Therefore, Lianhua cannot control what Zhongyu does or doesn't do. It's not uncommon for lovers to kill each other, so if Zhongyu really wanted to kill Lianhua, he could do so too.
But Lianhua knew one thing: the two sides of the Crimson Heart Gu were bound together by life and death. If Zhongyu killed her now, she would die just as well!
So Lianhua made her choice. She said nothing and wanted this evil awakener to die with her.
However, just as Zhong Yu was impatiently preparing to ruthlessly destroy the flower, he suddenly muttered to himself in a strange tone: "...Why do I suddenly feel so sorry for you when I see you cry?!"
Chapter 811, Zhongyu's Love
The once bustling village in Xiuzhuzhou suddenly fell silent.
The pythons that had been perched on the bamboo roof began to peer over cautiously. When they saw that all the golden corpses were controlled by the same person, they immediately began to slither towards the deepest part of the village.
Beside the huge campfire, Zhongyu looked at Lianhua with a puzzled expression.
Hope rose in Zard's eyes. If the Crimson Heart Gu really worked, wouldn't it have saved the whole village? No matter how it was done, the important thing now was to keep Zhong Yu in check. Otherwise, if this demon was released, the world would probably be in chaos.
However, Zhong Yu's reaction seemed to be different from what everyone expected.
He muttered to himself, "Why do I have this inexplicable emotion? How can there be someone in this world that I feel sorry for? No, it must be caused by external forces."
Everyone was stunned.
When Lianhua fed Zhongyu the Crimson Heart Gu, he was unconscious and couldn't possibly have known about its existence.
But now, Zhong Yu has clearly realized something; he knows that all of this is caused by external forces!
This Chinese badminton player's spirit and will have broken through the shackles of rules with the darkest emotions in the world, and he is almost touching the tipping point of merging with the world.
He can even sense when someone calls his name.
How could an entity that had been dormant for who knows how long possibly fail to sense the Crimson Heart Gu?!
The next moment, a huge scarlet hand appeared in front of Zhong Yu, and the dark red phantom suddenly pierced through his body and grasped something.
As they were being pulled, a wisp of red energy entangled within his body, but was forcibly pulled outwards by the scarlet hand.
Zhong Yu stared wide-eyed in pain, his gaze unfocused as he looked at the night sky, his eyes deeper and darker than the night itself.
The scarlet hand dragged outwards, and the Lian clan members watched helplessly as this 'freak' tried to detach the Crimson Heart Gu from their bodies.
This scene was terrifying; it was the first time they had ever seen someone do something like this, to the point that even the Crimson Heart Gu's energy was about to collapse.
However, the Red Heart Gu that Lianhua had nurtured every day for 12 years was far more tenacious than she had imagined.
As they were being pulled, it felt as if Zhong Yu's soul was being ripped out. Three phantom images appeared in succession outside his body. The first was himself, with pure black eyes. The second was the adult Da Yu, whose eyes were closed and he was in a state of dormancy. The third was the young Xiao Yu, small and thin, with tears streaming down his face but unable to open his eyes.
The phantom appeared out of thin air in front of Zhong Yu, and was almost separated from him under the pull of the scarlet hand.
Zard roared, "No! If you forcibly pull their will out, they'll have nowhere to go and they'll die!"
However, Zard was overthinking it. The three spiritual wills were already intertwined and could not be separated, and Zhongyu could not do it either.
With a loud bang, dark red light and shadow scattered across the sky, and three illusory figures flew back into Huan Yu's body.
Zhong Yu gasped for breath: "Interesting little thing... it can't be peeled off?"
The Lian tribe members were all stunned. Everything this person had shown was completely beyond their understanding of the world.
There really are people who can be this ruthless!
Zhong Yu lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "I can feel that inexplicable energy not only entangles me, but also you. When one of our energies dissipates, the other's energy will be completely drained. In other words, I can't kill you. What a burden. I woke up to find myself with such a burden."
