The Cockroach-like Girl Is My Beast-Chapter 414 - 387: Lin Guang Awakens

The gentle treatment, instead caused Lin Guang’s steps to begin slowing down.

The ripples beneath his feet in the golden ocean stirred less and less of an image.

In the orphanage, little Lin Guang watched Hua Bo from afar among the crowd, secretly making a wish to earn the other’s admiration one day.

Move forward again—

His memory before the age of five.

Zero.

Blank.

Thus, his steps seemed devoid of memory and aim, suddenly stalled on the spot.

Here... there is no suffering, only tranquility.

Tranquil as the silence following destruction.

Like the scene after the last warm glow of the stars dissipates, and the web of time falls into complete chaos.

Like when the sky welcomes the final moment, the universe becomes a vast tomb.

As if everything draws to an end he vaguely felt he had experienced.

Very much like the end of the Refining Heaven Realm.

However, the next moment.

He who stopped his steps suddenly felt a bit of throbbing in his heart.

As if... the faint call suddenly intensified again.

Thump thump.

It was the sound of his heart beating.

Thump thump.

Something, rushing in with intense emotion, began to awaken his consciousness bit by bit.

Something warm surged from his chest cavity, flowing with his blood through his entire body.

That was...

Three intensely hot emotions flowing from somewhere.

Thump thump...

Thump thump...

The world around vibrated.

This golden ocean, this dark space, all pulsing intensely with his heartbeat!

Accompanying this emotion, Lin Guang suddenly realized.

He remembered.

Remembered why he needed to advance.

It was the other end of the contract.

Someone was calling for him.

Someone needed him!

"...!!!"

The next moment, in this inexplicable space, Lin Guang "opened" his eyes again.

He was completely awake.

In his eye sockets, the glow of the Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence along with a dark golden flame suddenly ignited!

In an instant, the name of this space suddenly came into view.

[Lin Guang’s Inner Universe]

"...Inner Universe?"

Lin Guang suddenly recalled some information.

The so-called Inner Universe refers to... the place where information storage of the Source Stone resides?

Wait a minute.

This means...

This place is the interior of the Heart of Terra.

This is his soul, his inner world.

So... he must get out!

The heartbeat seemed to echo throughout the space, making the whole world vibrate!

The next moment, he took a step forward, resolutely continuing toward that high tower.

The contract pattern on the back of his hand flickered fiercely, the intense emotions from afar supporting him, allowing each step to cover much distance, reaching that high tower.

The next moment, he slapped the gigantic, tree-like or tower-like structure with his palm.

[Tower of Babel]

In the next moment, an endless light appeared before his eyes.

He suddenly vanished from sight.

Thus the golden ocean, the dark sky, the massive tower rising from the sea, and the faintly visible white diamond in the sky...

All fell into silence.

......

Rumble—

The sky filled with dark clouds, muffled thunder rolling among the clouds, silver lines piercing slantingly toward the earth, making a loud noise on the ground.

When Lisa saw from afar in the woods the two individuals fighting in the rain, Vishdair’s fist was already swinging toward the wolf-eared girl.

Chelina of course saw it clearly.

That straight punch, accompanied by the sound of slicing through the air, like a blunt knife cutting open the curtain of rain.

She instinctively wanted to dodge, yet her body felt laden with lead, her movements laughably slow.

—Bang!

The fist landed heavily on her shoulder, making her stagger back two steps, her boot heels crushing the standing water, splashing up a muddy spray.

"Are you fucking sleepwalking?!" Vishdair’s voice seemed colder than the rain, as another hook punch aimed for her ribs.

This time Chelina barely turned sideways, but still let the punch’s edge graze her waist.

The dull pain with vibrating force crawled up her spine, she groaned, her gray wolf tail soaked in the rain, swinging heavily.

"Where is your Ether? Where is your fighting spirit?"

"You’re so much stronger than me, why don’t you fight back?!"

The silver-haired girl suddenly ducked low for a sweeping kick, Chelina belatedly lifted her knee to block, her shin taking the full hit, causing her to half-kneel on the ground, in the standing water, breathing a bit hastily, the rainwater sliding down her cheeks, indistinguishable from rain or something else.

She is strong.

She is very strong.

She could have subdued Vishdair in an instant.

If she wanted to act, the gap between the three Dao Marks and the grades is absolute.

Vishdair threw so many punches, but they couldn’t touch her.

Without enhancement and exclusive Mystical Technique, at such close proximity, if she wanted, even ten Vishdairs would be struck down by her without any resistance in an extremely short time.

But...

