Having the Same Name as the Demon Lord of the Abyss
Seamless hell
The little boy didn’t hide. He just smiled and pushed Ye Zun out.
The woman’s knife stabbed towards him, but because the little boy was very small, and because the potted plants and decorations placed around the corridor corner made the environment not suitable for striking, her movement was too excessive and it seemed that her one blow did not succeed in anything.
She was bent over, panting for breath with her hands propped against the wall, as if she had exerted too much force when she rushed over just then.
Ye Zun didn’t expect that this woman would be so out in the open. Regardless of the consequences, when she suddenly attacked the little boy, her mind went completely blank.
Immediately after being pushed away by the little boy, he picked up the potted plants and lamp stands beside him, throwing anything that was within his reach at the woman.
Ye Zun threw everything at her indiscriminately to attract her hatred, fearing that she would spare some time to attack the little boy again. He did not dare to stop for a single moment.
Porcelain shards, soil, and flower branches from the flower vase were scattered all over the floor, as well as dripping blood.
The little boy had an innocent and carefree face, as if he didn’t know what terrifying things had happened. He looked at her with clear and pure eyes, unable to hold back his laughter. “Ah, I see, Gugu is playing a game with us ah. This game is so fun.”
Just one second prior, the woman’s twitching with anger because of the things Ye Zun threw on her body, making her embarrassed. She stared at Ye Zun angrily and resentfully, releasing a threatening and frantic yell.
“Ahhh!”
In the next second, she showed a thick and colourful smile. Her exquisitely makeup-done eyes bent, and she gasped, “Actually, ghosts are harder to use than humans. As long as the opponent’s will is firm and they have no fear, it takes a while to kill them, and it’s very troublesome. So, I’m bored of it. Now, I have a new inspiration, want to know?”
She smiled happily. “I thought I loved money the most, but now I just realised, that compared to loving money, I prefer the feeling of killing people and not being punished for it. You guys stole my money, and got the only man I’ve ever loved to divorce me. How should I kill you guys?”
The little boy seemed to be stunned still by her words. At a loss, he looked at Ye Zun in surprise, then smiled innocently and said to the woman, “Is Er-gugu inspired by San-gugu’s incident and planning to kill us herself, so she’s pretending to be mentally ill?”
Er-gugu looked at the little boy who was trapped in the corner by her reproachfully. “A mentally ill person will be locked up in the hospital, does Gugu look like someone who can live like that? Gugu doesn’t really want to kill you, Gugu just has a new idea. Since you ruined Gugu’s life, you should pay Gugu with a new one. Although you are a boy, you look very beautiful. You have many scars on your body, but I will reluctantly keep myself from disliking it. Give your body to me ba! Perfect timing, I haven’t tried what it’s like to be a man yet.”
She looked at the ghost of her younger sister, who was so full of resentment towards her but unable to do anything to her. She smiled with curved eyes. “How about it? That mute body can also be left to you. He has such nice looks, even though he’s mute, he can make a lot of money ba. When I die, all the money in this family will belong to them. Of course, when we become them, this money will belong to the two of us. What do you want, to continue to be a lonely ghost, or cooperate with me?”
San-gugu’s ghost ignored her entirely. When the ghost saw her blood dripping on the ground, she immediately regained her energy and rushed over to grab her by the neck, exerting all her strength.
The enemy’s blood seemed to give her strength. Originally, her existence was insignificant to Er-gugu, but now the whites of the woman’s eyes could somewhat be seen under her influence. Her breathing was turning to suffocation.
The little boy showed his neat and white teeth. He seemed to be smiling, but also frowning with worry. He said, innocently and obediently, “Gugu, you’re bleeding a lot. Is it because you swung too hard when you tried to kill me just now, and you accidentally hit yourself somewhere? You’ll die if you bleed too much, right? What do we do, both me and Didi are too young, we don’t know how to give first aid. Is Gugu really going to die ba?”
In a corner that Ye Zun couldn’t see, blocked by the woman’s body, a thin, sharp blade stuck out between the little boy’s fingers and his sleeve, still with a trace of blood on it.
Ye Zun looked at the woman who was being strangled by San-gugu’s ghost. Although her existence finally had a certain effect on the woman, it was not enough to kill the other person.
Ye Zun looked at the porcelain shards on the floor, then at the little boy trapped in the corner. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
——Can this kind of person only be dealt with, by killing her?
The woman who was being strangled by the ghost seemed to be paying more attention to their actions than the ghost itself. When she saw Ye Zun picking up the porcelain on the ground, she said with a smile, “Do you dare to kill me? After I die, I will become a ferocious ghost, I won’t let you guys go. And you, the murderer, are still a mute. You will be kicked out of this house, with nowhere to go, and you will have to bear the alienating eyes of everyone in society. Just thinking about it, so pitiful. Hahahaha…kill me ah, I will always, always haunt you!”
The porcelain shard in Ye Zun’s hand was suddenly taken away.
He raised his eyes and saw Gu-laolao come up from behind him, supporting herself on the wall.
Gu-laolao was dizzy and wobbly in her steps. She didn’t know what the woman did to her when she was downstairs just now.
No one expected that the other party would come directly to the door and do things herself. A madman’s thoughts were completely beyond normal people’s comprehension and prediction.