However, the next moment Zhongyu laughed hysterically: "I never thought that one day I could feel such an unnecessary emotion as love. But when I think about turning you into a work of art and carrying you with me forever, I actually feel a little excited."
Everyone held their breath.
What Zhongyu said was far too bloody and cruel; they simply could not comprehend how terrifying a perverted love could be.
Love is an elusive thing. How many people have turned to hate because of love, how many have parted ways despite having love, and how many have betrayed their lovers? Love has never been an indestructible shackle.
For the Lian people, love is the most precious thing. They do not want to be hurt while giving their all, so they created the Red Heart Gu.
But what they don't know is that there are people in this world whose love is based on taking pleasure in hurting others.
For example, Zhongyu.
Zard whispered to Lianxin beside him, "Run, run as far as you can, to the forbidden land, to the ends of the earth, just don't come back. I'm sorry, I can't save everyone, I can only save you."
"And what about you?" Lianxin asked.
Zard grinned. "I was prepared all along."
Lianxin stared blankly at Zard. She felt that the mentally ill person from before had vanished, replaced by the real Zard, the person who resided within her. This person, who had fought against the world while wearing the armor of mental illness, was finally about to step forward and charge for another.
There was clearly no Crimson Heart Gu in the other person's body.
It wasn't until this moment that Lianxin understood one thing: the love brought by the Crimson Heart Gu might not have a happy ending, but could also be a demon like Zhongyu.
There is a kind of genuine emotion in this world that doesn't need external force or coercion.
It did exist, but because there were so few of them, the Lian tribe didn't believe it had ever truly existed.
Zard gently stroked Lianxin's cheek: "Run!"
As he spoke, waves of earth on the ground carried Lianxin away into the distance, while Zard himself ran wildly toward Zhongyu.
Zhong Yu calmly said to him, "You have disappointed me. You have turned against me for the sake of a woman."
A ferocious scarlet hand materialized out of thin air, gripping Zard's body tightly as if squeezing a juicy tomato, trying to crush him.
But Zard's body suddenly turned to sand, slipping through his fingers and falling to the ground, seeping into the soil. To fight against absolute power, one must use the intangible to fight the tangible.
When the bursting and flowing sand mist landed on the ground, a mound quickly rose up, surging towards Zhongyu like a tidal wave.
Another scarlet hand materialized, its enormous claws ploughing the ground like knives, shattering the newly formed mound of earth and carving out four deep furrows.
The sand and soil underground were scattered, but they quickly coalesced again, constantly changing angles around Zhongyu, seemingly unharmed.
Zhong Yu smiled, his pure black eyes devoid of any emotion: "I know you're trying to buy that woman time, but I never intended to kill her. Don't worry, I'll still give you this much face... But if you think I can't do anything to you, you're sorely mistaken."
The next second, several scarlet hands reached into the roaring campfire, grabbed countless embers, flew to the top of the mound, and forcefully pressed the embers into the soil.
With a loud crash, Zard couldn't withstand the intense heat and jumped out of the ground, suffering more than ten burns all over his body.
Zard is immune to physical attacks, but fire is a natural counter to his abilities.
He turned back miserably, forgetting to glance in the direction where he had seen Lianxin off, only to see Lianxin running back frantically.
Zard turned to look at Zhongyu, only to see a wall of sand and earth suddenly rise up behind him, completely separating him from Lianxin.
The earth began to tremble, and the soil that had been compacted by the Lian people began to loosen and turn into sand.
Zhong Yu became interested: "Are you about to break through to a higher realm? But this isn't advancement, it's overdrawing your resources. Once you've overdrawn them... you won't have a life left. You were useful before, but once I learn to control zombies, you'll be useless."
Previously, Zhongyu and Zard had always gotten along well because Zhongyu knew that he would inevitably have a new period of dormancy, and he didn't know how long he would have to sleep before he could find a way to reconcile with the world.
