【Law of the Abyss】

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Wu Lin took him to a room, and as soon as he entered, Mu Bei was stunned.

Because there was nothing in the room except a tree, with countless red ribbons hanging from the tree, and a heart hanging under each ribbon.

There were red, white, blue, green hearts... colorful, dazzling him. Some were jumping and looked very active, while others were lifeless and looked hard, like stones.

Mu Bei only felt his scalp tingling and the hairs on his body stood up.

"Scared?"

Wu Lin looked at him with a smile on her face.

Any normal person would be scared seeing so many things hanging in the balance, right?

"Don't be afraid, it won't hurt, it will be quick."

Wu Lin led him through the hearts and came to the middle of the tree.

Mu Bei looked up and saw a red ribbon hanging from the tree, landing on his shoulders, moving down along his shoulders and wrapping around him tightly. Suddenly, a red spike extended from the top of the ribbon and stabbed into his chest fiercely.

Mu Bei only felt a pain in his chest, as if something was drilling into his body.

He twisted his body in pain, but his body was tied tightly with red ribbons, leaving him no room to move.

Wu Lin stood beside him and watched for a long time. Seeing that he was still struggling, she frowned slightly.

"What's going on? Why is he still moving?"

"Master Wu Lin, maybe the dosage is not enough. Why don't we try increasing the dosage?"

"Well, that makes sense."

Wu Lin looked up at the big tree in front of her. She moved her hand and another red ribbon hung down from the tree.

The red ribbon, which was twice as thick as the previous one, was tightly wrapped around Mu Bei like a red snake.

A thicker spike appeared at the top of the red ribbon and pierced into Mu Bei's chest.

what--

Mu Bei groaned in pain. He stared at Wu Lin, with no sign of surrender in his eyes.

Wu Lin was hurt by his look and looked displeased.

"Master Wu Lin, this boy is so rude. He actually dared to look at you like that. Do you need me to teach him a lesson?"

Xin Shi learned his lesson this time and knew to ask Wu Lin's opinion first.

"Yeah." Wu Lin responded coldly.

"Go ahead, but don't kill him. I want to keep him and play with him for a few days."

"Don't worry, I'm sensible."

Xin Shi showed a determined smile on his face. Here it comes, the opportunity has come, very good, then none of you will be able to escape.

"Master Wu Lin, please step aside to avoid polluting your eyes."

Wu Lin glanced at Mu Bei who was tightly bound by a red ribbon, and began to hesitate.

Xin Shi said again: "Don't worry, it's safe here, he can't escape, what are you still worried about, sir?"

That's right, she had nothing to worry about, but she glanced at Xin Shi suspiciously.

"Why are you so diligent today?"

Xin Shi's palms were sweating. Could she have noticed it? No, she wouldn't notice it. No one could notice it.

Thinking of this, Xin Shi showed a flattering smile on his face.

"Don't tease me, sir. It's my honor to share your worries. I'm really happy."

"is it?"

"Of course, if you don't believe me, you can feed me the Heart Control Pill."

"Okay, eat it."

Wu Lin handed her a black pill, and Xin Shi swallowed it without thinking.

A look of pain appeared on her face, and a faint black circular mark appeared in the middle of her forehead.

Seeing this, Wu Lin said, "A quarter of an hour."

Xin Shi nodded: "Don't worry."

As soon as Wu Lin left, the smile on Xin Shi's face disappeared, replaced by a fierce look.

Mu Bei was feeling upset, but she came over, raised her hand suddenly, and lightly cut her arm with the knife, and bright red blood immediately came out.

The red ribbon retreated from Mu Bei's body like a fly that smelled blood, and wrapped around her forearm. The tip of the red ribbon instantly turned into a small mouth, sucking the bright red blood desperately.

"Humph, you greedy fellow."

Xin Shi's expression changed slightly. Her face wrinkled and she looked very painful. She stretched out her other hand and gently stroked the red ribbon.

Mu Bei was shocked and didn't know what she was singing about.

"you……"

"Don't say anything. If you don't want your friend to become a heartless puppet for the rest of his life, then listen to me."

Mu Bei decisively stopped talking and looked at her. He ignored her for the time being. She didn't look like someone who would lie.

"Time is running out. Next, you will do whatever I tell you to do."

Mu Bei nodded: "Okay."

"Can you climb trees?"

Tree? Mu Bei looked up at the tree in front of him? Could it be...

"Whether you can climb or not, you must climb up now. You only have five minutes. Once you climb up, you will see a door. Here is the key. Use it to open the door and go in, and you will see a red heart."

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Xinshi's forehead, and she looked like she was enduring great pain.

"Find the first red heart you see and put it..."

what--

Xinyi bit her hand, and it didn't hurt as much.

"are you OK?"

"Stop talking nonsense and kill the heart you find."

"Ah? Kill? How?"

"There are so many ways to kill a heart, you can do it yourself."

After saying that, Xin Shi threw him a key. He took it in his hand and began to climb up the tree trunk.

Fortunately, the tree was not too tall and had many branches, so he climbed halfway up in a short while. When he looked down, he saw Xin Shi lying on the ground in pain.

The red ribbon wrapped tightly around her, wrapping her like a red silkworm cocoon with only her head exposed.

Mu Bei's heart trembled when he saw this, and he continued to climb up.

Just as she said, there was a door on top, a vermilion wooden door.

He aimed the key in his hand at the keyhole, inserted it, turned it clockwise, then turned the doorknob down, and the door opened.

He saw the red heart among countless hearts at a glance. It seemed to sense his gaze and quietly hid itself away.

"Don't hide." Mu Bei shouted and walked straight towards the red heart.

It seemed to be playing hide-and-seek with him, shuttling between various hearts.

Mu Bei stopped and observed it carefully, only to find that its movements were very regular. It would only go straight and would not turn.

"How stupid." Mu Bei chuckled.

He snuck up in front of it and just waited for it to come over.

boom--

Sure enough, it ran straight into Mu Bei's arms. He covered it with his clothes and held it whole.

"Okay, now let's see how you run."

The red heart was beating and twinkling under his clothes, looking like a huge ruby.

Mu Bei could feel its warmth. What a lively heart it was. How could he kill it?

Mu Bei wanted to strangle it to death, but when his hand touched its warmth and felt its beating, he hesitated.

Why kill it? Whose heart is it?