Gu-laolao walked in front of the woman with a sullen face. The woman seemed to realise something. Her smile finally subsided a little, and she seemed to want to struggle, but San-gugu’s ghost kept twisting her neck.
Gu-laolao glared at her coldly. “Let me ask you, did you kill my son?”
The woman smiled, the same way how a dead pig does not fear boiling water*. “He really was so stupid, just like you, I tried to kill him so many times, not once did he think something was wrong…but as long as he has a little consciousness…”
[T/N: pretty straight forward idiom, means how someone is unaffected]
The shard in Gu-laolao’s hand slashed down on her neck with great force, once and again, with heavy and hard strokes.
Blood spurted out, with shreds of meat hanging on the porcelain shard. The woman’s face was blank, wrinkled in pain, but she quickly smiled again.
Perhaps there was a little fear in her eyes, a little disbelief, but there was more confidence and arrogance, because she felt that she would turn into a ghost right away and become omnipotent.
“I will…always…be in this…house…I won’t…let go…”
Gu-laolao bitterly said, “You’d better do as you say. I will find someone and crucify your soul, so that you will never be reborn for the rest of your existence!”
More blood flowed out. There were horrific screams of countless ghosts in the room. Who knew if it was from the ghosts who had been killed by the woman, or the evil ghosts bound to her fate.
Ye Zun fell to the ground clutching his ears, his head hurt so much from those screams, it felt like his whole brain was suffering an earthquake.
With his last glance, he saw San-gugu’s ghost drink the blood from Er-gugu’s neck. Er-gugu resisted before she died, grabbing Gu-laolao’s neck. One ghost and two humans entangled each other, killing each other.
From the other end of the corridor, Gufu ran over and separated them. He pulled out the knife that the woman had stabbed into the wall when she attacked the little boy before, and dealt the woman the final blow.
Standing in the corner where the walls met, the little boy whose body was stained with blood frowned slightly, looking at them with an expression like he was surprised, yet also at a loss.
In the distorted picture, that pure face, which was innocent like a suffering angel, yet also looked like those lips would rise at the corners in the next second, revealed a smile.
……
The dust settled.
Gu-laolao killed the second aunt who broke into the house with the intention of attacking the children. She surrendered herself, and entrusted the children to Er-gufu who came and saved them at the last moment, and who was in the middle of divorcing Er-gugu.
But because Gu-laolao was old and had been suffering from various chronic diseases, as well as the fact that the children also needed to be taken care of, and also because of the nature of self-defence to a certain extent, she did not have to serve a prison sentence due to various factors.
However, they could not leave the country.
They still lived in that house.
Ye Zun never saw a ghost in this house again, not a single one.
The house became very clean.
One day, half a month after Er-gugu died.
“Quickly take a shower, go to bed early before half past eight.”
Ye Zun was not used to such rules at first, but later he developed the habit of going to bed early.
That night, he slept very soundly, but suddenly, with no outside disturbance, he woke up from his deep sleep in an instant.
He woke up without warning.
Ye Zun subconsciously opened his eyes and saw a woman in white standing at the head of his bed.
Long hair hung down over the face, and two hands stretched out towards him.
His heartbeat was completely out of control, beating violently.
Ye Zun wanted to move, but he discovered that he couldn’t.
Not only that, but he soon realised that he was not in his bedroom.
He seemed to be in an unfamiliar place, a place like a hospital, with an operating table.
On the hospital bed parallel to him, an unfamiliar child who was not much different from him lay there. Tubes were inserted all over his body, as if he had been ill for a long time.
……
The villa’s second floor.
The widowed second uncle was still elegant and kind, chatting with a doctor. Gu-laolao stood at his side.
From the first day Ye Zun entered this house, he always seemed to be able to meet many powerful doctors; the doctor who checked Ye Zun’s vocal cords, the doctor who diagnosed the little boy with autism, and later, the doctor who found San-gugu mentally ill.
“Everything is a good match. This donor is a better match than the one you found before. The heart transplant surgery has a high chance of success.” “
“Chengting is my lifeblood. As long as my grandson gets better, I will give as much money as needed.”
“Don’t worry ba, Chengting will definitely get better.”
The doctor walked into a room and walked down stairs that went underground.
Gu-laolao was a little hesitant. “That woman died too early. When the time comes, if there’s an incident, have you figured out how to deal with the follow-up?”
Er-gufu looked cool-headed. “There’s no problem, we can just find another scapegoat.”
Before the man became the second uncle of the family, he knew the old lady. When his family suddenly declined, the old lady helped him out a lot. It was also the old lady who introduced him to her two stepdaughters.
At first, he chose the third young missus, who looked like she had a poor character but actually conducted herself with simplicity. Who could’ve known that San-xiaojie was not interested in him at all. Instead, he turned to the second young missus, who looked very scheming. Perhaps it was because he almost became her younger sister’s man, which aroused her attraction, and she became very interested in the man.
Although Er-xiaojie was not some kind of good person, she also wasn’t a smart villain either, so he married her.
Doing this was, of course, also for the property of this family.
Er-xiaojie was always provoking and marginalising San-xiaojie in front of everyone. Everyone knew this very well.
When one person speaks maliciously towards another, no matter how normal it may sound, as long as the person being targeted feels uncomfortable, the people around listening in may not notice once or twice, but after a long time of the same thing, they will always notice something is wrong.
