parentshiftbook Chapter 80: The Concept of Five Lines!
Chapter 80: The Concept of Five Lines!
Chapter 80 The Concept of the Five Elements!
The withered forest is located behind the residential building.
This area has been abandoned for a long time. The trees grow crookedly, their branches are withered, and their leaves are sparse. The sunlight falling down is cut into pieces, and the ground is covered with a layer of decaying leaves, making it soft and yielding when stepped on.
Liu Xiao left behind many traces.
There were huge footprints on the ground, their edges pressed very deep. The soil was turned upside down, revealing wet, black roots inside. Scattered nearby were some bits of flesh, grayish-red mixed with yellowish-brown particles, which must have fallen from Liu Xiao's body.
Liu Xiao's spleen abnormality is already leaking out.
It's already close to getting out of control.
We must intervene now.
Su Ye followed the trail deeper into the area.
The further into the woods you go, the darker it gets. The surroundings are unnaturally quiet; you can't even hear birds chirping. The wind seeps through the gaps in the trees, making the dry branches rub against each other with a soft scraping sound.
suddenly.
The sound of wind exploded.
A thick, fleshy limb swept across from behind the tree, its surface covered in a muddy, sticky substance. As the granulation tissue contracted, it produced a teeth-grinding friction sound.
Su Ye tapped his toes and slid half a step backward.
boom!
The fleshy limb crashed down where he had just been standing.
The ground collapsed on the spot, rotting leaves and soil flew everywhere, and a small tree next to it was snapped off, its trunk crashing to the ground and splashing up a circle of wet mud.
Liu Xiao's voice echoed through the woods.
Why did you have to disturb my peaceful life?
Su Ye was speechless and looked up in the direction from which the sound came.
"You call this peace?"
Behind the tree's shadow, the massive figure moved slowly, pushing aside branches and leaves, and chunks of flesh brushed against the tree trunk, leaving wet marks.
Su Ye said, "Your transformation has already begun. This kind of thing can't be hidden. Once you completely lose control, all your neighbors will suffer as well. I can help you resolve your current symptoms."
"Hehehehe————"
Liu Xiao laughed.
The laughter started low, then grew louder and louder, the flesh between his chest and abdomen bulged, and his throat sounded like it was stuffed with a lump of mud. When the sound was squeezed out, it made the leaves around him tremble.
"How will you help me!"
He suddenly burst out from behind the tree.
His massive body crashed through several withered branches, and numerous proliferating tentacles lashed out from his shoulders, back, and arms, whipping wildly in all directions like raging vines.
boom!
A tree was snapped in half.
Another tentacle slammed into the ground, sending soil flying up to half a person's height.
Liu Xiao's voice echoed through the woods: "I've seen all the leading doctors in the area! And their diagnoses are different every time! Some say I have a skin disease, some say it's a mental problem, and some even tell me to go to the oncology department!"
Su Ye frowned.
With his Heavenly Eye-level mental strength, it would be a pipe dream for Liu Xiao to hit him.
"I'm different from other doctors, please listen to me first—"
"Damn it!"
Liu Xiao didn't let him finish speaking.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
His eyes were bloodshot, and the muscles on his face, which had been squeezed out of shape, twitched constantly. Granulation sprouted from the cracked skin, only to be torn apart by his violent movements, with blood and grayish-yellow debris falling down together.
Why is the world treating me like this?!
Another tentacle slammed down.
Su Ye dodged to the side, the mud and water splashing onto his trouser legs from the impact.
He looked at the crazed Liu Xiao in front of him, and his patience was finally wearing thin.
They won't listen to kind words.
Let's try a different approach then.
Su Ye let out a breath and raised his hand to press his temples.
"Okay."
He looked at Liu Xiao.
"Then I'll beat you until you have the patience to listen to me."
The next moment, Su Ye moved.
The lung energy surged up from the chest cavity, transforming into a thin, sharp golden thread with each exhale.
laugh!
The first limb to be pulled out was cut open on the spot, and blood flowed freely.
Liu Xiao screamed and shrank back, but there was too much proliferating tissue on his body. As soon as the cut opened, the surrounding granulation tissue began to wriggle wildly, trying to re-entwine.
