Chapter 954: I Was Opened Up?
The floating island stopped collapsing because the core had returned to its place, and Zhong Yingxue and the others successfully retreated carrying Jiangnan's corpse!
They ran back to the cave base!
Mila was lying on Jiangnan's chest, sobbing softly.
Xia Yao held Jiangnan's little hand and pressed it against her own face, murmuring nonstop!
By now, more than half an hour had already passed, and Jiangnan was going crazy!
Why hadn't he recovered from his fake death state yet?
Wasn't the biscuit's effect supposed to last half an hour?
Then the side effects should kick in, right?
Wait!
Could the side effect of the sheep biscuit be playing dead forever?
Would he have to wait for the side effect timer to run out before coming back to life?
I~%?…;#*’!
No one spoke in the cave; the atmosphere was incredibly heavy!
Suddenly, Zi Yuan remembered something!
"Th-this is different from the dream. In the dream, Mila held Jiangnan and used recovery!"
"But just now, she didn't, which means the future was still changed, right?"
Xia Yao froze, rubbed her eyes, and choked out, "Xiao Nan has a 1000-meter spirit-binding field on him, so Mila can't use her ability!"
As she spoke, she pried open Jiangnan's mouth to check inside, but there was no bound spirit bead inside!
Wu Liang's eyes were red: "Brother Nan probably swallowed the bound spirit bead to go all out against those bad beasts!"
"He never planned on coming back alive!"
"What a real man! Look at Brother Nan's arms and legs—they're all soft and limp. The bones inside must have been shattered during the fight, right? Powder fractures?"
As soon as he said this, everyone's hearts tightened again, and tears fell like rain!
Just how brutal a battle did Jiangnan have to go through before dying to ensure everyone's safe retreat?
Jiangnan's Corpse: ???
Don't get all emotional over nothing, okay?
Who said I never planned on coming back? What the hell are powder fractures? That's the side effect of the snake biscuit!
And that bound spirit bead—I accidentally swallowed it too!
Ahhh! What do I do? I really want to scratch my balls right now, but I can't move! I'm going to die from holding it in!
Liu Mang looked thoughtful: "The future was indeed changed, and the key point is the bound spirit bead!"
"If we take the bound spirit bead out of Boss Nan's body and let Mila use time reversal, could we bring him back to life?"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up!
It might actually work, right?
No one wanted Jiangnan to die. Even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance, they had to try!
Mila nodded like a pecking chick: "Take it out! Take it out! I want to try! It will definitely work!"
Hope reignited in everyone's eyes!
Jiangnan's Corpse: ???
Take it out? How? I'm already a corpse, you know!
Don't feed me the detoxifying soybean, please! Let me have at least a little dignity in death!
Zhong Yingxue bit her lower lip: "Xiao Nan's body has stopped functioning. The detoxifying soybean won't work!"
Jiangnan's corpse agreed wildly: Right, right, right! No detoxifying soybean! Xuexue understands me!
Then Zhong Yingxue took a deep breath: "Then we'll just have to open him up and take it out directly!"
Jiangnan's Corpse: ???
O-open up? What does that mean? Are you going to dissect me?
Xuexue! Thank you so much! That's even worse than the detoxifying soybean!
Don't mess around with me, okay?
But they didn't waste a second. Zhong Yingxue tore open Jiangnan's clothes, revealing the upper body of his corpse!
Just one look, and Zhong Yingxue broke down!
"No... I can't bring myself to do it!"
Wu Liang's eyes were red as he grabbed a cleaver and rushed over!
"Me! Let me do it!"
Xia Yao hugged Jiangnan protectively, like a precious treasure, shaking her head frantically!
"No! You can't touch Xiao Nan!"
Jiangnan's corpse let out a long sigh of relief. It had to be Da Lang Mie!
"You're too big and rough—you might cut something. Let me do it instead. I have good control!"
"If it's to save Xiao Nan, I can do it!"
Jiangnan's Corpse: !!!
You're ruthless! I was just praising you! So you're still going to open me up?
At least ask the corpse's opinion!
Xia Yao's gaze was pained but determined as she took the cleaver from Wu Liang!
Everyone turned away, unable to bear watching!
Jiangnan was really panicking now. He was going to survive the dragon loach only to get killed by them with a cleaver!
Couldn't you use a smaller knife? A huge cleaver like that makes me shudder!
Xia Yao took a deep breath and finally made her move!
Jiangnan's Spirit: (‖˃᷄口˂᷅) Aah!
Jiangnan's Corpse: (｡˘◠˘｡)ว……
Da Lang Mie, when I wake up, I'm going to flick your forehead so hard you'll cry!
Hand! Stop groping around inside me, okay? It's such a weird feeling!
Now I have absolutely no secrets left—you've explored every part inside and out!
Is this the legendary "if you love me, dissect me"?
Xia Yao felt around inside Jiangnan for a long time, then her eyes lit up!
She pulled out a bound spirit bead, looking delighted: "Found it!"
(๑•̀⌂•́)つ❂!
Everyone's hearts tightened. They quickly crushed the bound spirit bead, and the spirit-binding field disappeared!