In a crowd, if only the targeted person feels restless, while the others remain calm and silent, it is not because they are deceived or not smart enough to detect the ill intent, but because they are deliberately pretending not to know, so they can follow the instigator and push out the other person.
They acted just like this, deliberately turning a blind eye to San-xiaojie’s situation, pretending not to know Er-xiaojie’s intentions, watching Er-xiaojie execute her plans, and even deliberately cooperating with her exclusion, accusations and hatred of San-xiaojie. They used Er-xiaojie’s hands to drive San-xiaojie crazy in the fight for the inheritance.
This poor, innocent naive San-xiaojie, she thought that everyone misunderstood her because they were deceived by Er-xiaojie’s words and always had her eyes on Er-xiaojie, believing that she was protecting them desperately.
It’s just, they didn’t expect that because the old lady adopted two children, this would trigger Er-xiaojie’s murderous intent.
Once unintelligent fools become vicious, their destructive power will be more terrifying than that of smart people, because they will become completely reckless. They were forced to kill her in advance.
Although Ye Zun had his name changed to Ye Chengting, the real Ye Chengting was someone else. The real Ye Chengting was the old lady’s blood-related grandson.
Er-xiaojie didn’t know that the reason why the old lady adopted Ye Zun, as well as the little boy before, was for the sake of her grandson.
The real Ye Chengting had a problem with his heart, and it needed to be replaced.
So, after careful selection, the old lady chose Ye Zun, who was abused by his parents, had no other relatives in his family, and was also mute. Even if a child like this did not go to school, even if he disappeared, even if he suddenly changed into someone else, no one will know.
Not allowing Ye Zun to go to school, not inviting any tutors to teach him how to read and write at home, asking a doctor to check his vocal cords at the beginning, all these things were in fact inspections for the operation, the preparations to prevent plans from being revealed.
The same went for the little boy named Lin. He was the first donor to be found, but he was not suitable as Ye Zun who was found later on, and so he was withdrawn.
If something goes wrong with Ye Zun’s heart after the transplant, he can be a backup.
Originally, they planned to wait for the operation to be successful, and then push Ye Zun’s death onto the second young missus, who was planning to kill and fight for the family property. Who could’ve expected that this woman would suddenly go crazy, breaking into the house ahead of time and openly attacking the two donors, destroying everyone’s plans.
It seemed that he had to find another woman to marry, so that she could be the scapegoat.
Er-gufu stood at the doorway and looked to his left and right.
Because of the infamous hauntings and murders, there was almost no one left in this house anymore. The people around them knew the situation, and no matter how much money they offered, they wouldn’t be able to hire permanent workers at home.
This was exactly what they wanted. Even if they did some shady things at night, they will not be discovered.
The man withdrew his gaze. Just when he was about to follow the two people who went into the room, his eyes suddenly paused.
In the corridor, the little boy stood there quietly. It was unknown how long he had been there.
An exquisite and perfect face, born with eyes that seemed to hold extravagance and contempt, making him look like a real young master.
At this moment, he was frowning slightly, looking at the man innocently.
Gufu looked at him warmly. “Why are you here? When did you come? You should be in your room sleeping at this time.”
The little boy lifted his chin slightly and looked at him with utter boredom. The expression on his face was an undisciplined arrogance that did not belong to a child. “Why did she end up doing this? Don’t you think it’s too stupid? Have you never doubted her?”
The man watched him with confusion. “Who are you talking about?”
“Your woman ah.” The little boy looked at him with eyes that were dull to the utmost degree. “She didn’t expect it either, did she? Agreeing that she will kill, and you help her to deal with the aftermath, but at the last moment, you suddenly choose to pretend to be a good person. Betrayed by the only man she ever loved, even a fiend like that would die with discontent* ba. She watched you to the very end when she died, so you haven’t slept well for the past few days, have you?”
[T/N: 死不瞑目/die with one’s eyes open, refusing to die with eyes closed since they have unfulfilled wishes]
There was not much of an expression on the man’s face. His eyes sunk slightly, and he said kindly, “What are you talking about, Gufu doesn’t understand. Did you have a nightmare?”
The little boy grew even more bored. He breathed an empty sigh and blew at his bangs, with an innocent look. As if talking to him really had nothing interesting, he became more direct. “I have a special ability. I can see people’s thoughts by looking into their eyes. Anything I want to know, as long as I want to, I can make the other party speak the most truthful words from the bottom of their heart.”
He looked at the man indifferently, with arrogance in his eyes. “Of course, it also includes, suddenly destroying the plan memorised in the heart, losing patience and reason, and suddenly going to kill people who were not meant to be killed right now, according to the original plan.”
He exposed his snow-white and neat teeth, and a bright smile of evil in its purest form appeared on that innocent face. In his clear eyes, there was a sense of deterioration and abnormality that did not belong to a child. “For example, she didn’t actually want to make a move at that time. But I think, the game can end now, so I just let her do it.”
The man shivered, and he finally looked at the child in front of him with fear. “Who the hell are you?”
As if he could do whatever he wanted, the little boy looked at him innocently and with boredom, blinking once. “Didn’t San-gugu already tell you guys? She saw your woman throw me off the ferris wheel to fall to my death with her own eyes. Why didn’t you believe it?”