Su Ye did not give him a chance.
He lightly touched the ground with his feet, his figure flashing through the withered forest.
With each breath, golden energy emanated, and the proliferating tentacles broke off one after another, still twitching as they fell to the ground, like a pile of necrotic tissue that had been cut off.
The lung was cut too quickly, leaving a clean cut. Before Liu Xiao could recover, Su Ye was already in front of him.
Liu Xiao roared and raised his giant arm.
That arm was swollen like a fleshy pillar, with bulging veins on its surface, and it came crashing down with a heavy, earthy aura.
Su Ye did not avoid it.
He raised his fist.
His heart skipped a beat, the power of crimson clouds surged into his blood, and the force of the flower-picking technique was compressed into a single point in his fist.
boom!
The fist landed on Liu Xiao's chest and abdomen.
The punch didn't shatter the skin, but the force penetrated deep inside, like a fine needle piercing the deepest part, followed by a sudden jolt.
Liu Xiao froze.
The next instant, all the extra flesh, tentacles, and buds on his body trembled violently as if they had lost their support.
Bang bang bang!
Clumps of proliferating tissue burst from his body, crashing to the ground and turning into a wet, heavy mass of flesh.
Liu Xiao let out a scream so painful it was almost unrecognizable, and his massive body fell backward, crushing a patch of bushes.
The woods finally quieted down.
Liu Xiao lay on the muddy ground, his mind blank for a moment.
He was stunned by the beating.
Since his body began to change, his life felt like he had been kicked into the mud.
On the first day, he only smelled a strange odor on his body. On the second day, gray-black spots appeared on his arms. Later, his skin thickened, and the flesh swelled up. His face in the mirror became more and more unfamiliar every day.
He went to the hospital, where the doctor frowned as he looked at the test results, mumbled incoherently, and looked at him with constant fear.
His parents eventually couldn't accept the changes in him either.
gone.
Everyone has left.
He was the only one left standing in this darkness.
He was abandoned by the whole world.
A person stays in a rented room, afraid to go out, afraid to look in the mirror, and keeps the curtains drawn during the day, isolating themselves from the world.
His power grew wildly, and every day he felt as if he possessed the ability to destroy everything.
But now, this young man who claims to be a doctor in Jiangcheng has effortlessly crushed everything he has.
The ground was covered with writhing limbs, chunks of flesh mixed with slime. The power that he both feared and relied on was all shaken away and left on the ground like garbage.
Liu Xiao felt a burning pain all over his body.
He was in so much pain that he couldn't even roar.
Su Ye walked up to him. Sunlight streamed through the gaps in the withered branches, falling on Su Ye's shoulder and also on Liu Xiao's blood-stained face.
Liu Xiao looked up at him and felt a tightness in her chest.
The pressure from this doctor in front of me is immense.
Su Ye looked at him for a while, then sighed and said, "If only you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place."
Liu Xiao's lips trembled, but he couldn't say anything.
Su Ye squatted down and scanned his body with his mental energy.
After the battle just now, he roughly understood that Liu Xiao's spleen earth path had gone astray. Spleen earth should have carried flesh and blood, transported nutrients, and become an extraordinary genius who could devour heaven and earth. However, Liu Xiao did not know how to guide it and could not accept changes, so he became a proliferator and a glutton.
Without breathing techniques, guidance, or anyone to tell him how to stop this change, the body just grows haphazardly according to instinct.
Liu Xiao stared at him, her voice much softer.
"Can you really help me?"
Su Ye's lips twitched as he looked at him.
It's like a teacher looking at a disappointing student; they couldn't be stopped even when called, but after being punished, they suddenly knew to ask questions.
"You have no other choice now, come here."
Before Liu Xiao could react, Su Ye had already lifted him up.
He has shrunk considerably since then. After the excess growths were dispersed, he could barely make out a human outline. However, his body was covered in blood and flesh, and was a mixture of grayish-yellow mud and slime, making him look rather undignified.
"What are you doing?"
Liu Xiao's voice faltered.
Su Ye didn't answer, but instead carried him deeper into the woods.
