Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 43 The End of Everything
When Xin Lailai opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was Ling Yuzi standing in his arms and watching him lovingly.

"Tonight is the last day." Ling Yuzi said softly.

"Ah."

"It feels like it goes by so fast...but I'm really happy these days."

"Me too."

The two fell silent and did not talk further.

"Let's go, it's time to leave, enjoy this last night, and go greet the sunrise that belongs to us."

Xin Lailai smiled and pulled Ling Yuzi to sit up from the bed.

After the two got dressed, they walked side by side in the forest.

"The moonlight tonight is also very beautiful, isn't it?"

Xin Lailai looked up at the night sky and subconsciously touched Ling Yuzi's head, only to find that what he touched was his elbow.

The current Ling Yuzi is only a little shorter than him.

Ling Yuzi looked at this scene and chuckled. Xin Lailai looked embarrassed and decided to hold Ling Yuzi's hand. However, Ling Yuzi was one step faster than him and directly took his arm.

Xin Lailai was slightly startled.

"what happened?"

Ling Yuzi gently held his long white hair with his other hand and turned to look at Xin Lailai.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly discovered that I am actually quite lucky."

Xin Lailai said with a smile, Ling Yuzi's face reflected in his pupils, his eyes twinkling slightly.

"Me too." Ling Yuzi smiled, his white hair like a waterfall dancing in the wind, and his red eyes as eye-catching as gems.

The two of them continued to move forward, walking all the way up the mountain road.

The evening wind disturbed the trees, and the rustling of leaves came from all directions, but it didn't feel at all gloomy. Instead, it added a bit of vitality to the night.

The moonlight shines on the dead branches and leaves all over the ground. The fallen leaves after the rain reflect the moonlight. Combined with the snow in the mountains, at a glance, the entire mountain road is dyed silvery white.

Pieces of snowflake-like magic chips were generated under the feet of the two of them. They held each other's arms, like a pair of lovers entering the palace.

Unknowingly, the two of them had reached the top of the mountain. The evening wind was particularly strong here, making their robes whistle.

"This seems like a good place to watch the sunrise?"

Xin Lailai said with a chuckle, sat down and looked into the distance.

I saw a few sparks flickering on the dark land in the distance, which were the lights of human cities.

“No matter how many times I climb a mountain, I always feel so small every time I look at it like this.”

Xin Lailai raised his head, looked up at the bright moon above his head, and sighed.

"Lailai, have you climbed mountains many times before?"

Ling Yuzi sat next to Xin Lailai, looked at Xin Lailai, and asked curiously.

"I used to be dragged to the mountains by a group of friends every now and then. As time went by, I ended up going there so many times."

"Does Lailai have many friends?"

"Don't look at me like this, but my popularity is very good, even in this world."

Xin Lailai said in a joking tone.

"I'm a little curious, what are Lai Lai's friends in other worlds like?"

"They are generally guys I can talk to fairly well, so I don't want them to see them like this."

"Is it because you are worried that they will be sad?"

"No, I'm afraid of being beaten to death by them," Xin Lailai shrugged, looking at the leftovers in front of him, and joked:

"If they see that I have found such a beautiful wife with white hair and red eyes, they will definitely be so jealous that they will split apart and then they will push me to the ground and beat me to death!"

"Pfft, Lailai, what you said is too exaggerated, isn't it?" Ling Yuzi heard Xin Lailai's description, made a pop, covered his mouth and said with a smile.

"No, no, no, you don't understand. In my original world, beautiful girls with white hair and red eyes are a beautiful existence that almost only exists in fantasy."

Xin Lailai said matter-of-factly, with such serious look that Ling Yuzi was stunned for a moment.

"Why do you feel that people from your original world, Lailai, sound so strange?"

"In a sense, maybe that's true?"

Xin Lailai complained, after all, the present world he was in was governed by the holy paradise where the divine religion was spread all over the world. The present world itself was also filled with various religions. Under the influence of subtle influence, maybe everyone had more or less There are some abnormal factors in it.

"Speaking of which, Lailai, don't you miss your friends?"

Lingyuzi sat on the edge of the cliff, looking at the stars above his head, and whispered:
"After all, if you die in this world, you will never see them again, right?"

friend...

"If you really think about it, you will definitely feel a little lonely, right?"