The man’s pupils dilated before suddenly contracting again. San-xiaojie indeed did say this. It’s not that he didn’t believe her, he just thought, if his wife really did kill this brat, why wasn’t she afraid at all when she saw him again?
The little boy with a snow-white face, under the moonlight in the dark night, was evil in its perfection. He did not look like a real person.
He faced the man, haughty and indifferent. “Ah, your woman was more like a ghost than a human herself, of course she didn’t care whether the person she put to death was a human or a ghost. Human or a ghost, if she wants to kill, she will. But, what? Are you afraid of ghosts?”
The man backed away, step by step.
“You want guys to do a heart transplant? Actually, this kind of thing, my skills are far better than that of the doctor downstairs. Want to try it out?”
He raised his eyebrows, and walked towards the man.
Between the sleeve and fingers, a thin blade hung down. The cold reflection of the moonlight fell upon it, blooming in people’s visions more brilliantly than the scorching sun.
……
Under the bright moonlight, in a dark villa, still quietly awake.
In the grey eyes of the female ghost in white billowing clothes, cold droplets of water flow down slowly, like tears.
“I’m sorry.”
Ye Zun, lying on the hospital bed, finally saw the deepest horror hidden in this family through San-gugu’s ghostly eyes.
He quietly looked at San-gugu’s ghost.
In the darkness, Ye Zun’s pure and gentle eyes also couldn’t be seen clearly, like the last moonlight swallowed by the marsh.
——You have already done very well. You’ve been despised all this time, you must be very lonely ba.
But even in loneliness, she desperately wanted to save those who hate her.
Only after she died did she find out that those people actually knew all about it, they just pretended to be blind, watching with cold eyes, devising even more terrifying ideas. Their hearts must be very desperate.
“I’m sorry.”
The ghost’s tears fell on Ye Zun’s face.
Ice cold, hopeless.
She couldn’t save him, why was she so stupid, she could have done better.
Ye Zun watched her quietly.
——Gugu is not stupid, Gugu is just kind.
She obviously couldn’t even save herself, but she still wanted to save others.
It was obviously someone else who did the evil deeds, but because she couldn’t save people, she blamed herself even in her death.
——Thank you, Gugu, it’s alright. Don’t worry about me anymore.
——Gugu is already free. Go ba, the farther away from here the better, walk towards where there is light, there is a world suitable for people like Gugu to live in. I’ve seen it once, on my journey.
——Whatever matters remain here, leave it to me ba. I will do it.
He closed his eyes calmly, waiting for the game to notify him of his death, so he could reload the file.
Under the influence of the anaesthetic, he felt himself sinking.
The feeling of sinking, deeper and deeper, wore out the soul for this journey through hell, with no beginning and no end.
He didn’t know when it started, when his fear had become so insignificant, replaced by a cold and unfeeling fatigue.
He will always and forever be on that 404 train.
Even if he passes one level, there will still be the next level; through purgatory, there will be a new purgatory.
The scenery outside the window was beautiful. He vaguely remembered that there was a warm presence beside him, and he wanted to desperately grasp the light and treasure* that he rested against.
[T/N: 美好: all that is good in (his) life]
Are you still there? Will you stay with me forever?
What is the destination? What new purgatory awaits me, will you be with me?
A pure white finger gently stroked his sleeping face. The little boy’s delicate appearance, wearing an innocent and brilliant smile, as if he just returned from playing a game. Those clear and shiny eyes lit up so brightly.
Compared to Ye Zun’s fatigue and desolation, his interest in this game and journey was overflowing with exuberance. He was abundant in energy.
It wasn’t until he returned to his side that the excessively intense and tempestuous vital energy and blood, spawned from the massacre of the evil, always at the ready to move, gradually subsided until it became peaceful.
He quietly watched the sleeping boy. That flawless face, innocent yet evil, pure and unstained, cold and dark, coexisting on one face at the same time.
Facing the dessert he wanted to eat the most, the Abyss’ desire to devour was infinitely suppressed by himself until it finally neared its death, disguising itself as the beautifully quiet mirror-like water in autumn, with the graceful reeds dripping with dew, growing along the way.
Sullen and downcast, like releasing a sigh, a fondness so very, very deep. “Don’t be afraid ah, Fox-gege is protecting you.”
……
On the operating table under the villa, lay four people.
Er-gufu’s heart was replaced with Gu-laolao’s aged heart.
The doctor’s heart was replaced with the real Ye Chengting’s failing heart.
Gu-laolao’s heart was replaced with the doctor’s heart.
Ye Chengting’s heart was replaced with Er-gufu’s heart.
Although the priest’s technique was truly skilled, with almost no traces of surgery on these people, the rejection of organs was inevitable.
Ye Zun didn’t get to wait for the file to reload. He didn’t get to wait before the police and news media came, and he didn’t get to wait for the ending where he was sent to the orphanage. Or, in other words, it was a new beginning.
The author has something to say:
I am considering ending it with《 Nightmare Frontier · Chapter》, or continue the story at the orphanage before ending~
After the end of the 404 train, I want to write about the new destination world in a different way. If a meeting goes through and it becomes a new novel, it won’t be released so quickly.
If no one wants to read it…I’ll write it as my own entertainment*.