There was a small stream in front of us. The water wasn't deep, and the bottom of the stream was covered with pebbles. The water flowed down from the hillside and was a bit cool.
Su Ye walked to the stream and let go of his hand.
thump!
Liu Xiao was thrown directly into the water, and the cold water instantly washed over his wounds.
"ah"
Liu Xiao jerked in pain, making a series of incoherent noises.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Be gentle! My body is covered in wounds!"
Su Ye stood by the stream, looking down at him: "The changes in you are internal phenomena. In the eyes of those people, you are considered orthodox and extraordinary, with strong vitality. You won't die from this."
The stream slowly washed away the blood and bits of flesh from his body, and soon a layer of murky reddish-gray appeared on the surface of the water.
Liu Xiao huddled in the water, gasping for breath in pain, his fingers digging into the stones at the bottom of the stream, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Su Ye felt a little tired looking at him.
These kinds of problem children really test a person's patience.
Fortunately, Liu Xiao's appearance completed Su Ye's understanding of the Five Elements: Kidney Water, Lung Metal, Liver Wood, Heart Fire, and Spleen Earth. He had a comprehensive understanding of the Five Elements, which made Su Ye's understanding clearer.
Now, Liu Xiao's situation has become clearer and more obvious.
Su Ye had just dispersed most of the abnormal proliferations on Liu Xiao's body, but upon closer inspection, his skin and fascia were still covered with all sorts of messy tissues, which looked quite gruesome.
Liu Xiao avoided eye contact, seemingly not wanting Su Ye to see the disgusting things on his body.
Su Ye was in a dilemma.
How can we guide him back to the right path? The uncontrolled part of his spleen is like a crooked tree root, and Liu Xiao's spleen is now filled with rich earth energy.
and many more.
Su Ye's eyes suddenly lit up.
Just like surgery, you can simply cut off all the deformed, badly grown, and excessively long parts.
For a dignified Golden Core cultivator like him, it wouldn't be difficult to disperse the changes in the spleen and earth.
In the stream, Liu Xiao, weak, helpless, and ice-cold all over, shivered.
He looked up at Su Ye's eyes, which had suddenly brightened, and his teeth began to chatter.
"Smash them—scatter them?"
Su Ye squatted by the stream, his tone very serious.
"Just bear with it, it'll be fine, trust me!"
A piercing scream suddenly rang out from deep within the woods.
"ah""
The sound swept across the stream, startling a few dry leaves on a withered branch. In the distance, it sounded like a bird had been frightened; it flapped its wings twice, then quickly fell silent again.
Su Ye squatted by the stream without looking up, only offering a low reminder.
"Keep your voice down, or you'll attract other people's attention and cause trouble."
Liu Xiao lay in the shallow stream, trembling as if he had just been dragged out of a freezer, tears in the corners of his eyes, and his lips were white.
"Oh—then hurry up!"
He is now clean and tidy, and at least in terms of appearance, he looks much better than he did when he was a bloody mess.
The tattered clothes had long been stretched to shreds by the proliferating flesh. Su Ye casually tore off a few broad leaves to cover his private parts. It looked a bit shabby, but as long as it wasn't too offensive, he didn't care about the details.
The stream flowed down his back, carrying away streaks of blood and grayish-yellow debris.
Su Ye placed his palm on Liu Xiao's upper left abdomen.
Spleen position.
The moment his palm landed, Liu Xiao's abdominal muscles twitched violently.
"Don't move."
Liu Xiao gritted his teeth, his whole body trembling, one can imagine how much pain he was in.
Water-based energy slowly seeped into Liu Xiao's body through Su Ye's palm.
It was difficult at first. It felt like pouring water into a bag full of coarse sand. The water got stuck as soon as it entered, and it kept getting lost and unable to find a proper path.
The spleen in Liu Xiao's body was in a terrible state. The yellowish-brown aura was growing wildly around the spleen, with some parts already necrotic, while others were still absorbing nutrients. Tiny buds were growing along the blood vessel walls, like unruly roots.
Su Ye frowned, and the nascent water-element golden core hummed and trembled, before a torrent of water-element energy poured into it.
"Brother—it really hurts—it really hurts—"
"Know."
Su Ye lowered his head and walked sideways.
