1TWITF[C Chapter 141

Chapter 141

Lu Yanli caught a glimpse of the handmade calendar hanging at the bar entrance. The date on it told him that everything hadn’t happened yet. He had arrived… before the change.

He even found it somewhat unbelievable.

With Zhuang Ci by his side, Lu Yanli didn’t act strangely, only saying, “Two.” The waiter led them to a seat. After Lu Yanli casually ordered two drinks, he let the waiter leave.

“What are we doing here?” Zhuang Ci asked quietly, not drinking.

“To take a look.” Lu Yanli didn’t explain much. His gaze swept across the bar. No one knew that he was pretending to be nonchalant as he looked at the entrance again and again.

Today was the weekend. According to the normal schedule, he should be at the bar. Why wasn’t he here now?

All the regular customers were there, except for himself from the past.

The singer shook his head blankly. “I don’t know him. Never seen him.”

“Is that so? Thank you.” The faint smile on his face quickly faded. Lu Yanli nodded and turned to ask others.

Without exception, the answers were all the same. No one knew him, as if he didn’t exist at all.

He deliberately avoided Zhuang Ci, and before leaving, he used psychological suggestion on each person he asked, so that even if Zhuang Ci asked afterwards, she wouldn’t know what he had asked.

Lu Yanli saw his parents.

“Wait, sorry to bother you.” Lu Yanli chased after them and stopped them.

The couple exchanged glances and both shook their heads. “We don’t know him. Never seen him.”

A teenager ran out of the courtyard.

He was completely different from him. That wasn’t himself from the past. Whether it was his appearance, his looks, or the nicknames he vaguely heard, it wasn’t him. The teenager hopped and skipped into their arms, calling out “Dad, Mom,” and helped carry the groceries. The family of three happily went into the house and locked the courtyard door.

Lu Yanli watched their figures disappear, then turned and left, walking alone on the street.

“Why?”

Near the intersection, Lu Yanli gradually stopped walking.

At this moment, the street was eerily deserted. Even the sound of cars had disappeared. Without exception, the stores were closed. A prosperous city had suddenly become a cold, empty city.

Lu Yanli took out the statue from his pocket.

It was only about half an elbow long, blood-red, and shaped like a twisted and bizarre human figure. It was impossible to tell if it was male or female, old or young, and its appearance was unclear. Holding it in his hand, it had a cold texture.

The statue’s face seemed to be a bit blurry, as if the facial features had been smoothed out.

“Or do you want to swallow me?” The bottle cap was unscrewed.

“What exactly is so special about me?” The bottle mouth was already above the statue, about to pour out the liquid.

Suddenly, he heard a subtle yet dense sound, gathering into a vast torrent, like prayers, like songs, and also like curses, wishes… Countless noises intertwined, rushing into his ears.

Almost in an instant, Lu Yanli sensed a piercing pain coming from his mind. He wanted to put away the bottle, but his limbs suddenly couldn’t move. The glass bottle was held tightly in his hand, constantly trembling. The fluorescent green substance trembled at the bottle mouth like ocean waves, almost dripping out.

The sky suddenly darkened. A strong wind blew, bringing dark clouds to cover half the sky. Dust and gravel flew everywhere, hitting the surrounding buildings with a crackling sound.

Lu Yanli remained stiff in place.

He sensed that his limbs were being controlled by something cold. This force made him uncontrollably put away the bottle, screw on the cap, and then… slowly take steps, walking towards the center of the intersection.

Lu Yanli saw it.

The thing inside also saw him.

It was a huge eye. It passed through layers of clouds and caught sight of the person it was looking for.

Instantly, the wind blew almost to the extreme. He was standing in the middle of the road, almost unable to stand still, but he couldn’t leave, unable to move. The only good thing was that his arms seemed to be able to move slightly. With a clang, the statue fell from his hand to the ground.

The eye also saw the statue on the ground.

Being watched by that eye, his strength seemed to have returned a little, but he still couldn’t move.

Even worse, the exact same car horn sound came from the four corners of the intersection. Almost in the next second after hearing the horn sound, four identical cars appeared at the four intersections, their high beams shining on him from four directions.

Only his arms and neck could barely move. He finally looked up at the huge eye in mid-air and tried to take out a jade pendant from his pocket.

He had recognized it long ago. That eye… belonged to the princess of the Erdai Kingdom. She had been searching for her enemy.

Her brother and father were all enemies, and “God” was her enemy. Naturally, her revenge list would include himself, the one who conveyed the message for her brother.

The four cars were clearly not her doing. This trick, the “statue” had used it long ago. It was just that he could still find a chance to survive through the mirror image at that time, but now…

He struggled to turn his head, allowing himself to see the glass windows on the four cars.

The driver’s seat was empty, but the glass reflected the shadows of the opposite side.

There were no illusory shadows. Their license plate numbers were all the same, but all four cars were real.

Lu Yanli raised his hand, his palm holding the jade pendant.

Double Fish Jade Pendant, made by the most famous craftsman of the Erdai Kingdom, seeking beautiful jade, splitting it into two, one for the Crown Prince and one for the Princess.

He didn’t know where the future him had taken the other one, and he didn’t know who the one in his hand had belonged to. But he needed to let that eye look at him first.

She might not want him to die at the hands of other things, and even less likely to let the jade pendant disappear.

Even if the speed slowed down, if the four cars continued to move forward, he would definitely be squeezed in the middle.

The slowly moving four cars eventually crashed into each other, and they didn’t stop until they collided. The tires were still stubbornly rolling, making a friction sound on the ground.

A utility pole on the side of the road suddenly broke in the middle, and he avoided it again a second before it fell on him.

There were many gravel on the ground, plus the shattered glass that splashed after the cars collided, scattering all over the ground. His palms and elbows became bloody, but Lu Yanli still didn’t stop.

Next to the utility pole was also a traffic light pole, next to the pole was a street lamp, next to the street lamp was a tall magnolia tree, all of which were items that could kill him. Even the houses in the distance were swaying in the strong wind, looking like they might collapse at any time.

“Are you angry? But, you’re just an object. Why are you angry?”

The faceless woman disappeared when entering the tunnel.

The statue he saw had a blurred face, as if the facial features had been erased…

“You devoured her to get the ability.”

After saying this sentence, Lu Yanli’s whole body completely froze. He couldn’t move even a finger.

He watched helplessly as the building not far away swayed in the strong wind. Finally, in a shaking motion that was even greater than before, the building collapsed in the direction where he was.

He heard the cries of countless people in the building.

Unable to move, unable to dodge, he simply widened his eyes, watching the last scene he might see in his life.

“I made a wish, I can’t die.”

“If I die, the jade pendant will go to her.”

Lu Yanli lay on the ground, saying the last two sentences.

The building collapsed with a bang. At that moment, the earth was shaking.