"This shouldn't... it shouldn't have turned out like this!"
The torrential rain pelted Gu Qingyun's somewhat plump face drop by drop, making the fat on his cheeks tremble slightly. He roared hysterically, yet only dared to scream in his heart, afraid someone would find him.
Why had he never noticed before that today's rain was so cold? So cold that he could not muster even a shred of strength in his body.
It felt as though something was dragging his body down, making it heavier and heavier, as if it were about to pull him from the hard asphalt road into another world.
With only one leg left, even crawling forward was incomparably difficult for Gu Qingyun. He could only grit his teeth, brace his chin against the road, and wriggle half his body forward like an insect.
The icy rainwater had soaked him through completely. The weight on his back was suffocating him, about to crush him fully to the ground.
At this point, there hardly seemed to be any meaning in staying alive. After all, he could say that he had accomplished his original goal.
But... but why was he still so afraid of death?
Even Gu Qingyun could not understand it. He had clearly been willing to sacrifice his life to Ring Straw; death had originally been a voluntary ending.
Now, it was merely a different way of dying. Why was he unable to accept it?
"No... this isn't the ending I wanted. It isn't mine!"
Gu Qingyun hated.
He raised his unwilling eyes. Reflected in them were the familiar three forks in the road, filled with dead, gloomy grayness.
Everything had been planned long ago.
The Tenth Supervision Event, the escaped ghost, Tianbao Repair Shop, the Internal Ghost planted for the return to the main quest,