Otherworldly Desert Dust

Chapter 15 - 12: The Line of Life and Death



Chapter 15 - 12: The Line of Life and Death

Chapter 15: Chapter 12: The Line of Life and Death

After this ordeal, Wu Hen had a hard time falling asleep; perhaps the mat below was too hard, hard all night long.

Su Li's breathing was very steady, and it was unclear whether she was asleep.

Her hand still gently embraced Wu Hen's arm, as if only in this way could she feel a trace of peace in this turbulent world.

But it didn't take long for Su Li to notice something unusual about Wu Hen's right hand.

"What is your right hand doing?" Su Li's voice sounded softly.

Wu Hen felt immensely awkward, and not knowing how to explain it to Su Li, he could only confess, "Eating a pistol."

In the pitch-black tent, Su Li widened her eyes, glanced at Wu Hen's trembling body, and finally turned over in annoyance, saying, "Then solve it yourself slowly."

Wu Hen looked at the delicate curvaceous back pressed against him and felt even more helpless.

It's not what you think!

Listen to me explain.

My right hand, that black miracle material, is really consuming the handgun you gave me!

I don't know what to do either.

For a long time, Wu Hen's arm remained still.

After a moment of silence, Su Li, thinking Wu Hen was done, spoke in a gentle voice:

"When he was eight, he was wounded by a Silent Ghost, and afterward, he lost his soul. For many years, he appeared to others as if he had a mental disability. The Divine Mother of Nuwa wouldn't let an unrelated soul dwell in another body without reason; I will follow the Divine Mother's will, and you are him when grown."

"You've always been traveling in anotherworldly realms?" Wu Hen asked, somewhat surprised.

Su Li and Xiao Yun seemed not to live in the world he was familiar with.

"You are lucky, pure; not every soul can receive the Divine Mother Nuwa's protection," Su Li said.

"But there, they just announced that Nuwa God will not hold out for long," Wu Hen said.

"Then use everything you have to guard the Divine Mother Nuwa; your tribe must become strong and save yourselves," Su Li stated.

"We still don't know anything about this place," Wu Hen said.

"No one dares to claim they understand Desert Dust," Su Li replied.

"Then..."

"Sleep, tomorrow morning we fight for our lives."

"Oh." Wu Hen nodded understandingly, not asking further questions.

"Do you know the girl who was startled?" Su Li asked with her eyes closed.

"Not well."

Wu Hen had exceptionally keen hearing.

Even in this small tent, he could clearly hear the conversations of everyone in the subway car.

Those two words, "not well," were not first spoken by Wu Hen.

Yang Qin was already trying to curry favor with the bespectacled man.

...

A pale day slowly rose from the seaside.

The city, in the light, though looking somewhat desolate, didn't carry the same terror as the night.

Wu Hen and the others in the subway began to cautiously check their surroundings.

The subway car was a sealed space, capable of keeping them safe, but the subway station was dim; they had to be wary of things lurking in the shadows.

"Anything there?" Su Li asked, turning to Wu Hen.

"Yes, at Exit A; we should leave from Exit B," Wu Hen said with certainty.

His powerful sense of hearing played a major role at this moment too.

"Alright, everyone follow me. Once we're outside, make sure to stay in the sunlight!" Su Li instructed.

"I... I'm hurt, I can't run fast, help me!" Yang Qin called out to Jiang Wang.

However, Jiang Wang ignored her, soon running into the sunny part of the side street.

Others followed, accelerating.

Two kilometers was taxing, requiring full speed.

"Don't leave, didn't you promise to take me?" Yang Qin, pale as powder, cried out.

She hobbled, trying to follow, but found herself left behind.

Even a high schooler, Yang Qin realized she couldn't cover two kilometers in time.

She stopped at the side street, watching the despicable man's back, tears streaming down.

She wobbled back, pleading with Wu Hen, "Can... can I follow you?"

"As you wish," Wu Hen replied indifferently.

Yang Qin, eyes red, piteously said, "Just because I refused his indecent request last night, he did this to me..."

Yeah, yeah, you'd rather die than comply.

Wu Hen was too tired to retort.

At least Yang Qin wasn't foolish enough to be exploited and abandoned!

"Little Hen, listen carefully." Su Li, beside Wu Hen, pointed to the shadowed area.

Wu Hen nodded, ignoring Yang Qin.

He gazed down the two-kilometer long side street, seeing its end from his vantage point.

Wu Hen focused on his hearing.

He wasn't sure what Su Li wanted him to hear.

She must be trying to teach him something.

But even after a while, Wu Hen heard nothing.

However, Wu Hen's naked eye soon saw a strange scene in the shadows!

The shadows looked like a long yin river, where something was surfacing, causing ripples, even boiling!

Wu Hen was shocked by what lurked beneath the shadows.

Why couldn't he hear anything?

"You only synesthetized hearing, but in Desert Dust, some species don't make a sound, like these Shadow Evil Spirits. You must observe more, not rely solely on one sense," Su Li explained.

Wu Hen nodded, instinctively wanting to cling to his aunt's leg.

Desert Dust was chaotic, and Hen Bao was scared!

...

"Run faster, don't panic, they won't dare enter the sunlight!" Jiang Wang exclaimed.

The sunlit area shrank rapidly.

The buildings on the side street were uniformly high and close together, with no other refuge on the path.

They were like ants fleeing a maze, with a wall slowly closing in, threatening to kill if they couldn't escape!

The boundary between light and shadow was stark, with the shadow tide encroaching on their shrinking territory.

The sun moved faster than they expected.

Before reaching halfway, shadows occupied two-thirds!

Seemingly sensing human vitality, even though they ran in sunlight, shadow creatures like vile water ghosts lurked at the edges, ready to pounce!

"Run faster, run faster!" Xu Yan, the broken-eyebrow woman, shouted.

"I... I can't... I can't run..." wheezed the older man.

"Wait... wait for me..." panted the obese man at the rear.


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