Xin Lailai looked at the night sky and said: "Especially among the people I know, there are some people who are really good to me. When I think that I will die quietly here, I always feel a little ashamed of them. What about your expectations?”

Xin Lailai said, 04296's hearty bald smiling face flashed in his mind, and he sighed slightly, but then he continued:

"However, when I think about it again, I feel that maybe I am too pretentious?"

Xin Lailai looked at the sky, as if trying to find something among the stars in the sky.

"In the final analysis, although they and I are friends, I am not everything in their lives. Rather, if they can feel sad for me when they learn that I am dead, I will be very touched."

Xin Lailai said, holding Ling Yuzi's hand, looking into his red eyes, and said with a smile:

"It may be a bit disgusting to say this, but to me now, Ling Yuzi, you are the most important person."

When Ling Yuzi heard this, his face turned red, he spat lightly, and turned his head shyly. After a while, Ling Yuzi said in a voice as thin as a mosquito's groan:
"Me...me too."

"For me, Lailai is also the most important person..."

Ling Yuzi's voice became softer and softer as he spoke, and his face became redder and redder. Later, he was so shy that he buried his face in his scarf.

"Oh, Ling Yuzi, what did you just say? The wind was too strong and I couldn't hear you clearly. Can you say it again?"

Seeing Ling Yuzi's embarrassed look, Xin Lailai asked with a smirk.

Hearing this, Ling Yuzi's face turned even redder and he hesitated for a long time. Not only could he not say anything more, but it actually made Xin Lailai burst out laughing.

Ling Yuzi looked at Xin Lailai who was smiling from ear to ear, his little face puffed up, he pounced directly on Xin Lailai, and shouted angrily:

"Bad Lai Lai! I'll bite you to death! Ouch!"

"Wait a minute! Ling Yuzi, calm down! This is the wild!"

Xin Lailai was startled when he saw the leftover piece bitten into his arm and hurriedly coaxed.

But the next second, he saw the cunning look in Ling Yuzi's eyes.

--caught you.

The meaning in that look was exactly the same as the scene when they first met, but the emotion in it was completely different.

"Ugh...!"

A look of helplessness flashed through Xin Lailai's eyes during the familiar sealing operation.

Why does this girl always like this...

The bright moonlight shone on the two of them. They sat in front of the cliff, hugging each other tightly for a long time before slowly separating.

In the distance, the lights of the human city had been completely extinguished at some point, and the earth turned into darkness again.

The two leaned against each other and looked at the distant sky together.

A circle of magic chips spread out on the two people's bodies, blocking out the howling night wind. For a moment, the noisy mountain top fell silent.

"Lailai, where you live, what do people usually do when the day comes?"

Ling Yuzi looked at the gradually whitening sky in the distance and murmured.

"Let me think about it, probably to pray for the blessings of the gods."

“Do many people in Lailai’s world believe in gods?”

"Yes, there are so many, and there are temples everywhere on the mountain."

"Does Lai Lai also believe in gods?"

"Although it's subtle, it must be there, and it happens to be a god with the same name as mine."

"A god called Lai Lai? It sounds weird."

"Although I think so too, he is a serious god, and he can really bring blessings to people."

"Can even evil spirits be blessed?"

"Even evil spirits can be blessed"

"Then...how do I do it?"

"Just silently praise Lailai in your heart."

"puff!"

"Don't laugh, I'm serious."

The girl couldn't help laughing when she heard the young man speaking our own name seriously.

The young man coughed twice and continued to teach the girl how to pray as if nothing had happened.

"Is that enough?"

Ling Yuzi looked at Xin Lailai, tilting his head slightly, with some doubts and curiosity in his eyes.

"Yes, that's enough. You have received the blessings of the gods."

Xin Lailai said with a smile, and then he pulled Ling Yuzi and turned around.

At this moment, the two of them looked at each other.

"And this is my blessing to you."

Two somewhat irregular rings made of bent metal appeared in Xin Lailai's hands.

"this is…"

Ling Yuzi looked at the ring in Xin Lailai's hand, exclaimed and covered her mouth with disbelief in her eyes.

"Our wedding rings, spare parts."