"Bear with it."
"I—ah!"
Just as Liu Xiao finished speaking, a sudden, sharp pain shot through his abdomen, and his eyes widened as he almost cried out again.
Su Ye's watery intent had already enveloped that distorted mass of spleen earth.
He pressed his finger lightly.
What Su Ye needs to do now is to use the power of the water-based golden pill to forcibly shatter the structure within the spleen and completely destroy this distorted form.
This matter sounds simple, but for Liu Xiao, it was like an internal surgery without anesthesia.
He felt as if a blunt knife was scraping away at the things that had grown in the wrong places inside his stomach, the pain making his vision go black, yet he could clearly feel each scrape.
Just as Su Ye continued to press deeper, the earth-elemental energy within Liu Xiao's spleen suddenly surged violently.
A heavy aura suddenly crashed in, pushing outwards from Su Ye's palm.
That thing possessed a strong instinct; proliferation represented error and distortion. The evil energy was filled with domineering and aggressiveness. At this moment, it sensed Su Ye's behavior and immediately became furious, surging towards Su Ye, attempting to directly influence Su Ye through Su Ye's connection and bring distortion to Su Ye.
"You think you can affect me with just a few changes to the interior?"
Su Ye's eyes turned cold.
As soon as he finished speaking, his breathing rhythm changed. A slight tremor ran deep in his chest, his heart beat powerfully, and his blood and qi were stimulated. His whole body was like a blazing furnace. The golden breath in his lungs was drawn by the watery energy. First, a very thin wisp of it entered Liu Xiao's body through his palm.
The moment the golden energy entered his body, Liu Xiao's body trembled violently.
It felt as if a sharp divine sword had entered his body directly. This feeling was terrifying. This was the true evolution of the extraordinary, completely different from his own experience.
Liu Xiao was shocked, yet also yearned for it.
puff!
The earth element distortion had just launched a counterattack when it was cut open by the metal aura. The rough aura that was wrapped around the spleen broke off piece by piece, and the haphazardly growing buds lost their support and withered away along the fascia.
"puff!"
Liu Xiao suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, which quickly dispersed in the stream.
He seemed deflated, his shoulders slumped, and the swollen area of his abdomen visibly shrank back. The stream washed over his waist and abdomen, carrying away a patch of grayish-yellow debris, and the surface of the water was as murky as if it had just been washed with dirt.
Su Ye's eyes lit up.
"Just as I guessed."
He pressed on Liu Xiao's abdomen and mentally charged him again.
"I shattered your spleen and earth, but your extraordinary constitution is still there, and your roots are still there. It's just that the rotten leaves that have grown badly have been cleared away by me. You can evolve again. With the right guidance, you can become a true extraordinary spleen and earth."
Liu Xiaofu opened his eyes, listening with a blank expression.
All he wants to ask right now is: Can you please start the lesson first? I'm in so much pain!
Su Ye, however, had already continued thinking along this line of thought.
Liu Xiao and Wang Ming's situations were completely different. Wang Ming's golden core was like a fruit. Once the fruit was formed, all the nutrients, fruits, and opportunities were condensed into that golden core. When the golden core was removed, Wang Ming's path was cut off, and his body reverted to the state of an ordinary person.
Liu Xiao still has roots here; the spleen earth has gone astray, but the roots are still in the body.
The interior can be modified.
This judgment made Su Ye pause for a moment.
He had only guessed before, but now Liu Xiao lying in the stream had given him a direct confirmation.
"elder brother."
Liu Xiao reached out and grabbed Su Ye's wrist, but with little strength, and her voice was pitifully weak.
"He's done his research, I think I'm about to die."
His eyelids were trembling as he said this.
It hurt so much. He felt like a large piece was missing from his stomach. His spleen and stomach felt empty. Every heavy breath caused pain. His back felt cold, his hands and feet were numb, and even the back of his tongue tasted bitter.
But that awful feeling is gone.
He used to feel something growing wildly inside his body, constantly causing pain, filth, and a terrifying stench.
That feeling finally disappeared.
Am I finally going back to normal?
Looking at Su Ye, Liu Xiao felt a lump in her throat, and tears rolled down her cheeks again.
