Post-Apocalyptic Rebirth: The Ghost Guanyin Transforms into a God

"At first, I just didn't want to be drawn."

Yan Shuzhou was lost in his memories, recounting the past in a monotonous and somewhat strange tone.

"We were just shopping when suddenly the lights went out and we couldn't see anything. There were screams and sounds of bodies being torn apart in the crowd, like someone had died, but we couldn't see anything. The elevators stopped working, and there were screams everywhere."

"I don't know who turned on the flashlight, it was just a tiny bit of light, but I saw with my own eyes a person fall to the ground, get up, and turn into a monster. He ate his own family members..."

"Then we started running. There was blood all over the ground. I fell several times. Later... I don't remember what happened. The survivors went into the control room. The monsters outside kept banging on the door, so they went up to block it one by one."

"Fortunately, we all survived, but we're completely cut off from the outside world. There's no food in the control room. Brother Yaozong said, let's draw lots. Only five people are needed to go out with him to find food! I'm too scared. I don't know what those things outside are!"

"But I had to try my luck, everyone did. I didn't win the first time, but I suddenly awakened my superpower. The Nine-Tasseled Rabbit appeared out of thin air in my hand, and everyone saw it! They thought I was a monster just like the others outside and wanted to throw me out."

"Brother Yaozong saved me, but in return, I gave them my summoned creatures and endured the pain of having my heart ripped out. All I wanted was to live, but people kept saying it and saying it and saying it..."

He spoke through gritted teeth, his expression strangely neurotic.

This was the first time Miao Yin had seen such aggression in Yan Shuzhou, a stark contrast to his usual docile demeanor.

“I didn’t want them to die, but I also couldn’t let them kill me! I just thought I’d give it a try. If my parents wouldn’t protect me, then I’d do it myself. If I failed… well, there’s nothing I can do but accept my fate.”

"But I succeeded."

"The Nine-Tasseled Rabbit is so small and so agile. I put it in the draw so I wouldn't win. Then I let it find the marked papers and quietly put them in places that are easy for those people to get their hands on."

"This method doesn't work every time, and I have to be careful that they don't run into the rabbit. But the good thing is that even if it's just increasing their chances of getting a visa, I can still achieve my goal after a few tries. Once those people get their visas, they basically won't come back."

"They died, and the voices in the control room trying to kick me out quieted down, which allowed me to stay and... avoid being eaten by the monsters. I traded my Nine-Tails Rabbit for this."

Speaking in a strange tone, Yan Shuzhou finally tore off his innocent exterior, revealing the black, rotting flesh inside his abdomen.

"Wang Hong too?" Miao Yin asked.

"He talks too much, always disrupting the harmony in the control room. It's a pity he won the lottery three times, yet he always came back alive," he said coldly.

"That's why he's injured, you bad guy." Miao Yin laughed. "So, you were the one who caused Zhang Manyu's injury too, weren't you?"

Yan Shuzhou admitted it without hesitation, and said sternly:

"She shouldn't have kicked you out, and neither should they! Those guys who kept yelling that they wanted you dead, I stuffed all the lots into their hands! It's a pity Wang Hong was too lucky, he was among the last few to draw lots, otherwise I would have definitely kicked him out too!"

"Hahaha..." Miao Yin applauded his frenzy, "But why? We've only known each other for one night, Yan Shuzhou, why are you standing up for me?"

“It’s different, Miao Yin, you’re different…” He shook his head somewhat obsessively, his tone gradually becoming agitated.

“I know, you are one of my kind. I knew it when you gave me candy! You comforted me and were kind to me. You are different from them! You and I are the same!”

"The people in the control room went in and out so many times, how come the alarm went off just when you were about to get injured? I guessed it—I guessed it! It must have been you who did it. You won't die if you go out! You'll definitely come back to me because I'm different from them! But I still have to let them out! They made a mistake and they have to pay the price!"

The control room suddenly went dark. The clouds outside blocked the sun, making the entire eleventh floor somewhat dim.

Miao Yin did not respond to his words.

She neither affirmed nor blamed him; instead, she conjured a few fiery red flowers in the air, scattering them everywhere and illuminating the control room.

In the sudden silence, her face was tinged with red by the firelight, the lotus flowers at the corners of her eyes appeared even more sacred and vibrant, and her black eyes, filled with golden cracks, showed neither sorrow nor joy. She sat on the table, not uttering a single word.

No one could discern her emotions, not even Yan Shuzhou. A veil had been drawn over his eyes, and for a moment, he seemed to see the elevator doors with cartoon characters closing behind Miao Yin.

It was this silence that broke him down.

"Why won't you speak... Sister, why..."

His breathing became rapid, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and his heart began to clench with pain, so he knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

"Do you hate me? Do you hate me? You think I lied to you, right? You said you hated lying, you told me that from the very beginning! In the manor... the manor also said... I didn't tell you the truth, you know I lied, right?"

His language system seemed to have completely collapsed; he was rambling incoherently, unable to pronounce words clearly, and completely confused.

Then he started crying uncontrollably, his nails digging into his flesh, drawing blood from his neck and arms.

"I know you want me to admit it! You definitely want me to admit it! You guessed it, you know I was lying to you! That's why you hate me, you blame me, you think I used you to get away from here!"

"I guessed it! You made me go check the elevator! You just want me to admit I lied to you! That way you can dump me, you don't want me anymore! You want to be like them! You know I'm two-faced now, you only like the way I pretend, you hate me now and you don't want me anymore!"

"No...this can't be! How can you abandon me, sister...no matter how much you hate me, you can't abandon me! You can't..."

He grabbed his head and started crying, his expression twisted and terrifying, completely unlike his usual handsome young self.

Now, he looks more like a madman in a hospital gown.

Miao Yin finally spoke up as if taking pity on him, but what she said only made Yan Shuzhou even more devastated.

Why can't I?

Yan Shuzhou raised his head, his eyes, reddened by tears and filled with madness and self-destruction, staring at her, yet telling countless grievances.

"Because...my sister killed my parents..."

“They…they are my pillars. No matter how badly they treat me, they are still my pillars! If you kill them, you will be my pillar from now on.”

“There will be no one else, only you, it can only be you…” He painfully banged his head on the ground.

Where he couldn't see, Miao Yin laughed silently.

—See, you know that, don't you?