turned into a puddle of mud.

"........."

Subconsciously taking a half step back, Lu Qing looked at the corpse on the ground with a strange expression, thinking to herself, "So Hao Meng is this ruthless?"

After briefly checking Hao Meng's physical condition, Lu Qing breathed a slight sigh of relief upon discovering that Hao Meng was still alive.

With so much blood lost, she almost thought Hao Meng was dead too...

With a slightly uneasy feeling, Lu Qing picked up Hao Meng's severed hand and reattached it to the broken part of her wrist. She then took out the Wind Spirit Bow, conjured a spring-attribute arrow representing healing, and shot it at Hao Meng.

A soft, pale green breeze spread from Hao Meng's chest, then seeped into every corner of her body, causing her wounds to heal quickly.

Just as she was about to help Hao Meng up and carry her on her back, the man who had been lying on the ground and whom Lu Qing had assumed was dead slowly stood up. As if controlled by someone, he stiffly swung his lightsaber at Lu Qing, who was squatting on the ground.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Lu Qing placed one hand on the ground and kicked out with her other foot, striking the man's shin hard and knocking him to the ground. She then snatched the lightsaber from his hand and, in the blink of an eye, severed his limbs.

After his limbs were all severed, the man on the ground tried to stand up again, but no matter how much he struggled, he could not manage to get up.

Lu Qing did this not to sever the other person's arm to avenge Hao Meng, but because she was certain that the other person was already a corpse.

Thinking back to the straw man she had seen before, Lu Qing couldn't think of any other possibility for it to move under these circumstances except that it was being remotely controlled.

Therefore, she had to sever the limbs to ensure the other person could not move, which was why she did it.

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Chapter 427: Armed Helicopters

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After struggling on the ground for a while, Chang Gong Xiao Wo's corpse stopped. Just as Lu Qing was about to carry Hao Meng away, she found that Hao Meng had already picked up the dagger in her hand and slashed at her.

"Not only can corpses be controlled, but people who have lost consciousness can too?" Lu Qing thought to herself as she easily dodged Hao Meng's attack.

She couldn't be as violent as she was with Chang Gong Xiao Wo when dealing with Hao Meng; she needed to think of another way.

The simplest way would be to find a rope and tie Hao Meng up, but the problem is that she doesn't have any rope, so this method has to be put aside for now.

Fortunately, Wei flew down at this moment, and Lu Qing decided to ask for his opinion.

This crow knows a lot; perhaps asking him will provide a solution.

"Vin, can you figure out what's going on?" Lu Qing asked Vin in her mind while dodging Hao Meng's attacks.

“They’re being manipulated, what else could it be?” Wayne said, stopping on a street lamp not far away.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course I can see that. I'm asking you if you have a solution!" Lu Qing said speechlessly after hearing Wayne's words.

“That’s easy, little master, just shout it out,” Wayne replied to Lu Qing.

"Shout it out, how do I shout it out?" Lu Qing asked, looking completely bewildered.

"Huh?" Wayne paused for a moment, then said, "Just like you did last time, huh!"

When was the last time?

"It's the one you shouted 'Ah-ga' in the cabin, little master!"

Oh, I see. Lu Qing finally understood what Wayne meant. It turned out that the loud shout he mentioned referred to the sound she made when she experimented with the [Dragon's Roar] in the cabin last time.

Although she didn't know why [Dragon's Roar] could break Hao Meng's controlled state, since it was Wayne who said so, she might as well give it a try.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Qing steadied herself.

"Roar!!!"

A deafening roar came from Lu Qing's throat. For some reason, at the moment she used the skill, she seemed to see a figure soaring high in the sky.

Large amounts of sand and gravel were blown away, and even the windows on both sides of the street were shattered.

Hao Meng's body trembled, and then she fell to the ground. Fortunately, Lu Qing reacted in time and prevented her fair face from hitting the ground.

"Phew, I didn't expect it to be so powerful." Lu Qing thought with a slightly flushed face and a hint of excitement.

Although [Dragon's Roar] is a purple skill, Lu Qing really didn't expect it to be so powerful.

This kind of power is obviously beyond her physical ability to achieve on her own. In fact, when using [Dragon's Roar], Lu Qing's mental power was also activated.

It was precisely because of this spiritual power that Dragon's Roar was able to break free from Hao Meng's control. Lu Qing had actually just felt that her spiritual power seemed to have collided with something.

Well, it's clear she won the collision; she barely felt anything, while the person she bumped into probably felt pretty bad.

.........

"Well........"

Leng Yuyue sat on the sofa, feeling dizzy and nauseous.

Something seemed to be churning in her stomach, trying to come up against her throat, but she forcefully held it back.