She never fought back, only defending passively in silence.

"Stop! Sister Vishdair! Please stop!"

Lisa was still in the distance, running towards them, her voice mingled with sobs swallowed by the sound of rain, leaving only a few scattered syllables dissipating in the humid air.

Vishdair kept punching, making Chelina stagger, her fury echoing throughout the forest.

"Don’t!"

"Pretend!"

"To be!"

"Like a dead person!!"

She roared, executing an over-the-shoulder throw that slammed Chelina into the rain.

Bang!

Water splashed beneath her, turning into fragmented mirrors.

Vishdair immediately mounted on top, raising her fist, with crimson Ether spiraling on the fist’s edge, rain droplets around her evaporating into mist under the terrifying force.

And Chelina lay in the accumulated water, orange eyes reflecting the impending destructive red glow, yet showing no intent to resist.

The rain grew heavier, as if the entire sky had torn open.

"No——!"

Lisa finally arrived at the scene, desperately trying to summon her magic staff from the air, but the distance made it impossible for her to effectively intervene, her cries tearing through the rain, unable to pause Vishdair’s fist even slightly.

She continued expressionlessly hitting down.

Chelina instinctively closed her eyes.

Boom!

The Explosion Fist slammed down heavily.

But it didn’t fall on Chelina, instead grazing past her ear, sinking deep into the muddy ground.

The blast stirred a wave of mud, splintered stones slicing small cuts into Chelina’s wolf ears, while further away, muddy water splashed everywhere, even staining Lisa’s skirt with dirty marks on the pale fabric.

Chelina opened her eyes, dazed, her orange eyes staring at the silver-haired girl in front.

Unexpectedly.

The silver-haired girl before her, always defiant in her presence... her face that was furious to the point of madness moments ago had suddenly calmed down.

Her silver hair was soaked, plastered to her face, but her gaze remained condescending, grabbing Chelina’s collar and speaking coldly: "Sober up yet?"

"..."

"Stop thinking about those messy things."

"Where do you think his Ore Disease comes from?"

Chelina suddenly froze.

Vishdair suddenly grasped her own right forearm, rainwater flowing down the faint black marks beneath her skin.

She lowered her head slightly, her eyes surging with indescribable emotions.

"It’s unrelated to you all, it’s me."

"It’s me!"

"If guilt and self-blame were useful, I’d be fifty times a hundred times more guilty and self-blaming than you!"

"But remember one thing."

"He told me, just trust him."

"So damn well trust him!"

Vishdair’s voice rose again, piercing the rain, amber eyes fixed on Chelina’s eyes: "What he needs was never your self-blame!"

"Don’t you call him master? If you can’t trust your own words, then trust him!"

"I haven’t blamed myself! You need not either! You just need to trust him, that’s enough!"

Her right fist pulled out from the ground, then raised again, issuing a threatening roar: "If you don’t trust him, get lost!!"

"Boohoo... Sister Vishdair... please stop..."

Lisa finally dashed over, hugged Vishdair’s raised right fist, her shoulders trembling violently, akin to a wounded little beast, sobbing with evident sniffling, her nine big tails softened like sponges soaked with rainwater, yellow fox ears drooped down completely, stuck among the soaked hair.

Yet Chelina’s eyes gradually brightened.

Under Vishdair’s simplest, most direct actions and words, the suffocation, guilt, and emptiness that were like bone-deep maggots began to slowly fade from her heart.

Trust Lin Guang... huh?

Vishdair turned her head, gently pulling the persistently sobbing Lisa into an embrace with her held right hand, slowly stood up, the ferocity in her cross-shaped pupils withdrawn.

"Lisa, sorry, it’s my fault."

At this moment, Chelina also climbed up from the ground, crouched slightly beside Lisa:

"Lisa, it’s okay, Vishdair did it for my good..."

However, no matter how the two comforted her, the girl couldn’t stop sobbing, as if the taut string inside her finally snapped.

Vishdair and Chelina pursed their lips, helpless.

They stood amidst the rain, continuously battered by the cold raindrops.

The rain continued to fall, as if it would never stop.

Yet...

At this moment, the three of them suddenly froze.

For something had stirred their heartbeat.

It was... a familiar feeling.

In an instant, three warm, red flames rose from the girls.

In a flash, the filth on their bodies began to burn away and purify, the rain evaporated, and their whole beings became clean again.

The vague sensing within their covenant revived.

The other side seemed to be gradually approaching here.

Step, step, step.

From the direction of the hospital, a boy in a hospital gown, similarly ablaze with flames, slowly approached the crowd.