Restricted fantasy invasion

Chapter 425, Section 422: Unable to Bear the Suffering
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Looking at her mother, who had suddenly become terrifying, Arya's breath caught in her throat, and her eyes widened in shock.

Immediately, for the first time, her face revealed disgust for her mother and a desire to escape immediately.
"no no."

Areya's expression was like a sharp blade, easily piercing Elvira's heart.

Immediately, from the punctured wound, a stream of fear, resembling pus, flowed continuously.

That fear urged Elvira to make a decision.

Before Ariya could say anything, Elvira's body seemed to move out of control as she reached out and pressed down on her daughter's body.

As her mother's fingers gently traced the path, a subtle purplish hue quietly surfaced in Areya's eyes.

"Trust your mother. She's doing all this for you and Yan Huan's sake. Even if what she said before was a lie, this statement is definitely true."
"Without your mother, how could you and Yan Huan be together peacefully?"
"It's Mom who has always protected you, keeping them from getting their hands on him, hasn't she?"

That purplish hue blurred Areya's vision, gradually transforming the terrifying monster before her into a kind mother.

That is the terrifying effect known as hypnosis.

"Yan Huan said she liked me, and ultimately chose me. It's all because of you, okay?"

No, but...

"Mother."

However, at this moment, under the intense emotional stimulation within Areya, her expression, which had just begun to calm down, twitched again.

"You just don't want to give up this convenient ability."

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Upon hearing this, Elvira's eyes narrowed slightly.

Immediately, she answered instinctively.
"I do not have."

In an instant, in Areya's eyes, the woman who had transformed back into her mother's appearance turned back into a giant bird.

The hypnosis on Arya seemed to break instantly. She gritted her teeth, stood up with tears streaming down her face, and turned to run to the windowsill.

"Aruya!!"

Upon seeing this, Elvira instantly exuded a terrifying sense of oppression.

The entire Golden Lion Building became dimly lit, and in that gloom, Arya's running figure began to grow heavier.

Elvira rushed forward and hugged her daughter, stopping her from jumping off the building.

"Stop, stop, Mom begs you."

Areya's eyes dimmed as she was held tightly in the embrace. Her entire body reacted as if bound by a spider web, and she could only resist with the strength of her own emotions.

Even so, she still opened her mouth and spoke to Elvira in a muffled voice.

"I hate you! I don't want you to be my mom anymore... Waaah!"

Upon hearing this, Elvira trembled slightly.

She looked down, her face pale, only to see that the purple color on her phone had suddenly bloomed.

Arya lost consciousness and collapsed into Elvira's arms.

Seeing this, Elvira's face was filled with fear, which then gradually turned into anger.
"Index Finger! What have you done?!"

In Elvira's phone, a golden winged lion lay on the ground, wagging its tail and looking at her.
"drop"

"Your daughter became too agitated and broke free from the hypnosis, which reduced its effectiveness. I had no choice but to forcibly subdue her to prevent her from taking any further extreme actions."

"What if she wakes up?"

"I suggest you erase her memories, but that might have repercussions. Perhaps you could try completely brainwashing her; that way you'll have a brand new, obedient daughter."

"Shut up. Stop...stop talking."

"Excuse my bluntness, but the moment Yan Huan told her the truth, your relationship was destined to end this way. Relationships are like mirrors; a broken mirror is hard to mend. Since that's the case, why not create a new, better one?"

"Shut up!!"

Elvira covered her face; beneath her disheveled blonde hair were a pair of purple eyes filled with bloodshot veins.

"Perhaps... there's still hope if we find Yan Huan. There's still hope."

She knew exactly what she had just done:
She hypnotized her daughter.

She had never done this before.

After the first time, she felt her heart suddenly race, as if she had crossed some indescribable line.
but.
Can't blame her.

His daughter had the ability to see through lies, and no amount of explanation could change that.

That's why I had no choice.
If anyone's to blame, it's Yan Huan. She actually managed to break free from her own hypnosis and tell her daughter the truth.

If anyone's to blame, it's those former hosts who still have lingering ties with Yan Huan.

I don't know what I was thinking at the time, that I actually left them a way out, just letting them leave Linmen instead of eliminating future troubles.

If that were the case, this wouldn't have happened today!

As for who stole Yan Huan...
Elvira probably guessed the answer.

"It's Bai Yi. As long as we find Yan Huan through Bai Yi, everything will be back to normal."

In the past, Elvira had been releasing her index finger through Areya's mobile phone, successfully making them all believe that Areya was the true host of the index finger.

Later, Yan Huan thought she had solved the problem of the modifier and wanted to give up.

Elvira, who had been manipulating everything from the shadows, knew that she had to abandon all the mods.

Otherwise, if only four are abandoned, the progress of the remaining one will explode, instantly triggering the descent of an evil god.

So Elvira took a very clever approach:
Hypnotize another host to make her pretend to give up as well.

In this way, the progress of the three abandoned modifiers will be evenly distributed across the remaining two modifiers.