Without a second word, Mila used time reversal!
All the wounds on Jiangnan's battered corpse healed, and even his arm grew back!
But he still had that corpse-like face, showing no sign of coming back to life!
The hope that had sparked in everyone's hearts was extinguished again!
But Mila didn't stop. She was about to use time reversal again when Zhong Yingxue grabbed her!
She cried and shook her head!
(๑ཀ﹏ཀ)˃̣̣̥᷄口˂̣̣̥᷅)‧º·˚
"Mila! Stop! It's useless! If Xiao Nan were still here, he wouldn't want to see you hurting yourself like this!"
"Stop! Don't waste your effort!"
Mila pouted and had no choice but to give up...
Jiangnan sighed in relief too. At least Xuexue still had her senses, or this would have been a real mess!
The cave fell into silence again. Xia Yao still held Jiangnan tightly, unwilling to let go.
Time passed silently. No one knew how long it took.
Wu Liang's voice was hoarse: "Let's take Brother Nan out. At least it's something to show for it."
But he had to admit that Jiangnan's corpse was already starting to smell of decay.
His fake death was quite thorough...
Zhong Yingxue covered her face, her voice trembling: "The corpse won't last that long. There's still a long time before the Void Sea opens."
Liu Mang gritted his teeth: (٥･᷅益･᷄) "Then we'll have to cremate him. Take the ashes back?"
Jiangnan's Corpse: =͟͟͞͞(꒪口꒪‧̣̥̇) ???
Liu Mang! Thank you so much!
You're already planning to cremate me? I'm not even dead yet, and you want to burn me!
You really want me to go out in a blaze of glory, don't you?
I'm so mad I could scream!
Xia Yao shook her head: "No burning. It hurts too much. Let's bury him in the Void Sea. Xiao Nan said he feels at home there!"
"There's spatial power here. Let Xiao Nan sleep here, return to the void. Maybe this is where he belongs."
Jiangnan's corpse was going crazy. Let me wake up already! First you want to cremate me, now you want to bury me?
If this keeps up, I'll really be tortured to death!
Xia Yao gently stroked Jiangnan's face, her eyes full of grief.
"You guys go out first and dig a grave. Xuexue and I will clean up Xiao Nan's body."
Wu Liang, Xiong Er, and the others went out to dig. Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao changed Jiangnan into clean clothes.
But as they were changing him, Xia Yao started crying again!
˚‧º·(˚˃̣̣̥᷄⌓ก̀)‧º·˚
"Wuwuwu～Xiao Nan is so pitiful. He died still a boy, never becoming a man. It's all my fault!"
Jiangnan gritted his teeth internally. Even at a time like this, how did Da Lang Mie make that connection? Why bring that up?
Don't I have any face left?
Zhong Yingxue rubbed her eyes and choked out: "Xiao Nan just talks big, but he's actually really shy inside."
"It's all my fault for being too reserved. If... if Xiao Nan were still here, I would definitely tell him. I have to say it to him myself!"
At this point, Zhong Yingxue gripped the towel tightly, her eyes full of regret.
But Jiangnan perked up. What important thing had to be said face to face?
You can say it now! I'm listening!
Xia Yao hugged Jiangnan tightly, her eyes brimming with tears.
"If I had chosen Xiao Nan back then instead of platinum, it would have been better!"
"Then Xiao Nan wouldn't have died still a boy! Wuwuwu～"
Xia Yao was crying her heart out, and Zhong Yingxue was also shedding tears.
"Uh... actually, it's not too late now!"
Xia Yao sobbed: "How? Xiao Nan is dead! It's too late! All..."
At this point, Xia Yao's body stiffened suddenly, and Zhong Yingxue's eyes widened in horror as she stared at Jiangnan!
Jiangnan's body had regained its color, his complexion ruddy!
He had opened his eyes and was looking at them both with a smile!
Xia Yao stared blankly at Jiangnan, completely dumbfounded, unable to process what was happening!
Alive... alive?
Seeing that they weren't speaking, Jiangnan wiped his nose: "Aren't you going to welcome me? I said I'd come back, didn't I? When have I ever... mmph～"
Before he could finish, Zhong Yingxue, with her reddened eyes, lunged at him like a madwoman!
She pushed Jiangnan to the ground and kissed him hard on the mouth!
Jiangnan's mind went blank!
Xuexue... kissed me? Oh my god!
So she really did tell me face to face! What was the matter? Don't just kiss—say it!
But at that moment, Zhong Yingxue was holding Jiangnan tightly, refusing to let go!
As if he would run away the moment she released him!
Xia Yao let out a wail and pounced, hanging onto Jiangnan like a koala!
(*꒦ິ⌂꒦ີ)꒪ͦﾛ꒪ͦ(˃᷄ε˂᷅°)°｡
"Wahhh～You scared me to death! I thought I'd never see you again for the rest of my life! Do you know how scared I was?"
"Xiao Nan! Go die!"
Jiangnan stared blankly at Xia Yao, who had cried herself into a mess. He had originally planned to give her a good scolding when he woke up, for dissecting him?
But seeing this scene, how could he still be angry?
His heart softened!
Living... it's really good!