[T/N: 我就自己硬盘娱乐了 don’t know what this means, just guessed the meaning]
Having the Same Name as the Demon Lord of the Abyss
Seamless hell
The little boy didn’t hide. He just smiled and pushed Ye Zun out.
The woman’s knife stabbed towards him, but because the little boy was very small, and because the potted plants and decorations placed around the corridor corner made the environment not suitable for striking, her movement was too excessive and it seemed that her one blow did not succeed in anything.
She was bent over, panting for breath with her hands propped against the wall, as if she had exerted too much force when she rushed over just then.
Ye Zun didn’t expect that this woman would be so out in the open. Regardless of the consequences, when she suddenly attacked the little boy, her mind went completely blank.
Immediately after being pushed away by the little boy, he picked up the potted plants and lamp stands beside him, throwing anything that was within his reach at the woman.
Ye Zun threw everything at her indiscriminately to attract her hatred, fearing that she would spare some time to attack the little boy again. He did not dare to stop for a single moment.
Porcelain shards, soil, and flower branches from the flower vase were scattered all over the floor, as well as dripping blood.
The little boy had an innocent and carefree face, as if he didn’t know what terrifying things had happened. He looked at her with clear and pure eyes, unable to hold back his laughter. “Ah, I see, Gugu is playing a game with us ah. This game is so fun.”
Just one second prior, the woman’s twitching with anger because of the things Ye Zun threw on her body, making her embarrassed. She stared at Ye Zun angrily and resentfully, releasing a threatening and frantic yell.
“Ahhh!”
In the next second, she showed a thick and colourful smile. Her exquisitely makeup-done eyes bent, and she gasped, “Actually, ghosts are harder to use than humans. As long as the opponent’s will is firm and they have no fear, it takes a while to kill them, and it’s very troublesome. So, I’m bored of it. Now, I have a new inspiration, want to know?”
She smiled happily. “I thought I loved money the most, but now I just realised, that compared to loving money, I prefer the feeling of killing people and not being punished for it. You guys stole my money, and got the only man I’ve ever loved to divorce me. How should I kill you guys?”
The little boy seemed to be stunned still by her words. At a loss, he looked at Ye Zun in surprise, then smiled innocently and said to the woman, “Is Er-gugu inspired by San-gugu’s incident and planning to kill us herself, so she’s pretending to be mentally ill?”
Er-gugu looked at the little boy who was trapped in the corner by her reproachfully. “A mentally ill person will be locked up in the hospital, does Gugu look like someone who can live like that? Gugu doesn’t really want to kill you, Gugu just has a new idea. Since you ruined Gugu’s life, you should pay Gugu with a new one. Although you are a boy, you look very beautiful. You have many scars on your body, but I will reluctantly keep myself from disliking it. Give your body to me ba! Perfect timing, I haven’t tried what it’s like to be a man yet.”
She looked at the ghost of her younger sister, who was so full of resentment towards her but unable to do anything to her. She smiled with curved eyes. “How about it? That mute body can also be left to you. He has such nice looks, even though he’s mute, he can make a lot of money ba. When I die, all the money in this family will belong to them. Of course, when we become them, this money will belong to the two of us. What do you want, to continue to be a lonely ghost, or cooperate with me?”
San-gugu’s ghost ignored her entirely. When the ghost saw her blood dripping on the ground, she immediately regained her energy and rushed over to grab her by the neck, exerting all her strength.
The enemy’s blood seemed to give her strength. Originally, her existence was insignificant to Er-gugu, but now the whites of the woman’s eyes could somewhat be seen under her influence. Her breathing was turning to suffocation.
The little boy showed his neat and white teeth. He seemed to be smiling, but also frowning with worry. He said, innocently and obediently, “Gugu, you’re bleeding a lot. Is it because you swung too hard when you tried to kill me just now, and you accidentally hit yourself somewhere? You’ll die if you bleed too much, right? What do we do, both me and Didi are too young, we don’t know how to give first aid. Is Gugu really going to die ba?”
In a corner that Ye Zun couldn’t see, blocked by the woman’s body, a thin, sharp blade stuck out between the little boy’s fingers and his sleeve, still with a trace of blood on it.
Ye Zun looked at the woman who was being strangled by San-gugu’s ghost. Although her existence finally had a certain effect on the woman, it was not enough to kill the other person.
Ye Zun looked at the porcelain shards on the floor, then at the little boy trapped in the corner. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
——Can this kind of person only be dealt with, by killing her?
The woman who was being strangled by the ghost seemed to be paying more attention to their actions than the ghost itself. When she saw Ye Zun picking up the porcelain on the ground, she said with a smile, “Do you dare to kill me? After I die, I will become a ferocious ghost, I won’t let you guys go. And you, the murderer, are still a mute. You will be kicked out of this house, with nowhere to go, and you will have to bear the alienating eyes of everyone in society. Just thinking about it, so pitiful. Hahahaha…kill me ah, I will always, always haunt you!”
The porcelain shard in Ye Zun’s hand was suddenly taken away.
He raised his eyes and saw Gu-laolao come up from behind him, supporting herself on the wall.
Gu-laolao was dizzy and wobbly in her steps. She didn’t know what the woman did to her when she was downstairs just now.
No one expected that the other party would come directly to the door and do things herself. A madman’s thoughts were completely beyond normal people’s comprehension and prediction.