It won't trigger the descent of evil gods, and I can still control the situation.
So, which host should be chosen?
The thumb's ability is too overpowered; if I don't give up, I have absolutely no chance of winning.

The little finger and middle finger are too clever for their own good; they can easily detect your schemes.

Therefore, the only option is Bai Yi, who is both the modifier Boiling Mist and the host Boiling Mist.

"You not only hypnotized Yan Huan, but also monitored him constantly. For him to disappear right under your nose like that, it could only be Bai Yi's ability."

By some strange twist of fate, the logic made perfect sense.

Elvira, as if grasping at a straw, raised her head with a cold face.
"Yes, she must have broken free from the hypnosis and realized she still had the modifier."

But the index finger had a different opinion.

"That's unlikely. Yan Huan disappeared at 4:44 PM, when Bai Yi was at the hotel."

"If she sometimes stops, what's the point of time?!"

"But that was some time after her suicide attempt. Not to mention that she couldn't possibly have dragged her slit wrists all the way to save Yan Huan, if she did save Yan Huan, then why did she commit suicide?"

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Elvira was speechless after being refuted, but at this moment, she was filled with fear and had no other emotions left.

The side effects of the index finger were like an abyss, devouring everything she had.

Her search for redemption was nothing more than a desperate struggle, like that of a trapped beast.

She was destined to lose her daughter and be plunged into even greater fear.

Only in this way can the evil god descend.
"That's definitely not the case. Mind your own business, just find out where Bai Yi is!"

"Yes, ma'am."

Inside the phone, the golden winged lion yawned and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Immediately, an invisible wave spread out along the spiderweb-like internet.

It traversed every corner of Linmen until it connected to someone's mobile phone.

"We found Bai Yi's phone."

"found it?"

"Yes, ma'am. I connected to her phone in an abandoned factory in the North Sea district."

The winged lion flapped its wings and whispered like a demon.

"But if she realizes that you haven't given up on the cheat codes, and that she still has them herself, how could she be so unguarded towards me?"

"I told you, all you need to do is be obedient and listen to me."

"Yes, ma'am."

He nodded and obediently pulled up the video feed from the other side.

Because the phone was placed on the table next to it, Bai Yi's appearance could not be captured by any of the cameras; only her voice could be heard.

At this moment, Bai Yi was having dinner, and only she and Yan Huan were in the room.

Bai Yi picked up her fork and poked at the pig liver with little appetite, muttering to herself.

"No wonder Spencer in real life is so attached to her mother. Look at this 'what if' scenario, she didn't do anything, but her mother gave us a hard time. How can she hire a substitute to do it? That's not fair."

Especially when she thought of her mother, Zuo Jiangqin, who was considered a big C if she didn't cause any trouble, she felt extremely depressed.

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan, with dead fish eyes, transmitted her thoughts in her mind.
"Stop saying these things in the 'if' scenario, and didn't I already remind you, meow, to talk to me in your head!"

"It's not something I'm used to at all. I have so many thoughts of my own, and somehow they just inexplicably end up being sent to you."

Even so, Bai Yi continued to speak to Yan Huan telepathically.

However, what she said was true. The ability to transmit thoughts in one's mind is extremely difficult to get used to; it feels very strange unless you've spent a lot of time with the modded avatar.

When sending a message, you must think that "this message is for Yan Ye" in order for Yan Huan to receive it.

Bai Yi's thoughts are very active, and sometimes she will inexplicably express her true feelings with such thoughts.

Yan Huan would occasionally hear words like "stinky swallow leaf", "boiling mist cat", and "cute rich cat".

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Meanwhile, Bai Yi was completely unaware of the situation in this world, nor did she realize that she was hypnotized and unable to release the pocket watch, so she was not very wary.

Even though Yan Huan reminded her many times, she still forgot to say the very first thing she had said.

This one sentence made Elvira on the other end of the phone pause slightly, and even the previously relaxed Winged Lion on the other end of the phone was stunned.

Immediately, it displayed an expression of unprecedented fear, and was so frightened that it flew up.
"No, no, this is a causality bomb!!"

But in Elvira's eyes, only the first sentence of that sentence remained.

"In real life, Ariya is very attached to her mother."

She instantly realized something, turned her head to look at her index finger.

"What does that mean? What is a causality bomb? What does reality mean? What does the 'if' scenario mean?"

The index finger's expression was ferocious. It made a decision instantly, turned to look at Elvira, and said recklessly,

"Kill her. Quickly! Otherwise..."

"Explain yourself clearly!"

That's right.

With a quick glance, the index finger continued,

"The ring finger has the ability to travel through time. As long as I kill her, I have a way to let you use her ability to return to the timeline before Areya broke up with you, so that you and Areya can reconcile!"

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Upon hearing this, Elvira's eyes narrowed sharply.
".real?"

The winged lion spread its wings, its eyes fixed on the phone, listening intently to Bai Yi's voice as if facing a formidable enemy, clearly completely focused.

Immediately, it said,

"It's true."