Xin Lailai gently took Ling Yuzi's left hand and put the ring on Ling Yuzi's left ring finger. Then she led Ling Yuzi and guided her hand in hand to put the other ring on her own ring finger.

"In this way, we will be a real couple, our souls will be entwined with each other, and our hearts will become one."

A real couple... Hearing Xin Lailai's words, Ling Yuzi's red pupils reflected bright light like gems, and a few tears shone in the corners of her eyes, which was a symbol of excessive joy.

"Although it's a little late, I still want to say this..."

Xin Lailai said, lowered his head, kissed the ring finger of Ling Yuzi's left hand, and said in a sincere tone:

"Dear Miss Lingyuzi, will you...marry me?"

Ling Yuzi's breath suffocated slightly. She looked at Xin Lailai, and a touch of pink quickly appeared on her face.

"Ok!"

She nodded her head heavily, tears falling from the corners of her eyes like gems.

"I am willing!"

In the distance, the fiery red sun finally began to show its full glory. The sky was quickly occupied by golden-red flames. The sunlight destroyed the shadows on the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye and rushed towards them.

The two people's eyes were also attracted by this scene.

"Look, the sun is rising."

Xin Lailai looked at the sky in the distance and murmured.

"Well, sure enough, the sunrise seen from this place is beautiful."

Ling Yuzi said in a daze, looking at the golden-red rising sun, as if he was completely immersed in the magnificent and beautiful scene in front of him.

"Yes, it's beautiful and spectacular."

Xin Lailai said infatuatedly, the magnificent firelight reflected in his dark pupils.

"Laley."

"What's wrong."

"I found that I seemed to be unable to achieve happiness."

Ling Yuzi wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said happily:

"Because... I seem to be the happiest woman in the world!"

The next second, the sun shines on the earth, and all the shadows and darkness disappear.

……

……

Severe burning sensations came from all directions.

Unimaginable, horrific pain came over me like a tidal wave.

Is this what it feels like to be burned by the sun?

——No, I should say, it feels like going to hell, right?
Yes, it is natural for people like him to go to hell.

By the way, I almost forgot, he still has to find the spare parts. It would be bad if the girl got lost in hell.

So, in the horrific pain that ordinary people could not imagine, Xin Lailai opened his eyes again.

What would hell be like in the world of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba?
He imagined this, waiting for the light to enter his eyes, and then froze there.

The dazzling sunshine fell from far away in the sky, and the hot sun dyed half of the sky crimson.

Like blood staining.

He... didn't die.

Xin Lailai's mind instantly went blank.

Suddenly, a wisp of breeze blew over the top of the mountain.

A pale white scarf floated past his eyes, carrying wisps of ashes.

He froze, a flash of fear in his eyes.

I saw him looking into his hands as if looking for a life-saving straw.

The wind suddenly became stronger, blowing the burning flames on his body.

——Please, just once, even if he has to give up everything he has, just let a miracle happen at the same time.

For the first time in her heart, Xin Lailai prayed so humbly and desperately.

then……

Layers of ash drifted away in the wind, brushing against his cheeks.

Xin Lailai's breath suddenly suffocated.

A ring made of bent metal lay quietly in his hand.

Other than that, there is nothing.

"Ahh...ahhhhhh!"

The sound of kneeling on the ground was heard, followed by heart-rending wails.

That should never be a scream of despair that a human being can utter.

……

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

The high-pitched laughter echoed wildly in the theater.

The black shadow was seen holding his stomach, and his whole body was shaking wildly with laughter, like a god of death enjoying a feast on earth.

Distorted laughter kept coming from his mouth.

That was by no means a wild laugh that humans could imitate.

On the stage in the distance, there was only one puppet left in the originally crowded stage.

A puppet with bruises all over his body and his limbs being pulled feebly by silk threads, kneeling on the ground.

A puppet that looks exactly like Xin Lailai.

"It's great, it's perfect. Look, what a desperate look, what a dead look in the eyes?"

The black shadow came to the stage in an instant, raised the chin of the remaining puppet, looked at the expression on the other party's face, and shouted with great joy.

"After all this time, your fun is still so bad."

In the audience, the playwright glanced at the puppet on the stage that was being played with endlessly by the shadow, and said in an indifferent tone.