Gu-laolao walked in front of the woman with a sullen face. The woman seemed to realise something. Her smile finally subsided a little, and she seemed to want to struggle, but San-gugu’s ghost kept twisting her neck.
Gu-laolao glared at her coldly. “Let me ask you, did you kill my son?”
The woman smiled, the same way how a dead pig does not fear boiling water*. “He really was so stupid, just like you, I tried to kill him so many times, not once did he think something was wrong…but as long as he has a little consciousness…”
[T/N: pretty straight forward idiom, means how someone is unaffected]
The shard in Gu-laolao’s hand slashed down on her neck with great force, once and again, with heavy and hard strokes.
Blood spurted out, with shreds of meat hanging on the porcelain shard. The woman’s face was blank, wrinkled in pain, but she quickly smiled again.
Perhaps there was a little fear in her eyes, a little disbelief, but there was more confidence and arrogance, because she felt that she would turn into a ghost right away and become omnipotent.
“I will…always…be in this…house…I won’t…let go…”
Gu-laolao bitterly said, “You’d better do as you say. I will find someone and crucify your soul, so that you will never be reborn for the rest of your existence!”
More blood flowed out. There were horrific screams of countless ghosts in the room. Who knew if it was from the ghosts who had been killed by the woman, or the evil ghosts bound to her fate.
Ye Zun fell to the ground clutching his ears, his head hurt so much from those screams, it felt like his whole brain was suffering an earthquake.
With his last glance, he saw San-gugu’s ghost drink the blood from Er-gugu’s neck. Er-gugu resisted before she died, grabbing Gu-laolao’s neck. One ghost and two humans entangled each other, killing each other.
From the other end of the corridor, Gufu ran over and separated them. He pulled out the knife that the woman had stabbed into the wall when she attacked the little boy before, and dealt the woman the final blow.
Standing in the corner where the walls met, the little boy whose body was stained with blood frowned slightly, looking at them with an expression like he was surprised, yet also at a loss.
In the distorted picture, that pure face, which was innocent like a suffering angel, yet also looked like those lips would rise at the corners in the next second, revealed a smile.
……
The dust settled.
Gu-laolao killed the second aunt who broke into the house with the intention of attacking the children. She surrendered herself, and entrusted the children to Er-gufu who came and saved them at the last moment, and who was in the middle of divorcing Er-gugu.
But because Gu-laolao was old and had been suffering from various chronic diseases, as well as the fact that the children also needed to be taken care of, and also because of the nature of self-defence to a certain extent, she did not have to serve a prison sentence due to various factors.
However, they could not leave the country.
They still lived in that house.
Ye Zun never saw a ghost in this house again, not a single one.
The house became very clean.
One day, half a month after Er-gugu died.
“Quickly take a shower, go to bed early before half past eight.”
Ye Zun was not used to such rules at first, but later he developed the habit of going to bed early.
That night, he slept very soundly, but suddenly, with no outside disturbance, he woke up from his deep sleep in an instant.
He woke up without warning.
Ye Zun subconsciously opened his eyes and saw a woman in white standing at the head of his bed.
Long hair hung down over the face, and two hands stretched out towards him.
His heartbeat was completely out of control, beating violently.
Ye Zun wanted to move, but he discovered that he couldn’t.
Not only that, but he soon realised that he was not in his bedroom.
He seemed to be in an unfamiliar place, a place like a hospital, with an operating table.
On the hospital bed parallel to him, an unfamiliar child who was not much different from him lay there. Tubes were inserted all over his body, as if he had been ill for a long time.
……
The villa’s second floor.
The widowed second uncle was still elegant and kind, chatting with a doctor. Gu-laolao stood at his side.
From the first day Ye Zun entered this house, he always seemed to be able to meet many powerful doctors; the doctor who checked Ye Zun’s vocal cords, the doctor who diagnosed the little boy with autism, and later, the doctor who found San-gugu mentally ill.
“Everything is a good match. This donor is a better match than the one you found before. The heart transplant surgery has a high chance of success.” “
“Chengting is my lifeblood. As long as my grandson gets better, I will give as much money as needed.”
“Don’t worry ba, Chengting will definitely get better.”
The doctor walked into a room and walked down stairs that went underground.
Gu-laolao was a little hesitant. “That woman died too early. When the time comes, if there’s an incident, have you figured out how to deal with the follow-up?”
Er-gufu looked cool-headed. “There’s no problem, we can just find another scapegoat.”
Before the man became the second uncle of the family, he knew the old lady. When his family suddenly declined, the old lady helped him out a lot. It was also the old lady who introduced him to her two stepdaughters.
At first, he chose the third young missus, who looked like she had a poor character but actually conducted herself with simplicity. Who could’ve known that San-xiaojie was not interested in him at all. Instead, he turned to the second young missus, who looked very scheming. Perhaps it was because he almost became her younger sister’s man, which aroused her attraction, and she became very interested in the man.
Although Er-xiaojie was not some kind of good person, she also wasn’t a smart villain either, so he married her.
Doing this was, of course, also for the property of this family.
Er-xiaojie was always provoking and marginalising San-xiaojie in front of everyone. Everyone knew this very well.
When one person speaks maliciously towards another, no matter how normal it may sound, as long as the person being targeted feels uncomfortable, the people around listening in may not notice once or twice, but after a long time of the same thing, they will always notice something is wrong.