"My sweet daughter, I'm out of living expenses this month. Could you transfer a few tens of thousands to Mom?"

That night, outside the factory in Beihai District.

Bai Yi looked at the message from Plane on her phone, and her lips twitched slightly.

She gripped her phone tightly, a little tense, and mentally complained to Yan Huan.

"It's so real it's unsettling."

"Meow?"

Yan Huan turned her head and saw that she hesitated for a moment, but still pressed the "transfer" button and transferred some money to Zuo Jiangqin.

Yan Huan was puzzled, so she asked,

"She's not even feeling well, yet you're still transferring money to her, meow?"

"Anyway, it's all 'what if' scenarios, not real ones, so let it go. Besides, at least in this 'what if' scenario, my mom will say something nicer when she needs money."

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan glanced at the slight smile on Bai Yi's face.

He couldn't understand how this could be considered a compliment.
Even if it's something nice to say, is it necessary to laugh at it?
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But as she looked at it, the smile on her face inevitably faded a little.

Seeing this, Yan Huan couldn't bear it, so she took the initiative to change the subject.

"Speaking of which, we've been out for quite a while now, meow. Shouldn't we take a break once we get past this 'if' scenario?"

"rest?"

Yan Huan nodded and then explained,
"If we go back in time and do nothing, it shouldn't have any impact; we can take the opportunity to rest."

"Forget it, I want to save Yan Huan as soon as possible. Once everything is over, I can finally get some rest, right?"

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Looking at her beautiful profile and the resolute expression etched on her face, Yan Huan lowered her eyes and couldn't help but ask,
"You really want to save Yan Huan that badly?"

"Of course!"

".Why?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi's face flushed slightly, and then she angrily poked Yan Huan's head.
"Don't you know? It's because I like him!"

"Liking someone has many levels, but to go to the point of sacrificing one's life is a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it?"

"Well, because he treated me the same way."

Bai Yi opened her mouth, and then memories she didn't want to recall flooded her mind.

She hugged her knees, curling her body up in the process.

"That day, when the ambulance hit me, I had already resigned myself to death... He rushed over and pushed me out of the way, but he himself..."

Recalling the scene of Yan Huan's tragic death in front of her that day, she sniffed, wiped her eyes, and couldn't continue speaking.

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Upon hearing this, Yan Huan felt even more ashamed of herself and could only say,

"Is it possible that he knew he wouldn't die even if he did that, which is why he was so brave, meow?"

"Boom!"

Before she could finish speaking, Yan Huan was punched again.

And this time, it hurt a lot.

"Meow?!"

Looking up, she saw a very serious-looking Bai Yi.
"I've already told you, Yan Ye, stop talking bad about Yan Huan! Do you believe I'll leave you?"

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Yan Huan wagged her tail, momentarily speechless.

Seeing this, Bai Yi picked up Yan Huan as if he had won, and lifted her high above his head.

Her starry eyes flickered as she looked at Yan Huan and said earnestly,

"Yan Ye, do you know what I was thinking when I was about to be hit by a car?"

"What are you thinking about, meow?"

"I'm actually thinking about accepting my fate."

"Accept fate?"

"Well, because I've been used to it since I was a child: if anything happens, I have to bear the consequences myself."

Bai Yi tilted her head, looking away.

"At that time, that's what I was thinking too. So, I closed my eyes and prepared to die."

"But I never expected Yan Huan to push me away."

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As she spoke, Bai Yi looked up at Yan Huan again and said,

"At that moment, I suddenly felt wronged; it was as if, when Yan Huan saved me, I realized the pain of having no one to help me before."

"It is precisely because I am aware of this pain that I cannot stand idly by now that Yan Huan has also fallen into this situation where no one can help her and she is destined to suffer such a bad outcome."
"I don't want him to feel the same way I do."

"I also want him to feel the happiness I felt when I opened my eyes and saw him save me."

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan's golden eyes widened slightly, allowing Bai Yi's reflection to take root and sprout within them.

It took him quite a while to realize:

I've been watching her for quite some time now.

"so."

So he casually responded and looked up to avoid her stunningly beautiful face.

Perfect, I've found someone to change the subject.
“...Yuanlina is here, meow.”

"Yuanlina?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi blinked, about to turn around and explain what she was doing.
After all, Yan Huan was in a ethereal state, and she had lifted him up, making it look like she was performing some unknown ritual to worship an evil god.

But before she could turn her head, Yan Huan's eyes narrowed slightly, and she quickly called out,
"Bai Yi! Bow your head now!!!"

"Hey?"

Hearing Yan Huan's anxious shouts, Bai Yi had already turned halfway around.

Therefore, I could vaguely see what was behind me.
The terrifying figure of Yuanlina, her face contorted in struggle and pain, one eye turning a deep purple, was now facing herself, holding a dagger high in the air.

Tears streaming down her face, she raised the blade at Bai Yi, yet she couldn't help but speak.

"Run, Bai Yi!"

(End of this chapter)