"Bad?" Black Shadow shook his head, stretched out a finger, shook it, and said with a smile:

"No, no, no, my dear friend, how could you frame me like this? Didn't you see it too? What I did was just help the gods answer the prayer of the little female ghost named Ling Yuzi."

"So, my dear friend, how can you speak ill of me, what I have done..."

The black shadow said, showing a strange and scary smile:

"It's obviously a miracle for them!"

In the distance, the book of fantasy stopped turning.

"Under repeated interference from unknown beings, Xin Lailai finally achieved the ending expected by unknown beings."

"The sun shines on the earth, and without any accidents, the remaining ghosts are instantly wiped out. Xin Lailai, who also has the blood of ghosts, should have followed in her footsteps."

"However, no one expected that the unknown existence would actually respond to Ling Yuzi's wish."

"Ling Yuzi prayed at the last moment that she and Xin Lailai could live happily, but with the intervention of an unknown existence, part of her wish was successfully realized."

"This should have been an almost impossible event, but just as there are always accidents in everything, because of the fact that he had taken the blue Hibiscus flower, and the ghost's physique is extremely weak in digesting plants, Xin Lailai's body There was still a very small amount of blue Hibiscus flower components left, and so—a miracle happened.”

"Under the stimulation of sunlight, the tiny amount of blue Bibi flower factor remaining in Xin Lailai's body defeated the theoretical probability of less than one in a billion and successfully activated, allowing a very small number of ghosts in Xin Lailai's body to Blood, successfully transformed into perfect ghost blood!"

"Xin Lailai survived. Even if it takes an hour, he will die because the perfect ghost blood in his body is too scarce and the cell energy will be exhausted in the burning caused by the sun. But there is no doubt that he who briefly overcomes the sun will survive the sun. This moment was blessed by a true miracle.”

"Even if...this is a miracle in the name of despair."

"The unknown existence successfully witnessed Xin Lailai's complete collapse and despair. The playwright successfully got rid of the cause and effect of the elemental gems and paid off the unknown existence's favor."

"That's the end of the story, and everyone got a satisfactory outcome."

This ends the content in the Book of Utopias.

"So, what are you going to do next?"

The playwright asked casually, his tone seemed slightly displeased.

He originally thought that the black shadow was really planning to do something this time after so much trouble, but it turned out that the other party's purpose was just to use his book of fantasy to listen to the screams of an ordinary person in despair and collapse.

Although the playwright had a vague premonition during the journey, when the premonition actually came true, he still felt a little aggrieved.

"Well... I haven't thought about it yet. After all, for me, the pursuit of high-end fun is my first need. The intrigue between you guys is not as interesting to me as watching ants on a rainy day."

The black shadow let go of the puppet in his hand that had spontaneously combusted until only half of its body was left, shrugged and said in an indifferent tone.

"So, my dear old friend, we are destined to meet again."

The black shadow said with a playful smile, waved his hand, and walked towards the door of the theater.

"By the way, I almost forgot about this guy."

Just after taking two steps, the black shadow suddenly slapped his forehead and looked at the puppet on the stage that could no longer be called a humanoid.

Hot flames burned on the body that had turned into charcoal.

For ordinary humans, burning is one of the most painful ways to die in the world. Under the influence of perfect ghost blood, the owner of the broken body will experience the process of flesh and blood constantly alternating between burning and regeneration for an entire hour.

"Well, I have to leave anyway. Since I am very satisfied with the fun you brought me in the end, I might as well give you a good time."

The black shadow muttered to himself, stretched out his fingers, and several threads appeared out of thin air in his hand, and at the end of the threads was the burning puppet.

"Oh, I can't help it. Who told me that my biggest shortcoming is my soft heart?"

The black shadow looked helpless, sighed, and then pulled hard.

Huge force burst out instantly, and the silk thread wrapped around the puppet instantly turned into a sharp blade, cutting towards the puppet's head.

This is a thread woven from cause and effect, and those killed by it will directly and irreversibly die.

Snapped!
There was a crisp snapping sound, like a string that had been stretched to its limit and finally broke.

The dark figure who had already half-stepped out of the theater was stunned.

In the audience, the playwright who was packing his things suddenly stood up and looked at the stage in disbelief.

On the stage, I saw the silk thread that should have cut off the puppet's head like cutting tofu...

broken.

(End of this chapter)