While he was asleep, Xiaoyu was vulnerable and helpless. If someone killed Xiaoyu, he would die too. That's why he needed Zard, his loyal guardian.
But if he can control more than twenty golden corpses, Zard will be useless and can die.
At this moment, Lianhua seemed to know that the disaster was irreversible, and she cried out, "Please, don't do this anymore."
Upon hearing this call, Zhong Yu's dark pupils gradually showed whites, returning to their sockets.
It's as if humanity is gradually returning.
A glimmer of hope rose in everyone's hearts, until they suddenly realized that Zhong Yu's mind was shrouded in a thick shadow, and the Crimson Heart Gu seemed to be able to have some effect on him!
However, the Crimson Heart Gu takes seven days to take effect, and this is only the first day, so its influence is not significant enough.
But the whites of his eyes appeared and then disappeared again. Zhongyu turned back to look at Lianhua and sneered, "Disturbing my mind? I'll rip your tongue out in a moment."
But at that moment, he suddenly looked up and gazed into the deepest shadows of the village.
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Deep in the village, more than a dozen pythons swam to a wooden carving that was almost weathered and over two meters tall.
The figure in the wood carving wears a tall top hat and a neat tailcoat, with smiling eyes that curve into crescent moons.
This wooden carving has been placed in the Lian tribe for who knows how many years. It seems to have existed since when 'Lianyi' was still the tribe leader. The tribe members do not know who he is. They only think that this magician is very handsome and approachable.
No one usually comes to the spot where the wooden carving is located. Only the giant pythons come here from time to time to rest and lay their eggs next to it when they are breeding, as if they are asking the wooden carving to take care of them.
At this moment, the pythons climbed onto the wooden carving and tightly wrapped their thick bodies around it, tightening their grip continuously.
With a crack, the wooden carving shattered, and silver liquid flowed out from within. Finally, a person stood up from the silver liquid, and all the silver liquid was gathered into his body, transforming into silver hair and a magnificent magician's tuxedo.
He smiled and patted the giant python's head: "So much time has passed, I don't even know whose children you are. But it seems there's some danger here."
As he spoke, he picked up a ring-shaped object from the broken wood carving. The object had a white glow that shimmered on it, like an eternal star.
This is indeed a genuine nuclear-powered mechanical heart, but it was created a long time ago and its production date is unknown. Only a line of small characters is engraved on the back: "A gift from the Qing family to Li Shentan, in commemoration of Mr. Li Shentan's contributions to saving humanity."
Li Shentan smiled as he placed the Mechanical Heart into his body. The silver liquid flowing from the wooden carving was billions of nanorobots. However, the nanorobots themselves did not generate energy; they needed external energy to power them.
Therefore, this nuclear-powered mechanical core was specially crafted for Qing, who was most skilled in nuclear energy research.
Li Shentan took out a silver coin from his pocket, which bounced excitedly between his fingers: "Let's go, let's see who's causing trouble for the Lian Clan."
He looked at the firelight outside the village: "He seems to be a remarkable person."
Chapter 812, The Demon Whisperer
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The bonfire in the village gradually dimmed, making the silver moonlight overhead even more dazzling.
Zard was eyeing Zhongyu intently, waiting for an opportunity to strike a fatal blow.
But Zhongyu didn't even glance at him. Instead, he stared into the deepest part of the village with his dark eyes, as if there were a black hole there that drew all his attention to it.
In the darkness, Li Shentan, dressed in a tuxedo, stepped out of the shadows with a smile. He took off his black top hat, bowed slightly, and greeted everyone with a graceful entrance, like a magician.
"Good evening, everyone. It's been so long since I've been back here. I really miss it," Li Shentan's silver hair seemed to be coated with a layer of light under the moonlight, even giving people a sense of brilliance. "When was the last time I came here? A thousand years ago."
The Lian people stared at him blankly. When they were little, they would go to play behind the village and ask their mothers when they saw the wood carvings: "Mom, who is this person?"