Ch48 - Diamond Ring (1/2)
Chen Yekai and Zhou Sheng scaled the stone wall using the hanging vines, the sound of their ascent echoing through the entire pyramid. Chen Yekai looked up and glanced into the distance — there was a broken stone bridge. They had to climb up to higher ground, jump onto the stone bridge, then walk along the passage behind the stone bridge to enter the central area of Chichén Itzá before they could reach the well of reincarnation.
Zhou Sheng suddenly said, “Let’s talk about your grumpy little friend ba, we’ll need to deal with him head-on later.”
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Chen Yekai tugged on a vine. Zhou Sheng reached out from beside him and pulled his hand. With the extra momentum, Chen Yekai landed onto another protruding rock, then they continued to advance carefully.
“Takin has always been like that.” Chen Yekai spoke in an unhurried manner, “He rejects almost all of my friends — no matter if they’re a guy or a girl.”
“That proves that he wants to monopolise you.” Zhou Sheng said casually, then jumped onto a ridge in the brickwork. He thought for a moment before whistling.
“What are you doing?” Chen Yekai asked doubtfully.
“Nothing.” Zhou Sheng wanted to try and summon his jindouyun, but was unable to.
“Love can’t tolerate a third party.” Chen Yekai said, “But if it goes too far, you’ll suffer a lot. My social media, phone, email, and blog were thoroughly inspected, and every girl who had a secret crush on me had to endure his interrogation……”
“That is quite scary.”
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In the huge shrine that was nearly 20 metres above ground, Zhou Sheng and Chen Yekai edged slowly across with their backs stuck to the wall; they were approaching the vines suspended mid-air above the shrine.
“Do you feel guilty?” Zhou Sheng asked.
Chen Yekai replied with another question, “What do you think?”
Zhou Sheng felt helpless, “He’s too strong. You need to overcome the guilt in your heart. After all, the him in your dreams, is no longer the real him. You have to prevail over yourself.”
Chen Yekai reflected on this for a moment before saying, “Yeah, but I can’t help it. For many nights, I often dreamt of that inn, and also dreamt of Ryuusei, standing under the sun as he waited for me to return……”
“……if I had known just a little earlier……”
“I locked the door, but I always couldn’t help but go in to see him. Until I met Yu Hao……”
Zhou Sheng, “Is it because you didn’t visit the Ryuusei in your dreams, that he escaped and became even stronger?”
“Perhaps.” Chen Yekai answered, “You’re right. We need to save Yu Hao. If I don’t get over this, I won’t be able to defeat Ryuusei.”
Zhou Sheng thought about it for awhile, “I think you’ve already……it’s not your fault, Kaikai. Also, even if it was your fault, your confession should be for the pursuit of salvation, not to torture yourself.”
“Who should I confess to?” Chen Yekai asked, “He’s already dead; no one can forgive me anymore.”
Zhou Sheng said, “Think about it. What would he say if he were still alive? I’m saying, the real him……”
Chen Yekai didn’t respond. He stopped, and Zhou Sheng followed suit.
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“On the day Takin left me, he wrote a letter to me.” Chen Yekai said, “On his blog.”
Zhou Sheng said, “Oh? What did he say?”
Chen Yekai answered, “It’s protected with a password, and the password is my birthday. I’ve never opened it.”
Zhou Sheng remained silent. The two of them came to a standstill on a long brick platform that was barely 20 centimeters wide.
“I know he forgave me long ago. I’m just afraid that after I see that letter.” Chen Yekai said in a daze, “I’ll end up forgiving myself in the days to come.”
“Go take a look ba.” Zhou Sheng said, “It’s not a matter that only concerns you anymore.”
Chen Yekai said, “I think that I’m not worthy of redemption. But on the last day of my life, I will read that letter……”
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Zhou Sheng was silent for a moment before he answered, “Actually, the one who has been punishing you all this time was you yourself.”
Chen Yekai said, “Yes. I can only continue to live on in this world by doing that.”
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Zhou Sheng shot Chen Yekai an inexplicable glance, “Four years, is that still not enough?”
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“Yu Hao!” Zhou Sheng immediately flipped over and went to the other bed to find Yu Hao. He patted Yu Hao’s face; Yu Hao had also woken up.
“Thank God.” Zhou Sheng immediately embraced him and stroked his head as well.
Yu Hao said, “I’m okay……”
Yu Hao was embraced by Zhou Sheng the moment he woke up, so his heart immediately began to thump wildly. The two of them sat on the bed, Zhou Sheng looked at his watch —— 3am.
