The Recurring Nightmare

"If you're not going to talk, then I'll kill you first and ask questions later!"

Zhao Han narrowed his eyes and raised his hand, chopping into the Faceless Woman's chest and tearing her apart.

At last, wrinkles appeared on her featureless face. They were the marks of pain.

Seeing that the two children—a boy and a girl—were still alive, Zhao Han went over, picked up the little girl, and left Li Wang Cave.

He shattered the Vermilion Bird statue, revealing a teleportation passage. Zhao Han immediately went through it and returned to Vermilion Bird Forest.

"Chomp!"

But as soon as he got back, Zhao Han felt a sudden pain in his arm.

The little girl had suddenly woken up and bitten him.

The girl had been faceless, but as she came close, a mouth suddenly appeared and clamped down on his arm.

To Zhao Han's surprise, even though he couldn't see her features, he could still feel the hatred written all over her face.

It was as if she were asking, Why?

Why did you deceive me? Why didn't you come for me on time? Because of you, our daughter was kidnapped!

Zhao Han felt guilty, so he let her bite down as hard as she wanted.

But after she'd been biting him for a while, Zhao Han began to feel dizzy. The world spun around him.

Before he knew it, he had collapsed to the ground and passed out.

When he woke again, Zhao Han found himself bound and sitting on the damp, muddy ground.

Across from him, the old Faceless Woman was looking after the little boy, seeming quite kindly.

But to Zhao Han, the old Faceless Woman didn't seem kind at all. Instead, there was something terrifying about her.

"Why is this dream so abstract? Why would