"Thanks."
Su Ye glanced at him.
Liu Xiao lay in the stream, still trembling, his face deathly pale. All the frenzy he had just displayed was gone. Withered leaves clung to his arms, making him look utterly wretched.
"You've already touched the extraordinary realm, your vitality is abundant, this little injury is nothing, why are you crying so much?"
Su Ye's tone carried a hint of disdain.
Liu Xiao's lips twitched after hearing this.
Give it a try!
Su Ye released his hand and re-examined his spleen.
Most of the aberrant proliferations have been broken up, and the remaining roots are still very weak, like a small clump of wet soil washed by water, shriveled up there softly.
Sunlight streamed through the gaps, making Liu Xiao's eyes sting.
Finally, I can get rid of this situation.
A ray of sunlight pierced through the leaves and fell on Liu Xiao's face, making him squint. The stream water was still flowing down his back, so cold that it made his teeth ache.
Liu Xiao's throat tightened, and he suddenly felt like crying.
I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Su Ye was also in a good mood.
In recent days, he has seen too many illnesses: Wang Ming's Golden Core, He Qingqing's Ice-type Kidney Water, Su Chen's Liver-Growing Mysterious Wood, Xuan Jinghui's exposed external forms, and Liu Xiao's deformity due to lack of guidance.
The world is sick.
Su Ye had always had this feeling.
In the thick fog, evolution surged in like a tidal wave. Some people grasped the direction, some were swept away and bled profusely, and some didn't even know what was happening before their bodies had already made the worst choice for them.
Liu Xiao was one of them.
And now Su Ye's attempt on him is at least a mistake.
He proved that a misguided interior view can be pulled back, distortions can be cleared, and roots can remain.
The pressure that had been pressing on Su Ye's chest had subsided somewhat. At least things wouldn't get so bad in the future. Even though things were out of control, there was a way to guide and cure them. He saw a glimmer of hope.
After all, as a doctor, his biggest worry is that there will be no cures in the world.
He closed his eyes and looked inward.
A dark yellow energy particle appeared in his spleen at this time.
This was a wisp of spleen earth energy that Su Ye had just drawn out of Liu Xiao's body using breathing techniques and his Heavenly Eye-level spiritual power. It was similar to the lung metal energy in his body, but its evolutionary path had gone astray, carrying a trace of extremely difficult-to-detect putrid smell. Su Ye sealed it here with water-based energy.
This is the evolution of misconceptions.
Su Ye only kept a small portion of it. This kind of thing was too dangerous. Once it exceeded the scope of his control, he might be dragged down by that wrong concept of spleen and earth and undergo distortion.
Just as his mental energy settled, a line of information appeared.
[Yellowish Qi in the Spleen]
【Attribute: Jungle Land】
The spleen-earth trait resulting from the evolution of misconceptions possesses effects such as proliferation and gluttony.
[Compatibility: 0]
Su Ye couldn't help but nod as he looked at those lines of text.
A cursed land.
The name is quite fitting.
It is very different from normal spleen earth, and is extremely dangerous.
However, Su Ye was rather curious, and also had some experimental intentions. Since he possessed the rudimentary form of a water-type golden core, he had his own layer of insurance against these evolutionary spiritual mechanisms. Su Ye simply decided to nurture the evil soil within his body and see what unexpected changes might occur.
If Lu Pingren did this, it would be no different from suicide.
"Let it slowly adapt to my body," Su Ye said in a low voice. "Under controlled conditions, distortion can also be considered an experiment."
If Liu Xiao heard this, she would probably burst into tears again.
He had just freed himself from that thing when Su Ye turned around and shook the filthy soil into his body.
Just give in, brother!
Su Ye opened his eyes and glanced at Liu Xiao in the stream.
In this way, he has seen the inner realm of Hai, kidney water, lung metal, heart fire, liver wood, spleen earth, and even He Qingqing's mutation of kidney water shifting towards the ice system.
However, the evil soil on Liu Xiao's body is also a mutated evolution, carrying the wrong concept, and cannot be considered orthodox spleen soil. We should take the opportunity to see the changes of orthodox spleen soil.
Get up.
