Episode 803: Finding Fate
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On the rooftop of the Boy's Door Building No. 4, Binhai University, Xia Dongqing sat cross-legged in a newly portrayed formation, silently exerting his mind. Behind him, Mulan, the soul ferryman, intersected his fingers, folded into a mysterious seal technique, and activated the formation, hoping to use the mark on Xia Dongqing's shoulder to find out whereabouts of Zhao Li.
The light of inspiration appeared, and the formation was activated for the moment. Xia Dongqing felt as if he had flew up. Looking back at the surroundings, although the familiar environment was still in sight, unexpected and wonderful changes occurred.
Because he saw with his own eyes that he was sitting cross-legged on the ground, which was his body.
He also saw Mulan, looking at her face full of anxiety and worry.
This feeling was very wonderful. In front of him, it seemed that the whole world was far away from him. He seemed to be isolated from this world, and was caring for this world from the perspective of a bystander.
"Is this the legendary soul out of body?!"
Xia Dongqing looked surprised, then looked at his hands with a little incredible feeling, and a dull murmur sound came from his mouth. The moment his voice fell, he noticed that a golden light flashed slightly on the shoulders of his body sitting cross-legged on the ground.
The golden light flashed and appeared extremely subtle and sudden. However, the light was emitted from Xia Dongqing's own body, so he discovered it immediately.
"Is this what Sister Mulan calls induction?!"
Unspeakable suspicion flashed deep in Xia Dongqing's pupils. His mind moved, as if teleported, and appeared beside his body. His eyes were fixed on the word "官" on his shoulders, which emitted a faint golden light. After hesitating for a moment, he finally reached out and pressed a finger on the word.
"Buzz"
Just as Xia Dongqing's fingers touched the word "官" on his shoulder, a golden light suddenly flew out, like a dragon, tightly wrapped around his fingers, causing his soul body to tremble suddenly. Then, he felt an irresistible behemoth swallowing force coming out of the word "官", absorbing his consciousness in an instant.
The sky is spinning!
Surprised to encounter unprecedented changes. Even though Xia Dongqing had been used to seeing all kinds of strange things from childhood to adulthood, he could not help but be surprised. But at this moment, he was powerless to change anything. He could only move forward in a daze along the path that appeared inexplicably in front of him. Everything around him was like a dream bubble and could not be seen in detail.
Suddenly, his feet were empty.
"not good!"
A scream in his heart, however, although he woke up, he was still one step late. Xia Dongqing suddenly felt like he fell into the sky, and in a trance, he had already landed in a strange place.
“Where is this place?”
He slowly looked up and looked around in a daze. Xia Dongqing looked around, and his eyes were all dark. Here, it seemed like a world composed of darkness, without sound or any light. The feeling made people feel a little depressed and breathless.
Suddenly, a strange sound came from his ear. He couldn't hear it clearly. He didn't know what it was, but there was an inexplicable strange rhythm that seemed to be calling him.
There was darkness around him, and there was nothing to tell the direction. Xia Dongqing hesitated for a moment and finally made a decision. He followed his intuition and moved forward in the direction where the sound came from.
I don’t know how big this space is, as if there is no end. Xia Dongqing walked for a long time without any change. Just when Xia Dongqing was impatient, a little light finally appeared at that end.
It's not as bright as the fireflies at all.
Seeing this, Xia Dongqing couldn't help but feel energetic. After all, even at the same distance, seeing the goal and not seeing the goal are completely different concepts. The former can make people have a sense of motivation out of thin air and keep moving forward, while the latter can only survive and gradually lose hope.
Hope was right ahead, Xia Dongqing hurriedly moved forward, and the light became bigger and brighter, and finally, it formed a strange portal in front of him.
Behind the portal is a long tunnel, winding and rugged, without a destination, but this is his only choice, so he can only move forward regardless of everything.
He stepped into the tunnel and moved forward quickly. He thought it would be another long struggle, but to his surprise, this tunnel, which seemed to have no end, reached the end after turning a few turns. According to his estimate, the total length was not even reached by 100 meters.
At the end of the tunnel, there was also a portal. When he stepped into it, his vision suddenly changed. After Xia Dongqing adapted to the change of light in front of him, the one who appeared in front of him was a large lawn. On the lawn, a person stood, sat, or lying. Some of them gathered together to play games, some held some strange things in their hands, jumping like a child, crying, and laughing, while others sat there motionlessly in a daze.
Among these people, there are young, older, male, and female, tall, short, fat, and thin, and everything. The only thing in common is that they all wear the same clothes.
Although Xia Dongqing didn't go to the hospital often, he still recognized it at a glance. The clothes these people were wearing were the hospital gowns that were specially used by patients in the hospital.
"Let me go, let me go, I'm not sick, I don't want to take medicine, I don't want to take medicine"
Just when Xia Dongqing was full of doubts, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind. Although more than two years had passed, he would never forget the voice, or the owner of the voice, the owner of the convenience store No. 444, and the soul ferryman Zhao Li!
Yes, he has enough confidence, this is Zhao Li’s voice!
After a lot of hard work, I finally gained something. Xia Dongqing was surprised and quickly turned around and followed the source of the sound. However, before he could see clearly, his body suddenly trembled, and then there was a dizzy turn.
"vomit!"
A strong sourness surged directly into his throat in his stomach. Xia Dongqing's eyes changed again. Everything was like bubbles, shattering and dissipating in an instant. Then, his sight began to retreat. In just a moment, the soul that left the body returned to his body.
"Cough cough vomit"
After a violent cough, a burst of spitting out like a sea of sensation, and a strange smell emanated, as if it had knocked over an old vinegar jar.
But Mulan ignored it. Seeing Xia Dongqing wake up, she quickly stretched out her hands to grab Xia Dongqing's shoulder and asked anxiously: "How is it? Is it successful? Have you found the whereabouts of Brother Li?"
"Stop and stop"
Xia Dongqing was already suffering a lot, and when Mulan shook violently, she felt that her life had almost gone half. She quickly shouted and stopped Mulan.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault."
Mulan quickly let go of her hand and took a few steps back. Even the apology voice was full of anxiety: "But, I am really worried about Brother Li, I'm afraid something will happen to him."
"What happened to him."
Xia Dongqing said in a deep voice: "It was a strange hospital. I saw many strange patients there, but I didn't see Zhao Li, but I heard his voice. He was shouting, "I'm not sick, I don't want to take medicine, but strangely, the sound gave me the feeling of being a child who was losing his temper."
"That's right!"
Hearing Xia Dongqing's words, Mulan suddenly felt shocked. She said, "This is a way for us soul ferrymen to protect ourselves. Because we have no souls, we will seal the senses once we encounter irresistible dangers. To outsiders, they look like dementia madman, so I guess that he must be in a mental hospital now!"
Xia Dongqing frowned and said, "But there are so many mental hospitals. Which mental hospital do we want to go to to find Zhao Li? Isn't this the same as finding a needle in a haystack?"
"That may not be!"
At this moment, a quiet voice suddenly came, and then a figure in black appeared on the rooftop as if he had walked out of nothingness, stepping on the inexplicable rhythmic fluctuations, both real and illusory, and appeared on the rooftop.
Chapter completed!