“He arrived at New York.” Zhou Sheng, “Slept for 10 hours too, that’s really long. How’s the situation on your side?”
“Don’t worry, I should be alright until the two of you arrive.” Yu Hao answered, then described the situation at the well of reincarnation, and about the Ryuusei he encountered.
“No totem?” Zhou Sheng frowned, “How’s that possible?”
Yu Hao really didn’t see a totem. In the end, he was trapped by the Feathered Serpent God, but he should be safe for the time being as long as he doesn’t mess around or provoke Nakagawa Ryuusei.
Zhou Sheng sat cross-legged at the foot of the bed with his arms crossed and thought about it for a moment, “There are two possibilities: one, the totem is in the well; two, the totem is Ryuusei.”
“You’re so smart!” If it was Yu Hao, he would have never thought that the totem could be Ryuusei.
Zhou Sheng felt both irritated and agitated as he said, “Kaikai’s dreamscape is way too damn difficult to get through.”
Yu Hao said, “Is it considered a very difficult one compared to the other dreams you’ve been to?”
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One could tell just by thinking about it that an ordinary person’s dreams wouldn’t have a place like Chichén Itzá that’s as far away as the distant horizon, neither would there be wild beasts like panthers, and they were even less likely to have guns. Chen Yekai had not only read thousands of books, but he had also travelled thousands of miles, so his dream would definitely be more expansive and on a larger scale compared to others.
“Actually, before I met you, I had never really busted through anyone’s dream and reached the totem.” Zhou Sheng eventually spoke after thinking for a long time, “Most of the time, I would just abandon it halfway.”
“How’s that possible?” Yu Hao said in surprise.
Yu Hao has always thought that Zhou Sheng must have entered a lot of people’s dreams — if not 1,000 of them, then at least 800, otherwise he wouldn’t know so much about the connections between dreams and reality. Yet Zhou Sheng explained, “I crossed into most dreams only out of curiosity, and there were many dreams where the darkness that wreaked havoc in them was too strong. I wanted to change them, but most of the time I would just give up halfway……”
“……usually, as long as the person in reality changes at least a little bit, I’d think that it would be enough.” Zhou Sheng stated, “Just like my deskmate in my first year of junior high. She loved scratching me and always bothered me for no reason. I’ve had to suffer through a lot of my Mum’s pinching and scratching, so I really couldn’t stand it, which is why I paid her dream a visit.”
In addition to his father’s dreamscape, in junior high, Zhou Sheng had entered his deskmate’s dream and realised that the girl often suffered from domestic violence at home. Her dreamscape was devastated by monsters that were a projection of the violence she suffered in reality. He helped that girl destroy a number of them, then when he thought that it was more or less sufficient, he no longer entered it. It was too mentally exhausting.
Then he entered the dream of his form teacher in junior high. His form teacher received unfair treatment and had been abandoned by his wife, so he blamed the heavens and the earth and often vented his frustrations on the students. Zhou Sheng also resolved a part of his problem and thought that it was more or less okay — but he was even more concerned that others would become aware of his ability — so he carefully retreated.
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There were many dreams where it wasn’t that he was unwilling to get through to the end, but that he lacked the strength to — until he met Yu Hao. Otherwise, perhaps in Shi Ni’s dream, he would only be able to last until after he defeated the monster, but he would not have been able to fight all the way until the end.
Yu Hao remembered now. When he was summoned into the dream by Zhou Sheng, it was at the most critical moment. If he hadn’t been there, Zhou Sheng might not have died, but with Shi Ni’s impression of Zhou Sheng, it would’ve been too difficult for him to break through that dark dream.
Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao looked at each other in silence. Yu Hao suggested, “Let’s analyze it like last time ba. Your guess was very accurate, the one in front of the totem was Ryuusei.”
Zhou Sheng, “Un. We don’t know who the gatekeeper will be, but it’s most likely Lin Xun.”
Yu Hao said, “We might be able to defeat the gatekeeper, but Ryuusei’s too difficult.”
Zhou Sheng, “Because Kaikai is unable to let go of him in his heart. Right now, both you and Ryuusei have halos.”
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Yu Hao thought, how the hell should we deal with this. Actually, both he and Zhou Sheng knew very clearly that the most effective way of defeating Ryuusei — and the simplest way — was for Yu Hao to date Chen Yekai and snatch away the love in the depths of his heart that belongs to Ryuusei. Once he did that, all of Ryuusei’s power would completely disappear, and he would lose to Yu Hao in the dreamscape.