Covered in blood, he crouched and fled through the streets and alleys like a rat. He did not even dare look at the people crying in the streets, nor at the corpses lying there.
It was a lie to say he had no feelings. Once, he had truly believed that he could become the next leader. He had wanted to protect the people who believed in him! The Safe Zone was not large, and he knew almost everyone there. Yet as he fled without looking back, Zhuang Lin could only push away those hands reaching out to him in disbelief, again and again. The screams that kept ringing out stabbed into his heart like knives, making him wish he could hear nothing at all!
"I can't save you! I can't hear you! I really can't hear you, aaahhh!!"
His emotions gradually collapsed. Looking at the forest beyond the distant Safe Zone, Zhuang Lin cried and shouted like a madman. He tried to cover his ears, as though doing so could delay the guilt in his heart.
But he did not know whether he had merely deceived everyone or had also caused everyone to die. If he had not claimed that this place was absolutely safe, and everyone had not hidden here to avoid the chaos, would none of this have happened?
Under the immense pain and torment, he did not even dare imagine the terrible scene behind him in the Safe Zone, at that wedding.
He wanted to turn back. He wanted to save Ruan Yan. But the fear in his bones made him seem unable to control his fleeing legs.
"Don't stop! As long as I don't stop, everything will be fine. I can't hear anything! I didn't hear anything!"
His fists were clenched so tightly that they bled.