Upon hearing these three words, Liu Xiao propped himself up on a rock by the stream and immediately gasped.
"Hiss—Brother, am I considered alive?"
Su Ye glanced at him.
"For now."
"temporary?"
Liu Xiao's face fell immediately.
Su Ye bent down, picked up his coat from the side, and threw it over. Putting the coat on made Liu Xiao less disheveled. However, the coat was too long, and the pants were ripped beyond recognition. He looked like an unlucky college student who had just escaped from the mountains.
Liu Xiao followed Su Ye back.
When he reached the edge of the woods, he saw his residential area.
The old residential building stood in the sunlight, its exterior walls dusty and gray. The large hole he had smashed into on the fourth floor was particularly conspicuous, with a piece of cement missing from the edge, and the curtains fluttering wildly in the wind.
Liu Xiao stopped in his tracks.
The slight relaxation on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a bitter expression, even fear.
He thought of the aunt downstairs, the uncle next door who always loved to stew soup, and the elderly neighbors with whom he had a good relationship.
The commotion today was huge.
He had smashed through the wall, and there were marks on the ground. He could imagine that when he went back, his neighbors would ask him what had happened, why they hadn't seen him going out lately, and what was the big hole in the wall.
Liu Xiao's throat tightened.
He fears.
He was afraid of being labeled a monster, and he feared being coldly cut off by his former neighbors who were once close to him.
Liu Xiao stood in the shadows of the trees, her fingers gripping the edge of her coat, her eyes fixed on the residential area, but her feet wouldn't move.
"They used to take good care of me."
Su Ye sighed.
Well, let's see this through to the end.
After careful consideration, he took out his phone and dialed a number that had been sent to him by Old Zhou.
The call was quickly connected, and the old man's deep voice came from the other end.
"Xiao Ye".
Bingyin was very solemn and also very kind.
Su Ye could tell that Old Wang's condition was much better than last time. His breath was stronger and his voice was no longer weak at the end. When he spoke, his breath flowed out of his chest cavity, and the foundation of his lung metal had become much more stable.
His initial estimate of his lifespan was probably conservative.
Su Ye only realized that Elder Wang's lung metal evolution level was very high when he arrived. At that time, the white-robed man from the Xuanjing Society also had lung metal, but he was almost shattered by Su Ye's metal aura cutting.
The evolution of the five elements of Hai (亥) also has levels, which can be further divided into more detailed grades.
"Old Wang," Su Ye said bluntly, "I'd like to recommend someone to you."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.
The old man's tone changed. Anyone who could make Su Ye call to recommend someone must be no ordinary person. Could it be that Su Ye discovered something extraordinary over there? The old man's voice changed completely at the thought.
"extraordinary?"
"Um.
""
"In Jiangcheng?"
Old Wang is a man of high status, and he has been worrying a lot these days. The more he learns about the changes in the fog, the more troubles he discovers in the future. There will be more and more things getting out of control in this era.
He is now eager to find talented people.
To be honest, he really wanted Su Ye to go too, even if it was to inherit his position. But after several subtle attempts, Su Ye clearly refused. He was a free spirit, and Old Wang understood that it was precisely this personality that allowed Su Ye to go so far on the path of the extraordinary.
"He's not in Jiangcheng, he's in the next city. I'll send you the address. He's a promising talent, but unfortunately he lacked guidance and went down the wrong path. However, I've already corrected him now, and the rest is up to you to guide him."
really!
Old Wang was overjoyed.
He trusted Su Ye's judgment, after all, Su Ye had pulled him out of the clutches of death. The more he tried to understand the changes within his body, the more he understood Su Ye's power and mystery. Being called a promising talent by Su Ye also gave Old Wang some hope.
"I'll contact the people in the nearby military region right away. They should be here soon. Don't worry, I'll guide him properly."
After hanging up the phone, Su Ye sent over the address.
Liu Xiao looked at him.
"I want to go with the price?"
"They are from the military region. Follow them, and they can help guide the changes within your body, allowing you to correctly enter the realm of the extraordinary."
"Extraordinary, huh?" Liu Xiao murmured, then lowered his head and said nothing more.
