Soul Patch

Chapter 291 Spirit Stones?

As night fell and the woods grew completely dark, he still couldn't find his way home.

He was hungry and thirsty, so he sat under the big locust tree, leaning against the thick trunk in a daze.

He was so desperate and terrified at the time that he thought he would never get out again.

His parents didn't come looking for him either; perhaps they did, but couldn't find him.

Perhaps he was too tired and exhausted, he leaned his head against the tree trunk and drifted off to sleep.

He was awakened by a loud noise after an unknown amount of time.

I opened my eyes and saw that the sky had suddenly become bright!
It was already pitch black, and the forest was completely dark, making it an even more gloomy mess.

The shadows of the trees resembled menacing ghosts, frightening him at first sight.

He thought he was dreaming, rubbed his eyes, and looked up at the sky again.

Only then did they realize that the night sky was illuminated by a ball of fire, its flames a deep red, raging and accompanied by a deafening roar...

The heavens and earth trembled, as if the end of the world had arrived.

He hid fearfully behind the large locust tree beside him, peeking out to observe secretly.

The fireball in the sky grew larger and larger, and he could almost smell the flames burning on its surface.

As the fireball drew closer and closer... the surrounding temperature began to rise.

Soon the vegetation in the woods was set ablaze, and his eyes were filled with flames.

Except for the old locust tree next to us, everything else was burning!
The branches of the old locust tree shimmered with a faint light, like a barrier protecting him.

With a deafening roar, the fireball in the sky exploded from within...

boom!
The earth shook violently, and thick smoke billowed everywhere.

The fireball shattered into pieces, and several burning objects of varying sizes appeared in the sky, trailing long fiery tails and drawing streaks of light in the air.

Huhuhuhuhu!
...and it crashed down onto the ground at incredible speed!
"I'm doomed, I'm doomed! I'm going home to find my mom!" he thought to himself, but with thick smoke and flames everywhere, he couldn't move an inch. He could only curl up under the old locust tree and cover his head.

Sudden……

The surroundings became quiet!

It was as if all the sounds around me had stopped with a single breath.

The whole world seemed to freeze in time.

The burning sensation disappeared in that instant.

Huh? What's going on...?

He peeked through his fingers and saw that the surroundings had returned to darkness.

Just like the mountains and forests under the night sky, it was dark, quiet, and the air was humid. He felt as if he were in a natural oxygen bar.

There were no fireballs, no flames, and the surrounding trees weren't burned to ashes...

There were no apocalyptic visions, no threat of death, and everything was perfectly intact.

A tiny light caught his eye, and he slowly approached it.

Under the cover of night, there was a small, glowing object next to a clump of grass.

He squatted down, picked up a small stick, and poked at it; it seemed there was no danger.

I touched it with the back of my hand, and it was warm.

When the back of my hand touched the luminous object, I seemed to feel a slight tremor...

He picked up the little thing as if possessed, held it in his palm, and brought it close to his eyes to examine it.

It turned out to be an irregularly shaped small stone, grayish-black in color, with a bluish sheen throughout.

He reached out and picked up the small stone, looking at it from left to right. This stone was no different from the stones on the mountain, so why was it glowing?
"Wenjie...Wenjie!"

“Wenjie…”

Shouts came from afar, and flashlight beams pierced the woods not far away.

His mother had brought the villagers to find him. He hurriedly stuffed the stone into his pocket and shouted, "Mom, I'm here!"

When he got home, he talked about what happened that day, describing a fireball, the sky burning, thick smoke billowing, and flames blazing...

His parents and friends all laughed it off, saying he must have fallen asleep under the tree.

Whenever this happened, he would take out the little stone to show them and tell them it was all true. His friends, seeing the dull, broken stone, would treat it like a treasure and come running over, laughing and joking.

"Hey... don't run away! It really was glowing back then, I saw it!"

His mother overheard this and began to gently comfort him, telling him that he was dreaming and that it wasn't real.

After he said it too much, his mother lost her patience and started scolding him whenever she heard it!
Then, if you hear that, hit him!

Then, upon hearing this, I took him to the hospital!

When his father returned from out of town and heard him say this, he immediately took him to see a therapist.

……

Spiritual stone?

"Is it a grayish-black stone that can glow?"

Wenjie pondered for a while, then suddenly asked a question.

Yang Shanshan looked at him in surprise, wondering why his reaction time was so slow.

"I haven't seen her, but Li Shiman has!" Yang Shanshan looked at Wenjie helplessly: "Let's think about how to save Li Shiman!"

"Save them? Is there still a way to save them?"

Wenjie fell silent after speaking, using the methods of those thugs to immerse the senses through a constantly stimulating scene...

The system also allows users to return to the point in time when Li Shiman's accident occurred.

But what are the chances?

If there is a spacetime error, will we be trapped at some point in spacetime again?

"...Sigh, it really is difficult!"

Yang Shanshan also sighed silently.

Suddenly, the walkie-talkie in Wenjie's pocket vibrated, and he quickly pressed the answer button.

"Attention, attention, we have discovered that one of the guards next to leader number X has been killed."

They numbered the leaders to prevent the big boss from eavesdropping.

"X"

Wenjie gasped; they all knew what level of leader this was.

Only one team remained on the station front street to confront the rioters who planted the explosives, while the rest of the personnel were to be moved to the area on the north side of Zhongjie Street.

Wenjie also applied to go to Zhongjie to protect Leader X. Yang Shanshan looked at him silently, knowing that she couldn't stop him, so she didn't say anything.

Seeing Yang Shanshan looking at him with worry was a truly sweet feeling.

"Shanshan, or you could stay here..." He was worried that it was too dangerous over there; even well-trained guards had met with misfortune, and she was just a frail young girl...

But he stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence; the system mission was about Yang Shanshan's murder.

Judging from what just happened, Yang Shanshan is clearly a target for assassination by some people.

The inability to deploy the patch indicates that the critical issue has not yet been fixed.

Then they will also target Yang Shanshan!

"No!" Yang Shanshan shook her head like a rattle-drum, vehemently rejecting the idea.

Although Wenjie didn't finish his sentence, she understood what he meant. He didn't want her to go on that dangerous journey...

Wenjie stared intently at Yang Shanshan, who tilted her chin up, her eyelashes fluttering as she met his gaze, her eyes filled with determination and resolve.

His expression relaxed, and he looked at Yang Shanshan tenderly, as if he had made up his mind: "Let's go! Let's go together!"

Yang Shanshan clung to his arm, a victorious smile spreading across her beautiful face.

"Be gentle, you're hurting me..." Wenjie joked with Yang Shanshan, mimicking her tone.

"Oh?" Yang Shanshan suddenly let go and found Wenjie looking at her with a smile on his lips.

"Are you kidding me?" Yang Shanshan raised her hand and pinched Wenjie's arm.

Wenjie said with a pained expression, "I'm still a patient, okay? This is the treatment patients get... Luckily, this arm isn't injured!"

(End of this chapter)