hsntnovel Why didn't the protagonist see Chapter 129?
Why didn't the protagonist see Chapter 129?
Using the metaphor of a shattered gemstone is perhaps too idyllic.
Xu Niannian looked at the scene before her and thought to herself.
It wasn't the sudden, jarring sensation of a gem shattering.
The human form that Xu Niannian had forcibly shaped vanished in an instant, its skin began to crack, and what flowed out was not blood, but a liquid like oil.
As it flows, it even slightly evaporates a dark black gas.
It was exactly the same shadow it had shown at the very beginning.
Jiang Xing turned his head and saw Grandma Ji's bewildered face.
She reached out her trembling hand, trying to wipe away the tears streaming down her granddaughter's face, but the more she wiped, the more tears flowed.
"Did I really do the right thing?" Xu Niannian subconsciously gripped Jiang Xingni's fingertips, beginning to doubt her own actions.
If seeing them one last time only brings pain to their loved ones.
If the image of Ji Shanqing's death were to become a nightmare for Grandma Ji, Xu Niannian dared not think about it any longer.
Will the death of a loved one be a lifelong nightmare? Xu Niannian didn't know.
She was a lucky girl; in the more than ten years she lived, she did not actually experience the death of any of her loved ones.
Jiang Xingni did not provide an answer to Xu Niannian's question.
She simply grasped Xu Niannian's slightly cold fingertips in return, her tone calm and gentle: "This is a question that no one can answer."
After all, no one can reverse time and go back to before everything happened to see which of these two different possibilities would lead to which different outcome.
Coming from Jiang Xingni, these words were perhaps a bit too didactic.
So she simply squeezed Xu Niannian's fingertips and warmed her hand with her own palm.
"Anyway, whether it's right or wrong, you can't change it."
Therefore, everything is already predetermined the moment the decision is made.
They could see Grandma Ji's fingertips passing through her now-illusory face.
Unbeknownst to her, tears also welled up in Grandma Ji's eyes, flowing down the lines of her face and falling to the ground.
Grandma Ji's cloudy eyes clearly showed fear.
He was terrified by the fact that his granddaughter was about to die, which was unfolding before his eyes.
At the same time, he was terrified of what his granddaughter had become—something he didn't know exactly what it was.
Grandma Ji was, after all, just an ordinary person, and it was inevitable that she would feel fear when faced with something beyond her imagination.
"Okay, okay," she mumbled incoherently. "Grandma promises you everything, but will Grandma be able to see you again?"
"Daughter, you must walk slowly." She choked up.
"Anyway, Grandma is already so old, she won't live for many more years. Daughter, take your time and wait for Grandma."
"When Grandma dies too, my daughter and I can keep each other company."
Grandma Ji forced a smile and said, "We won't be taking your parents, just the two of us. Let's walk slowly."
Ji Shanqing has completely lost her human form.
Black sewage and mist seeped from the cracks in her body, leaving only a broken, porcelain-like shell.
She did not hear her grandmother calling her.
Grandma Ji's lips trembled, and then she hugged the mangled "human body".
The human body dissolved into a pool of black liquid in Grandma Ji's arms, which Grandma Ji then contained with her clothes.
L.
The liquid seeped through the fabric of the clothes, dripping from the seams and falling to the ground.
Xu Niannian suddenly grabbed Jiang Xingni's clothes tightly.
Is there really reincarnation after death?
Jiang Xingni didn't know, because she had never tried it.
"But at least it's something to look forward to, isn't it?"
Jiang Xingnian turned around and saw Xiao Jiming and He Jingtong examining their phones.
Su Yanzhi didn't get close to the two of them. Noticing Jiang Xingni's gaze, he smiled and waved to Jiang Xingni.
On the other side, Xiao Jiming had already looked away when Xu Niannian helped Ji Shanqing hug her grandmother.
He glanced at his phone; the first message was from Pei Zhaoye.
The second item was a message from Lin Hongguang.
On a red circular background are white letters—99+.
Xiao Jiming didn't have the courage to click on it for a moment.
He first opened Pei Zhaoye's message box.
Unlike Lin Hongguang, Pei Zhaoye didn't send more than ten messages at once.
Aside from the first few normal messages, asking if I had arrived at the destination and how Jiang Xingni was doing lately, there was a long period of silence.
He only posted a new message recently.
Pei Zhaoye: Unread message. Something's happened to you.
Pei Zhaoye: Never mind, you won't see it even if I say it now.
Pei Zhaoye retracted a message.
Pei Zhaoye: In short, once your internet is restored, don't act like you've seen these messages.
Pei Zhaoye: The number of people who died in the graduating class six years ago was not just a few dozen, but thousands. There are strange things that have distorted reality, which is why I can't find out the exact number, but it was definitely not small.
Pei Zhaoye: I'm looking for other information, about the recently deceased Ji Shanqing and her grandmother Cui Shuhui... Cui Shuhui could be a breakthrough.
Pei Zhaoye: Reply as soon as you receive the message.
The latest message popped up when Xiao Jiming saw it.
Pei Zhaoye: It's finally a read message—you guys finally have a signal? How's the situation? Old Lin is going crazy with worry.
Xiao Jiming recalled the 99+ messages Lin Hongguang had sent him.
He first gave a brief introduction to the current situation.
Xiao Jiming: The incident has been resolved, but it hasn't been properly concluded. I estimate that the academy will have to handle it.
Xiao Jiming: We solved about four thousand monsters in the middle school and even killed the school leaders.
Pei Zhaoye:?
Pei Zhaoye: I remember I was only gone for a day? Did you enter a time warp?
Pei Zhaoye: ...Never mind, it's good that you're all alright.
Xiao Jiming: How did Lao Lin react?
He only felt a little guilty when asked about Lin Hongguang.
Pei Zhaoye replied instantly.
Pei Zhaoye: I'm frantic. Come back and wait to write a self-criticism.
—Not unexpected at all.
Xiao Jiming breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared was the unknown possibility. Once he knew what he would face, he was not so nervous anymore.
Moreover, Jiang Xingni had already promised at the beginning that she would write the self-criticism.
Xiao Jiming: It's alright, it's acceptable.
Xiao Jiming: Please help me investigate something.
Xiao Jiming: I suspect that there are people in the college colluding with this middle school.
He observed that although the leaders clearly knew about the matter, no one from the academy sent anyone.
He was also a student from this middle school, but it seems that the school has been removed from the list.
No one noticed anything suspicious about it, and everyone pretended that nothing had happened.
Jiang Xingni received a distress call from Xu Niannian.
Jiang Xingni turned her head and her gaze fell on Xiao Jiming.
"System," she asked the system in her mind. "Why didn't the protagonist realize it?"