Not a god

Chapter 14: I didn’t know I was a guest in the dream

Fengdu
In the past, this was a rich land with rugged terrain and fertile soil. Located in the heart of the country, it was known as the Land of Abundance.

But now it has fallen into eternal night. The sunlight cannot reach there. There is no sun, moon or stars in the sky. There is only the Great Emperor of the Underworld in Fengdu.

But the people here have no complaints about not being able to see the sun. After all, everyone knows which is more important, not seeing the sun or not seeing the sun tomorrow.

Compared with the evil spirits and ancient gods wreaking havoc outside, the disasters and forbidden objects that appear from time to time, and the people of destiny who take human lives lightly, Fengdu with the Emperor of the Underworld in charge is simply a land of abundance!
It's just that the environment is a little darker, the energy is a little heavier, and there are more ghosts in the city. This is not a disadvantage at all, right?

Isn't there a saying that those ghosts you are afraid of are actually people that others want to see but can't? Then they see people that others can't see every day, and others are envious of them!
A gong sounded outside the city, a deafening roar.

Then a cheerful suona sounded between heaven and earth. All living beings within a ten-mile radius could hear it, reaching the sky above and the underworld below.

"Ghosts passing through, living people retreat!!!"

Outside the city, there is an endless sea of flowers on the other shore, and two evil skeletons about ten feet tall, one with a bull's head, the other with a horse's face, one holding gongs and drums, and the other playing a suona.

And behind them, hundreds of thousands of soul butterflies followed endlessly, emitting glowing blue light, dragging a faint blue light path in the night sky, as if a Milky Way was floating on the sea of flowers.

After the butterflies entered Fengdu from the outside world, they landed on a red spider lily, then turned into wandering souls and fell to the ground, continuing to follow the ox-headed horse in the flower field.

Some are the size of a palm, some are the size of a normal person, some look like humans, and some have strange features.

After they landed, they followed the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons into the city in a large procession to await trial.

Apart from anything else, the Three Rivers formed by hundreds of thousands of dark butterflies pouring down is really a great sight to watch. Every month, many people in the city go to high places to find a good spot to watch this scene.

There is an urban rumor that if you confess your love to your loved one on the Soul-Flying Day of each month, couples who succeed in being together will be able to love each other forever, blah blah.

All I can say is that there are love-sick people in every situation.

There were also people in the city who were under the protection of the Emperor of the Underworld, and they were amazed at this scene.

Man of Destiny A: "Hundreds of thousands of dead souls are coming again."

Man of Destiny B: "The Great Emperor doesn't rely on incense like those two. What's the point of doing this?"

"If the emperor is willing to accept these incense offerings, I'm afraid the first place on the Conferred God List will be replaced, right?"

"Who knows what those gods are scheming against each other. Maybe the other gods have joined forces to not allow the emperor to touch the incense of Samsara?"

"Does the Emperor look like someone who would be threatened?"

"Could it be...Brother Jia, I have a guess."

"Appreciate further details."

Tianming Ren Yi guessed: "The reason why the emperor did this is because her beloved passed away and she couldn't find that person's soul, so she brought all the dead souls to Fengdu, just to find her beloved again."

"Fuck it, are you the one who said they could be together forever if they confessed their love on Soul Crossing Day?!"

"It's me... Just say it, but don't touch me!"

"I'll kill you, you love-brained bastard!"

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At this time, the Sanchuan River flows through the deepest part of Fengdu. Along both sides of the Sanchuan River, some strange shops have opened. There are living people, dead souls, local people from Fengdu, and tourists from other places.

At the end of the street is a cafe, the sign on which has long faded - Xiao Jiang Cafe
Wandering souls who have fulfilled their purpose of reincarnation come from all over the world. After cleansing their sins and paying for their karma in this life in Fengdu, they finally arrive in front of this cafe under the guidance of the messenger.

All wandering souls who want to be reincarnated will come to this store, and the woman in a black robe whose face cannot be seen will serve them a cup of black coffee which is more bitter than life.

After drinking it, you will forget your past, and then your soul will remain together and enter the sea of spirits.

There are a few guys in the store who are there to maintain order. They all look fierce and ferocious. It is rumored that a man with the king's order is causing trouble here... Oh, I heard that the man made into a lantern at the door of the store seems to be that person.

Just then, a hot woman came into the store. She had a pair of long, white legs that swung across each other. She had a hot body and a beautiful face that could move even the dead.

"A cup of black coffee."

Jiang Wanwan glanced at the woman in front of the counter and brought her a cup of something pitch black.

"Seriously, I won't drink this crap of yours!"

"Don't get in the way of my business."

"I've been saying this for over three hundred years, it's time for you to let it go!"

"More than three hundred years?"

Jiang Wanwan paused and said, "I only remember 13 days."

"I'll beat you to death, you love-brained bastard!"

Another troublemaker came, but the shop assistant didn't dare to do anything about it.

Yan Di squeezed the face buried in the hood and squeezed it into a circle, but when he met those calm eyes, he felt a contraction.

In a fit of anger, he drank the black coffee on the table in one gulp, and then almost vomited because of the bitterness.

She scratched her hair in annoyance: "You know the essence of reincarnation best, how can you possibly wait?!"

"You can wait."

"A glass of water is poured into the sea. Can you get the water back out again?"

"You can wait."

"There's no point in fooling yourself like this! You coward!"

"You can wait."

Someone else came into the store later.

Jiang Wanwan took a look and then brought up another cup of coffee.

The other person picked it up, took a sip with a confused look on his face.

"Hah! What's so bitter!? Hah——"

The clerk next to him pinched his chin and helped him drink it.