The matter is over, and it's time for Su Ye to leave.
After giving a few brief words of advice, Su Ye left gracefully.
Liu Xiao opened his mouth, looking at Su Ye's retreating figure with only gratitude in his eyes. His life had been truly redeemed today.
"Brother, thank you."
Su Ye waved his hand without turning around.
Liu Xiao stood at the edge of the woods, watching that figure walk further and further away.
The sunlight fell in dappled patterns on the path, like leaves opening up. Su Ye came suddenly and left just as abruptly, but it was as if an invisible hand had dragged Liu Xiao out of that dark room.
For the past period of time, Liu Xiao felt as if he had fallen into a very deep well.
There was light and people above, but he just couldn't climb up. He could only listen in the darkness as his body rotted and deformed day by day, and his face became more and more unfamiliar.
He became ugly and unattractive.
He felt like he was about to break down.
But today, a young doctor suddenly jumped into the well. Regardless of his anger and fear, he punched him awake, cursed, grabbed him, and shoved him into the water to wash and rinse him.
You are not a monster.
The path you are about to embark on is extraordinary.
There is still hope in your life.
You are the future!
Liu Xiao looked down at his hands.
His fingers were still trembling, his skin was pale, and there were small cuts on his knuckles, but you could already make out his features.
He slowly clenched his fist, then loosened it.
A breeze blew in from the barren forest, carrying the coolness of the stream.
When Liu Xiao returned to the vicinity of the residential building, a large crowd had already gathered there.
Several camouflage vehicles were parked downstairs, their bodies clean, with mud still clinging to their tires. Several of the aunties in the neighborhood who love to watch the excitement had all come, some carrying groceries, with even scallion leaves sticking out of their bags.
"Oh, Liu Xiao, you've finally decided to come out!"
The first person to recognize him was the aunt downstairs.
Her eyes lit up immediately.
"I knew you'd been up to something lately, huh? Turns out you've been doing something big!"
Someone nearby lowered their voice, extremely excited: "Is that a military vehicle? I saw the guy who got out had insignia on his shoulder; he looks like a big shot. They're all here to see you!"
"Liu Xiao has really made something of himself!"
"I always thought this kid looked honest and wouldn't go astray."
Liu Xiao stopped in his tracks outside the crowd.
The sounds came from all directions, but no one screamed or looked at him like he was a monster. They just chatted away as usual, which was a bit noisy but also made Liu Xiao feel incredibly warm and comfortable.
Liu Xiao's eyes welled up with tears again.
He quickly lowered his head and wiped the corner of his eye with his sleeve.
He was unusually prone to crying today.
At this moment, a middle-aged man from the military region walked over from the car.
He was tall and upright, with a calm demeanor and a serious expression. Just his presence alone diminished the liveliness of the surrounding area.
He walked up to Liu Xiao, his polite tone making Liu Xiao feel a little awkward.
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Liu Xiao?"
Liu Xiao was stunned for a moment.
"I am."
The man nodded.
"Please come with me, we have prepared everything for you."
Liu Xiao looked at him, then looked at the neighborhood around him.
The large hole in the fourth-floor wall has already been repaired, and the entrance to the building has been blocked off. The neighbors didn't mention it at all; they stood in the crowd and waved to him.
The aunt downstairs had the loudest voice: "Liu Xiao, you must keep going! Perseverance is key to victory! I've watched you grow up since you were a kid, and you've finally made something of yourself! Remember to tell me when you get back! Oh, this kid's lost so much weight, eat more over there!"
Liu Xiao stood in the sunlight, his face still bearing injuries, wearing an ill-fitting coat, looking quite disheveled.
But then he suddenly smiled.
Her smile was bright and generous.
He used to laugh like that.
People from the military region opened the car door for him.
Liu Xiao boarded the car amidst the crowd.
Before closing the car door, he glanced back at the residential area, where the middle-aged women were still chatting happily.
"Liu Xiao's really doing well!"
The camouflage vehicle slowly drove out of the old residential area.
The sunlight shone on the car, making Liu Xiao's eyes sting, but his expression gradually hardened.
Spleen Earth, Extraordinary, here I come.
Mr. Su, I won't let you down!
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