In a crowd, if only the targeted person feels restless, while the others remain calm and silent, it is not because they are deceived or not smart enough to detect the ill intent, but because they are deliberately pretending not to know, so they can follow the instigator and push out the other person.
They acted just like this, deliberately turning a blind eye to San-xiaojie’s situation, pretending not to know Er-xiaojie’s intentions, watching Er-xiaojie execute her plans, and even deliberately cooperating with her exclusion, accusations and hatred of San-xiaojie. They used Er-xiaojie’s hands to drive San-xiaojie crazy in the fight for the inheritance.
This poor, innocent naive San-xiaojie, she thought that everyone misunderstood her because they were deceived by Er-xiaojie’s words and always had her eyes on Er-xiaojie, believing that she was protecting them desperately.
It’s just, they didn’t expect that because the old lady adopted two children, this would trigger Er-xiaojie’s murderous intent.
Once unintelligent fools become vicious, their destructive power will be more terrifying than that of smart people, because they will become completely reckless. They were forced to kill her in advance.
Although Ye Zun had his name changed to Ye Chengting, the real Ye Chengting was someone else. The real Ye Chengting was the old lady’s blood-related grandson.
Er-xiaojie didn’t know that the reason why the old lady adopted Ye Zun, as well as the little boy before, was for the sake of her grandson.
The real Ye Chengting had a problem with his heart, and it needed to be replaced.
So, after careful selection, the old lady chose Ye Zun, who was abused by his parents, had no other relatives in his family, and was also mute. Even if a child like this did not go to school, even if he disappeared, even if he suddenly changed into someone else, no one will know.
Not allowing Ye Zun to go to school, not inviting any tutors to teach him how to read and write at home, asking a doctor to check his vocal cords at the beginning, all these things were in fact inspections for the operation, the preparations to prevent plans from being revealed.
The same went for the little boy named Lin. He was the first donor to be found, but he was not suitable as Ye Zun who was found later on, and so he was withdrawn.
If something goes wrong with Ye Zun’s heart after the transplant, he can be a backup.
Originally, they planned to wait for the operation to be successful, and then push Ye Zun’s death onto the second young missus, who was planning to kill and fight for the family property. Who could’ve expected that this woman would suddenly go crazy, breaking into the house ahead of time and openly attacking the two donors, destroying everyone’s plans.
It seemed that he had to find another woman to marry, so that she could be the scapegoat.
Er-gufu stood at the doorway and looked to his left and right.
Because of the infamous hauntings and murders, there was almost no one left in this house anymore. The people around them knew the situation, and no matter how much money they offered, they wouldn’t be able to hire permanent workers at home.
This was exactly what they wanted. Even if they did some shady things at night, they will not be discovered.
The man withdrew his gaze. Just when he was about to follow the two people who went into the room, his eyes suddenly paused.
In the corridor, the little boy stood there quietly. It was unknown how long he had been there.
An exquisite and perfect face, born with eyes that seemed to hold extravagance and contempt, making him look like a real young master.
At this moment, he was frowning slightly, looking at the man innocently.
Gufu looked at him warmly. “Why are you here? When did you come? You should be in your room sleeping at this time.”
The little boy lifted his chin slightly and looked at him with utter boredom. The expression on his face was an undisciplined arrogance that did not belong to a child. “Why did she end up doing this? Don’t you think it’s too stupid? Have you never doubted her?”
The man watched him with confusion. “Who are you talking about?”
“Your woman ah.” The little boy looked at him with eyes that were dull to the utmost degree. “She didn’t expect it either, did she? Agreeing that she will kill, and you help her to deal with the aftermath, but at the last moment, you suddenly choose to pretend to be a good person. Betrayed by the only man she ever loved, even a fiend like that would die with discontent* ba. She watched you to the very end when she died, so you haven’t slept well for the past few days, have you?”
[T/N: 死不瞑目/die with one’s eyes open, refusing to die with eyes closed since they have unfulfilled wishes]
There was not much of an expression on the man’s face. His eyes sunk slightly, and he said kindly, “What are you talking about, Gufu doesn’t understand. Did you have a nightmare?”
The little boy grew even more bored. He breathed an empty sigh and blew at his bangs, with an innocent look. As if talking to him really had nothing interesting, he became more direct. “I have a special ability. I can see people’s thoughts by looking into their eyes. Anything I want to know, as long as I want to, I can make the other party speak the most truthful words from the bottom of their heart.”
He looked at the man indifferently, with arrogance in his eyes. “Of course, it also includes, suddenly destroying the plan memorised in the heart, losing patience and reason, and suddenly going to kill people who were not meant to be killed right now, according to the original plan.”
He exposed his snow-white and neat teeth, and a bright smile of evil in its purest form appeared on that innocent face. In his clear eyes, there was a sense of deterioration and abnormality that did not belong to a child. “For example, she didn’t actually want to make a move at that time. But I think, the game can end now, so I just let her do it.”
The man shivered, and he finally looked at the child in front of him with fear. “Who the hell are you?”
As if he could do whatever he wanted, the little boy looked at him innocently and with boredom, blinking once. “Didn’t San-gugu already tell you guys? She saw your woman throw me off the ferris wheel to fall to my death with her own eyes. Why didn’t you believe it?”