"啕——"

What came out were dozens of fireflies, flying towards the horizon.

The man vomited out all his memories of this life. Jiang Wanwan checked those memories but didn't find what she was looking for.

The shop assistant pushed the man into Ling River and threw him into it.

"What am I going to do?"

"Gone, gone, reincarnated."

"What is reincarnation?"

"..."

"I'm sure I can wait." She murmured to herself.

Seeing his best friend like this, Yan Di sighed and accidentally took another sip of coffee.

"啕——"

A bunch of fireflies flew out of her mouth. She opened her mouth and sucked them back.

Then he had an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Jiang Wanwan ignored her silly behavior. She still remembered three hundred years ago, when the troubled times had just begun, the city was in chaos everywhere.

"Brother, brother, I haven't brought Xiao Chen yet..." Xiao Chen is a doll, or to be more precise, Jiang Wanwan's favorite doll. It was the first gift Chen Xi gave her.

"We have to evacuate now. It seems that the authorities have sensed some strange spiritual fluctuations over there."

"But Xiao Chen..."

"I understand. Wanwan, you stay here and I'll go back soon."

"Really?!"

"Well, wait for me obediently."

"it is good!"

"Wait for me here, I'll be back soon!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Everyone evacuate! Everyone evacuate!"

"Little girl, what are you still doing standing here? Get out of here!"

"An unknown level of disaster has occurred in Area C. No one has survived!"

"Evacuate!"

Wait, wait a little longer, he went back to get something and will be back soon.

"Take her away!"

"Don't pull me!"

Suddenly, a man ran out from the ruins, grabbed her hand, and said angrily: "Wanwan, what are you still doing here? Leave quickly."

"Luckily, I'm lucky. I just hid myself."

"Why are you crying? I'm fine. Let's evacuate with the troops. Let's go to Haicheng. It seems we can't stay in Jiangcheng anymore."

Jiang Wanwan just kept crying and said she almost thought she would not be able to see you again.

"What nonsense are you talking about—"

"That's great, that's great..."

"!!"

The woman on the bed woke up suddenly, and then realized that she was dreaming again.

Of course the dream was fake, she didn't wait for him to come back that day.

But the emotions in the dream were too heavy, the despair of losing everything was like countless hands reaching out from hell, trying to pull her back to hell.

"It's been a thousand years, and I still have this dream."

Hasn't my brother forgiven her yet?

She used to often dream about losing and then finding things.

I dreamed that Chen Xi came back that day and told her how he escaped.

Then Jiang Wanwan would cry and apologize continuously, and Chen Xi would say, what is there to apologize for, and then laugh like before with a very thick tongue.

Jiang Wanwan cried and said she thought you were dead, and then said she had a miserable life these years and everyone bullied her. Although she kept crying, she was actually very lucky and excited in her heart. She kept telling him about her experiences over the years. She also said that she often dreamed that you were still alive, but when she woke up she found it was a dream and she felt so sad that she felt like dying. But this time it was not a dream, which was great.

As I was talking, I woke up from the dream.

In the dim environment and empty room, she opened her eyes and understood everything in a flash.

It was just a dream.

This time too.

It was just a dream, isn't this too much?

There were intermittent sobbing sounds in the room.

I don’t want to dream, I don’t want to have such a dream, I don’t want to see him again!

wrong!

In an instant, Jiang Wanwan became a little more sober.

She was reborn, and this time it wasn't a dream! No, it was still a dream just now, but this was not that, oh, it's so hard to explain!

She reached to the side, but didn't reach anyone, and her hand froze in place.

A feeling of suffocation crept into her heart. It turned out that rebirth was just a dream. The ups and downs made her almost breathless.

But she soon realized something was wrong!

No! This is... She was in a bad mood tonight and went back to her room to sleep!

It was a complete turn of events. When I realized this, my sadness was instantly frozen, and a voice in my heart kept asking:

No way? No way? No way? !

The quilt was suddenly thrown back, and she rushed out of the door, stepping barefoot on the cold tiles. The cold air outside the room chilled her to the core and made her feel refreshed all over, because such a real stimulation made her deeply understand that what was happening now was absolutely real.

Therefore, rebirth is definitely real!
and so--

Chen Xi was half asleep. He heard a noise as something rushed into his room. Then he squinted his eyes and felt a figure standing at the head of his bed.

He looked confused and said, "Wanwan? You stayed up late playing games again."

Jiang Wanwan felt that this feeling was hard to describe. She wanted to cry without caring about anything. Yes, she really wanted to do that, but a voice told her, no, she couldn't be so willful this time.

I can no longer act recklessly like an ignorant little girl.

She said in a nonchalant tone: "Yes, it's just a nightmare."

Chen Xi took a deep breath, and his breathing was long.

He wasn't woken up in the middle of the night and he wasn't impatient either. He just moved inside to make room.

Then a small body came in.

He tucked the quilt in, then stretched out one arm for her to rest her head on, and put one hand on her waist, and coaxed her in a nasal voice, having just woken up:

"It's okay... Don't be afraid... Go to sleep. We still have to renovate our store tomorrow..."

Before he could coax the other person to sleep, he fell asleep again, and a long, yet soothing, light snoring could be heard from him.

Chen Xi is a typical person who eats well, sleeps well and has a healthy body. He is the type who automatically falls asleep at a certain time.

Jiang Wanwan just leaned in his arms, calming down the emotions from the dream she had just had.

From time to time, I looked up to see his face, then lay back down. After a while, I looked up again, listened to his heartbeat, and stretched out my fingers to feel his breath.

I could truly feel the fact that he was still alive.

After a while, there was a sobbing sound coming from under the quilt.

(End of this chapter)