The man’s pupils dilated before suddenly contracting again. San-xiaojie indeed did say this. It’s not that he didn’t believe her, he just thought, if his wife really did kill this brat, why wasn’t she afraid at all when she saw him again?
The little boy with a snow-white face, under the moonlight in the dark night, was evil in its perfection. He did not look like a real person.
He faced the man, haughty and indifferent. “Ah, your woman was more like a ghost than a human herself, of course she didn’t care whether the person she put to death was a human or a ghost. Human or a ghost, if she wants to kill, she will. But, what? Are you afraid of ghosts?”
The man backed away, step by step.
“You want guys to do a heart transplant? Actually, this kind of thing, my skills are far better than that of the doctor downstairs. Want to try it out?”
He raised his eyebrows, and walked towards the man.
Between the sleeve and fingers, a thin blade hung down. The cold reflection of the moonlight fell upon it, blooming in people’s visions more brilliantly than the scorching sun.
……
Under the bright moonlight, in a dark villa, still quietly awake.
In the grey eyes of the female ghost in white billowing clothes, cold droplets of water flow down slowly, like tears.
“I’m sorry.”
Ye Zun, lying on the hospital bed, finally saw the deepest horror hidden in this family through San-gugu’s ghostly eyes.
He quietly looked at San-gugu’s ghost.
In the darkness, Ye Zun’s pure and gentle eyes also couldn’t be seen clearly, like the last moonlight swallowed by the marsh.
——You have already done very well. You’ve been despised all this time, you must be very lonely ba.
But even in loneliness, she desperately wanted to save those who hate her.
Only after she died did she find out that those people actually knew all about it, they just pretended to be blind, watching with cold eyes, devising even more terrifying ideas. Their hearts must be very desperate.
“I’m sorry.”
The ghost’s tears fell on Ye Zun’s face.
Ice cold, hopeless.
She couldn’t save him, why was she so stupid, she could have done better.
Ye Zun watched her quietly.
——Gugu is not stupid, Gugu is just kind.
She obviously couldn’t even save herself, but she still wanted to save others.
It was obviously someone else who did the evil deeds, but because she couldn’t save people, she blamed herself even in her death.
——Thank you, Gugu, it’s alright. Don’t worry about me anymore.
——Gugu is already free. Go ba, the farther away from here the better, walk towards where there is light, there is a world suitable for people like Gugu to live in. I’ve seen it once, on my journey.
——Whatever matters remain here, leave it to me ba. I will do it.
He closed his eyes calmly, waiting for the game to notify him of his death, so he could reload the file.
Under the influence of the anaesthetic, he felt himself sinking.
The feeling of sinking, deeper and deeper, wore out the soul for this journey through hell, with no beginning and no end.
He didn’t know when it started, when his fear had become so insignificant, replaced by a cold and unfeeling fatigue.
He will always and forever be on that 404 train.
Even if he passes one level, there will still be the next level; through purgatory, there will be a new purgatory.
The scenery outside the window was beautiful. He vaguely remembered that there was a warm presence beside him, and he wanted to desperately grasp the light and treasure* that he rested against.
[T/N: 美好: all that is good in (his) life]
Are you still there? Will you stay with me forever?
What is the destination? What new purgatory awaits me, will you be with me?
A pure white finger gently stroked his sleeping face. The little boy’s delicate appearance, wearing an innocent and brilliant smile, as if he just returned from playing a game. Those clear and shiny eyes lit up so brightly.
Compared to Ye Zun’s fatigue and desolation, his interest in this game and journey was overflowing with exuberance. He was abundant in energy.
It wasn’t until he returned to his side that the excessively intense and tempestuous vital energy and blood, spawned from the massacre of the evil, always at the ready to move, gradually subsided until it became peaceful.
He quietly watched the sleeping boy. That flawless face, innocent yet evil, pure and unstained, cold and dark, coexisting on one face at the same time.
Facing the dessert he wanted to eat the most, the Abyss’ desire to devour was infinitely suppressed by himself until it finally neared its death, disguising itself as the beautifully quiet mirror-like water in autumn, with the graceful reeds dripping with dew, growing along the way.
Sullen and downcast, like releasing a sigh, a fondness so very, very deep. “Don’t be afraid ah, Fox-gege is protecting you.”
……
On the operating table under the villa, lay four people.
Er-gufu’s heart was replaced with Gu-laolao’s aged heart.
The doctor’s heart was replaced with the real Ye Chengting’s failing heart.
Gu-laolao’s heart was replaced with the doctor’s heart.
Ye Chengting’s heart was replaced with Er-gufu’s heart.
Although the priest’s technique was truly skilled, with almost no traces of surgery on these people, the rejection of organs was inevitable.
Ye Zun didn’t get to wait for the file to reload. He didn’t get to wait before the police and news media came, and he didn’t get to wait for the ending where he was sent to the orphanage. Or, in other words, it was a new beginning.
The author has something to say:
I am considering ending it with《 Nightmare Frontier · Chapter》, or continue the story at the orphanage before ending~
After the end of the 404 train, I want to write about the new destination world in a different way. If a meeting goes through and it becomes a new novel, it won’t be released so quickly.
If no one wants to read it…I’ll write it as my own entertainment*.
[T/N: 我就自己硬盘娱乐了 don’t know what this means, just guessed the meaning]
